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MECBench: A Framework for Benchmarking Multi-Edge Computing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)I present MECBench, an extensible benchmarking framework for multi-access edge computing. MECBench is configurable and can emulate networks with different capabilities and conditions, can scale the generated workloads to ... -
Mechanical and Chemical Properties of High Density Polyethylene: Effects of Microstructure on Creep Characteristics
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-01)Environmental stress cracking (ESC) can result in catastrophic failure of polyethylene (PE) structures without any visible warning. The use of PE in more demanding applications, such as trenchless piping, can accelerate ... -
Mechanical and Hydromechanical Stimulation of Chondrocytes for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-01)Tissue engineering approaches have attempted to address some of the problems associated with articular cartilage defect repair, but grafts with sufficient functional properties have yet to reach clinical practice. Mechanical ... -
Mechanical and Regenerative Braking Integration for a Hybrid Electric Vehicle
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-27)Hybrid electric vehicle technology has become a preferred method for the automotive industry to reduce environmental impact and fuel consumption of their vehicles. Hybrid electric vehicles accomplish these reductions ... -
Mechanical and Tribological Aspects of Microelectronic Wire Bonding
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)The goal of this thesis is on improving the understanding of mechanical and tribological mechanisms in microelectronic wire bonding. In particular, it focusses on the development and application of quantitative models of ... -
Mechanical Behaviour of Single Crystal, Pollycrystalline and Nanocrystalline Metallic Nanopillars Under Compression
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)Fabrication techniques, and mechanical behaviours of vertically aligned cylindrical nanopillars of various metals, including tin, bismuth, palladium, indium, rhodium and cobalt have been presented in this work. These, ... -
Mechanical Behaviour of Nanocrystalline Rhodium Nanopillars under Compression
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-15)Nanomechanics emerged as chemists and physicists began fabricating nanoscale objects. However, there are some materials that have neither been fabricated nor mechanical investigated at the nanoscale, such as rhodium. Rhodium ... -
Mechanical Behaviour, Water Absorption and Morphology of Wheat Straw, Talc, Mica and Wollastonite filled Polypropylene Composites
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Polypropylene continues to be the mainstream choice thermoplastic for automotive applications. In many applications PP is filled with mineral fillers for improvement of properties. Biobased natural fillers or fibres are ... -
Mechanical Characterization and Computational Modeling of Snap-cure Epoxy
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-16)Owing to their high specific mechanical properties and excellent energy absorption characteristics, high-performance carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite materials are regarded as viable candidates for improving ... -
Mechanical Characterization of Soft Materials Using Volume-Controlled Cavitation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-31)The mechanical properties of soft materials are used in a wide range of fields and applications including biomedical engineering, sports, and automobile industry, in addition to medical applications. Therefore, several ... -
Mechanical Components Design and Optimization for an All-Wheel-Drive Series Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)The University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT) is a student team conceived in 1996, participating in numerous student competitions which aim to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy of passenger vehicles. ... -
Mechanical Degradation of Membrane Electrode Assemblies in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-08)The Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an ideal emerging alternative power source for transportation; however, before PEM fuel cells’ widespread use, a number of technical challenges need to be overcome, ... -
The Mechanical Design and Analysis of an Active Prosthetic Knee
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)In a world of war and turmoil in developing nations, land mines are becoming a concern, as millions of them are scattered in countries all over the world. Moreover, land mine prevention programs cannot clear land mine ... -
Mechanical response of the porcine cervical spine to acute and repetitive anterior-posterior shear
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-13)Approximately 80% of the population will experience low-back pain within their lifetime. Significant research efforts have focused on compressive loading as an injury mechanism that could lead to low-back pain and injury. ... -
Mechanically Tunable RF/Microwave Filters: from a MEMS Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-26)RF/microwave tunable filters are widely employed in radar systems, measurement instruments, and communication systems. By using tunable filters, the frequency bandwidth is utilized effectively and the system cost and ... -
Mechanics and Control of Human Balance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-18)A predictive, forward-dynamic model and computer simulation of human gait has important medical and research applications. Most human simulation work has focused on inverse dynamics studies to quantify bone on bone forces ... -
Mechanism Design For Covering Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Algorithmic mechanism design deals with efficiently-computable algorithmic constructions in the presence of strategic players who hold the inputs to the problem and may misreport their input if doing so benefits them. ... -
Mechanisms controlling the recycling of nutrient silicon in freshwater sediments: An experimental study of the interactions between silicon, iron and phosphorus
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-23)Dissolved silicon (DSi) is an essential nutrient for numerous terrestrial and aquatic organisms. In freshwater systems, including streams, rivers and lakes, an important class of siliceous algae are diatoms. Human activities, ... -
Mechanisms Driving Service Duration: A Large-Scale Empirical Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Using large-scale MRI services data, a multi-type multi-priority scheduling system, we measure service duration and show that a number of covariates, including the shift during which the procedure is performed, patients' ... -
Mechanisms for Dynamic Setting with Restricted Allocations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-27)Dynamic mechanism design is an important area of multiagent systems, and commonly used in resource allocation where the resources are time related or the agents exist dynamically. We focus on a multiagent model within which ...