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At the traditional D-ITET Christmas Apéro on 13 December 2017, several hundreds of members of the department and students took the opportunity to exchange with the Department Management, friends and colleagues.  

D-ITET is happy to announce the election of the new Department Management as of 1 February 2018. Prof. Vanessa Wood will be the new Head of Department and Prof. Klaas Enno Stephan will be the new Deputy Head of Department. Juerg Leuthold will remain Director of Studies.

Ultraprecise simulation of a computer storage technology known as CBRAM reveals its optimal geometry: an insulator roughly ten atoms thick sandwiched between two electrodes. CBRAM (conductive bridging random access memory) could play a fundamental role in memory in the future by storing data in a non-volatile (i.e., near-permanent) way. Prof. Mathieu Luisier and his team studied this type of memory, which consists of two metal electrodes separated by an insulator.

What can you do with a degree in engineering? To find out more about mechanical and electrical engineering more than 60 girls from all over Switzerland participated in the taster day for schoolgirls 2017 of the departments MAVT and ITET on 1 December.