Engineering (Faculty of)
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Impact of Anaerobic Biofilm Formation on Sorption Characteristics of Powdered Activated Carbon
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-23)Subsurface contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) results from the leakage of petroleum products during extraction, processing or transport. It has been documented that activated carbon (AC) can effectively sorb ... -
A Class of Augmented Convolutional Networks Architectures for Efficient Visual Anomaly Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-23)Visual anomaly detection, the task of isolating visual data that do not conform to the defined notion of normality, is very crucial for the autonomous functioning of entities with exceptional potential in a spectrum of ... -
AI Aided Tools for Fresh Produce Yield and Price Forecasting: Deep Learning Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)It is important to have an accurate estimate of the yields and prices of fresh produce (FP) for maintaining an effective Fresh Produce Supply Chain Management (FSCM). Since, the FP comprises of the perishable goods, it is ... -
Development of a New and Innovative Concrete Paver
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)Interlocking Concrete pavers (ICPs) have become increasingly common in North America. These pavements consist of impermeable concrete paving units and permeable joints that allow water to freely enter the surface. The ... -
Human motion estimation and controller learning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)Humans are capable of complex manipulation and locomotion tasks. They are able to achieve energy-efficient gait, reject disturbances, handle changing loads, and adapt to environmental constraints. Using inspiration from ... -
Design of Improved Carbon Capture Solvents Using Molecular Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-20)Study of the equilibrium compositions of complex chemically reacting systems by means of experimental measurements and thermodynamic modeling tools is of great interest and importance in chemistry, biology, and chemical ... -
Nature vs. Stress: Investigating the Use of Biophilia in Non-Violent Exploration Games to Reduce Stress
(ACM, 2021)Games hold the potential to help many address health-related issues such as chronic stress. We investigated the use of biophilia, an affective response to nature grounded in the psychology literature, as indirect physiological ... -
Neural control of the healthy pectoralis major from low-to-moderate isometric contractions
(American Physiological Society, 2021-07-01)The pectoralis major critically enables arm movement in several directions. However, its neural control remains unknown. High-density electromyography (HD-sEMG) was acquired from the pectoralis major in two sets of experiments ... -
Velocity scaling of high-speed turbulent boundary layer flows with wall heat transfer
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-19)The law of the wall has been a staple in collapsing the mean velocity profiles of seemingly very different turbulent channel and boundary layer flows into one single, semi-analytical function. Accordingly, it has equipped ... -
Adaptive Control of a First-Order System Providing Linear-Like Behaviour and Asymptotic Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-19)Adaptive control is an approach used to deal with systems having uncertain and/or time-varying parameters. In this thesis, we consider the problem of designing an adaptive controller for a discrete-time first-order plant. ... -
Analysis of Stochastic Models through Multi-Layer Markov Modulated Fluid Flow Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-19)This thesis is concerned with the multi-layer Markov modulated fluid flow (MMFF) processes and their applications to queueing systems with customer abandonment. For the multi-layer MMFF processes, we review and refine ... -
Realization of atomically smooth defect free InGaAs/InAlAs superlattice on InP(111) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-15)InGaAs and InAlAs epilayers and superlattices were grown on rounded edge InP(111)A and InP(111)B substrates as well as on 0.45°, 1° and 2° misoriented InP(111)B substrates by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). Rounded edge ... -
Parallelizing Legendre Memory Unit Training
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-14)Recently, a new recurrent neural network (RNN) named the Legendre Memory Unit (LMU) was proposed and shown to achieve state-of-the-art performance on several benchmark datasets. Here we leverage the linear time-invariant ... -
Surface Segregation in Binary Polymer Blends due to Stiffness Disparity
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-14)The main objective of this work is to study the surface segregation of a binary polymer blend, where the two components have the same molecular volume but are different in other properties such as end-to-end distance, ... -
Mechanistic Framework for Risk Assessment of Cast Iron Water Main Fractures due to Moisture-Induced Soil Expansion
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-09)North American water distribution networks are at significant risk of failure due to aging cast iron pipes. For instance, of the 650,000 kilometers of cast-iron pipes in active service in the United States and Canada, ... -
Modeling and Simulation of Lower Limb Spasticity in Motor-Impaired Individuals
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-29)Spasticity is a symptom that impairs the ability to freely move and control one’s limbs through increased tone and involuntary activations in the muscles. It can cause pain and discomfort and interfere with daily life and ... -
Design, Synthesis, and Structure of Lithium Ion Conducting Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-24)Energy storage plays a pivotal role in enabling intermittent renewable energy sources, electrified transportation, and portable electronics. The rapidly growing energy demand in these sectors requires improvement to the ... -
Within the Ruin is Colour: making with twenty-eight chromatic encounters
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-23)Through twenty-eight encounters, this thesis explores site history differently; colour becomes a lens of site analysis that traces social, economic, and environmental accounts of materials, while challenging the familiarity ... -
Crystal Plasticity Based Numerical Modeling of Temperature and Strain Rate Dependent Behavior in Mg Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-23)This thesis provides a combined experimental and numerical study to explore the mechanical and forming behavior of E-form Plus Mg alloy. For the last few decades, Mg alloys are a key of interest for replacing heavier steel ... -
Analysis of Facial Emotional Characteristics: Impact of Culture and Gender
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-22)Emotional expressions are considered universal for a long time. However, some evidence indicates that there are gender and cultural specific variations in emotional expressions, which leads to inaccurate recognition result ...
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