2007 Graduate Innovation Forum UVic Engineering Research Engineering

							                                 2007 Graduate Innovation Forum
                                              UVic Engineering Research
                                    Engineering Computer Science Building - ECS123
                                                                July 10th, 2007         
 

    Time                                              Event                                             Presenters
    9:00    Opening Address                                                                          M. Miller, Dean
    09:05   Keynote Lecture: The History of an Idea - From UVic to UWI to PureEdge to IBM            M. Mansell, IBM
            Session I: Fuel Cell/Alternate Energy Technologies (Chair: P. Wild)
    10:00   Quantifying the thermal energy balance of residential scale air-cooled PEM fuel cells    T. Schmeister
    10:15   A Fuel Economy Performance Assessment of Two-mode Hybrid Vehicle Architecture            J. Wishart
    10:30   Elevator Backup Power Systems Using Fuel Cells                                           Y. Zhou
    10:45   The Power Potential of Tidal Streams including a Case Study for Masset Sound             J. Blanchfield
    11:00   Coffee Break
            Session II: Networking (Chair: K. Li)
    11:30   Mesh Home Network Architecture Design for IPTV Services                                  E. Shihab
    11:45   Modeling UWB Indoor Channel with Shadowing Processes                                     R. Zhang
    12:00   On Virtues and Liabilities of ConfiDNS: Can Simple Tactics Overcome Deep Insecurities?   Y. Yazýr
    12:15   Admission region of Video over Multi-hop Wireless Channel                                F. Wan
    12:30   Lunch and Poster Presentations
                                                           Afternoon
            Session III: Fluid Dynamics (Chair: R. Herring, ME)
    13:30   Preliminary study of the efficiency of swimming fin with flexible rigidity               N. Kou
    13:45   Acoustic Power Calculation in Deep Cavity Flows: A Semi-Empirical Approach               A. Velikorodny
    14:00   Flow Patterns Downstream of a Mechanical Heart Valve during Systole                      F. Haji-Esmaeili
            Session IV: Communications (Chair: Dr. Michael McGuire, ECE)
    14:15   Ultra-Wideband Printed-Circuit Antenna in Coplanar Technology                            H-J. Lam
    14:30   Planar Dual-Band Filters For Narrow to Broad Band Applications                           M. Mokhtaari
    14:45   Linear Tapered Slot Antenna with Substrate Integrated Waveguide Feed                     I. Wood
    15:00   Channel Estimation with Kalman Filters                                                   P. Wan
    15:15   Coffee Break
            Session V: Software Systems (Chair: J. Pan, CSC)
    15:45   Delivering IPTV Services over Multi-Hop Wireless Networks                                D. Li
    16:00   Web-Based Application For Monitoring Real-Estate                                         S. Goyal
    16:15   Visualizing Software Architecture Evolution using Change-sets                            A. McNair
    16:30   SPARCS: Supporting Sustainable and Integrated Outreach Activities                        J. Murdock
            Session VI: VLSI (Chair: D. Rakhmatov, ECE)
    16:45   On Trends in Deep Submicron FPGA Design                                                  S. Miller
    17:00   Automated Clock and Power Gating of Registers in FSMD Circuits                           N. Agarwal
    17:15   Application-Specific Networks-on-Chip                                                    H. Elmiligi
    17:30   Awards and Closing