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
- 2Chartrand, Josee M.
- 1AL-Alawi, Mubarak K
- 1Ajweh,Ziad
- 1Al-Hussein, Riphay
- 1Alanjari, Pejman
- 1Alshehri, Naeem S.
- 38Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 13Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 12Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 7Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 6Department of Computing Science
- 5Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- 5AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 5Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 4Lipsett, Michael (Mechanical Engineering)
- 3Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Mohamed, Yasser (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Nikolaidis, Ioanis (Computing Science)
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Accelerated Verification of Integrated Circuits Against the Effects of Process, Voltage and Temperature Variations
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As Moore's Law continues to drive the advancement of new complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology generations toward feature sizes in the sub 10 nm regime, the role of process, voltage and temperature (PVT) variations have become increasingly important when designing integrated...
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Fall 2012
Over the past decade improvements in semiconductor technology have led to faster power electronic switches with higher ratings. These devices have been used to improve the performance of various power converter systems. In particular, the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) has been widely used in...
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Spring 2016
In this work we address the challenges arising when developing, testing and deploying software for Wireless Sensor Networks. We investigate both pre-deployment software design, as well as efficient post-deployment updates. We present a combined pre-deployment framework that simulates the network...
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Advanced quantitative techniques to enhance heavy and civil construction information modeling
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Site development in heavy and civil construction need to consider many rules such as ensuring proper drainage, prevention of flood, safety driving, optimizing earthwork, minimizing fleet travel distances, proper fleet matching and achieving high equipment utilization rates. In recent decades,...
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Spring 2010
Tax planning is a core service provided by tax practices of public accounting firms. Performing this service well is important to the firms, their clients and the tax professionals involved. This study experimentally examines the effects of supervisory advice on the judgment of tax professionals...
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An experimental investigation of the impact of fat taxes: Price effects, food stigma, and information effects on economic instruments to improve dietary health
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This thesis investigates how a tax and warning label on less healthy snack food products may affect consumer behaviour when the imposition of the tax is a source of consumer information. A survey that included choice experiments was implemented in supermarkets. Participants were asked to choose...
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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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Fall 2009
The main part of this thesis was devoted to applying performance measures in the analysis of mergers and acquisitions. Performance measures take into account the profitability of a company and the risk associated to that company.To analyze potential post-merger synergies one can combine the...
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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,...