Mijn Hulplijn: An intervention to empower youngsters in decision making in (j)-GGZ therapy

Extensive waiting times for youth Mental Healthcare have a significantly negative effect on youngsters well-being. The Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministry of VWS) therefore commissioned Shoshin to research the cause of waiting times in order to address them. Shoshin is a social design agency that believes waiting times are not...

Towards model predictive control of a prosthetic leg actuated by a momentum exchange device

Some above the knee amputees take a smaller step with their prosthetic leg. A momentum exchange device (MED) can increase the step length by exchanging angular momentum between the device and the leg. However, there are no controllers for MEDs during regular gait. The goal of this study is to build a model predictive controller (MPC) that...

Sentiment Analysis: a comparison of feature sets for social data and reviews

Consumers share their experiences or opinion about products or brands in various channels nowadays, for example on review websites or social media. Sentiment analysis is used to predict the sentiment of text from consumers about these products or brands in order to understand the tone of customers towards these products or brands. This thesis...

Optimization of CO2 Capture using Chemical Solvents from Steel Mill’s Works Arising Gases

Based on the Paris Accord, various governments have agreed to a long- term goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels; The Netherlands has committed to reduce its CO2 emissions with 80% by 2050; in this plan, the Dutch government has set an ambitious target for the industry to reduce...

Enhancing point clouds using low end devices

Currently, after a traffic accident happens and the police arrive at the scene it takes some time for them to gather the necessary evidence. This means that the road is closed for quite some time. To speed this up our client Geodelta has developed Raida. The idea is that the police will take photos of the area using a calibrated DSLR camera....