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van Dongen, Kirsten (author)Trees are an important aspect of the world around us, and play a sufficient role in our daily lives. They contribute to human health and well-being in various ways. Tree inventory and monitoring are of great interest for biomass estimations and changes in the purifying effect on the air. It is a very time consuming and cost inefficient way to...student report 2019
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Jiang, Huinan (author)Gamification and game-based learning have received wide attention in the past few decades. By blending game design and mechanics into traditional learning environment, they enhance students’ participation, motivation and engagement. Squla is such a gamified learning platform where we can find game components like coins, virtual shop, competitive...master thesis 2019
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De Santo, Elena (author)Over the past few decades, sustainable development has become one of society's most important challenges. In an effort to become sustainable, many companies experience an increasing need to measure, manage and improve the negative economic, environmental and social impacts caused by their organizational behavior along corporate supply chains and...master thesis 2019
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Hacking, Tim (author)Zero Emission Fuel (ZEF) has the goal to create affordable high-grade methanol, produced from absorbed carbon dioxide and water from the air. The methanol is produced in a solar methanol (MeOH) farm, consisting of 13225 micro-plants which are powered by PhotoVoltaicsolar panels (PV panels). The solar capacity of the solar MeOH farm is 12 MW and...master thesis 2019
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Dortland, Anne-Martine (author)Mechanical dredging of a stiff clay results in clay lumps. Those clay lumps can be reused for the construction of land reclamation projects, and hereby economic and environmental value is generated. Placement of the clay lumps<br/>in water result in a matrix of clay lumps and an interlump void space. The collapse of the interlump void space will...master thesis 2019
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De Rijcke, Rik (author)Office work is becoming increasingly dynamic, requiring office workers to perform distinct activities rapidly. These activities range from meetings to individual work. Open plan offices (OPO) facilitate workplaces for office workers in a single hall. This causes office workers who perform distinct activities to share the same workspace. These...master thesis 2019
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Bachas, Konstantinos (author)The present research is focused on the possibilities of implementing blockchain technology in the reclaiming asphalt process in the Netherlands, in collaboration with BAM Infraconsult. The feasibility of using blockchain technology in order to improve several parts of this process is investigated. More specifically, the Design Science Research...master thesis 2019
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van den Eijnden, Gert-Jan (author)In this comparative eco-design study, the environmental impact of LM’s 58.7 blade was assessed for multiple material composition and waste management scenarios. Material variations were largely focusses on the resin fraction of the blade. This is since the matrix has the biggest impact of all materials and has a big impact on the available waste...master thesis 2019
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Koster, Piebe (author)The design of a container terminal is a process that goes through a number of phases. One of the first is the concept design phase, which is needed to make a first assessment of the project's technical and financial feasibility. This phase is exploratory of nature, because of the early stage in the design cycle and consists of several tasks that...master thesis 2019
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Sousa Vicente, Frederico (author)Multi-step optimization of large composite structures involves formulating the stiffness distribution in terms of lamination parameters that provide a continuous design space, followed by a second optimization in the discrete design space to obtain equivalent stacking sequences. The retrieval of stacking sequences is often challenging as a...master thesis 2019
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Ferri, Carlotta (author)With cities getting more densely populated and more energy demanding, infrastructure integrated PV technology has gained more interest from researchers, companies and governmental institutions. Among the many urban surfaces that have been studied to be used to generate solar energy, roads are one of the most enticing but controversial as well....master thesis 2019
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Kingma, Albert (author)All humans are born equal in dignity and rights and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood (Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights). Compassion impels us to treat others with fairness and respect, and bring us closer together. A place where the impact of compassion could be explored is the courtroom of criminal law....master thesis 2019
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Kremers, Arjen (author)Offshore wind power plants are subject to adverse electrical conditions that are more severe than onshore cases, due to the long cable connection to the shore. Among these conditions are amplified voltage distortion at (inter)harmonic frequencies, as well as stability issues. An important aspect of wind turbine generator control is the phase...master thesis 2019
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Heemels, Alex (author)This thesis discusses developments towards a low-cost Fourier Ptychographic microscope for label free imaging of malaria parasites.<br/>A review of the morphology and life cycle of malaria and the main diagnostic methods for its detection is followed by an introduction to Fourier Ptychography with emphasis on the underlying imaging principles...master thesis 2019
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Setjadiningrat, Jill (author)In recent years, a preference for purpose-driven brands, brands that display values and intentions beyond simply making profit, is increasing amongst consumers. However, this growing preference comes along with brands that use purpose as an opportunity for marketing purposes, creating skepticism in consumer’s mind about the authenticity of the...master thesis 2019
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Giele, Reinier (author)The demand for better performing structural designs gives rise to the interest in topology optimization. An accurate geometry description is fundamental in the optimization process. The Cut Finite Element Method (CutFEM) can describe the object surface on a fixed grid with an immersed boundary. To this level set method, multiple techniques from...master thesis 2019
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Franco, Leo (author)The poly-Si IBC topology is one of the most promising silicon solar cell designs and has already achieved >26% efficiency. In this work we optimise the front surface field (FSF) and apply rear hydrogenation to the poly-Si IBC structure developed by the TU Delft PVMD group. An investigation is also made of a PECVD tunnel oxide as a replacement...master thesis 2019
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Mossinkoff, Lieke (author)The static stability of stones on mild slopes under wave attack is investigated by this research. First it was checked whether there are any numerical models that could be used to describe the stability of mild slopes. As such, there is no existing model at this moment that can accurately model the stability of mild slopes. To model this...master thesis 2019
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Ni, Xianhao (author)Our research focuses on speech detection from body movements using wearable accelerometer data collected in an in-the-wild mingling event. We aim to explore the nature of the connection between speech and body movements. More specifically, we stress on the person-specificity of speech. Many studies have shown that speech always comes along with...master thesis 2019
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De Fazio, Francesco (author)The European Commission pointed out in 2015, with “An EU action plan for the Circular Economy”, the importance of energy and resource preservation, by respecting Earth’s resilience and renewability (European Commission, 2015). A transition towards Circular Economy is necessary in this sense to create new sustainable advantages, protecting...master thesis 2019