Ce concours annuel de recherche entre les étudiants de la Faculté de génie démontre la recherche de pointe effectuée par les étudiants de cycle supérieur de la Faculté. Le concours offre aussi à l’industrie d’Ottawa et à toute la communauté un avant-goût de la prochaine génération de concepteurs, d’innovateurs, et d’entrepreneurs.
This annual research competition among the graduate students of the Faculty of Engineering demonstrates the cutting-edge research that the Faculty’s graduate students are conducting. The competition also gives Ottawa’s industry and community a sneak preview of the next generation of designers, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Ms. Rajwa Abdullah Al-harthi defending her Computer Science PhD Thesis entitled Recognizing Human Needs using Machine Learning-powered Psychology-Based Framework
Taking place: Monday January 27, 2020 from 13:00 until 16:00
Location: STE 1010
Thesis Supervisor:
Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
External Examiner:
Prof. Laurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier Univ.)
OCICS Examiners:
Prof. Hussein Al Osman (Univ. of Ottawa)
Prof. Peter Xiaoping Liu (Carleton Univ.)
As part of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Collaborative Training and Research Experience Program titled "Training in Optoelectronics for Power: From Science and Engineering to Technology" (NSERC CREATE TOP-SET) Seminar Series, Dr. Michael Ross, from Yukon College, will give a presentation titled "Challenges and research in northern & remote electric power". Join us at 2:15 p.m.
Ms. Aynsley Griffin defending her Civil Engineering MASc Thesis entitled Evaluation of Corrosion Detection Methods in Reinforced Concrete Structures
Taking place: Friday January 24, 2020 from 8:30 until 10:30
Location: STE 1010
Thesis Supervisors:
Prof. Beatriz Martin-Perez
Prof. Pouria Ghods
OCICE Examiners:
Prof. Gunay H. Burak (Carleton Univ.)
Prof. Leandro Sanchez (Univ. of Ottawa)
Defence Chairperson:
Prof. Roberto Narbaitz
Mr. Juan Sebastian Arteaga Falconi defending his Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Thesis entitled Towards an Accurate ECG Biometric Authentication System with Low Acquisition Time
Taking place: Monday January 20, 2020 from 9:00 until 11:30
Location: CBY C206
Thesis Supervisor:
Prof. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
External Examiner (participating via videoconference):
Prof. Ling Guan (Ryerson Univ.)
OCIECE Examiners:
Prof. Hussein Al Osman (Univ. of Ottawa)
Ms. Elham Kalantari defending her Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Thesis entitled Placement of Air and Ground Base Stations in Integrated Aerial and Terrestrial Wireless Cellular Networks
Taking place: Monday January 20, 2020 from 13:00 until 16:00
Location: CBY A707
Thesis Supervisors:
Prof. Abbas Yongacoglu
Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu
External Examiner:
Prof. Sameh Sorour (Queen’s Univ.)
OCIECE Examiners:
Prof. Claude D’Amours (Univ. of Ottawa)
Mr. Ahmad Ameen M. Alsaggaf defending his Civil Engineering PhD Thesis entitled ArcSPAT: An integrated BIM-GIS model for site layout planning
Taking place: Wednesday January 15, 2020 from 14:00 until 17:00
Location: STE 1010
Thesis Supervisor:
Prof. Ahmad Jrade
External Examiner:
Prof. Khaled El-Rayes (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Internal Examiners:
Prof. Hassan Aoude
Prof. Julio Angel Infante Sedano
Prof. Mamadou Fall
Mr. Md Mominul Haque defending his Civil Engineering PhD Thesis entitled Contributions to Water Resources Management in a Large Wetland in a Data-Scarce Region
Taking place: Monday January 13, 2020 from 10:00 until 13:00
Location: STE 2001
Thesis Supervisors:
Prof. Ousmane Seidou
Prof. Majid Mohammadian
External Examiner:
Prof. Musandji Fuamba (Ecole polytechnique de Montréal)
Internal Examiners:
Prof. Bahram Daneshfar
Prof. Colin Rennie
Mr. Owen Alfred Melville defending his Chemical Engineering PhD Thesis entitled Thermally Evaporated Silicon Phthalocyanine and Thioxanthene Benzanthrone Based Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Taking place: Monday January 13, 2020 from 8:30 until 11:15
Location: VNR 1050
Thesis Supervisor:
Prof. Benoît Lessard
External Examiner:
Prof. Yvan Bonnassieux (Ecole polytechnique)
Internal Examiners:
Prof. Xudong Cao