Cation competition in ammonia recovery from reject water through electrodialysis and bipolar membranes

Nutrient recovery has lately been a concerning topic regarding the environmental friendliness of it and the high availability of technologies. Ammonia is one of the main compounds in reject water that could be recovered and utilized further in the agricultural sector. Several methods have been found, including conventional electrodialysis, in...

Improving the maintenance process at Component Services, KLM Engineering and Maintenance: A framework to identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks

Within this report, a framework for the identification of performance bottlenecks within Component Services, KLM Engineering & Maintenance is developed. The proposed framework is developed through a combination of the essential process management cycle and process analysis, intertwined with the Theory of Constraints, based on the OPDCA (observe,...

Designing artificial companionship through explorative research in order to prevent loneliness in the future elderly of the baby boom generation

Buddy, is the result of an explorative research-through-design approach in the field of artificial companions. The main goal of the project was to create a prevention tool for alleviating feelings of loneliness. In order for this to happen the selected target group is people that are not old, yet, but are in transition at the moment, the baby...

Superseded Orders & The Monstrous Expression of Space

The current graduation project is investigating contemporary spatial conditions in the Balkan territory. The overall theme of the code has been carried carefully throughout the whole process tracing the development of spatial conditions from the 15th century until today. Within this timeframe the code has emerged from an underlying power...

EXIT through the PRISON

The subject of this thesis is the controversial case of a prison facility; a space with a very unique nature as it aims to enclosure and detention. Even contemporary alternative proposals do not really answer to burning questions like : What services contemporary prisons should offer? Does design matter? or Can architecture be a helping tool in...