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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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Advanced Highly Permeable and Thermally Stable Polyamide Thin Film Composite and Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes
DownloadFall 2022
Treating contaminated hot streams is essential to reduce water cooling/re-heating needs and greenhouse gas emission in water reclamation processes, such as the Canadian in-situ oil-sand extraction processes that produce contaminated water at 80-90 C. Membrane separation processes have become one...
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Advanced Integer Linear Programming Techniques for Large Scale Grid-Based Location Problems
DownloadSpring 2013
Many real-world facility location problems can be approximated by a grid-based system of small sized cells, which can then be used to model a heterogeneous demand distribution. We can also relate an amount of supply for each cell from its supply distribution relationships with the various...
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Fall 2011
Present-day economic and environmental constraints push power systems to be operated closer to their limits. A common limiting factor for power transmission is the risk of voltage instability in recent years. As the ultimate countermeasure to voltage collapse, load shedding is normally considered...
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ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING EMPOWERING MICROWAVE SENSORS WITH GENERATIVE/PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES
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This dissertation, addressing the critical shortage of microwave planar sensors, embarks on a journey to advance noncontact sensing applications, with a particular emphasis on the application of machine learning techniques to address existing problems. It pioneers the introduction of a unique...
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Advanced Machine Learning Techniques for Analysis of 4D Brain Images in Ischemic Stroke Diagnosis and Assessment
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Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS), a devastating cerebrovascular disorder, is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. It occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted, resulting in the deprivation of oxygen and nutrients, leading to neuronal damage and...
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Fall 2023
Monitoring industrial processes is essential to maintain efficient and safe operation. An alarm system is an imperative component of industrial process monitoring, as it alerts operators to abnormal conditions. Alarms indicate when the process is disrupted, which allows operators to react...
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Spring 2013
The performance of highly anisotropic, nanostructured, thin-film ultrathin-layer chromatography (UTLC) media with porosity and architecture engineered using the glancing-angle deposition (GLAD) process is investigated. Anisotropic structures resembling nanoblades are fabricated on the plates,...
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Spring 2021
Alarm systems are critical assets in process industries to ensure process safety and efficiency. However, the number of alarms has grown exponentially in the past decades due to easy alarm configuration in computerized systems and lack of proper alarm rationalization. As a consequence, the...
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Spring 2010
Thin films are produced from layers of materials ranging from nanometres to micrometres in height. They are increasingly common and are being used in integrated circuit design, optical coatings, protective coatings, and environmental sensing. Thin films can be fabricated using a variety of...
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Advanced methods in Glancing Angle Deposition to control thin film morphology, microstructure and texture
DownloadSpring 2014
Structuring of material on the nanoscale is enabling new functional materials and improving existing technologies. Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is a physical vapor deposition technique that enables thin film fabrication with engineered columnar structures on the (10 to 100) nm scales. In this...