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Devasenapathy, S. (author)Homes, offices and vehicles are getting networked. This will enable context aware, autonomous operation of many support systems that could be controlled remotely. To achieve this there would be a large number of tiny devices -- sensors and actuators -- which are networked and they are termed generally as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In...master thesis 2012
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Sivadas, S.V. (author)Motor drives are essential in many industry applications such automotive, robotics, power and energy industry. The availability of cheap and powerful digital signal controller have increased the interest in its application in motor control. Sensorless control of motor is especially challenging because the rotor position and speed information...master thesis 2012
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Oedit, S.M. (author)The number of cyber-attacks creates the realization that the vulnerability of critical infrastructures of a country are increasing. The numbers of cyber-attacks are so high that governments fear a cyber war. This makes it important for governments to prepare their nation for cyber war. To be able to make the right preparation and to design the...master thesis 2012
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Buratti, N. (author)Since its introduction, physicians around the world have largely used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as diagnostic technique. It has been demonstrated that the patient experience during the MRI scan influences their breathing, and with that the scan time and image quality. Reducing the data acquisition time means to decrease the chance to...master thesis 2012
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Van den Broek, M.I. (author)In the upcoming years a few hunderds of pedestrian bridges in Rotterdam have to be replaced. At Agentschap NL and at Ingenieursbureau Gemeente-werken Rotterdam (IGWR) there is the desire to take sustainability into account when replacing pedestrian’s bridges. There was however not much information available yet about the criteria that make a...master thesis 2012
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Natadarma, M.R. (author)Business Intelligence- and Analytics solutions offer business users to gain a competitive advantage against their peers in the dynamic economic situation. A compelling characteristic of an enhanced BI-solution is distinguished by the adoption of advanced Analytics in business activities to obtain information more easily, to gain more insights in...master thesis 2012
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Tudorie, A.A. (author)This research performed technology forecasting (TF) of electric vehicles (EV) using data envelopment analysis (DEA) with the purpose to determine to what extent TFDEA can be applied to predict the technological progress of electric vehicles. This study was commissioned by SKF, who is interested in having a useful forecasting tool to analyze EV...master thesis 2012
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Immerzeel, F.J.C. (author)For centuries sports are providing people entertainment and physical fitness. Often sports go hand in hand with competition. Olympic Games are organized every two years and the whole world is watching it. A crucial part of the competition is sports timing. A lot of people do sports and sport events take place on a large scale. Mass sport events...master thesis 2012
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Veling, J.A. (author)Sustainable Product Development (SPD) is an inevitable response to the growing awareness that current production, consumption and disposal systems are not feasible on a long term. FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB® (Flex), a design studio with more than 20 years of experience in product design, recognizes this need and wants to include sustainability in...master thesis 2012
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Khanna, S. (author)To begin with, I would like to ask you a question; do the following statements ring a bell? “Changing technology”, “evolution of the market”? I assume your answer is yes. If not, in any case I would like to share my experience with you, also something you could try. Type “changing technology evolution of markets”, these exact words, in a search...master thesis 2012
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Brandt, R.A.J. (author)In this document, the proof of the existence of an infinite prime flow, by showing that a Proximal Orbit Dense flow is prime, is examined. This proof has been given by Furstenberg, Keynes and Shapiro in the year 1973. This document investigates this proof thoroughly, as it is quite intricate and it requires a proficient amount of theory. As a...master thesis 2012
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Xue, B. (author)Nowadays, E- learning has became an realistic education alternative to everyone with an internet connection. It is not only about learning, it is also about online socializing, communication and personalizing. There is no teacher and classroom, students have more freedom of time and location. The use of multi-media and ICT (information...master thesis 2012
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Verwer, J.C. (author)3D is entering the world of Integrated Circuits. While interconnects have always been three-dimensional, the actual silicon inside an IC was essentially still planar. The introduction of the Through-Silicon Via changes that, by allowing connections to be made from one side of a die through its silicon substrate to the other side of the die, so...master thesis 2012
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Cheng, Y. (author)This thesis presents an energy-efficient capacitive sensor interface based on a multi-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC). This highly stable capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) utilizes precision resistor as reference components. By utilizing a multi-slope analog-to-digital converter, the conversion time of this design is reduced down to...master thesis 2012
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Ester, F.P.F. (author)This thesis research aimed to improve M&A preperation processes related wit IT. By combining IT process and IT value driven components with the aim to complement current IT Due Diligence analysis by providing more insights in IT integration issues. Thereby contributing to the feasibility of the IT integration phase.master thesis 2012
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Li, X. (author)This master thesis shows the process of designing business models for value chain optimization with the realtime streaming calendaring service platform, and the process of designing a business model generation toolkit. It was done for the startup company Calendar42, located at YES!Delft. During the graduation project, 4 business models were...master thesis 2012
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Van der Ven, T. (author)Currently a lot of research is performed in the field of walking robots and especially on bipedal humanoid robots. Successful walking robots have been made but there are still problems that have to be overcome to make them as versatile, robust and energy efficient as human beings. One of these problems is the control of balance after taking a...master thesis 2012
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Bork, S. (author)Interface is an international manufacturer of carpet tiles with a long history in sustainability. With its mission Zero, Interface wants to become the first company without a negative impact on the environment by the year 2020. Over the years Interface already made significant progress by means of product innovations and organizational changes....master thesis 2012
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Vink, T. (author)Due to rising costs and an increasing demand for health care services Dutch hospitals are looking for ways to reduce costs while maintaining or increasing the level of patient satisfaction. Reducing variation in bed occupation in common nursing wards could save costs by reducing the amount of required beds and nurse staffing, and increase...master thesis 2012
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Wijga-Hoefsloot, M.E. (author)With laser scanning (including laser altimetry and multi-beam echo sounding), many data points, called point clouds, are measured. The interest in point clouds is increasing. Depending on the laser scanner, the measurement set-up and the technique, the number of points in one dataset can vary from a few hundred points to over a billion points....master thesis 2012