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Extending Cognitive Work Analysis and Engaging Nanotechnology: Embodied, Embedded and Socially Situated Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-15)With current advances in material science and the growth of novel technologies, the nature of human technology interaction is changing. Specifically, the growth and convergence of Nano-, Bio-, Info- and Cognitive Science ... -
Extensible Architecture for Superconducting Quantum Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-09)Quantum computing architectures with ten or more quantum bits (qubits) have been implemented using trapped ions and superconducting devices. The next milestone in the quest for a quantum computer is the realization of ... -
Extensible Modeling of Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)There is a growing number of renewable energy sources that can supply power to the electrical grid. These renewable sources of energy are intermittent in nature and therefore the transition from using fossil fuels to ... -
Extracellular Electron Transport in Microbial Electrochemical Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-30)Microbial electrochemical cells (MxCs) are engineered biological systems that use microbial metabolism of anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) to catalyze electron transfer from a soluble electron donor to the anode via extracellular ... -
Extracting Counterexamples from Transitive-Closure-Based Model Checking
(IEEE, 2019)We address the problem of how to extract counterexamples for the transitive-closure-based model checking (TCMC) technique. TCMC is a representation of the CTLFC (CTL with fairness constraints) model checking problem in ... -
Extracting ECG-based cardiac information from the upper arm
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-24)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the global number one cause of death. Therefore, there is an acute need for constantly monitoring cardiac conditions and/or cardiac monitoring for extended periods. The current clinical ... -
Extraction and Concentration of Glutathione from Yeast
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-19)Glutathione is a tripeptide present in most mammalian tissue. It has a great variety of significant physiological functions, such as regulating cell growth and division; helping DNA synthesis and repair. Glutathione can ... -
Extrudable hydroxyapatite/plant oil-based biopolymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications: Mechanical testing and modeling
(Elsevier, 2019-07-15)Towards developing bone-inspired, high performance composite biomaterials, two nanocomposite inks, consisting of a plant oil-based biopolymer resin (soybean oil epoxidized acrylate (SOEA)) and silanized nano-hydroxyapatite ... -
Extrusion-based 3D Printing and Characterization of Edible Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)3D printing food offers the ability to customize shapes, texture, as well as nutritional content. In addition, it can automate the cooking process to save time and produce meals on-demand to minimize waste. One potential ... -
Efficient Hardware Realization of Convolutional Neural Networks using Intra-Kernel Regular Pruning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have proven their success in a wide range of applications. While CNNs boast remarkable performance, they require significant computational and memory resources for operation. As research ... -
Fabrication and Analysis of Bottom Gate Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-25)Thin film transistors (TFTs) have brought prominent growth in both variety and utility of large area electronics market over the past few decades. Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H) TFTs have attracted attention recently, ... -
The Fabrication and Characterization of a Superconducting Birdcage Resonator
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-08)In this thesis we presents the fabrication and characterization of a superconducting Birdcage style radiofrequency (RF) coil, a commonly used coil design in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers. The Birdcage was ... -
Fabrication and characterization of biomimetic dry adhesives supported by foam backing material
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Using sacrificial templates to create 3D structures is commonly employed in various fields such as tissue engineering and water remediation to create complex and high surface area scaffolds. Herein, several sacrificial ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Metal- Insulator -Metal Diode and Gray scale Lithography
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-26)The objective of this thesis is to successfully design, fabricate, and characterize an optimum metal-insulator-metal diode that can be used as a fast switching diode in various applications such as solar energy conversion. ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Metal-support for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (MSOFCs)
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can generate electricity with higher efficiency and reduced carbon emissions compared with conventional power generation systems. Unlike many other fuel cells, SOFCs are beneficial in terms ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Microcrystalline Silicon Near Infrared Photodiode Detector Pixel Circuit on Glass Substrate For LargeArea Electronics
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)This thesis is focused on development of near infrared (NIR) photodetectors on glass substrate at low temperatures for large area electronics applications. In the first part of this thesis we study the optical properties ... -
Fabrication and characterization of nano carbon-based electrochemical double-layer capacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)Porous electrode is a key component in electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs), also called supercapacitors, which provides effective charge storage sites and ion transport channels along the electric double-layer ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Nanowires and Quantum Dots for Advanced Solar Cell Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-01)The commercially available solar cells suffer from low conversion efficiency due to the thermalization and transmission losses arising from the mismatch between the band gap of the semiconductor materials and the solar ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Flow Battery Electrodes using Electrospinning
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)The increase in energy demand, depletion of fossil fuel reserves and climate change has shifted our focus to using renewable energy resources. Alternative energy sources, though environmentally friendly, are intermittent ... -
Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Zinc Air Battery Cathodes Using Electrospinning and Electrospraying Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-01)High specific energy density, low cost, and relative safety make zinc air batteries a promising energy storage technology. However, to fully realize their advantages improvements must be made to increase their efficiency, ...