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Follow the crowd

Van Dijk, T. (author)

Earthquakes, tsunamis, rushing mobs – in the Transport and Planning department, test subjects are being immersed in a ‘disaster’, with the ultimate goal of improving the usability of traffic models for evacuation

journal article 2014

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An engineer's paradise

Van Dijk, T. (author)

Myanmar is opening up to the outside world. Engineers from TU Delft are discovering some great opportunities to conduct research and teach there. 'It is an engineer’s paradise.’

journal article 2014

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New construction kit for chemists

Wassink, J. (author)

TU Delft is heading a European research programme on CO2 capture, with a budget of €10 million. This could result in the first large-scale application of a new class of porous materials

journal article 2014

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Stone-hard concrete

Wassink, J. (author)

A polymer prepared from waste water extends the useful life of concrete. It also appears to be suitable as a protective coating for offshore applications. Chemistry professor Stephen Picken predicts that this ‘alginate’ could become huge.

journal article 2014

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Supporting Collaboration in Global Software Engineering

Dullemond, K. (author)

More and more, software engineering projects are no longer carried out in a single office building, but instead in multiple dislocated office buildings or even from home. When the development process is distributed between several geographically dispersed locations this is known as Global Software Engineering or GSE. The team members working on...

doctoral thesis 2014

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High-resolution X-ray diffraction investigation on the evolution of the substructure of individual austenite grains in TRIP steels during tensile deformation

Blondé, R.J.P. (author), Jimenez-Melero, E. (author), Huizenga, R.M. (author), Zhao, L. (author), Wright, J. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)

The martensitic transformation behaviour of the metastable austenite phase in low-alloyed transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels has been studied in situ using high-energy X-ray diffraction during deformation. The austenite stability during tensile deformation has been evaluated at different length scales. A powder diffraction analysis...

journal article 2014

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Position-dependent shear-induced austenite– martensite transformation in double-notched TRIP and dual-phase steel samples

Blondé, R.J.P. (author), Jimenez-Melero, E. (author), Anusuya Ponnusami, S. (author), Zhao, L. (author), Schell, N. (author), Brück, E.H. (author), Van der Zwaag, S. (author), Van Dijk, N.H. (author)

While earlier studies on transformation-induced-plasticity (TRIP) steels focused on the determination of the austenite-to-martensite decomposition in uniform deformation or thermal fields, the current research focuses on the determination of the local retained austenite-to-martensite transformation behaviour in an inhomogeneous yet carefully...

journal article 2014

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Leveraging Social Networks to Motivate Humans to Train Agents (Extended Abstract)

Li, G. (author), Hung, H. (author), Bradley Knox, W. (author), Whiteson, S.A. (author)

Learning from rewards generated by a human trainer ob- serving the agent in action has been demonstrated to be an effective method for humans to teach an agent to perform challenging tasks. However, how to make the agent learn most efficiently from these kinds of human reward is still under-addressed. In this paper, we investigate the effect of...

journal article 2014

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User requirements Massive Point Clouds for eSciences (WP1)

Suijker, P.M. (author), Alkemade, I. (author), Kodde, M.P. (author), Nonhebel, A.E. (author)

This report is a milestone in work package 1 (WP1) of the project Massive point clouds for eSciences. In WP1 the basic functionalities needed for a new Point Cloud Spatial Database Management System are identified. This is achieved by (1) literature research, (2) discussions with the project members, and (3) customer surveys. In this work...

report 2014

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Healing City: Rehabilitation Center Amsterdam

Van Niekerk, B.N.J. (author)

Design task While 20 years ago rehabilitation centers were protected environments that secluded patients from society, recently the focus has shifted towards integration of patients in public life. The assignment for the design of the rehabilitation center fits in with this development, as the location for the project is in between the Overtoom,...

master thesis 2014

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Gas from light and water

Wassink, J. (author)

The government is looking for techniques for producing new fuels from CO2, light and water. Late last year, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and Shell allocated € 5 million to this purpose. One of the seven proposals to be funded was from TU Delft.

journal article 2014

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Making MOOCS

Van Uffelen, C. (author)

The first two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were completed late last year, and the sequel is undergoing intensive preparation. The pioneers look back. “To meet the deadlines, we even made recordings at midnight

journal article 2014

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Mandatory inspection for every PC

Wassink, J. (author)

“How safe are we really?” was the question posed at TU Delft’s 172th Dies Natalis celebration. New technologies offer opportunities, but they also pose threats. This is certainly true with regard to internet safety, Cyber-Security Professor Jan van den Berg (EEMC/TPM) tells us. “The days of a happy-go-lucky attitude are in the past”.

journal article 2014

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Big in nano

Wassink, J. (author)

The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft celebrated its tenth anniversary on 10 March. In terms of money, the Kavli Foundation’s annual contribution is only approximately one per cent of the budget, but the name is of inestimable value.

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Parking Behavioural and Assignment Modelling: Methodology and application for the evaluation of Smart Parking applications

Chaniotakis, E. (author)

This research focuses on the derivation of an assignment model that can be used for the evaluation of Smart Parking ITS applications. Behavioural research is conducted in order to gain understanding of the individuals' behaviour concerning parking, on three behavioural levels (Strategic, Operational and Tactical), and for two user classes ...

master thesis 2014

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Global tide model with DFlow-FM

Markensteijn, G.C. (author)

This thesis is about the beginning of a global tide model in DFlow-FM, a project by Deltares. The first focus lay on finding the best grid that can be used for this model. We tried to grids, a rotated lat-lon grid and a squarely grid with local refinement. After calculating the RMS-value it was found that the local refined grid gave the best...

bachelor thesis 2014

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Choices: Our common ground

Van Wezenbeek, W.J.S.M. (author)

No matter who you are, or what role you play, what we all have in common is a choice.

journal article 2014

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On education and learning

Van den Berg, D.J. (author)

public lecture 2014

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Safety matters

Van Gelder, P. (author)

public lecture 2014

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A safe and secure university

Luyben, K. (author)

public lecture 2014