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Current and Temperature Distributions in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-21)Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a potential alternative energy conversion device for stationary and automotive applications. Wide commercialization of PEMFC depends on progress that can be achieved to enhance ... -
Current Contour Based Design Methodology for IMN Design of Doherty Power Amplifiers
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-16)Carrier aggregation (CA) is used in modern communication schemes to increase com- munication bandwidth (BW) and reduce redundant equipment. This combined with the already high peak to average power ratio (PAPR) signals in ... -
Current Programmed Active Pixel Sensors for Large Area Diagnostic X-ray Imaging
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)Rapid progress over the last decade on large area thin film transistor (TFT) arrays led to the emergence of high-performance, low-power, low-cost active matrix flat panel imagers. Despite the shortcomings associated with ... -
The Current State of Green Building Standards and Interior Materials; Are These Processes Leading to Stronger Selections of Sustainable Materials?
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The environmental impacts of buildings include energy and land use, greenhouse gas emissions, natural resource depletion, and solid waste. And while a building‘s envelope and operational energy use are often considered the ... -
Customer Service
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-29)Customer Service is a half-hour storytelling performance that uses PowerPoint and drawing to discuss my experience working at a call centre in Moncton, New Brunswick. The performance uses this autofictional narrative to ... -
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 ... -
Customizing kernels in Support Vector Machines
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-22)Support Vector Machines have been used to do classification and regression analysis. One important part of SVMs are the kernels. Although there are several widely used kernel functions, a carefully designed kernel will ... -
Cutting Mechanics of the Gear Shaping Process
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-12)In the machining industry, there is a constant need to increase productivity while also maintaining dimensional tolerances and good surface quality. For many classical machining operations (e.g. milling, turning, and ... -
Cutting-Plane Separation Strategies for Semidefinite Programming Models to Solve Single-Row Facility Layout Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-27)The single-row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is concerned with finding the optimal linear placement of n departments with different lengths in a straight line. It is typically achieved by minimizing the cost associated ... -
Cyber-Physical Resilience Enhancement Strategies for Modern Power Grids
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Continuous research efforts are dedicated to developing methods to improve existing security tools to better fit the nature of smart grids. However, there is no perfect security scheme for every potential attack threat. ... -
Cyber-Physical Security of Power Distribution Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-07)Smart grids have been witnessing continuous and rapid radical developments in the recent years. With the aim towards a more sustainable energy system, the share of distributed generation resources is ever-increasing and ... -
Cyber-Physical Security of Wide-Area Frequency-based Applications in Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-02)Modern power systems are continuously developing into large and interconnected ones. However, at the same time, restructuring within the power industry and reduced investment in transmission system expansions mean that ... -
Cyclades Archipelago: Regenerating the Productive and Tourism Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-29)Through history the shifting dynamics of urban and regional development in Greece’s Cyclades Archipelago shaped its overall identity and its islands’ social, economic and political cohesion. Nowadays the emerged tourism ... -
Cycle City: Generating a Cycling Culture in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-18)As Toronto’s population continues to grow, the city is faced with many new challenges related to the quality of urban life. Central to overcoming these challenges is a rethinking of urban mobility. As the region’s population ... -
The Cycle Spaces of an Infinite Graph
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The edge space of a finite graph <em>G</em> = (<em>V</em>, <em>E</em>) over a field F is simply an assignment of field elements to the edges of the graph. The edge space can equally be thought of us an |<em>E</em>|-dimensional ... -
Cycle Time Reduction of 5-axis Laser Drilling via Time-optimal Trajectory Generation and Sequence Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Cycle time reduction is one of the crucial tasks in manufacturing that needs to be achieved to maximize productivity and profits. Laser drilling processes, depending on the size and complexity of the parts, require few ... -
Cycles and coloring in graphs and digraphs
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)We show results in areas related to extremal problems in directed graphs. The first concerns a rainbow generalization of the Caccetta-H\"{a}ggkvist conjecture, made by Aharoni. The Caccetta-H\"{a}ggkvist conjecture states ... -
Cyclic Biamperometry
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-17)In this thesis, cyclic biamperometry (CB) as a new method in electrochemistry, has been introduced and investigated. The hallmark of this method is the absence of a reference electrode which potentially allows simplification ... -
Cyclic Characterisation and Plasticity Modelling of AM30 Magnesium Alloy Extrusion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-14)Reducing fuel consumption and, thereby, greenhouse gas pollution has been the main thrust of lightweighting endeavours by transportation industries, particularly, automotive sector. Wrought magnesium alloys, being the ... -
Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon of Promotion on Rectangular Tableaux
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-28)Cyclic sieving phenomenon (CSP) is a generalization by Reiner, Stanton, White of Stembridge's q=-1 phenomenon. When CSP is exhibited, orbits of a cyclic action on combinatorial objects show a nice structure and their sizes ...