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Wiersma, Ruben (author), Nguyen, Hung (author), Geenen, Alexander (author)As GeoPhy is developing its business model and looking into the future of automated valu- ation models (AVM), this project delivers a proof of concept of a system that automates the training, maintaining, and delivery of machine learning models for automated valuations. In order to achieve this goal, the situation and problem were first analysed...bachelor thesis 2017
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Sarkar, Alankrita (author)With the emergence of the latest concept of smart cities, there is a rapid change of lifestyle and a mass migration to cities. At the same time, cities have high demands of infrastructure such as transport and building, and resources such as food, water, and energy, as well as issues like scarcity of adequate land, unapproachable government. All...master thesis 2017
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Pallada, Rosan (author)Purpose: Complexity is seen as the main bottleneck to start re-use processes for vacant heritage buildings. Researchers ask for the development of conceptual frameworks to explore project complexity and for tools to manage these complex processes.<br/>Aim: This research focuses on collaborative complexity and aims firstly to provide an...master thesis 2017
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Thote, N. (author)With increasing environmental concerns, gasoline and lubricant oils with high octane number are being preferred as they result in reduced emissions from vehicles. Octane number of high molecular weight hydrocarbons can be increased by selectively isomerizing and cracking them into low molecular weight hydrocarbons. Catalytic hydroisomerization...master thesis 2017
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Kuijpers, Pien (author)The upcoming years, the amount of elderly people is growing rapidly. Besides, elderly people are expected to continue living independently at their home. The number of places in nursing homes are limited because a lot of nursing homes closed their doors. Now, older people are dependent on themselves, their neighbourhood and connections. It...master thesis 2017
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Papadopoulos, Themistoklis (author)The declining port/industrial activities near the urban structure of cities generate new challenges for contemporary societies. Among others, these challenges interest the desolation of urban districts and the creation of large urban voids, one of the major problems affecting, nowadays, the Greek cities. This phenomenon is witnessed in a larger...master thesis 2017
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Li, Zhuting (author)The design consists of two parts. The first part is mainly about why and how to build a seawall in Embarcadero district. The second part is how to create attractive waterfront activities and how to connect the city, the seawall, and the floating area as a whole. Each design decision is a result of research. The process of the design is also a...master thesis 2017
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Tenner, Elma (author)Climate change and human influences are widely investigated. However, the processes of aerosol-cloud interactions are still not adequately known and the associated lack of knowledge causes uncertainties in climate change prediction. Therefore this study presents different approaches to investigate those interactions, in particular the Twomey...master thesis 2017
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Spagnolo, Giulia (author)Designing with Tourism represents an alternative approach for the regional development in Puglia, Southern Italy, using tourism through spatial design.<br/>The approach have been tested on the town of Altamura (BA) and it proposes a Widespread Territorial Multifunctional Park that blends the industry of tourism with the local reality aiming to...master thesis 2017
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Tincani, Francesco (author)The project deals with the material culture of the financial sector of Luxembourg City with an alternative architectural formulationmaster thesis 2017
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Pastor, Carolina (author)The building I designed for my graduation project focused on finding ways in which to break the rules governing functions of the historic building, as said by Paul Virilio, to “inhabit the inhabitual”, by reusing and giving new functions to buildings that have been abandoned. The building will host three main functions related to a water...master thesis 2017
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Cleveringa, Enno (author)SCOPE - Design thinking is the most used method of design within the faculty of design engineering. Design thinking methodology has three pillars, technical feasibility, user desirability and business viability. Every designer should design on the limits of new technology, make products that people want to use, all while maintaining a feasible...master thesis 2017
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Uytenhout, Kees (author)Starting music producers with small studio rooms encounter several problems with the acoustic properties of their room in relation to the mix of their music. A method is developed to analyze the acoustic design for the room with the use of simulation tools and measurement tools.master thesis 2017
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van Zalingen, Jelmer (author)The almost sixty year Castro regime has driven the island of Cuba into isolation. Infrastructure on the island fully relies on the nation own capacity and since the special period like everything else this is in an overall state of decline. The ongoing neglected state of Cuba's infrastructure, together with a continuous scarcity of resources and...master thesis 2017
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Houwen, Leonie (author)Food and mood are inseparably connected to each other. What you eat has an influence on how you feel. On the other hand, the mood you are in influences what you (would like to) eat. Why do we choose certain products, and why do these products give us comfort? This was the theme of this graduation project.<br/><br/>Prior research on food and mood...master thesis 2017
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van der Wal, R. (author), Kuipers, M.E. (author), Miljak, L. (author), de Vries, J.N. (author)Robots play an increasingly large role in society and some material already exists that allows children to program robots in elementary school. However, this material often neglects the interactive capabilities of modern robots. The aim of this project is to teach children how to write interactive programs for a robot. For this purpose, a NAO...bachelor thesis 2017
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Klapwijk, Maarten (author)The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) operates four diesel-electric submarines, the Walrus class. The submarines sail submerged on electric engines and periodically recharge the batteries with diesel engines at periscope depth. The exhaust gases are dispelled at the back of the sail below water level. During the sea trials it was observed that the...master thesis 2017
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Risolo, Marcello (author)The aviation industry is a fast moving and extremely competitive environment, where companies need to continuously invest in order to be at the forefront of innovation in the eyes of the customers, hence always delivering an excellent service. <br/>This graduation project was carried out at KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines, in the department of the...master thesis 2017
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Stravens, Sophie (author)Recent years, several developments are visible within the theatre sector. Most theatre-organisations throughout the Netherlands cope with the same challenges. Revenues are decreasing and the very limited use of the theatre buildings is an issue. The buildings should be used in a different way by their users. In many cases, theatre organisations...master thesis 2017
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Kok, Dirk-Jan (author)The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development defines the mutual values of the international community. These values are captured in the goals as agreed upon by its Member States. Each of the goals has a set of defined targets whose progress can be measured through a change in the associated data indicator. This way, the pursuit of...student report 2017