MSc thesis examples

MSc Microelectronics

2024	Kutucu Ceren	A biodegradalble optical filter and photodetector for monitoring oxygen in living tissue
	Dion Gavin Mascarenhas	A 7-Channel Code-Multiplexed Analog CMOS Front-End using an On-Chip Orthogonal Walsh-Hadamard Sequence Generator
	Kwok Hang Luo	Powering Electronics worn by Group-Housed Rodents: A Control Loop Design for a Rodent’s Headstage
	Hsukang Chen	Artifact-Free Neurostimulator with Arbitrary Waveform Generation for High-Channel, High-Density Bidirectional Neural Interfaces
	Ronald Wijermars	An Optimised Approach to Wireless Power Transfer for an Artificial Retina Implant
2023	Yuan Lei	An Area- and Energy-Efficient Ultrasonic Pulser Based on Self-timed Stepwise Charging
	Remy Zhang	A Novel Neural Recording IC with Adaptive Gain Control for Wide-Dynamic Range Closed-Loop Neural Interfaces
	Xinyu Liu	Cold Start for energy harvester with piezo transducer
	Niels van Damme	The integration of bulk PZT transducers in a microfabricated cuff implant for Vagus Nerve ultrasound neuromodulation: Simulation, design and fabrication
	Chunyan Xue	Wearable Ultrasonic Vagus Nerve Stimulator
	Yihao Zhang	An Energy-Efficient High-Voltage Pulser for 2D Ultrasound Phased-Array Transmitters
	Widesh Gahar	A Lamb wave-based liquid sensor for biomedical applications
2022	Hankai Yang	An 11-bit 2MS/s column parallel SAR-RAMP ADC for ToF imager readout
	Cyril Weustink	Always-on wireless ear-EEG to monitor brain activity
	Bauke Meekes	Energy Harvesting PMIC Design for an Extended Power Range
	Marvin Exalto	Compact Neural Amplifier for Next-Generation Brain-Machine Interfaces
	Yidi Xiao	Energy-Efficient High-Voltage Driver for High-Frequency Ultrasound Medical Applications
2021	Berend Koele	Integrating Ultrasound Neuromodulation and Imaging. A System Concept for a Non-Invasive Image-Guided Vagus Nerve Stimulator
	Jasper Rietveld	PASiC Ammonia Sensor Design: On Modelling the PASiC Layer, Electrode Designs and Device Fabrication
	Aitor del Rivero Cortázar	Microelectronic design of a pseudo voltage clamp for a 0.18um CMOS-based mesoscale neural interface for intracellular in-vitro recording and stimulation
	Joey van Rijn	Near-Realtime Low Power Epileptic Seizure Detection Using ANNs
	Olmar van Beurden	Illuminance Calculation Algorithm and Hardware for Simultaneous Sensing and Energy Harvesting Using Solar Cell Harvester at Maximum Power Point
	Ishaan Ghosh	CMOS driving channel for ultrasonic neurovascular stent
	Joram van der Velden	SINGLE-CHANNEL HETEROGENEOUS-SOURCE ENERGY HARVESTING PMIC DESIGN
	Xinyu Yang	Ultrasound Transmitter for Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation
	Emmanouil (Manos) Kandilakis	Ultra-Low Energy Time-Mode ADC with Background Calibration for Biomedical Sensing Applications
2020	Francesc Varkevisser	A Charge Controlled Switched-Voltage Mode Neurostimulator
	Shuang Wang	An ultrasound receiver channel for vagus nerve imaging
	Asli Yelkenci	A 16-Channel CMOS Reconfigurable Recording Unit for Simultaneous In-Vitro Microelectrode Array and Current-Clamp Measurements
	Caitlin Ramsey	Safety Investigation of Millimeter Wave Radar to Monitor Vital Signs in the NICU
	Shengjie Chen	A 3-by-3 400-MHz LC microsensor array for wireless capacitive biosensing
	Gayatri Agarwal	PVT Tolerant Transconductor for Low-Voltage Highly-Selective High-Frequency Filter of MRI Front-end Receiver
	Brian Nanhekhan	PWM-based Transthoracic Bioimpedance Analyzer for Detecting Heart Failures
	Pedro Gaizka Zufiria Gerboles	An Efficacious and Safe Multichannel Neurostimulator Powered by an Ultrasonic Wireless Link
	Tim Hosman	High-density interconnect technology optimised for flexible implants
	Alberto Gancedo Reguilon	Design and Analysis of a General Purpose Biosignal Acquisition System
2019	Anirudh Kumar Parag	ENMOS - Energy Module for Self-Sustainable Wearable Sensors
	Aurojyoti Das	Multichannel LC ADC to Record Atrial Electrograms
	Yashwanth Sai Reddy Vyza	Capacitive Microelectrode Arrays for In-Vitro Analysis of Neural Activity
	Luc van Wietmarschen	Energy harvesting on the human body -- Hybrid charge pump design for cold start compatibility and high efficiency harvesting with minimal footprint
	Marc Bisschop	Resistive Matching using an AC Boost Converter for Efficient Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transfer
	Koen Emmer	Analysing the performance of KHFAC nerve block stimulation parameters
	Gandhika Wardhana	A Flexible Transparent Graphene Electrode Array for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Rats
2018	Gerard Baquer Gómez	Optimal stimulation waveform for efficacious high-frequency block of the pudendal nerve with minimized electrochemical damage: A computer simulation optimization approach
	Dieuwert Mul	Stochastic Resonance Analog-to-Digital Conversion -- 1-Bit Signal Acquisition Employing Noise
	Tim Steunebrink	Low-power low-cost readout electronics for inductive vital-sign measurements
	Ali Kaichouhi	IQ Offset and Gain Mismatch Compensation for Phase-Domain ADC
	Minghui Liu	Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring On Multiple Subjects
2017	Lichao Wu	Design of a Pipeline Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) Suitable for Transducer Array Channel Multiplexing
	Ernesto Gonzales Huaman	A Low-Complexitry CMOS Receiver for UWB Signals
	Hongming Yu	Structured Design of an External NMOS based Linear Voltage Regulator for Automotive Applications
2016	Yang Jiang	8uW to 1mW Input Power Management IC Design for RF Energy Harvester
	Yao Li	A 0.6V Low Noise Current Generator for Bio-Impedance Measurements in 40nm CMOS
	Qiuyang Lin	A 0.6V, 1 uW, Low-Power Low-Noise Instrumentation Amplifier for ECG/BioZ measurement in 40nm CMOS
	Samprajani Rout	Structured Electronic Design of High-Pass ∆Σ Converters and their application to cardiac signal acquisition
	Ide Swager	Passive Wireless ECoG Monitoring on Multiple Subjects
	Joost Kerpels	In vivo multicell inferior olivary recordings: alternative design methods for creating cheap and flexible electrode structures
	Matthijs Weskin	A compact multi-electrode system to measure in vivo electrical activity in the olivocerebellar system -- measuring sub-threshold oscillations and action potentials spatially and over time
2015	Sander Fondse	SWEAT: Sleeping Wireless Energy Transfer And Trickle Charger
2014	Jialue Wang	Design of a Boost DC-DC Converter for Energy Harvesting Applications in 40nm CMOS Process
	Menno Vastenholt	A Sub-GHz UWB Correlation Receiver for Wireless Biomedical Communication
2013	Luis Carlos Gutierrez	Analysis and Design of MHz-range Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Implantable Devices
	Eric Muijs	A CMOS Temperature Compensated Log-Amp Detector
2010	Mark Stoopman	A Sub-GHz UWB Pulse Generator for Wireless Biomedical Communication
	Cees-Jeroen Bes	A front-end for sensing the stimulation and response of auditory nerve cells
	Senad Hiseni	Ultra Low-Power Analog Integrated Circuits for Extracellular Action Potential Detection
2009	Marijn Van Dongen	A versatile output stage for implantable neural stimulators
	Y. Shamsa	LC Ladder Based Orthonormal Filter for Impulse-Radio UWB Pulse Generation.
	S. Al-Ahdab	An Ultra Low Power Fully Integrated Sensor Interface IC for Pacemakers
	M.A. Grashuis	A fully differential switched capacitor wavelet filter
	S. Wang	A 10-bit 25Msps Pipeline ADC for Companding Baseband Processing in Wireless Application

MSc Computer Engineering

2015	Athanasios Karapatis	Next-generation neuromodulator for epilepsy prevention

MSc Biomedical Engineering

2024	Cecília Molnár	Electro-acoustic heart interface for mapping 3D cardiac electro-mechanical coupling in Arrhythmia
	Juan Francisco Cabello	Comparison of tactile, electrical, and magnetic neurostimulation methods on an earthworm model
	Jonathan Kneepkens	Bimodal stimulator for treating tinnitus -- Electrical stimulation circuit design and safety of a bimodal stimulation device for the treatment of tinnitus
	Remco van der Stoep	Temporal Current Steering -- a novel stimulation technique for increased spatial selectivity in vagus nerve stimulation
	Inés de los Mozos Vargas	Optimization algorithm for visual cortex stimulation
	Stef Zwartveld	Bi-modal Stimulator: Simultaneous electrical and acoustical stimulation to test a hypothesis for treating tinnitus
	Daniel Laguna	Stretchable electronics for in-vitro peripheral nerve studies
	Bas Haayen	Failure Mechanisms of balanced arature receivers uder drop and shock loading conditions.
2023	Claudia Kruissel	An eye-movement monitoring device for premature babies
	Eduardo Puchol Morejón	Lossless Integration of Piezoelectric Transducers in CMOS Technology: Design and optimization of the microfabrication process
	Tom Wemelsfelder	Electronic quality factor control for piezoelectric transducer arrays
	Hidde Woerdman	A novel flexible ultrasound neurostimulator featuring a pitch-matched 2D array
	Kiana Griffith	Optimizing Sensitivity of Capacitive Pressure Sensors for Improved Intraocular Pressure Monitoring
	Yawende Landbrug	Assessment Of The Spike Detection Performance Of The Wired-OR Readout Architecture
	Christos Toitos	Towards an Energy-Efficient Inductively-Powered Ultra-High Frequency Pulsed Neurostimulator
	Reka Savundranayagam	Acoustic Fresnel lens to focus ultrasound for in vitro neuromodulation
	Samantha Rice	Graphene with Platinum Nanoparticles for Neural Recording and Stimulation
2022	Izaka Tesselaar	Development of a Pullback Device for Intravascular Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Catheter Imaging
	Patricija Burgar	Design of Flexible Dry CNT/PDMS Electrodes for In-ear EEG
	Niels Burghoorn	Biophysical mechanisms responsible for ultrasound neuromodulation in bilayer lipid membranes
	Niels van Lith	VoNA The Visualisation of Neuronal Activation
	Ignas Dilevicius	Vascular Stent with Piezoelectric Transducers for High-Spatial Ultrasound Mediate Neuromodulation. Finite Element Method Simulations of an Ultrasound Array within Brain Vasculature
	Christiaan Boerkamp	Object detection inside a wearable ultrasound neuromodulator patch: A deeper look into implementing ultrasound neuromodulator patches and how to find nerves using computer vision techniques
2021	Rohan Brash	Artifact-Free Stimulation for Next-Generation Single-Cell Resolution Epiretinal Implants
	Medha Krishnaswamy	Design and Fabrication of a Thin Film Optogenetic ECoG Array with Individually Addressable Micro-LEDs
	José López Hidalgo	Inertial Measurement Unit-based post-surgery knee rehabilitation
	Fabian Kortekaas	Using Gesture Detection as a User Interface for Customized Earphones
	Maurits Vriesendorp	Detecting myocardial ischaemia with optochemical sensing by using a fluorescent hydrogel: Combining optical and chemical sensing to save lives
	Luca van 't Hul	Fontan Circulation: The performance of different conduit sizes
	Georg Hahn	Assessing the state of security of Medical BANs and the IEEE 802.15.6 standard
	Alberto Miralles Abete	Towards All-Polymeric Cochlear Implant Micro-Electrode Arrays
	Merlin Palmar	Improving electrical characteristics of graphene neural electrode (with nanoparticles and doping).
	Django Brunink	Engineering solutions to neural stem cell differentiation challenges
	Erik Wirianto	Predicting Infections in Preterm Infants with Thermal Imaging Technology
	Bas Bosma	Predicting Infection Using Infrared Thermography in Premature Infants: Quantifying the Interaction Between Infrared Thermography and a Neonatal Incubator
2020	Alessandro Barbon Pedrina	Design of a novel multi-modal stimulation device for the treatment of tinnitus
	Séline van der Woude	Computational modeling of hepatic blood flow in Fontan circulations
	Nikhita Baladari	OSCILLATOR BASED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR ACTION POTENTIAL READOUT IN MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS
	Vasileios Skrekas	Industry Compliant Wireless Power and Data Transfer Module Towards Ensuring Battery Denial of Service Protection
	Prodromos Gavriilidis	Application of OCT and IVUS to investigate the combined effect of plaque structural stress and wall shear stress on plaque progression in human coronary arteries
2019	Areti Sfakianou	Functional Characterization of Human iPSC-Derived Neural Networks using MEA Systems for In-Vitro Modeling of Psychiatric Disorders
	Andrada Velea	Flexible Graphene-Based Passive and Active Spinal Cord Implants
	Thomas Bakker	Real-time monitoring of sweat of Cystic Fibrosis patients
	Tim Beintema	Quantitative Analysis in Neonatal Healthcare: Detecting Delta Brushes with the Wavelet Transform
	Konstantinos Lekkas	A Power Efficient Multichannel Neurostimulator Based on the Ultra High Frequency Technique for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applications
	Irene Suriani	Unobtrusive Monitoring of Fluid Accumulation in the Body Using Ballistocardiography: A Feasibility Study
	Esther Fridriksdottir	A Deep Learning Algorithm for Patient Activity Recognition using a Chest-worn Accelerometer (HealthDot)
	Anastasios Malissovas	Influence of soft encapsulation on the wireless power transfer for bioelectronic medicine
2018	Chengyu Huang	Design and MEMS Microfabrication of an Optrode for Combined Optogenetics and Electrophysiology Studies
	Makrina Sekeri	IMPEDANCE-BASED BIOASSAY FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE MALIGNANT MELANOMA CANCER CELLS USING CMOS-MEA SYSTEMS -- A HETEROGENEITY AND CLASSIFICATION ASSAY PROPOSAL
	Lucia Tacchetti	Ultrasonic Power Transfer for Ultra-High-Frequency Biphasic Electrical Neural Stimulation
	Miguel Veloso O’Donell	Noise Correlations and Template Matching on Neural Recordings
2017	Maria Silos Viu	SOMNUS: An Ultra-Wideband Radar-Based Approach for Neonatal Sleep State Classification
	Abdi Insani Bangsa	System Building Blocks for Mathematical operators using Stochastic Resonance: application in an action potential detection system
	Guðrún Erla Ólafsdóttir	An Implantable Spinal Cord Stimulator with Adaptive Voltage Compliance for Freely Moving Rats
	Jinne Geelen	Terahertz Torching -- towards closed-loop neurostimulation of group-housed freely moving rodents
	Jeroen Röling	Tracking Location and Orientation of Multiple Group Housed Rodents
2016	Farnaz Nassiri Nia	Wireless Power Transfer and Optogenetic Stimulation of Freely Moving Rodents
	Maciej Kostalkowski	aEEG Analog Front-End IC for Neonatal Brain Development Monitoring
2015	Arundhati Radhakrishnan	Application of ultrasound to remove thrombi from the LVAD
2013	Horacio Jimenez	The Spike app: A programable neuron to stimulate brain slices in electrophysiology

Erasmus

2015	Alessandro Urso	An Ultra-High Frequency Neurostimulator Circuit with High Power Efficiency

MSc Embedded Systems

2022	Sushant Narang	How to identify and leverage Lead Users as a stepping stone to bring Biloq’s user authentication product to market?
2020	Corniel Joosse	Absence seizure prediction using recurrent neural networks