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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
- 1Allan, Shane
- 1Barczyk, Martin
- 1Cao, Ning
- 1Ebrahimnezhad, Amir Hossein
- 1Jozi, Seyed Danial
- 1Kamyab, Majid
- 3Barczyk, Martin (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Lipsett, Michael (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Lynch, Alan (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Alan Lynch (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa（Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences）
- 1Barczyk, Martin (Mechanical Engineering)
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Analysis of canopy gap present in tropical dry forests using Airborne LiDAR System (ALS) at the Santa Rosa Environmental Monitoring Super Site, Costa Rica
DownloadSpring 2024
This thesis is divided into three sections: Introduction, Chapter 2, and Conclusion. The Introduction provides the research background for the study. Tropical areas play an important role in the whole ecological environment, but their survival status is worrying. As an important part of it, the...
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Assessing The Benefits Of Cost-Effective Monitoring Technology On Unstable Slopes Sensitive To Weather
DownloadFall 2021
Across Canada, the presence of ground hazards, such as rock falls, rock slides, or earth slides, next to transportation corridors, is a potential risk to transport system users, the infrastructure, and traffic operations. Monitoring instrumentation systems tracking unstable slopes are a key...
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Fall 2018
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are receiving increasing interest from industry and academia due to their wide application in search and rescue, infrastructure inspection, and surveillance. This thesis focuses on research in the area of nonlinear control for rotary wing UAVs. Throughout this...
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Fall 2023
Unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs have largely become and continue to be an inseparable part of modern warfare, security and surveillance systems, first aid response, aerial cinematography and many other sectors. Therefore, achieving full autonomy for UAVs and drones would ensure mass mobilization...
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Fall 2021
Motion control of multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is an area of research which continues to generate significant interest in the community. Being able to accurately follow a broad class of trajectories clearly improves the mission capabilities of the vehicle. Model uncertainty and...
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Spring 2018
In recent years rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are seeing more uses in applications such as transmission line inspection, event filming, parcel delivery, and search-and-rescue missions. Recent improvements in embedded systems have lead to more research for improving unmanned aerial...
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Fall 2019
Object detection is an image processing technology to detection different classes of objects using computer vision, i.e. putting bounding boxes over objects from a camera video feed. A landmark detection method was the Viola-Jones Algorithm introduced in 2001. The object classifier in this...
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Fall 2023
Unique challenges arise when attempting to navigate unknown GPS-denied subterranean environments. To successfully explore these environments a vehicle much be able to reconcile the nonlinear dynamics of motion, accommodate for diverse terrain, adjust to static and moving obstacles, combat...
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Spring 2021
There is a growing trend of using unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as UAVs, uncrewed aerial vehicles, or drones) to manipulate and interact with their surroundings. The algorithms and tools used are typically unique to the different tasks performed by UAVs; however, the fundamental UAV system...
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Fall 2021
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have been employed in a variety of applications, ranging from surveillance to emergency operations. These systems comprise an ”inner loop” that provides stability and control and an ”outer loop” in charge of mission-level tasks, such as way-point...