Doctoral dissertations
2020-2022
Wei, Henglai, “Robust and Distributed Model Predictive Control with Application to Cooperative Marine Vehicles, Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, 2022. (4.54 MB)
Aigner, Matthias, “Bar Force Profiles in LC refining,” Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2022. (4.7 MB)
Zhang, Kunwu, "Adaptive Learning and Robust Model Predictive Control for Uncertain Dynamic Systems", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2021. (3.1 MB)
Liu, Changxin, "Provably Efficient Algorithms for Decentralized Optimization", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, August 2021. (1.8 MB)
Chen, Jicheng, "Aperiodically Sampled Stochastic Model Predictive Control: Analysis and Synthesis", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, January 2021. (1.5 MB)
Sommerfeld, Markus, "Optimal Performance of Airborne Wind Energy Systems Subject to Realistic Wind Profiles", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2020. (18.2 MB)
Hasanpour, Sadegh, "Textile-based Sensors for in-situ Monitoring in Electrochemical Cells and Biomedical Applications", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, October 2020. (17.2 MB)
Rahimpour, Mostafa, "Experimental Investigation of Unsteady Wake Structure of Bluff Bodies", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2020. (9.5 MB)
Mishra, Virag, "Data-driven Hydrodynamic Models for Heaving Wave Energy Converters", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2020. (19.1 MB)
Quitoras, Marin Rhey, "Holistic and Integrated Energy System Optimization in Reducing Diesel Dependence of Canadian Remote Arctic Communities", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2020. (25.5 MB)
Westermann, Paul, "Advancing Surrogate Modelling for Sustainable Building Design", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, August 2020. (42.7 MB)
Palmer-Wilson, Kevin, "How Do We Power Decarbonization? Land and Other Resources in Canada’s West", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, February 2020. (4.20 MB)
2016-2019
Lacroix, Karine, "Tailoring Interventions: How Individual Differences Influence Perceptions, Motivation, and Behaviour", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2019. (2.2 MB)
English, Jeff, "Decarbonization Pathways for the Western Canadian Electricity System", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2019. (4.94 MB)
Lajevardi, S. Mojtaba, "An Examination of Heavy-duty Trucks Drivetrain Options to Reduce GHG Emisssions in British Columbia", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2019. (13.3 MB)
Chen, Li, "Integrated Design and Control Optimization of Hybrid Electric Marine Propulsion Systems Based on Battery Performance Degredation Model", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2019. (3.42 MB)
Keller, Victor, "Energy Modelling for Low Carbon Pathways for the Electricity and Transportation Systems in British Columbia and Alberta", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2019. (3.37 MB)
Soltani, Royhayeh, "Modeling and Simulation of the Dual Stage Pressure Retarded Osmosis Systems", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, May 2019. (11.1 MB)
Movassaghi, Razzi, "Simulation and Network Analysis of Nanoparticles Agglomeration and Structure Formation with Application to Fuel Cell Catalyst Inks", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2019. (9 MB)
Bubbar, Kush, "Conceptual Design of Wave Energy Converters", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2018. (14.9 MB)
Manouchehrinia, Babak, "Modeling, Optimization and Environmental Assessment of Electrified Marine Vessels", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2018. (5.8 MB)
Soleimani nia, Majid, "Experimental Investigation of Multi-Component Jets Issuing from Model Pipeline Geometries with Application to Hydrogen Safety", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2018. (20.8 MB)
Niet, Taco, "Mitigating Risk of Emissions in Energy Planning and the Operational Implications", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2018. (4.5 MB)
Christiaanse, Theodor, "Characterization, Experimentation and Modeling of Mn-Fe-Si-P Magnetocaloric Materials.", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, October 2018. (9.7 MB)
Karimi, Meysam, "Frequency Domain Modeling and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2018. (7 MB)
Govindappa, Premakumara, "Active Magnetic Regenerator Cycles: Impacts of Hysteresis in MnFeP1-x(As/Si)x", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, August 2018. (4.7 MB)
Teyber, Reed, "System Optimization and Performance Enhancement of Active Magnetic Regenerators", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, June 2018. (76.4 MB)
Shen, Chao, "Motion Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Advanced Model Predictive Control Strategy", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, March 2018. (1.2 MB)
Harirforoush, Reza, "The Potential Use of Bar Force Sensor Measurements for Control in Low Consistency Refining", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, January 2018. (21.0 MB)
Mu, Bingxian, "Cooperative Control of Quadrotors and Mobile Robots: Controller Design and Experiments", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2017. (21.1 MB)
Chassin, David, "Multi-scale Transactive Control In Interconnected Bulk Power Systems Under High Renewable Energy Supply and High Demand Response Scenarios", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2017. (4.6 MB)
Shives, Michael, "Numerical Models for Tidal Turbine Farms", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, June 2017.
Behboodi, Sahand, "Market-Based Demand Response Integration in Super-Smart Grids in the Presence of Variable Renewable Generation", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2017. (4.7 MB)
Niknia, Iman, "Material screening and performance analysis of active magnetic heat pumps", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2017. (3 MB)
Fluck, Manuel, "Stochastic Methods for Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis of Wings and Wind Turbine Blades", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2017. (6 MB)
Duquette, Jean, "The potential benefits of combined heat and power based district energy grids", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, February 2017. (7 MB)
Akhgar, Alireza, "Computational Analysis of Multi-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Application to Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2016. (14 MB)
Yeylaghi, Shahab, "A Parallel Explicit Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (ISPH) Model for Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Applications", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2016. (12 MB)
Parkinson, Simon, "Adaptation of energy systems to climate change and water resource constraints", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2016. (9 MB)
Mohammadzadeh, Alireza, "Moment Method in Rarefied Gas Dynamics: Applications to Heat Transfer in Solids and Gas-Surface Interactions", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, October 2016.
Akbari Khorami, Hamed, "Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing with Prussian Blue-Based Fiber-Optic Sensors", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, September 2016. (4 MB)
Melo, Luis, "Development of coated fibre-optic sensors to monitor carbon dioxide", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2016. (4 MB)
Rahimi, Behnam, "A Macroscopie Approach to Model Rarefied Polyatomic Gas Behavior", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2016. (1 MB)
Liu, Mingxi, "Modeling and Control of Controllable Electric Loads in Smart Grid", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2016. .
Mustafa, Ghulam, "High Fidelity Micromecahnics-Based Analysis of Composite Material Properties", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2016. (6 MB)
Mahshid, Sam, "Controlling Field-Directed Assembly of Nanowires: Towards Nanomanufacturing for Biosensors and Transparent Electrocs", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, January 2016. (18 MB)
2012–2015
Beatty, Scott, "Self-Reacting Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2015. (13 MB)
McWilliam, Michael, "Towards Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Capability of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2015.(6 MB)
Moghimian, Nima, "Electrochemical Control for Nanoelectromechanical Device Production", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2015.
Broeer, Torsten, "Analysis of Smart Grid and Demand Response Technologies for Renewable Energy Integration: Operational and Environmental Challenges", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2015. (1.9MB)
Te-Chun, Wu, "Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels with Application to PEM Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2015. (7.1 MB)
Botero-Cadavid, Juan F., "Fiber-Optic Sensor for Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide in PEM Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2014. (6.2 MB)
Barannyk, Oleksandr, "Shear Layer Instabilities and Flow-Acoustic Coupling in Valves: Application to Power Plant Components and Cardiovascular Devices", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2014. (9.5 MB)
Tura, Armando, "Design and Analysis of a Nested Halback Permanent Magnet Magnetic Refrigerator ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2013. (1.4 MB)
Sopinka, Amy, "Assessing the Impacts of Wind Integration in the Western Provinces ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2012. (2.8 MB)
2008–2011
David, Nigel, "Fiber Optic Sensors for PEM Fuel Cells ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2011. (8.7 MB)
Zhou, Yuliang (Leon), "Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain and Control System Modelling, Analysis and Design ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2011.
Dennison, Christopher Raymond Stuart, "Development of In-Fibre Bragg Grating Contact Force Sensors for Application to the Human Hip", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, October 2011. (2.0 MB)
Chueh, Chih-Che, "Integrated Adaptive Numerical Methods for Transient Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2010. (9.7 MB)
Fan, Meikun, "Fabrication, Modification, and Self-assembly of Metallic Nano-Particles for Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Surface Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy Applications, Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, 2010. (23.8 MB)
Sadeghi, Ehsan, "Thermal Transport in Porous Media with Application to Fuel Cell Diffusion Media and Metal Foams ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, October 2010. (1.14 MB)
Schmeister, Thomas, "Determining the Quality and Quantity of Heat Produced by Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Application to Air-Cooled Stacks for Combined Heat and Power ", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, July 2010. (.6 MB)
Velikorodny, Alexey, "Flow-Induced Sound and Vibration due to the Separated Shear Layer in Backward-Facing Step and Cavity Configurations", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2009. (3.2 MB)
Songprakorp, Roongrojana, "Investigation of Transient Phenomena of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, August 2008. (1.8 MB)
Bazylak, Aimy, "Liquid Water Transport in Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Layers", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2008. (11.5 MB)
Bergen, Alvin, "Integration and Dynamics of a Renewable Regenerative Hydrogen Fuel Cell System", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2008. (4.7 MB)
Wishart, Jeffrey, "Modelling, Simulation, Testing, and Optimization of Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Powertrains", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, April 2008. (3.4 MB)
2002–2007
Olender, Dustin, "Forces on Bars in High-Consistency Mill-Scale Refiners", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, December 2007. (4.2 MB)
Secanell Gallart, Marc, "Computational Modeling and Optimization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2007. (5.7 MB)
Kjeang, Erik, "Microfluidic Fuel Cells", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, November 2007. (5.7 MB)
Berning, T., "Three-Dimensional Computational Analysis of Transport Phenomena in a PEM Fuel Cell", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, May 2002. (7.71 MB)
Zheng, Rong, "Rapid Prototype Development of PEM Fuel Cell Gas Delivery Plates", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, 2002. (5.3 MB)
Mérida,, Walter, "Diagnosis of PEMFC Stack Failures via Electrochemical Impendance Spectroscopy", Ph.D Dissertation, AVÌìÌÃ, June 2002. (4.88 MB)