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n.BA.AD.EEE.24HS (Ecological and Energy Engineering) 
Module: Ecological and Energy Engineering
This information was generated on: 12 November 2025
No.
n.BA.AD.EEE.24HS
Title
Ecological and Energy Engineering
Credits
4

Description

Version: 4.0 start 01 August 2025

 

Study Programme Applied Digital Life Sciences
Regulations Applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Applied Digital Life Sciences degree programme
Module Type  
  Compulsory Module  X Elective Module    Optional Module
Planned Semester 6th Semester
Module Coordinator Fridolin Tschudi
Telephone / E-Mail +41 (0)58 934 53 12 / fridolin.tschudi@zhaw.ch
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Fridolin Tschudi and various lecturers
Entrance Requirements
Basic understanding of chemical, biological, and physical processes in environmental systems. Level of detail according to modules Environmental Systems 1 and 2.
 
Note: This knowledge can be acquired independently before or during the module. It will not be taught.
Learning Outcomes and Competencies Technical skills:
The students:
  • are able to acquire, store, and process data,
  • can adapt existing models to address specific questions,
  • can incorporate chemical, physical, and biological processes into a dynamic model,
  • can use existing data to fit parameters in a model,
  • can model system behaviour and validate results
 
Transferable skills:
The students…
  • can adapt to changes in a project,
  • can work transdisciplinary on a project,
  • can critically review data and extract relevant information,
  • can place a problem and its implications in a larger, more global context, and
  • can present results in their field of study to a customer.
Module Content The module follows a step-by-step procedure that mirrors an on-the-job problem-solving approach:
  1. Obtain an understanding of the issue at hand.
  2. Visit the on-site system and learn where the data comes from (understand the system, its location, the sensors used, etc.).
  3. Check the data sources and understand the data they deliver.
  4. Have a look at the actual data, structure them in a useful repository, and curate and order them according to your requirements.
  5. Develop the required models and use them to answer questions and make predictions.
  6. Produce simulations to predict the consequences of manipulations.
  7. Verify your simulations in the real system.
  8. Refine.
Follow-up Modules -
Methods of Instruction  Lectures, field trips to ZHAW labs, classroom exercises, online resources, assignments, and coaching.
Digital Resources
  • Technical description of the system
  • Script or Slide deck for the case study
  • Exercises and Solutions
Lesson Structure / Workload  
 Contact Hours 56
 Guided Self-Study 28
 Independent Self-Study 36
 Total Workload 120
Classroom Attendance Except for the following blocks, attendance is not mandatory (but highly recommended):
  • On site visits and presentations, according to the time table
Assessment Experience grade (100%) :
  • Report and Presentation for Task 1 (Energy Engineering) 40%
  • Report and Presentation for Task 2 (Ecological Engineering) 60%
Language of Instruction  English
Comments None

 

Note

Course: Ecological and Energy Engineering
No.
n.BA.AD.EEE.24HS.V
Title
Ecological and Energy Engineering

Note

  • No module description is available in the system for the cut-off date of 12 November 2025.