Internal Supervisor

Thesis topic Internal External supervisor supervisor 1. Collision avoidance/detection system for L. Clapham Ron Rogge, Chalk neutron scattering experiments River 2. An integrated 'profile tracking' mechanism for L. Clapham " neutron scattering experiments 3. A remote control unit to maintain TV volume L. Clapham at a constant level 4. A child detector for school buses L. Clapham 5. An environmentally responsible Computer L. Clapham Disposal system 6. A one-player foosball table L. Clapham - 7. Finite element vibrational analysis of a Alastair McLean prototype beetle-type scanning tunneling microscope 8. Design of a nanomotor Alastair McLean 9. A field CT (computed tomography) scanner John Schreiner, using a radioactive source rather than x-rays Cancer Centre 10. A Quality Assurance (QA) system to verify John Schreiner, operation of audible and light alarms in hazardous Cancer Centre sites and situations. 11. An odometer/speedometer for canoes and John Schreiner, kayaks Cancer Centre 12. A low cost ventilation monitor to verify air John Schreiner, exchanges in accelerator rooms Cancer Centre 13. Autonomous automobile control system Kevin Robbie (autopilot for automobiles) 14. Recommendations for security keys for David Atherton pipeline inspection tools 15. Possible electronic data coding keys for David Atherton pipeline inspection logs 16. Design of a house circulating water system Don Taylor for winter heating and summer cooling 17. Design of a house heating/cooling system Don Taylor based on availability of continuous year-round circulation of cool water (eg from Lake Ontario) 18. Design of a remote-controlled power Don Taylor mechanism for house windows (eg. for invalids and seniors) 19. Emulate a quantum computing algorithm with John Harrison a superconduction fluxon switching circuit (student must have taken digital/computer logic courses and have obtained >80% in PHYS343) 20. Design an improved automatic feed system To Be announced David Strong for strong trimmers (Weed eaters) Industrial Chair in Design Engineering (strongd@ilc) 21. Design of a robots to be used in a 4th year To be announced David Strong mechatronics course Industrial Chair in Design Engineering (strongd@ilc) 22. Design an ultralight transponder for bird Hugh Evans tracking 23. Design a solar powered electric fence Hugh Evans 24. Design a smart home electrical power box to Hugh Evans allow user to continuously monitor power use 25. Low energy source for CT imaging during Andrew Kerr radioisotope-based tomotherapy Cancer centre 26. Design of a multisource Cobalt-60 Andrew Kerr tomotherapy unit Cancer centre 27. Design an output power meter for cyclists Andrew Kerr Cancer centre 28. A delayed neutron counting system for the Les Bennett, RMC SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor 29. Design a baseball that when used in a stadium Warren Watson in Denver will behave the same as a baseball in Seattle 30. Design a variable front and rear airfoil wing Warren Watson for a F1 racing car 31. Self synchronizing alarm clock Jordan Morelli 32. 16 sided Langmuir probe for measuring flow Jordan Morelli in a magnetized plasma 33. Inductively coupled plasma lamp Jordan Morelli 34. Large screen colour display using LEDs Jordan Morelli 35. Fast gas pressure feedback control system Jordan Morelli 36. Wireless home monitoring system Jordan Morelli 37. Ion Doppler spectrometerfor measuring flow Jordan Morelli in hydrogen plasma 38. Wind generator for distributes production of Jordan Morelli electrical power 39. Solid-State dynamic VAR compensator Jordan Morelli 40. Geothermal home heating/cooling system Jordan Morelli 41. Design a computer-based ‘item’ locating Kayll Lake system for home use 42. Design an all-optical waveguide switch (must Marc Dignam take PHYS460) 43. Minimizing Bend Losses in Waveguides Marc Dignam (must take PHYS460) 44. Design a tuneable all-optical Bragg filter Marc Dignam (must take PHYS460) 45. Design a micro-mechanical clock Rob Knobel 46. Design a programmable current/voltage Rob Knobel source with no 60 Hz noise 47. Design a micro mechanical based ‘nose’ Rob Knobel 50. Asteroid Collision Avoidance Larry Widrow 51. Variometer & Altimeter for a Radio Geoff Lockwood Controlled Sailplane 52. PC based Ultrasound scanner Geoff Lockwood 53. Design of a remotely actuated neutron and Tony Noble gammas source for in-situ SNO calibrations 54. Design of a cryostat and safety containment Tony Noble system for kilotonne sized cryogenic dark matter or double beta decay detectors 55. Design a facility for isotope separation of Aksel Hallin Germanium 56. Design a facility for fabrication of ultra-pure Aksel Hallin solid state germanium detectors 57. Design a molybdenum foinl magnetic Aksel Hallin spectrometer for high precision beta decay measurements (requires heavy duty computer simulations) 58. Design an electrically-pumped polymer diode Jun Gao laser 59. Design a plastic solar cell module Jun Gao 60. Design a plastic thin film transistor Jun Gao 61. Evaluate cost models for lab-on-a-chip Mike Watt technologies 62. Design and micro-nuclear energy source Mike Watt 63. Design a microdischarge array Mike Watt 64. Design a micro-heat source array Mike Watt 65. Design a de-orbit mechanism for a Cubesat Alan Kidd (retired microsatellite Telesat engineer) (kidd.roberts@symp atico.ca) 66. Design a ‘fuel-less’ attitude control system for Alan Kidd (retired a Cubesat microsatellite Telesat engineer) (kidd.roberts@symp atico.ca)