Monday 9 November 2015 TIME: 10:30 Am

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SENATE GRADUATE & RESEARCH COUNCIL NOTICE OF MEETING

DATE: Monday 9 November 2015 TIME: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon PLACE: Needles Hall, Room 3001

AGENDA Item Action

1. Amendment to Standard Language Included on Course Syllabi* (Amanda McKenzie) SEN-consent

2. Renewal of Senate-approved Centres and Institutes a. Institute for Polymer Research* (Jean Duhamel) Decision (SGRC) b. Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology* (Susan Tighe) Decision (SGRC) c. The Games Institute* (Neil Randall) Decision (SGRC)

3. Declarations of Conflict of Interest Information a. Excerpt from Bylaw 1, section 8* Information 4. Co-chairs’ Remarks

5. Minutes of 5 October 2015* and Business Arising Decision (SGRC) a. Hira and Kamal Ahuja Graduate Engineering Award and manner of assessing Information cultural contributions (Hildebrandt)

6. Curricular Submissions a. Arts*…………………………………………………………….. E(i) SEN-regular Rest: Decision (SGRC)

b. Engineering*…………………………………………………….. Decision (SGRC)

c. Mathematics*…………………………………………………… I,II Decision (SGRC)

7. New and Continuing Memberships (Nummelin) a. Human Research Ethics Committee, Re-appointment* Decision (SGRC)

8. Graduate Studies Office (Hildebrandt) a. English Language Proficiency* SEN-regular b. Enrolment and Time Limits* SEN-regular c. Graduate Studies Academic Calendar – Course Drop/Add date* SEN-consent

9. Graduate Awards* (Hildebrandt) a. African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Entrance Scholarship – Decision (SGRC) Faculty of Mathematics operating funds b. Iron Ring Graduate Scholarship – endowment Information c. Xerox Research Scholarship in Polymer Science and Engineering – Information endowment d. Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Doctoral Entrance Scholarship – Information operating e. Special Graduate Scholarship - operating Information

10. Augmented Two-Year Report – Management Sciences* SEN-consent

11. 2016-17 Calendar of Dates* (Ray Darling, 11:30 a.m.) SEN-regular

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12. Other Business

13. Next Meeting: Monday 7 December 2015 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon in NH 3001

* material attached ** to be distributed separately

“SGRC” to be approved on behalf of Senate “SEN” to be recommended to Senate for approval

5 November 2015 Mike Grivicic Assistant University Secretary

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 2 of 339 Amendment to Standard Language Included on Course Syllabi

Motion: To recommend that Senate amend the standard language included in course syllabi as presented.

Demonstrating amendments to current language (note: strikethrough = deleted text, underline = new text)

Turnitin.com: Plagiarism detection software Text matching software (Turnitin®) will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to verify that use of all material and sources in assignments is documented. In the first week of the term, details will be provided about the arrangements for the use of Turnitin in this course. Note: students must be given a reasonable option if they do not want to have their assignment screened by Turnitin. See: http://uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/Turnitin/index.html https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/guidelines-instructors for more information.

New language incorporating amendments

Turnitin.com: Text matching software (Turnitin®) will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to verify that use of all material and sources in assignments is documented. In the first week of the term, details will be provided about the arrangements for the use of Turnitin in this course. Note: students must be given a reasonable option if they do not want to have their assignment screened by Turnitin. See: https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/guidelines-instructors for more information.

Rationale: This amendment will continue to increase awareness of Turnitin’s capabilities, and rebrand it as an educational tool rather than a punitive one. The initiative to better educate people on how to interpret originality reports in Turnitin has grown to revising our current guidelines on this software as well as creating student guidelines (which previously did not exist).

The working group has created guidelines and quick guides for both students and instructors and these documents have been developed with input from key stakeholders (FEDS, GSA, CTE, IST). The guidelines are attached to this submission for information.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 3 of 339 Guidelines for Students on How to Use Turnitin®

What is Turnitin®? Turnitin® is a text matching tool that works by comparing your written assignment with a database of web pages, academic books and articles, as well as other students’ papers. After comparing your assignment to the database, Turnitin® generates a similarity index and an originality report for your submission. The similarity index indicates how much of your writing matches writing from previously existing sources. The originality report highlights all phrases that match the text in an existing source and provides links to those sources.

How Turnitin® Is Used in Courses at UWaterloo If your instructor is using Turnitin®, they must include the following statement on your course outline:

Turnitin.com: Text matching software (Turnitin®) will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to verify that use of all materials and sources in assignments is documented. Students will be given an option if they do not want to have their assignment screened by Turnitin®. In the first week of the term, details will be provided about arrangements and alternatives for the use of Turnitin® in this course.

Note: students must be given a reasonable option if they do not want to have their assignment screened by Turnitin. See: https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/guidelines-instructors for more information.

Submitted files are housed on the Turnitin® server based in California, and these files are subject to the USA PATRIOT ACT, 2001. Therefore, if you have concerns about your privacy and or security, you may opt out of using this software and choose another alternative with your instructor. If you do not wish to use this software, please contact your instructor as soon as possible, and discuss an alternative within the first week of the term.

In addition to residing on the U.S. server, files are kept on our UWaterloo server, and your submissions are added to a pool of UWaterloo documents, but they are not accessible to others as part the general Turnitin® database.

According to Turnitin®, "The TURNITIN system makes a ‘fingerprint’ of the work. This is merely a digital code that relays the fact that certain pre-defined content is present in the work. The ‘fingerprint’ does not include any of the work's actual contents, and is therefore neither a copy nor a true derivative of the original text." (Canadian Legal PDF, 2015, pg. 1) Therefore, it is not possible for another party to print and profit from your intellectual property. Visit the Turnitin® website for more information on its Canadian legal policies.

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Turnitin® dropboxes can be configured so that only the instructor views the analysis of the submission (i.e., the originality report – see below) or it can be configured so that you can submit and see the analysis (i.e., the originality report) of your work.

Turnitin® as a Text Matching Tool Your instructor can use Turnitin® in order to look at whether or not the work that you submit matches the work of others. Your instructor will evaluate the originality report in order to assess whether the work is original. Any instances of suspected plagiarism are sent to the Associate Dean, Undergraduate or Graduate Studies for review.

Turnitin® as an Educational Tool Your instructor can also use Turnitin® as an educational tool to help you understand the proper conventions for referencing work that is not your own. If your instructor is using Turnitin® as an educational tool, he or she will provide you with an opportunity to view the Turnitin® originality report for your draft and then correct any problems before you submit your final version for grading.

How to submit to the Turnitin® Dropbox From the Assessment tab on the course navigation bar, click the link to the dropbox. Select the Turnitin® dropbox. Click the “Add a File” button in order to submit your draft, then click “Upload” to browse and select the draft that you are submitting. Once you see your file name in the window select “Add”. You will receive an email confirmation receipt if your submission was successful. Keep all email confirmation receipts until the course is over, as proof of submission.

Once you submit your draft to the dropbox it might take some time (i.e., usually minutes, but, in some cases, a day or more) to receive the Turnitin® originality report. You’ll need to give yourself time to interpret the report and then make any necessary adjustments before submitting your final paper for grading.

Once you upload your assignment to the Turnitin® dropbox, you will see a note at the bottom of that page directing you to the Submission History page to view the originality report.

Click on the “View History” button to go to the Submission History page.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 5 of 339 Please note:  The Turnitin® dropbox will allow you to submit one draft only.  The dropbox is to be used only for your submission of the draft of the assignment in question (i.e., no other assignment).  The originality report for your draft assignment will not be reviewed by your instructor or TA: it is for your use only. Unless your instructor tells you otherwise, the draft that you submit to the Turnitin® dropbox will not be graded.  Only content related to the course may be submitted to the Turnitin® dropbox. Materials for use in other courses are not to be submitted. Unauthorized submissions will be treated as a breach of academic integrity.

Interpreting the Turnitin® Similarity Index and Originality Report

Similarity Index Once your submission has been scanned and compared to the Turnitin® databases, a similarity index will appear in the dropbox. Click on the coloured square beside the percentage to access the originality report.

The similarity index is a measure of the similarity between your work and work found on websites, electronic journals and others’ work that has been stored on the UWaterloo’s Turnitin® database. In other words, the similarity index shows how much of the submission was not original. The similarity index percentage represents the number of phrases that the program finds in common with database content and divides that number by the total number of words in the file. If, for example, the overall similarity index for a submission is 10%, then 10% of the document can be matched to sequences of phrases in the database. These words may be in one passage or may be in several, separate passages.

A lower percentage rating indicates that most of the content is original and a higher percentage rating indicates that much or all of the content matches content found in other sources and requires further investigation. The percentage ranges are associated with colours, as follows:

Blue: >= 0 and < 20% Green: >= 20 and < 40% Yellow: >= 40 and < 60% Orange: >= 60 and < 80% Red: >= 80 and <= 100% Prepared by the Office of Academic Integrity, in collaboration with UWaterloo's Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE), and Centre for Extended Learning (CEL), August, 2015.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 6 of 339 Note that there is no “safe” colour or percentage: no percentage or colour in the originality report can fully evaluate whether text has been plagiarized.

For example, Turnitin® will identify direct quotations as matched text and this will be reflected in the similarity index score. However, as long as those quotations are properly cited, plagiarism has not occurred. Rather than focusing solely on the percentage, go through your paper and look at the highlighted sections. Those are where some revisions may need to be done. When evaluating your draft, check to see if the matched text in an assignment is the result of phrases or terms that are commonly used. Also, look at how you have paraphrased others’ works, and check to make sure that you cite your sources in the body of your assignment. Along with the identification of matched text, Turnitin® provides a link to the original source of that matched text as well as the option to view the original source in full. This enables instructors to evaluate the quality of your sources.

The Originality Report The Turnitin® originality report highlights and colour-codes unoriginal content in your paper. The originality report can help you identify where you might have unintentionally used poor paraphrasing when summarizing information from another source.

You can view the originality report from the Folder Submissions page. Click the coloured section beside the percentage rating to view the associated originality report. After taking a close look at the highlighted sections, you can make a decision about which parts need to be re-written and which parts are referenced accurately.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 7 of 339 This is an example of an originality report (click on the image below to open an instructional video).

How can Turnitin® help me? Turnitin® can help promote scholarly writing which requires appropriate referencing, so that others can determine which ideas are your own, and which ideas were originally created by others. Appropriate referencing is also important as it allows your reader to know where your sources came from and to be able to find them.

In many cases of academic misconduct, students have unintentionally plagiarized due to lack of knowledge or skill in appropriate writing and referencing for scholarly assignments. Writing is a challenging skill that needs to be practiced. If you are unsure of your skills, additional help is available from your instructor, TA, academic advisor, the Student Success Office, or The Writing Centre.

For More Information If you need help interpreting the originality report you can refer to these resources:

 http://Turnitin®.com/en_us/features/originalitycheck.  https://guides.turnitin.com/?title=01_Manuals_%26_Guides/Student/Student_User_Manual  http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/StudentLife/Learning/SkillsCumbria/DigitalLearning/Turnitin.aspx

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 8 of 339 If you need help with paraphrasing or other writing skills, you can seek help from the Writing Centre https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-centre/

 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/02/  http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&pageid=icb.page350378  http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/paraphrase

 Emerson, L., Rees, M. & MacKay, B. (2005). Scaffolding academic integrity: Creating a learning context for teaching referencing skills. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a) 12–24.  Goddard, R. & Rudzki, R. (2005). Using an electronic text-matching tool (Turnitin®) to detect plagiarism in a New Zealand university. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2(3a) 58–63.  Johnson, A. & Clerehan, R. (2005). A rheme of one’s own: How ‘original’ do we expect students to be? Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a) 37–47.incidences  Ledwith, A. & Risquez, A. (2008). Using anti-plagiarism software to promote academic honesty in the context of peer reviewed assignments. Studies in Higher Education 33 (4) 371–384.  McGowan, U. (2005). Academic Integrity: An awareness and development issue for students and staff. 2(3), 48-57.  Sutherland-Smith, W. & Carr, R. (2005). Turnitin®.com: Teachers’ perspectives of anti-plagiarism software in raising issues of educational integrity. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3b) 94–101.  Turnitin®. Canadian Legal PDF (2015). http://pages.turnitin.com/rs/iparadigms/images/canadian_legal.pdf  University of Waterloo Turnitin® Pilot Results (2008) unpublished.  Whittle, S.R. & Murdoch-Eaton, D.G. (2008). Learning about plagiarism using Turnitin® detection software. Med Educ. 42(5) 528–528.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 9 of 339 Turnitin® Guidelines for Instructors

What is Turnitin® and how does it work? Turnitin® is a text matching tool that is commonly used to detect plagiarism, but it can also be integrated into course activities as an educational tool to help students understand the proper use of quotation marks, how to cite sources properly, and how to paraphrase.

When students submit their assignment to the Turnitin® dropbox in LEARN, the text in each student’s submission is compared to a large database of other students’ submissions that have been collected through Turnitin® from many institutions and to textual material located on the web (for example, websites, electronic documents, and ejournals).

These files are housed on the Turnitin® server based in California and on our local LEARN server. Students’ submissions are added to a private pool of UWaterloo documents, therefore they are not accessible to others for comparison as part of the general Turnitin® database.

After comparing the submission to the database, Turnitin® generates a similarity index and an originality report. The similarity index indicates how much of the writing matches writing from previously existing sources. The originality report highlights all phrases that match the text in an existing source and provides links to those sources. The originality report can be used to help instructors evaluate the students’ use of unoriginal content and they can be used to help students understand the proper use of quotation marks, how to cite sources properly, and how to paraphrase.

As scholars in our own disciplines, we know that we need to acknowledge the ideas we build on from others; this is an important scholarly activity. It is important for instructors to recognize that not all students have received appropriate training or adequate practice in scholarly writing skills and that there are some discipline specific differences in scholarly writing conventions (e.g., the use of quotations).

Using Turnitin® in your course On the course outline, you must inform students that Turnitin® will be used in the course. You should also state how Turnitin® is being used in your course (i.e., as an educational tool and/or to uncover plagiarism).

You must also provide students with an alternative to Turnitin®. Because students’ submissions are stored on a U.S. server they are subject to the USA PATRIOT ACT, 2001; therefore, you must give students an alternative (e.g., scaffolded assignment or annotated bibliography) in order to protect their privacy and security. *Please be aware that your name as a course instructor, if it is included in a submission, will also be retained on the server and subject to U.S. law.

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In addition, the following statement must appear in your course outline if you are using Turnitin® in your course:

Ensure that your teaching assistants (TA) review these guidelines and understand the use of Turnitin® in your course. Teaching assistants may bring issues of concern to the course instructor and Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies; however, an incidence of plagiarism should be determined by the Associate Dean and not the TA.

To use Turnitin® as a text matching tool To use the Turnitin® originality report to help uncover plagiarism, you must contact the LEARN support team to have Turnitin® dropboxes added to your course. The team will adjust your course settings to make these dropboxes available.

To use Turnitin® as a text matching tool and as an educational tool To use Turnitin® as a text matching tool as well as an educational tool, you must contact the LEARN support team to have Turnitin® dropboxes added to your course. The LEARN team will set up a dropbox for the assignment. Students will be able to see the Turnitin® originality report for their draft through the dropbox then make changes before submitting their final version to the dropox.

The following practices are recommended for using Turnitin® as an educational tool:

 For each assignment, limit students to one draft submission and one final submission.

 Advise students to submit their draft early so that they have time to interpret the originality report and make the necessary changes to their draft before the assignment is due.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 11 of 339  The Turnitin® dropbox is to be used only for their submission of their draft of that assignment (i.e., no other assignment).

 The draft assignment will not be graded.

 The originality report for the draft assignment will not be reviewed by the instructor or TA: it is for the student’s use only.

 Only content related to the course may be submitted to the Turnitin® dropbox. Materials for use in other courses are not to be submitted. Unauthorized submissions will be treated as a breach of academic integrity.

For further information on interpreting the originality report refer to the instructor’s training: http://turnitin.com/en_us/training/instructor-training/viewing-originality-reports

To ensure that students are taught how to interpret the originality report refer them to the student training video: http://turnitin.com/en_us/training/student-training/viewing-originality- reports and have a discussion about how to review the results.

Preparing Students for Turnitin® Provide a rationale for the use of the tool in both the course outline and the assignment instructions (https://uwaterloo.ca/academic-integrity/integrity-waterloo-faculty/how-help- your-students ; Ledwith & Risquez, 2008).

Make students aware of the citation conventions that exist in your discipline (Sutherland-Smith & Carr, 2005). Your Liaison Librarian can help you incorporate resources which will help students learn to use citations appropriately.

Discuss the concept of original thought with your students, remembering that scholarly papers are built on the scholarship of others. If you are asking students to be highly original, then you may have higher incidence of plagiarism because students may be reluctant to cite their sources properly (Johnson & Clerehan, 2005).

To help avoid misconduct, clearly define plagiarism within the context of your discipline and how it relates to the assignment that is being submitted, and explain the extent to which students are allowed to work as a group (Goddard & Rudzki, 2005; Johnson & Clerehan, 2005).

Remember that mastering the skill of scholarly writing takes time and that students are bound to make errors along the way.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 12 of 339 Taking time in class at the beginning of term to discuss academic integrity and providing resources for students who may not fully understand plagiarism can reduce unintentional plagiarism (Ledwith & Risquez, 2008). Contact your Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Liaison to add learning activities such as “The Evils of Plagiarism”. These activities can be implemented as a requirement to gain access to course content.

Scaffolded assignments where students hand in a series of documents that illustrate the construction and evolution of major papers for instructor feedback can help to document the development of the ideas in a paper and may deter students from plagiarism (Emerson, Rees, MacKay, 2005). Ask your Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Liaison or your Centre for Extended Learning (CEL) representative for details about designing these sorts of assignments.

Recognize that the use of Turnitin® may control plagiarism through the threat of detection rather than by instilling academic values in students (Ledwith & Risquez, 2008).

Interpreting Turnitin® Reports When the originality report is ready, you will first see the similarity index which indicates how much of the submission was not original. The similarity index is a percentage that represents the number of words that the program finds in common with database content and divides that number by the total number of words in the file. If, for example, the overall similarity index for a submission is 10%, then 10% of the total words in the document can be matched to sequences of words in the database. These words may be in one passage or may be in several, separate passages. The following is an example of a similarity index.

A lower percentage rating indicates that most of the content is original; a higher percentage rating indicates that much, or all, of the content matches content found in other sources. The percentage ranges are associated with colours, as follows:

Blue: >= 0 and < 20% Green: >= 20 and < 40% Yellow: >= 40 and < 60% Orange: >= 60 and < 80% Red: >= 80 and <= 100%

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 13 of 339 The percentage itself only tells you how much of the paper is the same as other sources (i.e., how much of your content is not original).

Turnitin®’s originality report highlights and colour-codes the phrases and series of words that match text that exists in the Turnitin® database or on the web. These highlighted areas can help you identify where students have used direct quotes and where students might have intentionally or unintentionally used poor paraphrasing when summarizing information from another source.

Note that there is no “safe” colour or percentage: no percentage or colour in the originality report can fully evaluate whether text has been plagiarized.

If Turnitin® is being used as a text matching tool to detect plagiarism, it is important to check each paper to judge whether the overall similarity index that has been calculated is due to chance matches, matches to common terms or phrases used for an assignment (e.g., the title of a key document, process, legislation, etc.) or intentional copying from a source that has not been cited.

There are options to generate reports that exclude text in quotations marks and in bibliographies. Originality reports need to be interpreted on a case-by-case basis and any determinations of plagiarism require human judgement. Depending on the number of students in a course and the length of their papers, this process can be time consuming. However, the evaluation time will likely be reduced as the reader becomes more familiar with, and adept at, using the originality report.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 14 of 339 This is an example of an originality report (click on the image below to open an instructional video).

Practical considerations and Limitations of Turnitin® Turnitin® measures originality but it does not verify authorship.

In a pilot study of Turnitin® use at UWaterloo, it was reported by faculty member(s) that Turnitin® may not be helpful for the review of graphs, images, or tables of numbers because it focuses on text. Turnitin® will not fact check numbers or statistics in a document.

Using Turnitin® may result in more time required to mark assignments, and you may want to factor in the reading of the Turnitin® report into the time allotted for marking by you or your teaching assistants (Sutherland-Smith & Carr, 2005; Waterloo Turnitin® School of Accounting and Finance Pilot Results, 2008).

Recognize that a greater incidence of reported plagiarism could occur with the use of Turnitin® and that University of Waterloo faculty member(s) and teaching assistants are required to report any incidents of academic misconduct as outlined in Policy 71.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 15 of 339 Make sure to document your actions and evidence when bringing a suspected case of plagiarism to your Associate Dean Undergraduate or Graduate Studies.

Check out the Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) tip sheet Encouraging Academic Integrity in Your Course for more ways to encourage academic integrity.

Resources Turnitin® Guidelines for Instructors (course outlines, informing students of Turnitin® usage, alternatives, etc.). Frequently asked questions about Turnitin® at UWaterloo Training videos to help you use the correct settings to generate “originality reports” for the outcomes that are relevant to your course. Using Turnitin formatively: good practice guidelines for Brookes teachers (University of Oxford Brookes, U.K.)

References  Davis, M., & Carroll, J. (2009). Formative feedback within plagiarism education: Is there a role for text-matching software? International Journal of Educational Integrity, 5(2), 58-70.  East, J., & Donnelly, L. (2012). Taking responsibility for academic integrity: A collaborative teaching and learning design. Journal of University Teaching Learning Practice, 9(3), 1-11.  Emerson, L., Rees, M. & MacKay, B. (2005). Scaffolding academic integrity: Creating a learning context for teaching referencing skills. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a) 12–24.  Goddard, R. & Rudzki, R. (2005). Using an electronic text-matching tool (Turnitin®) to detect plagiarism in a New Zealand university. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2(3a) 58–63.  Johnson, A. & Clerehan, R. (2005). A rheme of one’s own: How ‘original’ do we expect students to be? Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3a) 37–47.  Ledwith, A. & Risquez, A. (2008). Using anti-plagiarism software to promote academic honesty in the context of peer reviewed assignments. Studies in Higher Education 33 (4) 371–384.  McGowan, U. (2005). Academic Integrity: An awareness and development issue for students and staff. 2(3), 48-57.  Sutherland-Smith, W. & Carr, R. (2005). Turnitin®.com: Teachers’ perspectives of anti- plagiarism software in raising issues of educational integrity. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2 (3b) 94–101.  University of Waterloo Turnitin® Pilot Results (2008) unpublished.  Whittle, S.R. & Murdoch-Eaton, D.G. (2008). Learning about plagiarism using Turnitin® detection software. Med Educ. 42(5) 528–528.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 16 of 339 FundinOctober 1, 2015

PROGRESS REPORT (for Senate Renewal) INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH (IPR) 2015 - 2020

IPR was formed in 1978, as the “copolymer group”, mainly based on the individual efforts of Professors Ken O’Driscoll (Chemical Engineering) and Alf Rudin (Chemistry). As such, it has had the same collaborative research spirit and multidisciplinary nature since its inception. In 1984, IPR was officially recognized by the Senate of the University of Waterloo (UW) as an Institute, and today, IPR is one of the longest-serving Institutes at UW (if not the longest-serving). Given its research, teaching and other activities (detailed in IPR newsletters on an annual basis, which, along with other information, are available on the IPR website https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-polymer-research/), IPR also qualifies as one of the most active Institutes of UW (if not the most active). In 2015, the IPR held its 36th annual symposium on May 6th. IPR has had “institute status” recognized by the UW Senate for 31 years.

IPR consisted initially of researchers in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, their research groups, and industrial member companies. Research and development interests spanned almost anything in polymer science, polymer engineering and polymeric materials, ranging from monomer/polymer synthesis, polymer production technology, polymer property characterization (physico-chemical to mechanical characteristics), and polymer processing and reactive modification of polymers. The number of academic members of IPR on the UW campus has risen from seven (7) in 1986 to fifteen (15) today. The academic members currently span three departments (Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemical Engineering), two faculties (Engineering and Science), two Universities in Canada (Waterloo and Ryerson) and two countries (Canada and Mexico). Of course, with the multiplicative factor of research collaborations and other interactions of its academic members, the overall IPR network is very extensive. The current IPR academic member list (along with members’ research interests) can be found in Appendix 1.

Essentially, the main idea for IPR was to offer improved services to the Canadian polymer industry (initially) and more graduate research training in the field of polymer science and engineering, brought about by the existence of a better infrastructure and increased research activities. These services have developed further over the years and expanded to become worldwide.

IPR delivers in the following areas: Research in synthesis, production, characterization, processing and modification of polymeric materials; Training of graduate students in polymer science/engineering; Teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses in polymer science/engineering; Collaboration within academic units and also with industrial organizations with the above interests, both in Canada and internationally.

Two additional characteristics of IPR have been impressive over the years. An industrial membership that consistently includes several multinationals in polymer science, engineering and technology, and that has averaged about 10 member companies per year over the past five years with very strong ties with the IPR academic members (the current IPR industrial member list can be found in Appendix 2). What is noteworthy is that some of 1

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 17 of 339 these companies have been interacting with IPR from the very beginning. At the same time, IPR interacts with many other (small and medium) companies (some from the immediate Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph-Stratford-Brantford-Hamilton-London locality), not necessarily official IPR industrial members, so again the network is very extensive.

The other impressive characteristic of IPR is the number of MASc/MSc and PhD students trained (i.e., the training of highly qualified personnel), along with post-doctoral fellows, research engineers and other associates. Over the past five years, the IPR graduate student population has numbered 250. On average, there are about 80 active students/research personnel (excluding faculty) per year, representing a considerable percentage of the research work and output of the departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (20-40%). As a quick measure, more than 30 PhD students have graduated in the last 4-yr period not including 2015, along with more than 40 MASc/MSc students. All these students and researchers, and industrial member representatives, join the IPR academic members on an annual basis (in May of every year) for an exchange of scientific information on the latest developments and state-of-the-art in the polymer world. The IPR May Conference is a highly anticipated event within the IPR community (sample information can be found in Appendix 3). On May 6th, 2015, IPR held its 36th annual Symposium (which was once more a great success, with an audience of about 60 people) with 25 oral presentations by graduate students and two keynote addresses by industry researchers, Drs. Doug McLaren from Imperial Oil (Sarnia, Canada) and James Taylor from BASF (Wyandotte, USA).

A few more “info-bits” about IPR’s trajectory at UW follow:

(a) IPR’s first director was Professor Ken O’Driscoll (Chemical Engineering) from IPR’s inception till 1988. The second director was Professor Alf Rudin (Chemistry), from 1988 – 1994. The third director was Professor Alex Penlidis (Chemical Engineering) from 1994 till 2010. He was succeeded in 2011 by the fourth director, Professor Jean Duhamel (Chemistry).

(b) From its inception, IPR’s mandate has been, and continues to be, the facilitation and “seeding” of interactions between its academic members/students and polymer industry. The mandate is not to fund research or duplicate other services provided by the University. After an interaction is initiated, the IPR academic member(s), along with the industrial partner, may proceed towards a research agreement (or research contract), under the auspices of the Office of Research of UW. IPR’s achievements speak for themselves (extensive information about IPR and its activities, on an annual basis, can be found in the annual IPR Newsletters, which are located, along with other information about IPR, on the IPR website https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-polymer-research/). These achievements were attained by keeping a tightly focussed core group of academics with common interests in polymerization/polymeric materials, by taking direct action, and by having no bureaucracy (no multiple layers of administration or managing directors, or executive directors, etc.). Also IPR’s Directors recieve no teaching relief and no stipend.

(c) The interested reader can peruse previous Newsletters (available on IPR’s website and two attached in the appendices herein) for more information on IPR’s extensive contributions to science and engineering, in general, and, more particularly, to the Departments, Faculties and University community, along with more information on “metrics”

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(d) Some benefits of industrial membership in IPR include:  two days of consulting per year by any IPR faculty member  preprints of research publications before they appear in the open literature  free registration to the IPR annual symposium  reduced rates at potential “in-house” courses for company employees’ continuing education/update.  reduced rates at annual industrial short courses for member companies  preferential consideration in undertaking contract research and other interactions  analytical services at reduced cost (no routine analysis)  rates on specialized lab equipment (no routine use)  membership on Industrial Advisory Board

(e) A short overview of IPR can be found in Appendix 4. More details about research interests of its academic faculty members and its experimental facilities can be found either in previous IPR Newsletters (accessible via the website) or directly via the websites of the individual faculty members.

The last five years have seen several changes in the portfolio of IPR activities. Profs. Jamie Forrest from Physics, Xiaosong Wang from Chemistry, and Boxin Zhao and Yuning Li both from Chem. Eng. have joined the IPR. They bring to the institute further diversity and expertise in the areas of polymer characterization in confined geometry, synthesis and characterization of metal containing polymers, polymer surface engineering and adhesion, and light emitting/conducting polymers, respectively. These new memberships represent a substantial renewal in the research activities of the IPR with a new emphasis placed on polymer property characterization and, in general, novel polymeric materials. At the same time, our activities in polymer reaction engineering were strengthened and further extended into polymer processing and modification, and polymer properties. IPR members continue to participate in and support all major new initiatives in the Faculties of Engineering and Science, and in the University in general (e.g., WIN, Nano-technology Engineering, Automotive Centre, etc.). The services of IPR to industry have certainly had (in the last 20 years or so) a strong international flavour with industrial members stemming not only from Canada, but also from Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the US. Collaborative research among members of IPR and also between IPR and other universities was also strengthened.

A summary of IPR’s strengths would read as follows.

 A unique breadth and depth in polymer research (from polymer synthesis to polymer modification and characterization); IPR offers a wide spectrum of polymer expertise, plus high quality, fundamental and applied, research results, including extremely well trained graduate students, facts that are internationally recognized.  The IPR provides a springboard for our graduate students to interact with senior researchers from the Polymer Industry and begin successful careers as industry researchers.  The highest density of Polymer Reaction Engineering research internationally in one single group.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 19 of 339  A very cohesive polymer research group in its collaborative, multidisciplinary efforts, encompassing researchers from chemical engineering and chemistry (and more recently, from civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, and biology).  IPR has contributed greatly in continuing to 'keep UW on the international map'.

Funding

IPR academic members have been extremely successful in attracting considerable federal, provincial and industrial funding. Our active participation in provincial centres of excellence has continued over the years (e.g., Tzoganakis and Penlidis, MITACS). During the past five years, all IPR academics have held NSERC Discovery grants, and have been very successful with NSERC Strategic, Collaborative Research and Development (CRD), Collaborative Research Opportunities (CRO) grants (e.g., Penlidis with researchers from UNAM, Mexico, industry (CID/GIRSA, Mexico), and the Department of Foreign Affairs,Trade and Development (DF ATD) Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (Duhamel and other researchers from UNAM). Please note that IPR researchers had been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Polymer Engineering (Penlidis, 2002, renewed in 2009 for another 7 years), and a Tier 2 CRC in Characterization of Macromolecules by Fluorescence (Duhamel, 2002-2011). Forrest and Tam hold a University Research Chair. Interactions and contracts with industry have moved to the international level in the last 15 years or so (e.g., ICI, OMNOVA Solutions with Penlidis, BASF with Penlidis, Gauthier and Duhamel, ExxonMobil Chemical with Tzoganakis, Afton with Duhamel, DSM Nutritional Product with Feng, and Polyera, Merck Chemicals and Solvay-Rhodia with Li), while still maintaining strong interactions with Canadian companies (Imperial Oil with Duhamel and Penlidis, Ecosynthetix with Gauthier, Duhamel, and Tam, Cooper Standard with McManus/ Tzoganakis/Penlidis, CelluForce with Tam, Woodbridge Foam with Tam and Penlidis, Tyromer with Tzoganakis, Ingenia Polymers Corp. with Tzoganakis, Airboss Rubber Compounding with Tzoganakis, Matrix Solutions with Feng, Teledyne DALSA, MW Canada, Angstrom Engineering and Raymor Nanotech with Li, Aerus Technologies, Celestica Inc., Microbonds Inc., and Research in Motion/Blackberry with Zhao, etc.).

The Institute is also delighted to provide five (~$ 3,500) IPR bursaries every year that are given to graduate students conducting research in the laboratories of IPR members. Furthermore the IPR is particularly proud to provide on an annual basis two IPR awards worth $ 600 each to IPR graduate students based on general academic and research performance. Instrumental here has been the continuous support from OMNOVA Solutions, USA, over the last 15 years.

Teaching/Graduate and Undergraduate Education

With the advent of IPR, a formal program of graduate and undergraduate teaching in polymers was agreed to by both the Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Departments. This program provides for the teaching of about four graduate and four undergraduate courses in each academic year. These courses range from an introductory course in Polymer Science and Engineering to specialized advanced graduate-level courses in Polymer Reactor Design, Physical Properties of Polymers, Advanced Polymerization Techniques, Metal Containing Polymers, and Polymer Rheology and Processing. All polymer courses are listed as both Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Courses and are

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 20 of 339 taught to a mix of students (several academic members of IPR have cross-appointments between Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, e.g., Penlidis, Simon, Duhamel). The collaboration with the Nanotechnology program continues. Since returning to organizing the NE 330L course in 2013, Prof. McManus has been implementing changes in the experiments being done in the laboratory to make them more relevant for the NE program. That meant replacing one of the original experiments with an examination of controlled radical polymerization. The experiment was well received and is currently being used. Two introductory polymer UG courses are also offered in the Nanotechnology program, taught by Profs. Duhamel from Chemistry and Tam from Chemical Engineering. In addition, in 2012, Professor Jamie Forrest, from the department of Astronomy and Physics, became a member of the IPR. The department of Astronomy and Physics offers two undergraduate and two graduate courses in polymer science. The IPR polymer courses are all heavily attended these days by graduate students from many other departments and disciplines, outside Chemical Engineering and Chemistry.

IPR Annual Symposium/Conference

Seminar programs offered by IPR and the annual symposium each May provide the opportunity for graduate students (and selected undergraduates) to not only be exposed to other presentations (extremely important for their general education), but also give presentations and posters of their research to an audience composed of representatives from industry as well as academics (typical audience of 50-70 people per conference). Sample information is given in Appendix 3.

Research Accomplishments

The mandate of IPR is not to fund any research or handle any contracts, but rather to provide an interface where industry and academia meet. Contract research by IPR academic members is handled through UW’s Office of Research. Therefore, the research accomplishments of IPR are those of its academic members and graduate students. Again, as a quick measure, IPR academics have published more than 50 full refereed papers per year (about 53, 51, 60, 52 and 54 in the last 5 years, circulated via IPR to the industrial members), and have given more than 60 conference presentations/invited talks per year (75, 61, 63, 63 and 61 in the last 5 years).

For research-related highlights, see Appendix 5. This appendix contains two IPR annual Newsletters (from the last 5-yr period), sent to academic and industrial members and selected other affiliates in February of each year (and posted on the IPR web site). See specifically the sections under “Student Awards”, “Faculty Awards”, “Research Publications” and “Other Highlights”.

Over the past five years, the IPR has experienced a major dose of renewal in its administration and research. First, Alex Penlidis, the IPR director from 1994 to 2010 stepped down and was replaced by Jean Duhamel in 2011. Second, Rosemary Anderson, the 27-year long serving administrative coordinator of the IPR who was for many the human face of the institute, retired in 2012 and was replaced first by Melissa Meyer (2012-2014), and now by Colleen Mechler. Third, our colleagues, Joao Soares and Tom Duever moved to the University of Alberta and Ryerson, respectively. These changes were accompanied by a number of new memberships which widened substantially the research expertise of the IPR with Profs. Boxin Zhao from Chem. Eng. with expertise in polymer surface chemistry

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 21 of 339 and adhesion, Jamie Forrest from Physics with expertise in the physics of thin polymer films, Yuning Li from Chem. Eng. with expertise in conducting polymers for organic electronics, and Xiaosong Wang from Chemistry with expertise in metallopolymers. All these academics became members of the institute between 2011 and 2013. The annual IPR symposium held in May continues to be an excellent forum where more than 20 IPR students (over a quarter of the IPR student population) present their research in front of an audience constituted of industry researchers, fellow students, and academics. The high esteem of the research conducted within the IPR can be gauged by the number of senior industry researchers who make the effort to attend the IPR symposium every year (3-12 depending on the year). The IPR has also invited several researchers from industry and academia to present their work at Waterloo. These included Drs. James Taylor from BASF in Wyandotte, MI, USA (November 2011), Steven Bloembergen, Executive VP Technology at Ecosynthetix in Burlington, ON (May 2013), Alex Adronov from McMaster University, Hamilton ON (May 2013), Guerino Sacripante from Xerox XRCC in Mississauga, ON (May 2014), Harold Stover from McMaster University, Hamilton ON (May 2014), Marco Villalobos and Ravi Sharm from Cabot in MA, USA (May 2014), James Taylor again from BASF in Wyandotte, MI, USA (May 2015), Bryce McGarvey from Imperial Oil in Sarnia, ON (May 2015), and Mark Matsen from Chem. Eng. and Physics, UW (May 2015). The IPR also invited its own members to present their research. These included Profs. Alex Penlidis (November 2011), Jean Duhamel (November 2012), Costas Tzoganakis (April 2013), Mario Gauthier (November 2013), and Xianshe Fang (October 2014).

Other IPR highlights in research from the past five years include the following: Alex Penlidis is a holder of a Tier 1 CRC and Jamie Forrest and Michael Tam are the holders of a University Research Chair. Between 2011 and 2013, Mario Gauthier was the recipient of the High-End Foreign Experts Program Award with Wuhan in the Hubei Province (China). Also, Tyromer, which uses and commercializes the technology invented by IPR long-serving colleague, Prof. Costas Tzoganakis, to recycle scrap tires, won in 2013 the prestigious TiE award from Silicon Valley given to 50 companies competing against thousands of others worldwide.

Service

a. To Industry and to the Community at Large: Continuous interactions not only with our IPR industrial members but also with other small/medium (local) and more global companies (see again items in Appendix 5). Note that almost all IPR companies are in the “Global Top 50” list.

A sample of companies that have interacted with IPR on a more informal basis in the last five years include: Canadian General Tower, Cambridge, ON; Airboss Rubber Compounding, Kitchener, ON; Israel Chemical Limited, Israel; Magna; Borealis.

b. To the Academic Community: IPR academic members serve on Editorial Boards, act as journal referees and serve as editors or co-editors for numerous internationally respected journals (Prof. Feng is an editorial board member of J. Membrane Sci., Sep. Purif. Technol., J. Eng. Sci. (Pakistan), J. Membrane Sci. Res. (Iran), and J. Technol. (Malaysia); Prof. Yuning Li serves as Associate Editor for Materials Focus and is an Editorial Board member of Organic Photonics and Photovoltaics, AIMS Env. Sci., Adv. Nanopart., Sci. Canadian, and was a guest co-editor for J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf.; Prof. 6

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 22 of 339 Penlidis has been an editorial board member of J. Macromol. Sci.-Pure and Appl. Chem., Polymer-Plastics Technol. and Eng., Macromol. React. Eng., and Can. J. Chem. Eng.; Prof. Tam has been a series editor for Polymer, MDPI, and Can. J. Chem. Eng.); Prof. Tzoganakis serves on the editorial board of Adv. Polym. Technol.

Additional examples of service include: Feng, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering (2010- 2012); Duever, Chair, Chemical Engineering (2005-2012); Gauthier, Associate Chair, Graduate and Research Programs, Chemistry (2015- ); The IPR members have also been organizing numerous conference sessions and editorship of special conference theme journal issues (e.g., 93rd Canadian Chemistry Conf. June 2010, Toronto; 36th High Polymer Forum, Gananoque, August 2014; 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, October 2014; BIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of Nano Science & Technology, Qingdao, China, Oct 28-Nov 1, 2014; 30th Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society, Cleveland, USA, June 8-12, 2014; International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM) in Suzhou, China, July 20-25, 2014; International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation and Membrane Distillation in Toruń, Poland, Sep 8-11, 2011; IV International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation and Membrane Distillation in Torun, Poland, Sep 21-24, 2014; Frontier in Chemical Engineering - 3rd Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium in Beijing, China, July 16-19, 2011; International Conference on Pervaporation and Vapor Permeation in Torun, Poland, May 18-21, 2010;International Congress on Membranes & Membrane Processes in Suzhou, China, 2015; 63rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Fredericton, 2014; 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference in Quebec City, May 26-30, 2013) etc. c. Conference Organization and Intensive Short Courses: IPR has organized numerous short courses and symposia. Notable among these are intensive short courses on Polymer Reaction Engineering and Modern Polymer Production Technology aspects (held in Waterloo in June 2015 and Maastricht for SABIC, for a general audience of polymer chemists/engineers), more specialized in-house industrial courses at PRE 8 (2012, Cancun, Mexico), and short specialized courses for academics (Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico), See also Appendix 5.

Other Collaborations: IPR members collaborate extensively with researchers in Canada at Carlton (Li), Wilfrid Laurier (Li), McMaster U. (Duhamel), U. de Montréal (Duhamel), McGill U. (Penlidis), U. of Toronto (Li, Penlidis), U. of Ottawa (Penlidis), U. Laval (Li), and Ryerson Polytechnic U. (Penlidis), in France at the U. de Bordeaux (Gauthier, Duhamel, Li), Institut des Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse (Li), and U. d’ Aix-Marseille (Li), in the Czech Republic at Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Tzoganakis), in Mexico at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (Penlidis, Duhamel), in Brazil at U. de Campinas (Penlidis, Tam), in Venezuela at the U. of Los Andes (Penlidis), in Lithuania at the U. of Vilnius (Penlidis), in India at the U. of Manipal in Karnataka (Penlidis), in China at Soochow U. (Gauthier, Li, Tam), Sun Yat- Sen University (Li), Nanyang U. (Tam), Nankai U. (Li), Wuhan. U. (Gauthier), Tianjin Polytechnique University (Feng), Taiyuan University of Technology (Feng) and Haerbin Insti. of Technology (Zhao), in Israel at Technion U. in Haifa (Tam), in South Korea at Hanbat National University (Li), in the USA at U. of Texas at Austin (Li) and Kent State U. (Zhao), in Australia at Queensland U. (Li), and of course, collaborations within the 7

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Plan for the Next Five Year Period

We plan to maintain the IPR membership at approximately the same size as it is now and with the same objectives. These objectives are to continue fostering polymer research at Waterloo via interactions with researchers from academia on campus or from other universities and from the industry sector and expanding the polymer expertise of the IPR in new directions by including new members as new hires are being done on campus. Key in this process is the annual IPR symposium that brings together researchers from academia and industry and offers a venue where potential members can get a glimpse of what the IPR is about. With the gathering of information to complete the annual newsletter, the organization of the annual symposium held in May is the single most time-consuming item in the list of tasks that need to be conducted during the year, and this action will continue during the next five years.

Continuity of the research and teaching activities of IPR is guaranteed by (a) the increasing maturity exhibited in the last five years by its new/young members, and (b) the increased mentorship exhibited by its older, more established, members.

Some immediate and longer term initiatives for the next five years will include:

(a) offering of short courses at Waterloo in Polymer Science and Engineering opened to industry scientists/engineers. The offering of short courses represents an excellent means to increase the IPR visibility in the polymer research community. (b) inclusion of new members to the IPR as new hires in Polymer Science or Engineering take place on campus

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 24 of 339 LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 IPR current academic members and their research interests

APPENDIX 2 IPR current industrial membership list

APPENDIX 3 IPR Annual symposium: sample information

Schedules and lists of participants 2012 and 2014

Four extended abstracts 2011 and 2012 -Samira Masoumi -Tim Hall

2013 -Ala Alturk -Alex Adronov

APPENDIX 4 IPR Overview

APPENDIX 5 Sample Newsletters 2012 and 2013

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IPR CURRENT ACADEMIC MEMBERS/RESEARCH INTERESTS Dr. Jean Duhamel, Professor, Department of Chemistry; IPR Director

Research Interests Use of fluorescence techniques to characterize macromoleculesAssociative polymers, polymeric surfactants, and rheological modifiers Internal dynamics of macromolecules Latex films Research Projects End-to-end cyclization of peptides Structure-dynamics relationships in poly(alkyl methacrylate)s Enhanced oil recovery Oil-soluble dispersants Characterization of Starch Nanoparticles Interparticle Polymer Diffusion in Latex Films

Dr. Xianshe Feng, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Synthetic membranes and membrane processes  Hollow fibers  Membrane-based contactors and reactors  Adsorption separation  Facilitated transport  Hybrid separation processes Research Projects  Development and characterization of hollow fiber membranes  Gas separation and purification  Separation of azeotropic and close-boiling liquids by pervaporation  Olefin/paraffin separation  VOCs recovery  CO2 capture from flue gas

Dr. James Forrest, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Interests  Physics of soft materials  Physics of polymer thin films  Crystalline polymers  Polymer interfaces and adhesion  Confinement of polymer chains  Glass transition in confined geometry Research Projects  Dynamics in and on the surface of confined glass forming materials  Protein-Material and Protein-Nanoparticle interactions 10

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Dr. Mario Gauthier, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Research Interests  Synthesis, characterization, and applications of highly branched (arborescent) polymers  Polymer-supported reagents and catalysts  Polymer modification and copolymerization  Ion-containing polymers, water-soluble polymers  Polymer-modified metallic particles

Research Projects  Synthesis of highly branched (arborescent) polymers  Arborescent Polymers as Melt Processing Additives  Interfacial Properties of Amphiphilic Copolymers  Metal-Loaded Copolymer Micelles  Thermal Interface Materials with Metallic Fillers  Polymer-Stabilized Nickel Nanoparticle Catalysts  Polyisobutylene Ionomers

Dr. Yuning Li , Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs)  Polymer bulk-heterojunction photovoltaics (OPV)  Small molecule-based OPV  Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)  Chemical/biosensors and photo-detectors Research Projects  Electronic materials suitable for roll-to-roll mass production of electronics  Development of printable electronic materials  Applications: thin film transistors and photvoltaics

Dr. Neil McManus, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Kinetics of free radical polymerisation.  Chemical modification of commercial rubbers to produce physical property modifications  Hydrogenation of butadiene rubbers  Methods for modifying polymer bulk and surface properties  Nitroxyl radical controllers in polymerization and polymer decomposition. Research Projects  Multicomponent free radical polymerisation with novel acrylate polymers  Kinetics in controlled radical polymerization

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 27 of 339  Kinetic studies and characterization of products by NMR, IR and GPC  Production and characterization of modified plastics and rubbers  Production processes for hydrogenated diene rubbers  Modification of Polypropylene using metathesis catalysis  Kinetics of nitroxide mediated polymerizations  NOR controllers in degradation of polypropylene

Dr. Alexander Penlidis, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Multicomponent polymerization kinetics  Mathematical modelling and simulation of polymerizations  Polymer and latex sensors  Polymer reactor design  Optimization and computer control of polymerization processes

Research Projects  Optimal sensor selection for polymerization processes  Initiator performance evaluation, multifunctional initiators  Depropagation and polymerization kinetics at elevated temperatures  Modelling and kinetics of emulsion copolymerizations  Model discrimination in polymerization processes  Trajectory control in batch and semi-batch emulsion reactors  Control of polymer reactors  Properties of polymeric materials  Controlled radical polymerization

Dr. Leonardo Simon, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Synthesis of polymers using coordination catalysis  Characterization of polymer structure  Testing thermal and mechanical properties of polymers  Development of novel polymer nanocomposites  Mathematical modeling of polymerization mechanisms

Research Projects  Modeling structure-properties of ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers  Preparation of polymer nanocomposites with nanosize fillers  Automotive and coatings  Chemical, thermal and mechanical characterization of materials  Synthesis and modeling of advanced thermoplastic elastomers  Wood and crop polymer bio-composites  Chemical mapping of thin-films with FTIR microscopy

Dr. Michael Tam, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 12

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Research Interests  Magnetic nano-particles for protein purification  Nano-structured systems for templating process  Block copolymers and self-assembly systems  Enhanced drug delivery stystems  Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)  Polymer-surfactant interactions  Associative polymers for environmentally friendly coatings  Temperature and pH-responsive microgel systems  Rheological, calorimetric titration and light scattering techniques

Research Projects  Functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose  Delivery systems for personal care and medical applications  Polymer surfactant interactions

Dr. Costas Tzoganakis, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests  Polymer processing  Reactive extrusion of polymers  Rubber devulcanization  Chemical modification of polymers  Processing of polymers with supercritical fluids  Mathematical modeling and computer simulations of polymer processing  Rheology of polymer melts

Research Projects  Scale-up rules for polymer reactive extrusion  Rubber devulcanization using supercritical CO2  Compounding of polymer blends  Hydrosilylation of polyolefins through reactive extrusion  Extrusion of polymer blends with supercritical CO2  Analysis of mixing in twin screw extruders  Controlled-rheology polypropylenes

Dr. Xiaosong Wang , Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry 13

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Research Interests  Blocked copolymer-assisted supramolecular hybrid colloid synthesis for functional nanomaterials  Synthesis and self-assembly of functional polymer building blocks, eg. metallopolymers

Research Projects  Defined synthesis of (organo-)metal coordination polymer nanoparticles  Well-defined supramolecular structures adjusts photoactivities of C60  Block copolymer micelles mediated Pd nucleation  Morphology and architecture design of multicomponent block copolymer micelles.

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IPR CURRENT INDUSTRIAL MEMBERSHIP LIST

Afton Chemical Corporation Arkema Coating Resins BASF Corporation CID/DESC, Centro de Investigación Desarrollo Tecnologico, Mexico Compuplast Canada Inc. Lanxess Inc. Materials Research Institute Omnova Solutions Inc. PolyVation, The Netherlands Princeton Polymer Consultants

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IPR ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: SAMPLE INFORMATION

Schedules and lists of participants 2012 and 2014

Four extended abstracts 2011 and 2012 -Samira Masoumi -Tim Hall

2013 -Ala Alturk -Alex Adronov

Please see attached.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 32 of 339 INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF OFFICIAL INSTITUTE STATUS THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2014 Conrad Grebel College Great Hall University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Wednesday, May 21, 2014

8:30 a.m. Coffee

8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:20 Hamed Shahsavan Fabrication and Characterization of Bioinspired Functionally Graded Adhesive Materials (Winner of the 2013 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

9:20 - 10:00 Industry Speaker: Dr. Guerino Sacripante, XRCC Novel Sustainable Polymers From Natural Phenols and Rosin Acids

10:00 – 10:30 5-Min. Mini Presentations 1) Dina Hamad Experimental Study of Polyvinyl Alcohol Degradation in Aqueous Solution by UV/ H2O2 Process 2) Ryan Amos Hydrophobic Modification of Starch Nanoparticles 3) Remi Casier Using Visible Light to Probe Interparticle Diffusion in Latex Films 4) Li Chen Synthesis of β-cyclodextrin modified cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)@Fe3O4@SiO2 superparamagnetic nanorods 5) Wei Yi Probing Hydrophobically Modified Starch Nanoparticles by Pyrene Fluorescence and Transmission Electron Microscopy 6) Yifeng Huang Polyvinylamine-enhanced Ultrafiltration for Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater

10:30 - 10:50 Coffee

10:50 - 11:10 Mike Fowler Temperature Response of Aqueous Solutions of a Series of Pyrene End-Labeled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s Probed by Fluorescence

11:10 – 11:30 Jin Liu Synthesis and Migration Insertion Polymerization (MIP) of CpFe(CO)2(CH2)6PPh2(FpC6P)

11:30 – 12:00 5-Min. Mini Presentations 7) Shiva Farhangi A 4-Atom Linker to Label Macromolecules with a Pyrene Derivative that Responds to Local Polarity 8) Ankita Saikia Modelling the vulcanization reaction of devulcanized rubber

9) Nicholas Lanigan A Novel Metal-Containing Supramolecular Polymer 16

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 33 of 339 10) Alice Yang Preparation and Characterization of Temperature-Responsive Polymeric Surfactants 11) Marzieh Riahinezhad Some special factors influencing copolymerization kinetics of a polyelectrolyte system 12) Solmaz Pirouz Using Pyrene Fluorescence to Probe the Behaviour of Semicrystalline Polyolefins in Solution

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:40 Academic Speaker: Prof. Harald Stöver, McMaster University Fundamental Chemists in Pursuit of Biomedical Polymers

1:40 – 2:00 Yasaman Amintowlieh Is it possible to increase polypropylene melt strength via UV radiation? 2:00 – 2:20 Kai Cao Migratory insertion polymerization (MIP) of CpFe(CO)2(CH2)3P(Ph)2: A new route for the preparation of main-chain metal-containing polymer 2:20 - 2:40 Niousha Kazemi Do binary monomer reactivity ratios apply to terpolymerizations as well?

2:40 - 3:00 Bin Sun, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo High performance polymer semiconductors for thin-film transistors (Winner of 2013 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

3:00 - 3:20 Coffee

3:20 - 3:40 Mylène Le Borgne Solution-processable oligomer semiconductors for organic solar cells 3:40 - 4:00 Dihua Wu Thin Film Composite Nanofiltration Membranes Formed by Interfacial Polymerization 4:00 - 4:20 Lu Li Characterization of Structure and Dynamics of Starch Nanoparticles by Fluorescence 4:20 – 4:40 Boya Zhang Dairy flavor recovery by pervaporation using poly(ether block amide) membrane 4:40 – 5:00 Olivier Nguon Microplasma-OES for Metal Concentration Determination: Application to Nanocatalysis

5:00 Closing remarks

6:00 - 7:30 IPR Industrial Member DINNER University Club, Main Dining Room

7:30 - 9:00 Poster Presentations and Informal Get-together University Club, Main Dining Room (IPR graduate students/researchers and symposium participants)

Poster presentations follow on next page

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INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2014 POSTER SESSION WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 UNIVERSITY CLUB 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Yasaman Amintowlieh Photoinitiator-induced modification of polypropylene: the effect of Chem. Eng., Waterloo acrylic co-agent Remi Casier Using Visible Light to Probe Interparticle Diffusion in Latex Films Chemistry, Waterloo Shiva Farhangi Effect of Side Chain Length on the Internal Dynamics of Chemistry, Waterloo Polymethacrylates in Solution Mike Fowler Temperature Response of Aqueous Solutions of a Series of Pyrene Chemistry, Waterloo End-Labeled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s Probed by Fluorescence Chang Guo Synthesis and properties of indigo based donor-acceptor Chem. Eng., Waterloo conjugated polymers Niousha Kazemi Case studies with the optimal estimation of reactivity ratios in Chem. Eng., Waterloo terpolymerization Mylène Le Borgne Solution-processable oligomer semiconductors for organic solar Chem. Eng., Waterloo cells Solmaz Pirouz A Novel Method to Determine the Chemical Composition of Chemistry, Waterloo Polyisobutylene-Based Oil-Soluble Dispersants by Fluorescence Marzieh Riahinezhad Reactivity ratios in polyelectrolyte copolymerizations: Does ionic Chem. Eng., Waterloo strength play a role? Ankita Saikia Modelling the vulcanization reaction of devulcanized rubber Chem. Eng., Waterloo Kate Stewart Doped Polyaniline for the Detection of Ethanol Chem. Eng., Waterloo Alice Yang Preparation and Characterization of Temperature-Responsive Chemistry, Waterloo Polymeric Surfactant Wei Yi Probing Hydrophobically Modified Starch Nanoparticles by Pyrene Chemistry, Waterloo Fluorescence and Transmission Electronic Microscope

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THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 21, 2014--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE

LIST OF PARTICIPANTs

INDUSTRIAL GUEST SPEAKER Tel: 609-356-9670 Dr. Guerino Sacripante Eml: [email protected] Research Fellow, PhD. Xerox Research Centre of Canada Dr. Niels Smeets Sustainable Materials EcoSynthetix 2660 Speakman Drive 3365 Mainway Missisauga, ON, L5K 2L1 Burlington, ON, L7M 1A6 Tel: 905-823-7091 Tel: 289-245-4028 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

ACADEMIC GUEST SPEAKER ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS Prof. Harald Stöver Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professor Jean Duhamel McMaster University Director, Institute for Polymer Research 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1 Department of Chemistry Tel: 905-525-9140 X27678 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 35916 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS Professor Tom Duever Dept. of Chemical Engineering Mr. Wayne Devonport Tel: 519/888-4567 X 32540 Arkema Coating Resins Eml: [email protected] 410 Gregson Drive, Cary, NC 27511 Tel: 919-469-6707 Professor Xianshe Feng Eml: [email protected] Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X36555 Dr. James Taylor Eml: [email protected] BASF Corporation 1609 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI, USA 48192 Prof. Mario Gauthier Tel: 734-239-0036 Dept. of Chemistry Eml: [email protected] Tel: 519-888-4567 X35205 Eml: [email protected] Dr. Pouyan Sardashti BASF Corporation Professor Yuning Li 1609 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI, USA 48192 Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 734-324-6715 Tel: 519-888-4567 X31105 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

Dr. William Sachs Professor Neil McManus Princeton Polymer Consultants Dept. of Chemical Engineering 3 Morgan Place Tel: 519/888-4567 X 37015 Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA Eml: [email protected]

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ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS Cont’d

Professor Alexander Penlidis Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 36634 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Leonardo Simon Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33301 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Michael Tam Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519-888-4567 X38339 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Costas Tzoganakis Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33442 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Xiaosong Wang Department of Chemistry Tel: 519-888-4567 X31204 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Boxin Zhao Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519-888-4567 X38666 Eml: [email protected]

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THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 21, 2014--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE

LIST OF ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTERs

ORAL PRESENTERS INDUSTRIAL GUEST SPEAKER Marzieh Riahinezhad Dr. Guerino Sacripante [email protected] Research Fellow, PhD. Xerox Research Centre of Canada Hamed Shahsavan Sustainable Materials [email protected] 2660 Speakman Drive Missisauga, ON, L5K 2L1 Bin Sun Tel: 905-823-7091 [email protected] Eml: [email protected] Dihua Wu ACADEMIC GUEST SPEAKER [email protected] Prof. Harald Stöver Chemistry and Chemical Biology Boya Zhang McMaster University [email protected] 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1 Tel: 905-525-9140 X27678 CHEMISTRY Eml: [email protected] WATERLOO Ryan Amos CHEMICAL ENGINEERING [email protected] RYERSON Dina Hamad Kai Cao [email protected] [email protected]

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Remi Casier WATERLOO [email protected] Yasaman Amintowlieh [email protected] Shiva Farhangi [email protected] Niousha Kazemi [email protected] Mike Fowler [email protected] Ankita Saikia [email protected] Nicholas Lanigan [email protected] Li Chen [email protected] Lu Li [email protected] Yifeng Huang [email protected] Jin Liu [email protected]

Mylène Le Borgne Olivier Nguon [email protected] [email protected] Solmaz Pirouz [email protected] 21

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Bingqing Yang [email protected]

Wei Yi [email protected]

POSTER PRESENTERS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WATERLOO Yasaman Amintowlieh [email protected]

Chang Guo [email protected]

Niousha Kazemi [email protected]

Mylène Le Borgne [email protected]

Ankita Saikia [email protected]

Marzieh Riahinezhad [email protected]

CHEMISTRY WATERLOO Remi Casier [email protected]

Shiva Farhangi [email protected]

Mike Fowler [email protected]

Solmaz Pirouz [email protected]

Bingqing Yang [email protected]

Wei Yi [email protected]

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 39 of 339 INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH CELEBRATING 28 YEARS OF OFFICIAL INSTITUTE STATUS THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2012 Conrad Grebel College Great Hall University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Wednesday, May 2, 2012

8:30 a.m. Coffee

8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:30 Shaohua Chen, Chemistry, Waterloo Interactions between a series of pyrene end-labelled poly(ethylene oxide)s and sodium dodecyl sulphate in aqueous solution probed by fluorescence (Winner of 2011 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

9:30 - 10:30 Professor Xiaosong Wang, Chemistry, Waterloo Design and synthesis of polymer supra-molecular functional nanomaterial

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Mini Presentations

1) Greg Whitton, Chemistry, Waterloo Arborescent polymers based on amino acids

2) Mosa Alsehli, Chemistry, Waterloo Arborescent polypeptide micelles for drug release

3) Yahya Alzahrany, Chemistry, Waterloo Arborescent amphiphilic copolymers

4) Shiva Farhangi, Chemistry, Waterloo Utilizing fluorescence to probe the chain flexibility of different polymer backbones in solution

5) Mike Fowler, Chemistry, Waterloo Scaling laws to probe the internal dynamics of macromolecules in solution by pyrene excimer formation

6) Mark Hazlett, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Modelling insights into the nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization of styrene

7) Lu Li, Chemistry, Waterloo 23

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 40 of 339 Characterization of emulsions of hydrocarbons and temperature-responsive polymeric surfactants . . . . /2 8) Ilias Mahmud, Chemistry, Waterloo A facile “click” chemistry to synthesize butyl rubber ionomers

9) Olivier Nguon, Chemistry, Waterloo Arborescent copolymers as catalyst supports

10) Kate Stewart, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo A polyaniline-based sensor for the detection of formaldehyde

11) Bingqing Yang, Chemistry, Waterloo Synthesis and characterization of block copolymer of PNIPAM and PEO prepared by ATRP

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 Ala Alturk, Chemistry, Waterloo Synthesis of arborescent polybutadiene

1:30 - 2:00 Tim Hall, Chemistry, Waterloo Internal dynamics of poly(glutamic acid) arborescent polymers probed by fluorescence

2:00 - 2:30 Yasaman Amintowlieh, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Modification of polypropylene by UV-radiation

2:30 - 3:00 Pouyan Sardashti, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Improvement of the hardening stiffness test as an indicator of environmental stress cracking resistance of polyethylene resins (Winner of the 2011 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

3:00 - 3:30 Coffee

3:30 - 4:00 Solmaz Pirouz, Chemistry, Waterloo Modification of polyisobutylene-based oil-soluble dispersants

4:00 - 4:30 Sarang Gumfekar, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Fabrication and characterization of silver-polyaniline-epoxy electrical conductive adhesive

4:30 - 5:00 Shideh Fathi Roudsari, Chemical Engineering, Ryerson The effect of mixing on the molecular weight and size distribution in emulsion polymerization

5:00 Closing remarks

6:00 - 7:30 IPR Industrial Member DINNER University Club, Main Dining Room

7:30 - 9:00 Poster Presentations and Informal Get-together University Club, Main Dining Room 24

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POSTER SESSION WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2012 UNIVERSITY CLUB 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Mosa Alsehli Arborescent peptide micelles for drug release Chemistry, Waterloo Yahya Alzahrany Arborescent amphiphilic copolymers Chemistry, Waterloo Daniel Bacinello Enzyme-responsive polymersomes for tumour Chem. Eng., Waterloo targeted drug delivery Mike Fowler Scaling laws to probe the internal dynamics of Chemistry, Waterloo macromolecules in solution by pyrene excimer formation Dina Hamad Photo oxidative degradation of polyacrylamide in Chem. Eng., Ryerson waste water Camille Legros Design and development of biocompatible and Chem. Eng., Waterloo responsive nanogels made from poly(2-alkyl-2- oxazoline) for drug delivery Alice Yang and Lu Li Preparation and characterization of well-defined Chemistry, Waterloo thermoresponsive polymer surfactants Ilias Mahmud Synthesis of aminated butyl rubbers by “click” Chemistry, Waterloo chemistry Mohammad Meysami Study of the effect of process parameters on the Chem. Eng., Waterloo properties of devulcanized scrap rubber Prashant Mutyala Preparation of TPVs from deculcanized rubber Chem. Eng., Waterloo crumbs Olivier Nguon Arborescent copolymers as catalyst supports Chemistry, Waterloo Kate Stewart Test system for sensing materials and sensors Chem. Eng., Waterloo Greg Whitton Arborescent polymers based on amino acids Chemistry, Waterloo 25

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THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 2, 2012--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

GUEST SPEAKER Eml: [email protected]

Professor Xiaosong Wang Dept. of Chemistry University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. Eml: [email protected]

INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS

Mr. Bob Duggal Professor Jean Duhamel Afton Chemical Corporation Director, Institute for Polymer Research 500 Spring Street Department of Chemistry Richmond, VA 23218 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 35916 Tel: 804-788-5169 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected] Professor Xianshe Feng Dr. Sheng Jiang Dept. of Chemical Engineering Afton Chemical Corporation Tel: 519/888-4567 X36555 500 Spring Street Eml: [email protected] Richmond, VA 23218 Tel: 807-788-5911 Professor Mario Gauthier Eml: [email protected] Dept. of Chemistry Tel: 519/888-4567 ext. 5205 Mr. James Robbins Eml: [email protected] OMNOVA Solutions 2990 Gilchrist Road Professor Neil McManus Akron, OH, USA Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 330-794-6325 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 37015 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

Professor Alexander Penlidis ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 36634 Professor Ramdhane Dhib Eml: [email protected] Dept. of Chemical Engineering Ryerson University Professor Michael Tam 350 Victoria Street Dept. of Chemical Engineering Toronto, ON M5B 1K3 Tel: 519-888-4567 X38339 Tel: 416/979-5000 X 6343 Eml: [email protected] Fax: 416/979-5044

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THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 2, 2012--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE LIST OF ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTERS

Mohammad Meysami ORAL PRESENTERS Shaohua Chen [email protected] [email protected] Prashant Mutyala

Professor Xiaosong Wang [email protected] Dept. of Chemistry Shiva Farhangi University of Waterloo [email protected] Kate Stewart Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 [email protected] Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. Mike Fowler Eml: [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING [email protected] RYERSON Dina Hamad Tim Hall [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING [email protected] WATERLOO Yasaman Amintowlieh Lu Li CHEMISTRY [email protected] [email protected] WATERLOO

Sarang Gumfekar Ilias Mahmud Mosa Alsehli [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Yahya Alzahrany Mark Hazlett Olivier Nguon [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mike Fowler Pouyan Sardashti Solmaz Pirouz [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lu Li [email protected] Kate Stewart Bingqing Yang [email protected] [email protected] Ilias Mahmud [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RYERSON POSTER PRESENTERS Olivier Nguon [email protected] Shideh Fathi Roudsari [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Greg Whitton WATERLOO [email protected] CHEMISTRY WATERLOO Daniel Bacinello Alice Yang [email protected] [email protected]

Ala Alturk Camille Legros [email protected] [email protected]

Mosa Alsehli [email protected]

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APPENDIX 3

Three Extended Abstracts

Year 2011 and 2012

- Samira Masoumi - Tim Hall

Year 2013

- Ala Alturk

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 46 of 339 YEAR 2011 Samira Masoumi

Model Discrimination Techniques with Applications to Polymerization Reactions Samira Masoumi, Thomas A. Duever, Park Reilly University of Waterloo

1. Introduction

In this work, our interest is to be able to discriminate between different mechanisms that have been suggested for different types of polymerization processes. Generally, model discrimination deals with situations where more than one candidate model is available to represent a system. The objective then is to find the “best” model among the rival models with respect to prediction of system behavior. Most of proposed model discrimination methods are non-sequential approaches, which means that all the observed data from the system are fed to the analysis algorithm and then the “best” model is selected using an appropriate criterion from the candidate set of models. No additional experiments are designed and used to augment the initial data set. We refer to this procedure as model selection. On the other hand, in the sequential methods, an experimental design technique is used in conjunction with the model selection method. In this approach the model discrimination process has an iterative structure, in which experiments are designed, carried out, added to the existing data and then an analysis is carried out to see if the “best” model can be identified. If a “best” model can be selected the process stops. If not, the next iteration will start. This procedure can be more useful for modeling many chemical or industrial processes because experiments are designed to provide the most possible information with respect to discrimination between the models. Thus, less experimentation is likely required. This point is even more important when there are restrictions on the number of experiments and the range of changes in the design variables which is a common issue in identification of polymerization systems. So, our focus here is on sequential procedures.

2. Model selection

Model selection methods can be classified into two main categories: Bayesian and Non-Bayesian. Most of non-Bayesian methods introduced in the literature (Buzzi-Ferraris and Forzatti, 1983, Buzzi Ferraris et al., 1984; Buzzi-Ferraris and Forzatti, 1990) are based on a linearization of the models. This drawback leads us to focusing on Bayesian methods. Using a Bayesian approach in model selection involves equation 1, where indicates the posterior probability of the kth model given data ; and represent the prior probability of the kth model and the marginal likelihood respectively. The marginal likelihood is defined in equation 2. (1) (2)

Represents the likelihood of the model and its parameters is the prior probability of parameters under model . Bayesian model selection methods may be classified into those in which the marginal likelihood probability of each model is estimated directly for example, Hsiang and Reilly (1971), Chib and Jeliazkov (2001, 2005), Chib, (1995) and those who avoid calculation of the marginal likelihood by getting some samples from a model indicator space;Green (1995), Carlin and Polson (1991).

Burke et al. (1994, 1996, 1997) compared three different procedures for model discrimination in free radical polymerization reactions. One of the methods used by Burke et al. was the method developed 30

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 47 of 339 by Hsiang and Reilly (HR), which was not found to work as well as the other two methods they investigated. Of the three methods, HR is the only method that does not rely on linearizing the model of the system under investigation. The polymerization system which they applied these model discrimination methods to is highly nonlinear. Therefore the HR method was expected to perform somewhat better than methods that rely on a linearization of the models. The Hsiang and Reilly method estimates the marginal likelihood by discretizing the model parameter space. One possible explanation for the poor performance of the method may be related to the awkward way in which the posterior parameter distribution is handled, namely as an array of discrete values. This could pose a serious problem. A much better method of handling the posterior parameter probability distribution would be to use Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for sampling the distribution. Some studies have been done to use MCMC techniques to calculate the marginal likelihood. Chib (1995) mentioned that there are some instability problems that occur in the calculation of the marginal likelihood directly by MCMC and he suggested using the logarithm of the marginal likelihood to avoid those calculation problems in estimating the marginal likelihood. The somewhat puzzling result found by Burke et al. motivates us to work more this benchmark example, which has led to some improvements in the HR method. An implementation of MCMC- based model discrimination methods for copolymerization is in progress. In this work, a combination of the marginal likelihood method using Metropolis-Hasting as the model selection method and the Roth criteria (Roth, 1965) for experimental design will be implemented. This procedure is referred to as the “sequential marginal likelihood” (SML) method in the remainder of this document. The remainder of this paper starts with a detailed explanation of steps in the Sequential Marginal Likelihood and Hsiang and Reilly methods. Next, our implementation of these two methods will be briefly explained. Then the two methods are compared through a case study which has been previously studied by Hsiang and Reilly (1971).

3. Hsiang and Reilly method

Hsiang and Reilly method (1971) incorporates both a model selection and experimental design criterion. In its original form, marginal posterior distributions for the parameters in each of the candidate models were handled separately as discrete arrays in computer storage to facilitate the calculation of the marginal parameter distributions in this Bayesian approach. Hsiang and Reilly’s method is a complete sequential model discrimination framework including both model selection and the experimental design step. Hsiang and Reilly model discrimination consists of the following steps:  Picking initial experiments to estimate initial parameters in models  Experiment design step: The goal is finding the next experimental condition which maximizes

the following function:

(3)

Where is the predicted response at the nth condition and it is calculated using equation 4.

(4)

 Updating parameters probability table in each model: After selecting appropriate ranges for each model parameter in a particular model the parameter space is discretized and stored as an array in computer storage. This is repeated for each candidate model. After each experiment, new values of probabilities in the parameter array are calculated by equation 5.

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 Updating model probabilities : using the following equation:

(6)

This procedure is repeated until finding the model with sufficient certainty

4. Sequential Marginal likelihood from the Metropolis-Hastings output

Chib (1995) proposed using the logarithm of the likelihood to improve the stability condition. Suppressing the model index k, the marginal density function may be written as equation 7. (7)

Taking logarithm from both sides of equation 3 leads to equation 8. (8) This equation is true for any possible value of the parameters . The only remaining problem in the calculation of , is the estimation of the last term ( ), which is the posterior density of one possible values, . In summary, the SML procedure involves the following steps:  Using the Roth method to pick the next experiment: Sample from the posterior distribution of the parameters are generated using the Metropolis-Hasting algorithm. Then the predicted value of the model is estimated by getting the average of the models outputs.  Calculating the posterior density: In this step of the procedure, it is desired to calculate the posterior density of one possible value, .  Calculation of posterior probability of using MCMC.  Checking the stop criterion.

5. Implementation and case studies

In this section, a case study showing some results of applying HR and the SML are presented. In this case study data are generated using computer simulations in order to allow us explore the application of different methods. This example is used by Hsiang and Reilly (1971) and before them by Box and Hill (1967). Which four models are proposed as rival models for modeling the chemical reaction . These models are shown in the following: (9) (10)

(11)

(12) These four models may be shown in a uniform format as: (13)

Where represents the fraction of B remaining after time t (minutes) at temperature T (Kelvin). and denote the pre-exponential coefficient and activation energy divided by the gas constant in the Arrhenius equation. The variable is the measurement error which is assumed normally distributed with mean zero and known standard deviation equal to . Errors on are therefore assumed to be normally distributed. These models have two input variables which are32

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 49 of 339 time and temperature. The range for time is in minutes and the temperature range is in degrees Kelvin. Experimental results are simulated by assuming the reaction is second order where and . The range of parameters is and . In using the Hsiang – Reilly method, the discretized parameter space is represented by a 10 by 100 array in the parameters; is represented by 10 discrete values and the parameter has 100 discrete values. The prior distribution of has been set to a Beta distribution with both parameters equal to 4, and a uniform distribution is assumed for . The stopping criterion is satisfied after the sixth iteration and model 2 is correctly chosen as being the ”true” model. In using sequential marginal likelihood method, a normal distribution with fixed variance was used as the proposal distribution ) in the Metropolis-Hasting algorithm and prior distributions for the model parameters were assumed to be uniform for and beta distributed for with same parameters used in applying HR met. The SML method determined the second model as the “best” one in only three iterations compared to six for the HR method. A potential disadvantage of the SML method is that is required more computation time. The reason for the SML method requiring more time has to do with the MCMC sampling that is required. For more complex problems this may present a challenge although we do not anticipate a major problem with the case studies which will be used in this work. From a practical point of view the actual physical experiments that are needed require far more time than the calculations presented here.

6. References

Box, G. and W. Hill, "Discrimination among mechanistic models," Technometrics. 9, 57-71 (1967). Burke, A.L., T.A. Duever and A. Penlidis, "Model discrimination via designed experiments: Discriminating between the terminal and penultimate models on the basis of composition data," Macromolecules. 27, 386-399 (1994).

Burke, A., T. Duever and A. Penlidis, "Choosing the right model: case studies on the use of statistical model discrimination experiments," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 75, 422-436 (1997).

Burke, A., T. Duever and A. Penlidis, "An experimental verification of statistical discrimination between the terminal and penultimate copolymerization models," Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 34, 2665-2678 (1996).

Buzzi Ferraris, G., P. Forzatti, G. Emig and H. Hofmann, "Sequential experimental design for model discrimination in the case of multiple responses," Chemical Engineering Science. 39, 81-85 (1984).

Buzzi-Ferraris, G. and P. Forzatti, "Improved version of a sequential design criterion for discriminating among rival multiresponse models," Chemical Engineering Science. 45, 477-481 (1990).

Buzzi-Ferraris, G. and P. Forzatti, "New sequential experimental design procedure for discriminating among rival models," Chemical Engineering Science. 38, 225-232 (1983).

Carlin, B.P. and S. Chib, "Bayesian model choice via Markov chain Monte Carlo methods," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.Series B (Methodological). 57, 473-484 (1995).

Carlin, B.P. and N.G. Polson, "Inference for nonconjugate Bayesian models using the Gibbs sampler," The Canadian Journal of Statistics/La Revue Canadienne De Statistique., 399-405 (1991).

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 50 of 339 Chib, S., "Marginal Likelihood from the Gibbs Output." Journal of the American Statistical Association. 90 (1995).

Chib, S. and I. Jeliazkov, "Marginal Likelihood from the Metropolis-Hastings Output." Journal of the American Statistical Association. 96 (2001).

Green, P.J., "Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo computation and Bayesian model determination," Biometrika. 82, 711 (1995).

Hsiang, T. and P.M. Reilly, "A practical method for discriminating among mechanistic models," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 49, 865–871 (1971).

Reilly, P., "Statistical methods in model discrimination," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 48, 168-173 (1970). Roth, P., "Design of Experiments for Discrimination among Rival Models. " (1965), Ph.D. Thesis, Princeton University

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 51 of 339 YEAR 2012 Tim Hall

Internal dynamics of poly(glutamic acid) arborescent polymers probed by fluorescence Timothy Hall, Greg Whitton, Mario Gauthier, Jean Duhamel, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada Protein folding is required to generate functional proteins whose catalytic activity is necessary for many biological processes. Extensive scientific research has been dedicated to studying many aspects of protein folding, since its understanding has a direct impact on improving human life. An important element in predicting how proteins fold involves the characterization of the internal dynamics of polypeptide chains. Fluorescence quenching experiments that rely on the attachment of a fluorescent probe to a macromolecule yield information on its internal dynamics, whether the macromolecule is flexible or rigid, present as a single unit, or aggregated. When such experiments are conducted on fluorescently labelled macromolecules that are protein analogues, they describe the time scale over which amino acids encounter as the protein analogue folds. Pyrene is an ideal probe for many fluorescence quenching studies because an excited pyrene monomer can be quenched by forming an excimer upon encounter with a ground-state pyrene monomer.1 This process of excimer formation can be detected using steady-state and time resolved fluorescence. In this study, 1-pyrenemethylamine was covalently attached to three types of polymeric constructs, namely linear, comb-branched, and arborescent poly(L-glutamic acid) (PGA), to obtain information about their structure and internal dynamics in solution from the analysis of their fluorescence spectra and decays. PGA was selected because it adopts α-helical and random coil conformations in N,N- dimethylformamide (DMF) and in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), respectively, while the inherently compact nature of arborescent polymers in general and arborescent PGAs in particular makes them representative mimics of globular proteins.

Experimental Low dispersity poly(γbenzyl Lglutamate) (PBG) was synthesized by ring opening polymerization of the corresponding N-carboxyanhydride derivative using a primary amine initiator.2,3 These chains were grafted onto a linear PBG backbone using carbodiimide coupling to create a comb-branched (or arborescent generation G0) polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution.4 Further grafting reactions yielded arborescent polymers of generations G1G3. The benzyl groups of PBG were removed through acidolysis to yield poly(L-glutamic acid) (PGA). 1-Pyrenemethylamine was covalently bonded to 2-15 % of the glutamic acid units via a carbodiimide coupling reaction, thereby generating samples randomly labelled with pyrene.5

For the steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies, all pyrene labelled polymer samples were dissolved in spectrophotometric-grade solvent, diluted to an absorbance of 0.1 equivalent to a 2.5×10 M pyrene concentration, before being degassed with a steady stream of nitrogen for a minimum of 35 minutes prior to carrying out the fluorescence measurement. Steady-state fluorescence emission spectra for all the samples were obtained over the wavelength range 350-600 nm using an excitation wavelength of 344 nm. The ratio of the fluorescence intensity for the excimer over that for the monomer, the IE/IM ratio, was calculated for each sample. Time-resolved fluorescence decays for the pyrene monomer and excimer were acquired by exciting the samples at 344 nm and monitoring the emission at 375 nm and 510 nm, 33

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 52 of 339 respectively. The decays were fitted globally using the fluorescence blob model.6 Results Fluorescence spectra for the pyrene-labelled samples acquired in DMF and in DMSO are shown in Figure 1 for the G3 poly(L-glutamic acid) sample (Py-G3 PGA) after normalization to the monomer peak at 375 nm. As the pyrene content increases, the excimer emission intensity centered at 480 nm increases. Less excimer is formed in DMSO than in DMF. These differences are influenced by both the internal dynamics of the macromolecules and the solvent viscosity.

Figure 1: Steady-state fluorescence spectra of G3-Py PGA in DMF (left) and DMSO (right). The pyrene contents are 12.6, 11.4, 10.9, 9.4, 8.1, 6.6, 5.4, and 4.0 mol % from top to bottom.

To account for the different solvent viscosities of DMF (0.79 mPa·s) and DMSO (2.0 o mPa·s) at 25 C, the IE/IM ratios obtained from the fluorescence spectra were multiplied by the solvent viscosity. Figure 2 shows the product η×IE/IM for linear, Py-G1, and Py-G3 PGAs. For each PGA construct η×IE/IM increases with increasing pyrene content, reflecting more efficient excimer formation with increased local pyrene concentration ([Py]loc). Furthermore, η×IE/IM for a given pyrene content increases according to the sequence G3 > G2 > G1 > G0 > linear, in agreement with the increased density and [Py]loc of the constructs. This trend is more pronounced in DMSO than in DMF. Finally, η×IE/IM for a given construct is larger in DMSO than in DMF, suggesting that the PGA constructs undergo faster dynamics in DMSO, possibly due to the conformation change undergone by PGA when changing from an helix (in DMF) to a random coil (in DMSO).

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Figure 2: Plots of η×IE/IM versus pyrene content in DMF (left) and DMSO (right) for linear (diamond), Py-G1 (triangle), and Py-G3 (crosses) PGAs.

To determine the timescale over which excimer formation takes place in the pyrene- labelled PGA constructs, time-resolved fluorescence decays for the monomer and excimer species of all Py-PGA samples were acquired and fitted globally with the Fluorescence Blob Model (FBM).6 According to the FBM, a blob is defined as the volume of space that can be probed by an excited pyrene during its lifetime, and Nblob is the number of structural units located inside a blob. Nblob was determined for all the pyrene-labelled PGA constructs in DMF and DMSO, and is shown in Figure 3 as a function of the corrected pyrene content. Nblob equals 14 for the linear PGA chains, a slightly smaller value than the number-average degree of polymerization of 16, which implies that the excited pyrene probes the entire PGA segment regardless of its conformation. The Nblob values for PGA increase as the generation number of the PGA construct increases, implying that although pyrene excimer formation occurs intramolecularly inside a PGA construct, there are increased interactions between different PGA side-chains. It is noteworthy that larger Nblob values are obtained in DMSO, where PGA is expected to adopt a random coil conformation. Comparatively, the helical conformation induced by DMF leads to PGA segments that are more rigid, with fewer interactions between branches.

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Figure 3: Plots of Nblob versus corrected pyrene content for linear (diamond), Py-G0 (square), Py- G1 (triangle), Py-G2 (circles), and Py-G3 (crosses) PGA constructs in DMF (filled) and DMSO (hollow).

In addition to providing information on polymer coil density, FBM analysis of the fluorescence decays can also be used to describe the dynamics of the side-chains. For polymers randomly labelled with pyrene, kblob is retrieved from the FBM analysis of the fluorescence decays. It represents the rate constant of excimer formation between one excited pyrene and one ground-state pyrene located inside a blob. The product kblob× Nblob×η (where η is the solvent viscosity) has been shown to describe the internal dynamics of a macromolecule randomly labelled with pyrene. The product kblob× Nblob ×η was plotted as a function of pyrene content for each PGA construct in Figure 4. In each solvent, a general trend is obtained where kblob× Nblob ×η increases with increasing generation number, reflecting the larger [Py]loc generated in the more compact PGA constructs. Also, the PGA constructs in DMSO appear to undergo much more rapid pyrene excimer formation, possibly due to the random coil conformation adopted by the PGA chains in DMSO.

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Figure 4: Plots of kblob × Nblob × η versus corrected pyrene content showing the differences in internal dynamics for linear (diamond), Py-G0 (square), Py-G1 (triangle), Py-G2 (circles), and Py-G3 (crosses) PGA constructs in DMF (filled) and DMSO (hollow).

Conclusions This study represents the first example in the scientific literature of an investigation of the internal dynamics of a series of protein analogues by fluorescence. It demonstrates that the helix- to-coil transition experienced by the PGA building blocks has a strong effect on the dynamics inside the macromolecule.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 56 of 339 YEAR 2013 Ala Alturk

Synthesis of Arborescent Polybutadiene

Ala Alturk and Mario Gauthier, IPR Symposium, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1 Canada

Arborescent polymers are characterized by a tree-like architecture and a high branching functionality. This type of polymer can be synthesized by different techniques, but the ‘grafting onto’ method is attractive because it provides good control over the molecular weight of the graft polymer and the side-chains used as building blocks. This method was applied to the synthesis of arborescent polybutadienes, using cycles of epoxidation and anionic grafting reactions. The research focused on the optimization of the grafting yield. Additives useful as reactivity modifiers such as N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA, a Lewis base) and Lewis acids were investigated to increase the yield of the grafting reaction. The influence of solvent polarity on the grafting yield was also examined. Preliminary results obtained show that the grafting reaction is successful on the basis of 1H NMR spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography analysis, and is sensitive to reaction parameters such as the substitution level of the epoxidized substrate and the presence of additives. Additionally, extended reaction times slightly increased the grafting yield.

Arborescent polymers were first synthesized by a ‘grafting onto’ method. This scheme starts from a linear polymer substrate that is functionalized with coupling sites. These functional groups are then reacted with living ionic polymers to yield a comb-branched polymer, also called a generation zero (G0) arborescent polymer, as represented in Figure 1. In the next step, the G0 polymer is further functionalized with coupling sites to serve as substrate for the preparation of an arborescent polymer of the first generation (G1). This represents the first generation of graft polymer with a dendritic (multi-level) branched architecture. Subsequent coupling reactions lead to arborescent polymers of generations G2, G3, etc.

This method does not provide very strict control over the polymer architecture, because the grafting sites are randomly distributed on the substrate. Ionic polymerization techniques do

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 57 of 339 provide control over the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of the side-chains, however, and lead to arborescent polymer structures of uniform size. The multi-step sequence of Figure 1 is best achieved if the grafting reaction proceeds in high yield and side reactions are minimized in the coupling reaction.

Figure 1. General ‘grafting onto’ scheme for the synthesis of dendrigraft polymers

The objective of the project is to synthesize arborescent polybutadienes while optimizing the grafting yield. Linear polybutadiene was successfully synthesized by anionic polymerization, by initiation with sec-Butyllithium in cyclohexane. The linear polymer had a number-average molecular weight Mn=5000 and a high 1,4-microstructure content (~94%). This type of microstructure can be functionalized by epoxidation to introduce coupling sites randomly on the polymer chain. Substitution levels above ~30 mol% lead to decreased solubility of the substrate in cyclohexane, however, and lower grafting yields as compared to substrates with 20-25 mol% substitution.

Different procedures were also examined to increase the grafting yield in the G0 polymer synthesis. Table 1 summarizes four methods examined, and the grafting yields achieved in each

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 58 of 339 case after different reaction times. These data were obtained for different reactions in the G0 polymer synthesis from a ~25 mol% epoxidized substrate.

Table 1. The grafting yield attained by different procedures and reaction times Grafting yield % Grafting yield % Reaction conditions 1 Day 1 Week Pure cyclohexane 70 74 Cyclohexane in the presence of TMEDA 73 75 Cyclohexane:THF 3:1 mixture 78 80 Cyclohexane:THF 3:1 mixture, with LiBr 6:1 82 85 ratio LiBr:living ends

The grafting yield for the G1 and G2 polymers was also optimized. Based on the grafting yield obtained from a 1:1 molar ratio of coupling sites and living chains after one week, the amount of substrate was increased to enhance grafting. The modified ratios were calculated theoretically to reach 100% grafting yield on the basis of the results obtained using a 1:1 coupling site : living end ratio, and thus depend on the generation number (Table 2).

Table 2. Influence of the molar ratio of coupling sites : living ends on the grafting yield ratios G0 G1 G2 1 : 1 85 80 78 1.17 : 1 87 —— —— 1.25 : 1 —— 84 —— 1.28 : 1 —— —— 81

References:

Tomalia D.A., Fréchet J.M.J. In Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Polymers, Fréchet J.M.J, Tomalia D.A., editors. Wiley: New York, 2001. p 14. Tomalia D.A., Naylor A.M., Goddard III W.A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1990, 29, 138-75. Tomalia D.A., Hedstrand D.M., Ferritto M.S. Macromolecules 1991, 24, 1435-8. Gauthier M., Möller M. Macromolecules 1991, 24, 4548-53. Teertstra J.S., Gauthier M. Prog. Polym. Sci. 2004, 29, 277-327. Kee R.A., Gauthier M., Tomalia D.A. In Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Polymers, Fréchet J.M.J, Tomalia D.A., editors. Wiley: New York, 2001. p 212. Zhang H., Li Y., Zhang C., Li Z., Li X., Wang Y. Macromolecules 2009, 42, 5073-9. Yuan Z., Gauthier M. Macromolecules 2005, 38, 4124-32.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 59 of 339 APPENDIX 4 IPR OVERVIEW

IPR Overview

INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH (IPR) University of Waterloo Overview

 Established in 1978  Officially recognized by the University Senate in 1984 (5-yr Senate Renewal reports)  Longest-serving active Institute at the University of Waterloo  Mainly researchers in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and their research groups (and other affiliates) PLUS Industrial organizations with interests in: Synthesis, Production, Characterization, Processing and Modification of Polymers  Collaborative efforts between departments, faculties, universities and countries

IPR MEMBER COMPANIES (2010-2015) Afton Arkema BASF SE Braskem S.A. Compuplast Canada Inc. Eclipse Scientific Lanxess Inc. Materials Research Institute OMNOVA Solutions Inc., USA PPG Industries PolyVation, The Netherlands Princeton Polymer Consultants, USA SABIC Europe B.V. Sober Steering Sensors

SOME BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL MEMBERSHIP 1. A total of two days consulting per year at a location of your choice. The company's obligations are concerned with travel expenses, only, if any.

2. Receipt of pre-prints of our research manuscripts as they are accepted for publication. This gives the company member access to recent state-of-the-art research results before they appear in the open literature.

3. Free registration (except for room and board) for representatives of your company at our annual Symposium on Polymer Research. The Symposium takes place annually in May.

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4. Industrial Short Courses  General Courses--Polymer Science and Polymer Reaction Engineering  Courses on specific technologies (e.g., polyolefins, PVC, emulsions...)  Special discounts for member companies  Special rates for in-house courses for member companies

5. Preferential consideration in undertaking contract research and other interactions.

6. Reduced rates on our specialized equipment (GPC/MALLS, Rheology, high temperature GPC/ Viscometer, etc.).  Such services are normally not available to non-member companies.  Rates are negotiated based on the number of samples or the scope of project.  Analysis possible only for short-term research purposes, not for routine analysis

MEMBERSHIP FEE  The membership fee is $6000  Membership renewable annually  Several levels of membership  Possibilities of additional donations (e.g., federal or provincial matching scholarships)

TRAINING  Waterloo has the largest co-op education program in North America.  The polymer research group has had over the last 25 years or so, on the average, 50-60 graduate students per year in chemical engineering and chemistry. We provide interdisciplinary training and develop high calibre polymer scientists and engineers.  IPR provides intensive short courses at Waterloo, or in-house, for industry.

ACADEMIC MEMBERS OF IPR Ramdhane Dhib Chemical Eng, Ryerson Thomas Duever Chemical Eng, Ryerson (moved to Ryerson in 2014) Jean Duhamel, Director Chemistry Xianshe Feng Chemical Eng Jamie Forrest Physics and Astronomy (member since 2012) Mario Gauthier Chemistry Yuning Li Chemical Eng. (member since 2012) Neil McManus Chemical Eng Alex Penlidis Chemical Eng Leonardo Simon Chemical Eng Joao Soares Chemical Eng. (resigned from IPR in 2011) Michael Tam Chemical Eng Costas Tzoganakis Chemical Eng Eduardo Vivaldo-Lima ChE/UNAM/Mexico Xiaosong Wang Chemistry (member since 2012) Boxin Zhao Chemical Eng. (member since 2011)

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MAJOR PIECES OF TEST, ANALYTICAL OR PROCESS EQUIPMENT  twin screw compounding equipment  single- and twin-screw extruders  injection molder (50 ton)  polymer molecular weight, composition and structural analysis  rheological characterization of plastics  thermal characterization equipment  torque rheometer  on-line density/flow/viscosity sensors  high temperature gel permeation chromatography  dynamic mechanical analysis  Magneflow MagStation (Oxford Instruments): Low field (20 MHz) solid state NMR for product quality control studies  Equinox 55 FTIR + Scope II (Bruker): FTIR Spectrometer with a microscope  DMTA V (Rheometrics): Dynamical mechanical test analyser  parallel disk rheometer (Westech/TA)  Disc centrifuge photosedimentometer for high resolution particle size distribution analysis (Brookhaven instruments)  general (all purpose) particle size analyser for colloidal suspensions (Brookhaven instruments)  NCTL Device for analysing stress crack resistance  microcalorimeter DSC III (Setaram): DSC and ultra sensitivity calorimetry for polymerisation reaction and crystallization studies  additional $100,000. for laboratory enhancements, including the construction of a walk-in fumehood for a new gas-phase reactor system  CFI from Sci.: SEM/EDX, Imaging ESCA/SIMS  Tensor 27 (Bruker) for FT-infrared spectroscopy with attenuated total reflectance (ATR) for surface analysis  Hyperion 2000 (Bruker) for optical microscopy coupled to FT-infrared spectroscopy, transmission and reflectance modes  Minimat 2000 (Rheometrics) for stress-strain tension, compression, and flexural mechanical testing  Cryo-ultramicrotome Leica UC6, preparation of rubber, thermoplastic or thermo-setting polymer samples, biomaterials or industrial materials. Sections down to 10 nanometers prepared below glass transition temperature, temp. as low as -160 oC.

For further information contact: Jean Duhamel, Director Institute for Polymer Research Department of Chemistry University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 Tel: 519/888-4567 ext. 35916 Fax: 519/746-0435 Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-polymer-research/ 43

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APPENDIX 5 Sample Newsletters for Years 2011 and 2013 These and more Newsletters can be found on the IPR website: https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-polymer-research/publications January 2012

INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH (IPR) UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO WATERLOO, ONTARIO N2L 3G1

NEWSLETTER 2011

1. NOTE FROM PROFESSOR JEAN DUHAMEL, NEW IPR DIRECTOR

Shortly after arriving as a young assistant professor on campus on May 1st, 1996, I was invited to give a presentation on my research at the IPR Symposium held two weeks later. Subsequent to the symposium, I was invited to become an IPR academic member.

Sixteen years and many IPR symposia later, I am now the new IPR Director. Alex Penlidis headed the IPR for 16 years, and I am very happy to have been selected as the new IPR director. I am also fortunate to be able to rely on the help of both Alex and Rosemary Anderson, whose combined experience gained over many years of service to the IPR, has been, and continues to be, invaluable for ensuring a smooth transition.

With its 13 academic members and 65 graduate students, the IPR constitutes a solid community of researchers involved in Polymer Science and Engineering. It conducts research that is both basic and applied with a clear industrial appeal as numerous companies interact with the IPR. However, what the IPR does best is to educate generations of polymer scientists and engineers who will become the future leaders of this active community. This will continue to be the focus of IPR.

To foster interactions between the IPR researchers and students, the IPR has started a year- long series of lectureships which opened with a presentation by Alex Penlidis on October 28, 2011. To enhance student exposure to the academic and industrial world, the next IPR symposium will introduce, in addition to the traditional eight 30-minute presentations by senior graduate students, an additional twelve 5-minute presentations by graduate students. Together these 20 research talks will provide an up-to-date overview of the exciting research being conducted at the institute.

Becoming the IPR director has given me the opportunity to become more deeply involved with the institute and the variety of research, expertise, and interests of its members. Many areas within this wide spectrum will be presented at the next IPR symposium held on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, and I look forwards to welcoming you in person at the symposium, and to serving the IPR during the next three years of my IPR directorship.

NEW IPR ACADEMIC MEMBER Dr. Boxin Zhao has recently joined the IPR. His research is in the areas of bionanomaterials and “soft” interfaces, including biomimetic adhesion, polymer and surface chemistry,

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 63 of 339 hydrogels, bio-integrated devices, nanoparticles synthesis, functionalization and dispersion, nanocomposites, interfacial phenomena, advanced coating and adhesive bonding technology.

2. ANNUAL IPR SYMPOSIUM The 34th Annual IPR Symposium will be held May 2, 2012. A schedule and registration forms have been circulated electronically, as usual.

Many thanks to all who participated in the 2011 Symposium (an audience of about 60 people). IPR received very positive feedback regarding the topics covered. The 2011 program and the list of industrial participants are attached (Appendix 1).

3. IPR INDUSTRIAL MEMBERS An up-to-date list of our current industrial members is attached (Appendix 2).

4. IPR PREPRINTS During 2011, the IPR office sent out 15 preprints to our members (Appendix 3). 5. RESEARCH PROGRAMS We have more than 90 research personnel (excluding faculty) involved in polymer research at the University of Waterloo. Industrial members may find it interesting to keep up to date with the various research projects that are underway (see list attached of research personnel, Appendix 4). For more information on any project, please email/call the appropriate supervisor or the IPR office at , 519/888-4789.

6. RECENTLY GRADUATED STUDENTS

T. Duever PhD ChE Al-Saleh, M. Nonlinear Parameter Estimation for Multiple Site-Type Polyolefin Catalysts Using an Integrated Microstructure Deconvolution Methodology (Research Engineer, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait) J. Duhamel PhD Chem Keyes, C. Electron Transfer in DNA: A Fluorescence Blob Model Approach

MASc Chem Aslam, H. Chain Dynamics of Ruthenium-labeled Polylysine Probed by Fluorescence

MASc Chem Araya, A. Effect of Pendant Distribution on the Dispersancy of Maleated EP Copolymers

X. Feng MASc ChE Eslami, S. Chitosan-sericin blend membranes for controlled release of drugs

MASc ChE Shangguan, Y. Poly(ether block amide) membranes for gas permeation and pervaporation

PhD ChE Chowdhuri, M. Simulation, design and optimization of membrane gas separation, chemical absorption and hybrid processes for CO2 capture (co-supervised with E. Croiset and P. Douglas) M. Gauthier

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 64 of 339 PhD Chem Dockendorff, J. Metal loaded micelles

N. McManus MASc ChE Stewart, K. Polymeric sensors for detection of toxic vapours (with A. Penlidis and E. Abdel Rahman (Sys. Des.)

A. Penlidis MASc ChE Stewart, K. Polymeric sensors for detection of toxic vapours (with N. McManus and E. Abdel Rahman (Sys. Des.).

MASc CivE Wadden, L. Creep performance of polyfluoro-ethylenes (with MA Polak)

M. Tam PhD ChE Yao, Z. Targeted Drug Delivery using Stimuli-Responsive Fullerene Polymeric Systems

MASc ChE Rahmani, S. Development of magnetic nanoparticles for water purification applications

MASc ChE Rahmani, S. Responsive nanogels for drug delivery applications

C. Tzoganakis MASc ChE Abedin, N. Micronization of polyethylene wax in an extrusion process using supercritical CO2

B. Zhao MASc ChE Shahsavan, H. Biomimetic Micro/nano-Structured Surfaces: A Potential Tool for Tuning of Adhesion and Friction

MASc ChE Han, Y. Development of Methodologies for Strain Measurement and Surface Energy Characterization (with H.J. Kwon)

E. Vivaldo-Lima MEng ChE-UNAM Morales-Huerta, J.C. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomasses in twin screw extruders

7. ACADEMIC MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH

Professors: R. Dhib Chem Eng. Ryerson T.A. Duever Chem Eng. Waterloo J. Duhamel, Director Chemistry Waterloo X. Feng Chem Eng. Waterloo M. Gauthier Chemistry Waterloo N. McManus Chem Eng. Waterloo A. Penlidis Chem Eng. Waterloo L.C. Simon Chem Eng. Waterloo P. Sullivan Mech Eng. Waterloo M. Tam Chem Eng. Waterloo C. Tzoganakis Chem Eng. Waterloo E. Vivaldo-Lima Chem Eng. UNAM, Mexico B. Zhao Chem Eng. Waterloo 3

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8. MEMBER COMPANIES—2011 Currently we have 12 member companies: (refer also Appendix 3) BASF SE Braskem S.A. CID, Centro de Investigacion Desarrollo Tecnologico, Mexico Compuplast Canada Inc. Eclipse Scientific, Waterloo Lanxess Inc. Materials Research Institute, Waterloo OMNOVA Solutions Inc. PolyVation, The Netherlands Princeton Polymer Consultants, USA SABIC Europe, B.V. Sober Steering Sensors

9. STUDENT AWARDS J. Duhamel Steve (Shaohua) Chen, OGS May 2011 – April 2012

X. Feng L. Liu, Dept of Chemical Engineering Best Paper Award (Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 87 (2009) 456-465 (awarded in 2011))

M. Gauthier A. Alturk scholarship holder from Saudi Arabia Y. Alzahrany scholarship holder from Saudi Arabia M. Alsehli scholarship holder from Saudi Arabia

A. Penlidis A. Nabifar NSERC scholar; “University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship” (Based on academic performance during previous school year). A. Sardashti OGS scholar

B. Zhao H. Shahsavan, 1st place poster award “Biomimetic Micro/nano-structured Surfaces: A Potential Tool for The Tuning of Adhesion and Friction" at the 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnology, Ottawa, Ontario 28-29, July 2011.

10. FACULTY AWARDS J. Duhamel Tier-2 Canada Research Chair

A. Penlidis En-Hui Yang Engineering Research innovation Award, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, Oct 2011

Outstanding Performance Award (OPA), Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Waterloo, May 2011

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (2002-2008; 2009-2015)

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11. FULL REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS

T. Duever Bin Shams, M., H. Budman, T.A. Duever (2011). Fault Detection, Identification and Diagnosis using CUSUM based PCA. Chemical Engineering Science, 66(20), 4488-4498.

Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2011). Reactivity Ratio Estimation from Cumulative Copolymer Composition Data. Macromol. React. Eng. 5(9/10), 385-403 (by invitation, 5-yr anniversary issue).

Al-Saleh, M.A., J.B.P. Soares, T.A. Duever (2011). The Integrated Deconvolution Estimation Model: Estimation of Reactivity Ratios per Site Type for Ethylene/1-Butene Copolymers Made with a Heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta Catalyst. Macrolmol. React. Eng., 5, 587-598.

J. Duhamel Yip, J., J. Duhamel, X. Qiu, F.M. Winnik (2011). Fluorescence Studies of a Series of Monodisperse Telechelic α, ω-Dipyrenyl-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in Ethanol and in Water. Special issue in honor of J. C. Scaiano. Can. J. Chem. 89, 163-172.

Keyes-Baig, C., J. Duhamel, S. Wettig, (2011). Characterization of the Behavior of a Pyrene Substituted Gemini Surfactant in Water by Fluorescence Langmuir, 27, 3361–3371.

Chen, S., J. Duhamel, M.A. Winnik, (2011). Probing End-to-End Cyclization Beyond Willemski and Fixmann. J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 3289-3302.

Siddique, B., J. Duhamel, (2011). Effect of Polypeptide Sequence on Polypeptide Self- Assembly. Langmuir, 27, 6639-6650.

Yip, J., J. Duhamel, X.P. Qiu, F.M. Winnik (2011). Long-Range Polymer Chain Dynamics of Pyrene-Labelled Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s Studied by Fluorescence. Macromolecules, 44, 5363-5372.

Chen, S., J. Duhamel, G. Bahun, A. Adronov (2011). Effect of Fluorescent Impurities in the Study of Pyrene-Labeled Macromolecules by Fluorescence. J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 9921- 9929.

X. Feng Xu, J., C. Gao and X. Feng (2011). Surface modification of thin-film-composite polyamide membranes for improved reverse osmosis performance. Journal of Membrane Science, 370, 116-123.

M. Gauthier Stiakakis, E., B.M. Erwin, D. Vlassopoulos, M. Cloitre, A. Munam, M. Gauthier, H. Iatrou, N. Hadjichristidis (2011). Probing Glassy States in Binary Mixtures of Soft Interpenetrable Colloids. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 23, 234116 (10 pp).

Erwin, B.M., D. Vlassopoulos, M. Gauthier, M. Cloitre (2011). Unique Slow Dynamics and Aging Phenomena in Soft Glassy Suspensions of Multiarm Star Polymers. Phys. Rev. E 83, 061402 (7 pp).

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 68 of 339 Truzzolillo, D., D. Vlassopoulos, M. Gauthier (2011). Osmotic Interactions, Rheology, and Arrested Phase Separation of Star–Linear Polymer Mixtures. Macromolecules, 44, 5043- 5052.

Il Yun, S., L. Cao, T.-B. Kang, M. Huh, M. Gauthier (2011). Morphology of Polystyrene Core– dPoly(ethylene oxide) Shell Arborescent Copolymer Micelles from Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Analysis. J. Macromol. Sci., Part B, 50, 2318-2333.

N. McManus Murari, A.R., S. Contant, L.M.F. Lona, E. Vivaldo-Lima, N.T. McManus, A. Penlidis (2011). Modeling Insights on the TEMPO Mediated Radical Polymerization of Styrene. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure and Applied Chem. 48, 681-687.

Nabifar, A., N.T. McManus, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis (2011). Diagnostic Checks and Measures of Information in the Bayesian Design of Experiments with Complex Polymerizations. Macromol. Symp., 302, 90-99.

A. Penlidis Cheng, J.J., M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2011). Influence of micromolecular structure on environmental stress cracking resistance of high density polyethylene. J. Tunnelling and Underground Space Techn., 26, 582-593.

Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2011). Reactivity ratio estimation from cumulative copolymer composition data. Macromol. React. Eng., 5 (9/10), 385-403. By invitation, 5-yr anniversary issue.

Zhu, S.H., A. Penlidis, C. Tzoganakis, E. Ginzel (2011). Ultrasonic properties and morphology of devulcanized rubber blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., proofs done in Aug 2011, ms length 9 journal pgs, doi 10.1002/ app.35251.

Madhuranthakam, C.M., A. Penlidis (2011). Modeling uses and analysis of production scenarios for acrylonitrile-butadiene (NBR) emulsions. Polym. Eng. Sci., 51 (10), 1909-1918. Selected to feature in ‘SPE Plastics Research Online’.

Murari, A.R., S. Contant, L. Lona, E. Vivaldo-Lima, N. McManus, A. Penlidis (2011). Modeling insights on the TEMPO mediated radical polymerization of styrene. J. Macromol. Sci., Pure & Appl. Chem., 48 (9), 681-687.

Nabifar, A., N. McManus, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis (2011). Diagnostic checks and measures of information in the Bayesian design of experiments with complex polymerizations. Macromol. Symp., 302, 90-99.

Cheng, J.J., M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2011). An alternative approach to estimating parameters in creep models of high-density polyethylene. Polym. Eng. Sci., 51 (7), 1227-1235.

L. Simon Maneshi, A., JBP Soares, L.C. Simon, (2011). An Efficient In Situ Polymerization Method for the Production of Polyethylene/Clay Nanocomposites: Effect of Polymerization Conditions on Particle Morphology. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 212(18), 2017-2028.

Shin, S.-Y., L.C. Simon, JBP Soares (2011). Synthesis of Ethylene/Acrylonitrile Composite Elastomers with Nanosized Polyacrylonitrile Domains Using a-Dimine-[N,N] Nickel Dichloride/EASC. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 212(7), 715-722. 7

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Maneshi, A. JBP Soares, L.C. Simon, (2011). Polyethylene/Clay Nanocomposites Made with Metallocenes Supported on Different Organoclays. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 212(3), 216-228.

M. Tam Yao, Z.L., K.C. Tam (2011). Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Stimuli-Responsive Poly(2- (dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)-block-fullerene (PDMAEMA-b-C-60) and the Demicellization Induced by Free PDMAEMA Chains. Langmuir, 27 (11), 6668-6673.

Tam, K.C., F. Gu (2011). Special Series of Articles on Nanotechnology. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89 (1), 1-1.

Lim, A.H., K.C. Tam (2011). Stabilization of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers/sodium dodecyl sulfate complexes via PEGylation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 380, 47-52.

Leung, M.H., V. Ng, Y.K. Ho, L. Zhou, H.P. Too, K.C. Tam (2011). Self-Assembly of Poly(L- glutamate)-b-poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) in Aqueous Solutions. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64, 1245-1253.

Yao, Z.L., K.C. Tam (2011). Self-assembly of thermo-responsive poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate)-C60 in water-methanol mixtures. Polymer, 52, 3769-3775.

Moreno-Bautista, G., K.C. Tam (2011). Evaluation of dialysis membrane process for quantifying the in vitro drug-release from colloidal drug carriers. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 389, 299-303.

Peng, B.L., N. Dhar, H.L. Liu, K.C. Tam (2011). Chemistry and applications of nanocrystalline cellulose and its derivatives: A nanotechnology perspective, Canadian J. Chem. Eng., 89, 191- 1206.

Yao, Z.L., K.C. Tam (2011). Stimuli-responsive Water-soluble Fullerene (C60) Polymeric Systems. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 32, 1863-1885.

C.Tzoganakis Zhu, S.H., A. Penlidis, C. Tzoganakis and E. Ginzel (2011). Ultrasonic properties and morphology of devulcanized rubber blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., proofs done in Aug 2011, ms length 9 journal pgs, doi 10.1002/ app.35251.

Su, Z., S-H. Zhu, A. Donkor, C. Tzoganakis, J. Honek (2011). Controllable Delivery of Small Molecule Compounds to Targeted Cells Utilizing Carbon Nanotubes. J.Am.Chem.Soc., 133(18), 6874-6877.

He, G. C. Tzoganakis (2011). A UV-Initiated Reactive Extrusion Process for Production of Controlled-Rheology Polypropylene, Polym. Eng. Sci., 51(1), 151-157.

E. Vivaldo Lima

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 70 of 339 Nabifar, A., N.T. McManus, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis (2011). Diagnostic Checks and Measures of Information in the Bayesian Design of Experiments with Complex Polymerizations. Macromol. Symp., 302, 90-99.

Murari, A.R., S. Contant, L.M.F. Lona, E. Vivaldo-Lima, N.T. McManus, A. Penlidis (2011). Modeling Insights on the TEMPO Mediated Radical Polymerization of Styrene. J. Macromol. Sci., A: Pure Appl. Chem., 48, 681-687.

B. Zhao Shahsavan, H., B. Zhao, (2011). Conformal Adhesion Enhancement on Biomimetic Microstructured Surfaces. Langmuir, 27(12), 7732-7742.

Yang, F., B. Zhao (2011). Adhesion Properties of Self-polymerized Dopamine Thin Film. The Open Surface Science Journal, 3, 115-122.

Han, Y., A.D. Rogalsky, B. Zhao, H.J. Kwon (2011). The Application of Digital Image Techniques to Determine the Large Strain Behaviors of Silicone Rubbers. Polymer Engineering & Science, doi 10.002/pen. 22149 (9 pgs)) (16 Nov 2011).

12. PAPERS IN FULL IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

A. Penlidis Nabifar, A., N. McManus, A. Penlidis, E. Vivaldo-Lima (2011). Reducing the number of experiments via a Bayesian framework in complex polymerizations. (ms length 5 proceedings pgs). XXV Inter-American Congress of Chem. Eng., Nov. 14-17, 2011, Santiago, Chile.

C. Tzoganakis Mutyala, P., C. Tzoganakis (2011). A statistical study of the compatibility and curing of Devulcanized Rubber and Polypropylene. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 2574-2577.

Tzoganakis, C., S. Zhu (2011). Melt Amination of Maleated Polypropyelene by Reactive Extrusion. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1299-1303.

He, G., C. Tzoganakis (2011). UV Initiated Reactive Extrusion of Polypropylene. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1399-1403.

Vlcek, J., P. Kubik, C. Tzoganakis (2011). An Evalution of Mixing Quality of Three Different Types of Mixing Elements. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, MA, USA, pp. 1229-1236.

B. Zhao Han, Y., D-W Kim, B. Zhao, H.J. Kwon (2011). Diagnosis of Breast Tumor Using 2D and 3D Ultrasound Images. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2011 November 11-17, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA, 6 pages.

13. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/INVITED SEMINARS

J. Duhamel 9

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 71 of 339 Duhamel, J. (2011). Bridging the Macroscopic to Molecular Divide Using Fluorescence: Application to the Study of Associative Polymers. BASF Research Center, Wyandotte, MI, USA, January 12th, 2011.

Araya, A., J. Duhamel (2011). Effect of Pendant Distribution on the Dispersancy of Maleated EP Copolymers. DSM Research Center, Geleen, The Netherlands, April 19th, 2011.

Duhamel, J. (2011). Length Scales in Macromolecules Probed by Fluorescence. Department of Chemistry, Jagliellonian University, Krakow, Poland, April 21st, 2011.

Duhamel, J. (2011). Length Scales in Macromolecules Probed by Fluorescence. Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, April 29th, 2011.

Duhamel, J. (2011). Length Scales in Macromolecules Probed by Fluorescence. Department of Chemistry, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, May 3rd, 2011.

Keyes, C., M. Mathew, J. Duhamel (2011). Lateral Distribution of Charged Species along a Polyelectrolyte Probed with a Fluorescence Blob Model. Polymat 2011, Huatulco, Mexico, October 16-20, 2011.

Duhamel, J. (2011). Bubbly Chemistry: An optimistic look at what the future may hold for young scientists. Plenary Lecture at the 39th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, Waterloo, ON, Canada, March 26th, 2011.

Duhamel, J. (2011). Internal Dynamics of Dendrimers Probed by Pyrene Excimer Formation. 94th CSC Conference in Montréal, ON, Canada, June 5 – 9, 2011.

X. Feng Kundu, P., A. Chakma and X. Feng (2011). Gas separation performance of high-flux asymmetric hollow fiber membranes: Some important aspects. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, ON, October 23-26, 2011.

Du, J.R., A. Chakma and X. Feng (2011). Preparation and application of interfacially formed membranes. 2011 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 23-29, 2011.

Kundu, P., G. Francisco and X. Feng (2011). Separation of carbon dioxide from flue gas and landfill gas by hollow fiber membranes: Experimental and modeling studies. Invited Keynote Presentation, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, June 26 - July 1, 2011.

Khosa, M., S. Shah, X. Feng (2011). Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by sericin-enhanced ultrafiltration. 21st Annual North American Membrane Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 4-8, 2011.

Shangguan, Y., X. Feng (2011). Investigation of vapor permeability of Pebax as compared to common protective glove materials. 33rd Annual Symposium on Polymer Science/Engineering, Waterloo, ON, May 10, 2011.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 72 of 339 Feng, X. (2011). Removal of heavy metals from wastewater by sericin-enhanced ultrafiltration (2011). Taiyuan University of Technology (the 72nd Lecture of a Lecture Series Celebrating 110th Anniversary of the University), Taiyuan, China, November 3, 2011.

Feng, X. (2011). Membranes for olefin/paraffin separation. UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL, Aug 29, 2011.

Feng, X. (2011). Sericin-enhanced ultrafiltration for heavy metal removal. Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China, July 4, 2011.

Feng, X. (2011). Facilitated transport for olefin/paraffin separation. National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 29, 2011.

M. Gauthier Gauthier, M. (2011). Highly Branched (Arborescent) Graft Polymers as Polymer Processing Additives. 27th World Congress of the Polymer Processing Society, Marrakech, Morocco May 2011.

Gauthier, M. (2011). Polyelectrolyte Behavior of Ionized Arborescent Polystyrene-graft-poly(2- vinylpyridine) Copolymers. 27th World Congress of the Polymer Processing Society, Plenary talk, Marrakech, Morocco, May 2011.

Gauthier, M. (2011). Polymer Micelles: From Ionomers to Arborescent Copolymers. 94th CSC Conference, Montréal, QC, June 2011.

Gauthier, M. (2011). Arborescent Polypeptide Micelles. APME 2011 - IUPAC 9th International Conference on Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, Cappadocia, Turkey, September 2011.

Gauthier, M. (2011). Synthesis of Arborescent Polystyrene from Epoxidized Substrates. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials (POLYMAT), October 2011, Huatulco, Mexico.

Gauthier, M. (2011). Unique slow dynamics and aging phenomena in soft glassy suspensions of multiarm star polymers. 83rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology, Cleveland, OH, October 2011.

Gauthier, M. Dendritic Graft (Arborescent) Polymers for Applications in Water Decontamination and Drug Release. 2nd SUN-WIN Workshop on Nano Science and Technology, Suzhou, China, February 2012.

N. McManus Nabifar A., N. T. McManus, A. Penlidis and E. Vivaldo-Lima (2011). Insights into Nitroxide- Mediated Radical Copolymerization of Styrene and Divinylbenzene with a Unimolecular Initiator. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2011.

A. Penlidis Nabifar, A., N. McManus, A. Penlidis and E. Vivaldo-Lima (2011). Insights into crosslinking NMRP copolymerization of styrene and DVB with a unimolecular initiator. AIChE Annual Mtg., , Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 16-21, 2011.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 73 of 339 Penlidis, A. (2011). Adventures with and insights into the Bayesian design of experiments in complex polymerizations. Invited talk, AIChE Annual Mtg., Special 1-day session in honour of Prof. S. K. Gupta, Minneapolis, MN Oct. 16-21, 2011.

Nabifar, A. and A. Penlidis (2011). Bayesian design of experiments for complex polymerizations: Practical tool or just another academic exercise? Invited, OMNOVA Solutions, Akron, OH, April 18, 2011.

Nabifar, A. and A.Penlidis (2011). Bayesian design of experiments for complex polymerizations: Practical tool or just another academic exercise? (Invited, BASF, Iselin, NJ, June 10, 2011.

Penlidis, A. (2011). Nitroxides vs peroxides in the degradation of polypropylene. IPR seminar series (inaugural), Univ. of Waterloo, Oct. 28, 2011.

L. Simon Dal Castel, C., R. Reddy, L.C. Simon, R. S. Mauler (2011). Polypropylene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites by In Situ Polymerization: Effect of Clay Modifier. 11th Congresso Brasileiro de Polimeros, Campos do Jordao, SP, Brazil, October 16-20, 2011.

Vedoy, D., T. Tsui, L.C. Simon (2011). Novel Use of Ultraviolet Irradiation to Improve the Thermal Stability of Wheat Straw Fiber for Thermoplastic Composites Applications. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, ON, Canada, October 23-26, 2011.

Guettler, B., C. Moresoli, L.C. Simon (2011). Soy-Polypropylene Biocomposites for Automotive Applications. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, ON, Canada, October 23-26, 2011.

Fatoni, R., A. Elkamel, L.C. Simon (2011). Response Surface Models for Optimization of Polypropylene-Wheat Straw Formulations. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, ON, Canada, October 23-26, 2011.

Simon, L.C. (2011). Advances in Thermoplastics Composites, Applications and a Case for Sustainability. Plastics Innovation Forums - Canadian Plastics Industry Association, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 21.

Arif, M., Y. Reinprecht, K.P. Pauls, L.C. Simon (2011). Soybean Stem Residue Effects on the Physico-Thermal Properties of Polypropylene Composites. World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 8-11, 2011.

Simon, L.C. (2011). Plastic Plants: A Renewable Investment in Sustainable Innovations. Agriculture 2.0 Global Investments, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 7-8, 2011 (invited)

Simon, L.C. (2011). Polypropylene Modified-Cellulose. Advances in Polyolefins 2011, Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America, September 25-28, 2011 (invited).

Simon, L.C. (2011). The Role of Renewable Feedstock for Thermoplastics. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, ON, Canada, October 23-26, 2011 (invited).

Simon, L.C. (2011). Characterization of Polypropylene Composites Prepared by Extrusion Orientation. ANTEC 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, MA, United States of America, May 1-5, 2011 (keynote lecture, invited).

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 74 of 339 Simon, L.C. (2011). Biobased Plastics for Cars, We Are Moving Forward! 5th Annual National Bioscience Educators Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, March 9, 2011 (keynote lecture, invited).

M. Tam Tam, K.C. (2011). Polymeric nanostructures for chemical and biomedical applications. 61st, Canadian Chemical Engineering conference,London, Ontario, Invited keynote speaker, 23- 26 October 2011.

Tam, K.C. (2011). Polymeric Nanostructures as Controlled Delivery Vehicles in Chemical and Biological Systems. Invited talk at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, February 2011.

Tam, K.C. (2011). Polymeric Nanostructures as Controlled Delivery Vehicles in Chemical and Biological Systems. Invited talk at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, February 2011.

Tam, K.C. (2011). Polymeric Nanostructures as Controlled Delivery Vehicles in Chemical and Biological Systems. Invited talk at University Adelaide, Australia, February 2011.

Tam, K.C. (2011). Responsive polymeric systems for personal care and related applications. Invited talk at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, February 2011.

Tam, K.C. (2011). Physical properties of polymers and their blends. Workshop conducted at SCG, Thailand, January 2011.

C. Tzoganakis Tzoganakis, C. (2011). Hydrosilylation of Polymers through Reactive Extrusion. Milliken and Company, Spartanburg, SC, USA.

Tzoganakis, C. (2011). Devulcanization of Rubber Crumb by Extrusion with Supercritical CO2. Michelin Americas Research Company, Greenville, SC, USA.

B. Zhao Shahsavan, H., B. Zhao (2011). Conformal Contact Behaviour of Biomimetic Micro-structured Surfaces. Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, November 28 - December 2, 2011.

Amoli, B.M., B. Zhao, A. Hu, N. Zhou (2011). Functionalization and characterization of the nanofillers for homogeneous dispersion into epoxy resins. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October, 2011.

Zhao, B. (2011). Adhesion and Failure Mechanisms of Nanoscale Thin Adhesive Films. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October, 2011

Shahsavan, H., B. Zhao (2011). Conformal Adhesion Enhancement on Biomimetic Microstructured Surfaces. Gordon Conference on Adhesion Science, Maine, USA, July, 2011.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 75 of 339 Zhao, B. (2011). Adhesion and Detachment Characteristics of Soft Adhesive Systems. Xerox, Mississauga, April 29, 2011.

14. PATENTS/MAJOR TECHNICAL REPORT/CHAPTERS IN BOOKS/OTHER M. Gauthier Aridi, T., M. Gauthier (2011). Dendrigraft Polymers with a Mesoscopic Scale (Invited Book Chapter). Complex Macromolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self- Assembly, Hadjichristidis, N.; Hirao, A.; Tezuka, Y. Eds. Wiley: Singapore, pp 169-194.

B. Zhao Yang, F., B. Zhao (2011). Composition, Methods, Applications of Underwater Adhesive or "Superglue”, Provisional US Patent Application # 61/629,789, Filed on November 28, 2011.

A. Penlidis Madhuranthakam, C.M., A. Penlidis (2011). What can mimic a ‘flight simulator’ for polymerization reactors? SPE Plastics Research Online, 5 pgs.

16. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YEAR 2011

In 2011, Prof. Penlidis stepped down as IPR Director, after having been associated with IPR as its Director, Interim Director and Associate Director since 1991 (and an IPR faculty member since 1986). He continues as an IPR faculty member and a member of the IPR Board of Directors. During the transition period (Jan. 2011-July 15, 2011), abundant assistance was given with regard to handling many of the IPR affairs along with interactions with the new IPR director, Prof. Jean Duhamel, Chemistry.

During 2011, Prof. Penlidis was an editorial board member of J. Macromol. Sci.-Pure and Appl. Chem., Polymer-Plastics Techn. and Eng., Macromol. React. Eng., and Can. J. Chem. Eng.

Prof. Penldis consulted with 10 companies ((Canada, USA and Europe) and had International academic collaborations (regular basis with co-authored articles) with: Universities of UNAM (Mexico), Campinas (Brazil), Vilnius (Lithuania), Los Andes (Venezuela), and (more locally), University of Toronto and McGill Univ.

During 2011, IPR had several interactions with non-member companies: In addition, the IPR office and Director respond to numerous calls and emails (all requests for information) and help the public at large (who have questions on polymers) as well as other UW Institutes (e.g., WIN).

In June 2011, Prof. Penlidis was inducted in the University of Waterloo 25-yr Club!

Many thanks to Dr. Carla McBain, a long-time friend of IPR, for coordinating many interesting interactions with OMNOVA Solutions Inc. IPR is grateful for OMNOVA’s help for graduate student awards and scholarships.

Many thanks to Dr. Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg of BASF, a long-time friend of IPR, for coordinating many interesting interactions with BASF in Germany, USA and Canada.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 76 of 339 A fruitful collaboration between Chemical Eng. (Prof. Penlidis) and Civil Eng. (Prof. Marianna Polak) in structural characteristics of pipes (relating micro-structural properties to macro- mechanical properties and modeling of damage mechanics) has led to the formation of the “Creeps” group, with regular meetings and research interactions, including industrial collaborators like Imperial Oil, Canada.

Prof. Feng is Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Membrane Science.

Jean Duhamel taught a 3-day course on Physical Properties of Polymers at the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, on April 27 - 29, 2011

Jean Duhamel taught a 5-day course on Fluorescence: Principles, Experiments, Theory, and its Application to the Study of Macromolecules at UNAM, Mexico, on June 27 - July 1st, 2011.

IPR is again heavily involved in the organization of Polymer Reaction Engineering (PRE 8) Conference, May 2012, Cancun, Mexico, via its academic member Prof. Eduardo Vivaldo- Lima and the IPR alumnus, Prof. Marc Dubé, now at the University of Ottawa.

Something very important in the education and training of students, and usually something unappreciated and implicit, is the training of undergraduate students in the area of polymers. IPR members also put a tremendous effort in this area, via undergraduate research assistant or co-operative or senior design projects. A typical estimate might be close to the training of another 50-60 undergraduate students per year!

N. McManus was involved with a new initiative to reach out to the broader community by acting as a mentor for ESQ camps run on campus in the summer months. Groups of Grade 3 students enjoyed some hands-on activities and demos related to polymers which illustrated to them how polymers are encountered in everyday life. This was an excellent opportunity to meet the “scientists and engineers of the future”, giving them some idea of how polymer science and engineering impact their everyday lives. Three sessions were covered over the summer months and the initiative was appreciated by the ESQ staff and their campers.

E. Vivaldo-Lima continues as Member for UNAM in the Scientific Committee, and technical coordinator for the UNAM team, in Project “BABETHANOL”, funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 227498.

E. Vivaldo-Lima was evaluated in UNAM’s program for the recognition of academic performance (PRIDE), retaining the highest rank (level “D”) for over 5 years.

E. Vivaldo-Lima concluded his appointment as President of the Chemical Engineering Academic Subcommittee (SACC-IQ) of UNAM’s Engineering Graduate Program in late October 2011, after four years of service".

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INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH CELEBRATING 27 YEARS OF OFFICIAL INSTITUTE STATUS THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2011 Conrad Grebel College Great Hall University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Tuesday, May 10, 2011

8:30 a.m. Coffee

8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:30 Christine Keyes, Chemistry, Waterloo DNA as a molecular ruler to determine the limiting length scale between the distance of electron transfer and screening length (Winner of 2010 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

9:30 - 10:30 Professor Yuning Li, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo High-Performance semiconducting polymer materials for printed organic electronics

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11:30 Samira Masoumi, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Model discrimination techniques with applications to polymerization reactions

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Ahmad Alshaiban, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Propylene polymerization using Ziegler-Nata catalyst: mathematical modeling/kinetic and characterization study (Winner of 2010 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 Niousha Kazemi, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Comparative study of reactivity ratio estimation based on composition data at various conversion levels in binary and ternary polymerization systems

2:00 - 2:30 Shideh Fathi Roudsari, Chemical Engineering, Ryerson Univ. Use of CFD for exploring the effect of mixing on MMA solution polymerization in a CSTR

2:30 - 3:00 Nowrin Abedin, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Micronization of polymer in an extrusion process using supercritical CO2

3:00 - 3:30 Coffee 16

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3:30 - 4:00 Prashant Mutyala, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo A statistical study of the compatibility and curing of devulcanized rubber and polypropylene

4:00 - 4:30 Mike Fowler, Chemistry, Waterloo Characterization of polymer brushes on polyethylene films by fluorescence

4:30 - 5:00 Steve Chen, Chemistry, Waterloo Quality of solvent toward a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) determined by fluorescence

5:00 Closing remarks

6:00 - 7:30 IPR Industrial Member DINNER University Club, Main Dining Room

7:30 - 9:00 Poster Presentations and Informal Get-together University Club, Main Dining Room (IPR graduate students/researchers and symposium participants)

POSTER SESSION TUESDAY May 10, 2011 UNIVERSITY CLUB 7:30 pm

Andrea Araya Chemistry, Waterloo Effect of pendant distribution on the dispersancy of maleated EP copolymers Yiyoung Choi Supported hybrid single-site catalysts for the synthesis of polyethylene with tailored Chem Eng, Waterloo molecular weight and chemical composition distribution Timothy Hall Internal dynamics of poly(glutamic acid) arborescent polymers probed by pyrene Chemistry, Waterloo excimer formation Firmin Moingeon Chemistry, Waterloo Arborescent polystyrene from epoxidized substrates Olivier Nguon Chemistry, Waterloo Chain dynamics of polystyrene labeled with ruthenium compounds Solmaz Pirouz Determination of the dispersancy of modified dispersants prepared from polyisobutylene Chemistry, Waterloo terminated with succinic anhydride (PIBSA) Pouyan Sardashti Chem Eng, Waterloo Evaluation and modification of properties of polyethylene resins Yiyi Shangguan Investigation of Pebax 1074 and the comparison of its vapour permeation to common Chem Eng, Waterloo protective glove materials Kate Stewart Chem Eng, Waterloo Doped polyaniline as a sensing material for the detection of formaldehyde

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THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 10, 2011--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

GUEST SPEAKER Tel: 519/888-4567 X 32295 Eml: [email protected] Professor Yuning Li Dept. of Chemical Engineering Professor Jean Duhamel Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Department of Chemistry University of Waterloo Tel: 519/888-4567 X 35916 Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Eml: [email protected] Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 31105 Eml: [email protected] Professor Neil McManus Dept. of Chemical Engineering INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS Tel: 519/888-4567 X 37015 Dr. David Schatz Eml: [email protected] BASF Corp. 1609 Biddle Avenue Professor Alexander Penlidis Wyandotte, MI 48192 Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 734-324-6328 Director, Inst. for Polymer Res. Eml: [email protected] Tel: 519/888-4567 X 36634 Eml: [email protected] Dr. Bryan Dawson Braskem LL Americas, Inc. Professor Leonardo Simon 550 Technology Dr. Dept. of Chemical Engineering Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33301 Tel: 412-208-8179 Eml: [email protected] Fax: 412-208-8205 Eml: [email protected] Professor J.B.P. Soares Dept. of Chemical Engineering Dr. Rita Majewski Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33436 Braskem America, Inc. Eml: [email protected] 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Professor Costas Tzoganakis Tel: 412-208-8179 Dept. of Chemical Engineering Fax: 866-560-0379 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33442 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

Dr. William H. Sachs Princeton Polymer Consultants 3 Morgan Pl. Princeton, N.J. 08540 Tel: 609/688-0314 Eml: [email protected]

ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS Professor Tom Duever Dept. of Chemical Engineering 18

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GUEST SPEAKER Tel: 519/888-4567 X 32295 Eml: [email protected] Professor Yuning Li Dept. of Chemical Engineering Professor Jean Duhamel Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Department of Chemistry University of Waterloo Tel: 519/888-4567 X 35916 Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Eml: jduhamel@sciborg. Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 31105 uwaterloo.ca Eml: [email protected] Professor Neil McManus INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS Dept. of Chemical Engineering Dr. David Schatz Tel: 519/888-4567 X 37015 BASF Corp. Eml: nmcmanus@engmail. 1609 Biddle Avenue uwaterloo.ca Wyandotte, MI 48192 Tel: 734-324-6328 Professor Alexander Penlidis Eml: [email protected] Dept. of Chemical Engineering Director, Inst. for Polymer Res. Dr. Bryan Dawson Tel: 519/888-4567 X 36634 Braskem LL Americas, Inc. Eml: [email protected] 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Professor Leonardo Simon Tel: 412-208-8179 Dept. of Chemical Engineering Fax: 412-208-8205 Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33301 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

Dr. Rita Majewski Professor J.B.P. Soares Braskem America, Inc. Dept. of Chemical Engineering 550 Technology Dr. Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33436 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Eml: [email protected] Tel: 412-208-8179 Fax: 866-560-0379 Professor Costas Tzoganakis Eml: [email protected] Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33442 Dr. William H. Sachs Eml: [email protected] Princeton Polymer Consultants 3 Morgan Pl. Page 1/2 Princeton, N.J. 08540 Tel: 609/688-0314 Eml: [email protected]

ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS Professor Tom Duever Dept. of Chemical Engineering

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 81 of 339 THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 10, 2011--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE LIST OF ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTERS

Christine Keyes (pres. By J. Duhamel) ORAL PRESENTERS [email protected]

Professor Yuning Li Dept. of Chemical Engineering POSTER PRESENTERS Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 WATERLOO Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 31105 Parinaz Akhylaghi Eml: [email protected] [email protected]

Yiyoung Choi [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WATERLOO Pouyan Sardashti Nowrin R. Abedin [email protected] [email protected] Yiyi Shangguan Ahmad Alshaiban [email protected] [email protected] Kate Stewart [email protected] Hadi Izadi [email protected] CHEMISTRY WATERLOO Niousha Kazemi Andrea Araya [email protected] [email protected] Timothy Hall Samira Masoumi [email protected] [email protected] Firmin Moingeon Prashant Mutyala [email protected] [email protected] Olivier Nguon [email protected] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RYERSON UNIVERSITY Solmas Pirouz Shideh Fathi Roudsari [email protected] [email protected]

CHEMISTRY

WATERLOO Steve Chen [email protected]

Mike Fowler [email protected] Page 2/2

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APPENDIX 2

MEMBERSHIP LIST-2011 INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH

Dr. Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg BASF SE, GKE/M-B1 Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 Mr. Robert Ginzel 67056 Ludwigshafen, GERMANY President and CEO Tel: 49-621-60-46393 NDE Research & Development Mr. Christoph J. Dittrich Eml: [email protected] Eclipse Scientific SABIC Technology and Innovation 2045 20th Ave. E, Unit 20 SABIC Europe B.V. Dr. Heinz Plaumann Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N3 STC Geleen Manager, Urethanes R & D Tel: 519-372-1831 P.O.Box 319 BASF Corporation Fax: 519-372-2039 6160 AH Geleen 1609 Biddle Avenue Eml: [email protected] The Netherlands Wyandotte, MI 48192 Tel: 31-46-722-3117 Tel: 734/324-6305 Mr. A.J. (Sandy) Marshall Eml: Christoph.dittrich@sabic- Fax: 734/324-6818 Lanxess Corporation europe.com Eml: [email protected] P.O. Box 39 Three Rivers Pkwy Mr. Dan Ross Mr. Moises Magalhaes Werlang Addyston, OH 45001-0039 SABIC Innovative Plastics Braskem, S.A. Tel: 513/467-2208 44 Normar Road III Polo petroquimico-Inovacao e Fax: 513/467-2241 Box 2004 tecnologia Eml: [email protected] Cobourg, ON K9A 4L7 Via Oeste Lote 5 – Passo Raso Tel: 905-373-3831 95853-000 Triunfo – RS Brazil Mr. Edward Ginzel Fax: 905-373-3994 Tel: 55-51-3721-8117 Materials Research Institute Eml: [email protected] Fax: 55-51-3457-1084 432 Country Squire Road Eml: [email protected] Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8 Ms. Catherine S. Carroll Tel: 519-886-5071 VP, Business Development Dr. Rita Majewski Fax: 519-886-8363 Sober Steering Sensors Braskem America, Inc. Eml: [email protected] 3701 FAU Blvd, Suite 210 550 Technology Dr. Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Dr. Carla McBain Tel: 561-367-1775 Tel: 412-208-8179 Omnova Solutions Inc. Eml: [email protected] Fax: 866-560-0379 2990 Gilchrist Road Eml: [email protected] Akron, OH 44305-4418 Mr. John Carroll Tel: 330/794-6214 VP Technology, COO Dr. Javier Revilla Fax: 330-794-6251 Sober Steering Sensors Canada Senior Research Scientist Eml: [email protected] Inc. CID, Centro de Investigacion 295 Hagey Blvd, Suite 5F Desarrollo Tecnologico Dr. Theo Flipsen Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 6R5 DESC S.A. de C.V. PolyVation Tel: 519-342-4352 Avenida de los Sauces 87 Kadijk 7D Eml: [email protected] Parque Industrial Lerma NL-9747, AT Groningen 52000 Lerma, Estado de Mexico, The Netherlands MEXICO Tel: 31-50-368-0777 Tel: 52-728-2852866 ext. 1101 Fax: 31-50-368-0779 Fax: 52-728-2852899 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected] Dr. William H. Sachs Dr. John Perdikoulias Princeton Polymer Consultants Compuplast Canada Inc. 3 Morgan Pl. 5333 Forest Hill Drive Princeton, N.J. 08540 Mississauga, ON L5M 5B7 Tel: 609/688-0314 Tel: 905/814-8923 Eml: [email protected] Fax: 905/814-8924 Eml: [email protected]

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PREPRINTS 2011

11/001 Characterization of the behavior of a pyrene substituted Gemini surfactant in water by fluorescence C. Keyes Baig, J. Duhamel and S. Wettig Langmuir, Acc., 01/11

11/002 Probing end-to-end cyclization beyond Willemski and Fixman S. Chen and J. Duhamel J. Phys. Chem. B., Acc., 02/11

11/003 Influence of micromolecular structure on environmental stress cracking resistance of high density polyethylene J.J. Cheng, M.A. Polak and A. Penlidis J. of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (TUST), Acc., 02/11

11/004 Probing glassy states in binary mixtures of soft interpenetrable colloids E. Stiakakis, B.M. Erwin, D. Vlassopoulos, M. Cloitre, A. Munam, M. Gauthier, H. Iatrou and N. Hadjichristidis J. of Physics: Condensed Matter, Acc., 04/11

11/005 Effect of polypeptide sequence on polypeptide self-assembly B. Siddique, J. Duhamel Langmuir, Acc., 04/11

11/006 Modeling insights on the TEMPO mediated radical polymerization of styrene A.R. Murari, S. Contant, L.M.F. Lona, E. Vivaldo-Lima, N.T. Mcmanus and A. Penlidis J. Macromol. Sci., Pure and Appl. Chem., Acc., 04/11

11/007 Reactivity ratio estimation from cumulative copolymer composition data N. Kazemi, T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis Macromol React Eng, Acc., 05/11

11/008 Long-range polymer chain dynamics of pyrene-labelled poly(N- isopropylacrylamide)s studied by fluorescence J. Yip, J. Duhamel, X.P. Qiu, F. Winnik Macromol., Acc., 06/11

11/009 Modeling uses and analysis of production scenarios for acrylontrile- butadiene (NBR) emulsions C.M.R. Madhuranthakam and A. Penlidis Polym. Eng. Sci., Acc., 06/11

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11/010 Ultrasonic properties and morphology of devulcanized rubber blends S-H. Zhu, A. Penlidis, C. Tzoganakis and E. Ginzel J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Acc., 07/11

11/011 Quantifying the presence of unwanted fluorescent species in the study of pyrene-labeled macromolecules S. Chen, J. Duhamel, G.J. Bahun, A. Adronov J. Physical Chemistry B, Acc., 07/11

11/012 Doped polyaniline for the detection of formaldehyde K.M.E. Stewart, N.T. McManus, E. Abdel-Rahman and A. Penlidis J. Macromol. Sci., Pure and Appl. Chem., Acc., 08/11

11/013 Numerical implementation of a damage-coupled material law for semicrystalline polyethylene J.A. Alvarado-Contreras, M.A. Polak and A. Penlidis J. Eng. Comput., Acc., 08/11

11/014 Modeling of network formation in nitroxide-mediated radical copolymerization of vinyl/divinyl monomers using a multifunctional polymer molecule approach J.C. Hernandez-Ortiz, E. Vivaldo-Lima and A. Penlidis Macromol. Theory Simul., Acc., 12/11

11/015 Efficient numerical integration of stiff differential equations in polymerization reaction engineering. Computational aspects and applications I. Zapata-Gonzalez, E. Saldivar-Guerra, A. Flores-Tlacuahuac, E. Vivaldo-Lima, J. Ortiz-Cisneros Can. J. Chem. Eng., Acc., 12/11

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 85 of 339 APPENDIX 4 Research Personnel (S U P E R V I S O R) NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG NMc AP MT CT BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC COMPL. DATE

N. Abedin 1 ChE X Polymer micronization with supercritical CO2 Sep 11

P. Akhlaghi 2 ChE X Functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose for cosmetic application Apr 14

M. Al-Saleh 2 ChE X Parameter estimation of Ziegler-Natta catalysts using molecular weight and Apr 11 comonomer sequence distribution

S. Aliakbari 2 Chem X Thermal interface materials Apr 12

M. Alsehli 2 Chem X Arborescent polypeptide micelles Aug 15

A. Alturk 1 Chem X Arborescent polybutadienes Sep 12

Y. Alzahrany 1 Chem X Amphiphilic arborescent copolymers May 12

Y. Amintowlieh 2 ChE X X Reactive extrusion of polymers Sep 14

B.M. Amoli 2 ChE X Functionalization and dispersion of silver nanofillers (with N. Zhou in MME) Dec 14

A. Araya 1 Chem X Characterization of a modified polyolefin used as oil-additive Sep 11

T. Aridi 2 Chem X New grafting techniques Sep 12

D. Arunbabu 3 ChE X Development of bionanomaterials for biomedical applications Jun 12

H. Aslam 1 Chem X Chain dynamics of ruthenium-labeled polylysine probed by fluorescence Sep 11

D. Bacinello 2 ChE X Development of block copolypeptide systems for drug delivery applications Jun 12

K. Bailey 1 ChE X Membranes for oxygen permeation Apr 13

R. Batmaz 1 ChE X Cyclodextrin modified nanocrystalline cellulose system Apr 14

M. Bulsari 4 ChE X X Polymer micronization/Ultrasonic properties of polymers Dec 13

S. Chen 2 Chem X Characterization of solutions of pyrene end-labelled poly(ethylene oxide) by Jun 12 fluorescence and Rheology

J. Dockendorff 2 Chem X Metal-loaded micelles May 11

J. Du 4 ChE X Aroma extraction from coffee May 11

Y. Du 2 ChE X Fault detection in chemical processes Aug 15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 86 of 339 NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG NMc AP MT CT BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC COMPL. DATE S. Eslami 2 ChE X Membrane reactors Dec 13

S. Farhangi 2 Chem X Characterizing polymer chain dynamics in solution of various polymeric Apr 16 backbones by pyrene excimer formation

M. Farooq 2 ChE X Waste water treatment by membrane/adsorption Aug 12

M. Fowler 2 Chem X Characterization of the properties of polypeptide aggregates Dec 12

D. Francisco 4 ChE X Coffee aroma enrichment Mar 13

S. Gumfekar 1 ChE X In-situ electromechanical characterization of conductive adhesives Dec 12

E. Gungor 2 Chem X Carboxylated butyl rubber ionomers by “click” chemistry May 13

T. Hall 1 Chem X X Long range chain dynamics of poly(glutamic acid) Apr 12

M. Hazlett 2 ChE X Sensor selection studies in controlled radical polymerization Sep 12

Y. Hu 2 ChE X Facilitated transport membranes Aug 13

Y. Huang 2 ChE X Ultrafiltration membranes Aug 15

H. Izadi 2 ChE X X X Polymers with tailor-made adhesive properties at nano-scale Sep 13

J. Juger 3 Chem X Butyl rubber ionomers May 11

N. Kazemi 2 ChE X X Parameter estimation in terpolymerization May 14

C. Keyes-Baig 2 Chem X Electron transfer in DNA: A fluorescence blob model approach Dec 11

P. Kundu 2 ChE X CO2 capture from flue gas for greenhouse gas emission control Aug 12

C. Legros 2 ChE X Biodegradable and biocompatible nanogels for drug delivery applications Oct 14

L. Li 1 Chem X Studies of oil-in-water emulsion prepared with PNIPAM-based thermo- Aug 13 responsive polymeric surfactants

C. Madhuranthakam 4 ChE X Nitrile rubber continuous trains: modelling and optimization May 12

I. Mahmud 2 X Aminated butyl rubber ionomers by “click” chemistry Mar 13

M. Manoj 1 ChE X Parameter estimation in nonlinear models using MCMC Aug 13

S. Masoumi 2 ChE X Model discrimination using MCMC methods Aug 12

B. McDonald 1 ChE X Biomimetic anti-icing superhydrophobic coatings Aug 13

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 87 of 339 NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG NMc AP MT CT BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC COMPL. DATE

M. Meysami 2 ChE X Devulcanization of tire rubber crumb with supercritical CO2 Apr 12

F. Moingeon 3 Chem X Photocatalysts for H2 production Jun 12

P. Mutyala 2 ChE X Production of TPVs from devulcanized rubber crumb Dec 12

A. Nabifar 2 ChE X X Bayesian design of experiments in emulsion and controlled radical Sep 12 polymerization

L.Y. Nan 2 ChE X Nanoparticle synthesis using polyacrylic acids Apr 14

O. Nguon 2 Chem X Polymer chain dynamics Sep 12

B.L. Peng 2 ChE X Interactions between functionalized biocompatible polymer systems and Sep 14 surfactants

Sahar Rahmani 1 ChE X Magnetic nanoparticles for the removal of organic contaminants in water May 11 system

Sara Rahmani 1 ChE X Coatede nanogels for the delivery of insulin May 11

M. Reza 2 ChE X Membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment Aug 14

M. Riahinezhad 2 ChE X X Copolymerization of acrylamide/acrylic acid Sep 15

S. Roudsari 2 ChE X CFD Analysis and Experimental Study of MMA Emulsion Polymerization Aug 13

A. Sardashti 2 ChE X X Property modifications of HDPE Sep 14

Y. Shangguan 1 ChE X Highly permeable membranes Apr 11

M. Snow 1 ChE X Facilitated transport Apr 13

K. Stewart 1 ChE X X Polymeric sensors for detection of toxic vapours Sep 12

J. Sun 2 ChE X Polyelectrolyte membranes Aug 14

C. Ulloa 1 ChE X Hollow fiber membranes Apr 12

A. Vo Thu Nguyen 2 X Magnetic micelles as therapy and diagnostic (theranostic) agents Apr 16

L. Wadden 1 CivE X Creep performance of pipes (with Polak, Civ Eng) Sep 11

D. Wu 2 ChE X Interfacial polymerization for membrane synthesis Dec 14

M. Wurtele 1 ChE X Numerical simulations of polymer extrusion Sep 12

G. Whitton 2 Chem X Arborescent polymers form amino acids Apr 12

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 88 of 339 NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG NMc AP MT CT BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC COMPL. DATE X. Xu 2 ChE X Hydrophilic treatment of PVDF membranes Dec 14

A. Yang 1 Chem X Synthesis and characterization of block copolymers of PNIPAM and PEO Dec 13 prepared by ATRP

F. Yang 1 ChE X Fabrication and characterization of biomimetic hydrogels for biomaterials Aug 12 applications

M. Zaman 4 X Cationic modification of nanocrystalline cellulose Jan 12

Y. Zhang 2 ChE X Solvent dehydration by pervaporation Apr 13

Y. Zhaoling 3 ChE X Stimuli-responsive polymers systems Jun 13

S. Zhu 4 ChE X X Ultrasonic characterization of rubber materials Sep 12

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INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH (IPR) UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO WATERLOO, ONTARIO N2L 3G1

NEWSLETTER 2013

2. NOTE FROM PROFESSOR JEAN DUHAMEL, IPR DIRECTOR Another year has passed and it has been filled with exciting changes and successes at the Institute for Polymer Research.

The first big change of the year occurred when the University of Waterloo, in compliance with government accessibility legislation, undertook a University-wide initiative to update all University websites. Please note that as a result, our web address has changed to www.uwaterloo.ca/institute- polymer-research, although the previous www.ipruw.com site address will redirect you to the new site. At your leisure, please visit our new site.

Our lecture series organized by the IPR, welcomed Prof. Costas Tzoganakis in April and Prof. Mario Gauthier in November. Both delivered well-attended presentations entitled, “Analysis and Optimization of Polymer Compounding Operations for Automotive Plastics”, and “Arborescent and other branched polymer structures: Why bother?”, respectively. The lecture series is presented on an on-going basis to keep the IPR community abreast of the latest research, scientific breakthroughs and expertise being developed in the IPR laboratories.

The highlight of the year is always the annual symposium which was held on May 8, 2013. Dr. Steven Bloembergen, Executive VP Technology at Ecosynthetix and Prof. Alex Adronov from the Department of Chemistry at McMaster University delivered the keynote presentations. Dr. Bloembergen spoke of the scientific developments spearheaded by Ecosynthetix to produce the starch nanoparticles that are currently used industrially in paper coating applications. Prof. Adronov illustrated the difficulties associated with the productions of carbon nanotubes having well-defined features.

In addition, our two IPR award recipients, Hadi Izadi and Parinaz Akhlaghi gave exciting presentations about their research. Beside Hadi and Parinaz, twenty additional graduate students presented the results of their research at the symposium. The high level of preparedness for both the oral and poster presentations and the strong quality of the research ensured that the 2013 IPR symposium was extremely well received by all attendees. The interactions generated throughout the symposium with the student presentations and follow-up question-and-answer exchanges ensured that the IPR symposium continues to provide a collegial forum for informal discussions and connections within the IPR community of students, professors and industry visitors. The 2013 IPR symposium hosted the largest number of industry attendees in many years who enjoyed the student presentations and their enthusiasm for research. New this year, the organization of the symposium was supported by both industrial and University sponsors reflecting their commitment to the symposium and recognition of the valuable research being conducted by IPR researchers.

Finally, I want to thank our colleagues, Profs. Gauthier and Penlidis, for their professional activities that help project the IPR to the international stage. Prof. Gauthier is spending several months/yr in Hubei Province (Wuhan, China) taking part in the High-end Foreign Experts Program Award. Prof. Penlidis and his PhD student Hadi Izadi coordinated and acted as guest editors (by special invitation from MRE/Wiley editors) for two special issues on Adhesive Technology and Bio-inspired Adhesives, for Macromol. React. Eng, issues 7(10) and 7(11), with 16 papers from the ‘who-is-who’ internationally on Adhesion Science and Engineering.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 90 of 339 For this year’s symposium, we are delighted to announce the two following keynote speakers; Dr. Guerino Sacripante from the Xerox Research Center in Mississauga and Prof. Harald Stoever from McMaster University. Our students are conducting the last experiments to finalize the research that they will present at the next symposium which promises to be equally exciting and stimulating. In closing this introduction to our 2013 Newsletter, I look forward to welcoming you at the 2014 IPR symposium on May 21st.

2. ANNUAL IPR SYMPOSIUM The 36th Annual IPR Symposium will be held May 21, 2014. A schedule and registration forms have been circulated electronically, as usual.

Many thanks to all who participated in the 2013 Symposium (an audience of about 80 people). IPR received very positive feedback regarding the topics covered. The 2013 program and the list of industrial participants are attached (Appendix 1).

3. IPR INDUSTRIAL MEMBERS An up-to-date list of our current industrial members is attached (Appendix 2).

4. IPR PREPRINTS During 2013, the IPR office sent out 26 preprints to our members (Appendix 3).

5. RESEARCH PROGRAMS We have more than 90 research personnel (excluding faculty) involved in polymer research at the University of Waterloo. Industrial members may find it interesting to keep up to date with the various research projects that are underway (see list attached of research personnel, Appendix 4). For more information on any project, please email/call the appropriate supervisor or the IPR office at , 519/888-4789.

6. RECENTLY GRADUATED STUDENTS T. Duever PhD ChE Masoumi, S. Parameter estimation in nonlinear models using MCMC MASc. ChE Mathew, M. Model discrimination using MCMC methods

X. Feng MASc ChE Bailey, K. Potential applications of silk fibroin as a biomaterial PhD ChE Kundu, P. Process analysis of asymmetric hollow fiber membranes, unsteady state permeation and hybrid systems for gas separations MASc ChE Snow, M. Polymer electrolyte membranes for liquid olefin/paraffin separation

M. Gauthier M.Sc. Chem Alzahrany, Y. Currently in the PhD program with Nikos Hadjichristidis, KAUST, Saudi Arabia PhD Chem Aridi, T. Now working at Imperial Oil, Sarnia, ON, Canada. PDF Chem Moingeon, F. Now working at Thomas Swan, UK. PhD Chem Whitton, G. Now working as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Elizabeth Gillies, University of Western Ontario

Y. Li MASc. ChE Murphy, L. Influence of High Mobility Polymer Semiconductors in Organic Photovoltaics MASc. ChE Yan, Z. Development of New Building Blocks for Constructing Novel Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Thin Film Transistors

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M. Tam PhD ChE Peng, B. Interactions between Surfactants and Biodegradable Thermo- Responsive Polymeric Nanostructures in Bulk and at Interfaces MASc ChE Batmaz, R. Adsorption of an Organic Dye with Cellulose Nanocrystals

C. Tzoganakis PhD ChE Mutyala, P. Production of TPV’s from Devulcanized Rubber Crumb

X. Wang MASc Chem Liu, Y. Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclopentadienyl Dicarbonyldiphenylphosphinopropyliron for Migratory Insertion Polymerization B. Zhao MASc ChE McDonald, B. Pattern Transfer and Characterization of Biomimetic Micro- Structured surfaces for Hydrophobic and Icephobic Applications

7. ACADEMIC MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH Professors: R. Dhib Chem. Eng. Ryerson T.A. Duever Chem. Eng. Waterloo J. Duhamel, Director Chemistry Waterloo X. Feng Chem. Eng. Waterloo J. Forrest Phys. Astro. Waterloo M. Gauthier Chemistry Waterloo Y. Li Chem. Eng. Waterloo N. McManus Chem. Eng. Waterloo A. Penlidis Chem. Eng. Waterloo L.C. Simon Chem. Eng. Waterloo M. Tam Chem. Eng. Waterloo C. Tzoganakis Chem. Eng. Waterloo E. Vivaldo-Lima Chem. Eng. UNAM, Mexico X. Wang Chemistry Waterloo B. Zhao Chem. Eng. Waterloo

For a brief description of research interests and projects, along with contact information, please visit the following web link: www.uwaterloo.ca/institute-polymer-research/

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8. MEMBER COMPANIES—2013 Currently we have 8 member companies: (refer also Appendix 3) Afton Chemical BASF SE Compuplast Canada Inc. Lanxess Inc. OMNOVA Solutions Inc. PolyVation, The Netherlands Princeton Polymer Consultants, USA SABIC Europe, B.V.

9. STUDENT AWARDS J. Duhamel Mike Fowler received the Doctoral Thesis Completion Award from UW and the H. G. McLeod Award from GWC2.

M. Gauthier Alsehli, M. PhD Scholarship from Saudi Arabia Alturk, A. PhD Scholarship from Saudi Arabia Nguon, O. Best poster prize at the EnviroAnalysis conference 2013 (Toronto)

A. Penlidis Kate Stewart (PhD) had a poster that was one of 15 finalists (out of 60 posters), AUTO21 Conf., Toronto, ON, May 22-23, 2013. Pouyan Sardashti (PhD) was selected to participate in BASF Research Forum, Tarrytown, NY, USA, July 25- 27, 2013. He also received two Faculty of Engineering Graduate Scholarships. Alison Scott (MASc) received the Sanford Fleming Foundation Silver Medal for Co-operative Proficiency, Univ of Wloo. Marzieh Riahinezhad (PhD) received a Merit scholarship from the Dept. of Chem. Eng. (based on academic performance) in April. She also completed a certificate in Fundamentals of University Teaching from the UW Center for Teaching Excellence (Fall 2013). Hadi Izadi (PhD) received the Institute for Polymer Research Award (IPR) for academic excellence during a graduate student’s degree in polymer science/engineering, May 2013. Yasaman Amintowlieh (PhD) received a Graduate research studentship (given to students with GPA above 90).

M.Tam Parinaz Akhlaghi received the Institute for Polymer Research Award (IPR) for academic excellence during a graduate student’s degree in polymer science/engineering and the WIN Fellowship.

E.Vivaldo-Lima Porfirio López-Domínguez was awarded a CONACYT scholarship for M. Eng. (Chem. Eng.) studies at UNAM (Faculty of Chemistry, Engineering Graduate Program –PMyDI-) 2013-2015.

B. Zhao Hamed Shahsavan, recipient of the WIN Nanofellowship 2013 Hamed Shahsavan, recipient of an OGS scholarship, 2013

10. FACULTY AWARDS M. Gauthier Hubei Province High-end Foreign Experts Program Award, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (2012-2014).

E. Vivaldo-Lima

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 93 of 339 Premio Universidad Nacional (PUN) 2013, categoría de Docencia en ciencias exactas (“National University Award in the area of Teaching in exact sciences”), UNAM, México, November 2013. This is the most prestigious award granted by UNAM to its researchers and professors.

Granted Level 3 (the highest) of the Mexican National Researchers System (S.N.I.), 2013-2017 (Results released in December 2012, distinction effective January 2013-December 2017).

11. FULL REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS R. Dhib Roudsari, Sh.,F., F. Ein-Mozaffari, R. Dhib (2013). Use of CFD in Modeling MMA Solution Polymerization in a CSTR. Chemical Engineering Journal, 219 429-442.

T. Duever Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). Design of Experiments for Reactivity Ratio Estimation in Multicomponent Polymerizations Using the Error-in-Variables Approach. Macromol. Theory Simul. 22(5), 261-272.

Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). A Powerful Estimation Scheme with the Error-in-Variables- Model for Nonlinear Cases: Reactivity Ration Estimation Examples. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 48, 200-208.

J. Duhamel Chen, S. J. Duhamel (2013). Probing the Hydrophobic Interactions of a Series of Pyrene End-Labeled Poly(ethylene oxide)s in Aqueous Solution Using Time-Resolved Fluorescence. Langmuir. 29, 2821- 2834.

Chen, S., W. Yi, J. Duhamel, K. Heinrich, G. Bengtson, D. Fritsch (2013). Effect of the Porosity of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM) on its Intrinsic Fluorescence. J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 5249-5260.

Fowler, M.A., B. Siddique, J. Duhamel (2013). Effect of Sequence on the Ionization Behaviour of a Series of Amphiphilic Polypeptides. Langmuir 29, 4451-4459.

Duhamel, J. (2013). Global Analysis of Fluorescence Decays to Probe the Internal Dynamics of Fluorescently Labeled Macromolecules. Invited Instructional Review in Langmuir. DOI: 10.1021/la403714u.

Farhangi, S., H. Weiss, J. Duhamel (2013). Effect of Side-Chain Length on the Polymer Chain Dyanmics of Poly(alkyl methacrylate)s in Solution. Macromolecules 46, 9738-9747.

Chen, S., H. Siu, J. Duhamel (2013). Interactions Between Hydrophobically Modified Alkali-Swellable Emulsion Polymers and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Probed by Fluorescence and Rheology. J. Phys. Chem. B. 118 (1), 351-361.

X. Feng Zhang, X., C. Li, X. Hao, X. Feng, H. Zhang, H. Hou and G. Liang (2013). Recovering phenol as high purity crystals from dilute aqueous solutions by pervaporation. Chemical Engineering Science, 108, 183-187.

Wang, X., F. Shi, X. Gao, C. Fan, W. Huang, X. Feng (2013). A sol-gel dip/spin coating method to prepare titanium oxide films. Thin Solid Films, 548, 34-39.

Kundu, P., R. Zakaria, A. Chakma, X. Feng (2013). Analysis of permeate pressure build-up effects on intrinsic separation performance of asymmetric hollow fiber membranes. Chemical Engineering Science, 104, 849–856.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 94 of 339 Xu, J., X. Feng, J. Hou, X. Wang, B. Shan, L. Yu, C. Gao (2013). Preparation and characterization of a novel polysulfone UF membrane using a copolymer with capsaicin-mimic moieties for improved anti- fouling properties. J. of Membrane Science, 446, 171-180.

Huang, Q.-L., C. Xiao, Z.-Q. Miao, X. Feng, X.-Y. Hu (2013). Preparation and characterization of poly(tetrafluoroethylene–cohexafluoropropylene) (FEP) hollow fiber membranes for desalination. Desalination and Water Treatment, 51, 3948-3953.

Zhang, Y., J.W. Rhim, X. Feng (2013). Improving the stability of layer-by-layer self-assembled membranes for dehydration of alcohol and diol. J. of Membrane Science, 444, 22-31.

Huang, Q., C. Xiao, X. Feng, X. Hu (2013). Design of super-hydrophobic microporous polytetrafluoroethylene membranes. New Journal of Chemistry, 37, 373-379.

Khosa,M.A., S.S. Shah, X. Feng (2013). Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration of organic dyes. Separation Science and Technology, 48, 1315–1323.

Sun, A.C., W. Kosar, Y. Zhang, X. Feng (2013). A study of thermodynamics and kinetics pertinent to formation of PVDF membranes by phase inversion. Desalination, 309, 156-164.

Kundu, P., A. Chakma, X. Feng (2013). Modelling of multicomponent gas separation with asymmetric hollow fibre membranes - methane enrichment from biogas. Canadian J. of Chemical Engineering, 91, 1092-1102.

M. Gauthier Truzzolillo, D., D. Vlassopoulos, M. Gauthier (2013). Rheological Detection of Caging and Solid-liquid Transitions in Soft Colloid – Polymer Mixtures. J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech.193, 11-20.

Truzzolillo, D., D. Vlassopoulos, M. Gauthier, A. Munam (2013). Thermal Melting in Depletion Gels of Hairy Nanoparticles. Soft Matter, 9, 9088-9093.

Truzzolillo, D., D. Marzi, J. Marakis, B. Capone, M. Camargo, A. Munam, F. Moingeon, M. Gauthier, C.M. Likos, D. Vlassopoulos (2013). Glassy States in Asymmetric Mixtures of Soft and Hard Colloids. Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 208301 (5 pp).

Whitton, G., M. Gauthier (2013). Arborescent Polypeptides from γ-Benzyl L-Glutamic Acid. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem., 51, 5270-5279.

Aly Saad Aly, M., O. Nguon, M. Gauthier, J.T.W. Yeow (2013). Antibacterial Porous Polymeric Monolith Columns with Amphiphilic and Polycationic Character on Cross-linked PMMA Substrates for Cell Lysis Applications. RSC Adv., 3, 24177-24184.

Y. Li Murphy, L., W. Hong, H. Aziz, H., Y. Li (2013). Influences of Using a High Mobility Donor Polymer on Solar Cell Performance. Organic Electronics, 14, 3484-3492.

Hong, W., G. Guo, S. Sun, Z. Yan, C. Huang, Y. Hu, Y. Zheng, A. Facchetti, Y. Li, Y. (2013). Cyano- disubstituted dipyrrolopyrazinedione (CNPzDP) small molecules for solution processed n-channel organic thin-film transistors. J. Mater. Chem. C, 1 (36), 5624 - 5627.

Sun, B., W. Hong, H. Aziz, N.M. Abukhdeir, Y. Li (2013). Dramatically Enhanced Molecular Ordering and Charge Transport of a DPP-based Polymer Assisted by Oligomers through Antiplasticization. J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 4423.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 95 of 339 Lu, S., M. Drees, Y. Yao, D. Boudinet, H. Yan, P. Pan, J. Wang, Y. Li, H. Usta, A. Facchetti (2013). 3,6- Dithiophen-2-yl-diketopyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole (isoDPPT) as an Acceptor Building Block for Organic Opto- Electronics. Macromolecules, 46, 3895.

Li, Y., P. Sonar, L. Murphy, W. Hong (2013). High mobility diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)–based organic semiconductor materials for organic thin film transistors and photovoltaics. Energy Environ. Sci., 6, 1684.

Murphy, L., W. Hong, H. Aziz, Y. Li (2013). Organic photovoltaics with thick activelayers (~800 nm) using a high mobility polymer donor. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 114, 71.

Yan, Z., B. Sun, Y. Li (2013). Novel stable (3E,7E)-3,7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo[1,2-b:4,5- b']difuran-2,6(3H,7H)-dione based donor-acceptor polymer semiconductors for n-type organic thin film transistors. Chem. Commun, 49, 3790.

Hong, W.B. Sun, G. Guo, J. Yuen, Y. Li, S. Lu, H. Huang, A. Facchetti (2013). Dipyrrolo[2,3-b:20,30- e]pyrazine-2,6(1H,5H)-dione based conjugated polymers for ambipolar organic thin-film transistors. Chem. Commun., 49, 484.

Jiang, C., W.L. Koh, M.Y. Leung, W. Hong, Y. Li, J. Zhang (2013). Influences of alcoholic solvents on spray pyrolysis deposition of TiO2 blocking layer films for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Solid State Chem., 198, 197.

N. McManus Riahinezhad, M., N. Kazemi, N. McManus, A. Penlidis (2013). Optimal Estimation of Reactivity Ratios for Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Copolymerization. J. Polym Sci. 51 4819-4827.

A. Penlidis Izadi, H., K. Sarikhani, A. Penlidis (2013). Instabilities of teflon AF thin films in alumina nanochannels and adhesion of bi-level Teflon AF nanopillars. Nanotechnology, 24, 505306 (12 pp).

Izadi, H., A. Penlidis (2013). Polymeric bio-inspired dry adhesives: van der Waals or electrostatic interactions? Macromol. React. Eng., 7 (11), 588-608. Featured in MaterialsViews, Nov. 2013.

Riahinezhad, M., N. Kazemi, N. McManus, A. Penlidis (2013). Optimal estimation of reactivity ratios for acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymerization. J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem., 51, 4819-4827.

Sardashti, P., C. Tzoganakis, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2013). Radiation induced long chain branching in high density polyethylene through a reactive extrusion process. Macromol. React. Eng., doi 10.1002/mren.201300134.

Behjat, Y., J.J. Cheng, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2013). Effect of molecular structure on short-term and long-term mechanical behavior of high density polyethylene. J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000804. Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). Design of experiments for reactivity ratio estimation in multicomponent polymerizations using the Error-in-Variables approach. Macromol. Theory Simul., 22, 261-272. Selected to feature in MaterialsViews.

Scott, A.J., A. Penlidis (2013). Nitrile rubber reactor operation troubleshooting with Principal Component Analysis. J. Macromol. Sci., Pure and Appl. Chem., 50, 803-811.

Izadi, H., M. Golmakani, A. Penlidis (2013). Enhanced adhesion and friction by electrostatic interactions of double-level Teflon nanopillars. Soft Matter, 9, 1985-1996.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 96 of 339 Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). A powerful estimation scheme with the error-in-variables- model for nonlinear cases: Reactivity ratio estimation examples. Comput. and Chem. Eng., 48, 200- 208.

Madhuranthakam, C.M., A. Penlidis (2013). Improved operating scenarios for the production of acrylonitrile-butadiene emulsions. Polym. Eng. Sci., 53 (1), 9-20.

Nabifar, A., J. Hernandez-Ortiz, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis (2013). Cross-linking NMRP copolymerization from a Bayesian experimental design angle. Macromol. Symp., 324, 19-32.

Stewart, K.M.E., A. Penlidis (2013). Novel test system for gas sensing materials and sensors. Macromol. Symp., 324, 11-18.

L. Simon Guettler, B.E., C. Moresoli , L.C. Simon (2013). Contact angle and surface energy analysis of soy materials subjected to potassium permanganate and autoclave treatment. Ind. Crops Prod., 50, 219– 226.

Tajvidi, M., A. M. Sharma, L. C. Simon (2013). Thermal transitions and temperature dependent mechanical behavior of wheat straw/talc isotactic/impact modified polypropylene composites. J. Reinf. Plast. Comp., 32, 1430-1443.

Guettler, B.E., C. Moresoli , L.C. Simon (2013). Mechanical properties and crack propagation of soy- polypropylene composites. J. Appl. Polyl. Sci., 130 (1), 175–185.

Tajvidi, M., L. C. Simon (2013). High-temperature creep behavior of wheat straw isotactic/impact- modified polypropylene composites. J. Therm. Comp. Mater. Doi: 10.1177/0892705713513283.

M. Tam Yao Z.L., N. Grishkewich, K.C. Tam (2013). Swelling and shear viscosity of stimuli-responsive colloidal systems. Soft Matter., 9, 5319-5335.

Peng, B.L., X. Han, H.L. Liu, R.M. Berry, K.C. Tam (2013). Interactions between Surfactants and Polymer- grafted Nanocrystalline Cellulose, Colloids and Surface A. 421, 142-149.

Yuen, F., K.C. Tam (2013). Alpha-Cyclodextrin Assisted Self-Assembly of Poly(ethylene glycol)-block- Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in Aqueous Media. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 127, 4785-4794.

Akhlaghi, S.P., R.M. Berry, K.C. Tam (2013). Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystal with chitosan oligosaccharide for drug delivery applications. Cellulose, 20, 1747-1764.

Akhlaghi, S.P., B.L. Peng, Z.L. Yao, K.C. Tam (2013). Sustainable Nanomaterials Derived from Polysaccharides and Amphiphilic Compounds. Soft Matter, 9, 7905-7918.

Legros, C., M.C. Gillet De Pauw, K.C. Tam, S. Lecommmandoux, D. Taton (2013). pH and redox responsive hydrogels and nanogels made from poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline). Polymer Chemistry, 4 , 4801- 4808.

Peng, B.L., X. Han, H.L. Liu, K.C. Tam (2013). Binding of Cationic Surfactants to a Thermo-sensitive Copolymer Below and Above its Cloud Point. J. Colloid & Interfacial Science, 412, 17-23.

Wang H., J. He, M. Zhang, Y. Tao, F. Li, K.C. Tam, P. Ni (2013). Amphiphilic Poly(Îµ-caprolactone)-acetal- Poly(ethylene glycol)-acetal-Poly(Îµ-caprolactone) Triblock Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization and pH-Triggered Drug Delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 1 (48), 6596-6607.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 97 of 339 Suh, Y.H., B.J. Kim, K.C. Tam, M.G. Aucoin (2013). Detection and characterization of hemoglobin dissociation and aggregation using microcalorimetry. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry DOI10.1007/s10973-013-3424-5.

C. Tzoganakis Sardashti, P., C. Tzoganakis, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2012). Improvement of Hardening Stiffness Test as an Indicator of Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance of Polyethylene. J Macromol Sci., Pure & Appl Chem. 49, 9, 689-698.

Sardashti, P., C. Tzoganakis, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2013). Radiation Induced Long Chain Branching in High Density Polyethylene through a Reactive Extrusion Process. Macromol. React. Eng., DOI: 10.1002/mren.201300134.

Chabot, V., B. Kim, B. Sloper, C. Tzoganakis, A. Yu (2013). High yield production and purification of few layer graphene by Gum Arabic assisted physical sonication. Nature Scientific Reports, 3, 1378 | DOI: 10.1038/srep01378.

Younes, A., A. Elkamel, M. Leung, C. Tzoganakis, A. Lohi (2013). The Quality-constrained Scheduling Problem in Plastics Compounding. Can. J. Chem. Eng., 91, 1229-1243. DOI 10.1002/cjce.21739.

E. Vivaldo-Lima García-Leal, E., M.A. Ordaz-Quintero, E. Saldívar-Guerra, M.E. Albores-Velasco, E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Radical Styrene Polymerization Via a Mass-Suspension Process. Macromol. React. Eng., 7(12), 699-712.

López-Domínguez, P., E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). Analysis of the Microwave Activated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene using Modeling Tools. Macromol. React. Eng., 7(9), 463-476.

Nabifar, A., J.C. Hernandez-Ortiz, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis (2013). Cross-linking Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Copolymerization from a Bayesian Experimental Design Angle. Macromol. Symp., 324, 19-32.

Jaramillo-Soto, G., C.M. Villa-Ávila, E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). RAFT Copolymerization with Crosslinking of Methyl Methacrylate and Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, J. Macromol. Sci., A: Pure Appl. Chem., 50, 281-286.

X. Wang Lanigan, N., X.S. Wang 92013). Supramolecular chemistry of metal complexes in solution. Chem. Commun., 49, 8133-8144.

Wang, X.S., K. Cao, Y.B. Liu, B. Tsang, S. Liew (2013). Migration insertion polymerization (MIP) of cyclopentadienyldicarbonyldiphenylphosphinopropyliron (FpP): a new concept for main chain metal- containing polymers (MCPs). J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 3399-3402.

Cai, C.H., Y.L. Li, J.P. Lin, L.Q. Wang, S.L. Lin, X.S. Wang, T. Jiang (2013). Simulation-Assisted Self- Assembly of Multicomponent Polymers into Hierarchical Assemblies with Varied Morphologies. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 30, 7732–7736.

Nawaza, S.M.H., J. Liu, F. Liu, X.S. Wang, W.A. Zhang (2013). Synthesis of porphyrinic polystyrenes and their self-assembly with pristine fullerene (C60) Mater. Lett., 91, 71-74.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 98 of 339 Ghasdian, N., Y.B. Liu, R. McHale, J.J. He, Y.Q. Miao, X.S. Wang (2013). Synthesis of Prussian Blue Metal Coordination Polymer Nanocubes via Cyanoferrate Monomer Design. J. Inorg. Organomet. P., 23, 111- 118.

Cao, K., B. Tsang, Y.B. Liu, D. Chelladural, W.P. Power, X.S. Wang (2013). Synthesis, Cyclization, and Migration Insertion Oligomerization of CpFe(CO)2(CH2)3PPh2 in Solution. Organometallics, Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/om4010516.

B. Zhao Shahsavan, H., B. Zhao (2013). Bio-inspired Functionally Graded Adhesive Materials: Synergetic Interplay of Top Viscous-elastic Layers with Base Micropillars, Macromolecules, DOI: 10.1021/ma4018718.

Zhang, W., Fut K. Yang, Z. Pan, J. Zhang, B. Zhao (2013). Bio-Inspired Dopamine Functionalization of Polypyrrole for Improved Adhesion and Conductivity. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300761.

McDonald, B., P. Patel, B. Zhao (2013). Micro-Structured Polymer Film Mimicking the Trembling Aspen Leaf. Chemical Engineering & Process Techniques, 1(2):101.

Amoli, B.M., E. Marzbanrad, A. Hu, Y.N. Zhou, B. Zhao (2013). High-aspect Ratio Silver Nanobelts for Electrical Conductive Adhesive Nanocomposites. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, DOI: 10.1002/mame.201300295.

Marzbanrad, E., A. Hu, B. Zhao, Y. N. Zhou (2013). Room Temperature Nanojoining of Triangular and Hexagonal Silver Nanodisks. J. of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (32), 16665–16676.

McDonald, B., H. Shahsavan, B. Zhao (2013). Biomimetic Micro-Patterning of Epoxy Coatings for Enhanced Hydrophobicity and Low Friction. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, DOI: 10.1002/mame.201300112

Gumfekar, S.P., B.M. Amoli, A. Chen, B. Zhao (2013). Polyaniline-tailored Electromechanical Responses of the Silver/Epoxy Conductive Adhesive Composites. J. of Polymer Science: Part B, 51, 1448–1455.

Wang, W., S. P. Gumfekar, Q. Jiao, B. Zhao (2013). Ferrite-grafted Polyaniline Nanofibers as Electromagnetic Shielding Materials. J. of Materials Chemistry C, 1 (16), 2851 – 2859.

Zhang, W., F.K. Yang, Y. Han, R. Gaikwad, Z. Leonenko, B. Zhao (2013). Surface and Tribological Behaviors of the Bio-inspired Polydopamine Thin Films in Dry and Wet Conditions. Biomacromolecules, 14, 394−405.

13. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/INVITED SEMINARS R. Dhib Fathi Roudsari S., F Ein-Mozaffari, R Dhib (2013). Effect of Mixing Geometry and Configuration on PMMA Latex Quality in a Batch Reactor. 63rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Fredricton, NB, Canada, October 20-23, 2013.

Fathi Roudsari, S., F Ein-Mozaffari, R Dhib (2013). Exploring the Effect of Agitation on MMA Emulsion Polymerization. 63rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Fredricton, NB, Canada, October 20- 23, 2013.

Hamad, D., M. Mehrvar, R. Dhib (2013). Experimental Study and Kinetic Modeling of Photo-oxidative Degradation of PVA by UV/ H2O2 Process. 63rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Fredricton, NB, Canada, October 20-23, 2013.

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T. Duever Kazemi, N., T. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). A Systematic Approach to Estimating Reactivity Ratios in Multicomponent Polymerization Systems. AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 3-8, 2013.

J. Duhamel Pirouz, S., J. Duhamel (2013). Modification of Polyisobutylene-Based Oil-Soluble Dispersants. XXII IMRC, Cancun, Mexico, August 11-15, 2013.

Farhangi, S., H. Weiss, J. Duhamel (2013). To Which Extent Can Pyrene Excimer Formation Probe Polymer Chain Dynamics in Pyrene-Labeled Polymers? Polymat, Huatulco, Mexico, October 13-16, 2013.

Duhamel, J. (2013). Probing the Internal Dynamics of Macromolecules in Solution Quantitatively by Using Time-Resolved Fluorescence. Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal QC, Canada, January 25th, 2013.

Duhamel, J. (2013). Internal Dynamics of Macromolecules Probed by Using Pyrene Excimer Formation: From Theory to Applications. 96th CSC Conference in Québec, Québec QC, Canada, May 26 – 30, 2013.

Duhamel, J. (2013). Bubbly Chemistry: The Many Uses and Applications of Surfactants. CHEMED 2013 Conference, Waterloo, July 28- August 1st, 2013.

X. Feng Huang, Y., Y. Zhang, D. Lawless, X. Feng (2013). Removal of heavy metals from wastewater using polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration. Invited Keynote Presentation, 13th Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC 2013), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov 17 - 22, 2013.

X. Feng (2013). Olefin/paraffin separations by membranes via facilitated transport. SM Nutritional Products Canada Inc., Dartmouth, NS, Oct 24, 2013.

Huang, Y., D. Lawless, X. Feng (2013). Polyvinylamine-enhanced ultrafiltration for removal of heavy metals from wastewater. 63rd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Fredericton, NB, Oct 20-23, 2013.

Wang, X., X. Deng, Z, Bai, W. Huang, X. Feng (2013). Synthesis of superior hydrophilic and acid-resistant Ge-ZSM-5 membranes by simultaneously incorporating Ge and Al into Silicalite-1 framework. 17th Zeolite Conference, Yinchuan, China, Aug 29-Sept 2, 2013.

Chen, Y., D. Lawless, X Feng (2013). Pressure-vacuum swing permeation: a novel process mode for membrane separation of gases. Invited Keynote Presentation, International Conference on Membrane Science & Technology (MST2013), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 27-29, 2013.

X. Feng (2013). Advanced membranes for gas separations based on facilitated transport. National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy (NICE), Beijing, China, Aug 23, 2013.

Zhang, Y., J.W. Rhim, X. Feng (2013). Layer-by-layer self-assembly of polyelectrolyte membranes for solvent dehydration by pervaporation. Invited Keynote Presentation, 7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2013), Singapore, June 30-July 5, 2013.

Kim, J. H., X. Feng (2013). Preparation of facilitated transport membranes using Ag+-chitosan complex and their propylene/propane separation. 23rd Annual North American Membrane Society Meeting, Boise, ID, June 8-12, 2013.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 100 of 339 Zhang, Y., J.W. Rhim, D. Lawless, X. Feng (2013). Self-assembled polyelectrolyte membranes for dehydration of isopropanol by pervaporation. 23rd Annual North American Membrane Society Meeting, Boise, ID, June 8-12, 2013.

M. Gauthier Gauthier, M. (2013). Arborescent Copolymer Micelles Based on Poly(γ-benzyl L-glutamate). 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, QC, May 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Synthesis of Arborescent Polymers by "Click" Grafting. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, QC, May 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Arborescent Polymer-stabilized Palladium Nanoparticles as Green Catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, QC, May 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Synthesis of Ammonium, Sulfobetaine, and Carboxylated Polyisobutylene-based Materials by Azide – Alkyne "Click" Chemistry. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, QC, May 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Synthesis of Carboxylated Polyisobutylene-based Materials by Thiol-ene "Click" Chemistry. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec, QC, May 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Determination of the Loading and Stability of Pd Nanocatalysts by Microplasma- AES. EnviroAnalysis 2013 Conference, Toronto, ON, September 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Synthesis of Arborescent Polymers by "Click" Grafting. XXII International Materials Research Congress, Cancún, Mexico, August 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Arborescent Copolymers as Templates for the Formation of Palladium Nanoparticle ‘Green’ Catalysts. International Conference on Polymers and Advanced Materials (Polymat/SILQCOM), Huatulco, Mexico, October 2013.

Gauthier, M. (2013). Arborescent Polymers: Dendritic Macromolecules with Unusual Properties. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, October 2013.

Y. Li Li, Y., W. Hong, B. Sun, C. Guo, Z. Yan (2013). Design and synthesis of new donor-acceptor polymers for organic thin film transistors. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, Quebec, May 26-30, 2013. Hong, W., B. Sun, C. Guo, J. Yuen, Y. Li, S. Lu, C. Huang, A. Facchetti (2013). Dipyrrolo[2,3-b:2',3'- e]pyrazine-2,6(1H,5H)-dione based conjugated small molecules and polymers for organic thin-film transistors. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, Quebec, May 26-30, 2013.

Li, Y. (2013). Development of Printable Electronic Materials. Invited seminar. FPInnovations, Montreal, Quebec, December 11, 2013.

Li, Y. (2013). Novel Building Blocks for Organic Semiconductors for Printed Electronics. Waterloo- Suchow Workshop, Waterloo, ON, August 1, 2013.

Li, Y. (2013). Development of Printable Electronic Materials. Invited seminar. Celestica, Toronto, ON, April 16, 2013.

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 101 of 339 Wu,Y.R., N. McManus, C. Tzoganakis (2013). Cross metathesis of olefin terminated polypropylene and polydimethylsiloxane in the melt phase. Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference 2013, Proceedings Pages 2174 - 2178.

Riahinezhad, M., N. Kazemi, N. McManus, A. Penlidis (2013). Reactivity Ratios for Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Copolymerization: Optimal design of experiments and estimation. Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Conference, Fredricton, New Brunswick. October 2103.

McManus, N., Y.R. Wu, C. Tzoganakis (2013). Cross metathesis of olefin terminated polypropylene and polydimethylsiloxane in the melt phase. Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference 2013, Cincinatti Ohio, May 2013.

A. Penlidis Sepiani, H., M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis (2013). Viscoelastic material modelling of polyethylene using modified superposition principle. GEN-277 (1-8). CSCE Conf., Montreal, QC, May 29-June 1, 2013.

Izadi, H., A. Penlidis (2013). Development of a new generation of dry adhesives by electrostatic interactions of Teflon AF nanopillars. (ms length 3 proceedings pgs). 36th Adhesion Soc. Conf., Hilton resort, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, March 3-6, 2013.

Sardashti, P., C. Tzoganakis, A. Penlidis (2013). Methodologies for obtaining reliable indicators for ESCR of polymers. AIChE Annual Mtg., San Francisco, CA, USA., Nov. 3-8, 2013.

Kazemi, N., T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis (2013). A systematic approach to estimate reactivity ratios in multicomponent polymerization systems. AIChE Annual Mtg., San Francisco, CA, USA., Nov. 3-8, 2013.

Scott, A.J., A. Penlidis (2013). Application of Principal Component Analysis to nitrile butadiene rubber polymerization reactor performance. 63rd CSChE Conf., Fredericton, NB, Canada, Oct. 20-23, 2013.

Riahinezhad, M., N. Kazemi, N. McManus, A. Penlidis (2013). Reactivity ratios for acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymerization-optimal design of experiments and estimation. 63rd CSChE Conf., Fredericton, NB, Canada, Oct. 20-23, 2013.

Chen, W.T., K. Stewart, J. Carroll, R, Mansour, E. Abdel-Rahman, A. Penlidis (2013). Novel gaseous phase ethanol sensor implemented with underloaded RF resonator for SHF sensor-embedded passive chipless RFIDS. (ms length 4 pgs). 17th Intern. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, June 16-20, 2013.

Penlidis, A. (2013). Gas sensors and polymeric sensing materials. AUTO21 Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada., May 22-23, 2013.

Penlidis, A. (2013). Could polymers detect volatile organic compounds? Invited talk AIChE Annual Mtg., San Francisco, CA, USA., Nov. 3-8, 2013.

Penlidis, A. (2013). Volatile organic compounds and their interaction with polymeric materials. Invited seminar, Don Grierson Memorial Seminar Series, Dubai, Feb. 5, 2013.

L. Simon Finkle, A., R. Berry, L. Simon (2013). Application of Nanocrystalline Cellulose in Polycarbonate Nanofibers Prepared by Electrospinning. Invited, 245 ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, USA, April 7- 11, 2013.

Park, S.R., L. Simon (2013). Accelerated Chemical Ageing of Renewable Polyethylene-Biofibre Thermoplastic Composites. 9th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 18-

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Simon, L. (2013). Advances in Lightweight and Renewable Thermoplastic Composites. Invited, Canadian Innovation Day Ford Motors Company, Dearborn, USA, March 1, 2013.

Simon, L.C., M. Warmelink (2013). Increasing Sustainability & Competitiveness with Natural Fibre Thermoplastic Composites. Invited, Canadian Plastics Industry Association Innovation Forum, Toronto, Canada, November 28, 2013.

Finkle, A., R. Berry, L. Simon (2013). New Applications of Nanocrystalline Cellulose in 3-D Printing. Invited, 2nd Canada-Brazil Workshop on Nanotechnology, Waterloo, Canada, September, 18-20, 2013.

Simon, L. (2013). Road to Innovation: Renewable Materials, Nanocomposites, Advanced Thermoplastics, Bioeconomy Research Highlights. Invited, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Canada, November 27, 2013.

Simon, L. (2013). Thermoplastic Composites Using Renewable Materials. Braskem America, Pittsburgh USA, July 29, 2013.

Simon, L. (2013). New Nanocomposites with Nanocellulose for Applications in 3D Printing. National Center of Nanomaterials and Energy, Campinas, Brazil, December 2, 2013.

Simon, L., C.D. Castel (2013). Molecular Structure and Morphology of Cassava Starch. Bahiamido, Palmas, Brazil, April 26, 2013.

C. Tzoganakis McManus, N., C. Tzoganakis, Y. Wu (2013). Cross Metathesis of Olefin Terminated Polypropylene and Polydimethylsiloxane in the Melt Phase. Proceedings of the 71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Cincinnati, OH, USA, pp.2174-2178, April 2013.

Meysami, M., P. Mutyala, S. Zhu, C. Tzoganakis (2013). Effect of process parameters on properties of devulcanized rubber obtained from a supercritical CO2 assisted devulcanization process. Proceedings of the 71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Cincinnati, OH, USA, pp. 1006-1012, April 2013.

Mutyala, P., M. Meysami, S. Zhu, C. Tzoganakis (2013). A Study of the Cure Compatibilization of Devulcanized Tire Tread Rubber and Polypropylene. Proceedings of the 71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Cincinnati, OH, USA. pp. 2548-2555, April 2013.

Tzoganakis, C. (2013) Rubber Devulcanization through Extrusion with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Grand Valley Chapter of Engineers, Invited Talk. Cambridge, Ontario. December 2013.

E. Vivaldo-Lima Domínguez, P.L., E. Vivaldo Lima (2013). Análisis de la polimerización radicálica por transferencia de átomo activada por microondas de metracrilato de metilo y estireno usando herramientas de modelación” (Analysis of the microwave activated atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate using modeling tools) (oral). XXVI Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Polimérica de México, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, November 6-9, 2013.

Domínguez, P.L., L. Espinosa Pérez, E. Vivaldo Lima (2013). Hacia la modelación de la síntesis de hidrogeles con HEMA y otros entrecruzantes: comparación con datos experimentales” (Towards the modeling of the synthesis of hydrogels from HEMA and other crosslinkers: comparison against experimental data) (oral). XXVI Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Polimérica de México, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, November 6-9, 2013.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 103 of 339 X. Wang Wang, X.S. (2013). Exploring Metal-Containing Supramolecular Nanomaterials via Block Copolymer Self- Assembly. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec, Quebec, May 26-30, 2013.

Wang, X.S. (2013). Cyclization vs Migration Insertion Polymerization (MIP) of Cyclopentadienyldicarbonyldiphenyl phosphinopropyliron (FpP) in Solution. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec, Quebec, May 26-30, 2013.

B. Zhao Shahsavan, H., Z. Pan, B. McDonald B. Zhao (2013). Biomimetic Micro/Nano Structured Surfaces: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application. 2013 Nano Ontaio Conference, Kingston, Ontario - Won the Best Poster Award. Nov 7-8, 2013.

Shahsavan, H., B. McDonald, B. Zhao (2013). Fabrication and Characterizations of Biomimetic Micro and Nano Structured Surfaces. 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Quebec City, May 26-30, 2013.

Rivers, G., A. Rogalsky, P.Lee-Sullivan, B. Zhao (2013). Misinterpretation of cure data analysis in epoxy- based nanocomposites. 23rd CTAS Annual workshop and exhibition, Oshawa, Ontario, May 7-8, 2013.

Meschi Amoli, B., A. Hu, N. Zhou, Boxin Zhao (2013). Synthesis and Functionalization of the Silver Nanoparticles for Electrical Conductive Adhesive Application. Nominated as the best poster award (one of the 10 nominations out of about 1000 posters).MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, April 2013.

Zhang, W., Fut K. Yang, B. Zhao (2013). Polydopmaine Nanoscale Thin Films as Multifunctional Coatings. 19th International Vacuum Congress IVC-19(jointly organized with) International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology ICN+T 2013, Paris, France, Sept 9-13, 2013.

14. PATENTS/MAJOR TECHNICAL REPORT/CHAPTERS IN BOOKS/OTHER M. Gauthier Dockendorff, J., M. Gauthier (2013). Dendritic Polymers (Invited Book Chapter). In Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization and Processing, Saldívar, E., Vivaldo-Lima, E. Eds. Wiley: Hoboken (Ch. 30).

Y. Li US 9,609.867 Wu, Y., B.S. Ong, Y. Qi, Y. Li. (2013). Substituted indolocarbazoles.

US 8,461,292 Li, Y., Y. Wu, P. Liu, P.F. Smith (2013). Organic Thin Film Transistors.

US 8,419,822 Li, Y. (2013). Methods for producing carboxylic acid stabilized silver nanoparticles.

US 8,382,970 Qi, Y., Q. Zhang, Y. Li, N-X. Hu (2013). Metallization process for making fuser members.

US 8,382,878 Li, Y. (2013). Silver nanoparticle process.

A. Penlidis Penlidis, A., E. Vivaldo-Lima, J.C. Hernandez-Ortiz, E. Saldivar-Guerra (2013). Polymer Reaction Engineering, Ch. 12, in Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization and Processing, 251-271, (E. Saldivar-Guerra and E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds.), Wiley.

Izadi, H., A. Penlidis (2013). Recent advances in synthesis and characterization of adhesives. Macromol. React. Eng., 7 (10), 482-483 (mren.201300178). Featured in MaterialsViews, Nov. 2013.

Izadi, H., A. Penlidis (2013). Science and technology of bio-inspired adhesives. Macromol. React. Eng., 7 (11), 570-572 (doi 10.1002/mren.201300182). Featured in MaterialsViews, Nov. 2013.

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L. Simon Fatoni, R., A. Almansoori, A. Elkamel, L. Simon (2013). Computer-aided product design of wheat straw polypropylene composites, in Modeling and Prediction of Polymer Nanocomposite Properties. First Edition. Edited by Vikas Mittal. Wiley-VCH © 2013.

M. Tam Akhlaghi S.P., M. Zaman, P.L. Peng, K.C. Tam (2013). Cationic Cellulose and Chitin Nanocrystals for Novel Therapeutic Applications in Cationic Polymers in Regenerative Medicine (Royal Society of Chemistry).

E. Vivaldo-Lima Saldívar-Guerra, E., E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds. (2013). Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

Saldívar-Guerra, E., E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). Ch. 1: Introduction to Polymers and Polymer Types in: Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing. E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima Eds., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

Hernández-Ortiz, J.C., E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). Ch. 9: Crosslinking In: Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing. E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

Penlidis, A., E. Vivaldo-Lima, J.C. Hernández-Ortiz, E. Saldívar-Guerra (2013). Ch. 12: Polymer Reaction Engineering in: Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing. E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

Herrera-Ordoñez, J., E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima (2013). Ch. 14: Dispersed Phase Polymerization Processes in: Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing. E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

Vivaldo-Lima, E., C. Guerrero-Sánchez, C. Hornung, I.A. Quintero-Ortega, G. Luna-Bárcenas (2013). Ch. 15: New Polymerization Processes in: Handbook of Polymer Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing. E. Saldívar-Guerra, E. Vivaldo-Lima, Eds., John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-63032-7.

15. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR YEAR 2013 Prof Penlidis was a consultant with 9 companies (Canada, USA, Europe) Prof Penlidis was an Editorial Board Member for J. Macromol. Sci.-Pure and Appl. Chem., Polymer-Plastics Techn. and Eng., and Macromol. React. Eng.

In 2013, Prof Penlidis and his PhD student Hadi Izadi coordinated and acted as guest editors (by special invitation from MRE/Wiley editors) for two special issues on Adhesive Technology and Bio-inspired Adhesives, for Macromol. React. Eng, issues 7(10) and 7(11), with 16 papers from the ‘who-is-who’ internationally on Adhesion Science and Engineering.

Prof Penlidis continued International academic collaborations (regular basis with co-authored articles): Universities of UNAM (Mexico), Los Andes (Venezuela), Manipal (Karnataka, India), and (more locally), University of Toronto and McGill Univ.

Prof Penlidis spent the winter 2013 school term (Jan to May 2013) in Dubai, UAE, teaching Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics to 2nd year Chem Eng students, as part of the Wloo/Dubai campus. It was a great teaching and socio-cultural experience, despite the fact that the UW administration decided to terminate the program.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 105 of 339 Prof. Boxin Zhao was featured on the University of Waterloo website citing “Waterloo researcher is developing nano-glue for electronics” on Sept 16, 2013. https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/waterloo-researcher-developing-nano-glue-electronics

E. Vivaldo-Lima continues to participate as Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure & Applied Chemistry (Taylor & Francis).

E. Vivaldo-Lima started a sabbatical leave from UNAM as Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering of the University of Ottawa, carrying out research collaboration with Professor Marc A. Dubé. The research leave goes from August 2013 to July 2014.

E. Vivaldo‐Lima concluded his participation as a Member for UNAM in the Scientific Committee and technical coordinator for the UNAM team, in Project “BABETHANOL” (www.babethanol.com), funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007‐2013) under grant agreement n° 227498. The Project concluded satisfactorily in May 2013.

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APPENDIX 1

INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH CELEBRATING 29 YEARS OF OFFICIAL INSTITUTE STATUS THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2013 Conrad Grebel College Great Hall University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Wednesday, May 8, 2013 8:30 a.m. Coffee

8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:20 Hadi Izadi, Chemical Engineering, Waterloo How to make a Fluoropolymer Sticky! (Winner of 2012 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

9:20 - 10:00 Industry Speaker: Dr. Steven Bloembergen, Exec. Vice Pres. Technology of Ecosynthetix Transforming renewable resources into high performance biomaterials that replace petroleum based chemicals

10:00 – 10:30 5-Min. Mini Presentations 9) Mosa Alsehli Arborescent Polypeptides for Sustained Drug Delivery Applications 10) Greg Whitton Synthesis of Arborescent Copolymers Based on Poly(ɣ-benzyl L-glutamate) 11) Kurt Schreiter Optical Calorimetry in Ultra-thin Polymer Films 12) Wei Yi Effect of the Porosity of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM) on its Intrinsic Fluorescence 13) Yu Chai Cappillary-Driven Flow as a Probe of Enhanced Surface Mobility in Glassy Polymer Films 14) Kevin Bailey Potential Biomaterial Applications for Regenerated Silk Fibroin Films

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 11:20 Andrew Finkle Polymer Nanocomposites for 3-D Printing 11:20 – 11:40 Olivier Nguon Arborescent Polymer-Stabilized Palladium Nanoparticles as Green Catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction

11:40 – 12:00 5-Min. Mini Presentations

15) Remi Casier Using Fluorescence to Probe the Effect of Salt on the Interactions between Pyrene-Labeled Poly (ethylene oxide) and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Micelles 16) Solmaz Pirouz Fluorescence Study of Polyisobutylene-Based Oil-Soluble Dispersants 17) Aklilu Worku Arborescent Core-Shell-Corona Structures as Templates for the Preparation of Metallic Nanoparticles 18) Toufic Aridi 42

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Synthesis of Arborescent Polymers by “Click” Grafting

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:40 Academic Speaker: Prof. Alex Adronov, McMaster University Design, Synthesis and Applications of New Macromolecules in Nanotechnology and Therapeutics

1:40 – 2:00 Marzieh Riahinezhad Clarification of the Reactivity Ratios for Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Copolymerization 2:00 – 2:20 Manoj Mathew Parameter Estimation in Polymerization Systems Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods 2:20 - 2:40 Niousha Kazemi Reactivity Ratio Estimation for the 9-(-4-vinylbenzyl)-9H-carbazole and Methyl Methacrylate Free Radical Copolymerization System Using the Error-in-Variables-Model (EVM) Framework: From preliminary estimation to optimal design

2:40 - 3:00 Parinaz Akhlagi Novel Green Antioxidants Derived from Cellulose Nanocrystals (Winner of the 2012 IPR Award for Academic Excellence in Polymer Science/Engineering)

3:00 - 3:20 Coffee

3:20 - 3:40 Jane Yan Novel stable (3E,7E)-3,7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difuran-2,6(3H,7H)-dione based donor-acceptor polymer semiconductors for n-type organic thin film transistors 3:40 - 4:00 Shiva Farhangi Effect of Side-Chain Length on the Internal Dynamics of Polymethacrylates in Solution Probed by Pyrene- Excimer Formation 4:00 - 4:20 Alice Yang Preparation and Characterization of Temperature-Responsive PEO-b-PMEO₂MA Surfactants 4:20 – 4:40 Deepak Vishnu Synthesis of Carboxylated Polyisobutylene-based Ionomers by Thiol-ene "Click" Chemistry 4:40 – 5:00 Ilias Mahmud Synthesis of Ammonium, Sulfobetaine, and Carboxylated Polyisobutylene-based Ionomers by Azide - Alkyne "Click" Chemistry

5:00 Closing remarks

6:00 - 7:30 IPR Industrial Member DINNER University Club, Main Dining Room

7:30 - 9:00 Poster Presentations and Informal Get-together University Club, Main Dining Room (IPR graduate students/researchers and symposium participants)

Poster presentations follow on next page

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INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING 2013 POSTER SESSION WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 UNIVERSITY CLUB 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Mosa Alsehli Arborescent Polypeptides for Sustained Drug Delivery Applications Chemistry, Waterloo Toufic Aridi Synthesis of Arborescent Polymers by “Click” Grafting Chemistry, Waterloo Rémi Casier Using Fluorescence to Probe the Effect of Salt on the Interactions between Pyrene-Labeled Poly (ethylene oxide) and Sodium Dodecyl Chemistry, Waterloo Sulfate Micelles Yu Chai Capillary-driven flow as a probe of enhanced surface mobility in glassy Physics, Waterloo polymer films Chad Daley Nanoporous polystyrene samples created via the selective removal of Physics, Waterloo low-Mw components in PS/PS blend samples Jeremy Flannery A Study of Glass Transitions of Thin Polymer Films Using Raman Physics, Waterloo Spectroscopy Mike Fowler Temperature Effects on the Solution Behaviour of Pyrene-Labeled Chemistry, Waterloo Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Niousha Kazemi Tips and prescriptions for the numerical implementation of the EVM Chem. Eng., Waterloo framework for copolymerizations Braham Nayyar Synthesis of FpP monomers for migration insertion polymerization Chemistry, Waterloo Solmaz Pirouz Fluorescence Study of Polyisobutylene-Based Oil-Soluble Dispersants Chemistry, Waterloo Wei Yi Effect of the Porosity of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM) on its Chemistry, Waterloo Intrinsic Fluorescence Kai Cao NMR study of cyclopentadienyl dicarbonyl diphenylphosphinopropyliron Chemistry, Waterloo (FpP) and its cyclic, polymeric molecules

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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 8, 2013--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

INDUSTRIAL GUEST SPEAKER 67056 Ludwigshafen, GERMANY Dr. Steven Bloembergen Tel: 49-621-60-45569 Exec. Vice President Technology Eml: [email protected] Ecosynthetix Inc. 3365 Mainway, Burlington, ON, L7M 1A6 Dr. Jan Rudloff Tel: 517-896-3665 BASF Corporation Eml: [email protected] 1609 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI, USA 48192 Tel: 313-324-5601 ACADEMIC GUEST SPEAKER Eml: [email protected] Prof. Alex Adronov Associate Professor, Assoc. Chair, Grad. Studies Dr. Afsaneh Nabifar Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology BASF Corporation McMaster University 1609 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI, USA 48192 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1 Tel: 313-324-5601 Tel: 905-525-9140 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected] Dr. Steven M. Krupinski INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS Braskem America Dr. Bob Duggal 550 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Afton Chemical Corporation Tel: 412-208-8164 500 Spring Street, Richmond, VA 23219 Eml: [email protected] Tel: 804-788-5169 Eml: [email protected] Dr. Doug MacLaren Sarnia Techn. Appl. & Res., Imperial Oil Ltd. Dr. Sheng Jiang 453 Christina St. S., Sarnia, ON N7T 8C8 Afton Chemical Corporation Tel: 519-339-2283 500 Spring Street, Richmond, VA 23219 Eml: [email protected] Tel: 804-788-5911 Eml: [email protected] Dr. Carla McBain OMNOVA Solutions Dr. John Loper 2990 Gilchrist Road, Akron, OH, 44305 Afton Chemical Corporation Tel: 330-794-6214 500 Spring Street, Richmond, VA 23219 Eml: [email protected] Tel: 804-788-6369 Eml: [email protected] Dr. Jacki Laurich OMNOVA Solutions Dr. Wayne Devonport 2990 Gilchrist Road, Akron, OH, 44305 Arkema Coating Resins Tel: 330-794-6214 410 Gregson Drive, Cary, NC 27511 Tel: 919-469-6707 Eml: [email protected] ACADEMIC PARTICIPANTS

Dr. Renata Jovanovic Professor Jean Duhamel BASF SE, GME/M-B001 45

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Director, Institute for Polymer Research Professor Boxin Zhao Department of Chemistry Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 35916 Tel: 519-888-4567 X38666 Eml: [email protected] Eml: [email protected]

Professor Tom Duever Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 32540 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Xianshe Feng Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X36555 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Yuning Li Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519-888-4567 X31105 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Neil McManus Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 37015 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Alexander Penlidis Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 36634 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Leonardo Simon Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33301 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Michael Tam Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519-888-4567 X38339 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Costas Tzoganakis Dept. of Chemical Engineering Tel: 519/888-4567 X 33442 Eml: [email protected]

Professor Xiaosong Wang Department of Chemistry Tel: 519-888-4567 X31204 Eml: [email protected]

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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLYMER SCIENCE/ENGINEERING May 8, 2013--CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE LIST OF ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTERS

ORAL PRESENTERS Toufic Aridi [email protected] INDUSTRIAL GUEST SPEAKER [email protected] Dr. Steven Bloembergen Toufic Aridi Exec. Vice President Technology Remi Casier [email protected] Ecosynthetix Inc. [email protected] 3365 Mainway Kai Cao Burlington, ON, L7M 1A6 Shiva Farhangi [email protected] Tel: 517-896-3665 [email protected] Remi Casier Eml: Ilias Mahmud [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mike Fowler ACADEMIC GUEST SPEAKER [email protected] Prof. Alex Adronov Olivier Nguon Associate Professor [email protected] Braham Nayyar Assoc. Chair, Grad. Studies [email protected] Dep’t Chemistry & Chemical Biology Deepak Vishnu McMaster University [email protected] Solmaz Pirouz 1280 Main St. W. [email protected] Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1 Greg Whitton Tel: 905-525-9140 [email protected] Wei Yi Eml: [email protected] [email protected] Aklilu Worku PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING [email protected] WATERLOO WATERLOO Yu Chai Bingqing Yang Parinaz Akhlaghi [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chad Daley Kevin Bailey Wei Yi [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jeremy Flannery Andrew Finkle PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY [email protected] [email protected] WATERLOO Yu Chai Hadi Izadi [email protected] [email protected] Kurt Schreiter Niousha Kazemi [email protected] [email protected] POSTER PRESENTERS

CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WATERLOO WATERLOO Niousha Kazemi Mosa Alsehli [email protected] [email protected]

CHEMISTRY WATERLOO Mosa Alsehli 47

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APPENDIX 2

MEMBERSHIP LIST-2013 INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH

SABIC Technology and Innovation Dr. Bob Duggal SABIC Europe B.V. Afton Chemical Corporation STC Geleen 500 Spring Street P.O.Box 319 Richmond, VA 23219 6160 AH Geleen Tel: 804-788-5169 The Netherlands Eml: [email protected] Tel: 31-46-722-3117 Eml: Christoph.dittrich@sabic- Dr. Renata Jovanovic europe.com BASF SE, GME/M-B001 67056 Ludwigshafen, GERMANY Mr. Dan Ross Tel: 49-621-60-45569 SABIC Innovative Plastics Eml: [email protected] 44 Normar Road Box 2004 Dr. Heinz Plaumann Cobourg, ON K9A 4L7 Manager, Urethanes R & D Tel: 905-373-3831 BASF Corporation Fax: 905-373-3994 1609 Biddle Avenue Eml: [email protected] Wyandotte, MI 48192 Tel: 734/324-6305 Fax: 734/324-6818 Eml: [email protected]

Mr. A.J. (Sandy) Marshall Lanxess Corporation P.O. Box 39 Three Rivers Pkwy Addyston, OH 45001-0039 Tel: 513/467-2208 Fax: 513/467-2241 Eml: [email protected]

Dr. Carla McBain Omnova Solutions Inc. 2990 Gilchrist Road Akron, OH 44305-4418 Tel: 330/794-6214 Fax: 330-794-6251 Eml: [email protected]

Dr. William H. Sachs Princeton Polymer Consultants 3 Morgan Pl. Princeton, N.J. 08540 Tel: 609/688-0314 Eml: [email protected]

Mr. Christoph J. Dittrich

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PREPRINTS 2013

13/001 Probing the Hydrophobic Interactions of a Series of Pyrene End-Labeled Poly(ethylene oxide)s in Aqueous Solution Using Time-Resolved Fluorescence S. Chen, J. Duhamel Langmuir, Acc., 01/13

13/002 Migration Insertion Polymerization (MIP) of Cyclcopentadienyl dicarbonyldiphenylphosphinopropyliron (FpP): A New Concept for Main Chain Metal- Containing Polymers (MCPs) X. Wang, K. Cao, Y. Liu, B. Tsang and S. Liew Journal of the American Chemical Society, Acc., 02/13

13/003 Design of experiments for reactivity ratio estimation in multicomponent polymerizations using the error-in-variables-model approach N. Kazemi, T.A. Duever, A. Penlidis Macromol. Theory Simulation., Acc. 02/13

13/004 Effect of Sequence on the Ionization Behaviour of a Series of Amphiphilic Polypeptides M. Fowler, B. Siddique, J. Duhamel Langmuir, Acc. 03/13

13/005 Effect of the Porosity of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM) on its Intrinsic Fluorescence S. Chen, W. Yei, J. Duhamel, K. Heinrich, G. Bengtson, D. Fritsch J. Phys. Chem. B, Acc. 04/13

13/006 Nitrile Rubber Reactor Operation Troubleshooting with Principal Component Analysis A.J. Scott, A. Penlidis J. Macromol. Sci., Pure & Appl. Chem., Acc. 04/13

13/007 Analysis of the Microwave Activated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene using Modeling Tools P. López-Domínguez, E. Vivaldo-Lima Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Acc. 05/13

13-008 Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled Radical Styrene Polymerization Via a Mass-Suspension Process E. Garcίa-Leal, M.A. Ordaz-Quintero, E. Saldίvar-Guerra, M.E. Albores-Velasco, E. Vivaldo-Lima. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Acc. 07/13

13-009 Supramolecular Chemistry of Metal Complexes in Solution N. Lanigan, X. Wang ChemCommun., Acc. 08/13

13-010 Optimal Estimation of Reactivity Ratios for Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Copolymerization M. Riahinezhad, N. Kazemi, N. McManus, A. Penlidis Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Chemistry, Acc. 08/13

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13-011 Radiation Induced Long Chain Branching in High Density Polyethylene through a Reactive Extrusion Process P. Sardashti, C. Tzoganakis, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis Macromol. React. Eng., special issue Acc. 07/13

13-012 Polymeric Bio-Inspired Dry Adhesives: Van der Waals or Electrostatic Interactions? H. Izadi, A. Penlidis Macromol. React. Eng., Acc. 08/13

13-013 Recent Advances in Synthesis and Characterization of Adhesives H. Izadi, A. Penlidis Science and Technology of Bio-inspired Adhesives H. Izadi, A. Penlidis Macromol. React. Eng., special issues, Acc. 09/13

13-014 Synthesis of Arborescent Polymers by “Click” Grafting T. Aridi, M. Gauthier MRS Proc., Acc. 09/13

13-015 Arborescent Polypeptides from ɣ-Benzyl L-Glutamic Acid G. Whitton, M. Gauthier J. Polymer Science: Part A., Acc. 09/13

13-016 Glassy States in Asymmetric Mixtures of Soft and Hard Colloids D. Truzzolillo, D. Marzi, J. Marakis, B. Capone, M. Camargo, A. Munam, F. Moingeon, M. Gauthier, C.N. Likos, D. Vlassopoulos. PhysRevLett, Acc. 09/13

13-017 Arborescent Polypeptides from ɣ-Benzyl L-Glutamic Acid G. Whitton, M. Gauthier J. Polymer Science: Part A., Acc. 09/13

13-018 Thermal Melting in Depletion Gels of Hairy Nanoparticles D. Truzzolillo, D. Vlassopoulos, M. Gauthier, A. Munam Soft Matter, Acc. 05/13

13-019 Arborescent Polymers M. Gauthier Springer, Acc. 09/13

13-020 Instabilities of Teflon AF Thin Films in Alumina Nanochannels and Adhesion of Bi-level Teflon AF Nanopillars H. Izadi, K. Sarikhani, A. Penlidis J. Nanotechnology, Acc. 10/13

13-021 Global Analysis of Fluorescence Decays to Probe the Internal Dynamics of Fluorescently Labeled Macromolecules J. Duhamel Langmuir, Acc. 11/13

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13-022 Effect of Temperature on Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance and Crystal Structure of Polyethylene P. Sardashti, A.J. Scott, C. Tzoganakis, M.A. Polak, A. Penlidis J. Macromol. Sci., Pure & Appl. Chem., Acc. 11/13

13-023 Effect of Side-Chain Length on the Polymer Chain Dynamics of Polk(alkyl methacrylate)s in Solution S. Farhangi, H. Weiss, J. Duhamel Macromolecules, Acc. 11/13

13-024 Modeling of Network Formation in Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Transfer (RAFT) Copolymerization of Vinyl/Divinyl Monomers Using a Multifunctional Polymer Molecule Approach J.C. Hernández-Ortiz, E. Vivaldo-Lima, M.A. Dubé, A. Penlidis Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, Acc. 12/13

13-025 Crosslinking Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Copolymerization of Styrene with Divinylbenzene A.J. Scott, A. Nabifar, J.C. Hernández-Ortiz, N.T. McManus, E. Vivaldo-Lima, A. Penlidis European Polymer Journal, Acc. 12/13

13-026 Interactions Between Hydrophobically Modified Alkali-Swellable Emulsion Polymers and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Probed by Fluorescence and Rheology S. Chen, H. Siu, J. Duhamel J. Phys. Chem. B., Acc. 12/13

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NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG YL NMc AP MT CT XW BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC

P. Akhlaghi 2 ChE X Cosmetic delivery systems using nanocrystalline cellulose

M. Alsehli 2 Chem X Arborescent polypeptide micelles (Saudi Arabia Scholarship)

A. Alturk 2 Chem X Arborescent polybutadienes

Y. Amintowlieh 2 ChE X X UV Modification of Polypropylene

B.M. Amoli 2 ChE X Functionalization and dispersion of silver nanofillers (co-supervised with N. Zhou in MME)

R. Amos 2 Chem X Hydrophobic Modification of Starch Nanoparticles

K. Cao 2 Chem X Migration insertion polymerization

R. Casier 1 Chem X X Design and Use of a Minimum Filming Temperature Bar to Probe Inter-Particle Diffusion in Latex Films

S. Chen 2 Chem X Characterization of solutions of pyrene end-labelled poly(ethylene oxide) by fluorescence and Rheology

Y. Du 2 ChE X Fault detection in chemical processes

S. Farhangi 2 Chem X Characterizing polymer chain dynamics in solution of various polymeric backbones by pyrene excimer formation by pyrene excimer formation

M. Farooq 2 ChE X Waste water treatment by membrane/adsorption

J. Fernandez 2 Chem X Grafting of Starch Nanoparticles

M. Fowler 2 Chem X Characterization of the properties of polypeptide aggregates

M. Guan 1 ChE X Waste water treatment by adsorption and membranes

D. Hammad 2 ChE X Photo-oxidative Degradation of Polyacrylamide in Wastewater

Y. Hu 2 ChE X Facilitated transport membranes

Y. Huang 2 ChE X Micelle-enhanced ultrafiltration

H. Izadi 2 ChE X Polymers with tailor-made adhesive properties at nano-scale

N. Kazemi 2 ChE X Parameter estimation in terpolymerization

H. Lad 3 X Butyl rubber ammonium ionomers by “click” chemistry

S. Lai 2 ChE X Heavy metal removal from waste water

N. Lanigan 2 Chem X Orgnometallic supramolecular polymers

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NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG YL NMc AP MT CT XW BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC

C. Legros 2 ChE X Biodegradable and biocompatible nanogels for drug delivery applications

L. Li 2 Chem X Studies of oil-in-water emulsion prepared with PNIPAM-based thermo-responsive polymeric surfactants

J. Liu 2 Chem X Migration insertion polymerization of FpC6P

A. Maneshi 4 ChE X Flow additives for polypropylene

E. Massicotte 1 ChE X MPC Control of a Living Polymerization in CSTR Reactor

T. Matsumura 4 ChE X Extrusion of UHMWPE with scCO2

M. Meysami 3 ChE X Rubber devulcanization with scC02

N. Murshid 2 Chem X Self-assembly of organometallic amphiphiles

P. Mutyala 3 ChE X Production of TPVs from devulcanized rubber crumb

L.Y. Nan 2 ChE X Nanoparticle synthesis using polyacrylic acids

M. Neqal 2 Chem X Smart Polymeric Nanomaterials by Encapsulation

S. Nie 1 ChE X Study of die drool of controlled-rheology polypropylene resins

O. Nguon 2 Chem X Polymer chain dynamics

Z. Pan 2 ChE X Development of low friction and oleophobic coating materials

B.L. Peng 2 ChE X Interactions between functionalized biocompatible polymer systems and surfactants

K. N. Regmi 1 ChE X CFD Analysis and Experimental Study of MMA Emulsion Polymerization

M. Reza 2 ChE X Membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment

M. Riahinezhad 2 ChE X X Copolymerization kinetics of acrylic acid and acrylamide for enhanced oil-recovery applications

S. Roudsari 2 ChE X CFD Analysis and Experimental Study of MMA Emulsion Polymerization

A. Saika 1 ChE X DSC analysis of curing of devulcanized rubber

A. Sardashti 2 ChE X X Methodologies for Obtaining Reliable Indicators for the Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance of Polyethylene

A.J. Scott 1 ChE X Water-soluble co- and ter-polymerizations

N. Singh 1 Chem X Functionalization of CpCOFeCOMe for metal containing polymers

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NAME CAT DEPT TD JD RD XF MG YL NMc AP MT CT XW BZ THESIS/PROJECT TOPIC

K. Stewart 2 ChE X Polymeric sensors for detection of toxic analytes

J. Sun 2 ChE X Polyelectrolyte membranes

D. Vishnu 3 Chem X Butyl rubber ammonium ionomers by “click” chemistry (PDF)

A. Vo Thu 2 Chem X Magnetic micelles as therapy and diagnostic (theranostic) agents Nguyen

Z. Wang 3 ChE X Potential-responsive membranes

A.Worku 2 Chem X Arborescent Micelles from Polyelectrolyte Complexes

D. Wu 2 ChE X Nanofiltration membranes

K. Wu 1 ChE X Membranes for gas separations

X. Xu 2 ChE X Surface modification of membranes

A. Yang 1 Chem X Synthesis and characterization of block copolymers of PNIPAM and PEO prepared by ATRP

W. Yi 1 Chem X Characterization of Starch Nanoparticles by Fluorescence Quenching

B. Zhang 2 ChE X Aroma compound recovery from aqueous solutions

W. Zhang 2 ChE X Surface and tribological behaviour of Mussel-inspired polydopamine thin films

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Office of the Dean

TO: George Dixon, VP-Research

FROM: Bob Lemieux, Dean of Science

DATE: September 18, 2015

RE: Institute for Polymer Research renewal

Dear George:

With this memo, I want to convey the full support of the Faculty of Science for the renewal of the Institute of Polymer Research. Over the past five years, the Institute has continued to promote polymer research at the University of Waterloo by providing an effective interface between colleagues in Science, Engineering, and Industry. Through its annual symposium where students present their research in polymer science and/or engineering to an audience that includes several industry researchers, offerings of short courses, or annual newsletter, the IPR is actively promoting polymer research at Waterloo.

These points are clearly illustrated in the Senate Report prepared by Jean Duhamel, the current IPR Director, and based on its demonstrated performance, I fully support the five-year renewal of the IPR.

Sincerely, Bob.

Cc: Jean Duhamel Bernie Duncker

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 120 of 339 Department of Chemical En ineerin Memo

To: Professor George Dixon, Vice President, Research

From: Eric Croiset, Chair, ChE

cc: Jean Duhamel, Director, Institute for Polymer Research (IPR)

Date: September 28, 2015

Institute for Polymer Research Renewal Re:

I am writing this memo to confirm that the Department of Chemical Engineering is in full support to renew the mandate of the Institute for Polymer Research (IPR). Professor Duhamel has been the Director of IPR for the past four years, and under his leadership, the Institute has continued to foster effectively polymer research at the University of Waterloo by promoting collaborations between colleagues in science and engineering and with industry. Its annual symposium represents an excellent opportunity for students involved in polymer research to present their work in front of an audience that includes industry researchers, and thus potential employers.

The Senate Report prepared by Jean Duhamel, the current IPR Director, illustrates the numerous accomplishments of the Institute over the past five years, demonstrating that the IPR is active and effective and I fully support a five-year renewal.

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William P. Power, BSc, PhD

Phone: +1-519-888-4567, x 33626 Chair, Department of Chemistry e- mail: [email protected] http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~wppower

September 19, 2015

Dr. D. G. Dixon

Vice President, Research

University of Waterloo

Dear Dr. Dixon,

On behalf of the Department of Chemistry, I am pleased to support a continued mandate for the Institute for Polymer Research (IPR). The IPR is one of the longest-serving research institutes at the University of Waterloo. This Institute has provided a focus for polymer research at the University of Waterloo for many years and has fostered collaboration, not only between colleagues in Science and Engineering, but also extensively with industry through both research collaborations and novel course offerings of relevance to industrial sponsors. With its annual symposium, the IPR provides a unique platform for Waterloo students to highlight their research in polymer science and/or engineering to industrial researchers, and thus promote their expertise to potential employers. The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering have both benefitted from these collaborations.

As the Senate Report put together by Jean Duhamel, the current Director, makes clear, the Institute for Polymer Research is active and effective and I fully support their request for a five-year renewal of their mandate.

Sincerely yours,

William P. Power

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 122 of 339 UNIVERSITY OF FACULTY OF ENGINEERING I Office of the Dean 519-888-4567, ext. 32718 I fax 519-746-1457 WATERLOO [email protected] I uwaterloo.ca/engineering MEMORANDUM

To: George Dixon, Vice President, University Research

From: Anwar Hasan, Associate Dean, Research and External Partnerships, Faculty of Engineering cc: Pearl Sullivan, Dean of Eng_ineering Jean Duhamel, Director, Institute for Polymer Research

Date: September 23, 2015

Re: Institute for Polymer Research Renewal

On behalf of the Faculty of Engineering I extend my full support for the renewal of the Institute for Polymer Research (IPR).

Over the past five years, the Institute has continued to provide a strong synergistic platform where colleagues involved in polymer research from the faculties of Science and Engineering interact and collaborate with industry researchers. Among the most visible activities organized by the IPR are its annual symposium where over 20 students involved in polymer science and engineering give oral and poster presentations to an audience of academic and industry researchers, the offering of polymer courses tailored to industry interests, and the publication of the annual IPR newsletter. The activities organized by the Institute and the resulting industrial collaborations have been very beneficial to both the Science and Engineering faculties.

The Senate Report prepared by Jean Duhamel, the current IPR Director, describes these points in much more details and demonstrates the strong performance of the Institute over the past five years. Based on these elements, the Institute has my full support for its renewal.

Sincerely,

Anwar Hasan

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SGRC 9 November 2015, page 123 of 339 Petition of UW Senate Graduate and

Research Council for Renewal of

The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT)

University of Waterloo

October 2015

Background

The University of Waterloo’s long term track record of research, education and training in pavements and transportation led to the formation in 2002 and senate approval in 2005 of the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT). This initiative started with a funding package of $9 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT), Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund (ORDCF) and various private and public sector partners. Since the original commitment, funding in excess of $20 million from these sources and other partners has continued and resulted in significant growth in research funds since that time.

CPATT’s initiative involves an integrated program of field and laboratory research, with the following key objectives: concentrated focus on emerging and innovative technologies, state-of-the-art research infrastructure, increase in the talent pool of HQP and sustained partnerships. CPATT is at the forefront of exceptional research, training and professional activities and is recognized as the leading research institution in pavement and transportation research in Canada. This success is rooted in both the experienced and highly skilled faculty members, as well as the state-of-the-art facilities such as the John J. Carrick Pavement Laboratory at the University of Waterloo, the CPATT Test Track at the Waterloo Region's Waste Management Facility and several satellite test sites located across Canada. CPATT researchers have also advised on various international test sites.

The Mission

CPATT’s mission is to accept and meet the extraordinary technical and economic challenges and provide leadership in promoting and encouraging research, education and research activities in the pavement and transportation field. CPATT advances critical partnerships between universities, government, and the private sector. It will also help to nurture future leaders for this industry. In conjunction with CPATT, fundraising for the Norman W. McLeod Endowed Chair initiated in 2008 to further assist with this Mission. One main objective of the Chair is to provide the specialized training needed to meet the challenges of transportation engineering in the 21st century. With the assistance of the Dean of Engineering Development Office, over $ 1.5 million dollars was raised for this endowment through the generous contributions of the 15 sponsors. Based on this initiative, Dr. Susan Tighe was named the Senior Chair holder, The Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering in January 2011 and with the support of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair and Dean of Engineering, Dr.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 124 of 339 Hassan Baaj was hired September 1, 2014 as the Junior Norman W. McLeod Chair in Pavement Materials in support of the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT). This additional capacity has had a substantial impact on productivity of CPATT.

The Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering and the Norman W. McLeod Chair in Pavement Materials involves a partnership with 15 partners interested in sustainable pavement research and education. Many of these partners were original sponsors of CPATT while others are new members. All of the CPATT facilities support the state-of-the-art research program. The current and future research will continue to advance key research needs but will also provide strategic training for the industrial partners and the broader community at large. Development of national and international partnerships will also facilitate technology transfer.

It also focuses on facilitating interdisciplinary approaches for research areas by establishing links within and outside the University, and solicit funds by sustaining membership and partnerships as well as by affiliate programs.

The Values

 To maintain a commitment to high quality research that advances theory and contributes to management practice or policy development  To foster a community that promotes the research and personal development of graduate students and faculty  To support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research  To facilitate commitment to making research findings and their implications available in formats that targets the needs of different audiences  To achieve responsiveness to the research needs of partners within the University and local community.

The Researchers

The general organizational structure for CPATT involves a three-way partnership of public sector and private sector agencies and the universities. Overall guidance is provided by a Board of Advisors, with representation from the major funding partners. This occurs formally through annual BOA meetings but also informally through regular contact. Currently, the following are members of the CPATT BOA:

 Mr. Rico Fung, Director Technical Activities, Cement Association of Canada (Chair BOA 2012- present)  Mr. Tom Kazmierowski, Manager Materials Engineering and Research Office, Ministry of Transportation Ontario (Chair BOA 2009 – 2011)  Mr. Gary MacDonald, Director of Transportation, Regional Municipality of Waterloo  Mr. Leo McArthur, President, Miller Paving Limited  Mr. Murray Ritchie, General Manager, Miller Paving Ltd. (alternate for Leo McArthur)  Mr. Vince Aurilio, Executive Director, Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 125 of 339  Mr. Sandy Brown, Technical Director, Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association (alternate for Vince Aurilio)  Ms. Becca Lane, Manager Materials Engineering and Research Office, Ministry of Transportation Ontario  Dr. Amir Halim, Principal, Infrastructure Management and Pavement Engineering, Stantec Consulting Limited  Dr. Matt Karan, Vice President (retired), Stantec Consultants Limited (alternate for Carl Clayton)  Mr. John Carrick Jr., President McAsphalt Industries Limited  Mr. Tony Kucharek, Technical Director, McAsphalt Industries Limited (alternate for John Carrick)  Mr. Bruce Armstrong, President, Canadian Asphalt Industries Inc.  Mr. Larry Wilson, Vice President, Capital Paving Limited  Mr. Mohammed Ahmed, Manager Quality Assurance, DBA Engineering Ltd.  Dr. Ludomir Uzarowski, Principal, Pavement and Materials Engineering, Golder Associates Ltd.  Mr. John Pontarollo, Senior Vice President Ontario & Western Canada, Holcim (Canada) Inc.  Mr. Michael Mackay, Principal Engineer and General Manager, LVM-Jegel  Dr. James Smith, Manager Member/Technical Services, Ontario Good Roads Association  Mr. Mick Prieur, Senior Pavement Engineer, Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario  Mr. Ted Arscott, President, Roto-Mill Inc.  Dr. John Emery, Owner, Shiloh CanConstuct  Mr. Malcolm Matheson, President, Steed and Evans Limited  Dr. Susan Tighe, Director of CPATT, Professor and Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering, University of Waterloo  Dr. Neil Thomson, Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ex-offio

Internally the Director and Associate Director of CPATT provide leadership of the Research Team. In addition the following Professors are involved with CPATT activities in an in-depth way:

 Dr. Susan Tighe (Director, Pavements)  Dr. Jeff West (Associate Director, Structures, past 2010 -2015)  Dr. Hassan Baaj (Associate Director, Pavement Materials)  Dr. Prabir Das (CPATT Research Associate)  Ms. Laura Bland (Financial and Administrative Officer)

Other key players involved at varying degrees:

 Dr. Giovanni Cascante (Non-Destructive Testing)  Dr. Adil Al-Mayah (Materials, Structures)  Dr. Ralph Haas (Pavements)  Dr. Carolyn Hansson (Concrete Materials)  Dr. Wei-Chau Xie (Risk and Reliability)  Dr. Dipanjan Basu (Geotechnical Soils)  Dr. Tarek Hegazy (Construction Management)

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 126 of 339  Dr. Carl Haas (Construction Management)  Dr. Jeff Casello (Transportation Planning)  Dr. Scott Walbridge (Steel Structures)  Dr. Sriram Narasimhan (Structural Dynamics)  Dr. Maria Anna Polak (Concrete Structures)  Dr. Bruce Hellinga (ITS and Traffic)  Dr. Liping Fu (ITS and Traffic)  Dr. Mark Knight (Trenchless Technologies)  Dr. Leo Rothenburg (Geotechnical)  Dr. Jean Andrey, Geography Dept. (collaborating with Tighe in environmental impacts)

Our Research, Now and Future

Over the past five years, there have been several research collaborations and accomplishments by several of the key CPATT researchers in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Many new collaborations were created over the last five years and increases in research were noted through increased laboratory activity and publications. Technology transfer and increased productivity was facilitated through interactions with the Board of Advisors, Graduate Student Poster Symposium, faculty interactions, interactions with research partners and various meetings. It is also notable that CPATT led the development of the 2013 Transportation Association of Canada Pavement Asset Design and Management Guide which is the primary pavement design document in Canada.

Summary Table of Key CPATT Researcher Activities 2010 – 2014

Publications* 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Refereed Journal Papers 55 57 53 59 60 Refereed Book Chapters 3 5 2 14 2 Refereed Conference Proceedings 32 30 24 44 28 Conference Papers with Refereed Abstracts 6 8 10 10 7 Conference Presentations with Refereed 4 3 5 3 2 Abstracts Invited Presentations 17 20 21 16 18 Other Work (technical papers, books, 10 12 14 13 4 exhibitions etc.) *The numbers presented are based on ten of the active CPATT members. However, if all associated members and projects were included the numbers would be significantly higher.

Research Accomplishments

Scholarly output and training of graduate students has been very high over the past five years since the renewal of CPATT in 2010. There are several research partnerships that have been fostered which include public, private and academic partners, which have resulted in a range of research accomplishments. These include journal papers, referred conference papers, incited keynotes and technical reports. On the public sector, funding is currently being received at the local, provincial and

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 127 of 339 federal level. Various sustained partnerships with the private sector have been maintained over the past five years. In addition, several new partners such as Canadian Asphalt, Roto Mill, Steed and Evans, Ready Mixed Concrete Association Ontario, Ontario Good Roads Association and Capital Paving Ltd have developed. In addition, partners from other disciplines have resulted.

The central CPATT Test Track located at the Region of Waterloo Waste Management Facility has been expanded over the last five years. It currently consists of fourteen different test sections including sections containing recycled asphalt shingles, recycled concrete aggregate from demolished concrete, and various types of interlocking concrete pavements. This is the only test track of its kind in Canada as it contains several different pavement types. In addition, there are over 100 additional test sections located across Canada. These are examining various innovative materials, pavement designs and construction methods. Below is a diagram of the CPATT Test Track.

A few highlights of other notable achievements listed below for Students and Faculty:

 Several Significant Awards to Active Faculty Members from:  Inducted Order of Canada  Inducted New College of Scholars, Royal Society of Canada  Inducted Royal Society of Canada  Inducted Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)  Various Key Note Addresses at National and International Forums  Visiting Fellowships UK Royal Academy of Engineering  Transportation Association of Canada Academic Merit Award  Ontario Hot Mix Producers Award Bleeds Black Award  Elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineering  Elected Fellow Canadian Society of Civil Engineering  Several Provincial, National and International Scholarships Awarded to Students: o Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 128 of 339 o Ontario Graduate Scholarships o Transportation Association of Canada Foundation Scholarships o Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers o Saudi Bureau Scholarships o Chinese Bureau Scholarships o Chilean Graduate Scholarships  Several Best Student Paper Awards from: o Transportation Association of Canada o Canadian Society of Civil Engineering o American Society of Civil Engineering o International Annual Inter-University Symposium o Institute of Transportation Engineers

Our Governance and Administrative Structure

Dr. Susan Tighe has served as the Director since September 1, 2010. She continues to be responsible for the on-going management of the research programs. The director is responsible to the Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Dean of Engineering for the financial operation of CPATT, and CPATT will be subject to the research accounting practices and controls established by the University of Waterloo. Dr. Jeffrey West has served as the Associate Director since September 1, 2010 and he has stepped down as of September 30, 2015 based on other administrative responsibilities. In consultation with Dr. West, and Dr. Neil Thomson, Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and with the support of the Board of Advisors, Dr. Hassan Baaj is the appointed Associate Director effective October 1, 2015. The succession plan is that he will serve in this role and eventually assume the Directorship role.

An advisory governance structure is currently in place for the continuation of the centre. The director provides general operational and strategic oversight of the centre. Individual faculty champion the research streams and regular faculty meetings are hosted to facilitate communication and interaction. The Board of Advisors as identified earlier are constituted to represent stakeholders within the University and community. The purpose of the board is to provide strategic direction and it does not have an operational or fiduciary responsibility. The role of the board is to provide input and advice to the director and research theme champions on research directions, dissemination of results, partnerships and sources of funding. Examples of past BOA meetings minutes and documentation is included in Appendix A.

External Assessors

In compliance with the Senate Graduate and Research Council Guidelines for renewal of centre and institutes, the names of individuals who could provide external assessments of CPATT include:

 Dr. A.O. Halim, Carleton University  Dr. Guy Dore, University of Laval  Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, University of Manitoba

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 129 of 339  Dr. Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary  Dr. John Harvey, University of California Davis, USA  Dr. Zhanmin Zhang, University of Texas Austin, USA  Dr. John Yeaman, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia  Dr. Gerardo Flintsch, Virginia Tech, USA  Dr. Theuns Henning, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Training of Highly Qualified People

Below is a summary of highly qualified people involvement with CPATT since 2010 including current students and others working with CPATT.

Summary of Highly Qualified People Training involved in CPATT since 2010

Year Undergraduate* Masters PhD Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholars 2010 17 20 15 7 2011 20 18 15 10 2012 20 15 14 12 2013 18 15 12 12 2014 23 18 16 10 2015 15 20 18 13 *Includes Co-op students, USRA and URA

The productivity of the HQP has been substantial. The goal is that students participate in an active research program where they interact with others. Students within the group lead the majority of publications and these students are highly employable upon completion. The following is a brief summary where some of the former HQP are currently employed:

 Several Assistant Professors (University of New Brunswick, Catholic University of Chile, King Aziz University Saudi Arabia)  Post-Doctoral Positions (Cambridge University, Catholic University of Chile)  Several Principal Engineers (Stantec Consulting, Golder Associates, LVM-Jegel)  Several Project Engineers and Managers (Hatch Mott MacDonald, MMM, CH2M Hill, IBI Group, SNC Lavalin, iTRANS, Applied Research Associates, Fugro-Roadware and WSP)  Several Senior Postings in Government (Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Alberta Transportation, Manitoba Highways, Saskatchewan Highways, York Region, Region of Waterloo)  Associations (World Bank, Ontario Good Roads Association)

In addition, several visiting professors and scholars have come to CPATT over the past five years. They have visited from Canada, United States, Chile, China, and New Zealand. Several of these visitors have given seminars to CPATT but these have also been advertised university wide. Typically, there are two to three seminars per year. Attendance at seminars has been excellent and in several cases, many working professionals have attended.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 130 of 339 Five-Year Plan

The five-year plan for 2015-2020 will focus on continuing to develop and expand on external collaboration and to focus on internal collaborations amongst faculty members in CPATT. This collaboration will be facilitated through regular monthly faculty meetings and meetings with the Board of Advisors twice a year. Each meeting will involve discussing a specific research theme which is of interest to the group. To date some of the identified research theme areas include:

 Innovations in civil engineering materials for rapid repair under emergency situations.  Development of civil infrastructure tools for improved design and management.  Evaluation of Road Salt impacts on civil engineering infrastructure.  Development of climate change adaptations for civil engineering infrastructure.

Active CPATT faculty have expressed interest and serious discussion in pursuing a major research grant or centre of excellence in one of the theme areas. It is expected that a major collaboration grant will be prepared over the next five year period. In addition, there will be a concerted effort to pursue collaborations through NSERC Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grants and Ontario Centres of Excellence. Many of the key researchers have already been involved with successful federal and provincial grants and with the collaborations under the CPATT umbrella, it is expected that several of the newer faculty members will participate with mentorship from senior faculty members within CPATT. In addition, CPATT will continue to host symposiums. The focus on research carried out by graduate students who work with CPATT faculty has been a huge success and this outreach will continue. Over the period of 2010 - 2015, five Graduate Student Symposiums were hosted. Copies of the abstract book are provided in Appendix B. These symposiums were very successful with well over 100 attendees in attendance at each symposium. They have also resulted in new collaborations with public and private sector organizations. This initiative will continue over the next five years.

Finally, technology transfer of research findings will be facilitated through a CPATT newsletter that will be published three times per year. The last three newsletters are contained in Appendix C. Currently there are over 1500 subscribers from all stakeholder groups and although the majority of subscribers are in Canada and the United States, approximately 33% of the subscribers are based internationally. The newsletters highlight researchers, both faculty and students within CPATT. The website was redesigned in accordance with UW guidelines and continues to be updated on a regular basis. It is designed to highlight current research and provides interested research sponsors with information on current competencies.

In short, the overall goal of CPATT over the next five years is to develop collaborative research partnerships and funding proposals. In addition, CPATT will work to expand the Board of Advisors in broader technical areas including ITS, transportation, structures, and geotechnical. It is suggested that faculty members in the respective research areas would collaborate to develop those partnership in a similar manner as those in the pavement area. Finally, the goal for improved communication within CPATT will be facilitated through an up-to-date functional website and the development of a newsletter

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 131 of 339 which highlights on-going work by faculty members and graduate students. The goal of this communication will serve both as marketing but also as a tool for technology transfer.

Budget and Financials

The original financing of CPATT’s activities was realized through funding from CFI/OIT/Board of Advisors Partners/Norman W. McLeod Endowment for the research infrastructure, ORDCF/Partners for the operating requirements, and various projects again for operating needs. The original CFI and ORDCF budgets have been spent and the laboratory and field equipment is in place. Funding over the next five years is expected to come from research projects such as those previously noted, which should be enhanced in view of the research infrastructure available through the CFI investment, and from various research grants. CPATT’s success has also resulted in the development of an endowed chair in the field of pavement engineering which resulted in the hiring of Dr. Hassan Baaj as the Junior Chair holder, with Dr. Susan Tighe as the Senior Chair holder, as noted earlier.

Current funding sources of the Centre staff, namely the CPATT Research Associate and CPATT administrative assistant come from various research projects and Norman McLeod Chair. Primary funding sources include:

 Ontario Centre of Excellence  NSERC  Ministry of Transportation of Ontario  Cement Association of Canada  Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association  McAsphalt Industries and Miller Paving  Stantec Consulting Limited  Golder Associates

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Appendix A – Summary Minutes and Documentation of Past Board of Advisors Meetings

1. BOA Minutes and Documents, October 24, 2014 2. BOA Minutes and Documents, April 5, 2013 3. BOA Minutes and Documents, March 23, 2012

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MINUTES OF MEETING October 24, 2014 10:30am-12:30pm – University of Waterloo E5-2007

In attendance: John Emery, Murray Ritchie, Bruce Armstrong, Sandy Brown, Amir Halim, James Smith, Larry Wilson, Becca Lane, Susan Tighe, Hassan Baaj, Laura Bland, Malcolm Matheson, Tony Kucharek, Mohammed Ahmed, Amir Halim, Rico Fung, Gary MacDonald, Ralph Haas, Jeff West, Bart Kanters

Regrets: John Carrick Jr., Doug Duke, Matt Karan, Neil Thomson Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 1. Introductions/  Round Table Introduction Approval of  Rico Fung – Approval of the Agenda and Joint Meeting Minutes (March 28, 2014) Agenda/Approval  Motion of Approve Agenda – Murray Ritchie, Seconded – Amir Halim – all in favour – of minutes from approved March 28, 2014  Motion to Approve Minutes – James Smith , Seconded – Gary MacDonald – all in favour – approved  John Emery – correction for Becca’s follow-up item – change wording to Steel free Laura 27-Oct-14 bridge stack  Hassan Baaj presented on his background and research initiatives and experience 2. Update on  CPATT newsletter is distributed three times annually, if you would like to see anything in Current the newsletter, please contact Laura Activities  Display case is updated a few times per year

3. Briefing on  Update on structure laboratory donation of new equipment Current  Current projects – list provided in the presentation Commitments  New courses for the OGRA academy and Projects  Addition of new adjunct professor – Dr. Mohab El-Hakim (Stantec) and new lecturer Doubra Ambaiowei  Many awards this year for students and faculty  Outreach:  Icelandic Roads Administration – September 2014  Gene Chartier Seminar – July 2014  Develop a strategic plan – Road Map Susan 30-Oct-2015 Page 1 of 2

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 4. Budget Overview  Update of the budget for CPATT (approximately $11,000/month to run the lab)  In next budget include income pending so that it gives a more realistic number Laura 5. Planning for  Hassan Baaj to become active in research and teaching Future  Engage students (concrete toboggan, CSCE student chapter)  Expand research capacity  Host visiting scholars  Recruit highly qualified students and lab staff  Build collaborations  Increase collaborative projects with partners  Host seminars 6. Schedule Next  Joint meeting with Chair and CPATT board will be held on October 30, 2015 Meeting  Symposium to follow 7. To do Items  Develop a strategic plan – road map Susan 30-Oct-15  Correction to follow-up item in presentation – wording should be steel free bridge stack Laura 27-Oct-14

Minutes Prepared by: Laura Bland Minutes Approved by: Susan Tighe

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MINUTES OF MEETING April 5, 2013 9:30am-12pm – University of Waterloo Laurel Room

In attendance: Murray Ritchie, Tony Kucharek, Amir Halim, Matt Karan, Sandy Brown, Rico Fung, Tom Kazmierowski, Jeff West, Laura Bland, and Susan Tighe

Regrets: Don Burn, Gary MacDonald, Carl Clayton, Khaled Helali, John Carrick Jr., Ralph Haas Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 1. Introductions/  Opening Welcome – Tom Approval of  Introductions round the table: Agenda/Approval  Murray Ritchie – Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association/The Murray Group of minutes from  Tony Kucharek – McAsphalt Industries Ltd. October 2012  Amir Halim – Stantec Consulting Ltd.  Matt Karan – Former Stantec Consulting Ltd., UW Adjunct Professor  Sandy Brown – Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association  Rico Fung – Cement Association of Canada

 Tom Kazmierowski – Golder Associates Ltd. (Former Ministry of

Transportation)

 Jeff West – University of Waterloo

 Laura Bland – University of Waterloo

 Susan Tighe – University of Waterloo  Approval of the Agenda – all of favour of approval  Minutes from October 2012 meeting – one change was made to Item 2 – bullet 4 Laura April 9, of the minutes. Removing OHMPA’s name from this bullet. Minutes were 2013 amended – motion to accept – all in favour of approval  All follow-up items from October 2012 meeting were addressed or are currently being updated on an ongoing basis.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 2. Update on  The 7th addition of the CPATT newsletter was distributed in February 2013. We CPATT Activities received great feedback from this newsletter and also had a couple of inquiries into research projects featured.  Newsletter Items and Discussion:  Graduate symposium was well received again this year and is a great way for the students to showcase their research projects and get some constructive feedback from industry partners and experts. It is also a great learning exercise for the students in presentation and communication skills.  The TRB reception again was a great success and there were many attendees.  If the BOA would like to see items in the newsletter, or upcoming meetings included that aren’t already, please let us know. BOA  If the BOA has any people in mind that should be on our distribution list for the newsletter, please inform Laura Bland. BOA  Matt Karan suggested having a section in the newsletter that shows the capabilities of the CPATT Laboratory to attract more research for CPATT. Susan/Laura This could potentially take advantage of research opportunities both nationally and internationally.  Sandy Brown suggested showing a section with completed projects and what the student did and what equipment was used for this. This would further Susan/Laura advertise CPATT’s capabilities.

 CPATT and the Norman W. McLeod Chair hosted a few seminars in 2012/2013.

These included: Dr. Carlos Videla (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Dr.

David Timm (Auburn University) and Dr. Vincenzo Gallelli (University of

Calabria). We are hoping to continue to have these seminars and potential

speakers would be Dr. David Timm (returning speaker), Dr. Mark Green, Dr.

Doug Hooton, etc.

 If the BOA has anyone in mind that would be a potential speaker, please inform BOA us.

 Rico Fung mentioned that the CAC and the University of Toronto will be hosting Rico to keep a seminar series in Oct/Nov 2013 and there may be an opportunity for CPATT to us informed participate in this.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion  There have not been any CPATT faculty meetings in a while as the faculty members are very busy. But the faculty members continue to collaborate together on projects. 3 Current  Dr. Adil Al-Mayah submitted a Canada Foundation for Innovation Proposal for Commitments equipment and has received the federal portion of the funding and is now waiting and Projects on the provincial portion. The 3D CT scanner will be used for the assessment of materials. This equipment is cutting-edge and we advance the UW materials research.  Dr. Mark Green from Queen’s University has submitted an NSERC Strategic Grant on Sustainable Concrete for Modern Infrastructure. This project will be in collaboration with CPATT, the University of Toronto, CAC, MTO, NRC/IRC, and Halsall Associates. This is the 3rd time this proposal has been submitted so the hope is that it will be funded this time.  CPATT is currently thinking of ways to participate in the TAC centennial. This Susan should be confirmed following Spring/Fall TAC Meetings.  The Structure, Materials and Fatigue Lab is a shared resource with CPATT. This lab will be under expansion and renovation and also installing new equipment. There is a budget of approximately $1M for teaching for testing materials. Some new equipment includes: 1200kN universal fatigue frame, 2500kN portal frame, 2 x 2m shake table, and 120 gpm hydraulic power supply.  Tom asked the question: How is our co-operative effort with the states? We have discussed with David Timm for potential opportunities to work with NCAT, also Susan discussion with John Harvey on potential project collaboration. Nothing formal has been achieved but talks are still ongoing. Susan will be meeting with research at the University of Texas at Austin for potential collaboration opportunities. Tom also suggested a Call for pavement preservation which would be a good opportunity. Tom encouraged Susan and Jeff to seek NCHRP and other types of projects.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 4. CEE Dept.  Jeff provided an overview of the existing undergraduate programs. There are 3 Undergraduate streams within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department: Civil Program Engineering (~450 students), Environmental Engineering (~250 students) and Geological Engineering (w/Earth Sciences) (~100 students). There are approximately 6000 students in the Faculty of Engineering at the UW.  The recruiting process for high school students in civil engineering is highly competitive. This year the students coming into civil had an overall average of 91%.  There are approximately 6000 students in co-op each year.  The department is currently under a review and renewal process (the last renewal was in 2000). This is part of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB).  Every university has to be accredited with a review every 5 years. This includes information on everything relating to undergraduate curriculum. Visitor from the CEAB come to the UW for a week and review all curriculum to make sure it meets the standards. This is a new outcomes based approach.  This will involve adapting the curriculum to student learning types and 12 categories within the accreditation process.  The department currently engages undergraduate student in research. This is done by part-time research assistantship. The new Dean of Engineering (Pearl Sullivan) is very much on board with this and offers some funding to top-up the student fees to encourage students to take this opportunity of research exposure.  Question by Tom – What is the process for hiring undergraduate research assistants? The formal process with when the best students are put on a list and this list is distributed throughout the department. Other ways for this to happen are professors informing students in the classroom, or students coming to the professor and enquiring about opportunities to work on research projects. Also for larger research projects, we can post the jobs on JobMine – which is an undergraduate job site through the UW.

 There are also co-op funding opportunities to assist the researcher in paying the

students. These come from NSERC, the Dean’s Office or the Co-op office.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion  Informal discussion on CEAB and Undergraduate teaching:  It was suggested from the BOA to give more practical experience to the undergraduate students to prepare them for the ‘real world’. Some of this teaching includes: technical writing and communication skills, work and business ethics, entrepreneurial discussions. The general notion was that students need to be able to represent a company in meetings with confidence and the right tools. Being able to answer questions even questions they do not know the answer to by saying the correct response of we will get back to you with that answer within 48 hours.  Leo McArthur gave a lecture in Susan’s CIVE 342 class and spoke about the entrepreneurial and business side of the industry. This was a well-received lecture and the students gained a lot from this experience.  It would be beneficial for the undergraduate students for CPATT to host seminars on setting up a business and how to succeed in the engineering Jeff business world. This will be investigated and Jeff to consider for undergraduate programs 4. Budget Overview  Susan went over the budget/actuals for 2012. The actual spending in 2012 was more than originally expected as we have many projects in the lab currently.  Many of the projects are new and did not have the funding set up in time so the lab funds have to be utilized. This resulted in transferring of funds from the research project budgets back into the lab account.  The goal is the run the lab with enough money to account for any unforeseen issues, but also to be non-profit.  Questions relating to budget – Matt  The revenue for 2012 was $172,000 (User Fees) – how many researchers is this coming from? – the majority is from Susan, we are hoping that when the new Norman W. McLeod Professor is hired, they will use the lab also. Matt suggested trying to expand our client base and have more researchers use the lab.  Much of the equipment in the CPATT lab is specifically for pavement testing so for other researchers to use this would be very difficult.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion  The CPATT budget is just to show the flow of the lab funds. This is not specific accounting budget as in the industry.

5. Planning for  We still engage faculty members in other civil areas and we will continue to Future collaborate with other faculty members on research ideas and themes.  External collaboration are ongoing are very positive both working with industry and also other universities such are Queen’s University and the University of Toronto.  Development of training courses for the Ontario Good Roads Association is currently going and progressing well.  We intend to host another Graduate Poster Symposium in October 2013.  We continue to host seminars and produce a newsletter 3 times annually.  The hiring of the new Norman W. McLeod Chair Professor has been delayed until later in 2013. Tom offered to write a letter in support of this position. Laura//Tom

6. Next Meeting  Friday October 4th, 2013, 9:30am-12pm – location TBD (suggestion for E5-2007)  Graduate Student Poster Symposium will be held on October 4th from 12:30- 3:30pm – location TBD (suggestion for E5-Student Design Centre) 7. To Do Items  Doug Hooton to speak at a seminar in 2013 Susan/Jeff  TAC sponsorship – how can we participate in this Susan  OGRA training courses – ongoing Susan  Setting up approximately 3 seminars/year Susan/Jeff  Include more information on the CPATT lab potential and equipment in the Laura/Susan newsletters /Jeff  Susan to follow-up with Becca Lane about the new MTO representative Susan

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MINUTES OF MEETING March 23, 2012 9:30am-12pm – University of Waterloo Laurel Room

In attendance: Tom Kazmierowski, Murray Ritchie, Sandy Brown, Amir Halim, Ralph Haas, Rico Fung, Gary MacDonald, Jeff West, Laura Bland and Susan Tighe Regrets: Neil Thomson, Brian Lackey, Matt Karan, Carl Clayton, John Carrick Jr., Mike O’Connor and Gerhard Kennepohl Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 1. Introductions/  Opening Welcome – Tom Approval of  An update in the presentation to include the discussion on attendance Agenda/Approval  Introduction round the table: of minutes from  Tom Kazmierowski – Ministry of Transportation October 2011  Murray Ritchie – Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association  Sandy Brown – Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association  Amir Halim – Stantec Consulting Ltd.  Ralph Haas – University of Waterloo

 Rico Fung – Cement Association of Canada

 Gary MacDonald – Region of Waterloo

 Jeff West – University of Waterloo

 Laura Bland – University of Waterloo  Susan Tighe – University of Waterloo  Approval of the Agenda – Approved by Murray Ritchie – seconded by Amir Halim th  Minutes from the October 28 2010 meeting – motion to accept the minutes by Sandy Brown – seconded by Rico Fung – All in favour th  Follow-up items from October 28 , 2010 meeting – ongoing items  Paper on the website – copyright issues that need to be addressed but if people email us directly looking for information, it is distributed.  We are hoping to put all the seminar presentations on the website  We have provided a list of theme areas for the CPATT Faculty members instead of a list of projects as some members would be hesitant to provide this information.

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion  A request to the BOA was made to send us email groups or names of people who BOA should be included in newsletters and seminar notices. 2. Update on  Newsletter – gaining momentum, positive feedback, 400 + on the distribution list CPATT Activities  Positive feedback from the Board members on the newsletter  5th newsletter to include information on the 10 year Test Track and will feature students who were working on the Test Track in 2002.  TRB Suite – great turnout and good networking event  Jeff is very active in the American Concrete Institute and he was also named a Fellow.  CAC and OHMPA will be organizing an event at the SWIFT conference on September 17, 2011, CPATT will advertise this event.  Display case has also received positive feedback and we will be adding some new items to it at the end of term  Graduate Symposium – Great attendance and feedback from attendees, the board Susan/Jeff/ suggested we host a similar symposium once annually and Amir Halim suggested BOA we have prizes which can be donated from industry. 3 Current  Jeff spoke about the ORF proposal which was cancelled by the government and it Commitments is highly unlikely that this ORF proposal will start up again in 2013 and Projects  Proposal with Mark Green from Queens on Sustainable Concrete for Modern Infrastructure which is focused on the use of RCA, SCM, and PLC. Collaboration with CPATT, Queens University, University of Toronto, CAC, MTO, NRC/IRC, Halsall Associates. Gary MacDonald from the Region of Waterloo would also be interested in providing some in-kind contribution to this project.  Overview of the faculty theme areas were discussed. Sponsorship  TAC celebration 100 years – Susan suggested to the Board that we contribute to the centennial book and/or lecture series  Tom – excellent opportunity to market CPATT  Ralph – will pledge $1,000 towards  Rico – good idea to participate, suggest we look at the budget and make sure it

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion does not impact the current R&D  Board suggested Susan summarize the potential for CPATT and the potential cost Susan/Tom Oct 26/12 of participating. Susan to contact TAC as required  Tom – motion for the board to provide a letter of support for participating in the TAC 100 celebration – seconded by Murray Ritchie – All in favour 4. Budget Overview  An overview of the budget for the laboratory and vehicles was provided in the package  External billing system is through our account receivable finance department. It is all done online and processed by finance. We have not seen any problems with this new system and it seems to be working very well.  Monthly update of all the accounts and make sure every journal entry is checked to make sure there are no mistakes or inappropriate charges. 5. Planning for  OGRA – training courses is progressing, we will be helping with marketing on Future our website and newsletter and faculty members will be helping to develop courses.  Chair Advertisement – advertisement should be ready to send out December 2012 as we need to have the full $1.5 million before this position can be posted Engage Stakeholders  Need to ensure there is 50% attendance for quorum at each BOA meeting.  Attendance by one representative from every stakeholder and only funding partners (cash or in-kind) can have a vote at the meetings.  Only one vote per partner  Suggestions – Brian Lackey (retired) to possibly be replaced by Chris Stewart, move Carl Clayton to a corresponding member, suggest John Carrick Jr. delegate someone else from his organization, Ex-officio include Neil Thomson, Ralph Haas and Gerhard Kennepohl.  Plan for discussion on this at next meeting. 6. Next Meeting  October 26, 2012 9:30-12pm – location TBD (suggestion for Laurel Room again given it is easy access)

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Item No. Description and Action Items Action By Date Discussion 7. To Do Items 1. Permission from Hernan de Solminihac to post his seminar presentation on the Susan/Laura CPATT website 2. Send out the John Harvey Seminar details to CPATT Board of Advisors and Laura 23-Mar-12 Chair Board of Advisors 3. Add the spring meetings in Ottawa to the presentation before sending to the Board Laura 26-Mar-12 4. Change the display case at the end of term Laura 5. Send updated list of Board of Advisors documents from Senate Renewal CPATT Susan/Laura document.

Minutes Prepared by: Laura Bland Minutes Approved by: Susan Tighe

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Appendix B – Graduate Student Symposium Abstract Summary

1. Abstract Booklet, September 21, 2012 2. Abstract Booklet, October 4, 2013 3. Abstract Booklet, October 24, 2014

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT)/Norman W. McLeod Chair Student Poster Symposium Building: E5-1001 Time: 12:30—3:30pm

University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada

Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 33152 Fax: 519-888-4300 E-mail: [email protected] The Symposium Highlights Research Projects Under Study at http://www.civil.uwaterloo/sltighe the University

Date: 21/09/12 CPATT

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Doubra C. Ambaiowei Notes:

Student Profile Thesis: Recycling and Testing of Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP) Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: M.A.Sc.

Abstract

At a time when the concept of sustainability is being promoted through waste minimization, recycling of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) for production of new asphalt mixtures has demonstrated many interesting prospects. Though its use in Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) with very well established asphalt recycling technologies have highlighted engineering, economic, environmental and overall social benefits; there is still substantial need for further validation of performance information of Superpave (SP) mix designs for mixes with high-RAP proportions, particularly with regard to creep (rutting resistance), fatigue en- durance and pavement durability. This research evaluates and compares performance and asphalt cement testing results for Ontario mixes, SP12.5mm Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size (NMAS) containing 0%, 20% and 40% RAP with Asphalt Content Performance Grades; 58-28, 52-34, and 52-40. These mixes are being evaluated in accordance with the: Dynamic Modulus Test (AASHTO TP 62007), the Thermal Stress Restrained Test (TSRT- AASHTO TP 10-93) and the Flexural Fatigue Beam Test (AASHTO T321).

In addition, the research evaluates the feasibility of using RAP for flexible pavement applications in the developing nations of the world; with particular emphasis on Nigeria. Adopting and localizing proven sustainability models will assist Nigeria and other developing nations in promoting a culture of recycling of asphalt pavements which conserves natural resources, cuts maintenance and rehabilitation costs by 40-60 percent, aids in construction of additional highways; whilst being environmentally responsible.

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Attila Hertel Andrew Northmore

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Development of a Sustainability Framework for the Thesis: Sustainability of Solar Road Panels as City of Markham Transportation Infrastructure

Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe

Current Study: M.A.Sc. Current Study: M.A.Sc. Abstract Abstract Maintaining a functioning road network is a challenge in today’s society due to the financial With sustainability becoming the leading goal of infrastructure design practice, restrictions faced by all levels of government. A means of determining how to efficiently spend their limited funding must be found. In addition, the concept of sustainable development is innovative technologies such as solar road panels are being considered as re- rapidly growing in today’s world pressuring municipalities towards operating in a more socially and environmentally friendly manner. Sustainability is broken down into three aspects which placements to modern infrastructure. Solar road panels are solar modules that are economical, social and environmental. A truly sustainable pavement satisfies its functional have been designed to also act as transportation infrastructure; making use of requirements while aiding social and economic development and minimizing negative environmental impacts the available solar energy on concrete and asphalt surfaces to generate electricity. While these panels are currently proof-of-concepts, this paper evaluates The City of Markham is committed to incorporating sustainability into their daily operations. The objective of this research is to provide a practical framework for incorporating pavement their sustainability benefits through economic, environmental, and societal sustainability best practices into the pavement engineering operations at the City of Markham. Through the completion of the literature review it is concluded that there is a wide variety of analysis to determine their feasibility. sustainable pavement technologies that range from project design to pavement decommis- sion. PaLATE analysis results indicate that warm mix asphalt and full depth reclamation are Thorough analysis finds that while the near-term sustainability of solar road the most environmentally friendly construction and rehabilitation techniques, respectively. Including recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) within pavement mix designs reduces both costs panels is hampered by lifecycle economics, they have the potential in the medi- and environmental impacts. Excluding microsurfacing, full depth reclamation was the least expensive rehabilitation technique while hot mix asphalt with RAP was the cheapest construc- um- to long-term to become a sustainable aspect of pavement infrastructure. tion technique. The high greenhouse gas emissions from initially building the panels are easily

The same initial construction and rehabilitation techniques are evaluated using the GreenPave offset in most regions from generating cleaner electricity, making them lower rating system. Pervious concrete scored the highest rating under the initial construction cate- emitters than conventional pavements. The social acceptance is promising as gory with warm mix asphalt a close second. Cold in place recycling, cold in place with expanded asphalt and full depth reclamation all scored the highest under the rehabilitation category. governments and society are both open to innovative and sustainable ideas, In the future, the City of Markham may wish to alter the GreenPave rating system to be more reflective of municipal practices as the current version of GreenPave is weighted more heavily though community level acceptance will require careful panel design. on high volume roads. To include the economical aspect, the green discounted life cycle cost (GDLCC) is calculated for all techniques. Hot mix asphalt with RAP and full depth reclamation To make solar road panels a sustainable part of transportation infrastructure resulted with the lowest GDLCC in the construction and rehabilitation categories, respectively. Finally, the recommended project and network level frameworks for incorporating sustainabil- the cost of the panels need to be competitive to conventional materials. This can ity into the pavement engineering practices at the City of Markham are proposed. The project and network level frameworks are connected to provide a complete pavement management be achieved through innovative material selection, panel design, and manufac- framework for incorporating sustainability. turing processes. Further work should involve testing different prototype pan- The framework provides economic benefits by increasing the effectiveness of budget alloca- els to understand long-term maintenance and installation requirements. tion; this is accomplished by maximizing the overall condition index gained to dollar spent ratio. The environmental benefits of this framework include the minimization of harmful gas emissions, project carbon footprints and energy and water consumption. The social issues of pavement projects are unique to each case and therefore must be addressed case by case. A common starting point when addressing these issues is provided.

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Ahmet Serhan Kirlangic Mehran Kafi Farashah

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Ultrasonic-based assessment of the condition of Thesis: Evaluating Pavement Performance for Network concrete beams Level Pavement Management: Provincial/State vs. Supervisors: Dr. Giovanni Cascante and Dr. Marianna Polak Municipal, What is the Difference? Current Study: Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe

Abstract Current Study: M.A.Sc. The propagation of surface waves provides information about characteristics Abstract and condition of the medium. Variations in material conditions can be inferred Pavement Management Systems (PMS) are used by transportation agencies to from changes in phase velocity and attenuation of surface waves. In a homoge- create and maintain safe, dependable and economically viable road networks. neous half space, the dispersion of phase velocity is merely caused by irregular- Evaluating pavement performance on a routine basis and identifying sections ities within the medium. The multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) with a need for maintenance or rehabilitation are the methods that PMS has method is a well-established technique used for the determination of the shear- adapted to prioritize the pavement sections on the road network level based on wave velocity profile of near surface soil layers. This method is based on compu- the condition. To evaluate pavement performance, most provincial/state and tation of phase velocities; and it is applicable to assess the condition of concrete municipal agencies in Canada and the U.S. perform data collection activities in elements using an appropriate frequency range. Previous studies on detection one or more of the following four main areas: Distress, Roughness, Structural of surface-breaking cracks in concrete elements, using the dispersion and atten- Adequacy, and Skid Resistance. This paper summarizes the types of pavement uation of ultrasonic surface waves, were successful; however, a complete dam- distresses, density and severity levels and pavement condition ratings which age assessment of the element was not the scope of previous studies. are utilized by provincial/state and municipal agencies to evaluate their pave- The main objective of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of surface ment performance for the network level. In addition, this paper highlights the wave methods for the condition assessment of concrete beams. Four laboratory- key considerations that provincial/state and municipal agencies should consider scale concrete beams (15x10x110 cm) with different damage levels are tested. to evaluate pavement performance. The Ministry Transportation of Ontario Damage is introduced by using Styrofoam pellets in the concrete mix. The rec- (MTO) and the Town of Markham are included as case studies to illustrate the orded signals are processed using various time and frequency domain methods, provincial and municipal approaches towards evaluating pavement perfor- such as 2D Fourier and wavelet transforms. The Rayleigh wave velocity, dis- mance for network level pavement management. In addition, this paper sum- persion behavior, phase velocities and attenuation trend are determined. All marizes the up to date results of a survey to study the current state of the prac- the investigated parameters are compared to evaluate the damage level of the tice in pavement distress and condition evaluations for municipalities. beams. The MASW test shows a good potential for the evaluation of damage in concrete beams when the coupling conditions of the transducers are controlled.

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Zaid Alyami Marcelo Gonzalez

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program Thesis: Surface Characteristics of Next Generation Concrete Development for Pavement Assets under Pavements: A Canadian Perspective Performance Based Contracts Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe

Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: Ph.D. Current Study: M.A.Sc. Abstract Abstract Skid resistance or friction plays an important role in transportation safety. According to Over the last decade, there has been a movement in North America towards the National Cooperative Highway Program (NCHRP), there are many factors affecting friction of pavements, including microtexture, macrotexture, materials properties and Performance Based Contract (PBC) model for maintaining and managing road environmental conditions such temperature, water and snow. The American Concrete networks. In traditional method-based contracts, the owner agency specifies Institute (ACI) reported that previous attempts to increase friction primarily focused on techniques, materials, methods, quantities, along with the time period for the creating different surface textures or macrotexture. contract. In contrast, In PBCs, the client agency specifies certain clearly de- Traffic noise is also a public concern for health and economy of a country. Tire-pavement fined minimal performance measures to be met or exceeded during the contract noise predominates over other sources of roadway noise, mainly at high speed. Although period. Payments are explicitly linked to the contractor successfully meeting or the tire-pavement noise is generated through a variety of mechanisms at the tire- exceeding those performance measures. Therefore, the PBC maintenance and pavement contact patch, it has been recognized that concrete pavement surface design may rehabilitation selection differs significantly from that of traditional asset man- assist in reducing noise levels and thus has prompted the evaluation of new macrotextures agement contract and more complex due to the pavement deterioration process for this purpose. However, an optimization process must be carried out to achieve adequate and probability of failure to achieve the specified Level of Service (LOS) for friction while reducing noise generation through macrotexture, because large macrotexture can increase friction but also generate excessive noise due to an inadequate tire-pavement various performance measures along the contract period. This work presents a interaction. According to American Concrete Pavement Association, Next Generation Con- framework for the development of maintenance and rehabilitation programs for crete Surface (NGCS) is the first new concrete pavement texture introduced in the last 20 pavement assets under PBC. The framework uses historical data, performance to 30 years in United States that also has the quietest texture developed for conventional modeling, and optimization to establish and select the maintenance and reha- concrete pavements, mainly through macrotexture modification. bilitation program. A case study using data from the Ministry of Transporta- The focus of this research is to investigate how friction and sound absorption of pavement tion Ontario (MTO) second generation Pavement Management System (PMS2) can be influenced by modifications in the concrete microstructure and by modifications of is used to illustrate the framework. surface characteristics (macrostructure). The concrete microstructure is modified using nanotechnology and the concrete macrostructure through creating new geometries on the top. In order to evaluate the sound absorption and skid resistance of concrete pavement, a joint laboratory and field based research program has been started. This research is being conducted in partnership with the Cement Association of Canada. The preliminary findings and the outline of future research will be presented in the poster.

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Hassan Ali and Nasseri-Moghaddam Peter J. Kelly

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: 2D Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Surface Thesis: Low Volume Road Maintenance Prioritization Waves Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Cascante Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: Ph.D. Current Study: M.A.Sc. Abstract Abstract

Seismic surface waves method have shown great success in obtaining shear Roads considered to be “low volume roads” typically tend to have an average daily wave velocity and damping profile of a site. Among the various methods, multi- traffic of less than 400 vehicles; however this number varies depending on the govern- channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) method is a non-destructive method ing agency. Additionally, low volume roads tend to be outside of city centres in more which uses the dispersion properties of surface waves (Rayleigh waves) to map rural settings and are typically unpaved, but can also be paved. In Canada, there is an the shear wave velocity profile of a medium with depth. The main advantage of estimated 900,000 km of roads, comprised of paved and unpaved roads. While no MASW method is its capability of recognizing different types of seismic waves specific values as to the percentage of roads classified as low volume exist, it is estimat- based on wave propagation characteristics such as velocity and attenuation. ed that 35% of these roads are paved, and approximately two-thirds are outside of The MASW method requires that the medium between two receivers be lateral- densely populated areas. These numbers can be supported by using numbers observed ly homogeneous, however, this criterion cannot be always assumed. In the pres- in New Zealand. It was determined that 75% of roads within New Zealand observed ence of a lateral non-homogeneity (cavity or anomaly), MASW method has less than 500 vehicles per day, and 45% of roads observed 100 vehicles or less per day. yielded variable results and has demonstrated to be very sensitive to receiver It can be assumed that similar percentages would be present in Canada. location relative to the cavity. According to the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Design Guide, low vol-

The current work focuses on the results obtained from numerical simulations ume roads can be classified into one of three categories. Category A is comprised of and laboratory test on non-homogenous medium. The surface responses are rural roads to and from and remote communities as well as providing access to proper- processed using a commercial package to compute the dispersion curves and ties along the road. Category B contains recreational roads which provide access to frequency-wave number plots. These dispersion curves are used to study the provincial/federal parks and similar developments. Lastly, Category C represents changes induced by the presence of the cavity; from where common patterns roads used in the extraction of resources in remote locations. are identified. These general patterns are used to understand the near-surface With thousands of kilometres of low volume roads, maintaining these facilities proves effects of anomaly on surface waves. A new methodology is introduced in which to be quite challenging. It is harder to justify a rehabilitation treatment or reconstruc- the total array of surface measurements is sub-divided into three sections of tion of these roads when they have low volumes. Therefore it is proposed that alterna- equal lengths, i.e., before the anomaly, centered on the anomaly, and after the tive criteria be used to assess the priority of rehabilitation/reconstruction scheduling anomaly. The new methodology shown through numerical models and laborato- for low volume roads. In order to determine the priority of a road project, the factors ry test can be a useful tool in understanding the effect of seismic wave propaga- that should be included in the decision making are suggested to be; daily traffic vol- tion in presence of underground voids. umes, road network connectivity, agricultural significance, and impact on emergency vehicle response time.

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Yu Hong Amin Hamdi

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Analysis of Bridges with Fibre Reinforced Concrete Thesis: Canadian Calibration on Mechanistic-Empirical Link Slabs as an Alternative to Expansion Joints Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) to estimate International Roughness Index (IRI) using MTO Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn M. Hansson, Dr. Jeffrey S. West, and Data. Dr. Ralph C.G. Haas Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: M.A.Sc. Current Study: Ph.D. Abstract Many transportation agencies in Canada and the United States have explored alternatives Abstract to expansion joints in bridges due to their high maintenance costs and durability problems associated with leakage at the joints. A link slab bridge is a jointless bridge system with a This paper presents flexible pavement performance models developed for the Minis- continuous concrete deck. Although the deck is continuous, the girders supporting the try of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) by using data from the MTO’s Pavement bridge deck are discontinuous and simply-supported at the piers and abutments. The region of the deck at the support locations where the girders are discontinuous is referred Management System (PMS2). The performance model coefficients have been devel- to as the link slab. The discontinuity of the girders causes the link slab to be subjected to significant force effects due to vehicle loads, deck shrinkage, and thermal volume changes. oped for application in the Mechanistic – Empirical Pavement Design Guide Subsequently, the link slab requires heavy reinforcement to sustain the force effects and (MEPDG) and were calibrated using statistical tools through a series of analyses on control cracking. The link slab system can be implemented in existing bridges or used in new bridge designs. In Ontario, several bridges that were originally constructed with historical pavement condition data that was collected in the field. The statistical expansion joints have been retrofitted into link slab bridges by the Ontario Ministry of analysis involved collection of historical data and development of pavement model Transportation (MTO). While the link slab system can provide the benefits of a continuous bridge deck, refinement of the design and detailing of the link slab itself are needed to categories. It was then classified according to pavement type, equivalent total pave- optimize this bridge deck system and ensure long-term performance. ment thickness, traffic volume, soil type, and climatic zone. In the development of The objective of this ongoing research project funded by the MTO is to improve the design the performance curves, 75% of the data was used to calibrate the performance and performance of multi-span girder bridges with link slabs by investigating the behaviour of link slab bridges and considering the use of fibre-reinforced concrete in the link curves, which is described by the predicted Pavement Condition Index (PCI) as a slab. The research is parametrically examining the behaviour of link slab bridges using a function of pavement age in years. The remaining 25% of the data was used to vali- computational model based on an existing MTO bridge. The prototype bridge was retrofitted in 2007 to replace the expansion joints with link slabs, and data from truck load tests date the various performance models using various statistical tools. The procedure conducted on the bridge were used to validate the model. The computational model is being used to parametrically examine the influence of the bridge support conditions, non- and analysis methodology used in the development of the performance models are linear material behaviour in the fibre-reinforced link slabs, and the effect of link slab presented in the paper. In addition, identification of the factors that have significant debonding on the response of the bridge and the force effects in the link slab. Features of the model include elastic translational and rotational support conditions and discrete impacts on pavement performance was conducted through analysis for all classified plastic hinges to represent non-linear and post-cracking behaviour of the fibre-reinforced concrete. The link slab debonding is modelled by separating the girder and deck elements roads. This is an ongoing research program collaborated between the Centre for geometrically and using link and gap elements to provide composite and non-composite Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo, action as appropriate. and the MTO under the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program The analysis results will indicate the influence of link slab design parameters, including (HIIFP). The paper provides a practical framework for comparing existing PMS2 reinforcement details, fibre-reinforced concrete properties and link slab debonding, on the behaviour of the bridge. A life-cycle cost analysis of the link slab bridge design will be used flexible performance curves to performance predictions obtained from the MEPDG. to assess its overall cost effectiveness in comparison to traditional bridge designs. The outcome of this research will be an improved understanding of link slab bridge behaviour Example case studies for typical Ontario roads are presented in the paper in terms and guidance for the design of link slab bridges incorporating fibre-reinforced concrete for of statistical analysis method. both new bridges and rehabilitation of existing bridges.

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Aleks Kivi Kasra Ghahremani

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Performance Evaluation of Urban Pavements Thesis: Development And Assessment of An Innovative And Rehabilitated with Concrete: A Toronto Case Study Cost-Effective Repair Method for Distortion-Induced Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Fatigue Damage Current Study: M.A.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. S. Walbridge

Abstract Current Study: M.A.Sc.

Heavy, slow moving traffic can be extremely damaging to asphalt pavements. Abstract The City of Toronto was observing the rapid deterioration of the pavements at Fatigue cracking can happen due to both in-plane forces and out-of-plane displace- an urban intersection with high volumes of urban bus traffic. The heavy traffic ments (the latter is so-called distortion-induced fatigue). Locations where a trans- was causing severe rutting and other safety concerns. In collaboration with the verse structural component (such as a diaphragm or a cross-frame) is framed into a Cement Association of Canada, the City of Toronto elected to rehabilitate the longitudinal girder through web stiffeners are most susceptible to out-of-plane fa- high traffic intersection of Bloor Street and Aukland Road using Portland ce- tigue cracking. The magnitude of out-of-plane displacement can be significantly ment concrete materials to mitigate the existing problems. As part of this pro- reduced by using a positive attachment. These connections can be undertaken using ject, the city constructed its first unbonded concrete overlay and reconstructed different methods such as welds, bolts, epoxy, and angles. However, bolting and/or an adjacent area as a full depth jointed plain concrete pavement. Construction welding an angle to the connection plate and to the girder flange usually requires took place in the summer of 2003. The University of Waterloo’s involvement removal of the deck (in most cases a concrete deck) and/or closing the ongoing traffic included the installation of instrumentation to monitor the long-term perfor- during implementation of the repair. mance of the newly rehabilitated pavements. This poster presents an overview Recent research by the authors has focused on several issues concerning the fatigue- of the existing conditions, design, construction and instrumentation of the prone details, including using adhesively-bonded FRP angles to create an alternative Bloor and Aukland site, plus a performance evaluation of the rehabilitated load path between the web and the flange in the web gap region of the distortion pavements after nine years of service. fatigue-prone details. This method has a number of advantages over other repair methods for distortion-induced fatigue damage, such as it is relatively cheap and easy to use in terms of both material costs and labour, there will be no need to deck removal or any other severe modification to the steel girder, and there will be little concerns regarding durability problems and environment-induced deterioration.

In this poster, recent results from fatigue testing of full-size structural components are presented.

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Alireza Masnavi Daniel J. Pickel

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Tests on Concrete Beams with Exposed Flexural Thesis: Recycled Concrete Aggregates: Internal Curing Reinforcement Benefits and Quality Improvement Strategies

Supervisor: Dr. S. Walbridge and Dr. M.A. Polak Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey West and Dr. Susan Tighe

Current Study: M.A.Sc. Current Study: M.A.Sc. Abstract Abstract Corrosion of steel reinforcement in Ontario bridges is causing severe soffit spalling Sustainability of construction practices has become a prominent issue in the construction industry as environmental responsibility becomes a greater issue in the public conscious- in many situations. These spalled areas are often located within the lap splices and ness. This issue, combined with the ever-increasing costs of transporting virgin aggregate curtailment zones of the primary reinforcement. This can lead to inadequate bar to areas with high construction rates, has resulted in increased interest in the use of recy- development lengths and the possibility of failures. cled concrete aggregates. Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) have numerous sustainabil- In order to better predict the residual strength of these deteriorated bridges, a test ity-related benefits which include reducing demand for virgin materials, the amount land- program was designed, which involves mid-sized concrete beam prototypes, with filled wastes, and the necessary transportation required for both. Several studies have partially de-bonded reinforcement. The de-bonding is simulated in various beam been done to assess the feasibility of using RCA in new concrete for a variety of applica- locations, with various de-bonding patterns. tions, with varying results, but there is still a need for significant study to be done before the material will be accepted by the concrete industry. The test program consists of thirteen beams; eleven under-reinforced and two over- This research will specifically focus on the potential for internal curing with RCA. One of reinforced. All beam dimensions are 2100×150×100 mm. The span between simple the characteristics of recycled aggregate is a higher absorptive capacity. This is generally supports is 1900 mm with a single point load applied at the midspan. Rebar strains due to mortar which remains adhered to aggregate after concrete has been crushed. This and displacement at the mid-span are recorded. high absorptive capacity indicates that the aggregate has the potential to retain water The goal of this experimental study is to determine the correlation between the spa- during concrete casting and secrete the water into the surrounding cement matrix at a tial location and surface area of de-bonding with the strength of the beams. This is delayed point in the concrete hydration process. This is commonly referred to as internal achieved by testing beam specimens with different combinations of de-bonding pat- curing (IC), and generally results in improved durability characteristics in concretes. To terns with respect to location and area. Four beams have de-bonded reinforcement in test the IC potential of various RCA sources, saturation levels and RCA gradations will be varied. Testing related to durability, including porosity and shrinkage monitoring, as well the flexural zones, seven are de-bonded in the anchorage and flexural zones, and two as compressive, flexural, and tensile strength tests will be used to determine the effects. are fully bonded. A corollary to the project will include determining methods for increasing the quality of The Poster includes the rationale for the design of this experimental program fol- recycled aggregates produced from crushing concrete which is returned to concrete batch- lowed by the test results. The results will include beam failure loads and failure ing plants. Studies have found that this specific type of RCA has relatively poor perfor- modes, load-displacement, and load-strain histories. The analysis of the results mance characteristics. Cost-effective and easy to implement methods of improving these concentrates on the effect of de-bonding patterns, de-bonding location, and reinforce- characteristics have the potential to increase the value of this particular material. ment ratio on the behaviour of concrete beams.

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Karolina Konarski Mohamed Hegazi

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Technical, Economic and Social Benefits of Hot on Thesis: Evaluation of Rubber Modified Asphalt: Past, Hot Paving Present, Future Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: M.A.Sc. Abstract Current Study: M.A.Sc.

Hot on hot paving technology was developed in Europe in 1993 and used for the Abstract first time in Canada on a public road as a trial in September of 2011. In part CRM has successfully been used in improving the mechanical characteristics of hot to meet its strategic objectives, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario used mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. In an effort of attaining a more sustainable highway this innovative paving technology on a section of Highway 12 in Midland, On- transport system, this thesis reviews the trends, performance, technologies, success- tario in order to monitor its performance. Case studies from Europe have been ful experiences and lessons learned from using CRM as a paving material. It also reviewed in this study to outline benefits achieved, with supporting data, as reports on some recent Ontario, Canada experiences with using CRM and discusses performance data is not yet available for the Canadian trial section. By imple- feasibility and potentials for utilizing the recycled material in flexible asphalt pave- menting hot on hot paving technology in which the surface and binder courses ment applications. of hot mix asphalt are placed nearly simultaneously, technical, social and economic benefits are realised.

Two types of equipment are currently on the market for hot on hot paving, the Dynapac Compactasphalt and Wirtgen (Vögele) InLine Pave.

Technical benefits as a result of hot on hot paving have included increased durability of the pavement structure (for instance due to a reduction in the development of potholes from an improved bond between the base and surface courses) resulting in an extended pavement life. Economic benefits include lower material costs due to a thinner surface course requiring less premium aggregates, reduced costs of construction due to less dollars spent on traffic control and lower life cycle costs due to the increased durability and less required maintenance for the pavement. Social benefits of hot on hot paving include sustainability in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduced energy usage, reduced road closure times and traffic delays as well as an extended paving season into the colder months.

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James F. Cameron Mohab El-Hakim

Student Profile Student Profile Thesis: Fibre-Reinforced Link Slabs for Replacement of Thesis: Sustainability of Perpetual Pavement Designs: A Traditional Expansion Joints in Bridges Canadian Perspective Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn M. Hansson and Dr. Jeffrey S. West Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Current Study: M.A.Sc. Current Study: Ph.D. Abstract Abstract Traditional expansion joints create a break in an otherwise continuous bridge Sustainability of road construction is one of the key factors affecting the global envi- deck system. This causes a discontinuity in the road surface and allows water ronment, economy and social development in future. Several research projects are and harmful road salts to reach the lower substructure of the bridge. If this currently underway to study different construction approaches, materials, designs leakage down from the road surface to the substructure of a bridge can be elim- that can improve the sustainability of roads. Although perpetual pavement is char- inated, maintenance and repair costs can be greatly reduced. Replacing the acterized by higher construction costs compared to conventional flexible pavement expansion joint with a fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) link slab, either in new designs, they require less maintenance and less frequent rehabilitation if designed construction or as a retrofit, allows the bridge to have a continuous deck as well and constructed properly. Pavement design can save on materials and energy used as allowing for expansion and contraction. The required properties of FRC for a in maintenance over the pavement lifecycle and reduces the noise and emissions link slab are ductility and crack resistance under tensile and bending loads. To accompanied by maintenance activities. achieve these properties, the FRC must have a high dosage of fibres to give the Highways are typically subjected to heavy truck loading resulting in rapid structural concrete post cracking strength as well as to stop the propagation of micro deterioration. Due to the importance of highway conditions, structural capacity of cracks. At the same time, the fresh concrete must be sufficiently fluid to allow highway pavements should be maintained to the highest standards to ensure the it to be placed and compacted. Research is underway to design an optimum safety and high level of service. Perpetual pavement designs are capable of achieving concrete mixture to meet the increased flexural and tensile strength require- high structural capacity and can resist deterioration by minimum surface treatment. ments while maintaining traditional compressive strength and durability char- The case study presented in this paper examines how perpetual pavement design is acteristics. a feasible solution for constructing sustainable roads. The test section constructed on Highway 401 in Woodstock, Ontario will be explained and analyzed. Three sections representing conventional pavement design, perpetual design without Rich Bottom Mix (RBM) and a perpetual design with RBM were constructed next to each other to compare their performance using different sensors. Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) was also used in all pavement layers in this project. Using recycled materials proved to enhance the pavement mechanical characteristics and maximized the efficient use of resources.

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Richard Korczak Alelí Osorio

Student Profile Thesis: C-LTPP Database: how can we capitalize on this Student Profile valuable data? Thesis: Development of an Urban Pavement Management Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe System: A Chilean Case Study Current Study: MASc Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe Abstract Dr. Alondra Chamorro Dr. Carlos Videla In 2007, the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) was successfully approved as the new American Association of State Highway and Transporta- Current Study: Ph.D. tion Officials (AASHTO) pavement design standard [Von Quintas et al., 2007]. Cali- Abstract bration and validation of the MEPDG is currently in progress in several provinces Pavement Management Systems (PMS) for urban and interurban pavements have across Canada. The MEPDG will be used as the standard pavement design method- many aspects in common but urban PMS (UPMS) are less developed and there is a ology for the foreseeable future [Tighe et al., 2011]. The main disadvantage of the need to generate more global knowledge. The main objective of the paper is to pre- new pavement design process is that it requires several parameters specific to local conditions of the design location. A database of parameters including those specific sent a methodology on how to develop an Urban Pavement Management Framework to materials, climate and traffic are required to calibrate the models in the MEPDG. that combines all competing factors into a long-term analysis approach. These key factors include: technical, economic, geographical, social and environmental. It pro- In 1989, the Canadian-Strategic Highway Research Program (C-SHRP) launched a poses an approach for all management levels but the main focus is network level national full scale field experiment known as the Canadian Long-Term Pavement analysis, such as: the technical evaluation methodology for urban pavements condi- Performance (C-LTPP) program. Between the years, 1989 and 1992, a total of 24 test tion; network needs evaluation; the development of performance models; the defini- sites were constructed within all ten provinces. Each test site contained multiple tion of maintenance standards; economic evaluation, prioritization and optimization. monitored sections for a total of 65 sections. The C-LTPP program attempted to design and build the test sections across Canada so as to cover the widest range of All integrated in a Geographical Information System. Furthermore, it introduces the experimental factors such as traffic loading, environmental region, and subgrade first stage of development of an Urban Pavement Management System (UPMS) in type. This ensured that C-LTPP would encompass the majority of conditions under an emerging economy country: Chile. Urban pavements in Chile often provide users which pavements are constructed in Canada. with a low level of service, which results in negative externalities to the population and high economic costs to the country. This problem is explained by two main caus- The objective of this study is to calculate the dynamic modulus (|E*|) for the C- es: several agencies are involved in the management of the urban pavement; and no LTPP test sections, which is a fundamental property that defines the stiffness characteristics of hot mix asphalt mixtures as a function of loading rate and temperature. sustainable management system is available. This study is part of a three-year pro- The dynamic moduli will be determined using artificial neural networks (ANNs) ject being leaded by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; sponsored by Fondef/ developed under a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) study. Conicyt and other Chilean agencies; and partnered by the University of Waterloo, Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology, Canada. The main challenges found and recommendations for development of UPMS in developing countries are presented.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 158 of 339 UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

2013 GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER

SYMPOSIUM

Hosted by the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and the Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable pavement engineering

200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 33152 Fax: 519-888-4300 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/CPATT http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/sltighe/ Date: Friday October 4, 2013 Time: 12:30– 3:00pm Location:Engineering 5 (E5) Student Design Centre

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Doubra C. Ambaiowei Cheng Zhang

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Thesis: Recycling and Testing of Recycled Asphalt Thesis: A Mechanistic-Empirical Aircraft Landing Pavements Distance Prediction Method

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: PhD Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract

Thermal cracks develop in flexible pavements as a result of the Landing overrun accidents have become a major concern over re- pavement’s tendency to contract at extremely low temperatures cent decades regarding airline and airport safety. This project is due to tensile stress induction. This study investigates 14 typical aimed to study aircraft landing and build on a mechanistic- Ontario Superpave hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures, encompass- empirical aircraft landing distance prediction model, which will ing a variety of variables to characterize the low temperature help airport operators and airlines mitigate the risk of runway cracking behaviour of dense and gap graded mixtures using the overrun. The landing distance prediction method established in thermal stress restrained specimen test (TSRST) technique. The this project incorporates a mechanistic-based analysis and an em- variables consist of 0, 15, 20 and 40% reclaimed asphalt pavement pirical real data calibration. The method includes two portions: (RAP), 20% crumb rubber modifiers (CRM) incorporating the wet deceleration equations and the landing distance model. Decelera- process (i.e. field and terminal blend), 9.5 mm—12.5 mm nominal tion equations are built according to force and moment analysis maximum sized aggregates, and seven performance graded as- and calibrated based on digital flight data and weather data. phalt cement binders (PGAC). Results of the experimental pro- Then, based on the deceleration equations, a landing distance gram conducted on 250 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm asphalt concrete model is established. When building the landing distance model, beams with7±1% air voids at 10˚C/hr after 6 hours of conditioning the following characteristics are considered: pilot settings (TLA, at 5˚C showed new insights on the effects of CRM and high RAP spoiler position, and flap position configuration), aircraft opera- contents on fracture behaviour and low temperature thermal tional characteristics (touchdown speed and weight), the runway crack susceptibility. The findings supports the need to encourage friction condition, and aircraft braking system characteristics. A higher percentages of CRM and RAP in typical Ontario HMA. The Boeing 737-700 real data case study is done and a comparison is use of RAP and CRM in pavements is desirable since it offers eco- made with the Boeing 737 Quick Reference Handbook reference nomic benefits without compromising the performance of asphalt landing distance. The results indicate the model offers an accu- concrete. From a sustainability perspective, incorporating CRM in rate prediction of aircraft landing distance. In addition, this HMA will increase the percentage of scrap tires recycled; whereas mechanistic-empirical method has several advantages over previ- RAP in HMA reuses the recycled aggregates and old binder, thus ous methods and has the potential opportunity for routine airline reducing the quantity of new materials, energy and cost required safety management to enhance safety. to produce asphalt concrete mixtures.

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Colin van Niejenhuis Tim Bandura

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Thesis: The Behaviour of Corrosion Resistant Reinforcing Thesis: Comparative Evaluation of the Chloride Alloys in Cracked Concrete Exposed to Deicing Threshold Values of Corrosion-Resistant Agents Reinforcing Bars

Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Hansson Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Hansson

Current Study: MASc Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract

Deicing-salt induced corrosion of reinforcing steel (rebar) severely Deicing-salt induced corrosion of reinforcing steel severely limits the durabil- limits the durability of highway infrastructure. In order to meet ity of highway infrastructure. In order to meet the highway bridge code requirement of service lives of 75-100 years alternative, more-corrosion re- the highway bridge code requirement of service lives of 75-100 sistant alloys are being considered for reinforcement. In this project, electro- years, alternative, more-corrosion resistant alloys are being con- chemical testing of the alloys is conducted in synthetic pore solution with sidered for reinforcement. It is acknowledged that all concrete incremental addition of magnesium chloride. MgC12 is selected because it is contains cracks and that the cracks are locations of more rapid currently being used in Ontario and is the most aggressive of the deicing corrosion initiation. The American Society for Testing and Materi- salts. als (ASTM) recognizes this fact in the recommended test proce- The objective is to evaluate the chloride tolerance of eight different corrosion dures for stainless steel rebar (ASTM A955-10), which includes an resistant alloys in comparison to that of the common black steel reinforce- artificial crack parallel to the bar. However, the “artificial crack” ment. The alloys consist of two austenitic and three duplex stainless steels, a does not represent the “real” situation. In this project, eight corro- low chromium micro-constituent alloy and galvanized steel. The advantages of using pore solution are a) that any corrosion activity on the specimen’s sion resistant alloys are being evaluated in specimens with either surface can be seen and b) in contrast to steel embedded in concrete with transverse or longitudinal loading cracks. In addition, specimens chlorides diffusing into the concrete, the chloride of the solution in contact with both longitudinal and transverse bars are being studied to with the steel can be controlled and monitored. Hot rolling of stainless steel determine the possibility of crevice corrosion at the intersection of reinforcement to provide the ribbed surface and appropriate diameter is fol- the bars. The concrete mix design complies with the requirements lowed by quenching with water to rapidly cool the steel. If the cooling rate is insufficient, the chromium carbides can precipitate at the grain boundaries of the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) for highway resulting in “sensitization”. The consequence of sensitization is that the steel bridge decks, with 25% cement replacement by slag and a water is susceptible to corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Therefore, to cementitious ratio of 0.4. The goal is to determine the corrosion metallography and SCC tests have been carried out for all of the stainless initiation times in each of these conditions using the electrochem- steel alloys. ical galvanostatic pulse technique. Together with chloride thresh- The data obtained will be used by Colin van Niejenhuis together with his old values determined in a parallel project by Tim Bandura, a life measurements of corrosion initiation times of the same alloys embedded in cycle cost analysis will be developed for each of the alloys. concrete to develop a life cycle cost evaluation for each steel.

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James Cameron Ann Sychterz

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Thesis: Engineered Fibre-Reinforced Concrete for Thesis: Vibration Characterization and Mitigation of use in Bridge Deck Link Slabs Aluminium Pedestrian Bridges

Supervisor: Drs. Jeffrey West and Carolyn Hansson Supervisor: Drs. Sriram Narasimhan and Scott Walbridge

Current Study: MASc Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract

Traditionally when a bridge was constructed with simply support- The key reasons motivating the use of aluminium pedestrian bridges are ed spans, the installation of some type of expansion joint was re- to compare there performance with respect to the CAN/CSA S6-06 Cana- quired to allow for the expansion or contraction the bridge will dian Highway Bridge Design Code design specifications, and to learn more about their dynamic characteristics: natural frequencies, mode undergo. After years of service, these expansion joints typically shapes, and damping. Aluminium presents as a material of interest due form a weak spot in the otherwise continuous bridge deck. When to its high strength to weight ratio and its resistance to corrosion. Cur- expansion joints fail, they allow road salts and other harmful con- rent design codes are well characterized for the more conventional build- taminants to leak down from the deck surface onto the lower ing materials, but the breadth is limited for aluminum. Two pedestrian structure of the bridge and begin to deteriorate it. One solution to bridges are presented as part of this study: the Daigneault Creek Bridge this problem is the installation of a fibre-reinforced concrete in Brossard, QC, and the Bota Bota Bridge in Montreal, QC. The first is (FRC) link slab in place of a traditional expansion joint. When a 44 m long with welded connections and the second is a 14 m modular link slab is installed, the bridge deck becomes continuous over the with bolt-connected extruded sections. A future, full-scale 23 m modular full length while keeping the girders simply supported. To accom- assembly lab specimen will allow for controlled environment and long- term testing. All of these structures are T6061 aluminium pony truss modate the movement of the bridge with expansion and contrac- bridges. In order to develop an understanding of these structures, a finite tion as well as normal loading, the link slab needs to be designed element model was developed for each bridge in order to compare the to withstand high bending forces without forming large cracks. experimental results to those for the manufacturer drawings. A compari- Engineered cementitious composite (ECC) concretes have recently son of the data collected from the accelerometers to the serviceability been used for such link slabs. While these function well, they are limits of S6-06 assessed whether the bridges performed within acceptable costly and the suppliers often keep the materials and mixture de- criteria and if these structures were capable of exceeding these criteria sign proprietary. In the present project, research was conducted given another loading case. From the merging of these two analyses, a to establish a less costly alternative FRC that could be used to the better understanding of the vibrational behaviour of aluminium pedestri- same effect with fibres commonly reserved for slab on grade and an bridges and how this behaviour aligns with current design codes was other nonstructural applications. gained. The results of these dynamic analyses will form the basis for the design of structural vibration control through damping devices.

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Magdy Shaheen Norman Fong

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Thesis: Predicting Hot Mix Asphalt Rutting using an Thesis: Heat Straightening of Steel Girders Innovative Micromechanical Approach Supervisor: Drs. Scott Walbridge and Robert Gracie Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Current Study: MASc Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract Damage to overpassing bridges can commonly occur from corrosion, fatigue, The objective of this study is to develop a two dimensional (2D) microme- and surprisingly impact. Unlike corrosion and fatigue where damage devel- chanical Finite Element (FE) model to predict the hot mix asphalt (HMA) ops slowly due to environmental and cyclic loading, impact damage due to rutting. This model was built to simulate the laboratory Hamburg Wheel over-height vehicles is sudden and unpredictable. Remediation of a damaged bridge using heat straightening can be up to five times more cost-effective Rut Tester (HWRT). A realistic geometry was obtained from a processed than a girder replacement. digital image in order to consider the asphalt heterogeneity and to obtain a relevant failure mechanism. A cylindrical rutting sample was sawn at Using techniques similar to curving steel girders, heat straightening repairs the middle to capture a cross section image. involves the application of cycles of heating and cooling in conjunction with external restraint forces. Heat straightening has been an acknowledged The HMA material characterization needed to run this model was ob- method to repairing impact-damaged steel structures for over 50 years. The tained by simulating AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design application of heat straightening has been limited to technique and experi- (AASHTOWare). In the AASHTOWare, transfer functions use the dy- ence of technicians. In 1998, a comprehensive guide on heat straightening namic modulus to predict the mix rutting performance, which can be ob- was established with a scientific basis outlining the procedure and its limita- tained from experimental work in level 1 or predicted by several known tions. Recent research is focused on investigating American steel grades. In- models in level 2 and 3. The Witczak model and Hirsch model are among sufficient research has been completed for impact damage and heat straight- several methods which can be used to predict the HMA dynamic modu- ening of Canadian structural steels commonly used in highway bridge con- lus. In this study, the dynamic modulus was obtained through the Hirsch struction. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of im- predictive model. pact damage and heat straightening for girders of Canadian structural steels.

The failure mechanism obtained from the developed model is more realis- Using Finite Element (FE) models will be a practical approach to answering tic and simulates the laboratory test. The FE model results were validat- several questions concerning heat-straightening procedures on Canadian ed with the laboratory work results. The predicted FE results were in steel grades. Over the last 20 years, FE analysis has become routinely used in good agreement with the measured values. However, slight differences modelling forming and impact in the automotive industry; these concepts can be used in modelling impact and heat straightening. Research with respect to were observed. strain-rate and temperature dependence of Canadian structure steels is required in order to create relevant FE models.

This poster presents small-scale FE models where heat straightening is applied to a tee-section impacted with a spherical object. The residual stress, strain, and deformation of the FE models were studied before and after heat-straightening.

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Marcelo Gonzalez Xiomara Sanchez

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Thesis: Enhancing the Surface Characteristics of Thesis: Low Temperature Performance of Recycled Hot Canadian Concrete Pavements Mixtures in Ontario

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan Tighe

Current Study: PhD Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract

Skid resistance or friction plays an important role in transportation safety. The addition of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in hot mix as- According to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), phalt (HMA) is a regular practice in Ontario. Nonetheless, uncer- there are many factors affecting friction of pavements, including microtex- tainty and concerns about the behaviour of the recycled hot mix ture, macrotexture, materials properties and environmental conditions such as temperature, water and snow. (RHM) persists.

Pavement friction is the result of two primary frictional force components; Ontario’s specification standards permits a maximum use of 20% adhesion and hysteresis. Adhesion is dependent on the microtexture of the RAP in surface courses, and recommends using a softer perfor- surface, while hysteresis depends on its macrotexture. Macrotexture also mance grade (PG) binder for HMA mixtures incorporating greater plays a significant role in preventing hydroplaning because of its impact on than 20% RAP. the surface drainage characteristic of pavements. Improvements in texture durability of concrete may provide important benefits in delivering long-term The study examines the response of typical Ontario Superpave friction performance and safety enhancements in wet conditions. 12.5 RHM at a low temperature. Thermal stress restrained speci- Another concern for pavement engineers is traffic noise, as it has impacts on men tests (TSRST) were conducted on six laboratory prepared public health and the local economy. Under accelerating conditions, the tire- recycled hot mixtures with varying RAP contents and asphalt pavement noise is dominant at speeds greater than 35-45 km/h for cars and binder PG. The applicability of blending charts to predict the crit- 45-55 km/h for trucks. Although this noise is generated though a variety of ical low temperature of the respective mixtures were evaluated mechanisms at the tire-pavement contact patch, it has been recognized that and compared with results from the TSRST. The findings suggest pavement finishing can assist in reducing noise levels. that blending charts can reasonably predict the lower PG of the Previous research on friction and sound production of concrete pavement resulting blended binder. mostly emphasizes creating different surface textures through macrotexture modifications. In this research, the focus is on investigation of how friction and sound absorption can be improved by modifying the concrete microtexture through nanotechnology and varying surface characteristics through macrotexture modifications.

This poster presents an update of this research, where the results of the material characterization, abrasion response and nanoconcrete and the concep- tual features of the next Canadian generation of concrete surface are included.

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Dina Saad Amin Hamdi

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Thesis: Microeconomic Rationale for Infrastructure Thesis: Evaluation of Ontario’s Pavement Design Spending Methodology

Supervisor: Dr. Tarek Hegazy Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: PhD Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract

Renewing infrastructure assets has been a tremendous challenge Performance modules are a key component to effective pavement under the prevailing budget constraints on municipalities and public management. This paper presents performance models that have agencies. While many research efforts have been directed towards been developed using data from the Ministry of Transportation On- supporting infrastructure renewal decisions, limited efforts have pro- tario (MTO) Pavement Management System (PMS2). This study in- vided economic reasoning and interpretation behind the current cludes analysis of historical data from various sections in the MTO budgeting and fund allocation approaches. Moreover, arriving at opti- PMS2. The project involved analyzing 870 sections over 17,000 pave- mum decisions that maximize the return on renewal funds has been ment treatment cycles for a 20 year cycle. The research involved de- a huge challenge. This research, therefore, imports theories from mi- velopment of a robust framework for sorting the extensive data and croeconomics that explain how consumers optimally spend their lim- grouping them into categories that reflect typical pavement factors. ited budget on multiple goods, which is analogous to the situation of Performance models were then calibrated, and validated. In the anal- a government that has limited budget to spend on a large number of ysis of the historical data, the data was sorted, classified according to infrastructure rehabilitation needs. Testing microeconomic concepts pavement type, traffic volume, and soil type. In the development of on two real case studies of 800 building components and 1300 pave- the performance curves, 75% of the data was used to calibrate the ment sections proved the applicability of these concepts in the infra- performance curves, which is described by the predicted pavement structure problem. Accordingly, a new microeconomic-based decision condition index (PCI) and as a function of pavement age. The remain- support framework has been proposed, with two components: (1) a ing 25% of the data was used to validate the various performance heuristic procedure to optimize infrastructure spending decisions; models using various statistical tools. and (2) a visual approach to analyze the decision sensitivity under Finally, this research also provides a framework of evaluation of different budget levels. In essence, the proposed integration of micro- pavement thickness in Ontario and involves a comparison of the rec- economics and asset management concepts provides a novel approach ommendations by other agencies in Canada. It also involves develop- in which fair, equitable, and highest value allocation are the underly- ment of expected service lives for various typical pavement treat- ing rationale that can reach optimum spending decisions for public ments under a series of varying conditions in Ontario. This research money. is important for MTO for validation of existing performance and in- corporation for future design and construction strategies.

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Yu (Tony) Hong María-José Rodríguez

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Thesis: Analysis and Design of Link Slabs in Jointless Thesis: NDT Condition Assessment of Distribution Lines Bridges with Fibre-Reinforced Concrete Supervisor: Drs. Giovanni Cascante and Mahesh Pandey Supervisor: Drs. Jeffrey West and Carolyn Hansson Current Study: PhD Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract Wood poles are extensively used in North America to support electric Many transportation agencies in Canada and the United States have transmission and distribution lines. Since wood is a natural material, explored alternatives to expansion joints in bridges due to high mainte- its properties are affected by environmental conditions. Factors such nance costs and poor joint durability. One of the alternatives is the use of as temperature, moisture, bacteria or fungi may induce internal de- link slabs in jointless bridges. The link slab is a section of the slab that cay in the wood; and the existence of decayed areas may result in a replaces the expansion joint and connects the adjacent bridge deck slabs, reduction of the strength of a pole. In order to avoid sudden failures forming a continuous slab across the bridge spans. While the link slab and to ensure the reliability of the electrical network, it is needed to system can provide the benefits of a continuous bridge deck, refinement assess the internal condition of the wood poles. In this project, a new of the design and detailing of the link slab itself are needed to optimize methodology is used based on ultrasonic waves to assess the internal this bridge deck system and ensure long-term performance. As well, ma- condition of the wood poles. The new methodology relies on two sta- terials with high tensile strain capacity, such as fibre reinforced concrete tistical indices: the overall dissimilarity index (ODI) and the condi- (FRC), can be explored for potential application in the link slab to im- tion rating index (CRI). The ODI describes the overall condition of a prove the strength, durability and cracking characteristics of the link wood pole in terms of ultrasonic measurements and estimates the slab. deviation with respect to the expected values of a sound pole. CRI is The focus of this research project funded by the Ministry of Transporta- correlated to the expected remaining strength ration and is used to tion Ontario (MTO) is to investigate the behaviour of link slab bridges determine the end-of-life (EOL) of an in-service wood pole. The new using computational structural models, and to explore how the use of methodology provides quantitative measurements of the internal con- FRC may affect the response bridges with link slabs. The research pro- dition of wood poles and it allows detecting early decay. It also esti- ject also includes a parallel laboratory study to develop FRC to obtain the mates the strength of the poles, which permits identifying the poles optimum mixture for link slab construction. The FRC material properties that need to be removed before the occurrence of failures and unex- from the lab tests are incorporated into the structural model to assess pected outages. Additionally, a simple, cost-effective, and efficient the effect of the FRC properties on the behaviour of link slabs and to pre- tool to perform the inspections is under development. The use of a dict the forces and moments for link slab design. reliable ultrasonic testing method for the condition assessment of The ongoing research will provide a better understanding of the link slab wood poles presents several advantages. The method is non-invasive behaviour and allow development of guidelines for the design of link slab and non-destructive; therefore, the mechanical properties of the ele- bridges, for both new bridges and rehabilitation of existing bridges. As ments are not affected by the tests. The method also reduces the time well, this research will allow bridge engineers to confidently implement required to performance the evaluations and provides a detailed and the link slab concept with FRC in new and existing bridges. global assessment of the condition of wood poles.

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Sonia Rahman Gulfam Jannat

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Thesis: Development of Acceptance Test Methods Related Thesis: Developing Optimized Pavement (Rigid and to Performance and Durability of Pervious Flexible) Maintenance Schedule: Application of Concrete Pavement Deterioration Models over the Service Life of Pavements Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Current Study: MASc Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract Pervious concrete is a promising technology which can help to overcome environmental imprints and to establish a “green” world. There Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation are the most critical and are many benefits associated with pervious concrete such as water expensive components of infrastructure asset management. Rapidly filtration, absorption of heavy metal, and reduction of pollution. But increasing heavy traffic, climate change, and limited resources for the most significant aspects which draws the attention of environ- maintenance accelerate pavement deterioration and increase the mental agencies, is its ability to reduce the storm water runoff. Pervi- need for more maintenance than in the past. As a result, pavement ous concrete is documented as the paramount in storm water man- management programs are turning progressively more complex. For agement by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. this reason, highway agencies are currently facing major challenges Though the practice of pervious concrete is recent in Northern cold in implementing conventional pavement management programs. climates, it has been used in the United States for years. Experience The complexities are attributed to sketching the realistic time based shows that there is no dedicated test method to assess pervious con- distress prediction and predicting optimized maintenance schedules. crete, which is structurally substantially different from conventional Efficient road maintenance programmes can be developed by accu- concrete pavements. New standards need to be developed to make rate predictions of pavement deterioration and service life. So, the specifications that are usable in northern climates, where freeze main objective of this study is to develop methods for accurate predic- thaw cycling and winter maintenance are major concerns. tions of pavement deterioration and service life. The study will focus The aim of this project is to recommend specification and perfor- on how deterioration differs for pavements that receive regular mance criteria for pervious concrete based on the results of experi- maintenance over the service life versus those that do not receive mental investigation and field experience. Also, this study will sug- maintenance. This will help with identifying optimum maintenance gest practical acceptance test procedures for evaluation of pervious schedules and accurate service life. concrete for municipal and provincial applications.

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Andrew Northmore Dan Pickel

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Thesis: Sustainability of Solar Road Panels as Thesis: Assessing Internal Curing Benefits of Pre-Soaked Transportation Infrastructure Recycled Concrete Aggregate on Variably Cured Concrete Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Drs. Susan L. Tighe and Jeffrey West Current Study: MASc Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract With sustainability becoming the leading goal of infrastructure design practice, innovative technologies such as solar road panels are Coarse recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is a variable material, and that being considered as replacements to modern infrastructure. Solar variability can often make it less desirable for usage in concrete infra- road panels are solar modules that have been designed to also act as structure. One consistent characteristic of RCA; however, is a higher ab- transportation infrastructure; making use of the available solar ener- sorptive capacity when compared with natural aggregate. Due to this gy on concrete and asphalt surfaces to generate electricity. While higher absorptivity, there is potential for the RCA to provide some inter- these panels are currently proof-of-concepts, this paper evaluates nal curing-like benefits when it is properly prepared prior to batching their sustainability benefits through economic, environmental, and into concrete. Internal curing involves the entrainment of water in reser- societal analysis to determine their feasibility. voirs within the concrete which is drawn from the reservoirs at the beneficial point of the cement hydration process. Internal curing in concrete Thorough analysis finds that while the near-term sustainability of has been found to have many benefits including reducing the negative solar road panels is hampered by lifecycle economics, they have the effects of poor external curing. potential in the medium– to long-term to become a sustainable aspect In this research, two types of saturated coarse RCA have been used to of pavement infrastructure. The high greenhouse gas emissions from study the effects of varying RCA saturation levels on the performance of initially building the panels are easily offset in most regions from the concrete. The RCA saturation levels considered include 0%, 60%, and generating cleaner electricity, making them lower emitters than con- 100%, while the effective water-cement ratio of the mixtures are kept ventional pavements. The social acceptance is promising as govern- constant. The two RCA types include a low and a high quality type, as ments and society are both open to innovative and sustainable ideas, specified by a classification framework previously developed at the Uni- though community level acceptance will require careful panel design. versity of Waterloo.

To make solar road panels a sustainable part of transportation infra- Within the research, particular emphasis has been placed on studying structure, the cost of the panels need to be competitive to convention- the effects on those concrete properties that are critical for concrete pave- al materials. This can be achieved through innovative material selec- ment design, such as compressive and tensile strength, modulus of elas- tion, panel design, and manufacturing processes. Further work ticity, thermal expansion, and permeable porosity. Two curing regimes should involve testing different prototype panels to understand long- are also studied in order to better understand the impact of different cur- term maintenance and installation requirements. ing practices on saturated RCA concretes.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 168 of 339 2014 GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SYMPOSIUM

Hosted by the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) and the Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering

Date: Friday October 24, 2014 Time: 12:30– 3:00pm Location:Engineering 5 (E5) Sedra Student Design Centre

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Welcome to the Graduate Student Contact Us Poster Symposium 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada Please feel free to interact with the students, ask questions and provide Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 33152 E-mail: [email protected] feedback on their research.

http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/CPATT http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/sltighe/ This is a great way for students to gain better insight into their research projects.

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Hanaa Al-Bayati Student Profile Thesis: Studying the Physical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate with and without Treatment Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Current Study: PhD

Abstract Acknowledgements Recycled materials are becoming a popular use in construction due to lack of natural materials. Coupled with the environmental concerns surrounding the quarrying of natural minerals, waste materials are Thank you to the Centre for Pavement and being considered as viable replacement sources. By recycling waste materials, available landfill space is increased and costs of Transportation Technology and the Norman W. transportation are reduced. Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is one of McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering the recycled material types and if used for pavement construction it has for hosting this event. potential to be a solution for the shortages of natural aggregate and reduce dumping in landfills.

We would also like to thank everyone who helped The difference between the recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and the organize and set up this event. natural aggregate is the cement paste attached to the surface of the original natural aggregates after the process of recycling. This represents a major reason of unsatisfactory quality for RCA which is more porous and less dense than crushed stone. Increasing the quality of RCA can significantly improve the performance of HMA so that it can withstand the combined stress of traffic and environment.

The primary objective of this research was to conduct laboratory analysis to determine the physical properties of RCA. This research focuses on two treatment methods to improve the quality of recycled aggregate: preheated treatment at different temperatures and a pre-soaked method with two different types of acidic solutions to increase the quality of RCA.

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Zaid Alyami Notes

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Thesis: A Two-Phase Maintenance and Rehabilitation Framework for Pavement Assets under Performance Based Contracts

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: PhD Abstract

The challenge of maintaining the road networks to the highest possible condition while investing the minimal amount of money has promoted innovative contracting approaches. According to road agencies around the world, there has been a movement over the last two decades towards Performance Based Contracts (PBCs); a long term warranty contract. In PBCs, the client agency specifies certain clearly defined minimal performance measures to be met or exceeded during the contract period and payments are explicitly linked to the contractor successfully meeting or exceeding those performance measures. PBC tenure typically ranges from 3-10 years and could be extended to 30 years due to the nature of periodic maintenance and rehabilitation. Therefore, the PBC maintenance and rehabilitation selection differs significantly from that of traditional asset management contract and more complex due to the pavement deterioration process and probability of failure to achieve the specified level of service for various performance measures along the contract period. In addition, pavement deterioration follows a stochastic behaviour, and the deterioration process and the improvement due to maintenance and rehabilitation activities varies based on many factors such as environment, traffic loading, material properties, and data used for the modelling, which results in a risk to the awarded contractor in such contract models. The objective of this research is to develop a novel framework that facilitates the selection of maintenance and rehabilitation activities for pavement assets under PBCs. The framework consists of two phases. Phase-One, called the Initial Program, uses historical data, performance modeling, and linear optimization to establish and select the maintenance and rehabilitation program for the bidding stage. Phase-Two, called Project Asset Management, is implemented after the contract is awarded. This phase uses the contract performance monitoring data and the cost estimate from Phase-One as a baseline budget to update and validate the established program through performance modeling and optimization. A case study using data from the MTO second generation PMS2 is used to illustrate the framework.

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Notes Tim Bandura (Colin Van Niejenhuis)

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Thesis: Evaluation of the Proposed European Rapid Screening Test for Stainless Steel Rebar

Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Hansson

Current Study: MASc Abstract

A Modified version of EN 480-14: 2006 has been proposed as a rapid “pass/fail” screening test for the range of stainless steel reinforcing alloys currently available [1]. The proposed test consists of embedding the rebar in a mortar cylinder with a water/cement ratio of 0.50 and with 4% chlorides by weight of cement admixed as NaCI.

After curing, the cylinder is placed in Ca(OH)2 and the rebar is held at + 200 mV SCE and the current flowing between the rebar and a counter electrode is measured for 3-4 days. The pass/fail criterion was given as 0.025 mA/cm2 (0.25 A/m2). Further modifications to this test are proposed, based on the results of longer term electrochemical investigations of stainless steel rebar at Waterloo. Therefore, in the present study, a typical highway bridge deck concrete was used instead of mortar and the effects of different admixed chloride levels and different applied potentials on the relative ranking of six different grades of stainless steel rebar have been investigated.

[1] M. Schonning, S. Randstrom and M. Adair, “Adaptation of EN 430 -14:2006 as a test method for determining a critical chloride threshold level for stainless steel rebar”, Eurocorr 2011, Paper 4903

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Janki Bhavsar Cheng Zhang

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Thesis: Asphalt Pavement Friction Analysis: A CPATT Thesis: A Mechanistic-Empirical Aircraft Landing Test Track Case Study Distance Prediction Model

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: MASc Current Study: MASc (completed) Abstract Abstract

High friction pavement surfaces are desirable, particularly for Landing excursion accidents have become a major concern over recent decades intersections and other stopping areas. It is crucial to provide a regarding airline and airport safety. Available runway friction has a significant impact on aircraft landing performance. This is especially noted when aircraft are pavement surface with an adequate friction coefficient to satisfy landing on wet or otherwise contaminated runways due to the reduced braking the geometric design standards for highways and to allow for an action, which has been well documented since the dawn of the jet aircraft age. adequate safe stopping sight distance. In order to model an aircraft’s real landing performance, a mechanistic-empirical The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology aircraft deceleration equation was developed. This equation contains all of the (CPATT) Test Track was constructed at the region of Waterloo’s major forces that contribute to aircraft braking, and is calibrated and validated using digital flight data from dry runway aircraft landings. Digital flight data landfill facility in Waterloo, Ontario, in 2002. The Test Track from a Boeing 737-700, runway pavement condition monitoring data, and weather originally consisted of a 700m long test strip, with various asphalt data was collected. Finally, a Boeing 737-700 case study was conducted. mix designs. Later in 2007 a concrete section was added and in As a result, it is able to back calculate the braking friction coefficient from the 2008 a section containing recycled asphalt shingles and recycled developed equation and evaluate the impact of wet and contaminated runways on asphalt pavement. Recently, the Test Track was tested for its aircraft braking performance. A study of a Boeing 737-700 aircraft landing friction supply using a British Pendulum Test (BPT) to obtain performance on runways under different conditions was conducted.

British Pendulum Numbers (BPN) for the different asphalt A mechanistic-empirical landing distance model is established based on the sections. The BPN relates to the friction coefficient of the mechanistic-empirical deceleration equation, in order to accurately calculate the pavement surface. A risk and reliability analysis was carried out required landing distance. When developing the landing distance model, the with the observed data in order to determine if the friction supply following characteristics are considered: pilot settings, aircraft operational from each of the sections was adequate for an application on a characteristics, runway friction condition, and aircraft braking system characteristics. A Boeing 737-700 real data case study was conducted and a generic urban freeway with a design speed of 100 kmph. comparison was made with the Boeing 737 Quick Reference Handbook reference The resultant observations showed that all sections had a landing distance. The results indicate the model offers an accurate prediction of aircraft landing distance. probability of failure envelope after 11 years. However, in some sections the probability of failure was much higher in comparison The potential of the development of a runway assessment, evaluation, and to other sections. This paper summarizes a unique methodology of reporting framework was proposed. Opportunities of applying this research in on- board landing distance calculation, quick exit taxiway design and airport assessment and provides information for future maintenance and operation optimization, and fuel consumption reduction were presented. rehabilitation.

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Sina Varamini Ben Dow

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Thesis: Performance Evaluation of Coloured Asphalt Thesis: Development and Study of UHPC as a Closure Pavements and Surface Treatments for BRT Lanes Strip Material in Prefabricated Bridge in York Region Applications

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Supervisor: Dr. Scott Walbridge and Dr. Jeffrey West

Current Study: PhD Current Study: MASc Abstract Abstract Prefabricated bridge deck construction and replacement is an attractive To maintain a high level of safety in transportation corridors, many construction method due to its decreased impact on road users. This metropolitan areas have included coloured pavements in their system utilizes precast concrete deck panels to be installed on new or infrastructure to denote dedicated lanes for buses and bicycles. This has existing girders quickly with limited on-site concrete pours. The goal of been accomplished through one of three methods: painting, applying a this project is to study the connection between precast deck panels using coloured thermoplastic, or laying a thin wearing course of dyed Hot-Mix ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) as the closure strip material. Asphalt (HMA). As each of these options only applies a thin layer of This will be achieved by running fatigue and static load tests on four material to the top surface, one of the major concerns is their durability nearly full-sized test specimens as well as performing finite element under significant volumes of vehicle traffic and winter maintenance analysis to model the behaviour of the UHPC closure strip. operations. A solution to the durability issue is to colour the entire surface Each test specimen consists of two GFRP reinforced precast concrete course of a HMA pavement. This can be accomplished through a number of slabs connected to steel girders using bolted shear connections grouped methods, depending on the desired colour of the pavement, including using with pockets filled with UHPC. These shear connections will allow arch coloured aggregates, adding pigments to conventional mixture, or a action to occur within the slab similar to the behaviour studied in full combination thereof. But, these technologies have not been studied for their scale bridge decks attached compositely to girders. A 200 mm UHPC long-term performance characteristics, nor considered for the long-life closure strip will be created between the two slabs with 150mm of pavement designs (i.e. service life). overlap between the GFRP bars of each slab. Three separate locations In addition to the aforementioned issues, the pavement and civil will be subjected to 2,000,000 cycles of fatigue load: the centre of a infrastructures in Canada are vulnerable to climate change impacts, precast panel as a control, directly upon the UHPC closure strip, and including more frequent freeze-thaw cycles combined with more wetting directly adjacent to the closure strip. The fatigue load will be scaled to and drying, changes to precipitation regimes, and increases in high and low ensure that equivalent stresses are experienced in the test slab as a full in-service temperature extremes. These expected changes, coupled with size deck slab subjected to the maximum tire load of a CL-625-ONT truck. During testing the slabs and closure strip will be monitored to continued increase in traffic volume, provide great incentive to incorporate map cracking and joint behaviour. Following the completion of fatigue technical, economic and sustainable/environmental impact considerations loading, the slabs will be subjected to static loading till failure at two into pavement design and management practices as an effective means of locations: directly adjacent to the joint and in the centre of the fatigued ensuring long-lasting roads. panel as a control location.

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Norman Fong Alex Strutzke

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Thesis: Heat Straightening of Impact Damaged Steel Thesis: The Response of Commodity Flows and Natural Girders Conditions to Climate Change in the Arctic

Supervisor: Dr. Robert Gracie and Dr. Scott Walbridge Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: MASc Current Study: PhD (Alex is a visiting researcher from Germany) Abstract Abstract

Damage to overpassing bridges can commonly occur from corrosion, Northern Canada and Alaska offer a variety of resources, but the Arctic fatigue, and impact. Unlike corrosion and fatigue where damage develops climate makes exploration and extraction of these materials difficult. slowly due to environmental and cyclic loading, impact damage due to Due to the world wide lack of resources and because the climate change over-height vehicles is sudden and unpredictable. Remediation of a in the recent past offers easier access to the Arctic and Sub-Arctic, these damaged bridge using heat straightening can be up to five times more areas become more and more economically interesting for resource users. cost-effective than a girder replacement. Those resource users face several advantages and disadvantages from a changing climate in the Arctic, for example: global warming shortens the Using techniques similar to curving steel girders, heat straightening ice-covered period of the Arctic sea, hence making transportation of repairs involves the application of cycles of heating and cooling in resources with ships easier and cheaper. On the other hand global conjunction with external jacking forces. Heat straightening has been an warming is also responsible for melting permafrost and shorter winters. acknowledged method to repairing impact-damaged steel structures for Roads and pipelines built on permafrost face a huge risk of being over 50 years. Use of heat straightening has been restricted due to damaged because of the melting ground. The window for transportation limited knowledge and experience. Recent research focused on on ice roads is also shortened. My PhD dissertation will answer the investigating effects of heat straightening on American steel grades. following questions: How will global warming affect commodity flows Insufficient research has been completed for impact damage and heat from the Arctic to the South? How will the environment (soil, plants, straightening of Canadian structural steels commonly used in highway animals, and the native people) respond to the change in transporting bridge construction. The main objective of this study is to investigate the the commodities? What are the risks and chances for Northern Canadian effects of impact and heat straightening for girders of Canadian and Alaska generated by global warming? Which interdependencies exist structural steels. Finite Element (FE) Analysis was used to model and between transportation and the degradation of permafrost? How does the answer questions concerning heat-straightening procedures in Canada. melting sea ice in the Arctic contribute to shorter shipping routes (i.e. Northwestern Passage, Northeastern Passage)? What is the political This poster presents FE models where vee-heat straightening techniques dimension of global warming in the Arctic? The study will detect are applied to camber plates. Vee-heat straightening requires a regularities and site-specific peculiarities of climate change effects and meandering motion from the torch to heat the pattern from tip to base. A interactions with natural and infrastructure conditions, differentiated simplified heating method was used in the FE model to reduce the into soils and ground, vegetation, animals, native people, the society, complexity from the meandering torch motion. Results for A36 plates policy and tourism, independence on the different kinds of product show that modelling the simplified heating method in FE is a valid transport (by roads and seasonal traffic lanes, air transport, ships, alternative to modelling complex torch movements. Additional results pipelines). Approaches for strategies, including decision support systems, with CSA 350w steel are presented to demonstrate similarities between to preserve or to use resources will be detected and discussed. American and Canadian steel grades.

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Matthew Sjaarda Marcelo Gonzalez

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Thesis: Fatigue Behaviour and Design of Shear Thesis: Nanotechnology Applied in the Design of the Next Connectors in Steel-Precast Composite Bridges Generation of Concrete Pavements Surface

Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey West and Dr. Scott Walbridge Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Current Study: PhD Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract

At present, many Canadian bridges warrant complete replacement as Pavement friction is the result of two primary force components: they are deteriorated and functionally obsolete. Due to growing bridge adhesion and hysteresis. Adhesion is dependent on the microtexture of replacement obligations in Canada and other developed nations, a the surface, while hysteresis depends on its macrotexture. Macrotexture modular bridge system consisting of precast concrete deck panels also plays a significant role in preventing hydroplaning because of its connected to steel girders is becoming increasingly popular. The bridge's construction is rapid, and composite action optimizes the materials, impact on the surface drainage characteristic of pavements. resulting in a high-efficiency lightweight structure. The type of shear Another concern for pavement engineers is traffic noise, as it has impacts connection employed can significantly impact construction time, economic and environmental cost, structural integrity, and durability of on public health and the local economy. Under accelerating conditions the bridge. the tire-pavement noise is dominant at speeds greater than 35-45 km/h for cars and 45-55 km/h for trucks. Although this noise is generated Today, welded shear studs are by far the most common type of shear connection. In steel-precast composite bridges, the studs are commonly through a variety of mechanisms at the tire-pavement contact patch, it grouped together at discrete locations so that the precast deck panels can has been recognized that pavement finishing can assist in reducing noise be affixed to the girders by providing full depth “shear pockets” filled levels. with grout. High strength bolt connectors may have advantages over grouted shear pockets in the categories of fatigue, durability, and Previous research on friction and sound production of concrete pavement deconstruction. High strength bolts have been tested by several research mostly emphasized creating different surface textures through groups including the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). macrotexture modifications, leaving a knowledge gap on how to improve A laboratory beam testing program is underway to investigate the effect these characteristics through microtexture as well. This gap is the focus of cyclic loading on shear connectors. The program consists of 22 beam of a research project underway at the Centre for Pavement and specimens, uniquely tested using variable amplitude load histories Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo (UW), simulating Canadian highway truck traffic. There are four types of shear which is applying nanotechnology to modify the concrete microstructure connections being investigated including continuous shear studs (cast-in- place), grouted shear pockets, high strength through-bolts, and threaded to achieve friction and sound production benefits. inserts. The resulting fatigue data will be used for comparison and The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the results seen to-date on calibration of mechanistic models. Additionally, finite element and the impact that nanosilica addition has on the microstructure of concrete. reliability analyses are being carried out to investigate the consequence of failure of these connection types. The end goal of this research is to This was evaluated in terms of fresh concrete (air content and slump), provide Canadian bridge designers with more effective tools to use in hardened concrete (compressive strength and friction), and durability solving the problem of a derelict bridge infrastructure across the nation. (abrasion and freeze-thaw resistance) properties.

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Amin Hamdi Magdy Shaheen

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Thesis: Canadian Calibration on Mechanistic-Empirical Thesis: Effect of High Friction Aggregate and PG plus on Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) to Estimate Surface Hot Asphalt Mixtures Rutting: International Roughness Index (IRI) using MTO Laboratory and Image Based Characteristics Data Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe and Dr. Adil Al-Mayah Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Current Study: PhD Current Study: PhD Abstract Abstract The rutting resistance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Superpave™ mixes in This paper presents flexible pavement performance models developed for surface course materials were evaluated in this study by using asphalt material characterisation tests and a Digital Imaging Processing (DIP) the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) by using data from the technique. The effects of aggregate type, binder type and binder content MTO’s Pavement Management System (PMS2). The performance model were evaluated using the Hamburg Wheel Rut Tester (HWRT) and the coefficients have been developed for application in the Mechanistic – Dynamic Modulus Test (E*). This included two aggregate types, Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and were calibrated using including a Superpave SP12.5 and high friction aggregate SP12.5 FC2, statistical tools through a series of analyses on historical pavement and two Performance Grading (PG) binders. Both a modified binder (PG condition data that was collected in the field. The statistical analysis Plus) and an unmodified binder were also considered. The shear involved collection of historical data and development of pavement model upheaves of these mixes also were quantified to better detect the effect of categories. It was then classified according to pavement type, equivalent each variable. total pavement thickness, traffic volume, soil type, and climatic zone. In The DIP was used for further analysis of aggregate and binder effect on the development of the performance curves, 75% of the data was used to the HMA matrix. This included estimating the number of aggregate calibrate the performance curves, which is described by the predicted contacts, total contact length and Internal Structure Index (ISI) of two Pavement Condition Index (PCI) as a function of pavement age in years. dimensional (2D) images on the tested samples. This method provides The remaining 25% of the data was used to validate the various internal structural analysis of the HMA in order to understand the performance models using various statistical tools. The procedure and failure mechanism in rutting and the relationship it has with each analysis methodology used in the development of the performance models individual component characteristics. are presented in the paper. In addition, identification of the factors that The results indicated that HMA surface mixes were sensitive to have significant impacts on pavement performance was conducted aggregate type, binder type and binder content in both rutting and through analysis for all classified roads. This is an ongoing research dynamic modulus. High friction aggregate provided a better internal program collaborated between the Centre for Pavement and structure characteristics and rutting resistance. It was noted that the Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo, and stiffness of the HMA improved between 1 to 27% depending on the binder the MTO under the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding type and asphalt cement content of the HMA. Modified binder had a Program (HIIFP). negative effect the HMA stiffness. However, the rutting resistance of all mixes were accepted. The paper provides a practical framework for comparing existing PMS2 In addition, it was found that |E*| is effective for evaluating the flexible performance curves to performance predictions obtained from the resistance of HMA mixtures to rutting due its correlation with the total MEPDG. Example case studies for typical Ontario roads are presented in rut depth. Three microstructure indices were effectively used to capture the paper in terms of statistical analysis method. the change in HMA internal structure related to aggregate type and asphalt cement content.

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Xiomara Sanchez (Doubra Ambaiowei) Gulfam Jannat

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Thesis: Rutting Behaviour of Typical Ontario Superpave® Thesis: Developing Cost-Effective Pavement Maintenance RAP-HMA Mixtures and Rehabilitation Schedules: Application of MEPDG Based Distress Models and Key Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Performance Index Current Study: PhD Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Abstract Current Study: PhD The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in Hot Mix Asphalt Abstract (HMA) offers cities and municipalities the opportunity to extend the supply of traditional construction materials. It benefits the Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) are the most critical environment, ensures good-quality and cost-effective road and expensive components of infrastructure asset management. Increasing traffic load, climate change, and resource limitations for road construction. However, proper engineering and mix design must be maintenance accelerate pavement deterioration and eventually increase employed. The results reported herein pertains to the effects of virgin the need for future repeated maintenance treatments. Consequently, and blended binder stiffness on rutting performance of an array of pavement management programs are increasingly complex. The laboratory and plant prepared HMA mixtures containing up to 40% complexities are attributed to the realistic distress prediction and RAP with five different binder performance grades. The Hamburg predicting cost-effective M&R schedules. Cost-effective road M&R practices are only possible when pavement service life and deterioration wheel tracking device in accordance with AASHTO T324-04 (2008) condition models can have accurate and realistic predictions. The protocol was employed to evaluate the rutting behaviour of 150 mm x objective of this study is to develop cost-effective pavement M&R 62 mm diameter to height ratio specimens for the respective test schedules by applying (a) calibrated Mechanistic- Empirical Pavement mixtures. Factors such as the asphalt cement stiffness (G*/sin δ), Design Guide (MEPDG) based performance prediction models, and (b) volumetric mix design, Superpave consensus properties, moisture MEPDG based Key Performance Index (KPI). The study will focus on how the deterioration and service life of pavements differ for alternate susceptibility and gyratory compaction requirements were taken into M&R schedules with respect to the case when no maintenance consideration. All mixtures evaluated exhibited good improvements treatments are applied. Empirical investigation will be conducted using in rutting performance relative to Ontario’s 6 mm very slight rut- data from the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario (MTO) Pavement depth criteria with the least rut resistant being mixtures with 0 Management System (PMS-2) database. This study will consider Life percent RAP with PG 52-34. It is recommended that an optimum Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) and economic impact analysis in terms of Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for M&R alternatives integrated with a amount of rejuvenator or additional virgin binder be added to the MEPDG based KPI. Locally calibrated distress models will support the 40% RAP mixtures with PG 58-28 to further improve mix quality. analysis and use the new KPI in the pavement management systems. The findings provide valuable insights into performance, The outcome of the empirical investigations will result in the adoption of understanding and advancement of higher Superpave RAP practices efficient road M&R program for highways based on realistic performance for road construction in Ontario. prediction which has significant impact on infrastructure asset management.

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Thesis: Recycled Concrete Aggregate: Influence of Thesis: The state-of-the-art Review of Pervious Concrete Aggregate Pre-Saturation and Curing Conditions Test Methods on the Hardened Properties of Concrete Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe

Supervisor: Dr. Susan L. Tighe Current Study: MASc Current Study: PhD Abstract

Abstract Pervious concrete is one of the promising technologies which can help to Coarse recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) is a variable material, and that variability overcome environmental imprints and to establish a green world. The can often make it less desirable for usage in concrete infrastructure. One consistent structure of this pavement generally consists of a pervious concrete characteristic of RCA; however, is a higher absorptive capacity when compared with natural aggregate. Due to this higher absorptivity, there is potential for the RCA to surface layer and a base reservoir layer on a permeable underneath provide some internal curing-like benefits when it is properly prepared prior to subgrade. There are many benefits associated with pervious concrete like batching into concrete. Internal curing involves the entrainment of water in reservoirs within the concrete which is drawn from the reservoirs at a beneficial water filtration, absorbing heavy metal, reduce pollution and so on. But, point of the cement hydration process. Internal curing in concrete has been found to the most significant aspect which draws the attention of environmental have many benefits including reducing the negative effects of poor external curing. agencies is its ability to reduce the storm water runoff. Pervious concrete In this research, two types of saturated coarse RCA have been used to study the is documented as the paramount in storm water management by the effects of different curing practices on the performance of the concrete. Particular emphasis has been placed on those properties that are critical for concrete pavement United States Environmental Protection Agency. Though the practice of design. Two curing regimes are used in order better understand the impact of curing pervious concrete is pretty recent in Northern cold climates, it has been practices on saturated RCA concretes. used in United States for years. Literature shows that there is no Studies of the RCAs’ desorption characteristics indicated that the materials studied do not perform as an internal curing agents according to the definition set by dedicated test method to assess pervious concrete, which is structurally previous researchers focused in the field of internal curing of concrete. substantially different from conventional concrete pavements. New The two types of recycled aggregate oppositely affected the compressive strength: standards need to be developed to make specifications that are usable in RCA 1 increased the strength while RCA 2 caused a strength decrease. While the northern climates, where freeze thaw cycling and winter maintenance RCA types resulted in opposite compressive strength changes, the stiffness of both RCA concrete materials were found to decrease indicating that the density of the are major concerns. concrete had a marked effect on elastic modulus. Saturated high absorption RCA appeared to provide some benefit in terms of buffering compressive strength loss This paper discusses the state-of-the-art pervious concrete test methods, under poor curing conditions. When tested at 28 days, the lower quality RCA 2 which includes the recent practice of laboratory and field testing. The performed best in terms of thermal expansion,; however, both RCA mixtures exhibited higher variability of results than the NA mixture. When all samples were aim is to identify gaps in the testing methods and to discover the best tested at 150 days the moist cured samples exhibited lower thermal expansion practices to be used for pervious concrete testing in Canada and develop coefficients. ways to overcome these gaps.

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Appendix C – Examples of Past CPATT Newsletters

1. Newsletter, Summer 2015 2. Newsletter, Winter 2015 3. Newsletter, Fall 2014

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Message from the Director

Welcome to our Summer 2015 addition of CPATT News!

We hope all your projects have been successful to date and wish you all continued success as the construction season progresses.

In this newsletter we highlight some of the various projects underway at CPATT. Also, we highlight some events and special features.

Contents: Should you have any questions related to our activities please do not hesitate to contact us. • Feature Faculty • Research Focus Sincerely, • Student Feature • Field Focus • Individual Highlights Susan L. Tighe, PhD., P.Eng • Awards and Professor and Norman W. McLeod Professor in Sustainable Pavement Engineering Recognition Director of CPATT • Norman McLeod Chair • Contact Us and Upcoming

CSCE Chapter Field Visit to Pearson International Airport

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Faculty Feature

Dr. Carolyn Hansson, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Carolyn Hansson is a Professor in both the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments at the University of Waterloo and a faculty member of the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology. She received her B.Sc., A.R.S.M, D.I.C and Ph.D in Metallurgical Engineering from Imperial College, London University. She has lived and worked in the UK, USA, Denmark, and Canada and has been employed in private sector research (Martin Marietta Research Laboratories and AT&T Bell Laboratories - now Lucent Technologies), a not-for-profit consulting company (the Danish Corrosion Centre) and in academia (Columbia University, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Queen’s University and the University of Waterloo).

She was Vice-President University Research at Waterloo, and was responsible for facilitating the research activities of faculty members across all disciplines of the university. After this, she reverted to her favourite roles as research engineer and instructor and mentor for students.

Her research has covered many aspects of environmental degradation of materials, particularly the corrosion and erosion of metals and alloys. Over the last 20 years, her major focus has been the durability of infrastructure materials, particularly the chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing bar and those properties of the concrete which affect this process. Dr. Hansson has published over 160 papers and reports and has conducted over 50 research projects on time and within budget. In addition, she has worked with consulting companies and the Ministry of Transportation Ontario in corrosion monitoring of bridge structures, with Alberta Transportation in evaluating rebar corrosion problems and in the design, installation and monitoring of corrosion probes in several bridge structures in B.C., one in Nova Scotia and in the Confederation Bridge (although the probes in the latter were not monitored). Her current research is focused on the application of corrosion-resistant alloys as reinforcing materials with a view to understanding the influence of the metallurgy on the corrosion resistance and prediction of the relative life-cycle costs of the different alloys.

She has served on a number of professional boards and committees including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, the Minister’s National Advisory Council for CANMET, the US National Materials Advisory Board as well as the boards of a number of not-for-profit technical and professional organizations. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and a Chartered Engineer in the UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, the US Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, the UK Institution of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the American Concrete Institute and is the recipient of a number of professional awards.

In July 2015, Carolyn was named a Member of the Order of Canada for her many contributions. Congratulations Carolyn!

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Research Focus - Structures Lab

Fatigue Resistance of Shear Stud Connectors on Steel Girders

The fatigue resistance of bridges is a key topic Fatigue testing will be initiated this summer. related to transportation infrastructure durability. It is especially important for bridge components that The task of finite element analysis has been ongoing cannot be inspected for signs of fatigue. In 2014, two since the experiment design stage. One model has research projects on the fatigue resistance of stud been developed of the experiment specimen, and shear connectors were initiated at UW, sponsored by another is being developed of a full bridge. These the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Steel models will be used to assess the experimental Structures Education Foundation (with additional results and a reliability analysis will be carried out to support from NSERC). An in-depth literature review quantify the consequence of shear connector failure. defined the gaps that the experimental and analytical The test program will significantly add to the existing research would address. Specifically, these gaps data of shear connector fatigue beams. The next steps include the inconsistent practice of using push- include testing of the first six beams specimens, test data as a safe guide to designing shear studs in fabrication of six more beams (the forms will be composite beams, and the question of the consequence reused), and continuing analytical work. Contact Dr. of failure of individual shear studs on the capacity of Scott Walbridge, Dr. Jeff West, Matthew Sjaarda, or a bridge. The latter question is especially important Taylor Porter for further details. as bridges become older and their replacement is delayed in jurisdictions with aging infrastructure and limited maintenance budgets. Cast-In-Place Slab Specimen (note girder) The research is investigating the fatigue performance of the shear studs in composite bridge girders with two configurations. The first considers a standard cast- in-place concrete deck construction with distributed shear studs. The second considers full-depth precast concrete decks that utilize grouped shear studs coinciding with pockets in the deck panels. The latter system is used when accelerated bridge construction is desired. The experiment design was undertaken to ensure that the planned fatigue tests could be completed in a timely manner, and that key behaviour could be observed by the placing of instrumentation. The experimental design included connector spacing, cyclic loading locations and magnitudes, and construction materials. Beam fabrication is now underway, and twelve composite beams including six cast-in place beams and six precast beams have been cast to date.

Photos of the specimens are shown. Specimens after casting (precast with stud pockets)

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Student Feature - Sonia Rahman

Meet Sonia Rahman

Sonia is a MASc. Candidate in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, under the supervision of Dr. Susan Tighe. Sonia was born and brought up in Bangladesh. She completed her undergraduate studies in 2012 at the University of Engineering and Technology, the best engineering university in Bangladesh. She started her career working at a construction company in her home country. Sonia always had a desire to continue her education, so she started her Masters degree in the CPATT group in Winter 2013.

In addition to her studies, she has also been serving as the Vice President Internal for the Graduate Student Association (GSA) at the University of Waterloo from May 2014.

Sonia completed her Masters Degree in Winter 2015.

Development of Durability This research was intended to examine which test Performance related Test methods should be used to ensure a high quality Methods for Pervious Concrete pervious concrete pavement is achieved. Another objective of this research was to evaluate the Pavement performance criteria for pervious concrete pavement tested for flexural strength, ravelling, abrasion, This research is being funded by the Ministry of permeability, scaling resistance, and freeze-thaw Transportation Ontario (MTO) under the Highway resistance. Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP). Other funding provided for this project is from the The major outcome of this research is to define the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) and the draft test methods for pervious concrete pavement. Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Also, field samples were collected from selected field of Canada (NSERC). sites and the draft methods were performed to evaluate the applicability of the developed test methods and The introduction of pervious concrete into pavements determined the probable reason of observed field in cold weather climatic regions, specifically Canada, distresses. was driven by their sustainable benefits. However, there has been caution in the pavement industry to the use of pervious concrete in climates that experience freeze-thaw cycles.

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Student Feature and Project Cont’d

A framework was also developed to identify how pervious concrete can be integrated into low volume infrastructure with detailed functional and structural design considerations, which can help the designers at implementing the technology.

Pervious concrete Frequency Testing for Freeze Thaw Resistance

Hamburg Wheel Rutting Testing

Abrasion Testing

Scaling Resistance Testing

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Student Feature - Yassaman Yousefi

Meet Yassaman Yousefi

Yassaman Yousefi is a Ph.D Candidate in the civil and environmental department at the University of Waterloo. Yassaman completed her BSc in computer engineering in Iran and her MSc in IT management at Lancaster University in England. After finishing her master’s degree in England, she has been involved with projects relating to material processing and planning as well as management for the last ten years. In June 2012, Yassaman became a research member in a project group for research and analysis of a new innovative insulation material based on recycled glass. Following this research, Yassaman joined the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology and the department of civil and environmental engineering to work on her Phd in the area of foam glass aggregate.

Glass is ideal for recycling and can be recycled multiple times. Currently, the usage of glass is increasing especially in the food and beverage industry due to health concerns. Therefore, recycling of glasses is becoming a big dilemma in Canada. Different glasses such as container mixed glasses, float glass, windshield glass and contaminated glass are being vigorously collected but poorly recycled. Less than 30% of the 400,000 tonnes of waste glass in Ontario is currently recycled and a big part of this is fine powder waste which goes to landfills.

One solution is foam glass aggregate. Foam glass is normally made from 97% recycled glass. It is an innovative lightweight material for applications in road construction and building industries. The recycled glass used in the present formulation can be taken from clear and mixed coloured industrial wastes.

The innovative properties of the material such as anti-bacterial, catalytic and hydrophobic are considered for surface treatment of the materials. Using this material in subbase will prevent frost heave and cracking during spring time as the unique drainage characteristic of this material does not allow the water to be trapped and absorbed in the aggregate layers.

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Field Work Focus

A project currently being studied at CPATT is the Another on-going project at CPATT is studying the concrete overlay rehabilitation of Spragues Road in potential of using recycled asphalt and concrete the Region of Waterloo. The initial study involved in the production of unshrinkable fill. U-fill, as it monitoring the traffic management strategies at the site is known, is a flowable material which does not to produce a case study for effective management of a require compaction or vibration. This makes it ideal 2 lane rural highway overlay. The study investigated for backfilling applications which have traditionally the effectiveness of signage, maintaining resident used granular fill, such backfilling sewer and utility access to properties, construction staging strategies, trenches and retaining walls. U-fill has low strength and modifications to all of these aspects which were in comparison to typical concrete in order to facilitate made to facilitate the process. hand excavation at later points in time. As a result, it During concrete placement, strain gauges were could potentially be an ideal application for the use of installed at the interface between the concrete and the recycled materials. asphalt separation layer. These gauges will provide Test sections of U-fill with varying proportions and insight into the strain behaviour at the bottom of the types of recycled materials have been placed as unbonded overlay. The strains observed will be both part of a study involving the City of Toronto, The static and dynamic in nature. Miller Group, LVM, and the Cement Association of Canada. Currently lab work is on-going to determine the ideal mixture proportions of U-fill to limit mix water bleeding while maintaining sufficient bearing capacity.

Concrete overlay being placed at Spragues Road, Region of Waterloo

Strain gauge affixed to asphalt separation layer U-fill sample during bleeding test

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Highlights

An ongoing research at CPATT is to identify effective future maintenance and rehabilitation practices to maintain the structural, colour, and functional performance of the coloured asphalt design for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes located along the three most heavily travelled roads in York Region, Ontario; Yonge Street, Highway 7, and Davis Drive.

Currently, plant and laboratory produced coloured asphalt mixtures are being tested at CPATT to evaluate the current performance and predict the future performance. These results will be then integrated with field observations and automated distresses survey of existing road sections to provide a greater understanding of the material. Also, CPATT is working closely with the York Region and the construction contractor planning to install sensors that are capable of capturing pavement responses under heavy articulated bus loadings, as well as climatic conditions. Pavement responses can be then used to develop deterioration models to provide accurate measure of long-term behaviour of coloured asphalt pavement.

Highway 7 BRT-Lane, York Region, Ontario, May 2015

Paving mixture piling

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Highlights Cont’d

Red Asphalt paving on a section of Hwy 7 BRT Lane, York Region, August 2014

Sampling of the material Types of sensors for a section of York Region BRT Lane

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Awards and Recognition

2015 President’s Graduate Scholarship - Dan Pickel- Awarded to recognize the outstanding achievements and potential.

2015 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Sina Varamini - Awarded for excellence in a graduate program

2015 Order of Canada - Dr. Carolyn Hansson - awarded for her contributions as a materials engineer whose efforts have reduced corrosion and improved the performance of reinforced concrete structures.

2015 Engineering 3 Laboratory named in honour of Ralph Haas - the Infrastructure and Sensing Analysis Laboratory for his many contributions to UW. More information can be found here.

New Baby

Congratulations to Hanaa Al-Bayat and her husband Waleed Aziz on the arrival of their new beautiful baby girl, Anas Waleed Aziz. She was born on January 22, 2015 at 5:45pm.

Congratulations to Marcelo Gonzalez and his wife Gloria Stephens on the arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Sofia Gonzalez Stephens. She was born in Santiago, Chile on July 6, 2015 and weighed 3.2 kg.

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Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering - New Students

Hawraa Kadhim is a Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo. She received her M.Sc. degree in Transport Engineering and Planning from London South Bank, England in 2013-2014 and a B.Sc. degree from Almustansria University, Iraq in 2012. Hawraa joined the CPATT team in Winter 2015. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the investigation of the use of some “magic” additive to the asphalt to help self-heal after fatigue or thermal cracking or mitigate the initiation and the propagation of these cracks. She currently investigates the impact of using Phase-Change Materials to generate local heat at cold temperatures in the asphalt binder which would help asphalt to dissipate thermal stresses. She also started investigating the use of Self-Healing Materials that would repair the cracks in the mix but also the use of anti-oxidants to delay binder ageing and then delay cracking.

Hawraa is fan of history and cultures. She loves reading and travelling to discover new places and meet with people.

Adam Schneider is a MASc student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He completed his BASc in Geological Engineering at Waterloo in 2011. He subsequently worked at Thurber Engineering in Oakville and at Capital Paving in Guelph before joining CPATT in May 2015. His research is composed of two projects with a common theme which is the use of sustainable alternative materials in the unbound layers of the pavement structure. The first project is supported by MTO and Aggregates Recycling Ontario (ARO) on the expanded use of recycled concrete in “Granular B” type materials. The second project evaluate the potential of the use of foamed glass lightweight aggregate (LWA) in unbound granular layers. This project is supported by the private sector and the Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE).

Adam is an Alumni Representative on the Board of Directors of the Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation (WEEF). He also is a member of the UW A Cappella Club (UWACC) and he volunteers with the Knights of Columbus.

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Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering - Cont’d

Taher is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. In 2009, he received his Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering form Azad University/Mashhad, Iran. Thereafter, in 2010, he started his Master study in the field of Highway and Transportation at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. During his master’s study he has conducted some research in evaluating road pavement performance, pavement materials as well as road safety. In 2011, he started working as a research assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya. Upon graduation from this program, his interest in emerging and innovative technologies led him to pursue a Doctoral degree in civil engineering with the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT). Taher’s PhD research focuses on the development of the technology of High Modulus Asphalt Mixes in Ontario as a part of a project supported by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) through the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP).

In his spare time, Taher enjoys reading, playing soccer, working out, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.

Outreach - GRINCH Colloquium at Laval University

The Pavement research teams at Laval University and the Ecole de Technology Superieure have several years of collaboration and form together a research group called “GRINCH: Groupe de Recherche en Ingénierie des Chaussées” or Research Group on Pavement Engineering. This year, Laval University hosted the Grinch colloquium on May 26th, 2015 and invited the CPATT team to participate. Professor Hassan Baaj represented CPATT in the colloquium and gave a presentation on our ongoing research projects and future plans. More than 50 participants from private and public sectors attended this conference where students and researchers from the participating institutions presented the findings of their research projects. The colloquium was a great occasion to strengthen the ties within the research teams and to identify several potential topics for future interdisciplinary collaborations.

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University of Waterloo CPATT Board Members 200 University Avenue W. Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Susan Tighe (Director) University of Waterloo www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/CPATT/ Jeff West (Associate Director) University of Waterloo Rico Fung (Chair) Cement Association of Canada Numbers and Email: John Carrick Jr., McAsphalt Industries Ltd. Sandy Brown, Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association CPATT - Laboratory Becca Lane, Ministry of Transportation Ontario 519-888-4567 ext. 37731 Matt Karan, Former Stantec Consulting Ltd. Carl Clayton, Stantec Consulting Ltd. Laura Bland - Office Gary MacDonald, Regional Municipality of Waterloo 519-888-4567 ext. 32289 Murray Ritchie, The Murray Group Ltd. [email protected] Neil Thomson, University of Waterloo Ralph Haas, University of Waterloo Dr. Susan Tighe, Director Gerhard Kennepohl, University of Waterloo 519-888-4567 ext. 33152 Hassan Baaj, University of Waterloo [email protected]

Dr. Jeff West, Associate Director 519-888-4567 ext. 33323 [email protected]

Dr. Hassan Baaj, Associate Professor 519-888-4494 [email protected] Upcoming Events

September 14-17, 2015 - SWIFT World’s Premier Airfield Operations Conference - Montreal, Canada

September 27-30, 2015 - Transportation Association of Canada Conference and Exhibition - Prince Edward Island.

January 10-14, 2016 - Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting - Washington, D.C.

June 1-4, 2016 - CSCE Annual Conference - London, Ontario

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Message from the Director

Welcome to our Winter 2015 addition of CPATT News!

Happy New Year to All! We hope everyone had a safe and festive holiday.

In this newsletter we highlight some of the various projects underway at CPATT. Also, we highlight some events and seminars that have been hosted over the past few months.

We look forward to a busy 2015. If you are attending TRB, please see below information on Contents: the Waterloo Engineering Suite. • Feature Faculty • Research Focus Should you have any questions related to our activities please do not hesitate to contact us. • Student Feature • Lab Focus Sincerely, • Field Focus Susan L. Tighe, PhD., P.Eng • Individual Professor and Canada Research Chair Highlights Norman W. McLeod Professor in Sustainable Pavement Engineering • Awards and Director of CPATT Recognition • Norman WATERLOO ENGINEERING ALUMNI RECEPTION - TRB McLeod Chair • Contact Us Join fellow alumni and friends of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering community at a special networking reception at the Transportation Research Board Meetings in Washington D.C.

When: Tuesday January 13, 2014 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: Chef Geoff’s Downtown - 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C. Cost: Complimentary Registration: Please visit our UW page for more information

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Faculty Feature

Dr. Bruce Hellinga, PhD., P.Eng.

Bruce Hellinga is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada and is currently the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Engineering and the Associate Director, ITS in the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR). He is co- founder of the Waterloo Public Transportation Initiative (WPTI) and is the founder of WatTRIPS (Waterloo Transportation Research for Improving Performance and Safety). Dr. Hellinga has over 20 years of experience in the profession and has authored or coauthored more than 170 technical papers and reports reflecting his research interests which include traffic engineering and control, public transportation, traffic and transit modeling, active transportation, safety and ITS. He currently supervises a team of 11 MASc and PhD students working to improve performance and safety of transportation systems.

In addition to spending time working with his graduate students, teaching, and conducting research, Dr. Hellinga enjoys hiking, cycling, canoeing, hockey, camping, running (well he does run, but saying he enjoys it may be an overstatement!) and travelling.

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Faculty Feature Cont’d

Sample of Current and Recent Research Projects Includes:

• Bill 173, before the Ontario legislature, includes an amendment to the Highway Traffic Act to introduce a rule called “1 meter rule” in which motorists will be required to provide a minimum of 1m laterial clearance when overtaking cyclists. Dr. Hellinga and one of his MASc students, Kushal Mehta, developed a custom sensor array which can be mounted on a bicycle and measure the lateral distance between overtaking vehicles and the bicyclist. They used this array to collect actual lateral distances of over 5,000 overtaking maneuvers on two and four lane urban roads with and without bike lanes. The results indicate that 12% of passing maneuvers had a lateral separation distance of less than 1m on two-lane roadways without bike lanes, and 0.2% on two-lane roadways with bike lanes. On four-lane roadways without bike lanes, they observed that 5.9% of passing maneuvers had a lateral separation distance of less than 1m and only 0.5% on four-lane roadways with bike lanes. • Road traffic conditions are commonly defined in terms of travel time. Technologies, including Bluetooth detectors, are available to measure travel times of a sample of the vehicle stream in real time. However, these measurements are obtained only after the vehicle has reached the downstream detector and therefore, measurements reflect the recent past. What is needed is the travel time that motorists can expect to experience if they enter the roadway section now or in the near future. The research team has examined a variety of ways of predicting these near-future travel times for both arterial roadways and freeways. It is expected that proactive traffic control strategies can be implemented on the basis of these predictions, which will result in better network performance. • The reliability of performance provided by the road transportation network is receiving increasing attention. Reliability is typically measured on the basis of the variations in travel times. Studies show that travellers value reliability; however, most existing methods for performing benefit/cost evaluations of candidate road improvement initiatives do not consider the benefits that are associated with improved reliability. In this project, the research team is working to develop a method by which traffic engineers can use existing traffic simulation models to estimate the benefits associated with improved travel time reliability.

Dr. Hellinga and his research team has conducted applied research in these areas for and in partnership with a wide range of public and private sector agencies.

Websites

WatCAR - https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-automotive-research/

WPTI - http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/wpti/

WatTRIPS - https://uwaterloo.ca/transportation-research/

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Research Focus - Structures Lab

Image-Mechanics Integration in Material Research

The role of material research has been crucial in the advancement of a wide range of applications including structures, pavement, automotive and emerging biomedical technologies. Engineers have been applying the principles of mechanics to estimate the overall performance of materials. On the other hand, medical professionals have been relying on the image information provided by different imaging techniques to make critical treatment decisions. Integrating imaging into mechanics has emerged as a promising technique to characterize materials performance based on the response of internal components response of materials before failure. 3D image of asphalt illustrates voids, aggregates In medicine, this innovative technique has shown and mastics a great potential in solving a number of challenges associated with tissues deformation in different medical applications such as radiotherapy.

A comprehensive research program has been established to implement the emerging paradigm of material investigations that merges imaging, mechanics, and numerical modeling. This innovative research theme will shift the focus in material characterization from the conventional “overall” performance to a “components-based” investigation. It will also transfer conventional visual image inspection to a detailed image-based mechanical analysis with stress distribution and a deformation map through the development of image-based and “sample specific” finite element (FE) models.

A state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) imaging system has been used. The system is equipped with a unique combination of high resolution and power making it optimal for a wide range of applications, including hard materials, such as steel, concrete, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials, and asphalt. As 3D image of basalt FRP bar shows fiber distribution well as soft biological tissues. The acquired 3D images inside a matrix provide detailed analysis of cracks, deformation, and Contact Dr. Adil Al-Mayah for more details void analysis.

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Student Feature - Magdy Shaheen

Meet Magdy Shaheen

Magdy Shaheen is a Doctor of Philosophy Candidate (PhD) in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo. He received his BSc and MASc in 2002 and 2008, respectively from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. He assisted in teaching four courses at the undergraduate level from 2002 to 2011 at Alexandria University. His research interests include hot mix asphalt characterization and modelling, modified asphalt mixes, pavement design and management systems.

Magdy has over 10 years engineering work experience in the field of pavement engineering. This includes structure and geometric design, and construction of road networks. In 2011, he joined the House of Engineering and Development (HED) for Stantec’s Infrastructure Management and Pavement Engineering (IMPE) group at the Kitchener office. Then in September 2011, he joined the CPATT group to complete his PhD. Featured MTO Projects to support MTO to move towards usage of the AASHTOWare. The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) is funding research projects through the Highway Infrastructure Innovations Funding Program (HIIFP), conducted by the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. The first project objective is to improve the fatigue life of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) without compromising rutting resistance. The fatigue resistance, stiffness and rutting of asphalt mixes has been investigated by the four point bending test, dynamic modulus (|E*|) and Hamburg Wheel Rut Tester (HWRT). The X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is being used to characterize the internal structure of asphalt mixes. This project finding is expected to provide a better understanding of the HMA fatigue performance with traditional and advanced methods. The second project involves the development of a Saw cutting of HMA Beams and Preparation database for the dynamic modulus (|E*|) for a wide range of typical Ontario HMA mixtures. The overall research findings of the second project are expected

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Student Feature and Project Cont’d

Four Point Bending Test Setup

X-Ray CT Scan

Dynamic Modulus of HMA mixes

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Laboratory Focus

in combination with different anti-stripping agents and aggregate types. Samples will then be used to evaluate structural performance by performing laboratory testing including freeze-thaw resistance, dynamic modulus, Thermal Stress Restrained Specimen Test, Hamburg Wheel rut testing, Indirect Tensile Strength, and resilient modulus.

One of the main focuses of this project will be to evaluate freeze-thaw durability of WMA. For this purpose, a walk-in freeze-thaw apparatus located in the CPATT laboratory will be used to subject Warm Mix Asphalt samples to multiple freeze-thaw cycles. Freeze-thaw durability will them be evaluated by performing Sina Varamini is a PhD Candidate in the department a number of tests such as dynamic and resilient of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the modulus, and Indirect Tensile Strength. University of Waterloo under the Supervision of Dr. Susan Tighe. Sina’s research is directed at evaluating Dynamic and resilient modulus will be used to the laboratory performance of mixtures containing evaluate the structural adequacy of asphalt mixtures warm mix asphalt (WMA) additives for usage in at testing conditions simulating varying seasonal Ontario with particular interest on provincial and temperatures and vehicle speed. Thermal Stress municipal roads. Warm mix asphalt is defined as Restrained Specimen Test will be used to evaluate a group of technologies that allow for a reduction the resistance of samples to thermal cracking. The in the production and placement temperatures of resistance of compacted asphalt mixtures to rutting conventional hot mix asphalt (HMA). Despite the will be evaluated by using a Hamburg Wheel Tracking potential environmental, and safety benefits of Device (HWTD). The HWTD will be used to measure WMA, changes in the production process have raised rutting potential as well as moisture sensitivity concerns in regards to the long-term performance of of Superpave gyratory compacted specimens that WMA, particularly moisture susceptibility and rutting are immersed in hot water. The rutting potential is resistance. In an effort to address these concerns, measured as a function of a number of steel wheel Sina will conduct comprehensive laboratory testing passes across the surface of specimens, which can to systematically evaluate different types of WMA also be used to evaluate moisture sensitivity. All additives on the strength of compacted asphalt these laboratory test methods will help to better mixtures for usage in pavements in Ontario. understand the effects of WMA additives on the material properties of the conventional HMA, and Selection of constituent material will be based on can be further linked to long term performance. the Ministry of Transportation Ontario’s Designated Sources for Material (DSM), covering a spectrum of materials suitable for typical Ontario conditions. Such materials are then used to prepare mixtures by using different types of dosages of WMA additives

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Field Work Focus - Dan Pickel

Dan Pickel is a PhD Repairs to high-traffic roadways involve significant Student beginning his scheduling challenges to ensure that day-time traffic studies as a member of is not unduly affected by the construction. As such, CPATT. The focus of sections of concrete pavement to be replaced are his research involves marked and cut the night before removal. On the the repair of high- evening of October 29th, the two right lanes were traffic asphalt road closed incrementally with the right-most lane closing sections and pre-cast at 10 pm and the centre lane closing at 11 pm. concrete slabs. As part Once the lanes were closed the following night, the of the information construction procedure was as follows: gathering portion of his research, Dan • Removal of existing concrete to be hauled off site visited the Fort Miller • Removal of any extra sub-base material which Company precasting affects the final elevation of the new slab plant in Schuylerville, NY as well as several other • Drilling of dowel holes into the existing pavement sites where precast concrete is a novel process. using a pneumatic drill Observing the traditional usage of precast concrete is • Placement and compaction of bedding material to invaluable to Dan’s research. tight elevation restrictions • Insertion and epoxying of smooth dowels into The first site visited was the rehabilitation project for previously drilled holes a section of Highway I-95 in New York State. The • Placement of Super-Slab specific to each section being repaired had a concrete cross-section measured area approximately 250 mm in depth and was being • Placement of bedding grout to ensure full bearing repaired by removing failed sections and replacing on sub-base material them with Fort Miller’s proprietary Super-Slabs. The • Placement of dowel grout to ensure high load surface of the roadway had surface texturing created transfer between Super-Slab and adjacent by diamond grinding. The estimated average annual pavement (often done the following night to daily traffic of this section of highway in 2011 was ensure sufficient curing time for grout) approximately 110,000

Repair area ready for placement of Super- Slab

Precise technique for placing levelling material

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Field Work Focus - Dan Pickel - Cont’d

The Yonkers Contracting Company crew kept a pace the irregularly shaped approach slab and also met the of approximately 20 slab repairs per night. weight requirements of the project.

The following night, the on-going construction Similar to a highway project, daytime traffic was project on the Brooklyn Bridge was visited. Part of required to be maintained unimpeded throughout the the bridge resurfacing project includes the milling of course of the bridge deck rehabilitation. In order to existing approach slabs in order to replace the material meet this requirement, large steel plates were used to with Super-Slabs. Prior to arrival onsite, the asphalt construct a temporary driving surface to replace the surface layer of the approach had been removed existing driving surface which was milled. Custom and the milling of the underlying cinder concrete wooden supports were made each night to maintain was underway. The milling portion of this operation the required surface elevation of the steel plates. was relevant to Dan’s research as the preparation of asphalt sections for repair with precast concrete will While observing the milling operation, several factors include a similar milling operation. which will be considered in Dan’s research became evident, including: a procedure for the removal of excess water left after milling, the milling rate which will determine the length of repair performed in one night, the contour shape at the beginning of a milled section, the surface roughness of the exposed material after milling, and the straightness of a milled edge.

Dan would like to thank the Fort Miller Co. and particularly Peter Smith, Fort Miller’s VP of Market Development and Product Engineering, for providing access to all of the sites which were visited as well as knowledge of the state-of-the-practice.

Milling of cinder concrete from bridge approach slab

Due to the unique nature of this project, a small milling machine with a width of 4.5 feet was used. This machine allowed for more manoeuverability on Surface texture of milled surface

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2014 Graduate Student Poster Symposium

On Friday October 24th, CPATT and the Norman W. McLeod Chair hosted the 4th annual Graduate Student Poster Symposium in the E5 Sedra Student Design Centre. There were a total of 17 student posters. Industry members, faculty, staff and students attended this event and were able to provide great feedback to the students. Congratulations to the winners for the best posters and interesting research. First place went to Tim Bandura for his research on the evaluation of the proposed European rapid screening test for stainless steel rebar. The two runners up were Marcelo Gonzalez for his research on nanotechnology applied in the design of the next generation of concrete pavement surface, and to Sina Varamini for his research on the evaluation of modified mixtures for use in pavement applications. A special thank you to our judges Sandy Brown (OHMPA), Bart Kanters (RMCAO), and David Rhead (MTO).

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International Research Showcase and WE Innovate

CPATT participated in WE Innovate (November 19, 2014) and the International Research Showcase (November 20, 2014). WE Innovate is the annual research exhibition of the Faculty of Engineering and was open to the public, in particular industry representatives, government research funding agencies, community partners, and anyone with an interest in Engineering research and innovation. The International Research Showcase is hosted by Waterloo International and is one event of many for the International Education Week. We were very happy to participate in these events.

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CPATT Test Track Aggregate Clean-up

Thank you to all the students that assisted with the aggregate cleanup at the CPATT Test Track in the Fall. We appreciate the team work and everyone who volunteered to help with this.

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Alex Strutzke - Visiting Scholar

Alex Strutzke is a PhD Candidate at Philipps-University Marburg in Germany. Alex visited CPATT from July 2014 to December 2014 to learn more about the research underway at CPATT. His thesis is “The Interdependency of Resource Mining, Transportation and Infrastructure with Natural Conditions and the Society in the Canadian North and Alaska. Chances and Risks of a Changing Climate”. Alex did a short presentation on his work on December 3rd to wrap up his time spent at CPATT. Alex’s presentation can be found here.

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Using Work Tech to Manage Municipal Assets Dave Anderson - Short Course

On December 18, 2014, Dave Anderson, CET, President, 4 Roads Management Services Inc., presented a short course on “How to Use Work Tech to Manage Your Municipal Assets”. Managing a road system is far more complex than simply managing by pavement condition; it is only one factor in the final decision. Managing a road system presents risks from a number of perspectives: financial, performance and liability. WorkTeck Asset Manager Foundation provides a robust database that is easily configured to adapt to any attribute set desires, but is pre-configured for the Inventory Manual for Municipal Roads, 1991 and all of the inherent calculations that are defined by the manual.

The presentation focused on the Inventory Manual and its usage and configuration in WorkTech Asset Manager Foundation. Presentation contents included: • Asset identification • Existing road condition • Traffic volume, type and projected growth • Point rating of road elements • Type and timing of required improvements • Improvement costs • Interpretation of rating, and recognition of the implications of defects found within the road allowance with respect to liability exposure and performance • The inter-relationship of the data fields and the calculations in the Manual • Dave Anderson is an Asset Management Specialist with over 30 years of experience as a municipal employee, and approximately 7 years as a consultant. Dave’s municipal career began in surveys and inspection and advanced to spend the last 20 years of his municipal career at the senior manager or department head level. Dave’s municipal experience includes municipalities at the upper-tier, lower-tier, and single-tier levels. His responsibilities have included all infrastructure types and road systems of up to 1,425 centreline-kilometers.

His range of experience includes public works engineering and operations, engineering studies for all types of infrastructure, including Class Environmental Assessments, Master Plans, Road Needs Studies, and capital planning and program implementation. Notably, Dave became the first Manager of Engineering and Infrastructure for the newly formed Haldimand County in the fall of 2000 and was tasked with creating an engineering department for a single-tier municipality, responsible for capital planning and implementation for all assets.

During his municipal career, and then as a consultant, Dave has completed a combined total of over 70 Road Needs/State of the Infrastructure studies or data collection exercises, following the MTO Inventory Manual methodology.

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Awards and Recognition

2014 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology - Janki Bhavsar- Awarded for overall academic excellence.

Congratulations to Dr. Adel Sedra

Dr. Adel Sedra received the designation Distinguished Professor Emeritus on Saturday October 25, 2014 at the University of Waterloo’s 109th Convocation. Dr. Sedra retired in 2013 following a long and distinguished record of university leadership, including ten years (2003 - 2012) as the Dean of Waterloo’s Faculty of Engineering and a total of 43 years spent in academia.

Dr. Sedra received his BSc Degree from Cairo University in 1964 and MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Toronto in 1968 and 1969, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He joined the University of Toronto in 1969 and served as chair of its electrical engineering department from 1986-1993, when he became vice- president, provost and chief academic officer.

He started at the University of Waterloo in 2003 as the Dean of Engineering. Dr. Sedra holds a number of patents, and is the author of textbooks used at hundreds of universities worldwide.

Welcome Prabir Das, PDF; Jennifer Yang, Visiting Professor; and Ye Yu, visiting student funded by the China Scholarship Council.

New Baby Congratulations to Amin Hamdi and his wife Duaa on the arrival of their new beautiful baby girl, Youmna. She was born on November 24, 2014 and weighed 3.07kg.

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Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering

Xuan-cang Wang Seminar

On September 25th, the Norman W. McLeod Chair co-hosted a seminar for students on “Introduction of China’s over 100,000 KM Freeway Network Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance Management”. the invited speaker, Dr. Wang, Director of Pavement Structure and Material Laboratory, Highway Engineering Institute, Chang’an University, China, presented on his experience with pavement networks in China.

Rebecca McDaniel Seminar

On November 19th, 2014, the Norman W. McLeod chair co-hosted a seminar for students on “Sustainability in Asphalt Pavements and Materials: Putting Research into Practice”. The invited speaker, Dr. McDaniel, Technical Director North Central Superpave Center Purdue University, presented on her experience with sustainable pavements. Dr. McDaniel has been the Technical Director of Purdue University since 1995. In that position, she is responsible for research into various aspects of asphalt materials, mixtures and pavements, including use of recycled materials, tire-pavement noise, friction and surface characteristics, and more. McDaniel holds Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor’s degree in English from Indiana University. She is a registered professional engineer in Indiana.

The presentation reviewed recent advances in sustainable practices for building asphalt pavements. The potential benefits and challenges of implementation of these practices were also outlined. The main focus was on the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), but other sustainable practices such as use of recycled asphalt shingles, other reclaimed or by-product materials, warm mix asphalt and perpetual pavement were also addressed.

Both Dr. Wang’s and Dr. McDaniel’s presentations can be found at: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-pavement- transportation-technology/related-links

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Dr. Jeff West, Associate Director 519-888-4567 ext. 33323 [email protected]

Dr. Hassan Baaj, Associate Professor 519-888-4494 [email protected] Upcoming Events

January 11-15, 2015 - Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting - Washington, D.C.

May 27-30, 2015 - Canadian Society of Civil Engineering - Regina, SK.

September 27-30, 2015 - Transportation Association of Canada Conference and Exhibition - Prince Edward Island.

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Message from the Director

Welcome to our fall addition of CPATT News!

In this addition of our newsletter, we include research highlights, we welcome a new faculty member to the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and we celebrate various awards. We hope everyone had a wonderful summer. The CPATT laboratory has been busy with testing throughout the summer and will continue to be busy this fall.

We look forward to seeing you at the CPATT/Chair Graduate Symposium on Friday Contents: October 24, 2014 from 12:30 - 3:00pm. E5- Sedra Design Centre where several graduate • Feature Faculty students will showcase their research. You will be impressed by the breadth and depth of the • Research Focus on-going research. • Student Feature • Individual Should you have any questions related to our activities please do not hesitate to contact us. Highlights • Awards and Sincerely, Recognition Susan L. Tighe, PhD., P.Eng • Norman Professor and Canada Research Chair McLeod Chair Norman W. McLeod Professor in Sustainable Pavement Engineering Director of CPATT • Contact Us and Upcoming Events

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Welcome our New Faculty Member

Dr. Hassan Baaj, PhD., P.Eng.

Dr. Hassan Baaj joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo this September as an Associate Professor in the area of Pavement Material Engineering. He will be a member of the Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering team led by Professor Susan Tighe.

Hassan Baaj obtained his PhD from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon, France. He was then awarded with a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Research in Construction at the National Research Council in Canada where he worked for a year. Hassan then joined the road construction industry in 2003 with Sintra in Québec (Colas Canada). During the next five years, he had the opportunity to lead and participate in several innovative projects in the roads industry and was in charge of several collaborations with the Ministry of Transportation Québec, municipalities, and a number of universities in Canada and abroad. In 2008, he joined Lafarge in France and took over the responsibility of the Research and Development (R&D) activities of the company in the area of roads at the Lafarge Research Center (LCR).

In addition to his industrial experience, Hassan has kept strong links with academia. He has co-authored more than 20 scientific articles and more than 50 industrial scientific and technical reports. Main Research Interests

• Characterisation and modelling of the behaviour of construction materials (aggregates, cement, concrete, bitumen, and asphalt mixes). • Flexible and rigid pavement engineering and design • Optimization of the use of recycled materials in sustainable infrastructure systems • Sustainable development and environmentally friendly solutions for road construction • Influence of the characteristics of the aggregates on the durability of pavements

Professional Activity Highlights

• Active member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) - (Québec Association of Engineers) • Adjunct Professor - Ecole de Technology Supérieure (ETS), Montreal (Québec) - Feb. 2004 to Feb. 2006 • Member of the International Society of Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) • Member of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA) • Member of several technical committees of the RILEM • Scientific Reviewer for several international journals and member of several scientific committee of international conferences

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Research Focus - Structures Lab

The Structures and Materials Laboratory recently commissioned a new large-scale structural testing frame. This testing system consists of a 2500 kN (560 kip) servo-hydraulic actuator installed in a structural steel portal frame. The system gives our laboratory the capacity to conduct flexural and shear testing of girder and floor system elements with spans in excess of 10 m and at high load levels. Furthermore, the frame will accommodate the testing of full-scale structural steel and concrete columns and walls under typical axial load levels from building and bridge applications.

The 2500 kN hydraulic actuator was acquired through a laboratory equipment grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund. The grant application team consisted of CPATT researchers Dr. Khaled Soudki, Dr. Sriram Narasimhan, Dr. Susan Tighe, Dr. Scott Walbridge, and Dr. Jeff West. The grant application, entitled “Faculty for the assessment of engineering rehabilitation systems for infrastructure renewal”, provided the team with $1.1 million dollars to purchase a high capacity fatigue frame, a uniaxial shake table, and the 2500 kN actuator. The grant also included a new hydraulic power supply to support the entire lab facility. The equipment has expanded the lab capabilities to a world-class level to conduct research on rehabilitation systems for structures and pavements.

The 2500 kN actuator has been installed in a large structural steel portal frame to create the structural testing system pictured. The materials, fabrication and engineering services necessary to produce this steel portal frame were generously donated by Walters Group Inc., Salit Steel, MTE Consultants, and R. M. Schuster, Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo. A ceremony was held on September 4, 2014 to recognize the efforts of Dr. Schuster and the donations provided by Walters Group Inc., Salit Stel and MTE Consultants.

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Research Focus - Structures Lab

The Principle Investigator for the grant application team was Prof. Khaled Soudki. Sadly, Dr. Soudki passed away in September 2013 after a courageous batter with cancer. This large-scale structural testing system has been named in his memory and honour of his leadership and dedication to excellence in research, training, and mentorship in the field of structural engineering.

The equipment acquired through this grant has helped to create a world-class facility for the assessment of engineering rehabilitation systems for infrastructure renewal in the Structures and Materials Laboratory at the University of Waterloo. This facility will enable CPATT researchers to attract and train top quality graduate students, and will allow the researchers to develop, disseminate, and commercialize novel monitoring and repair technologies for infrastructure applications in Canada.

Donors with UW Graduate Students

Steel Portal Frame Donors (from left): Paul Spielmacher (Salit Steel), Ted Rowe (MTE Consultants Inc.), Dr. Reini Schuster, Yulun Sze (MTE Consultants Inc.), Tim Verhey (Walters Inc.)

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Student Feature - Xiomara Sanchez

Meet Xiomara Sanchez

Xiomara was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2004 at the University of Los Andes in Bogota, one of the Top 5 Universities in Latin America. She started her career working in a laboratory for quality control of pavement materials for two years. After this two years she felt the desire to deepen her knowledge and started a MASc in Civil Engineering, conducting research on the long term performance of Portland Cement Concrete for highway applications in her city. After a few months she started working for an important consulting firm in her country where she had the chance to be involved in pavement design, evaluation and supervision for different roadway and airport projects across Colombia and Panama. Xiomara has always been interested in pavement management and admired Prof. Susan Tighe’s research so after her MASc she joined the CPATT group in the spring of 2011. Her PhD research is entitled “Determining the amount of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) in Ontario”. She will be defending her thesis shortly.

Feature Project - Determining PG58-34, PG52-34, and PG52-40. the amount of RAP in HMA in Ontario

This project is carried out through the partnership with the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO), the Ontario Hot Mix Producers Association (OHMPA), DBA Engineering Ltd., and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

The research involved a comprehensive laboratory investigation on the long term performance of the Recycled Hot Mix (RHM) with 20% and 40% RAP content and compares the results with control 40% RAP Mixture Representation mixtures without RAP. Conventional Superpave 12.5 mm surface coarse mixtures were designed with four different binders performance grade: PG58-28,

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Student Feature and Project Cont’d

There are two main objectives pursued, the first one is related to obtaining the performance grade of the resulting blended binder without extraction; and the second is finding the performance parameters more affected by the addition of RAP that could lead to quantify the amount of RAP already added in the RHM. Several performance tests were conducted to study the susceptibility of the material to thermal cracking, rutting and fatigue. The binders were also extracted and recovered in order to collate with the back-calculated results. Thanks to OHMPA’s mediation, it was possible to send samples to the Asphalt Institute for the Disk Shaped Compact Tension Test, used to measure the fracture energy of the mixtures at low temperatures. Another novel technique was the acquisition and use of the RHEA Software by Abatech Inc., to analyze the results from Disk-Shaped Compact Tension Test the dynamic modulus test of the mixtures and the binders. Dynamic Modulus Test

Mixing RHM in the Laboratory

Example of RHEA Software Output

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Laboratory Focus with Janki Bhavsar

Meet Janki Bhavsar

Janki is a Masters candidate in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Susan Tighe. She completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo in June 2013 and joined the CPATT group in September 2013.

In her spare time, Janki enjoys travelling, camping, sketching, swimming and playing intramural sports. She enjoys volunteering for student groups on campus such as UW-ITE and CE2GA. She is also the department champion to encourage more graduate students to engage in a healthy lifestyle whilst working as a student. She is known as the “organizer by her CPATT colleagues due to her interest in planning social events for the group members.

CIR and CIREAM rate was concerned, which means that CIR and CIREAM are more cost-effective than the traditional Janki’s graduate research scope explores the field and rehabilitation technique. laboratory performance of Cold In-place Recycling (CIR) treatment with emulsified asphalt in comparison with the performance of Cold In-place Recycling with Expanded Asphalt Mixture (CIREAM).

Both CIR and CIREAM meet the criteria for a sustainable pavement because of the safe, efficient, economic, and environmentally friendly characteristics. They allow an in-place reprocess and reuse of existing road materials, without off- site transportation. CIR and CIREAM has shown to conserve around 62% of aggregate, and reduce 52% of carbon dioxide and 54% of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide compared with a traditional rehabilitation technique (mill 100mm and place 130mm HMA). Studies show that CIR and CIREAM can reduce the cost of 42% if a 50-year period with a 5% discount Making Mixed Samples for Lab Testing

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Student Feature and Project Cont’d

For the lab performance, Janki will be carrying out Once field and lab data has been collected, an tests on mixed samples obtained from Southern and evaluation and statistical analysis will be carried Northern Ontario. Tests such as Dynamic Modulus, out with the data. It will include development of Fatigue Beam and Thermal Stress Restrained guidelines for usage and evaluate best practices. This Specimen Tests (TSRST) will be carried out for would be of great value for further development of performance evaluations. these technologies in the industry.

Samples of Dynamic Modulus Testing

For the field testing, different sections of roadways which have used these technologies will be highlighted. Firstly, a pavement distress evaluation for the designated sections would be conducted. In addition, samples would be extracted from the Compacting Mixed Sample in the Superpave designated sections to be evaluated for Tensile Gyratory Compactor Strength Ratio (TSR) and retained stability. CPATT Soccer Team Summer 2014

Thanks for organizing the team Janki!

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Gene Chartier Seminar

“Careers in Transportation Engineering” and “Rural-Urban Transitions”

On July 24, 2014 a seminar, which was sponsored by the Norman W. McLeod Chair, CPATT, the Student Chapter CSCE, and the Student Chapter ITE, was held at the University of Waterloo. The speaker was UW Alumni Gene Chartier, P.Eng. The seminar covered various careers found in transportation engineering and differences found between working in the public and private sectors and how each sector can benefit ones career experiences as a transportation engineer.

The seminar summarized aspects and tips that students should remember when continuing on their career path in transportation engineering. Gene then continued to describe a project he had completed regarding rural-urban transition challenges. This project analyzed techniques used by engineers to inform drivers of the speed change when entering an urbanized area. The purpose of these techniques, used at the gateways of a town, is to influence driver perception of the road designation change and to increase the safety on the road for both drivers and pedestrians. The study which introduced a technique of dragon tooth paint markings, which creates a perception of speeding was found to be a success for the project.

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Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration

The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology hosted a group of 45 engineers from the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration on September 19, 2014. The day consisted of presentations by Susan Tighe (UW), Hassan Baaj (UW), Doubra Ambaiowei (PhD Candidate), Mark Popik (Thurber Engineering), and Marcelo Gonzalez (PhD Candidate). Below are a few pictures from this event.

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Seminar - Prof. Xuan-cang Wang

The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology and the Norman W. McLeod Chair hosted a seminar on September 25, 2014 at the University of Waterloo. The guest speaker was Prof. Xuan-cang Wang, Director of Pavement Structure and Material Laboratory, Highway Engineering Institute, Chang’an University, China. His presentation was on the “Introduction of China’s over 100,000 km Freeway Network Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance Management”. A copy of the presentation can be found at our website.

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UW Engineering and Construction Professional Network

UW Engineering Construction Professional Network provides in-depth seminars and workshops geared towards first and second year students to develop and learn the professional tactics to apply to jobs and network with industry members. The group is open to all students and it provides the senior year students at the University of Waterloo an opportunity to give back and share their knowledge of experience from co-op terms to the junior year students. The first event was the resume seminar critique session where the students were able to learn the strategic methods of building a resume that stands out amongst others. The UW Engineering Construction Professional Network recently provided an engaging session where students had a chance to learn from each individual job discipline separately; structural engineering, transportation engineering, manufacturing engineering, mining engineering, construction management, and research.

In the upcoming weeks there will be professional interview workshops where students get to group with third year students to receive a highly engaging practice interview for each of the available job disciplines. In addition, there will be an Industry Meet Student Event where industry members from the GTA will come to the University of Waterloo to share their knowledge and network with students.

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Awards and Recognition

2014 Irene Marguerite McLeod Postgraduate Scholarship - Doubra Ambaiowei - This scholarship was established by Dr. Norman W. McLeod, FRSC, in honour of his wife, Irene Marguerite McLeod. It is awarded annually for postgraduate research in (1) bituminous materials, including recycling; (2) flexible pavement design; (3) any phase of land transportation by vehicles, excluding railroads, in order of preference.

2014 Canadian Technical Asphalt Association’s Graduate Scholarship - Gulfam Jannat - This scholarship is awarded to graduate students in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and construction or civil engineering. The student awarded the scholarship contributes to the advances in any facet of asphalt technology.

2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Alberta - Ralph Haas - U of A’s Alumni Association’s most prestigious award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of alumni who have earned national or international prominence as a result of their outstanding professional achievements and/or service to society. Follow the link above to watch the video! Congratulations Ralph! Congratulations as well on your special award for 50 year’s involvement in TAC. Great Work!

2014 TAC Award of Academic Merit- Susan Tighe - Susan Tighe was presented with the 2014 TAC Award of Academic Merit at the Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference. This award is presented for long-term contribution to the advancement of the academic field and to the development of tomorrow’s transportation leaders.

2014 TAC Foundation Scholarship Recipients • Sina Varamini, PhD Candidate - Waterloo Alumni Centennial Award • Adam Felinczak, BASc Candidate - Peto MacCallum Award • Edward Lau, BASc Candidate - MMM Group Limited Award

Congratulations Sina, Adam and Edward on your awards!

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Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering

We are very pleased to announce the renewal of our various partners who have recently renewed their commitment to the Norman W. McLeod Chair in Sustainable Pavement Engineering:

• Ministry of Transportation Ontario • Shiloh CanConstruct • Stantec Consulting Ltd.

We have successfully hired the Norman W. McLeod Junior Research chair, Hassan Baaj, who started September 1st. We are very happy he has joined our team here at the UW as he will greatly add to the capacity. A new post doc will also be joining the group, Dr. Prabir Das, starting in October. We are also happy to host Professor Jennifer Yang from Southeast University, and visiting students Alex Strutzke from Philipps-University of Marburg/Germany, and Ye Yu from Southeast Univesity in China.

The Chair has also sponsored the CSCE events on Careers in Transportation as described on page 9. Also the Chair sponsored the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) centennial session of Pavement.

2014 CPATT/Chair Graduate Poster Symposium

Join industry members and CPATT faculty members for a graduate student poster symposium, where students will be showcasing their current research projects. This is a great event to mingle with industry partners and learn about current research projects.

Please join us, details below:

Date: Friday October 24th, 2014 Time: 12:30pm - 3:00pm Location: University of Waterloo, Engineering 5 (E5) Adel Student Design Centre (Level 1) Parking: Please see the UW Map and Parking Locations for the best options for parking.

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Senate Review of The Games Institute, University of Waterloo

November, 2015

Neil Randall Director, The Games Institute Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature [email protected]

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A. Progress Report

Overview

The Games Institute (hereafter “GI”) was founded in 2010 by Neil Randall (English), Karen Collins (Drama & Speech Communications), Stacey Scott (Systems Design Engineering), and Chrysanne Di Marco (Computer Science). UW Senate approved in November 2010, with final approval after revisions in June 2011, with me as the first Director and Stacey Scott as the first Associate Professor. The mandate was to develop a truly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research centre, recognized across Canada and internationally, with strong initiatives for outreach, knowledge mobilization, and academic programs. We planned funding based on tri-council and other research grants, with plans for industry and other support. Our initial funding consisted solely of $8000 for three consecutive years from the Dean of Arts, the standard amount for the startup of centres and institutes in Arts.

Since its inception, the GI has steadily moved towards fulfilling its mandate. As of October 2015 it boasts faculty members and students from Arts, Engineering, Computer Science, AHS, Science, and Environment; the current concentration of membership lies in Arts, Engineering, and Computer Science, with AHS showing increasing interest and participation. The Director, Neil Randall, is the principal investigator for the $2.55M SSRHC Partnership Grant that established the IMMERSe network, the GI’s primary source of funding (UW’s share of annual research funding from the grant is approximately $60K), and also the holder of the Partnership Grant’s associated $250K CFI grant (along with Scott and Di Marco); the CFI grant is the GI’s primary source of equipment funding. Dr. Randall also initiated the GI/IMMERSe’s partnership with Mitacs, through which we have up to $3M in matching funding available (twelve projects have already been completed); this has proven successful for students in Arts, Engineering, and Computer Science.

In its first five years of existence, the GI has been established as a focus for games and games-related research at UW and across Canada and internationally. We have continually worked towards the goals of fostering effective and active industry and non-profit partnerships and funded research projects; initiating entrepreneurial ventures for games-related startups; and positioning the institute as a major draw for on-campus and public events, primarily for the purpose of advancing the culture surrounding games in Canada. In addition, Dr. Randall has worked with the Provost and with the Manager of Space Planning to acquire a 9000 sq. ft. facility in EC1 as of October 2014. For the next five-year mandate, we seek to further all of the research and connection goals mentioned above, to expand the professorial and student population, and to guide the GI towards becoming the dominant global centre for research into games, game-based interactions, and game-driven interactive media.

Governance

The Games Institute operates with a Board, and Executive Council, a Director (4-year terms), and an Associate Director (3-year terms).

Neil Randall (English) was the first Director of the GI and has been renewed for four years from 2015- 2019. Stacey Scott (Systems Design Engineering) was the first Associate Director, from 2012-14; Mark

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Hancock (Management Sciences) has been appointed Associate Director for 2015-2018. For both directorships, the constitution for the GI specifies that the appointment is “normally renewable once”; succession and appointment are determined by the Executive Council recommendation to UW’s Vice President of Research. The constitution further specifies that, where possible, the Director and Associate Direction will come from different UW faculties. Succession planning for the current Director will begin in 2017 in order to determine the best possible candidate for the position based on the Executive Council’s desire to continue or modify/change existing direction and goals. While not specified in the GI constitution, it is expected that the Director will likely come from among the most engaged faculties within the institute; engagement, in this case, combines active membership with faculty support.

The Executive Council currently consists of Neil Randall (Director), Mark Hancock (Associate Director), Chrysanne Di Marco (Computer Science), Beth Coleman (English Language & Literature), Jennifer Whitson (Sociology & Legal Studies), Michael Barnett-Cowan (Kinesiology), and Ben Thompson (Optometry and Vision Science).

The Board currently consists of Douglas Peers (Dean of Arts), Fue-Sang Lien (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering), Vic DiCiccio (Computer Science), Neil Randall (Director), and Mark Hancock (Associate Director).

Progress towards Initial Goals and Fulfilment of Vision

The Games Institute seeks to advance the study, design, and purpose of games, game-based interactions, and game-driven interactive media by incorporating knowledge and experience from all relevant academic fields and all relevant industry and non-profit sectors. The terms “game-based” and “game-driven” have many facets and includes games themselves, game principles in other media and situations, and interactive media with game-like user experiences.

From its inception, the Games Institute was designed to be a place on UW campus where any and all games-based research, teaching, and outreach were welcome. Initial members included faculty from Arts (including both humanities and social sciences), Engineering, and Computer Science. Since that time three faculty have joined from AHS as well, and one associated faculty member is from Environment (Geography) and one is from Science (Optometry), as is our current major project in collaboration with Science (IQC). The GI now spans all six UW faculties, with plans for significant expansion of members from each faculty. We are also collaborating with UW Stratford and St. Jerome’s University, and have plans to engage Architecture (a natural collaborator) beginning later in 2015.

In addition, the GI is the host for the IMMERSe network, the games research network established by the SSHRC Partnership Grant of which Neil Randall is Principal Investigator. IMMERSe boasts six universities as academic partners – Waterloo, Carleton, Concordia, McMaster, UC Davis, and UOIT, and has had further interactions with the Queens University, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Toronto, the University of Southern California, and Wilfrid Laurier University. As a result, the GI has regular working partnerships with over 30 other games researchers across Canada and in the United States. Numerous IMMERSe-related events will take place in the Games Institute between 2015-2018, including a major IMMERSe meeting and research exchange in mid-2016.

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Also from its inception, the GI demonstrated interest in working on multiple types of research – (a) academic; (b) academic-led with industry or non-profit collaboration; (c) industry or non-profit led. In addition, we welcome multiple types of stakeholder: single-author, small collaborative, and large collaborative. Collaborations can occur inside UW or among UW and two or more academic partners. The GI will support, through space or funding or simply encouragement, games-based research of all kinds, with participants including faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

The GI has been designed as a draw to anyone on UW campus with a strong interest in games. Its primary function is research (in many forms), but it is already established as a location for outreach and plans are forming for the GI as a location for teaching. From an outreach perspective, the GI has hosted five highly successful game design jams, each drawing between 80-130 people from UW and the larger community. In addition, female students connected with the GI began an organization called The GI Janes, designed to provide a comfortable space for game play and game discussions for and about women in the gaming community (in part to counter the ongoing phenomenon of online harassment of female gamers); several events have been held through the GI Janes initiative, including a monthly women-only games night. Our highly successful online publication, First Person Scholar, reaches out beyond the academic community to professional journalists, web authors, and the non-academic intelligent game audience.

Our goal is to grow the GI so that it becomes a major institute on campus, the dominant centre for games-based research in Canada, and a major force in games research and collaborations internationally. To all of these ends, we have been speaking and meeting with numerous potential stakeholders from UW and other campuses and in numerous industries and non-profit organizations, and increasingly these organizations see the need for games and game-based interactive media in business, health, education, and the understanding of issues and concerns central to the lives of employees, audiences, patients, and citizens of all ages and from all backgrounds. Games have only begun to assume their extensive place in our lives.

The current GI space has room for 50-60 students working in the space on a full-time basis. We have ensured UW administration that the current GI space will be filled by or close to the end of 2018, and that, increasingly, it will become a major draw for faculty, students, and the public. Currently we have 34 graduate students or post-doctoral fellows working in the space at least three full days per week, and we expect the number to reach 45 by September 2016. In addition, approximately 25 students use the space on a less frequent basis, and this number will increase significantly as we fulfill our goal of hosting undergraduate and graduate project groups (capstones, major research projects, etc.) By the end of 2018 at the latest, we will have outgrown our current 9000-sqft facility in EC1 and will be seeking additional space. Indeed, as we plan for 2015 and 2016, we see signs that the GI will need to house numerous labs funded from various sources (including CFI and the tri-council agencies), and we currently house two CFI grants (based in Arts and Engineering). Given the need for larger spaces for projects involving motion research and games, robotics and games, virtual reality, locative games and gamification, and other forms of games-driven research, there are clear signs that the need for space will outpace our 2018 projection for full capacity.

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To date, only one faculty member, Dr. Randall, has his office officially in the GI space; he will transfer from Hagey Hall in early 2016. There is no plan to base the official offices of any additional faculty members in the space, because all space is required for students and labs. We have an office, however, that operate as shared faculty space, and this is frequently used by faculty members and will continue to be so.

A full list of faculty members and students involved with The Games Institute, past and present, can be found in Appendix A.

All of this activity – research, partnerships, education, outreach, knowledge mobilization, interdisciplinary grants both large and small – requires sustainability that goes beyond the ability of a single faculty to provide. We need permanent administrative support, ongoing technical support, teaching release for the Director and Associate Director, funds for ongoing guarantee of a small number of PhD students or post-doctoral fellows, funds for academic, industry, and public events, funds for travelling for the purpose of establishing collaborations and partnerships, and funds for day-to-day operations for a centre that will house, by 2017, approximately 70-80 graduate students and several faculty members. We have the ability to become the face of games research in Canada and a major player at the international level as well. Our goal is international research excellence with support from (a) major grants across multiple disciplines, (b) numerous minor grants from all relevant organizations, (c) industry and non-profit partnerships from various sectors, (d) grants from government organizations beyond the standard funding bodies; (e) grants from international funding partners; (f) the university.

Towards this end, Dr. Randall has discussed with senior UW administration the possibility of the GI becoming a university-funded centre and has formally proposed this idea to the Vice President of Research. This funding is used primary for administrative and operational purposes. Of course, becoming a university centre puts the onus on the GI to become an international leader in games research, but this is our goal anyway.

Comments From GI Members

“What I value most about the Games Institute is the multidisciplinary environment that Dr. Randall has instilled from the very beginning. It is rare to find a place on campus that brings together faculty and students, graduate and undergraduate, from different departments, faculties, and disciplines to work together on common problems. For students, the Games Institute provides an unparalleled opportunity to interact with students and professors whose research complements their own, and who bring together many different types of knowledge and expertise. Moreover, it is the mixing of disciplines, and the different paradigms of thinking and doing research, which has immense value in developing the students' research capabilities, collaborative skills, and personal maturity. The Games Institute provides a rich intellectual "melting pot" environment for students to learn from, share with, and create with one other. In the process they are developing into innovative researchers and thinkers who will bring a multiplicity of strengths to address complex issues and solve new problems. And most of all, they're having an incredibly enjoyable and stimulating educational experience that they will take away from the University of Waterloo.” Chrysanne Di Marco, Cheriton School of Computer Science, Mathematics

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“The Institute is important to me in multiple ways. As someone who teaches multiple games courses on two campuses, the Institute provides essential teaching resources. For example, my GBDA students were hosted the GI last spring during the GI showcase. Not only were they invited to attend mini-lectures, they showcased their games to dozens of players, and collected vital survey and interview data on the user experience. It was the highlight of their coursework. Importantly, a vibrant place that is a home to many disciplines (complete with may grad students buzzing about) is key to my own success in recruiting graduate students. It is also the first place I go when I have research projects that need RAs, and where I send game industry contacts who are looking for academic partners. Importantly, my own interdisciplinary research projects on precarious labour and diversity in the game industry are supported and funded in part through the Games Institute, something that individual departments working alone lack the resources to do.” Jennifer Whitson, Sociology and Legal Studies, Arts

“The Games Institute (GI) has been an invaluable resource to me. Games are more a field of research than a discipline and as such its often difficult to find departmental colleagues with similar interests. The GI has pitched a big tent in this field, enabling me to meet, network and undertake research with colleagues from within the Faculty of Arts and beyond. The GI has also supported my latest project, a trilogy of edited volumes on gender and games, directly by providing project management support and indirectly by helping me reach out to scholars across the world to contribute writing to the books.” Gerald Voorhees, Drama and Speech Communication, Arts

"The Games Institute is core to many of my research interests related to video games and my work would not be possible without their support in space and organization. It is only due to the presence of the Games Institute that my graduate students are provided with a working environment that fully supports their current needs and facilitates their research and experimentation. I am very thankful for everything that the Games Institute has done for my research group." Lennart Nacke, Drama and Speech Communication, Arts

“The Games Institute has provided extensive value to my research program on a number of levels. It has provided a space to meaningful engage with existing collaborators and to gain new collaborators whom I had not interacted before, both through the Institute itself, and the broader SSHRC IMMERSe research network headed by the GI. Interactions with these collaborators have been both informal, such as interdisciplinary research discussions and research group exchanges that bring exciting new perspectives to my own engineering-focused research, and formal in the form of jointly funded research grants and projects (both for HQP and for equipment funding). The GI has also provided an invaluable environment for my graduate students to engage formally and informally with students from many different Faculties and Departments, conduct interdisciplinary research in a world-class research space, and experience a wide variety of academic cultures and activities that have tremendously advanced their skills and knowledge, and ultimately the quality of their research.” Stacey Scott, Systems Design Engineering, Engineering

"The Games Institute is a true cross-faculty initiative that embraces the multitude of points of view on campus, and creates a space where students and faculty alike can gather and share ideas. For my own research, the GI has provided student support for research project, activities for those students and space for research assistants to work in. The initiatives that have come out of the GI, like the First Person

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Scholar blog and GI Janes, has been instrumental in creating a truly interdisciplinary environment on campus." Karen Collins, Drama and Speech Communication, Arts

“The Games Institute is valuable to my research program here at the University of Waterloo. My research area (Neuroscience) is inherently multidisciplinary, has research applications relevant to gaming, and can in turn be enriched and enlightened using games to gain a better understanding of the human nervous system. Working in the Games Institute enables my trainees and I to rapidly collaborate with others with similar research interests outside of our department and to connect with partners in the Games Industry. Critically, there is tremendous potential for translational research through the Games Institute. Having access to the resources and personal of the Games Institute enables my research program to compete for external grants where innovation and translating basic research findings are ever more demanded.” Michael Barnett-Cowan, Kinesiology, Applied Health Sciences

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B. Five-Year Plan (2015-2020)

Faculty and Student Involvement

As noted above, the GI currently has a membership of 24 core faculty members, and we have done so without any systematic effort of trying to locate additional possible members from faculty at the university already conducting or interested in games research. Given the interest shown in the GI by established faculty but, increasingly, by new faculty, we are confident that we can at least double this total by the end of 2018, and further by 2020, especially as we become better-known through conferences, speakers, workshops, research partnerships, and numerous other forms of outreach.

As of October 2015, we have 34 graduate students regularly (i.e., at least three substantial days a week) using the GI space for their research and their work, and several others working in the space irregularly. These students come from Arts, Engineering, Computer Science, and Applied Health Sciences. Only one year into our tenure in EC1, this represents a substantial number, and the GI’s core members plan to bring numerous additional students into the space beginning in September 2016. Our goal is to have 50- 60 students working regularly in the GI by the end of 2018, and 100 by the end of 2020.

Increasingly over the 2015-2020 period, we will have faculty members working regularly in the GI. Thus far, a core of 9-10 use the space with regularity (several others sporadically), and given that nobody’s actual assigned UW office is in the GI space, this is a healthy number. Unless the GI becomes its own UW unit, of course, we will not likely have assigned faculty offices there, but as graduate student involvement increases, so will their supervisors’ involvement. In addition, we plan expansion of the space (see next item) to allow for additional labs to be built, and we will be applying for several CFI grants to supplement research, each of which will require a commitment of space; we welcome these grants and their space requirements into the GI.

Projected Space Needs

As noted, we will need additional space by approximately 2018, the projected increase from the current 9000 to 15000 sq. ft. This is especially true as we add labs for games and health, motion-based games, gamification and simulation, games and robotics, games and smart cities, games and virtual reality, virtual reality interactive narratives, games and large touch displays, and more. As we begin developing strong digital content for our games, we will also need motion capture facilities, and this will, in all likelihood, require space beyond the projected 15000 square feet. The potential for innovative and transformative games research is enormous, and we will require substantial space for new forms of game technologies and experiences. We envision, for example, games played in large enclosed rooms, with all the walls and possibly the floor available for game interactions. We also envision extensive virtual-reality gaming environments, not VR caves but rather physical settings explored with wearable VR technologies. We also envision interactive narratives in the form of plays and video, with game mechanics driving them, that will take place in large spaces and must be based there. Those are among the possibilities (among many) that demonstrates the potential need for extensive and carefully designed space. We will support new space with CFI and other grant proposals.

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Major Initiatives

The games research space is so broad that, under the GI’s umbrella, numerous initiatives can successfully occur, each attracting significant amounts of funding. Two such initiatives have begun, and a third is about to start.

Games and Health The Games and Health field, more broadly construed as “Games for Good”, already has many practitioners in Canada and internationally, including several within the GI’s current membership and the IMMERSe network. We are working to create a Games and Health research network within the GI, and we are looking at numerous forms of funding: SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR, ORF, and more, including funds from specific organizations outside the standard funding bodies.

Games and Knowledge Mobilization This initiative capitalizes on the fact that games and gamification can provide highly effective and innovative means of conveying information. Dr. Randall is already funded through a CIHR grant to provide knowledge translation for a food allergy project through the medium and experience of games, and is aware that CIHR and SSHRC, in particular, are pushing for innovative forms of knowledge mobilization. This initiative would tap into grant proposals that require strong KM/KT plans, and would as a result fund research into games as KM/KT vehicles and research into innovations in KM/KT. He also plan to spearhead an NCE for Knowledge Mobilization during the next call for proposals. We will also continue the semi-academic, semi- journalistic First Person Scholar publication, itself an example of knowledge mobilization in its mandate to convey game studies concepts to a broader audience.

Innovations in Interactive Narrative Games and gamification have based much of their success on the emergence, through interaction, of compelling narrative: from interactive forms of traditional storytelling through ongoing construction of self-narrative for the purpose of personal or professional betterment. The Games Institute has embarked on a program of research that explores innovative narrative forms and techniques, engaging technologies such as wearable devices, portable virtual reality hardware, and augmented reality explorations. This initiative draws together researchers from numerous fields and has developed organically within the GI as a result of researchers across these disciplines discovering overlapping common interest in how stories happen.

Digital Engagement and Gamification This initiative captures the growing interest in industry, government, and non-profits in the field of gamification and their more expansive need for strong digital engagement. The vast majority of organizations approaching the GI since the announcement of the IMMERSe grant, indeed, have been companies not in the games industry along with non-profits and, increasingly, government organizations, and the interest here lies in gamification, purposeful games, and digital engagement more broadly construed. He has committed the GI into these areas.

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C. Games Institute Funding

Research Funding – Academic

The GI will draw funds from the following major areas of funding: federal Tri-Council grant programs, CFI and NCE, provincial grant programs, and both large and small grant programs from various sources. Thus far, the Games Institute has housed grants from SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR, CFI, and Mitacs. Dr. Randall’s SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.55M from SSHRC plus in-kind contributions) has been the primary source of funds, but the GI has hosted two CFIs ($250K and $100K respectively) and is working towards more. In addition, two NSERC Engage grants ($25K each) have been based here as well, and Dr. Randall is a co- applicant on a CIHR grant, which has brought $80K into the GI and on a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant based at McGill, yielding another $80K. In addition, we have been awarded numerous Mitacs Accelerate grants (with whom we have a working partnership), including (currently) an 80K Accelerate Cluster grant, for a total from Mitacs of $260K. Other funds have come, among others, from the Stratford Festival ($100K+), IQC ($210K), and Electronic Arts ($35K). These grants and other stemming from the GI are listed in Appendix B.

Three other important sources of funding enabled GI research in the past two years. Electronic Arts funded a $38K study, working with Stacey Scott (Systems Design Engineering) and Mark Hancock (Management Sciences). The Jenkins Family Foundation funded a $170K study on the digitization of hockey memorabilia and the crowdsourcing of personal narratives of hockey history. The Institute for Quantum Computing funded a $210K project combining the development of three types of interactive experience and the (currently underway) research contributions to stem from the project.

Our goal is host additional grants from all these sources and more, including ORF and NCE. Dr. Randall will be applying, with several Games Institute and collaborating partners, for an NCE proposal in 2017.

Research Funding – Industry and Non-Profit

The Games Institute has committed to an ongoing program of industry and non-profit funding for research and partnerships. One of our goals for this research, of course, is to develop a stream of financial support through overhead derived from these funds. The primary interest, however, is to generate meaningful industry-academic research partnerships in the burgeoning fields of games, gamification, interactive media, and social digital interactions. One of the GI’s stated goals is to conduct research that will contribute to commercialization, economic development, and entrepreneurship, and we plan to use industry partnerships to help achieve these goals. Towards this end, we have met with numerous potential industry partners, including Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Desire2Learn, Open Text, Toyota Canada, the Globe and Mail, TVO, and numerous smaller companies. Projects with D2L and the Globe and Mail are in the initial processes of determination. We have also met with non-profit and cultural organizations such as the Stratford Festival, the national Science and Technology Museum, and the Dairy Farmers of Ontario about projects and programs of research. For both the Festival and the SciTech Museum, projects either exist or are in the planning stages. We plan in 2016 to form an advisory committee for the GI that will consist of both industry and non-profit partners, with the goal of establishing these partnerships as meaningful and productive for both the partners and the university.

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The following list outlines the industry and non-profit organizations with which Games Institute projects or meaningful research discussions have taken place. Asterisks denote organizations with existing or completed collaborations; dates denote expected starts for organizations with whom discussions are underway. Each project entry designates the funding source through which the project has occurred.

Industry  Axonify (axonify.com) - effects of gamification on users in corporations - Mitacs  Deloitte Canada (deloitte.ca) - simulation games for change management, multi-disciplinary (computer science and English) – NSERC Engage  Desire2Learn (d2l.com) – 2015 –gamification and learning platforms, multidisciplinary (humanities, social sciences, engineering, science) - industry  Digital Extremes (digitalextremes.com) - SSHRC Partnership Grant  Electronic Arts (ea.com) - SSHRC Partnership Grant  Globe and Mail (globeandmail.com) – 2016 –reader engagement through gamified navigation of data reservoirs, multi-disciplinary (many fields) - institutional  Ikkuma (ikkuma.com) – 2015 –user interactions for wellness site - Mitacs  InsightNG (insightng.com) - icon and navigation design - Mitacs  Kill Shakespeare (killshakespeare.com) - game interactions for live participatory theatre - Mitacs  Microsoft Corporation (microsoft.com) - SSHRC Partnership Grant  ODScore (odscore.com) – 2015 –goal attainment strategies through complex games, multidisciplinary (English and management sciences) - Mitacs  PineLake Communications (pinelake.com) - SSHRC Partnership Grant  SMART Technologies (smarttech.com) - game-based interface design - Mitacs  Stitch Media (stitchmedia.ca) - research towards a large, ongoing commercial game, multidisciplinary (English and computer science) - Mitacs

Non-Profit  Canadian Science and Technology Museum (cstmuseum.techno-science.ca) – 2015 – gamification of museum experience - TBD  Communitech (communitech.ca) - SSHRC Partnership Grant  Dairy Farmers of Ontario (www.milk.org) – research towards a simulation game for policy change and development - institutional  Holland Bloorview Hospital (hollandbloorview.ca) – 2016 –games and interactive media for disabled and rehabbing children – CIHR/SSHRC  Institute for Quantum Computing (uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing)* - multidisciplinary (engineering and English) with the involvement of a professional filmmaker and professional artist - Institutional  Stratford Festival (stratfordfestival.ca) - multi-year project researching games for audience engagement, collaboration with UC Davis –Mitacs and SSHRC  THEMUSEUM (themuseum.ca) - game to teach water systems, future projects under discussion - institutional

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Operational Funding

The GI’s current operational funding has come exclusively from the Faculty of Arts, in the amount of $8K per year, from 2011-12 through 2014-15 fiscal (and is now ended), plus a one-time commitment of $50K to be used for the purpose of outfitting the GI’s space in EC1. We have used the whole of $50K allotment to create a highly effective workspace for GI researchers (students and faculty), and we have used approximately half of the $32K allotment (the four years of funding) to host events and meetings and for office equipment and supplies. We have retained the remaining half of the $32K to tide us over until we receive additional operational funding. To receive additional funding, Dr. Randall has submitted a proposal to UW’s Vice-President of Research for The Games Institute to become a university-funded centre.

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Appendix A: Games Institute Faculty and Students as of November 2015

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Faculty Michael Barnett-Cowan, Kinesiology Jim Wallace, Public Health and Health Systems

Students Wilson Kwong, Recreation and Leisure Saba Oji, School of Public Health Chantel Pilon, Recreation and Leisure Evan Ribey, School of Public Health

Faculty of Arts Faculty Beth Coleman, English Language & Literature Karen Collins, English Language & Literature Colin Ellard, Psychology Kevin Harrigan, Drama and Speech Communication Jason Hawreliak, English (Brock) Ashley Kelly, English Language & Literature Ian Milligan, History Lennart Nacke, Drama and Speech Communication Marcel O’Gorman, English Language & Literature Isabel Pedersen, Communication Studies (UOIT) Neil Randall, English Language & Literature Jennifer Roberts-Smith, Drama and Speech Communication Gerald Voorhees, Drama and Speech Communication Jennifer Whitson, Sociology and Legal Studies Postdoctoral Fellows Kevin Barton, Psychology Brian Cullen, Drama and Speech Communications Pascaline Lorentz, Sociology Felan Parker, Comminication and Culture (York)

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Alvaro Uribe, English Toby Malone, Drama and Speech Communication Deltcho Valtchanov, Psychology Students Kent Aardse, English Language & Literature Becky Anderson, English Language & Literature Kassandra Arthur, English Language & Literature Megha Bhatt, English Language & Literature Betsy Brey, English Language & Literature Lauren Burr, English Language & Literature Ryan Clement, English Language & Literature Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, English (XDM) Shawn Dorey, English Judy Ehrentraut, English Language & Literature Alex Fleck, English (XDM) Michael Hancock, English Language & Literature Nicholas Hobin, English Language & Literature Alex Hodge, English Language & Literature Kaitlyn Holbein, English Language & Literature Ruby Huang, Psychology Chris Lawrence, English Language & Literature Cayley MacArthur, English Language & Literature Christian Metaxas, English Language & Literature R. Travis Morton, English Language & Literature Kaitlin O'Brien, English Language & Literature Alex Orlando, English Language & Literature Rob Parker, English Language & Literature Alexandra Paz-Barreiras, Legal Studies Quinn Powell, English Language & Literature Brandon Ralph, Psychology Conchita Rodrigues, Peace and Conflict Studies José Rodriguez, Drama and Speech Communication George Ross, English Language & Literature

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Matthew Schwager, English (XDM) Lisa Tran, Drama and Speech Communication Elise Vist, English Language & Literature Emma Vossen, English Language & Literature Emily West, Psychology Amber West, English Language & Literature Steve Wilcox, English Language & Literature John Yoon, English Language & Literature

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty Catherine Burns, Systems Design Engineering Shi Cao, Systems Design Engineering Parmit Chilana, Management Sciences Mark Hancock, Management Sciences Fue-Sang Lien, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Stacey Scott, Systems Design Engineering

Students Betty Chang, Systems Design Engineering Victor Cheung, Systems Design Engineering Mojgan Ghare, Systems Design Engineering Leila Homaeian, Systems Design Engineering Umair Rehman, Systems Design Engineering Kirsten Robinson, Systems Design Engineering Milad Soroush, Management Sciences

Faculty of Environment

Faculty Susan Elliot, Geography and Environmental Management

Students Alice Bao, School of Enterprise and Development

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Faculty of Mathematics

Faculty Chrysanne Di Marco, Computer Science Jesse Hoey, Computer Science Craig Kaplan, Computer Science Edith Law, Computer Science Ed Lank, Computer Science

Students Jay Chilibecki, Computer Science John Harris, Computer Science Jagger Nast, Applied Mathematics Lesley Northam, Computer Science Jonathan Rodriguez, Computer Science Gustavo Tondello, Computer Science Diane Watson, Computer Science Rina Wehbe, Computer Science

Faculty of Science

Faculty Ben Thompson, Optometry and Vision Science

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Appendix B

Refereed Publications  Aardse, Kent. “Alternate Reality Games, Narrative Disbursement, and Canon: The LOST Experience.” Fan CULTure: Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century. McFarland Publishing. 2012.  Aardse, Kent. “The Other Side of the Valley; Or, Between Freud and Videogames.” Journal of Games Criticism 1.1. Fall, 2013.  Collins, K., Tessler, H., Harrigan, K. A., Dixon, M. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. Sound in electronic gambling machines: A review of the literature and its relevance to game sound. In M. Grimshaw (Ed.), Game Sound Technology and Player Interaction: Concepts and Developments (pp. 1-21). IGI Global. 2011  Collins, Karen, and P. Taillon. Visualized Sound Effect Icons for Improved Multimedia Accessibility. Entertainment Computing. Volume 3 Issue 1, 11-17. 2012  Collins, Karen. and B. Kapralos. "Sound Design for Interactive Media: Introducing Students to Sound" Journal of Sonic Studies. 6/1. 2014  BOOK Collins, Karen., B. Kapralos and H. Tessler (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2014  Collins, Karen., H. Tessler, K. A. Harrigan, M. J. Dixon and J. Fugelsang. Sound in Electronic Gambling Machines: A Review of the Literature and its Relevance to Game Sound. Game Sound Technology and Player Interaction: Concepts and Developments. (ed. Mark Grimshaw), London: IGI Global, 1–21. 2011  Collins, Karen., U. Önen and R. Stevens. Designing an International Curriculum Guideline: Problems and Solutions. Journal of Game Design and Development Education 1/1. 2011  Collins, Karen. A History of Electronic Handheld and Mobile Video Game Sound. The Oxford Handbook of Mobile Music Studies, (eds. Sumanth Gopinath and Jason Stanyek), Oxford University Press. 2014  Collins, Karen. Breaking the Fourth Wall: User-Generated Sonic Content in Virtual Worlds. Oxford Handbook of Virtuality, Oxford University Press (ed. Mark Grimshaw). 2013  Collins, Karen. Entry on “Video Game Music”, Encyclopaedia of Popular Music of the World, Part III: Genres. London: Continuum (Ed. John Shephard). 2015  Collins, Karen. Grand Theft Audio?: Video Games and Licensed IP. Popular Music and Multimedia, Ed. J. McQuinn. Aldershot: Ashgate 2011. Reprint of 2008 journal article.  Collins, Karen. Implications of Interactivity: What does it mean for sound to be interactive? Oxford Handbook of Audio-Visual Aesthetics. (Eds. John Richardson and Claudia Gorbman). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013.  Collins, Karen. One-Bit Wonders: Video Game Sound Before the Crash. Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (ed. Mark J. P. Wolf), 119-137. Wayne State University Press. 2012  BOOK Collins, Karen. Playing With Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press. 2013

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 Dixon, M., J. Templeton, K. Collins, L. Wojtowicz, K. Harrigan, J. Fugelsang & V. Siu. Exploring attention in the “reel” world: Visual and auditory influences on near-misses in multi-line slot machine play. J. Fawcett, E. F. Risko, & A. Kingstone (Eds.), The Handbook of Attention (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA)2015  Dixon, M., K. A. Harrigan, D. Santesso, C. Graydon, J. A. Fugelsang and K. Collins. The impact of sound in modern multiline video slot machine play. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2013  Dixon, M., K. Collins, K. Harrigan, C. Graydon and J. Fugelsang. Using sound to unmask losses disguised as wins in multiline slot machines. Journal of Gambling Studies. October 2013.  Dockwray R. , and K. Collins. A Symphony of Sound: Surround Sound and Formula One Racing Games. Living Stereo. Continuum International Publishing Group (ed. Paul Théberge, Kyle Devine and Tom Everett) 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy. “The New Mobile Subject: Space, Agency, and Ownership in the Techno- Utopian Age.” The Individual and Utopia: A Multidisciplinary Study of Humanity and Perfection. Eds. Clint Jones and Cameron Ellis. Ashgate Publishing: Surrey, UK, 2015. 259-278. Print.  Guttentag, D., Harrigan, K. A. & Smith, S. Gambling by Ontario casino employees: Gambling behaviours, problem gambling and impacts of the employment. International Gambling Studies, 12(1), 5-22. 2012  Hancock, Michael, Gerald Voorhees, and Steve Wilcox. Special Issue Editor. “Selected Essays from First Person Scholar.” Loading… Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association. Fall 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Succubus Dreams, Immortal Amnesiacs, and a Pillar of Skulls: Choosing the Videogame Gothic in Catherine and Planescape: Torment.” American Gothic Culture: An Edinburgh Companion. Eds. Jason Haslam and Joel R. Faflak. Edinburgh University Press. forthcoming 2016  Hancock, Michael. Loading... special issue on First Person Scholar. Eds. Gerald Voorhees, Stephen Wilcox and Michael Hancock. forthcoming 2016  Hancock, Michael. With Lauren Burr and Andrew Houston. “Hacking the Humanities: Bonfire retrospective and failed ARGs.” Digital Studies/Le Champ Numerique. Special issue “ARGs in the Real World.” Ed. By Kent Aardse. forthcoming 2016  Harrigan, K. A., & Dixon, M. Government sanctioned ‘tight’ and ‘loose’ slot machines: How having multiple versions of the same slot machine game may impact problem gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 26(1), 159-174. 2010  Harrigan, K. A., Dixon, M. J. & Brown, D. Modern multi-line slot machine games: The effect of lines wagered on winners, losers, bonuses, and losses disguised as wins. Journal of Gambling Studies. 2014  Harrigan, K. A., Dixon, M., MacLaren, V., Collins, K., & Fugelsang, J. The maximum rewards at the minimum price: Reinforcement rates and payback percentages in multi-line slot machines. Journal of Gambling Issues, 26, 11-29. 2011  Harrigan, K., Brown, D., & MacLaren, V. Gamble while you gamble: Electronic games in Ontario Charitable Gaming Centres. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 2015

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 Harrigan, K., MacLaren, V., Brown, D., Dixon, M., & Livingstone, C. Games of chance or masters of illusion: Multiline slots design may promote cognitive distortions. International Gambling Studies, 14(2), 301-317. 2014  Harrigan, Kevin, M. Dixon, V. MacLaren, K. Collins and J. Fugelsang. The maximum rewards at the lowest price: Reinforcement rates and payback percentages in multiline slot machines. Journal of Gambling Issues 26, 11-29. 2011  Hess, R.F., Babu, R.J., Clavagnier, S., Black, J.M., Bobier, W., Thompson, B. (2014). The iPod binocular home-based treatment for adults: efficiency and compliance. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 97(5):389-98.  Hess, R.F., Thompson, B. (2015). Amblyopia and the binocular approach to its therapy. Vision Research, 114, 4-16.  Hess, R.F., Thompson, B., Baker, D.H. (2014). Binocular vision in amblyopia: structure, suppression and plasticity. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 34 (2), 146-162.  Isenberg P, Hinrichs U, Hancock M, Carpendale S. (2010). Digital tables for collaborative information exploration. Mueller-Tomfelde C. Tabletops – Horizontal Interactive Displays. : 387- 405. Published, Springer  Kelly, Ashley R., and Kate Maddalena. (2015). “Harnessing Agency for Efficacy: ‘Foldit’ and Citizen Science.” POROI - The Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry 11.1., 1-20.  Li, J.R., Spiegel, D.P., Hess, R.F., Chen, Z., Chan, L., Deng, D., Yu, M., Thompson, B. (2015). Dichoptic training improves contrast sensitivity in adults with amblyopia. Vision Research, 114, 161-72.  MacLaren, V. V., Best, L. A., Dixon, M. J., & Harrigan, K. A. Problem gambling and the Five Factor Model in university students. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 335-338. 2011  MacLaren, V. V., Fugelsang, J., Harrigan, K. A., & Dixon, M. J. The personality of pathological gamblers: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 31, 1057-1067. 2011  MacLaren, V., Fugelsang, J., Harrigan, K., & Dixon, M. Effects of impulsivity, reinforcement sensitivity, and cognitive style on pathological gambling symptoms among frequent slot machine players. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(3), 390-394. 2012  MacLaren, V., Harrigan, K., & Dixon, M. Gambling motives and symptoms of problem gambling in frequent slots players. Journal of Gambling Issues, 27, 1-13. 2012  MacLaren, V., Harrigan, K., & Dixon, M. Meet the new game: An introduction to Taptix instant ticket vending machines. Journal of Gambling Issues. Forthcoming 2015  Northam, Leslie, G. V. G. Baranoski. A Novel First Principles Approach for the Estimation of the Sieve Factor of Blood Samples. Optics Express, Vol. 18, Iss. 7, pp. 7456-7469, 2010.  Northam, Leslie, P. Asente, and C. S. Kaplan. Stereoscopic 3D Image Stylization. Computers and Graphics, Vol. 37, Iss. 5, pp. 389-402, 2013.  Orlando, Alexandra and Matthew Schwager. “The Cyborg Game: Narrative/Ludic Fusion in Deus Ex: Human Revolution“. The Play Versus Story Divide in Game Studies: Critical Essays. McFarland. 2016. Forthcoming.

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 Randall, N. The Lord of the Rings Online: Issues of Adaptation [with K. Murphy], in Voorhees, G., Call, J., & Whitlock, K., (eds) Dungeons, Dragons, and Digital Denizens: The Digital Role-Playing Game. Continnum, 2012.  Randall, N. The Boardgame Online: Simulating the Experience of Physical Games, in Crawford, G., Gosling, V.K. & Light, B., (eds). Online Gaming: Production, Play & Sociality, Routledge, New York/London, 2012.  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, S. DeSouza-Coelho, T. Dobson, S. Gabriele, O. Rodriguez-Arenas, S. Ruecker, S. Sinclair, A. Akong, M. Bouchard, M. Hong, D. Jakacki, D. Lam, A. Kovacs, L. Northam, and D. So. Visualizing Theatrical Text: From Watching the Script to the Simulated Environment for Theatre (SET). Digital Humanities Quarterly, Vol. 7. No. 3. 2013.  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, and Toby Malone. “Staging Shakespeare in Social Games: Towards a Theory of Theatrical Game Design.” Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation Special Issue: Social Media Shakespeare. Ed. Stephen O’Neill and Maurizio Calbi (Forthcoming 2015).  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, Shawn DeSouza-Coelho. “Game and Play: Designing Games in Shakespeare Studies.” Bishop, Tom, Gina Bloom, and Erika T. Lin, eds. Games and Theatre in Early Modern England. Cultures of Play, 1300-1700. Ashgate Press. Forthcoming 2015  Sangi, M., Thompson, B., Turuwhenua, J. (2015). An optokinetic nystagmus detection method for use with young children. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 99, 1-10.  Spiegel, D.P., Linford, T., Thompson, B., Petoe, M., Kobayashi, K., Stinear, C.M. and Searchfield, G., Multisensory attention training for treatment of tinnitus. Scientific Reports, 5, Article number: 10802, 2015.  Thompson, B., Chung, S.A., Kiorpes, L., Ledgeway, T. and McGraw, P. (2015). A window into visual cortex development and recovery of vision: introduction to the Vision Research special issue on amblyopia (Editorial). Vision Research, 144, 1-3.  Turuwhenua J, Yu TY, Mazharullal, Z, Thompson B. (2014). A method for detecting optokinetic nystagmus based on the optic flow of the limbus, Vision Research, 103:75-82.  Valtchanov, D., & Ellard, C. G. Cognitive and affective responses to natural scenes: Effects of low level visual properties on preference, cognitive load and eye-movements. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 43, 184-195. 2015  Vist, Elise. “Cyborg Games: Videogame Blasphemy and Disorientation.” Loading... Forthcoming, 2015  Voorhees, G. 2012 Monsters, Nazis and Tangos: The Normalization of the First-Person Shooter. In Guns, Grenades and Grunts: First Person-Shooter Games, edited by G. Voorhees, J. Call and K. Whitlock, 89-111. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  Voorhees, G. 2012 Neoliberal Multiculturalism in Mass Effect: The Government of Difference in Digital Role-Playing Games. In Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games, edited by Gerald Voorhees, Josh Call and Katie Whitlock, 259-277. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.

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 BOOK Voorhees, G. 2012 with J. Call and K. Whitlock, Eds. Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  BOOK Voorhees, G. 2012 with J. Call and K. Whitlock, Eds. Guns, Grenades and Grunts: First Person-Shooter Games. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  Voorhees, G. 2012 with J. Call and K. Whitlock. From Dungeons to Digital Denizens. In Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games, edited by G. Voorhees, J. Call and K. Whitlock, 11-24. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  Voorhees, G. 2012 with J. Call and K. Whitlock. Series Introduction – Genre and Disciplinarity in the Study of Games. In Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games, edited by G. Voorhees, J. Call and K. Whitlock, 1-10. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  Voorhees, G. 2012 with J. Call and K. Whitlock. Things That Go Boom: From Guns to Griefing. In Guns, Grenades and Grunts: First Person-Shooter Games, edited by Gerald Voorhees, Josh Call and Katie Whitlock, 1-21. NYC: Continuum International Publishing.  Voorhees, G. 2013 Criticism and Control: Procedure, Process and Possibility Space. In M. Wysocki, Ed., 9-20. Ctrl-Alt-Play: Essays on Control in Video Gaming. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. (LEAD CHAPTER)  Voorhees, G. 2013, Shooting Games. In M. Wolf and B. Perron, Eds., Routledge Companion to Videogames. NYC: Routledge.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Online FPS Games. In Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, 708-717. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Play and Possibility in the Rhetoric of the War on Terror: The Structure of Agency in Halo 2. Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research 9 (2).  Voorhees, G. 2015. Neoliberal Masculinity: The Government of Play and Masculinity in E-Sports. In R. Brookey and T. Oates, Eds., Perspectives on Sports and Digital Games, 63-91. Bloomington IN, Indiana University Press.  Wharton A. and K. Collins. Subjective Measures of the Influence of Music Personalization on Video Game Play: A Pilot Study. Game Studies. 11(2) May 2011.  Whitson, Jennifer R. "Foucault's Fitbit: Governance and Gamification." In S. Walz and S. Deterding (Eds.), The Gameful World. Boston MA: MIT Press. p. 339-358, 2015.  Woolley, R., Livingstone, C., Harrigan, K., & Rintoul, A. House edge: Price changes and the cost of EGM gambling. International Gambling Studies, 13(3), 388-402. 2013

Conference presentations  Aardse, Kent. “(Post)humanism and (Electronic) Literature.” Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Paris, September 2013.  Aardse, Kent. “Infinitude’s Despair: Taking Care of Player and Environment.” SLSA Conference. Milwaukee, September 2012.  Aardse, Kent. “Locating the Literary in Electronic Literature.” Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Morgantown, June 2012.  Aardse, Kent. “Organizing a Political Alternate Reality Game: Processes and Pitfalls.” Congress 2012. Waterloo, May 2012.

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 Aardse, Kent. “Posthumanism, Biopolitics, and Codework: Electronic Literature as a Space of Resistance.” Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Milwaukee, June 2014.  Alzayat A, Hancock M, Nacenta MA. (2014). Quantitative Measurement of virtual vs. physical object embodiment through kinesthetic figural after effects. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2014). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, 2014-04-26 (2903-2912)  Anderson, Becky, “Mapping Medievalism: The Cartographic Commitment and Architectural Structure of Bree in Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online”. IMMERSe Medievalism and Video Games Symposium. UC Davis, Davis, CA. May 1-May 3, 2015.  Azad A, Vogel D, Ruiz J, Hancock M, Lank E. (2012). Territoriality and behaviour on and around large vertical publicly-shared displays. Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '12). ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2012-01-01 (468-477)  Besacier, G., Tournet, J., Goyal, N., Cento, F., Scott, S.D. (2014). Object and Arm Shadows: Visual Feedback for Cross Device Transfer (Interactivity Demo). Extended Abstracts of CHI 2014: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing, April 26-May 1, 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada, 463- 466.  Bradley A, MacArthur C, Hancock M, Carpendale S. (2015). Gendered or neutral? Considering the language of HCI. Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2015 (GI '15). CHCCS Graphics Interface 2015, Halifax, Canada, 2015-06-03 (163-170)  Brey, Betsy, and Alexandra Orlando. ""Hail Helix!: Metanarrative and TwitchPlaysPokemon."" Popular Culture/American Culture Association National Conference. New Orleans, LA. 3 Apr. 2015. Conference Presentation.  Burr, Lauren, Michael Hancock, and Andy Houston. "Hacking the Academic Conference: Bonfire of the Humanities in Retrospect." Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory. Carlton University. Toronto, Canada. June 2013.  Chang YL*, Hancock M, Scott SD. (2012). Improving the Social Gaming Experience by Comparing Physical and Digital Tabletop Board Games. Player Experience in Videogames—workshop in conjuction with Fun and Games, , 2012-01-01  Chang Y-L, Scott SD, Hancock M. (2014). Supporting situation awareness in collaborative tabletop systems with automation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2014). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Dresden, Germany, 2014-11-16 (185-194)  Chang* Y-L, Fong C, Tse E, Hancock M, Scott S. (2015). “Callout bubble saved my life”: Workspace awareness support in BYOD classrooms. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2015). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Madeira, Portugal, 2015-11-15 (10)  Chang, Y.-L.,B., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D., Pape, J., Graham, T.C.N. (2012). Improving the Social Gaming Experience by Comparing Physical and Digital Tabletop Board Games. In Games and Fun: Workshop on Conceptualising, Operationalising and Measuring the Player Experience in Videogames, September 2012, Toulouse, France.

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 Chang, Y.-L.B., Mengual, M., Parfett, B., Graham, T.N., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D. (2013). Improving Awareness of Automated Actions using an Interactive Event Timeline. Proceedings of ITS 2013: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, October 6-9, 2013, St. Andrews, Scotland, 353-356.  Chang, Y.-L.B., Scott, S.D., Hancock, M., (2014). Improving Situation Awareness with an Interactive Event Timeline in Collaborative Tabletop Interfaces. 5th Annual GRAND Conference (Graphics, Animation and New Media), Ottawa, ON, May 14-16, 2014.  Chang, Y.-L.B., Scott, S.D., Hancock, M., Pape, J., Graham, T.C.N. (2012). Improving the Social Gaming Experience by Comparing Physical and Digital Tabletop Board Games. Presented at the Workshop on Conceptualising, Operationalising and Measuring the Player Experience in Videogames at Fun and Games 2012, Toulouse, France, September 4-6, 2012  Cheung V*, Watson D*, Vermeulen J*, Hancock M, Scott S. (2014). Overcoming interaction barriers in large public displays using personal devices. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2014). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Dresden, Germany, 2014-11-16 (375-380)  Cheung, V. & Scott, S.D. (2015). Studying Attraction Power in Proxemics-Based Visual Concepts for Large Public Interactive Displays. To appear in Proceedings of ITS 2015: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 16-18, 2015, Madeira, Portugal.  Cheung, V. & Scott, S.D. (2015). A Laboratory-based Study Methodology to Investigate Attraction Power of Large Public Interactive Displays. Proceedings of UBICOMP 2015: ACM Conference on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, September 7-11, 2015, Osaka, Japan. ** BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION, awarded to <5% of submissions. **  Cheung, V., Chang, Y.-L., Scott, S.D. (2012). Communication Channels and Awareness Cues in Collocated Collaborative Time-Critical Gaming. Proceedings of CSCW 2012: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Seattle, WA, February 11-15, 2012, pp. 569-578.  Cheung, V., Scott, S.D. (2013). Investigating Attraction and Engagement of Animation on Large Interactive Walls in Public Settings. Proceedings of ITS 2013: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, October 6-9, 2013, St. Andrews, Scotland, 381-384.  Cheung, V., Watson, D., Vermeulen, J., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D. (2014). Overcoming Interaction Barriers in Large Public Displays Using Personal Devices. Proceedings of ITS 2014: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 16-19, 2014, Dresden, Germany, 375-380.  Collins, Karen, Neil Randall, Andy Houston, Jordan Nottrodt, Michael Hancock, Lauren Burr, and Kent Aardse. “Organizing a Political Alternative Reality Game: Process and Pitfalls.” Canadian Game Studies Association. Waterloo University. Waterloo, 2012. Roundtable  Collins, Karen, Neil Randall, Andy Houston, Jordan Nottrodt, Michael Hancock, Lauren Burr, and Kent Aardse. “Organizing a Political Alternative Reality Game: Process and Pitfalls.” Canadian Game Studies Association. Waterloo University. Waterloo, 2012.  Collins, Karen. “Biff boom pow!: Teaching Sound Design to Game Designers Game Developers Conference 2013. March 17, San Francisco, CA.

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 Collins, Karen. and A. Hodge. Plugin Postmortem: Planning, Pitfalls and Promotion. Unite 2013. August 27-30, Vancouver, BC. 2013  Collins, Karen. and B. Kapralos. Beyond the Screen: What we can learn about game design from audio-based games. 5th International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technology. Bali, May 7-8. 2012  Collins, Karen. Last night a DJ Saved my Avatar’s Life: Music and Identity in Online Multiplayer Games. International Association for the Study of Popular Music- IASPM UK, Salford, September 5-7. 2012  Collins, Karen. Making Gamers Cry: Mirror Neurons and Embodied Interaction with Game Sound. ACM SIGCHI AudioMostly 2011 – 6th Conference on Interaction with Sound. Coimbra, Portugal, September 2011.  Collins, Karen. Selling Games and the Code: Plugins in the Pipeline. Game Developers’ Conference. March 17 San Francisco, CA. 2014  Collins, Karen., A. Hodge, B. Kapralos and R. Dockwray. Veemix: Integration of Musical User- Generated Content in Games. Audio Engineering Society Audio For Games 2015. February 11-13 2015, London, UK  Collins, Karen., A. Hodge, B. Kapralos, and A. Hogue. Audio Air Hockey: A Pilot Study in Using Audio-Based Games for the Measurement of Loudspeaker Placement Preferences. Audio Engineering Society 41st Conference  Collins, Karen., P. Taillon and B. Kapralos. Framework for distributed audio smartphone games. ACM SIGGRAPH 2011. Vancouver, August 7-11. 2011  Costa, J., Wehbe, R. R., Robb, J. and Nacke, L. (2013).“Time’s Up: Studying Leaderboards for Engaging Punctual Behaviour”, In Proceedings of Gamification’13.  Cullen B., D. Galperin, K. Collins, Andrew Hogue and Bill Kapralos. The Effects of 5.1 sound presentation on the perception of stereoscopic imagery in games. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, CA, February 3-7. 2013  Cullen, B., D. Galperin, K. Collins, B. Kapralos and A. Hogue. The Effects of Audio on Depth Perception in S3D Games. ACM Audio Mostly 2012. Corfu, September 26-28. 2012  Deterding, S., Cooper, S., Canossa, A., Nacke, L. E., Harteveld, C. & Whitson, J. "Gamifying Research: Strategies, Opportunities, Challenges, Ethics". CHI 2015: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: ACM Press. p. 2421-2424, 2015.  Diamond, L., G. F. Tondello, A. Marczewski, L. E. Nacke, M. Tscheligi. The HEXAD Gamification User Types Questionnaire: Background and Development Process. In Proceedings Workshop on Personalization in Serious and Persuasive Games and Gamified Interactions. London, UK, 2015.  Dixon, M. J., & Harrigan, K. A. Losses Disguised as Wins In Modern Video Slot Machines. Discovery Conference. Toronto. 2010  Ehrentraut, Judy. “(IM)MOBILITY: Transgression and Control” - University of Waterloo English Graduate Colloquium. Waterloo, ON. Paper Presented: “Existing ‘IRL’: Hybridity in Everyday Life.” 2014

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 Ehrentraut, Judy. “Interface 2013: Creative and Critical Approaches in the Digital Humanities” - Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature in association with GRAND NCE. Ottawa, ON. Paper Presented: "Is this Really a Game? Simulated Realities and the New Learning Experience." 2013  Ehrentraut, Judy. “Invisible Cities: Located Knowledge and Digital Design” Graduate Symposium and Expo. Waterloo, ON. Workshop: “Eduardo Cachucho’s Derive App - Group Mobile Experience.” 2013  Ehrentraut, Judy. “Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association: National Conference,” Game Studies. Chicago, IL. Paper Presented: “Commodification Complete: Modding, Duping, and Exploitation in Gaming Culture.” 2014  Ehrentraut, Judy. “Wear Me: Art | Technology | Body” Academic Symposium at UOIT DecimalLab. Oshawa, ON Paper Presented: “Heads-Up: Posthuman Bodies Augmenting Reality through Mediation.” 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy. Society for Literature, Science and the Arts 29th Annual Conference, “After Biopolitics.” Houston, TX. Forthcoming Paper To Be Presented: "Mobile Bodies in Subjective Spaces: Power, Agency and Surveillance.” 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy. Society for Utopian Studies 39th Annual Meeting, “Global Work and Play.” Montreal, QC. Paper Presented: "The New Mobile Subject: Hybridity and the Body in the Techno-Utopian Age." 2014  Ehrentraut, Judy. Society for Utopian Studies 40th Annual Meeting, “Global Flows: Diaspora, Diversity, and Divergence in Utopia.” Pittsburgh, PA, Forthcoming Paper to be Presented: “Wearables of the Future: Posthuman Bodies and Breaking Boundaries.” 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy. The Critical Media Lab: CML Salon Digital Media Research Sharing Session. Waterloo, ON. Paper Presented: “Head-Mounted Displays: Altering Reality through Telepresence and Embodiment.” 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy. The Technology and Humanities Camp, in association with IMMERSe. Waterloo, ON. Panel: “Sexuality vs. Violence; Women in Gaming Communities” 2013  Fogarty, Galen, and Michael Hancock. “ Always More or Less an Island’: Environmental Surplus and Excess in Fantasy.” Colloquium: Overflow: environments in Excess, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. June 2013. Roundtable.  Fogarty, Galen, and Michael Hancock. “ Always More or Less an Island’: Environmental Surplus and Excess in Fantasy.” Jay Dolmage, moderator. Student Association of Graduates in English 2013 Colloquium: Overflow: environments in Excess, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. June 2013.  Fogarty, Galen, and Michael Hancock. “The Variantology of the Media.” Colloquium: De/Centering the Human Subject, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. June 2012. Roundtable  Fogarty, Galen, and Michael Hancock. “The Variantology of the Media.” Randy Harris, moderator. Student Association of Graduates in English 2012 Colloquium: De/Centering the Human Subject: A Graduate Conference on Posthumanism the Humanities, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. June 2012.

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 Hancock M, Hilliges O, Collins C, Baur C, Carpendale S. (2009). Exploring tangible and direct touch interfaces for manipulating 2D and 3D information on a digital table. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2009). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Banff, Canada, 2009-11-23 (85-92)  Hancock M, Nacenta M, Gutwin C, Carpendale S. (2009). The effects of changing projection geometry on the interpretation of 3D orientation on tabletops. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2009). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Banff, Canada, 2009-11-23 (175-182)  Hancock M, ten Cate T*, Carpendale S. (2009). Sticky tools: Full 6DOF force-based interaction for multitouch tables. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2009). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Banff, Canada, 2009-11-23 (145-152)  Hancock M, ten Cate T*, Isenberg T, Carpendale S. (2010). Supporting sandtray therapy on an interactive tabletop. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, United States, 2010-04-10 (2133-2142)  Hancock, Michael. ""Time Running Out: Horror and the Deadline Videogame."" Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. May 2014.  Hancock, Michael. “Image, Text, and Memory: Iconic Representation in Daisuke Fukugawa’s Lost Odyssey.” Co-op Mode: Interactivity and Narrative conference. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. May 2011.  Hancock, Michael. “Seeing is Believing, But Acting is Better: Photography and the Videogame.” Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario. June 2012.  Hancock, Michael. “Swap the Tile, Save the World: Narrative Skins, F2P, and the Match-3 Puzzle Game.” Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. June 2015.  Hancock, Michael. Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games: A Games Colloquium. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. 2 October, 2011.  Hancock, Michael. “‘Don’t Tell Mario’: A Rhetorical Examination into the Paratext of the Video Game Instruction Manual.” Canadian Communication Association. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. June 2012.  Hancock, Michael. “Image, Text, and Memory: Iconic Representation in Daisuke Fukugawa’s Lost Odyssey.” Co-op Mode: Interactivity and Narrative conference. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. May 2011.  Hancock, Michael. “Seeing is Believing, But Acting is Better: Photography and the Videogame.” Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario. June 2012.  Hancock, Michael. “Swap the Tile, Save the World: Narrative Skins, F2P, and the Match-3 Puzzle Game.” Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. June 2015.  Hancock, Michael. Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games: A Games Colloquium. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. 2 October, 2011.  Hancock, Michael."Time Running Out: Horror and the Deadline Videogame." Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. May 2014.

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 Harrigan, K. A. Understanding pokies: Industry, research, community cooperation. Eastern Region Problem Gambling Workshop. Melbourne, Australian. 2010  Harrigan, K. Presented to the Australian federal Joint Committee on Gambling Reform. Poker machine harm reduction ($1 bet and Other Measures) Bill 2012. Published in Australian Committee Hansard, 22 February 2013, p. 4. 2013  Harrigan, K., & Brown, D. Multiline slots: Modernization of Canadian Charitable Gaming: Are Bingo Halls ‘slots parlours’ in disguise? The Alberta Gaming Research Institute conference ‘Critical Issues in Gambling Research: Under-Researched Topics in Gambling’. Banff. 2015  Harrigan, K., Brown, D., MacLaren, V, & Graydon, C. An introduction to TapTix instant ticket vending machines in Ontario bingo halls. Poster presented at the Alberta Gaming Research Institute conference ‘Controversial Topics’. Banff. 2014  Harrigan, K., Brown, D., MacLaren, V., & Graydon, C. POD Games and TapTix Machines in Ontario Bingo Halls: Concerns for Problem Gambling. Poster presented at the Responsible Gambling Council’s Discovery Conference. Toronto. 2014  Harrigan, K., Collins, K., Dixon, M., & Fugelsang, J. Addictive Gameplay: What Casual Game Designers Can Learn from Slot Machine Research. Future Play 2010 Conference. 2010  Harrigan, K., Dixon, M., Cullen, B., & Murray, S. Slot machine losses disguised as wins: A free educational animation. Poster at the Alberta Gaming Research Institute’s conference. Banff. 2011  Harris, J., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D. (2014). "Beam Me 'Round, Scotty!": Exploring the Effect of Interdependence in Asymmetric Cooperative Games. Proceedings of CHI Play 2014: ACM Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, October 19-22, 2014, Toronto, ON, 417- 418.  Harris, J., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D. (2015). “Beam Me ‘Round, Scotty!”: Studying Asymmetry and Interdependence in a Prototype Cooperative Game (Game Design Competition). Proceedings of CHI Play 2015: ACM Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, October 5-7, 2015, London, England. ** STUDENT GAME DESIGN COMPETITION WINNER (JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD) ** ** STUDENT GAME DESIGN COMPETITION WINNER (PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD)**  Hodge, A. , K. Collins, K. Lam and P. Taillon. Musical Mood-Based Mobile Gaming. International Games Innovation Conference. IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. Orange, CA, November 2-3. 2011  Holmes R, Notkin D, Hancock M. (2012). Industrially validating longitudinal static and dynamic analyses. User evaluation for Software Engineering Researchers (USER 2012)—workshop in conjuction with the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2012)., Los Alamitos, United States, 2012-01-01  Ion A*, Chang YL*, Haller M, Hancock M, Scott SD. (2013). Canyon: Providing location awareness of multiple moving objects in a detail view on large displays. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2013). ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Paris, France, 2013-04-27 (3149-3158)  Isenberg P, Hinrichs U, Hancock M, Tobiasz M, Carpendale S. (2009). Information visualization on interactive tabletops in work vs. public settings. Proceedings of the Workshop on Collaborative

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Visualization on Interactive Surfaces (CoVIS 2009). IEEE VisWeek 2009, Atlantic City, United States, 2009-10-11  Isenberg T, Hancock M. (2012). Gestures vs. postures: ‘Gestural’ touch interaction in 3D environments. CHI 2012 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Austin, United States, 2012-05-05  Kappen, D. L., Gregory, J., Stepchenko, D., Wehbe, R. R., & Nacke, L. E. (2013). Exploring social interaction in co-located multiplayer games. In Proceedings of CHI’13Works-in-Progress.  Katzman, A., L. Northam, W. M. Irwin. Integration of Game and Film Technologies. Previsualization and Virtual Production Conference 2011.  Lam, J., B. Kapralos, K. Kanev, K. Collins, A. Hogue, M. Jenkin. The Effect of Sound on Visual Quality Perception and Task Completion Time in a Cel-Shaded Serious Gaming Virtual Environment. Qomex 2015 The 8th International Workshop on Quality of MultiMedia Experience.  Langer R, West A, Hancock M, Randall N. (2013). Applications as stories. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '13). Designing gamification: Creating gameful and playful experiences, Paris, France, 2013-04-27  Langer, R., Hancock, M., Scott, S.D. (2014). Suspenseful Design: Engaging Emotionally with Complex Applications through Compelling Narratives. Proceedings of GEM 2014: IEEE Conference on Games, Entertainment and Media, October 22-24, 2014, Toronto, ON.  Lindlbauer D*, Haller M, Hancock M, Scott S, Stuerzlinger W. (2013). Perceptual grouping: Selection assistance for digital sketching. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2013). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), St. Andrews, United Kingdom, 013-10-06 (51-60)  McClelland, P., Whitmell, S., Scott, S.D. (2011). Investigating Communication and Social Practices in Real-Time Strategy Games: Are In-Game Tools Sufficient to Support the Overall Gaming Experience? In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2011. St. John's, NF, May 25-27, 2011, pp. 215- 222.  Mikulecky K, Hancock M, Brosz J, Carpendale S. (2011). Exploring physical information cloth on a multitouch table. Proceedings of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2011). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Kobe, Japan, 2011-11-13 (140-149)  Mostafapour M*, Hancock M. (2014). Exploring narrative gestures on digital surfaces. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2014). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Dresden, Germany, 2014-11-16 (5-14)  Nacenta M, Hancock M, Gutwin C, Carpendale S. (2015). The effects of changing projection geometry on the perception of 3D objects on and around tabletops. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). Forthcoming 2015  Northam, Leslie, C. Kaplan. RTFX: Real Time Special Effects Visualization. GRAND, 2011.  Northam, Leslie, C. S. Kaplan. Designing a Real Time Visualization Tool for Previsualization and Virtual Production of Film and Games. GRAND Research Notes 2012.  Northam, Leslie, J. Istead, and C. S. Kaplan. Brush Stroke Ordering Techniques for Painterly Rendering. Computational Aesthetics 2010.

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 Northam, Leslie, J. Istead, C. Kaplan. Artistic Sketching with a Painterly Rendering Algorithm. SIGGRAPH 2010.  Northam, Leslie, J. Istead, C. Kaplan. RTFX: On-set Previs with UnrealEngine3. ICEC, 2011.  Northam, Leslie, J. Istead, C. S. Kaplan. A Collaborative Real Time Previsualization Tool for Video Games and Film. SIGGRAPH 2012.  Northam, Leslie, K. Daudjee and R. Smits. Ray Tracing in the Cloud using MapReduce. HPCS 2013 (nominated for Best Paper Award).  Northam, Leslie, P. Asente, and C. S. Kaplan. Consistent Stylization and Painterly Rendering of Stereoscopic 3D Images. NPAR 2012.  Northam, Leslie, P. Asente, C. S. Kaplan. Consistent Stylization of Stereoscopic 3D Images. SIGGRAPH 2012.  Northam, Leslie, P. Asente, J. Istead, C. S. Kaplan. Adjusting the Disparity of Stereoscopic 3D Media in Post Production. SIGGRAPH 2013.  Northam, Leslie, R. Smits. HORT: Hadoop Online Ray Tracing with MapReduce. SIGGRAPH 2011.  Orlando, Alexandra. 3 April 2015: Alexandra Orlando and Betsy Brey. “Hail Helix!: Metanarrative in TwitchPlaysPokémon.” Mariott New Orleans, PCA/ACA 2015."  Orlando, Alexandra. 4 June 2015: “The Cyborg Game: Narrative/Ludic Fusion in Deus Ex: Human Revolution” University of Ottawa, CGSA 2015.  Parker, Rob. ""Creating Critical Messes: Games Scholarship Beyond the Videogame Industry."" Canadian Game Studies Association Conference. University of Ottawa, Ottawa. 4 June 2015.  Parker, Rob. ""The Role of Permadeath in Roguelike Games."" The International Roguelike Developers Conference (U.S.). 30 May 2015.  Pyryeskin D, Hancock M, Hoey J. (2011). Extending interactions into hoverspace using reflected light. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2011). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Kobe, Japan, 2011-11-13 (262-263)  Pyryeskin D, Hancock M, Hoey J. (2012). Comparing elicited gestures to designer-created gestures for selection above a multitouch surface. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2012). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Cambridge, United States, 2012-11-11 (1-8)  Rehman, U., & Cao, S. (2015). Augmented Reality-Based Indoor Navigation using Google Glass as a Wearable Head-Mounted Display. In Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2015. SMC 2015. IEEE International Conference. IEEE. Forthcoming.  Rehman, U., & Cao, S. (2015). Experimental Evaluation of Indoor Navigation Devices. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Forthcoming.  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, and Paul Stoesser. ""Cambridge Revisited? The Logistics, Semiotics, and Phenomenology of Virtual Theatrical Space."" The Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting. New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY. 27-29 March 2014.  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer. “Staging Shakespeare for Middle-School Students in Social Media: Towards a Rhetoric of Virtual Experience Design.” Shakespeare Association of America, Toronto, 28-30 March, 2013.

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 Rojas, D. , B. Kapralos, S. Cristancho, K. Collins, A. Hogue, C. Conati and A. Dubrowski. Developing Effective Serious Games: The effect of background sound on visual fidelity perception with varying texture resolution. MMVR19: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Newport Beach, February 9-11. 2012  Rojas, D., B. Kapralos, A. Hogue, K. Collins, S. Cristancho, L. Nacke, C. Conati, and A. Dubrowski. Developing Effective Serious Games: The Effect of Ambient Auditory Conditions on Visual Fidelity Perception in Stereoscopic 3D. IEEE Transactions on System Man and Cybernetics part B, 43(6): 1572 – 1583, 2013.  Sangi, M., Thompson, B., Vaghefi, E. & Turuwhenua, J. (2014). A Head Tracking Method for Improved Eye Movement Detection in Children. The 15th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering IFMBE Proceedings, 43, pp 508-511.  Scott, S.D., Besacier, G., McClelland, P.J. (2014). Cross-Device Transfer in a Collaborative Multi- Surface Environment without User Identification. Proceedings of CTS 2014: International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems, May 19-16, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 219-226. ** OUTSTANDING PAPER RUNNER UP AWARD**  Scott, S.D., Besacier, G., Tournet, J., Goyal, N., Haller, M. (2014). Surface Ghosts: Promoting Awareness of Transferred Objects during Pick-and-Drop Transfer in Multi-Surface Environments. Proceedings of ITS 2014: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 16- 19, 2014, Dresden, Germany, 99-108.  Scott, S.D., McClelland, P., Besacier, G. (2012). Bridging Private and Shared Interaction Surfaces in Co-located Group Settings. Proceedings of ITS 2012: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 11-14, 2012, Boston, MA, 403-406.  Scott, Stacey. “Inspiration Agent” Keynote Talk: Digital Tabletop Gaming, GeoEduc3D Workshop (GEOIDE NCE), Laval University, Québec, QC, February, 2010.  Scott, Stacey. Bridging the Gap Between Personal and Shared Surface Computing Devices, Handheld Technology Forum (HHTF), Research in Motion (RIM), Waterloo, ON, November 2011.  Scott, Stacey. Collaborative Tabletop Interfaces to Support Complex Task Environments, Computer Science Colloquium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, March 2011.  Scott, Stacey. Investigation of a Prototype Naval Planning Tool for Tabletop Computing Research, DRDC Future Technology Watch Showcase, CANSEC 2010, Ottawa, ON, June 2010.  Scott, Stacey. Keynote Talk: Exploring the Potential of Surface Computing in Complex Task Environments, Industry Day, NSERC SurfNet Strategic Network Annual Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, July 2011.  Scott, Stacey. Let’s Play: Exploring Interaction Design Challenges of Digital Tabletop using Games, Computer Science Seminar, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, December 2013.  Scott, Stacey. Let’s Play: Exploring Interface Design Challenges of Digital Tabletop using Games, Computer Science Seminar, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, January 2014.  Scott, Stacey. Next Generation Digital Tabletop Interfaces: Moving Beyond Photosharing, User Experience (UX) Group of Waterloo Region, Waterloo, ON, March 2010.

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 Scott, Stacey. Surface Computing Interfaces to Support Collaborative Decision-Making in Complex Task Environments, User Interface Colloquium, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany, October 2010.  Scott, Stacey. Tabletop Gaming as a Context for Exploring Design Challenges in Digital Tabletops, Computer Science Seminar, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, January 2013.  Scott, Stacey. Theories and Applications of Social Science for Interactive Surfaces, Workshop on Collaboration Meets Interaction Surfaces (CMIS), held with ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 16, 2014, Dresden, Germany, November 2014  Scott, Stacey. User-Aware Devices: How Do We Gracefully Manage Imperfect Automation? Dagstuhl Seminar on Proxemics in HCI, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern Germany, November 2013.  Scott, Stacey. Using Games to Examine (Tabletop) Surface Computing Interface Design Challenges, Computer Science Seminar, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, March 2015  Scott, Stacey. Using Tabletop Games to Examine Surface Computing Interface Design Challenges, Computer Science Seminar, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, May 2015.  Scott, Stacey. Using Tabletop Games to Examine Surface Computing Interface Design Challenges, Computer Science Seminar, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, May 2015  Seto M, Scott S, Hancock M. (2012). Investigating menu discoverability on a digital tabletop in a public setting. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2012). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Cambridge, United States, 2012-11-11 (71-80)  Soroush M, Hancock M, Bohns V. (2014). Self-control in casual games: The relationship between Candy Crush Saga™ players’ in-app purchases and self-control. Proceedings of the IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) Conference. 7th IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Games, Entertainment, Media Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2014-10-14  Stanfield, B., C. Zerebecki, A. Hogue, B. Kapralos, K. Collins. Impact of Floating Windows on the accuracy of depth perception in games. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, California, February 3-7. 2013  Tawadrous, M., A. Hogue, B. Kapralos, K. Collins. An interactive in-game approach to User Adjustment of Stereoscopic 3D Settings. Stereoscopic Displays and Applications. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, California, February 3-7. (Poster session). 2013  Tondello, G. F. , R. R. Wehbe, L. E. Nacke. Towards a Personalized Playful Digital Wellness Assistant. In Proc. Workshop on Personalization in Serious and Persuasive Games and Gamified Interactions. London, UK, 2015.  Tondello, G. F. , R. R. Wehbe, S. N. Stahlke, A. Leo, R. Koroluk, and L. E. Nacke. CHI PLAYGUE: A Networking Game of Emergent Sociality. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY 2015. London, United Kingdom. ACM, 2015.  Tondello, G. F. , R. R. Wehbe, Z. O. Toups, L. E. Nacke, and N. K. Crenshaw. Understanding Player Attitudes Towards Digital Game Objects. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY 2015. London, United Kingdom. ACM, 2015.

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 Toups, Z. O. , N. K. Crenshaw, G. F. Tondello, R. R. Wehbe, L. E. Nacke. Toward Understanding Why Players Value In-Game Collections. In Proc. Workshop on Personalization in Serious and Persuasive Games and Gamified Interactions. London, UK, 2015.  Tournet, J., Besacier, G., Goyal, N., McClelland, P.J., Scott, S.D. (2013).Comparing Visual Feedback Techniques for Object Transfer between Private and Shared Surfaces. Proceedings of ITS 2013: ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, October 6-9, 2013, St. Andrews, Scotland, 377-380.  Vaddi, D., Wehbe, R. R., Toups, Z. O., Stahlke, S. N., Koroluk, R., & Nacke, L. E., (2015). Validating Test Chambers to Study Cooperative Communication Mechanics in Portal 2. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY'15 Works -in-Progress.  Valtchanov D., Hancock M. (2015). Enviropulse: Providing feedback about the expected affective valence of the environment. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015). ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2015-04-18 (2073-2082)  Valtchanov, D., Ellard, C. (Poster). Exploring affective responses to environments: The effects of visual spatial frequencies. Poster presentation at the Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Science 25th Annual Meeting. June 5-7, 2015.  Valtchanov, D., Ellard, C. (Poster). The influence of low level visual properties on scene preference, recognition, and eye-movements. Poster presentation at the Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Science 24th Annual Meeting. July 3-5, 2014.  Vega Hugo, Alvaro Uribe-Quevedo, Norman Jaimes and Bill Kapralos. “Stereoscopy and Haptics Human Eye AR App, Carlos Soto-Fernandez”, IEEE 2015 Games, Entertainment and Media, Toronto, Canada, October 14-16. 2015  Vist, Elise. “#GamerGate and #GamerGators: Idiosyncratic Tags and the Creation of Intimate Publics on Tumblr.” CGSA: Congress. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2015  Vist, Elise. “Anna Anthropy’s Videogame Blasphemy.” Conference Paper: Interface 2013. Ottawa, 2013.  Vist, Elise. “Bioware’s Dragon Age: Rewriting Medieval England.” Medievalism in Games Conference. UC Davis. California, USA. 2015.  Vist, Elise. “In the Spirit of Tolkien or Not.” Conference Paper: Pop Culture Association. Chicago. 2014  Vist, Elise. “Spaces Across: Negotiating Control in Locative Narratives.” Conference Paper: American Comparative Literature Association. Toronto, 2013.  Vlaming L*, Collins C, Hancock M, Nacenta M, Isenberg T, Carpendale S. (2010). Integrating 2D mouse emulation with 3D manipulation for visualizations on a multi-touch table. Proceedings of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2010). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Saarbrυcken,̈ Germany, 2010-11-07 (221-230)  Voorhees, G. 2013, Argumentation, Art and the Asinine: The Social Controversy Over Super Columbine Massacre RPG! at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, Washington DC.

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 Voorhees, G. 2013, Mssrs. Burke, Bogost and Foucault in Colloquy on the Rhetoric of Games, at Rhetoric as Equipment for Living: Kenneth Burke, Culture and Education, Ghent, Belgium.  Voorhees, G. 2013, Sportive Videogaming: The Spectacle of Manhood and the Rationalization of Play, at Film and Media 2013, London UK.  Voorhees, G. 2013, The Professional Digital Game Player as Paragon of Neoliberal Masculinity, at Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Leicester UK.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Daddy Issues: Representing and Performing Father-Daughter Relationships in Digital Games. Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Columbia, MO.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Gameplay: Retheorizing Play and Game in the Era of Neoliberal Governmentality, at Games of Late Modernity: Homo Ludens 75 Years Later, Tilburg, The Netherlands.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Taking the Player-Avatar Relationship to the Next Level: Male Homosocial Desire as a Pillar of Digital Gaming. Canadian Game Studies Association, St. Catherines, ON.  Voorhees, G. 2014.Queering Spectatorship: Techno-Eroticism in e-Sports. Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Columbia, MO.  Voorhees, G. 2015. Leave it Behind: The Mourning and Melancholia of Heteronormativity in The Last of Us. Canadian Game Studies Association, Ottawa, ON.  Voorhees, Gerald, Steve Wilcox, Michael Hancock, Emma Vossen and Megan Blythe-Adams. "First Person Scholar: Talking to Games Academics, Enthusiasts and Professionals." Canadian Game Studies Association. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 5 June 2015.  Vossen, Emma. ""Lord of the Rings: Lady Hobbits: An Embodied Re-imagining of The Lord of the Rings using The Lord of the Rings Online"" Medievalism and Games. University of California Davis. 2015. Conference paper.  Vossen, Emma. “Crowdfunding Transgressive Comic Narratives: Intersectionality and the Comics Anthology” Canadian Society for the Study of Comics. Toronto ON. May 10 2014. Conference paper.  Vossen, Emma. “First Person Scholar: Talking to Games Academics, Enthusiasts and Professionals.” Canadian Game Studies Association. Congress. University of Ottawa. 2015.  Vossen, Emma. “Lady Hobbits: An Embodied Reimagining of The Lord of The Rings Using The Lord of The Rings Online” Popular Culture Association Fan Culture and Theory. March 18th.  Vossen, Emma. “Metapornography and Ethics within Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s Lost Girls.” Co-op Mode: Interactivity and Narrative, University of Ottawa. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. May 2011.  Vossen, Emma. “Temporary worlds within the ordinary world, dedicated to the performance of an act apart”: the Magic Circle and Informed/Enthusiastic Consent in BDSM and Gaming Practices. Canadian Game Studies Association. Congress. University of Ottawa. 2015.  Vossen, Emma. “The Privileging of Parental over Sexual Relationships in Telltale Studio’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead”. Interface: Creative and Critical Approaches in the Digital Humanities. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. May 2013.

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 Wallace, J.R., Pape, J., Chang, Y.-L.B., McClelland, P.J., Graham, T.C.N., Scott, S.D., Hancock, M. (2012). Exploring Automation in Digital Tabletop Board Games. Extended Abstracts of CSCW 2012: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Seattle, WA, February 11- 15, 2012, pp. 231-234.  Watson D*, Valtchanov D**, Hancock M, Mandryk R. (2014). Designing a gameful system to support the collection, curation, exploration, and sharing of sports memorabilia. Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY). ACM Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), Toronto, Canada, 2014-10-19 (451-452)  Watson D, Hancock M, Mandryk RL, Birk M. (2013). Deconstructing the touch experience. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS 2013). ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, 2013-10-06  Watson D, Hancock M, Mandryk RL. (2013). Gamifying behaviour that leads to learning. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Gameful Design, Research, and Applications. Gamification 2013, Stratford, Canada, 2013-10-02 (87-90)  Wehbe R. R., & Nacke, L. E. (2015). Data Synchronization in Games User Research. CHI PLAY'15 Games User Research Tool Design Jam Workshop.  Wehbe, R. R. & Nacke, L. E. (2013). An Introduction to EEG Analysis Techniques and Brain Computer Interfaces for Games User Researchers. In Proceedings of DIGRA ’13. Wehbe, R. R., and Nacke, L.E. (2013). Games User Research using EEG Techniques. CHI'13 Workshop on Game User Research: Practice, Methods and Applications.  Wehbe, R. R. (2014). “Understanding Difficulty , Your Brain and Challenge.” In Proceedings of CHI PLAY’14 Doctorial Consortium, 1–4. Toronto, Canada.  Wehbe, R. R., & Nacke, L. E., (2015). Towards Understanding the Importance of Co-Located Gameplay. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY'15 Works -in-Progress.  Wehbe, R. R., James Robb, Jessica Clarke, João Costa, and Lennart E Nacke. (2014). “Design Guidelines for Gamifying Reading Applications.” In Proceedings of IEEE GEM’ 14. Toronto, Canada: IEEE Computer Society Press.  Wehbe, R. R., Kappen, D., Rojas, D., Kapralos, B., & Nacke, L. E. (2013). EEG-Based Assessment of Video and In-Game Learning. In Proceedings of CHI EA’13.  Wehbe, R. R., Zerebecki, C., Khattak, S., Hogue, A., & Nacke, L.E. (2014). “User Research for 3D Display Settings with EEG Frontal Alpha Asymmetry.” In Proceedings of CHI’14 GUR Workshop, 1–4. Toronto, Canada.  Whitson, Jennifer R. “Indie Imposters: Narratives of Failure and Success”. Canadian Game Studies Association Meeting at Congress. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 2015.  Whitson, Jennifer R. “The Costs of University of Game Incubators”. Canadian Game Studies Association Meeting at Congress. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 2015.  Whitson, Jennifer R. “Voodoo Software: An Ethnography of Intern Developers”. Canadian Sociological Association Meeting at Congress. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Commonplace Games” Canadian Society for Digital Humanities. Congress 2015. University of Ottawa, ON. June 2015.

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 Wilcox, Steve. “Mobilizing Knowledge in Game Studies.” Proceedings from Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production 2015. Scholarly and Research Communication Journal. October 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Mobilizing Knowledge in Game Studies.” Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production. Whistler, B.C. January 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Pattern Recognition And Games (PRAGmatic) Project.” World Social Sciences Forum 2013. Montreal, Que. Oct 2013.  Wilcox, Steve. “Pattern Recognition And Games (PRAGmatic) Project.” SSHRC Storytellers Competition. Congress 2013. University of Victoria, B.C. June 2013.  Wilcox, Steve. “Why Games Studies Needs Middle-State Publishing.” Canadian Game Studies Association. Congress 2013. University of Victoria, B.C. June 2013.  Yuan X, Shum J, Langer K, Hancock M, Histon J. (2012). Investigating collaborative behaviors on interactive tabletop displays in complex task environments. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Boston, United States, 2012-10-22 (1789-1793)  Zerebecki, C., B. Stanfield, A. Hogue, B. Kapralos, K. Collins. S3D Depth-Axis interaction for video games: performance and engagement Stereoscopic Displays and Applications. IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, California, February 3-7. 2013

Grants  Collins, Karen. 2011-12 An Investigation of Reinforcement Schedules and Near Misses in Modern Multiline Video Slot Machines. Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre Level III grant. $210,000 (Co-I).  Collins, Karen. 2011-17 Multimedia production and analysis studio for interactive research. Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund, matching funds provided by Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure Award. $100,000 (PI) (+$15,000 operating funds grant)  Collins, Karen. 2012-13 Exploring the Relation Between Erroneous Cognitions and the Structural Characteristics of Slot Machines. Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre Standard Research Grant, $240,000 (Co-I)  Collins, Karen. 2013 "Guitar Heroes in Music Education? Music-based video-games and their potential for musical and performative creativity" (D. Roesner / G. Cassidy) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC UK) 44000 GBP(collaborator)  Collins, Karen. 2014 “A Serious Game for Medical-Based Cultural Competence Education and Training” SIM-One Simulation Development & Implementation $25,000. (co-investigator)  Collins, Karen. 2014-18 “Understanding and Improving Musical User-Generated Content in Video Games” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant. $225,000 (PI)  DiMarco, Chrysanne. NSERC Engage Grant, $25,000, 2014 Title: "Using Persuasive Technologies in Building Change Management Skills in Organizations"

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 F. Maurer (PI, UCalgary), S.D. Scott (Theme co-lead), with 11 others NSERC digital surface software application network (SurfNet) NSERC Strategic Networks Grant $5,000,000 2010-2015 9%  Hancock, Mark. 2011/5 - 2016/4 Principal Investigator Ubiquitous Virtual Tools: Providing Ad- Hoc Multitouch Interaction on Nearby Surfaces, 2011/5 - 2016/4 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants - 125,000  Hancock, Mark. 2012/5 - 2013/4 Principal Investigator Using Narrative to Support Interaction on Mobile Devices and Multitouch Surfaces, 2012/5 - 2013/4 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Engage 25,000, Co-applicant : Neil Randall  Hancock, Mark. 2013/5 - 2015/12 Principal Investigator, Design Environment for Creating Physical Interactive Technology, 2013/5 - 2015/12 Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Leaders Opportunity Fund 100,000  Harrigan Kevin, 2011 Level I grant. $10,000. The House Rules: Gaming Regulations and their Effects on Gambling and Problem Gambling across Canada.  Harrigan Kevin, 2011 Level III grant. $210,000. An Investigation of Reinforcement Schedules and Near Misses in Modern Multiline Video Slot Machines.  Harrigan Kevin, 2011 National and International Engagement Grant. $25,000.  Harrigan Kevin, 2012 Mid-Level Research Grant. $30,000. The Modernization of Bingo in Ontario.  Harrigan Kevin, 2012 One-year Investigator Support Grant. $75,000.  Harrigan Kevin, 2012 This is a sub-contract on an OPGRC grant held by Carleton University. $23,652. Assessment of Short Animation in Reducing Erroneous Cognitions.  Harrigan Kevin, 2012 Three-year Standard Research Grant. $319,800. An Investigation of the Structural Characteristics of Electronic POD Games in Ontario Bingo Halls.  Harrigan Kevin, 2014 Classification of Slot Machines in Ontario. $78,000.  Harrigan Kevin, 2015 Knowledge Translation and Exchange Knowledge Hub: UW Gambling Research Lab. $156,000.  Harrigan Kevin, 2015 Systematic Review of Slot Machine Structural Characteristics. $25,000.  Randall, Neil (PI) and 12 others IMMERSe: The Interactive & Multi-Modal Experience Research Syndicate SSHRC Partnership Grant $2,549,960 2012-2018  Randall, Neil, Crowdsourcing Hockey History. Jenkins Family Foundation $170,000  Randall, Neil, Jennifer Roberts-Smith, Kevin Harrigan, Staging Shakespeare. “Gamifying Shakespeare: Theorizing and Designing Game-based Digital Media for Stratford Festival Audience Engagement.” Stratford Festival/University of Waterloo, 2012-13. (University of Waterloo). $80,000  Randall, Neil, S.D. Scott, C. DiMarco WatGAME: Waterloo Games Analysis and Monitoring Environment CFI Leader’s Opportunity Fund & Ontario Research Fund (ORF-SIF) $200,000, 2013- 2014  Randall, Neil. Designing User Interaction for Corporate Website. InsightNG and Mitacs, 2014. $15,000

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 Randall, Neil. Researching and Designing Gamification Strategies for Wellness Platform. Ikkuma and Mitacs, 2015, $30,000  Randall, Neil. The Role of Narrative and Mythology in a Massively Multiplayer Strategy Game. Stitch Media and Mitacs, 2015, $80,000.  Randall, Neil. Understanding Quantum Computing and its Benefits. University of Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing, 2015. $215,000  Randall, Neil. Understanding Theatre Backstage Coordination in Game Format. Stratford Festival and Mitacs, 2015. $30,000  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, Neil Randall. “Gamifying Shakespeare: Theorizing and Designing Game- based Digital Media for Stratford Festival Audience Engagement.” MITACS-Accelerate/Stratford Festival Post-doctoral Fellowship (Toby Malone), 1 February – 30 September 2013. $30,000.  Roberts-Smith, Jennifer, Ontario Ministry of Education Early Researcher Award. “The Stratford Festival Online.” $150,000; matching funds (Stratford Shakespeare Festival) $90,000.  Scott, Stacey. (lead), C. Burns, N. Randall IMMERSe- To and from the whiteboard: Supporting whiteboard transitions in a design workflow MITAS Accelerate (2 internships) with SMART Technologies (Calgary, AB) $30,000 2015-2016  Scott, Stacey. (lead), M. Hancock, N. Randall IMMERSe – Supporting Awareness and Encouraging Collaboration in Bring-Your-Own-Device Classroom Environments MITAS Accelerate (2 internships) with SMART Technologies (Calgary, AB) $30,000 2014-2015  Scott, Stacey. (lead), M. Hancock. Experimental Design and User Study of EA Gaming Concepts, Electronic Arts Research Contract $34,615 2014  Scott, Stacey. (lead), with 5 others. Leif: A Multicultural Exploration into Research and Education for Surface Computing HRSDC: Canada-EU Transatlantic Exchange Partnership (TEP) Grant $200,000 (EU partners funded separately) 2010-2013  Scott, Stacey. Designing Multi-Surface User Interfaces for Naval Planning and Decision Support Tools NSERC Engage with Menya Solutions (Sherbrooke, QC) $25,000 2014-2015  Scott, Stacey. Experimental Platform for Developing Interactive Surface Computers to Support Complex, Time-critical Teamwork NSERC RTI (Equipment) Grant $65,236 2009 (equipment purchased 2010-2012)  Scott, Stacey. Exploring Industrial Opportunities for Digital Tabletop Gaming NSERC Interaction Grant $4,500 2010  Scott, Stacey. Individual and Collaborative Benefits of Interactive Large-Screen Displays NSERC Discovery Grant $110,000 2012-2017  Thompson, B. (2015). Canada Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund. “Non- invasive stimulation of the human visual cortex”. $200,000.  Thompson, B. (2015). Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). “Promoting and understanding human visual cortex plasticity”. $320,000.  Thompson, B., (2015). Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Accelerator Supplement. $120,000.  Turuwhenua, J., Dai, S, Birch, E., Dakin, S., Thompson, B. (2015). MBIE Smart Ideas Grant. Measurement of visual acuity in young children. $1 million.

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 Turuwhenua, J., Thompson B., (2015). Medtech Seed Funding. “Vision assessment in young children”. $50,000.  Turuwhenua, J., Thompson B., (2015). UniServices gate funding. “Measuring vision in young children using optokinetic nystagmus”. $50,000.  Turuwhenua, J., Thompson, B. (2015). Medical Technologies Centre for Research Excellence. “Measurement of visual acuity in children”. $50,000.  Whitson, Jennifer R. with Mia Consalvo, (2015) “Players, Profit and Privacy: Understanding how the Digital Game Industry uses Big Data and Analytics”. University of Waterloo SSHRC Seed grant $5,500.

First Person Scholar and Other Online Publications  Ehrentraut, Judy. “Entering Posthumanism.” H+ Community. H+ Magazine, 22 May. 2013. Web.  Boulter, Jonathan, and Jason Hawreliak, Michael Hancock, and Rob Parker. “Dark Souls Roundtable: Design, Difficulty & Death.” First Person Scholar. 11 Dec 2013. Web podcast. 4 August 2015.  Boulter, Jonathan, and Jason Hawreliak, Michael Hancock, and Rob Parker. “Dark Souls Roundtable: Design, Difficulty & Death.” First Person Scholar. 11 Dec 2013. Web podcast. 4 August 2015.  Ehrentraut, Judy. “Meaningful Play: Anti-Immersive Aesthetics in Serious Videogames.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute. 3 July. 2013: n.p. Web.  Hancock, Michael, Jason Hawreliak, and Steve Wilcox. “Villainy in the 21st Century: How Games Need to Re-Think Good and Evil.” First Person Scholar. 19 June 2013. Podcast. August 4, 2015.  Hancock, Michael, Jason Hawreliak, and Steve Wilcox. “Villainy in the 21st Century: How Games Need to Re-Think Good and Evil.” First Person Scholar. 19 June 2013. Podcast. August 4, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Mimesis as Make Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts by Kendall Walton: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 10 June 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Game Culture Reader edited by Jason C. Thompson and Marc Ouellette: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 18 Dec 2013. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “DOOM: Scarydarkfast by Dan Pinchbeck: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 18 September 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Dungeons, Dragons & Digital Denizens: The Digital Role-Playing Game, edited by Gerald A. Voorhees, Joshua Call and Katie Whitlock: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 3 May 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Gamer Profiles: The Split-Screener.” Medium Difficulty. 17 April 2013. Web. July 10, 2013.  Hancock, Michael. “Motorville and the Portal-Quest: Rhetorics of Fantasy in Ni No Kuni.” First Person Scholar. 2 May 2014. Web. June 27, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Motorville und de Portal-Quest: Die Rhetork der Fantasy in Ni no Kuni.” Paida: Zeitschrift für Computerspielforschung. Oct 22, 2014. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Newsgames: Journalism at Play by Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari, and Bobby Schweizer: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 14, 2014.

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 Hancock, Michael. “Pipe Trouble: The Politics of Definition.” First Person Scholar. 29 May 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Games Canon; or Canon Games.” First Person Scholar. 17 July 2013. Web. 8 July 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Language of Gaming by Astrid Ensslin: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 14, 2014.  Hancock, Michael. “Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies: Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play, edited by J. Talmadge Wright, David G. Embrick and András Lukács: A Review.” First Person Scholar.  Hancock, Michael. “Video Game Spaces: Images, Play & Structure in 3D Worlds by Michael Nitsche: A Review.” First Person Scholar. Dec 3, 2014. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “What is Your Quest? From Adventure Games to Interactive Books by Anastasia Salter: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 29 April 2015. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “What We’re Playing: Ni No Kuni and Paratext.” First Person Scholar. 12 February 2014. Web. June 27, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Why write about about a book?: An editorial about book reviews”. First Person Scholar. 22 July 2015. Web. August 5, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “ Did he who made the Lamb make thee?’ Procedural Rhetoric and the Binding of Isaac.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 15, 2014.  Hancock, Michael. “ Did he who made thee Lamb make thee?’ Procedural Rhetoric and the Binding of Isaac.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 15, 2014.  Hancock, Michael. “DOOM: Scarydarkfast by Dan Pinchbeck: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 18 September 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Dungeons, Dragons & Digital Denizens: The Digital Role-Playing Game, edited by Gerald A. Voorhees, Joshua Call and Katie Whitlock: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 3 May 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Gamer Profiles: The Split-Screener.” Medium Difficulty. 17 April 2013. Web. July 10, 2013.  Hancock, Michael. “Interview – Chris Bateman: Part I – On Realism, Philosophy, and Artgames.” First Person Scholar. November 6, 2013. Web. August 5, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Interview – Chris Bateman: Part II – Imaginary Games, Hobbyists, & Mass- Market Players.” Interview by Michael Hancock. First Person Scholar. November 13, 2013. Web. August 5, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Mimesis as Make Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts by Kendall Walton: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 10 June 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Motorville and the Portal-Quest: Rhetorics of Fantasy in Ni No Kuni.” First Person Scholar. 2 May 2014. Web. June 27, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Motorville und de Portal-Quest: Die Rhetork der Fantasy in Ni no Kuni.” Paida: Zeitschrift für Computerspielforschung. Oct 22, 2014. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Newsgames: Journalism at Play by Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari, and Bobby Schweizer: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 14, 2014.

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 Hancock, Michael. “Pipe Trouble: The Politics of Definition.” First Person Scholar. 29 May 2013. Web. July 8, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Game Culture Reader edited by Jason C. Thompson and Marc Ouellette: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 18 Dec 2013. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Games Canon; or Canon Games.” First Person Scholar. 17 July 2013. Web. 8 July 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “The Language of Gaming by Astrid Ensslin: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 5 December 2012. Web. December 14, 2014.  Hancock, Michael. “Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies: Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play, edited by J. Talmadge Wright, David G. Embrick and András Lukács: A Review.” First Person Scholar. March 6, 2013. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Video Game Spaces: Images, Play & Structure in 3D Worlds by Michael Nitsche: A Review.” First Person Scholar. Dec 3, 2014. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “What is Your Quest? From Adventure Games to Interactive Books by Anastasia Salter: A Review.” First Person Scholar. 29 April 2015. Web. July 3, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “What We’re Playing: Ni No Kuni and Paratext.” First Person Scholar. 12 February 2014. Web. June 27, 2015.  Hancock, Michael. “Why write about about a book?: An editorial about book reviews”. First Person Scholar. 22 July 2015. Web. August 5, 2015.  Lawrence, Chris. “Going Maverick: The Politics of Terrorism in Mega Man X.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute, 14 Oct. 2015. Web.  Lawrence, Chris. “Link Dons the Mask of Truth: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’s Postmodern Critique.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute, 8 Apr. 2015. Web.  Lawrence, Chris. “Link Dons the Mask of Truth: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’s Postmodern Critique.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute, 8 Apr. 2015. Web.  Lawrence, Chris. “Renting Culture: the Transition from Game to Service; from Gamer to Subscriber.” N.P. Feb. 2015.  Lawrence, Chris. “Renting Culture: the Transition from Game to Service; from Gamer to Subscriber.” N.P. Feb. 2015.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Editing Team. FPS Plays: Papers, Please. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, Feb 2015. Webcast.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Plays: Bloodborne. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, June 2015. Webcast.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Plays: Bloodborne. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, June 2015. Webcast.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Plays: P.T.. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, May 2015. Webcast.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Plays: P.T.. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, May 2015. Webcast.  Lawrence, Chris. FPS Plays: Papers, Please. Twitch.com. The Games Institute, Feb 2015. Webcast.  Orlando, Alexandra, Betsy Brey. “Press ‘A’ to Shoot: Pokemon Snap-Shots and Gamespace Ownership.” First Person Scholar. N.p., 15 Apr. 2015. Web.  Orlando, Alexandra. “Hybrid Player-Characters: Ludonarrative Cohesion in BioShock: Infinite.” First Person Scholar. N.p., 14 Jan. 2015. Web.

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 Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 10: Post-CGSA Ramblings and SanctuaryRPG."" Death of the Roguelike. 11 Jun. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 11: Realm of the Mad God."" Death of the Roguelike. 20 Jun. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 12: Noir Syndrome."" Death of the Roguelike. 2 Jul. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 13: Tales of Middle-earth Multiplayer (TomeNET)."" Death of the Roguelike. 17 Jul. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 14a: Lord of the Rings Extravaganza! (Moria, Angband, Tales of Middle-earth)."" Death of the Roguelike. 3 Aug. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 14b: Lord of the Rings Extravaganza! (Moria, Angband, Tales of Middle-earth)."" Death of the Roguelike. 3 Aug. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 14c: Lord of the Rings Extravaganza! (Moria, Angband, Tales of Middle-earth)."" Death of the Roguelike. 3 Aug. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 15: Dwarf Fortress."" Death of the Roguelike. 7 Aug. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 16: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup."" Death of the Roguelike. 13 Sep. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary."  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 4a: Nethack (Pre-Ebonair Run)."" Death of the Roguelike. 21 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 4b: Nethack (Ebonair's Epic Run)."" Death of the Roguelike. 21 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 5: Dungeons of Dredmor."" Death of the Roguelike. 2 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 7: 7-Day Roguelike and Procedural Death Labyrinth Jam Entries."" Death of the Roguelike. 20 Mar. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 8: 7-Day Roguelike and Procedural Death Labyrinth Jam Entries."" Death of the Roguelike. 3 Apr. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob, Aaron Patkau, and Harrison Massey. ""Episode 9: Wazhack Multiplayer."" Death of the Roguelike. 11 Apr. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob, and Michael Hancock. ""What We're Playing: Reading Mia Consalvo's Cheating."" First Person Scholar (2014). Web.  Parker, Rob. ""Dark Souls Roundtable."" First Person Scholar Podcasts. First Person Scholar Staff, Jonathan Boulter. 11 Dec. 2013. Podcast.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 1: Brogue."" Death of the Roguelike. 2 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 2: Receiver."" Death of the Roguelike. 8 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.

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 Parker, Rob. ""Episode 3: Risk of Rain Multiplayer."" Death of the Roguelike. 21 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 43: Abyss Odyssey."" Indie MEGACAST. Rob Parker, Patrick Lindsey, Christopher Floyd, Rob Manuel. July 28, 2014. Podcast.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 4c: Nethack (Ebonair's Final Run)."" Death of the Roguelike. 21 Feb. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 6: Teleglitch."" Death of the Roguelike. 7 Mar. 2014. Videogame Stream with Commentary.  Parker, Rob. ""Episode 93: 868-HACK."" Roguelike Radio. Andrew Doull, Rob Parker. October 19, 2014. Podcast.  Parker, Rob. ""Exploring the Permadeath Mechanic in Roguelikes."" Canadian Game Studies Association Conference. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. 29 May 2014. Lecture.  Parker, Rob. ""Her Story Roundtable."" First Person Scholar Podcasts. First Person Scholar Staff. Forthcoming, 2015. Podcast.  Parker, Rob. ""Interview - Porpentine."" First Person Scholar (2014). Web.  Parker, Rob. ""Kill to Progress."" First Person Scholar (2013). Web.  Parker, Rob. ""Sulking About Shulk: Nintendo Amiibos Podcasts."" First Person Scholar Podcasts. First Person Scholar Staff. 23 Mar. 2015. Podcast.  Parker, Rob. ""The Art of Papers, Please."" First Person Scholar (2013). Web.  Parker, Rob. ""Voluntary Constraints: How Players Can Impose an Ethical Critique."" First Person Scholar (2013). Web.  Tondello, G. F. , The Gameful World. Published 08/07/2015. Medium.com, Web.  Tondello, G. F.,. ACM CHI PLAY 2015: XRDS insider’s view! Published 10/08/2015. Xrds.acm.org, web.  Tondello, G. F.. The Use of Games and Play to Achieve Real-World Goals. Published 06/17/2015. Medium.com, Web.  Vist, Elise, and Emma Vossen. Lord of the Rings: Lady Hobbits. YouTube, 2013. Film.  Vist, Elise. “Actually, it’s about Aca-Fandom in Game Studies.” First Person Scholar. May 2015.  Vist, Elise. “Book Review: Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method.” First Person Scholar. March 2015.  Vist, Elise. “Book Review: Rise of the Videogame Zinesters.” First Person Scholar. January 2013.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Identification or Desire? Taking the Player-Avatar Relationship to the Next Level. First Person Scholar.  Voorhees, G. 2014. Mourning Sex: Letting Go and Liking Girls in The Last of Us. First Person Scholar.  Vossen, Emma and Steve Wilcox. #gamestudies101 – A Hashtag for Sharing Introductory Texts to Game Studies. 2015. Web.  Vossen, Emma, et al. “The Amiibo Craze and Nintendo’s 2015 Supply Problems.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute, 23 Mar. 2015. Podcast.  Vossen, Emma, et al. “The Amiibo Craze and Nintendo’s 2015 Supply Problems.” First Person Scholar. The Games Institute, 23 Mar. 2015. Podcast.

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 Vossen, Emma. “Book Review: The Legend of Zelda Hyrule Historia.” First Person Scholar. 26 June 2013. Web.  Vossen, Emma. “Smokey Room Communist Meetings: Academics, #Gamergate, and the Feminization of Games.” First Person Scholar. September 17 2014. Web.  Vossen, Emma. “Where’s The Sex?” The Walking Dead, Sex, and Parenting in The Zombie Apocalypse.” First Person Scholar. 05 June 2013. Web.  Vossen, Emma. Intimate Publics: Towards Creating Supportive Spaces for Women in Games. October 1st 2014. Web.  Wilcox, Steve, University of Waterloo - Arts. ""First Person Scholar aims for critical play and better gaming."" University of Waterloo – Arts website. Dec. 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Feed-Forward Scholarship.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “FPS – Year One.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “From Monopoly to Metal Gear.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Interview – Elaine Biddiss.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Interview – Jesper Juul.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Interview – Liz England.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Ludic Topology.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “New Directions, New Destinations.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Persuasive Processes.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Procedural Diegesis.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Procedural Realism.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.  Wilcox, Steve. “Videogames and Empathy.” First Person Scholar. July 29 2015.

Published Games  Bradley, Adam, Jonathan Rodriguez, Kent Aardse supervised by Neil Randall, Chrysanne DiMarco with Stitch Media, ”Rival Books of Aster”. iOS, September 2015  Brown, Michael, Victor Cheung, Jim Wallace supervised by Neil Randall with Institute for Quantum Computing. “Quantum Cats”, Android, BlackBerry, October 2015  Cullen, Brian supervised by Karen Collins and Neil Randall, “You are not a Banana”. PC, 2014  Randall, N. Kingdom of Heaven. Multiman Publishing (Maryland), 2012  Randall, N. No Peace Without Spain. Compass Games (Connecticut), 2012  Randall, N. The God Kings. Compass Games (Connecticut), 2012.  Vist, Elise, Lauren Burr supervised by Neil Randall with Institute for Quantum Computing. “Alice and Schrodinger”, Android, BlackBerry, October 2015

Research Prototype Games  Clement, Ryan supervised by Neil Randall and Susan Elliot with GET-FACTS (Genetics, Environment and Therapies: Food Allergy Clinical Tolerance Studies). “Kitchen Table”, board game, 2015

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 DeSouza-Coelho, Shawn supervised by Neil Randall with Stratford Festival. “Places, Please!: Hamlet Edition”, Android, 2015  Harris, John supervised by Stacey Scott, Mark Hancock “Beam Me 'Round, Scotty!”, PC, 2015  Kaplan, Craig, Good Fences, 2015. iOS, Android  Lawrence, Chris, and Isaac Steele supervised by Neil Randall. “Impact: a Cooperative Game of Global Defense”. N.P. Apr. 2014. Board Game.  Lawrence, Chris supervised by Neil Randall. "The Lord of the Rings: the Waters of Awakening." Aug. 2014. PC.  Parker, Rob supervised by Neil Randall “Back for Seconds”. Ludum Dare 27. 24 Aug. 2013. Web- based  Parker, Rob supervised by Neil Randall “Bilehacker/Simsick”. Ludum Dare 32. 18 Apr. 2015. Web-based  Parker, Rob supervised by Neil Randall “Black Bile, Inhuman Circuits”. Ludum Dare 28. Apr. 2014. Web-based.  Parker, Rob supervised by Neil Randall “HHH.EXE.” IFComp 2014. September, 2014. Web-based  Parker, Rob supervised by Neil Randall “Vulse”. IFComp 2013. September, 2013. Web-based  Randall, Neil “Conquerors from the East: Constantinople Vol. 1”. Forthcoming 2016  Randall, Neil “1942”. Forthcoming 2016  Ross, George, Jonathan Rodriguez supervised by Neil Randall and Chrysanne DiMarco with Deloitte Canada. “Organizational Change Management” PC, 2015  Wilcox, Steve supervised by Neil Randall and Susan Elliot with GET-FACTS (Genetics, Environment and Therapies: Food Allergy Clinical Tolerance Studies). “Allergies and Allegories”, web-based, 2015

Lectures  Angela, Gina, Judy Ehrentraut, Michael Hancock, Emma Vossen. “S(t)imulating Sex in Videogames.” Adam Cilevitz, moderator. Roundtable Tri-Con, The Museum, Kitchener, Canada. January 2013.  Brey, Elizabeth, and Michael Hancock. “Narratology vs. Ludology.” Guest Lecture. English 294: Introduction to Game Studies. September 29, 2015.  Collins, Karen. Beep: Big in Japan lecture for Game Music Connect, London, UK Sept 2015  Collins, Karen. Beep: Documenting the History of Game Sound and Music. University of Turku, Game Studies, Finland 2015  Collins, Karen. Fontys University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) 2011  Collins, Karen. How to Win at Kickstarter: Indie Game Strategies. Dames Making Games, Toronto, ON, September 13. 2014  Collins, Karen. Invited Lecture, Beyond Seeing: The Magic of Sound and Music in User Experience Design. NYTECH: New York Technology Council, New York, NY. 2013  Collins, Karen. Keynote, Beep: Documenting the History of Game Sound and Music. Ludomusicology Utrecht, NL April 10 2015

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 Collins, Karen. Keynote, Game Sound Studies: Looking back, looking forward. North American Conference on Video Game Music, Youngstown, OH, January 18-19. 2014  Collins, Karen. Keynote, Music and (Inter)Action: Re-Thinking Musicology for Video Games. Symposium of Music Research Finnish Society of Musicology. 2015  Collins, Karen. Keynote, Performing Game Sound. Videogame Music: Play, Space, Fans. Utrecht, Netherlands, September 13. 2013  Collins, Karen. Keynote, The Revolution will be Personalized: The Future of Interactive Audio. Audio Mostly, Piteå, Sweden, September 18-20. 2013  Collins, Karen. Keynote, To Fidelity and Beyond: Consuming Media in a Mobile World. International Musicological Society, Music and Media Interest Group, Ottawa, Ontario. July 11- 13. 2013  Collins, Karen. Spring Residency with Keynote, Interdisciplinary Music Forum, University of Michigan, University of Michigan (School of Music, Theater and Dance) 2014  Collins, Karen. Studying Media Sound: Balancing Theory and Practice. International Institute for Popular Culture Debate Series, Turku, Finland. 2015  Collins, Karen. Video Games and Performance: Challenges and Opportunities. Challenging Digital Media: The Performing Arts, Stratford, ON. 2013  Collins, Karen. We’ll Fix it in Post: Kickstarting a Research Project in Game Sound. University of Tampere, Game Studies, Finland 2015  Dufour, M., Fiedler, I., Goggin, J., Roux, M., Simon, B. and Whitson, J. “Debate: Are Online Gambling & Digital Gaming One and the Same?”. Roundtable. Summer Interactive Symposium: Raising the Virtual Stakes at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 2015  Ehrentraut, Judy, Elise Vist and Emma Vossen. “GI Janes Present The Year in Gender and Games” KW Tricon. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  Ehrentraut, Judy, Elise Vist and Emma Vossen. “GI Janes Present The Year in Gender and Games” KW Tricon. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  Gina, Angela, Judy Ehrentraut, Michael Hancock, Emma Vossen. “S(t)imulating Sex in Videogames.” Adam Cilevitz, moderator. Tri-Con, The Museum, Kitchener, Canada. January 2013. Roundtable  Hancock, Mark. (2009). 3D Interaction on a Tabletop Display. SMART Technologies, Calgary, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2010). 3D Tabletop Display Interaction. Inria, Paris, France  Hancock, Mark. (2011). Binary Search. Captain John Palliser School, Calgary, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2011). Leveraging Physical Actions to Interact with Digital Surfaces. Waterloo Institute for Complexity & Innovation (WICI), Waterloo, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2011). Think with your feet. The Museum, Kitchener, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2012). Leveraging Physical Actions to Interact with Digital Surfaces. University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Toronto, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2013). Satisfying Interactive Needs on Multi-Touch Surfaces. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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 Hancock, Mark. (2013). Satisfying Interactive Needs on Multi-Touch Surfaces. University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Oshawa, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2013). Satisfying Interactive Needs on Multi-Touch Surfaces. Microsoft Research (Redmond), Redmond, United States  Hancock, Mark. (2014). Satisfying Interactive Needs on Multi-Touch Surfaces. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada  Hancock, Mark. (2015). Satisfying Interactive Needs on Multi-Touch Surfaces. University of Washington DUB Seminar, Seattle, United States  Hancock, Michael. “Introduction to Videogame Studies.” 26 September, 2012. Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “To Frag, to Explore, To Read: Text ad Visual Realism in 1990s Videogames.” Games Institute Brown-bag series. Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 28 May 2015. Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Video Game Studies: The Basics.” Engl 104: Rhetoric and Popular Culture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 26 September, 2013. Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Why videogame instructions do more than instruct.” Department of English Brown-bag series. Hagey Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 11 March 2014. Public lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Fantasy and Videogames.” Engl 208A: Forms of Fantasy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Guest Lecture. 26 September, 2013. Lecture  Hancock, Michael. “Game Cities.” Invisible Cities Expo. Communitech. Kitchener, Waterloo. 26 October, 2013. Lecture  Hancock, Michael. “Games of the Self: Anna Anthropy’s Dys4ia and porpentine’s climbing 208 feet up the ruin wall.” University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. May 28, 2013. Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Gender and Paratext: Contemporary Perspectives on Videogames.” Lecture, University of Waterloo, 28 September 2012.  Hancock, Michael. “Fantasy and Videogames.” Engl 208A: Forms of Fantasy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. Guest Lecture. 26 September, 2013.  Hancock, Michael. “Game Cities.” Invisible Cities Expo. Communitech. Kitchener, Waterloo. 26 October, 2013.  Hancock, Michael. “Games of the Self: Anna Anthropy’s Dys4ia and porpentine’s climbing 208 feet up the ruin wall.” Engl 108D: Digital Lives, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. May 28, 2013. Guest Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Gender and Paratext: Contemporary Perspectives on Videogames.” Engl 264: American Literature and Popular Culture, University of Waterloo, 28 September 2012. Guest lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Introduction to Videogame Studies.” Engl 264: American Literature and Popular Culture. 26 September, 2012. Guest Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Masculinity and Technology.” Guest Lecture for Sociology 220: Games and Gamers. Scheduled for October 28, 2015.

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 Hancock, Michael. “To Frag, To Explore, To Read: Text and Visual Realism in 1990s Videogames.” Games Institute Brown-bag series. Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 28 May 2015. Public Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Video Game Studies: The Basics.” Engl 104: Rhetoric and Popular Culture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. September 26, 2013. Guest Lecture.  Hancock, Michael. “Why videogame instructions do more than instruct.” Department of English Brown-bag series. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 11 March 2014. Public lecture.  Harrigan, K. A. Gaming technology: Understanding pokies. Know The Odds: Taking Action on Problem Gambling: A Free Public Seminar. Gambling Impact Society of New South Wales. Nowra, Australia. 2010  Harrigan, K. A. Why are pokies so addictive? Alfred Psychiatry Professional Grand Round, Alfred Hospital. Melbourne, Australia. 2010  Harrigan, K. A. Why are pokies so addictive? Monash University. Melbourne, Australia. 2010  Harrigan, K. An introduction to eBingo games in Ontario: Concerns for Problem Gambling. A Webinar to be presented as part of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s annual Problem Gambling Webinar Series. Audience will be addictions counsellors. 2015  Harrigan, K. Are eBingo games the new slot machines? International Think Tank on Gambling Research, Policy and Practice. Sponsored by Gambling and Addictions Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Toronto. 2015  Harrigan, K. Problem Gambling and Knowledge Translation and Exchange. Panel presentation at the workshop titled KTE Series: Moving research forward. Sponsored by OPGRC. Guelph. 2014  Harrigan, K. Slot Machines: Addiction, Game Design, and Gaming Revenues. Invited presentation to the conference of the Nation Council of Legislators of Gambling States (NCLGS), which included eleven U.S. governors, their staff, and other interested parties. San Diego. 2014  Harrigan, K. The design of slot machines and concerns for problem gambling. A Webinar to be presented as part of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s annual Problem Gambling Webinar Series. Audience will be addictions counsellors. 2015  Harrigan, K. The Flesherton Probus Club (Oct 10). Guest speaker. Why are gambling games so addictive: Slots and eBingo. Flesherton. 2012  Harrigan, K. Why are slots so addictive? What about eBingo? Nishnawbe Aski Nation Regional Training - Responsible Gambling Council - Healthy Lifestyles. Thunder Bay. 2015  Ross, George. Computational Narrative Modeling. Institute for Creative Technology, University of Southern California, July 2015  Ross, George. Narrative, Genre and Simulation DIY or Die Trying with GI Jam, October 2015  Scott, Stacey. Collaborative Systems Laboratory Research Overview, UbiSoft, Québec, QC, September 2010.  Thompson, Ben, “Brain plasticity and amblyopia.” Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. April 2015.  Thompson, Ben, “Promoting plasticity in the human visual cortex with non-invasive brain stimulation.” Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, February 2015.

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 Thompson, Ben, “Recovery After Visual Deprivation” Association for Research In Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Mini-symposium. Denver Colorado, May 2015.  Vist, Elise and Emma Vossen. “Fanworks and Fidelity: Lord of the Rings Lady Hobbits” Salon. Critical Media Lab. University of Waterloo. Ontario, Canada. 2014.  Vist, Elise. “A Beginner’s guide to the Supernatural Fandom” Nerdnite. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. 2014  Vist, Elise. “Gender, Games, and Cobble Cards.” Guest Lecture. Play, Creativity and Child Development (REC 200), Professor Zara Rafferty. 2015  Vist, Elise. “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Immersion?” Brown Bag Lecture. Games Institute. University of Waterloo. Ontario, Canada. 2015  Vossen, Emma. ""What's the Most Immersive thing you've ever done?"": The Escape Room Genre and Physical Game Play Experience. Games Institute Brown Bag. 2015. Lecture  Vossen, Emma. “Fanworks and Fidelity: Lord of the Rings Lady Hobbits.” Critical Media Lab Salon. University of Waterloo. Communitech Hub, Waterloo, ON. September 2013. Public Lecture.  Whitson, Jennifer R. “All Play and No Work: The Quantified Us”. Transmediale Festival: Capture All. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. January 2015  Whitson, Jennifer R. “The Limits of Play”. Games Institute Brown Bag Seminar Series. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. June 2015  Whitson, Jennifer R. Risk, Reward, and Addiction: How gamification compels us to gamble with our lives”. Summer Interactive Symposium: Raising the Virtual Stakes at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Keynote. June 2015  Wilcox, Steve. “Feed-Forward Scholarship.” (Invited as guest speaker to represent ‘the next generation of scholars’). SSHRC - Imagining Canada's Future. Waterloo, ON. Nov 2013.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 274 of 339 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Office of the Dean ~ UNIVERSITY OF I 519-888-4567, ext. 32718 I fax 519-746-1457 ~ WATERLOO [email protected] I uwaterloo.ca/ engineerlng MEMORANDUM

To: George Dixon, Vice President, University Research

From: Pearl Sullivan, Dean, Faculty of Engineering

cc: Neil F. Randall, Director, The Games Institute

Date: October 30th, 2015

Re: Renewal of the Games Institute

On behalf of the Faculty of Engineering, I am pleased to extend my support for the renewal of the Games Institute (GI}.

A number of faculty members from Engineering have been heavily involved with the GI since its launch in 2011. Prof. Stacey Scott of Systems Design Engineering was the Gl's first Associate Director and Prof. Mark Hancock of Management Sciences is the current Associate Director. Both Professors Scott and Hancock are co-Pis of the SSHRC funded IMMERSe network led by the GI Director Prof. Randall. Prof. Fue-Sang Lien of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering is also quite involved with the GI for his research in turbulence modelling.

The new GI space has been very beneficial for fostering new multidisciplinary research areas. We have several Engineering graduate students who are working in the GI space. Prof. Hancock's led a successful Canada Foundation for Innovation grant which supported a 3-D printer in the GI lab. In addition, two of our recent hires, namely Prof. Shi Cao of Systems Design Engineering and Prof. Parmit Chilana of Management Sciences joined the institute.

The growing interactions between the GI and the Faculty of Engineering is a result of great leadership provided by the current Director, Prof. Neil Randall, and all the members of the GI who are keenly interested in collaborating to create new gaming capabilities. This is an emerging area of digital research which the University of Waterloo is uniquely suited to pursue.

Engineering is very supportive of this initiative and strongly recommend the renewal of the GI for another five years.

Pearl Sullivan Dean of Engineering

1 200 UNIVERSITY AVENUE WEST, WATERLOO, ON, CANADA N2L 3Gl

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 275 of 339 Excerpt from Senate Bylaw 1

8. Declarations of conflict of interest

8.01 At the beginning of each meeting of Senate or any of Senate’s committees or councils, the chair will call for members to declare any conflicts of interest with regard to any agenda item. For agenda items to be discussed in closed session, the chair will call for declarations of conflict of interest at the beginning of the closed portion of the meeting. Members may nonetheless declare conflicts at any time during a meeting.

8.02 A member shall be considered to have an actual, perceived or potential conflict of interest, when the opportunity exists for the member to use confidential information gained as a member of Senate, or any of Senate’s committees or councils, for the personal profit or advantage of any person, or use the authority, knowledge or influence of the Senate, or a committee or council thereof, to further her/his personal, familial or corporate interests or the interests of an employee of the university with whom the member has a marital, familial or sexual relationship.

8.03 Members who declare conflicts of interest shall not enter into debate nor vote upon the specified item upon which they have declared a conflict of interest. The chair will determine whether it is appropriate for said member to remove themselves from the meeting for the duration of debate on the specified item(s).

8.04 Where Senate or a committee or council of Senate is of the opinion that a conflict of interest exists that has not been declared, the body may declare by a resolution carried by two-thirds of its members present at the meeting that a conflict of interest exists and a member thus found to be in conflict shall not enter into debate on the specified item upon which they have declared a conflict of interest. The chair will determine whether it is appropriate for said member to remove themselves from the meeting for the duration of debate on the specified item(s).

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 276 of 339 University of Waterloo SENATE GRADUATE & RESEARCH COUNCIL Minutes of the 5 October 2015 Meeting [in agenda order]

Present: Pascal Calarco, Jack Callaghan, Bernard Duncker, Jim Frank, Rhona Hanning, Michael Hartz, Anwar Hasan, Sarah Hildebrandt, Robert Hill, Tim Kenyon, Raymond Legge, Sepehr Mohaddes, Paul Parker, Mike Szarka, John Thompson, Linda Warley Secretariat: Mike Grivicic Resources: Kerry Tolson Guests: Courtney Matthews (2), Myroslaw Tataryn (4d), Cristina Vanin (4d) Absent: Anne Brousseau, Maya D’Alessio*, George Dixon*, Lowell Ewert*, Bruce Hellinga*, Richard Kelly*, Srinivasan Keshav, Bruce Muirhead, Maureen Nummelin*, Tamer Özsu, Samantha Shortall, Suzanne Tyas*, Lana Vanderlee* *regrets

Organization of Meeting: Jim Frank, co-chair of the council, took the chair, and Mike Grivicic, acted as secretary. The secretary advised that due notice of the meeting had been given, a quorum was present, and the meeting was properly constituted.

1. DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST None declared. a. Excerpt from Bylaw 1, section 8. This item was received for information.

2. TRI-AGENCY MANDATE FOR OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATIONS Courtney Matthews and Pascal Calarco provided a presentation: UWSpace as an institutional repository; requirements for university to comply with tri-agency open access policy; development of Dspace for open access to publications; linkage of Dspace to publication aggregation services and search tools; soft launch in November 2015 with planned communications and outreach activity. Members discussed: publication in papers that are open access fulfills tri-agency requirements; these repositories are coming into being in other countries; some costs reduced via library memberships; aspiration of library to be able to publish modified versions to satisfy journal publications obligations, to automate submissions to mitigate onus on investigators posting publications, and to be able to harvest content through common tools e.g. Google Scholar and Canadian common CV; this tool is not yet able to accomodate conference proceedings; where collaborations exist across universities, open access is satisfied by posting at one of the institutions; able to apply embargoes to publications; members suggested it would be helpful for tools to allow extraction from database; support for copyright; statistics of viewing/download are available; meta-data could one day be auto populated via WatIAm credentials but this is not yet available.

3. CO-CHAIRS’ REMARKS Frank noted: recent visits to graduate student societies to help strengthen the department-level graduate engagement; recent meetings at Ontario Council on Graduate Studies; graduate enrollments are up 26% with all categories up across the board; competition for associate provost, graduate and postdoctoral studies has opened.

4. MINUTES OF 14 SEPTEMBER 2015 AND BUSINESS ARISING A motion was heard to approve the minutes as distributed. Warley and Hill. Carried. a. Energy Council of Canada Energy Policy Research Fellowship – purpose of revision to provide amount “up to” designated sums. Hildebrandt noted that the purpose of the revision was to allow flexibility to adjust funding based on the project needs.

5. CURRICULAR SUBMISSIONS a. Applied Health Sciences. Council took all the items together and heard a motion to approve the items as presented. Hanning and Callaghan. Carried. b. Environment. Council heard a motion to approve items under A as presented. Parker and Legge. Carried. Council heard a motion to approve new courses under B as presented. Parker and Warley. Carried. Council heard a motion to approve a new course and a course revision under C as presented. Parker and Thompson. Carried.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 277 of 339 SENATE GRADUATE AND RESEARCH COUNCIL 5 October 2015 Page 2 of 2 c. Renison University College. Council heard a motion to approve the course revision as presented. Warley and Legge. Carried. d. St. Jerome’s University. Council discussed the submission: dedicated funding from St. Jerome’s; courses mounted in Toronto and some at Conrad Grebel to facilitate increase in enrollment; broad overall trend of shrinking theology departments generally in Canada; mixture of in-class and video-conference utilizes for connecting to students; note academic integrity module in first eight weeks. Council heard a motion to recommend the program changes to Senate. Warley and Hasan. Carried.

6. NEW AND CONTINUING MEMBERSHIPS a. Human Research Ethics Committee, New Appointments. Council took items (a) and (b) together and heard a motion to approve both items as presented. Thompson and Hanning. Carried. b. Human Research Ethics Committee, Re-Appointments. This was addressed under 6(a).

7. GRADUATE AWARDS a. Hira and Kamal Ahuja Graduate Engineering Award. Members asked how cultural contributions would be assessed and Hildebrandt will examine the situation further, with members noting that for similar awards the associate dean reviews the files. Council heard a motion to approve the award as presented. Hildebrandt and Kenyon. Carried.

8. OTHER BUSINESS a. Ethics Matters @ Waterloo – September 2015 Edition. This item was received for information. b. Kenyon observed that the wording to define conflict of interest is expansive and may require refinement. The secretary will look into the matter further.

9. NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be on Monday 9 November 2015 from 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon in NH 3001.

2 November 2015 Mike Grivicic Assistant University Secretary

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 278 of 339

ARTS GRADUATE STUDIES 20 October 2015

TO: Members, Senate Graduate and Research Council

FROM: Marina Ivanova, Administrative Coordinator, Arts Graduate Studies & Research

RE: Graduate Affairs Group Report dated June 4th, 2015

The attached Arts Graduate Affairs Group report was approved by the Arts Faculty Council at the October 13th, 2015 meeting and is now being submitted for approval by the Senate Graduate and Research Council on November 9th, 2015.

Marina Ivanova

Attach.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 279 of 339 ARTS FACULTY COUNCIL

REPORT TO SENATE GRADUATE AND RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 20th, 2015

CURRICULAR ITEMS for approval [bottom right pagination]

A) Master of Peace and Conflict Studies Memo: Graduate Calendar change to admission average [pg 1] B) Psychology i) Course inactivation of PSYCH 880 Industrial and Organizational Psychology [pg 2] ii) Course inactivation of PSYCH 881A Personnel Psychology [pg 3]

C) French i) New Course FR 605 Community Fieldwork [pg 4] ii) New Course FR 606 Research or Professional Practicum [pg 5]

D) History Memo: Graduate Calendar wording change (History MA thesis) [pg 6]

E) Sociology i) Memo: Major Modifications to Graduate Calendar (change MA and PhD fields) [pg 7] ii) Memo: Minor Changes to Calendar [pg 13]

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 280 of 339 MEMORANDUM

To: Graduate Affairs Group From: Lowell Ewert, Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Date: May 21st, 2015 Re: Graduate Calendar Change-MPACS Admission Requirements-Entrance Average

PROPOSAL Masters of Peace and Conflict Studies request approval to change the minimum average required for admission to MPACS from 78% to 75%. Change to Graduate Calendar:

Existing: A four-year undergraduate degree (a variety of disciplines are permitted; PACS graduates are not granted advanced placement) with a minimum average of at least 78% in the final 20 courses. Revision: A four-year undergraduate degree (a variety of disciplines are permitted; PACS graduates are not granted advanced placement) with a minimum average of at least 75% in the final 20 courses.

RATIONALE We are requesting a change to the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar under the admission average for MPACS from 78% to 75%, as 75% is the minimum average requirement held for the Master’s admission standard for University-wide acceptance. This change also supports the unique practical aspect to the MPACS program that accepts students on experience as well as academic merit. Experiential qualifications are important when it comes to admissions decisions with MPACS. These experiences range from international experience, work experience, to volunteer experience. A minimum entrance average of 75% would accommodate students who bring this kind of experience to our program. This request also falls in line with other course-based professional Master’s programs at the University of Waterloo, with admission averages of 75% for programs, like the Master of Public Service, the Master of Public Health, and the Master of Social Work.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 281 of 339 GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Senate Graduate and Research Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies | [email protected] Council – Course/Milestone – Fax 519-746-3051 New/Revision/Inactivation form

Faculty: Arts Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course ☒ New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☒ Milestone ☐ New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ New milestone title: For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: PSYCH Course number: 880 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Industrial and Organizational Psychology Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Grading Basis: Course Credit Weight: Course Consent Required: ☐ Course Description: New course description (for revision only): Meet Type(s): Primary Meet Type: Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☐ Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☐ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale for request: Course has not been taught in many years and there are no plans to teach it again

Prepared by: Rita A Cherkewski Date: 26-May-15

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Faculty: Arts Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course Subject code: PSYCH Course number: 881A Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Personnel Psychology Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Grading Basis: Course Credit Weight: Course Consent Required: ☐ Course Description: New course description (for revision only): Meet Type(s): Primary Meet Type: Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☐ Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☐ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale for request: Course has not been taught in many years and there are no plans to teach it again

Prepared by: Rita A Cherkewski Date: 26-May-15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 283 of 339 GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Senate Graduate and Research Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies | [email protected] Council – Course/Milestone – Fax 519-746-3051 New/Revision/Inactivation form

Faculty: Arts Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2016 Course ☒ New ☒ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ Milestone ☐ New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ New milestone title: For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: Course Subject code: FR Course number: 605 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Community Fieldwork in French Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Community Fieldwork Grading Basis: CEDIT/NO CREDIT Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: ☒ Department Course Description: This graduate practicum in French community work offers advanced experiential learning in an area related to the student’s professional interest. A student wishing to pursue this possibility must submit to the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, a proposal that outlines the plans for the practicum (e.g., the organizing unit, the on-site supervision, the nature of the community work, the relevance to the French graduate program) and the arrangements for evaluation. New course description (for revision only): Meet Type(s): Practicum Practicum Primary Meet Type: Practicum Requisites: Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☒ Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☒ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale for request: While, in theory, an experiential learning course had been a distinctive part of our graduate programs, especially at the doctoral level, no course had been created to properly recognize this unpaid fieldwork or practicum. The proposed course, covering NGO and community placements, seeks to fill the gap.

Prepared by: François Paré. Date: 26-May-15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 284 of 339 GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Senate Graduate and Research Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies | [email protected] Council – Course/Milestone – Fax 519-746-3051 New/Revision/Inactivation form

Faculty: Arts Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2016

Course ☒ New ☒ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ Milestone ☐ New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ New milestone title: For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: Course Subject code: FR Course number: 606 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Research or Professional Practicum in French Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Research or Professional Practicum Grading Basis: CEDIT/NO CREDIT Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: ☒ Department Course Description: This graduate practicum in French offers advanced experiential learning in an area related to the student’s professional or research interest. A student wishing to pursue this possibility must submit to the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, a proposal that outlines the plans for the practicum (e.g., the organizing unit, the on-site supervisor, the nature of the professional or research work, the relevance to the French graduate program) and the arrangements for evaluation. New course description (for revision only): Meet Type(s): Practicum Practicum Primary Meet Type: Practicum Requisites: NONE Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☒ Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☒ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/heldwith: Rationale for request: While, in theory, an experiential learning course has been a distinctive part of our graduate programs, especially at the doctoral level, no course was created to properly recognize the unpaid fieldwork or practicum. The proposed course, covering research and professional placements, seeks to fill the gap.

Prepared by: François Paré Date: 26-May-15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 285 of 339 MEMO

TO: Graduate Affairs Group

FROM: Daniel Gorman, Associate Chair, Graduate, Dept of History

DATE: June 1, 2012

RE: Graduate Calendar Change - MA program

Proposal: We request a word change to reflect the correct number of terms of our MA thesis stream.

Existing:

Expected Progress through the Streams

Master's students will normally register for up to three seminar courses per semester.

1. Full-time Thesis stream: students will take two seminars in each of their first and second terms. They will also register for their thesis at the end of the first term. The thesis should be completed no later than the student's fourth term of full-time registration in the program.

Revised:

Expected Progress through the Streams

Master's students will normally register for up to three seminar courses per semester.

1. Full-time Thesis stream: students will take two seminars in each of their first and second terms. They will also register for their thesis at the end of the first term. The thesis should be completed no later than the student's third term of full-time registration in the program.

Rationale: This error was brought to our attention and the correct wording is required in the Calendar. Thank you.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 286 of 339 M E M O R A N D U M

TO: Graduate Affairs Group

FROM: Suzan Ilcan, Associate Chair, Graduate Affairs, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies

DATE: 20 April 2015

RE: Graduate Calendar Changes – Fields ______

Major Modification

Program: Sociology Degree Designation: MA, PhD

Type of Modification: Deletion of existing Masters and Doctoral Fields and replacing with newly chosen Fields

Deletion of Doctoral Fields as per OCGS review 2007 and replacement of Doctoral Fields as per Sociology Program Retreat decisions on October 3, 2014

Approved at: Sociology Program Retreat: October 3, 2014 Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, Department Meeting on 28 November 2014

Effective Date: May 2015 or as soon as all approvals are obtained

Description of Proposed Change: The following fields: Crime and Deviance, Interpretive Sociology, Social Inequality, Work and Technology and Survey and Fieldwork Methodology, approved by OCGS in the cyclical review in 2007 will be deleted and replaced with the following four fields:

Crime, law, and security Crime, law, and security raise pressing issues for understanding contemporary policing and security practices and their cultural, political, and socio-legal implications. Our researchers study the causes, institutional responses to, and governance of crime, deviance, and anti-

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 287 of 339 social behaviour. Our diverse and active faculty support theoretically informed research in a range of substantive areas such as border security, criminal justice, criminal networks, national and international security, organized crime, policing, punishment, security and surveillance studies, socio-legal studies, and terrorism.

Knowledge, education, and digital culture Knowledge, education, and digital cultures examines the development, conditions, and transmission of knowledge, values, and practices. Our researchers study how social contexts and informal and formal processes relate to the following origins of ideas, ideology, scientific and technical expertise, human development, social structures, and social stratification. Such research spans various levels of analysis, ranging from the individual to the structure of relations among institutions. Faculty and graduate students working in these areas investigate a range of topics including think tanks, intellectual networks, the culture of cities, parenting, the organization of schooling, academic achievement, new media, and gaming.

Migration, borders, and transnationalism Migration within and between countries has reached unprecedented levels and continues to shape the societies we live in. Simultaneously, the proliferation of border and migration controls contributes to an increase in inequality and violence and to the classification of populations as citizens and non-citizens, and as wanted and unwanted migrants. Such practices shape political, legal, and cultural frameworks and have lasting effects on migrants and their socio-economic wellbeing, as well as on areas of origin, transit, and destination. Faculty and graduate students working in this area investigate how migration, borders, and transnationalism intersect with issues of global and national inequality, freedom of movement, citizenship and belonging, humanitarian and development governance, and security.

Social inequality and public policy There are many dimensions of systematic inequality in society. Scholars of social inequality and public policy are interested in understanding the production and reproduction of systematic inequality, and social policy’s role in these dynamics. Dimensions of inequality include age, race/ethnicity, income, Aboriginality, gender, religion, immigration status, sexuality, rural/urban geography, health status, and (dis)ability and social class, among others. Social policy areas of focus include educational policy, health and health care, pensions and income support, welfare, social assistance, environmental legislation, immigration and security, and policing and law enforcement.

Rationale for Proposed Change: The Department’s review assessors suggested that we needed to update our current research fields (and comprehensive examination areas) to better reflect faculty members’ research specializations. In this regard, at a departmental retreat on 3 October 2014, four new field areas were decided unanimously and were thought to reflect the department’s current faculty members’ research expertise and specializations. At the department

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 288 of 339 meeting on 28 November 2014, members of the department unanimously passed the four new field titles and descriptions.

FACULTY RESEARCH (Please revise the following paragraph:) Within the four thematic fields our faculty secure research grants, train graduate students, and conduct research projects on a broad range of topics. Please consult the department’s webpage for more information on faculty research (https://uwaterloo.ca/sociology-and-legal-studies/).

Old Calendar Description:

Areas of Research

Students may specialize in the following research fields including mastery of relevant theory and methodology:

Insert the following:

• Crime, law, and security (master’s, doctoral) • Knowledge, education, and digital culture (master’s, doctoral) • Migration, borders, and transnationalism (master’s, doctoral) • Social inequality and public policy (master’s, doctoral)

Delete the following and replace with the above:

Crime and Deviance (master’s, doctoral)

Interpretive Sociology (master’s, doctoral)

Social Inequality (master’s, doctoral)

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 289 of 339 Survey and Fieldwork Methodology (master’s)

Work and Technology (master’s, doctoral)

Delete the following:

Faculty members engage in research in the following areas:

• Crime and Deviance • Gender and Sexuality • Governance • Health, Education, Religion • Migration and Immigration • Security and Society • Social Inequality • Theory and Methodology

Old Calendar Description:

Master of Arts (MA)

Research Fields

Master's students may specialize in the following research fields including mastery of relevant theory and methodology:

Insert the new fields here:

• Crime, law, and security (master’s, doctoral) • Knowledge, education, and digital culture (master’s, doctoral)

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 290 of 339 • Migration, borders, and transnationalism (master’s, doctoral) • Social inequality and public policy (master’s, doctoral)

Delete the following fields:

• Crime and Deviance • Interpretive Sociology • Social Inequality • Survey and Fieldwork Methodology • Work and Technology

Old Calendar Description:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Research Fields

PhD students may specialize in the following research fields including mastery of relevant theory and methodology:

Insert the new fields here:

Delete the following fields and replace with the above:

• Crime and Deviance • Interpretive Sociology • Social Inequality • Work and Technology

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 291 of 339 Rationale for Proposed Change: The Department’s review assessors suggested that we needed to update our current research fields (and comprehensive examination areas) to better reflect faculty members’ research specializations. In this regard, at a departmental retreat on 3 October 2014, four new field areas were decided unanimously and were thought to reflect the department’s current faculty members’ research expertise and specializations. At the department meeting on 28 November 2014, members of the department unanimously passed the four new field titles and descriptions.

Old Calendar Description:

Comprehensive Examinations

Before submitting a dissertation proposal, the student must pass two comprehensive examinations in substantive areas, related to the department's PhD "fields" listed immediately below. Students may take two comprehensives in the same field. In each comprehensive, students are expected to demonstrate a familiarity with the theoretical and methodological approaches germane to that substantive area.

Insert the new fields here:

• Crime, law, and security • Knowledge, education, and digital culture • Migration, borders, and transnationalism • Social inequality and public policy

Delete the following fields:

• Social Inequality • Work and Technology • Interpretive Sociology • Crime and Deviance

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 292 of 339 M E M O R A N D U M

TO: Graduate Affairs Group

FROM: Suzan Ilcan, Associate Chair, Graduate Affairs, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies

DATE: 20 April 2015

RE: Graduate Calendar Minor Changes i. # reading courses permitted ii. new wording ______

PhD PROGRAM (minor calendar changes) (1) Under Academic Course Work (change number of reading courses permitted) Currently; Students will take five courses as regularly scheduled sociology graduate courses:

• taking reading courses from UW sociology faculty or adjuncts; (maximum 2)

Proposed change: Students will take five courses as regularly scheduled sociology graduate courses:

• taking reading courses from UW sociology faculty or adjuncts; (maximum 1)

Rationale: Members of the department have found that a significant number of graduate students are enrolling in two reading courses which has resulted in lower graduate class enrolment numbers. In an effort to help address this situation, the department has agreed to lower the number of reading courses for each graduate student from two to one. The department offers a sufficient number of graduate courses annually.

(2) Under Professional Development Seminar Milestone (change wording) Currently: The Professional Development Seminar Milestone is required of all PhD candidates.

Proposed change: The Professional Development Seminar Milestone is required of all PhD candidates. In this seminar, faculty members provide information on topics relevant to PhD students,

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 293 of 339 including scholarship applications, conference presentations, choosing a supervisor, socialization into the discipline, job applications, and academic publishing.

Rationale: The change in wording is to provide students with more specific information regarding the content of the Milestone course.

MA PROGRAM (minor addition) Under Degree Requirements Currently: Master's Course Work only Option Master's students who choose this option must complete:

• Theory: one of SOC 700 or 704 • Statistics: SOC 710 • Methods: SOC 712 • At least five other graduate courses with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit. These courses must also require a substantial piece of research (project or essay).

Proposed addition:

At least five other graduate courses with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit. ADD here: May take a maximum of 1 reading course from UW sociology faculty or adjuncts. These courses must also require a substantial piece of research (project or essay).

Currently: Master's Research Paper Option Master's students who choose this option must complete:

• Theory: one of SOC 700 or 704 • Statistics: SOC 710 • Methods: SOC 712 • At least three other graduate courses with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit each. These courses must also require a substantial piece of research (project or essay). • prepare a research paper proposal; • write and orally defend a thesis

Proposed addition:

• At least three other graduate courses with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit each. . ADD here: May take a maximum of 1 reading course from UW sociology faculty

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 294 of 339 or adjuncts. These courses must also require a substantial piece of research (project or essay).

Currently: Master's Thesis Option Master's students who choose this option must complete:

• Theory: one of SOC 700 or 704 • Methods: SOC 712 • Statistics: SOC 710 • At least one other graduate course with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit each; • Write and orally defend a thesis proposal; • Write and orally defend a thesis

Proposed addition:

• At least one other graduate course with a minimum weight of 0.5 unit each ADD here: May take a maximum of 1 reading course from UW sociology faculty or adjuncts.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 295 of 339

M E M O

TO: Mike Grivicic Associate University Secretary

FROM: B. Hellinga, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Faculty of Engineering

RE: Senate Graduate and Research Council Meeting

DATE: October 22, 2015

Please place the following motions on the agenda for the next Senate Graduate and Research Council meeting. This motion was approved by Engineering Faculty Council on October 20, 2015.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s (ECE) has the following motions for approval:

1. Course renumbering from the 700 series to the 600 series. 2. Three motions in one memo: a. New course approval - ECE 642 b. Changes to Computer Hardware’s core course list c. Changes to Antennas, Microwaves, and Wave Optics’ core course list

Bruce Hellinga

BH: jec

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 296 of 339 Memorandum

Date: March 19, 2015

To : Bruce Hellinga, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering

From: Catherine Gebotys, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Subject: ECE Course Renumbering

With the implementation of core courses, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has reviewed the list of courses and would like to convert core course that are currently being offered as 700-level topics courses to regularly scheduled 600-level courses. The content and titles of each course would remain unchanged. The renumbering would include the following:

ECE 613 (formerly ECE 710-T13) - Image Processing & Visual Communication ECE 633 (formerly ECE 730-T13) - Nanoelectronics ECE 634 (formerly ECE 730-T18) - Organic Electronics ECE 635 (formerly ECE 730-T24) - Fabrication in the Nanoscale: Technology and Applications ECE 657A (formerly ECE 750-T17) - Data & Knowledge Modelling & Analysis ECE 659 (formerly ECE 750-T21) - Intelligent Sensors & Wireless Sensor Network ECE 676 (formerly ECE 770-Tll) - Quantum Info Processing Devices ECE 677 (formerly ECE 770-T14) - Quantum Electronics and Photonics

These changes were approved at a regular meeting of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on Thursday, March 19, 2015. This change is to be effective immediately.

Regards,

Associate Chair, Graduate Studies /SL

Hellinga Memo - ECE Course Renumbering March 2015 SL

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Memo

To: Sarah Landy, Electrical and Computer Engineering

From: Ashwin Nayak, Institute for Quantum Computing

Date: June 1, 2015

Re: Renumbering ECE 770-T14 and ECE 770-T11

Message

As director of the QI Graduate Program, I approve of the following :

ECE 677 (formerly ECE 770-T14) will be cross-listed with QIC 885.

ECE 676 (formerly ECE 770-T11) will be cross-listed with QIC 750.

MIKE & OPHELIA LAZAR IDIS QUANTUM-NANO CENTRE , 200 UN IVERSITY AVE NUE WES T, WATERLOO, ON, CA NADA N2L 3G l

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New ISi Revision D Inactivation D

Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 613 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Image Processing and Visual Communication Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Image Procsng & Visl Commnictn Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: This course covers the fundamental concepts and methods, as well as state-of-the-art theories and technologies in the field of image processing and visual communications. Topics include fundamental digital image and video processing methods; image analysis and understanding; statistical image modeling and perception; and robustness, scalability and security issues in visual communications.

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No ISi Cross-listed: Yes D No ISi Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 710-T13)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New ☒ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ Milestone New ☐ Revision ☐ Inactivation ☐ New milestone title: Choose an item. For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 633 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Nanoelectronics Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Nanoelectronics Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: ☐ Choose an item. Course Description: This course will cover the following topics; Basics of quantum mechanics; Quantum confinement; Boundary conditions; Schrodinger equation; Basis function; Density matrix; Energy bands; Subbands; Reciprocal lattice; Brillouin zone; Graphene and graphene nanoribbon; Transport in nanoelectronic devices

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes ☐ No ☒ Cross-listed: Yes ☐ No ☒ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 730-T13)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015 Course New IZl. Revision D Inactivation D Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type{s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 634 Course Title {max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Organic Electronics Course Short Title {max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Organic Electronics Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: The course gives an overview of organic electronic and optoelectronic devices. It begins with a review of electronic structure of single organic molecules as a guide to the electronic behaviour of organic aggregates. Various relevant material phenomena are reviewed; including topics from photophysics {absorption and emission of light, excited states, radiative and non-radiative transitions}, intermolecular charge transport mechanisms {hopping, disorder), charge injection and transport models, and energy transfer processes. Their applications in light emitting devices, solar cells, thin film transistors, photodetector and imaging photoreceptors, etc. are discussed. Aspects related to device fabrication and patterning may also be addressed

New course description {for revision only):

Meet Type{s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No iZl Cross-I isted: Yes D No iZJ Course Subject{s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses {previously ECE 730-T18}

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015 Course New IZl Revision D Inactivation D

Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item. For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 635 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Fabrication in the Nanoscale: Principles, Technology, & Applications Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Fab Nanoscale: Tech & Appls Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: The research in nanoscale science and technology has seen a very fast growth in the past years. The cornerstone for this exciting growth is the ability to create nanoscale patterns, which is the object of the current course. The course will cover all major nano-lithography technologies capable of generating or duplicating sub-lOOnm patterns, including lithographies based on photons, charged beams, scanning probes, replication and self-assembly. Within each lithographic technique, the students will learn its working principle, related materials and instrument, process and limit. This course is complementary to ECE 631 (Microelectronic Processing Technology), but takes fabrication and associated theory into nanoscale.

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No iZJ Cross-listed: Yes D No iZJ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 730-T24)

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New !SI Revision D Inactivation D Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item. For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 657A Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Data & Knowledge Modelling & Analysis Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Data & Knwldg Mdelling & Anlys Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course-Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: Engineers encounter data in many of their tasks. Whether the sources of this data may be experiments, databases, computer files, or the Internet, there is a dire need for effective methods to model and analyze the data and extract useful knowledge and information from it. This course aims to provide engineering graduate students with essential knowledge of data representation, grouping, mining and knowledge discovery

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No !SI Cross-listed: Yes D No !SI Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

. Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 750-T17)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New IZl Revision D Inactivation D Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 659 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Intelligent Sensors & Wireless Sensor Networks Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): lnllgnt Snsrs&Wrlss Snsr Ntwrk Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: This course is concerned with recent developments in intelligent sensors and wireless sensor networks. This course will introduce students to diverse fundamental issues encountered in designing and analyzing intelligent sensors and sensor networks (mobile and stationary), with emphasis on mission critical applications.

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No iZl Cross-listed: Yes D No iZJ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 750-T21)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New IZI Revision D Inactivation D

Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 676 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Quantum Information Processing Devices Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Quantum Info Processng Devices Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: This course introduces the fundamental concepts and the most recent achievements in physical realization of quantum information devices and systems in three platforms; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), quantum photonics, and superconducting electric circuits New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No IZI Cross-listed: Yes IZI No D Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: QIC 750 Sections combined/held with: PHYS 468

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 770-Tll)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Fall 2015

Course New ISl Revision D Inactivation D Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item. For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 677 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Quantum Electronics and Photonics Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Quantum Elctrncs and Photonics Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: D Choose an item. Course Description: The course is introductory and emphasizes the fundamental concepts and engineering applications without a previous exposure to quantum mechanics. Examples and problems are designed to address the applications of the course contents to real problems in electronic, optoelectronic, photonic and superconductive devices. New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Choose an item. Choose an item. Choose an item. Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No ISl Cross-listed: Yes ISl No D Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: QIC 885 Sections combined/held with:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 770-T14)

Prepared by: S. Landy Date: 25-Feb-15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 306 of 339

Memorandum

Date: June 19, 2015

To: Bruce Hellinga, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies

From: Catherine Gebotys, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Subject: New Course, New Core Courses, and Minimum Enrolment Guidelines for Approval

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering submits the following items for approval;

a. New course - ECE 642: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design (currently ECE 740-T4)

b. Add ECE 606: Algorithm Design and Analysis and ECE 637: Digital Integrated Circuits to Computer Hardware’s core course list

c. Add ECE 642: Radio Frequency IC Design (new course), ECE 672: Optoelectronic Devices, ECE 676: Quantum Info Processing Devices (formerly ECE 770-T11), and ECE 677: Quantum Electronics & Photonics (formerly ECE 770-T14) to Antennas, Microwaves, and Wave Optics’ core course list

All changes were approved by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at a meeting held June 18, 2015. Changes are to become effective Fall 2015.

Regards,

Catherine Gebotys Associate Chair, Graduate Studies Electrical and Computer Engineering /SL

Memo - New Course, New Core Courses, and Minimum Enrolment Guidelines

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Faculty: Engineering Effective term: Term/Year Winter 2016

Course New l:ZI Revision D Inactivation D

Milestone New D Revision D Inactivation D New milestone title: Choose an item.

For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes: (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites)

Course Subject code: ECE Course number: 642 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Radio Frequency IC Design Grading Basis: NUMERICAL Course Credit Weight: 0.50

Course Consent Required: D Choose an item.

Course Description: **see attached**

New course description (for revision only):

Meet Type(s): Lecture Primary Meet Type: Lecture Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No l:ZI Cross-listed: Yes D No ~ Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale for request:

Change to avoid 700-level topic courses from becoming Graduate Regular courses (previously ECE 740-T4)

Prepared by: Sarah Landy Date: 18-Jun-15

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 308 of 339 ECE 642: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design

Course Description: Transistor-level design of circuits for wideband RF front-ends. An overview of 2G (GSM) and 3G (W-CDMA) standards and relevant radio architectures is presented, with key system specifications mapped onto circuit specifications. On-chip passive component design and simulation aimed at maximizing RF performance is discussed in detail. Circuit examples include: wideband preamplifiers and gain blocks, I-Q up/downconverters, voltage- and digitally-controlled oscillators (VCO/DCO), and power amplifier drivers. Design of circuit blocks for mm-wave frequency applications and RF testing, packaging and characterization are also discussed. Understanding of analog circuit design and semiconductor devices, and analog circuit simulation experience (e.g., SPICE) is required.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand performance metrics used to specify wireless sub-systems, and active and passive devices fabricated in deep sub-micron CMOS/BiCMOS technologies. Be able to identify the key system specifications for 2G and 3G mobile systems and relate them to circuits specifications.

2. Acquire an understanding of the physics behind passive device behaviour when implemented on silicon ICs and the ability to simulate and model on-chip passive components.

3. Develop a fundamental understanding of feedback concepts applied to RF circuit analysis and low- noise design. Demonstrate the ability to design a wideband RF amplifier that complies with a target specification.

4. Understand the non-linear behaviour of oscillator and mixer circuits suitable to integration on an RFIC. Demonstrate the ability to design a tunable oscillator and an RF mixer that complies with specified targets.

5. Understand the technologies and procedures used to test and characterize RF circuits, and the effects of IC packaging on the behaviour of RF circuits and systems.

Lecturer: J.R. Long E5-4022 Prerequisites: ECE 331 and ECE 444, or equivalents. Week Lecture Topics

1,2 Overview of radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design. Circuit specifications derived for 2G (GSM) and 3G (W-CDMA) standards. Transceiver link performance analysis. Assignment #1: Transceiver link analysis. 3,4 Characterization of silicon MOSFETs and SiGe-HBTs, and CMOS/BiCMOS technologies for RF and high-speed applications. Feedback and wideband preamplifiers. Assignment #2: RF amplifier design. 5,6 On-chip passive components: capacitors, varactors, resistors, interconnect and transmission lines, inductors, transformers. Assignment #3: On-chip passive component simulation and design using ADS-Momentum. 7,8 Oscillators. L-C oscillator topologies. Resonant tanks and oscillator tuning. VCO/DCO design for RF transceivers up to mm-wave frequencies. Assignment #4: VCO and DCO design for PLLs.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 309 of 339 9,10 Up and down conversion mixers. Linear multipliers. Mixer input and commutation stages. RFIC approaches for low voltage/low power and high linearity mixing. I/Q mixers and quadrature up/ downconversion. LNA/mixer interfacing. Assignment #5: IC mixer design. 11 RFIC design for mm-wave frequency applications. 12 RFIC packaging, testing and characterization. Course wrap-up. Assignments: 5 for 50% total Examination: 50%

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 310 of 339

October 9, 2015

FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS REPORT TO SENATE GRADUATE AND RESEARCH COUNCIL November 9, 2015 Meeting

i) MILESTONE/COURSE REVISION (for approval) CO 602 Thesis Proposal Milestone ii) PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS (for approval) CO PhD program milestone time requirements

The above items have been approved by the Mathematics Faculty Graduate Studies Committee (MFGSC) .

FOR INFORMATION iii) Change to the administration of the Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) Program.

B. Jacobs

/bmj attachments

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Faculty: Math Effective term/year: Winter 2016

Course 0 New D Revision Inactivation 0 Milestone 0 New D Revision Inactivation D New milestone title: Thesis Proposa l For course revisions, indicate the type(s) of changes (e.g. consent, description, title, requisites): Rename the "2nd Stage Comprehensive" as the "Thesis Proposal" and rename the "15c Stage Comprehensive" as the "Comprehensive"

In addition, the Graduate committee is in favour of changing the title of the First Stage Comprehensive Exam to "Comprehensive Exam" and the Second Stage Comprehensive Exam to "Thesis Propsal". The rational is to provide clarity of process, to set expectations and to prompt discussions between the student and the Supervisor, to avoid unnecessary delays in the student's progress.

Course Subject code: CO Choose Subj Choose Subj Course number: CO 602 Course Title (max. 100 characters incl. spaces): Fundamentals Of Optimization Course Short Title (max. 30 characters incl. spaces): Fundamentals Of Optimization Grading Basis: Choose Grade Basis Course Credit Weight: 0.50 Course Consent Required: N ~ Y 0 If Y Choose Type Course Description: Linear Optimization, Convexity (4 weeks): Duality in linear optimization. Farkas' Lemma and the theorems of the alternative. Duality theorem for linear programming. Complementary Slackness theorem. Simplex Method. Polyhedra and elementary convex geometry. Combinatorial Optimization (4 weeks): Linear diophantine equations. Facets of polyhedra. lntegrality of polyhedra. Shortest paths and optimal flows. Total Unimodularity. Konig' s Theorem. Max. Flow-Min. Cut Theorem. (Hungarian) Bipartite matching algorithm. Continuous Optimization (4 weeks): Convex functions. Analytic characterizations of convexity. Existence and uniqueness of optimal solutions. Sepa rating and supporting hyperplane theorems. La grangean Duality. Ka rush-Kuhn-Tucker Theorem. Conic Optimization problems. Ellipsoild Method.

New course description (for revision only): Linear Optimization: Farkas' Lemma, Duality, Simplex Method, Geometry Of Polyhedra. Combinatorial Optimization: lntegrality Of Polyheqra, Total Unimodularity, Flow Problems, Weighted Bipartite Matching. Continuous Optimization: Convex Sets, Separation Theorem, Convex Functions, Analytic Characterizations Of Convexity, Karush-Kuhn-Tucke r Theorem.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 312 of 339 Meet Type(s): Choose Meet Type Choose Meet Type Choose Meet Type Choose Meet Type Primary Meet Type: Choose Primary Meet Type Requisites:

Special topics course: Yes D No ~ Cross-listed: Yes ~ No D Course Subject(s) to be cross-listed with and approval status: CM 740 Sections combined/heldwith:

Rationale for request: The new course description is better reflection of what is currently taught and is more similar to the level of detail provided for other 600 level courses offered in C&O

Date:

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 313 of 339 Monday, 14 September, 2015 11:31:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Subject: Fwd: C0602/CM740 revised course description Date: Friday, 4 September, 2015 12:00:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: Jim Geelen To: Melissa Cambridge

Begin forwarded message:

From: astorjoh Subject: Re: C0602/CM740 revised course description Date: September 4, 2015 at 11 :51 :18 AM EDT To: Jim Geelen

Hi Jim,

The comp math grad committee has approved the revised course description for C0602/CM740.

Best regards,

-Arne

On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, Jim Geelen wrote:

Dear Arne Storjohann,

C&O is proposing to revise the course description of C0602/CM740. Since the course is cross-listed with Comp Math, we need the approval of the Comp Math Grad Committee. Please see the attachment.

Thanks, Jim Geelen C&O Grad Officer.

\ \ Page 1of1 SGRC 9 November 2015, page 314 of 339 Memorandum

TO: Math Faculty Graduate Studies Committee

FROM: J. Geelen, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, C&O Dept

DATE: August 31, 2015

RE: Changes to the grad program

C&O has made a number of changes to its grad program that we would like to be discussed at the next MFGSC meeting:

(1) New time requirements for the PhD program (1.1) 2nd stage Comprehensive to be completed within the first 6 terms (1.2) Complete 6 courses within the first 6 terms (1.3) Complete the lecturing requirement within the first 8 terms

New deadlines for PhD program milestones

Current Practice:

The 2nd stage Comprehensive should normally be taken within one year of completing the first-stage of the comprehensives. It must be taken at least one full term before the PhD defence is scheduled.

The candidate may not put the thesis on display until at least the term following that in which the Lecturing Requirement was successfully completed.

There are no regulations governing the completion of courses.

Proposed Practice:

The 2nd stage Comprehensive should normally be completed within the first 6 terms

The Lecturing Requirement should normally be completed within the first 8 terms

At least 6 courses should normally be completed within the first 6 terms.

Rationale: The proposed changes reflect the existing expectations of the C&O Grad Committee and assist the Committee in monitoring the progress of students in the PhD program.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 315 of 339 FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS I Statistics and Actuarial Science 519-888-4567. ext. 33550 I fax 519-746-1875 sas.uwaterloo.ca

September 14, 2015

MEMO

From: Stefan Steiner, Chair, Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science

To: Senate Graduate & Research Council Graduate Operations, Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Math

Re: Administration of the Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) Program

Background: About two years ago the financial management of MQF program was moved from the Dean's Office to Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS) department based on a request from the Dean. The reason for this change was that all the MQF students are SAS students, and all the teaching and advising is done by the department. In addition the salary for the staff member that manages the program is allocated to the SAS operating budget. However, the issue is that MQF students are still classified as "Dean of Math" students on the Graduate Studies Office databases.

Request for change: In future the administration of the Master of Quantitative Finance Program and students will be managed by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. To facilitate that change please make all necessary system changes to ensure that the student classifications in the Graduate Studies Office databases reflect the appropriate home department on Quest as Statistics and Actuarial Science instead of Dean of Math.

/JI~ date Def 1, 2 01 s ~~~~~~~~ S. Keshav, Associate Dean Grad. Studies, Chair Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Math

~/2/l date Cid 2 ~r:;,.- s:at!:Dean, Faculty of Math

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 316 of 339 Memorandum

To: Members Senate Graduate and Research Council

From: Maureen Nummelin Chief Ethics Officer Office of Research Ethics

Date: 10/5/2015

Subject: Continuing Memberships

The following information on current members seeking re-appointment to the Human Research Ethics Committee is provided for approval by the Senate Graduate and Research Council at its November 2015 meeting:

Human Research Ethics Committee

Re-appointed members:

Mr. Keith Calow, for a second 3 year term as a member knowledgeable in law and member knowledgeable in ethics, from 1/4/2016 – 1/2/2019

Att: letters of interest for: K. Calow

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 317 of 339 September 17, 2015

To Whom It May Concern

I am writing this letter to support my appointment for a second term on the Human Research Ethics Committee as a member knowledgeable in law and member knowledgeable in ethics.

I practiced law in the Kitchener-Waterloo area for twelve years and more recently have been a professor in the School of Business at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. I will complete a Ph.D. at WLU in December 2015 with a focus on military legal history. I have for the past fourteen years been responsible for the design and delivery of Business Law and Applied Ethics courses. I believe that this experience has given me a skill set that could be useful to the Committee.

I have served on the HREC for the past three years as a community member and member knowledgeable in law. I have found the Committee to be collegial and professional and have very much enjoyed serving with all of my fellow Committee members. I feel that the Committee does important work and handles it in a professional and thorough manner. It has been an honour and privilege to be part of it.

I believe that I can continue to be of use to the Committee and would very much appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve.

I remain,

Yours Very Truly

Keith D. Calow

Att: letters of interest for: K. Calow

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 318 of 339

MEMORANDUM

October 29, 2015

TO: Mike Grivici, Assistant University Secretary (Committee Governance) FROM: Jeanette Nugent, Associate Director, Graduate Admissions RE: Agenda item for Senate Graduate and Research Council committee meeting – November 9, 2015

Rationale: A review of the accepted English Language Proficiency (ELP) examinations and score standards for graduate admissions was undertaken for the Graduate Operations Committee and Senate Graduate and Research Council for updates to the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar.

1. For improvements to concordance of the various test scores, in particular, for the individual departments/schools that require higher scores as previously approved by Senate.

Graduate Departments/Schools requiring higher scores are:

Accounting and Finance, Applied Mathematics, Anthropology, Architecture, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Digital Experience Innovation, English Language and Literature, Environment and Business, Environment & Resource Studies, Fine Arts, Geography and Environmental Management, Global Governance, History, Local Economic Development, Philosophy, Planning, Public Service, Quantitative Finance, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology

2. To ensure all required test scores include a Writing and Speaking band.

3. Remove TOEFL Paper Based. The TOEFL PBT test is being phased out and is currently offered only in locations where testing via the internet is not available.

4. To improve ELP requirement description for clarity.

See below for the current ELP regulations (page 2) and proposed changes (pages 3 and 4) for the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar. It is necessary to update the wording in the Graduate Academic Calendar to reflect this.

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Current Graduate Studies Academic Calendar copy: http://gradcalendar.uwaterloo.ca/page/GSO-ELP

English Language Proficiency Applicants who have not completed three or more years of post-secondary work at a Canadian or a university at which English was the primary language of instruction, or have not completed a graduate degree at a university where English is the primary language of instruction, or have not been employed for a similar period of time in a position in which English was the primary language of business will be required to provide certification of English language proficiency through one of the accepted examinations listed below. Test scores are valid for two years from the test date. Test results must be sent directly to the Graduate Studies Office from the original source.

Graduate Studies Accepted Examinations and Required Scores: Internet- Paper-based PTE based TOEFL IELTS MELAB CAEL EFAS TOEFL (PBT) (Academic) (Academic) (iBT) 75% overall in level 85; 70; 90; 63; 400 with at 80 per 60 per band; 580 writing 25; 7.0 writing 65; least 75% in section 70 writing; speaking 25 speaking 65 writing, oral 70 speaking and academic skills

Graduate Studies Accepted Examinations and Alternative Minimum Scores Internet- Paper-based IELTS PTE based TOEFL MELAB CAEL EFAS TOEFL (PBT) (Academic) (Academic) (iBT) 75% overall in level 300 with at least 75% in 80; writing, oral 80; writing 22; 60; 60; and academic 78 per 550 speaking 20; 6.5 60 per band writing 60; skills or 70% section reading 20; speaking 60 in level 400

listening 18 with at least 70% in writing, oral and academic skills

Departments accepting the alternative minimum scores are: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and Systems Design Engineering.

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Proposed revised Graduate Studies Academic Calendar copy:

English Language Proficiency The official language of instruction at the University of Waterloo is English. It is the responsibility of the University to ensure that its graduate students have sufficient English language skills to be successful with the demands of the academic environment.

You are exempt from submitting an English language proficiency examination score if any one of the following conditions is true:

• You have completed three or more years of post-secondary education or completed a graduate degree at a Canadian institution or university

• You have completed three or more years of post-secondary education or completed a graduate degree at a university at which English was the primary language of instruction, as indicated on our ELP exemption list*

• You have been employed for at least three years in a position in which English was the language of business in a country listed on our ELP exemption list*

*Information on approved ELP exempted countries and institutions is available on the Graduate Studies Office website https://uwaterloo.ca/discover-graduate-studies/admission-requirements/english- language-proficiency-elp/english-language-proficiency-exemptions.

Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time the application is submitted. Tests that do not appear on this chart are not accepted for admission consideration. The University reserves the right to request an English language test result from any applicant.

Graduate Studies Accepted Examinations and Required Scores

Internet- Paper-based IELTS PTE based TOEFL MELAB CAEL EFAS TOEFL (PBT) (Academic) (Academic) (iBT) 75% overall in level 85; 80 per 70; 60 per 90; 7.0; 63; 400 with at 580 section band; writing 25; writing 6.5 writing 65; least 75% in speaking 3 70 writing; speaking 25 speaking 6.5 speaking 65 writing, oral 70 speaking and academic skills

Page 3 of 4 SGRC 9 November 2015, page 321 of 339 Graduate Studies Accepted Examinations and Alternative Minimum Scores

Internet- Paper-based IELTS PTE based TOEFL MELAB CAEL EFAS TOEFL (PBT) (Academic) (Academic) (iBT) 75% overall in level 300 with at least 75% in 80; writing, oral 80; writing 22; 6.5 60; 60; and academic 550 78 per speaking 20; writing 6.0 60 per band writing 60; skills or 70% section reading 20; speaking 6.0 speaking 60 in level 400 speaking 3 listening 18 with at least 70% in writing, oral and academic skills

Graduate Studies Accepted Examinations and Alternative Higher Scores

Departments/Schools requiring higher scores are: Accounting and Finance, Applied Mathematics, Anthropology, Architecture, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Digital Experience Innovation, English Language and Literature, Environment and Business, Environment & Resource Studies, Fine Arts, Geography and Environmental Management, Global Governance, History, Local Economic Development, Philosophy, Planning, Public Service, Quantitative Finance, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology

Internet- Paper-based IELTS PTE based TOEFL MELAB CAEL EFAS TOEFL (PBT) (Academic) (Academic) (iBT)

80% overall in level 90; 80 per 70; 60 per 100; 7.5; 68; 400 section , band; writing 26; writing 7.0 writing 65; with at least 75% in speaking 3 70 writing; speaking 26 speaking 7.0 speaking 65 writing, oral and 70 speaking academic skills

Page 4 of 4 SGRC 9 November 2015, page 322 of 339

MEMORANDUM

October 28, 2015

TO: Mike Grivicic, Assistant University Secretary, Senate Graduate and Research Council

FROM: Sarah Hildebrandt, Director, Graduate Academic Services

RE: Graduate Studies Academic Calendar – Enrolment and Time Limits

Background:

The Graduate Studies Academic Calendar stipulates program time limits for all graduate programs by program type (e.g. Master’s, Phd from an Honour’s Bachelor, PhD from a Master’s). When a student reaches the maximum time limits allowed for their program, they must submit a Petition for Program Extension form to their department/Graduate Studies Office by the government reporting deadline of each applicable term if they wish to continue in their program past the time limit.

Under current regulations, the number of terms specified in these time limits applies regardless of whether the student is enrolled full-time or part-time. A term is counted as one enrolment session regardless of full-time or part-time status. For example, a student who begins a program full-time but who switches to part-time status in their second term has the same time limits as a student who is studying full-time the entire time. This policy does not account for changes in enrolment status and results in a large number of petitions for extensions to program time limits (approximately 900 per term). Operationally, in order to maintain this method of counting terms for the purposes of program time limits, a separate table (customization) must be maintained in Quest, since for all other purposes (government reporting and claim, scholarships, etc) terms are counted as either full-time (1.0) or part- time (0.5).

This is a proposal to count terms for the purposes of program time limits based on enrolment status (0.5 part-time or 1.0 full-time) as outlined in the attached Calendar copy. The proposed changes were analyzed within the Graduate Studies Office to determine any impacts such as on scholarship eligibility. The proposed changes were also shared with IAP to determine any impact on BIU claims and the calculation of time to completion statistics, and with Finance to determine any impact on tuition assessment. No concerns were raised. The changes were approved by Graduate Operations Committee October 27, 2015.

Impact:

• Time limits for all students will be assessed based on actual enrolment status, which may include a combination of part-time and full-time terms • Time limits for part-time Master’s decreased in real time from 5 years to 4 years • Time limits for part-time PhD student (from an Honours Bachelor’s) increased in real time from 7 years to 12 years • Time limits for part-time PhD student (from Master’s) increased in real time from 6 years to 8 years

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 323 of 339

Effective date: Winter 2016. The new regulations will apply to all students with one exception. Students who commenced a Master’s program on a part-time basis prior to Winter 2016 may apply the more generous previous time limits of five years.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 324 of 339 Graduate Studies Academic Calendar

Enrolment and Time Limits

Residence Requirements - Graduate Programs

Residence is related to terms of enrolment and on-campus activity. It is calculated based on a student's enrolment status in their program (part-time or full-time). Additional enrolment information is provided below.

• Normal: three terms of full-time enrolment (6 terms part-time) from an Honours Bachelor's degree Master's • Minimum: two terms of full-time enrolment (4 terms part-time) from an from Honours Bachelor's degree

• Normal: six terms of full-time enrolment from Master's degree, nine terms from Honours Bachelor's degree PhD • Minimum: four terms of full-time enrolment from Master's degree, six terms from Honours Bachelor's degree

In exceptional cases, and on the recommendation of the Faculty, some or all of the residence requirements may be waived.

Enrolment

At the University of Waterloo the calendar year is divided into three academic terms known as Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring (May-August). Graduate students normally enrol for the first time in September at the beginning of the Fall term. In some cases, a department permits new students to enrol in January or May. To enrol, a new student must have been issued a Letter of Acceptance by the Graduate Studies Office (GSO) which specifies the date for which enrolment is authorized.

Enrolment and Residence: On successful completion of each four-month period (Fall, Winter, Spring) students advance as follows:

• full-time students will advance at the rate of one term (1.0); • part-time students will advance at the rate of one-half term (0.5); • Inactive enrolment has a term value of 0.0.

Term Enrolment: Students will not be allowed to enrol after the government reporting date in a term (for relevant dates refer to the Calendar of Events & Academic Deadlines page). If they are not enrolled,

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 325 of 339 students will not receive credit for course work completed up to that date and will have to apply for readmission to their program.

Enrolment and Time Limits (additional Program Time Limits information is provided below): Students who have enrolled and paid fees, but have reached the maximum time limits allowed for their program must submit a Petition for Program Extension form to their department/Graduate Studies Office by the government reporting deadline of each applicable term. Students who fail to do so will be de-registered from their program. Once de-registered, students will be required to re-apply to the program.

Failure of students to arrange fees as required will cause their enrolment in Graduate Studies to lapse. It may be re-established only if an application for readmission is approved.

Students who are readmitted to a program must enrol for a minimum of one academic term.

Continuous Enrolment

A graduate student proceeding to a degree must maintain continuous enrolment, either active or inactive, in each successive term from the time of initial admission until the end of the term during which the requirements for the degree are completed. Students are responsible for ensuring that they enrol and arrange fees at the appropriate time each term (formal dates are available on the Finance website).

Co-operative Work Terms

Students on a work term must change enrolment status to part-time/work term. Students requesting a status change, must complete a Change of Enrolment Status/Voluntary Withdrawal Form.

Enrolment in a course is allowed with permission from the student's home department. Failure to maintain continuous enrolment will cause their registration in Graduate Studies to lapse (see the Co- Operative Education page for more information).

Full-Time Off-Campus

A student who is undertaking an internship, or other degree requirement where the activity requires the student to be away from campus for more than four weeks in an academic term shall enrol as full-time off-campus.

The student's supervisor/graduate officer/associate dean must advise her/him regarding intellectual property commitments, e.g., signing an agreement which may restrict a student's ability to publish their thesis or other program-related work.

Students requesting full-time off-campus status must complete a Change of Enrolment Status/Voluntary Withdrawal Form.

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Inactive Status

All graduate students must maintain continuous enrolment until the completion of their program. In certain circumstances such as illness, maternity/parental leave, limited external research or work opportunity which is not related to their University of Waterloo program, or temporary financial difficulties for which the University cannot provide hardship funds, students may apply to the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of their Faculty for inactive status (leave of absence). Students who have been granted inactive status for a term are not entitled to use the services of the University, including graduate supervision, for the duration of that term. Normally, inactive status is approved for a maximum of two consecutive terms (maternity leave up to three consecutive terms). Students who request more than two consecutive terms of leave because they have other commitments such as a full-time job or travel plans, should voluntarily withdraw from their program until they are prepared to resume their studies. In advance of voluntary withdrawal, students must discuss with their department any conditions which must be met upon their readmission to their program. Normally, students who have incomplete courses on their record are not eligible for inactive status.

Students requesting inactive status, must complete a Change of Enrolment Status/Voluntary Withdrawal Form.

Enrolment - International Students on Study Permits

Students without valid Study Permits will not be allowed to enrol at the University of Waterloo. All international students admitted to graduate studies degree programs at the University of Waterloo must have a valid Study Permit issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). A copy of the Study Permit must be submitted to the Graduate studies Office (GSO) upon arrival at the University.

If a Study Permit expires prior to program completion, students must apply to CIC for renewal and submit a copy of the renewed Study Permit to the GSO (check the 'valid until' date on the Study Permit). Make sure you apply at least 30 days before your current permit expires. If your Study Permit expires and you have made an application to renew it, but have not had a decision yet, you can continue studying until you receive a decision. Proof of application for renewal must be submitted to the GSO to permit continuing enrolment.

Birth and Parental Leave

Students wishing to take parental leave during their program of study may apply to change their status to inactive. Interested students should consult with their academic supervisor(s) and Department Graduate Coordinator prior to making such an application; where an external agency is involved as in the case of visa students or those holding external scholarships, such agencies should also be consulted.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 327 of 339 Further information on Birth and Parental Leave can be found in the Graduate Studies Birth and Parental Leave Guidelines. Students who wish to apply for a Parental Leave Bursary should complete the application available on the Graduate Studies Office website.

Withdrawal

Students who are unable to participate in their program of study for more than two consecutive terms should voluntarily withdraw from the program. Students who reapply to a program and are approved for readmission, will be required to enrol for a minimum of one full term, without tuition refund, to complete their program.

The Change of Enrolment Status/Voluntary Withdrawal Form is also available in department Graduate Offices and the Graduate Studies Office.

The University reserves the right to require a student to withdraw from a program for academic reasons.

Course Drop/Add Date

During the first six weeks of term, students must drop or add graduate courses using Quest, the University of Waterloo's online student information system. For courses with enrolment restrictions, students must obtain permission through their Department Graduate Assistant.

Graduate students who wish to enrol in an undergraduate course may petition using a Drop/Add form, obtainable through their Department or the Graduate Studies Office. Signature of the instructor, supervisor and Department Graduate Officer are required.

After the first six weeks of term, students may not drop or add a course except by petition using the Drop/Add form, and only under exceptional circumstances with the signature of the instructor, supervisor, Department Graduate Officer and the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of their home Faculty.

These are Graduate Studies Office deadlines. Individual Faculties may have earlier deadlines. (Please check with your Associate Dean's Office.)

Courses may not be dropped or added, nor course status changed, after the examination period begins.

Retaking Graduate Courses

Course selection by a graduate student is subject to approval from the academic department of the student's program. A graduate course may be retaken only once as a requirement for the degree and

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 328 of 339 requires approval from the department and Faculty. The original course will be retained on the student's academic record and is normally counted for credit in the overall average for the program.

Enrolment vis-a-vis Completion of Degree Requirements

Graduate students must enrol active, and pay appropriate fees plus incidentals, in each term in which they are engaged in course work, research, or thesis preparation including the term in which the completion of degree requirements is anticipated.

If a student plans to enrol in courses beyond the degree requirements, he/she must apply for non- degree admission for the term following the term of degree completion.

Program Time Limits

The University Senate has set the following program time limits:

6.0 terms (2 Master's (full-time) years) Master's (extra-mural programs and programs in which the students are 15 terms (5 years) proceeding to a degree totally on a part-time basis) 18.0 terms (6 PhD (full-time) from an Honours Bachelor's years) 12.0 terms (4 PhD (full-time) from a Master's years) 15.0 terms (5 PhD (full-time) from an MA (Clinical Psychology) years) PhD (programs in which the students are proceeding to a degree totally on a part- 21 terms (7 years) time basis) from an Honours Bachelor's PhD (programs in which the students are proceeding to a degree totally on a part- 18 terms (6 years) time basis) from a Master's

The number of terms * specified in these time limits applies regardless of whether the student is enrolled full-time or part time.

Up to 3.0 three terms' extension of these time limits may be obtained by petitioning the Graduate Officer of the Department. Further extensions must be approved by the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of the Faculty. A Petition for Extension of Program Time Limit Form may be obtained from

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 329 of 339 department graduate offices or through the GSO website. If the Petition is not approved, the student will be discontinued from their program. If students fail to submit a Petition approved by the close of Registration (Fall - September 30, Winter - January 30, Spring - May 30), they will be discontinued from their program and must reapply.

* For the purposes of these time limits a term is counted as 1.0 per term of full-time enrollment, and 0.5 per term of part-time enrollment. one enrolment session, i.e., one term = one enrolment session regardless of full-time or part-time status.

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MEMORANDUM

November 4, 2015

TO: Mike Grivicic, Assistant University Secretary, Senate Graduate and Research Council

FROM: Sarah Hildebrandt, Director, Graduate Academic Services

RE: Graduate Studies Academic Calendar – Course Drop/Add date

Background:

This is a proposal to change the drop/add date for graduate courses from the sixth week of the term to the fourth week of the term, as outlined in the attached Calendar copy.

While continuing to provide graduate students with a reasonable amount of time to add or drop courses, this earlier deadline will aid departments in course planning and resource assignments. It also prevents students from potentially missing a large number of classes before joining a course. Students will continue to be able to petition to add or drop a course after four weeks.

The changes were approved by Graduate Operations Committee July 7, 2015.

Effective date: Winter 2016.

Calendar copy:

Course Drop/Add Date

During the first four six weeks of term, students must drop or add graduate courses using Quest, the University of Waterloo's online student information system. For courses with enrolment restrictions, students must obtain permission through their Department Graduate Assistant.

After the first four six weeks of term, students may not drop or add a course except by petition using the Drop/Add form, and only under exceptional circumstances with the signature of the instructor, supervisor, Department Graduate Officer and the Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) of their home Faculty.

These are Graduate Studies Office deadlines. Individual Faculties may have earlier deadlines. (Please check with your Associate Dean's Office.)

Courses may not be dropped or added, nor course status changed, after the examination period begins.

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MEMORANDUM

Oct 26, 2015

TO: Mike Grivicic, Assistant University Secretary, Senate Graduate and Research Council

FROM: Heidi Mussar, Assistant Director, Graduate Financial Aid & Awards

RE: Agenda items for Senate Graduate & Research Council – Nov 2015

Items for Approval a) African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Entrance Scholarship – Faculty of Mathematics operating funds Up to two AIMS Entrance Scholarships valued at $10,000 per year for up to two years, will be awarded annually to students completing their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Recipients will be selected on the basis of scholastic excellence and a demonstrated interest in research. Scholarships will be awarded primarily to students entering a doctoral program in the Faculty of Mathematics. Students must have a minimum cumulative average of 80% in their most recently completed program. Recipients can hold other awards concurrently. Nominations will be made by the Graduate Officer of the department/school to whom the application for admission is made, with final selection by the Faculty Associate Dean, Graduate Studies.

Items for Information b) Iron Ring Graduate Scholarship - endowment Previously approved at SG&RC in 2006, to provide scholarships of $5,000 to master’s students registered full-time in the Faculty of Engineering who received an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo.

Selection criteria now includes students who have graduated from the University of Waterloo or Conestoga College undergraduate program. All other conditions under which it was originally created remain the same.

c) Xerox Research Scholarship in Polymer Science and Engineering – endowment Previously submitted and approved at SG&RC in May 2015. In 1985, the Institute for Polymer Research (IPR) received $10,000 from Xerox as a non- restricted grant. However, in 1995 this program was cancelled, as Xerox was no longer an active member with the IPR. Since Xerox is no longer a member, it was decided by the Institute for Polymer Research that the name of the award (Xerox Research Scholarship in Polymer Science and Engineering) is no longer appropriate. Moving forward, the award name will now be The Institute for Polymer Research Scholarship. Students enrolled in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Physics are eligible. (It was previously only open to Chemical Engineering and Chemistry students.)

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 332 of 339 All appropriate websites will be updated to reflect this name change. Award description, value and application procedures remain the same. d) Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Doctoral Entrance Scholarship - operating Previously approved in June 2013

This scholarship was originally established in 2004 to augment Educational and Scientific collaboration between UW and IITs under an MOA initiated for the initial 5 years (2004-2009). The tenure of the MOA had expired and a new terms of reference was updated in 2013 to remove the Faculty/department matching component. The funding was maintained by the VP Academic & Provost.

This award, valued at $5,000, was awarded to international students who were admitted into a full-time doctoral program at Waterloo, who had previously received either their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an Indian Institute of Technology prior to being admitted. Only students admitted to the Faculties of Engineering, Mathematics or Science were considered. A total of 8 scholarships were provided annually.

The award is being cancelled effective May 2016 due to underutilization. Cancellation is endorsed by GSRC, Graduate Operations Committee and Dean’s Council. e) Special Graduate Scholarship - operating This program may be interpreted as a return of funds to departments where they have used entitlements from scholarship endowments or trusts as the required 1/3 match for the Ontario Graduate Scholarship or Queen Elizabeth II – Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology. The award is being cancelled effective May 2016 as there was no significant increase in the use of entitlements over the last five years. The funds for this program (approx. $200K) will be reassigned to the President’s Graduate Scholarship program. Cancellation is endorsed by GSRC, Graduate Operations Committee and Dean’s Council.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 333 of 339 Two-year progress report Department of Management Sciences October 2015

In 2013, Dr. Oded Berman (University of Toronto) and Dr. Mark Daskin (University of Michigan) completed their review of the Masters and Ph.D. programs as well as the undergraduate Management Sciences Option at the Department of Management Sciences. They offered a positive account of the department’s strengths in terms of the diversity its faculty and the strong mix of theoretical and applied research programs. They also offered several recommendations that helped the department achieve its strategic plan. This two-year progress report outlines the department’s achievements and future in response to the recommendations suggested by the reviewers.

Recommendation 1: The department lacks adequate financial support for graduate students, in particular for Ph.D. and MASc students, and more financial support is required. Funding is one of the perennial issues in terms of faculty research activities and financial support for graduate students. We are pursuing several ways to increase funding. In the annual review process, faculty members are encouraged to seek more than one funding source (e.g., more than an NSERC Discovery grant). We have also established some contacts with industry through the activities of our recently established Industry Liaison position. With this effort, the research funding in the department has increased during the past few years by 25%, from $887,146 in 2011/12 to $1,111,487 in 2013/14. As newly hired faculty members establish their research programs, we expect research funding to increase in the future.

Recommendation 2: The department should not trade the quality of students for increasing the number of graduate students. During the past few years, the department has tried to increase the number of graduate students, especially Canadian and Permanent Resident (CPR) students. However, we did not lower our graduate admission standards, even if we experienced a difficulty in meeting CPR targets. We are pursuing different tactics to increase the number of graduate students without sacrificing the quality. For example we are introducing new specialization within our graduate programs to respond to market needs. Data Analytics is one of them. As mandatory funding may have contributed to the difficulty in attracting more students, we are trying to attract more research funding (discussed above). In addition, we started a rolling admission process in which top CPR applications are considered as soon as they apply.

Recommendation 3: The faculty’s current workload of four courses per year seems to be out of line with that of the rest of the Faculty of Engineering, and efforts need to be made to bring the teaching load in line with other departments in the Faculty of Engineering.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 334 of 339 One of the reasons for maintaining the four-course course load was the introduction of the BASc in Management Engineering in 2007 and the time it took to hire faculty for it. Once the hiring is done and steady state is reached, the teaching load will be adjusted. We currently provide partial teaching relief for faculty who are newly hired, or who are heavily involved with administration and or special projects.

Recommendation 4: The class size of some core courses is too large for graduate students. Teaching students with diverse background in the same classroom for core courses is nearly impossible. The department should either create foundational courses for students with deficient backgrounds before the start of the fall term, or create a more advanced version of core courses for Ph.D. and MASc students. Some core courses (MSCI 603, 605, 607 and 609) have a class size of 60 – 70 students, which is partly due to increased graduate student intake and to increased enrollment from other departments that offer certificate programs (e.g. Management Science certificate by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering). These courses provide a common base for the different areas within the department and are required for all students, regardless of background. Students with adequate background are exempted to pursue more advanced courses With proper TA support, the courses are handled well. With the availability of more teaching resources and if the department sees a need, different sections may be created.

Recommendation 5: The differentiation of MASc, MMSc and Ph.D. programs is important in the long run. Additional coursework at the Ph.D. level is highly desirable. The reviewers recommended a reduction of the number of required courses for the MASc to 5 courses to align with other programs in the Faculty of Engineering. We used to have the same course requirements for both MMSc and MASc programs: students should complete 8 courses to complete the program. In 2013, we reduced the required number of courses for MASc program from 8 to 5 courses, enabling them to spend more time on research. The MMSc students still need to take 8 courses to complete the program. Ph.D. students should complete 6 courses which include three core courses (MSci 603, 605 and 607). Students with the proper background get exemptions from these core courses, and they can end up taking only 3 courses to fulfil the Ph.D. course requirements. This number is in line with the requirements of other Ph.D. programs in the Faculty of Engineering.

Recommendation 6: Students should be offered a greater diversity of course offerings, so that students who want to focus their four electives in one of the three areas of the department could more readily do so. We currently offer about 20 graduate courses per year for on-campus masters and Ph.D. students, and about 10 graduate courses for online master’s students. In addition, supervisors often offer reading courses in their specialization areas, these course offerings are not reported in the graduate statistics. By initiating new diploma programs, such as Data Analytics, we hope to increase the number of graduate course offerings.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 335 of 339 Recommendation 7: The department is well poised to create a Ph.D. internship program which often leads to funded research opportunities and provides students with valuable practical experience. We don’t offer a formal Ph.D. internship program. However, many students do often get internships through funding programs such as the Mitacs Accelerate program.

Recommendation 8: The department needs to develop comparative measures and metrics of student success, such as placement information. The department, in collaboration with the alumni office, is trying to collect and provide such information. We have a project in place to use this information for promotional purposes. In addition, some faculty have student placement information on their websites.

Recommendation 9: With the unique and diverse faculty, the department can explore new specialization areas such as healthcare, sustainable energy and smart grids and data or business analytics. Our faculty members are actively involved in all of the suggested areas in terms of research and teaching. We started by creating a specialization in Data Analytics, with possibly more to follow. This was in response to increasing demand for data analysts in industry. By taking three courses in data analytics in addition to the four core courses, student can graduate with a Masters of Management Sciences with a Diploma in Data Analytics. We anticipate the diploma program to start in Fall 2016.

Recommendation 10: The undergraduate Management Science option should provide courses on stochastic modeling and simulation. Currently we offer MSci333 (Simulation analysis and design), MSci431 (Stochastic models and methods) and MSci531 (Stochastic processes and decision making). Students pursuing MSci Option can take either MSci431 or MSci531 as an elective course.

Recommendation 11: Partnership with other disciplines such as psychology should enable the faculty in the relevant area to better recruit students and faculty colleagues. Several faculty members are partnering with faculty in other departments in graduate student supervising and collaborative research. We haven’t explored a joint faculty appointment yet.

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 336 of 339 Academic Calendar Dates, 2016-2017

Fall 2016 Winter 2017 Spring 2017

Co-operative Work Term Aug. 29 (M) Jan. 2 (M) May 1 (M) Begins * Classes Begin Sept. 8 (R) Jan. 3 (T) May 1 (M) Monday, Friday, April Monday, May 22 October 10 14 Monday, July 3 Holidays Monday, Monday, August 7 February 20 Oct. 11, 12 (T, Feb. 20-24 N/A Study Days W) (M-F)

Oct. 21, 22 N/A June 13-17 (T-S) Convocation (F,S) Dec. 5 (M) Mar. 27 (M) July 25 (T) Classes End

Oct. 13 (R) &14 Mar. 27 (M) July 24 (M), 25(T) (F) for Good Note: Monday schedule Note: Tuesday, Friday used on the 25th Make-up Day(s) for in- Wednesday Note: Friday term holidays and Study schedule used schedule used Days to balance days on the 27th Dec.5 (M) for Thanksgiving Dec. 6, 7 Mar. 28-31 July 26-27 (W,R) Pre-Examination Study (T,W) (T-F) Days

On-Campus Examinations Dec. 8 (R) Apr. 3 (M) July 28 (F) Begin Online Class Examination Dec. 9, 10 Apr. 7, 8 July 28, 29 (F,S) Days (F, S) (F,S) On-Campus Examinations Dec. 22 (R) Apr. 18 (T) Aug. 15 (T) End Co-operative Work Term Dec. 16 (F) April 28 (F) Aug. 25 (F) Ends * Teaching days 60 60 60 Pre-examination study days 2 4 2 Examination days 13 14 11

The following symbols and abbreviations are used throughout this table:  (M) Monday, (T) Tuesday, (W) Wednesday, (R) Thursday, (F) Friday, (S) Saturday, (U) Sunday  N/A – Not Applicable

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 337 of 339 Guidelines for Determining Academic Calendar of Dates

The following are principles and guidelines either formally agreed upon by Senate or adopted as common practice in determining the dates for the academic year.

1. That the practice of setting dates for each academic year continues to be an annual exercise.

2. That there be no fewer than 13 examination days in the Fall and Winter Terms, and 11 examination days in the Spring Term

3. That there be no fewer than two pre-examination study days (excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays) between the end of classes and the beginning of examinations and the university will attempt to schedule more study days when possible (including Saturday, Sunday and holidays). A clear rationale for using Saturday, Sunday and holidays as pre- examination study days must be communicated to Senate at the time calendar dates are approved.

4. That there be no fewer than 60 teaching days in a term. A clear rationale for fewer than 60 teaching days must be communicated to Senate at the time calendar dates are approved.

5. That attention be given to balancing the number of meets in courses. Where an imbalance may occur because of holidays (eg, 11 Fridays and 13 Mondays), the last day of classes may use the class schedule for a different day in order to balance the number of meets across all courses.

6. That Fall Term classes in September begin on the Thursday following the Labour Day Holiday as per the requirements of the three-year Fall Break pilot starting in Fall 2016.

7. That in the Fall Term no examinations be scheduled beyond December 22

8. That the start date for Winter Term be January 3 when that date falls on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Otherwise the start date is the first Monday following January 3. In the event of Monday, January 3 being a declared holiday the term would begin January 4.

9. That the 5-day Winter Reading Week occurs in all Faculties and must begin on the third Monday in February in keeping with an informal agreement with Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Guelph

10. The start date for Spring Term is normally May 1, 2 or 3 when these dates fall on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. Otherwise the start date is the first Monday following May 3

SGRC 9 November 2015, page 338 of 339 11. In calculating teaching days in a term, Saturdays, Sundays and statutory or University holidays are excluded. An exception may be made to have a make-up class on Saturday in the Fall term when there is a late Labour Day.

12. In calculating examination days, Saturdays which fall within the period are included, whereas Sundays and statutory or university holidays are excluded. One exception to the above, approved by Undergraduate Operations Committee is that normally examinations will not be scheduled on the Saturday which follows Good Friday when that day falls within the examination schedule.

13. Grades due dates for on-campus courses are normally scheduled seven days from the date of the final examination. Grades for courses without a scheduled final examination are normally due 14 days after the start of examinations. Grades for Distance Education courses are due on the last date of the grades submission period.

14. That Fall Convocation be the Friday and Saturday that fall in the third full week of October

15. That Spring Convocation be the Tuesday to Saturday in the second full week in June.

16. That Online Class Examination Days in each term be the first Friday and Saturday after the exam period starts

17. Co-op work terms are expected to be 16 week in duration. Actual start and end dates may vary depending on employer or student requirements in consultation with CECA.

18. That there be a two-day Fall Study Break following Thanksgiving Monday by starting classes on Thursday of Orientation week. This is a three-year pilot starting in Fall 2016.

Prepared by: R.A. Darling, Registrar November 16, 2015 (replaces September 9, 2014)

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