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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.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 3Hasan, Md Monjurul
- 3Yu, Miao
- 2Afifi, Mona
- 2Altaf, Mohammed Sadiq
- 2Alwisy, Aladdin
- 2Barkokebas, Beda
- 35Al-Hussein, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 26Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23AbouRizk, Simaan (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 23Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 22Liu, Yang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 18Bayat, Alireza (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Fall 2013
The McMurray Formation contains complex geological features that were partially formed in a fluvial-estuarine depositional environment. These geological features that are interrelated to each other exist with different shapes, patterns, and sizes. The inclined heterolithic strata (IHS) formed as...
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Harnessing Visual Analytics for Enhanced Winter Road Safety: A Framework for Continuous Road Surface Friction Estimation
DownloadFall 2023
Winter Road Surface Condition (RSC) monitoring currently relies on qualitative descriptors such as "bare lane," "partially snow-covered," and "fully snow-covered. These descriptors present two inherent problems—their subjective nature, which gives rise to measurement inconsistencies, and the...
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Fall 2015
Haul trucks are commonly used by surface mines to transport ore and waste material out of the mine. They account for a significant portion of the total equipment fleet and the maintenance budget. Their payloads are an important consideration when trying to improve truck reliability. Unbalanced...
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Spring 2010
As the demand for oil and gas resources increases pipeline construction pushes further into the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Consequently, these buried pipelines suffer much harsh environmental and complex loading conditions. Moreover, to increase the transporting efficiency, larger size pipes...
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Spring 2013
This study is a part of a field experiment constructed at the Diavik Diamond Mine in northern Canada to investigate water flow, geochemical reactions, thermal and gas transport within unsaturated piles of mine waste rock in a continuous permafrost permafrost. Diavik waste rock is categorized by...