Upcoming Defences:
- June 18 , 2025 – Studies of Anisotropic Ductile Fracture Behaviour in Pipeline Steels – Arnav Rana (PhD)
- May 6, 2025 – Whirl Flutter Investigation for Rotor Discs and Two-Bladed Systems – Nikoo Etemadi (MASc)
- May 6, 2025 – Unifying Impedance and Admittance Control for Improved Robot Interaction – Nicholas Berezny (PhD)
- May 5, 2025 – Aeroacoustic Investigation on Self-noise of Porous Samples for Noise Reduction in Acoustic Wind Tunnels – Nicholas Cunnington-Bourbonniere (MASc)
- May 5, 2025 – Design and Validation of BVLOS RPAS Flight Corridor in Low-Level Airways – Nishkarsh Chavda (MASc)
- April 28, 2025 – TSO-DSO Integration in Modern Power Grids – Luis Lopez Diaz (Ph.D Comprehensive)
- April 25, 2025 – From Slip Estimation to Collaborative Localization of Multi-Robot Systems Using Multi-Sensor Networks – Mahboubeh Jalalabadi Zarei (PhD)
- April 24, 2025 – Damage Identification and Mitigation in Multi-Legged Robotic Systems – Sahand Farghdani (PhD)
- April 24, 2025 – Black Carbon Emissions from Turbulent Buoyant Non-Premixed Flames
Representative of Flares in The Upstream Oil and Gas Sector and The Effects
of Crosswind – Alexis Tanner (Ph.D Comprehensive)
Recent Defences:
- April 8, 2025 – Methodologies for Using Neural Networks to Facilitate an Aerial Vehicle’s Fully Automated and Uncrewed Landing on a Moving Ship – Kameron Palmer (MASc)
- March 28, 2025 – Multiscale Design Optimization of Heatsinks Employing Functionally Graded Lattice Materials for Enhanced Thermal Management in Aerospace Systems – Ossama Hafeez (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- March 27, 2025 – Artificial Intelligence for Fatigue-Life Prediction of Additively Manufactured Lattice Materials: A Machine Learning Approach – Qasim Amin (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- March 20, 2025 – Optimization of Building Integrated Phase Change Materials Using Experiments and Simulation – Nathan Hay (MASc)
- March 19, 2025 – Development of a residential-scale PV/T driven combined cooling, heating, and power system – Cem Kalkan (PhD)
- February 3, 2025 – Sheng Xu (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- January 24, 2025 – Integrating Hybrid Models and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Logistics – Armin Mahmoodi (M.A.Sc.)
- January 21, 2025 – Numerical Analysis of Electrical Parameter Effects on a Nanosecond Pulsed Dielectric Barrier of Discharge Actuator – Katrina Mullane (M.A.Sc.)
- January 20, 2025 – Rheological Damper Characterization and Control with Application to a Drop Tower for Replicating the Impact Profiles of High Speed Craft – Mohammed Mujeeb (M.A.Sc.)
- January 14, 2025 – Autonomous Aerial Drone Landing Site Selection on a Maritime Vessel – Eric Giroux (M.A.Sc.)
- January 13, 2025 – Neural Networks for Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Aerospace Structures – Olivia Chamberland (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- January 8, 2025 – Effects of Impact Conditions on Intracranial Displacements and Deformation in Post-Mortem Human Subjects – Jean-Jacques Demiannay (M.A.Sc)
- January 7, 2025 – Machine Learning-Based Human Motion Intention Detection In Controlling Assistive Devices – Sayyed Hossein Sadat Hosseini (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- January 3, 2025 – Novel Quaternion-based Non-linear Kalman-type Filters for GPS-denied 6-Dof 3D Visual-Inertial Navigation – Khashayar Ghanizadegan (M.A.Sc.)
- December 18, 2024 – The Role Of Aluminum, Titanium, and Molybdenum In Enhancing Environmental Performances Of Transition Metal High Entropy Alloys – Anne Bastin (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- December 10, 2024 – Automated Fine-tuning CNN Using Firefly Algorithm for Bearing Fault Diagnostics – Xinyi Ma (M.A.Sc.)
- December 3, 2024 – Investigating cellular responses to their mechanical environment using proximity labelling – Sarah Desroches (M.A.Sc.)
- November 26, 2024 – Spacecraft Obstacle Avoidance and Rendezvous using Gradient Vector Fields – Matthew Murray (M.A.Sc.)
- November 19, 2024 – Development and Experimental Validation of Advanced Adaptive Charging Technology for Lithium-ion Batteries – Ahmed Abdelrahman (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- October 11, 2024 – Nonlinear Disturbance Estimation-Enhanced Simple Adaptive Control of a Space Robot – Patrick Bell (M.A.Sc.)
- October 10, 2024 – Sustainable Cogeneration of Energy, Valuable Metal Oxides, and Gaseous Fuels (H2 and CO) with Combustion of Metal Particles – Mahsa Salehi Mobarakeh (Ph.D. Comprehensive )
- October 9, 2024 – Designing a Common Platform for Modelling Soot in Flames and Reactors – Mo Adib (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- August 28, 2024 – Life Cycle Analysis Frameworks in Sustainable Aviation – Chloe Richard (M.A.Sc.)
- August 28, 2024 – Development of Panelized Exterior Retrofit Solutions for Commercial and Institutional Buildings – Thomas Dalkowski (M.A.Sc.)
- August 28, 2024 – How regional climate and energy infrastructure affect the deployment of liquid-solvent Direct Air Capture: predictions from an open-source model – Patrick Shorey (M.A.Sc.)
- August 27, 2024 – Experimental Response and System Identification-Based Biodynamics Model of Pilots for Aircraft Pilot Coupling and Pilot Induced Oscillations – Mohamed Fraga (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- August 26, 2024 – Assessment of Tensile Strain Capacities in X70 and X100 Pipeline Steels – Xinping (Carl) Yu (M.A.Sc.)
- August 22, 2024 – Aerodynamic Analysis of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics – Erica Heiber (M.A.Sc. Sustainable Energy)
- August 20, 2024 – A Framework for Assessing Aircraft Detect and Avoid Systems Using Monte Carlo Simulations – Samuel Kingma (M.A.Sc.)
- August 19, 2024 – Sensitivity Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization of Forced Steering Bogies of Railway Transit Cars using Coupled Surrogate Models and NSGA-III – Phillip Okotete (M.A.Sc.)
- August 19, 2024 – Safe Geometric Control of Orbital Manipulators for Non-cooperative Debris Mitigation – Borna Monazzah Moghaddam (Ph.D.)
- August 14, 2024 – Converting Carbon Dioxide into Synthetic Aviation Fuels: A Techno-Economic Assessment – Fawziyyah Olumoh (M.A.Sc. Sustainable Energy)
- August 12, 2024 – Reducing Space Conditioning Loads and Improving Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings with Phase Change Material Wall Coatings – Magdelena McClure (M.A.Sc. Sustainable Energy)
- August 12, 2024 – Thermal Desorption Amperometry of Hydrogen in Metals – James Corrigall (Ph.D.)
- August 9, 2024 – Pseudo-Homogeneous Sinusoidal Infill using Non-Planar FFF Techniques for Use in RPAS Structures – Samuel Nadler (M.A.Sc.)
- July 29, 2024 – Characterizing the response of neural cells and tissues to pathological mechanical loading conditions – Gia Kang (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- July 22, 2024 – Investigation into the Effects of Heat Treatment and Nanoparticles on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SLM’ed AlSi10Mg Alloy – Dolly Clement (Ph.D.)
- June 13, 2024 – Multiscale Design of Nanoparticles by Gas Phase Synthesis – Hossein Rahbar (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- June 6, 2024 – Relative Pose Determination of a Non-Cooperative Spacecraft using Thermal Imagery – Apeksha Budhkar (M.A.Sc.)
- May 31, 2024 – Vehicle Dynamics Modelling and Simulation for Use in the Development of a Self-Healing Auto Cyber Security System (SHACS) Proof-of-Concept – Mohammad Almalak (M.A.Sc.)
- May 29, 2024 – Shared Control of Driving Based on Human-Machine State Detetion, Risk Model, and Assistive Haptic Controllers – Arash Abarghooei (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- May 15, 2024 – Development and Comparative Analysis of Wind-Tunnel Test Setups for Inter-Turbine Duct Studies – Riley Simpson (M.A.Sc.)
- May 2, 2024 – The influence of manufacturing method and collagen on the mechanical performance of sodium alginate-based scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering – Aaryn Lavallee (M.A.Sc.)
- April 29, 2024 – Technoeconomic analysis of a solar thermal driven adsorption chiller space conditioning system for Canadian multi-unit residential buildings – Colin Ward (M.A.Sc.)
- April 26, 2024 – Modelling and Optimization of Absorption-Based Direct Air Capture Facilities – Milad Shakouri Kalfati (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- April 23, 2024 – Influence of Composition and Processing Methods on the Microstructure and Properties of Co-Cr-Fe-Mn-Ni High Entropy Alloys – Devin Wang (M.A.Sc.)
- April 22, 2024 – Investigating and enhancing the fusion weldability of Al7075 alloy. – Alireza Abdollahi (Ph.D.)
- April 16, 2024 – Continuous Approximate Kinematic Synthesis of Planar, Spherical, and Spatial Four-bar Function Generating Mechanisms – Zach Copeland (Ph.D.)
- April 12, 2024 – Adaptive Robust Control for VTOL-UAVs on Lie Group – Ali Mohamed Ali (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- March 13, 2024 – Control of Shape Morphing Untethered Ferromagnetic Soft Robots – Mohammadjavad Javadi Sigaroudi (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- February 29, 2024 – Sound and Vibration Exposure During Ontario’s Neonatal Patient Transport – Keely Gibb (Ph.D. Comprehensive)
- January 26, 2024 – Spacecraft Swarm Establishment using Boids Control Theory – Dhrumil Soni (M.A.Sc.)
- January 16, 2024 – Development of a Real-Time Physics-Based Digital Twin of a Marine Towed Cable-Body System – Cassidy Westin (Ph.D.)
- January 15, 2024 – A Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer for the Detection of Volatile Compounds in Lunar Regolith – Alexander Gmerek (M.A.Sc.)
- January 11, 2024 – Investigation of the Axial and Torsional Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Notched High Strength Steels for Application to Landing Gear Fuse Pins – Mary Patrick (M.A.Sc.)
- January 11, 2024 – Measuring and Evaluating RPAS Performance in Arctic-like Conditions – Alex Urquhart (M.A.Sc.)
- January 10, 2024 – Guidance Navigation and Control for a Mobile Robot based on Vision System and Adaptive Particle Filter – Hamdan Alatresh Bitlmal (M.A.Sc.)
- January 10, 2024 – Bio-Inspired Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators for Space Debris Removal and On-Orbit Servicing – Collins Ogundipe (Ph.D.)
- January 10, 2024 – Microstructural Characterization and Phase Prediction of High Entropy Alloys using Empirical and Machine Learning Based Methodologies- Aron Mohammadi (M.A.Sc.)
- January 10, 2024 – Development and Qualification of a Drone-Based Anemometry Platform – Aman Basawanal (M.A.Sc.)