Low-Cost and Low-Temperature Integration Methods for System-in-Package

Packaging has evoluted for years with the sole purpose of protecting the electronics from the environment and providing a suitable operating environment. Integration became a necessity and technologies as System-in-Package emerged and enabled the integration of components built with different technologies within a single package. All this...

Vertical integration of high-throughput measurements to derive functional and regulatory interactions in S. cerevisiae

Bioinformatics concerns itself with developing data-driven tools for extracting biological information from high-throughput datasets (e.g. gene expression data, protein interaction data). Until recently, most of these tools focus on analyzing a single source of data. However, all high-throughput measurements are noisy and incomplete. Therefore,...

Power system operation with large-scale wind power in liberalised environments

Our society revolves around electricity. Most electricity is produced from fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas. The disadvantages are that their supply is finite and unevenly distributed across the earth. Conventional power stations also emit greenhouse gases. Therefore, sustainable alternativees must be developed, such as wind power. The...

Measuring and Benchmarking Public Service Organizations: Case studies of back office measurement in Pakistan

Most measurement instruments in e-government focus on easily visible aspects and do not measure deep within organizations. In contrast the measurement instrument presented in this thesis focused on measuring elements within organizations. This requires different type of methods which goes beyond visiting websites and measuring what is visible...

Improving packaging and increasing the level of integration in power electronics

The use of power electronics is growing extensively in applications such as the automotive field, lighting, power supplies, motor drives, etc. The ultimate goal is to make power electronics as transparent to the final user as possible, which means little extra cost, use of existing space and little or no extra thermal management. This sets very...

Multi-Scale Material and Technology for Heterogeneous Integration

This thesis describes a series of experiments and fabrication methods on high-aspect-ratio 3D microstructures for wafer level packaging and 3D heterogeneous system integration (3D-HSI) using novel materials such as carbon nanotubes and thick-film photo-resists. Furthermore, theoretical and experimental research efforts are made to understand the...

Puzzling neighbourhood effects: Spatial selection, ethnic concentration and neighbourhood impacts

Like other West European countries, the Netherlands are facing a growing uneasiness about its changing demographics. It is within this context that animated discussions concerning immigrant neighbourhoods dominate. The general opinion is that living in such neighbourhoods hinders the 'integration' of immigrants into Dutch society. This book...

Chemical vapor deposition of graphene: A route to device integration

In this thesis, I have shown that the quality of synthetic graphene can be as high as mechanically exfoliated graphene if we can get rid of the wrinkles. Any defects, impurities and grain boundaries will induce scattering, preventing ballistic transport. The experiment described in chapter 4 was the first to demonstrate ballistic transport in...

Supply chain integration in the building industry: The emergence of integrated and repetitive strategies in a fragmented and project-driven industry

The building industry is a fragmented and project-driven industry with specific characteristics, which can sometimes result in negative effects. Reference has often been made to other industries, particularly manufacturing, that would function more effectively and efficiently. Major differences between both include the organisation and...

Integration of Product Recovery in Microbial Advanced Biofuel Production: Overcoming Emulsification Challenges

Connecting reason to power: Assessments, learning, and environmental policy integration in Swedish energy policy

The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to understanding what makes a policymaking system better at integrating sustainability concerns into its processes. Three questions are in focus. First, how can policy integration be understood analytically and what is its actual status in sector policy? Second, what conditions have facilitated or...

On-chip integration of Si/SiGe-based quantum dots and electronic circuits for scaling

With continuous breakthroughs in quantum science and technology in recent years, the development of quantum computers is moving from pure scientific research to engineering realization. Meanwhile, the underlying physical structures also develop from the initial single qubit to multiple qubits or medium-scale qubit registers. Since qubits are...

Integrating a Photovoltaic Panel and a Battery Pack in One Module: From concept to prototype

Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is variable and not completely predictable; therefore, different energy storage devices have been researched. Among the variety of options, electrochemical cells (commonly called batteries) are technically feasible because of their maturity and stability. However, PV-battery systems face multiple challenges such as...

Architectural Photovoltaic Application

Today, photovoltaic technology is one of the fastest-growing fields of technology and is becoming the lowest-cost option for electricity generation in the greatest part of the world. Based on IEA projection, the number of households relying on solar PV grows from today’s 25 million to more than 100 million by 2030. Based on this projection, we...