PVT SOLAR EXPLORATION: The Circular Photovoltaic-Thermal panel of the future

This graduation project presented the development of a new Photovoltaic-Thermal panel (PVT) module design, aimed at addressing sustainability challenges in conventional solar panels. The research focused on improving repairability and recyclability by replacing the standard ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) laminate with a liquid encapsulant. This...

Design of a kite seat with optimal ergonomic fit, for use in surfschools

The goal of this thesis is to design a kite seat with optimal ergonomic fit for beginners in kite schools. Before designing, it is important to understand the context and create anthropometric guidelines for the target group. <br/><br/>The seat will be used for sit-kitesurfing, which originates from the sport kitesurfing. Its target group...

The Mystery Game: Engaging families with children in the mysteries of the Mauritshuis

This projectThe aim of this graduation project was to find out how to make the Mauritshuis, an art gallery museum in the city centre of The Hague, relevant to visiting families with children. Thereby the focus was on how to engage the families as soon as they enter the permanent exhibition of the museum and make the museum more relevant to them...

Design the Next-generation Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis Device: An off-hospital, continuous, long-term heart monitoring product

This is a 5-month master graduation project in collaboration with Praxa Sense to design the next generation Atrial Fibrillation diagnosis device. A long-term (more than one month) continuous, off-hospital diagnosis device is designed with the focus on user experience and diagnosis accuracy. There are several phases in this project including...

Material Driven Design: Designing a product from residual Dyneema® production fibres.

This master’s thesis is a collaboration between DSM Dyneema and the Circular Design Lab, a part of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. DSM Dyneema is a business group within the large Dutch multinational DSM N.V. They looking into means of making their business practice more suited to a future in a...

Mattress Ticking: Creating circular products

On a yearly bases approximately 1,5 million mattresses are discarded in the Netherlands. Matras Recycling Europe (MRE) is an Utrecht based company that specialises in disassembling mattresses. MRE is able to recycle 250.000 to 300.000 of the 1,5 million mattresses. Most of the pieces that are separated from these mattresses can be re-used in...