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 2015
Early Adult Transitions in Canada: Expectations, Stability and Change, Laura Wright
Philipp Frank: Philosophy of Science, Pragmatism, and Social Engagement, Amy N. Wuest
Paradise Lost: Astronomy, Scepticism, Perspective, Yanxiang Wu
High Pressure Studies of Nanostructured TiO2 and Li4Ti5O12 Using Raman Spectroscopy and Synchrotron X-ray Radiation, Fengping Xiao
Factors influencing Continuity of Attachment Quality in Early Childhood, Ya F. Xue
Mechanisms of neuroprotection against ischemic insult by stress-inducible phosphoprotein-1, Jason Xu
Functional Characterization of P3N-PIPO Protein in the Potyviral Life Cycle, Hoda Yaghmaiean
The Influence of Long-Term Gamma-Radiation and Initially Dissolved Chemicals on Aqueous Kinetics and Interfacial Processes, Pamela A. Yakabuskie
Estetica Urbana de una polarizacion, Edgar E. Yanez
On the Dual Risk Models, Chen Yang
The Effects of Volatile Fatty Acids on the Performance of Microbial Electrolysis Cells, Nan Yang
Studies of Periodic and Quasiperiodic Gold Nanohole Arrays and Their Applications, Zhaoliang Yang
Childhood Sexual Abuse, Adolescent Substance Use and the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation, Kaitlyn Yarlasky
Agoraphobia And Emptiness: Theoretical Considerations From A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Sheena L. Yates
Formulation and Optimization of Antimicrobial Surfaces Via Ultra-Fine Powder Coating, Rezwana Yeasmin
Regionally-Adjustable Generic Ground-Motion Prediction Equation, Emrah Yenier
Phenomenal Intentionality and the Problem of Cognitive Contact, Christopher A. Young
Design and Control of Robotic Systems for Lower Limb Stroke Rehabilitation, Aaron Yurkewich
Force Sensing in Arthroscopic Instruments using Fiber Bragg Gratings, Daniel S. Yurkewich
Exploitation of Data Correlation and Performance Enhancement in Wireless Sensor Networks, Tianqi Yu