Enhancing the quality of field prepared malaria blood smears

In this thesis, a new method towards enhancing the quality of field prepared malaria blood smears is developed through the use of a newly designed, innovative tool. Malaria is a life threatening febrile illness caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through bites of infected mosquitoes. If the symptoms are not treated within 24 hours...

Multi-use E-bikes for a post pandemic era

The graduation project is commissioned by Bayck, a small E-bike start-up which focuses on designing affordable and simple e-bikes. The company is looking for new market opportunities and perceives the Corona outbreak as a potential trigger for behaviour change towards mobility and e-bikes. To find a relevant design direction for Bayck,...

The QIEM-Array: An Innovative Seed Germination Apparatus

The constantly growing world population has en ever-increasing food supply demand. With the decreasing quality of available agricultural land, innovations in the agricultural sector will play an increasingly crucial role. Increasing productivity, improving quality and increasing the nutritional values of the end products are key in combating the...

Product Lifecycle Flow: A theoretical approach on visualising closed-loop systems for the Circular Economy

The company introduced their new circular economy objectives for 2025 with the statement that they will close the loop by offering a trade-in on all professional medical equipment and taking care of responsible repurposing. Recycling has the least amount of value according to the circular system diagram of the company which means that a lot of...

Developing the e-Kick for Swapfiets

The design of Swapfiets’ first electric kick-scooter, the e-Kick 1.0, is not specified on the Swapfiets user and Swapfiets operations. Therefore the new e-Kick model needs to to comply with the lifestyle of the end user and improve his daily routines. For the Swapfiets mechanics the solidity and repairability is an important objective. The kick...

Accessible last-mile mobility support for children in Artis: a product-service proposal

As the oldest zoo of the Netherlands, Artis aims to provide her visitors with a carefree experience. Artis offers mobility support by means of freely available carts to ease the visit of young children and their caregivers. The identified shortage of children carts influences the visitor experience negatively. Increasing the number of carts is...

Methanol from sunlight and air: A guide towards the embodiment design of the micro plant

The carbon emission of fossil fuels contributes to global warming. The start-up ZEF develops a sustainable alternative to create fuel. By capturing CO2 and H2O from the air, the energy from PV solar panels, and the right technology, they create methanol. Methanol can, among other things, be used as a fuel or to create plastics. This product is...

A system integration for solar powered methanol synthesis

With the rising renewable energy demand, sustainable energy storage systems become more important. Zero Emission Fuels (ZEF) is developing a solar powered methanol micro-plant that produces methanol, using water and carbon dioxide, out of the air. ZEF’s focus this far was on developing the subsystems for the micro-plant. This report is about the...

Design of a modular shelter for outdoor bicycle parking spots

The Netherlands is known for its intensive use of bicycles. Bicycle mobility leaves its mark and is an important aspect in the design of public environments. This graduation project in centred around the theme of bicycle parking in public environments. The first phase of this project researches and analyses how bicycle parking is dealt with...

A New Sun Visor for Heavy Vehicles

: 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...

CAST Formwork System: A redesign and evaluation of the CAST formwork system concept

In the graduation project of Remmerswaal, N. (2015), a concept for a new building system for the Indonesian kampung was developed: The CAST formwork system. The development of the concept was based on several identified problems of the Indonesian construction sector. The project concluded with a first design of the CAST formwork system, in this...

Greentom Nova: the next sustainable child buggy

The goal of this project is to develop a concept for the next generation of Greentom products that is more sustainable than their current product line by applying Circular Economy. The result will be a child buggy, which is optimised to be produced, assembled, re-used, repaired, refurbished and recycled in Europe by Greentom. In other words: can...

Car transportable personal shopping cart

The average shopper in the US goes to the shopping mall more than two times a week for groceries and other items. During the shopping consumers often use shopping carts to move larger quantities of items than they can carry. But the shopping cart that is currently used to increase the carrying convenience of moving groceries stops at the car....

Facilitating Collective Playtime

Children between the ages 8-12 want to discover what they are capable of through challenge affording toys. At the same time millennial parents would like to stay active, thoughtful participants in their children’s lives. They fear children will isolate themselves by playing video games. The increasing demand for digital entertainment shows that...

Design of a seamless shower service experience for the new KLM Crown Lounge

The showers are one of the facilities offered by KLM in their Crown Lounge at Schiphol Airport. This service is offered to KLM and its partners’ most loyal customers, passengers that departure from or transfer at Schiphol Airport and are a KLM or SkyTeam Business Class passenger, Flying Blue Platinum or Gold member or SkyTeam Elite Plus-member....

Direct feedback mobile tablet device: A teachers tool to ease interactive white board interaction

During this user centered design project for Wacom Europe GmbH a new accessory for the Interactive White Board (IWB) was designed. This product for the educational market combines pressure sensitive reflective LCD technology with Wacom’s pen technology. Right at the start of this project users have been introduced to these technologies. They...