Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 1AL-Alawi, Mubarak K
- 1Abdulrahim, Dana
- 1Ajweh,Ziad
- 1Al-Hussein, Riphay
- 1Alanjari, Pejman
- 1Aldrich, Daniel R.
- 50Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 24Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 19Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 10Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 6Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 5Department of Computing Science
- 5AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 5Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Mohamed, Yasser (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Nikolaidis, Ioanis (Computing Science)
- 2AbouRizk, Simaan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Ayranci, Cagri (Mechanical Engineering)
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An open-source two-phase non-isothermal mathematical model of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
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A comprehensive open-source two-phase non-isothermal MEA model including the microporous layer and accounting for multi-step reaction kinetics for the ORR and HOR is developed for the first time. The model is integrated into openFCST, an open-source FEM based fuel cell simulation framework. All...
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Area Yield Crop Insurance and Diversification in Ghana: An Agricultural Household Programming Model
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Although diversification and insurance are acknowledged as important in ameliorating risk, to our knowledge, no empirical study has investigated how the two approaches work in concert in developing countries. Given increasing climate variability and the risks it poses to rain-fed agriculture,...
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Spring 2014
With the trend of global urbanization, underground space is being more and more exploited. To fulfill the need of sustainable development of underground space, it is necessary to well document the as-built positions of the facilities we have built. In the current practice, the as-built models are...
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Spring 2016
A study was implemented to evaluate different alternatives of soil cover systems for the closure of approximately 1539 Mt of waste rock at the Antamina Mine (Peru). The soil covers were designed to limit water percolation to the underlying waste rock, by combining a store/release and low...
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Fall 2010
Simulation is often used to model production processes with the aim of understanding and improving them. In many cases, however, information produced by simulation is not detailed enough and can be misinterpreted. The use of visualization in combination with simulation can provide project...
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Spring 2018
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) can be used in many critical applications, including biomedical and aerospace fields, due to their ability to recover their original/permanent shape from a deformed/temporary shape upon application of a stimulus. SMPs are subjected to bending in a large number of...
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Fall 2009
Geostatistical techniques are used to estimate recoverable reserves at unsampled locations and to quantify uncertainty. Several variables are often measured and important for reserve evaluation. Using more variables improves the quality of modeling, but quantifying the relationships between the...
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Spring 2016
Hosseininejad, Seyed Shaham Aldin
To overcome the challenges of low recovery of fine particles in flotation processes, designing a cavitating device that can enhance the recovery has been a major topic of study. In the design of a cavitating device, the bubble/bubble interactions, bubble response to the change of local pressure,...
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Characterization and Modeling of Natural-Fibres-Reinforced composites (Moisture Absorption Kinetics, Monotonic Behaviour and Cyclic Behaviour)
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Natural fibres have been shown to offer a good potential in replacing or supplementing synthetic fibres in composite material applications. To fully utilize these new materials in design, however, engineering models of the mechanical behaviour need to be developed and ...
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Characterization of natural zeolite membranes for H2/CO2 separations by single gas permeation
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Hoseinzadeh Hejazi, Sayed Alireza
Membrane-based processes have the potential to overcome the limitations of conventional hydrogen separation techniques such as high energy consumption and environmental concerns. Natural zeolite membranes have recently been shown to demonstrate apparent molecular sieving of H2 from H2/CO2...