• Synthesis and Characterization of Furan-Based Non-ionic Surfactants (FBNIOS) 

  Liu, Donghan (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-27)

  A series of furan-based non-ionic surfactants (fbnios) derived from 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (5-CMF), a feedstock prepared by Origin Materials through a carbon negative process, were prepared from commercially available ...

• Compensatory movement simulation of subacromial impingement syndrome kinematics using an asymptomatic group for rehabilitative shoulder exercises 

  Fournier, Daniel (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-27)

  Rotator cuff tears are a common source of shoulder pain that requires conservative management or surgical intervention to heal and regain proper function. During both interventions, prescribed exercise programs are given ...

• Scalability aspects of data cleaning 

  Saxena, Hemant (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-27)

  Data cleaning has become one of the important pre-processing steps for many data science, data analytics, and machine learning applications. According to a survey by Gartner, more than 25% of the critical data in the world's ...

• A High-Fidelity VR Simulation Study: Do External Warnings Really Improve Pedestrian Safe Crossing Behavior? 

  He, Fan (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-27)

  To better communicate with pedestrians, adding external displays to autonomous vehicles (AVs) has been proposed as a potential communication method to encourage safe crossing behavior by pedestrians. Whereas, most researchers ...

• Failure Localization Aware Protection in All-Optical Networks 

  da Costa Hirafuji, Raisa Ohana (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  The recent development of optical signal processing and switching makes the all-optical networks a potential candidate for the underlying transmission system in the near future. However, despite its higher transmission ...

• Exploring the role of governance in supporting urban green infrastructure for sustainability transitions 

  Kundurpi, Aravind (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Green infrastructure development in urban areas may be enhanced by governing processes that are collaborative, action-oriented, and strategically organized. Past literature has provided evidence on the performance, purpose, ...

• Old Bones: A recent history of urban placemaking in Kitchener, Ontario through media analysis 

  Barich, Lee (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Kitchener, Ontario has experienced significant social and physical changes in its downtown in recent decades. Once an industrial hub, the City's urban core declined as suburban migration and deindustrialization gutted its ...

• Conjugated Polymers Having Indolin-2-one Side Chains for Organic Electronics 

  Li, Wuqi (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  It is of great significance to develop π-conjugated semiconducting polymers for various kinds of printed organic electronics applications such as organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). ...

• Anatolian Regional Modernism A Proposal for Regional Residential Prototypes for Black Sea, Cappadocia and Aegea 

  Ozdemir, Ilhan (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Located at the convergence point of European and Asian continents, Anatolia has been a melting pot of cultures, peoples, and architecture. Traveling through the land, one can witness a wide spectrum of history on display, ...

• Investigations into quantum light-matter interactions, their approximations and applications 

  Funai, Nicholas (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Devoting some thought to the interactions between light and matter quickly conjure a myriad of different possibilities; different models for light and matter, different possible interaction Hamiltonians, different simplifying ...

• An Adaptive Teachable Robot For Encouraging Teamwork 

  Baghaei Ravari, Parastoo (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Social robots used in education can take different roles, including tutor robots and peer robots. Peer robots (also called teachable robots) take the role of a novice in a teaching interaction while the students take the ...

• Generalizations of All-or-Nothing Transforms and their Application in Secure Distributed Storage 

  Navid, Nasr Esfahani (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  An all-or-nothing transform is an invertible function that maps s inputs to s outputs such that, in the calculation of the inverse, the absence of only one output makes it impossible for an adversary to obtain any information ...

• A new series of semiconducting azine polymers and their applications in organic electronics 

  Wang, Guanlin (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  The rise of renewable energy and the urgency of sustainable development make organic solar cells (OSCs) or organic photovoltaics (OPVs) valued. Among so many donor materials for bulk heterojunction structure, P3HT is one ...

• Ultra-Low latency in Human-machine Interfacing using EMG Onset Detection and Pattern Recognition 

  Chopra, Tushar (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  The research and development of advanced human-machine interfaces (HMI) have seen a significant surge during the last decade. These HMIs are gradually started to be integrated into our lives. Electromyography (EMG) is one ...

• The Influence of Dielectric Constant of Polymer Donors and Their Blends on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells 

  Kumar, Pankaj (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Organic solar cell (OSC) is a promising photovoltaic technology because the optoelectronic properties of the organic materials can be easily tuned, which allows for constant improvement in the device performance, material ...

• Environmental sensitivities of coupled biogeochemical cycles in anoxic conditions: from soil batch experiments to a bioenergetics approach 

  Townsend, Heather (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  The ongoing displacement of climate zones has aggravated warming effects at regions from mid- to high-latitudes, affecting terrestrial organic carbon (C) stores. Amplified effects of warming occurring through the winter ...

• CMOS Front-End Circuits in 45-nm SOI Suitable for Modular Phased-Array 60-GHz Radios 

  Eltaliawy, Ayman (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Next Fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies enabling ultra-wideband spectrum availability and increased system capacity can achieve multi-gigabit/s (Gbps) data rates suitable for ultra-high-speed internet access around ...

• Mueller Matrix Confocal Scanning Laser Polarimetry and Optimal Conditions for Improved Image Quality 

  Zangoulos, Julia (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Alzheimer's disease (AD), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common form of senile dementia. Five hundred thousand Canadians are living with dementia, a number predicted to double by 2030. Currently, the most ...

• Prediction and Detection of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease using Plantar Pressure Data 

  Shalin, Gaurav (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement and is characterized by symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, and Freezing of Gait (FOG). FOG is a walking disturbance seen in more ...

• Imitation vs. Adaptation in Canadian Mosques: The Conflicts and Challenges of Purpose-Built and Repurposed Architecture 

  Ahmed, Saadman (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-26)

  In Canada, the construction of Islamic mosques has been influenced by various cultural biases, historical interpretation, and a multitude of subtle contradictions which shape the identities of the different generations of ...

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