- document
-
Andringa, Jilles (author)Machine learning models have improved Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) in aviation, notably in estimating the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of aircraft engines. However, their 'black-box' nature limits transparency, critical in safety-sensitive aviation maintenance. Explainable AI (XAI), particularly Counterfactual (CF) explanations, offers...master thesis 2024
- document
-
van den Oever, Mark (author)Dutch road transportation networks are increasingly facing challenges regarding congestion, safety and environmental pollution. These challenges are intensified by increased urbanization and a growing need for connectivity . In the past, the remedy to most of these challenges laid in expanding the physical infrastructure through new asphalt....master thesis 2024
- document
-
Raghunandan, Mithun (author)This research investigates the role of time prediction accuracy in optimizing Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) within the aviation sector, with a specific focus on assessing the additional benefits brought forth by the integration of Air-Ground Datalink technologies. Continuous Descent Operations, characterized by uninterrupted and efficient...master thesis 2024
- document
-
Wang, Yan (author)The overdependence on the tradition energy source have caused a serious of ecologi-cal problems such as the increasing emission of carbon dioxide. To combat this and achieve carbon neutrality, attention has shifted towards sustainable energy, particu-larly wind, tidal, and solar energy. The solar cell catches significant interest due to its...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Guo, Junwei (author)MEMS microphones offer a significant scope to improve miniaturization, integration and cost of acoustic systems, poised to be the preferred microphone option for consumer electronics and medical advancements. A MEMS microphone needs a readout interface to convert the microphone’s output to a digital code for further processing, while its poor...master thesis 2023
- document
-
de Gruijl, David (author)Much like wearable devices today, ingestible devices have emerged as a promising platform for continuous health monitoring, and potentially even intervention. Recent research has demonstrated the feasibility of ingestible devices with a retention mechanism, enabling them to remain in the stomach for weeks. Equipping these devices with sensors...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Beets, Josine (author)Incorporating living cells into a non-living matrix is one of the many possible steps that can be undertaken to stop climate change. Especially, photosynthetic organisms have a promising future in material design as they can capture atmospheric carbon dioxide and ’ breathe’ oxygen. This research dives into unravelling the properties of a...master thesis 2023
- document
-
El Boustani, Ossama (author)This work describes a fully digital transmitter (DTX) for 5G mMIMO base stations that combines the strengths of high-speed digital CMOS with the high-power capabilities of a Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) high-voltage technology. This technology platform offers high integration and scalability for implementing Radio Frequency...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Yuan, Michaël (author)Wide band gap semiconductor has attracted significant industrial interest over the past decade with its superior properties: such as high critical electrical field, high thermal conductivity andwide band gap. Meanwhile many industries operating in harsh environments have long had demands for sensing solutions that function at high temperature....master thesis 2022
- document
-
Al-Zoubi, Musa (author)Perovskite/Silicon tandem cells are gradually becoming more promising in the field of photovoltaic technology since they have already surpassed the theoretical power conversion efficiency (PCE) limit of single junction (SJ) silicon cells (~30%), while they can be commercially compatible. Several architectures of Perovskite/silicon devices were...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Solot, Elke (author)Hexapod robots are becoming increasingly popular for navigating and exploring irregular and inhospitable environments. The Lunar Zebro is such a hexapod robot that has been developed to be the lightest and smallest rover to explore the moon. The purpose of the Lunar Zebro is to navigate the surface of the moon where it will encounter difficult...master thesis 2022
- document
-
YU, Jinqian (author)This thesis focuses on the design of a high input impedance sensor readout system based on a continuous-time sigma-delta modulator with finite-impulse-response digital-to-analog converter feedback.<br/><br/>Both the system-level and circuit-level design techniques of this system are investigated. The concept and design methods of finite-impulse...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Liu, Jiang (author)In recent years, short-range reliable wireless system with high data rate and low power consumption has drawn sufficient attention and is in great demand in various applications. For biomedical implantable applications such as neural sensing and Brain-computer Interfaces (BCIs), due to the increasing number of sensing channels and elements, not...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Shaikh, Raiyan (author)Emerging PV technologies like Perovskite has lead to the development of Perovskite/Silicon (Pvk/c-Si) tandem device (Multi-junction device) and has now gained a lot of momentum and attention due to the fact that the tandem device can reach a Shockley-Quisser limit of about 44.1% efficiency. But to speed up its development, a lot of emphasis is...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Wagner, Fabian (author)Crystalline silicon (c-Si) homojunction architectures like aluminum back-surface field (Al-BSF) and passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) dominated the solar cell market for the last decades. Recently, carrier-selective passivating contact (CSPC) designs have shown that they can effectively reduce recombination losses and exhibit efficiencies...master thesis 2022
- document
-
van Rijn, Jan (author)Remotely controlled vehicles have gained increased interest and application, like the exploration of inhospitable environments. To this end hexapods with C-shape locomotors are particularly suitable because these vehicles possess both the efficiency of wheels and the climbing capabilities of legged robots. Currently all C-legged hexapods are...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Chou, Chan Hung (author)Laser surface treatment shows great potential to locally create distinct phases in martensitic steels due to its highly localized laser heat flux. Architectured materials with microstructures of metastable austenite/martensite phases exhibit advanced mechanical properties, such as a better combination of strength and ductility. In addition, the...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Xu, Xinyun (author)Since the outbreak of SARS-COV-2, various virus inactivation techniques have been applied to suppress the spread of virus. Ultraviolet exposure inactivation is an efficient approach to inactivate virus, within UV band, UV-C with comparatively higher energy. UV-C has been proved to inactivate viruses efficiently, while to figure out efficient...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Paggiaro, Giulia (author)Silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells have exhibited efficiencies well above 25%. To further boost the efficiencies of c-Si-based solar cells, high-bandgap perovskite cells are stacked on top achieving a record efficiency of 29.52%. However, as most of the high-quality perovskite films are solution-processed, the front surface of the bottom...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Kaur, Sukhleen (author)Survival analysis is a statistical method used to predict when an event will occur. Machine learning survival models have been used in many cancer studies. However, machine learning models may not always be interpretable. The current lack of research for explainable survival analysis for urothelial cancer prompted this study. This study offers...master thesis 2021