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Embedding Optical Sensors in Additively Manufactured Parts for In-Situ Performance Measurement
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-18)The aim of this project is to explore the potential of embedding sensors in additively manufactured metal parts towards smart product development. Smart product development is desirable due to its ability to detect product ... -
Embodied Depth: Re-interpreting the Park in St.James Town
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-26)The thesis reflects on the loss of slowness and experiential depth in the age of acceleration. The “contrived depthlessness” of modernity – as described by Frederic Jameson– can be traced back to contemporary culture’s ... -
Embracing or Not Enclosing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-18)"The simultaneously archaic and hypermodern “archetypal fact” of twenty first century architecture and urbanism will be the enclosure, the wall, the barrier, the gate, the fence, the fortress." -Lieven De Cauter, The ... -
Embroidery Modelling and Rendering
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-03)Embroidery is a traditional non-photorealistic art form in which threads of different colours stitched into a base material are used to create an image. This thesis presents techniques for automatically producing embroidery ... -
Emergence and Implications of Conservation Opinion Propagation in Dynamic Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-22)Human behaviour is rarely a static phenomenon. In life, individuals are presented with choices that define the trajectories they will experience days, weeks or months later. As an example consider farmer decision-making ... -
Emergence and Influence of Expertise in Group Decision Making: A Judgmental Task
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-06)This thesis investigates the emergence and influence of expertise in group decision making while performing a judgmental task. Previous studies focused on intellective tasks or compared the group performance with the ... -
Emergence and Phenomenology in Quantum Gravity
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-09)In this thesis we investigate two approaches to quantum gravity. The first is the emergence of gravity from a discrete fundamental theory, and the second is the direct quantisation of gravity. For the first we develop tools ... -
The Emergence of a New Human Superorganism After Organ Transplantation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)The biological human being is an emergent human superorganism consisting of the human organism physiologically integrated with other organisms. The persistence of a superorganism in space and time requires communication ... -
The Emergence of Life(?)
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)While emergentism is a frequently debated and contentious topic in some areas of philosophy, it is not discussed as often in the sciences. Where it does appear in scientific literature, it is usually a weak formulation ... -
Emergent Fields, Flat Bands and Phase Competition: A Study in Magnetic Pyrochlore Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-18)We investigate spins models on the pyrochlore and the breathing pyrochlore lattice. Specifically, we study polarized neutron scattering in classical spin ice modelled via Ising spins with anti-ferromagnetic interactions. ... -
Emergent Hybridity, Cyborgs in Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-04)This thesis examines architectural test-beds as an experimental and contemporary mode of creating architecture that realizes the potential of many of the connections and complexities found in living systems. It builds on ... -
Emergent Matter of Quantum Geometry
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-14)This thesis studies matter emergent as topological excitations of quantum geometry in quantum gravity models. In these models, states are framed four-valent spin networks embedded in a topological three manifold, and ... -
Emerging Contaminants: Artificial Sweetener Sample Preservation and Palladium Nanoparticle Transport in Porous Media
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-25)Emerging contaminants are an increasing concern for regulatory bodies: artificial sweeteners and nanoparticles (NPs) included. Artificial sweeteners are found in domestic waste waters and can be used as tracers of anthropogenic ... -
The Emerging Geography of the Blockchain Industry
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-25)Geographers have long been interested in where new technologies and industries emerge. The presence and adoption of a new technology within a region has multiple positive and negative externalities. Scholars have commented ... -
Emerging semiconductor nanostructure materials for single-photon avalanche diodes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-02)Detecting of light at the single photon level has a far-reaching impact that enables a broad range of applications. In sensing, advances in single-photon detection enable low light applications such as night-time operation, ... -
EMG Signal Decomposition Using Motor Unit Potential Train Validity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-29)Electromyographic (EMG) signal decomposition is the process of resolving an EMG signal into its component motor unit potential trains (MUPTs). The extracted MUPTs can aid in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders and the ... -
An EMG-Driven Cervical Spine Model for the Investigation of Joint Kinetics: With Application to a Helicopter Pilot Population
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-16)As the workforce has been shifting from manufacturing to office work, reports of neck pain have been on the rise. Unfortunately, the mechanism for the development of chronic neck pain still remains disputed. Most current ... -
Emotion Dynamics Among Pre-Adolescents Getting to Know Each Other: Dyadic Associations with Shyness
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-13)Background. Shy children have difficulty forming new friendships. Central to friendship initiation are emotion exchanges between new social partners. Past research based on trait and global measures of emotion suggest that ... -
Emotion, Perception and Strategy in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Theoretical procedures are developed to account for the effect of emotion and perception in strategic conflict. The <em>possibility principle</em> facilitates modeling the effects of emotions on future scenarios contemplated ... -
Emotion-Aware and Human-Like Autonomous Agents
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-20)In human-computer interaction (HCI), one of the technological goals is to build human-like artificial agents that can think, decide and behave like humans during the interaction. A prime example is a dialogue system, where ...