Thesis

Imagine that one way or another you lose your hand. Various daily tasks which used to be an easy job might now be difficult to perform. Luckily in the 21st century it is possible to use a robotic prosthetic hand. At this moment multiple robotic prosthetic hands are already produced and used [1]. Most of these prosthetic hands make use of Electro-Myography (EMG) in combination with pre-configured hand positions [1]. However, the use of pre-configured hand positions makes it impossible for the prosthetic hand to make every move a human hand can make. ...

We live in a digital age in which more and more data is being stored every day. One popular way to store data digitally is through ‘solid-state devices’ such as SSDs, USB drives and SD cards. These devices have an advantage over traditional hard disk drives in that they have higher read and write capabilities. However as these devices get smaller and smaller to store more data, they come with a downside; they become less reliable over time as their size decreases. ...

Hey there! Are you curious to know what module 12 - the Bachelor thesis - entails? Keep on reading! My name is Maarten and I will tell you all about how I battled my way through the last eleven weeks of my Bachelor. If you do not yet know me, you can flip back to the start of this Vonk and read all about me and my fellow board members! I have worked on my thesis called “Analysis and Electrical Characterisation of Vertical Nanowire Trench Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Barrier Schottky Rectifiers” at Integrated Devices and Systems (IDS). ...

Parkinson’s disease is a well-known neurodegenerative disease in the aging society, that is mainly recognized by the problems of shaking (tremor) and rigidity. Besides these common symptoms, patients may also suffer from cognitive malfunction and slowness of movement, which may become visible in some clinical experiments like the Go/No-Go tasks. These tasks consist of two types of stimuli that are presented to the subject, one indicating that the subject has to respond to the stimulus and the other one saying that the subject has to withhold the response. ...

One of the easiest pressure sensors to design is a resistive pressure sensor. A structure under pressure changes in geometry which causes the resistance of the structure to change. This change in resistance can be measured with an electronic readout circuit. But, how does this sensor precisely work? In my bachelor assignment I made a theoretical model of the working principal of a resistive pressure sensor. It all starts with taking a trip into the domain of a mechanical engineer. ...