Engineering (Faculty of)
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Creating Usage Models to Identify Misbehaving Applications on Mobile Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-16)Limited battery capacity is currently a major pain point for mobile users. The problem is made worse when poorly designed applications consume a significant amount of power in the background when they are not actively ... -
Spectral-Spatial Neural Networks and Probabilistic Graph Models for Hyperspectral Image Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-16)Pixel-wise hyperspectral image (HSI) classification has been actively studied since it shares similar characteristics with related computer vision tasks, including image classification, object detection, and semantic ... -
Two-photon and Three-photon Parametric Interactions in Superconducting Microwave Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-16)The flexible engineering of superconducting circuits, together with the nonlinearity available from Josephson junctions, have made microwave quantum optics a blooming research field in the past decade. Key experiments ... -
Binder Jetting and Heat Treatment of Ferrous Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-15)Binder Jetting (BJ) is a manufacturing process that involves iterative and layer-wise deposition of powder material and an adhesive binder to construct geometrical features. It can be used to construct freeform and complex ... -
Application of a Rate Dependent Cohesive Zone Model to Predict Impact Response in Adhesively Bonded Ultra-High Strength Steel Tubes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-15)The design of multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) structures incorporating structural adhesive joining requires advanced CAE supported by material characterization and computational model validation at the component ... -
Strong Induction in Hardware Model Checking
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Symbolic Model checking is a widely used technique for automated verification of both hardware and software systems. Unbounded SAT-based Symbolic Model Checking (SMC) algorithms are very popular in hardware verification. ... -
Enhancing the Decoding Performance of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials based Brain-Computer Interface
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) responses are the most widely used BCI. SSVEP are responses elicited in the visual cortex when a user gazes at an object ... -
Sensor Array for Volatile Organic Compounds based on Doped Poly (2,5-dimethyl aniline)
(Wiley, 2016-12)A sensor array containing five different sensing materials has been created that is able to distinguish between six different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at an analyte concentration of 5 ppm. While none of the sensing ... -
Chitosan Edible Films Crosslinked by Citric Acid
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Chitosan offers an exciting potential as a safe, biodegradable material for niche food packaging and coating applications. Barriers to getting this crustacean-derived polysaccharide to the packaging market include poor ... -
Predictive Runtime Verification of Stochastic Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)Runtime Verification (RV) is the formal analysis of the execution of a system against some properties at runtime. RV is particularly useful for stochastic systems that have a non-zero probability of failure at runtime. ... -
Scalable Context-Sensitive Pointer Analysis for LLVM
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)Pointer analysis is indispensable for effectively verifying heap-manipulating programs. Even though it has been studied extensively, there are no publicly available pointer analyses for low-level languages that are ... -
Probabilistic Strain-Based Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Weldments
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)Welded joints are considered to be one of the most critical locations in structural components from a fatigue perspective because of high stress concentrations near the weld toe region, the presence of tensile residual ... -
One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterial based memristive device and its neuromorphic computing applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)Memristor devices as the alternative to the next-generation non-volatile memory devices has been widely studied recently due to its advantages of simple structure, fast switching speed, low power consumption. Among all the ... -
Evaluating Support Conditions for Precast Concrete Inlay Panels using Finite Element Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-12)Precast concrete inlay panels (PCIPs) are a unique application of precast concrete pavement used for overnight rehabilitations of high-traffic volume asphalt highways exhibiting structural rutting issues. The pavement is ... -
Evaluation of Polymeric Nanocomposites for the Detection of Toxic Gas Analytes
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-09)Four different metal oxide nanoparticles, copper oxide (CuO), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), nickel oxide (NiO), and titanium dioxide (TiO2), were added to poly (2,5-dimethyl aniline) (P25DMA) during synthesis to create different ... -
A Cloud-Based Architecture for BIM as an Asset for Project Management
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-12)After more than 30 years of research, better solutions continue to be sought for nuclear power plant decommissioning and radioactive waste management. As some approaches are interesting, improvements are still required in ... -
Demand Response and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Electricity Markets: Frameworks & Models
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)Ensuring a balance between the generation and demand is one of the most challenging tasks in power systems because of contingencies, sudden load changes, forecasting errors and other disturbances, occurring from time to ... -
Exploiting Mobile Energy Storages for Overload Mitigation in Smart Grid
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)The advancement of battery and electronic technologies pushes forward transportation electrification, accelerating the commercialization and prevalence of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). The development of PEVs is closely ... -
Design and Analysis of Beamforming in mmWave Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-09)To support increasing data-intensive wireless applications, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication emerges as the most promising wireless technology that offers high data rate connections by exploiting a large swath of ... -
Thermostatically Controllable Loads for Primary Frequency Control in Isolated Microgrids
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-07)In the last few decades, governments, private investors, and non-governmental organizations have gradually incentivized the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) and efficient Energy Storage System (ESS) technologies ...
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