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Kalman Filter Based Sensor Placement For Burgers Equation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-03)The algorithm used for determining sensor placement in this thesis will be based on the Kalman filter. This filter is very famous and its application are numerous - some examples include aircraft navigation, finance and ... -
Holes & Notches: Creating a Framework to Promote Agency for the Elderly in Baeksa Village
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-03)The demographic landscape of developed countries around the world is rapidly shifting. Populations are increasingly aging yet birthrates are declining. These changes are particularly pronounced in South Korea, where by ... -
A “BAD APPLE” OR A “SPOILED BARREL”?: OBSERVING OVERT RACISM PREDICTS DIVERGING PERCEPTIONS OF RACISM AND RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-03)Blacks and Whites draw different interpretations of the blatant racism that they witness, even when their reactions appear to be identical. Across three studies, we hypothesized that Blacks would endorse the idea that ... -
The Impact of Family Functioning on Child Mental Health Service Use and Access
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)In Canada, the prevalence of mental illness is high among young people with 13% of Canadian youth aged 15-24 years affected. This striking mental health burden warranted further investigation of the contextual (i.e., ... -
Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability, snow albedo feedback and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic ... -
Numerical Simulations of Internal Solitary and Solitary-Like Waves: Wave Interactions and Instabilities
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Internal solitary and solitary-like waves (ISWs) are commonly observed in stably stratified fluids such as the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. As these waves interact with other physical processes and/or move through a ... -
Customized nonlinearity shaping in imperfect or variable waveguides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Generation of high-quality single photons via heralded parametric downconversion re- quires careful design of spectral correlations in down-converted photon pairs. One step in this design process involves customized ... -
Short-Term Travel Time Prediction on Freeways
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-30)Short-term travel time prediction supports the implementation of proactive traffic management and control strategies to alleviate if not prevent congestion and enable rational route choices and traffic mode selections to ... -
Behind-the-Meter Compressed Air Energy Storage Feasibility and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-30)In many jurisdictions, commercial and industrial (C&I) customers are charged for their energy consumption as well as the power drawn from the grid at peak load hours. In Ontario, the demand-based charge component of the ... -
How Large Immobile Particles Impact Sediment Transport and Bed Morphology in Gravel Bed Rivers
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-29)Large particles can be deposited in natural stream channels as a result of failed erosion protection measures or geological deposits. The impacts these large particles have on the natural systems have been studied, however ... -
Intelligent Robotic Recycling of Flat Panel Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-29)As the population and prosperity continue to rise the demand for high-tech products is rapidly increasing. Displays are a huge part of this market with millions being created each year. We have a finite amount of resources ... -
Tracings: Unraveling Home in the Diaspora
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-28)Tracings: Unraveling Home in the Diaspora presents works that contemplate the notion of home, post-migration. Inspired by my family’s journey from the Middle-East to Canada, the thesis examines ways in which the juxtaposition ... -
Spaces for Economic Diversity
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-28)The discipline of architecture operates within the organizing structure of the economy and is directly influenced by its flows and cycles. The fabric of the city is often a product of profit-pursuing goals, resulting in ... -
Characterizing Single Photon Emission From Quantum Dots in Nanowires
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-28)Bright sources of highly indistinguishable single photons are desirable for diverse applications in quantum technology, including quantum cryptographic protocols, information processing, and metrology. The most common ... -
Toward Precision Medicine in Intensive Care: Leveraging Electronic Health Records and Patient Similarity
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-28)The growing adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems has resulted in an unprecedented amount of data. This availability of data has also opened up the opportunity to utilize EHRs for providing more customized ... -
Storey-based stability of unbraced steel frames under piece-linear temperature distributions
(Elsevier, 2019-05-21)There are many cases where the elastic modulus of a structural member will vary longitudinally, such as when a steel column is heated by fire. In such a case, the fire can compromise the integrity of the structural frame. ... -
Connaissance and Savoir-Faire: A Chaîne Opératoire Perspective on the Lithic Industries at the Iler Earthworks (AaHr-22), Essex County, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-27)In a chaîne opératoire or ‘operational sequence’ conceptual framework, reduction technologies are recognized as an entangled, stepwise enactment of human knowledge (connaissance) and skill (savoir-faire). Through this ... -
Impacts of Psychrophilic Conditions on Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors Treating Municipal Wastewater
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-27)Three 5 L AnMBRs that incorporated submerged ZeeWeed® hollow fibre PVDF membranes with a nominal pore size of 0.04 µm and a nominal membrane surface area of 0.047 m2 were employed. The AnMBRs were operated at a solids ... -
Investigation and Propagation of Defects in the Membrane Electrode Assembly of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Quality Control Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) have the potential to deliver high power density with a lower weight and volume compared to other fuel cells. However, some of the barriers to the successful commercialization ... -
Measuring Non-Markovianity of Noise in the Cenrtal Spin System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)In this thesis, we explore non-Markovian noise in the central spin system due to the coupling between the central spin and the environment. We use a solid state nuclear magnetic resonance system to do the experiment since ...