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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
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Fall 2017
The recent development of stretchable electronics expands the scope of wearable and healthcare applications. This creates a high demand in stretchy conductor that can maintain conductivity at high strain conditions. Here, we describe a simple and novel fabrication way to achieve stretchable,...
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Highly Ordered Methanofullerene Nanotube Array: Fabrication and Implications for Room Temperature Organic Spintronics
DownloadFall 2013
Organic semiconductors have come to the forefront of research in physics, chemistry and electronics due to their impressive properties and low cost of device production. Presented here is a novel centrifuge assisted organic nanowire growth technique and its application in the fabrication of...
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Highly Stretchable, Transparent, and Adhesive Double Network Hydrogels for the Development of Wearable Strain Sensors
DownloadSpring 2024
The exploration of high-performance hydrogels in this thesis marks the convergence of biomedical engineering and wearable technology. This study delves into the creation and use of a novel silicotungstic acid (SiW)-based hydrogel, designed specifically for wearable strain sensors. Mimicking human...
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Highway Lane change under uncertainty with Deep Reinforcement Learning based motion planner
DownloadSpring 2020
Motion Planning is a fundamental component of a mobile robot to reach its goal safely avoiding collision. For a self-driving car on a highway, the presence of non-communicating vehicles, specially those whose intent is unknown, creates a lot of uncertainty for the motion planner in generating a...
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Fall 2024
Background: Dyslipidemia is a common characteristic in both diabetes and obesity, due in part to elevated triglyceride (TG)-rich very-low density lipoprotein (VLDL-TG) secretion from the liver. Excessive levels and/or action of glucocorticoids (GCs) is also observed in these metabolic diseases...
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Hindsight Rational Learning for Sequential Decision-Making: Foundations and Experimental Applications
DownloadFall 2022
This thesis develops foundations for the development of dependable, scalable reinforcement learning algorithms with strong connections to game theory. I present a version of rationality for learning---one grounded in the learner's experience and connected with the rationality concepts of...