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+% T I T L E   P A G E
+% -------------------
+% Last updated August 16, 2022, by IST-Client Services
+% The title page is counted as page `i' but we need to suppress the
+% page number. Also, we don't want any headers or footers.
+\pagestyle{empty}
+\pagenumbering{roman}
+
+% The contents of the title page are specified in the "titlepage"
+% environment.
+\begin{titlepage}
+        \begin{center}
+        \vspace*{1.0cm}
+
+        \Huge
+        {\bf \mytopic}
+
+        \vspace*{1.0cm}
+
+        \normalsize
+        by \myauthor\\
+
+        \vspace*{1.0cm}
+
+        \Large
+        \author \\
+
+        \vspace*{3.0cm}
+
+        \normalsize
+        A research proposal\\
+        presented to the University of Waterloo \\ 
+        for fulfillment of the \\
+        thesis requirement for the degree of \\
+        Doctor of Philosophy \\
+        in \\
+        Philosophy of Electrical and Computer Engineering \\
+
+        \vspace*{2.0cm}
+
+        Waterloo, Ontario, Canada \\
+
+        \vspace*{1.0cm}
+
+        \copyright \myauthor \\
+        \end{center}
+\end{titlepage}
+
+% The rest of the front pages should contain no headers and be numbered using Roman numerals starting with `ii'
+\pagestyle{plain}
+\setcounter{page}{2}
+
+\cleardoublepage % Ends the current page and causes all figures and tables that have so far appeared in the input to be printed.
+% In a two-sided printing style, it also makes the next page a right-hand (odd-numbered) page, producing a blank page if necessary.
+\phantomsection    % allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+ 
+% E X A M I N I N G   C O M M I T T E E (Required for Ph.D. theses only)
+% Remove or comment out the lines below to remove this page
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Examining Committee}
+\begin{center}\textbf{Examining Committee Membership}\end{center}
+  \noindent
+The following served on the Examining Committee for this thesis. The decision of the Examining Committee is by majority vote.
+  \bigskip
+  
+  \noindent
+\begin{tabbing}
+Internal-External Member: \=  \kill % using longest text to define tab length
+Internal Mamber: \>  Mark Crowley \\ 
+\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
+\> University of Waterloo \\
+\end{tabbing} 
+  \bigskip
+  
+  \noindent
+\begin{tabbing}
+Internal-External Member: \=  \kill % using longest text to define tab length
+Internal Member: \> Catherine Gebotys\\
+\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
+\> University of Waterloo \\
+\end{tabbing}
+  \bigskip
+  
+  \noindent
+  \begin{tabbing}
+Internal-External Member: \=  \kill % using longest text to define tab length
+Internal Member: \> Patrick Mitran\\
+\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
+\> University of Waterloo \\
+\end{tabbing}
+  \bigskip
+  
+  \noindent
+\begin{tabbing}
+Internal-External Member: \=  \kill % using longest text to define tab length
+Supervisor: \> Sebastian Fischmeister \\
+\> Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering\\
+\> University of Waterloo \\
+\end{tabbing}
+  \bigskip
+  
+  \noindent
+
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection    % allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% A B S T R A C T
+% ---------------
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
+\begin{center}\textbf{Abstract}\end{center}
+
+This is the abstract.
+
+
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection    % allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S
+% ---------------------------------
+\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}
+\tableofcontents
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection    % allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% L I S T   O F   F I G U R E S
+% -----------------------------
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
+\listoffigures
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection		% allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% L I S T   O F   T A B L E S
+% ---------------------------
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
+\listoftables
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection		% allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% L I S T   O F   A B B R E V I A T I O N S
+% ---------------------------
+%\renewcommand*{\abbreviationsname}{List of Abbreviations}
+%\printglossary[type=abbreviations]
+%\cleardoublepage
+%\phantomsection		% allows hyperref to link to the correct page
+
+% Change page numbering back to Arabic numerals
+\pagenumbering{arabic}