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van der Straten, N. (author)This graduation project aims to decrease loneliness among elderly in Rotterdam with help of the method Design for Happiness. The analysis phase existed of five different studies. Context mapping with elderly, literature research, interviews with experts, interviews with the target group and home visits with Rotterdam citizens aged 75 and older....master thesis 2016
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Derksen, G.A.D. (author)Royal IHC is exploring the possibilities of a subsea separation concept for its deep sea mining concept. The most promising concept from literature was the crossflow separator, this separation concept was further researched. This to have a look at the performance of such a crossflow separator and to find out what geometry is most suitable for...master thesis 2016
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Wijnands, J. (author)The project starts with the initial assignment of NightBalance BV. This medical start-up has patented technology that is able to reliably determine the position of a person while sleeping or lying in bed. In order to expand the company, they are actively looking to employ their developed technology in new markets. They decide to design the...master thesis 2016
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Duchateau, E.A.E. (author)Preliminary ship design (or early stage design in US terminology) is the very first step in designing a new ship. In this stage ship designers attempt to find an affordable balance of the future owner's (customer or operator) ambitions and operational needs. This balance is then translated into more tangible design requirements. However, the...doctoral 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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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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Sumter, D.X. (author)The lack of access to electricity worldwide contributes to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) – living on less than $2.50 per day – being trapped in poverty. Household holds spend a considerable amount of their income on what they think are cheap, but polluting resources due to lack of education and the desperate situation they’re in. Not only are...master thesis 2016
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Van Breukelen, D.H.J. (author), De Vries, M.J. (author), Schure, F.A. (author)This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. LBD uses the...journal article 2016
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Stammes, J.K. (author)In deze scriptie wordt een onderwijskundig ontwerponderzoek gepresenteerd naar ontwerponderwijs op middelbare scholen, in het bijzonder naar ontwerponderwijs in scheikundelessen. Ontwerpen leent zich namelijk goed als betekenisvolle context voor het aanleren en verdiepen van vakconcepten door leerlingen. Gedurende ontwerponderwijs bedenken,...master thesis 2016
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Van Winden, J.J.N. (author)This thesis is a value and cost assessment of integrated facades as a product-service system. It focusses on the value of this new business concept in the built environment. Theoretical value is explained after which research by design is conducted to show the added value and cost on a real case study.master thesis 2016
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Azizyar, S.S. (author)The sustainability of current healthcare systems is threatened by several societal and economic developments, including an aging population, an increase of unmet medical needs and rising healthcare costs. The consequence of these developments gave rise to new healthcare legislation. These new healthcare legislations force health care...master thesis 2016
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Opiyo, E.Z. (author)The primary challenge underscored and dealt with was how to represent the product’s or system’s use environment and processes and to communicate ideas and envisaged use contexts effectively at the fuzzy-front early stages of the design process. The work focused specifically on complex products or systems with physical, software and/or cyber...journal article 2016
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Smithuis, S.M. (author)This report will cover my graduation project at the Letterkundig Museum in the Hague. The focus of this project is attracting teenagers (13 to 18 years old) to the museum, by means of an exhibition concept that offers an experience that is educational. Phase 1 - Analysis The Letterkundig Museum concerns itself with the collection of literary...master thesis 2016
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Mejia Sarmiento, J.R. (author), Hultink, H.J. (author), Pasman, G.J. (author), Stappers, P.J. (author)Innovation forces organizations to think about the future. The many techniques<br/>guiding these explorations are named futures studies, which are inquiries into images of the future and their surrounding elements. Although futures studies help organizations to change, their results are often difficult to interpret, and they frequently fail to...conference paper 2016
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Mejia Sarmiento, J.R. (author), Pasman, G.J. (author), Stappers, P.J. (author)In the landscape of design research, several techniques of speculative design -or design about ideas- have been positioned, each with a different time<br/>frame. Design Fiction and Critical Design, for instance, emerged as making activities that explore the near and the speculative future, respectively. We previously defined<br/>Vision Concepts...conference paper 2016
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van Breukelen, D.H.J. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author), Schure, Frank A. (author)This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. LBD uses the...journal article 2016
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Ghaemi Nia, M.M. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)The technological literacy of students has recently become one of the primary goals of education in countries such as the USA, England, New Zealand, Australia, and so forth. However the question here is whether these educations - their long-term policy documents as well as the standards they provide in particular - address sufficient learning...journal article 2016
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Van der Velde, J.R.T. (author), De Wit, S.I. (author)The appreciation of green infrastructures as ‘nature’ by urban communities presents a critical challenge for the green infrastructure concept. While many green infrastructures focus on functional considerations, their refinement as places where concepts of nature are represented and where nature can be experienced and understood, has received...book chapter 2015
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Turrin, M. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), De Ruiter, P. (author), Van der Spoel, W.H. (author), Chang Lara, C. (author), Heinzelmann, F. (author), Teuffel, P. (author), Van Bommel, W. (author)The DoubleFace project aims at developing a new product that passively improves thermal comfort of indoor and semi-indoor spaces by means of lightweight materials for latent heat storage, while simultaneously allowing daylight to pass through as much as possible. Specifically, the project aims at designing and prototyping an adjustable...journal article 2015
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Den Besten, J.H. (author)Crew transfers, surveillance duties and {security, rescue, interception} operations at sea typically require high-speed craft. Aluminium is quite often selected as hull structure material because of its weight save potential in comparison to steel. The fatigue strength, however, may become a point of concern because of the decreased Young’s...doctoral thesis 2015