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Canada’s Oil Sands: Strategic Decisions to Make Canada an Energy Superpower
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Systems methodologies are employed to investigate strategic decision problems regarding the development of the oil sands in Canada. Many countries believe energy to be one of their most important national security factors ... -
Canadian Solar Road Panel Design: A Structural and Environmental Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-06)Solar road panels are a technology that have the ability to revolutionize the way that roads are built and how electricity is generated. Strong incentives towards sustainable solutions in both of these fields have led to ... -
Cancer Classification in Human Brain and Prostate Using Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Real-time assisted classification of cancerous and healthy human tissue is useful to surgeons since visual classification of cancer boundaries is almost impossible to the naked eye. Raman spectroscopy can be used to ... -
Capabilities Enabling Product Orientation and Service Orientation: A Study of Canadian Software Firms
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)This thesis identifies the unique capabilities that characterise product-oriented vs. service-oriented firms in the software industry. Firms in the software industry have very different business models from other industries. ... -
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers (CMUTs) for Humidity Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-11)In the last two decades, capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) have proven themselves to be promising for various ultrasound imaging and chemical sensing applications. Although holding many benefits for ... -
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers for Non-destructive Testing Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-07)Ultrasound is a popular technique for industrial non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. By sending ultrasonic waves into an object and observing the amplitude and the delay of the reflected or transmitted waves, one ... -
Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers for Non-Destructive Testing Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-26)The need for using ultrasound non-destructive testing (NDT) to characterize, test and detect flaws within metals, led us to utilize Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (CMUTs) in the ultrasound NDT field. This ... -
Capacitive Storage of Ions Modelled in a Pore Network using Electrical Double Layer Theories: Helmholtz, Gouy-Chapman-Stern, and modified Donnan
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-01)Capacitive Deionization (CDI) is an electro-driven water desalination technology that has been researched extensively over the last two decades. A CDI cell consists of a pair of charged porous electrodes separated by a ... -
Capacity analysis in different systems exploiting mobility of VANETs
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-22)Improving road safety and traffic efficiency has been a long-term endeavor for not only government but also automobile industry and academia. After the U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) allocated a 75 MHz spectrum ... -
Capacity and assortment planning under one-way supplier-driven substitution for pharmacy kiosks with low drug demand
(Elsevier, 2020-04-01)MedAvail Technologies Inc. is a healthcare technology company that develops new technologies for self-serve pharmacy solutions. The technology, called MedCenter, is a pharmacy kiosk that provides 24/7, easy, and reliable ... -
Capacity Characterization of a MIMO-OFDM Wireless Channel with BLAST Implementation
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)As the data rates and performance of current telecommunications technologies reach their limits, MIMO offers promising results allowing for higher spectral efficiencies (or capacities) through the use of multiple element ... -
Capacity Design Optimization of Steel Building Frameworks Using Nonlinear Time-History Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-24)This study proposes a seismic design optimization method for steel building frameworks following the capacity design principle. Currently, when a structural design employs an elastic analysis to evaluate structural demands, ... -
Capacity Pricing in Electric Generation Expansion
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-16)The focus of this thesis is to explore a new mechanism to give added incentive to invest in new capacities in deregulated electricity markets. There is a lot of concern in energy markets, regarding lack of sufficient private ... -
Capacity Results for Interference Networks and Nested Cut-Set Bound
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)In this thesis, a full characterization of the sum-rate capacity for degraded interference networks with any number of transmitters, any number of receivers, and any possible distribution of messages among transmitters and ... -
Capacity Scaling and Optimal Operation of Wireless Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-07-24)How much information can be transferred over a wireless network and what is the optimal strategy for the operation of such network? This thesis tries to answer some of these questions from an information theoretic ... -
Capacity-Achieving Distributions of Gaussian Multiple Access Channel with Peak Constraints
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-21)Characterizing probability distribution function for the input of a communication channel that achieves the maximum possible data rate is one of the most fundamental problems in the field of information theory. In his ... -
Capillary-discharge ignition of dispersed-phase Al@CuO core-shell thermite particles in a liquid filled microchannel
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-09)Aluminum based thermites are a broad class of highly tunable solid energetic materials that can be formulated to perform as pyrotechnics, propellants, or explosives. Their functional versatility, energy density, reactivity ... -
Capturing Atmospheric Moisture: Towards a Local Water Catchment at the Aral Sea
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-21)The desertification of the Aral Sea in Central Asia is an iconic example of the devastating local consequences of large-scale water diversion. Critical of the humanitarian consequences associated with trans-boundary water ... -
The Caravan Citizens: Spatial resistance and resilience in the refugee camp of Za’atari - a Graphic Novel
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-22)In the realm of refugeeism, camps can be perceived as places that sustain the lives of displaced humans, vulnerable environments that contain passive recipients, or territories of sovereign power that enforce state-sanctioned ... -
Carbon and Nitrogen Removal at a Full-Scale Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Plant employing Sand-ballasted Clarification, Ozone and Biofiltration
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-23)Natural organic matter (NOM) is composed of a complex matrix of organic compounds originating primarily from plant and animal degradation products, including both carbon and nitrogen, and is found in all natural waters. ...