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Van de Leur, F. (author)Mycelium-based materials are still fairly unknown to society, which offers a great testing ground for design research in order to explore the ways in which these materials can be introduced to society. This research project aims to explore what advantages and challenges additive manufacturing (AM) and mycelium-based materials might bring each...master thesis 2017
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Priem, N.A. (author)Relevance - <br/> Autonomous cars can offer many benefits and potentially nullify the road accidents caused by human error (94%). One of the threats, however, is the mode transitions between the levels of automation. In a highly automated vehicle (level 4), the vehicle can drive completely autonomous, but only during a defined use case after...master thesis 2017
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- Robertus, B. (author) master thesis 2017
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Folkertsma, L.M. (author)Since the current linear economy is unsustainable, it is necessary to shift towards a circular economy that focuses on limiting the extraction of raw materials and producing less waste. By refurbishing products, their high residual value is preserved and less new products have to be produced. Unfortunately, consumers are often unaware of the...master thesis 2017
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- Cieraad, F.D. (author) master thesis 2017
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Arlianda, R. (author), Nimax, V. (author), Oosterom, M. (author), Wang, W. (author)Performing extremely well on the Randstad scale, the polycentric model is lacking functional links and complementarity on the AMA scale. In the following pages, we will explain the conclusions that we have drawn from our detailed analysis, reveal the aspects of the AMA that we identified as key issues and explain our method to tackle these...student report 2017
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Ivers, R. (author)This study evaluates the implementation of a Transit Signal Priority (TSP) system on a bus network and proposes a new transport appraisal method that focuses on equity to determine its feasibility. The main research question to be answered is ‘What are the equity and efficiency impacts of introducing transit signal priority on a city bus network...master thesis 2017
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Teeuw, M.A. (author)The Dutch Marine grounds are located in the very city centre of Amsterdam on the Marine Terrein, all 14 hectares of the area have been forbidden to access for a very long time until now. The Dutch Marine is leaving the area in stages because of budget cuts from 2015 till 2018. The terrain is badly connected to the centre; all the utility...master thesis 2017
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Aus dem Kamen, V. (author): The majority of trucks is equipped with an external sun visor. The design of this product has not changed significantly since its first introduction around 1950. Despite the availability of alternative products such as tinted windows, users often make the decision to purchase this optional part. The truck industry is focusing increasingly on...master thesis 2017
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Simons, L.M. (author)In optimization, many variants of the Vehicle Routing Problem exists with all sorts of restrictions and characteristics. Heuristics that find near-optimal solutions are known and tested on in the literature, such as heuristics that escape local minima with the use of large neighborhoods. An example is Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search, which...master thesis 2017
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van den Boom, Y. (author), Jimmink, J. (author), Lamens, P. (author), van Rhijn, T. (author), Wegman, R. (author)To the North of the city of Concepción in the South-West of Chile, lies the town of Dichato. It is situated on the south-eastern side of Coliumo Bay. The Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) owns a marine concession in this bay, which includes a section of beach and sea for a Marine Biology Station (EBMD), belonging to the Faculty of Natural and...student report 2017
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Montijn, M. (author)Currently, digital transformation has high priority in the retail sector. But retailers face difficulties to make successful use of digital technologies in the store. Digital innovations in-store are frequently seen as unnecessary, unintuitive and uncomfortable by the consumers. Furthermore, the personalization strategies initiated with digital...master thesis 2017
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Beukeboom, F. (author)De wereld ontwikkelt zich in een steeds grotere afvalberg door vooruitstrevende economie en innovaties op nieuwe producten. Deze afvalberg zal uiteindelijk moeten worden hergebruikt om het materiaal te kunnen herintegreren in de maatschappij. Deze onderzoekspaper gaat over de wijze van hergebruik in de Architectuur. Er zijn verschillende plannen...master thesis 2017
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- Plink, Floris (author) master thesis 2017
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Amsing, L.M. (author)Often, architecture is understood as the actual building; the houses we live in, the schools we study in and the theatres we are entertained in. For the layman this probably is what architecture is about and yet architecture is concerned with more than just the building. When working on a design architects ask themselves numerous questions such...master thesis 2017
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Boekraad, R. (author)A recent development on the field of additive manufacturing is the ability to print conductive materials alongside non-conductive materials, predominantly plastics. With the addition of the possibility to insert external components during the manufacturing process, this allows for the integration of mechanical and electrical functionality into a...master thesis 2017
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Van Putten, B.T. (author)Applications for space telescopes require ever higher resolutions. This is driving space telescopes to keep getting bigger as they need a large primary mirror to achieve these resolutions. Such large instruments are also heavy and cost a lot of money to launch. Current launchers offer a limited amount of space making it impossible to launch a...master thesis 2017
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Van Dijk, D. (author)Dutch & Dutch was founded in 2014 by a group of audio enthusiasts. With the power of physics and a sharp understanding of IT by their side, they started working on a set of speakers that sound amazing in any situation. From this technical perspective they developed speaker both for the living room and for professional goals. Dutch & Dutch...master thesis 2017
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- de Jong, W.K. (author) master thesis 2017
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Wildenberg, M.P.J. (author)This report describes and analyses small scale plough process. This research is initiated by Deltares and the Delft University of Technology as an experimental way to gain insight in the ploughing of the river bed in rivers. The main target of this thesis is to gather information on the plough process as applied in the maintenance of the Waal...master thesis 2017