A little less stress...: Designing a stress monitor for employees with autism

For people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) it is usually hard to find a job and stay employed: only few of them have a paid job. Often a person with ASD is capable of performing professional activities, but encounters problems with the social context of a job environment. People with autism have impairments in socialization, communication...

Urban Stress: Research into the reduction of urban stress through urban design

Stress is a well-known phenomenon and something everyone experiences. Urban stress however, stress caused by and in the built environment of urban areas, is less known. Still, quite some research has been done on this topic from the fields of sociology and psychology, but there are not many resources that focus on urban stress - with all its...

Overcome: Reducing ICU patients' anxiety through medical alarms feedback provision

In the Intensive Care Units (ICU) patients are exposed to many, continuous and highly stressors, such as medical alarms, which contribute to the development of psychological issues, such as delirium, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). These psychological issues have a negative influence on the patients’ healing process...

Decision making in a stressful VR environment

In this research the influence of induced stress with a virtual reality (VR) game on moral dilemmas was investigated. VR is a topic that is becoming more and more researched, but studies about the induction of stress and the effects are scarce. By placing participants in a VR environment, where they have to defuse a bomb with the help of another...

Zorg zonder Zorgen: Het ontwerpen van een stress reducerende zorgomgeving voor mensen met een chronische ziekte en hun mantelzorgers

This study was aimed at developing a design guide for stress reducing healthcare facilities for people with a chronic disease and their caregivers. This study was conducted with literature research, interviews and analyzing reference projects. The results of the literature research show the impact of stress on the different users, the importance...

Stress in the Work Environment: Improving employee health and performance by measuring stress in the work environment

Problem statement: Stress in the work environment is a growing problem, pushed forward by changing societal standards associated with meritocracy and the omnipresence of technology and communication devices. Individuals and organizations are simultaneously becoming more aware and active in this domain of healthy workplaces. To make an actual...

The effect of the yield to tensile strength ratio on the stress field in stress/strain concentrations around holes in steel structures

The aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of the Y/T, yield to tensile strength, ratio on the stress fields of high strength steels. This is relevant to the offshore industry as regulations restrict the use of steels with a high yield to tensile strength ratio, which is a characteristic of high­-strength and<br/>ultra high­-strength...

Immersive Safety & Security Training

This project explores the potential of virtual reality (VR) as a training tool at the crew safety &amp; security training (CSST) department of the Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM). With a research and prototype driven approach, a VR simulation and its integration into the training programme are designed. This simulation aims to improve stress...

MONITOR3D: Design of a 3D Scanner for Measuring Preterm Infant Head Circumference

In 2010, an estimated 15 million infants were born prematurely, which makes up 10% of all childbirths that year. Just in the Netherlands there were 11,530 preterm births in 2018. Since these children should be spending additional months inside of the uterus, they are delicate and need to grow until near regular gestational age inside of an...

Noticing Grippy: Exploring vibration noticeability in the context of a wearable coping aid

Daily stress is a problem that many people are suffering from. In previous research a prototype was developed to help users to identify their own stressful places and encourage them to conduct self-training exercises in those locations. This prototype is called ‘Grippy’. The goal of this project is to explore what qualities Grippy’s vibration...

The development of a Statistical Shape- and Finite Element-Model of the human pelvis to analyse the performance of current acetabular implants and validate the concept of a new deformable design

Background: Patients who suffer from acetabular bone defects are often subjected to a decreased mobility and a loss of independence. To treat these bone defects, standard hemispherical acetabular implants offer in most cases the solution. However, when these defects are large, a custom triflange acetabular implant is needed. Although this type...