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Resonant MEMS Deformable Mirror
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)The performance of optical systems is often affected by aberrations that degrade the image resolution and contrast. These aberrations may be induced from atmospheric turbulence, imperfection in the optical alignment, or ... -
Multi-Sector Demand Management in Smart Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)Environmental concerns are on an all time high and can no longer be ignored. The majority of electricity is generated using fossil fuels, this is troublesome as fossil fuels are depleting off the face of the earth. Moreover, ... -
Brain Tumor Diagnosis Support System: A decision Fusion Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)An important factor in providing effective and efficient therapy for brain tumors is early and accurate detection, which can increase survival rates. Current image-based tumor detection and diagnosis techniques are heavily ... -
Characterization of gate oxides and microwave resonators for silicon spin qubit devices
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)Silicon quantum dots present themselves as a promising implementation for quantum information processing due to the fact that they possess a small chip foot-print, yield high coherence times and are able to leverage the ... -
Enhanced Barrier Properties of Renewable Multiphase Polymer Coatings and Films
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)The use of traditional synthetic polymer in the food industries imposes great sustainability issues in conjuncture with plastic waste accumulation and consumers’ health concerns. This drives innovation in bioplastics with ... -
WaterWoven: Living on the margins in the Roncador River region, Brazil
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Informal settlements located on river edges in impoverished Brazilian urban peripheries, such as the Roncador River region in Duque de Caxias city, have been increasingly suffering from the effects of more intense urban ... -
A System for Ocular Surface Temperature Measurement Using Infrared Thermography
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Background: Ocular surface temperature (OST) is affected by changes in the physiology of the eye caused by normal homeostasis, environmental changes, or systemic and local disease. OST can help a physician to diagnose eye ... -
3D Silicone Whipping Additive Manufacturing (SWAM): Technology, Applications, and Research Needs.
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Additive manufacturing has become increasingly popular and is developing in many technologies. This thesis focusses on the additive manufacturing with paste technology, more specifically the goal is to further develop a ... -
Flag Fault-Tolerant Error Correction with Qudits
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)In this thesis, I explore fault-tolerant quantum error correction using qudits. I show that a specific flag-fault-tolerant procedure for the five-qubit code may be extended to work on the five qudit code for any prime ... -
A Data-Driven Approach for Generating Vortex Shedding Regime Maps for an Oscillating Cylinder
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Recent developments in wind energy extraction methods from vortex-induced vibration (VIV) have fueled the research into vortex shedding behaviour. The vortex shedding map is vital for the consistent use of normalized ... -
Arborescent Polypeptides for the Targeted and Controlled Release of Drugs
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles are commonly used as drug delivery agents, but these micelle structures tend to dissociate upon dilution. In contrast, arborescent copolymers are highly branched unimolecular micelles ... -
Vision-based Driver State Monitoring Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Road accidents cause thousands of injuries and losses of lives every year, ranking among the top lifetime odds of death causes. More than 90% of the traffic accidents are caused by human errors [1], including sight ... -
Lost in Translation: How the perception of Characters change in the German Translations of J.R.R. Tolkiens "The Lord of the Rings"
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)It is an accepted paradigm that translated texts will never be the perfect equivalent to the original text in a different language. It is a fact that foreign literary works will influence a culture through translations. ... -
Merging the Real and the Virtual: An Exploration of Interaction Methods to Blend Realities
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)We investigate, build, and design interaction methods to merge the real with the virtual. An initial investigation looks at spatial augmented reality (SAR) and its effects on pointing with a real mobile phone. A study ... -
Gesta Principium: A Study of the Frankish and Turkic-Syrian Field Armies at the Battle of Dorylaeum, 1097 AD
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)The purpose of this study is to showcase the Battle of Dorylaeum, fought between the Frankish invading forces of the First Crusade and the defending Turkic-Syrian armies of late eleventh-century Anatolia, as a military ... -
From Wool to Warp and Weft: Approaching Ancient Greek Textile Work through Experimental Archaeology
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Due to the perishable nature of the work performed by women throughout much of ancient history, little physical evidence survives to study directly. This research is an exploration of the process of wool-working employed ... -
Logging Statements Analysis and Automation in Software Systems with Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Log files are widely used to record runtime information of software systems, such as the timestamp of an event, the name or ID of the component that generated the log, and parts of the state of a task execution. The rich ... -
Studying the largest scales in the Universe with the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)As we progress further into the era of precision cosmology, new avenues to test our fundamental models of the Universe are opening up. This Ph.D. thesis is concerned with the development and understanding of a technique ... -
Hubble Spacer Telescope
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Visualizing a model checker’s run on a model can be useful when trying to gain a deeper understanding of the verification of the particular model. However, it can be difficult to formalize the problem that visualization ... -
Glazing Over Differences: Picuris Pueblo and Rio Grande Glaze Ware
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)Located in the northeastern corner of the Pueblo world, Picuris Pueblo exists on the fringe not only geographically but also archaeologically. In many ways, Picuris culture is unique, combining aspects of both Pueblo and ...