Prof. Dr. Volker M. Koch, Switzerland

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Biography and Resume

 

Volker M. Koch started his career with an industrial apprenticeship in electrical engineering. Afterwards, he studied at universities in Paderborn (Germany), Waterloo (Canada), and Karlsruhe (Germany). He received his MSc degree in electrical engineering and information technology from the University of Karlsruhe in 2001. His area of specialization was biomedical engineering. He obtained a master’s degree in management in 2004, a PhD in biomedical signal processing in 2007, and the Certificate of Teaching Ability in Electrical Engineering in 2010, all from ETH Zurich (Switzerland).

He worked at several institutions, including the University of Waterloo (Canada), a Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), MIT (USA), Stanford University (USA), the Signal and Information Processing Lab of ETH Zurich (Switzerland), the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan), the VA Palo Alto Rehabilitation R&D Center/Stanford University (USA), HTA Lucerne (Switzerland), and AWK Group AG (Switzerland). He is now a professor at the Biomedical Engineering Lab, Bern University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), and Deputy Program Director of the MSc in Biomedical Engineering Program at the University of Bern. In this program, he is also responsible for the electronic implants major.

Prof. Koch is Chair of the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter, Vice Chair and Educational Activities Officer of the IEEE Switzerland Section, and member of the Executive Board of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering.

 

Degrees

2010 ETH Zurich: Didaktischer Ausweis im Fach Elektrotechnik (5.5 of 6)
2007 ETH Zurich: Doctor of Sciences (ETH Zurich does not grade doctoral exams/theses)
2004 ETH Zurich: Master of Advanced Studies in Management, Technology, Economics (5.9 of 6)
2001 Universität Karlsruhe (TH): Diplom-Ingenieur ("sehr gut")
1996 Universität Paderborn: Vordiplom II ("gut")
1992 Gewerbliche Schulen Paderborn: Fachhochschulreife ("sehr gut")
1991 Hella KG Paderborn: Energieelektroniker ("sehr gut")

 

Education

2003 - 2010 ETH Zurich, Switzerland: student; didactics and pedagogy in electrical engineering
2001 - 2007 ETH Zurich, Switzerland: doctoral student; IT, electrical engineering, biomedical eng.
2002 - 2004 ETH Zurich, Switzerland: master's student; management, technology, economics
1997 - 2001 Universität Karlsruhe, Germany: master's student; electrical engineering, IT, biomedical eng.
1993 - 1997 Universität Paderborn, Germany: undergraduate student; electrical engineering, IT
1996 - 1997 University of Waterloo, ON, Canada: exchange student; ECE, SYDE, biomedical eng. (1 year)
1991 - 1992 A high school, Paderborn, Germany
1988 - 1991 A vocational school, Paderborn, Germany: apprentice; electrical engineering
1982 - 1988 A secondary school, Salzkotten, Germany
1978 - 1982 A primary school, Salzkotten-Scharmede, Germany

 

Full-Time Jobs

2008 - ... Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel, Switzerland: professor; biomedical engineering
2007 - 2008 AWK Group AG, Zurich, Switzerland: consultant; IT, medical information systems
2001 - 2006 ETH Zurich, Switzerland: research and teaching assistant; biomedical signal processing
1992 - 1993 A hospital, Paderborn, Germany: technical service specialist (mandatory national service)
1991 Hella KG, Paderborn, Germany: skilled worker; electrical engineering
1988 - 1991 Hella KG, Paderborn, Germany: apprentice; electrical engineering

 

Part-Time Jobs

2006 HTA Lucerne, Switzerland: college lecturer; digital image processing
2005 HTA Lucerne, Switzerland: college lecturer; digital image processing
1997 - 1998 Fraunhofer Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany: research assistant; digital image analysis

 

Research Visits and Internships

2006 Palo Alto Rehab R&D Center/Stanford University, U.S.A.; biomedical signal proc. (3 months)
2005 RIKEN, Japan; biomedical signal processing (3 months)
2000 - 2001 Stanford University, U.S.A.; biomedical image processing (8 months)
1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.; image processing (3 months)
1998 - 1999 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan; knowledge acquisition system (6 months)
1997 University of Waterloo, Canada; biomedical signal processing (4 months)
1987 PESAG, Germany; electrical engineering (3 weeks)

 

Volunteering

2011 - ... Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering: Member of the Executive Board 
2011 - ... IEEE Switzerland Section, Switzerland: Vice Chair
2009 - ... IEEE Switzerland Section, Switzerland: Educational Activities Officer
2008 - ... Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter, Switzerland: Founding Chair
2007 - 2011 IEEE Switzerland Section, Switzerland: Secretary and Treasurer
2003 - 2007 IEEE Student Branch Zurich, Switzerland: Chair
2003 - 2007 VMITET, D-ITET, ETH Zurich, Switzerland: Initiator, Co-Founder, Co-President, President
2002 - 2006 Teaching Committee, D-ITET, ETH Zurich, Switzerland: representative of the scientific staff
2002 - 2004 AVETH, ETH Zurich, Switzerland: Executive Board Member and Treasurer
2002 - 2003 IEEE Student Branch Zurich, Switzerland: Secretary

 

Current Memberships

2009 - ... Biomedical Engineering Club, Switzerland
2009 - ... IEEE Education Society, U.S.A.
2008 - ... Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Switzerland
2004 - ... Alumni Association of ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2001 - ... IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, U.S.A.
2001 - ... IEEE, U.S.A.
2001 - ... Alumni Association of Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

 

Certificates

2009 Didactics certificate: Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik der Berner Fachhochschule
2007 Project management certificate: IPMA D
2007 IT management certificate: ITIL Foundation

 

 

10/2011