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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Expanding the Role of Power in Employees’ Interpretations of and Reactions to Leader Behaviors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-13)Though research on the impact of leader behaviors is generally grounded in the notion that organizational leaders hold formal power over subordinate employees, this conceptualization overlooks the power that employees may ... -
How Sustainable Fashion Brands Communication with Online Customers in Comparison with Fast Fashion Brands
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-13)Sustainability in the fashion industry is a very debatable concept as this industry is commonly known for being unsustainable due to environmental, social, economic, and supply chain issues. As the fashion industry is ... -
Gender Differences in Control Intervention Use: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Acute Psychiatric Hospital Patients in Ontario, Canada between 2006-2018
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-09)Background: Both gender differences (GDs) have been explored in various areas of mental health including disease epidemiology, treatment, risk factors and community engagement. However, few articles examine GDs in quality ... -
Simple Termination Criteria for Stochastic Gradient Descent Algorithm
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-09)Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm is widely used in modern mathematical optimization. Because of its scalability and ease of implementation, SGD is usually preferred to other methods including the gradient descent ... -
Integration of Satellite Data, Physically-based Model, and Deep Neural Networks for Historical Terrestrial Water Storage Reconstruction
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-08)Terrestrial water storage (TWS) is an essential part of the global water cycle. Long-term monitoring of observed and modeled TWS is fundamental to analyze droughts, floods, and other meteorological extreme events caused ... -
From Industrial District to Interface City: Re-imagining the Corrugated Metal Sheds of Taiwan
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-07)Manufacturing industries are on the decline in Taiwan, leaving many of the island’s corrugated metal warehouses and factories at the risk of being replaced by more profitable high-rise towers. The result is a gentrification ... -
An investigation into the motivations, influences and expectations of students studying optometry in Canada and the United States of America
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-01)Purpose: To investigate and compare the motivations, influences and expectations of Doctor of Optometry students studying in Canada and the United States of America. Methods: A survey was created, piloted, and conducted ... -
Developing design option assessment methods for high-rise residential building adaptation projects
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-01)Adapting existing buildings is complex, but it can reduce the ratio of operating-to-embodied energy and the amount of demolition and construction waste. There has been a growing interest in the adaptation of existing ... -
Computational and Theoretical Insights into Multi-Body Quantum Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-31)In generality, perfect predictions of the structure and dynamics of multi-body quantum systems are few and far between. As experimental design advances and becomes more refined, experimentally probing the interactions of ... -
Tuning Cation and Anion Redox Chemistry in Transition Metal Oxide Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-31)The surging demand for electrified transportation (both ground and air), robots, and other battery-powered devices has driven the development of electrochemical energy storage systems that can provide high gravimetric/volumetric ... -
Energy-Efficient Transaction Scheduling in Data Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-30)Natural short term fluctuations in the load of transactional data systems present an opportunity for power savings. For example, a system handling 1000 requests per second on average can expect more than 1000 requests in ... -
THE MYTH OF DISENCHANTMENT: RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-29)In the following project, I look closely at three living American writers whose work explores the important relations between the religious and ecocritical “turns” in American literature, with particular attention to ways ... -
Great Lakes Regional Water Conflict Analyses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-25)This research proposes a holistic framework to help understand and mitigate the interrelated and successive conflicts that occur over water resources in the Great Lakes and the rivers flowing into them. Local Canadian ... -
Electrocorticographic Features and Classification of Intracranial Glioma
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-23)During surgical resection of tumorous intracranial tissue in the human brain, different methods are used to locate the boundaries of the tumorous tissue because maximal resection of the tumorous tissue has been associated ... -
Assessment Methods for Advanced Masonry Work Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-19)The physically strenuous and demanding nature of construction tasks exposes workers to injury risks, can reduce productivity, and contributes to undesirable early retirement. In spite of these risks, human performance in ... -
Runtime Monitoring for Uncertain Times
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-19)In Runtime Verification (RV), monitors check programs for correct operation at execution time. Also called Runtime Monitoring, RV offers advantages over other approaches to program verification. Efficient monitoring is ... -
Development of the integration of microwave technology with microfluidic systems for sensing and heating
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-19)Microfluidics-based Lab-on-a-Chip platforms have drawn ever-increasing attention from both academy and industry due to their advantages for dealing with small volume of fluids and for integrating multiple processes into ... -
Resolution-enhanced Digital Epiluminescence Microscopy Using Deep Computational Optics
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-17)Melanoma is the most common type of cancer, and the standard practice used for examining skin lesions is dermoscopy, where dermatologists use an epiluminescence microscope (ELM) to visualize the skin's surface and subsurface ... -
Paved Paradise: Municipal Parking Policy and Surface Parking in Downtown Urban Growth Centres
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-17)In 2006, the Province of Ontario introduced the “Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe” (“Growth Plan”) with the goal of managing the significant population and employment growth projected for the Greater Toronto–Hamilton ... -
Vehicle Dynamic and Control of Constrained Multi-Actuation Systems at the Limits of Handling
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-17)With recent advances in electric vehicles, having electric motors directly driving the wheels is gaining attraction. When a vehicle is equipped with four independent electric hub motors or independently controlled brakes ...
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