As part of the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).

The laboratory has been headed by some of the most prominent mechanical engineers in the history of turbomachinery.

The current research projects at LEC cover the fields of: Amongst many noted achievements, LEC has recently developed the FENT probe.

[1] This probe, for the first time, enables measurement of entropy generation in Turbomachinery.

The highly rated peer-review journal Measurement Science and Technology recognised[2] the development of this probe as the most outstanding contribution in the field of fluid mechanics in 2008.