Upcoming Defences:
- July 17, 2023 – Investigation Into the Performance and Control of a Hydronic Floor Solar Energy Capture System in a Highly Glazed Canadian Home – Sarah Brown (Ph.D.)
- July 11, 2023 – The effect of the control architecture on the windspeed-turbulence limits of a remotely piloted aircraft system operating in urban airflow conditions – Richard McKercher (Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam)
Recent Defences:
- May 26, 2023 – Analysis of Urban Air Taxi Inner Loop Controller Architectures Subject to Noisy Inertial Measurement Unit Input while Immersed in Empirically-Developed Urban Airflow Disturbances – Tariq Maksoud (M.A.Sc.)
- May 17, 2023 – Precision Robotic Machining: Modelling and Control Innovations for Improved Performance – Steffan Lloyd (Ph.D.)
- May 5, 2023 – Design and Application of a Novel Optical Methane Flow Sensor to Quantify Methane Vent Sources at Upstream Oil and Gas Sites – Simon Festa-Bianchet (Ph.D.)
- May 3, 2023 – Algebraic Input-output Equations of Four-bar Kinematic Chains: Planar; Spherical; Spatial – Mirja Rotzoll (M.A.Sc.)
- May 2, 2023 – Characterization and Performance Evaluation of High Entropy Nitride Coatings Produced by Cathodic Arc Evaporation – Alex Lothrop (M.A.Sc.)
- April 28, 2023 – Microstructure Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Cobalt-Containing High-Entropy Alloys Fabricated via Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering – Xueyao Wu (Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam)
- April 27, 2023 – Topology Optimization of Passively Cooled Heatsinks for High Efficiency Electronics – Mackenzie Reid (M.A.Sc.)
- April 25, 2023 – Statistical Modeling of Air Traffic: Development of Methods and Application through a Canadian Case Study – Teresa De Jesus Krings (M.A.Sc.)
- April 20, 2023 – Industrial Scalable Rolling Element Bearing Diagnostic and Prognostic Modelling using Particle Filter Methodologies and Inline Wear Debris Sensors – Hassan Mahmoud (M.A.Sc.)
- April 19, 2023 – Building integrated sub-slab thermal storage system for coupling to a heat pump: modelling, optimization, and thermal performance – Lumi Dumitrascu (Ph.D.)
- April 19, 2023 – Damage Identification and Mitigation in Reconfigurable Legged Robotic Systems – Sahand Farghdani (Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam)
- April 18, 2023 – Reduction of Sonic Boom Loudness Level in Supersonic Aircraft by Optimization of Wing Geometry and Positioning – Jacques Tamayo (M.A.Sc.)
- April 18, 2023 – Studies of Anisotropic Ductile Fracture Behaviour in Pipeline Steels – Arnav Rana (Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam)
- April 3, 2023 – Solar Power Systems for 3D Printing on Lunar Surface Using In SITU Resources Utilization – Rohit Gaikwad (M.A.Sc.)
- March 28, 2023 – A Method for the Extraction of Alumina and Silica from Lunar Regolith Using Hydrochloric Acid – Bertrand Thibodeau (M.A.Sc.)
- March 28, 2023 – Data-driven Path Planning for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Under Uncertainties – Lakshay Arora (Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam)
- January 23, 2023 – Investigation of oxidation performance of Co-Cr-Fe-Ni based high entropy alloys in supercritical-CO2 environment – Margarita Ilinich (M.A.Sc.)
- January 20, 2023 – Plasma simulation of DBD actuators – Aliaksandr Murzionak (Ph.D. Thesis Examination)
- January 20, 2023 – Assessment of Solar Assisted Heat Pump Typologies in Canada – Benjamin Beauchamp (M.A.Sc.)
- January 11, 2023 – Morphological Effects of the Microenvironment Structure on Human Fetal Lung Fibroblast Cells – Shahad Shakir (M.A.Sc.)
- January 10, 2023 – Geometric Modelling and Control of Slow-Fast Realization of Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems – Vaughn Gzenda (M.A.Sc.)
- January 10, 2023 – Deep Learning and Synthetic Imagery for Migratory Bird Species Identification Using Drones – Alexsander Costa (M.A.Sc.)
- January 6, 2023 – Oxidation Study of Incology 800H Tubes Exposed to Super-Heated Steam and Super Critical Water – Qays Nazarali (Ph.D. Thesis Examination)