Browsing Waterloo Research by Title
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Post-Hackathon Learning Circles: Supporting Lean Startup Development
(ACM, 2020-04-25)Hackathons provide rapid, hands-on opportunities to explore innovative solutions to problems, but provide little support to teams in moving those solutions into practice. We explore the use of post-hackathon Learning Circles ... -
A Potential Field-Based Model Predictive Path-Planning Controller for Autonomous Road Vehicles
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-09-26)Artificial potential fields and optimal controllers are two common methods for path planning of autonomous vehicles. An artificial potential field method is capable of assigning different potential functions to different ... -
The potential of peatlands as nature-based climate solutions
(Springer, 2022-09)Purpose of Review Despite covering only 3% of the land surface, peatlands represent the largest terrestrial organic carbon stock on the planet and continue to act as a carbon sink. Managing ecosystems to reduce greenhouse ... -
Powder bed binder jetting additive manufacturing of silicone structures
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)The feasibility of a hybrid additive manufacturing (AM) method combining material extrusion and powder bed binder jetting (PBBJ) techniques for fabrication of structures made of silicone (polysiloxane) is investigated in ... -
Power asymmetry in conflict resolution with application to a water pollution dispute in China
(Wiley, 2015-10-01)The concept of power asymmetry is incorporated into the framework of the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) and then applied to a water pollution dispute in China in order to show how it can provide strategic ... -
Power Diagrams and Sparse Paged Grids for High Resolution Adaptive Liquids
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2017-07-20)We present an efficient and scalable octree-inspired fluid simulation framework with the flexibility to leverage adaptivity in any part of the computational domain, even when resolution transitions reach the free surface. ... -
A Practical Method for High-Resolution Embedded Liquid Surfaces
(Wiley, 2016-05-01)Combining high-resolution level set surface tracking with lower resolution physics is an inexpensive method for achieving highly detailed liquid animations. Unfortunately, the inherent resolution mismatch introduces several ... -
A practical octree liquid simulator with adaptive surface resolution
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2020-07)We propose a new adaptive liquid simulation framework that achieves highly detailed behavior with reduced implementation complexity. Prior work has shown that spatially adaptive grids are efficient for simulating large-scale ... -
A Practical Walk-on-Boundary Method for Boundary Value Problems
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2023-08)We introduce the walk-on-boundary (WoB) method for solving boundary value problems to computer graphics. WoB is a grid-free Monte Carlo solver for certain classes of second order partial differential equations. A similar ... -
Practicing self-compassion weakens the relationship between fear of receiving compassion and the desire to conceal negative experiences from others
(Springer, 2018-04)Disclosure of personal distress is linked to important inter- and intrapersonal benefits. However, people who tend to view self-disclosure as being risky are likely to conceal their feelings and forgo opportunities to ... -
Prandtl number dependence of stratified turbulence
(Cambridge, 2020-09-21)Stratified turbulence has a horizontally layered structure with quasi-two-dimensional vortices due to buoyancy forces that suppress vertical motion. The Prandtl number Pr quantifies the relative strengths of viscosity ... -
Precision based guidelines for sub-maximal normalisation task selection for trunk extensor EMG
(Elsevier, 2017-07-01)Aim The object of this study was to quantify the contribution of sub-maximal normalisation to the overall variance of exposure parameters describing erector spinae (ES) activity, and to provide guidelines for task selection ... -
Predatory Publishing: Hidden Pitfalls with High Costs
(2018)What is a Predatory Publisher: With little or no actual services or scholarly review being performed the sole purpose of these publishers is to make money through fraudulently charging authors fees, often guised as processing ... -
Predicting drivers' direction sign reading reaction time using an integrated cognitive architecture
(IEEE, 2019-04-04)Drivers' reaction time of reading signs on expressways is a fundamental component of sight distance design requirements, and reaction time is affected by many factors such as information volume and concurrent tasks. We ... -
Predicting nonpolymeric materials structure with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-02-17)Polymer self-consistent field theory of the Edwards-Helfand kind is the state-of-the-art method for predicting the morphologies of block copolymer materials. The methodology of block copolymer self-consistent field theory ... -
Predicting the axial crush response of CFRP tubes using three damage-based constitutive models
(Elsevier, 2018-08)Availability of newly developed rapid manufacturing processes may in the near future enable the integration of continuous fiber composites into vehicles while maintaining the volume production rates typical for the automotive ... -
Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001)The interactions between mesophase-forming copolymers and nanoscopic par- ticles can lead to highly organized hybrid materials. The morphology of such composites depends not only on the characteristics of the copolymers, ... -
Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory
(APS publishing, 2006-10-16)Polymer self-consistent field theory numerical tools are applied to a two-dimensional hard-rod colloidal system. Rods are represented through an interaction site model density functional theory that is derived and expressed ... -
Prediction of ply crack evolution and stiffness degradation in multidirectional symmetric laminates under multiaxial stress states
(Elsevier, 2018-01-15)A comprehensive study was performed to assess the influence of microscopic ply crack interactions on crack surface opening (COD) and sliding displacements (CSD) for arbitrary plies in general symmetric multidirectional ... -
Predictive models and detection methods applicable in water detection framework for industrial electric arc furnaces
(Elsevier, 2019-09-02)This paper introduces the development of empirical predictive models and detection methods that are incorporated into a water detection framework for an industrial steelmaking electric arc furnace (EAF). The predictive ...