Graduation opportunities

Many people have an unhealthy diet, by eating too much sugar, salt, or unsaturated fat. Packaging design influences consumer perception about healthfulness and tastiness of foods. But people often perceive healthy food to be less tasty, which is especially a problem for so called ‘vice’ foods (foods to indulge, such as cookies). How can packaging for more healthy alternatives in vice food categories be designed, so that they will be more often chosen by consumers?

Akida is een vooruitstrevend bedrijf dat zich bezighoudt met het identificeren van projecten nog voordat ze zich manifesteren. Ons platform scant dagelijks automatisch overheidsbronnen, verrijkt de data en maakt deze centraal beschikbaar. Dit draagt bij aan het programmeren van ruimtelijke ontwikkelingen. Het platform zorgt ervoor dat markt en overheid eerder kunnen samenwerking door overheidsplannen centraal te ontsluiten. Dit resulteert in een alomvattend beeld van de ruimte, leidend tot een gebalanceerde en voorspelbare projectenpijplijn.

In online fashion retailing, communicating clothing fabric is difficult, leading to unnecessary returns. Different ways of presenting fabric properties will be compared (e.g., using pictures, videos, or interactive graphics) in order to help people in getting an accurate perception of the fabric online.

Vanuit Healthy Start werken we aan een 2-jarig ontwerpproject over jongerenparticipatie in Rotterdam. We zijn op zoek naar IO afstudeerders met interesse in het vormgeven van jongerenparticipatie: hoe laat je jongeren meedenken en beslissen over de komst van een nieuwe jongerenhub in Rotterdam? Het doel is om een zo divers mogelijke groep jongeren te betrekken bij het inrichten van het vormgeven van de programmering en het inrichten van de jongerenhub. We zoeken afstudeerders die van februari-juni/juli 2024 beschikbaar zijn. Een mooie opdracht waarin je nauw samenwerkt met onderzoekers, wijknetwerkers en jongerenwerkers. We hebben ruimte voor een of twee IO afstudeerders die zelf begeleiding regelen bij de TU Delft. Heb je interesse? Neem dan contact op met Irene Fierloos via fierloos@essb.eur.nl.

In this assignment you will develop one or more demonstrators, exploring augmenting design historical products for inspiration. The target audience is (1st year) design students, and the IDE design community at large. The initial focus will be on using smartphone-based augmented reality.

We are looking for a Design student who is eager to use their creative and analytical skills to empower remote healthcare professionals by designing future proof digital solutions. As well, is looking forward to work in an ambitious, warm and energetic team during a 6-months period.

To accelerate the transition to a circular economy within the electrical and electronic appliances (EEE) industry, the EEE coalition was established in 2023. Partners in this include Miele, Blue Movement, Atag, Peerby, Techniek NL, Applia. Road2Work, TuDelft, Het Groene Brein etc.

This master's thesis project aims to contribute to the automation of the production of human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC) by designing and prototyping a decision-making component for an iPSC machine called the RXF system. hiPSCs are pluripotent embryonic stem cells that can be generated from skin or blood cells through a reprogramming process. They offer the possibility to model human diseases and study their behavior. They help scientists discover early disease-causing events in cells and are therefore used in discoveries about premature aging, congenital heart disease, cancer, and disorders connected to fetal development. Because of their characteristics, pluripotent cells can create any body cell to study disease but can also be manipulated to manufacture healthy cells for transplants. The generation of iPSCs is very labor-intensive, requiring daily monitoring and handling of iPSCs. To help scale up hiPSC cell production, researchers at the iPS Core Facility at Erasmus MC are developing the RXF system, which combines several automation technologies to streamline the production process.

Do you like making stuff yourself where you would normally need machines in a factory? Are you interested in designing manufacturing experiences for IDE students? If YES than we are looking for you: an enthusiastic maker to develop applicable test-setups which can be used to enhance learning in our engineering bachelor courses.