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Chajid, Mohamed (author)Museums are places where the objects displayed are on a pedestal, often quite literally. These objects are found to be of such importance to be selected and displayed for thousands of people, tourists or purists, to see. <br/>This experience of visiting an institution, viewing an almost sacred object you cannot touch, and reading the...master thesis 2022
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Ho, Chia-Yu (author)Designing with data helps the service providers to monitor and gain deeper insights from users. However, there are not many design methods of data-enabled design for most design teams to rely on. This research focuses on the early exploratory phase of the design process. The goal was to find a solution that could assist in contextualizing the...master thesis 2022
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Gorsse, Daan (author)Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), a type of humanitarian aid consisting of giving money instead of products, is being used more frequently because of its effectiveness and efficiency in helping people in need (Cash Learning Partnership, 2020b). The debate on using CVA is currently focusing on improving the quality by better incorporating ...master thesis 2022
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Bondavalli, Lorenzo (author)Starting from the Lefebvrian notion of urban society as a society that can realise itself only when urban occupants collectively use their ‘right’ to shape it, this research explores the impact of alternative socio-spatial processes on the contemporary cityscapes. At the same time inspecting the everyday human condition in relation to the...master thesis 2022
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THOMAS KADAVIL ABRAHAM, Thomas (author)The principles of compliant mechanisms have been available to engineering students, students of mechanical engineering. Designers or design students had very little understanding of the principles behind making compliant things(Appendix B- Interviews). <br/><br/>Through the course of this project, the relevance of compliant products to designers...master thesis 2021
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Wang, Jun (author)This project aims to improve employees’ social well-being in offices through informal interactions. It consists of 3 phases in total, context research, idea generation and concept development. Experiencing prototyping was mainly used in the design process.<br/><br/>In the first phase, observation and interviews were conducted in 2 offices in...master thesis 2021
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van der Ploeg, Derek (author)Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated every part of our world. It discovers new molecules, recommends what to watch and informs many business decisions everyday. There it has also become part of hiring, where recruiters are in need of more efficiency. The digital age has caused the amount of applications per position to skyrocket, while...master thesis 2021
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Spierings, Gijs (author)This project is an exploration of light as a supportive medium for meditation. Light is a mysterious phenomenon and the possibilities are endless, which required a broad exploration of various elements and applications of light. With a design driven approach this exploration took many forms. Ranging from finding inspiration, sketching ideas and...master thesis 2021
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Ham, Rutger (author)Vibration energy harvesting has proven to be a durable source of energy for a wide variety of applications, however not all of the positions these applications are placed at are suitable for conventional vibration energy harvesting. For some of these applications a frequency up-converted energy harvester could increase the power harvested. These...master thesis 2021
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Engels, Luc (author)Vibration exposure is a significant problem in the construction industry. However, the consequences remains underappreciated and largely unaddressed because vibration exposure is difficult to measure and the symptoms often appear after decades of exposure. These symptoms, collectively called hand-arm vibrations syndrome, include loss of sensory...master thesis 2021
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Aalbers, Sarah (author)The Organ on Chip (OoC) market is fast-growing and has the promise to drastically reduce the cost of developing drugs and the need for animal testing. However, the growth could be obstructed by the difficulties of scaling up production of developed prototypes. Most OoC prototypes are not suited for mass production because of the material used,...master thesis 2021
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Matser, Abel (author)For more than 130 years there have been efforts to automate human services. One such automation is the use of computer-based solving methods to aid engineers in their search for their ideal goal, such as automated planar mechanism design. Contrary to creating mechanisms manually, automatic methods are able to create and evaluate mechanisms in...master thesis 2021
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Rietveld, Erwin (author)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...master thesis 2021
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Aliana Guardia, Marc (author)In Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) for rapid-prototyping, the 3D printed parts usually have a short life, generating a constant stream of waste material and lost value. This issue becomes more relevant in the early stages of product development, where 3D printed prototypes become rapidly obsolete due to design iterations and advances in the...master thesis 2021
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Blankensteijn, Charlotte (author)Microcatheters are used for endovascular diagnosis and treatment purposes. Variations of this minimally invasive instrument, accompanied by guidewires, are manipulated through the vasculature towards the target of the intervention. The human vascular anatomy can however present complex pathways towards a target, for example a distal tumor....master thesis 2020
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Rodiftsis, Athanasios (author)When designing for structural performance, the geometry of the load-bearing elements is crucial for achieving the required stability. This is even more important in structural forms, such as shells and arches that are predominantly designed by their structural requirements. However, the typical design process starts with the design by the...master thesis 2020
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Sailer, Tim (author)To satisfy the growing needs of customers for services many product-oriented companies in various industries have started switching their focus from products towards service offerings. To stay competitive, New Service Development became an important concern for many companies to achieve. Company Z, which is one of the largest product-oriented...master thesis 2020
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Eekhout, Kasper (author)Starting this report 3Dprinting is explained and the state of the art in 3D printing structuralelectronics. From here the current state of the project is described afterwhich the project goal is formed. The project goal for this project is asfollows: “Test and prototype on-sitecuring of solder paste on a 3D printed...master thesis 2020
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in 't Veld, J.J.L.A. (author)As the COVID-19 struck, many organizations faced the challenge to rapidly adapt in order to stay relevant. Over night consumers’ needs changed, leaving the organizations in an uncertain environment. The current situation highlights that organizations need approaches that must enable them engage in search activities, in order to find out how to...master thesis 2020
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van Gogh, J. (author)If 10 people would answer the question “What falls into the category grooming and what is beautification?” there would be 10 different answers. For some, grooming does not go beyond taking a shower and brushing your teeth. But what about shaving? Or make-up? And a question that arose during quarantine: how important are hairdressers? Most people...master thesis 2020