Full-scale experiments on a coandă-effect-based polymetallic-nodule collector

Polymetallic nodules are potato-sized rock accretions that form on vast areas of the abyssal plains of the global ocean. These nodules are rich in commercially precious metals, such as nickel, cobalt and copper, making them a target for potential future deep-sea exploitation. Generally, polymetallic nodules are partially buried in the seabed...

Exploring visual language and typologies in Dutch midrise residential neighbourhoods

Dutch residential neighbourhoods built after 1965 (Post 65) are characterised by a varied range of housing and living environments. As a reaction to the post-war Reconstruction period, architects and urban designers focussed on quality of life and identification with the living environment. Midrise housing was the compromise between high-rise...

The Total Cost of Living in Relation to Energy Efficiency Upgrades in the Dutch, Multi-Residential Building Stock

Decarbonizing the housing stock is one of the largest challenges in the built environment today, and is getting attention not only from policymakers, but also from social housing corporations, financial and tenants’ organisations. In line with the international Paris-Climate-Change-Conference 2015, Dutch cities and housing associations have...

Challenges and Main Results of the Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC) 2019

The Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC) is a yearly-organized international contest in which participants from all over the world develop intelligent negotiating agents for a variety of negotiation problems. To facilitate the research on agent-based negotiation, the organizers introduce new research challenges every year. ANAC...

The Challenge of Negotiation in the Game of Diplomacy

The game of Diplomacy has been used as a test case for complex automated negotiations for a long time, but to date very few successful negotiation algorithms have been implemented for this game. We have therefore decided to include a Diplomacy tournament within the annual Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC). In this paper we...

Concrete Heritage!: Restauratieve benadering van ‘Monumentaal Beton’

De omschrijving ‘monumentaal beton’ duidt natuurlijk op de toepassing van beton in gebouwd erfgoed als zodanig, maar ook op de waardering van de architectonische uitdrukking van het materiaal zelf. Kortom: innerlijk of ook uiterlijk ? Dit onderscheid is van belang als het op restauratie van zulke gebouwen aankomt.

Blind driving by means of a steering-based predictor algorithm

The aim of this work was to develop and empirically test different algorithms of a lane-keeping assistance system that supports drivers by means of a tone when the car is about to deviate from its lane. These auditory assistance systems were tested in a driving simulator with its screens shut down, so that the participants used auditory...

Integrated real time control of influent pumping station and primary settling tanks at WWTP Eindhoven

This research deals with the design and implementation of an integrated control for the WWTP of Eindhoven. The control influences the operation of the primary settling tanks and influent pumping station to reduce reduce ammonia peaks in the WWTP effluent. The control takes into account the treatment capacity of the biological tanks, the influent...

A New Empirical Sewer Water Quality Model for the Prediction of WWTP Influent Quality

Modelling of the integrated urban water system is a powerful tool to optimise wastewater system performance or to find cost-effective solutions for receiving water problems. One of the challenges of integrated modelling is the prediction of water quality at the inlet of a WWTP. Recent applications of water quality sensors have resulted in the...

Operational margin from weather and motion database for heavy transport vessels

Private investment in hospitals: A comparison of three healthcare systems and possible implications for real estate strategies

Subject/Research problem<br/>Healthcare is both important and expensive, and is likely to become even more expensive in the future. To keep healthcare affordable in the future, the Dutch government is currently in the process of changing legislation in order to move from a centrally directed system into a so-called regulated market system....

A hydrodynamic analysis method for offshore discharge operations

A hydrodynamic analysis method for offshore discharge operations

An Accurate and Efficient Hydrodynamic Analysis for Offshore Discharge Operations