• Microscale Tissue Engineering for the Study and Treatment of Diabetes 

  Yu, Yang (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-12-12)

  Islet transplantation is a promising approach to the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes. However, a major clinical challenge is inefficient survival and engraftment of the transplanted material. This has been associated ...

• CFD simulation of Smooth and Rough NACA 0012 Airfoils at low Reynolds number 

  Li, Yunjian (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-12-11)

  The objective of this study is to investigate the accuracy of turbulence model prediction in the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of airfoil aerodynamic performance with and without roughness. It is very important to ...

• A Study on Pile Setup of Driven Steel Pipe in Edmonton Till 

  Ni, Jiachen (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-12-12)

  As one of the major deep foundation types, driven steel pile (DSP) is widely used in all construction projects in Canada. Especially in rural northern Alberta areas where concrete supply is not accessible in a cost-effective ...

• Post-Somalia Reform in the Canadian Armed Forces: Leadership, Education, and Professional Development 

  Domansky, Katie (Arts, University of Calgary, 2018-12-10)

  After the “Somalia Affair” of the early 1990s, a government investigation concluded that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) had become dysfunctional as a professional military force and needed to be comprehensively reformed. ...

• Predictive Analysis and Recommendation for Managing Risk and Avoiding Hazard in Chemical and Oil & Gas Industrial Infrastructures 

  Polat, Serhan (Science, University of Calgary, 2018-12-07)

  Chemical processing industrial infrastructures such as oil & gas plants are operated with the risk of hazardous events which may lead to casualties, economic and/or environmental consequences. Fortunately, a variety of ...

• Running Pattern Recognition in a Comfortable and an Uncomfortable Shoe Condition 

  Manz, Sabina (Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2018-12-07)

  The diverse development of running shoes has mostly been driven by three functional factors: reducing injury risk, increasing performance, and increasing perceived comfort. The few studies that focused on comfort provide ...

• Feasibility Study of a Radial Turbine for a Solar Chimney Power Plant 

  Caicedo Flores, Paul Vinicio (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-12-07)

  Solar Chimney Power Plants (SCPPs) use solar radiation to increase the temperature of the air creating an airflow which is used to drive one or more turbines. Only one large-scale prototype has been built in Manzanares, ...

• Guidelines for Developing Low Frequency Model Equivalents in Emerging Electrical Grids 

  Al-Eryani, Sameh Mohammed Anas (Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018-12-06)

  Dynamic model equivalents of power systems is an ongoing topic that continues to be relevant despite computing power advancements. Today's electrical grids are going through significant changes. The integration and ...

• Ir-core Pt-shell Nanoparticles for the Electro-oxidation of Ethanol 

  Slaby, Jachym (Science, University of Calgary, 2018-12-06)

  This work was conducted in order to establish the behavior of Ir@Pt core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) during the catalysis of the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR). Ir@Pt catalysts with < 1 monolayer of the Pt shell were ...

• Lower Extremity Muscle Activation Following a Previous Knee Injury: Implications for Post-Traumatic Knee Osteoarthritis 

  Mohr, Maurice (Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2018-12-05)

  Individuals who sustain an intra-articular knee injury are at a high risk of developing post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis (PTOA) 10-20 years later. Compensatory activation patterns of knee muscles in response to the trauma ...

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