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
Heme Binding and Transfer in the Isd Heme Scavenging Pathway of Staphylococcus aureus, Michael T. Tiedemann
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Migration Inhibition by Synthetic Triterpenoids, Ciric Chi Wing To
Because I am Not Here, Selected Second Life-Based Art Case Studies. Subjectivity, Autoempathy and Virtual World Aesthetics, Francisco Gerardo Toledo Ramírez
A Sensorized Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Measurement of Forces during Training and Surgery: Development and Applications, Ana Luisa Trejos
Fractional Condensation of Bio-Oil Vapors, Akhil Tumbalam Gooty
The Role of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha in Osteoarthritis and Skeletal Development, Shirine E. Usmani
Understanding Compassion in Family Medicine: A Qualitative Study, Jane Melek Uygur
The effect of concurrent cognitive, linguistic and motor tasks on speech intensity in Parkinson’s disease, Teresa J. Valenzano
How do teachers teach students with working memory impairments in the regular classroom? A grounded theory approach, Laura Vanderlaan
The Influence of the Childcare Environment on Physical Activity among Preschool-Aged Children: A Feasibility Study, Leigh M. Vanderloo
The Sacramental Theology of John Owen and John Calvin, David van Eyk
The Process of Informed Decision-Making About Prenatal Screening: Patient Education Materials, Policy, and Pregnant Women's Perspectives, Meredith G. Vanstone
Response of Foundations to Random Cyclic Loads, Alireza Varshoi
Day of the Woman?: Feminism & Rape-Revenge Films, Kayley A. Viteo
An experimental investigation into the relationship between process variables and forming conditions during splined mandrel flow forming operations, Brandon C. Vriens
Fuzzy Differential Evolution Algorithm, Dejan Vucetic
Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Salivary Proteins for Oral Diseases, Dusa Vukosavljevic
Shift work and cardiovascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis, Manav V. Vyas
Hearts and Minds: Examining the Evolution of the Egyptian Excerebration and Evisceration Traditions through the IMPACT Mummy Database, Andrew D. Wade
Charateristics and Impact of Interpersonal Conflicts on Requirements Risks, Avinder Walia
“Winds of Change”: Explaining Support for Wind Energy Developments in Ontario, Canada, Chad JR Walker
Concurrent Multipath Transfer: Scheduling, Modelling, and Congestion Window Management, Thomas Daniel Wallace