The following is the list of topics chosen by the fourth year Systems Design Engineering students for their final year workshop project.
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Alignment of information technology strategy and planning with corporate strategy
Supervisor: Professor David Dilts
Group: Rajesh Gokhale -
An integrative \study of quality
Supervisor: professor David Dilts
Group: Thanh-My Dang, and Dragana Beara -
Controlling room comfort with electric heaters
Supervisor: professor R. A. Fraser
Group: Alan Ritchie -
Development of a quality management system for use in International Organization for Standards (ISO) 9000 applications.
Supervisor: professor Savage
Group: Mark Wilson -
Design of fuzzy logic control system for a remote controlled vehicle
Supervisor: professor David Wong (E&CE)
Group: Brian Brown, Ray Carby, Jarek Niedbala, Rudy Virani -
Improving bicycle energy utilization
Supervisor: professor R. A. Fraser (Mechanical)
Group: Andrew Tay -
Design and implementation of a 3 Dimensional (3D) flame imaging system
Supervisor: professor R. A. Fraser (Mechanical)
Group: Peter Spindloe -
A expert system Geographic Information System (GIS) for environmental assessment/planning in developing countries
Supervisor: Professor Paul H. Calamai
Group: Steve Edgett -
Assistive motion picture captioning system for theatre patrons with hearing impairments
Supervisor: professor W. Adrian, Optometry, Jan Uhde, Fine Arts (Film Studies)
Group: Andrew Sloss -
Database Inventory Management Enterprise System (D.I.M.E.S.)
Supervisor: professor R.G. Vickson., Dept. of Management Sciences
Group: Salim Dhanji, Ryan Kari -
Predicting floods - a simulation exercise in object-oriented programming.
Supervisor: professor Ponnambalam
Group: Natalie Proctor -
Integrating groupware concepts into Encarta.
Supervisor: prof Tom Carey
Group: Terry Woo -
An algorithm for locating zones and analyzing their image quality in grayscale documents
Supervisor: prof Kamel, Ray Higgins (AT&T), and Slawomir Wesolkowskir (AT&T)
Group: A. J. Rajendra, M. N. Rezvani, C. Shanmuganathan -
Design of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for fast and accurate numeral recognition
Supervisor: prof Kamel, K. Hassanian (AT&T)
Group: T. A. Lee, R. W. Wong -
Guidelines for the design of pointing devices to reduce the risks of cumulative trauma disorders in right handed Visual Display Terminal (VDT) users: a biomechanical analysis
Supervisor: prof Richard Wells, Kinesiology
Group: Dan Lisogurski, Darren Matthews -
Design of a continuously variable transmission for a bicycle
Supervisor: prof Lambert (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Group: Matthew Brett -
MetaMedia project
Supervisor: prof Michael McCool
Group: Ian Wong, Bart Millar, Kris Jubandhu -
Investigation of strange air flows at Kitchener City Hall
Supervisor: prof Roydon Fraser (Mech. Engineering) and Chris Ford (City Hall)
Group: Sabena Butt -
Surface water quality monitoring
Supervisor: prof Ponnambalam
Group: Rachel MacKay -
Life cycle analysis
Supervisor: prof Ponnambalam
Group: Jason Payne -
Investigation of the visual acuity and its dependency on contract and observation time at two background luminance levels
Supervisor: prof W. Adrian, Department of Optometry
Group: May Chu, Ada Chow -
User-centred design for a navigation system
Supervisor: prof Fran Allard, Kiniesiology
Group: Wayne Ho, Mike Zuliani -
Designing a test facility for flexible multi-bodied robotic manipulators.
Supervisor: prof. John McPhee, Prof. Glenn Heppler, Grad Student Lawrence Chan
Group: Scott Brookes, David Lovekin, Ed Volcic -
Immagineering contest sponsored by Walt Disney World
Supervisor(s): prof Chandrashakar (Sept to Jan), Prof Greg Wall (Sept to May)
Group: Astra Wong -
Optimal staffing of a medical clinic under random arrivals and departures
Supervisor(s): prof Ponnambalam
Group: Shabina Ahmed -
Sensitivity of risk analysis - an examination of risk from an environmental perspective
Supervisor(s): prof Johnathon Sykes - civil eng.
Group: Mark Rechsteiner -
Biogas implementation using GIS
Supervisor(s): Prof Chandrashekar
Group: Paul Chun -
Life cycle assessment of automobile fuels in Canada
Supervisor(s): internal: prof. Ponnambalam, external: Rob Macintosh, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Group: Marlo Raynolds -
Education on the Internet
Supervisor(s): Dr. Carolyn MacGreggor
Group: Judith Innes, Alison Davidson -
Career services totally re-engineered on the net (CaSeTRON)
Supervisor(s): Dr. Kish Hahn
Group: Sohail Ahmed ,Raj Sadaranganey -
Improvements to systems design course SD161
Supervisor(s): Dr. Chandrashekar, Dave Swan
Group: L Dusseault -
Multi-robot graphical simulation on a silicon graphics platform
Supervisor(s): Dr. Rene Mayorga
Group: John Fletcher, Mauro Forcolin -
Enhancement of retinal images degraded by cataract
Supervisor(s): Prof. Ed Jernigan
Group: Janine Georgijev, Rahim Pira -
Wireless communications
Supervisor(s): prof. Zhuang (Electrical Engineering)
Group: Shamsha, and K Pangnathip -
World Wide Web (WWW) Librarian Project
Supervisor(s): Prof. Paul H. Calamai
Group: Chris McLaren, Chris Toth -
The project mapper
Supervisor(s): Prof. Debbi Stacey
Group: Peter Roschke -
Application of Contact Sensors to High Speed Document Scanning
Supervisor(s): Prof. Arokia Nathan, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Eric C. Pearson M.A.Sc., Head of R & D department at Focus Automation Systems Inc.,
Group: Mario Ivanic -
The Design of an Engineering Admissions Database
Supervisor(s): Prof. Ed Jernigan
Group: Ian Lancelotte -
Ergonomics
Supervisor(s): Gail Newton, Health and Safety, Walker Exhaust
Group: Jason Gawel, Doug McGuire, Amy McCleverty -
Business Management System
Supervisor(s): Grant Weddell of Computer Science
Group: Altaf Jetha and Iqbal Kassamali -
A Portable, Flexible, and Robust Database Application Programming Interface (API)
Supervisor(s): Prof. Otman Basir
Group: Paul Newson -
Cantilever beam oscillation dampening using a movable mass
Supervisor(s): prof. G.R.Heppler, M.F. Golnaraghi
Group: Kevin R. Wright