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Fiber Birefringence Modeling for Polarization Mode Dispersion
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-17)This thesis concerns polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fiber communications. Specifically, we study fiber birefringence, PMD stochastic properties, PMD mitigation and the interaction of fiber birefringence ... -
Fiber Laser Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)Fiber laser welding (FLW) was used to join advanced high strength steel (AHSS) and high strength steel (HSS); specifically two dual-phase (DP) steels, with ultimate tensile strengths above 980 MPa and with different ... -
Fiber Optic Sensor for In-Situ State-of-Charge Monitoring for Lithium-Ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-13)The objective of this thesis is to develop a fiber optic sensor for in-situ measurement of the optical properties of Li-ion batteries for the purpose of state-of-charge (SOC) estimation. Current methods rely on measuring ... -
Fibers-based Porous Structures for Oil Absorption Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)In the age of environmental awareness the persistent problem of oil spills and their frequent occurrences have urged researchers to advance and innovate the methods for oil spill remediation. Besides being a significant ... -
Ficino's Efforts to Reunite Philosophy and Religion
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-12)Marsilio Ficino (1433 to 1499) was the first Renaissance philosopher to have access to the full Platonic corpus. He desired to use these ancient writings, plus faith, scripture, and reason to reunite religion and philosophy ... -
The Fictional and The Real
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)The impetus of this thesis arose from an unfound text and the unsatisfied questions regarding the profession of architecture when I first entered the school. What exactly is an architect? What exactly does an architect do? ... -
Fictitious Mean-field Reinforcement Learning for Distributed Load Balancing
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)In this work, we study the application of multi-agent reinforcement learning (RL) in distributed systems. In particular, we consider a setting in which strategic clients compete over a set of heterogeneous servers. Each ... -
Fictocritical Cyberfeminism: A Paralogical Model for Post-Internet Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-13)This dissertation positions the understudied and experimental writing practice of fictocriticism as an analog for the convergent and indeterminate nature of “post-Internet” communication as well a cyberfeminist technology ... -
Field Analysis of Total PCBs in Soils by Thermal Desorption/GC and Determination of the Individual PCB Congeners by GC X GC - TOF-MS
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-19)Environmental field analysis provides advantages that allow real-time decisions, interactive sampling and cost effective solutions to the problems faced at the time of investigation. Gas chromatography (GC), a widespread ... -
A field and Numerical Investigation of the Pressure Pulsing Reagent Delivery Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)The efficacy of injection-driven remediation techniques for non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) source zones is limited by the principle that fluid flow is focused along paths of least hydraulic resistance. The pressure pulse ... -
Field and Numerical Investigation to Determine the Impact of Environmental and Wheel Loads on Flexible Pavement
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)There is a growing interest for the use of mechanistic procedures and analytical methods in the design and evaluation of pavement structure rather than empirical design procedures. The mechanistic procedures rely on ... -
Field Application of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhanced Phytoremediation on an Urban Brownfield and the Derivation of Direct Soil Contact Values for Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Fraction 3)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)There are over 30,000 contaminated brownfield sites in Canada, many of which are located in desirable urban areas; and therefore have a high value for potential redevelopment. The remediation of urban brownfield sites ... -
Field derived phosphorus accumulation rates and fractionation in bioretention cells
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-23)Bioretention cells are commonly used green infrastructure in urban stormwater management systems. They show promising performance in managing stormwater and mitigating a multitude of pollutants. In urban catchments, they ... -
Field Disruption Energy Harvester Design and Modeling: A Novel Approach in Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesting
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-21)The demand for sustainable and non-traditional sources of energy increases every day to power up different electronic equipment whether it's portable low-power devices, non-accessible sensors, wearable electronics, implantable ... -
Field Evaluation and Performance Analysis of Different Pre-wetting Ratios for Sustainable Salting
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)In countries like Canada road safety and mobility could be compromised to a great extent during winters due to deterioration of road surface conditions (RSC). Adverse winter weather conditions such as ice, frost, and ... -
A Field Study of Airflow in a High-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Building
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Airflow into, out of, and within buildings is fundamental to their design and operation as it can affect occupant health and comfort, building durability, and energy consumption. This thesis works to develop the understanding ... -
A field study of event based, seasonally affected, depression focused recharge in glaciated terrain
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)To observe the dynamics of depression focused recharge (DFR) and the effects of seasonality related to transient surface water features, a field scale experiment was designed and conducted within glacial terrain in southern ... -
A Field Theory of Leadership
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-20)Existing leadership theories tend to explain that leaders induce others to follow as a function of one or more of the following: i) A specific set of traits possessed by the leader (e.g., charisma); ii) Different types ... -
Field Trial of Residual LNAPL Recovery Using CO2-Supersaturated Water Injection in the Borden Aquifer
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The ability of supersaturated water injection (SWI) to recover non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) was studied at the field scale as part of an ongoing program to evaluate its applicability to groundwater remediation. SWI ... -
Field-Free Alignment and Strong Field Control of Molecular Rotors
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Methods of controlling molecular rotations using linearly polarized femtosecond and picosecond pulses are considered and analyzed theoretically. These laser pulses, typically in the infrared, are highly non-resonant ...