Theses
The theses in UWSpace are publicly accessible unless restricted due to publication or patent pending.
This collection includes a subset of theses submitted by graduates of the University of Waterloo as a partial requirement of a degree program at the Master's or PhD level. It includes all electronically submitted theses. (Electronic submission was optional from 1996 through 2006. Electronic submission became the default submission format in October 2006.)
This collection also includes a subset of UW theses that were scanned through the Theses Canada program. (The subset includes UW PhD theses from 1998 - 2002.)
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Abstraction and Refinement Techniques for Ternary Symbolic Simulation with Guard-value Encoding
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)We propose a novel encoding called guard-value encoding for the ternary domain {0, 1, X}. Among the advantages it has over the more conventional dual-rail encoding, the flexibility of representing X with either of <0, 0> ... -
Counting Carbon: Evaluating the Quality and Environmental Impacts of Design Through Product Prototyping
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Industrialisation has brought numerous advancements to the architecture and design fields, many of which have allowed humanity to produce more efficiently, using less energy and human labour. Simultaneously, mass production ... -
Diabetic retinopathy grading with respect to the segmented lesions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)One of the leading causes of irreversible vision loss is Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). The International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy scale (ICDRS) provides grading criteria for DR. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs) ... -
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 ... -
Tunable Reflectarrays and Metasurfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication networks have been rapidly expanding in recent years. However, due to the higher frequency bands used in 5G applications compared with previous generations, it is more difficult ... -
Security of Software-defined Wireless Sensor Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) using Software Defined Networking (SDN) can achieve several advantages such as flexible and centralized network management and efficient routing. This is because SDN is a logically centralized ... -
Hardware-Aware Precoding and Digital Predistortion for Massive MIMO Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)To cope with the ever-increasing demand for higher data rates, reduced latency, and improved coverage, new technologies are needed to advance the current state of wireless communication systems. One of the promising new ... -
Plastic Instability and Failure of Sheet Metals Subjected to Complex Stress States
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)The rapid development of new emerging classes of steels has outpaced the methodologies and modelling strategies to exploit the superior mechanical properties in the design stage of structural automotive lightweight components. ... -
Investigating the effects of synthetic peptides on aquatic pathogens and rainbow trout immunity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)The demand for fish and seafood has increased exponentially over the past decade and continues to increase. Feeding fish has also become problematic as currently, the industry is dependent on fish meal which is not ... -
Simulation of Soot Formation in Turbulent Diffusion Flames Using Conditional Source-term Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)Conditional Source-term Estimation (CSE) is a turbulent combustion model which uses the conditional averages of scalars for calculating the mean reaction source term in the species transport equation. CSE has been shown ... -
Pathways to Social-Ecological Viability for Mangrove Dependent Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bangladesh Sundarbans
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)It is well described in the literature that mangrove-dependent small-scale fisheries (MDSSF) are increasingly vulnerable to drivers of change. However, the survivability of many MDSSF communities indicates that there are ... -
MT-MAG: Accurate and interpretable machine learning for complete or partial taxonomic assignments of metagenome-assembled genomes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-19)We propose MT-MAG, a novel machine learning-based software tool for the complete or partial hierarchically-structured taxonomic classification of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). MT-MAG is capable of classifying large ... -
Phenotypic Characterization of the Male Tafazzin-Knockout Mouse Model of Barth Syndrome at 3-, 6-, and 12-Months of Age
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Barth Syndrome (BTHS) is a devastating disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding for Tafazzin (TAZ), a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the phospholipid cardiolipin, which is vital for maintaining the ... -
Examining the Effect of Parvalbumin Overexpression on the Development of Centronuclear Myopathy in Phospholamban Overexpressing Mice
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Within the myofibre, the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) has an essential role in regulating intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) by pumping Ca2+ into the SR. There are several known regulators ... -
Asynchronous Optical Flow and Egomotion Estimation from Address Events Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Motion estimation is considered essential for many applications such as robotics, automation, and augmented reality to name a few. All cheap and low cost sensors which are commonly used for motion estimation have many ... -
Integration of a Self-Powered Sensor and Electronics to Produce a Battery-Free, Wireless, Water Leak Detection Device
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-18)Water damage accounts for 73% by dollars lost in commercial real estate claims [1]. Water leak detectors are a key solution to the problem but suffer from numerous drawbacks, namely high costs, lack of scalability, and ... -
An Intersectional Colour-Blind Frame Analysis of Sports News Coverage on Athlete Activism in the WNBA, NBA, and NHL Following the Shooting of Jacob Blake
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Despite Black women leading the way in athlete activism, there is little research and discussion on their experiences doing so. With the rapid progression of athlete activism in sport, it is important to understand the ... -
The White House, and Other Counter-Narratives from the Lockdown
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Contemporary emplacement demands movement, whether through migration, travel, or transcultural exchange. Identity, as positioned by the postcolonial writer Édouard Glissant, is linked fundamentally with change and contact ... -
Borrowers and Bullies
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Borrowers and Bullies is an exhibition of sculpture, installation, and video. I was highly impacted throughout the making of this work by the Covid-19 pandemic, which began immediately preceding my acceptance into the UW ... -
Borrowers and Bullies
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Borrowers and Bullies is an exhibition of sculpture, installation, and video. I was highly impacted throughout the making of this work by the Covid-19 pandemic, which began immediately preceding my acceptance into the UW ...