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Spring 2024

Fotso Nzeche, Audrey Danielle

In the ongoing energy transition and renewable energy era, maintaining the integrity and resilience of power distribution networks is paramount. It is necessary to minimize power outages and deliver electricity to consumers safely and reliably. Underground power cable failures are one of the...

Spring 2024

Minootan, Zahra

Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are one of the leading causes of death in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 262 million people were diagnosed with Asthma in 2019 alone. Among current drug delivery systems for the...

Spring 2024

Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage KS

Bones in the skull are connected by craniofacial sutures, which are joints made of collagen fibers, vasculature, and an extracellular matrix. Sutures are straight and flexible at an organism’s early ages and develop various morphological characteristics during growth. Patent (unfused) sutures...

Spring 2024

Islam, Saqeeb

The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a better understanding of the behavior of particles within a particle-laden turbulent channel flow, as well as evaluate the suitability of the flow facility to measure particle-laden flows. Suitability of the flow loop for measurements of particle-laden...

Spring 2024

Kothari, Yash

A diffuse interface model to simulate a system of two immiscible liquids with surfactants is proposed. This model is based on a modified Ginzburg-Landau free energy functional to account for non-ionic soluble surfactants and couples the Navier-Stokes equations with two Cahn-Hilliard equations...

Spring 2024

Shuzhi, Xu

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a transformative method in industrial manufacturing, facilitating the creation of lighter, stronger, and smarter parts and systems. Both plastic and metal AM technologies are extensively employed in various fields, including medical, automotive, and aeronautical...

Spring 2024

Moore, Michael

Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) is a promising technology in the drive to reach net zero for its ability to generate hydrogen from renewable energy, thereby allowing for large scale renewable energy storage. However, a number of issues prevent widespread deployment, such as...

Spring 2024

He, Rui

Condition-based maintenance (CBM) is a maintenance approach that uses condition monitoring data to make maintenance decisions. The goal of CBM is to avoid machine shutdowns, reduce maintenance costs, and improve system safety. In modern mechanical systems, a wide range of sensors are used to...

Spring 2024

Liu, Yang

This thesis as a part of the University of Alberta Energy Management and Sustainable Operations (EMSO) program aims to design an intelligent management tool for the University of Alberta fleet vehicles to achieve the fuel consumption reduction, and driver behavior improvement. To achieve this...

Spring 2024

Wei, Fei

Hydrogen proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) vehicles present a viable solution for decarbonizing the heavy-duty and long-distance transportation sector. They convert the chemical energy of hydrogen directly into electricity, with the only by-products being heat and water and, therefore,...