ETH4D News
All stories by Francis Baranyk
Teaching Collaboration between ETH Zurich and the University of Dar es Salaam
ETH4D's teaching collaboration initiative brings together lecturers from ETH Zurich and from partner African universities to jointly develop and teach courses in the African universities. These collaborations contribute to SDG goals 4 (quality education) and 17 (partnerships for the goals) and provide opportunities for ETH academics to collaborate outside Europe and the Global North and to contribute to global development in a meaningful way.
First Graduating Class: Joint Master's in Mechatronics Engineering
ETH4D sends out a heartfelt congratulations to the first graduating cohort of the joint Master in Mechatronics Engineering between ETH Zürich and Ashesi University!
Collaborating around AI for Global Health
Dr. Bishesh Khanal, founder of the Nepal Applied Mathematics and Informatics Institute for Research, shares about his work and two-month stay with Prof. Ender Konukoglu's Biomedical Image Computing group.
Supporting Plastic Recycling in Blantyre, Malawi
An ETH4D Research to Action project by former master's student Timo Stutz prototyped a device to clean and prepare plastic bottles for recycling
ETH4D Projects Test Sanitation Solutions in Guatemala
Two Research Challenge projects have tested interventions around clean water and waste treatment in Guatemala. The study results are helping to inform future innovation and implementation for project partners in the region.
Decent Work in Food Systems: Lunch, Panel Discussion, and Photovoice Exhibition with Insights from Ghana
Learn about the social, economic, and cultural aspects of decent work and urban food systems in the Global South through this panel and exhibition, bringing together diverse stakeholders, including Ghanaian project partners.
Projects to Develop Tech for Humanitarian Goals
Three new projects have been awarded funding through the Humanitarian Action Challenge grant, offered through the Engineering Humanitarian Action partnership between ETH, EPFL, and the International Committee for the Red Cross.
Two New E4D Doctoral Fellows join ETH
We are excited to introduce you to two new E4D Doctoral Fellows: Fatemeh Adelisardou and Jean Modeste Mushimiyimana. Fatemeh will create and test a model to evaluate water resource supply and demand among smallholder rice farmers in Iran. Jean Modeste will develop a user-friendly modelling tool that can be used to monitor methane extraction in Lake Kivu, Rwanda.
Teaching at the Conflict Research Network West Africa
Claudia Wiehler, PhD candidate at the Center for Security Studies, shares about what she learned during her time teaching in Nigeria through an ETH4D Faculty Exchange grant.
Biogas Pasteurisation Prototype Produced in Kisumu, Kenya
Prof. Elizabeth Tilley's research team developed a pasteurisation unit for a biogas reactor powered by the biogas itself in Kisumu, Kenya