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Spring 2019
This thesis aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using System Dynamics (SD) techniques to develop a transparent, open-source and reproducible model capable of simulating long-term soil water dynamics in a tailings-cap system subject to upward flux from a consolidating tailings substrate. The...
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Digital Twin for Production Estimation, Scheduling and Real-Time Monitoring in Offsite Construction
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The offsite construction industry continues to rely on experience-based average production rates (i.e., average quantity per unit of time) to estimate and schedule production operations. This approach is hindered by various sources of production variability, such as machine breakdowns and...
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Dynamic Modeling of Vehicular Platoons: Highlighting The Effects of Communication Topologies on Safety, Robustness, and Scalability
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Recent advancements in information and communication technologies have accelerated the development of intelligent transportation systems. Among these, platooning technology involves the coordinated movement of a lead vehicle and multiple followers at specified inter-vehicle distances and...
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Energy optimization of a residential building using occupancy prediction via sensor fusion and machine learning algorithms
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Occupancy-based control systems for floor heating can lead to energy saving in a residential building. This study focuses on the energy consumption by space heating system in a half-duplex residential house located in Edmonton, Alberta. In the first part, a sensor fusion model was designed to...
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Fall 2018
This research reports a feasibility study based on simulation for the production of dimethyl ether via the dehydration of methanol using catalytic distillation. Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic model is used for the reaction in the simulation. Simulations are based on a catalytic distillation column...
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Forensic Schedule Information Modeling for Analysis of Time Claims in Construction Projects
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A review of state-of-the-art research and practice has revealed that while the incidence of claims in the construction industry is increasing, current analysis practices are failing to accurately analyze and evaluate contemporaneous project data. The most common types of construction disputes...
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Fall 2019
Approximately 10% of infants will require resuscitation at birth. Resuscitations are performed by nurses, physicians, midwives, and other Health Care Providers (HCPs), and include tasks such as vital signs monitoring and mask ventilation. Rarely, more advanced skills such as endotracheal...
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Fall 2019
The manufacturing sector is of importance to Canada’s economic vitality. However, given the phenomenon of globalization, low trade barriers, and advances in technology, there has been a decline in manufacturing’s share of the Canadian economy. Today, Canadian manufacturing companies are striving...
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Fall 2020
The pelvic bone is one of most stressed bones in the human body due to its essential task of weight-bearing of upper body. However, pelvic bone fractures usually occur as a result of high-rate impact loads, high cycle with low magnitude (e.g., stress fractures) or bone diseases such as pelvic...
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Mechanistic Dissolution Modeling of a Poorly Soluble Drug; an Evaluation of Formulation Influence and Simulation Parameters for Enhancing Predictive Capability
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In early drug development, the selection of a formulation platform and decisions on formulation strategies have to be made within a short timeframe and often with minimal use of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). At this stage, there is limited information available about the...