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Modeling of a Renewable Energy System, Experiential Innovation and Technology Centre
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-14)Energy consumption has been increasing rapidly over the last few decades. In 2003, Ontario’s energy needs were in the order of 155.1 TWh and are expected to increase to 168.9 TWh by 2014. This will create an increased ... -
Modeling of a-Si:H n-i-p detectors
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-15)The widespread use of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) devices prompted the need for models to identify challenges and solutions early on in the design process.Hydrogenated amorphous silicon photodiodes are ... -
Modeling of a-Si:H TFT I-V Characteristics in the Forward Subthreshold Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are widely used as switching elements in LCD displays and large area matrix addressed senor arrays. In recent years, a-Si:H TFTs have been used ... -
Modeling of Biofuelled HCCI Engines with a Parallel Multizone Model
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)With growing concerns over emissions, homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines offer a promising solution through reducing NOx and particulate emissions and increasing efficiency. However, this technology is ... -
The modeling of blood rheology in small vessels
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Blood is a dense suspension of flexible red blood cells. In response to a background flow, these cells distribute themselves non-uniformly throughout the vessel. As a result, material properties that are well defined ... -
Modeling of Brain Tumors: Effects of Microenvironment and Associated Therapeutic Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-29)Gliomas are the most common and aggressive primary brain tumors. The most common treatment protocols for these brain tumors are combinations of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, even with the most aggressive ... -
Modeling of Cancer Signaling Pathways
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-13)Cancer is an ongoing problem all over the world. To find a cure to this disease, both clinicians and scientists are looking for a reasonable treatment method. According to Hanahan and Weinberg, one of the hallmarks of ... -
Modeling of Compressed Air Energy Storage for Power System Performance Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-16)In the effective integration of large renewable generation for grid scale applications, pumped-storage hydro and Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) are currently economically and technically feasible alternatives to ... -
Modeling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer for Optimization of Pin-Fin Heat Sinks
(University of Waterloo, 2004)In this study, an entropy generation minimization procedure is employed to optimize the overall performance (thermal and hydrodynamic) of isolated fin geometries and pin-fin heat sinks. This allows the combined effects ... -
Modeling of Lithium-ion Battery Performance and Thermal Behavior in Electrified Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)Electric vehicles (EVs) have received significant attention over the past few years as a sustainable and efficient green transportation alternative. However, severe challenges, such as range anxiety, battery cost, and ... -
Modeling of Permafrost Distribution in the Semi-arid Chilean Andes
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)The distribution of mountain permafrost is generally modeled using a combination of statistical techniques and empirical variables. Such models, based on topographic, climatic and geomorphological predictors of permafrost, ... -
Modeling of Renewable Resources in Distribution System Planning and Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-03)In recent decades, interest in placing renewable resources in conventional power systems has increased because of their ability to reduce fossil fuel consumption, which leads to the preservation of the environment. The ... -
Modeling of Thermal Joint Resistance for Sphere-Flat Contacts in a Vacuum
(University of Waterloo, 2004)As a result of manufacturing processes, real surfaces have roughness and surface curvature. The real contact occurs only over microscopic contacts, which are typically only a few percent of the apparent contact area. ... -
MODELING OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION: DETAILED COMONOMER DISTRIBUTION
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In recent years there have been many efforts to develop and expand the ability of mathematical models capable of describing polymerization systems. Models can provide a key competitive advantage for the industry and ... -
Modeling Phosphorus Cycling in a Seasonally Stratified Reservoir (Fanshawe Reservoir, Ontario, Canada)
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-22)Human activities, such as mining, sewage discharge, fertilizer usage and dam construction for electricity and flood controll, have significantly disturbed the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, such as carbon, phosphorus, ... -
Modeling Photoluminescence Decay Dynamics in Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)Photoluminescence resulting from donor-acceptor recombination in gallium oxide nanocrystals was studied at short and long time scales for different nanocrystal sizes. A model for the intensity decay was formulated with two ... -
Modeling Pilot Flight Performance on Pre-flight and Take-off Tasks with A Cognitive Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)Models of cognitive architecture can be used to simulate and forecast human performance in complicated human-machine systems. The current work demonstrates a pilot model capable of performing and simulating pre-flight ... -
Modeling Power Consumption of Applications Software Running on Servers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-18)Reducing power consumption in computational processes is important to software devel- opers. Ideally, a tremendous amount of software design efforts goes into considerations that are critical to power efficiencies of ... -
Modeling Present and Future Physical Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change: North Shore, Prince Edward Island
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The IPCC has identified small islands and coastal zones among regions most vulnerable to climate change. The geomorphological characteristics of Prince Edward Island (PEI), such as highly erodible sandstone bedrock and low ... -
Modeling Protein Secondary Structure by Products of Dependent Experts
(University of Waterloo, 2001)A phenomenon as complex as protein folding requires a complex model to approximate it. This thesis presents a bottom-up approach for building complex probabilistic models of protein secondary structure by incorporating ...