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Charalambous, Nicolaos (author)Navy Lodge Manhattan is a Sailors' Boarding House segment that refreshes enlisted sailors. It is part of The Hotel, a collective project that studies the hotel, both as a building type and as a place of hospitality, through a collection of fourteen individual contributions inside one skyscraper. The project imagines hospitality as a realm of...master thesis 2024
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Bolscher, Thijs (author)As the Moon reemerges as a renewed fronteer in space exploration, the Lunar Zebro project proposes to deploy a swarm of miniature rovers for efficient lunar surface exploration. One of their goals is to leverage recent advancements in deep learning and AI-accelerating hardware, in conjunction with Commercial Off-The-Shelf technologies and the...master thesis 2024
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Meijs, Lester (author)With Schiphol Airport's flight numbers growing, working assets are essential to ensure on-time processes. The Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) is a critical asset in the airport's turnaround process. By ensuring that the asset is working properly, the operational processes can run efficiently. Currently, improving the reliability of the PBB when...master thesis 2024
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Loudon, Joséphine (author)This research critically examines Dutch water boards' journey towards the circular use of dredged sediment, set against the backdrop of water boards’ ambitious targets for circularity. Water boards, carrying the majority of responsibility for regional dredging, must navigate the surplus of approximately 40 million cubic meters of dredged...master thesis 2024
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Debbaghi, Fatima-Zahra (author), Kroesen, M. (author), de Vries, G. (author), Pudane, B. (author)Automated vehicles (AVs) may transform not only our travel experience but our complete daily schedules. This study analyses the data from an interactive stated activity-travel survey using latent class cluster analysis to uncover the types and prevalence of schedule changes with AVs. The analysis reveals that the majority of respondents expected...journal article 2024
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Muntenaar, Laura (author)Demand for smart, Internet-connected devices and other electronics has increased dramatically in recent years. This increase in demand for technological devices, driven by advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous systems, has exposed the digital system to potential security threats. As more...master thesis 2023
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Zhang, Letian (author)Board-level reliability (BLR) looks at the reliability problem in the package and PCB interconnection, which is an important topic in microelectronics. The current criterion in the BLR test is to look if the connection is open, which can only detect the failure and there is no available method that can detect the degradation of the solder joints...master thesis 2023
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Lagerweij, Gijs (author)Insulated metal substrate (IMS) printed circuit boards (PCBs) are an attractive alternative to conventional FR4-based PCBs and power modules due to their good thermal performance, low cost, and compatibility with the reflow soldering processes. In this thesis, the dielectric performance of IMS PCBs is characterised to validate their use in high...master thesis 2023
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Kramer, Coen (author)The Province of South Holland is conducting a heritage project to explore the historical significance of barge canals and their future role in a changing climate. This thesis aims to address the water challenges posed by increased floods and droughts caused by climate change through the implementation of a water buffersystem. The buffer should...master thesis 2023
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Thukral, V. (author), Bacquet, Irene (author), Van Soestbergen, Michiel (author), Zaal, Jeroen (author), Roucou, Romuald (author), Rongen, Rene (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Board level vibration testing is a commonly used method to predict the solder joint reliability of surface-mounted components seated onto printed circuit boards (PCB). Current board level vibration test methods are mainly developed from a solely mechanical stress application standpoint. This makes such stress tests one dimensional in nature...conference paper 2023
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van Golden, Simone L. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Kievit, Henk (author)Since digital opportunities will continue altering business models, organizations need to formulate and execute digital strategies to sustain long-term value. A digital strategy is governed by the organization’s board. A board consists of executive and non-executive members, whereas in a two-tier system, the non-executive members form a...conference paper 2023
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SUN, JIAN (author)An efficient, compact, and lightweight three-phase AC-DC power factor correction (PFC) converter becomes a necessity for the On-board chargers (OBCs) of the electric vehicle (EV) in conventional grid-to-vehicle (G2V) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging scenarios. The commercially available OBCs have very limited power density despite the moderate...master thesis 2022
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Giitsidis, Konstantinos (author)Trolleybuses are electric buses than run on electric power from overhead electric power lines (catenary) like trams do. Although is a service that dates all the way back to 1882, it has managed to regain interest in the recent years due to the constant electrification of various aspects of the world. This comes as a response towards...master thesis 2022
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van de Water, Stijn (author)This paper describes the design of an adaptable, low-cost, and energy efficient gesture detection system. The system leverages the ambient light available in the environment to perform Visible Light Sensing (VLS) using powerful Convolutional Neural Networks. The focus lies on designing a system that is capable of robust gesture detection in any...bachelor thesis 2022
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Pluijlaar, Dion (author)This research was performed with the goal of giving insight if the Rijksrederij is able to operate part of their fleet on renewable methanol and fuel cells, in order to work towards their goal of operating with net zero CO2 emissions by 2030. This prompted a research question that focussed on both the renewable methanol supply and the technical...master thesis 2022
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Zang, Yiming (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Qian, Yong (author), Zhou, Xiaoli (author), Sheng, Gehao (author), Jiang, Xiuchen (author), Vaessen, P.T.M. (author)Realization of an electrical aircraft demands a low-weight electric distribution and propulsion system. The use of high voltage and power electronics operated at high switching frequencies is essential to achieve this objective. However, printed circuit boards (PCBs) in electrified aircraft are in a harsh working environment, which can make...journal article 2022
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Scheffers, E.L. (author), de Vos, P. (author)Reliability and survivability play a key role in the ship operation and ship design process of navy ships, but increasingly also of complex commercial vessels. These requirements prove relevant for different elements within the ship design scope, including the distribution system design of data, energy and fluid (water, fuel, oil, etc.). In...conference paper 2022
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Pluijlaar, D. (author), van Biert, L. (author)This paper gives an overview of research that was carried out with the purpose of gaining insight whether renewable methanol, fuel cells and on-board carbon capture can be used to reduce the CO2 emissions of part of a fleet consisting of various (governmental) work ships, using methanol produced from waste biomass, excess wind energy and...journal article 2022
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Wang, L. (author), Wang, Ping (author), Wei, Kai (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Li, Z. (author)To investigate the train-induced ground vibration, an explicit time-domain, three dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model is developed. The train, track, embankment, pile-board structure and nearby ground soils are all fully coupled in this model. The complex geometries involving the track components and pile-board structure are all...journal article 2022
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Thukral, V. (author), van Soestbergen, M. (author), Zaal, J.J.M. (author), Roucou, R. (author), Rongen, R.T.H. (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Board level vibration testing is intended to assess prediction of the reliability of solder joint interconnects that are formed between electronic components and printed circuit boards (PCB). Frailties in the stress test experiment might lead to false board level reliability (BLR) evaluations. Therefore, it is essential to have a well...review 2022