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
Past Tents: Temporal Themes and Patterns of Provincial Archaeological Governance in British Columbia and Ontario, Joshua Dent
Applications of Rapid Cardiac Micro-CT, Sarah A. Detombe
Synthesis of Self-Immolative Monomers and Their Applications in Polymeric Materials, Matthew A. DeWit
Postzygotic isolation in Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana, Christopher T. D. Dickman
All Prejudices are not Created Equal: Different Responses to Subtle versus Blatant Expressions of Prejudice, Karen R. Dickson
Coherent Scatter Computed Tomography for Core Composition Analysis of Intact Kidney Stones - Prospective Clinical Study, Cristian Dihel
Outside Influences: Great War Experiences along the Canada-U.S. Border, Brandon R. Dimmel
Sexual Reward and Depression, Andrea R. Di Sebastiano
"Proving Yourself" in the Canadian Medical Profession: Gender and the Experiences of Foreign-trained Doctors in Medical Practices, Vanessa Noelle Dolishny
The Wounded Bricoleur: Adversity, Artifice and the Becoming of Street-Involved Youth in London, Ontario, Canada, Mark S. Dolson
Burying Dystopia: the Cases of Venedikt Erofeev, Kurt Vonnegut, and Victor Pelevin, Natalya Domina
High-Pressure Study of Molecular Solids and 1D Nanostructures by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction, Zhaohui Dong
Self-Presentation and Social Physique Anxiety in Injury Rehabilitation Settings, Molly Driediger
Investigating Binding Partners of the Neuronal Adaptor Protein ShcC Involved in Learning and Memory, Kayla RM Driver
The Development of a Decision Aid for Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Deciding Between Ileostomy or Ileal Anal-Pouch Reconstruction, Luc A. Dubois
The Transformation of Conjugal Partnerships: Union Transitions and Trajectories in Canada, Ching Jiangqin Du
The Role of MicroRNAs in Cyclooxygenase-2 Mediated Breast Cancer Progression, Leanna R. Dunn
Seeing Again: Revision in the Grade Three Classroom, Jacqueline S. Ehrhardt
'Horae' in Roman Funerary Inscriptions, Simeon D. Ehrlich
Development of a Compact Piezoworm Actuator For Mr Guided Medical Procedures, Khaled El Bannan
Numerical investigation of highly curved turbulent flows in centrifugal compressors and in a simplified geometry, Kevin J. Elliott
Monotonic and Cyclic Behaviour of Steel Fibre-Reinforced and FRP-Steel Fibre-Reinforced Helical Pulldown Micropiles, Mahmoud Meckkey M. El Sharnouby
Identity Formation and Acculturation: The Case of Karen Refugees in London, Ontario, Secil Erdogan
Colonization of Zea mays by the nitrogen fixing bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, Nikita Eskin
Modulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Intracellular Trafficking and Signal Transduction, Jessica L. Esseltine
Real-time Prostate Motion Tracking For Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy, Mehdi Esteghamatian
Toward a Functional Characterization of Cognitive Control Networks, Frederick Ezekiel
Synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles and copper-polymer nanocomposites for plasmonic photovoltaic applications, Sabastine Chukwuemeka Ezugwu
The History Classroom as Site for Imagining the Nation: An Investigation of U.S. and Canadian Teachers' Pedagogical Practices, Lisa Y. Faden
Phase Field Crystal Approach to the Solidification of Ferromagnetic Materials, Niloufar Faghihi
Studies in shallow and thin-film flows, MD Mahmuder R. Faisal
Nano TiO2/Graphene Composites for Photovoltaic and Photocatalytic Materials, Nasrin Farhangi
Developing Novel Methods to characterize Liquid Dispersion in a Fluidized bed, Masoumeh Farkhondehkavaki
Enhancing Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopies with Nanosphere Lithography Platforms, Shabila Fayyaz
Uncovering Dual Roles for PERK Signaling During Experimentally Induced Pancreatitis, Elena Fazio
Create the Scene and Watch the Show Unfold: Following Vegetative to Embryonic Developmental Transitions by Over-Expressing LEC2 in Leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana, Mistianne Feeney
Watching the games: Critical media literacy and students’ abilities to identify and critique the politics of sports, Raúl J. Feliciano Ortiz
Frontiers, Borders, Boundaries: Cross-Cultural Encounters in the New York City Reception of La fanciulla del West, Kathryn Marie Fenton
A geobiological investigation of the Mazon Creek concretions of northeastern Illinois, mechanisms of formation and diagenesis, Andrea S. Fernandes
Role of IL-10 in the Immune Response to Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage, Teresa Fernandez Plaza
Measuring and Understanding Distal and Proximal Determinants of Mentoring Relationship Quality in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community-based Programs, Annalise L. Ferro
Quantification of bone and cement strains surrounding a distal ulnar implant with varying cement-stem interface conditions, Sayward R. Fetterly
The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences, Nicolas Fillion
The Problem of the Penumbra: Elementary School Principals' Exercise of Discretion in Student Disciplinary Issues, Nora M. Findlay
Fighting, Screaming, and Laughing for an Audience: Stars, Genres, and the Question of Constructing a Popular Anglophone Canadian Cinema in the Twenty First Century, Sean C. Fitzpatrick
Hyperpolarized Noble Gas Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Dynamic Spectroscopy For Investigation of Rat Models of Lung Inflammation, Matthew S. Fox
Modeling Oxygen Transport in Three-Dimensional Capillary Networks, Graham M. Fraser
Game Challenge: A Factorial Analysis Approach, Ian J. Fraser
Wireless Telemetry System for Implantable Sensors, Kyle G. Fricke
Hannah Arendt and Feminist Agency, Katherine N. Fulfer
Baroque Worlds of the 21st Century, Xavier Gamboa
Photocatalytic Reactors for Air Treatment: Energy Efficiencies and Kinetic Modeling, Juan M. Garcia Hernandez
Exercise and pregnancy: Developing effective intervention strategies and improving psychological well-being, Anca Gaston
Environmental Physiology of Flight in Migratory Birds, Alexander R. Gerson
Introduced Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Lake Huron: do they spawn at the right time?, Meghan T. Gerson
An investigation into earthquake ground motion characteristics in Japan with emphasis on the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku earthquake, Hadi Ghofrani
The Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Beta in Skeletal Development, J. Ryan Gillespie
Modelling of the Western University Campus Electrical Network for Infrastructural Interdependencies in a Disaster Response Network Enables Platform, Gagandeep S. Gill
Water Treatment Using Advanced Oxidation Processes: Application Perspectives, Charles R. Gilmour
Ethnic Identity and the Perception of Facial Profile Aesthetics: A Preliminary Study, Paul Michael Glasser
Do women engage in self-protection because of violence generally or sexual violence specifically? An analysis based on the 2009 General Social Survey, Pamela R. Glatt
Shame and the Sharing of Existence, Noel A. Glover
Single-Stage Power Electronic Converters with Combined Voltage Step-Up/Step-Down Capability, Navid Golbon
Structural and Bioinformatic Analysis of the b Subunit of F-ATP synthase, Ardeshir Goliaei
Electronic Health Record Regulation in Canada: What the Patient Experience Reveals about the Pursuit of Legislative Harmonization, Patricia M. Goodman
Flexible Workplace Practices in Small IT Firms: A Multiple Case Study, Catherine E. Gordon
Securing Populations: Foucault and the Cartography of Natural Bodies, Andrew A.T. Grant
Motor Control of Exercise that Emphasizes Speed Post-stroke, Vicki L. Gray
An Experimental Investigation on the Flow Behaviour in a Transpired Air Collector, David Greig
Rowan Williams and Mikhail Bakhtin: The Appeal of Polyphony, Antony N. Gremaud
The Effects of Exercise Training on Indices of Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy in STZ-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rats Treated with Insulin, Kenneth N. Grise
The Relative Influences of Knowledge, Beliefs and Preferences on Adherence to Asthma Medication, Naomi J. Gryfe Saperia
The Effects of a Home Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Program on Balance Among Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease, Michelle L. Gu
Electrokinetic Dewatering of Oil Sands Tailings, Yu Guo
Genome Profiling of Two Strains of the Green Alga Chlamydomnas Raudensis, Rajesh Kumar Gupta
Protein Body Formation in Stable Transgenic Plants of Nicotiana Tabacum Expressing Elastin-Like Polypeptide and Hydrophobin Fusion Proteins, Sonia P. Gutierrez
A new algorithm for de novo genome assembly, Md. Bahlul Haider
Changes in the hydrological regime in the Upper Bow and Upper Athabasca Watersheds during the 20th century, Heather A. Haines
In the Fullness of Time: M. M. Bakhtin, In Discourse and in Life, James C. Hall
The Effects of Telomerase Inhibition on Cellular Senescence in Fetal Guinea Pig Muscle Cells, Stephanie E. Hallows
Personal Constructs of Saudi Arabian Graduate Students Studying at a Large Canadian University: A Personal Construct Theory Approach, Eradah O. Hamad
Reconstructing Fire Severity From the Oxygen-Isotope Compositions of Plant Char, Michael W. Hamilton
Spatial and Temporal Activity of Migratory Bats at Landscape Features, Rachel M. Hamilton
Associations Between Maternal Personality and Parenting: A Multi-Informant Approach, Brigitte Hanna
Mythologies: Three Tableaux for Flute, Harp, Strings and Percussion, Alice J. Hansen
Structural Insights into Group 14 Compounds from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy, Margaret A. Hanson
Crystal Structure and Al/Si Cation Ordering in "Fassaite": A Combined Single Crystal, 27Al and 29Si NMR Study, Monika M. Haring
The Invisible Genocide: An Analysis of ABC, CBS, and NBC Television News Coverage of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda., Daniel C. Harvey
Task-Dependent Properties of the Human Anconeus Muscle, Brad Harwood
Experimental Evaluation of the Projection-based Force Reflection Algorithms for Haptic Interaction with Virtual Environment, Mir Z. Hasan
Near-Wake Flow Dynamics of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, Pooyan Hashemi Tari