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chair group

• Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing (382)
• Environmental Policy (365)
• Sociology of Development and Change (355)
• Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (339)
• Management Studies (308)
• Cultural Geography (302)
• Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (290)
• Marketing and Consumer Behaviour (290)
• Plant Breeding (281)
• Land Use Planning (260)
• Business Economics (219)
• Farming Systems Ecology (204)
• Environmental Systems Analysis (187)
• Development Economics (176)
• Rural Sociology (167)
• Health and Society (162)
• Law and Governance (141)
• Communication Philosophy and Technology (137)
• Plant Production Systems (128)
• Meteorology and Air Quality (124)
• Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy (123)
• Environmental Economics and Natural Resources (123)
• Rural Development Sociology (117)
• Laboratory of Genetics (114)
• Soil Geography and Landscape (110)
• Water Resources Management (101)
• Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (96)
• PSG-PPO Communicatie (93)
• unknown (90)
• Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management (83)
• Entomology (74)
• Soil Physics and Land Management (70)
• Laboratory of Plant Physiology (68)
• Public Administration and Policy (66)
• Food Quality and Design (54)
• Bioinformatics (53)
• Land Degradation and Development (50)
• Biobased Chemistry and Technology (48)
• Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management (44)
• Business Management & Organization (41)
• Business Management & Organisation (37)
• Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing (37)
• Irrigation and Water Engineering (35)
• Operations Research and Logistics (34)
• Economics of Consumers and Households (33)
• Water Systems and Global Change (33)
• Sociology of Consumption and Households (32)
• Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (31)
• Biosystematics (27)
• Laboratory of Phytopathology (25)
• Farm Systems Ecology Group (23)
• Organic Chemistry (23)
• Animal Breeding and Genomics (22)
• Technology and Agrarian Development (22)
• Law Group (18)
• 93SVBLPVAA0L1CCC (17)
• Behavioral Ecology (17)
• Biomass Refinery and Process Dynamics (17)
• Rural and Environmental History (17)
• Social Sciences (16)
• Forest Ecology and Forest Management (15)
• Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (14)
• Cell Biology and Immunology (13)
• Land Dynamics (13)
• Bio Process Engineering (12)
• Information Technology (12)
• Laboratory of Molecular Biology (12)
• Toxicology (12)
• Biometris (WU MAT) (11)
• Centre for Crop Systems Analysis (11)
• Landscape Architecture (10)
• Mushroom Experimental Station (10)
• Systems and Synthetic Biology (9)
• Urban Economics (9)
• Aquaculture and Fisheries (8)
• Microbiology (8)
• Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation (8)
• Resource Ecology (8)
• Socio-spatial Analysis Group (8)
• Communication Science (7)
• Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science (7)
• Education and Competence Studies (6)
• Laboratorium voor Monoklonale Antistoffen (6)
• Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods (6)
• Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology (6)
• Soil Biology (6)
• Biobased Commodity Chemistry (5)
• Earth System Science (5)
• Economics of Consumers and Households Group (5)
• Education and Learning Sciences (5)
• Product Design and Quality Management (5)
• Adaptation Physiology (4)
• Crop Systems Analysis (4)
• Human Nutrition (4)
• Laboratory of Cell Biology (4)
• Research Methodology (4)
• Social-spatial Analysis (4)
• Sub-department of Soil Quality (4)
• Animal Production Systems (3)
• Bioprocess Engineering (3)
• Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology (3)
• ATV Farm Technology (2)
• Farm Technology (2)
• Systems and Control Group (2)
• Animal Breeding and Genetics (1)
• Biochemistry (1)
• Biological Farming Systems (1)
• Biological Recovery & Re-use Technology (1)
• Biophysics (1)
• Environmental Technology (1)
• Food Microbiology (1)
• Genetics (1)
• Hogeschool van Larenstein (1)
• Horticulture & Product Physiology (1)
• Human and Animal Physiology (1)
• Laboratory of Virology (1)
• Landscape Use Planning (1)
• Phytopathology (1)
• Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality (1)
• Soil Physics, Ecohydrology and Groundwater Management (1)

study programme

• MME Management, Economics and Consumer Studies (848)
• MID International Development Studies (602)
• MLP Landscape Architecture and Planning (497)
• MPS Plant Sciences (374)
• MGI Geo-Information Science (297)
• MES Environmental Sciences (286)
• MOA Organic Agriculture (247)
• MIL International Land and Water Management (219)
• MLE Leisure, Tourism and Environment (204)
• MFN Forest and Nature Conservation (192)
• MUE Urban Environmental Management (157)
• MEE Earth and Environment (155)
• MDR Development and Rural Innovation (142)
• MCS Applied Communication Science (141)
• MMD Master Metropolitan Analysis, Design & Engineering (JD 2022) (124)
• MPB Plant Biotechnology (122)
• MFS Food Safety (102)
• MCH Communication, Health and Life Sciences (98)
• MAS Animal Sciences (96)
• MFT Food Technology (86)
• unknown unknown (80)
• MES Master Environmental Sciences (76)
• MME Master Management, Economics and Consumer Studies (76)
• MID Master International Development Studies (72)
• MBT Biotechnology (70)
• MCL Climate Studies (67)
• MBI Biology (65)
• MOA Master Organic Agriculture (63)
• MPS Master Plant Sciences (63)
• MGI Master Geo-Information Science (61)
• MFN Master Forest and Nature Conservation (52)
• MEE Master Earth and Environment (51)
• MID Master International Development Studies (2022) (49)
• MEE Master Earth and Environment (2022) (47)
• MML Molecular Life Sciences (43)
• MCL Master Climate Studies (41)
• MES Master Environmental Sciences (2022) (40)
• MIL Master International Land and Water Management (38)
• MFN Master Forest and Nature Conservation (2021) (37)
• MUE Master Urban Environmental Management (37)
• MBF Bioinformatics (36)
• MBT Master Biotechnology (34)
• MFT Master Food Technology (34)
• MID Master International Development Studies (2021) (34)
• MAS Master Animal Sciences (33)
• MBF Master Bioinformatics (33)
• MBI Master Biology (31)
• MTO Tourism, Society and Environment (31)
• LUP unknown (30)
• MDR Master Development and Rural Innovation (28)
• MCH Master Communication, Health and Life Sciences (27)
• MAM Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management (25)
• MFN Master Forest and Nature Conservation (2022) (23)
• MTO Master Tourism, Society and Environment (2021) (23)
• MCH Master Communication, Health and Life Sciences (2021) (22)
• MEE Master Earth and Environment (2021) (22)
• MTO Master Tourism, Society and Environment (22)
• MAB Biosystems Engineering (19)
• MFQ Food Quality Management (18)
• MFQ Master Food Quality Management (18)
• MFS Master Food Safety (18)
• MME-A Master Sustainable Business and Innovation (17)
• MBE Master Biosystems Engineering (16)
• MDR Master Development and Rural Innovation (2021) (16)
• MAM Master Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management (14)
• MME-C Master Consumer Studies (14)
• MPB Master Plant Biotechnology (14)
• MSS unknown (14)
• MNH Nutrition and Health (11)
• LAR unknown (10)
• MCH Master Communication, Health and Life Sciences (2022) (10)
• MHW unknown (10)
• MML Master Molecular Life Sciences (10)
• MTO Master Tourism, Society and Environment (2022) (10)
• LUP LUP (9)
• MBS Master Biobased Sciences (9)
• MCL Master Climate Studies (2022) (9)
• MLP Master Landscape Architecture and Planning (9)
• MME-B Master Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics (9)
• MOA Master Organic Agriculture (2021) (9)
• MIL Master International Land and Water Management (2021) (7)
• MME-E Master Governance of Sustainability Transformations (7)
• MCL Master Climate Studies (2021) (6)
• MDS Master Data Science for Food and Health (6)
• MES Master Environmental Sciences (2021) (6)
• MNH Master Nutrition and Health (6)
• MPS Master Plant Sciences (2022) (6)
• BBI Biology (5)
• MAK unknown (5)
• MAS Master Animal Sciences (2021) (5)
• MOA Master Organic Agriculture (2022) (5)
• MUE Master Urban Environmental Management (2021) (5)
• MUE Master Urban Environmental Management (2022) (5)
• MBS Master Biobased Sciences (2022) (4)
• MDR Master Development and Rural Innovation (2022) (4)
• MIL Master International Land and Water Management (2022) (4)
• MME-D Master Economics of Sustainability (4)
• NRM NRM (4)
• 80436 unknown (3)
• MAF unknown (3)
• MPC unknown (3)
• MPS-DL Online master's Plant Breeding (3)
• MSC unknown (3)
• 80424 unknown (2)
• 80433 unknown (2)
• BBC Management and Consumer Studies (2)
• BIN International Development Studies (2)
• FMA80424 unknown (2)
• MFT-DL Online master's Food Technology (2)
• MFn unknown (2)
• MGI Master Geo-Information Science (2021) (2)
• MPS Master Plant Sciences (2021) (2)
• MST unknown (2)
• Management, Economics and Consumer Studies unknown (2)
• PPS PPS (2)
• 80346 unknown (1)
• 80439 unknown (1)
• 93BBYUTARHHB2609 unknown (1)
• BEB Economics and Governance (1)
• BI unknown (1)
• COM80418 unknown (1)
• D350-753 unknown (1)
• ENT-80430 unknown (1)
• ENT70424 unknown (1)
• EXCHANGE Exchange (1)
• F050-707 unknown (1)
• FNP unknown (1)
• International Development Studies (MID) unknown (1)
• International Development Studies unknown (1)
• KLE unknown (1)
• MAM Master Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management (2021) (1)
• MAM Master Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management (2022) (1)
• MAO MAO (1)
• MBF Master Bioinformatics (2022) (1)
• MBF Master Bioinformatics (2023) (1)
• MBI Master Biology (2021) (1)
• MBIO unknown (1)
• MD unknown (1)
• MFT Master Food Technology (2021) (1)
• MGR unknown (1)
• MHV unknown (1)
• MIL: unknown (1)
• MIS unknown (1)
• MLP Master Land Use Planing (1)
• MLP Thesis Land Use Planning (1)
• MME Master Management, Economics and Consumer Studies (2021) (1)
• MMI unknown (1)
• MMLMDR unknown (1)
• MNH Master Nutrition and Health (2022) (1)
• MOS unknown (1)
• MPC MPC (1)
• MS unknown (1)
• MSc Leisure, Tourism and Environment unknown (1)
• MWT Water Technology (joint degree) (1)
• Mangement, Economics and Consumer Studies unknown (1)
• Master Forest and Nature Conservation (MFN) unknown (1)
• MnH unknown (1)
• NME unknown (1)
• NRM unknown (1)
• PPI unknown (1)
• PPS unknown (1)
• SAL80424 unknown (1)
• T33 unknown (1)

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MSc theses online is a collection of online, publicly available MSc students' theses successfully defended at Wageningen University.

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Thesis life: finishing touch.

By Yurike Inrumitha

After more than half a year dealing with my thesis, finally, I got to get it finished. It was one of the most relieving moments in my life like I have made one more milestone. Reading hundreds of journals, doing experiments with trials and errors, and writing report overnight on Christmas holidays were paid off.

I will share with you things to do after experiments/data collection. These are based on my own experience in doing a thesis at HAP department.

1. Go to thesis ring and get your report reviewed by fellow colleagues

It was an advantage for me to have “Thesis ring” for my thesis report. For those who are not familiar with this term, “thesis ring” is a short discussion where your colleagues in the department you are in will review your report. You just have to send them your copy and they will help you with your report. Usually, they will review your grammar, diction, and syntax. It is very useful because it will not only improve your English grammar skills but also academic writing skills. A Ph.D. student or other thesis supervisor will moderate the discussion and give useful inputs in addition to the inputs from other participants.

It is not an obligation to come to thesis ring, nevertheless, they strongly advise you to come. I always attended thesis ring because besides getting help, I also would like to help others. It is a good kind of symbiosis mutualism, in my opinion. Even though we seem like trying to look for mistakes from others, we never took it personally because we know that it is for the best of the report 🙂 For me personally, it made me appreciate my friends’ reports more and I learned a lot from them.

2. Follow the academic writing guide

Usually, your supervisor will provide you with a guide on how to write an academic report. It is quite different with conversation language we use every day. I personally still have to struggle when it comes to academic writing. A writing guide will always help you to understand more about an academic report. Or, if you want to go an extra mile to enhance your writing skills, you can go to academic writing class. WUR provides academic writing course (with a special price for students) which you can follow.

3. Print your report

Make sure to check all your writings before you print the report. Because once you hand it in, there is no way back! You should print it at least three copies. One for you, one for your first supervisor, and one for your second supervisor. Do not forget to keep the soft-file version with you for further usage (or just to remind you of your hard work). You also have to send the soft-file to your department for their archive.

My printed thesis report in 3 copies

4. Prepare for your colloquium and oral examination

Colloquium! It is one of the most haunting words in the thesis period. but don’t worry to much, colloquium only takes 5% of your overall final grade. however, it is still very important to ace it. Students have to prepare a good and eye-catching PowerPoint presentation, in addition to a fruitful discussion. When choosing the words you’ll use for discussion, do not put too many words yet not too little that it’s not informative. You will do your colloquium in front of all staff and students of your department. If you’re lucky, the Professor / Chair of the department will come as well. Preparing for possible questions is always needed. Besides, it will also be useful for oral examination.

For me, the real challenge is an oral examination. There will be three people grading your oral exam, first supervisor, second supervisor, and the examiner. It is important to have an in-depth knowledge of the whole research because they will ask you fundamental questions about your thesis. If you are not a native English speaker, you don’t need to worry. They are very understanding and will help you to get your points across. Be confident, prepared, and focused on this examination and you will make it.

I hope my tips are insightful for you and I wish you the best for your thesis. Let me know how it goes in the comments so that we can share our once-in-a-lifetime experience to WUR students! 🙂

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Yurike Inrumitha is a master's student of Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University. She is from Jakarta, Indonesia. Besides writing blogs, she is also ISOW board member.

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Research output

• 6401 Article
• 1305 Abstract
• 433 Chapter
• 397 internal PhD, WU
• 191 Conference paper
• 110 Comment/Letter to the editor
• 70 Book review
• 62 Editorial
• 29 Digital or Visual Products
• 28 external PhD, WU
• 22 Book editing
• 16 Inaugural speech
• 14 Pamphlet
• 11 Web publication/site
• 4 Short survey
• 3 internal PhD, other
• 3 Discussion paper
• 2 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 1 Literature review
• 1 Other contribution
• 1 promoter, other
• 1 Working paper

Research output per year

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Bridging the gap between in vitro and in vivo: an mri toolkit for milk protein digestion studies.

Research output : Thesis › internal PhD, WU

Cancer cachexia as multi-organ syndrome

Exposing metabolic health: insights in the effects of environmental chemicals, nuclear receptors and slc25a47 on hepatic metabolism, insight into the lipid metabolism by human gut microbiota, one bite at a time: exploring the immune-enhancing potential of dietary fiber for human health, stop and smell the fat exploring the role of olfaction in dietary fat perception, the bigger picture: exploring gastric protein digestion using magnetic resonance imaging and blood parameters, the effect of food composition, processing, and texture on intragastric behavior, gastric emptying, and postprandial nutrient absorption, towards sustainable dutch diets: from research to policy, anaemia and its relation to physical and mental health of indonesian adolescents, beverages matter: prospective studies on the role of beverages in cardiometabolic disease risk, flourish and nourish: development and evaluation of a salutogenic healthy eating programme for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, food and emotion: adjusting food portion sizes into healthier directions while maintaining eating enjoyment, food composition data: can we take it for granted quality considerations in the production and use of food composition data, fruggies for all: evaluation of an integrated nutrition-sensitive project targeted to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in urban vietnam and nigeria, healthy and sustainable diets: bringing the consumer perspective to the table, nutritional factors to support bone health in older adults, nutrition and kidney function: prospective studies in healthy participants and cardiovascular patients, optimizing bariatric procedures, precision nutrition for cardiometabolic health: insights from human dietary intervention studies, sleep safe: evidence-based prevention of sudden unexpected death in infancy in the netherlands, spice it up: impact of oral burn on sensory perception and oral processing behavior of foods, the effects of multi-nutrient fortified dairy-based formulas on growth, anaemia, and micronutrient status in nigerian late preterm infants and moderately malnourished toddlers, the olfactory perception of fat in foods, the sweet showdown: low- and no-calorie sweeteners, urinary biomarkers, and associations with body weight in adults, vitamin a metabolism: an enigma still in need of further investigation, winning by losing nutritional consequences of bariatric surgery, y-aminobutyric acid (gaba) as a potential bioactive food component: food sources, bioavailability and effects on human cardiometabolic health, a live show in the stomach: monitoring in vitro and in vivo human gastric digestion with mri.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 100%
• Food Quality 14%
• Nutrient 14%
• Protein Hydrolysis 14%

A time of change: iron deficiency and depression among Mexican adolescent girls

• Iron Deficiency 100%
• Malnutrition 30%
• Breakfast 20%
• Protein 11%

Better together: evaluating single and combined biomarkers of fermented food intake and their associations with cardiometabolic health

• Fermented Food 100%
• Food Intake 100%

Development and application of novel indicators to measure diet quality and affordability of healthy diets in Vietnam

Ethiopian food-based dietary guidelines: development, evaluation, and adherence monitoring, impact and regulatory pathways of fatty acids in monocytes/macrophages and adipocytes, improving muscle health later in life: the wider benefits of adapting lifestyle interventions.

• Lifestyle Intervention 100%
• Older Adult 100%
• Protein 85%
• Sarcopenia 55%

Integrated nutritional and functional assessment in bariatric and metabolic surgery

Lignan intake & obesity: diet-disease association affected by processing, bioaccessibility and conversion, malnutrition during the journey of ageing, perioperative management of pulmonary and cardiovascular comorbidities in patients undergoing bariatric surgery, studies on non-digestible carbohydrates in the human intestine: focus on kinetics of fermentation and degradation.

• Prebiotics 100%
• Cereal 100%
• Fermentation 100%
• Intestine 100%

The interplay between diet, gastrointestinal complaints and gut microbiota: more than a gut feeling?

• Gut Microbiota 100%
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome 100%
• Gastrointestinal Distress 100%

The interrelations between nutrition, social and economic trajectories during adolescence among girls in Ghana

• Nutrition 100%
• Micronutrient 100%
• Biscuit 91%
• Undernutrition 58%
• Malnutrition 41%

The role of the Dutch dietary and physical activity guidelines in inflammatory bowel disease: Implications for clinical practice

• Patient 100%
• Physical Activity 100%
• Practice Guideline 100%
• Clinical Practice 100%

The selfish tumour: Cachexia-associated changes in skeletal muscle

• Molecule 83%
• Training 66%
• Vibration 66%
• Myogenesis 50%

Time to eat: The diet of night shift workers from different dietary perspectives and its association with health and safety

To like or not to like: on negotiating taste in children from families with a low socioeconomic position.

• Healthy Eating 38%
• Eating Behavior 23%
• Quality 23%
• Conversation 23%

Traqq : development and evaluation of an ecological momentary dietary assessment smartphone app

Unravelling the unravelled: microfibrillated cellulose as texture modifier in liquid and semi-solid foods, vegetable intake and eating in the absence of hunger in babies and toddlers: results of a repeated vegetable-exposure intervention, “we should be able to decide”: obesogenic factors influencing dietary behaviours of women and adolescents in ethiopia.

• Food Environment 100%
• Food Safety 20%
• Nutrition 10%
• Food Choice 10%

Towards a future-proof urban water cycle

Cities all over the world face enormous challenges due to climate change impacts. More frequent and intense periods of drought or heavy rainfall directly affect urban water use (e.g., peak consumption during heat waves), water availability (shortages or floods), and water quality (e.g., salinization of freshwater bodies in coastal areas). To accommodate for these increasingly pressing challenges, urban water systems need to become climate-resilient by embracing more circular and sustainable approaches. To this end, the EU-financed Interreg North Sea ‘Anthropocene Nutrient and water Control for Holistic resilience and Recovery’ (ANCHOR) project aims to gather normative and system knowledge to further upscale and fuel the transition to water-wise cities. To this end, project partners from research institutes and local government agencies teamed up to explore pilot projects on the neighborhood scale in Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden.

Within this project, we are looking for a MSc student who would like to write a thesis that contributes to Work Package 3: Governance. Within this work package, we aim to explore mechanisms of how the identified pilots remain transformative or become even more ambitious as well as how involved actors contribute to broadening the projects’ innovative approaches and to spreading their experiences to other contexts. These analyses are conceptually based on recent extensions of the ‘small wins’ governance framework ( Schagen et al., 2023 ; Termeer & Metze, 2019 ) and will be integrated with an ‘agents of change’ framework developed at KWR. As an MSc student, you can position your thesis in this context by coming up with a relevant and original research question, developing a feasible research approach, conducting your set out analysis, and synthesizing your findings in form of a thesis. Upon completion, we invite you to contribute to the project report with a summary of your thesis.

You will be supervised by Jan Starke ( KWR Water Research Institute ) and Dr. Wieke Pot (PAP). If needed, you can use the institute’s facilities in Nieuwegein to write your thesis. This provides you the opportunity to get to know an applied research institute and to make a direct impact in the transition towards future-proof urban water cycles with your thesis research.

Do you have a background in social sciences, economics, or law? Have you worked with qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis methods before? Do you have previous experience in gathering empirical data by means of interviews, focus groups, surveys, or (social) media analysis? Are you confident that you can work in a project with a fixed time schedule? And are you fluent (minimum C1) in either Dutch, German, or Swedish in addition to excellent English language communication skills (verbally and written)? Then you are the candidate we are looking for!

If you are interested, please send a short motivation letter, also entailing your envisioned start and end date as well as initial ideas on the research design (max. 500 words) to [email protected] and [email protected] . We aim to start the thesis trajectory in September 2024.

Daily supervisor: Jan Starke (KWR)

ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR PRELIMINARY DESIGN (PERFORMANCE ENVELOPE)

Car design is a complex task because of how highly integrated system of systems it is. Fine?designed car models take years of design and optimization and are usually done by specialty teams who are dedicated to each sub-system. This thesis delves into designing a simplified electric race car from scratch with focus on the performance envelope of it. First, a 3D CAD model was done using SolidWorks. That section deals with spatial engineering and strategic placement of major car components for best performance. Having most of the parts in place gives a rough estimate of CoG (Center of Gravity) location, which is needed for vehicle dynamics analysis, which are discussed later in the report. The target for this project car is to have innovative aerodynamics features which might not have been used before because of bulky internal combustion engines restricting available space. One of them is an airfoil-like fascia which makes the center part of the car act as a one big wing. That is believed to give a significant reduction in drag loads on the car. The approach for aerodynamics design and analysis started with a model representing the car’s OML (Outer Mold line) which was simulated separately using Siemens StarCCM+. After understanding the car’s body aero behavior, a rear wing was added to provide extra rear downforce for better handling and stability. The rear wing design was explained in detail. Unfortunately, due to time restrictions as well as software access issues, the aerodynamic analysis of the full car with rear wing is left for future work. After having an estimate about aero loads acting on the car, vehicle dynamics analysis could start. The first subject studied in vehicle dynamics was front-view suspension geometry analysis. Taking the available packaging and geometry into consideration, a 2D model was done in SolidWorks to optimize camber gain. This analysis gave the motion ratio of the front and rear pushrod suspension system which was needed to analyze the performance of the one-eighth car model, ½ car pitch model, and ½ car roll model. These models gave insights into the decision-making process for spring and damping rates to reach a good balance between performance and comfort. This project acts as a hub for further development and studies related to car design.

Degree Type

• Master of Science in Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Campus location

• Indianapolis

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

Additional committee member 2, additional committee member 3, usage metrics.

• Automotive engineering not elsewhere classified