Engineering (Faculty of)
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Rational Design of Engineered Porous Transition Metal-based Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-27)The adoption of primary zinc-air batteries (ZABs) for telecommunication and medical applications underscores their commercial viability. However, the progress of ZABs have been hindered by challenges associated with air ... -
Practical Application of Machine Learning to Water Pipe Failure Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-24)As water networks age, many utilities are faced with rising water main break rates and insufficient replacement funds. Machine learning is a promising tool to support efficient water pipe replacement decisions. This ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Sensing Materials for Detection of Gases in Energy Storage Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-21)The increasing popularity of portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and smart grids has created a need for energy storage systems including battery technology with lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) being one of the ... -
A Novel Framework of Board-Level Failure Localization in Optical Transport Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-21)Optical transport networks (OTNs) serve as a pivotal role in Internet backbones thanks to their support for multi-tenant and multi-service environments with high reliability and low cost. A failure event may affect one or ... -
Robust NMPC of Large-Scale Systems and Surrogate Embedding Strategies for NMPC
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-20)Non-linear model predictive control (NMPC) is a promising control algorithm due to its ability to deal with constrained multivariable problems. However, NMPC can be computationally expensive to solve due to its non-linear ... -
Additively Manufactured Low-frequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Design: Modeling, Fabrication, And Experiment
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-19)With conventional energy sources like fossil fuels becoming increasingly scarce and the widespread adoption of electric vehicles placing growing demands on lithium, the primary material in battery manufacturing, there is ... -
Image Quality Assessment and Refocusing with Applications in Whole Slide Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-18)In the rapidly evolving field of general digital imaging and whole slide imaging, Image Quality Assessment (IQA) plays a crucial role in determining the perceptual quality of images and guiding image restoration. ... -
Physics-Based Pressure Field and Fluid Forcing Inference for Cylindrical Bluff Body Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-17)The proceeding work details contributions to the state-of-the-art of velocimetry-based experimental fluid mechanics through the application of novel pressure and force estimation methods to studies in bluff-body aerodynamics ... -
Biofiltration for Manganese Removal from Groundwater: Mechanistic Insights and Operational Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-17)Groundwater is an essential source of drinking water worldwide. Among various contaminants that are present in groundwater, manganese (Mn) is one of them. Manganese in drinking water can cause aesthetic and operational ... -
Defect Engineering in Metal Oxide Through Laser Irradiation
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-14)Metal oxides such as copper oxide (CuO), titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) are one of the most important and broadly-studied classes of semiconductors. Their nano-materials have shown great potential in the ... -
Variable-Speed and Multi-Mode Solar Assisted Heat Pumps: System Design and Controls Development
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-13)In an era characterized by increasing energy cost and frequent reminders of the climate impact of emissions from combustion, consumers and energy regulators have a heightened interest in solar and other renewable energy ... -
Assessing the Tissue-Level Response and the Risk of Neck Pain in Rotary-Wing Aircrew using a Finite Element Model of the Neck
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-06)Epidemiological studies report a prevalence of neck pain among rotary-wing aircrew (RWA) potentially associated with head-supported mass (HSM), frequent physiologic motions of head-neck, aircraft vibration, and prolonged ... -
Investigating the impacts of upgrading a full-scale conventional activated sludge process with a hybrid membrane aerated biofilm reactor
(University of Waterloo, 2024-06-06)Membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR) are an emerging wastewater treatment technology that offer several process advantages such as higher aeration efficiency, simultaneous nitrification and denitrification, and reduced ... -
Modal Interaction in Electrostatic MEMS Mirrors
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-31)The impetus of this work is to introduce nonlinear modal interactions as novel actuation mechanism for electrostatic MEMS-based scanning micromirrors. Modal interactions refer to the engagement of two or more modes of ... -
High-Q On-chip Passive Components and Low-Phase-Noise CMOS Bridge Oscillator Design
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-30)High-Q passives are the key design components for a proposed resonator circuit. This thesis focuses on designing and optimizing passive components (transmission lines, capacitors, and inductors) implemented in a production ... -
Implementing Fairness in Real-World Healthcare Machine Learning through Datasheet for Database
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-28)Healthcare Machine Learning (HML) models are revolutionizing the healthcare industry, promising improved patient outcomes and enhanced public health. However, it is essential to ensure fairness, i.e., models delivering ... -
Development of a Semantic Model and Synthetic Dataset for Multi-Grasp Affordance Detection for Application to Vision-Based Upper-Limb Prosthetic Grasping
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-27)Current upper-limb prosthetic grasping methods are predominately myoelectric, where surface electromyogram (sEMG) pattern recognition is used to predict a grasp type for a prosthetic hand to grasp objects. The sEMG patterns ... -
Compensation of Impairments in Millimeter-Wave/Sub-THz Power Amplifier and Frequency Multiplier Based Transmitters
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-27)The ever-growing demand for increased network capacity and higher data rates has instigated, in recent years, a shift towards harnessing millimeter-wave (MMW) and sub-THz frequency bands, offering abundant and untapped ... -
Deep Graph Neural Networks for Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Sub-Seasonal Sea Ice: A Case Study in Hudson Bay
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-27)This thesis introduces GraphSIFNet, a novel graph-based deep learning framework for spatiotemporal sea ice forecasting. GraphSIFNet employs a Graph Long-Short Term Memory (GCLSTM) module within a sequence-to-sequence ... -
Application of Machine Learning Modeling in Establishing the Process, Structure, and Property Relationships of the Cast-Forged AZ80 Magnesium Alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-27)The cast-forging process is a novel hybrid manufacturing paradigm that leverages the cost effectiveness of cast product while alleviating its structural and durability weaknesses through forging. Therefore, the cast-forging ...