Doctoral Theses

Louis, R. (2026)

Design, Optimization, and Validation of Solar Irradiance-Responsive Actuation for Passively Controlled Adaptive Shading

ETH Zurich (ETH)

 

Wirth M. (2026)

Computational Design of Additively Manufactured Architected Textiles

ETH Zurich (ETH)

 

Overhoff, M. (2026)

Improving the Development of Medical Devices for Low-Resource Settings Through Targeted Design Methods

ETH Zurich (ETH)

 

Walker, A. (2026)

Computational Design of 4D-Printed Shape-Morphing Structures

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 14.4 MB)

 

Chapuis, J. (2025)

Active Additively Manufactured Machines

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 15.4 MB)

 

Zhang, Y. (2023)

Sustainable Discrete Structures: From Design to Construction

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 108 MB)

 

du Pasquier, C. (2022) awarded with the ETH Medal

Design, Optimization, and Verification of Pneumatically Actuated Shape-Morphing Lattices

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 83.6 MB)

 

Yu, Z. (2021)

Computational Design of 3D Printed Personalized Artificial Spinal Disc

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 10.9 MB)

 

Lumpe, T. (2021) awarded with the ETH Medal

Computational Design of Active 3D-Printed Structures

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 317.1 MB)

 

van Diepen, M. (2020)

Computational Design Synthesis for the Co-Design of Morphology and Actuation of Soft Robots for Locomotion

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 12.1 MB)

 

Zimmermann, L. (2020)

A Computational Method for the Synthesis of Rigid Origami Crease Patterns

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 36.7 MB)

 

Blösch, A. (2020)

Design Heuristics for Additive Manufacturing

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 82.9 MB)

 

Stöckli, F. (2019)

Computational Design Synthesis of Passive Dynamic Systems

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 24.9 MB)

 

Rigger, E. (2019)

Design Automation Task Definition

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 6.8 MB)

 

Chen, T. (2018) awarded with the ETH Medal

Materials-Based Design of Autonomous Machines Using 4D Printing

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 118.5 MB)

 

Mueller, J. (2018) awarded with the ETH Medal

Architected Core-Shell Beams for Stiff, Strong, and Tough Cellular Structures

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 146.3 MB)

 

Kruse, B. (2017)

A Library-Based Concept Design Approach for Multi-Disciplinary Systems in SysML

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 11.2 MB)

 

Münzer, C. (2015)

Constraint-Based Methods for Automated Computational Design Synthesis of Solution Spaces

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 13.3 MB)

 

Königseder, C. (2015)

A methodology for supporting design grammar development and application in computational design synthesis

ETH Zurich (ETH): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 6.7 MB)

 

Gmeiner, Th. (2015)

Automatic Fixture Design Based on Formal Knowledge Representation, Design Synthesis and Verification

Technische Universität München (external page TUM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 16.6 MB)

 

Helms, B. (2013)

Object-Oriented Graph Grammars for Computational Design Synthesis

Technische Universität München (external page TUM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.7 MB)

 

Wölkl, S. (2013)

Model Libraries for Conceptual Design

Technische Universität München (external page TUM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 14.2 MB)  

 

Hoisl, F. (2012)

Visual. Interactive 3D Spatial Grammars in CAD for Computational Design Synthesis

Technische Universität München (external page TUM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.4 MB)

 

Ertelt, Ch. (2012)

Generative Design-to-Fabrication Automation using Spatial Grammars and Heuristic Search

Technische Universität München (external page TUM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.3 MB)

 

Bolognini, F. (2008)

An Integrated Simulation-Based Generative Design Method for Microelectromechanical Systems  

University of Cambridge: Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.5 MB)

 

Baldock, R. (2007)

Structural Optimisation in Building Design Practice:  Case-Studies in Topology Optimisation of Bracing Systems

University of Cambridge: Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.7 MB)

 

Starling, Alex C. (2004)

Performance-Based Computational Synthesis of Parametric Mechanical Systems

University of Cambridge (external page CAM): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.5 MB)