Master Assignments
As a PME MSc student you are welcome at any time to do your MSc assignment in the field of our research (see research page). Typically you will look for a team with a PhD student and an advisor. Usually MSc assignments are tailor made: you are invited to contact us. In some cases MSc assignments are partially conducted at a company or another (international) university. There are also several project ideas already prepared, some of which are listed here below.
For other available Master Projects, find your interest looking at past projects, MSD research page and contact corresponding research staff.
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- Active damping control, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- Mechatronic design for active damping of compliant mechanism, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- Architecture design of reset controllers for Precision Motion Systems, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- Implementation problems of reset controller for precision motion applications, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- Distribution of actuation and sensing for damping of flexible mechanisms, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- 3D compliant mechanisms, Jelle Rommers
- Deformation decay in Metamaterials, Ir. Freek Broeren
- Dilational Surfaces, Ir. Freek Broeren
- Use nonlinearity effect to create damping for precision system, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- New generation of motion Control for mechatronic system with flexibility, contact Dr. Hassan HosseinNia
- Ferrofluid Bearing Modelling (FEM/CFD), Ir. Stefan Lampaert , Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Optimization of a low speed, high torque, high pressure seawater pump design, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics: Design of ‘frequency tuned' air bearings, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics: Design of a deformable surface contactless handler: Mechanical design, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics: Design of a deformable surface contactless handler: Integrated actuator design, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics: Design of a fixed geometry contactless handler: micro-pneumatics, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics: Contactless handling of bowed and warped substrates, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Development and optimization of Ferro-fluid bearings: Computational modelling, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Development and optimization of Ferro-fluid bearings: Improving the sealing characteristics, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Design and validation of x-high speed aerodynamic / aerostatic bearings, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribology and Optimization, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Tribotronics, Dr. ir. Ron van Ostayen
- Compliant and Statically Balanced Constant Velocity Universal Joint, contact Davood Farhadi
- Deployable Compliant Constant Velocity Universal Joint via Lamina Emergent Arrays, contact Davood Farhadi
- Compliant Cycle Amplifier Based on Path Generation Mechanisms, contact Davood Farhadi
- Smart high-tech systems: MSc topics with ASM International
- Singularity Elimination of Slider-Crank Mechanism by Means of Elastic Potential Energy
- Compliant Overrunning Clutch in Application of Micro Transmission Mechanisms
- Statically Balanced Micro Mechanical Motion Amplifier
- Static balancing of translational parallel mechanisms Design of an optomechanical instrument for singulation and characterisation of biological cells (collaboration with Hittech Multin), contact Prof. dr. ir. Just L. Herder
- Design of an improved ferrofluid bearingconcept for a fast long stroke linear actuator, contact Jo Spronck
- Design of a ferrofluid vacuum seal concept allowing a fast long stroke, contact Jo Spronck
- Design of a capacitive force sensor for variable ranges in stiffness and force, contact Jo Spronck
- Feasibility study to use hall sensors for 6DOF magnetic contactless positioning, contact Jo Spronck
- Design of a low stiffness pressure control valve
student: Nils Velders
advisor: Jo Spronck, Patrice Lambert - Design of an improved XY360° positioning stage for microscopy
student: Tobias Scheepers
advisor: Jo Spronck - Design of an improved 6DOF positioning stage with nanometre stability for AFM measurements
student: Bas Fellinger
advisor: Jo Spronck - Design of a new concept for impact positioning in 1-3 DOF
student: Joost Kortleve
advisor: Jo Spronck - Design of a 2 DOF optical scan system for eye diagnostics
student: Gijs Bruining
advisor: Jo Spronck, Just Herder, Huib Simonsz - Design of a hybrid inertial sensor for measurement of absolute displacements
student: Floris Klein Horsman
advisor: Johan Vogel, Jo Spronck - Design of a cabin for a 6DOF flight simulator at MaxPlanck Tuebingen
student: Mengying Zhang
advisor: Jo Spronck, Joost Vernooij, Just Herder, Werner van de Sande - Design of a haptic control setup for a steering needle
student: Sa Wang
advisor: Jo Spronck, Teun Hoevenaars, John van den Dobbelsteen - Design of a low cost haptic device
student: Erik Jansen
advisor: Teun Hoevenaar, Jo Spronck - Design a course fine stage demonstrator with no power consumption in the fine stage
student: Bart Joziasse
advisor: Jo Spronck - Development of a Modular Contactless Transport Demonstrator (Collaboration with A.B.U.)
student: Jelle Snider
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Vuong Hong Phuc (A.B.U.) - Development of a Modular Air Conveyor Demonstrator and Sensor (Collaboration with A.B.U.)
student: Eshan Vagher
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Vuong Hong Phuc (A.B.U.) - Investigation of Energy-Conserving Hyper-reduction Techniques for Non-linear FE
student: Thej Kiran Ravichandran
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Daniel Rixen (TU Munich) - Development of Distributed on Demand Supply for Air Conveyor Systems
student: Stefan Brilstra
advisors: Ron van Ostayen - Packaging Electronics (Collaboration with ASML)
student: Thomas Scholten
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Matthijs Langelaar - System Design of the Flowerbed
student: Martijn Krijnen
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Vuong Hong Phuc (A.B.U.) - Design of Aerostatic Bearing Pads with Defined Dynamic Properties
student: Ruud Hoogeboom
advisor: Ron van Ostayen - Actuation System Design for a 3-DoF Contactless Wafer Stage
student: Xinsheng Huang
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Vuong Hong Phuc (A.B.U.) - Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of a Hydrostatic Machine Tool Spindle (Collaboration with Hembrug)
student: Bart de Wolf
advisors: Ron van Ostayen - Instability Analysis of Rotor Bearing Systems using Continuation Methods (Collaboration with M.H.I. Equipment Europe)
student: Ferry van Breemen
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Rob Eling (TUD, MHI) - Robust Optimization of Expensive Models (Collaboration with M.H.I. Equipment Europe)
student: Frank Immerzeel
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Matthijs Langelaar, Rob Eling (TUD, MHI) - The Behavior of High Speed Rotors on Fluid Film Bearings (Collaboration with M.H.I. Equipment Europe)
student: Mathys te Wierik
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Rob Eling (TUD, MHI) - Distributed Sensing for Contactless Substrate Transport
student: Yvonne Voorrips
advisors: Ron van Ostayen - Evaporative Two-Phase Micro-flow Modelling
student: Caspar Hanselaar
advisors: Ron van Ostayen, Barry Zandbergen (Dept. Aerospace Eng.) - High Pressure Dynamic Seal Development for SOCCS Flow Return Tube (Collaboration with Shell)
student: Michiel van Arkel (CiTG)
advisors: Andrei Metrikine (CiTG), Ron van Ostayen - Frictional Behaviour of Pigs in Motion (Collaboration with Shell)
student: Arie den Heijer (P&E)
advisors: Maurice Hendrix (P&E), Willem-Paul Breugem (P&E), Ron van Ostayen, Ruud Henkes (Shell) - Piezo Hysteresis compensation in Active Base frame Support, 2016 (Collaboration with ASML)
student: Rahul Sinha
advisors: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia, Bas Jansen (ASML), Hans Butler - Vibration Modal Identification and Distributed Force Control of Flexible Structures, 2016
student: Luca Marinangeli
advisors: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia, Farbod Alijani - Deformable gripper design using distributed actuators, 2015
student: Tian Luo
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Reset Control Implementation on Precision Positioning Stage, 2015
student: Tang Jiahong
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Model free control of Precision Positioning Stage, 2015
student: Xiao Zhang
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Development of a Distributed ‘Shell’ Actuator, 2015
student: Raoul Timmerman
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Improving Performance of Stepping Piezo Actuators, 2015 (Collaboration with ASML)
student: Sanidhya Naikwad
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Controlled dosing of femto-litre volume liquids using hollow cantilevers, 2015
student: Xi Cao
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Design and control of quasi-passive exoskeleton, 2015 (Collaboration with Intespring)
student: Alex van Domburg
Co-advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Design of variable impedance leg for Rhex robots, 2015
student: Bas Verhulp
advisor: Dr. Hassan HosseinNia - Shell-based force distribution systems, 2016
Student: Joep Nijssen
Advisors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Just Herder - Compliant energy storage devices, 2016
Student: Wouter van Zoest
Advisors: Nima Tolou, Just Herder - Orthoplanar piezoelectric energy harvesting, 2016
Student: Robbert van Kempen
Advisors: Nima Tolou - 3D printed flexure mechanism characterization, 2016
Student: Willem de Vree
Advisors: Just Herder, Martijn Wisse (BMechE) - Low friction force transmission in catheter tips, 2016
Student: Arjan Scheerhoorn
Advisors: Patrice Lambert - Force isotropy in compliant metamaterials, 2016
Student:Arnoud Delissen
Advisors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Just Herder, Dr. Jonathan Hopkins (UCLA) - Static balancing of reconfigurable mechanisms, 2016
Student: Daniel Robertson
Advisors: Just Herder, Dr. Chin-Hsing Kuo (Taiwan Tech) - Concepts, modeling and optimization of thin electro-magnetic energy harvesters, 2016
Student: Reinier Alberda, 2016
Advisors: Nima Tolou - Compliant environmentally-interactive snake-like manipulator
Student: Sergio Jainandunsing
Advisors: Just Herder, Dick Plettenburg (BMechE), Prof. Yukio Takeda and Dr. Daisuke Matsuura (Tokyo Institute of Technology) - Compliant transmission for reciprocating gear mechanism, 2016
Student: Jan Wessels
Advisors: Davood Farhadi Machekposhti, Nima Tolou - Compliant continous-locking micromechanism, 2016
Student: Sjoerd van Bracht
Advisors: Davood Farhadi Machekposhti, Nima Tolou - Closed-loop two-fold tape loop mechanisms, 2016
Student: Rik Houwers
Advisors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Just Herder - Statically balanced compliant sound barriers
Student: Hoessein Alkisaei, 2016
Advisors: Giuseppe Radaelli, Just Herder, Dr. Henriette Bier (Dept. Architecture), Prof. Bert Sluys (Dept. Civil Engineering) - Design 6 DOF ferro fluid stage for white light microscopy
student: Max Cafe
advisor: Jo Spronck - Design a XY360° positioning stage for microscopy
student: Haris Habib
advisor: Jo Spronck - Design a low cost XY positioning stage for microscopy using optical mouse sensors
student: Gihin Mok
advisor: Jo Spronck