Browsing Theses by Subject "Design"
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Activating Play-Based Escape, Awakening Creativity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Everyone participates in escape. The drive to escape is something we are born with. It is a force that has ties to our curiosity, as well as our profound psychological restlessness, and can even be seen in our displeasure ... -
Building a Parc de la langue française / Retracing my steps as a designer
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-26)In 1979, Québec artist Rober Racine wrote a 190-word text that would describe his idea for Le Parc de la langue française, a landscape where one could literally meander through the French language. Although some partial ... -
Comparison of Ontario Pavement Designs Using the AASHTO 1993 Empirical Method and the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Method
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-27)The AASHTO 1993 Guide for Design of Pavement Structures is the most widely used pavement design method in both Canada and the United States, and is currently used by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) for both ... -
Design and Assessment of External Displays on Autonomous Vehicles for Pedestrian Safety
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-05)The most vulnerable group in road agents is pedestrians. In the Netherlands, from 2005 to 2009, the average lethality rate for vulnerable road users was 14 per 100 serious road injuries. Prior to autonomous vehicles (AV), ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Novel Corner Wheel Module for Urban Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)This thesis proposes a new design of corner wheel modules for narrow vehicles. Independent corner wheel modules with integrated powertrain, suspension, steering, and camber mechanisms combined with x-by-wire technology can ... -
Design and Metrology of a Precision XY Planar Stage
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-19)In recent years, the manufacturing industry has seen an increase in demand for micro-components in biomedical, opto-mechatronics, and automotive applications. Traditional machine tools are no longer a viable solution to ... -
Design Architecture in Virtual Reality
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-10)Architectural representation has newly been introduced to Virtual Reality (VR) technology, which provides architects with a medium to showcase unbuilt designs as immersive experiences. Designers can use specialized VR ... -
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, Implementation and Control of a Magnetic Levitation Device
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-06)Magnetic levitation technology has shown a great deal of promise for micromanipulation tasks. Due to the lack of mechanical contact, magnetic levitation systems are free of problems caused by friction, wear, sealing and ... -
Design, Modeling, and Nonlinear Dynamics of a Cantilever Beam-Rigid Body Microgyroscope
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-06)A new type of cantilever beam gyroscope is introduced, modeled, and analyzed. The main structure includes a cantilever beam and a rigid body attached to the free end of the beam. The model accounts for the eccentricity, ... -
Enabling Techniques to support Reliable Smartphone-Based Motion Gesture Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)When using motion gestures - 3D movements of a mobile phone - as an input modality, one significant challenge is how to teach end users the movement parameters necessary to successfully issue a command. Is a simple video ... -
Finding a New Commons: Re-Inhabiting the School in Post-Urban Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-13)Japan’s megacities are often captured as dense, dynamic and ever-expanding. These images, disseminated in popular media, belie a growing national phenomenon; urban migration, a declining birthrate and an aging population ... -
The Impact of Shared and Personal Devices on Collaborative Process and Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)On a daily basis humans interact with an increasing variety of personal electronic devices, ranging from laptops, tablets, smartphones, and e-readers to shared devices such as projected displays and interactive, digital ... -
Low Mobility Cable Robot with Application to Robotic Warehousing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-17)Cable-based robots consist of a rigid mobile platform connected via flexible links (cables, wires, tendons) to a surrounding static platform. The use of cables simplifies the mechanical structure and reduces the inertia, ... -
Making Manifest : Grounding Islam
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-21)The Caveat For many reasons, names have had to be concealed within this document. The events depicted are real and the discussions true. This is an attempt to legitimize the informal, seemingly mundane and sometimes ... -
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. ... -
More than a "Thing-in-Itself": An Inquiry into Work through the Interrelations of Making, Material, and Design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)The thesis began with a desire to better understand the built environment and its relationship to value, temporality and material. The seat became the vehicle for this exploration. In its ubiquity the seat has found a ... -
On the Design and Testing of Authorization Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-02)Authorization deals with the specification and management of accesses principals have to resources. In the design of an authorization system, sometimes we just implement the accessenforcement without having a precise semantics ... -
Optimization of Forged Magnesium Structural Automotive Components
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)In an ongoing search for better vehicle fuel economy, the automotive industry has put significant emphasis on the reduction of vehicle weight while retaining stringent safety, quality and performance standards. With its ... -
Parametric Design: An Implementation of Bentley Systems Generative Components
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis addresses the need for flexible parametric design tools. It focuses on the implementation of a particular tool, Bentley Systems' Generative Components, by exploring features, strengths and weaknesses, and ...