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The Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering curriculum provides a solid foundation in the basic engineering sciences of solid mechanics and dynamics, materials engineering, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. Building on this foundation are courses key to the discipline of mechanical engineering including machine design, manufacturing methods, and instrumentation and control.
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The Role of Cooling Rate on Microstructure in Sand-Cast Aluminum A205
Modern aerospace castings consist of highly complex geometries that require solidification simulations to optimize fill pathways so to control the thermal evolution and thus microstructure during solidification. Accurate ... -
Development and Design of BrailleBunny: a Device for Braille Literacy Education
Braille is crucial for social and economic opportunity and has been linked to higher rates of employment, education, financial self-sufficiency, and self-esteem. Braille literacy is decreasing, and the National Federation ... -
Substructuring verification of a rear fuselage mounted twin-engine aircraft
(Elsevier BV, 2019-10-01)Dynamic substructuring allows for the reduction of large complex structures into substructures to increase computational efficiency and to isolate the local dynamic behaviors of concern. However, errors such as truncation, ... -
Phase transformation and microstructural changes during the hydriding and aging processes in dual phase Zr alloy
(Elsevier BV, 2019-06-01)The Zr-2.5 wt%Nb alloy was studied in order to elucidate phase transformations and the distribution/redistribution of hydrogen. The study focuses on understanding the stability of the ZrH system; surface hydride formation ... -
Study of Back-Stress and Void Damage in Dual Phase Steels Subjected to In-Plane Shear
The objective of this thesis is two-fold: to study the relationship between microstructural parameters and the work hardening and back-stress that develops in dual-phase (DP) steels using an in-plane shear test, and to use ... -
Two muscles are better than one: Co-contraction engages antagonistic muscles in response to perturbation
Co-contraction is a common strategy when performing difficult or unstable motor tasks. For example, we co-contract muscles of the arm when generating downward force to turn a screw and co-contract muscles of the leg when ... -
Altering Compliance of a Load Carriage Structure in the Medial-Lateral Direction
For work or recreation, many individuals transport heavy loads within a backpack. Carrying substantial weight while walking typically causes an increase in muscle activity, metabolic energy expenditure, and increases ... -
Non-Invasive IntraOcular Pressure Monitoring with Contact Lens
(2019)Background: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world and the first leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Currently the primary methodology of testing for the intraocular pressure (IOP) is during ... -
Numerical and experimental study of an improved method for prediction of snow melting and snow sliding from photovoltaic panels
(Elsevier, 2019-07-25)Snow accumulation on photovoltaic panels can significantly decrease the output power generated by the PV systems. One approach to this problem is to heat the panels. Although several numerical models have been proposed to ... -
Multi-Stage Electrolysis for Reduction of Electricity Consumption in Hydrogen Production
A novel approach to perform electrolysis in stages is developed for reducing the share of electric work in the process and replacing the same with thermal energy. The study is divided into two parts, the first part is a ... -
Simulations and validation of an axial-flow pit turbine
The geometric design of an axial-flow pit-turbine is essential as flow separation will decrease turbine efficiency. In this thesis, steady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations were conducted with a two-equation ... -
Vibroacoustic Analysis and Optimization of an Aft-Fuselage Mounted Twin-Engine Aircraft
Aft-fuselage mounted twin-engine style aircraft dominate the business jet industry. This aircraft provides a decreased transmission path for structure-borne engine vibrations when compared to wing-mounted aircraft found ... -
Development of Large-Scale Particle Tracking Velocimetry: A Comparison Between 2D and 3D Techniques
This study compares the three-dimensional version of a previously proposed large-scale particle tracking velocimetry (LS-PTV) measurement system with a simpler, less computationally expensive, two-dimensional version for ... -
Separated Flows Over Non-slender Delta Wings
Wings with sweep are ubiquitous for engineering applications, and are observed in biology for swimmers and fliers alike. In particular, delta wings have wide ranging applicability arising from their low speed maneuvering ... -
Electrification of home heating in Ontario with the air-source heat pump
Home heating is the primary energy end-use in Ontario homes. Consequently, it is also the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector, particularly because most homes in Ontario use fossil fuels ... -
Electromagnetically Navigated Forearm Fracture Plating
Electromagnetic (EM) tracking is currently a feasible tracking modality to navigated surgical operations on delicate bone structures, but how accurate and consistent could the navigation be in the case of forearm fracture ... -
Cohesive dry ECG sensor using silver nanowires and PDMS tuned for adhesion
(2019-03-05)A technique is exploited to develop a dry ECG sensor using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with enhanced adhesion to skin. The sensor consists of silver nanowires (AgNWs) embedded in PDMS. The adhesive solution presented is a ... -
Multi-Material and Multi-Joint Topology Optimization of 3D Structures
In recent years, topology optimization has become a popular tool in automotive, aerospace and defense industries to generate novel clean slate designs. The most modern of these tools is multi-material topology optimization ... -
Characterization of Strain Rate Sensitivity, Plastic Anisotropy, and Dislocation Content in Zircaloy-2
Zirconium alloys are used broadly throughout the nuclear industry due to a combination of its mechanical properties, low neutron absorption cross section, and resistance to corrosion. Understanding the process of plastic ... -
Mode I Fracture Testing on Zirconium Foils Under Plane-stress Condition
Zirconium alloys are commonly used in nuclear reactor in-core components due to their good mechanical properties and low neutron-absorption cross-section. Especially for CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactors, zirconium ...
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