Optimization of The Energy Systems of Residential Buildings Using PV, Heat Pump and Battery Technology: Designing and optimizing the energy systems of residential buildings in various cities with PV, heat pump and battery storage technologies by adding new features to the PVMD Toolbox

This thesis addresses the imperative need for sustainable energy solutions in the residential sector which is a significant contributor to global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Focusing on modeling and optimizing residential energy systems, the study explores the integration of photovoltaic (PV) panels, heat pumps, and...

Aerocapture Guidance and Control at Venus

This thesis explores the feasibility of aerocapture manoeuvres at Venus, focusing on the challenges for an autonomous Guidance and Control (G&C) system, including a partial Navigation system simulation. Aerocapture leverages atmospheric drag for orbit insertion and presents a cost-effective alternative to traditional propulsive methods. The...

High-Performance Negative Self-Powered α-MoO₃/Ir/α-MoO₃ Photodetectors: Probing the Influence of Coulomb Deep Traps

Nanostructures of ultrathin 2D MoO₃ semiconductors have gained significant attention in the field of transparent optoelectronics and nanophotonics due to their exceptional responsiveness. In this study, we investigate self-powered α-MoO₃/Ir/α-MoO₃ photodetectors, focusing on the influence of induced hot...

The great escape: Mrna export through the nuclear pore complex

Nuclear export of messenger RNA (mRNA) through the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is an indispensable step to ensure protein translation in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. mRNA is not translocated on its own, but it forms ribonuclear particles (mRNPs) in association with proteins that are crucial for its metabolism, some of which; like Mex67...

DNA-origami scaffold for NPC mimics

In eukaryotic cells, the segregation of nuclear information from the cytosol is carried out by the Nuclear Envelope, a double lipid membrane which protects the genes from cytoplasmic mutagens. To establish a connection between the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm, tiny pores named Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) span through such membrane. The biological...

Biomimetic Nanopores with Yeast Nucleoporins

Nuclear pore complexes (NPC’s) facilitate the exchange of macromolecules between the cytoplasm and nucleus and act as a selective barrier for macromolecules in eukaryotes. Ongoing research suggests that the discriminatory function of the NPC is caused by nucleoporins rich in phenylalanine-glycine amino acids residue repeats (FG-regions) which...

Virtual humans in games: Realistic behavior and emotions for non-player characters

In this project we have set out to promote behavioral-realism in non-player characters (NPCs) on an emotional level. We do this as a step towards a tool that will allow developers to build ?exible and scalable emotional behavior for NPCs and that could be used either in game-development applications or scienti?c psychological studies. In order...