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Sverrisson, A.Ö. (author)Recent disasters, the nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima reactors and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, have shown us the importance of robotics and how we lack knowledge in that field, at least outside a constructed environment. A bit more frequent and smaller disasters are burning houses. Firefighters risk their own lives by going into burning...master thesis 2012
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Joithe, J.R.E. (author)This graduation project is about creating and implementing an effective way to measure and showcase the return of investment in design at a technology-driven company.master thesis 2012
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Schmeits, P.L.G. (author)Design of a children's bicycle seat, targeted at the Northern European market, excluding the Netherlands. A research was performed to cultural differences in cycling with children, and the proposed design reflects the outcomes of that research.master thesis 2012
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Bennebroek, B.J.J. (author)The main goal of this research is to create and analyse a series of alternative runway system maintenance strategies for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. For the analysis, a trade-off framework is built to determine whether these alternatives are an improvement over the current strategy. This framework thus assists the decision making process...master thesis 2012
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Doeksen, J.W. (author)This master thesis researches the necessity and possibilities of new/innovative lock gate technologies for future large & high head locks, like the Panama Canal Expansion Project. A historical data analysis has been performed, contemplates over 220 of the worlds largest locks throughout time, analyzing the development and application of...master thesis 2012
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Luttikhold, R.V.M. (author)Development of a care bed which can be pulled up into a closet, so more space is created in the room. The bed also helps the client with standing up from horizontal position till standing position.master thesis 2012
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Van Eijndhoven, J.N.A. (author)During conceptual design a problem arises when predicting the buffet onset boundary. Due to the pressure on payload-range and cruise altitude capability, improvement on the buffet onset boundary is often of great importance. It is one of the primary constraints in establishing the low and transonic speed performance capabilities of transport...master thesis 2012
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van Rooij, Anouk (author)Today a lot of attention is paid to the development of environmental friendly technologies. In the aircraft industry, emissions need to be reduced as well. Fuel can be saved by ensuring that the flow over the wings of the aircraft is completely or partly laminar. A laminar boundary layer creates less skin friction drag than a turbulent boundary...master thesis 2012
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Cetin, H. (author)The demand for wireless services and the need for high data-rates are growing rapidly. Future generation networks are expected to provide high data-rates in the order of 1Gbps in local area and 100Mbps in wide area. It is a challenge for operators to meet this rising demand for high data-rates as the radio-spectrum is an expensive and scarce...master thesis 2012
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Unsal, D. (author)Many elderly are unable to move any parts of their body anymore. Instead of staying in a care bed all day, they may still experience life. Therefore, they reside in a mobile care seat. Currently, a patient lifter is used to get the elderly into the seat. The corresponding transfer procedure is takes up a lot of time, effort and puts a lot of...master thesis 2012
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Pasqua, E. (author)Current methods for concealed weapon detection are mainly used at stationary security check-points due to complexity and other serious limitations for real-time outdoor scenarios. A mobile imaging radar is considered as a proper solution for fast screening of people at mass events because of its ability to detect both metal and non-metal weapons...master thesis 2012
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Fekri, A. (author)Displacement sensors are widely employed in industry for measuring position and movement of objects as well as for measuring other physical quantities like pressure, acceleration, etc., which can first be converted into movement. This thesis describes the implementation of a ratio metric analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for an eddy current...master thesis 2012
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Haenitsch-Saxe, S.L. (author)This project for the University of Antwerp began with an in-depth research into the relationship between the city and the student and the question of what the essence of such a cultural centre should be. The given brief of almost 10.000m2 / 107,639ft2 included the obvious studios for art, drama and dance, new media and making music. Furthermore,...master thesis 2012
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Jongerius, M. (author)De inpassing van een nieuwe universiteitsbibliotheek op het Binnengasthuisterrein voor de Universiteit van Amsterdam.master thesis 2012
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Mobareky Zadeh, E. (author)This report is about the process between developer and facility manager in the real estate project cycle. In order to analyze such processes intensively, the lean philosophy has been applied.master thesis 2012
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Heijn, D.A. (author)An building design as a addition to the current United Nations in Manhattan, New York. A sixt Environmental Council. A building wich provides the basis for centralised worldwide coördination for sustainable development.master thesis 2012
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Canton, L.W.P. (author)This graduation project was setup as a collaboration between Delft University of Technology faculty of Industrial Design Engineering and Philips Lighting. The project focuses on lighting for demented elderly in a nursing home. Demented elderly suffer from disturbances in information processing in the brain. This causes not only memory deficits...master thesis 2012
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Rutgers, R. (author)A proposal for an UN environmental council was made for the architecture master. This building is meant to facilitate collecting, producing, propagating and exchanging the knowledge on environment related topics. In this way, worldwide policy could be made to lead a sustainable evolution for mankind. The building consists of a public dome and an...master thesis 2012
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Kooy, O.W. (author)This thesis is about understanding organizational complexities that can occur during project execution. By focusing on the project team structures using a simulation modeling process, characteristics of project team structures were identified that influenced seven organizational complexities.master thesis 2012