On board the vessels of Holland America Line a lot of attention is drawn to prevent the loss of energy. On board energy is produced in several ways by fuel. Therefor fuel is the biggest expense of a cruise ship. On board steam is used for heating purposes. The type of steam used for these heating purposes …

As a means to decrease the amount of waste tires and to re-use tire rubber for new tires, devulcanization of ground passenger car tires is a promising process. Being an established process for NR and EPDM, earlier work has shown that for ground passenger car tire rubber with a relatively high amount …

The company Epomat and NHL Hogeschool are currently working on developing a new solar boat. This new boat will sail in the Top Class competition called “Dutch solar challenge”, a ranking dominated by highly specialized firms and universities. In order to get a better place in the competition, this solar …

Hoe voor Sogeti een Portable Toolset gemaakt kan worden om alle tools die nodig zijn bij het ontwikkeltraject beshikbaar te hebben wanneer een nieuw ontwikkeltraject start. De Portable Toolset wordt gerealiseerd met container software en configuration management software.

In today’s knowledge society, there is a demand for professionals who are able to create knowledge across boundaries of disciplines, professions and perspectives. Traditional universities, universities of applied sciences and institutions for vocational education are all challenged to educate these knowledge …

A local operating theater ventilation device to specifically ventilate the wound area has been developed and investigated. The ventilation device is combined with a blanket which lies over the patient during the operation. Two configurations were studied: Configuration 1 where HEPA-filtered air was …

In this paper we present a methodology to measure the energy consumption of software. The methodology is based on detailed monitoring of power usage of hardware components. We explain our lab setup after which we apply the methodology to different pieces of DNS resolver software. Through this case study …

The Dutch Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT TSO B.V. is planning to build a 2 km to 4 km long 150 kV superconducting cable connection in the Dutch high voltage grid. Superconducting cable systems allow for connections with no external magnetic field which is beneficial due to society's concerns …

This report is about implementing a pipeline in C++ in order to make it possible to perform online hyperspectral analysis of tomatoes. The project is performed by a mechatronic student as a graduation internship. The report will give insight in the design and realization of software which is capable …