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Fall 2019
This thesis examines the work of three artists—Beatriz da Costa, Tomás Saraceno, and Andrea Zittel—whose practices engage strategically with design in ways that echo pedagogical developments at the German Bauhaus and later at Black Mountain College. These two, short-lived, schools were known for...
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Analysis, Design and Control of Asymmetrically Modulated Dual Active Bridge Converters for Energy Storage Systems
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Energy storage units are widely used in power systems to increase grid reliability to compensate the risks imposed due to massive integration of intermittent sources, as well as serve as spinning reserves. High efficiency dc-dc converters are required as an interface between the storage units and...
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Simplified seismic design methods for low-ductile steel multi-tiered concentrically braced frames
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Multi-Tiered Concentrically Braced Frames (MT-CBFs) represent a bracing configuration where two or more concentric braced panels are stacked between the storey levels in multi-storey buildings or between the ground and roof levels in single-storey buildings such as sports facilities, airplane...
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Fall 2018
Background to this dissertation: In 2012 I began a creative collaboration in the Tłı̨chǫ region of the Northwest Territories. Over a period of 18 months I worked with community elders and youth in the creation of an animated film (based on a historic oral story). This PhD is a continuation of...