• Effects of Nanoparticle Interfacial Additives on Phase Inversion of Pickering Emulsions 

  Ogunlaja, Sileola (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  Understanding the effects of interfacial additives such as surface-active nanoparticles on phase inversion of Pickering emulsions is important from a practical point of view. In this work, we studied the effects of ...

• An In-Depth Look at Repeated Propagation of Multiple Viruses Simultaneously in Insect Cell Culture 

  Chakraborty, Madhuja (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)

  It is well known that the insect cell-baculovirus expression vector system (IC-BEVS) can be used for the production of various proteins of interest and virus-like particles (VLPs). In the past, many higher order proteins ...

• Electrode Design for Durable and Energy-Dense Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries 

  Cano, Zachary Paul (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-21)

  Zinc-air batteries have been proposed as a low-cost and energy-dense candidate to replace or supplement lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles. This thesis explores the viability of zinc-air batteries in electric ...

• Effect of co-ions and counter-ions on mAb capture with weak cation exchange membranes 

  Niu, Huayu (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)

  Cation exchange chromatography (CEX) has risen as a promising alternative to Protein-A affinity chromatography for the capture of monoclonal antibody (mAb). mAb capture with CEX works on the basis of electrostatic interactions ...

• Application of Cellulose Nanomaterials in Water Treatment Processes 

  Grishkewich, Nathan (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-20)

  Many advanced water treatment processes have been designed and implemented to purify water, such as adsorption, photocatalysis, and membrane filtration processes. All these processes have the potential to be enhanced through ...

• Poly(ether block amide)-based Composite Membranes for Carbon Capture 

  Chen, Silu (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)

  A great amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions has caused the greenhouse effect which impacts the living environment of creatures on the planet. Effective carbon capture technologies need to be developed to reduce CO2 emissions. ...

• Design and Engineering of Hierarchically Porous Transition Metal-based Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zn-air Batteries 

  Park, Moon Gyu (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)

  Electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are the critical cathodic and anodic reactions, respectively, in electrically rechargeable Zn-air battery. With a variety of advantages ...

• Developing Models Using Game Theory for Analyzing the Interaction of Various Stakeholders in Energy Systems 

  Haghi, Ehsan (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)

  Air pollution, global warming, climate change, and economic development are all reasons for governments around the world to incentivize the development of renewable energy generation technologies and plan for a transition ...

• Development of Low-cost Organic Solar Cells Using Polythiophenes as Donors 

  Zhang, Zhifang (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-15)

  The need to develop sustainable, eco-friendly energy sources is a major driving force in the development of efficient photovoltaic cells. Organic solar cells are a relatively new solar energy technology compared to their ...

• Engineered-Polysaccharide Reinforced Hybrid Composites for Automotive Applications 

  Ganesarajan, Dinesha (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-09)

  In recent years, the automotive industry has undergone severe changes that challenges their conventional methods of mass vehicle production. This is due to many factors that include legislation that demand for increase in ...

• Designing Polymeric Sensing Materials: What are we Doing Wrong? 

  Stewart, Katherine M.; Penlidis, Alexander (Wiley, 2016-08-31)

  Gas analytes, or volatile organic compounds (VOCs), interact with polymeric sensing materials through various sensing mechanisms. The dominant sensing mechanisms are discussed for different types of VOCs, which are ...

• Towards a Chemically Defined Medium for Sf-9 Cell Culture: Micronutrients Reduce Dependence on Yeast Extract 

  Boegel, Scott (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-08)

  Spodoptera frugiperda clonal isolate 9 (Sf-9) insect cells in conjunction with recombinant baculovirus are an industrially relevant system for producing biologics. Sf-9 cells are capable of robust high-density growth in ...

• Functionalized Vanadium Oxide as the Cathode Material for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries 

  Han, Mei (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-08)

  Battery offers a viable solution for storing intermittent energy supplies associated with renewable energy production. Although lithium-ion batteries take up the most battery market, they are still limited by lithium metal ...

• Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation for Degrading Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles 

  Tran, Manh-Kien (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-07)

  With the increase in usage of electric vehicles (EVs), the demand for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries is also on the rise. A Li-ion battery pack in an EV consists of hundreds of cells and requires a battery management system ...

• Mass transfer in fibrous media with varying anisotropy for flow battery electrodes: Direct numerical simulations with 3D X-ray computed tomography 

  Kok, Matthew D. R.; Jervis, Rhodri; Tranter, Thomas; Sadeghi, Mohammad A.; Brett, Dan J. L.; Shearing, Paul R.; Gostick, Jeff T. (Elsevier, 2019-03-16)

  A numerical method for calculating the mass transfer coefficient in fibrous media is presented. First, pressure driven flow was modelled using the Lattice Boltzmann Method. The advection-diffusion equation was solved for ...

• Predictive models and detection methods applicable in water detection framework for industrial electric arc furnaces 

  Alshawarghi, Hamzah; Elkamel, Ali; Moshiri, Behzad; Hourfar, Farzad (Elsevier, 2019-09-02)

  This paper introduces the development of empirical predictive models and detection methods that are incorporated into a water detection framework for an industrial steelmaking electric arc furnace (EAF). The predictive ...

• A system dynamics model for optimal allocation of natural gas to various demand sectors 

  Daneshzand, Farzaneh; Amin-Naseri, Mohammad Reza; Asali, Mehdi; Elkamel, Ali; Fowler, Michael (Elsevier, 2019-09-02)

  Natural gas is the most promising fossil fuel in the transition to a low-carbon energy future, and many countries have long term plans to increase its share in their energy supply mix through pricing regulations. While ...

• Selectively leaching the iron-removed bauxite residues with phosphoric acid for enrichment of rare earth elements 

  Deng, Bona; Li, Guanghi; Luo, Jun; Ye, Qing; Liu, Mingxia; Rao, Mingjun; Jiang, Tao; Bauman, Lukas; Zhao, Boxin (Elsevier, 2019-11-15)

  Bauxite residue (BR) is a hazardous industrial waste and also becomes an important reserve of rare earth elements (REE). An elegant process for achieving separation of REEs against silica from an iron-removed BR was ...

• Bi-objective short-term scheduling in a rolling horizon framework: a priori approaches with alternative operational objectives 

  Lee, Do Yeon; Fukasawa, Ricardo; Ricardez-Sandoval, Luis (Elsevier, 2019-11)

  This study addresses short-term scheduling problems with throughput and make-span as conflicting objectives, focusing on a priori multi-objective methods. Two contributions are presented. The first contribution is to propose ...

• An ion conductive polyimide encapsulation: New insight and significant performance enhancement of sodium based P2 layered cathodes 

  Kaliyappan, Karthikeyan; Li, Gaoran; Yang, Lin; Bai, Zhengyu; Chen, Zhongwei (Elsevier, 2019-11)

  It is essential to stabilize the surface of P2 layered cathode materials at high cut-off voltages (>4.3 V) in order to construct high-energy sodium ion batteries (SIB) that are promising for commercial application. When ...

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