Damen Shipyards is always on the lookout for new emerging niche markets. It appeared one of the most promising emerging niche markets is the offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning industry. Therefore Damen produced a preliminary design of an offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning …

The world is changing due to the increasing prosperity and the large variety of products offered in the supermarkets. With the knowledge gained in the nutritional values of food, more and more information about healthy and unhealthy food became available. The lifestyle or healthy behaviour of people …

Road and City Mobility (RCM) is a business unit of Siemens Netherlands. RCM’s core business is to provide infrastructure solutions for its customers. Generally, 80% of RCM’s revenue is generated by projects; the other 20% of the overall revenue is generated by the sales of products (e.g. electronic variable …

How can ST. by Olcay Gulsen become commercially successful in Hong Kong within two years? This question is the central research question in this final paper and reflects the ambition of ST. to become a big retail player in the fashion market of Hong Kong. ST. Studio (previously called Supertrash) is a …

The main aim of this dissertation is to find answer to the central question of this thesis: What are the most effective measures to counter the spread of virtual Jihadism in the Netherlands? In order to investigate and give answer to the research question, research has been done by analysing existing …

Traditional toy industries have been influenced by the emergence of tech gadgets such as iPad and Virtual Reality Glasses. Based on a report on The Telegraph (2010), tech gadgets have replaced traditional dolls and cars as children’s favorite presents. Huawei, one of the China’s leading toy companies, …

The aim of this dissertation is to research if and how Lithuania’s LNG terminal could be a method to ensure energy security within the European Union. Lithuania’s energy position has been a very vulnerable one, and used to import 100% of its gas supply from Russia’s state monopoly Gazprom. In order to …

The sharing economy is a business concept that highlights the ability for individuals to rent or borrow equipment, services and skills from other individuals rather than buying and owning them. This thesis was intended to investigate how the two largest businesses in the sharing economy, Uber and Airbnb, …

This research analyses the situation of the Russian minority in Lithuania. Lithuania is a post-soviet country and a neighbour of the Russian Federation that has been feeling threats due to Russia´s actions in Ukraine and its overall policies for its near abroad and compatriots. As a country with a Russian …

When designing for FPGAs a lot of knowledge about hardware design and FPGA technology is required. In order to try and reduce the required knowledge, TNO researches two manners of simplifying that design process. One of which is OpenCL, the other is the HDL Coder from The MathWorks. A graduation project …