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Gao, Yu (author), Zhang, Jingru (author), Wang, Donglei (author), Fan, Jiaxin (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Wang, Fuhui (author), Zhang, Danni (author), Xu, Dake (author)Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) of metals exerts a negative effect on the marine environment and causes a great loss of marine facilities. Corrosion prevention in an eco-friendly and sustainable way is a difficult problem to address, especially in the marine environment. In this work, Nocardiopsis dassonville, a corrosive bacteria...journal article 2024
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Wong, Dominique Hiulong (author), Zhang, Chunbo (author), Di Maio, F. (author), Hu, Mingming (author)Lack of knowledge and tools hampers circular transition in the construction industry. This study analyzes the potential of a framework of circular indicators put forward by the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM-C) as an answer to the prevailing need of a metric for building circularity assessment to...journal article 2024
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Mo, J. (author), Shankar, S. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)Fabricating high-aspect-ratio (HAR) structures with silicon carbide (SiC) is a challenging task. This paper presents a silicon carbide (SiC) reinforced vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNT) composite as a promising candidate to fabricate HAR MEMS devices for harsh environment applications. The use of a VACNT array allows the fast...conference paper 2023
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Sun, B. (author), Mo, J. (author), Zhang, Hemin (author), van Zeijl, H.W. (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The thermal-piezoresistive effect in silicon (Si) has attracted great attention toward high-performance resonant devices but still faces major challenges for harsh environment applications. Instead of using Si, this paper, for the first time, reports a thermal-piezoresistive resonator based on a silicon carbide-on-insulator (SiCOI) platform. The...conference paper 2023
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Niu, Yunfan (author), Mo, J. (author), May, Alexander (author), Rommel, Mathias (author), Rossi, Chiara (author), Romijn, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)This work presents the design and characterization of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with silicon carbide (SiC) for sensing applications in harsh environments. The SiC-based ADC is implemented with the state-of-the-art low-voltage SiC complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology developed by Fraunhofer IISB. Two types of...conference paper 2023
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Zhang, Jiawen Zhang (author)Currently, as the utilization of offshore wind energy continues to increase, floating wind turbines are expected to be widely used. As the fixed system of the turbine, the safety of the mooring chain has gradually attracted the attention of researchers. Mooring chains immersed in seawater are mainly subjected to various mechanical loads and...master thesis 2022
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Zhang, Yufang (author), van Dijk, Terry (author), Wagenaar, C. (author)Promoting adequate physical activity (PA) such as walking and cycling is essential to cope with the global health challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Much research has been conducted to analyze how the built environment can promote PA, but the results are not consistent. Some scholars found that certain built environments such as...journal article 2022
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Li, Haimei (author), Zhang, Yuting (author), Ao, Yibin (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author), Chen, Yunfeng (author)The rapid urbanization in China urges scholars to investigate the impacts of built environment on the level of travel satisfaction of rural residents to improve their quality of life and make planning exercises more human-centric. This study samples six villages out of the 25 top rural areas in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, as the research object and...journal article 2022
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Ao, Yibin (author), Li, Mingyang (author), Ding, Xuan (author), Zheng, Junjie (author), Xiao, Shan (author), Deng, Shulin (author), Zhang, Zijun (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author), Martek, Igor (author)With the rise of global urbanization, the rural built environment has undergone tremendous changes. As such, the rural built environment impacts on residents’ daily travel behavior is getting more researchers’ attention. To date, most of the research focuses on urban areas in developed countries. To understand the state-of-the-art of interplay...review 2022
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Zhang, Yufang (author), Koene, Marijke (author), Reijneveld, Sijmen A. (author), Tuinstra, Jolanda (author), Broekhuis, Manda (author), van der Spek, S.C. (author), Wagenaar, Cor (author)Physical activity is good for people’s health. The relationship between the built environment and physical activity has been well documented. However, evidence is both scarce and scattered on specific urban interventions, i.e., intentional redesigns of the built environment that promote physical activity accompanied by pre- and post-effect...review 2022
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Shao, Pengfei (author), Ma, C. (author), Han, Daoyang (author), Liu, Kun (author), Li, Mingliang (author), Liang, Yi (author), Yao, Meng (author), Wang, Hailong (author), Zhang, Rui (author), Shao, Gang (author)Temperature sensors that can operate in high-temperature and harsh environments are highly desired. However, this is a great challenge for sensing materials to operate under extreme working conditions because of oxidation and/or corrosion at high temperature. In this study, polymer-derived SiAlCN ceramics were prepared as sensing materials to...journal article 2022
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Mo, J. (author), Middelburg, L.M. (author), Morana, B. (author), van Zeijl, H.W. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The application of pressure sensors in harsh environments is typically hindered by the stability of the material over long periods of time. This work focuses on the design and fabrication of surface micromachined Pirani gauges which are designed to be compatible with state-of-the-art Silicon Carbide CMOS technology. Such an integrated...journal article 2021
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author)Next to personal, psychosocial and physiological aspects, environmental aspects of homes may affect the health and comfort of their occupants. This study aimed to investigate the multifactorial character of both rhinitis and headaches among five groups of students from universities in five different cities: Taichung (Taiwan), Concepcion (Chile),...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Guan ting (author), Verbree, E. (author), Wang, Xiao jun (author)Sustainable development can only be achieved with an innovative improvement from the way we currently analyze, design, build and manage our urban spaces. Current digital analysis and design methods for cities, such as visibility analysis, deeply rely on mapping and modeling techniques. However, most methods fall short of depicting the real...journal article 2021
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Sustainable Passive Design for Building Performance of Healthy Built Environment in the Lingnan AreaLi, Bin (author), Guo, Weihong (author), Liu, Xiao (author), Zhang, Yuqing (author), Russell, P.J. (author), Schnabel, Marc Aurel (author)Having a healthy built environment becomes increasingly important, especially under the effects of COVID-19. This paper intends to combine sustainable goals based on climate change with passive design principles to achieve a healthy built environment regarding the building performance of residential buildings. The Yuedao Residential Community in...journal article 2021
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Middelburg, L.M. (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)In the coming decade, the development in the area of More than Moore will certainly take over from Moore’s Law. Sensor development and sensor integration will prevail above lower node development. New packaging solutions will be developed which will fuel the integration of sensors. These developments can still be silicon based but where harsh...book chapter 2020
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Yazdan Mehr, M. (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), De Buyl, Francois (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Degradation mechanisms of silicone plates under harsh environment conditions are studied in this investigation. Environmental degradation of silicone free form, used as secondary optics in Light Emitting Diode LED lighting lamps and luminaires or any other applications requiring high quality optics being used, has negative implications for the...journal article 2018
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Zhang, H. (author), Liu, Yang (author), Wang, Lingen (author), Fan, Jiajie (author), Fan, Xuejun (author), Sun, Fenglian (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)High reliable packaging materials are needed for electronics when they work at harsh environments. Among which, the nanosilver material has been widely studied and applied in power electronics due to its low processing temperature and high reliability. This paper investigates the bonding properties of nanosilver sintered hermetic cavity. There...journal article 2018
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author), Overtoom, M.E. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author)Background<br/>While the indoor environmental quality of classrooms is a potential issue because it may affect the wellbeing of school children, the relations are still poorly studied. This study aimed to investigate the relations between classroom characteristics and health and comfort of school children.<br/><br/>Material and methods<br/>A...journal article 2018
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