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MASTER FOCUS
ERGONOMICS
SPORTS
After three years of Bachelor education and a seven-month internship in Shanghai, my field of interest converged towards human performances and specifically, how technology can assist, support or improve upon that performance. I started taking classes in sports science, biomechanics, sports engineering and I started doing research projects on those subjects.
HEALTH
Besides that, my interest in the field of Sustainability in Design also plays an important role.
EARTH
On this page you can find four projects that I found most impactful on my Masters study.
Virtual Reality nowadays is a popular technological tool. Most people know it only as a way to play games. However, VR is being used more and more in work environments as well. VR is known for its high level of immersion into a different surrounding. However, regular controllers lack the freedom of moving the hands and fingers and hereby interacting with objects. This project is about improving the haptic feedback and controls of a VR glove, originally designed by Delft-based start-up company SenseGlove.
VIRTUAL REALITY HAPTIC CONTROLLER
DEALING WITH CHRONIC PAIN
Chronic pain is a condition that is ‘’resistant to medical treatment’’ because there is no physical injury to be cured. Most patients will never actually recover from chronic pain, which makes it one of the worst conditions to suffer from. For a Limburg-based company, Adelante, a product was developed to help patients throughout their rehabilitation phases at the clinic. The solution for this project is not aimed at physical treatment, but at mental support.
REFURBISHED CLOTHES
(CASE STUDY)
The process of ‘refurbishment’ is commonly known to be used to repair en reuse electronic devices. However, some apparel brands have started with a refurbished clothing line. As this sector is accountable for 10% of the total environmental impact in Europe (EPRS, 2019), this method has high potential for improvement. What is the success rate of this business opportunity in terms of consumer acceptance and what could a brand like The North Face improve to increase its refurbished line sales?
SMART SENSOR TIGHTS (RESEARCH PROJECT)
Muscle injuries constitute more than a third of all time-loss injuries in soccer and field hockey and cause more than a quarter of the total injury absence (Ekstrand et al., 2016). Currently there are no monitoring systems available to measure the load of the musculoskeletal system around the hip, which is an important predictor for lower limb injuries. For the Dutch National Football Association (KNVB), this research was done to determine optimal sensor locations for the development of SMART sensor shorts for effective injury prevention of professional football players.
SMART INJURY PREVENTION
(THESIS)
Military training is known for its high intensity and high pressure to perform. Not surprisingly, this causes a large part of recruits to end up with injury. Generally speaking, how we all walk and run is based on the same sequence of biomechanical movements. However, everyone grows into a personalised pattern. Determining personal abnormality in gait is a key factor in defining injury-risk. Why do some people endure an injury while others, with the same physical load, do not? This thesis project studies the accuracy and potential of wearable (insole) plantar pressure measurement to prevent lower limb overuse injuries on a large scale.
