Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017

Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Master
Major Courses A total of 42 CP must be achieved during the Master Program. The individual study plan is subject to the tutor's approval.
Subjects of General Interest
227-0377-00L	Physics of Failure and Failure Analysis of Electronic Devices and Equipment	W	3 credits	2V	U. Sennhauser
Abstract	Failures have to be avoided by proper design, material selection and manufacturing. Properties, degradation mechanisms, and expected lifetime of materials are introduced and the basics of failure analysis and analysis equipment are presented. Failures will be demonstrated experimentally and the opportunity is offered to perform a failure analysis with advanced equipment in the laboratory.
Learning objective	Introduction to the degradation and failure mechanisms and causes of electronic components, devices and systems as well as to methods and tools of reliability testing, characterization and failure analysis.
Content	Summary of reliability and failure analysis terminology; physics of failure: materials properties, physical processes and failure mechanisms; failure analysis of ICs, PCBs, opto-electronics, discrete and other components and devices; basics and properties of instruments; application in circuit design and reliability analysis
Lecture notes	Comprehensive copy of transparencies
363-0790-00L	Technology Entrepreneurship	W	2 credits	2V	U. Claesson, B. Clarysse
Abstract	Technology ventures are significantly changing the global economic picture. Technological skills increasingly need to be complemented by entrepreneurial understanding. This course offers the fundamentals in theory and practice of entrepreneurship in new technology ventures. Main topics covered are success factors in the creation of new firms, including founding, financing and growing a venture.
Learning objective	This course provides theory-grounded knowledge and practice-driven skills for founding, financing, and growing new technology ventures. A critical understanding of dos and don'ts is provided through highlighting and discussing real life examples and cases.
Content	See course website: http://www.entrepreneurship.ethz.ch/education/tech-entrepreneurship.html
Lecture notes	Lecture slides and case material
151-0317-00L	Visualization, Simulation and Interaction - Virtual Reality II	W	4 credits	3G	A. Kunz
Abstract	This lecture provides deeper knowledge on the possible applications of virtual reality, its basic technolgy, and future research fields. The goal is to provide a strong knowledge on Virtual Reality for a possible future use in business processes.
Learning objective	Virtual Reality can not only be used for the visualization of 3D objects, but also offers a wide application field for small and medium enterprises (SME). This could be for instance an enabling technolgy for net-based collaboration, the transmission of images and other data, the interaction of the human user with the digital environment, or the use of augmented reality systems. The goal of the lecture is to provide a deeper knowledge of today's VR environments that are used in business processes. The technical background, the algorithms, and the applied methods are explained more in detail. Finally, future tasks of VR will be discussed and an outlook on ongoing international research is given.
Content	Introduction into Virtual Reality; basisc of augmented reality; interaction with digital data, tangible user interfaces (TUI); basics of simulation; compression procedures of image-, audio-, and video signals; new materials for force feedback devices; intorduction into data security; cryptography; definition of free-form surfaces; digital factory; new research fields of virtual reality
Lecture notes	The handout is available in German and English.
Prerequisites / Notice	Prerequisites: "Visualization, Simulation and Interaction - Virtual Reality I" is recommended. Didactical concept: The course consists of lectures and exercises.

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