The Hotel—Capsule Segment: Capsule Metro

Capsule Metro is a capsule hotel segment that treat cheapskates with a good deal. 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 exchange...

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...

Sensors and Design of an Endoscopic Pill

Endoscopic devices are used in the medical world to inspect the gastrointestinal tract. Because there are some complications with wired endoscopy, such as reaching the small intestine, there is a need for new methods to do endoscopy. Therefore an endoscopic pill is invented which can be used to do measurements in the gastrointestinal tract. This...

Conceptual design of a carrier-pod aircraft configuration

Whether travelling by aircraft, train or roads or a combination thereof, the EU aims to reduce the door-to-door travel time within Europe to approximately four hours overall travel time. This goal is hard to reach, especially when flights already take three hours or more. Since aircraft realistically can’t fly faster without going supersonic or...

Redox-responsive release of self-healing agent for anticorrosion

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Capsule-based self-healing epoxy systems using Diels-Alder reactions

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Design of a Sleeping Cabin for the Hospitality Market

The design of a sleeping cabin for a new type of accommodation. The cabins must offer a high guest-per-area ratio, while still offering privacy and comfort. 100 Cabins will be produced and another 900 over the next 10 years. The main validation points of the design are: privacy, comfort, Cost of creation, building laws and character.