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- 36Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of /Theses and Dissertations
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- 2Mechanical Engineering, Department of/Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering, Volume 5
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- 1Biological Sciences, Department of/Journal Articles (Biological Sciences)
- 12Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 10Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 4Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 2Department of Chemistry
- 1Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- 1Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- 3Moussa, Walied (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Freeman, Mark (Physics)
- 2Zemp, Roger (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Backhouse, Christopher (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Bhattacharjee, Subir (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Bressler, David (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Spring 2014
Energy harvesting is an important developing field in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) research. In this thesis, a fixed-fixed folded spring-based harvester is presented as an alternative mechanical element for beam-based piezoelectric harvesters to reduce its natural frequency for low...
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Design and Microfabrication of Robust and Highly Integrated Thermal Lab-On-A-Chip Polymeric Systems for Genetic Diagnosis
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The lab-on-chip (LOC) technology could transform and greatly enhance the health care system by making genetic diagnosis tests fast, accurate and readily accessible. However, most LOC systems are not prepared to resist variations of their external environment, as they depend upon many...
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Metallic thin films for NEMS/MEMS: from fundamental behaviour to microstructural design and fabrication
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The main focus of this thesis is the study of thin metal films in microelectromechanical/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), ranging from application to fundamental behaviour. The use of metallic structural components is desirable since they are electrically conductive, optically reflective...
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Design and Fabrication of Micro-electro-mechanical Systems Actuators for Application in External Cavity Tunable Lasers
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The limited availability of rugged and economical infra-red laser sources that can be tuned over a certain wavelength range is still a bottleneck for widespread application of spectroscopic methods to environmental, industrial, and medical trace gas monitoring. Conventional semiconductor lasers...
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Fall 2020
Introduction: ABO-incompatible organ transplants (ABOi-Tx) recipients are at high-risk of rapid rejection mediated by ABO antibodies (ABO Abs). To manage and expand ABOi-Tx, it is necessary to understand the mechanism(s) by which natural and induced ABO Abs develop. Prior studies have used...
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Spring 2018
As common human computer interfaces(HCIs), touchscreen panels (TSPs) have been ubiquitously adopted in our daily life especially in the consuming electronics, and numerous industrial applications. However, force information has been a missing part in conventional TSPs, drawing limitations in the...
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Utilization of Semiconductors Piezoresistive Properties in Mechanical Strain Measurements under Varying Temperature Conditions for Structural Health Monitoring Applications
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Strain gauges have been powerful tools in experimental stress analysis. This importance is expected to continue, even though other means of strain measurement are continually introduced to the market. The strain gauge is a simple device that can be easily installed to measure mechanical strain....
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Spring 2014
The development of rapid detection techniques to be applied at the point of use, has been gaining significant attention in the recent years. Rapid techniques are important and preferable methods in healthcare and environment sector due to the advantages they offer such as low-cost and reduced...
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Fall 2017
Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUTs) are a promising replacement technology for piezoelectric composite transducers, as they offer a more flexible architecture, wider signal bandwidth, and improved impedance matching between the sensor and the sensing medium. While CMUTs have...
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Fall 2014
Carbohydrate–protein interactions play key roles in a range of biological processes. Noticeable advancements have been made in understanding the features associated with the recognition of pyranosides (six-membered ring sugars) by proteins. In contrast, similar detailed studies about the...