Networks of Excellence

An important aspect of R&D at ZHW is active participation in various national centers of excellence as well as interaction with other universities, both in Switzerland and abroad. This allows access to large markets and projects and provides a basis for quality comparison.

ZHW faculty members participate in the following national networks of excellence:

School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering

• BRENET: Building technology and renewable energies
  Prof. Dr. Joachim Borth
  » Website (in German)

School of Engineering

• Automotive Competence Network (ACN-CH): Automotives, aircraft construction
  Prof. Robert Kaeser
• Swiss BioteCHnet
  Prof. Dr. Ursula Graf-Hausner
  » Website
• EDiSoN: Embedded and Distributed Solution (Leading House ZHW)
  Prof. Thomas Müller
  » Website (in German)
• ICTnet/Telekom
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hutter
  » Website (in German or French)
• IPLNet: Production und Logistics
  Prof. Dr. Christoph Heitz
  » Website
• MatNet: Nano-coatings, polymer composites, polymer chemistry + polymer analysis (Leading House HES-SO)
  Dr. Martina Hirayama
  » Website
• Microswiss Network: Microelectronics
  Dr. Rainer Sigg
  » Website
• Nanoplatform of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences
  Prof. Hansueli Schwarzenbach
  » Website
• Software Engineering Network SWEN
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Hutter
  » Website (in German)
• TourEspace: Sustainable tourism
  Harry Spiess, dipl. phil II
  » Website (in German)

School of Management

• AdmiNet: Public management
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Bergmann
  » Website