Robots for a Cleaner Amsterdam: Roadmapping Waste Relationships for the Next Decade

As current cleaning targets are not achieved, Amsterdam requested to explore the potential for robots to contribute to a cleaner city. This thesis focused on exploring how a robot could contribute. A contextual analysis, reviewing literature and municipal documents, showed an increasing need for improved waste management efficiency in response...

Can fourier neural operators replicate the intrinsic predictability of spatiotemporal chaos?: for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky system

The use of deep learning in global weather forecasting has shown significant promise in improving both forecasting accuracy and speed. Traditional numerical weather prediction models have gradually improved forecasting skills but at the cost of increased computational complexity. In contrast, new deep learning models, trained directly on...

Closing the Wound: an Eye-Opening Mechanism: Development of a Bi-planar Incision Mechanism Used in Vitrectomy

Background: Treatment of eye conditions, such as retinal detachment, macular pucker or macular holes, ask for an intervention named ”vitrectomy”. In a vitrectomy, multiple surgical instruments are brought into the eye, to facilitate removal of the vitreous humor. The instruments enter the eye through trocar ports that are placed in the sclera....

The climate adaptive behaviour of smallholder farmers in the Gumera sub-basin, Ethiopia: A socio-hydrological approach

In Ethiopia, rainfall variability and changes in rainfall patterns, induced by climate change, could increase the frequency and occurrence of floods and droughts. Due to smallholder farmers in the Gumera sub-basin, Ethiopia, mostly relying on rainfed agriculture, climatic changes highly influence the agricultural production with corresponding...

Revitalizing a traditional menswear brand: Introducing a two-brand strategy for Van Gils

Van Gils is, or at least known as, a traditional menswear brand that focuses on formal wear. Due to changes in the fashion industry and an on-going casualization trend, the brand is in need of a change.The developments in the industry consist of, among others, organisations and brands adopting purpose-driven mindsets, dress code changes in...

Imagining possible farm futures: Recommendations for a desirable and sustainable future

With the aim of accelerating the transition towards a desirable and sustainable future, this case study explores the possible futures of the Amstelscheg area. This is done by developing a set of indicators deriving from already existing visions for the area, and the planetary boundaries framework. These indicators form a multi-stakeholder lens...

The Organisational Structure of the University Real Estate Department: Real Estate Management and Organisational Structure at Dutch Universities

University real estate organisations are heavily influenced by the context in which they operate. Within this dynamic context, real estate organisations choose a particular organisational structure. Changes in organisational context can imply a reconsideration of the organisational structure of the real estate department. As a consequence,...

Voice-Interaction Design from a Brand Perspective: Creating a Personified Voice Identity for Rituals

Voice-technology is, as the name entails, technology that enables the exchange of information through voice. As this technology is currently growing in adoption and usage of customers, the popularity at organizations and researchers is increasing noticeably as well. Normally new intelligence is associated with impressive high-end capabilities....

Manyame Catchment: A Risk Assessment

This study investigates the many dynamics of the Manyame Catchment and comes up with recommendations on how to adapt or become more resilient to the risks at hand. The bad politics and forthcoming economic situation of Zimbabwe has led to instability and dramatic inflation over the last decade. This has resulted in a terrible investment climate,...

A Methodological Approach for Enabling the Analysis and Assessment of Multidisciplinary Design Workflows

Energy Performance Contracting in Commercial Office Buildings

To get insight in the expected effects of Energy Performance Contracting at an early stage.

The Public Fibre: The entering of 'Culturalfication' inside the public realm

The public realm of the city of Rotterdam is diverse. The use of this public space is influenced by many cultures making use of it according to their own habbits and functions. The Design focuses on the use of this public space as a cultural display. The street inside the building is public and functions as a cultural generator running trough...

Public Realm: Rotterdam Lijnbaan : Research Booklet MSC3 Studio Public Realm 2011

Abdominal Wall Vibration Analysis for Evaluation of Biomechanical Properties and Physiological Diagnosis of Internal Abdomen

The human abdominal cavity is an interesting part of the human body, containing a lot of important organs which, due to relative soft boundaries, are quite accessible for examination. Conditions like mechanical bowel obstruction, obstruction of the inferior vena cava, abnormalities of the viscera and existence of abdominal aortic aneurysms can...

Modellering van het jetten van slappe menggronden t.b.v. waterinjectibaggeren

Een eenvoudige en relatief goedkope baggertechniek voor het verwijderen van met name sliblagen (slappe menggronden van klei/zand en slib) is het waterinjectiebaggeren. Door middel van lage drukjets (0.1 MPa) wordt water met hoge snelheid (15 m/s) in de bodem gespoten waardoor de grond loskomt en opwoelt om vervolgens als een dichtheidsstroom weg...