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Zeng, S. (author)The master graduation project is carried out to help the Dutch company Priva find out the market opportunities in China for her LWE (living and working environment) segment in the Chinese market. Figuring out if Chinese building automation market will be valuable for Priva to enter in now and what product and marketing strategy should be...master thesis 2012
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Van Wijngaarden, M.J.P. (author)To meet growing energy demands wind energy has become an important source of energy. In the last decade wind turbines have been installed offshore to accommodate even more wind power. The offshore wind resource is of a better quality, resulting in higher electricity output. On the other hand, the costs of constructing and installing support...bachelor thesis 2013
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Blesgraaf, P.J.G. (author)Waiting in a queue at the Efteling is not as fun as it should be. This thesis describes why these experiences are so negative and proposes a concept to improve the waiting experience. By giving visitors more freedom during their wait, they can determine for themselves what they want to do. By using a virtual queue system and creating a pleasant...master thesis 2013
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Almat, M. (author)Today’s increasing attention to offshore wind turbines as a renewable source of energy leads to new problems from the logistics point of view. As a consequence of new generation wind farms being built and planned to be built further offshore, as far as 150-200km from the shore, current transportation concepts that are used for wind turbine...master thesis 2015
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Ociepka, W. (author)This thesis had been conducted in order to create design concepts for a trustworthy transition of control between the driver of a car and the automated driving mode in Congested Driving Scenario. The starting point was understanding the interaction of humans with automated systems. Due to the historical background, the initial research had been...master thesis 2015
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Abspoel, R. (author)This master thesis revolves around the development of a personal alarm device for lone workers. A lone worker is somebody who is regularly isolated from their colleagues, without direct supervision. This includes people who often work in isolation, like electricians and warehouse employees. But a worker does not need to be alone in order to be...master thesis 2016
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Bentvelsen, T.J.W. (author)Although the importance of baggage handling systems is not widely recognised by its many daily users, they are a critical part of airports. A passenger only experiences handing in baggage and reclaiming it, but there is more than meets the eye. In these complex systems, baggage is collected from multiple sources, sorted, stored and redistributed...master thesis 2016
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In het Panhuis, V.M. (author)As a result of past world wars and the dumping of munition at designated dumping areas, residual military ordnance are found on and in the seabed, especially in the Wadden Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea. Of the estimated 1.5 million tons of military ordnance, roughly ten percent is classified as Unexploded Ordnance (UXO). There are three main...master thesis 2016
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Bottmeyer, K. (author)This master thesis introduces an instrument panel (IP) concept for Scania’s future trucks and the identified importance of control within the driver – vehicle – interaction. The assignment that has been addressed throughout the project was: >>The development of an Human Machine Interface which proposes an efficient, safe and intuitive way for...master thesis 2017
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Stevens, D. (author)The graduation project This graduation project was executed for EDS – Casting & Forging B.V. (EDS). EDS (Engineering Design and Supply) is a company which is particularly involved in the designing of products and parts for other companies. These are metal products or parts which are mostly produced by casting. EDS reduces the weight and costs by...master thesis 2017
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Dawdy, Gray (author)The arrival streaming technologies has changed the way people interact with and bring their music. Similar technological shifts in the automotive industry are poised to heavily change the driving experience. Bang & Olufsen, the Danish high-end audio manufacturer, wants to investigate these changing experiences in order to discover an...master thesis 2017
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Nijhoff, Joost (author)Two important trends can be witnessed in the world of superyachts. Firstly, the luxury landscape is shifting from collecting tangible assets to pursuing exclusive tailor-made experiences. The second trend is the electrification and the use of batteries on superyachts. Due to the increase of emission restrictions, there is more interest towards...master thesis 2017
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Guerrero Galan, Teresa (author)The purpose of the research is to provide insight into the conversion of a second-hand vessel into an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant. To this end, a 10 MW ship-shaped OTEC platform, located in the waters around Curaçao, has been designed.<br/>At present, only a few of OTEC plants are in operation, primarily with the purpose of...master thesis 2017
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van Saase, Mark (author)Zeeland, located in the south west of The Netherlands, has suffered major casualties and damage due to the flood in 1953. After the disaster, the Dutch Government appointed the so-called Deltacomittee, provided with the task of advising on the execution of the Deltaplan. As part of the Deltaplan, North Sea estuaries has been closed off from the...master thesis 2018
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Frielingsdorf, Jan (author)What if drones could be a tool for enhancing or enabling (new) sports and how could Sony play a role? <br/>As odd as this question might sound at first, future technological advancement will likely make it possible. Drones are fast, agile flying robots, that are increasingly learning to understand their environment and interact autonomously with...master thesis 2018
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van Noort, Laura (author)Baggage handling systems (BHS's) are very complex systems consisting of smaller sub-systems. This thesis explores the potential of automated generation of BHS concept designs for airports. Concept design for BHS's can be defined as the design of the system configuration (which equipment to use and how many equipment pieces) and system layout ...master thesis 2018
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Schothorst, Quinten (author)In this thesis a model is set up to assess the economic viability of early stage buoyancy design concepts. The main research question is to find out if a versatile design approach to the buoyancy lifting concept, i.e. being able to take on multiple projects, can result in an economical viable solution for decommissioning offshore platform...master thesis 2018
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Schouten, Ewout (author)In this thesis the differences between the monohull and semi-submersible are investigated. For a general heavy lift crane operation and its operational profile, the difference is performance and total cost are calculated. These are used to determine the turning point, the point where the semi-submersible is more favourable for a heavy lift crane...master thesis 2018
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Vogel, Maarten (author)The hybrid monopile is a substructure concept for offshore wind turbines initially designed and developed by Fistuca B.V. This Thesis is about the initial concept design of the connection details in the hybrid monopile. Several concept connections are designed. The best concept is selected and thereafter assessed on the ultimate limit state,...master thesis 2018