Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics 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.
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Object Segmentation and Reconstruction Using Infrastructure Sensor Nodes for Autonomous Mobility
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-07)This thesis focuses on the Lidar point cloud processing for the infrastructure sensor node that serves as the perception system for autonomous robots with general mobility in indoor applications. Compared with typical ... -
An Investigation into Radiative Property Variations across Pre-Annealed Advanced High Strength Steel Coils
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)In recent years, increasingly stringent crashworthiness and emissions regulations have driven automakers to consider novel materials for automotive lightweighting. Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) used in automotive ... -
Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition of Alumina-based Thin Film Encapsulation for High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)In this thesis, various alumina-based thin-film encapsulation layers including nitrogen-doped alumina, zinc-doped alumina and ZnO/Al2O3 nanolaminate structures are deposited by atmospheric-pressure spatial atomic layer ... -
Towards Domain Invariant Real-time Point Cloud Perception
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)In recent years, autonomous driving has witnessed substantial advancements, owing in part to the rapid advancement of 3D sensor technologies, particularly Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors.Despite these advancements, ... -
Modeling and Optimal Control of Human Walking for Motion Understanding and Usage in Lower-Limb Exoskeletons
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-24)Wearable robotics, also known as exoskeletons, are devices typically worn over the human limbs to provide support and help with movement. Either by assisting the user to increase their capabilities, to help them regain ... -
The Effects of Elevated Temperature and Laminating on the Quasi-Static and Fatigue Properties of Electrical Steel
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-24)Electrical steel is an alloy of steel that can have on average 3% silicon. These alloys are known to possess great magnetic properties, and this makes them an ideal material choice for the application of electric motors ... -
Characterization of Formability and Friction during Hot Stamping of Al-Si Coated Press Hardened Steel
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)This thesis investigates the friction and formability characteristics of Al-Si coated press hardened steels (PHS) during direct hot stamping. The PHS grades examined were PHS1800 and PHS1500, with nominal ultimate tensile ... -
New Platform Designs for Enabling Atomic Interactions in Solid and Gaseous States
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-17)This dissertation is composed of two projects that explored two new platforms for measuring atomic interactions using simpler designs than in the literature. The first project of this dissertation designed a platform that ... -
The Influence of Electrode Force on Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Third Generation Advanced High Strength Steels during Resistance Spot Welding
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-08)Zinc coatings are generally applied on the surface of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) for corrosion resistance. However, the elevated temperature during resistance spot welding process melts zinc coating and the intact ... -
Direct Laser Writing of Metal and Metal Oxide Patterns for Flexible and Memristive Electronic Components
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-04)Growing interest in the fields of flexible electronics and AI are leading the development of new manufacturing techniques able to make computer hardware devices that can suite their unique needs. Research into these areas ... -
Wetting & Capillarity: From Thin Film Mediated Processes to Droplet-Surface Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Wetting and capillarity remain ubiquitous in both daily lives and industrial applications. The present thesis explores several fundamentally interesting problems of practical relevance in wetting and capillarity. Two primary ... -
Autonomous Railway Defect Detection
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Railway defects can lead to enormous economic and human losses. Among all types of the defects, surface defects are the most common and prominent. Although various non-destructive methods can be used to detect railway ... -
Lagrangian Flow Field Reconstruction Based on Constrained Stable Radial Basis Function
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) high seeding density time-resolved Lagrangian particle tracking (LPT) techniques have made diagnosing fluid flows at high resolution in space and time under a Lagrangian framework ... -
Bonding of Glass-to-Glass for the Development of Ultrafast Microchip Lasers
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Direct glass-to-glass bonding is important for high-technology components in optics, microfluidics, and microelectromechanical systems applications. The focus of this research is on the design of an ultrafast, pulsed, ... -
Design and Optimization of Low-Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Centrifugal pumps find applications in a wide range of industries, such as rocketry, oil and gas, petroleum, etc. A main property used to characterize the design of pumps is the specific speed, which relates the flow ... -
Development of Non-Spherical Platinum Catalyst with Functionalized Carbon Supports for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Energy conversion devices capable of zero-emission operation are needed to limit the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are well suited to address this need, as they can ... -
Development of a Distributed Model Predictive Controller for Over-Actuated Autonomous Vehicle Path Tracking
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-19)Widespread interest in the advancement of autonomous vehicle technology is motivated by multiple outstanding issues associated with vehicular travel despite the decades-long ubiquity of this mode of transportation. It is ... -
Flow Dynamics and Aeroacoustics of Flow-induced Vibration of Bluff Bodies
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-17)Flow-induced vibration (FIV), a common phenomenon of fluid-structure interaction (FSI), is found everywhere and at all scales in the applications of marine, civil, aeronautical, and power engineering. The study of FIV ... -
Cooperative Vehicle Perception and Localization Using Infrastructure-based Sensor Nodes
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-17)Reliable and accurate Perception and Localization (PL) are necessary for safe intelligent transportation systems. The current vehicle-based PL techniques in autonomous vehicles are vulnerable to occlusion and cluttering, ... -
Model Predictive Controller Weight Tuning and Real-Time Learning-Based Weight Selection
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-11)A variety of control systems with specific goals are designed and utilized in every vehicle system. Optimal performance of each of these control systems is essential to keep the vehicle in a safe and desirable driving ...
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