A decision support system for balancing critical design issues in new service development for the TomTom Mapshop service platform

A case study research in which a decision support system is designed for balancing critical design issues that stem from the technology part of a business case.

Development of a bending fatigue test for rings from a CVT-Pushbelt

Fatigue tests are a very time consuming process in engineering, in which also a lot of energy is required. Speeding up fatigue tests and making them less energy consuming, would lead to major profits. The aim of this study is to obtain these profits by the development of a new bending fatigue test. In addition, the objective is to apply this new...

From harbour to city: The transformation of the 'havenstad' to a flexible and multi-functional city district

Research towards the integration of flexibility in urban development. With this research a general development strategy is made. And this strategy is applied to make a design for the Minerva harbour in Amsterdam

Increase Quality through Information Management: Increase Quality through Information Management

Design of a sustainable Air Conditioning System for a Start Up Company.

The design process that created a vision on the brand and the products associated with the technology of an absorption cooler developed by company Purix.

Spatial-temporal pathline clustering based on FTLE fields

Cardiac flow acquisition is a young and ongoing field of research which provides us with a vast amount of unsteady 3D blood flow data of the heart (4D vector fields). These 4D vector fields of the heart are used in clinical research to gain insight in the flow patterns within the heart which in turn can be used to gain a better understanding of...

Transformable architecture in relation to the climate of a building

The limitations of a normal building with added sunshades inspired me to start thinking about the possibility of an integrated sunshade with the ability of opening and closing like an added system. Before I was ready to make a transformable building that uses passive energy to influence the indoor climate in a positive way first research was...

Flexibility of integrated contracts: Impact of contract changes in Dutch DBFM and UAC-IC 2005 based infrastructure projects

Port and channel sedimentation: A hybrid model for rapid assessments

Maintenance dredging, as a result of port and channel sedimentation, can have a large share in overall maintenance costs of a port. A smart design can minimize the amount of maintenance dredging and thus improve the profitability of a port but also the long-term sustainability. As the preliminary design stages are often decisive for the final...

A Scenario-Based Static Voltage Stability Analysis for External Constraints in Flow-Based Capacity Calculation

Static voltage stability study for the Dutch grid and investigation of feasibility of scenario-based external constraints for the flow-based capacity calculation process. This process is used to determine the cross-border transport capacity available to the power markets in flow-based market coupling.

Beagle; 'a stimulating quest throughout the hospital'

Beagle; ‘a stimulating quest throughout the hospital’ is a project that focuses on improving the quality of life and the development (physical, emotional and social) of hospitalised adolescents with CF within the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital. This graduation project is positioned within the Meedoen=groeien! project of the Dutch Rehabilitation...

Garfield Park community church

The design of this community church in situated in one of the most segregated areas in Chicago. One of the largest problems in this neighborhood is the lack of social cohesion. In addition the predominately African American inhabitants are threatened with displacement as a result of gentrification. In order to prevent this, the community needs...

The Pioneer: The ultimate updatable robot vacuum cleaner

Today’s industry relies on the take-make-dispose approach of the linear economic model. Our linear consumption and production patterns are depleting our planet’s resources, polluting our environment and changing our climate. As a proposed solution to this problem, a circular economic model is designed to reduce the flow of non-renewable energy...