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van Veldhoven, Sjors (author)The offshore wind energy sector has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, driven by increasing demand for renewable energy sources and technological advancements. As wind farms expand and turbine sizes increase, challenges associated with wake effects and turbine interactions become more pronounced. Therefore, wind farm control...master thesis 2024
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Owen, C.C. (author)The imminence of anthropogenic climate change has motivated a global energy transition towards sustainable power generation. Offshore wind—an important contributor to the energy transition—is expanding, not only in turbine size and number of installations, but also into regions with harsher environmental conditions. One of those conditions in...doctoral thesis 2024
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Solidario de Souza Benatti, G. (author)This doctoral dissertation delves into the complex challenge of smallholder productive inclusion within the biodiesel value chain in Brazil. The focus is on the National Policy for Biodiesel Production and Use (PNPB) and its instrument to promote smallholder inclusion: the Social Biofuel Seal (SBS). Productive inclusion of smallholders in value...doctoral thesis 2024
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Maggioli, Filippo (author)Finite Element Methods (FEMs) are widely employed for damage simulation in composites, with the Cohesive Zone Model (CZM) being particularly favored for its robustness and scalability. Despite the CZM's mesh-dependent nature, the Discontinuous Galerkin Cohesive Zone Model (DG/CZM) formulation allows for relatively arbitrary crack propagation...master thesis 2024
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Wechtler, Noah (author)Quad-planes are a type of vehicle which combine the hovering capability of quadcopters and the forward flight efficiency of winged aircraft. Flight tests conducted on a dual-axis tilting-rotor quad-plane, designed to fly without aerodynamic surfaces, observed that the quad-plane suffered from insufficient roll authority during fast, forward...master thesis 2024
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Wesdorp, J.J. (author)The growing understanding of the physics of superconductor-semiconductor nanostruc- tures is a key driver for the development of emerging quantum technologies. The elemen- tary excitations of these hybrid nanostructures are Andreev bound states. To further our knowledge about their intricate physics, new tools must be used to study them. This...doctoral thesis 2024
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Lengyel, A. (author)Computer vision algorithms are getting more advanced by the day and slowly approach human-like capabilities, such as detecting objects in cluttered scenes and recognizing facial expressions. Yet, computers learn to perform these tasks very differently from humans. Where humans can generalize between different lighting conditions or geometric...doctoral thesis 2024
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van Puffelen, Tim (author)With the increased use of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in modern cars, the field of surface contamination saw a resurgence. To keep the various sensors working properly it is of utmost importance to keep them clean and free of contamination. One way to achieve this is to ensure they are mounted in areas where they can be kept free...master thesis 2024
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Wagener, Claire (author)This master thesis provides a review of dynamic energy contracts and their role in shifting electricity consumption in households in the Netherlands. In this research the mixed-methods approach is used to identify changes in electricity consumption behavior of consumers with a dynamic energy contract compared to consumers with a fixed energy...master thesis 2024
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Correia da Silva Guerra Nunes, Miguel (author)Airline reserve fleet capacity is a strategic resource that provides airlines the means to add robustness to their schedules. This paper focuses on leveraging past data on airlines' execution of planned schedules (resulting delays, cancellations and missed connections), along with the disruptions that prohibited the flawless execution of the...master thesis 2024
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Hüppi, S.N. (author)Our ability to tailor enzymatic properties is a critical factor for biocatalyst application in the industrial sector. Although many wild-type enzymes have been found capable of promiscuously catalysing desired anthropogenic reactions, their activity and selectivity for non-natural transformations is often poor. Consequently, it is crucial to...doctoral thesis 2024
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Kootte, M.E. (author)Integrated electrical power flow simulations are concerned with solving the steady-state load flow problem on integrated transmission and distribution electricity networks. We have developed a framework to run these simulations efficiently, whilst keeping in mind the differences between these network types and accommodating the practical...doctoral thesis 2024
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Desmit, Elliott (author)Hydrogen Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology is becoming increasingly popular in the transportation sector, especially the automotive industry. It can power electric drives by converting hydrogen into electricity in a chemical reaction with oxygen, whose products consist only of water. Therefore, hydrogen PEM fuel cell-based...master thesis 2024
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Leenen, Femke (author)Introduction <br/>Opioids are vital for pain management but are highly addictive and may lead to opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD), which is the primary cause of death related to both prescription and illicit opioid use. This study employed unsupervised machine learning (ML) to examine potential changes in cluster patterns post-opioid...master thesis 2024
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Oldenhuis, Job (author)The drilling industry faces the challenge of moving away from conventional maintenance strategies to maximise operational efficiency. This thesis introduces a holistic approach to land drilling rig Predictive Maintenance (PdM), integrating component maintenance into system-level decision-making. By taking the operations of the whole system into...master thesis 2024
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Smits, Xander (author)Infrastructure is at risk to climate uncertainty due to a combination of long life spans, complexity of the systems it is embedded in, and the high investment costs often necessary. Current infrastructure planning approaches lose efficacy under deep uncertainty, necessitating new approaches that function better under conditions where the future...master thesis 2024
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Nair, Ruben (author)Mixed-integer optimization problems, incorporating both discrete and continuous variables, present unique challenges across various domains such as computer science, finance, logistics, and healthcare. Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) have emerged as powerful optimization techniques capable of tackling such complex problems in either the discrete...master thesis 2024
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Matušovič, Marko (author)Optimizing SQL query execution through effective cost models is a critical challenge in database management systems (DBMS). This thesis introduces a modular benchmarking system for cost models, with a pluggable architecture for both cost models and execution engines, enabling comprehensive benchmarking across various scenarios. Accompanied by a...master thesis 2024
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Splitthoff, L.J. (author)Superconducting circuits in cryogenic environments form an excellent material platform for the realization and study of quantum systems. <br/>In this thesis, we continue the exploration of novel types of circuit elements which expand the circuit quantum electrodynamics toolbox to enable exotic, and potentially better circuit implementations. To...doctoral thesis 2024
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Abbady, Hnady (author)Expansion microscopy (ExM) is a new approach to super-resolution that relies on the physical isotropic expansion of a sample in a swellable polymer network. We developed a novel ExM method termed Sevenfold Post-labelling Expansion Microscopy (SP-ExM) that enables sevenfold expansion in a single step of thick cerebellar mouse brain and human...master thesis 2024