Browsing Theses by Subject "Design and construction"
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Design and Construction of Graphene-Based Advanced Materials for Emerging Concept Supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-25)Supercapacitors (SCs) as a new class of energy storage devices have attracted great attention in industry and academia community due to their higher energy density than dielectric capacitors, higher power density than ... -
Development of Elderly Posture Male and Female Finite Element Neck Models and Assessment of Tissue-Level Response Under Impact Loading
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)The growing elderly population and their increased incidence of injury calls for strategies to protect this at-risk population. The effects of ageing include a change in posture, biological material properties, and bone ... -
Estimating commercial/institutional building energy consumption and carbon emission trends and measuring stair/elevator usage patterns
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)This study identified energy/emission baselines for comparison to the potential savings of new zero carbon buildings. In addition, tenant behavior was studied to see whether the usage of elevators and stairs changed from ... -
Integrating Community‐Based Social Marketing Theory to Improve Waste Sorting Behaviour at the University of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Improving waste sorting has become an urgent matter in the global North since 2017 when China, the world’s largest waste importer, announced that it would no longer accept highly contaminated waste. Consequently, new ...