Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Peterson, Sean D."
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Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring: Estimation of the Waveform and its Prediction Interval
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-21)Cuffless blood pressure (BP) estimation devices are receiving considerable attention as tools for improving the management of hypertension, a condition that affects 1.13 billion people worldwide. It is an approach that can ... -
Energy Harvesting from a Vortex Ring Using Highly Deformable Smart Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-06)Recently, the growing demand of compact energy harvesters for wireless sensor networks has lead to an increasing interest in exploring the energy harvesting capabilities of smart materials. Smart materials are a category ... -
Evaluation of High-Speed Videoendoscopy for Bayesian Inference on Reduced Order Vocal Fold Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-18)The ability to use our voice occurs through a complex bio-mechanical process known as phonation. The study of this process is interesting, not only because of the complex physical phenomena involved, but also because of ... -
Experimental Investigation of a Normally Impinging Planar Jet
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-08)Impinging jets are commonly employed in engineering applications, such as cooling and drying processes, requiring relatively high local transport properties. Flow development of a planar impinging jet and the effect of ... -
The Influence of Timing on the Hemodynamic Effects of Compression Devices and Development of Sensor Driven Timing Mechanisms
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-19)Long periods of reduced mobility are associated with formation of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs, referred to as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT has been noted as a large factor of morbidity and mortality in ... -
An Information-Theoretic Exploration of Multi-Body Fluid-Structure Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-19)Fluid-structure interactions are highly complex and difficult to resolve using classical physics tools. Recently, information theory has been proposed as an alternative for exploring these often highly non-linear and complex ... -
Interaction of water droplets residing on a solid surface with wall-bounded shear flows
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-22)Droplet depinning under wind-forcing arises in a wide range of engineering scenarios. Better understanding of this phenomenon not only can optimize the design of relevant engineering systems, but also can help preventing ... -
A numerical and experimental study on a prototype "fish-friendly" water turbine swirl injector
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)The ever increasing demands for energy world-wide has prompted research into and implementation of devices to harvest power from renewable sources of energy, such as hydroelectricity. Large-scale hydroelectric plants have ...