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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
- 1Abdullah
- 1Ahmad, Zaheen F
- 1Ahn, Sang Jun
- 1Alanjari, Pejman
- 1Allen,Richelle J
- 1Altaf, Mohammed Sadiq
- 21Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 15Department of Computing Science
- 13Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 11Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 5Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 2Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 3Huang, Biao (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2AbouRizk, Simaan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Bouferguene, Ahmed (Campus Saint-Jean)
- 2Dinavahi, Venkata (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 2Liang, Hao (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Adamowicz, Wiktor (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Assessment of Human Trunk Kinetics Using a Multi-Segment Model: An Approach to Minimize the Propagation of Experimental Errors
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Evaluating several pathological conditions such as low-back pain, scoliosis, herniated discs, and postural stability after spinal cord injury or chronic stroke requires a deep understanding of the inter-spinal interactions. Assessing the kinetics of the human head-arms-trunk (HAT) could provide...
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Spring 2017
Optimizing an objective function over convex sets is a key problem in many different machine learning models. One of the various kinds of well studied objective functions is the convex function, where any local minimum must be the global mini- mum over the domain. To find the optimal point that...
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Fall 2014
This study investigates the role hybrid poplar may play in reducing the cost of achieving self-sustaining status in herds of boreal caribou, an ecotype of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou found in northeast Alberta. Boreal caribou are currently listed as threatened both provincially...
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Spring 2013
20Cr-32Ni-1Nb stainless steel alloys are commonly used in hydrogen reformer manifolds for transporting hot hydrogen by-products at 750-950 celcius. After long periods of exposure, embrittling secondary carbides and intermetallic phases can precipitate at the grain boundaries which can drastically...
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Fall 2018
Climate change is likely one of the key challenges of the 21st Century for it could impact the livelihood, water and food security, economic growth and social well beings of countries worldwide. In recent decades the water resource of the Nile River Basin (NRB) has suffered from increasing...
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Fall 2016
Object-based stochastic simulation models are commonly applied for generating facies or rock models with more realistic representation of complicated reservoir heterogeneity. A limitation of object-based modeling is the difficulty of conditioning to dense well data. One method to achieve...
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Fall 2016
Site layout planning, which involves identifying sizes and locations of temporary facilities, can have significant impacts on the safety, cost, time, and productivity of projects. Despite considerable research undertaken to improve efficiency of planning construction site layouts, most models...
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Coordination and Optimization of Power Distribution Systems with Stochastic Distributed Energy Resources using Artificial Intelligence
DownloadSpring 2021
High levels of penetration of distributed photovoltaic generators can cause serious overvoltage issues, especially during periods of high power generation and light loads. It is of vital importance to gain more understanding of the system and to prepare mitigation plans before the number of PV...
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Fall 2023
A new microprocessor within a given processor architecture may introduce performance-improving features that either can only be accessed through novel instructions or require new code-generation techniques to be beneficial. In response, compilers must be extended/improved to make use of these new...
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Spring 2018
Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology widely used in Canada. Data available in SAGD industrial processes contain valuable information for monitoring, soft sensing, control, and optimization. This thesis focuses on data mining and optimization in the...