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 2014
Seed tuber treatments with Pseudomonas spp. to reduce potato common scab incidence and severity, Muna Basahi
Investigation of Sox9 ablation on neuroplasticity and recovery after ischemic stroke, Bethany Robin Lenore Bass
Organic solar cells: electrodes, performance enhancement and degradation mechanisms, Reginald J. Bauld
The Influence of Resonant Leadership and Structural Empowerment on the Job Satisfaction of Registered Nurses, Eunice Bawafaa
Pancreatic Beta Cell Plasticity and Involvement of Insulin-Expressing Progenitor Cells, Christine A. Beamish
Roles of P2X7 Receptors in Adipose and Skeletal Tissues of Mice, Kim L. Beaucage
Challenging Essentialized Representations of Romani Identities in Canada, Julianna Beaudoin
Language, Mind, and Cognitive Science: Remarks on Theories of the Language-Cognition Relationships in Human Minds, Guillaume Beaulac
Radiation Induced Corrosion of Stellite-6, Mehran Behazin
Face Value: Beyond the Surface of Brand Philanthropy and the Cultural Production of the M.A.C AIDS Fund, Andrea Benoit
Characterizing the interaction between RanBPM and c-Raf, Wesley Berube-Janzen
Analysis of the Vascular Phenotype of the ENT1-null mouse, Keisha A. Best
Optimal Sizing and Power Management Strategies of Islanded Microgrids for Remote Electrification Systems, Faruk A. Bhuiyan
Love and Ethics in the Works of J. M. E. McTaggart, Trevor J. Bieber
Influence of approach flow conditions on urban street canyon flow, Karin Blackman
Design and Assessment of an Experimental Test Setup For Use in Studies on the Vibrational Response of the Head to Impact, Claudia M. Blandford
Crossing the Law: Trans Activism, Aleatory Materialism, and the Analyst's Discourse, Christopher M. Bomba
Towards Stem Cell Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Related Cardiomyopathy, Bogdan A. Bondoc
Development of a Gallium-Containing One-Bead One-Compound Peptide Library for the Discovery of New Molecular Imaging Probes, Fernanda C. Bononi
Role of The Cochlea and Efferent System in Children with Auditory Processing Disorder, Sriram Boothalingam
A Stable Isotope Analysis of Faunal Remains from Special Deposits on Ontario Iroquoian Tradition Sites, Laura Booth
Creative Interventions and Urban Revitalization, Nicole C. Borland
Accessibility of E-Commerce Websites for Vision Impaired Persons, Roopa Bose