Graduation opportunities

Global Innovation Creative Space (GICS) based in Cameroon is a social venture with primary objective to develop, design and promote cost effective and adapted medical technologies in Sub-saharan Africa. The assignment for this graduation project is design and embodiment of a the smart speculum to support cervical cancer screening and more comfortable speculum examinations in low resource settings in Cameroon.

This thesis focuses on the design of a ‘framework’ OR ‘toolkit’ that can facilitate the development of medical devices for low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa while leveraging the concept of circular economy.

In this graduation project the goal is to perform a comprehensive review on how to develop a medical device e.g., a catheter which has a variable stiffness that can instantly shift shape as well as rigidity. For more information see the vacancy.

The GoMedFlow tool helps helps health care workers and staff members in the organization to take advantage of digital opportunities. The challenge of this graduation research is a qualitative and explorative study of factors that determine the successful implementation of a digital tool in healthcare processes.

The GoMedFlow tool helps helps health care workers and staff members in the organization to take advantage of digital opportunities. The challenge of this graduation research a qualitative and explorative study of factors that determine the adoption and usability of a digital tool.

Oikocredits invested in Gjengé, the ambition is to develop a plastic house to provide social housing needs in Kenya. This assignment focusses on building blocks for the construction for a modular and plastic house.

Trend research in de huidige helmbranche (markt- en tech trends), inclusief consumenten onderzoek. Denk hierbij aan het in kaart brengen en analyseren van verschillende contexten (sport, woon-werk, recreaCe) en gedrag van fietsers in hun keuze om wel/niet een helm te dragen. Dit alles voor verschillende doelgroepen (kinderen, volwassenen, ouderen)

CBDC’s are central bank issued digital currencies, very similar to cryptocurrency but issued by a central bank. The current design for the Digital Euro proposals seem to be based on assumptions regarding user needs, preferences, and ability in mind, while pushing new technology. This graduation aims to investigate a Digital Euro design from the perspective of a user through a design-thinking approach.

Today’s station touchpoints offer a wide range of services that meet today’s needs of our customer. However, we expect that interactions with these touchpoints will change in the coming years due to the increase of passengers’ digitalization and new interactive technologies. During this graduation project you will come up with a design vision for the touchpoints on our stations for the next 5 – 10 years.

This graduation task aims to explore the conflicting values in the smart electricity grid utilizing hydrogen storage and refuelling stations, and to propose solutions to address these challenges.