Thesis defence

Thursday, July 28, 2016 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Jiheng Wang

Candidate

Jiheng Wang

Title

Perceptual Quality-of-Experience of Stereoscopic 3D Images and Videos

Supervisor

Zhou Wang

Friday, July 29, 2016 9:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Ebrahim Moradi Shahrivar

Candidate

Ebrahim Moradi Shahrivar

Title

Strategic and Stochastic Approaches to Modeling the Structure of Multi-Layer and Interdependent Networks

Supervisors

Shreyas Sundaram (Adjunct) and Mahesh Tripunitara

Friday, July 29, 2016 9:30 am - 9:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Zuher Alnasir

Candidate

Zuher Alnasir

Title

A Small-Scale Standalone Wind Energy Conversion System Featuring SCIG, CSI and a Novel Storage Integration Scheme

Supervisor

Mehrdad Kazerani

Friday, July 22, 2016 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Yousef Mahmoud

Candidate

Yousef Mahmoud

Title

Enhancing the Modeling and Efficiency of Photovoltaic Systems

Supervisor

Ehab El-Saadany

Abstract

Solar energy is a strong contender among the sustainable alternatives that offer practical potential for replacing increasingly depleted fossil fuels and supplying the world’s growing energy demands. However, despite its sustainability, the spread of its use has been limited due to the high costs arising from its inadequate efficiency.

Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Ruifeng Yang

Candidate

Ruifeng Yang

Title

Energy Harvesting in Flexible and Semi-transparent Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

Supervisor

Andrei Sazonov

Abstract

The goal of this study is to design, characterize, and fabricate cheap and efficient hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) photovoltaic (PV) modules, and semi-transparent solar cells on transparent plastic substrates for energy harvesting applications. The cells are deposited on thin flexible plastics at low temperature (120-150 °C).

Monday, July 11, 2016 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Celal Con

Candidate

Celal Con

Title

Nanolithography on irregular surfaces and self-assembly of metal salt-polymer nanomaterials

Supervisor

Bo Cui

Abstract

This thesis is focused on fabrication of high aspect ratio nanostructures on non-planar surfaces using evaporated electron beam resist (Part I), and a novel fabrication methods of high resolution surface nanostructures using metal salt: polymer nanocomposites self-assembly (Part II).

Monday, July 4, 2016 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Mohammad Hamdaqa

Candidate

Mohammad Hamdaqa

Title

An Integrated Modeling Framework for Managing the Deployment and Operation of Cloud Applications

Supervisor

Ladan Tahvildari

Monday, June 27, 2016 10:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Minoli Pathirane

Candidate

Minoli Pathirane

Title

Flexible 3-Dimensional Hybrid ZnO Nanowire/A-Si:H Thin-Film Solar Cells

Supervisor

William Wong