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
Bats and the landscape: The influence of edge effects and forest cover on bat activity, Meredith K. Jantzen
Individual Differences in Temperament and Cognitive Biases in Middle Childhood: Vulnerability to Internalizing Psychopathology, Patricia L. Jordan
City Limits: A Psychoanalysis of Urbanism and Everyday Life, Mark F. Jull
El modelo de autorización del relato en la historiografía medieval castellana: la escritura y lo real en la cronística alfonsí, Santiago Normann Kalinowski
Optimal Inertial Sensor Placement and Motion Detection for Epileptic Seizure Patient Monitoring, Babak Kamalizonouzi
AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in Public Schools: A Case Study of HIV-Positive Children in Kenya, Maryanne N. Kamau
The Role of Valence in Construct Dimensionality Debates, Chun Seng Kam
Experimental & Empirical Correlations for the Determination of the Overall Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficients of Carbon Dioxide in Stirred Tank Bioreactors, Syeda Anam Kazim
Cultivating Respect for Difference: Exploring the Enactment of Community at HOPE Garden in Parkdale, Toronto, Monica J. Kelly
Dynamics of fat and lean mass in refuelling migrant passerines measured using quantitative magnetic resonance, Lisa V. Kennedy
Experimental and Numerical Study of Flow Structures Associated with Low Aspect Ratio Elliptical Cavities, Taravat Khadivi
Improvement of Total Sulphur Measurement Techniques for Management of Reactive Mine Tailings, Adnan Hossain Khan
Load-Sharing of Toe-Nailed, Roof-to-Wall Connections under Extreme Wind Loads in Wood-Frame Houses, Mohammad Khan
Functional Genomic Investigation of Aromatic Aminotransferases Involved in Ephedrine Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Ephedra Sinica (Stapf), Korey G. Kilpatrick
HAR1 and LjAMP1 Dependent Regulation of Root Architecture in Lotus Japonicus, Chong Sung Kim
Application of a K-Nearest Neighbour weather generator for simulation of historical and future climate variables in the Upper Thames River basin, Leanna M. King
The Importance of Situational Information for Abstract Concepts, Lisa M. King
Parents' Perceptions of Activity Restrictions in Children with Epilepsy: First Two Years Post-Diagnosis, Nathan C. King
The Near Wake of a European Starling, Adam J. Kirchhefer
Students’ Strategies for Writing Arguments from Online Sources of Information, Lori C. Kirkpatrick
The Role of the Resiliency Process in Skilled Immigrants' Job Search, Kelly Kisinger
Narrative Brought to Life: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Stefani Klaric