Theses: Recent submissions
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Compact Two-color Ultrafast Yb:fiber Chirped Pulse Amplifiers and Mid-infrared Generation Based on Difference Frequency Generation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-18)A powerful mid-infrared frequency comb in the 2-20 μm range plays a very important role in the development of optical frequency metrology, spectroscopy and other fields of technology. However, there is a big gap in the ... -
Alcohol use among Older Adults in Inpatient Psychiatry in Ontario: Individual and Community Factors Related to Problematic Use
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-18)Background: Alcohol use among older adults is usually not identifiable and could be mistaken for other medical or psychiatric conditions. As sometimes an underlying cause, problematic alcohol use (PAU) continues to impact ... -
Nonlinear and Geometric Controllers for Rigid Body Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-18)In this thesis we investigate the motion control problem for a class of vehicles C V , which includes satellites, quadrotors, underwater vehicles, and tailsitters. Given a globally represented model of C V , and a curve, ... -
Tracing Redox Cycles during Microbe-Clay Interactions Using Stable Iron Isotopes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-17)Iron redox cycling, especially Fe(III) reduction, is mostly driven by microbial activity in the shallow subsurface. A wide range of bacteria, archaea, and fungi reduce Fe(III) to acquire energy with soil organic compounds ... -
Ecosystem Services: Linking ecohydrology with economic valuation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-17)Economic valuation of ecosystem services has become a dominant model for environmental management at local, regional and global scales. However, policy-makers at all scales take these value estimates with a pinch of salt. ... -
Simulating Farmer Adoption of Agricultural Best Management Practices in the Upper Medway Creek Subwatershed
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)In the coupled human-environment system, humans play a central role in creating various environmental problems, and in turn, are impacted by these environmental consequences. In Canada, water quality degradation caused by ... -
Applications of Stochastic Control to Portfolio Selection Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)Portfolio selection is an important problem both in academia and in practice. Due to its significance, it has received great attention and facilitated a large amount of research. This thesis is devoted to structuring optimal ... -
Each Woman Dies Her Death A Thousand Times: Voices Of Female Experience In The Holocaust
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)While the experiences of Holocaust victims are well studied in history, the nuances of female-centric elements of these experiences have been under-represented in Holocaust historiography until relatively recently. While ... -
“You do realize that I'm like totally winging this?”: Exploring the diagnosis, disclosure and coping experiences of persons living with ALS
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), an incurable motor neuron disease, primarily affects those between the ages of 60-79, and sees an approximate post-diagnosis life-expectancy of only 2-5 years. The condition ... -
An Empirical Model of Area MT: Investigating the Link between Representation Properties and Function
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)The middle temporal area (MT) is one of the visual areas of the primate brain where neurons have highly specialized representations of motion and binocular disparity. Other stimulus features such as contrast, size, and ... -
Learning Sparse Orthogonal Wavelet Filters
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-12)The wavelet transform is a well studied and understood analysis technique used in signal processing. In wavelet analysis, signals are represented by a sum of self-similar wavelet and scaling functions. Typically, the wavelet ... -
Suite Talk: The Barriers and Opportunities of Providing Secondary Suites in Rural Metro-Adjacent Regions of Eastern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-12)Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing has become an increasing challenge for Ontario municipalities. As a result, changes were made to the Planning Act requiring all Ontario municipalities to implement provisions ... -
Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)The concept of wireless power transfer (WPT) was successfully demonstrated in the early years of the 20th century. One promising application of using the WPT concept is the WPT transmission utilizing a large array of solar ... -
Multiscale GARCH Modeling and Inference
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)The motivation behind this thesis is the shortage of formal statistical inference methods in the literature for testing whether a time series model is consistent with a sample at multiple sampling frequencies simultaneously. ... -
Bulk Water Pricing Framework to Foster Sustainable Water Management in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)Amidst rising concerns for sustainability of water resources, the province of Ontario has placed a temporary moratorium expiring on January 1, 2019 on bulk groundwater extraction by new water bottlers while considering ... -
Examination of mechanisms underlying the effect of single-session exercise on cortical plasticity
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-10)Individuals who routinely participate in physical activity are the beneficiaries of a wide array of health benefits. As well, recent observations in humans have identified that even a single session of aerobic exercise can ... -
Graphene travelling wave amplifier for integrated millimeter-wave/terahertz systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-09)Terahertz (THz) technology offers exciting possibilities for various applications, including high resolution biomedical imaging, long-wavelength spectroscopy, security monitoring, communications, quality control, and process ... -
Development of Form Visual Acuity in Infants Measured by Schematic Faces
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-05)Purpose The purpose of this thesis was 1) to develop a test of visual acuity (VA) to measure recognition (form) acuity at a younger age than is currently clinically possible (3 years). Currently, it is only possible to ... -
Towards A Workload-Driven Flow Scheduler For Modern Datacenters
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-05)Modern datacenters run different applications with various communication requirements in terms of bandwidth and deadlines. Of particular interest are deadlines that are driving web-search workloads e.g. when submitting ... -
A Seasonal Research Design Examining Macro-Level Factors and Micro-Understandings of Parent Engagement and Children’s Literacy Achievement
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-05)This dissertation takes a seasonal mixed methods approach to studying parent engagement and its influence on children’s literacy achievement. I draw on quantitative and qualitative data collected as a part of the Summer ...