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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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Design and development of a two dimensional scanning molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV) system
DownloadFall 2011
The design and development of a MTV approach, based on photobleaching, is discussed. The MTV techniques developed so far for microfluidic application provide either only a one dimensional flow measurement or use a grid and a structured mask for macro-scale and micro-scale flows respectively. The...
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Design and Development of a UAV System for Multispectral Imaging and Remote Sensing Applications
DownloadSpring 2018
The increasing use of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over the past few years has opened the door to a large number of applications in research, commercial, and industrial areas. UAVs have become an efficient, cost effective, and environmentally friendly (less or zero CO2 emissions) platform...
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Design and Development of Chiral Catalysts for Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Amides via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Under Low Pressure at Room Temperature
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Amide reduction has a long, important history in pharmaceutical and related chemical industries. Traditional stoichiometric reduction methods suffer from numerous drawbacks such as limited functional group tolerance, poor atom economy, and environmental issues. Over the past two decades,...
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Design and Development of High-Power Pulse Transmitters for Underground Environmental Perception
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The objective of this thesis is associated with designing a high-power Gaussian pulse transmitter for high-depth imaging applications. Two types of pulse transmitters are presented in this work. The former configuration is based on Step Recovery Diodes (SRDs), while the latter is based on...
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Spring 2014
Metabolomics involves the high throughput characterization of small molecules or metabolites in cells, tissues and organisms. To interpret, store and exchange metabolomic data it is necessary to have comprehensive, electronically accessible databases that can be used to handle both the...
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Design and Discrete Optimization of BIBO Stable FRM Digital Filters Incorporating IIR Digital Interpolation Subfilters
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Digital filters having sharp transition band play a vital role in modern digital signal processing (DSP) applications. Emerging technologies require digital filters to be both computationally efficient in software/hardware realizations. This thesis is concerned with the design and...
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Design and evaluation of a new Lewis acid-assisted Lewis acid catalyst system and further applications of a double-allylation reagent
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Asymmetric synthesis is one of the most important areas of organic chemistry. Despite of the prevalence of asymmetric catalysts, there is still room for improved catalyst systems. Chapter 2 describes the design and evaluation of a new Lewis acid-assisted Lewis acid (LLA) catalyst system. Many...