MSc thesis examples

MSc Microelectronics

2025	Lars Pantleon	A Scalable Method for Quantifying Ion Transport in Dielectrics
	Koen van Remundt	Geneflow, Localised Viral Vector Release for Optogenetic Application
	Zhoubang Du	An Systematic Study on Experiment and Simulation of Electromigration in Solder Joints
	Maria João Lourenço de Sousa	Mitigating Gravity-Induced Deformation in a Monolithic Silicon Resonator Through Thin-Film Stress Engineering
	Yunfan Niu	Design and Characterisation of Data Converters in a SiC CMOS Technology for Harsh Environment Sensing Applications
	Yuelu Li	Simulation and Experimental Studies of Electromigration based on Cobalt Interconnects
	Quinten Luyten	Design of a SAR ADC in 2 µm Silicon Carbide CMOS Technology
	Xavier Morales Rivero	Identification of Functional Structures within Analog Circuits
	Bram Kool	Fabrication and Characterization of N-doped CVD graphene-based gas sensors for NO2 gas sensing applications
2024	Arthur Admiraal	Low cost precision Vds sensing
	Kevin dos Reis Vezo	Sensing array-based dielectric spectroscopy for tissue barrier monitoring
	Óscar Ortega González	Anodic aluminium oxide as hard mask for graphene nanomesh fabrication
	Jiahui Zhang	Mini LED Matrix System for Potential Biomedical Applications
	Tibbe van der Biezen	Backside contacting of individual signals in multilayer ICs for chip forensics
	Ceren Kutucu	A biodegradable optical filter and photodetector for monitoring oxygen in living tissues
	Samhitha Duvvuri	The BioThing - A Biodegradable Microphone for Monitoring Biodiversity
2023	Mingshuang Zhang	Multi-bit IDAC input Class D Amplifier
	Keyu Wu	High Performance Digital-input Class-D Amplifier
	Laveena Manjunath	A Capacitive Hair-like MEMS Airflow Sensor for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles
	Zhenhua Zhang	Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching of high aspect ratio structures on 4H-SiC for MEMS applications
	Jing Pan	Dead Time Control Circuit in Monolithic GaN Class D Audio Amplifier
	Bingyan Xu	Optimization of a plasma etching machine for failure analysis of semiconductors
	Chieh Wang	Warpage analysis on power module ceramic substrates
	Haochun Fan	Dual Voltage and Current Feedback Class-D Amplifiers with High LC Filter Cut-off Frequency and Nonlinearity Suppression
	Letian Zhang	Understand the Physics of Solder Joint Degradation in Board Level Reliability Vibration and Thermal Cycle Test
	Georgios Spernovasilis	Design and fabrication of smart vaporizing liquid microthruster for Cubesat applications
2022	Tom Salden	Design, Production and Characterisation of an LPCVD-Based Poly-Silicon Carbide Pressure Sensor for Extreme Environments
	Rami Younis	HV power MOSFET embedding
	Mustafeez Bashir Shah	Vacuum Sealing of MEMS Cavities using Nanoparticle Sintering
	Filippo Pfaiffer	Towards a read-out for capacitive displacement sensor in an engineered heart tissue device
	Sai Sandeep Lolla	Ultrasound Tracking and Data Telemetry using CMUTs.
	Michaël Chengshang	Temperature sensor based on 4H Silicon Carbide Bipolar Junction Transistor with Measurement Range up to 400 Degree Celsius
	Esad Beydilli	Spark Ablated Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Gas Sensing
	Nikhil Gupta	Route towards large thin power Mosfet die mechanical robustness
	Weiping Jiao	A combined vertical interconnect/underfill process for high density I/O flip chip bonding
	Jinglin Li	Threshold instability and trap modelling in SiC MOS capacitor
	Bram den Ouden	Design and characterization of an implantable system for shock free cardiac rhythm control
	Hanxing Meng	Gas Sensor Based on Array of Multi-Layer Graphene Decorated with Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
	Leonardo Di Paola	Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Graphene-Based Condenser Microphones
2021	Shuhan Yang	Design of moisture vapor pressure sensor for popcorn failure analysis in molding compound
	Secil Sanseven	Design and Realization of A Lensless CMOS Image Sensor for Light Source Tracking
	Lovro Ivančević	OoC-integrated impedance spectroscopy for blood-brain barrier integrity analysis
	Shreyas Shankar	High aspect ratio surface micro-machining using carbon nanotubes
	Chinghsuan Chou	Board Level Vibration Testing and Qualification for Automotive Application
	Shivendra Kaushik Chilagani	Analysing the properties and applications of wafer-scale mono-layer graphene
	Denver Desouza	Thermal Analysis of Cu Pillars
	Shanliang Deng	Advanced optoelectronics driver system for biomedical applications
2020	Joshua Teye	3D Robotic Ultrasound System
	Yaqian Zhang	Experimental study on electromigration by using Blech structure
	Tim de Rijk	A 3D microelectrode array to record neural activity at different tissue depths
2019	Jiarui Mo	Modelling, Design, and Fabrication of High-Temperature Compatible Vacuum Gauges in Silicon Carbide
	Aoibhinn Larkin Reddington	Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring: Left Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loop Reconstruction
	Raghutham Ramesha	A Complete Overview on Realizing Transfer-free Graphene-based Differential Pressure Sensor
	Roel Stortelder	Lab-on-a-chip for individual cell response to light stimulation
	Bart Kootte	Optimization of microporous PDMS membranes for Organ-on-Chip devices
	Ziqiao Huang	MEMS Switches Fabricated by Carbon Nanotubes with Silicon Carbide Coating
	Alisher Kurmanbay	Design, fabrication and characterization of a MEMS-based microheater for a vaporizing liquid microthruster
2018	Rajarshi Sinha	A CMOS process compatible Charge-modulated FGFET based ion-sensor for integration into Organ-on-Chip platforms
	Diane Wu	Fabrication and Reliability Study of Parylene-Ceramic Based Flexible Interconnects For Implantable Devices
	Hanieh Mastyani	Integration of a local drug delivery system in a micro-fabricated Brain-on-Chip device
	Arshaad Ishrat Kanhai	Flexible parylene-platinum based electrodes and interconnects
	Himabindu Kopally	A new experimental approach to investigate the physics-of-failure of wirebond interconnects
	Sander Van Dijk	Introduction of Zener Diodes, JFETs and DMOSTs in a BiCMOS Process and Implementation of OTP Memory
	Levar Goossens	Ultra-Thin Integrated Atomic Layer Deposition Alumina Electron-transparent Windows for Nanoreactor Applications
	Sarat Shankar Sinha	Optimization of LPCVD-SiNx Membranes for Micro-hotplate/Nano-reactors
	Joost Romijn	Design and Integration of Graphene Sensors with Read-Out Electronics
	Affan Kaysa Waafi	Fabrication and Characterization of PEDOT coated Microelectrodes Array for Organ-on-Chip Application
2017	Manvika Singh	Suspended graphene membranes for electrostatically actuated graphene resonators
	Dong Bin Cai	Fabrication and characterization of High aspect ratio MEMS Electrochemical Sensor
	Shengtai Shi	Effects of Silicon Oxides as Substrates for Graphene Gas Sensor
	Shinnosuke Kawasaki	Silicon based device for smart assessment of cellular stiffness
	Tianyi Jin	Investigation On Viscoplastic Properties Of Au-Sn Die-Attach Solder
	Michel Sebastiaan Van der Kaay	High Density Flexible Interconnect for Minimally Invasive Medical Instruments
	Maryam Ahmadi Namin	Nano-copper paste filled vertical interconnects
2016	Sri Harsha Achanta	Wafer Level Packaging With Nano Metal Paste Interconnects For UV-C LEDs
	Brahim El Mansouri	A Miniaturized Temperature Controlled Capacitive MEMS Transducer for MOF based Gas Sensing Applications
	Shiva Dahar	A New Method For Fabrication of Medical Microfluidic Devices
	James Muganda	Embedded MicroChannels and their Application in Minimally Invasive Medical Instruments
	Ifigeneia Zachariou	Implementation of a passive millimeter wave identification antenna on Kapton film for human presence detection
2015	Ramin Barak	Addressing large-scale qubit arrays for quantum computer
	Sotiris Thomas	An Evaluation of Silicon Carbide Based Bimorph Actuators for Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
	Yingjie Shen	Flexible Interposer Based on Carbon Nanotubes and PDMS Composite
	Jian Li	Wafer Scale Flexible Interconnect Fabrication for Heterogeneous Integration
	Hengqian Yi	Thermally Driven Sound Source: Application of CNT nanofoams
	Yiwen Chen	T12 Electromagnetic Ballast Modeling And Retrofit LED Tube Driver Design
	Nikolas Gaio	Fabrication and Characterization of an Upside-down CNT MEA
2014	Yorick Carisey	Low temperature fine pitch vertical wafer level interconnection using copper nanoparticles
	Teng Ma	Monolithic integration of light sensor readout system for multi-functional LED wafer-level packaging based on BICMOS process
	Manjunath Venkatesh Ramachandrappa	Monolithic Integration of Rectifiers and Drivers for low power SSL applications on a Rigid to Flex Substrate
	Lalit Kumar	Opto-elecronic MEMS oscillator for resonant pressure sensing
	Xingyu Liu	Printed graphene and silicon
	Yi Liu	Nano Optomechanical Read-out for Microcantilever Sensors
	Hengqian Yi	Thermally Driven Sound Source: Application of CNT nanofoams
	Lalit Kumar	Opto-electronic MEMS oscillator for resonant pressure sensing
	Yelena Grachova	CVD of Single Layer Graphene at Wafer Scale: Study of Different Catalytic Materials
	Sourish Banerjee	Super-growth of CNTs based on ZrN for TSV application
	Berend van Meer	Design of Cytostretch Skin A human cell based stretchable, flexible and mass-producible skin tissue model for drug development
2013	R. Sokolovskij	Foldable 3D Wafer Level SSL Package Using Flexible Interconnect
	A. Damian	Low Temperature Wafer Bonding Based on Copper Nanoparticle Sintering for 3D Interconnect Fabrication
	Walter Verloop	Resonant Air Quality Sensor
	Alice Xu	Low Temperature Fabrication of SiO2 Films Using Liquid Silicon
	Dhariyash Rathod	Verification of the non-local avalanche current model in mextram for advanced SiGe HBTs
2012	Raj Vadiraj	High Frequency readout scheme for Graphene based NEMS
	Miki Trifunovic	Single-Grain Silicon TFTs on a Plastic Substrate by Doctor Blade Coating of Cyclopentasilane
	Ankur Sharma	Flexible Smart Display with Integrated Graphics Rasterizor using Single Grain TFTs
2011	Sheng Jie Li	Micro-Fluidic MEMS for Micro-Particle Filtration
	Aashini Gulati	A Micro Surgical Instrument for Age Related Macular Degeneration
	Ting Yan	Integrated water cooling for HIFU prostate ablation
	B.S. Hau	Design & Modeling of a MEMS Contact-mode Piezoresistive Detector for Pull-in Acceleration Sensing
	Amir Naeimi	OLED Display with Single Grain Si TFT. (SG-TFT)
2010	Gokulray Chandramohan	Electrical characterization of MEMS microphones
	Jie Shen	Novel Application of Imprinting Lithography for Multi-bit Ferroelectric Memories
	Yunlong Hou	Aluminum Nitride and Chromium Nitride Thin Films for Strain Gauge Application
	J. Yang	Reliability study of the Floating Gate Based Embedded Non_Volatile Memory (eNVM)
	J. Zhang	Design and Fabrication of On-Chip Cooling Devices Based on the Peltier Effect
	M. Can	Edgeless Silicon Sensors
2009	D. Oludare Oyediran	Growth of Thin Film Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
	S. Vollebregt	Carbon nanotubes as vertical interconnects in 3D integrated circuits
	J. Hao	Silicon MEMS Micro-Evaporator
	N.T. Boker	Prototyping of a Stretchable Microelectrode Array for Cardiotoxicity Drug Screening
	Theo Verhaar	Pattern transfer on vertical cavity sidewalls using SU8
2008	Ruoxuan Li	Tapered through silicon via etching and filling for 3D integration

MSc Biomedical Engineering

2025	Jonas Krommendijk	A silicon-based s-TEER GoC
	Elena Ferraris	Temperature-Driven Modulation of Cellular Differentiation, Mucociliary Function, and Host Defense Responses of the Airway Epithelium
2024	Thomas Bouman	Optimization of Integrated Capacitive Displacement Sensors for Contractility Assays in an Engineered Heart Tissue Platform
	Maaike Molendijk	The Effect of Hyper-Physiological Mechanical Loading on an Osteochondral Microfluidic Organ-on-a-Chip Model and Shear Modulus of Cartilage Organoids
	Yukun Lian	An Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor-Based Biodegradable pH Sensor for Hip Implantation-Related Infection Detection
	Pradnya Gharpure	Acoustofluidic levitation in organoid cultures
	Eline Cox	Following the Surface of the Dora Root Gaglion
	Maarten Lemmens	Pluronic F127 as Transient Barrier for Vascularized Cortical Organoids on-a-Chip
	Friso Kahler	Organ-on-Chip Platform with Transient Membrane for Vascularisation of Brain Organoids
	Tim Uliss (Pornpawee)	Development of Magnetocaloric Wax Composites for Biodegradable Membranes for Microfluidic Platforms
2023	Puck Boertje	Acoustic Materials for Wearable Ultrasound patches: Developing an ultrasound skin mimicking phantom
	Nikita Gopakumar	Wireless Biodegradable Resonant circuit for Strain Sensor in Hip Implant applications
	Kiana Griffith	Optimizing Sensitivity of Capacitive Pressure Sensors for Improved Intraocular Pressure Monitoring
	Vladimir Leshko	document Portable microfluidic chip perfusion and heating solution for high-magnification optical microscopy
	Thomas Michalica	Two-photon polymerization-based 3D-multi-electrode arrays for electrical monitoring of neuronal cells
	Samantha Rice	Graphene with Platinum Nanoparticles for Neural Recording and Stimulation
2022	Shirley Kannan	Fabrication Technologies of 3-Dimesional Electrodes for a Heart-on-Chip Application
	Silvana Van der Voort	Characteristics of BioMEMS thin-film polymers: A study towards the biocompatibility
	Annemijn Hintzen	Wearable Ultrasound for Respiratory Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit: The design of a placing system for ultrasound patches
	Sophie Den Boer	Design of a membrane for a lung-on-a-chip device: Design and testing of a membrane concept incorporating a dynamic pore size to study the alveolar-capillary barrier in vitro
	Devashish Mantri	Concentrating and inactivating the surrogate of SARS CoV-2 using electric fields on micro-chip platforms
	Maricke Angenent	Development of a microfluidic system for modelling the heart-kidney interaction in vitro: Design guidelines and proof-of-concept
	Oualid Zoumhani	A 3D printed soft actuated pupil expansion device for cataract surgery
	Zhengwei Liao	Biodegradable magnetic actuator for mechanical stretching of cells in organs-on-chip
	Jeroen Buters	Design and prototype of an electrode array for biventricular electrophysiological mapping
	Jilian Schoonhoven	Characterization and processing of elastomers for organ-on-chip applications
	Jia-Jun Yeh	CMUT-based Acoustic Cell Sorting
2021	Sudiksh Srivastava	Characterization of an Electroactive polymer actuator in diaphragm micropump for organ-on-chip application
	Luutzen Wymenga	LED-stimulated Liquid Crystalline Elastomers (LCEs) as Contractile Units for Assisting Cardiac Contraction
	Stijn Robben	A multi-organ-on-chip platform with integrated oxygen and TEER sensors for the brain-gut axis
	Indulakshmi Subramaniam	Deep implant localization and uplink data telemetry using ultrasound
	Danai Galiti	Integration of electro-chemical FET-based sensors in silicon- and polymer-based organs-on-chip
	Shriya Rangaswamy	Design, Integration and Characterization of Microelectrodes for Heart-On-Chip Applications
2020	Jorik Hans Amesz	Cardiac mapping on ex vivo perfused porcine slaughterhouse hearts
	Eric Bert Dijkema	Towards cMUT for Neurostimulation
	Sevda Malek Kani	Polyimide encapsulation for implantable medical devices
	Youri Westhoek	Ultrasound Energy Transfer using Charged CMUTs
	Mahdieh Shojaei Baghini	Design and Development of Integrated Displacement Sensors for Engineered Heart Tissue Platforms
	Androniki Diakou	Design and Fabrication of Electrical Stimulation Setup for EHT platform
	Suzanne Onderdelinden	Design of a valveless organ-on-chip micropump
	Eric Safai	Evaluation of Organ-on-Chip Microfluidic Flows Using Optical Coherence Tomography
2019	Chuqian Zhang	Design and Fabrication of a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Organ-on-Chips Platforms
	Marta Saccher	MEMS ultrasound for active implantable devices
	Jeroen Naaborg	High Density Integrated Capacitors for Smart Catheters and Implants
2015	Armando Galicia Naranjo	Acoustically Induced Microenvironments: Building blocks for organ models in-vitro
2014	Jose Manuel Rosas Escobar	Fabrication of a microporous PDMS membrane for an Organ-on-Chip device
	Shruti Agrawal	Assessment of Cytostretch - A Heart-On-Chip device. Experiments on Cardiomyocytes

Erasmus

2022	Mattia Orvietani	Fabrication and Characterization of wide band gap semiconductors for ultraviolet sensing, based on nanoparticle ZnO and bulk SiC
2011	Sabrina Magnani	Suspended Submicron Silicon-Beam for High Sensitivity Piezoresistive Force Sensing Cantilevers
2010	Ana Neves Vieira da Silva	Analytical Modeling of the Stress-Strain Distribution in a Multilayer Structure with Applied Bending

Internship

2022	Paulus van der End	Fabricatie en karakterisering van hoekgevoelige sensoren met geïntegreerde optische roosters

MSc Embedded Systems

2021	Xinyun Xu	Multifunctional UV-C LED Virus Inactivation Experimental Platform
2020	Teodor Nikolov	Graphene Nano-ribbon Patterning and Characterisation Towards Boolean Logic Gates

MSc Applied Physics

2019	Thijs Ten Bruggencate	Transferred Graphene as a Conductive Layer on a Thin Alumina Membrane

MSc Biomedical Devices

2023	Ramón Carballás Boluda	3D Microelectrode Integration in Muscle-on-Chip device

MSc Materials Science

2025	Xuanzi He	Metal-oxide Nanoparticles based CO2 gas sensor via Spark Ablation
2024	Yixin Yan	Effects of Varying Annealing Temperatures on the Microstructure and Electromigration Performance of Copper Interconnects