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
Disaster Data Management in Cloud Environments, Katarina Grolinger
P2X7 Nucleotide Receptor Signaling in Osteoblasts, Matthew W. Grol
Seasonal Decomposition for Geographical Time Series using Nonparametric Regression, Hyukjun Gweon
Applicability of a Picosecond Laser for Micro-Polishing of Metallic Surfaces, Abdullah Mohammad Khalid Hafiz
New algorithms for structural variation detection by de novo genome assembly, Ehsan Haghshenas
Micro-Mechanical Assessment of the Local Plastic Strain Invoked During a Splined Mandrel Flow Forming Operation, Meysam Haghshenas
Shroom3 deficient mice show congenital heart defects, Rami R. Halabi
Attributions & Resiliency: An Analysis of the Resiliency-Attribution Association, Aaron J. Halliday
The Continuum Linear Polarization Signature of Classical Be Stars, Robbie J. Halonen
The Halifax Pop Explosion: Music Scenes, Sloan, And The Case For A Halifax Sound, Danielle Hamel
Children's Understanding and Experience of Anger Within Their Peer Groups, Nicole J. Hamel
Cellular Adaptation of Macrophages to Anthrax Lethal Toxin-Induced Pyroptosis via Epigenetic Mechanisms, Chae Young Han
N-acetylcysteine as a chemoprotectant against ifosfamide nephrotoxicity; from mechanism to prevention, Lauren Hanly
College instructors’ preparedness to teach students with learning disabilities, Kathryn D. Hansen
Development of Microfabrication Process for Micro Inductive Sensors, Xueguang Han
Hardware Acceleration Technologies in Computer Algebra: Challenges and Impact, Sardar Anisul Haque
Understanding the Volunteer Youth Coaching Environment: A Psychological Contract Perspective, Alanna Harman
Fluid Identities: Toward a Critical Security of Water, Cameron Harrington
Optimization of a boundary element approach to electromagnet design with application to a host of current problems in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Chad T. Harris
The Role of Self-Brand Overlap in Consumer Evaluations of Brand Portfolio Management Decisions, Kendra A. Hart
Efficient Arithmetic for the Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Ebrahim Abdulrahman Hasan Abdulrahman
Valuation of the Peterborough Prison Social Impact Bond, Majid Hasan
Smouldering Combustion for Soil Remediation: Two-Dimensional Experiments and Modelling, Tanzeer Hasan
Multi-Point Stride Coverage: A New Genre of Test Coverage Criteria, Mohammad Mahdi Hassan