In order of degree level and start date, highest degree level and most recent start date at top. All post-thesis plans are as of the start date.
June 2025 - Nov 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley
Location of thesis: Health facilities throughout Malawi, ETH Zürich
Topic: data collection and analysis of power system status and stakeholder accountability in Malawi's healthcare facilities
Education:
Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Open
June 2025 - Nov 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley
Location of thesis: Health facilities throughout Malawi, ETH Zürich
Topic: data collection and open database development of power-consuming medical devices from health posts in Malawi
Education:
Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Open
Mar 2025 - Sep 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Prof. Dr. Juan Dib (UniNorte), Prof. Rafael Castillo (UniNorte)
Location of thesis: Health facilities throughout Colombia, ETH Zürich
Topic: data collection and investigation of the energy characteristics of healthcare appointments
Education:
Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Open
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
Co-advisor: Jara Späte
Professor: Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug
Topic: "Feasibility study and technical design of an agrivoltaic power plant in Angola"
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich, field work in Angola
Education:
Master’s in Electrical Engineering and Information Science, ETH Zurich (Exchange at KTH Stockholm)
Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Information Science, ETH Zurich
Post-thesis plans: Open, with a strong interest in sustainable energy systems
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, Prof. Rafael Castillo (UniNorte), Prof. Mauricio Restrepo (UniNorte)
Topic: "Development and testing of new load control schemes for an electrical load cabinet for small health posts"
Location of thesis: Universidad del Norte (Colombia), ETH Zürich
Education:
Master's in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India
Post-thesis plans: Hoping to get a PhD position and pursue research in sustainable power systems
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Prof. María Calle (UniNorte)
Topic: development of an open-source remote communications infrastructure for standalone energy systems monitoring
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich
Education:
Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Open
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug
Topic: "Development of a preference elicitation framework for health providers’ energy preferences and finding optimal critical load sets"
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich
Education:
Master's in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia with an exchange at ETH Zürich in the master's program for electrical engineering and information technology
Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Post-thesis plans: To be determined. Ideally, a position in Switzerland.
Jan 2025 - Jul 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, Prof. Rafael Castillo (UniNorte), Prof. Mauricio Restrepo (UniNorte)
Topic: "Design optimization and validation of a bi-directional charging circuit for an off-grid solar + storage + micro e-mobility system supporting health facilities electrification"
Location of thesis: Universidad del Norte (Colombia), ETH Zürich
Education:
Master's in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Engineering Science, University of Padua & Polytechnical University of Madrid
Post-thesis plans: PhD in an energy related field, preferably in sustainable energy access
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug, Prof. Dr. Riccardo Mereu (Politecnico di Milano)
Topic: "Toward more realistic and reliable energy system optimization models: verification, validation and testing frameworks and the role of cost dynamics and conversion constraints"
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich, Politecnico di Milano
Education:
Master's in Energy Science and Technology, ETH Zürich
Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Open
Mar 2025 - Sep 2025
Co-advisor: Dr. Jakub Tkaczuk
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley
Topic: development of an RFID access control solution to enable fully distributed electric two-wheeler charging in Kenya
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich
Education: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Mar 2025 - Aug 2025
Professor: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley, Dr. Michelle Niescierenko (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative)
Topic: "Development of pediatric intravenous flow rate monitor for humanitarian settings"
Location of thesis: ETH Zürich
Education: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich
Post-thesis plans: Master's in Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich