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Palladium Nanoparticles Loaded on Carbon Modified TiO2 Nanobelts for Enhanced Methanol Electrooxidation
(Springer, 2013-09-12)Carbon modified TiO2 nanobelts (TiO2-C) were synthesized using a hydrothermal growth method, as a support material for palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (Pd/TiO2-C) to improve the electrocatalytic performance for methanol ... -
Palmprint Identification Based on Generalization of IrisCode
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The development of accurate and reliable security systems is a matter of wide interest, and in this context biometrics is seen as a highly effective automatic mechanism for personal identification. Among biometric technologies, ... -
Panic Detection in Human Crowds using Sparse Coding
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Recently, the surveillance of human activities has drawn a lot of attention from the research community and the camera based surveillance is being tried with the aid of computers. Cameras are being used extensively for ... -
Parallel Multiplier Designs for the Galois/Counter Mode of Operation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-09)The Galois/Counter Mode of Operation (GCM), recently standardized by NIST, simultaneously authenticates and encrypts data at speeds not previously possible for both software and hardware implementations. In GCM, data ... -
Parallel Run-Time Verification
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Run-time verification is a technique to reason about a program correctness. Given a set of desirable properties and a program trace from the inspected program as an input, the monitor module verifies that properties hold ... -
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 ... -
Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Contaminant First Arrival Times at Household Drinking Water Wells
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-25)Exposure assessment, which is an investigation of the extent of human exposure to a specific contaminant, must include estimates of the duration and frequency of exposure. For a groundwater system, the duration of exposure ... -
Parameter estimation of an electrochemistry-based lithium-ion battery model
(Elsevier, 2015-09-30)Parameters for an electrochemistry-based Lithium-ion battery model are estimated using the homotopy optimization approach. A high-fidelity model of the battery is presented based on chemical and electrical phenomena. ... -
Parameter identification in dynamic systems using the homotopy optimization approach
(Springer, 2011-12)Identifying the parameters in a mathematical model governed by a system of ordinary differential equations is considered in this work. It is assumed that only partial state measurement is available from experiments, and ... -
Parameterizing Enterprise WiFi Networks: The Use of Wide Channels
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)We investigate the joint channel, power, and carrier sensing threshold allocation problem in IEEE 802.11ac enterprise networks in a single 160 MHz band and show that the current practice, which is to use narrower channels ... -
Parametric Design: An Implementation of Bentley Systems Generative Components
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis addresses the need for flexible parametric design tools. It focuses on the implementation of a particular tool, Bentley Systems' Generative Components, by exploring features, strengths and weaknesses, and ... -
The Parametric Facade: Optimization in Architecture through a Synthesis of Design, Analysis and Fabrication
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)Modular building systems that use only prefabricated parts, sometimes known as building “kits”, first emerged in the 1830s and 1840s in the form of glass and iron roof systems for urban transportation and distribution ... -
Parametric Importance Analysis and Design Optimization of a Torque Converter Model Using Sensitivity Information
(SAE International, 2012-04-16)Torque converters are used as coupling devices in automobile powertrains involving automatic transmissions. Efficient modeling of torque converters capturing various modes of operation is important for powertrain design ... -
Parametric Interaction in Josephson Junction Circuits and Transmission Lines
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)This research investigates the realization of parametric amplification in superconducting circuits and structures where nonlinearity is provided by Josephson junction (JJ) elements. We aim to develop a systematic analysis ... -
Parametric Microwave Amplification using a Tunable Superconducting Resonator
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-02)In this Master thesis, I present a theoretical description and experimental measurements of a tunable microwave resonator operated as a parametric amplifier. Superconducting parametric amplifiers have attracted great ... -
A Parametric Study on Soil-Structure Interaction Mechanisms through A 3D Finite Element Numerical Modelling of Palladium Drive Integral Abutment Bridge in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)The term “Integral Abutment Bridges” is used broadly all over the world these days. While the expansion joints used in bridges were once a scientifically proved cure to the problem of natural expansion and contraction, ... -
Parametric Yield of VLSI Systems under Variability: Analysis and Design Solutions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)Variability has become one of the vital challenges that the designers of integrated circuits encounter. variability becomes increasingly important. Imperfect manufacturing process manifest itself as variations in the ... -
Parkdale People's Palace: Rethinking a Heritage Church as Revitalized Social Infrastructure
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)In recent decades, Canada’s church buildings have been steadily declining in number and use due to the increasing secularization of society and the diminished role of Christianity in the country. Rather than demolishing ... -
The Parkdale Public Library is for Us
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-31)The Parkdale Public Library in Toronto is an illustration of what remains of democracy today. While government is deeming libraries irrelevant with their funding cuts, and privatized cafes are taking over as ‘public’ ... -
Part Performance Measurement, Analysis and Optimization for Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-22)Binder Jetting (BJ) is an additive manufacturing (AM) process where objects are formed layer by layer. The manufacturing of parts is performed by depositing powder layer by layer and binding them together using a binding ...