Events

A systems design engineer’s view of rail as a complex socio-technical system: Lessons from Australia

Waterloo students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive in-person Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumni Roy Unny (BASc ’93 MASc ’96, Systems Design Engineering), a leader in transport and infrastructure based in Melbourne, Australia.  

Join the Centre for Society, Technology and Values for a FREE movie screening (+ free popcorn!) of Rossum’s Universal Robots in E5-6006.

Join Ekaterina Durmanova for a master's seminar titled: "The Effects of Juicy Game Design on Exergames" on November 16, 2022, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am in the Games Institute (EC1) Presentation Room

Abstract

Visual embellishments (VEs) have been increasingly included in most modern video games and in various digital applications. One aspect of these graphical inclusions is called Juicy game design.

Please join us on Thursday, November 17, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in E7-7363 (Faculty Hall) for Dr. Alaaeldin Ahmed’s seminar on “Noise-Aware Sensors”. Dr. Ahmed is a post-doctoral fellow currently working with Professor Abdel-Rahman.

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Intrinsic noise processes impose fundamental limitations upon the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of MEMS & NEMS sensors.

Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour with Waterloo Engineering alumna Parisa Golchoubian (MASc 2017, Systems Design Engineering), founder of Artistech and Artterra, as she shares tips and advice on the passion and values needed to start a company.

The Department of Systems Design Engineering invites all community members to the SYDE-BME Coffee House! This event is an evening of food and drink with special performances by SYDE-BME students, faculty and staff. 

Want to showcase your skill or talent? Complete the performance sign-up form by November 22. 

Join the Centre for Society, Technology and Values for a FREE movie screening (+ free popcorn!) of Surviving Progress in E5-6006.

Abstract

Self-powered, flexible, and uncooled mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) detectors based on photothermoelectric (PTE) mechanism are promising in the next-generation wearable Internet of Things (IoT). The photovoltage of PTE detectors is controlled by the Seebeck coefficient and temperature difference under local or global illumination. Previous PTE detectors show a less outstanding performance enhancement, and rare papers report their potential applications.

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Muscle Torque Generators (MTGs) have been developed as an alternative to muscle-force models, reducing the complexity of muscle-force models to a single torque at the joint. Current MTGs can only be applied to single Degree of Freedom (DOF) joints, leading to complications in modeling joints such as the shoulder. Therefore, this project aimed to develop, for the first time, an MTG model that accounts for the coupling between 2 DOF at the shoulder joint.

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Coherent structures (CS), i.e., regions of flowing fluid that exhibit significant spatio-temporal coherence, have long been observed in turbulent fluid flow. These CS offer an opportunity to gain insights on fluid behaviour by bypassing the non-linear complexities associated with turbulent flows. Historically, the identification of CS in turbulent flows has involved using manual thresholds to label regions of interest.