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Boorsma, Reinder (author)The Wadden Sea is of great ecological importance. Key elements in the Wadden Sea are the extensive intertidal flats. These contain vast amounts of life, serve as feeding grounds for millions of birds, and provide ecosystem services such as coastal protection. It follows that it is important to be able to understand and predict how these vital...master thesis 2024
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van Cranenburgh, Tom (author)With renewed interest in the development of civil supersonic aircraft, their return in the future is becoming more ever more likely. The environmental impact of emissions in the stratosphere on climate and the ozone layer therefore needs to be explored. The stratospheric ozone levels determine the amount of harmful ultraviolet radiation reaching...master thesis 2024
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Jongejan, Jasper (author)Governments are looking more and more to invest in renewable energy sources due to the energy transition that is currently taking place. One of the many renewable energy sources is wind energy which is increasingly positioned at sea. Wind turbines in deep parts of the ocean can be placed on floating structures which are often moored to the sea...master thesis 2024
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Zhang, Muhan (author)Recently, there has been an increasing demand for security in public places. As a result, non-destructive and fast millimetre-wave and submillimetre-wave imaging systems have gained more and more attention.<br/>This project is based on Concealed Objects Stand-off Real-Time Imaging for Security (CONSORTIS), which is a European next-generation...master thesis 2023
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Schmidt, Stephan (author)This paper examines the end-to-end development process for a Convolution Neural Network (CNN) based damage classification tool for ultrasonic inspection of aerospace-grade composite structures. The recent advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has piqued the interest of the aerospace industry since it has the potential...master thesis 2023
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van Spengler, Olivier (author)Demand forecasting plays a critical role in organizational planning, encompassing inventory management, capacity allocation, and financial decision-making. However, achieving accurate forecasts can be challenging, particularly in industries characterized by high demand volatility, such as semiconductor assembly equipment manufacturing,...master thesis 2023
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Bechrakis Triantafyllos, Alexandros (author)In the framework of this MSc thesis the analysis of core-shell leaky-wave lens antennas is presented, based on a combination of asymptotic and Physical Optics techniques. This study aims to develop an analysis approach which can be subsequently used for the optimization of the Fly’s Eye antenna concept, through enabling the investigation of...master thesis 2023
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Faraldos Pijoan, Pau (author)Data types and pattern matching are fundamental concepts in programming. Data types define the structure of data, while pattern matching allows efficient manipulation and extraction of the same data. This text provides an overview of different implementation techniques for type systems regarding data types and pattern matching in the existing...bachelor thesis 2023
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Popica, Tudor (author)This research investigates the improvement of Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) comprehension in a university context via visualization-enhanced teaching. The study tackles KDE misconceptions, the efficacy of visual aids, and the role of previous mathematical and machine learning knowledge. Using a mix of literature review, survey, and...bachelor thesis 2023
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ten Hove, Juul (author)Promoting sustainable travel involves encouraging train travel as a preferred mode of transportation. However, train travel in the Netherlands faces challenges with delays and slow speeds, including the planned Lelyline. This report explores an innovative high-speed train viaduct inspired by Chinese rail construction techniques as an attractive...master thesis 2023
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Heijnen, Sabine (author)One of the biggest challenges of the century is the fight against global warming. In all sectors people are doing their best to reduce their carbon footprints and their impact on the environment. In the energy sector this is done by making use of renewable energy sources (RES), such as wind turbines, instead of fossil fuels. This transition to...master thesis 2023
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Aubert, Franco (author)In the last decade, technological advances in the field of multicopters enabled a widespread use of drones that include professional research applications covering a wide field from civil engineering to geosciences and agriculture. In recreational spheres drones became popular for sport and leisure activities like private photography. In...master thesis 2022
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Makridis, Pavlos (author)Indirect illumination is an essential part of realistic computer-generated imagery. However, accurate calculation of indirect illumination comes at high compute costs. To this end, we replace lengthy indirect illumination paths by employing an ambient light cache based on photon mapping principles. By only performing cache queries after a...bachelor thesis 2022
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Adams, Maarten (author)Fiber Reinforced Composite (FRC) materials are gaining great popularity in marine structures because of their excellent strength-to-weight ratio, low density, and provided freedom in the design process. However, the use of FRC materials comes along with relatively large uncertainties in material properties and structural integrity after...master thesis 2022
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Giasoumi, Sofia (author)Installing wireless sensors on a network of waste containers, that monitor at regular intervals their waste fill levels and transmit the data to the cloud of a waste management operator over the internet, describes the Internet of Things (IoT). With this constant stream of data, the dynamic organization of waste collection schedules is enabled...master thesis 2022
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Kreike, Boris (author)The number of raw materials consumed and waste generated by the construction industry is no longer a viable solution in the future. It is required for the construction industry to move from a linear towards a circular economy (CE) by circular construction (CC). The unfamiliarity in actions that need to be taken for CC is still new terrain for...master thesis 2022
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Yeh, Jia-Jun (author)Particle sorting is an important step in many biological and biomedical techniques. One sorting technique that has received a lot of attention is based on acoustophoresis. Manipulating cells with acoustic forces allows for a sorting method based on physical properties in a non-invasive, label-free, and biocompatible manner. To date, acoustic...master thesis 2022
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Akan, Melek (author)Robotic delivery services can provide contactless delivery, a highly sought-after service under mandates of social distancing since the coronavirus pandemic has arisen. With the rise of autonomous delivery robots, humans' and robots' collaborative existence has become a crucial topic to be discussed. This graduation project aimed to explore the...master thesis 2021
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Schmidt, Florian (author)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Knowing the time point of large-scale diffusion of a radically new high-tech innovation is a highly relevant topic. Companies, researchers, and government institutions can plan their research and development efforts, production, as well as marketing plans according to the predicted time point of...master thesis 2021
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Zhang, Xinrui (author)Masonry is one of the most common building materials globally due to its ease of construction, price, durability and fire resistance. Its heterogeneity and orthotropic nature make its mechanical behaviour rather complex, highlighting the importance of an appropriate constitutive model to describe such behaviour accurately. In literature, most of...master thesis 2021