Alumni EPFL Welcome @ Empa in St. GallenEngineering Transfer Innovation Services Mission: Empa is a platform which bridges materials science and technology for innovation in industry

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Alumni EPFLWelcome @ Empa in St. Gallen

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Programm14.00 Welcome and Introduction Dr. X. Edelmann

Lab Tour (2 Groups)

Medical Technology Dr. K. Maniura

Technical Wear N. Kocjan

15.15 Biofuels M. Gauch

Apéro

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1880Founding in Zurich

«Institute for the Testing of Building Materials» at the Swiss Institute of Technology

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«Control Agency for Cotton Yarns»

1885 Founding in St. Gall

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Strategy 1988 Strengthening Research

New Regulation and Change of Name

«Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt»Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

Materials Science and Techology

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WSL

Eawag PSI

Empa

Empa within the ETH Domain

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Federal Department of Home Affaire (DHA)

Board of Management of the ETH

ETHZ ETHL

WSL - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchEAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute Environmental Science and TechnologyPSI - Paul Scherrer InstituteEMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

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www.empa.ch

3 SitesDübendorf, St. Gallen, Thun

850 Employees (725 FTE, 28%F)430 University graduates

including 190 PhDs125 PhD candidates14 Professors

100 Graduates of universities of applied science40 Trainees

Budget85 mill. CHF Federal Budget 25 mill. CHF R&D40 mill. CHF Third party Means 15 mill. CHF Services

5th and 6th EU-Framework Programs43 Running Projects

Empa Today

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Research

Engineering Transfer Innovation

Services

Mission:Empa is a platform which bridges materials

science and technology for innovation in industry

and quality of life of the society.From visions to reality.

Safety/security, reliability/risks and sustainability are cross-sectional themes

Teaching Continuing Edu

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Empa, ,

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R&D: Carbon nanotube cold electron sources

Engineering: Carbon fibre reinforced large structures

Services:Failure Analysis (Schilthorn)

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Field Emission Displaywith SONY (Japan)

X-Ray tubesCOMET AG (CH)

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Empa’s Research Programs

Materials for Health & Performance

NaturalResourcesand Pollutants

Materials for Energy Technologies

Nanotechnology

Adaptive Material Systems

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Thermioniqueelectron source

Power controlled can not be miniaturized!!

Field Emission Display (FED)

Cold electron sourceel. Field controlled can be miniaturized!!

nanotech@surfaces

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Manipulation of Molecules by LT-STM

Surface: Cu(211); Distance between Steps = 0.625 nmSize of Swiss Flag: 4.5 nm x 4.5 nmMolecule: Propen (C3H6)Parameters: Imaging / Manipulation U = 180 / 200 mV, I = 0.75 / 1200 nA

M. Parschau, K-H. Ernst

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Carbon fiber reinforced polymer strips: a worldwide accepted and booming Empa-technology

CFRP stays for Allinghi

CFRP tendons, an enabling technology for the highest cranes of the world

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Mitigation of Cable Vibrations

Cable-Stayed Bridge of Kampen, Netherlands

Actuator Bundle

Armwrestling Robot

(World Record:Largest EAP ActuatorSystem; ca. 2500 N)

Demonstrator Flossenluftschiff mit Elektroaktiven Polymeren EAP(siehe auch Empa Podcast)

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Embroidery

Polyester

Membrane

Foam

ClothingContact to ECG

Active Buffer Chip

Skin

40 mm

Materials for Health and Performance:ECG-sensor shirt

Winner CTI-MedTech Award 2006

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Cooling garments for MS-patients for improving mobility

Winner of the Serono Charity Award 2006successful transfer to industryfounding new company UNICIO by industrial partnerprecooling applications in sports

From science to market

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Ceramic Foam (patented by Empa)- homogenization of flows- carrier for catalytic active coatings

F134a measurements (Reimann et al.)

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Jungfraujoch (CH)

Mace Head (IRE)

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Mobility based on low carbon fuels

Sulphate interaction with concrete

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National Task: Air Quality & Climate Change

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Research

European Emission 2700 t/a

Communication

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Overview (1)Research Programme Materials for Energy Technologies

Systemsand

ProcessesMaterials

Opportunitiesand

Risks

2000 Watt Society, 1 to CO2Renewable Energy in Buildings and Mobility for Better Quality of Life

TechnicalSolutions

Boundary Conditions

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3

MaterialProperties

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Module 1: MaterialsEnergy generation and conversion

Energy carrier Hydrogen

PhotovoltaicsEmpa: PolymersEPFL: DSCIMT: SiETHZ: CIGS

ThermoelectricsEmpa: oxide thermoelectricsETHZ: microconverter, modellingEPFL: materials (Te, now Montena)PSI: PLD films

Fuel CellsEmpa: materials SOFCETHZ: elecrodes, thin film SOFC cellsEPFL: cells and systems SOFC, electrodesPSI: PMFC, reforming wood for

PEMFC+SOFC (coupled system)

Empa: metal hydridesEPFL: photoelectrochemical

generationPSI: solar thermal generation ETHZ: combustion

Empa: mechanical, microscopiccharacterizationPSI: irradiation, characterization,materials, reactorEPFL: reactors, fusionETHZ: nuclear physics

pp--typetype

nn--typetype

High High Temperature Temperature TTWW

loadload RRaa

ElectrElectr. . currentcurrent QQKK/2/2

Low Temperature TK

HeatHeatFlowFlow

QK/2

High temperature materials

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Typ Typ-sp Typ10 RWY10 RWY14 RWY16A10 B10 C10 D10 A14 B14 E16 F16 G16

B727 ---- B7272 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 1 0B727 200AD B727A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0B737 200 B7372 6 0 2 0 0 3 147 102 0B737 B73M/ B737M 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0B73S ---- B73S 82 180 0 0 1 1 542 318 0B747 300 B7473 1 0 2 0 0 0 1'277 265 0B74F 400 B7474 2 6 4 0 0 1 5 413 0B74S EA34 B7472 6 2 3 0 0 0 56 171 0B757 ---- B757 51 11 0 0 0 0 28 49 0B767 ---- B767 15 2 4 0 0 0 1'231 121 0BA46 RJ85 BA46 155 2 9 0 0 0 7 6 1C500 MU300 C550 34 20 12 0 0 2 17 36 0C550 ---- C550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0C650 ---- C650 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

CL60 ---- LR50 19 21 3 0 0 0 1 5 0DA10 DA21 LR30 8 10 6 0 0 0 2 0 0DABA GHS HS257 24 22 7 0 0 0 6 6 0DC86 B707 B707F 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 0DC87 ---- DC870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0DC9 ---- B737A 46 15 9 0 0 0 61 60 0DC9 S210 DC930 3 9 17 0 0 1 19 178 0DHFK AT SF34 104 319 51 1 0 113 16 1'104 0

Bewegungsstatistik

Quellendaten

An- und Abflug-

geometrien

Radardaten

Flottenmix, # Flugbewegungen

Empa as a Partner of Federal Agencies (BAFU)Aircraft Noise Simulation Program FLULA

Topographie

Lärmbelastungskarte

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Business Incubatornumber of companies: 22 (11 at the new location)

net rentable area: 1700m2

number of employees: 66

total turnover of tebo companies in 2007: about CHF 8.5 mio.

number of companies withclose relations to Empa (ongoing projects, exchange of experiences): 10 of 22

total supporting and/orconsulting: 45 entrepreneurs or people

Technology Center for the Euregio Bodensee teboan Initiative of

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