Chemical Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
Recent deposits
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Novel Copolymers Based on Methoxythiophene-Flanked Diketopyrrolopyrrole for Wearable Resistive Sensors
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-25)The exposure that firefighters experience due to their occupation has recently been identified by the World Health Organization as a Group 1 carcinogen. One factor is colorless, odorless, toxic gases in “warm zones” near ... -
Highly Crosslinked Natural Rubber-Cellulose Nanocrystals Composites for Sustainable Material Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)In a bid to develop environmentally friendly rubber materials, the use of renewable and sustainable additives and reinforcing fillers that could provide suitable mechanical property enhancement is of great interest. In ... -
A Study of the Solubility and Mobility of Silver Ions in Chitosan and Fibroin Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)Chitosan and fibroin are biopolymers widely applied in wound healing and wastewater treatment with silver ions (Ag+). The solubility and mobility of Ag+ in these polymers are important parameters for designing and optimizing ... -
A Droplet Microfluidic Platform Used to Encapsulate Single Pre-formed Cancer Spheroids in Hydrogel Microenvironments
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-19)Cancer has been a leading cause of death around the world for many years. Even with the emerging technologies seen in these times, there is still a lack of truly personalized treatments since cancer tumors are not fully ... -
In Vitro Modelling of Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy for Corneal Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Characterization of Human Descemets Membrane
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-18)The corneal endothelium is a terminally differentiated tissue that is typically considered non-proliferative in vivo. Corneal endothelial dystrophies, including Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy (FED), are a significant cause ... -
Upcycling Plastic Waste to Activated Carbon for Waste Water Treatment Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-09)Plastic waste disposal continues to be a widespread issue, as plastic products are discarded at high rates and do not biodegrade in the environment. Although a portion of this waste is recycled, the limitations of conventional ... -
CO2 Conversion to Syngas and Hydrocarbons over Transition Metal-Based Catalysts Synthesized via Reverse Microemulsion Method
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-28)This thesis offers a comprehensive exploration into the development, exploration, and practical implications of various catalysts, with a particular focus on their performance and critical roles in the efficient and ... -
A Journey into Jamming: Phase Transitions and Edge-to-Edge Heterostructures in Langmuir Blodgett Films of Exfoliated Two-Dimensional Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-21)Two-dimensional (2D) materials hold significant promise as new electronic materials, and could enable high mobility devices, and flexible electronics. In particular, graphene and few-layer molybdenum disulfide have been ... -
Design and development of nanocomposites by carbon-based 2D materials for piezoresistive sensing application
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-08)In the realm of wearable electronic devices, considerable attention has been directed toward flexible compressive piezoresistive sensors, given their potential applications in real-time human health monitoring and gesture ... -
Development of Cobalt-Free Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the dominant energy story technology for mobile devices and plug-in electric vehicles due to their unmatched combination of energy density, power output, and cycle stability. A coveted goal ... -
Improved Dynamic Latent Variable Modeling for Process Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis and Anomaly Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Due to the rapid advancement of modern industrial processes, a considerable number of measured variables enhance the complexity of systems, progressively leading to the development of multivariate statistical analysis (MSA) ... -
Fabrication of Transparent Nanocellulose Paper from Plant Sources for Energy Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Over the past decades, electronic waste has accumulated and has increased by 21% in the last five years. Recently, a UN report founded that the world dumped a gross record of 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste across last ... -
Predicting Adsorbent Performance for Carbon Capture using Machine Learning Models
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-22)Carbon capture is a promising way to slow down climate change from anthropogenic sources. One of the carbon capture technologies that is being actively researched is adsorption. Given the increasing amount of literature ... -
Applications of Graphene in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-22)Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) exhibit great promise as easily scalable, long-lasting, modular systems for grid-scale energy storage. However, vanadium crossover and poor reaction kinetics increase their operating ... -
Exploring the Cytoskeleton and Apoptosis Mechanisms in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Using In Vitro Biomimetic Models and Immortalized FECD Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-14)Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a corneal endothelium (CE) and Descemet’s membrane (DM) dysfunction symptom, which is the most common corneal endothelial disease. Despite the long history of clinical assessments ... -
Biointerface Topography for Enhanced Nonviral Gene Delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-11)Substrate-mediated nonviral gene delivery (SMD) represents a burgeoning area of interest in the field of tissue engineering due to its potential to facilitate localized transfection while providing the scaffolding for ... -
Bio-Based Production of Uroporphyrin and Protoporphyrin-IX in Escherichia coli
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-06)Porphyrins are tetrapyrrole compounds with diverse medical applications but challenging chemical and biological synthesis. This thesis reports a novel bioprocess approach for enhanced production of porphyrins including ... -
Development and Characterization of Soymilk Okara Gels Modified by Citric Acid
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-04)Okara, a valuable resource rich in fiber (53 – 58 %), protein (25 – 28 %), and lipids (9 – 11 %), also contains significant isoflavones and essential minerals, offering nutritional and health benefits. Recent research aims ... -
Natural Fiber Densification for Sustainable Composite Manufacturing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-23)The need for inexpensive, sustainable, and environmentally friendly materials has significantly increased in recent years as a result of rising environmental awareness. Given the widespread usage of petrochemical plastics, ... -
Incremental machine learning-based accelerator for computational fluid dynamics simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-16)The simulation of physicochemical processes with computational methods is key for engineering design, with applications in a variety of industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals to aerodynamics. Despite its importance and ...