• Hybrid passive seismic mitigation devices for low-damage structures. 

  Ghahramanian Golzar, Farzin (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Earthquake ground motions impose a significant risk of damage on structures which can result in post-event repair and downtime costs, potential demolition and, in extreme cases, loss of life. These consequences can put an ...

• High rate signal processing schemes for correlated channels in 5G networks. 

  Dhakal, Sunil (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Fifth generation (5G) cellular networks must support dense user environments where close proximity users and their associated highly correlated channel vectors are prevalent. Therefore, this thesis considers a multi-user ...

• The development of ultra-high temperature experimental capabilities for the electrolytic extraction of titanium from New Zealand steel’s iron slag. 

  Hughes, Thomas George (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  While titanium exhibits excellent mechanical and corrosion resistant properties, its high price severely limits its applications. The inefficiency of the Kroll process, the predominant production method for titanium, has ...

• Enzymatic hydrolysis of office paper and newspaper to reducing sugars. 

  Lin, Sharon Siew Juang (University of Canterbury, 2005)

  Abundant lignocellulosic biomass from municipal solid waste (MSW) is comprised of 40 % waste paper, which can be utilised to produce bioethanol, a renewable energy resource to reduce fossil fuel use. Eventhough lignocellulosic ...

• Towards performance-based design of integrated foundation-superstructure systems. 

  Giorgini, Simona (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The nonlinear dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) can signifi cantly affect the seismic response of buildings, causing additional deformation modes, damage and repair costs. Because of nonlinear foundation ...

• Hyper-parameter and kernel optimization in support vector machines. 

  Yamada, Shinichi (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Support vector machines (SVMs) are capable of producing high quality solutions for many types of real-world classification problems. SVMs classify the data by selecting hyperplanes that provide the maximum margin between ...

• Coupling fluid temperature control and passive cavitation detection during skin sonoporation. 

  Robertson, Jeremy (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Skin sonoporation refers to the creation of aqueous pathways in the stratum corneum with ultrasound. The mechanism responsible for the permeability increase that arises from sonoporation is inertial cavitation – the formation ...

• Heartwood formation and the chemical basis of natural durability in Eucalyptus bosistoana. 

  Mishra, Gayatri (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative (NZDFI), aims to establish a sustainable natural durable timber industry in New Zealand. The natural durability of heartwood is highly variable within a species and lower at the ...

• Numerical modelling of an acoustically-driven bubble : the growth and collapse near a wall. 

  Boyd, Bradley (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The acoustically-driven collapse of a bubble results from the oscillating position of an ultrasound transducer face in a liquid medium. Existing fully-compressible models of bubble collapse have been applied to represent ...

• Dynamic cybersecurity modelling and analysis. 

  Enoch, Simon Yusuf (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  It is difficult to assess the security of modern networks, such as Cloud and software defined networks, because they are usually dynamic with configuration changes (e.g., changes in topology, firewall rules, etc). Graphical ...

• The use of 3D-printing in the study of chromatographic packed bed microstructures. 

  Nawada, Suhas H. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Liquid chromatographic separations are typically performed in cylindrical columns with a random packing of spherical beads. The emergence of additive manufacturing, or 3D-printing has meant that novel column geometries ...

• Spectrum monitoring in cognitive radio networks using error vector magnitude. 

  Nepal, Narayan (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The proliferation of new operators, innovative services and wireless technologies has caused radio spectrum resources to become scarce. This scarcity has led to the concept of cognitive radio (CR) communication. Spectrum ...

• 3D printing of porous polymeric materials for stationary phases of chromatography columns 

  Rezanavaz, Roya (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  The work described in this thesis focused on the creation of 3D printed chromatography columns using high internal phase emulsion polymer (polyHIPE) materials. The first step was to prepare and optimize a porous, polymeric ...

• A non-contact structural health monitoring method based on radio frequency signal analysis 

  Amies, Alexander Charles (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Structural health monitoring (SHM) is a group of technologies enabling the monitoring of structural motion during external loading. This loading is often caused by earthquakes. SHM provides understanding of the severity ...

• A stratified GIS-based model to identify optimal locations for establishing new permanent sample plots for Eucalyptus bosistoana and Eucalyptus globoidea in New Zealand 

  Le, Thai Son (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  As part of an effort to develop a forest industry based on durable hardwood eucalypts in New Zealand, the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative (NZDFI) have considered Eucalyptus bosistoana and Eucalyptus globoidea as two ...

• Growth and yield modelling for unthinned acacia mangium, acacia crassicarpa and eucalyptus pellita plantations in Indonesia 

  Isnaini, Hikmah Nur (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Several species, including Acacia crassicarpa (Sugesty, Kardiansyah, & Pratiwi, 2015) and Eucalyptus pellita (Lee, 2003) have been used as alternatives for Acacia mangium in Indonesia due to reductions in site quality in ...

• Electrochemical micromachining of aluminium for microfluidic devices 

  Baldhoff, Tobias (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Through-mask electrochemical micromachining (TMEMM) combines photolithographic masking with anodic metal dissolution and thus enables the mass fabrication of microfluidic devices made from metals. To achieve an even removal ...

• Seismic performance of suspended ceilings 

  Pourali Bejarbaneh, Atefeh (University of Canterbury, 2017)

  Non-structural elements (NSEs) have frequently proven to contribute to significant losses sustained from earthquakes in the form of damage, downtime, injury and death. In New Zealand (NZ), the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury ...

• Design optimisation of a fabricated waterjet transition duct. 

  Gostev, Denis V. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  Context ‒ One of the key elements of the waterjet system is the transition duct, which provides the key structural interface between the boat hull and the waterjet inlet and pump. There is a potential issue with inadequate ...

• Registration of synthetic aperture imagery using feature matching. 

  Wang, Victor T. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  An important application in sonar research is change detection, which is reliant on accurate alignment of repeat-pass images. Although less accurate than correlation-based methods, feature-based methods are gaining ...

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