• Troubling Dominance in Sport: Deconstructing Curling Culture(s) through Narrative Inquiry 

  Norman, RIchard (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-26)

  Curling, with its deep history, colonial legacy, and quintessential “Canadianness” (Mair, 2007, 2009) offers a rich context to explore how dominant narratives within a sport may continue to affect diversity and inclusion. ...

• Infrastructure Asset Management Readiness Assessment of Ontario Municipal Water Utilities 

  Silva Schmidt Zucco, Anelisa (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-26)

  The safety and quality of services provided by municipal water utilities depend on sound water and wastewater infrastructure. Nevertheless, according to the 2016 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, about 12% of this ...

• Developing a droplet microfluidic platform for making double emulsions towards manufacturing polymersomes 

  Ghadami, Sepehr (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-24)

  In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of double emulsions in various industries such as pharmaceutical, foods, and cosmetics. Polymersomes are one of the promising applications of double emulsions ...

• Hurry Up and Wait: Spatial Strategies for Urban Stress Relief 

  Hadley, Maighdlyn (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)

  In the midst of rising urban density and its projected impacts on infrastructures and city dwellers alike, the importance of understanding the effects of built space on our biology and mental well-being is becoming essential ...

• Analyzing Government Use of GitHub for Collaboration: An Empirical Approach to Measuring Open Government and Open Collaboration 

  Mistry, Jaydeep (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)

  The way government organizations collaborate on developing computer software has significantly changed with the use of the Internet. GitHub, an online platform that hosts computer software and provides project management ...

• Cellulosic Nanocomposites for Advanced Manufacturing: An Exploration of Advanced Materials in Electrospinning and Additive Manufacturing 

  Finkle, Andrew Christopher (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)

  The effects of formulation and processing of thermoplastics and composites containing Nanocrystalline Cellulose (NCC) were explored and characterized for electrospinning and fused deposition modeling 3D printing advanced ...

• Museum of Contemporary Art Gateway Sculpture Garden 

  Mehdizadeh, Melika (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-20)

  This thesis comprises a design for a garden that serves as a gateway to the new cultural hub of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in the Junction Triangle, Toronto. This contribution aims to capitalize on the cultural ...

• The Storey-Based Stability of Steel Frames Subjected to Variable Gravity and Fire Loading 

  Ma, Terence (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-20)

  The concept of storey-based stability has been developed over the past several decades, and includes powerful methods to holistically assess the structural integrity of unbraced and semi-braced steel frames. Recently, it ...

• Development of Highly Anti-Corrosive and Mechanically Improved Graphene-Based Polyurethane Nanocomposites for the Application of Pipeliners in Oil Sands Transportation 

  Um, Jun Geun (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-20)

  In contemporary composite science, polymer nanocomposites are the promising functional materials in the research field. Among them, the nano-sized filler, graphene, supplements the flaws of polymeric materials with their ...

• Linking soil moisture content and carbon dioxide fluxes: From batch experiments to process-based modelling 

  Fairbairn, Linden Grace (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-19)

  The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil to the atmosphere represent a major flux within the global carbon cycle. Soil CO2 fluxes depend on environmental factors including soil moisture and oxygen, and on intrinsic ...

• Direct Method for Floor Response Spectra Considering Soil-Structure Interaction 

  Zhou, Yang (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-19)

  Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) analysis is required in structural dynamic analysis under seismic excitations in the current standards, and it significantly influences the Floor Response Spectra (FRS),which are used in ...

• The Effects of Narcissism and Perspective-taking on Managers’ Escalation of Commitment 

  Stapleton, Andrea (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-19)

  Companies often have the opportunity to invest in capital assets. Unfortunately, the benefits of such investments are not always realized and managers are challenged with deciding whether they should withdraw their support ...

• Burrowing Through the Edifice: Viewing the Patterns of Woodboring Beetles as a Representation of the Chthulucene 

  Baker, Timothy (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-19)

  Following a process of formal and craft explorations this thesis uses the lines, tracings, and voids of various forest pests, specifically woodboring beetles and their fungal symbionts, as a way of evoking Donna Haraway’s ...

• A Community-Based Pilot Study Exploring Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSD) Perception Among Recently Relocated Syrian Refugees in Canada 

  Nazari, Roghiyeh (Mehrnaz) (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-18)

  Refugees, a vulnerable population, usually end up in precarious work situations, which are very common in small businesses (SBs). SBs, where 69.7% of the total private labor force is employed, often hire unskilled workers ...

• Implementation of Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Topology Optimization Methods for Effective Additive Manufacturing of a Gas Turbine Component 

  Rahnama, Pouyan (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-18)

  Additive manufacturing (AM) is a relatively new technology that is making its way into different industries at a fast pace. In order to take full advantage of flexibility and freedom that this technology provides, a proper ...

• Spatially-Distributed Interactive Behaviour Generation for Architecture-Scale Systems Based on Reinforcement Learning 

  Lin, Daiwei (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-18)

  This thesis is part of the research activities of the Living Architecture System Group (LASG). LASG develops immersive, interactive art sculptures combining concepts of architecture, art, and electronics which allow occupants ...

• Rapid Environmental Change, Psychological Distress and Well-being in Chilika Lagoon, India 

  Crisan Szabo, Patricia (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)

  As the effects of climate change are increasingly occurring throughout the world, costal fisheries are at risk of experiencing significant impacts on their environment. As recent studies indicate that psychological distress ...

• An Application of Out-of-Distribution Detection for Two-Stage Object Detection Networks 

  Denouden, Taylor (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)

  Recently, much research has been published for detecting when a classification neural network is presented with data that does not fit into one of the class labels the network learned at train time. These so-called ...

• Tracing the Last Mile: Mobility, Urbanization, and the Journey Home in China’s Spring Festival Golden Week 

  Tang, Cynthia (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)

  Tracing the Last Mile studies the annual migratory journey home during China’s Lunar New Year Golden Week through the convergence of traditional Chinese art and auto-ethnographic research. This thesis highlights individual ...

• Analytical Investigation of Gas Production from Methane Hydrates upon Thermal Stimulation 

  Roostaie, Mohammad (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)

  In this study, analytical models are developed to investigate methane hydrate dissociation in porous media upon thermal stimulation employing wellbore heating. This work investigates how the wellbore’s external and internal ...

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