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Muller, Sven (author)
We humans have drastically changed the world in the last few centuries. We have upset the balance of nature. Humanity is forgetting that we are part of nature and dependent on the earth's resources. Our take-make-dispose mindset needs to change. <br/><br/>Biomimicry may be a solution. It is a relatively new movement, a philosophy, that looks to...
master thesis 2024
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Menkhorst, Mike (author)
Drones are becoming an ever increasing part of our lives. From airshows to surveillance systems, their use varies greatly and, as technology improves, this variety will continue to increase. As drones get smaller, new applications arise. For example, drones for monitoring crops or searching for survivors in hard to reach places in disaster areas...
master thesis 2023
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Solot, Elke (author)
Hexapod robots are becoming increasingly popular for navigating and exploring irregular and inhospitable environments. The Lunar Zebro is such a hexapod robot that has been developed to be the lightest and smallest rover to explore the moon. The purpose of the Lunar Zebro is to navigate the surface of the moon where it will encounter difficult...
master thesis 2022
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Brouwer, Menno (author)
Our contemporary world is filled with sensors, from weather stations to infrasound facilities and seismic monitoring stations. These sensors constitute a specific spatial and architectural reality in the Critical Zone and introduce the idea of the territory as a sensing device. The Critical Zone is a thin layer of several hundred meters thick...
master thesis 2021
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Ertman, Katharina (author)
To create a more sustainable future for aviation, new, lighter-weight structures and materials will need to be engineered. It will also be critical that damage tolerance and safety are not compromised in the process. Lattice materials represents one avenue of exploration; however, two key challenges arise: limited experimental work has been...
master thesis 2020
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Anandawardhani, Prinka (author)
The Flush and Splash project proposes to reconnect the cultural and the natural heritage of the city through the Semarang river watershed. It begins with acknowledging how the Semarang river have been facing continuous landscape degradation despite it being a backbone of the city based on the observation of historical trajectory and site visits....
master thesis 2020
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Honig, Floris (author)
The use of material properties to guide cell behaviour is often utilised in the field of regenerative medicine. Regarding this, surface topography has been shown to control different cellular processes. In nature, topographies exist in a wide variety of shapes, including hierarchical structures with a great degree of surface roughness. Here,...
master thesis 2018
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Alboustani, Tarik (author)
Plant factory with artificial light PFAL is an advanced facility has been developing through many research based on experimental field work in greenhouses as fully insulated and the airtight production facility. PFAL is one form of “closed plant production system” (CPPS) unit. It is a system where the growing environment optimally controlled and...
master thesis 2018
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Polat, Esra (author)
Mobile phones are one of the most ubiquitous devices in our lives. The ever-growing demand for mobile phones and rapid upgrade patterns, gives mobile phones an unsustainable linear character, with a big contribution to e-waste. This study is about stimulating consumers to return their mobile phones to extend its life or fulfill another purpose...
master thesis 2018
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Salomon, Daniel (author)
This report will describe the analysis of two topics: the pheromone based communication method used by ants in their foraging behaviour, and the phenomenon of trade fairs. This natural communication model has been analyzed and its defining characteristics have been abstracted, after which they have been used to design a product that solves the...
master thesis 2017
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Visser, Sietske (author)
Humans wear helmets to protect the head from impact. However, covering part of the body influences the thermal balance due to restricting the heat loss capacity. This is especially the case for the head due of the lack of vasoconstriction response in the head’s skin. This project focussed on improving thermal comfort and perception when wearing...
master thesis 2017
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Otten, Mattijs (author)
Within this report is described the process of designing a new Zebro robot for the TU Delft Robotics Institute. Zebro is a six-legged robot specifically intended to become one of the first truly autonomous swarming robots on earth. The specific aim of this project was to design Zebro to become ready for series production, and to become a robotic...
master thesis 2017
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Geboers, E. (author)
A research into greening the desert with seawater which proposes the construction of a seawater infrastructure in which seawater is separated into fresh water and salt. The fresh water is used for growing crops in greenhouses, the salt is used for creating architecture. The developed typology is that of a salt factory in which salt building...
master thesis 2015
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Ivan, I. (author)
The aim of the project is to elaborate upon performance driven design experiments for habitation and production facilities on Mars. The experiments focus on enhancing optimal multi-usability of interior space, 3d printable integrated structure and skin solutions and the effective usage of greenhouses and water infrastructure for radiation...
master thesis 2014
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Kokorikou, A. (author)
The project’s goal was to design a lightweight, sustainable and comfortable aircraft seat for the economy class. It was done in cooperation with the company Optimares based in Italy. The company’s economy seat “Sabre” was studied and used as a reference point for this project. The project was executed in four main phases: the research and...
master thesis 2014
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Von Meijenfeldt, V.M.C. (author)
Planet Earth is constantly changing, and with it our living environment. Seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation, as well as long-term climate trends, are but a few examples of change that pose challenges to a settled society. Whereas direction, magnitude, and even character of future changes may be uncertain, we can be confident...
master thesis 2014
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Jacome Polit, C.D. (author)
As a general rule, environmental design and engineering, instead of taking part from an early design stage, usually remains as a question of post-design optimization. A way to solve such problem may be found in looking at nature and working architecture along with ecology, where iteratively the design process involves varied relations and mutual...
master thesis 2014
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Soeleman, M.R.R. (author)
Biomimetic research to be elaborated in the design for a public library for the harbour of Scheveningen
master thesis 2014
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Trevia, F.G. (author)
The work of my thesis represents the last phase of the GRIP project, a Governmental/Philips co-founded project which has been running for one year and a half before the beginning of this final stage in February 2013. The project involves several organizations such as TUDelft, TU/Eindhoven, Design Academy, Philips, Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg...
master thesis 2013
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Muntinga, A.E. (author)
This research presents the potentials of the STAR-system: a Solution for a Thermal Adaptive Response system. The STAR-system uses a Phase Change Slurry (PCS) as variable thermal mass to control the indoor temperatures. Nature forms an inspiration for the design of a new system for a thermo regulative façade. Examples from nature are collected...
master thesis 2013
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