Browsing Systems Design Engineering by Type "Master Thesis"
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3D MEMS Microassembly
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-03)Due to the potential uses and advantages of 3D microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), research has been ongoing to advance the field. The intention of my reasearch is to explore different gripper designs and their ... -
3D Mesh and Pose Recovery of a Foot from Single Image
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)The pandemic and the major shift to online shopping has highlighted the current difficulties in getting proper sizing for clothing and shoes. Being able to accurately measure shoes using readily available smartphones would ... -
Accessible Integration of Physiological Adaptation in Human-Robot Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Technological advancements in creating and commercializing novel unobtrusive wearable physiological sensors have generated new opportunities to develop adaptive human-robot interaction (HRI). Detecting complex human states ... -
Adaptive Affective Computing: Countering User Frustration
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-28)With the rise of mobile computing and an ever-growing variety of ubiquitous sensors, computers are becoming increasingly context-aware. A revolutionary step in this process that has seen much progress will be user-awareness: ... -
Adaptive Fringe Pattern Projection Techniques for Imgae Saturation Avoidance in 3D Surface Measurement
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-29)Fringe-pattern projection (FPP) techniques are commonly used for surface-shape measurement in a wide range of applications including object and scene modeling, part inspection, and reverse engineering. Periodic intensity ... -
Affine and Regional Dynamic Time Warping
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-11)Time series are a ubiquitous form of data prevalent in everyday life, and their analysis has gathered immense interest in many domains. Pointwise matches between two time series are of great importance in time series ... -
Age Differences in the Situation Awareness and Takeover Performance in a Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Simulator
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)Research on young and elderly drivers indicates a high crash risk amongst these drivers in comparison to other age groups of drivers. Young drivers have a greater propensity to adopt a risky driving style and behaviors ... -
Age-related effects on EEG and Brain-computer Interface Classification
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)There is a rapid increase in the number of older adults around the world. This directly translates to an increase in the number of people living with health complications that are more prevalent in the elderly population, ... -
Age-Sensitive Features for Detection of Muscle Fatigue using the High-Density Electromyogram
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)The processes behind fatigue development within the muscles have been a topic of interest for exercise scientists for decades. This is because fatigue is one of the primary reasons for a decrease in performance and increase ... -
An Analysis Framework for the Quantization-Aware Design of Efficient, Low-Power Convolutional Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Deep convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithms have emerged as a powerful tool for many computer vision tasks such as image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation. However, these algorithms are ... -
Analyzing the Usage Patterns of Electric Bikes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-15)Electric bicycles (e-bikes) are growing as an energy efficient alternative to public transportation, and cars. However, their adoption in North America has not increased at the same rate as in other countries like Germany, ... -
Anomaly Detection in Textured Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Detecting anomalies in textured surfaces is an important and interesting problem that has practical applications in industrial defect detection and infrastructure asset management with a lot of potential financial benefits. ... -
Application of Data mining in Medical Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Abstract Data mining is a relatively new field of research whose major objective is to acquire knowledge from large amounts of data. In medical and health care areas, due to regulations and due to the availability ... -
The Application of FROID in MR Image Reconstruction
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), sampling methods that lead to incomplete data coverage of k-space are used to accelerate imaging and reduce overall scan time. Non-Cartesian sampling trajectories such as radial, spiral, ... -
Application of Textual Feature Extraction to Corporate Bankruptcy Risk Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-21)The inception of the Internet in the late twentieth century has established the ability to generate a huge volume of data from multitudinous sources in a very short period of time. However, most of this data is presented ... -
Applications of Crossmodal Relationships in Interfaces for Complex Systems: A Study of Temporal Synchrony
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-13)Current multimodal interfaces for complex systems, such as those designed using the Ecological Interface Design (EID) methodology, have largely focused on effective design of interfaces that treat each sensory modality as ... -
Applications of Neural Networks in Classifying Trained and Novel Gestures Using Surface Electromyography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-09)Current prosthetic control systems explored in the literature that use pattern recognition can perform a limited number of pre-assigned functions, as they must be trained using muscle signals for every movement the user ... -
An artificial intelligence framework for vehicle crashworthiness design
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-24)Numerical crash test simulations are crucial for vehicle safety design. In the automotive industry, frameworks based on finite element methods are most common as they are precise and reliable. A few of the setbacks are ... -
Atmosphere & Challenge: An Exploration of Dissonant Player Experiences
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Dissonance means an unusual combination of any two things. Two dissonant experiences in video games which could lead to undesirable player states are thematic dissonance and difficulty dissonance. Thematic dissonance ... -
Attitudes and Coalitions in Brownfield Redevelopment and Environmental Management
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-25)Conflict analysis tools are applied to brownfield negotiations in order to investigate the impacts of coalition formation and a decision maker’s (DM’s) attitudes upon the successful resolution of brownfield disputes. The ...