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Fetter Brücker Liserre, Marina (author)The research and project evolved from the analysis of nomadic patterns of mobile groups original to the Almaty region of Kazakhstan prior to Soviet rule, which was then led to an investigation of nomadic metaphysics. The conclusion of this analysis suggests that aspects of mobility such as ephemerality and informality – long deemed as...master thesis 2022
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Belzer, Nick (author)Mobile networks deal with an increasing portion of the IP Traffic due to the significant growth in the number of mobile devices and the accompanied lifestyle. A large fraction of this IP traffic is spent on duplicate transfers for the same resources. Previous work has shown that a Content Delivery Network (CDN) based on edge-nodes can reduce...master thesis 2021
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Wiemers, Marina (author)With recent advances in performance and complexity, multi-party computation, a privacy-preserving technology which allows for joint processing of hidden input data, has lately been found to be applicable in a number of use cases. Despite existing implementations for secure data aggregation, substantial adoptions of the technology remain limited...bachelor thesis 2021
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Valentine, David (author)The advent of a society in which autonomous technology coexists with humans is an inevitability. The project focuses on one such autonomous technology in the form of autonomous vehicles or self driving cars. The benefits of such automation is well documented in academia and is supported by the investment by some of the biggest automobile and...master thesis 2020
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Hilhorst, Bas (author)This Master Thesis is created in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz AG, Society and Mobility Pioneering department.<br/>The project focuses on ‘sustainable luxury in 2040 city mobility’. With ‘Personal Luxury Sharing’, Mercedes-Benz will be able to be a role model in the future city center. Where cities change into ‘livable cities’, seeing a...master thesis 2020
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van der Weijden, Joep (author)The Dutch Government is picking up the pace in the energy transition. However, the expansion of wind generation is facing congestion challenges, and the decarbonization of household heating and agricultural mobility proves that electrification is not always an option. These challenges occur together in rural areas like Oudeschip. <br/>Hydrogen...master thesis 2020
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Zhang, Li (author)The design of the new cruise terminal for Manhattan aims to revalue the relationships between Manhattan and its river, the very reason for the success story of the city. This re-evaluation is a public process of re-appropriation, in which the public value of the cruise terminal is given back its major role as gate to / from the city. Display,...master thesis 2020
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Szabó, Veronika (author)The design of the white cane, the most used mobility aid for visually impaired, has not changed significantly since the mid-20th century. New concepts and technological solutions have failed to catch on. However, the cane seems unappealing and outdated to some potential users. Margot Scheltema, the initiator of this graduation project, is a...master thesis 2019
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Liu, Mingyu (author)This study presents the process and results of the graduation project: Enhancing Mobility Experience around Schiphol Airport for International passengers.This project is part of this project Optimaliseren Mobiliteit rondom Schiphol (in English Optimise Mobility around Schiphol). Within its broad scope, this graduation focuses on Chinese...master thesis 2019
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Stubbs, Robby (author)Informal actors possess a practical knowledge of the city, a sort of ‘secret know-how’, of how to move and operate in an environment that is unwelcoming to them. How could this knowledge be used as a tool or input of urban design? By considering the knowledge and ways of operating of the informal actors in a city, the following research has...master thesis 2019
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Knippenberg, Kjell (author)Hely has developed Mobility as a Service (MaaS) through multimodal Hubs,<br/>which are offered within closed-user residential areas and made accessible<br/>through an application. This exploratory study aims to assess people’s mobility<br/>behaviour by the usage of Hely in a closed user group. It focused on two<br/>aspects: the indication of (1)...master thesis 2019
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Dreesmann, Floris (author)Amsterdam Sloterdijk currently can be best described as a desolate office-area next to a major multi-modal mobility hub. At the same time amsterdam at large is facing challenges it has never seen before. The city is getting over-crowded, housing prices have increased sharply, and the limits of it's mobility network are already reached....master thesis 2018
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van der Zee, Menno (author)Privately owned cars are an unsustainable mode of transportation, especially in cities. New Mobility on Demand (MoD) services should offer a convenient and sustainable alternative to privately owned cars. Notable in this field is the recent uprise of ride-sharing services such as offered by companies like Uber and Grab. Such services, especially...master thesis 2018
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Hu, Ye (author)Estuarine area, as a transition area between land and sea, is the most dynamic and complicated area, due to its unique location and diverse ecosystem, but yet it is also the most vulnerable and fragile area, as it may be plagued with flooding risk, erosion, subsidence and etc. As the diagram show below, estuary area is influenced by three...master thesis 2018
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Branderhorst, Stephan (author)Electric mobility is considered as the next step towards sustainable mobility. Within the Netherlands, as one of the leading countries if it comes to electric mobility, the market share of battery electric vehicles is still limited to 0,2 percent. Many studies are executed on consumer behaviour regarding electric vehicles. But no studies are...master thesis 2018
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Echavarria Restrepo, Maria (author)This master thesis explores how to extend the product line of the Dutch stroller company JOOLZ with products that support parents in their homes. Traditionally JOOLZ designs , but want to explore possibilities beyond this market segment. The focus of the assignment is parent life in a large metropolis, such as Tokyo, New York and Amsterdam....master thesis 2017
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de Jong, Eduard (author)<b>Introduction: </b>The context of mobility is changing rapidly and new mobility solutions are gaining momentum. Ford is expanding towards an auto and a mobility company and experiments with offering mobility solutions. These experiments should help Ford in discovering emerging opportunities. Traditional product development is not suitable for...master thesis 2017
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Babes, Vincent (author)This project aims to build a spatial method to assess the impact of automated vehicles (AV) on liveability in the urban environment. The method is based on the tools of scenario construction, transect analysis and urban section, and is tested in the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Region (MRDH). The goal of the method is to enable the urbanist...master thesis 2017
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Daanen, H.S. (author)The Offshore wind industry harvests energy in offshore locations, using large turbines to convert this energy to electrical power. The electricity is gathered and transported to shore via cables. These cables need to be protected from external hazards that could result in damages and thus economic losses. Generally the cables are buried in the...master thesis 2017
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de Smidt, F. (author)The project began with the need of Dutch design label Weltevree for a new outdoor cooking product. Analysis of the outdoor cooking landscape revealed that the main part of an outdoor dinner, the preparations, often take place indoors. Why not moving this main part of the dinner more towards the outdoor environment, whereby the host feels more...master thesis 2016