Citizenship Education for MBO Students: Fostering Belonging and Understanding of Politics

The current form of our democracy is not inclusive. Therefore, local governments try to enable political participation (Slingerland et al., 2020). Political participatory forms do not seem to have a great impact on policy, despite positive intentions (Edens & Klabbers, 2019). Youth is often not involved in political participation and policy...

Mangroves in motion: Investigating the impact of the Hai Phong Masterplan: A case study in the Do Son area

The Hai Phong region is undergoing transformative changes through a Masterplan aimed at enhancing financial stability and improving the quality of life for the local community. A significant component of this Masterplan involves the construction of two new port terminals close to the mangroves of Do Son, a small town southeast of Hai Phong....

An improved 3D embedded beam element with explicit interaction surface: A study into the improvement of a numerical modelling technique that enables simplified modelling of pile foundations

Numerical modelling of pile foundations can be done in several ways. In commercial finite element packages two main options are available; using volume elements with interface elements between the pile and soil domains and the embedded beam approach. The embedded beam element was first proposed by Sadek and Shahrour (2004) and considers a beam...

Flex and relax: An exploration on headrest design for sleeping and watching IFE in premium aircraft seats

This master graduation thesis explores the possibilities for improving the comfort experience for watching in flight entertainment (IFE) and sleeping in a business class (BC) and premium economy class (PEC) aircraft seat trough (mainly) headrest design. <br/>Experimental and extensive literature research on sleeping and watching IFE in transit...

Using a breakwater in offshore operations: An enquiry into the effectiveness and economic viability of using a breakwater in offshore operations

Tsunami impact analysis in Coquimbo Bay

A multidisciplinary project at Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, supervised by the Delft University of Technology. Coquimbo is a port city approximately 400 km north of Santiago and lies next to La Serena. Coquimbo was recently hit by a tsunami on the 16th of September 2015. Most damage occurred in Coquimbo Bay, which is the scope...

Deep Learning and identification of Cancer Related Sub-networks

The breast cancer survival rate has improved significantly between 1975 and 2003. The primary improvement in treatment is due to subtyping, where the high complexity cancers are divided in types of cancer and subgroups. In a study by Dr. Parker it was found that by looking at mRNA only, the intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer could be identified....

Dynamic Assessment of the Bolivar Roads Navigational Barge Gate Barrier

The devastation caused by Hurricane Ike in the Galveston Bay area (Texas, United States of America) proved the necessity of an improved water defense. Multiple flood risk reduction studies were undertaken. The Texas A&M University of Galveston proposed the Ike Dike, a fortification of the coastal spine to prevent a storm surge from entering the...

Greenfield Port Bhavanapadu: Opportunities and challenges along the east coast of India

Master project report. The objective of the report is to find a suitable greenfield port location at the east coast of India, to develop a technical feasible master plan for this location and to determine the financial viability of this master plan. With respect to the objective conclusions are drawn. The northern part, i.e. the states of West...

De inwendige stofoverdrachtsweerstand van een bel in een buis: Modelberekeningen aan twee xanthogeneerreactoren