Overview MSc Research Topics

M-GEO
Robotics

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used within an Internet of Things (IoT) network where the UAV can communica

M-GEO
M-SE

Protected areas are useful governance tool to mitigate biodiversity loss and preserve threatened habitats and species.

M-GEO
M-SE
GIMA

Global production, transportation, and consumption of oil can cause inevitable spills into the environment (typically from pipelines, oil wells, and storage facilities) cont

M-GEO
M-SE
GEM

Accurate measurements of solar irradiance (incoming sunlight) and radiance (light coming from a specific direction) are fundamental in Earth Observation (EO).

M-GEO
M-SE
Humanitarian Engineering

This MSc topic develops a typology of Dutch regions that captures how remote work affects their spatial, economic and social characteristics (Extending Task 2.3 of R-Map1).

M-GEO
M-SE

Grid-based travel friction grids represent travel cost for moving through each cell of a landscape, enabling flexible and spatially detailed travel-time calculations.

M-GEO
M-SE
GIMA

Generative AI and Digital Twins (DTs) are redefining how urban environments are conceptualized, designed, and managed.

M-GEO
M-SE

For years, MODIS images have been instrumental in divers environmental and ecological studies such as monitoring deforestation, land-us/land-cover (LULC) changes, agriculture and epidemiology.

M-GEO
M-SE
GIMA

Green spaces are fundamental for the well-being of individuals and communities as they provide areas for recreation, which is essential for the quality of life in cities.

M-GEO
M-SE
Humanitarian Engineering

Natural hazards increasingly occur not as isolated events but as multiple, interacting phenomena (e.g., earthquakes followed by landslides, or compound flooding driven by storm surge and extreme ra

M-GEO
M-SE
Humanitarian Engineering
GEM

This study aims to investigate the environmental impacts of armed conflict in West Darfur, Sudan, with a particular focus on vegetation dynamics.

M-GEO
M-SE
GIMA

The decisions made on the spatial configurations and distributions in the built environments (urban or rural developments) directly affect the environment as well as the interests of various actors

M-GEO

3D models such as Building information models (BIM) are valuable for industry for various planning purposes.

M-GEO
M-SE
Humanitarian Engineering

Generative AI software development tools like Bolt.new enable the fast, efficient, and easy build of all kinds of web services and platforms.

M-GEO
M-SE

One of the greatest challenges in scientific research is bridging the gap of technical knowledge and practical solutions for communties.

M-GEO
GEM

Tropical lowland rainforests in Sumatra have been extensively degraded through logging and conversion to oil palm plantations, resulting in major ecological and biophysical chang