Engineering (Faculty of)
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High Aspect Ratio Polystyrene Structure and Nano-gap Electrode Fabrication Using Electron Beam Lithography
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-22)Nanotechnology has experienced a rapid growth over the past decade, thanks to the development of nanofabrication technologies needed to fabricate nano-devices. The key technique for nanofabrication is nano-lithography. ... -
Concurrent Dual-band Doherty Power Amplifiers for Carrier Aggregation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-21)Carrier aggregation is the main feature of the Long Term Evolution advanced (LTE-A) standard to increase the spectral efficiency and communication bandwidth. It calls for wireless transmitters to be multi-band and ... -
Microgrid Enabling Towards the Implementation of Smart Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-21)Smart grids have emerged as dominant platforms for effectively accommodating high penetration of renewable-based distributed generation (DG) and electric vehicles (EVs). These smart paradigms play a pivotal role in the ... -
Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) Nanosheet Inks Evaluated for Printed Electronics and Application to Thin-Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-20)Inkjet printing is a versatile deposition technique that has been used for the fabrication of electronic circuits, from simple conductive tracks to complete 3D logic circuits. The emergence of solution-processable 2D layered ... -
A New Technique for Characterizing Multi-Temperature Convection with Application in Building Energy Simulation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-19)Glazing systems with attachments such as shades and insect screens are known as complex fenestration systems (CFS). The ASHRAE Window Attachment Tool (ASHWAT) for modeling heat transfer through a CFS are based on a general ... -
Simulation-based Design of Temperature-responsive Nematic Elastomers
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-16)Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of polymer networks which involve the incorporation of liquid crystal (LC) molecules into their polymer backbone or side chain. This results in anisotropy in their mechanical, ... -
History of failure
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-16)The ability to project a virtual vision on the world and give it physical form sets the human apart. By shaping his surroundings at will, the human holds considerable power not only on the environment, but -on fellow humans ... -
Developing Control Strategies to Regulate Dissolved Oxygen Levels in a Biological Fermenter
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-16)Vaccine development comprises multiple stages, the first of which typically involves cultivating an organism in a microbial fermenter to produce a vaccine product. In order to ensure the optimal synthesis of the vaccine ... -
One Hand Occupies the Void
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-15)The interconnected nature of void and matter and form is implied in architecture, but rarely explicitly expressed. Since the void is neither form nor material, it is difficult to define, but it occupies a critical role in ... -
A Present Absence
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)For the last ten years I have travelled with my camera out on the roads of the Canadian prairies, usually for a few days at a time, up and down stretches of highways, grids, and back roads, stopping to investigate whatever ... -
Tales of the Maunsell Sea Forts A Philosophy of Making in the Anthropocene
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)The Age of the Anthropocene is marked by a shift in power between the relationship of nature and man. For the first time in human history we are actively shaping the environmental systems around us on a planetary scale, ... -
Journey into Caldera
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)There is a dormant volcano in the northern province of Jilin, China, called the Baekdu/Chang Bai Mountain. At the top of this 2,744 m mountain is a large caldera filled with water, named “Heaven Lake”. Geologically, this ... -
A Finite Element Investigation of Possible Mechanisms of Luminal Cell Escape from the Mammary Duct: An Initial Step in Breast Cancer Metastasis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)Cancer is an illness that kills some ten million people every year, and as cancer rates increase, a cure for metastatic disease is more necessary than ever. Breast cancer is the most common form of malignancy in the female ... -
Investigation of the Interaction of Particulate Matter with the Gas Diffusion Layer
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-14)Rapid global industrialization has resulted in an unprecedented level of energy consumption. Transportation comprises a significant portion of the demand for energy, and special attention has recently been paid to green ... -
Mechanical Degradation of Membrane Electrode Assemblies in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-08)The Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell is an ideal emerging alternative power source for transportation; however, before PEM fuel cells’ widespread use, a number of technical challenges need to be overcome, ... -
Design Strategy of 2D Material Field-Effect Transistors: Engineering the Number of Layers in Phosphorene FETs
(AIP Publishing, 2016-06-07)Thickness or the number of layers in 2D semiconductors is a key parameter to determine the material’s electronic properties and the overall device performance of 2D material electronics. Here we discuss the engineering ... -
Manipulating the sleeping beauty mutase operon for the production of 1-propanol in engineered Escherichia coli
(BioMed Central, 2013-09-28)Background: While most resources in biofuels were directed towards implementing bioethanol programs, 1-propanol has recently received attention as a promising alternative biofuel. Nevertheless, no microorganism has been ... -
Construction and analysis of a genetically tuneable lytic phage display system
(Springer, 2013-09-01)The Bacteriophage lambda capsid protein gpD has been used extensively for fusion polypeptides that can be expressed from plasmids in Escherichia coli and remain soluble. In this study, a genetically controlled dual expression ... -
Critical assessment of influenza VLP production in Sf9 and HEK293 expression systems
(BioMed Central, 2015-05-16)Background: Each year, influenza is responsible for hundreds of thousand cases of illness and deaths worldwide. Due to the virus' fast mutation rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is constantly on alert to rapidly ... -
Treating Cell Culture Media with UV Irradiation against Adventitious Agents: Minimal Impact on CHO Performance
(Wiley, 2014-10-01)Sterility of cell culture media is an important concern in biotherapeutic processing. In large scale biotherapeutic production, a unit contamination of cell culture media can have costly effects. Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation ...
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