Browsing Theses by Title
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A Multi-Proxy Study of Holocene Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics Recorded in Lake Sediments in Fennoscandia
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-22)Cellulose-inferred lake water oxygen-isotope records were obtained from five throughflow lakes situated along a north-south transect across Fennoscandia to help develop a better picture of Holocene changes in atmospheric ... -
Multi-Purpose Designs in Lightweight Cryptography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-22)The purpose of this thesis is to explore a number of techniques used in lightweight cryptography design and their applications in the hardware designs of two lightweight permutations called sLiSCP and sLiSCP-light. Most ... -
Multi-purpose Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-12)This thesis proposes a multi-purpose electromagnetic energy harvesting system that harnesses mechanical energy from diverse types of mechanical motion sources and converts it into low power electrical energy. The harvested ... -
A Multi-Radio Interface for Dependable Body Area Network Communications
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-24)Body Area Networks (BANs) are emerging as a convenient option for patient monitoring. They have shown potential in improving health care services through a network of external or implanted biosensors and actuators collecting ... -
Multi-resolution Active Models for Image Segmentation
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)Image segmentation refers to the process of subdividing an image into a set of non-overlapping regions. Image segmentation is a critical and essential step to almost all higher level image processing and pattern recognition ... -
Multi-Resolution and Asymmetric Implementation of Attention in Transformers
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Transformers are the state-of-the-art for machine translation and grammar error correction. One of the most important components of transformers are the attention layers, but they require significant computational power. ... -
Multi-Resolution Approximate Inverses
(University of Waterloo, 1999)This thesis presents a new preconditioner for elliptic PDE problems on unstructured meshes. Using ideas from second generation wavelets, a multi-resolution basis is constructed to effectively compress the inverse of the ... -
Multi-resolution Image Segmentation using Geometric Active Contours
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Image segmentation is an important step in image processing, with many applications such as pattern recognition, object detection, and medical image analysis. It is a technique that separates objects of interests from ... -
Multi-resource Fair Scheduler in Linux
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Resource management is one of the main responsibilities of operating systems. In Linux, the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) allocates CPU time to processes, allowing them to share CPU time. Although effective in allocating ... -
Multi-robot Coverage and Redeployment Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)In this thesis, we focus on two classes of multi-robot task allocation and deployment problems motivated by applications in ride-sourcing transportation networks and service robots: 1) coverage control with multiple robots, ... -
Multi-Robot Path Planning for Persistent Monitoring in Stochastic and Adversarial Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-15)In this thesis, we study multi-robot path planning problems for persistent monitoring tasks. The goal of such persistent monitoring tasks is to deploy a team of cooperating mobile robots in an environment to continually ... -
A Multi-Scale Approach in Mapping the Sedimentological and Hydrostratigraphical Features of Complex Aquifers
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-22)Accessibility to consistent subsurface hydrostratigraphic information is crucial for the development of robust groundwater flow and contaminant transport models. However, full three-dimensional understanding of the ... -
Multi-Scale Design of Ink Formulations for the 3D Bioprinting of Soft and Elastic Tissue-Mimetic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)Three-dimensional (3D) engineered tissue and organ models with adjustable biochemical and physical properties are needed in regenerative medicine. As such, 3D printing has emerged as a potential strategy to create more ... -
Multi-scale habitat selection of land cover proportion by farmland birds in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Modern agriculture is a central driver in species declines, and its harmonization with conservation is critical to achieving social and ecological sustainability. Due to agricultural land occupation and reduction of native ... -
A Multi-Scale Model for Nickel-Based Oxygen Carrier in Chemical-Looping Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-19)The selection of oxygen carrier (OC) particles is crucial for the development of chemical-looping combustion (CLC) technology. Common OC particle models often involve first-order chemical reactions with respect to the ... -
Multi-scale Modeling and Optimization of Energy Absorption and Anisotropy in Aluminum Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-26)This thesis outlines a study on the multi-scale modeling and optimization of lightweight aluminum front rails for automotive crashworthiness applications. This research is aimed to enhance the crashworthiness characteristics ... -
Multi-scale Modeling of Chemical Vapor Deposition: From Feature to Reactor Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-25)Multi-scale modeling of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a very broad topic because a large number of physical processes affect the quality and speed of film deposition. These processes have different length scales ... -
Multi-Scale Modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process for Superalloys
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-02)Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique to fabricate complex geometries with minimal material waste. Over three hundred printing parameters can be altered to control the final part quality. ... -
Multi-scale Modelling of Oxygen Carriers in Chemical Looping Combustion Process
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-08)Climate change is one of the major concerns affecting society. Given the severe effects of global warming, efficient CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies have become an urgent necessity. One of the major challenges ... -
Multi-scale Models of Tumor Growth and Invasion
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-04)Cancer is a complex, multi-scale disease marked by unchecked cellular growth and proliferation. As a tumor grows, it is known to lose its capacity to maintain a compact structure. This stage of development, known as invasion, ...