Mitigation of Hydropeaking in a Complex Riverine System: A State-of-the-Art Modelling Approach: A quantitative study with HEC-RAS modelling on hydropeaking by means of a case study in the Kalajoki basin (northern Finland)

Hydropeaking is a widely applied management practice in the generation of hydropower. When the demand in electricity is high, the operator of a hydropower plant rapidly increases released discharges to meet this demand. Vice versa, when the demand is low, no or less water is released. However, while river regulation practices offer valuable...

A step towards an inclusive maintenance management system in hospitals

This project addresses the subject of integrating Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) into low-to-middle income healthcare contexts, with a specific focus on Nepal. CMMS play a prominent role in enabling Biomedical Equipment Technicians (BMETs) to monitor and optimize the performance of medical equipment (WHO, 2012), streamline...

The impact of reactionary behavior in channel creation games: How actions influence transaction routing in the bitcoin lightning network

Payment channels allow parties to utilize the blockchain to send transactions for a cheaper fee. Previous work has analyzed to which degree a party can profit by facilitating the transaction process. The aim is to increase the usability of the network and to be rewarded for providing this service. However, previous work focuses on maximizing the...

The Dynamic Human Vehicle Relationship through Robotic Interaction Systems: An exploratory look into how robots can add value to the interaction with fully autonomous vehicles

With the imminent rise of vehicle automation the human driver will have increasingly less responsibility for driving. At one point this will even mean that cars will be able to fully drive themselves, so that the driver is relieved of all driving related tasks. In this situation the car effectively becomes a robot, resulting in a novel...

An Interdisciplinary Study on the Parana Delta of Argentina

With combined efforts from water management, architectural and hydraulic engineering students, an interdisciplinary and resilient design is set up for the Paraná Delta. The design relates to all the current environmental, architectural and flood risk challenges - among others, as well as the potential issues in the future since the Paraná Delta...

Little or Large?: The effects of network size on AI explainability in Side-Channel Attacks

For a system to be able to interpret data, learn from it, and use those learnings to reach goals and perform tasks is what it means to be intelligent [1]. Since systems are not a product of nature, but rather made by humans they are called Artificial Intelligence (AI). The field of Side-Channel Attacks (SCA) has benefited from applying AI...

The validity of informed consent with regard to human genetic sequencing

Modern societies manage an ever increasing amount of data. By mining<br/>these data-sets, it is possible to gain understanding of problems. Through a<br/>process of informed consent companies have been able to sequence the genome<br/>of large populations. Providing insight to the consumer about their family<br/>lineage and possible future risks...

Towards a closed material cycle in the infrastructure: A Reverse Logistic network model for processing demolition waste

The construction industry is a large generator of waste. The interest in improving the resource efficiency is growing. A move towards a Circular Economy (CE) has been assigned as the solution for a more efficient use of resources in the construction industry. The aim of a circular economy is to create a system in which waste and energy leakage...

Unobtrusive long-term monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation

This master thesis project explores the use of Photoplethysmogram[PPG] technology to detect of Atrial Fibrillation[AF]. This project proposes a product-service service system for the detection and diagnosis of AF in the current healthcare system in The Netherlands. This thesis is based on interviews with cardiologists, general practitioners and...

Cemetery for the City: Creating an Urban Integrated Cemetery for the City of Maassluis (The Netherlands)

An Euler-Lagrange analysis of turbulent two-phase mixing in a vertical pipe in a Star-CD environment

Within the framework of the European Union PRATSOLIS project, an analysis of turbulent two-phase mixing in a vertical pipe by the commercial CFD code Star-CD environment has been performed. The aim of this study was to assess whether and how simulations of pipe flow can be performed in Star-CD, to create a Star-CD mesh of the pipe-flow for one-...