Sustainability in Design Engineering Education; Experiences in Northern Europe

In recent years, the implementation of sustainability into the curricula of engineering has become increasingly important. This paper focuses on the experiences of integrating sustainability in Design Engineering education in the academic bachelor programs at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, at the University College of West...

Superincentive public transport contracting in the greater Amsterdam area

All suburban/regional bus services around Amsterdam City have been submitted to competitive tendering. This is done under a very innovative form of revenue-based contract that can be classified as a ‘super incentive’ contract. Payments to operators (‘subsidies’) are based on realised passenger revenues and no longer on the costs of supplying...

Conceptual Design of the FAST-D Formation Flying Spacecraft

The paper presents the latest results in the design of FAST-D, the Dutch micro-satellite for the Dutch–Chinese FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) formation flying mission. Over the course of the 2.5 year mission, the two satellites, FAST-D and FAST-T, will demonstrate various new technologies and perform...

The mediating role of Home Energy Management Systems

Sustainability within product portfolio management

On both a strategic level and a product level a lot is known on how to integrate sustainability aspects. On the intermediate level of product portfolio management this is not true. Here the strategic sustainability goals of a company need to be translated into products. A company wanting to innovate in a green way automatically has to make...

Ten Years of bored tunnels in the Netherlands: Part I: Geotechnical issues

Ten years have passed since in 1997 for the first time construction of bored tunnels in the Netherlands soft soil was undertaken. Before that date essentially only immersed tunnels and cut-and-cover tunnels were constructed in the Netherlands. The first two bored tunnels were Pilot Projects, the 2nd Heinenoord tunnel and the Botlek Rail tunnel....

Ten years of bored tunnels in the Netherlands: Part II: Structural issues

In 1997 for the first time construction of bored tunnels in the Netherlands soft soil was undertaken. Before that date essentially only immersed tunnels and cut-and-cover tunnels were constructed in the Netherlands. The first two bored tunnels were Pilot Projects, the 2nd Heinenoord tunnel and the Botlek Rail tunnel. Since then a series of other...

Confidence and curvature estimation of curvilinear structures in 3-D

Analysis and detection of 3-D curvilinear structures

Edge preserving orientation adaptive filtering

Edge preserving orientation adaptive filtering

Effect of tidal resonance on the morphology of Wadden and Estuaries

Contains basic paper plus background supplements. Areas like the Western Wadden area have a length of approximately 1/4 of a tidal wave length. Therefore tidal motion is sensible for resonance. It is investigated, under which circumstances morphological instabilities may occur. Instabilities are defined in this way, that small depth increments...

Permeation measurements on in situ grown ceramic MFI type films

Continuous MFI type films were grown on macroporous ceramic clay-type supports. Permeation experiments were performed using a Wicke-Kallenbach experimental set-up. Applying helium as an inert carrier gas, the permeation behaviour of strongly (n-butane, isobutane), and weakly adsorbing species (neon, argon, methane) was studied at room...