The SteamBox is a startup that focuses on their innovative product; SteamBox. It is a self-heating lunchbox that uses steam to warm up the food inside of it. It is composed of a main container that stores the batteries as well as the heating system, and of a separate container meant for the food. When …

Binnen het expertteam kinderen met NMA van Libra Revalidatie & Audiologie is de vraag ontstaan, hoe kinderen met NMA te begeleiden bij de psycho-educatie en de persoonlijke ontwikkeling. Binnen dit onderzoek wordt er antwoord gegeven op de volgende onderzoeksvraag: “Hoe ziet een werkboek dat zich focust …

The circular economy (CE) is heralded as reducing material use and emissions while providing more jobs and growth. We explored this narrative in a series of expert workshops, basing ourselves on theories, methods and findings from science fields such as global environmental input-output analysis, business …

This thesis focuses on optimising the emptying process of water storage facilities in urban areas, and was conducted during my graduate internship at Waterfeit Adviseurs. The study is based on the need to improve the efficiency of the system, as current systems frequently lead to floods and ineffective …

This thesis explores the realm of books and bookstores; namely Waterstones Amsterdam in its quest to enhance their in-store customer experience. My client is Phillip Harte, Waterstones Amsterdam’s Branch Manager. This essay resorts to a key methodology, Design-Based Research, “which aims at designing, …

De sociaal werkers in het sociaal wijkteam Zwolle Zuid hebben aangegeven dat de werkwijze omtrent vroegsignalering van schulden niet efficiënt en duurzaam is. Zij komen laat met de inwoner in contact wanneer de schulden al hoog zijn en er veel geregeld moet worden om deze geldproblemen te kunnen aanpakken. …

Product service systems (PSS) are an example of a novel business model billed as having the potential to significantly reduce the environmental burdens of production and consumption processes. However, despite widespread interest in PSS, consensus regarding their actual environmental impacts, particularly …

Many product innovations can benefit from being more adaptive to their environment. Learning adaptive behavior can be time sensitive and complex. For that purpose we created a simulation environment with a reinforcement learning component for developing simple adaptive products. The environment models …

This research paper is about the design process of a product called the Yellow Fire Truck. At the HAN (auniversity of applied sciences) in Nijmegen, there is an organisation called the Centre for Creativity. Theirrecent focus is on producing a physical, interactive, curiosity-invoking vehicle that will …

Both consumer and industrial electronics have become increasingly complex and advanced in recent years. High performance semiconductor devices are essential to the function of these electronics, which is why rapid growth of the microelectronics industry and major technological advancements in this field …