• Liquid phase electroepitaxial bulk growth of binary and ternary alloy semiconductors under external magnetic field 

  Sheibani, Hamdi (2018-11-09)

  Semiconducting single crystals are vital to the electronics industry. A number of methods have been developed to produce or ’’grow” these materials. A widely used group of growth techniques is known as the growth from ...
• Rapid prototype development of PEM fuel cell gas delivery plates 

  Zheng, Rong (2018-11-05)

  This research focuses on new rapid prototype development techniques for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell gas delivery plates. The study addresses several key issues in the design, analysis and manufacturing of fuel ...
• Active magnetic regenerators: performance in the vicinity of para-ferromagnetic second order phase transitions 

  Rowe, Andrew Michael (2018-11-02)

  A technology that has the potential to liquefy hydrogen and natural gas efficiently is an Active Magnetic Regenerative Liquefier (AMRL). An AMRL exploits the magnetocaloric effect displayed by magnetic materials whereby a ...
• Fluid dynamics and mass transport in rotating channels with application to Centrifugal Membrane Separation 

  Pharoah, Jon George (2018-11-01)

  Centrifugal membrane and density separation (CMS) is a novel technology proposed for treatment of waste water and industrial process streams. This cross flow filtration process combines the energy recovery inherent to ...
• Three-dimensional computational analysis of transport phenomena in a PEM fuel cell 

  Beming, Torsten (2018-10-25)

  Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that rely on the transport of reactants (oxygen and hydrogen) and products (water and heat). These transport processes are coupled with electrochemistry and further complicated by ...
• Frequency domain modeling and multidisciplinary design optimization of floating offshore wind turbines 

  Karimi, Meysam (2018-10-19)

  Offshore floating wind turbine technology is growing rapidly and has the potential to become one of the main sources of affordable renewable energy. However, this technology is still immature owing in part to complications ...
• Synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-doped titanium oxide nanoparticles for visible-light photocatalytic wastewater treatment 

  Pelaschi, Mohammad Ali (2018-10-05)

  TiO2 nanoparticles are one of the most suitable materials for photocatalysis, specifically for water and air treatment and removal of a wide variety of organic pollutants such as dyes, aromatic compounds, and chlorinated ...
• Experimental investigation of oscillating-foil technologies 

  Iverson, Dylan (2018-10-01)

  This thesis contains an experimental campaign on the practical implementation of oscillating-foil technologies. It explores two possible engineering applications of oscillating-wings: thrust-generation, and energy-extraction. ...
• Optimization of freight truck driver scheduling based on operation cost model for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) transportation 

  Zhang, Zhiying (2018-10-01)

  Drivers are essential factors affecting the efficiency and management level of a carrier. In this thesis, the driver assignment problem is investigated and methods for obtaining lower total operational costs are introduced ...
• 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 ...

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