Doctoral Theses

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)