Engineering (Faculty of): Recent submissions
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“Transport Me Away”: Fostering Flow in Open Offices through Virtual Reality
(ACM, 2020-04-21)Open offices are cost-effective and continue to be popular. However, research shows that these environments, brimming with distractions and sensory overload, frequently hamper productivity. Our research investigates the ... -
Measuring Haptic Experience: Elaborating the HX model with scale development
(IEEE, 2021-07-06)Designers increasingly employ haptic feedback with the aim to improve user experience (UX). Designers and researchers currently use qualitative methods or demos for feedback, but neither approach scales to large studies ... -
Smart Exercise Adaptive Control of a Three Degree of Freedom Upper-limb Manipulator Robot
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-15)An adaptive velocity field controller for robotic manipulators is proposed in this thesis. The control objective is to cause the user to exercise in a manner that optimizes a criterion related to the user’s mechanical ... -
Struck-at Fault Tolerance with Emerging Technology RAM in the NeuroSim MLP Neural Network System
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-15)After decades of technology advancements, benefits from conventional dimensional scaling and effective scaling such as strain and high-k gate dielectrics are diminishing. In the post-Moore era, interests gathers around ... -
Home Reconfigured: Adaptability as a solution in Mumbai to help people stay in place
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-15)With the continuously rising employment, businesses, investments, and consequently migration, the housing prices of Mumbai have skyrocketed over the past few decades. The house bought on a mortgage, or rented at cheap rates ... -
Engineering Social Learning Mechanisms for Multi-Agent Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)This thesis is strongly inspired by literature on animal social learning, applying it to multi-robot as well as human-robot interaction scenarios, Social learning, which can include complex or simple social mechanisms, ... -
Model Based Design Framework Development of a Hybrid Supervisory Controller for a P4 Parallel Hybrid Vehicle
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)The expected rise in the number of ECUs in an automotive based development environment, poses additional efficiency risk on developer time and code complexity. This thesis examines the design and validation of a Hybrid ... -
Provocations from #vanlife: Investigating Life and Work in a Community Extensively Using Technology Not Designed for Them
(ACM, 2021-05)Research on how lived experiences with technology intersect with home and work are core themes within HCI. Prior work has primarily focused on conventional life and work in Western countries. However, the unconventional ... -
Influence of As-cast Microstructure on Forging Behaviour of Magnesium Alloy AZ80
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)Concerns over the environment and greenhouse gas emissions have incentivized the increased use of lightweight metals, such as magnesium alloys, to improve vehicle efficiency through a reduction in mass. While there are ... -
Bounded Model Checking of Industrial Code
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-14)Abstract: Bounded Model Checking(BMC) is an effective and precise static analysis technique that reduces program verification to satisfiability (SAT) solving. However, with a few exceptions, BMC is not actively used in ... -
Integrating Affective Expressions into Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue to Improve Human-Robot Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-13)Unexplained or ambiguous behaviours of rescue robots can lead to inefficient collaborations between humans and robots in robot-assisted SAR teams. To date, rescue robots do not have the ability to interact with humans on ... -
Set Representation Learning: A Framework for Learning Gigapixel Images
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-13)In Machine Learning, we often encounter data as a set of instances such Point Clouds (set of x,y, and z coordinates), patches from gigapixel images (Digital Pathology, Satellite Imagery, Astronomical Images, etc.), Weakly ... -
Chemotherapy Treatment Models: Incorporating Tumor Growth and Stochastic Cancer Staging
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-13)Cancer is a deadly disease causing a heavy health burden worldwide throughout the recorded history. Chemotherapy is widely used to treat any type of cancer. With an enormous effort to improve cancer chemotherapy treatment ... -
Near-field Probing Array for Enhancing 5G mm-wave Beamforming Transmitter Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)As sub-6 GHz fifth-generation (5G) communication networks begin to deploy commercially, the industry is seeing a paradigm shift towards the millimeter wave (mm-wave) bands as they provide multi-gigahertz of frequency ... -
REBUILDING OUR WATERS: An alternative view of Ontario cottage country through models of community engagement and shared environmental stewardship.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Cottaging is a ‘summer-home’ tradition for many Canadian families and plays an important role in Ontario’s cultural and provincial identity. The North-Hastings – East Haliburton area is a popular cottage destination; however ... -
A New Approach to Reinforcement Learning for Sequential Robotic Tasks using a Chained Options Model and Subtask-Focused Rewards
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-09)Reinforcement Learning for Robotics is a trending area of research with tremendous potential for widescale industry adoption. To its detriment, large amounts of environmental interactions are typically required by robotic ... -
Active Acoustics for Monitoring Unreported Leaks in Water Distribution Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)Water distribution networks (WDNs) are critical infrastructure elements conveying water through thousands of kilometers of pipes. Pipes - one of the most critical elements in such systems - are subjected to various structural ... -
Transitioning in Place: Designing a Co-operative Development for Homeless Families in Ottawa
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)It is no secret that Canada is experiencing a housing crisis where people are becoming increasingly excluded from home ownership and rental housing due to the rapid escalation of real estate prices. The unaffordability of ... -
Artisanal Studios for Gujarat, India : Reviving the Textile and Print Craft by design of architectural studios for rural artisans integrated in the urban fabric of Ahmedabad
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)The thesis aims to develop an architectural strategy as a comprehensive and creative platform for traditional artisans of Gujarat to strengthen and promote the rich textile and printing crafts through architecture design. ... -
High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Imaging Innovations for Complex Flow Quantification
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Vascular pathology such as atherosclerosis or arterial stiffening involves significant disruption in the blood flow dynamics found in the vasculature, with complex behavior such as jets and swirling typically seen in ...