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.
Sustainable and circular packaging system
Post date: July 21, 2021
In this project you will work with O’Neill to investigate the packaging system from factory to custormer use to identify where material can be optimized to reduce plastic use.
Fossil-Free Winter Jacket
Post date: July 21, 2021
Work with O’neill to design a product that minimizes microplastic release and overall fossil fuel use in the development.
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.
Improving consumer evaluations of refillable packaging product–service systems: MIWA
Post Date: Jun 30, 2021
Work with MIWA to better understand how consumers perceive reusable packaging systems and explore new opportunities to improve such system
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.
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.
Circular Economy at KPN: closing the loop for packaging
Post date: May 21, 2021
KPN is looking for a graduation student to help them close the loop for equipment used in the Business Market segment at customers’ premises.
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.
