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
-
Fall 2009
Integrations over the unitary group are required in many applications including the joint eigenvalue distributions of the Wishart matrices. In this thesis, a universal integration framework is proposed to use the character expansions for any unitary integral with general rectangular complex...
-
Unity, Diversity, Anonymity: An ethno-linguistic portrait of the Spanish speaking population of Edmonton, AlbertaUnidad, diversidad, anonimidad: un retrato etnolingüístico de la población hispanohablante de Edmonton, Alberta, Canadá
DownloadFall 2009
This thesis describes the role of Spanish as a common language in the construction of social networks among the diverse Spanish-speaking population of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Analysis of the data confirms the low public visibility of the community observed initially, despite the even larger...
-
Universal Control and Management Strategies for Micro-Grid-Based Smart Grids Using Synchronous Converters
DownloadFall 2014
The energy sector is moving into the era of distributed generation (DG) and micro-grids (MGs). This research focuses on development of a new family of control and management strategies for integration of micro-grids with numerous voltage source converters and synchronous generators in smart...
-
Fall 2022
Neutron stars are interesting due to their extremely large densities (∼ 1015 g/cm^3), and also because the accretion of matter from a companion star can spin them up to very high frequencies (∼716 Hz based on observations ). When we study black holes (BH), the only thing that we have to worry...
-
Spring 2019
People seldom question the work that goes into producing numbers and less often ask what work it is that numbers do to grab our attention, affect how we communicate, change our own work, thinking, and how this organizes society. In this dissertation I share results of my investigation into the...