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Ganeshpure, D.A. (author)The integration of wind and solar energy through power electronic converters has introduced new challenges to High Voltage (HV) equipment in the electrical power system. Switchgear, cables, and transformers are now subject to higher dV/dt stress and complex wave shapes due to solid-state switching. This poses a threat to the reliability of the...doctoral thesis 2024
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Achterberg, M.A. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on healthcare systems and everyday life of the majority of the people around the globe. Despite many years of research on network epidemiology, many key aspects of disease transmission and in particular the response of people to the spread of a disease, remain poorly understood. On the basis of...doctoral thesis 2024
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Liu Cheng, Alexander (author)Discussions of intelligence in the built-environment began in the late 1960s and early 1970s [1]–[7]. They belonged to a broader technical and technological discourse, engaged across a variety of domains and disciplines, to explore potential opportunities entailed by the Information Age. During this nascent period, and partly due to the novelty...doctoral thesis 2023
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Barreto, Carlos M. (author)The reduction of the volume and footprint requirements of membrane bioreactors (MBR)s is constrained by the maximum amount of biomass that can be accommodated in the aerobic basin. However, the biomass concentration is mainly limited by the extremely low oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE) experienced by conventional aeration bubble diffuser...doctoral thesis 2023
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Bieber, M.T. (author)Spacecraft and aircraft systems collect health-related data continuously, which can give an indication of the systems' health status. While they rarely occur, the repercussions of such system anomalies, faults, or failures can be severe, safety-critical and costly. Therefore, the data are used to anticipate any kind of anomalous behaviour or...doctoral thesis 2023
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Dos Santos Vieira Brysch, S.L. (author)This thesis brings forward the design dimension, and, more specifically, co-design, to the study of housing affordability. Co-design occurs when end-users and professionals work together towards a common goal. It is a process often applied in collaborative housing, an umbrella concept encompassing different housing forms based on collective self...doctoral thesis 2023
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Hosseini, A. (author)HIsarna is a new and breakthrough smelting reduction technology for producing liquid hot metal for steelmaking directly from iron ores. Compared to the conventional blast furnace route, HIsarna achieves a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by eliminating coking and the need for iron ore agglomeration processes such as sintering and pelletizing and...doctoral thesis 2023
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Roth, M. (author)This thesis addresses the sensor-based perception of driver and pedestrian to improve joint path prediction of ego-vehicle and pedestrian based on mutual awareness in the domain of intelligent vehicles.<br/><br/>According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of global traffic deaths are among Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such...doctoral thesis 2023
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Çetin, Sultan (author)This thesis explores the integration of Circular Economy (CE) principles of narrow, slow, close, and regenerate in the social housing practice through digital technologies. Beginning with the examination of the CE implementation in Dutch social housing organisations, the research extends its focus to the broader built environment, introducing...doctoral thesis 2023
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Geržinič, N. (author)Public transport systems have been and continue to be shaped by disruptive forces, impacting individuals’ travel behaviour and how they interact with public transport. This thesis analyses the impact of disruptors on travel behaviour, the perception and use of public transport, enabling operators and policymakers to design appropriate measures...doctoral thesis 2023
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Shoja, S.M. Aydin (author)Reflection seismology aims to estimate the Earth's subsurface elastic parameters for further investigation by geologists and engineers. This involves generating elastic waves using seismic sources and recording the Earth's response with receivers. The subsurface model is typically considered a combination of a background model and a short...doctoral thesis 2023
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Fu, S. (author)This dissertation explores the integration of clean energy and electrochemical CO2 reduction to address environmental issues. Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon materials, derived from renewable biomass, emerge as efficient catalysts for CO2 reduction, offering sustainability and cost-effectiveness. Chapters delve into methods of N-doped biochar...doctoral thesis 2023
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Zhao, Y. (author)Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technology is imperative for realizing a future sustainable and electrified energy system. Over the past decades, technological advancements that enhance the efficiency of PV technologies have been one of the crucial aspects for significantly reducing the cost of PV-generated electricity. Among various...doctoral thesis 2023
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Li, Z. (author)Endovascular interventions, as emerging medical therapies, utilize blood vessels as conduits to access anatomically challenging regions deep within the body. Within endovascular interventions, one of the prominent challenges involves maneuvering the instrument tip by coordinating insertion, retraction, and torque actions at the proximal end of...doctoral thesis 2023
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Ceria, A. (author)The interconnected nature of our daily lives, both virtually and physically, highlights the importance of understanding temporal networks in the context of epidemic and information spread. This dissertation aims to address this challenge by proposing characterization methods for temporal networks. In Chapter 2, the analysis reveals that close...doctoral thesis 2023
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Overtoom-van Aartrijk, C.M.M. (author)The protease FtsH is a membrane anchored protease that degrades misfolded (membrane) proteins. To study the mechanism behind unfolding and translocation with optical tweezers, the protease had to be purified. However, full-length FtsH has hardly been studied as solubilizing this membrane anchored protease is challenging. Our group (Dr. V....doctoral thesis 2023
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Spoormans, L.G.K. (author)In improving the sustainability of our built environment, European institutions emphasize the importance of protecting and advancing cultural values. As most of the stock is not listed, nor is its heritage significance assessed, future sustainable developments risk neglecting present attributes, causing the loss of resources and their...doctoral thesis 2023
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Jia, W. (author)The ballast bed of a railway track consists of two granular layers, the ballast layer and the sub-ballast layer, and it is typically constructed of crushed, angular hard rocks. Studies on ballast degradation and structural performance improvement is needed to optimise reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of the railway track....doctoral thesis 2023
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Jiang, C. (author)Technology developments has enabled Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to be adopted for various applications, including Urban Air Mobility (UAM) – an air transportation system for passengers and cargo in and around urban environments. The operations of UAS in urban environment inevitably raises concerns about the safety impact of UAS. <br/>The...doctoral thesis 2023