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saxion.nl/smartsolutions

SmartSolutionsMagazineSemester February July 2018

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Welcome!We proudly present the second edition of the Smart Solutions Magazine. We hope this magazine will inspire

you on what you can achieve while doing research in interprofessional teams, be it as student, lecturer,

researcher, company or institute!

Saxion is an internationally oriented University of Applied Science and we aim to educate smart practitioners.

With research and education, we teach our students to bridge the gap between technology and application.

Specifically, in the Smart Solutions Semester, students, lecturers, researchers, companies, government

and NGO’s have the opportunity to cooperate and do research in interprofessional and international teams.

Research with a special focus on Areas & Living, Health & Wellbeing, Smart Industry and ofcourse we pay

attention to business & ethics. We believe this interprofessional setting provides a firm basis for innovation,

creativity and out-of-the-box new insights for current and future challenges.

In this magazine you’ll find 4 Worlds of Innovation. From February 2018 - June 2018, over 300 students

worked on more than 60 projects from companies, institutions and Saxion Research Groups.

The diversity in the projects is enormous! Projects differ from 3D printing with fiber reinforced plastics

till Early diagnosis of complex diseases and from a New Tool for Criminal Investigations till Microgrid

Energy Optimisation.

Are you ready for a Smart World?

On behalf of all clients, all Saxion colleagues guiding students, organizing the semester,

the festival and this magazine,

Erna Engelen - Fransen

(Project Manager Saxion Smart Solutions)

GET READY FOR A

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t 1. Forest Video Streaming over a Wireless Network 8

Informatiebeveiliging Veiligheidsregio Twente 9

Circular Interior Design 10

Green walls for classrooms II: upscaling for real-life performance assessment 11

Greensource - Water A.i.d.e.d. 12

UAV dockingstation 13

Brainpower: Simulating Traumatic Brain Injury and improving nerve cell regeneration 14

Bouwtex - Inner walls 15

Microgrid Energy Optimisation 16

Microgrid Energy Optimisation 18

Online platform development 19

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2. Future (New) Tool for Criminal Investigations 22

Honeypot and Sandbox for malware studies 23

Big data: data driven marketing 24

3D printing with concrete 25

Drug Detection in Sewage 26

3D Printing With Fiber Reinforced Plastics 27

FlexPRO A: Automated cartridge production line for 3D printers 28

FlexPRO B: Automated Cartridge Production Line for 3D Printers 29

Smart Escape Room 30

A novel method for detecting biomarkers in label-free samples 31

Early diagnosis of complex diseases (osteoarthritis) 32

Metastasis on a chip 33

Characterisation of Medicine Mixtures 34

Internet of Things - LoRa 36

The Bubble is Back 37

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3. Metropolis Cold Case 40

Gietech-GO 41

Smart functions of biobased materials in wood protection systems (Polypyrrol & Biofinish) 42

Wearables for environmental data acquisition: people productivity in response to air quality 43

DiVision - Design of a machine vision system 44

User Interface/User Experience Design for Sigmax Field Mobility app 45

Biological responses of muscle cells and bone cells in motion 46

Microbes in Health 47

Light detecting textile 48

HeatLoGIStics 49

Electric Nose Sensor 50

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4. Universe Smart Industry 54

Alternative Payment Models in ICT 55

BIZ2 3D metal printer 56

Circular wooden window frames for buildings: maintenance-free, modular and made from European wood 57

Redesign and construct a bottle dispenser 58

RoboTAO - Collaborative Robots in a production environment 59

Robocup Small Size Holland 60

3D-modellen en real-time datavisualisaties van smart cities 61

Determining the role of LGR4 in differentiating stem cells into cardiac cells 62

Customisable Performance wear 63

Regional Development in Twente, Paramaribo and Ritchie 64

Smart Sensoring Solutions 65

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CHAPTER 1The Forest is a varied place, with dense tree populations and light open areas.

There can be something different behind every next tree or hill. Like Green Walls

for Classrooms, Video streaming over a Wireless Network and Circular Interior

Design. There is much more to explore, make sure to look further for the projects

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VIDEO STREAMING OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK

Project team:• Tom Tiggeloven - Applied Computer Science• Köne Mátyás - HBO-ICT,

Software Engineering• Robin Kuiper - HBO-ICT,

Software Engineering• Garcia Rijnders - HBO-ICT,

Software Engineering• Kim Visscher - HBO-ICT,

Software Engineering

Client:

Military Boekelo, Thales and the Ambient

Intelligence / Smart Industry research

groups.

Project in shortWe’re developing a video capturing and video streaming solution for the Military of Boekelo. It offers a unique experience to the visitors allowing them to watch the cross-country event in real-time from their mobile devices. We use an AI assisted camera system that will automatically track a horse as it jumps over an obstacle, so visitors will never have to miss their favourite horse jumping over an obstacle ever again.

Challenges aheadTesting the system in a real environment. Fine tuning the tracking system.Providing error resilient video distribution over a wireless network.

“IT OFFERS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE TO THE VISITORS ALLOWING THEM TO WATCH THE CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT IN REAL-TIME FROM THEIR MOBILE DEVICES.”

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INFORMATIE- BEVEILIGING VEILIGHEIDSREGIO TWENTE

Project team:• Bobby Nguyen - IT Service Management• Christiaan Najjar - IT Service Management• Jirad Ossewaldt - IT Service Management• Roel van Zetten - IT Service Management• Romy Regterschot - Forensic Research• Ruben Stam - IT Service Management• Wouter Wiggers - Security Management• Victor van de Riet - Informatics

Client:

Veiligheidsregio Twente, Saxion Minoren

“TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY TO THE GDPR, VRT FIRST NEEDS TO IDENTIFY THEIR CURRENT SITUATION.”

Project in shortWith the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force this year, organizations are required to adjust their policies and procedures regarding personal data. This regulation covers government organizations like the Veiligheidsregio Twente (VRT) as well. To be able to comply to the GDPR, VRT first needs to identify their current situation. After identifying the personal data used in their processes and procedures, the next step is to further analyze the gained data. Once it is clear where VRT currently stands in complying to the GDPR, advice can be given regarding the steps that VRT still needs to make to fully comply to the GDPR.

Challenges aheadOur biggest challenge is that we need to write the advice in such a way that also non-IT people will understand how to comply to the GDPR.

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CIRCULAR INTERIOR DESIGN

Project team:• Dennis Kooiker - Small Business & Retail

Management• Isabelle Veger - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Jurrian Fraas - Small Business & Retail

Management• Mats van den Top - Industrial Product

Design• Yurjen Hammerman - Small Business &

Retail Management• Yusuf Celiker - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Leferink & Fablab

“MINIMIZING THE WASTE OF THE OLD FURNITURE WITHIN SAXION.”

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Project in shortIn the project Circular Interior Design, the goal is to minimize the waste of the old furniture within Saxion. Circular interior design means creating a second life for old furniture by reusing, remanufacturing, refurbishing or by keeping it in its current state. Currently, whenever an academy is restyled within Saxion, the old furniture will simply be thrown away. This is an absolute waste, considering the fact that there are multiple raw materials which can be (re)used. In association with Leferink, the projects main assignment is to design and develop one or multiple prototypes out of wasted furniture. Besides that, the project team will work out a business plan for the protype(s), establishing whether or not it is profitable.

Challenges aheadThe business plan and the prototypes are not finished yet. The business plan has to prove that the new department is lucrative or not, if not there will be a negative advice to Leferink. As for the prototypes, they are still in a fine tuning fase.

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GREEN WALLSFOR CLASSROOMS II: UPSCALING FORREAL-LIFE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Project team:• Arne Wessels - Gezondheid & Technologie• Lars Wessels - Small Business & Retail

Management• Cedric van Wessel - Bouwtechnische

bedrijfskunde• Maikel Nijboer - Biologie & Medisch

laboratoriumonderzoek

Client:

Moooz BV te Beltrum, Saxion Lectoraat

Sustainable Building Technology & Material

Project in shortHow big is the influence of Philodendron Scandens on CO2 concentrations in a classroom of 40 people during periods of two hours a day? The team for this project has built an test unit to simulate a class room. In this test unit there will be CO2 added to imitate a person. The team will use four sensors to measure the CO2 concentration, temperature and relative air humidity.

Our goal is to reduce the CO2 concentration in the test unit through the Green wall.

Challenges aheadThe next project team who will work on the green wall it is interesting to research VOS concentrations. And to design an Green wall for a classroom of 40 people.

“A SNIFF OF THE GREEN WALL A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.”

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GREENSOURCE – WATER A.I.D.E.D.

Project team:• Mike Kolkman - Mechanical Engineering• Nick Kroep - Mechanical Engineering• Suprith Kubatur Sudhama - Mechanical

Engineering• Luis Perez Martinez - Telecommunication

Engineering• Tim Belshof - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Research Group International Water

Technology

Project in shortGreensource is a project to prevent water scarcity in South Africa by providing clean drinking water. It uses the surface of a small soccer pitch to collect rainwater and store the water under the field. High tech filter technology is used to clean the collected water. As there is no problem of water scarcity in Europe, the goal of the Water A.i.d.e.d. group is to create awareness and educate people in Europe, by demonstrating the solution.

The demonstration model has the same principle as the filter installations in South Africa, but the size of the model is smaller and it can be transported easily.

We can explain why it is important to aid the people who suffer from water scarcity with the help of the demonstration model, but we also can clarify the water scarcity problem and finally show the exact operation of the water filtering model.

Challenges aheadThe electrical part of the project is new for all project members, so there is challenge with connecting and testing the electrical part of the system. Another challenge is to finish the demonstration model on time, considering that preparations have took more time than the group expected.

“THE GOAL OF THE WATER A.I.D.E.D. GROUP IS TO

CREATE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE IN EUROPE,

BY DEMONSTRATINGTHE SOLUTION.”

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UAV DOCKINGSTATION

Project team:• Nick Damen - Mechatronics Engineering• Jorn Broeke - Mechatronics Engineering• Sjoerd ter Horst - Mechanical Engineering• Lars ten Voorde - Mechanical Engineering• Kursat Cilingir - Mechanical Engineering• Dion Dokter - Applied Computer Science• Tim Roesthuis - Applied Computer Science

Client:

Research Group - Next Level

(Saxion Lectureship Mechatronics)

“DRONES ARETHE FUTURE.”

Project in shortIn today’s society drones are more often being used. Drones can be used for various applications like: inspecting bridges, analyzing critical places during forest fires, postal deliveries in low populated areas and security. In all of these applications the drone has to fly for a long amount of time. That is a big downside because the standard quadcopters and hexacopters have a low flight time since the battery is often drained after around 20 minutes. This problem can be solved by using a docking station that is able to recharge or change the battery of the drone autonomously. The goal of this project is to refine the work done by the previous groups and create a working prototype which will be able to autonomously change and charge the batteries, store the drone and communicate with the drone.

Challenges aheadCurrently we are waiting for the parts that are ordered to assemble the entire system. Our main challenge is to get the entire system working in time and deliver it to the client.

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BRAINPOWER: SIMULATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND IMPROVING NERVE CELL REGENERATION

Project team:• Nikola du Preez - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Leanne Kok - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Franziska Kampshoff - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Robin van Loenen - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Marsha Baake - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Teun Roelink - Applied Physics

Client:

Saxion, UTwente, UMCG

Project in shortTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a physical injury to the head that temporarily or permanently causes loss of brain function. The pathogenesis is not fully understood and it is difficult to reconstruct the events leading to a TBI. To be able to regenerate, neurons are highly dependent on oligodendrocytes to restore their protective myelin sheath.

Our goal is to construct a TBI in vitro, which in turn can be used to find the best method for neuron regeneration. To construct an ideal TBI model, we are examining three different methods for traumatizing the neurons. After determining which method is best, the traumatized neurons will be stimulated with three different regeneration methods. In addition, the migration of the oligodendrocytes will be studied as a reaction to the traumatized neurons. To determine whether the cells are traumatized and in turn regenerated the expression of the stress protein HSP70 will be examined.

Challenges aheadMoving forward, the focus will lie on finding the best method for the TBI model construction. A challenge will be to successfully isolate the RNA of the neurons and not damaging the neurons in a way that they are killed. After this, a challenge will be to regenerate the neurons.

“TBI: NOT ALL WOUNDS ARE VISIBLE.”

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BOUWTEX – INNER WALLS

Project team:• Kristin Bölting - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Clara Brüning - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Guus Pouwels - Industrial Design

Engineering• Marije Smilde - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Carla Wiegers - Fashion & Textile

Technologies

Client:

Chair Smart Functional Materials

Project in shortA great amount of buildings in the Netherlands are empty and not used at the moment. At the same time, students face a scarcity of places to live. Why not combine both issues and transform currently empty buildings into student dorms?

The BOUWTEX project researches the possibilities to use textiles as building materials for more flexible, energy-efficient, sustainable and re-enforced buildings. Flexible interior walls enable the division of bigger rooms into small compartments. Since everyone who ever shared a flat with room-mates knows how disrupting the noise level in a student house can be, special focus is given to the insulating properties of the walls. Through literature studies, interviews with building experts and discussions with the target group, the most suitable materials and constructions are selected and tested in the Saxion laboratories. By making the walls “flexible”, new possibilities are created to adjust the rooms according to the current needs.

Challenges aheadThermal and acoustic insulation materials need to be combined effectively with flexible wall constructions and tested through reliable testing set-ups. At the same time, the requirements of the target group, the approach of circular design, and the Dutch law with regulations concerning safety standards, user-friendliness etc. have to be considered.

“NEW POSSIBILITIES ARE CREATED TO ADJUST THE

ROOMS ACCORDING TO THECURRENT NEEDS.”

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MICROGRID ENERGY OPTIMISATION

Project team:• Bas Brasser - Electrical Engineering (EPA)• Dinkbeyesus Kintebo - Electrical

Engineering (EPA)• Jaap Gerrits - Electrical Engineering (EPA)• Tom Laarhuis - Electrical Engineering (EIE)• Bence Gyulai - Applied Computer Science• Samil Nart - Computer Science• Alisher Djalilov - Computer Science• Semih Coşkun - Small Business & Retail

Management • Tim Koens - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

R.P. van Leeuwen Saxion Chair of Sustainable

Energy Systems, F. Hummelink Olst House

Owner

‘’ONE OF THE MORE ESSENTIAL TASKS IS TO MAKE HOUSEHOLDS USE CLEAN ENERGY & LESS DEPENDENT ON ENERGYFROM THE GRID…”

F O R E S T

Project in shortThe microgrid project is all about 24 earth houses in Olst of which the inhabitants try to be as environmentally neutral as possible. These houses have different sources of renewable energy such as solar panels. But the energy usage and generation has power peaks which result in losses. The previous project group designed a system to retrieve data (power- consumption and generation) from a house and store the data in a database. Also, strategies for control of so called flexible devices and a battery have been designed and the Central battery storage system with a new battery technology called Sea-salt battery is proposed. However, there is no control of the flexible devices and the microgrid battery.The project focused on what the system would look like on site and how it would work.

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Challenges ahead• The BMS algorithms of the central electrical storage system• Exact dimension of the batteries and the storage room. • Creating communication network• Preparing continuation of the control system for next groups• Looking for new business model for energy corporations after 2023

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MICROGRID ENERGY OPTIMISATION

Project team:• Neal Koedijk (SBRM)• Joep Vink (SBRM)• Jesse van den Wollenberg (SBRM)

Client:

Microgrid Energy Optimisation

Casus bedrijf Rensink B.V.

Project in shortThe Dutch government has committed itself to the global climate change limitation targets. Besides implementation schemes for increasing the share of renewable energy, the “energy agreement” that the government signed with industry and other organizations contains targets for improving energy efficiency of buildings and industrial processes.

The built environment will make steps the coming years to decrease building energy consumption, e.g. electric consumption and thermal consumption for heating and cooling. Partly by building or renovating towards more efficient buildings, partly by smarter control methods which avoid unnecessary energy consumption but maintain sufficient levels of comfort for people. Such control methods can also be coupled to other optimization targets such as demand response and self-consumption of renewable energy generated by the building through solar PV panels and energy storage facilities.

Challenges aheadHow can we make the NoM salable and use previous information to strengthen that plan? How do we create an online platform where all information about NoM is available?

F O R E S T

“THE IDEAL ONLINE PLATFORM FOR ALL INFORMATION AND

POSSIBILITIES AROUND NOM.”

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“AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT COMBINES DIFFERENT DATA AND CONTENT SOURCES TO MEASURE BRAND PERFORMANCE AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.”

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ONLINE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT

Project team:• Jordy de Graaf - Small Business & Retail

Management• Roy Haverkamp - Small Business & Retail

Management• Daan Nuyts - Small Business & Retail

Management• Maurizio Fusco - Small Business & Retail

Management• Kylian Leemkuil - HBO ICT Software

Engineering • Michael Brown - HBO ICT Software

Engineering • Gijs Abbring - HBO ICT Software

Engineering

Client:

VIM Group

Project in shortThe project consists of the creation and technical development of an online platform that combines different data and content sources to measure brand performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

The value of a brand:A strong brand is able to add significant value to a company’s services or products. On average 15% of the value of an organisation is represented by the brand! Managing the brand’s performance is crucial.

VIM group has a dashboard to gain real-time insights in a brand’s performance. Yet, we are set for the next level and to create a Smart Project with Saxion to enhance this service and further develop this into a multifunctional platform to steer the brand.

Challenges aheadThe collaboration between the students of different study programs and a professional company.

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CHAPTER 2Let’s go back to the Future, where anything is possible! Get to know the newest

technology, learn how to detect Drugs in Sewage, find out how Metastasis on a Chip

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(NEW) TOOL FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Project team:• Maurits Aardema - Forensic Research• Jelmer Duzijn - Software Engineering• Michael Finkers - Applied Computers

Science• Bastiaan van Schooten - Software

Engineering• Thijs Schuitemaker - Software Engineering• Rolinda Westhuis - Forensic Research

Client:

Dutch police

Saxion Research Group Advanced Forensic

Technology

Project in shortDuring our project we are developing an automatic number plate recognition system (ANPR) commissioned by the Dutch police. The Dutch police use ANPR to trace vehicles of missing persons, fugitives, suspects of serious crimes, such as robberies and car thefts and persons who have a fine open. The ANPR system that is currently being used by the Dutch police is incredibly expensive due to the high-end hardware involved. The main challenge for us is then to replicate or even improve the existing solutions within a small budget, using consumer hardware. When successful our system could then be used both in the field and for training purposes.

Challenges aheadNo details can be entered due to confidentiality

“THE ANPR SYSTEM THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED BY THE

DUTCH POLICE IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE DUE TO THE HIGH-

END HARDWARE INVOLVED.”

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HONEYPOT AND SANDBOX FOR MALWARE STUDIES

Project team:• Alexander Pluimers - HBO-ICT• Morcel El Ouahbi - HBO-ICT

Client:

Erasmus+ EPIC

Project in shortIn a time where online privacy is questionable and malware on phones is increasing, the Honeyjar Project develops a Honeypot system aimed at luring ransomware using virtual emulations of Android phones. Using Machine Learning, the system gets better at recognizing malware.

Challenges aheadAs the project progressed, there were a lot of shifts in the scope. This results in having to keep up with a lot of changes, and being able to be proactive. Also, as the group consists of a lot of people, it sometimes is tough to delegate and oversee.

“USING MACHINE LEARNING, THE SYSTEM GETS BETTER AT RECOGNIZING MALWARE.”

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BIG DATA: DATA DRIVEN MARKETING

Project team:• Claudia Boeve - Small Business & Retail

Management • Bart van Rijn - Small Business & Retail

Management• Rick Konkelaar - Small Business & Retail

Management• Jasper IJland - Small Business & Retail

Management• Sevda Sungur - Small Business & Retail

Management• Kevin Kromhout - IT Service Management• Robin Hiemstra - HBO-ICT

Client:

University of Twente

“AT THIS MOMENT THE EU IS INVESTING IN EIT TO HELP WITH INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND HIGHER EDUCATION.”

F U T U R E

Project in shortEIT Digital is a leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation. This organisation provides courses (MOOCS) through platforms like Coursera. The goal of the project is to find out who are attending these courses and how are they connected to each other. This is done by investigating the courses on who attends which courses and use this data in programs like Rstudio and Gephi. These programs can visualize the networks which makes it easier to analyse it and find out what communities there are and who are the key persons. These key persons are interesting because they are the middle man between different communities or have a lot of connections. You want to use these people if you want to market your product.

Challenges aheadThe challenge is finding the right information on who are attending the courses (MOOCS) to connect get an connected community.

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3D PRINTING WITH CONCRETE

Project team:• Dennis Horsthuis - Mechanical Engineering• Wouter Postel - Mechanical Engineering• Django Grunder - Mechanical Engineering• Jeroen Weda - Mechanical Engineering• Niek Slebos - Mechanical Engineering• Robbert Helthuis - Mechanical Engineering• Mart Ningbers - Chemical Engineering• Marcin Kuchta - Electrical Engineering

Client:

Chair Industrial Design Engineering

Project in shortThe KONKREET project is a joint venture between the Industrial Design research group and a number of concrete-related SMEs from the region. The aim of the project is to develop a concrete 3D printer with a steerable concrete recipe. The project has a duration of 2 years. Each semester a number of 3S groups / students are engaged to (further) develop the concrete printer. Several 3S groups, interns and graduates have already preceded. As a result, there is currently a printer that is working.

Challenges ahead the challenges that lie ahead are: printing at an angle, printing with a rotating printing head and a print that will be 30 cm high without falling over and without the use of additives that hardens the concrete

“WE ARE LIKE DONALD TRUMP, NOBODY WOULD THOUGHT WE

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DRUG DETECTION IN SEWAGE

Project team:• Liset Huisman - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Gül Turan - Biology and Medical Laboratory

Research

Client:

Research group International Water

Technology

‘WE NEVER KNOWTHE WORTH OFWATER TILL THE WELL IS DRY.’

F U T U R E

Project in shortWater is a basic need for mankind. Therefore, water and its sources should be clean and safe. The increased use of pharmaceutics, herbicides, and pesticides results in toxic chemical discharge. This is threatening the water in the environment leading to polluted water. Some sewage treatments are already available to remove medical waste, but only a part of the medical waste was removed. Therefore, the development of simple and efficient methods for both detection and removal in water of such components is highly desirable. In this research project, two sensors will be made and tested, to determine if the sensors can be used in detecting the presence and measuring the difference in concentration of medical waste before and after treatment.

Challenges aheadCurrently we are working on a biosensor for tetracycline and a paper-based molecular imprinted polymer for estradiol. In the future we want to create (3D) prototypes to make in-field detection possible.

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3D PRINTING WITH FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS

Project team:• Sander Schrijver - Mechanical Engineering• Lars Kampman - Mechanical Engineering• Huub Oude Griep - Mechanical Engineering• Thomas Braam - Mechanical Engineering• Mats Baten - Mechanical Engineering• Tom Willemsen - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Devi Wolthuizen, ThermoPlastics Application

Centre (TPAC)

Project in shortThis project aims to improve low end injection molded plastic products with glassfiber-reinforced inserts. Because of the fiber-reinforced inserts the stiffness of the plastic products is increased 15 fold. With this improvement it is possible for plastic parts to replace traditional steel parts in certain situations reducing the weight. The main goal of this particular project is to be able to produce 3-dimensional inserts from the fiber-reinforced plastic. The only existing techniques allow the fiber-reinforced plastic to be printed in very limited shapes. This is why we are developing a new printing head that will be able to work with a 6-axis robot arm to allow for more complex shapes.

Challenges ahead The filiament used is very rough and tough. Because of this it is very difficult to cut and work with. The parts of the printing head need to be able to handle this. All the programming of the robot needs to be made from scratch which will be hard.

“THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE LOW END INJECTION MOLDED

PLASTIC PRODUCTSWITH GLASSFIBER-

REINFORCED INSERTS.”

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FLEXPRO A: AUTOMATED CARTRIDGE PRODUCTION LINE FOR 3D PRINTERS

Project team:• Bas Hilberink - Mechanical engineering• Jelle Küttschreutter - Mechanical

engineering• Luca Monasso - Mechatronics• Robert Spel - Mechanical engineering

Client:

BOND High Performance 3D

Project in shortThe aim of our project is to design an automated machine which can saw PEEK rods. PEEK is a high performance plastic. For example it can be implanted in the human body so it is interesting for prosthesis. BOND3D uses PEEK as filament for 3D printing. The rods have a length of one meter when they arrive from the supplier and must be sawn at a length of 10 millimetre with a tolerance of 0.1 millimetre. The reason for this is that the filament is normally on a roll, but this is not possible with PEEK because of the mechanical properties. To solve this the filament will be attached in a cartridge on the printer. And to put the rods in the cartridge they have to be 10 millimetres long.

Challenges aheadOne of the challenges was to develop and detail the design step by step after meetings with the customer. This took more time than expected. Also a hard challenge was to get all meaningful information from the datasheets of the electric components and to make choices based on this information.

“CUTTING HIGH PERFORMANCE PLASTICS WITH PRECISION.”

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FLEXPRO B: AUTOMATED CARTRIDGE PRODUCTION LINE FOR 3D PRINTERS

Project team:• Tim Meijer - Mechatronics• Lex Mulder - Mechanical Engineering• Lars Reijrink - Mechanical Engineering• Gijs Rotink - Mechanical Engineering• Jordy Schönthaler - Mechanical

Engineering

Client:

Bond High Performance 3D Technology

Flexpro B

Project in shortBond has developed a 3D printer to print PEEK, a high performance plastic. PEEK is a material that is great for many industries like healthcare, aeronautics and automotive. This printer uses short, linear rods to print the material. The project for Flexpro is to develop a machine that can cut large 1m rods into smaller ones, and after that it should deburr, clean and inspect the quality of the rods. Flexpro B focuses on the part of the machine for deburring and cleaning the rod. The goal for the end of the semester is to build a proof of principle for both functions. This means that we don’t have to develop a complete machine but we have to prove that the concept we made can be used for further developing with test set-ups.

Challenges aheadBond wants a very high quality of the rods after deburring. In order to reach this quality with our machine we have to align the machine perfectly when we start assembling the machine.

“PEEK IS A MATERIAL THAT IS GREAT FOR

MANY INDUSTRIES LIKE HEALTHCARE,

AERONAUTICS AND AUTOMOTIVE.”

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SMART ESCAPE ROOM

Project team:• Wessel van den Bosch - Small Business &

Retail Management • Nino Hieltjes - Small Business & Retail

Management• Jord Nijhof - Small Business & Retail

Management• Robert Scheurwater - Small Business &

Retail Management

Client:

Gemeente Enschede

“THIS DEFINITELY INVITES MOREPEOPLE TO FILL IN THE SURVEY!”

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Project in shortDo you recognize the following feeling? You are walking downtown and some people are coming to you and they ask if you want to fill in a survey. Soo boring! The project Smart Escape Room is all about combining a boring survey beyond the center of the city with a pretty cool Escape Room. This definitely invites people more to fill in the survey.

Challenges aheadWe are busy with creating the escape room. Next to that we are working together with ICT-students to make the room more digital.

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A NOVEL METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOMARKERS IN LABEL-FREE SAMPLES

Project team:• Joris Meulman - Chemistry• Jim Hagmeijer - Applied Physics• Nina Reinds - Applied Physics• Duncan Bleumink - Biomedical Research• Bartek Ziółkowski - Information Technology

Client:

Biovolt, Saxion Nanobio

“CALF-SERUM CONSISTS OF NEGLIGIBLE CRP-LEVELS, IS CHEAPER, AND WILLSTILL SUFFICE AS ACOMPLEX SAMPLE.”

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Project in shortWe present the optimization of a novel method for detecting for detecting biomarkers in label free samples. First a 1cmx1cm chip containing Micro Ring Resonators is coated with a 200nm Hydrogel. The waveguides inside the chip will navigate near-infrared light to these rings. Around these rings is a slightly more edged away area. This is where the antibodies are spotted and attached to the hydrogel. Researchable biomarkers for diseases have corresponding antibodies. To measure, a fluidic system is attached on top and a fibre array unit is pressed to the side of the chip. The biomarkers will give a shift in wavelength, which results in a low concentration measurement. Our main goals were to present more background data on complex samples, like calf-serum and human-serum, to improve the sensing process and to create a user interface that binds the software together.

Challenges aheadThe challenge ahead is to combine all the optimized parts and put them in a table top like casing. Which will greatly improve its reproducibility and usability.

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EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLEX DISEASES (OSTEOARTHRITIS)

Project team:• Yvette Brinkman - Chemistry• Sascha Fleurbaaij - Health & Technology• Pien Menting - Biology & Medical

Laboratory Research• Carmen Stoffers - Biology & Medical

Laboratory Research

Client:

Saxion Research Group Nanotechnology

University of Twente; Developmental

BioEngineering

F U T U R E

“ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS FORTHE MOST COMMON JOINT DISEASE WORLDWIDE: OSTEOARTHRITIS.”

Project in shortOsteoarthritis is an inflammatory disease with a very high incidence and prevalence. Currently being diagnosed on signs and symptoms, but not curable, osteoarthritis is associated with low quality of life and high medical costs. An alternative to the current diagnostic method is detection of cytokines: signal proteins which play a role in the responses of the immune system. Therefore, the goal of this project is researching and optimizing an alternative method for the diagnosis of osteoarthritis and considering the applicability of this method in healthcare practice. This goal will be achieved by: • Measuring cytokines specific for osteoarthritis in synovial fluid with SPRi, using a cascade with antibody pairs and gold

nanoparticles with various diameters. • Assessing who is at risk for developing OA and when and by whom they should be screened for OA.

Challenges aheadHave the right antibodies and cytokines been chosen and have they been stored properly? Is it possible to measure the cytokines with the SPRi?Can the different sizes and shapes of gold nanoparticles be used? Is it possible to find proper and available interviewees?

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METASTASIS ON A CHIP

Project team:• Hubert Kluka - Biomedical Engineering• Michelle Kleisman - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research • Danique Jansen - Chemistry• Tom Reijrink - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Krystian Klimczak - Biomedical Engineering• Jeltsje Hagg - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research

Client:

NanoBio Research Group (Nanotechnology)

Project in shortThe aim of the project is to study the process of metastasis of triple negative breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) in the Ibidi lab-on-a-chip which mimics in vivo conditions. Metastasis is defined as the migration of tumour cells to external tissues by blood and/or lymphatic vessels. For this, the tumour cells have to undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). EMT and metastasis is influenced by the tumour microenvironment. Therefore, the effect of tumour associated macrophages and the chemokine EGF on tumour progression and metastasis is investigated. Moreover, the migration towards bone cells is analysed. Migration is studied using the scratch assay (‘wound healing assay’) and microscopic analysis. The occurrence of EMT is determined by using real-time PCR.

Challenges aheadThe main challenge is to obtain an Organ-on-a-chip, consisting of tumour cells, blood and bone cells to mimic metastasis in vivo. The results of this Triple S project give insights for (new) possible therapeutic targets to improve therapy outcome and disease free survival.

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“BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN WOMEN

WORLDWIDE, AFFECTING MILLIONS OF WOMEN.”

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CHARACTERISATION OF MEDICINE MIXTURES

Project team:• Ward Allebes - Applied Physics• Siebe van Putten - Applied Physics• Nick Ritmeester - Applied Physics• Bart Roelofsen - Applied Physics

Client:

Lectorate Nanotechnology Saxion

Project in shortWhen babies are prematurely born they get admitted to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). When admitted they get multiple medicines through an IV (Intravenous therapy). Because neonates have a low mass and underdeveloped kidneys there is an imminent danger of overdose. Because of this it’s desirable to know as exactly as possible what the dose is.

The CHARMM (Characterization of Medicine Mixtures) project is about to calculate the dose of de medicine based on the physical properties. Those could be i.e. density, heath capacity and viscosity. This semester the focus is on density. Aided by our measurement setup with multiple low flow sensors (the flow is around 2g/h!), we are trying to calculate the density of multiple mixtures in the hope to predict the real density thus the real concentration of the mixtures. Added to this we try to make this measurement setup as accurate as possible.

Challenges ahead• The challenges ahead is to get characterizations of

some medicines.

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“BECAUSE NEONATES HAVE A LOW MASS AND UNDERDEVELOPED KIDNEYS THERE IS AN IMMINENT DANGER OF OVERDOSE.”

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INTERNET OF THINGS - LORA

Project team:• Collin Zenderink - IT Service Management• Gert Jan Koorn - IT Service Management• Sander Groot Wesseldijk - Software

Engineering • Rene Bisperink - IT Service Management• Leon Scholten - Forensic Research• Mart Pasman - Software Engineering

Client:

Previder

F U T U R E

Project in shortResearching a possible implementation for the LoRa technology for Previder. LoRa is an IoT connection type which can send data over a Long Range and uses Low Power.

Challenges ahead A lot of possibilities with this technique, few requirements and the restrictions of LoRa.

“IN WHICH WAY CAN LORA BE APPLIED AS A (NEW) SERVICE AND/ OR PRODUCT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO

THE SERVICES OF PREVIDER.”

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THE BUBBLE IS BACK

Project team:• Femke Nijhuis - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Demi Vissers - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Sevim Atalay - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Hananja Breedveld - Fashion & Textile

Technologies• Elise Dijkstra - Fashion & Textile

Technologies

Client:

Tess Lucassen Collective

Project in short‘The Bubble is Back’ is a site specific dance theatre piece, initiated by choreographer Tess Lucassen. The dance performance will be shown during ‘Kunstenlandschap’ from the 19th till the 21st of May 2018 at airport Twente. Tess Lucassen believes that we all live in some sort of bubble, that we create our own world so that it seems clear and simple. People rarely get into contact with other bubbles, but invisibly below the surface our bubbles are always and everywhere connected. The goal of the performance is to create awareness of the existence of these bubbles.The Saxion students are responsible for designing and making the costumes and the décor. To represent the invisible connections between people, hand crafted textile pressure sensors, plastic optical fibers and LED lights have been integrated into the costumes. This allows the dancers to light up the costumes by touching the sensors. By each touch, the light intensity increases.

Challenges aheadOptimization of the integration of plastic optical fibers into textiles.

“PEOPLE RARELY GET INTO CONTACT WITH OTHER BUBBLES,

BUT INVISIBLY BELOW THE SURFACE OUR BUBBLES ARE

ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE CONNECTED.”

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CHAPTER 3What happens in Metropolis, stays in Metropolis… Without telling too much, there is a

NEW Resource Recovery Machine, there will be an Electronic Nose Sensor and Forensic

experts can explain about their Cold Case research.

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COLD CASE

Project team:• Kesley Bouwmeister - Biology and Medical

Laboratory research • Debora van Ekeris - Biology and Medical

Laboratory research• Britt Hermans - Forensic research • Pien Leusink - Biology and Medical

Laboratory research• Jasper Stern - Forensic research• Ilona van Wijhe - Forensic research

Client:

Advanced forensic technology, Saxion and

Police of Amsterdam

Project in shortThe goal of this project is to isolate a single cell from a fragrance cloth to obtain a single DNA profile. Fragrance cloths were used until 2006 to secure odour traces from the perpetrator on crime scenes. Dogs had to smell the fragrance cloths and link it to a suspect. This was an influenceable method, so it was abolished. These cloths are no longer used as evidence in a court case, but they are stored by the police and may contain cells from the perpetrator.

During this project, it is tried to isolate a single cell from a fragrance cloth by centrifuging or by using the micromanipulator. When a single cell is obtained, the DNA of the cell is isolated, amplified and quantified with special corresponding kits. After these steps, a DNA-profile can be drawn up by sequencing the amplified STRs which can help with the search of the perpetrator in cold cases.

Challenges ahead The challenge that we are facing is not within the isolation method of a single cell, but it is when using the single cell together with the different kits. The kits and their devices have detection levels or need minimum amounts of DNA before a reaction can occur.

“A COLD CASE CAN BE REOPENED BY OBTAINING A SINGLE CELL DNA PROFILE.”

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GIETECH-GO

Project team:• Kenneth Nnaekwe - Chemical Engineering• Sjoerd van der Velde - Mechatronica

Engineering• Bram Doldersum - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Research Group Industrial Design

“COMBINING THE NEW BINDER WITH 3D-PRINTING COULD

MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE FOUNDRIES INDUSTRY.”

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Project in shortLike metals, sand plays a very important role in foundries. In the metal casting industry sand cores are used to create hollow spaces in cast products like engine parts. These sand cores are produced using core boxes made out of plastic, wood or metal. Currently sand cores are made using resin-bonded silicate sand, which release harmful emissions and odours.

3D-printing provides a method of producing a nearly unlimited amount of shapes for moulds allowing foundries to become more flexible in creating different products. New inorganic binder developed by PEAK could be used to make cores without the release of harmful emissions. Combining the new binder with 3D-printing could make a big difference in the foundries industry. However, in order to apply both techniques to sand core and mould production additional research into mould design, production technique, material choice and overall costs is required.

Challenges ahead• Find the best way to dry the sand core with a 3D-printed mould.• We want to make different shapes of the sand cores using this method.• We investigate the prizes of all sand core making methods and compare them.

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SMART FUNCTIONS OF BIOBASED MATERIALS IN WOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS (POLYPYRROL & BIOFINISH)

Project team:• Suzanna Kellerhuis - chemistry• Kim Gwinner - process technology• Martin Leemhuis - biology and medical

laboratory research

Client:

Mevo Houtindustrie, Xylotrade B.V.

“IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART PROTECTIVE AND DECORATIVE COATINGS POSSIBILITIES EXIST TO COMBINE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTIONALITIES OF BUILDING MATERIALS.”

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Project in shortIn this project new technologies for the protection of wood for outdoor applications will be developed. Wood is treated with smart protective and decorative coatings based on naturally biological materials for facades. A first basic product is already developed and applied on building components. These technologies allow the use of sustainable wood without the need of harmful substances like biocides. This knowledge will not only be applicable in the field of building components protection but also in introduction of smart functions. In this project possibilities exist to combine biotechnology and functionalities of building materials and to build up a unique knowledge position. Initial test showed e.g. a huge potential to protect biobased building materials against fire. This will be one of the biggest challenges of building materials in future. These questions require an approach which will be answered in a multidisciplinary project team.

Challenges aheadIn this multidisciplinary project one of the challenges is the improvement of the attachment of the coating to the wood in a chemical and/or (micro)-biological way. Challenges ahead consist of the development of smart functions e.g. the interaction of the coatings and the environment, the improvement of fire protection and the use of smart functions in building facades.

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WEARABLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACQUISITION: PEOPLE PRODUCTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO AIR QUALITY

Project team:• Renzel van Cleef - Software Engineering • Boris Duraliev - Software Engineering• Anique Faasen - Fashion and Textile

Technologies• Boudewijn Reiziger - Industrial Design

Engineering

Client:

The Sustainable Building Technology &

Material (SBTM) research group

“A WEARABLE DEVICE WHICH GATHERS CO2,

TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM THE USER’S

SURROUNDING.”

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Project in shortThe SBTM research group asked us to develop a wearable device which enables them to gather air quality data regarding CO2, temperature and humidity levels, around a Saxion student throughout a twenty-four cycle. In addition to that the research group is interested in the effects of different CO2 levels on the physical and mental wellbeing of the student. Therefore, we are creating a compact wearable device which can be worn with any outfit and in any scenario which the student could find him-/herself in. This device will contain a microcontroller and multiple sensors which measure air properties. This data will then be transferred via Bluetooth to your Android device, containing an application that will occasionally prompt questions about the current wellbeing and surrounding of the user.

Challenges ahead The challenges ahead towards finishing up the project are for example working with the research group cloud, to transfer our collected data to them for further usage. Another challenge is the design of a PCB. We all never have worked in this field so this will be an interesting task.

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DIVISION - DESIGN OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM

Project team:• Brian Armstrong - Mechatronics• Edwin van Emmerik - Mechatronics• Nick Braakhuis - Mechanical Engineering• Youri Klein Snakenborg - Mechanical

Engineering• Dennis Klein Wolterink - Mechanical

Engineering• Wessel Warmink - Mechanical Engineering • René Potgieter - Applied Computer Science

Client:

Voortman Steel Machinery, Saxion research

group of Mechatronics

Project in shortThe goal of the project is to realize a physical vision system that is able to inspect metal products, laying on a metal conveyor belt, that have been plasma cutted by the V320-plasmacutter. The inspection should consist of; identifying products based on their DXF-files, localizing products on the conveyor belt and to determine whether the products have been properly cut. This information should be stored into a log-file so that, it can be accessed by potential other machines interfacing with these products, e.g. sorting of the products by a robot.

Challenges aheadRealizing a robust physical system, centering of products, unstacking of products, inspect multiple products within one image, logging the inspection information.

“DIVISION SYSTEM.”

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USER INTERFACE/USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN FOR SIGMAX FIELD MOBILITY APP

Project team:• Frank Grevelink - HBO-ICT Software

Engineering• Joey Jreij - HBO-ICT Software Engineering• Stijn Klarenbeek - HBO-ICT Software

Engineering• Kay Manrho - HBO ICT Business• Anno Vos - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

Sigmax

Project in shortDeveloping a BI-dashboard for Sigmax. Giving strategic insight into operational data.

Challenges aheadHow can we create insight into operational data and display this in a visual and strategic way.

“A USER INTERFACE IS LIKE A JOKE. IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN, IT’S NOT THAT GOOD.”

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BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF MUSCLE CELLS AND BONE CELLS IN MOTION

Project team:• Jesse Gemser - BML• Olja Aljochina - BML• Tom Seijger - BML• Meike Große-elshoff - BML• Marit Roose - BML• Laurens Klinkien - BML

Client:

Saxion NanoBio

Project in shortMultiple studies suggest that regeneration of damaged muscle tissue can be improved by imagining movement of that muscle. This can either be due to neuron cells secreting muscle-regenerating proteins or stimulating synthesis of motor neuron cells. This also suggests you can train your body without the need of physical activity. The before-mentioned studies suggest more motor neuron cells are being synthesized. The aim of this project is to determine whether the neuron cells secrete proteins that can help regeneration of damaged muscle and how much they influence the speed of recovery. To determine this, one group of damaged muscle cells is treated with growth factors from its own muscle cells. A second grouped is treated the same but with extra growth factors secreted by glial cells, which are part of the brain. The secreted growth factors by neuron- and muscle cells are measured using qPCR and the regeneration of muscle cells is determined microscopically.

Challenges aheadThus far, we didn’t get clear results using the qPCR technique, which is a huge part of our project. However, our biggest challenge yet to come is to successfully determine the regeneration of damaged muscle cells with neuron cells.

‘’THIS ALSO SUGGESTS YOU CAN TRAIN YOUR BODY WITHOUT THE NEED OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.’’

M E T R O P O L I S

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MICROBES IN HEALTH

Project team:• Kendal Cornelis - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Victor Lemain - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Cristina Monferrer Vera - Environmental

Sciences• Brian Teeuw - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Nicolas Winkelhorst - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Lianne Wolbers - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research

Client:

Winclove Probiotics B.V.

Project in shortDo you know anyone who suffers from overweight, obesity or (diet induced) diabetes mellitus? Surely you do, since around the globe there are more than 1,9 billion adults and 381 million children who are overweight, according to the World Health Organization and obesity rates are still growing.

This problem led to the idea of opposing obesity and diabetes with so called probiotics. Probiotics are bacteria that have a positive effect on the human body in the gut-system. The probiotics used in this project are Lactobacilli strains. There are specific substances called SCFA, produced by these probiotics with the help of fibres, that will stimulate gut cells to secrete more of the hormones GLP-1 and PYY. These hormones are so called anorexigenic hormones and will reduce appetite. A Caco-2 cell-line is used to stimulate the gut-system. Furthermore, a research will be done on the legislation to compare Asian-Pacific legislation with Europe’s.

“EVERY TIME YOU EAT OR DRINK, YOU ARE EITHER FEEDING DISEASE OR FIGHTING IT.”

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Challenges aheadDetermine which strain of Lactobacillus combined with which fibre would produce the highest yield of SCFA, the effects of various concentrations of SCFA on the production of hormones GLP-1 and PYY by Caco-2 and compare Europe and Asia regulations concerning probiotics, taking a look at what the society thinks about them.

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LIGHT DETECTING TEXTILE

Project team:• Bernd Glorie - Fashion and Textile

Technologies• Suhaib al sulaimani - Electrical and

Electronic Engineering• Brian kampshof - Chemical Engineering• Emiel Richter - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

MR j.c. Kulhmann

Project in shortIn this project we are developing a light detecting textile which will be used for potential personal protection. In this year, we are trying to improve the existing prototype by making it smaller in order to fit other electronics devices.

Challenges aheadThe main challenge was how to start the project, it was something new and we had to learn additional materials which was outside our study course. In the end this is why we do this project in order to learn new things

‘A TEXTILE THAT CAN PROTECT PEOPLE’

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HEATLOGISTICS

Project team:• Viktor Nikolayev - Electrical and Electronic

Engineering• Jimmy Fransz - Mechanical Engineering• Rianne Raat - Mechanical Engineering• Karlijn Mensink - Mechanical Engineering

Integrated Product Development• Jinming Wu - Electrical and Electronic

Engineering• Kushal Neupane - Electrical and Electronic

Engineering• Ihrom Mathori - Electrical and Electronic

Engineering

Client:

Richard van Leeuwen

Project in shortWith the European union signing the Paris agreement, the need to make heat-related information more tangible is greater than ever. This project focuses on visualising heat, both needed and residual, in the provinces Gelderland and Overijssel. This is done using a Geographical Information System (GIS). A GIS is basically a map consisting of various layers showing geographical data. As Saxion’s chair sustainable energy supply was not familiar with GIS, this project was very open and literature study based. Basically, this semester has been about laying the foundations of the desired GIS. This GIS will however already show the heat demand and the residual heat on 6-digit postcode level, the energy label will be shown per address. This tool will aid in taking initiatives for implementing sustainable energy sources.

Challenges aheadThe challenges that lie ahead are introducing new maps, making a website and connecting the GIS to it. The GIS shall continue to grow and will eventually become available for everyone that is looking for sustainable energy initiatives.

‘THIS TOOL WILL AID IN TAKING INITIATIVES FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE

ENERGY SOURCES.’

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ELECTRIC NOSE SENSOR

Project team:• Niels Schukkink - Chemistry• Sven Verbeek - Applied Physics• Mika Uytdewilligen - Electrical engineering• Zhi Jan Bai - Electrical Engineering

Client:

Research group NanoPhysics

Project in shortThe e-Nose sensor is a small device that can detect several parts per million of gasses in the atmosphere. Currently the research is specified for a potato storage. When a potato rots, it releases certain gasses. By planting a sensor in the storage, the potato rot can be detected early. The sensor can also be used for other applications, for example a fire brigade. With the sensor they would know what kind of fire they need to deal with. The sensor is a micro cantilever that has been coated with a sensitive polymer. This polymer will absorb certain gasses better than the others, which creates a mass difference. The mass difference will have effect on the resonance frequency of the piezoelectric element and with the resonance frequency a “fingerprint of the gas” can be made and the gas can be detected.

Challenges aheadResearch on suitable polymers to measure the different gasses within parts per million and applying them on the E-nose sensor. Also optimize the method to determine the “fingerprints” of the gasses. By completing those challenges, a demonstrator can be built to detect the “fingerprints” of the particles.

“THE E-NOSE SENSOR IS A SMALL DEVICE THAT CAN DETECT SEVERAL PARTS PER MILLION OF GASSES IN THE ATMOSPHERE.”

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The Universe is all of space and time. It contains the past, the present and the future.

This World of Innovation shows Smart Industry, Alternative Payment in ICT, robots

playing soccer, preparing for the Robocup and much more!

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SMART INDUSTRY

Project team:• Greg Vesterink - ITSM• John Derksen - ITSM• Viradj Jainandunsing - Software

Engineering• Jeroen Koster - Software Engineering• Casper van den Hoek - Software

Engineering• Martijn Schellevis - Mechanical

Engineering• Lars Jansen - Small Business & Retail

Management• Yves Lentfert - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

Saxion Ambient Intelligence, EuroMouldings,

Pentas, Bronkhorst

“HE, WHO WANTS TO ANALYZE, MUST FIRST LEARN HOW TO ACQUIRE DATA.”

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Project in shortSmart Industry is about implementing Internet of Things in an industrial environment. Acquiring data from productionmachines gives the company clear insight about theirmachines. This can be used for predictive maintenance and efficiency among other things. We’re going to create a business case to research the best way to implement Smart Industry that will be the most beneficial to the companies. We want to create a cheap, working solution for small- and medium-sized companies to acquire their data. When machines are equipped with sensors we can retrieve this data using a PLC or a microcontroller, like a Raspberry Pi. Once this data is retrieved we can connect all devices to a platform that can store it in a database where it can be easily accessed. When the data is stored, it can be analyzed to optimize production machines.

Challenges ahead• Implement our solution more advanced to support machines with more sensors on a bigger scale• Analyze and visualize data to schedule maintenances and give efficiency recommendations• Implement our recommendation at Bronkhorst

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ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS IN ICT

Project team:• Alexandru Barladeanu - Information &

Communication Technology• Donovan Hei - Information &

Communication Technology• Vasil Lozanov - Information &

Communication Technology• Bram Riemersma - Small Business &

Retail Management• Stan Schuurs - Small Business & Retail

Management• Britt te Koppele - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

Research group: APG (Alternative Payment

Group)

“ACHIEVING SERVICE EXCELLENCE BY INNOVATING

THE PAYMENT PROCESSES AND IMPROVING THEIR EFFICIENCY.”

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Project in shortThe goal of this project is to help the client achieve Service Excellence - innovating the payment process and improving its efficiency. New technologies and payment models are researched, in order to establish a professional recommendation. The problem that is going to be solved is getting out of the “IT crowd” through a new unique selling point with regard to the current traditional payment method at Sigmax. Because of the dynamic world that brings innovations every day, processing payments only in the classical way of invoicing customers, the company would not keep pace with the market demands and with most important with the competition. The consequences of not taking into account the new technological developments and adopting them at the right time are in matter of financial losses followed by an image of ancient organizational culture.

Challenges aheadOne of the challenges is working in a multidisciplinary team with different personalities. Another challenge is trying to keep the balance of finding the best solution for the customer while keep describing methodologies that have been used to reach the respective results, as requested by Saxion.

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BIZ2 3D METAL PRINTER

Project team:• Stan Korten - Mechanical Engineering• Douwe Boschker - Mechanical Engineering• Mathijs Mombarg - Mechanical Engineering• Jan de Witt - Electrical & Electronic

Engineering• Gido Elferink - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Research group Industrial Design, AWL

techniek BV, Aeronamic BV

Project in shortResearching the possibilities of additive manufacturing for companies to develop knowledge of the production method in the region Twente. During the project products of companies will be redesigned so they can be printed on the 3D metal printer of Saxion Enschede or the printer of Aeronamic Almelo.

Challenges aheadOptimizing a stator housing for Aeronamic BV so it can be produced by additive manufacturing. The stator housing is part of a compressor system. By using additive manufacturing as production method advanced cooling structures can be integrated.

Also a liniear guide wil be topologic optimized for AWL so the weight can be reduced without losing needed strength.

“DURING THE PROJECT PRODUCTS OF COMPANIES WILL BE REDESIGNED FOR 3D METAL PRINTING.”

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CIRCULAR WOODEN WINDOW FRAMES FOR BUILDINGS: MAINTENANCE-FREE, MODULAR AND MADE FROM EUROPEAN WOOD

Project team:• Ferry Roelofs - Small Business & Retail

Management• Stef Bloeme - Small Business & Retail

Management• Anton Simion - Mechanical Engineering• Sander Kroes - Small Business & Retail

Management• Jimme Schuite - Chemical Engineering

Client:

Research group: Chair Sustainable Building

Technology & Material

Companies: Timmerfabriek WEBO, Kreunen

Kunststoffen, Teknos Drywood

Project in shortThe building sector is responsible for 33% of the CO2-emission and 40% of the waste is related to this sector. Innovation is needed to clear this obstacle. Tropical hardwood is often used to make window frames. Together with the companies WEBO, Teknos-Drywood and Kreunen Kunststoffen we aim to use Accoya® and even indigenous wood types for the circular window frame. Accoya® can be used for the more vulnerable outer parts, while the indigenous wood can be used on the inner side of the frame. This process could spare the use of slow growing hardwood and lower the CO2-emission because less shipping is needed. Besides the aim is to re-use parts after their lifespan and make the frame low maintenance, again to lower waste and CO2-emission. The goal of the project is to research the market acceptance of a circular wooden window frame, made of above mentioned materials. This is done by sending out surveys, interviewing experts and a comparison with conventional window frames.

Challenges aheadThere is no final design of the window frame at the moment, also the frame might look different than a conventional window frame. We hope to define some design parameters and what is accepted by the current market.

“THIS PROCESS COULD SPARE THE USE OF SLOW GROWING HARDWOOD AND LOWER THE CO2-EMISSION BECAUSE LESS SHIPPING IS NEEDED.”

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REDESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A BOTTLE DISPENSER

Project team:• Glen te Hofsté - Electronics Engineering• Yorick Jurjens - Mechanical Engineering• Niek Veldhuis - Mechanical Engineering • Jeroen Lansink - Mechanical Engineering• Robin Pel - Applied Computer Science • Ruben Niers - Mechanical Engineering• Dillon Ma - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Join the Pipe

“A WORKING PROTOTYPE THAT IS READY TO USE AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT.”

U N I V E R S E

Project in shortJoin the Pipe is a company that has a vision about plastic waste. Join the pipe wants to get rid of one use only plastics like bottles. The problem is that all our plastic waste goes by sea to India, Asia, Afrika and other less developed countries. So as long as we do not have the problem in western Europe we just do not care about it. India is flooded in plastic soup we made.

Saxion develops a water bottle dispenser in collaboration with Join the Pipe. The bottle dispenser will be used for promotion purposes. The water bottle dispenser has to be custom made from mostly sheet metal parts. The machine should provide cooled, filled and reusable water bottles.

The goal is to have a working prototype that is ready for testing at the end of this project.

Challenges aheadThere is already a bottle dispenser designed by previous groups. We tested the machine and came to a conclusion that it has a lot of room for improvements. So most of the machine needs to be redesigned. It is difficult to separate the cold area from the hot cooling installation and to make the bottle dispenser vandalism proof is also a challenge.

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ROBOTAO - COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT

Project team:• Tom ter Weele - Mechatronics• Pim Horsthuis - Electrical Engineering• Vicente Fernández Lledó -

Telecommunication Systems• Roy Kelder - Mechanical Engineering

Client:

Benchmark Electronics, Mechatronics

lectorate

Project in shortIn the future, humans and robots will have to collaborate in the workspace. Robots will not replace the human, but they will complement them by working together side by side. The “Cobot” is a term used to describe a collaborative robot. To research the possibilities of human-robot collaboration, the lectorate mechatronics, Benchmark Electronics and Bronkhorst started the project “RoboTAO”. TAO stems from Eastern philosophy and is described as ‘the road’. In the Taoism the TAO is the search itself. In this context, it is the search for an effective and useful human-robot collaboration.

At Benchmark Electronics, small production processes are mainly done by hand. Previous research concluded that there are a lot of opportunities to optimize these processes.

As a starting point a Wi-Fi router has to be assembled by the two-armed collaborative Yumi robot from ABB in collaboration with an operator.

Challenges ahead For robots working collaboratively and sharing goals with humans, there are several challenges. How does a cobot know when a human is executing a task, how does a cobot evaluate his own task during live collaboration and how can a cobot be used for different assembly processes.

“ROBOTS WILLNOT REPLACE THE

HUMAN BUTCOMPLEMENTS

HIS CAPABILITIES.”

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ROBOCUP SMALL SIZE HOLLAND

Project team:• Egor Tamarin - Electrical Engineering• Matthijs Hilberink - Mechanical

Engineering• Wouter van den Hoek - Mechanical

Engineering• Germans Novikovs - Applied Computer

Science• Harm Prins - Mechatronics• Quirion Kats - Applied Computer Science• Wytse de Wytte - Applied Computer

Science

Client:

Ronald Tangelder (lecturer)

Project in shortSmall Size Holland (SSH) is a robotics soccer team participating in the international RoboCup Small Size League (SSL) competition. The RoboCup is an annual robotics competition where teams from around the world compete and share knowledge with the goal of advancing robotics and AI research.

The team consists of students from a range of different studies working together to build the ultimate autonomous robotic team. This project is special because software, electronics and mechanics are all implemented in one product. SSH is also one of the two teams in the Netherlands that participates in the RoboCup.

Challenges ahead• Electrical Engineering: improving the high voltage

system design and other designs such as the CPU and the motor controllers.

• Software: improving current embedded software and AI software as well as improving the robot controls.

• Mechanics: Assembling the robots and writing detailed instructions

“ADVANCING ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH.”

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3D-MODELLEN EN REAL-TIME DATAVISUALISATIES VAN SMART CITIES

Project team:• Peter van de Breevaart - Small Business &

Retail Management• Madeleine Spit - Small Business & Retail

Management• Marissa van Veelen - Small Business &

Retail Management• Dylan Gardenier - IT Service Management• Bryan Roerhorst - IT Service Management • Sven Wesselink - IT Service Management• Robin Lenferink - Business IT Management• Derin Karim - Business IT Management

Client:

VR group Apeldoorn

Project in shortIn this assignment we develop a 3D model of the city center of Apeldoorn. In this model we will visualize real-time data in a creative way. We have been provided with various types, for example the number of visitors at a certain location. The dynamic model that has been developed is intended as an instrument to let visitors think about the future of the city center of Apeldoorn. It will be the basis for a smart and attractive alternative to the traditional surveys among visitors to inner cities.The solution is smart because the questions that you submit to the visitors are context-dependent: on the basis of current data, it is determined which type of questions are relevant and therefore asked. The solution is also attractive because participation for visitors is more fun than participation in a ‘regular’ survey.

Challenges aheadDuring this assignment we have to take on various challenges, first of all we work with different training courses, so the way of working together has to be discovered. A 3-D model must be set up, how will this work. There will also be creative thinking about a new way of surveying.

“A GOAL WITHOUT A PLAN IS JUST A WISH.”

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DETERMINING THE ROLE OF LGR4 IN DIFFERENTIATING STEM CELLS INTO CARDIAC CELLS

Project team:• Joey Bouhuijs - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Hatice Kiran - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Marjelle van Selm - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research• Klaas Visscher - Biology and Medical

Laboratory Research

Client:

Verena Schwach, University of Twente, Tissue

Engineering

“25 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE, WHO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK, DEVELOP HEART FAILURE WITHIN 4 YEARS.”

U N I V E R S E

Project in short25 percent of the people who survive a heart attack, will develop heart failure within 4 years. This is caused by the fact that the self-renewal of the heart does not occur well enough. Artificially created cardiac cells could be utilized to generate artificial cardiac tissues that can be used for in vivo transplantations, to repair damaged heart tissue. To create these cells artificially, it is important to know more about the genes that influence the differentiation of stem cells into cardiac cells. One of these genes is LGR4, which codes for a receptor that is involved in the activation of the Wnt pathway. This pathway plays an important role in the differentiation of stem cells to cardiomyocytes. By the use of a reporter line, we can monitor the expression of LGR4 and therefore learn more about the differentiation.

Challenges aheadFor the design of our reporter line, we have to design an sgRNA-Cas9 plasmid and an HDR template and introduce these into stem cells.

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CUSTOMISABLE PERFORMANCE WEAR

Project team:• Dilana Akyol - Fashion and Textile

Technologies• Esmee Bult - Fashion and Textile

Technologies• Adam Usupov - Fashion and Textile

Technologies• Arthur Wierda - Fashion and Textile

Technologies

Client: • Studio Eva x Carola

“WHAT DOES THE CONSUMER REALLY WANT?”

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Project in shortConsumers are increasingly aware of the negative effects of mass production in fashion. How can we better serve consumers with new technologies so they get more use out of their garments? This project focuses on the current state of customisation and how to apply this concept to the industry of performance wear. We want to find new possibilities on how to create a data-driven platform where consumers can order customised performance wear garments.

Challenges aheadWe are working to create knitted samples in cooperation with Studio Eva x Carola and the R&D department of Santoni Shanghai. These garments will be completely designed and tailored according to the personal preferences and needs of an individual female athlete. We are looking forward to the result!

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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTE, PARAMARIBO AND RITCHIE

Project team:• Kevin Hoff - Small business and retail

management• Marloes van Os - Forensisch Onderzoek • Wietse van ‘t Spijker - Small business and

retail management • Aron Zomer - Small business and retail

management

Client:

Lectureship Regional Development - Jacques

Bazen

Project in shortThe aim of this five-year project is to develop the regions Twente (NL), Paramaribo (SR) and Ritchie (SA). We were the second group from Saxion to work on this project. The research group consisted of students from different studies. The first week the multidisciplinary team pre researched South-Africa. The 5th of March the team went to South-Africa for 5 weeks. Due the small amount of students this semester, all students went to Ritchie, South-Africa. We focused on safety, businesses, culture and education. Besides doing research, we took the chance to learn about and enjoy the culture and people of South-Africa. Once back in The Netherlands the team investigated the region Twente. This was mainly about how to stimulate the region to attract graduated people and businesses. Research in both regions was done by doing interviews and observations with organizations, companies, schools and inhabitants who are related to the regions.

“BESIDES DOING RESEARCH, WE TOOK THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE CULTURE AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH-AFRICA.”

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Challenges aheadThe challenge for the upcoming group(s) would be to do more in-depth research. Research that is done so far is still a bit flat. For the long-term the goal is to put what is researched into practice.

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SMART SENSORING SOLUTIONS

Project team:• Bas Boeijink - HBO-ICT IT Service

Management• Rémy Cervenka - HBO-ICT IT Service

Management• Rick Schuurs - HBO-ICT IT Service

Management• Jesse Holt - Small Business & Retail

Management• Julien Leushuis - Small Business & Retail

Management• Derek Kist - Small Business & Retail

Management

Client:

RJ Safety & Security, Smart Intelligence

Center Phase 1

“BY NOT ONLY MONITORING BUT ALSO FOLLOWING

UP ON UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS IN THESE

MISSION CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS RJ

SAFETY & SECURITY TAKES AWAY ANY

WORRY OF SOMETHING HAPPENING DURING

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Project in shortThe Internet of Things is becoming more and more important for businesses. RJ Safety & Security sees a lot of opportunities in this rising trend and intends to make use of it.

The students of the Smart Sensoring Solutions have investigated multiple ways to integrate sensors in the 24/7 video-service center of RJ Safety & Security, which monitors cameras, alarms and more of their clients. After careful deliberation of multiple options, the students have decided on using sensors to monitor mission critical environments using the 24/7 video-service center.

Mission critical environments are areas inside the building that can have a detrimental effect on the core business when compromised. By not only monitoring but also following up on unforeseen problems in these mission critical environments RJ Safety & Security takes away any worry of something happening during off-hours.

Challenges aheadThe testing of multiple sensors and integrating these sensors in the 24/7 video-service center of RJ Safety & Security.

Developing a marketing plan that RJ Safety & Security can directly implement after the Smart Solutions Semester project is finished.

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