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Simons, Ascha (author), Wauben, Chris (author), Pije, Lars (author), van Leeuwen, Niels (author)Two polluted Ghanaian lagoons are investigated and possible engineering solutions are suggested and researched.<br/>The first lagoon is the Sakumo lagoon, located between Accra and Tema. This lagoon is connected to the sea through a small culvert, which enables a limited amount of water exchange. Since a few years, fishermen have been unable to...student report 2018
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Dijsselbloem, Stijn (author), van Adrichem, Wouter (author), Baas, Daniël (author), Bartczak, Konrad (author), Zeeuw van der Laan, chris (author)According to themselves, Argentinians are living with their backs towards the sea. In order to turn this around, a feasability study has been done to find out how a network of marinas along the coast of the province would look like, based on a MCDA including all urban areas along the coast and a fleet analysis. A final network has been proposed...student report 2019
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van der Graaf, Onne (author), Hillen, Huub (author), van der Does de Willebois, Jeroen (author), Franken, Kris (author)The main goal of this project is to determine the optimal location for an OTEC installation with a minimum lifespan of 30 years off the coast of Barranquilla and to make an anchor mooring design for the floater on which this installation is located. Bluerise has identified an area near the coast of Barranquilla for which OTEC can be applied....student report 2018
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Kortman, Anne Sophie (author)The attempts made in history to design livable sustainable neighborhoods, have created dependency instead on motorized transportation and have increased the pressure of the city, leading to unsustainable environments and causing global climate change. To accomplish sustainability we introduce a new vision to explain what sustainability means in...student report 2019
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Rattink, Iris (author)At the moment design is taught in primary education. Teachers often use the design cycle which consists of six phases: 1) Exploring & formulating the problem, 2) Generating & selecting ideas, 3) Generating & selecting concepts, 4) Building prototypes, 5) Testing & optimising and 6) Presenting. There are several tools available...master thesis 2020
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Pieters, M.S. (author)In order to support the development of children, they are continuously monitored at all types of care they go to. The goal of SWKGroep is to improve this support of the development. In order to do this, and enrich their portfolio, they want to know the possibilities of measuring the development with the use of a physical game. <br/><br/>This...master thesis 2020
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Arsenian, H. (author)This project is done in collaboration with DOKLAB part of the Delft library, with the main goal of developing a storytelling tool for in the library with the implication of a multi-touch surface. The target audiences are the visitors of the library. First we need to understand what a story is, a story: true or fictitious, in prose or verse, is...master thesis 2012
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Dos Santos Gomes, R. (author)Project Background This graduation project is related to the EU-funded research project Light.Touch.Matters, or Project LTM for short. This is a consortium of comprising design practitioners, design researchers and materials scientists. Project LTM has as its main goals to develop new smart materials and, in parallel, discover and design...master thesis 2014
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Van Doorn, F. (author)To become the most modern library of the world, DOK is developing new concepts to adapt to the needs of their visitors. The public library branch is going through a renewal to withstand the decrease of library use. Less people, including children, are visiting the library since the nineties. Needs and expectations of customers have been changing...master thesis 2010
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Barendregt, J. (author)The question of dealing with public & private zoning, and especially that area where the two meet, is one of the fundamental questions in architecture. In this project, this area has an important role, both functional and metaphorical. The European Union knows a big gap between the people and the political power. The EU is democratic in theory,...master thesis 2013
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Kallen, N.A. (author)Amsterdam Airport Schiphol expects growing cargo volumes in the future. At the same time, due to the expansion of passenger terminals, the cargo handling terminals at Schiphol are relocated and bundled on a smaller area at AAS South-East. The question is: how to handle increasing cargo volumes on a smaller area? One of the opted means to reach a...master thesis 2015
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Oude Luttighuis, Bas (author)The quality of governmental service provision can be increased by raising the level of proactivity of public services, however only few best practices have been identified. This master thesis will try to fill this gap by developing a framework of design principles for proactive public services in the Netherlands. Case studies of governmental...master thesis 2021
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Wajwakana, Randy (author)Electroluminescence is light emission of phosphor when it is placed in a strong electric field. This field is created by placing a dielectric (non conductive) layer between two electrodes. The field strength is affected by the voltage, distance between electrodes and the dielectric properties of the dielectric layer.<br/>Current do-it-yourself ...master thesis 2017
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Van Blokland, J. (author)In the Netherlands buildings are designed using a grid with multiples of 3.6 meter. Within these designs floor spans of 7.2 meter are popular (double grid size). The deep decks of composite floors at this moment in time are designed to reach an unpropped span of 5.5 meter. This master research is focused on finding a possible deck design for a...master thesis 2015
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Aardoom, Lisanne (author)This graduation project describes the research and design process of taking on several challenges that arise in the context of blind people in the museum. Research showed that blind people are interested in going to museums and exhibitions in general. But most museums do not provide enough information for them to enjoy a museum experience. <br/...master thesis 2017
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Geerts, E. (author)Almost every youth football player dreams about being as good as very technical skilled football players, like Messi. Coaches often believe that these great players are simply gifted and that their skills are beyond the average player. Wiel Coerver, a Dutch football manager, analyzed these great players in slow motion video and came to the...master thesis 2012
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Schmidt, L. (author)This thesis proposes a new method to enhance designers’ creative performance. Applying the unconscious work theory of incubation effects, this thesis proposes that daydreaming during idea incubation could result in more novel and useful ideas by fostering unconscious associative processes. Building on previous findings by Baird et al (2012), who...master thesis 2014
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Tarren, Bailey (author)Everyone has heard it, “sit up straight!” Probably from a mother figure or teacher. Why is bad posture so bad, and what problems does it create?<br/><br/>Bad posture is a prolific problem across the globe. Poor posture is highly linked to interaction with technology. In today’s society, that means nearly everyone is likely to suffer from poor...master thesis 2018
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Horst, J. (author)Coastline regression is a significant threat to many coastal zones. Being able to mitigate the erosion while simultaneously improving nature development is something that is increasingly strived for in coastal projects. This report utilizes the building with nature philosophy to explore integrated solutions for a coastal erosion problem in...master thesis 2017
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Jansen, T.G.C. (author)This graduation assignment is created by my interest in photography, mobile photography and travelling. The direction of this project is to create a meaningful service or product for people that travel in combination with mobile photography. The start of this project was very open and the method ViP was used to define a future context for a new...master thesis 2016