Browsing Electrical and Computer Engineering by Title
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A Study of Electrode Material Performance During Food Processing by Pulsed Electric Fields
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-11)Upon the application of high-field pulses across a liquid food product (such as milk, juices, or beer), electric charge accumulates across the membrane of any microbial cell present in the processing zone between the two ... -
A Study of Energy-efficient Routing Supporting Coordinated Sleep Scheduling in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)A wireless ad hoc network is a collection of wireless computing devices that self-configure to form a network independently of any fixed infrastructure. Many wireless ad hoc network devices such as smartphones and tablets ... -
A Study of High Frequency Voltage Effects in Medium Voltage Cable Terminations
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-22)High-power voltage sourced converters(VSC’s) are becoming increasingly prevalent in modern transmission systems. These systems primarily use switching schemes generating kHz range harmonics, which may be magnified by one ... -
Study of Implementation of CNN on Low-power Platform for Smart Traffic Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Accompanied with the rise of smart city and the development of IoT (Internet of Things), people are looking forward to monitoring and regulating the traffic in a smarter way. Since the deep neural network has shown its ... -
A Study of Linux Perf and Slab Allocation Sub-Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Today, modern processors are equipped with a special unit named PMU that enables software developers to gain access to micro-architectural level information such as CPU cycles count and executed instructions count. The PMU ... -
A Study of Medium and High Voltage Form-Wound Coil Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Converter Fed Rotating Machines
(University of Waterloo, 2016-11-09)Converter fed medium voltage motors are increasingly being employed in industrial processes due to their higher efficiency and greater flexibility with respect to speed control. The increased use of motor adjustable speed ... -
A Study of Mobility Models in Mobile Surveillance Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)This thesis explores the role mobile sensor's mobility model and how it affects surveillance system performance in term of area coverage and detection effectiveness. Several algorithms which are categorized into three ... -
A study of Nanofilled Silicone Dielectrics for Outdoor Insulation
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-04)Polymeric insulators are now a common replacement for conventional porcelain and glass string insulators on overhead distribution and transmission lines. The use of this mature technology represents many advantages to the ... -
A Study of Random Duplication Graphs and Degree Distribution Pattern of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)The motivation of this thesis is to find the reason why protein-protein interaction networks present a unique degree distribution pattern, where the majority of the proteins are sparsely connected, while densely-connected ... -
A Study of Ranking Routes for Electrical Transmission Lines using Weighted Sum Model and Fuzzy Inference System
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)Selecting a route is the first step in building a new electrical transmission line. The most common practice in selecting a route involves ranking possible route options, which is a complex process demanding many decision ... -
A Study of Stress Grading System of Medium Voltage Motor Fed by Adjustable Speed Drives
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-25)The demand for medium voltage (MV) induction motors with an adjustable speed drive (ASD) has grown significantly over the past decade for many industrial applications. This is mainly because the applications of adjustable ... -
A Study of the Automatic Speech Recognition Process and Speaker Adaptation
(University of Waterloo, 2000)This thesis considers the entire automated speech recognition process and presents a standardised approach to LVCSR experimentation with HMMs. It also discusses various approaches to speaker adaptation such as MLLR and ... -
A Study of the Detection of Defects in Ceramic Insulators Based on Radio Frequency Signatures.
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-18)The presence of defects in outdoor insulators ultimately results in the initiation of partial discharge (PD) activity. Because insulation failure and the consequent breakdown of power equipment can occur due to the cumulative ... -
A Study of the Effects of Solution and Process Parameters on the Electrospinning Process and Nanofibre Morphology
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Nanofibres have been the subject of recent intensive research due to their unique properties, especially their large surface-area-to-volume ratio, which is about one thousand times higher than that of a human hair. They ... -
A Study of the Erosion Mechanisms of Silicone Rubber Housing Composites
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-23)Silicone rubber insulators have been replacing conventional insulators made from toughened glass and porcelain in the power system, due to the non-wetting properties of silicone rubber insulation housing. However, silicone ... -
A Study of the Material Properties of Silicone Nanocomposites Developed by Electrospinning
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)The current thrust towards the compaction of electrical power equipment, resulting in increased insulation electrical stress levels, necessitates new electrical insulating materials. In the last few decades, polymeric ... -
A Study of the Power Trace Sampling Frequency Requirements in Non-Intrusive Program Tracing Through Power Consumption Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)In embedded systems, anomalies can be detected by monitoring the power consumption of the device. Recent literature has shown the use of this technique for the purpose of safety as well as security. However, on-the-fly ... -
A study of the reduced-order John Shaw SMA model and its extension for control applications
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-27)SMA belongs to a class of so-called “smart materials” which possess properties that can be controlled by application of various types of stimuli – stress, temperature, electric field or magnetic field. In particular, SMA ... -
A Study of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Power Transfer Operation in V2G-Equipped Microgrid
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-15)Bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system utilizes the batteries of parked electric-drive-vehicles to provide energy storage and backup services in a power system. Such services in a V2G-equipped microgrid system can be ... -
A Study of Velocity-Dependent JND of Haptic Model Detail
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-01)The study of haptics, or the sense of touch in virtual reality environments, is constantly looking for improvements in modeling with a high fidelity. Highly detailed models are desirable, but they often lead to slow ...