• Spatial and temporal analysis of the distribution of bacterial contamination in nearshore areas of Southern Vancouver Island 

  Xu, Kaifeng (2018-09-19)

  This research conducts a spatial and temporal analysis of the distribution of fecal coliform throughout the Capital Regional District (CRD) of southern Vancouver Island. The research is based on 17 years of historical data ...
• An investigation of fuzzy modeling for spatial prediction with sparsely distributed data 

  Thomas, Robert (2018-08-31)

  Dioxins are highly toxic persistent environmental pollutants that occur in marine harbour sediments as the results of industrial practices around the world and pose a significant risk to human health. To adequately remediate ...
• Active magnetic regenerator cycles: impacts of hysteresis in MnFeP1-x(As/Si)x 

  Govindappa, Premakumara (2018-08-30)

  Magnetocaloric materials with first-order magnetic (FOM) phase transitions are of interest as low-cost working materials in magnetic cycles. Hysteresis is a property associated with first order transitions, and is undesirable ...
• Characterization of polymeric microspheres used in drug delivery via electron microscopy 

  Gomez Monico, Jose Carlos A. (2018-08-29)

  Drugs can be made up of nucleic acids, sugars, small organic and inorganic compounds, peptides, and large macromolecules. Drug therapy can be optimized by controlled delivery systems that release an appropriate dose to the ...
• The application of whole oyster shells in stormwater treatment removing heavy metals 

  Xu, Zhiying (2018-08-24)

  Oyster shells are normally applied in wastewater treatment in the form of a powder; but the possibility of whole oyster shells removing metal ions in stormwater has not been investigated. The objectives of this research ...
• Improving the refrigeration and gas liquefaction performance of Gifford-McMahon and active magnetic regenerative cryocoolers: a study of flow maldistribution, unbalance, and asymmetry 

  Spearing, Ian Gregory (2018-08-03)

  Cost-effective liquefaction of gases at cryogenic temperatures requires a combined approach of designing efficient refrigeration cycles to generate cooling capacity and designing efficient liquefaction processes to utilize ...
• Dynamics of geometrically nonlinear sliding beams 

  Behdinan, Kamran (2018-07-31)

  The elasto-dynamics of flexible frame structures is of interest in many areas of engineering. In certain structural systems the deflections can be large enough to warrant a nonlinear analysis. For example, offshore structures, ...
• Formation and characteristics of sprays from annular viscous liquid jet breakup 

  Shen, Jihua (2018-07-26)

  The formation process and characteristics of sprays from annular liquid jet breakup in moving gas streams have been investigated. In the first part of the thesis, a linear instability analysis is carried out for the ...
• Unmanned aerial vehicle-based non-destructive testing methods for concrete structures 

  Blaney, Sean (Elsevier; Cement and Concrete Composites, 2018-09)

  In this work, unmanned aerial vehicle-based non-destructive testing methods for concrete structures are evaluated and developed. There exists a need for improved infrastructure inspection techniques with increased expediency. ...
• An approach to generate geometric models from multiple range images 

  Yao, Helai (2018-07-19)

  The research described in this dissertation focuses on the development of a new approach for the generation of geometric models from multiple-view range image data. Through intensive comparison and evaluation of different ...
• Dynamics analysis of flexible-link cooperating manipulators 

  Sun, Qiao (2018-07-19)

  Cooperative operation of multiple manipulators has been increasingly used in industrial automation, outer space and hazardous terrestrial applications. Moreover, the requirement for increased speeds of operation and ...
• Analysis of +Gz acceleration induced stresses in the human ventricle myocardium 

  Moore, James Ernest (2018-07-12)

  It is well known that physiological problems occur when pilots are subjected to moderate-to-high +Gz accelerations. The goal of this research is to develop a quantitative model that provides additional insight into the ...
• Dynamics of a flexible extendible beam 

  Stylianou, Marinos Costa (2018-07-05)

  Axially-moving materials arise in problems associated with spacecraft antennas, pipes conveying fluid and telescopic robotic manipulators. Flexible extendible beams are a special class of axially-moving materials, in which ...
• Numerically controlled machining from three dimensional machine vision data 

  Bradley, Colin (2018-07-03)

  Prototyping is an essential step in the manufacture of many objects, both consumer and industrial. A fundamental step in this process is the definition of the three dimensional form of the object shape; for example, a ...
• Defect characterization in 4% cadmium zinc telluride semiconductors 

  Penkova, Silvia I. (2018-06-27)

  This thesis presents a characterization study of Cadmium Zinc Telluride with a 4% Zinc molar concentration using five different techniques. Three of the characterization methods – X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission ...
• Adaptive control of NTV plants without persistent excitations: an application in robotics 

  Yuan, Jing (2018-06-26)

  Adaptive control of a nonlinear time varying (NTV) plant, such as a robotic manipulator, is intended to tolerate the unmodeled disturbances and the uncertain parameters of the dynamic model. Most of the previous research ...
• Development, optimization and implementation of the design for a centrifugal reverse-osmosis desalination system 

  Wild, Peter Martin (2018-06-19)

  A new method of sea water desalination, Centrifugal Reverse-Osmosis (CRO), is developed from concept to patented design and functional prototype of capacity 11,355 litres of fresh water per day. CRO is shown to have ...
• System optimization and performance enhancement of active magnetic regenerators 

  Teyber, Reed (2018-06-13)

  Energy conversion devices using solid-state magnetocaloric materials have the potential to reduce energy consumption and mitigate environmental pollutants. To overcome the limited magnetic entropy change of magnetocaloric ...
• Techno-economic feasibility study of a photovoltaic-equipped plug-in electric vehicle public parking lot with coordinated charging 

  Ivanova, Alyona (2018-05-31)

  In the effort to reduce the release of harmful gases associated with the transportation sector, Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) have been deployed on the account of zero-tail pipe emissions. With electrification of transport ...
• Impact of extensive green roofs on energy performance of school buildings in four North American climates 

  Mahmoodzadeh, Milad (2018-05-31)

  Buildings are one of the major consumers of energy and make up a considerable portion in the generation of greenhouse gases. Green roofs are regarded as an appropriate strategy to reduce the heating and cooling loads in ...

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