• Multi-terminal VSC-HVDC Based Offshore Wind-Farms Integration System Operation and Control 

  Abdelwahed, Mohamed (University of Waterloo, 2017-08-15)

  Worldwide, many countries direct billions of dollars into the development of renewable energy sources; especially wind generation, in an effort to relieve global warming effects and other environmental concerns. As a result ...

• Grafted polymer monolayer brush as electron beam resist 

  Yamada, Hirotaka (University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)

  This thesis focuses on the nanofabrication process using novel electron beam resists. First, in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, the nanofabrication process using grafted polymer monolayer brush as e-beam resist was examined. ...

• Rapid Prototyping Technologies for Processing of Nanomaterials with Applications to Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics 

  Tittle, Collin (University of Waterloo, 2017-08-09)

  The focus of this thesis is on the processing of nanomaterials using rapid prototyping technologies. To develop the necessary skills in fabrication and electronics, a thin film microheater was developed and applied to ...

• An Intelligent Multi-stage Channel Acquisition Model for CR-WBANs: A Context Aware Approach 

  Elgadi, Refga (University of Waterloo, 2017-07-31)

  Cognitive Radio (CR) came as a solution to mitigate challenges that wireless body area networks (WBANs) suffer from. CR is an intelligence-based technology that senses, observes, and learns from its operating environment ...

• Block co-polymer self-assembly 

  Alameer, Areej (University of Waterloo, 2017-07-26)

  Contemporary electronic industry heavily relies on its capability to fabricate electronic devices with small feature size. The race to fabricate higher number of electronic devices per area has faced critical miniaturization ...

• Distribution System Planning in Smart Grids to Accommodate Distributed Energy Resources and Electric Vehicles 

  Bin Humayd, Abdullah (University of Waterloo, 2017-07-05)

  Major changes in planning paradigms have taken place in power systems in recent years because of deregulation of the power industry, environmental policy changes, advancements in technology, and the transformation of the ...

• Executable Model Synthesis and Property Validation for Message Sequence Chart Specifications 

  Tysowski, Piotr (University of Waterloo, 2000)

  Message sequence charts (MSC’s) are a formal language for the specification of scenarios in concurrent real-time systems. The thesis addresses the synthesis of executable object-oriented design-time models from MSC ...

• High Aspect Ratio Polystyrene Structure and Nano-gap Electrode Fabrication Using Electron Beam Lithography 

  Azibi, Azizah (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 

  Liu, Mingming (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 

  Nassar, Mohammed (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 

  Mintz, Leon (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 ...

• Design Strategy of 2D Material Field-Effect Transistors: Engineering the Number of Layers in Phosphorene FETs 

  Yoon, Youngki; Demin, Yin (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 ...

• Realization of Non-Volatile Memory in Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors 

  Sanjeevi, Sunil (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)

  The integration of memory circuits in thin-film transistors (TFTs) is essential to extend the functionalities of large-area applications such as flat-panel displays, imagers etc. Intensive research is being conducted with ...

• Exploring Microfluidic Design Automation: Thin-wall Membrane Regulator 

  Zaman, Atulan (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)

  Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip are a growing technology, influential in many areas of engineering. This project focuses on the necessity for better computer aided design tools for this area. Specifically, it focuses on ...

• Energy Efficient Energy Analytics 

  De, Sagnik (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)

  Smart meters allow for hourly data collection related to customer's power consumption. However this results in thousands of data points, which hides broader trends in power consumption and makes it difficult for energy ...

• Millimeter-Wave Reconfigurable CMOS-MEMS Integrated Devices 

  Kheirabi, Nazli (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-18)

  The millimeter-wave spectrum has sparked interest recently as a promising alternative to meet bandwidth requirements for wireless local area networks, vehicular radars, short-range multi-Gb/s links, and next-generation ...

• Fault Tolerance of Stochastic Decoders for Error Correcting Codes 

  Hussein, Assem (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-17)

  Low-density Parity-check (LDPC) codes are very powerful linear error-correcting codes, first introduced by Gallager in 1963. They are now used in many communication standards due to their ability to achieve near Shannon-capacity ...

• Aluminum Nitride SAW Resonators 

  Mojdeh, Ali (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-17)

  Numerous devices need filters for capturing signals and then conditioning them in communications and wireless systems. For several decades, microwave filters have been the center of attention for this type of signal ...

• Toward High Performance Broad-band Frequency Comb Operation of Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers 

  Xu, Chao (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-16)

  Recent advances in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser (THz QCL) development are pushing this technology ever closer to practical application, particularly within the spectroscopic field. For this reason, optimizing the operation ...

• New Approaches to Composite Reliability Assessment of Smart Power Systems 

  Lami, Badr (University of Waterloo, 2017-05-12)

  Electric power networks are complex systems because of their geographic spread and the consequent need for interconnections and integration of different components such as generators, transformers, lines, reactors, relays, ...

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