Prof. Dr. Carlo Menon
Area of Interest
Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology
Prerequisites a student should comply with
Track 1: Sensors, Materials, and Nanotechnology
Students should have a background and/or interest in the conceptualization and design of innovative sensing technology. Students should have expertise in materials and nanotechnology to excel in this track.
Track 2: Computing
Students should be interested in processing bio-signals and/or processing data sets to study behaviour. Students should have a background in data science and/or signal processing. Students should be familiar with MATLAB and/or Python to excel in this track.
Track 3: Human motion
The focus of this track is on setting up measurement systems/devices, designing protocols, collecting data and investigating human motion. Students should have a background in movement sciences, biomechanics, and/or sport to excel in this track.
Recommended master courses (Electives I+II of Learning Agreement of the Major)
151-0604-00 Microrobotics
227-0393-10 Bioelectronics and Biosensors
327-0505-00 Surfaces, Interfaces and their Applications I
376-1103-00 Frontiers in Nanotechnology
376-1351-00 Micro/Nanotechnology and Microfluidics for Biomedical Applications
376-1714-00 Biocompatible Materials
535-0423-00 Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting
636-0108-00 Biological Engineering and Biotechnology
376-1712-00 Finite Element Analysis in Biomedical Engineering
227-0385-10 Biomedical Imaging
227-0447-00 Image Analysis and Computer Vision
227-0969-00 Methods & Models for fMRI Data Analysis
401-0629-00 Applied Biostatistics
252-0312-00 Ubiquitous Computing
376-1986-00 Bayesian Data Analysis on Models of Behavior
376-0022-00 Imaging and Computing in Medicine
Research projects of the group
Projects broadly fall under one of the following three tracks:
• Track 1: Sensors, Materials, and Nanotechnology. The focus is to develop innovative sensing technology using innovative materials and nanotechnology.
• Track 2: Computing. The focus is to use data science to process bio-signals and/or study behaviour.
• Track 3: Human motion. The focus is to study human motion using innovative wearable technology.
Some projects are listed here: https://bmht.ethz.ch/open-positions.html
Students are highly encouraged to contact Prof. Menon directly if interested to perform research projects in his lab - some projects are not listed on his website.