Graduation Project Opportunities
The Circular Design Lab aligns itself the closest to research related to the circular economy. Once you have started on any of the projects listed below, please inform the circular design lab team to be added as a member.
Behavior change strategies for higher return or PET bottles/cans
Post date: December 20, 2022
The goal of this project is to introduce behavior change strategies leading to higher return rate of PET bottles and drinking cans.
Reducing foodwaste at Schiphol airport through behavior change
Post date: December 20, 2022
The goal of this project is to analyze the current state of food waste and current strategies related to foodwaste at Schophol and introduce and test behavior change strategies leading to reduced food waste.
Developing a zero-waste coffee cup system at Schiphol Airport
Post date: December 20, 2022
The goal of this project is to suggest a large-business rethink of single use plastics with a focus on the Schiphol gastronomic area regarding disposables based on the case study of coffee cups.
Waste Separation through passenger nudging bin systems
Post date: December 20, 2022
The goal of this project is to analyse the current state of the bin system at Schiphol and introduce and test passenger nudging strategies to improve waste separation and reduced contamination of waste.
Mapping the potential usage of the reusable video laryngoscope
Post date: December 5, 2022
The goal of this project is map the potential use of a reusable video laryngoscope int he Erasmus Medical Center to better identify its potential use.
Defining a strategy to hand-out and return a medical home-monitoring device and its disposables
Post date: December 5, 2022
The goal of this project is to formulate strategies that mitigate waste creation and encourage re-use and recycling of a home monitoring device by researching current practices in the hospital and remote monitoring.
Circular Economy – Medical Device Design for Disassembly of an Auto-Injector (IPD)
Post date: November 11, 2022
The goal of this project is to investigate both new disassembly technologies as well as how to redesign the auto-injector to ease disassembly and increase its circularity.
Circular & Sustainable 3D Printing, TU Delft
Post date: July 15, 2022
The goal of this project is to use existing material recipes to design, develop and prototype commercial use cases and products with the material with company partner Reflow Filament.
Graduation Opportunity (2023): Improving the return rate of medical devices in a circular economy
Post date: May 24, 2022
The aim of this project is to design novel motivational strategies with playful interactions for deliverers of digital health devices as well as patients. NOTE: This project is for January/February 2023.
Graduation Opportunity: Circular and Sustainable Medical Devices
Post date: May 24, 2022
The aim of this project is to identify new solution directions to enable reprocessing (cleaning and re-use) of these type of high value medical products.
Graduation Opportunity: Sustainable Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Erasmus MC: Creating Circular Waste Streams in the ICU
Post date: May 24, 2022
The aim of this project is to simulate waste separation at the ICU in order to increase opportunities for recycling of the waste stream.
Testing the performance of 3D-printed components with Ultimaker
Post Date: Jun 30, 2021 (updated Jan 26, 2022)
Together with Ultimaker, you will research, design, test and evaluate the performance of 3D printed parts by means of a case study, e.g. bicycle parts.
3D printing for repair, TU Delft
Post date: May 24, 2022
Create training or software or systems to make 3D printing more effective for repair of household products and appliances.
Improving LCA Software User Interface, TU Delft
Post date: May 24, 2022
The goal of this graduation project is to improve the user interface of LCA software by designing, user testing, iterating, and writing actual code for a functioning web-based application.
Sustainable Design Methods, TU Delft
Post date: May 24, 2022
This project aims to work with a product development company (either manufacturer or consultancy) to redesign their design process to better integrate sustainability tools and methods.
