Anthropomorphic head phantom for quantitative image quality assessment in cone beam computed tomography

Introduction: In this study, a novel anthropomorphic head phantom for quantitative image quality assessment in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is proposed. The phantom is composed of tissue equivalent materials (TEMs) which are suitable for ‘ home made’ fabrication methods such as silicone casting and 3D printing and equipped with inserts...

Optimal Swing-up Control of an Inverted Pendulum

Inverted pendulums have been classic setups in the control laboratories since the 1950s. They were originally used to illustrate ideas in linear control such as stabilization of unstable systems. Because of their nonlinear nature, pendulums have maintained their usefulness and they are now used to illustrate many of the ideas emerging in the...

Design mobile support for cross-cultural travelers

This project looked into the ways applying mobile supports in cross-cultural travel, as well as how travelers use mobile supports to improve their travel experience. It was realized in the research that travelers could form various travel cultures based on their travel behaviors and values. Thus in the project, a research structure, integrating...

Roles of human and technology services in retail customer experience

With the engagement of digital technologies in retail, roles of human service and technology service are changing. As the franchiser of IKEA stores worldwide (except the one in Delft), Inter IKEA Systems B.V. contributes to the IKEA Business idea by providing solutions which construct a great customer experience. To keep ahead of competition in...

Operability study of floating bulk transhipment operation

Floating Bulk Transhipment Operation (FBTO), as a link in the whole bulk logistic chain, used to be performed only in well-sheltered water. Current operability assessment of FBTO is mainly based on experience and rules of thumbs, only taking into account environmental conditions such as significant wave height and wind speed. Corresponding to...

Software-defined radio receiver design and development for China Digital Radio (CDR)

Chinese digital audio broadcasting in FM band (commonly referred to as CDR) is a newly released digital audio broadcasting standard (GY/T 268-2013) which operates in the FM-band (87MHz to 108MHz) in China. This report introduces for the first time in English of this standard based on an official version written in Chinese, including multiplexing...

Use of Mobile Phone Data for Planning a Road Network: Application to the Country of Senegal

The thesis is the outcome of a research on using mobile phone data to understand mobility patterns in a country and to give advice about decisions on how to design the national and regional road network. It provides not only several practical solutions to the existing road network design problems in Senegal but also a methodological approach,...

A case study of Belgium: Improving the promotion systems for electricity generation from renewable energy sources

In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, several countries have decided to rethink their energy policies and subjected their nuclear reactors to stress tests. According to national law drafted in 2003, Belgium must have phased out all seven nuclear reactors by 2015-2025. However, to date Belgium still has not presented...

Materials for Action: A Performative Material Toolkit for Social Interaction Design

Social networking sites are today playing an essential role in our daily lives. These web-based services not only focus on providing people a platform to share interests and activities, but also facilitate the process of keeping in touch with families and friends. Take Facebook, the most popular social networking website, as an example: people...

Discover in the forest: An integrated visitor experience in the Awarehouse

This report is meant to document a graduation project aiming to design an integrated (interactive and educational) visitor experience in the Awarehouse where serves as the brand experience center of Interface Company, which is an international company that produces the environmentally responsible modular floor coverings. A fully developed...

A Billboard on 1st Ave.: UN headquarters for sustainability

Fire rating curtain wall

The space that can be improved to get a better prediction bridging the gap between simulation and reality, and its reactions on design revision to increase the fire-resistance of a façade product before a formal test is the issue of this thesis. Regulations and design principles concerning a fire-resistant façade have been studies. With the...

Assimilating Soil Moisture Data into a Hydrological Model of the Volta Basin

Soil moisture is important for the Volta Basin. However, in-situ measurements of soil moisture in the Volta Basin are scarce, only remote sensing observations are available. Remote sensing observations are also provided with limited temporal and spatial resolutions. Also capabilities of the sensors are limited (e.g measuring soil moisture...

Catalytic heavy tar reduction in synthetic natural gas reduction

Experimental study towards selective catalytic conversion of raw synthesis gas.

Wideband Class-B Power Amplifiers

Vanwege vertrouwelijke informatie of andere redenen is slechts een deel van de publicatie opgenomen in de repository. Due to confidential information or other reasons only a part of the publication is presented in the repository. Wideband Class-B power amplifier is required in Modern communication systems. The bandwidth limitation of Class-B...

Transformation of DEMO models into exchangeable format

Globalized business development requires enterprises to have more flexible and interoperable information systems. The use of reusable and marketable business components has proved valuable for the development of a high-level information system. Business Component Identification (BCI) is the first step and a crucial one in the development of an...