Eyes on the Tracks: Train Driver Acceptance of Driver Condition Monitoring Systems: Exploring how to Promote Acceptance in the Design of an Alertness Feedback System based on Eye Measurements

Train drivers are challenged to stay alert during train driving, for a big part due to the limited amount of tasks, and monotony of tasks. Driver condition monitoring (DCM) is a technology that involves measuring the driver’s alertness state in real-time, in which use of eye-based measurements is considered. Since DCM’s are upcoming in car and...

The Natural In-Between Place for Stress Relief through Biophilic Design

We humans evolved in nature, but over the years we moved from being a part of nature to being apart from nature. This causes our mental health, with stress as the most important aspect, to suffer from our modern life in the city. A significant challenge we face is finding ways to integrate nature into our build environment for stress relief. A...

The design of a large distribution system for the allocation of stores and the routing of vehicles: A Dutch case study

Efficient distribution is crucial in many industries today, especially in retail, where customer demand grows rapidly. The rise of online shopping and automation has led to a shift towards using Central Distribution Centers (CDCs). Retailers are part of this trend, which requires them to rethink how they handle their distribution. This study...

PASiC Ammonia Sensor Design: On Modelling the PASiC Layer, Electrode Designs and Device Fabrication

Capacitive, interdigital sensors in proximity of a PASiC thin film have been proposed as a cheap, robust alternative to existing ammonia sensing technologies. However, although prototype sensors have been manufactured, investigation into the working principles of this class of ammonia sensors is limited. This work aims to analyse the electrode...

Optimising BESS Control Strategies for Congestion and Price Arbitrage

Renewable energy generation projects are often measured by their peak capacity. A wind farm rated at 25 MW will generate 25 MW of power under the right circumstances. This peak capacity is reached very little in practice. However, these generators are forced to purchase grid operation infrastructure that can handle this peak generation event....

A user-centered design of a hip-brace to reduce Trendelenburg gait

Trendelenburg gait is an abnormal gait that causes the pelvis to tilt downward during walking. The pelvis tilts downward above the unsupported leg, which is in the swing phase. Untreated, abnormal walking patterns can create the users to learn compensational movements and behaviours. As well as causing balancing issues when walking, it can also...

The QIEM-Array: An Innovative Seed Germination Apparatus

The constantly growing world population has en ever-increasing food supply demand. With the decreasing quality of available agricultural land, innovations in the agricultural sector will play an increasingly crucial role. Increasing productivity, improving quality and increasing the nutritional values of the end products are key in combating the...

The Effect of Temporal Supervision on the Prediction of Self-reported Emotion from Behavioural Features

Continuous affective self-reports are intrusive and expensive to acquire, forcing researchers to use alternative labels for the construction of their predictive models. The most predominantly used labels in literature are continuous perceived affective labels obtained using external annotators. However an increasing body of research indicates...

Estimatic

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has 5 runways, each of which can be used for take-off or landing of aeroplanes. The weather heavily influences which runway configuration air traffic control might pick. Airport Forecasting Service (AFOS) predicts which configuration of runways works most efficiently given a set of expected weather conditions and the...

Flare - A solar powered plane: On its construction and control

This BSc Thesis is about the construction and control elements of the airplane group of the Solar Drone project. The project aims to improve the flight time of aerial vehicles, using solar energy. This document is delves into the possibility of applying solar cells to small model aircrafts. It outlines the challenges and solutions involved in...

Automated Pricing Suggestions

As Machine Learning is becoming more accessible to small businesses, thanks to the rapid advance in computing power, smaller start-ups such as Sjauf (a ride sharing start-up) are starting to get interested in implementing Machine Learning solutions in their product. Sjauf needed a system that could automatically tell its customers how much a...

Graphene deposition on MEMS devices

MEMS devices are currently designed to avoid sliding and contacting parts due to friction and adhesion problems. In this work, the possibility to grow a low friction material locally on MEMS sidewalls is investigated. An overview of the lubricants proposed in the literature for the microscale is presented, and graphene is selected as a promising...

Optimization of a propulsion plant for a submarine based on first principles

Optimization of a propulsion plant for a submarine based on first principles

Wind speed feedforward control for a wind turbine using LIDAR

Wind energy has relatively minor environmental impact compared to traditional energy sources. It doesn’t consume fuel or emits air pollution, while the land used for a wind farm can still be used mostly for other purposes such as agriculture. Some people state that wind turbines consume subsidies as a fuel, since they aren’t profitable without...

Suoi Giang Agricultural Cooperative, development of a sustainable PSS for rural Vietnam

The Suoi Giang community is a mountainous area situated about 250 kilometers from Hanoi, the capitol of Vietnam. In Suoi Giang, about 2700 people live divided over 8 villages. 98% of the population belongs to the H'mong minority. Within Suoi Giang, about 50% of the people live of an income of 20 US Dollar a month or less. Besides this, the level...

Clogging en depositie van deeltjes

Bij het gieten van staal in een continugietproces stroomt staal door een pijp met restrictie om het debiet te regelen, de dompelpijp. Tijdens het proces doet zich clogging voor. Clogging is het probleem dat AbOB-deeltjes, die zich als verontreiniging in het staal bevinden, zich tijdens het gieten aan de dompelpijpwand gaan hechten. Dit heeft...