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
Change in pore size distribution of compacted soil layers and its effect on solute breakthrough curves, Sara Karimi
Systematic Assessment of the Contribution of Superantigens to Nasopharyngeal Colonization in a Mouse Model of Streptococcal Infection, Katherine J. Kasper
Investigation of Lysozyme Refolding Using Ionic Liquids as Refolding Additives, Harpreet Kaur
Under-Sampled Reconstruction Techniques for Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mohammad H. Kayvanrad
Spatial Heterogeneities in a Simple Earthquake Fault Model, Javad Kazemian
Vascular Stem Cells in Diabetic Complications, Emily C. Keats
PIV-based Investigation of Hemodynamic Factors in Diseased Carotid Artery Bifurcations with Varying Plaque Geometries, Sarah Kefayati
Regulation of Imprinted Genes in the brain by the ATRX Chromatin Remodeling Protein, Kristin D. Kernohan
The Periglacial Landscape Of Utopia Planitia; Geologic Evidence For Recent Climate Change On Mars., Mary C. Kerrigan
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury with Girls in Tertiary Care: Implications for Assessment and Treatment, Amanda J. Kerry
Interprofessional Socialization and Dual Identity Development Amongst Cross-Disciplinary Students, Hossein Khalili
Modeling and Protection of Phase Shifting Transformers, Umar Khan
Design and Evaluation of FPGA-based Hybrid Physically Unclonable Functions, Sasan Khoshroo
High Pressure- Temperature Electrical Resistivity Experiments on Fe-Si Alloys Bearing on Conductive Heat Flow at the Top of the Outer Core, Soushyant Kiarasi
Prediction of Wind Loads on Tall Buildings: Development and Applications of an Aerodynamic Database, Bernard Kim
The Role of the Vestibular and Proprioceptive Systems in Processing Dynamic Sound Localization Cues, Janet Kim
Dark Sympathy: Desiring the Other in Godwin, Coleridge, and Shelley, Jeffrey T. King
Hegel's Unconscious: Analyzing Matter in the Philosophy of Nature, Andrew Kingston
Information Seeking in Rats on the Radial Maze, Chelsea R. Kirk
A P300 Based Cognitive Assessment Battery for Severely Motor-impaired and Overtly Non-responsive Patients, Aaron M. Kirschner
A Micro-CT Analysis of the Hominoid Subnasal Anatomy, Arthur M. Klages
A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Arthroscopic Surgery to Conservative Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement, Heather C. Klaus