This bachelor’s thesis presents a study that investigates the optimal arm solution for a self-closing tainter gate at Koopvaardersschutsluis in conjunction with the technical issues that the lock is currently facing, as well as the national issue related to the means of renovating old locks throughout …

When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply don’t see it anymore because it’s everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything …

Due to lack of proper stormwater drainage in the Waymouth Hills, stormwater runoff have often caused undermining of the road infrastructure and disrupting traffic flow in the study area. Sediments are often deposited to the low-lying terrain from the runoff and this reduces the storm drains capacity …

This qualitative research has been executed for Soy Hospitality with the aim of understanding the opinions, ideas and feelings about the provided service by the hospitality employees of Soy Hospitality. Besides that, it aims to discover ways in which the service could be improved. It turned out that …

Company A offers different product types: comfort en luxury. Company A has concluded that the sales of the category luxury is lower than the category comfort. There are different ways concerning online marketing to raise this sale. This research focusses on social media. The primary purpose of this study …

Philips strives to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation, in both advanced and emerging markets. There are major differences between these worlds, also in healthcare. This is mainly the result of the limited resources in the emerging countries and the lack of availability of …

Over the past few years the terms 'fair trade', 'sustainable' and 'organic' have become more present in combination with tea products in the supermarkets. These terms are used for many different goals. Some suppliers actually try to provide the consumer with a product that has been produced following …

1e alinea column: Ik wil een paar dingen kwijt over singularity en de hele horde van buitengewoon slimme mensen die daar vorm aan geven. Aanleiding hiervoor is de speech van Peter Diamandis, cofounder en chairman of the Singularty University, Nasa Research Park, Silicon Valley, die hij vorige week in …

De klantenwensen van Delcom konden niet meer vervuld worden met de huidige front-end. Aan de hand van de watervalmethode heeft de afstudeerder een verbeterslag gemaakt in de front-end ontworpen voor Delcom Management. De opdracht voor de afstudeerder was als volgt opgesteld: Het klantgericht herontwerpen …

Het Werkcafe is sinds augustus 2010 actief om werkzoekenden te helpen hun afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt te verkleinen door online informatie en ondersteuning te bieden. Tijdens het afstudeerproject kreeg de website een upgrade. De focus lag op het zodanig aanpassen van de website, dat werkzoekenden zich …