Thesis and Dissertation Examination Announcements
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Sciences, Johanna Faccini will defend her thesis entitled: 'Equilibrium, kinetics and biological regeneration of perchlorate using a single use ion exchange resin' on the following date:
Date: June 14, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Room 374, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Sciences, Suhail Zokaib will defend his thesis entitled: ' Rainfall, Runoff and Soil Degradation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - A Case Study in Hilkot Watershed Pakistan' on the following date:
Date: June 3, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Room 108, Arts Building
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Ali Ahmadi will defend his dissertation entitled: 'Electrohydrodynamic Modeling of Microdroplet Motion in Digital Microfluidic Systems' on the following date:
Date: May 27, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Rm 202, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Moniruzzaman Moni will defend his thesis entitled: Performance of Shape Memory Alloy Reinforced Concrete Frames under Extreme Loads' on The following date:
Date: May 26, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Rm 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts, Andrea Garrett will defend her thesis entitled: GLITCH: AN ARTISTIC INVESTIGATION ABOUT RELATIONAL AESTHETICS - BASED COLLABORATIVE ARTS AND ITS SITE-SPECIFICITY on the following date:
Date: April 28, 2011
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Arts 374
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Barry Fuller will defend his thesis entitled: 'A Trace of a Trace: An Analysis of Trauma in Shoah Perpetrator Auto/biographical Narratives' on the following date:
Date: April 19, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Rm 203, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry, Man Ding will defend her thesis entitled: Design of Star-Shaped Organoiron Oligomers with Azo Chromophores on the following date:
Date: May 21, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Room 203, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Xianchang Li will defend his thesis entitled: 'Asymptotic Performance Analysis for EGC and SC over Arbitrarily Correlated Nakagami-m Fading Channels' on the following date:
Date: April 12, 2011
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room 202, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Corey Lynam will defend his thesis entitled: Predicting Thermal Deformations During Roll Forming of Thermoplastic Matrix Composites on the following date:
Date: April 14, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Room 104, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Harish Rajput will defend his thesis entitled: 'A Steady-state Analytical Solution for MOSFET Channel Temperature Estimation' on the following date:
Date: April 7, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Room 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillments of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, Hilary Campbell will defend her thesis entitled: 'RIDING THIRD: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IN AMBULANCE WORK' on the following date:
Date: March 30, 2011
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Room 138, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Danny Kermode will defend his thesis entitled: "Gravitational Geons on the Brane" on the following date:
Date: March 22, 2011
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 138, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology, Erika Villanueva will defend her thesis entitled: "Characterizing the Role of Secretory Phospholipase A2 Group IIA in Glial Cell-Mediated Neurotoxicity" on the following date:
Date: March 11, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Rm 306, Library Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Ruth Brown will defend her thesis entitled: "Are Sex Differences in Force Steadiness Due to Dissimilar Motor Unit Activity Between Men and Women?" on the following date:
Date: February 28, 2011
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Rm 306, Library Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Mithun Saha will defend his thesis entitled: "Enhancing Methane Potential of Pulp Mill Wastewater Treatment Sludge by Emerging Pretreatments" on the following date:
Date: February 17, 2011
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Rm 120, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Courtney Wallsmith will defend her thesis entitled: "Student Financial Aid in Canada: A Critique" on the following date:
Date: January 17, 2011
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Rm 140, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Dennis Krys will defend his thesis entitled: "Inertial Navigation System Assisted Visual Localization" on the following date:
Date: January 7, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm
Location:L Rm 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Andrew Maxwell Phineas Jones will defend his thesis entitled: "Investigations into the Morphological, Agronomic, and Nutritional Diversity with Breadfruit (Artocarpus, Moraceae) as a Resource for Food Security" on the following date:
Date: December 14, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Room 106, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Sciences, Skye Thomson will defend his theis entitled "Quaternary Stratigraphy and Geomorphology of the Central Okanagan Valley, British Columbia" on the following date:
Date: November 18, 2010
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Rm 115, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Peter Morin will defend his thesis entitled "Circle" on the following date:
Date: November 12, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: FINA Gallery
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Ashley Love will defend her thesis entitled "THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING, PSYCHOPATHY, AND THE NEO BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS" on the following date:
Date: October 25, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Rm 104, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdiscipllinary Studies, Patrick Allen will defend his thesis entitled "PARTICIPATING ON THE GEOWEB: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Geoweb for Supporting Participation in Environmental Governance issues in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia." on the following date:
Date; October 8, 2010
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Room 102, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Olena Guseva will defend her thesis entitled ‘Women Like Us: A Critical and Creative Examination Of the `Mail-Order Bride' Experiences’ on the following date:
Date: September 7, 2010
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: Rm 208, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Ryan Kapchinsky will defend his thesis entitled 'TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE WITHIN SOCIETY' on the following date:
August 31, 2010
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Room 204, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Seyed Mahdi Modirzadeh will defend his thesis entitled "‘SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF MODERN REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS WITH STRUCTURAL IRREGULARITIES’ on the following date:
Date: August 27, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Rm 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Mojtaba Komeili will defend his thesis entitled '‘MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES UNDER MESO-LEVEL UNCERTAINTIES: MODELING AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS’ on the following date:
Date: August 25, 2010
Time: 8:00 am
Location: Rm 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education, Deborah Carter will defend her thesis entitled `INCITE, THEN DELIGHT': INVESTIGATING NEEDED COOPERATIVE INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES (INCITE), THEN DEVELOPING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN GUIDED HOLISTIC TEAMWORK (DELIGHT) on the following date:
Date: August 10, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m.Location:
Rm 183, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, Sean St. Jean will defend his thesis entitled "STILLING THE PENDULUM: DEVELOPING SOCIAL WORK THEORY THAT OFFERS A BETTER PRESCRIPTION FOR PRACTICE" on the following date:
Date: August 6, 2010
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Rm 372, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics, Jason Schaad will defend his thesis entitled “Modeling the 8-Queens Problem and Sudoku using a Projection onto Nonconvex Sets Algorithm” on the following date: Date:
Date: August 11, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Locaiton: Rm 374, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Ali Ebrahimi Khabbazi will defend his thesis titled "Comprehensive Numerical Study of Microfluidic Fuel Cells" on the following date:
Date: August 9, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Rm 337, Fipke Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology, Tara Carpenter will defend her thesis titled ‘Violent Young Offenders: An Examination of how Psychopathy and Instrumentality Inform our Understanding of Aggression’ on the following date:
Date: August 5, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 210, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Zachary Romano will defend his thesis ‘RE-MEMBERING TLOWITSIS NATION: AMELORIORATING DISPLACEMENT THROUGH THE TLOWITSIS CITIZENS ADVISORY GROUP’ as noted below:
Date: August 3, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Rm 374, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, John Oh will defend his thesis titled - BARRIERS TO IMMIGRANTS SEEKING HOUSING IN A MID-SIZED CITY: A CASE STUDY OF VISIBLE MINORITIES IN KELOWNA’S HOUSING MARKET, as noted below:
Date: July 29, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 372, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Jamie McEwan will defend his thesis titled - IN TUITION: A CASE STUDY OF UBCO STUDENT YOUTH RENTAL HOUSING EXPERIENCES IN THE CITY OF KELOWNA as noted below::
Date: July 27, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 372, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry, Lydia Gurley will defend her thesis titled ‘SQUARE PLANAR COMPLEXES OF COBALT(II) AND THEIR CYTOTOXICITY TOWARDS TUMOR CELL LINES’ as noted below:
Date: July 27, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 374, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Maureen Latta will defend her thesis entitled ‘Book of Short Stories: One Kind of Life’ as follows:
Date: July 26, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Rm 382, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Erin Dolmage will defend her thesis entitled ‘THE EXCEPTIONAL-TYPICAL HISTORY OF A MÉTIS ELDER IN FORT ST. JOHN’ as noted below:
Date: July 20, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 202, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Tara Snape will defend her thesis entitled “GIRLS DON’T WATCH PORN”: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S NEGOTIATIONS WITH ‘PROBLEMATIC SPACES’, on the following date:
Date: July 15, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room 374, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, Amie Hough will defend her thesis entitled 'An Exploration of Selected Concepts from Judith Butler: With Application to the Understanding of Gender Identity in Social Work Practice with Marginalized Female Adolescents' on the following date:
Date: July 12, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Room 112, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, Pamela Tudge will defend her thesis entitled 'CULTIVATING CHANGE: USING THE GEOWEB TO MAP THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM IN THE NORTH OKANAGAN OF BRITISH COLUMBIA' on the following date:
Date: July 6, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Rm 112, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics, Jennifer Johnstone will defend her thesis entitled ‘Congruent Numbers and Elliptic Curves on the following date:
Date: June 30, 2010
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room 108, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Ning Wang will defend his thesis entitled: 'Parameter Estimation for Wireless Fading and Turbulence Channels' on the following date:
Date: June 15, 2010
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: Room 108, Arts Bldg.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science, Shahriar Quayyum will defend his thesis entitled: 'Bond Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Rebars in Concrete' on the following date:
Date: June 14, 2010
Time: 10:00 am
Location; Room 202, Arts Bldg
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