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
- 1Aldrich, Daniel R.
- 1Alshehri, Naeem S.
- 1Amiri, Mohammad Saeid
- 1Barczyk, Martin
- 1Barnett, Ryan M.
- 1Boisvert, Jeff
- 20Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 18Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 14Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 6Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 6Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 6Department of Renewable Resources
- 3Henein, Hani (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Ayranci, Cagri (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Bush, Andrew (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 2Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Kumar, Amit (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Wilson, G. Ward (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Fall 2009
In the refining industry, the cost of a power system interruption is dominated by an associated loss of production. Power distribution within a refinery includes a set of production units within a highly inter-dependent process, where the outage of a single unit affects the production of...
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Fall 2012
The Canadian Arctic Islands (CAI) contain the largest concentration of terrestrial ice outside of the continental ice sheets. Mass loss from this region has recently increased sharply due to above average summer temperatures. Thus, increasing the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for...
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Reservoir and geomechanical coupled simulation of CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery
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Coalbeds are an extremely complicated porous medium with characteristics of heterogeneity, dual porosity and stress sensitivity. In the past decades great achievements have been made to the simulation models of pressure depletion coalbed methane (CBM) recovery process and CO2 sequestration and...
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Fall 2020
The rheology of asphalt binders is an important factor in the design and construction of roads. As polymer modification is now often required to meet performance demands, the rheological behaviour of the binders has become increasingly complex. Within the past decade, a new method to evaluate...
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Spring 2012
Nadadoor Srinivasan, Venkat R.
Biological engineering is a domain of study that involves applying known engineering principles to biological systems. Qualitative studies in the field of biology have undergone tremendous advancements in the last two decades but quantitation is still in its early stages due to various...
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Fall 2012
The protein p53 is a key regulator of cellular response to a wide variety of stresses. In cancerous cells inhibitory regulators of the p53 protein such as MDM2 and MDMX are often overexpressed. In silico techniques could be used to inform the selection of interactions to target with novel drug...
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Fall 2011
Rangelands, a natural ecosystem widespread in Canada, are an important source of land for animal production. Around 26 million ha of rangelands are utilized for beef production and in Alberta, this ecosystem accounts for 6.6 million ha which provides up to 50% of total forage for livestock. To...
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System modeling and controller designs for a Peltier-based thermal device in microfluidic application
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A custom-made Peltier-based thermal device is designed to perform miniaturized bio-molecular reactions in a microfluidic platform for medical diagnostic tests, especially the polymerase chain reaction for DNA amplification. The cascaded two-stage device is first approximated by multiple local...
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Fall 2009
While many Internet services and products are free to use, in most cases, they are not completely free. Someone, either the user or a third party, is paying for them either directly or indirectly. By examining the business models of three successful Internet-based companies, this thesis...
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Fall 2011
Purpose: This study examined whether parent physical activity (PA) is related to children’s PA, as measured with pedometers. Methods: As part of a longitudinal cohort study being conducted in Edmonton, Canada, 471 children between the ages of 6- and 10-years-old, wore SC-T2 pedometers for four...