• An Investigation of Non-stationary Nature of Environmental Data 

  Amin, Maulin (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  Several investigations have shown that the Earth's climate is experiencing change, as evident by rising global temperatures, receding ice sheets and reducing glacier sizes. There is also empirical observation supporting ...

• Development of Photocatalytic Materials and Systems for the Removal of Selenium from Industrially Impacted Water 

  Holmes, Andrew (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  Selenium (Se) contaminated water derived from global industrial activities such as power generation, oil extraction and refining, coal and mineral mining, metal smelting, and agricultural irrigation can bioaccumulate in ...

• Chaotic Advection for Enhanced Reagent Mixing 

  Cho, Michelle Seeun (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  In situ remediation techniques commonly involve the injection of a reagent into the subsurface to create a zone in which biological and/or chemical reactions lead to mass destruction of contaminants. In these injection-driven ...

• Computational Aeroacoustic Prediction of Airfoil Self-Noise at Static Angles of Attack 

  Zilstra, Alison (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  Aeroacoustic noise from wind turbines is often an obstacle in the implementation of wind farms. Reduction of this noise is key to allowing the expansion of the wind energy sector which is crucial for decreasing the dependence ...

• Development of a Compact, Energy-Positive Food Waste Treatment Process 

  Saha, Swakshar (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  This study developed an innovative bioprocess for food waste (FW) treatment by combining a leach bed reactor (LBR) with an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). The two bioreactors were consistently operated at neutral ...

• Longevity Risk Management: Models and Hedging Strategies 

  Zhou, Kenneth Q. (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  Longevity risk management is becoming increasingly important in the pension and life insurance industries. The unexpected mortality improvements observed in recent decades are posing serious concerns to the financial ...

• Gaits and Their Development in the Infraorder Pecora 

  Dagg, Anne Innis (University of Waterloo, 1967-02)

  The gaits of twenty-eight species of the Infraorder Pecora are analyzed from motion picture sequences comprising over 45,000 frames. For each gait the percentage time spent on the various supporting legs during each stride ...

• A structural and stratigraphic study in Liuyuan area, Southern Beishan orogenic collage, Northwest China 

  LI, Jiangyu (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-17)

  A stratigraphic and structural study of the Permian North Shuangbaotang Complex offers new evidence constraining the timing of the final closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean to the late Permian. The fold and thrust belt of ...

• Une lecture d'Honoré de Balzac par le cadre des portes : le rôle que jouent les portes dans les demeures privées du Père Goriot et d'Eugénie Grandet 

  Green, Rachel (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-16)

  Cette thèse se consacre à l’étude détaillée du rôle que jouent les portes dans les demeures privées du Père Goriot (1835) et d’Eugénie Grandet (1833) du romancier français Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850). Après un examen dans ...

• Exploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya 

  Onyango, Elizabeth (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  The recent past has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of wellbeing both in academia and public policy. Governments and international organizations have developed a policy agenda with the broad goal of improving ...

• Transition Matrix Monte Carlo Methods for Complex Systems 

  Lee, Yong Hwan (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  The aim of this thesis is to develop efficient transition matrix Monte Carlo simulation methods for complex systems(e.g., spin glasses) that enable one to construct the transition matrix from which the density of states ...

• Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Reduction Strategies for Real-time Optimal Control 

  Maitland, Anson (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  This thesis presents a variety of strategies to accelerate the turnaround times (TATs) of nonlinear and hybrid model predictive controllers (MPCs). These strategies are unified by the themes of symbolic computing, nonlinear ...

• "A New Park, A New Opportunity": Place-Branding, Acculturation, and Cultural Diversity in Rouge National Urban Park 

  Guppy, Danika (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  In 2015, the Rouge National Urban Park Act formally established the ‘newest member to the Parks Canada family’ in the form of Canada’s first-ever national urban park. Located in the eastern end of Toronto, the largest and ...

• A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Pinery Provincial Park Smartphone Application Pilot Project 

  MacDonald, Andrew (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-11)

  Pinery Provincial Park is the first provincial park in the Ontario Parks system to launch a custom-built smartphone application. This application, titled “Explore Pinery,” was launched in January of 2016 and acts as an ...

• THE TULU KAPI GOLD DEPOSIT OF THE WESTERN ETHIOPIAN SHIELD: STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK, U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PARAGENESIS 

  Molnar, Zsolt (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-10)

  Gold production dates back millennia in the Arabian Nubian Shield. Most of the mined deposits are in the northern portions of the shield, with little know about its southern extent. Tulu Kapi is a rare example of a gold ...

• Succinct Data Structures for Chordal Graphs 

  Wu, Kaiyu (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-10)

  We study the problem of approximate shortest path queries in chordal graphs and give a n log n + o(n log n) bit data structure to answer the approximate distance query to within an additive constant of 1 in O(1) time. We ...

• Evaluating parameter fitting and model design for unsaturated processes in peatlands 

  Elliott, James (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)

  Growing Sphagnum moss for peatland restoration and fibre farming requires the proper moisture regime be maintained; thus, there is a desire to optimize growth by creating ideal hydrological conditions. Sphagnum mosses have ...

• LIDAR Odometry with Joint Geometric and Appearance Landmarks 

  Skikos, Benjamin Anargyros Peregrine (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)

  Odometry is the problem of estimating the motion of a moving platform relative to its environment without measurements to a fixed reference point. This is a critical problem for mobile robotics applications where ...

• Evaluation of Techniques for Flood Quantile Estimation in Canada 

  Mostofi Zadeh, Shabnam (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)

  As one of the most destructive natural hazards, floods have a strong and devastating influence on various aspects of human society and the environment. Damages from floods can include property loss, destruction of ...

• Hair cortisol concentration as a predictor of quality of life among children with mental disorder 

  Buchan, Marisa Claire (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)

  Children living with mental disorder are at risk for lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than their healthy peers. Although hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is found to be elevated among individuals subjected to ...

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