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Fall 2023

Hajiparvaneh, Erfan

Ambient exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) is associated with severe health problems and health-related economic burdens. The levels of NO2 concentration in the province of Alberta show that they will exceed the updated Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) in Edmonton and...

Fall 2023

Islam, Suprabha

In recent days, hyperelastic composites (i.e., elastomeric composites reinforced with fibers) have shown promising outcomes in various engineering applications involving tissue engineering, shape-morphing structures, microfluidics, wearable devices, biomechanics, and soft robotics. Typically,...

Spring 2023

Bahanan, Amgad AA

Cooling towers are utilized in a wide variety of industrial applications for dissipating waste heat into the atmosphere. The design of effective, economical, and environment-friendly cooling towers is paramount for industrial applications. In this thesis, a numerical optimization framework for...

Spring 2023

Ostashek, Adam N

In this thesis, two aspects of advanced uses for additive manufacturing and microfabrication are investigated: stretchable electronics and polymer foams. These topics were initially part of an extended project effort to develop new capabilities in deformable, high-frequency antennas and the...

Fall 2023

Yang, Weilin

In the world of engineering, strength and toughness are two highly desirable properties to materials design. Biological materials have already mastered both of these properties within the threads they protect themselves in harsh nature. The key to both the biomaterial’s ability to resist external...

Fall 2023

Turjo, Iraban

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are rapidly proliferating across commercial, government and civilian domains for inspection, surveillance, emergency response and delivery services. However, high failure rates continue to undermine mission success, safety and regulatory approval. To address this,...

Fall 2023

Augustine, Rijesh

This thesis explores vibration monitoring of infrastructure or machinery through an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) also commonly referred to as a drone. The vibration signature of an object may be used to assess the health of that object. This thesis looks at the means of acquiring this vibration...

Fall 2023

Fenske, Cameron

Lithium-ion batteries are the leading contender for high density energy storage for applications such as electric vehicles and personal electronic devices. While they promise well over 4 V of potential per cell, actually realizing such high voltages is quite difficult, given the many modes of...

Fall 2023

Maleki, Soroush

In this work, a novel visual navigation method is proposed to estimate the state of mobile and fixed cold-spray material deposition systems using a stereocamera sensor installed in the workspace. Unlike other visual localization algorithms that exploit costly onboard sensors such as LiDARs or...

Fall 2023

Jar, Chester

A clinical way to non-invasively assess dental implant stability is important for long-term success of the implant. Dental implants are typically screw shaped prosthetics which fuse with the surrounding jaw bone through a process known as osseointegration, where newly formed bone is deposited on...