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 a connectivity box lab for fostering internet communication in the context of disadvantaged communities." Contact person: Peter Chemweno (p.k.chemweno@utwente.nl)
- "EMERGI: Designing a service station concept for electric Tuk-Tuk" Contact person: Peter Chemweno (p.k.chemweno@utwente.nl)
- "Designing a Vocational Training Solution for Youth Refugees in the Netherlands through Participatory Video" in collaboration with New Dutch Connections
Contact person: Nina Trauernicht - "Developing Digital Twin solutions for better Refugee Camp planning and decision-making." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti
- "Success factors/impact of the Edubox implementation at Yarmouk University." Contact person: Nina Trauernicht
- "Analysing Existing Portable Health Care Facilities in Disaster and Rescue Zones." Contact person: Alberto Martinetti
- "EMERGI: Designing a service station concept for electric Tuk-Tuk" Contact person: Peter Chemweno (p.k.chemweno@utwente.nl)
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.
- Twan van der Ham (BSc IDE) - Developing a serious game for WHO
- Hermans Neil (BSc ME) - Developing retrofitting concepts for recycling plastic equipment for SMEs in Ivory Coast and Uganda.
- Bob Wesselink (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.
- Tirsa van der Ouw (MSc IDE) - Designing and developing a plastic-to-bricks system in Ghana (together with Engineers without Borders NL).
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
- Teodora Citia (BSc IDE, supervision with Dr. Hendrix-ITC) - Back Safer Nepal - Development of a Design Catalogue Framework for Flood-Resilient Housing
- 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.
- Isha Huft (BSc ME – VU) - Redesign rope pumps to improve service life and reduce pump costs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nour Stevens (BSc ME) - Developing a framework for digital twin solutions for refugee camp.
- 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
- Reinis Jaunarjs (BSc ME) – Developing an automated detection system for landmines.
- Benjamin O'regan (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.
- Mark Wijnands (BSc ME) - Redesign rope pumps to improve service life and reduce pump costs.
- Angela Krstovska (BSc IDE) - Designing an educational escape room for the new Humanitarian Engineering Master´s programme
- Sashya Zahara Setiawan (BSc IDE) - Designing a dashboard to prepare students for an effective community-based learning experience
- Saidsardor Yakhyoev (BSc IDE) - Development of an online community-based learning tool: Guidance for Implementing Educational community-based learning approach
- Koenraad Dols (BSc ME) - Designing a digital automation concept for recycling plastics for SMEs in Ivory Coast and Uganda.
