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3D Ground Truth Generation Using Pre-Trained Deep Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Training 3D object detectors on publicly available data has been limited to small datasets due to the large amount of effort required to generate annotations. The difficulty of labeling in 3D using 2.5D sensors, such as ... -
3D Motion Planning using Kinodynamically Feasible Motion Primitives in Unknown Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)Autonomous vehicles are a great asset to society by helping perform many dangerous or tedious tasks. They have already been successfully employed for many practical applications, such as search and rescue, automated ... -
3D Shape Reconstruction of Knee Bones from Low Radiation X-ray Images Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)Understanding the bone kinematics of the human knee during dynamic motions is necessary to evaluate the pathological conditions, design knee prosthesis, orthosis and surgical treatments such as knee arthroplasty. Also, ... -
Absorption of Nitric Oxide from Flue Gas Using Ammoniacal Cobalt(II) Solutions
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-24)Air emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel, including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide, have caused severe health and environmental problems. The post-combustion wet scrubbing has ... -
Acausal Powertrain Modelling with Application to Model-based Powertrain Control
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-21)The automotive industry has long been searching for efficient ways to improve vehicle performance such as drivability, fuel consumption, and emissions. Researchers in the automotive industry have tried to develop methods ... -
Acceleration and Heating of Metal Particles in Condensed Matter Detonation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)For condensed explosives containing metal particle additives, interaction of the detonation shock and reaction zone with the solid inclusions leads to non-ideal detonation phenomena. Features of this type of heterogeneous ... -
Accumulative fold-forging (AFF) as a novel severe plastic deformation process to fabricate a high strength ultra-fine grained layered aluminum alloy structure
(Elsevier, 2018-02-01)A novel severe plastic deformation (SPD) process termed accumulative fold forging (AFF) is introduced to fabricate a homogenous ultra-fine grained (UFG) layered metal structure by repetitive folding and forging aluminum ... -
Accuracy Improvement for Measurement of Gas Diffusivity through Thin Porous Media
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Accurate measurement of the gas diffusion coefficient through porous media is of significant interest to science and engineering applications including mass transfer through soils, building materials, and fuel cells to ... -
Accurate determination of interface trap state parameters by admittance spectroscopy in the presence of a Schottky barrier contact: Application to ZnO-based solar cells
(AIP Publishing, 2013-04-14)This work shows that when a Schottky barrier is present in a photovoltaic device, such as in a device with an ITO/ZnO contact, equivalent circuit analysis must be performed with admittance spectroscopy to accurately determine ... -
ACL Strain During Single-Leg Jump Landing: An Experimental and Computational Investigation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a commonly-injured ligament in the human knee joint. ACL injury repair is a costly procedure; however, left unrepaired, ACL injuries can lead to complications later in life. In ... -
Active Aerodynamic Modification of Wind Turbine Blades to Reduce Load Fluctuation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-16)Wind turbines operate predominantly in relatively unsteady flow conditions and are typically misaligned with the incoming wind. Moreover, as wind turbines increase in size, the loading on the blades becomes more problematic ... -
Active and Semi-Active Bushing Design for Variable Displacement Engine
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The Variable Displacement Engine (VDE) is a new generation of engines that are designed to decrease the fuel consumption at the cruise speed of a vehicle. The isolation of the VDE's new vibration pattern is beyond the ... -
Actuation Techniques For Frequency Modulated MEMS Gyroscopes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-23)This thesis focuses on the design and implementation of an analog actuation circuit for a novel frequency-modulated MEMS gyroscope. The gyroscope detects angular rotations as the difference between the natural frequencies ... -
Adaptive and Interconnected Suspension Systems for Improving Truck Stability and Ride Quality
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-08)Truck drivers are constantly exposed to undesirable vibrations caused by uneven road surfaces, especially in long-distance transportation. In addition to being at risk of repetitive motion injuries, drivers also suffer ... -
Adaptive and Optimal Motion Control of Multi-UAV Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)This thesis studies trajectory tracking and coordination control problems for single and multi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. These control problems are addressed for both quadrotor and fixed-wing UAV cases. Despite ... -
Adaptive Cooperative Highway Platooning and Merging
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)As low-cost reliable sensors are introduced to market, research efforts in autonomous driving are increasing. Traffic congestion is a major problem for nearly all metropolis'. Assistive driving technologies like cruise ... -
Adaptive Formation Control of Cooperative Multi-Vehicle Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)The literature comprises many approaches and results for the formation control of multi-vehicle systems; however, the results established for the cases where the vehicles contain parametric uncertainties are limited. ... -
Adaptive Motion Estimation and Control of Intelligent Walkers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-10)One of the most critical factors in the quality of elderly lives is their ability to move. As the size of the ageing society grows, more elderly people suffer from walking impairments. Most of them prefer to stay at home ... -
Adaptive Tire Model For Dynamic Tire-Road Friction Force Estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-01)As vehicle dynamics research delves deeper into better insights in performance, modeling, and vehicle controls, one area remains of utmost importance: tire and road friction forces. The vehicle’s interaction with the road ... -
Adaptive Wireless Biomedical Capsule Localization and Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)Wireless capsule endoscopy systems have been shown as a gold step to develop future wireless biomedical multitask robotic capsules, which will be utilized in micro surgery, drug delivery, biopsy and multitasks of the ...