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Tactile Haptics: A Study of Roughness Perception in Virtual Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-01)This thesis presents the design of a tactile device that can be used to display varying magnitudes of roughness. The device is designed to be attached to an existing force feedback device in order to create a package that ... -
Tags: Augmenting Microkernel Messages with Lightweight Metadata
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-15)In this work, we propose Tags, an e cient mechanism that augments microkernel interprocess messages with lightweight metadata to enable the development of new, systemwide functionality without requiring the modi cation ... -
A Targeting Approach To Disturbance Rejection In Multi-Agent Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-01)This thesis focuses on deadbeat disturbance rejection for discrete-time linear multi-agent systems. The multi-agent systems, on which Spieser and Shams’ decentralized deadbeat output regulation problem is based, are extended ... -
A Task Offloading Framework for Energy Saving on Mobile Devices using Cloud Computing
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)Over the last decade, mobile devices have become popular among people, and their number is ever growing because of the computing functionality they offer beyond primary voice communication. However, mobile devices are ... -
Task-Driven Integrity Assessment and Control for Vehicular Hybrid Localization Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Throughout the last decade, vehicle localization has been attracting significant attention in a wide range of applications, including Navigation Systems, Road Tolling, Smart Parking, and Collision Avoidance. To deliver on ... -
Temporal Segmentation of Human Motion for Rehabilitation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Current physiotherapy practice relies on visual observation of patient movement for assessment and diagnosis. Automation of motion monitoring has the potential to improve accuracy and reliability, and provide additional ... -
Temporospatial Context-Aware Vehicular Crash Risk Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)With the demand for more vehicles increasing, road safety is becoming a growing concern. Traffic collisions take many lives and cost billions of dollars in losses. This explains the growing interest of governments, academic ... -
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers: towards high performance operation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-16)Terahertz (THz) frequency range (wavelength of 300-30 μm, frequency of 1-10 THz and photon energy of ~4-40meV), the gap between infrared and microwave electromagnetic waves, have remained relatively unexplored for a long ... -
Terahertz Sensors Using Surface Waves in Periodic Metallic Structures
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)Terahertz range of frequency has found a fast growing number of applications in material characterization and sensing, imaging and extreme bandwidth communication. Different structures have been proposed for sensing at ... -
Terahertz Surface Plasmon Polariton-like Surface Waves for Sensing Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-30)Surface plasmon polaritons are electromagnetic surface waves coupled to electron plasma oscillation of metals at a metal-dielectric interface. At optical frequencies, these modes are of great interest because of their high ... -
Terahertz Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for Material Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-25)Terahertz wave (THz) is comprised of electromagnetic waves carrying frequencies from 0.1 to 30 THz. Terahertz radiation has the ability to interact with a wide range of materials, such as plastic and paper, and to provide ... -
Test Chip Design for Process Variation Characterization in 3D Integrated Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-23)A test chip design is presented for the characterization of process variations and Through Silicon Via (TSV) induced mechanical stress in 3D integrated circuits. The chip was de- signed, layed-out, and taped-out for ... -
Test Clone Detection via Assertion Fingerprints
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)Large software systems require large test suites to achieve high coverage. Test suites often employ closed unit tests that are self-contained and have no input parameters. To achieve acceptable coverage with self-contained ... -
Text Preprocessing in Programmable Logic
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-24)There is a tremendous amount of information being generated and stored every year, and its growth rate is exponential. From 2008 to 2009, the growth rate was estimated to be 62%. In 2010, the amount of generated information ... -
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Resistor Network for Use in Superconducting Analog-to-Digital Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Superconducting micro-electronics (SME) technology is capable of realizing extremely high speed digital receivers performing direct digitization of microwave signals with very low power consumption. SME technology uses ... -
Theoretical and experimental study of magnetic proximity effect
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-11)Magnetic proximity effect in a heterostructure, which consists of a semiconductor thin film or a 2D material sheet and a ferromagnetic insulator film, has a great potential in spintronics applications. However, a complete ... -
Theoretical and Experimental Study to Improve Antenna Performance Using a Resonant Choke Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-11)Every antenna requires a feed network to supply its RF energy. In the case of a simple dipole antenna, this could be a coaxial cable with a tuning element and matching balun. For mostly omnidirectional antennas, currents ... -
Theoretical Investigation of Contact Effects on the Performance of 2D-Material Nanotransistors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-28)Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted significant attention for electronic device applications since the first graphene transistor was demonstrated in 2004. Various 2D materials not only exhibit excellent carrier ... -
Theoretical Investigation of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Field-Effect Transistors for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-19)After the first demonstration of graphene, 2D materials have attracted tremendous attentions in the electronic devices community. Graphene was regarded as a promising material for electronics due to its extremely high ... -
Theoretical Studies on Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers for Device Design Guideline
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-27)Terahertz (THz) quantum cascade laser (QCL) is the most promising THz light source for the next-generation THz technologies of imaging, spectroscopy, and wireless communication. However, room-temperature operation of THz ...