The ever increasing technological developments and greater demands from our society for qualitative better, safer, sustainable products, processes and systems are pushing the boundaries of what is possible from an engineer’s perspective. Besides the (local) grand challenges in energy, sustainability, …

Exposures to ionizing radiation frommedical examinations are on the rise. An important cause for this has been the advent and ever-increasing use of computed tomography (CT) scans for diagnostic purposes. It is often implied that population aging contributes significantly to this rise. Here, the trends …

Discussions about the importance of the built environment for healthcare delivery extend at least as far back as Hippocrates 1 (400 BC). The iconic Florence Nightingale (1859) also strongly believed in the influence the indoor environment has on the progress of disease and recovery. Today, the role of …

The automatic identification of unstable approaches from flight data by Coumou, Hunink and de Boer. Unstable approaches have been identified as a major risk factor in approach and landing accidents and runway excursions, but hardly ever lead to go-arounds despite strong safety initiatives.

Presentation at seminar for the Institute for Management Research of the Radboud University Nijmegen.The development of serious games is becoming an ever increasing part of the game industries. Following the success of entertainment games concepts of motivation, and the psychology behind human behavior …

Europeans are living longer than ever in history, because of the economic growth and advances in hygiene and health care. Today, average life expectancy is over 80, and by 2020 around 25% of the population will be over 65. The increasing group of older people poses great challenges in terms of creating …

Design thinking: no one's life was ever changed by a PowerPoint presentation.Workshop design thinking: creativiteit en conceptontwikkeling - workshopprogramma ViB050. Gehouden op 22-05-2013.

Presentatie Design Thinking: creativiteit en conceptontwikkeling, in het kader van Teach the Teacher Ondernemerschap. Gehouden op 14-05-2013.Ook gehouden als Workshop Design Thinking, op 22-05-2013.

Social media play an important role in the rapidly changing dynamics of government organizations and their interaction with the public. Governments are facing changing demands at organizational level due to the exponential growth of connections, networks involved in social issues and collaboration within …

PhD research into the use of recorded lectures by students and how we can facilitate effective use. 1. How do students use recorded lectures according to their self-report? 2. What actual usage of the recorded lectures can we derive from the data on the system, and does that match with what students …