Graduation opportunities

In the wake of increasing concern about packaging waste and pollution, reusable packaging systems (RPSs) emerge as a promising circular model in the fast-moving consumer goods sector. Understanding the factors influencing consumer adoption of RPSs is crucial for ensuring positive environmental outcomes. This project aims to translate scientific research findings into a design toolkit that is accessible to designers and facilitates the design process of RPSs.

During your internship, you will work on an exciting internship or graduation project. We are looking for highly motivated students who want to help end the plastic pollution problem. We are developing a broad range of techniques that sustainably remove plastic. Currently, we are working on the implementation of multiple CirCleaners for the municipality of Rotterdam, the European project INSPIRE in the Rhine River and TREASURE at De Helsdeur. Through this proposal, we give you the opportunity to invent and develop an essential part of this machine; an efficient and ergonomic method for emptying high quantities of plastic litter from the CirCleaner.

Design an easy-to-use, evidence-based product-market fit assessment tool that will change how investment decisions are made in the fast-paced, ever-evolving tech startup sector.

The coastal areas in Vietnam are facing the threat of near-complete submersion by the end of the century unless urgent actions are taken. We are designing and building a living lab in Vietnam to show different solutions for coastal protection, In collaboration with Vietnamese researchers and students. We are currently researching where the living lab should be located and we are designing the different uses of the living lab. A good communication strategy is key to include local communities within the design of the lab. We have one project available within the Mangrove Living Lab project, but are open to other suggestions/ideas.

The Ghanaian horticulture sector holds significant potential for employment and plays a crucial role in addressing food security. However, there exists a notable knowledge gap between theoretical education and practical, climate-smart agricultural practices. Three years ago, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) collaborated with Kwadaso Agricultural College (KAC) and Holland Greentech Ghana (HGT) in the Archipelago program to bridge this gap successfully. Now, the program is expanding to four more regions in Ghana. We seek motivated graduation students to contribute to this initiative with two available project opportunities, but we are also open to discuss other ideas.