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Troost, Léander (author)Integration of the sensory systems inside patient-specific medical devices (e.g., implants or prosthesis) can provide additional measurement data at different time points. This can result in improving the traditional designs of those medical devices, and consequently leading to increasing the patient’s comfort and quality of life. By doing...master thesis 2022
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Tsoli, Dimitra (author)3D printing is currently blooming in a lot of different industries, including fashion in the form of 3D printing onto textiles. In parallel, fashion circularity is an increasing movement that has emerged due to the negative impact that fashion creates on the life on this planet and the planet itself. Therefore, a shift to responsible consumption...master thesis 2022
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Donders, Ennio (author)While Additive Manufacturing is famed for its ability to create complex geometries, sustainability of the technologies is given less attention. Due to the need to melt filament and heat up the printbed, FDM requires a considerable amount of energy. On top of that, valuable and non-renewable resources are used for the production of the commonly...master thesis 2022
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Blankespoor, Maarten (author)The processes that take place within cells are complex. Single-cell analysis is a method that is employed to gain further understanding of the working mechanisms on a single-cellular level. The controlled transport of substances through the cell membrane is important for studying the behaviour and responses of single living cells. Femtopipettes...master thesis 2022
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Feng, Shirley (author)In the near future, pressure on sustainability requirements in building structures will increase further as governments around the world are forced to tackle climate change issues. The construction industry is one of the most resource intensive and wasteful sectors in the world and is estimated to keep growing at a fast pace due to growing...master thesis 2022
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de Jager, Thomas (author)The upcoming Shaft Actuated Tip Articulated Low Resource Settings (SATA-LRS) platform is in need of a novel design of a strong, foldable beak able to close in parallel. Steerable instruments for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) are used more often but still have some limitations. The end-effectors used are v-shaped, causing...master thesis 2022
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Bieling, Thijs (author)Evaporation can induce acoustic emissions in microfluidic devices. The origin of these emissions and their damping remains elusive. This thesis studies acoustic emissions from 3D printed microfluidic tubes mimicking xylem vessels in plants. We show the time and frequency domain signature of these emissions. From these signatures, we identify...master thesis 2022
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van den Dikkenberg, Lean (author)Chances are that you, the reader, have been working from home during this pandemic. Working from home has been more common than ever before and is predicted to stay. However, chairs have not adapted yet: office chairs are complicated and bulky products. They are designed to be adjustable to multiple users, but are not the best solution for...master thesis 2022
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Van Schoor, Steijn (author)Minimally invasive surgery has some major benefits over traditional open surgery for the patient, but makes surgery more complex for the surgeon. Articulating instruments can regain some of the manoeuvrability that is lost by using a small incision. However, in endoscopic neurosurgery such articulating devices do currently not exist, due to...master thesis 2021
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Veeger, Robin (author)Functional gradients in hard-soft interfaces are abundant in nature, and we often mimic them to create strong and tough composites. A powerful tool for the designs and fabrication of biomimetic composites is voxel-based multi-material 3D printing. Earlier researches mainly focused on using this technique in the creation of gradients based on...master thesis 2021
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Faber, Nick (author)Additive Manufacturing (AM) has made it possible to manufacture parts whose shape complexity was unfeasible with other traditional methods by depositing material layer-wise. However, this planar layer-wise deposition strategy can be restrictive for the part's properties. However, the anisotropic behaviour can also be embraced and used as an...master thesis 2021
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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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van de Ven, Rick (author)The research described in this thesis explores the field of 3D printing technologies in the fabrication of printed, flexible tactile sensors and explores new possibilities and opportunities in the fabrication. The research is aiming at new ways of applying 3D printing fabrication techniques to develop easily applicable sensing structures to...master thesis 2021
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Oude Vrielink, Thijs (author)There are strict tolerances on the placement of optical components in high performance optical systems. Compliant alignment mechanisms can be used to meet these tolerances. Conventional manufacturing techniques, such as milling and spark erosion, have been used to produce an extensive library of alignment solutions but are limited in the...master thesis 2021
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Peek, Jet (author)Objectives: In double outlet right ventricle (DORV) both the pulmonary artery and the aorta originate predominantly from the right ventricle (RV) and a ventricular septum defect (VSD) is present. Each DORV patient requires an individual surgical approach. In complex cases the optimal surgical approach may be difficult to assess based on...master thesis 2021
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van Altena, Pieter (author)Facioscapulohumeral muscle dystrophy (FSHD) is the third most common muscle disease in the world. No cure has been found for FSHD, and current treatments focus on alleviating the symptoms. The disease is caused by a genetic error in 1/1000 - 1/200 of the nuclei in a multinucleated skeletal muscle cell. Studying that specific nucleus, by removing...master thesis 2021
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Pitta Kruize, Carlos (author)The mechanical properties of biological hard-soft interfaces change gradually over a small surface area to prevent the formation of stress concentrations through variations in the interface’s chemical composition, microstructure and geometry. The bone-tendon/ligament and bone-cartilage interface are the most prominent hard-soft interfaces within...master thesis 2021
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Heesakkers, Yannic (author)This graduation report presents a new mold making approach for Royal<br/>Delft. The traditional production trajectory starts with a positive model and<br/>pouring plaster mold parts onto it one by one, producing a negative casting<br/>mold for one shape. This new proposal takes the plaster mold parts as a<br/>starting point, combining them into...master thesis 2021
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Burema, Arine (author)Introduction: Amputees still experience problems with the use of their upper limb prostheses, mainly in the lack of comfort and functionality. This results in rejection of the prosthesis or overuse injuries due to compensatory movements. The comfort and functionality should be improved by reducing weight and increasing the degrees of freedom....master thesis 2021
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Rao, Akshay (author)The master thesis project explores the spare parts business due to the evidence available on how well it contributes to the revenues and profits of firms. With increasing product variety, shorter product lifecycles and market competition, it is necessary for firms to supply spare parts to customers for keeping the products functional....master thesis 2021