Our group is offering a variety of Bachelor’s or Master’s graduation assignments and Capita Selecta assignments. Below you can find an overview of available topics.
Available assignments
- "Developing Digital Twin solutions for better Refugee Camp planning and decision-making." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti (a.martinetti@utwente.nl)
- "Developing of landmines' detection and removal solutions." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti (a.martinetti@utwente.nl)
- "Developing a connectivity box lab for fostering internet communication in the context of disadvantaged communities." Contact person: Peter Chemweno (p.k.chemweno@utwente.nl)
- "Designing a serious game promoting social justice in the technology development process." Contact person: Nikola Nizamis (n.nizamis@utwente.nl) and Nina Trauernicht (n.trauernicht@utwente.nl)
- "Humanitarian Engineering: Designing and determining the effectiveness of a learning activity for humanitarian engineering courses in Australia and the Netherlands: Contact person: Nikola Nizamis (n.nizamis@utwente.nl) and Nina Trauernicht (n.trauernicht@utwente.nl)
- "Designing a medical lab for disease management incorporating a transparent screen with interchangeable gloves, in collaboration with World Health Organisation" Contact person: Alberto Martinetti (a.martinetti@utwente.nl)
- "Developing a manual for inflatable tents for Senegal with World Health Organisation for Senegal" Contact person: Alberto Martinetti (a.martinetti@utwente.nl)
- "Developing Digital Twin solutions for better Refugee Camp planning and decision-making." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti
- "Developing of landmines' detection and removal solutions." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti
- "Success factors/impact of the Edubox implementation at Yarmouk University." Contact person: Nina Trauernicht
- "Designing a serious game promoting social justice as a fundamental goal of technology development." Contact person: Nina Trauernicht & Nikola Nizamis
- "Analysing Existing Portable Health Care Facilities in Disaster and Rescue Zones." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti
- "Designing a humanitarian engineering escape room for university students." Contact person: Nikola Nizamis, Nina Trauernicht
If you do not find a suitable assignment in the list above, we encourage you to contact one of the group members.
Current students
- Marit Vos (BSc IDE) - Developing a physical learning space with stimulating equipment fulfilling the educational needs of homeless youth.
- Teodora Citia (BSc IDE, supervision with Dr. Hendrix-ITC) - Back Safer Nepal - Designing risk toolkit for building codes for flood-proof houses in Nepal.
- Floris Engels (MSc SE, supervision with Dr. Hendrix-ITC) - Back Safer Nepal - Mapping criteria for flood resilient housing and measuring of flood resilience for different types of housing designs in Nepal.
- Nour Stevens (BSc ME) - Developing a framework for digital twin solutions for refugee camp.
- Dols Koenraad (BSc ME) - Designing a digital automation concept for recycling plastics for SMEs in Ivory Coast and Uganda.
- Hermans Neil (BSc ME) - Developing retrofitting concepts for recycling plastic equipment for SMEs in Ivory Coast and Uganda.
- Isha Huft (BSc ME – VU) - Redesign rope pumps to improve service life and reduce pump costs.
- Bob Wesselink (BSc ME) - Redesign rope pumps to improve service life and reduce pump costs.
- Mark Wijnands (BSc ME) - Redesign rope pumps to improve service life and reduce pump costs.
- Otto de Koning (BSc IDE) - Designing a humanitarian engineering escape room for university students.
- Angela Krstovska (BSc IDE) - Designing a humanitarian engineering escape room for university students.
- Michael Nti-Marfo (BSc ME) – Developing portable Wind turbine solutions for Moroccan communities.
- Dimitris Tsonos (BSc ME) – Developing portable Wind turbine solutions for Moroccan communities.
- Jaunarjs Reinis (BSc ME) – Developing an automated detection system for landmines.
- O'regan, Benjamin (BSc ME) - Developing an automated detection system for landmines.
- Jon Mora Gutierrez (BSc UT-VU) - Designing orthotic devices/ exoskeletons for underserved communities with lower-limb disabilities.
- Giorgos Kalaitzian (BSc IDE) - Developing a solution for lab operator workstations in high-performance tents of WHO
- Paula Santomé Lorenzo (BSc IDE) - Developing a framework for designing instructions for building high-performance tents of WHO
- Sashya Zahara Setiawan (BSc IDE) - Humanitarian Engineering: Designing and determining the effectiveness of a learning activity for humanitarian engineering courses in Australia and the Netherlands
- Saidsardor Yakhyoev (BSc IDE) - Building the body of knowledge of community-based education
- Ellemijn Pots (BSc IDE) - Designing a serious game promoting social justice as a fundamental goal of technology development
- Gunkook Park (BSc IDE) - Designing a serious game promoting social justice as a fundamental goal of technology development
Former students
- Joëlle Steendam (BSc IDE) - Joëlle has generated a conceptual design for EDUbox as a modular classroom in a shipping container for her bachelor thesis.
- Jan-Maarten Schaapman (BSc ME) - Jan-Maarten Schaapman has worked on a structural analysis of the container for his bachelor thesis.
- Józef Doering (X ME) - Józef has worked on thermal and energy analysis for an assignment as part of his exchange semester at the UT.
- Eva de Wit (MSc IDE) - Eva has developed interior furniture for the EDUbox.
- David Otim Too (Uganda), Job Maveke Mambua (Kenya), Ermiyas Tefera Yigtelu (Ethiopia), Hailekiros Woldegerima (Ethiopia), Naftali Kiplagat (Kenya) - Exchange students of Erasmus+ projects involved in the design and engineering of different aspects of EDUbox.
- Evert van der Hook (MSc ME), Alexander de Kok (MSc IDE), Ashutosh Dilip (Msc ME) - They provided the Solidworks and technical drawings for the EDUbox.
- Margaret Dietrich (ATLAS) - Margaret developed a suitability analysis for identifying the best locations to deploy the EDUbox.
- Jitske Rob / Ruben Koster (BSc IDE) - Jitske and Rob work on branding solutions for the Humanitarian Engineering group.
- Henry Miguda (BSc ME-VU) / Barbara Levandoska (X ME) - Henry and Barbara compare HAWT and VAWT technologies for underserved communities.
- Tzu-Ying Chui (BSc IDE) - Designing a study lamp for Syrian refugees who live in refugee camps in Jordan
- Cecil Gyimah (BSc IDE) - Enhancing the perceived ease of use and usability of the Edubox in Jordan
- Silas Nethe (MSc IDE) - Silas designs an evolution of the EDUbox for agricultural purposes: the AGRIbox.
- Liam Fouquet (BSc ME) - Adaptation of a rotary jetting drill to the case of rural communities in Kenya.
- Jelte de Vries (BSc ME) - Revolutionizing De-mining with technology. A study on possible developments in the field of de-mining mechanization.
- Robin Bevers (BSc ME) - Revolutionizing De-mining with technology. A study on possible developments in the field of de-mining mechanization
- Maria Genova (BSc IDE) - Develop a mobile application for water education
- Louise Kho (BSc IDE) - Creating an interacting framework for empowering underserved communities with video-voice participatory videos.
- Daniela Iamandii (BSc IDE) - Analysing Existing Portable Health Care Facilities in Disaster and Rescue Zones.
