Welcome to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' Electronic Theses & Dissertation site. These pages are dedicated to help you find all the information you might require in order to format and successfully submit your graduate thesis for examination and publication electronically.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) are prepared as text-based PDF files. ETDs can contain non-text elements such as sound, video, and hypertext links. ETDs are available through Scholarship@Western, Western's digital library repository, and also released to the world-wide web with priority in many search engines, enabling scholars worldwide to locate, search, and download the University of Western Ontario's ETDs.
The most significant benefit is the dramatic increase (50-250%) in citation impact that results from electronic publishing. This leads to increased rewards from universities, in the form of promotion and increased salary, and from granting agencies.
Other benefits include:
- publicity for research - authors of electronic theses become more widely known and their reputations are enhanced
- easy worldwide access to your theses for colleagues and collaborators
- easy worldwide access to theses for job and grant applications
- a raised profile for research institutions
- reduced costs at the point of graduation since there is no need to have multiple copies printed.
For an overview of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation process at The University of Western Ontario, please refer to any area from our site dedicated to supporting ETD at Western:
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Association between the Fast-Food Environment and Obesity in Canada: A Cross-sectional Analysis, Simon Hollands
Diatoms in Castor Lake (North-Central Washington, USA) – Proxies of Climate and Hydrologic Variation, Kelly D. Hollingshead
Symbolizing Number: fMRI investigations of the semantic, auditory, and visual correlates of Hindu-Arabic numerals, Ian Douglas Holloway
Altered Auditory Feedback Causing Changes in the Vowel Production of Children with Specific Language Impairment, Emily Michaela Holmes
Distinct visual coding strategies mediate grasping and pantomime-grasping of 2D and 3D objects., Scott A. Holmes
The Effects of a Six Month Nutrition Intervention on Diet Quality in Persons with or at Risk for the Metabolic Syndrome, Rebecca Horne
Coping Experiences of 911 Communication Workers, Sarah G. Horsford
Analysis of ADP-Ribosylation and Protein Sample Preparation by Capillary Electrophoresis, Ming Huang
A Profile of Canadians Over the Age of 65 Years Living with Coexisting Vision and Mobility Impairments: A Sequential Mixed Method Analysis, Jessica G. Huber-Wilhelm
Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Analysis of the Matrix Microenvironment in Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture, Christopher Hughes
Bacterial Communities and their Influence on the Formation and Development of Potholes in Sandstone Surfaces of the Semi-Arid Colorado Plateau, Kebbi A. Hughes
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptide-Mineral Interactions, Susanna Hug
The Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrroles from Cylcopropane S Using a One Pot Pd(0) Catalyzed Dehydrocarbonylation Protocol, William J. Humenny
DNA Damage and Oxidative Stress Induced-p53 Activity In Astrocytes causes Growth Arrest, Sarah A. Humphrey
Differential Effects of Macaque Dorsolateral Prefrontal Deactivations During Uncued and Cued Role Conditions, Sabeeha Hussein
Brain connectivity studied by fMRI: homologous network organization in the rat, monkey, and human, R. Matthew Hutchison
Technique for Measurement of Weld Resistance for AC Resistance Spot Welding via Instantaneous Phasor Measurement, Mian Mohsin Irshad
School closures in Ontario: A case of conflicting values?, Richard Wm Irwin
Gait Variability Is an Independent Marker of Frailty, Anam Islam
Studies of Aftershock Sequences of Large Subduction Zone Earthquakes, Armick Ivanian
Planetary Materials Science and Astrobiology, Matthew R. M. Izawa
Hearing Women’s Voices: Understanding Women's Stories of Violence from the Perspective of Strength, Kayla M. Janes
An Exploration of Knowledge Translation Amongst Homecare Providers, Family Caregivers, and Clients, L. Jansen