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.
3D printing for remanufacturing of automotive parts
Post Date: Oct 22, 2021
In this graduation assignment you will investigate the technical feasibility of polymer and metal 3D printing for Bosch automotive parts and suggest ways to improve this process through product design (click link below to read more about the project).
Testing the performance of 3D-printed components with Ultimaker
Post Date: Jun 30, 2021
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.
Design for recycling of electronic products and equipment: Investigation of new design guidelines and methods
Post date: Jul 21, 2021
The main goals of this project are to map different types of recycling stakeholders for various product catagories, investigate and develop design guidelines and develop a tool for product recycling. (Click link below to view assignment).
Design for recycling of medical consumables (reusables and disposables): Guidelines and new design methods.
Post date: July 28, 2021
The main objectives of this project are to investigate roadblocks related to regulations and sorting practices, mapping different types of stakeholders, investigating and developing guidelines to enable the highest recycling yield for medical consumables. (Click link below to view assignment).
3D printing for repair, TU Delft
Post date: Jun 29, 2021
Create training or software or systems to make 3D printing more effective for repair of household products and appliances.
Circular & Sustainable 3D Printing, TU Delft
Post date: Jun 29, 2021
The goal of this project is to develop and test new 3D printing recipes that bring the quality of 3D paste extrusion up to match ABS extrusion.
Graduation Opportunity Design for Repair scorecard, TU Delft
Post date: Mar 24, 2021
The goal of this graduation project is to research and develop a repair scorecard which quantifies the amount of saved financial value and / or time by repairing a product.
Graduation Opportunity Design for Reassembly of Electrical and Electronic products, TU Delft
Post date: Jan 8, 2021
The aim of this project is to identify design features and principles that facilitate reassembly of product, and see how this differs from disassembly in general during a repair process. One or more electronic product groups may be chosen for case study (ideally smartphones, Smart TV, vacuum cleaners and washing machine).
2021-01-08 | Graduation Opportunity Design for physical durability of Electrical and Electronic products
Post date: Jan 8, 2021
The goal of this project is to identify design principles and features that influence the physical durability of product (for instance by conducting forensic engineering analysis) to determine the cause of failures on different product, and possibly use this information to design a product with optimized lifetime.
Improving LCA Software User Interface, TU Delft
Post date: Dec 10, 2020
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: Dec 10, 2020
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.
