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Design of Collaborative Systems for Modern Cockpits
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-28)One of the most significant developments in cockpit technology over the past several years is the emergence of a new cockpit architecture that uses cursor control devices and keyboards for interaction with individual and ... -
Design of efficient block-sparse data structures and associated tensor multiplications for applications in Cluster in Molecule electronic structure calculations
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)The Cluster-in-molecule approach (CiM) is one of the most popular methods in electronic structure calculations for medium to large molecules and systems. The Nooijen group is currently developing a new CiM approach using ... -
Design of Efficient Cobalt-based Bi-functional Catalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-24)Due to its high theoretical specific energy and low-cost, rechargeable zinc-air batteries have attracted tremendous attention as a promising next-generation energy conversion system. However, there are some challenges that ... -
A Design of Electronic Medical Record System based on Permissioned Blockchain
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-07)Blockchain, due to its decentralized, verifiable, and security features, is increasingly used in more and more scenarios, but the original public chain cannot meet the needs of some enterprise or group financial scenarios ... -
The Design of Food
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-02)“The gastronomic must no longer serve as mere metaphor for the arts, but must take its place among the muses.” - Allen S. Weiss Isidore of Seville, in his seventh century work Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Etymologiarum ... -
Design of Functional Coating on Cellulose Nanocrystals for Advanced Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)As a result of the increasing demand for high-performance, sustainable consumer products, renewable materials with benign characteristics are receiving considerable attention. Among many renewable materials, cellulose ... -
Design of Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals for Personal Care Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-10)Derived from the depths of rich, green Canadian forests; the discovery of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has pushed the research and industrial community to find strategic alternatives to replace existing non-renewable ... -
Design of High Efficiency Broadband Adjusted Class AB Power Amplifier
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-12)This thesis starts with a discussion of different classes of operation of power amplifiers (PAs). Comparing advantages and disadvantages of these classes, class AB is chosen as the best initial candidate for the design of ... -
Design of High Throughput Wireless Mesh Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-01)Wireless Mesh Networks are increasingly becoming popular as low cost alternatives to wired networks for providing broadband access to users (the last mile connectivity). A key challenge in deploying wireless mesh networks ... -
Design of Improved Carbon Capture Solvents Using Molecular Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-20)Study of the equilibrium compositions of complex chemically reacting systems by means of experimental measurements and thermodynamic modeling tools is of great interest and importance in chemistry, biology, and chemical ... -
Design of Low Voltage Unsaturated Ring Oscillator for a Sigma Delta Time to Digital Converter
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)This thesis investigates the phase noise of two different 2-stage cross-coupled pair unsaturated ring oscillators with no tail current source. One oscillator consists of top cross-coupled pair delay cells, and the other ... -
The Design of Novel Functional Materials Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals/Nanofibrils
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)As the most abundant organic biomass on the planet, cellulose provides environmental, biocompatible and sustainable benefits. When treated by acid hydrolysis, highly crystalline nano-rods, called cellulose nanocrystals ... -
Design of Novel Titanium Dioxide-Based Multifunctional Electrochemical Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-07)Increasing energy demands as well as the depletion of traditional resources has led to the development and improvement of energy conversion and storage technologies. Today, two major concerns are development of renewable ... -
Design of Polymeric Materials: Novel Functionalized Polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery & Gas Sorption Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-28)As material requirements for particular applications become more specific and strict, using a targeted approach to design polymeric materials becomes a necessity. Following a general design framework prevents researchers ... -
Design of Polymeric Sensing Materials for Volatile Organic Compounds: Optimized Material Selection for Ethanol with Mechanistic Explanations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-02)There are many applications in which sensing and monitoring volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other gas analytes are important. This thesis focusses on finding suitable sensing materials for ethanol to reduce the ... -
Design of practical computer vision system with real-time object detection capability
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-07)Computer vision nowadays relies heavily on machine learning techniques to interpret useful information from images or videos. Object detection is one such computer vision technique for identifying and locating objects ... -
Design of Soft Error Robust High Speed 64-bit Logarithmic Adder
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-20)Continuous scaling of the transistor size and reduction of the operating voltage have led to a significant performance improvement of integrated circuits. However, the vulnerability of the scaled circuits to transient data ... -
Design of SRAM Based Dosimetry Used for Neutron and Proton Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-27)Radiation causes soft errors in memory devices, and a variety of research has been focused on techniques to reduce these soft errors. In this thesis, instead of mitigating soft errors, we present an SRAM based dosimeter ... -
Design of Stream Ciphers and Cryptographic Properties of Nonlinear Functions
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-20)Block and stream ciphers are widely used to protect the privacy of digital information. A variety of attacks against block and stream ciphers exist; the most recent being the algebraic attacks. These attacks reduce the ... -
A Design of Theft Detection Framework for Smart Grid Network
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-28)Energy loss and energy theft are two serious problems in modern grid which produce huge waste and cost. The smart grid with its ability to collect information about the behaviors of suppliers and customers is expected to ...