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
Identifying the role of non-native species in the enhanced trophic transfer of mercury in the food web of Lake Erie, a North American Great Lake, Kaylin M.S. Liznick
Creativity as a Mental State: An EEG Study of Musical Improvisation, Joel A. Lopata
Small Businesses Encounters with Information Technology, Liliana Lopez Jimenez
Ultra High Field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Intracranial Vessel Wall, Pablo Lopez-Ojeda
Obtaining a Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Experiences of Caregivers and Professionals, Erica R. Lundberg
Structural Variation and Local Service Delivery: Comparing Municipal Governments and Special Purpose Bodies, Joseph R. Lyons
Applying Probabilistic Methods to the NATO Military Load Classification System for Bridges, Andrew J. MacDonald
Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Robert Maciel
Experiences of biphobia, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Ontarian bisexuals: A cross-sectional view of potential moderators, Melissa A. MacLeod
Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphido Complexes, Masoomeh Madadi
Media Literacy and the English as a Second Language Curriculum: A Curricular Critique and Dreams for the Future, Clara R. Madrenas
Modeling Pharmaceutical Risk-Sharing Agreements, Reza Mahjoub
Power Management Strategies for Islanded Microgrids, Hisham Mahmood
Hydrolytic Depolymerization of Lignin for the Preparation of Polyols and Rigid Polyurethane Foams, Nubla Mahmood
The “Other” athletes: Representations of disability in Canadian print media during the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Melinda A. Maika
The Integration and Evaluation of Humor and Positive Psychology Approaches to Well-Being, Nadia Maiolino
A CFD assisted control system design for supercritical water cooled reactor, Rohit V. Maitri
Torque Production of the Dorsiflexors During Lengthening Contractions at Different Velocities in Young and Old, Demetri Makrakos
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase confers resistance to chemotherapy and γ radiation to cancer cells, independent of direct immune involvement, Saman Maleki Vareki
Agricultural Interventions as a Means to Improving Food Security: Experiences of HIV/AIDS-Affected Households in Northern Malawi, Faith N. Mambulu
On The Parallelization Of Integer Polynomial Multiplication, Farnam Mansouri
A Computational Linguistic Approach towards Understanding Wikipedia's Article for Deletion (AfD) Discussions, Wanting Mao
Sade au bûcher. Lire, dire et penser la transgression à la lumière des supplices, Dominic Marion