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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 Use of Servo-Driven Actuators for Spanwise-Varying Control of a Backward-Facing Step Flow
DownloadSpring 2012
An experimental study was conducted of a forced backward-facing step water flow, and the design of 16 actuators for creating the perturbations used to force the flow. The 16 actuators allowed for variant forcing in the spanwise direction with a resolution of 0.5 times the step height h. They are...
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Design and Validation of a Practical Simulator for the Development of Basic Nasal Endoscopy Skills in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
DownloadFall 2015
Diagnostic nasal endoscopy is the standard procedure used by Otolaryngology – Head and Neck (OHNS) surgeons in detecting and treating conditions of the nose and sinuses. Due to a reduction in time resources towards surgical residency programs, OHNS residents have less access to hands-on patient...
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Spring 2022
Schemes to implement laser bandwidth wide enough to mitigate laser-plasma instabilities will be both intrusive and expensive. As an alternate approach, work is presented that investigates the mitigating effects of spatial, rather than temporal, laser beam conditioning on cross-beam energy...
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Fall 2022
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology is becoming a popular option for steel pipeline construction and replacement projects. During installation, the pipe is subject to a combination of loads and the long-term performance of a pipe installed by HDD is linked to the stresses that...
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Design Criteria and Performance Evaluation of Wire-Wrapped Screens for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) Wellbores
DownloadFall 2019
This thesis presents the experimental results obtained using a large Pre-packed Sand Retention Testing (SRT) facility. Analysis of the results funds the elaboration of novel design criteria for wire-wrapped screens (WWS) in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) applications. The SRT data...
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Fall 2014
Heuristic search has been shown to be an effective way to solve state-space problems. While many heuristic search techniques are guaranteed to find the best solution, these are often not feasible given practical resource requirements. In such cases, it is necessary to sacrifice solution...
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Design Evaluation and Optimization of School Buildings Using Artificial Intelligent Approaches
DownloadSpring 2013
School buildings are one of the most important educational and learning environments and the appropriate design of these spaces has a significant impact in enhancing both students’ and teachers’ performance, comfort and satisfaction. As a result, the preliminary design evaluation and optimization...
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Design for Polymer Additive Manufacturing Processes with Coupled Process Responses Using Novel Numerical and Empirical Based Modelling and Optimization Tools
DownloadFall 2022
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process of joining materials to make parts from 3D model data by successive layer by layer material addition. AM has triggered a paradigm shift towards parts and assemblies design methodologies, materials development and utilization, and additional part...
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Design Guidance for Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanofiber Morphology through Design of Experiment and Statistical Analysis Method and Mechanical Properties Characterization
DownloadFall 2014
Electrospinning is an efficient and versatile technique to fabricate polymer nanofibers. In this study, ultrafine Nylon 6 nanofibers were successfully fabricated by the electrospinning technique. The electrospinning voltage, solution concentration and flow rate are three parameters that have been...