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Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)

Identity

drapo_Switzerland

Seidengasse 16

Postfach

8023 Zürich Switzerland

T. +41 44 226 50 11 | F. +41 44 226 50 19

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www.satw.ch
Founding date: 9 April 1981
Number of members: 241 individual members, 15 honorary members, 78 member societies
Number foreign members: 31
Management and Staff: 7
Annual Budget: CHF 2.7m

 


Ulrich W. SUTER

Chairman

Mission

  • Provide a network of excellence in engineering sciences.
  • Support innovation and facilitate transfer of technology
  • Promote the understanding of technology and engineering sciences in society.
  • Advise Government and society (“honest knowledge broker”)
  • Inform the next generation about engineering sciences and motivate them to pursue a career in engineering.
  • Build and maintain international relations with excellent peer groups in the field of engineering sciences.

Committees / Main working groups

Topical Platforms

  • Edu-tech
    Head: Andy Schär,
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  • Biomedical engineering and computer science, Medical engineering, Medical informatics, Health technologies
    Head: Markus Nufer,
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  • Micro & nanotechnology
    Head: Dr. Karl Knop,
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  • Education and continuing education, Skills, Knowledge, Lifelong Learning, Key competencies, Minimum competencies
    Head: Prof. Dr. Richard Bührer,
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  • Resources/sustainability
    Head: Dr. Xaver Edelmann,
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  • Ethics
    Head: Dr. Tony Kaiser,
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  • Risks
    Head: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger,
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  • Urban and regional planning, architecture, construction, Smart Cities, Buildings, Homes
    Head: Prof. Daniel Kündig,
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  • Transport, traffic, mobility, logistics
    Head: Prof. Dr. Michel Bierlaire,
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  • Security of energy supply, Production, storage and distribution of electrical energy
    Head: Gianni Operto,
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  • Biotechnology and bioinformatics
    Head: Prof. Dr. Daniel Gygax,
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  • ICT, Computing in science and technology
    Head: Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth,
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  • eSwitzerland
    Head: Raymond Morel,
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Annual Report 2011


HIGHLIGHT EVENTS
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Study ‘Renewable Energies – Challenges on the Way to Full Supply’
In the current debate on energy policy, a number of players place great hopes in renewable energies. A new SATW study confirms that full supply based on renewable energies is in principle possible – if all involved parties contribute to the...
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Encouraging young talent
Awakening interest in technology and the natural sciences  The SATW promotes the encouragement of young talent in the technical and natural sciences at a variety of levels. In December 2011, the platform educa.MINT was thus launched as a...
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