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 2013
A Framework for Measuring the Usability Issues and Criteria of Mobile Learning Applications, Abdalha A. Ali
Application of Differential and Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry for Studying Natural Hazards, Samira Alipour
Localizing State-Dependent Faults Using Associated Sequence Mining, Shaimaa Ali
Patency and Complication Rates of the Arteriovenous Fistula: A Systematic Review, Ahmed A. Al-Jaishi
Treasuries of Subcultural Capital: Three Indie Institutions in the London, Ontario Independent-Music Scene, Samuel C. Allen
Sol-Gel Derived Biodegradable and Bioactive Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering, Bedilu A. Allo
Reproductive Biology and Speciation in Drosophila pseudoobscura, Josh H.M. Alpern
The Effect of Glycan Linked to Cationic Peanut Peroxidase on its Activity, Maha M. Al-Subaie
Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy: Understanding Women's Decision-Making Process and Family Physicians' Views, Lemmese AlWatban
A Comparison of Speech Amplification Devices for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Hypophonia, Monika Andreetta
A Modular Approach to the Development of Interactive Augmented Reality Applications., Nelson J. Andre
Allostratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleogeography of the Cretaceous Upper Fort St. John Group (Upper Albian-Lower Cenomanian) in Northeastern British Columbia, Piotr Jan Angiel
What is the scope of competition law in the UAE? - A comparative study with developed and developing nations, Alisha Ansari
Delta Relaxation Enhanced Magnetic Resonance - Development and Application of a Field-Cycling Contrast Mechanism, Yonathan Araya
The Hippocampus Participates in a Pharmacological Rat Model of Absence Seizures, Justin Andrew Arcaro
What Canada Read/Red: A Content Media Analysis of the Montreal Olympic Games and the Soviet Union as Reported in the Montreal Gazette and The Globe and Mail, Joshua F. Archer
A Dual-Rate Model Predictive Controller for Fieldbus Based Distributed Control Systems, Mohammad Arif Hossain
Ancient DNA in Archaeologically Charred Zea Mays L: Prospects and Limitations, Chelsey Geralda Denise Armstrong
Tough But Fair: The Moderating Effects of Target Status on the Relation Between Social Dominance Orientation and Fairness, Joel Armstrong
A Pilot Study To Investigate Concerns In Patients Undergoing Neck Dissection Surgery, Daniel Sundar Raj Arulananda Doss
Robotics-Assisted Needle Steering for Percutaneous Interventions: Modeling and Experiments, Ali Asadian
Role of iNOS in septic pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell activation, Zahra Asad
A Comprehensive Study of Cd(II) Removal from Aqueous Solution via Adsorption and Solar Photocatalysis, Samindika Athapaththu
A system dynamics approach to water resources and food production in the Gambia, Jordan T. Atherton