Graduates Wall of Fame

U-BASE members who will graduate soon or already have become an alumnus can be found on this Graduate Wall of Fame. This extensive list shows the diversity of research topics and may help upcoming graduation students to find inspiration.

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Date	Name	Topic
2024
26 September	Janneke Kortsmit	Impact of freeze-thaw cycles on wrapped composite joint durability
30 August	Stefan Teeuwen	Shear Capacity of concrete beams reinforced with BFRP stirrups
27 August	Daan Smolders	Surrogate modelling for uncertainty propagation by targeting regions of high variance and probability
19 August	Abhinanda Napa Ravikumar	Effects of Moisture Aging on the Mechanical Behaviour of Bio-based Composites: Adapting Glass Fiber Numerical Models to Flax Composites
17 July	Sneha Kasturi Rangan	Assessment of system behaviour of prestressed concrete girder bridges using staggered 2D Non-Linear Finite Element Approach
9 July	Lukas Huber	Investigation of Response Amplification and Dynamic Stability of a Hyperloop system
1 July	Ewout Van der Heijden	Investigating the shaping boundaries of flexible photovoltaics on doubly curved uncoated woven textile geometries
30 April	Paolo Matricardi	LCA of Passive Smart Windows
23 January	Karthick Sasikumar	Characterisation of Frictional Behaviour at Brick-Mortar Interface
2023
25 October	Ivo Pronk	Development of a re-mountable timber car park
29 September	Rianne Teeuwen	Circularity of existing aluminium unitised curtain wall facades
14 July	Satvik Pratap Singh	Assessing the effect of reclaimed asphalt pavement on the fatigue and healing of flexible pavement materials
4 July	Anders Jørgensen	An Analytical Model to Determine the Bearing Capacity of Existing Steel-Concrete-Composite Bridges Without Mechanical Connectors
26 June	Thorvaldur Kari Vilhjalmsson	A Methodology for Damage Detection Using Unsupervised Learning in the Field of Structural Health Monitoring: Based on Gaussian Mixture Modeling
21 June	Dennis Slockers	Steel fibre reinforced underwater concrete floors - A probabilistic finite element approach
26 May	Bojan Bogojević	Assessment of turnout crossing degradation
10 February	Peter Manos	Seismic and stability analysis of component-based extraterrestrial vaults
30 January	Stephanie Ramos	Shear characterisation of a novel woven solar cell integrated textile for tensile structures application
25 January	Guy Janssen	Towards a more nature-inclusive and climate resilient built environment
2022
20 December	Clement Waltener	Ultimate limit states performance study of a novel wrapped composite joint geometry
14 December	Joep Knuppe	Robustness of Modular Timber Buildings
30 November	Firas Sameh Al-Share	The Effect of Admixtures on the Buildability of 3D Printed Alkali-Activated Materials with Glass Wool
15 August	Jose Eduardo Paredes	Structural performance of geopolymer concrete: Shear and flexural behavior of a prestressed girder with cast in-situ topping under short-term loading
20 July	Judith Kavelaars	The jetty of the future: Reducing the environmental impact of a jetty platform structure by designing for reusability
30 June	Romée van Es	Dynamics of a timber footbridge
23 June	Arend-Jan de Nooijer	Experimental and numerical analysis of a silica gel packed bed for passive humidity control in museum rooms
31 May	Anthony Richardson	Torsion motions of high-rise buildings due to wind loading
28 April	Hugo van Looveren	Timber and Steel Railway Bridge Design
25 April	Raymond Brouwers	Structural monitoring of a church influenced by mining settlements using spaceborne remote sensing
13 April	Emily van Helmond	Timber as a competitive structural building material in the Netherlands
30 March	Wouter Lasonder	Design of a structural glass pavilion
24 March	Shirley Feng	The structural design of earthen structures with robotic shotearth fabrication
09 March	Laura Āboltiņa	Modelling fatigue crack propagation in coped beams using XFEM
24 February	Krishna Ajithkumar Pillai	Integrating Machine Learning and Computational Physics to Assess Crack Pattern Similarity in Masonry Buildings
25 January	Paul Mako	Impact of the Stiffness Characteristics of Wrapped Composite Joints on Eigenfrequencies of Wind Turbine Jacket Support Structures
2021
17 December	Yat Long Liu	Visualisation of the airflow pattern of exhaled droplets in a classroom
26 November	Cristina Román	Factory in a Digital Model
2 November	Joris Welles	Advancing thin-tile vaults: structural analysis & robotic construction
22 October	Tim van Driel	Investigations on the Cold Bending Behaviour of a Double Glazing Unit with a Rigid Edge-Spacer Frame
8 October	Daniela Tavera Diaz	Validation of a Newly Proposed Global Factor Method Applied in the Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures Modelled by NLFEA
30 August	Pallavi Palla	Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Geo-sciences
27 August	Rozemarijn Veenstra	Tubular Glass Columns
27 August	Nout Barentsen	The Timber Skeleton
11 August	Mehmet Kisa	Structural Window Frame
29 July	Xinrui Zhang	A Homogenized Model for the Nonlinear Behaviour of Masonry Under In-plane Loading
28 July	Yotrisno Lang	Influence of Numerical Size Effect in Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis
20 July	Vincent Huigen	Monopile foundation modeling in the frequency domain for Offshore Wind Turbines
19 July	Bente Kamp	Assessment of the Reuse Potential of Existing Concrete
5 July	Berber Renckens	Non-linear buckling behaviour of GFRP plates
2 July	Daan Koopman	The Topology Optimised Glass Bridge
17 June	Thijs van Gelderen	Truss topology optimization with reused steel elements
16 June	Joris de Gaaij	Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of timber high-rise
18 May	Amarins Kroes	Reducing the environmental impact of distribution centres
26 March	Maria Felicita	Timber High-Rise Buildings
12 March	Aukje Aarts	The wind-induced dynamic load on high-rise structures by the use of CFD
26 February	Jesse Jongenotter	Parametric comparison of stability systems
22 February	Joep Storm	High-dimensional numerical optimization of fiber-reinforced polymers with variational autoencoders and Bayesian optimization
12 February	Matthew Church	Investigation of Isostatic Slabs in Timber
25 January	Rick Voortman	The historic quay walls of Amsterdam: A study to hidden structural capacity of masonry work quay walls, under the condition of a partly failing foundation.
22 January	Kamal Laghmouch	Reliability updating of quay walls based on the effects of past performance
22 January	Lazlo Bleker	Hybrid truss layout optimization for generating multiple design alternatives
21 January	Lee Theres Mathew	Energy Implications of Vertically Integrated Greenhouses on Office Buildings
14 January	Jaap-Willem Boersma	The Circular Concrete Viaduct: Development of a Concept Demountable Footing to Foundation (F2F) Dowel Connection for the Application in Multiple Life-Cycles
2020
30 November	Siddhesh Rajadhyaksha	Improved Constitutive Model for Mesoscale Modelling of Unidirectional Composites
11 November	Tessa Lievestro	Living trees as structural elements for vertical forest engineering
26 October	Wouter van Wijnen	Sustainable timber structures - Quantitative research evaluating the potential effects of carbon sequestration and cascading strategies in the Netherlands based on a comparison of the Dutch and European life cycle assessment methodologies
16 October	Maria de Vries Robbé	Structural dynamic response of the Glass Truss Bridge
16 October	José Abad	Design, analysis, and Application of Innovative Connections for Optimized Steel Trusses
15 October	Jan Swinnen	Modeling the mechanical performance of bolted deck-to-girder connections in FRP-steel hybrid bridges
15 October	Marie-Louise Greijmans	Vibration-based damage detection of the Haringvlietbrug: A data-driven approach.
27 August	Trevor Spannenburg	Timber Creep of Historic Urban Quay Walls
14 August	Geert Hoogerwaard	Structural glass and sustainability
23 July	Maureen Klomp	The hybrid interaction of timber decks in movable bridges
2 July	Geerte Kotteman	Steel 3D printing for structures - An explorative study on the tear-out strength of a pin or bolt in a Wire and Arc Additively Manufactured carbon steel plate
30 June	Jose Galan	Fatigue Behavior of Additive-Manufactured Stainless Steel
29 June	Michelle Sonneveld	Sensitivities and prerequisites of the application of the Energy Flux Analysis to high-rise structures excited by wind using in situ measurements
16 June	Lisa Swaalf	Reliability analysis of Submerged Floating Tunnels
14 May	Jeroen van Wessem	Horizontal deformation of the High Speed Rail track
6 May	Wouter Gerritsen	Optimizing the concrete load-bearing structure of high-rise buildings
29 April	Jochem van Bokhorst	Early-age cracking of concrete: A study into the influence of stress relaxation on early-age cracking of concrete structures under imposed deformations
13 March	Stephan Backx	Structural sustainability in the early design phase
14 February	Willen van Dommelen	Moving load on guide works during a brush collision with a vessel
2019
20 December	Cindy Lei	Structural Cast Glass-Ceramic Components
19 December	Mohit Soni	Two-way bending behaviour of unreinforced masonry walls subjected to out-of-plane loading employing numerical analysis
12 December	Knut Tjensvoll	Optimizing the Reduced Basis Construction for Reduced-Order Mechanical Models
29 November	Andrew Sugianto	Evaluating strut-and-tie models of concrete elements by nonlinear finite element analysis
29 November	Katinka Verleg	The Structural Behaviour of Bundled Glass Columns
25 November	Anshuman Tiwari	Engineering Model for Shear Crack Width and Shear Deflection in Slender Reinforced Concrete Beams
21 November	M.H.M. Odijk	Industrial floors: Research on the stress behaviour
2 October	Gerwin Schut	Practical Engineering Design Tool for Vibration Sensitive Laboratory Building Structures
27 September	Leah Dierker Viik	StructuralComponents 6: An early-stage design tool for flexible topologies of mid-rise concrete buildings
18 September	Anouk Loman	Performance of structural glass at elevated temperatures
30 Augustus	Brigitte Danks	Sequentially linear analysis (SLA) is an alternative finite element method to nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA)
19 August	Geovanny Argudo Sanchez	Generation and evaluation of truss structures based on the results of topology optimization for deep concrete beams
16 August	Xuzhen Chai	Probabilistic system identification and reliability updating for hydraulic structures - Application to sheet pile walls
14 August	Rubin Spittka	Passive design guidelines for Philippine housing based on the Bahay Kubo. Thermal comfort analyses and explorative design of Philippine vernacular design strategies for low-lying, sub-urban and rural, low-income housing
24 July	Stefan van Erp	Techno-economic feasibility of Hydropower at weir complex Driel with assessment method for low head run of river powerplants
19 July	Ravi Shanker Gupta	Prediction of fatigue crack propagation in orthotropic steel deck using XFEM based on LEFM and VCCT
18 July	Igor Pecanac	Structural parametric design for variant studies in the preliminary design phase
17 July	Davide La Zara	Dynamic fluid-vehicle-structure-interaction analysis for submerged floating tunnels: a comfort assessment
12 July	Djonno Bresser	Mimicking rotational cracking within sequentially linear analysis using a sublayer model
10 July	Gerhard Olivier	Fire performance of cross-laminated timber
10 July	Pieter Woudenberg	The current state of the Grote of St. Bavo church in Haarlem, the Netherlands
5 July	Stef Lambregts	Implementation of a ply inclination in the Classical Laminate Theory
3 July	Dirk Braak	Concrete Hyperloop
2 July	Arthur de Groot	Structural window design for in-plane seismic strengthening
1 July	Twan Boelders	Building larger bridge spans in prefabricated concrete
28 June	Konstantinos Roupakas	Fatigue behaviour of resin and steel-reinforced resin used in IBC's
17 June	Petra Beld	Graduation from Steel and Timber Department
13 June	Lise Jansen	Structural damage to Dutch terraced houses due to flood actions
3 June	George Misios	Effect of flange waviness on the C1 wedge connection
29 May	Erki Reinsalu	Modularization of Orthotropic Steel Deck Bridges, New Type of Connection Development
28 May	Coen Hulsebosch	Skewed slab highway bridges
27 May	Maarten Meek	The implementation of alkaline activated concrete in jointless ground floors
10 May	Joris van Maastrigt	Quantifying Life Cycle Environmental Benefits of Circular Steel Building Designs
7 May	Alex van Tilburg	Shape optimisation of a second skin
25 April	Kevin Frederik	Probabilistic analysis of site-specific traffic loads on the Galecopper bridge
8 March	Daniel Rikeros	Fatigue assessment of rail track detail in movable bridge in Estonia based on 2D/3D Finite Element Modelling using hot-spot stresses
1 March	Thijmen Jaspers Focks	Shear capacity of the console of a CRC landing platform without stirrups
28 February	Rainier Moraal	3D non-linear finite element modelling of an onshore wind turbine foundation
22 February	Thomas Aelen	Durability and performance of South African recycled granulates in unbound (sub)base pavement layers
22 February	Pieter Slingerland	Conceptual development of a wedge connection for offshore jacket foundations
22 February	Niels Helmer	A study on the intralayer shear strength of melt extrusion additively manufactured polymers and its relevance for the design of structural elements
22 February	Falko Noortman	The applicability of the non-linear pushover method for assessing the seismic capacity of unreinforced masonry structures
21 February	Niels van Bergenhenegouwen	Constructing The Green Connection with and without the use of an intermediate support
18 February	Marina Guidi	Thin glass cold-bent sandwich panel
13 February	Valentijn van den Bosch	Dynamic Substructuring for efficient vibrational studies in Buildings
08 February	Laura van Glabbeek	Graduation from Steel and Timber Department
25 January	Elke Vicca	Instability of a high-speed vehicle moving through a tunnel embedded in a visco-elastic half-plane – The Hyperloop case
25 January	Olga Bushunova	The behaviour of composite deep deck ComFlor210 under concentrated load
7 January	Jeroen van Unen	The energy and comfort performance of a lightweight translucent adaptable Trombe in different buildings and climates
2018
20 December	Christopher Kevinly	Application of coda-wave interferometry on concrete structures by utilizing smart aggregates
14 December	Rayaan Ajouz	A computational approach of designing cost-effective steel trusses with welded- connections
30 November	Srinidhi Bindiganavile Ramadas	A Hyperbolic model for degradation in tension mode-I fracture of masonry - Implementation and validation in Engineering Masonry Model
23 November	T. Xu	Modelling the seismic response of a two-storey calcium silicate brick masonry structure with nonlinear pushover and time-history analyses
21 November	Y. Sun	Investigation on the potential application of MSWI bottom ash as substitute material in Portland cement concrete
14 November	N. Hofstee	Data-driven Design in sustainability: development of prototype application to support the conceptual design phase
29 October	M. de Poli	Fire dynamics and spalling mechanism in tunnel infrastructures
23 October	X. Chen	Finite element modelling of ASR affected structures based on realistic pre-damage
19 October	Christian Gerald Daniel	Failure performance of synthetic fibre-reinforced warm-mix asphalt
10 October	Socio Jiwapatria	Application of active control system on the seismic response to unreinforced masonry structure
21 September	Suman Bhattarai	Computational Modelling of Auxetic Materials and Structures
18 September	F.A. Csillag	Demountable deck-to-girder connection of FRP-steel hybrid bridges
14 September	Elgar Slooten	Feasibility study of a hybrid wood-concrete super tall building and optimization of its wind-induced behaviour
31 August	Marloes van der Zanden	Assessment of the seismic performance and sustainability of the Kath-Kuni building style in the Indian Himalaya
28 August	Marco van Arragon	Experimental verification of calculation methods for hollow core section fin-plate joints with varying strength grades
31 July	Naomi Schlösser	hin Glass as Cold Bent Laminated Panels in Architectural Applications
29 June	Pascal Martens	Optimising 3D printed concrete structures
22 June	Cynthia Meiring	Validation of Sequentially Linear Analysis by simulating structural behaviour of masonry components
8 June	Robbie van Leeuwen	A multiphysics numerical framework for epoxy resins
1 June	Carla Smulders	Improvement and analysis of the 3D embedded beam element with explicit interaction surface in Plaxis 3D for laterally loaded piles
31 May	Matteo Ravasio	Seismic inversion for estimating damping for offshore wind turbines
30 May	Willem Cijsouw	A continuous superstructure for Sogne fjord bridge
17 April	Babette Hohrath	StructuralComponents 5.0: Super element based tool for early design collaboration applied to mid-rise buildings
5 April	Gerran Lankhorst	Sustainable structural design of high-rise: Life-cycle assessment of main load bearing structures of high-rise buildings in the Netherlands
21 February	Edward Fransen	Towards the Automation of Preliminary Bridge Designs with Parametric Design Software
2 February	Lisanne Castelein	Circulair contracteren in de Bouwsector
2 February	Jim Zwartveld	Structural vibrations induced by pile driving
12 January	Cristrina Mestre Rodriguez	The thickness effect in adhesive bonded joints
2017
20 December	Geoffrey van Bolderen	Buckling behaviour of 3D-printed steel tubular columns
9 November	Okke Willebrands	Differential vertical shortening in timber-concrete high-rise structures
30 October	Bettine Gommer	Resistance in Helmholtz Resonators: Exploring the potential of sound absorption created by additive manufacturing
27 October	Tessa Ruseler	A Structural Concept for Free-Form Timber Structures
25 October	Silke Prinsse	Alkali-activated concrete: development of strength and stiffness in time
14 October	Marius Hendriks	Local Hydroelectric Energy Storage: A feasibility study about a small scale energy storage system combining hydropower, gravity power, spring power and air pressure
13 October	Michou Mureau	Thin Glass, A Concept Study to the Applicability in Greenhouse Coverings
6 September	Corné Hagen	Developments in reinforced glass beams: Using post-tensioned GFRP strips, fibreglass fabric and sequential linear analysis
6 September	Lennart Wiltjer	Design and optimisation of a structurally separated roof structure for event venues
4 September	Cecilia Braendstrup	Conceptual design of a demountable, reusable composite flooring system: Structural behaviour and environmental advantages
1 September	Vivian Deursen	Long-term creep behavior of CFRP in actively bent grid shells
20 July	Maria Rosales	Seismic analysis of monopile-based offshore wind turbines including aero-elasticity and soil-structure interaction
7 July	Charlotte Roghair	Self-healing strain hardening concrete: Demonstrator Bridge TU Delft
7 July	Edwin Swierstra	Fatigue assessment in finite element analysis: A post-processor to FEA output for hot spot stress calculation
5 July	Renato Granata	Displacement-based verification of unreinforced masonry walls acting out-of-plane within a structural system
27 June	Arsha Shiri	Spectral Analysis of Heat Flow in U-tube and Coaxial Shallow Geothermal Systems
21 June	Hugo Egeraat	Calculation Methods for Steel Joints: Comparative Study of European Design Regulations and Partial Finite Element Analyses
20 June	Mirthe Haarman	Noise reduction for offshore pile-driving of monopiles
30 May	Axel Koper	Assessment of Epoxy Resins for Injected Bolted Shear Connections
11 May	Ashwin Ganesh Kumar	Impact on Seismic Capacity of Unreinforced Masonry Houses- by varying the Geometrical Parameters of Terraced House
22 March	Apostolos Bougioukos	Effects of strength hardening, stiffness degradation, strength deterioration and pinching on the seismic response of SDoF systems
24 February	Tom de Ruiter	Residual stress development in a repaired welded connection
6 February	Richard Gijzen	Modular cross-laminated timber buildings
2 February	Patrick Erp	Horizontal Shear Resistance of ComFlor 210
2 February	Teun Kruip	Embraced by the Sun: A depression clinic, where clients experience the beneficial effects of daylight
31 January	Mike Aurik	Structural Aspects of an Arched Glass Masonry Bridge
18 January	Aivaras Aukselis	Homogeneous Orthotropic Masonry Material Model: Research, development and implementation for explicit analysis
2016
15 December	Tudor Mihai Brata	Fatigue model for prestressed concrete decks
14 December	Marianthi Sousamli	Dynamic Analysis of Slender Footbridges Due to Human-Induced Vibrations
8 December	Paul Korswagen	Structural Damage to Masonry Housing due to Earthquake-Flood Multi-Hazards
31 October	Jort Winkel	Large diameter dolphin piles: The effect of the inner soil on their local buckling resistance
21 October	Pawel Baran	Methodology and Tools for Testing, Numerical Analysis and Design of the 3D Printed Moulds
12 August	Sietse Witterholt	The application of double-curved precast concrete elements for the project Green Planet
8 July	Sander Lamping	Multidisciplinary design optimisation as strategy for building design
28 June	Alkistis Krousti	Glass Folded Plates: A deployable roof system
17 June	Jonathan Siccama	An experimental research into the creep behavior of glass fiber reinforced polyester: Research towards the long-term viscoelastic behavior of GFRP
6 June	Evangelos Goulas	Design of Double-Curvature Arch Dams in Terms of Geometric and Stress Constraints by Using Script-Based Finite Element Modelling
12 May	Elisavet Felekou	Structural Glass in High-Rise Buildings
20 April	Simone Dijkhuis	Fatigue and Healing of Asphalt Mortar
2015
30 September	Carlos Chang Lara	The Passive Display Case
10 July	Pepijn Zantvliet	The Passive Display Case
1 July	Sara Dijk	The dynamic behavior of floors in high-rise buildings and their contribution to damping - an analytical model
29 June	Wilco van der Mersch	Modelling the seismic response of an unreinforced masonry structure
12 June	Wojtek Pruszkowski	Steel Grid Shells Stress-Based Sizing Optimisation
21 May	Tim Beelen	Preliminary design of a modular and flexible structure of a new-built multi-functional stadium
1 May	Bart van Casteren	Feasibility of prefabricated concrete elements for underpasses - Watertight connection & structural safety
24 April	Roy Crielaard	Self-extinguishment of cross-Laminated timber
24 April	Mathijs Vermond	The influence of the structural possibilities on the transition point between demolition and transformation of multi-story concrete office building structures
27 February	Guido Slobbe	Optimisation of Reinforced Concrete Structures
2014
12 December	Zinzi Reimert	Human-induced vibrations on footbridges: A probability-based approach of the vibration serviceability of footbridges under vertical pedestrian loading
27 November	Paul Berendsen	Application of Ultra High Performace Fibre Reinforced Concrete in the Building Engineering
24 October	Giuseppe Izzo	Sea-fastening of Wind Turbine Generators for assembled tower Transportation and Installation
29 August	Joost Hartmann	Feasibility study of Air Traffic Control Towers around the globe
27 August	Dijeannio Hobson	Fibre Reinforced Profiled Mortar Joints for Precast Concrete Structures
19 August	Kamakshi Parwani	Quantifying the impact of loads on connections between segments of an immersed tunnel
29 July	Joris Moen	Feasibility study on heavy-traffic fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) bascule bridges
21 April	Colin Weelden	The structural feasibility of timber wind turbines in the Netherlands
25 March	Ferdinand van den Brink	Influence of liquefaction on scour around offshore monopile foundations
7 February	Joannes Visser	The Value of Perception: An Analysis of Port of Rotterdam's Social Valuation Approach From a Stakeholder Point of View
15 January	Steven Eck	Solar updraft tower - structural optimisation under dynamic wind action

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