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Design of a Time Based Analog to Digital Converter
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-12)Analog to digital converter (ADC) plays a very important role in any mixed analog/digital system. Because digital CMOS technology can take advantage of technology scaling, system designers try to increase the percentage ... -
Design of a Two-Stage Level-Two Bidirectional On-Board Battery Charger for Plugin Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Depletion of fossil fuel reserves, increasing awareness of air pollution levels and continuous rise in gasoline prices are some of the major drives that have been revolutionizing the automotive industry since the last ... -
Design of an IGBT-Based Pulsed Power Supply for Non-continuous-mode Electrospinning
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Nanofibres are useful in a broad range of applications in areas such as medical science, food science, materials engineering, environmental engineering, and energy and electronics due to their outstanding characteristics: ... -
Design of an In-situ Spinal Rod Cutter for Orthopaedic Surgeons
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)As spine deformities scoliosis and kyphosis progress in severity, surgical treatment is often required. Implant rods are attached by bone screws to the spinal vertebrae to correct these deformities and stabilize the ... -
Design of an Integrated Electrostatic Atomic Force Microscope
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)The need for investigation and characterization of physical, chemical and structural properties of material surfaces at the micro and nano scales led to the invention of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in 1986 as a successor ... -
Design of an Inverse Photoemission Spectrometer for the Study of Strongly Correlated Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)The design and construction of a state-of-the-art ultra-high vacuum spectrometer for the performance of angle-resolved inverse photoemission spectroscopy is presented. Detailed descriptions of its most important components ... -
Design of an OTN-based Failure/Alarm Propagation Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)This thesis presents OTN failure/alarm propagation behavior analysis and an OTN simulator based on failure/alarm propagation behavior on the optical layer of optical transport network (OTN) architecture. The simulator code ... -
The Design Of An Out-Diffusion Experiment And The Use Of Geochemical Analyses For The Purpose Of Matrix Pore Fluid Extraction And Characterization: A Case Study For Radioactive Waste Disposal
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-30)Deep crystalline rock formations of low permeability have been identified as a possible geological medium for high-level radioactive waste disposal. In order for the safe disposal of radioactive waste, a site characterization ... -
Design of Binocular Stereo Vision System Via CNN-based Stereo Matching Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-06)Stereo vision is one of the representative technologies in the 3D camera, using multiple cameras to perceive the depth information in the three-dimensional space. The binocular one has become the most widely applied method ... -
Design of cancer trials based on progression-free survival with intermittent assessment
(Wiley, 2018-03-26)Therapeutic advances in cancer mean that it is now impractical to performed phase III randomized trials evaluating experimental treatments on the basis of overall survival. As a result, the composite endpoint of progression-free ... -
The design of capacitated intermodal hub networks with different vehicle types
(Elsevier, 2016-04-01)In this study, we allow using alternative transportation modes and different types of vehicles in the hub networks to be designed. The aim of the problem is to determine the locations and capacities of hubs, which ... -
Design of Carbon Nanotube Based Field Emission Facility
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)The objective of this research is to build a prototype of a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based micro X-ray tube array, which can be used in a real-time cone-beam computed tomography (CT) scanner for cancer research. The X-ray ... -
Design of CMOS Distributed Amplifiers for Broadband Wireline and Wireless Communication Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2006)While the RF building blocks of narrowband system-on-chip designs have increasingly been created in CMOS during the past decade, researchers have started to look at the possibility of implementation of broadband ... -
Design of Coated Magnetic Iron-Oxide Nanogels for Drug Delivery Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-11-01)Intelligent and more advanced therapeutic agents, capable of sensing and responding to their environment, are required to treat more complicated and complex diseases. Among all recently developed therapeutic agents, hydrogels ... -
Design of Collaborative Systems for Modern Cockpits
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-28)One of the most significant developments in cockpit technology over the past several years is the emergence of a new cockpit architecture that uses cursor control devices and keyboards for interaction with individual and ... -
Design of efficient block-sparse data structures and associated tensor multiplications for applications in Cluster in Molecule electronic structure calculations
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)The Cluster-in-molecule approach (CiM) is one of the most popular methods in electronic structure calculations for medium to large molecules and systems. The Nooijen group is currently developing a new CiM approach using ... -
Design of Efficient Cobalt-based Bi-functional Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-24)Due to its high theoretical specific energy and low-cost, rechargeable zinc-air batteries have attracted tremendous attention as a promising next-generation energy conversion system. However, there are some challenges that ... -
A Design of Electronic Medical Record System based on Permissioned Blockchain
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-07)Blockchain, due to its decentralized, verifiable, and security features, is increasingly used in more and more scenarios, but the original public chain cannot meet the needs of some enterprise or group financial scenarios ... -
The Design of Food
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-02)“The gastronomic must no longer serve as mere metaphor for the arts, but must take its place among the muses.” - Allen S. Weiss Isidore of Seville, in his seventh century work Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Etymologiarum ... -
Design of Functional Coating on Cellulose Nanocrystals for Advanced Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)As a result of the increasing demand for high-performance, sustainable consumer products, renewable materials with benign characteristics are receiving considerable attention. Among many renewable materials, cellulose ...