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Fabrication and Testing of Inkjet Printed Electrodes for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis
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To study the relatively novel technology of anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis in a scientific manner, a controllable and repeatable electrode fabrication method is needed. While inkjet printing has been successfully used to fabricate electrodes for proton exchange membrane (PEM)...
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Spring 2022
Owing to a large number of applications, starting from pharmaceutical packaging to advancement in nanotechnology and microfluidic devices, wetting characteristics has always been regarded as an essential prerequisite for many phenomenal processes. In the present time, the term ‘wetting’ is not...
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Spring 2022
Kattemalalawadi, Bharath S. P.
To improve the confidence of subsurface storage of fluids such as carbon-dioxide, acid-gas and hydrogen at various geological sites, a proper fluid dynamic understanding of flow phenomena occurring because of injecting these source fluids into a porous medium is necessary. While many advancements...
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Fall 2022
The flow structure in turbulent Taylor vortex flow (TTV) was investigated in Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids. The radius ratio of the investigated case is η=0.76, and the aspect ratio of the experimental setup is 10.32. First, detailed velocity measurements of the time-averaged azimuthal and...
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Modelling the Integration of Standardized Systems for Healthcare Worker Satisfaction and Privacy in an IoT-based Service
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Hand hygiene (HH) is critical to decreasing hospital-acquired infections. For this reason, healthcare organizations monitor their staff’s HH compliance. IoT-based hand hygiene monitoring technologies (HHMTs) are a tool for tracking such compliance. This research investigates the integration of...
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Fall 2022
The objective of this thesis is to describe two new methodologies for evaluating medical gas and nasal spray delivery, respectively, in vitro using nasal replicas. The first half of the body of thesis describes the development of a new in vitro benchtop method for evaluating the delivery of...
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Spring 2022
Maintenance decisions impact company's costs and profits in various ways. These decisions can be incurred as a part of everyday repairs or heavy replacements or as an investment in future asset or technology. Large corporations with physical assets have maintenance practices to ensure proper...
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Evolving In Vitro and In Silico Methods for Predicting Performance in Respiratory Drug Delivery Applications
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The overarching theme of this work is the investigation and development of in vitro and in silico methods used to characterize inhaled pharmaceutical aerosols. The ultimate aim is to expand and strengthen the links between applied science and clinical practice for inhaled medications. Chapter 1...
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The Role of Industrial Energy Efficiency and Fuel Switching as Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions in the Canadian Pulp and Paper Sector
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Industrial decarbonization is a critical challenge along the pathway to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at a sufficient scale and pace to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The intrinsic energy- and emissions-intensive nature of heavy industry has led to the recognition that...
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Microwave Absorption of Multifunctional Graphene Based Polylactide Acid Composites: Experimental and Numerical Study
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Thermoplastic polymer piping is increasingly used in a variety of industries. Thermoplastics permit fusion bonding for the joining of pipe sections, which can be performed using joule heating. However, embedding heating wires into the plastic adds fabrication complexity and expenditure. Moreover,...