A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dr Karamán examined the role of Neo-Classicism and Graeco-Roman cultural heritage in shaping social and political institutions in Uruguay in the early nineteenth century. Popular culture contested the aspirations and achievements of the ruling class thus establishing a debate the impact of which still permeates contemporary political and cultural life. | Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Sanin examined the cyclic and post-cyclic behavior of natural silts with low plasticity. She found that liquefaction with sudden loss of strength would not occur in such silts under earthquake loading. Her research work also led to an approach to estimate the settlements due to earthquake. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Rushton developed WheelCon-M, a test to assess people's confidence in using a manual wheelchair. She conducted a four-phase, multi-site, mixed-methods study to develop and validate this new measure. WheelCon-M will be used clinically to identify individuals who would benefit from targeted interventions to improve their confidence with wheelchair use. | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr Rosario developed an innovative high-pressure-grinding-roll circuit for metal mining. He demonstrated the circuit's potential for significant energy savings and thus a more sustainable way to process hard-rock for the liberation of valuable minerals. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr Winters looked at the influence of the built environment on decisions to travel by bicycle. Her findings highlight the importance of urban design, specifically the provision of high quality cycling facilities, to support healthy travel. | Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Colley developed a model to predict the microstructure and strength evolution in an aluminum casting alloy during heat treatment. The model can be used as a tool to optimise industrial heat treatment processes, thereby improving the cost-effectiveness of large-scale production of high-quality lightweight aluminum automotive components. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Bashash studied factors that affect the survival of gastric and esophageal cancer patients. He described the epidemiology of gastric and esophageal cancer incidence and survival for BC and other parts of the world. Additionally, he showed that ethnicity and genetic makeup affects the survival of gastric and esophageal cancer patients. | Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Anand showed that beneficial soil bacteria can enter, multiply and function inside the tissues of coniferous trees, promote their growth and provide fixed Nitrogen to these trees. She suggests the use of these bacteria as an environment friendly, sustainable growth promoting treatment for the propagation of coniferous trees. | Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Hajjar explored power imbalances between governments and forest-dependent communities in Brazil and Mexico. She proposed a strategy for overcoming challenges faced by community forest enterprises, and brought forth the perspective of the local forest user to improve interventions designed by conservation and development agencies. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr Peng provided direct experimental evidence for the kinetic partitioning mechanism for mechanical folding and unfolding processes of proteins, and made the first direct experimental observation of the tug-of-war during the folding of a mutually exclusive protein. These studies will help to elucidate the protein folding mechanism. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Shelswell studied movement in bacterial cells on solid surfaces. He described the first evidence of motility without a flagellum in a large class of bacteria, and showed how bacteria respond as a coordinated group to signals in their surroundings. This research improves our understanding off bacterial cell activity in our environment. | Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Riffell studied a previously uncharacterized cellular response to cancer therapy drugs that block cell division. Using state-of-the-art microscopy techniques, she identified chemicals that stimulate this response and showed that this response increases the efficacy of the therapeutic agents. These findings may lead to new approaches to treat cancer. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Roy developed new synthetic techniques to fabricate and process nanomaterials composed of metal atoms bridged by organic linkers. By designing molecular building blocks that self-assemble in solution, Dr. Roy was able to prepare metal-organic coordination polymers with previously inaccessible nanostructures and compositions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Ghafghazi validated an analytical method for in-situ density measurements of granular soils from the Cone Penetration Test using laboratory and field data. He proposed a new hypothesis to explain particle breakage of granular soils and tested its applicability with laboratory testing of Fraser river sand. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Kuchison investigated the optical and electronic properties of new metal complexes with conjugated ligands. The metal-conjugated material interactions in these complexes provide valuable knowledge of hybrid materials and insight towards their potential applications in chemical sensing and light-harvesting. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Shadgan developed a noninvasive optical method for monitoring changes in muscle oxygenation and blood flow. This new method will improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis of ischemic conditions in the limb muscles of high-risk patients, leading to improved care for patients and substantial cost savings. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr Hoesli developed methods to mass-culture pancreatic cells in 3D alginate matrices. These methods could be used to generate insulin-producing cells or protect them from immune rejection, overcoming some of the major hurdles of islet transplantation as a treatment for type 1 diabetes. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical and Biological Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. MacLean examined the representation of Canada in nineteenth-century American literature. She recovered antebellum American texts about cross-border movement between Canada and the US and showed that in these texts, the idea of Canada symbolized the fulfillment of the promise of democracy that the US had failed to achieve. | Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD) |
| 2011 | Cell phones, game boxes, and large-screen TVs are each built around their own custom-designed logic chips. Dr. Ahmed found that all of these chips can share up to 90% of their design and manufacturing, reducing the cost by a factor of 3 to 10. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Malecki elucidated the mysterious way in which quantum interference influences the magnetic screening of semiconductor quantum dots at low temperatures. The insights provided by this work will prove invaluable in the development of new nanotechnological devices with possible applications in the burgeoning field of quantum healing. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Rehaume analyzed the genomic complexity and expression in mice of intestinal defensins, which are peptides involved in innate defences in the gut, and developed a murine model of intestinal inflammation. These studies strengthen our understanding of the murine defensin repertoire and enable studies of intestinal immunity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr Thompson explored the long standing problem of deriving the effective dynamics of a quantum vortex, establishing the equation of motion that describes an isolated 2d vortex at low temperatures in superfluid helium. Her work consolidated the results of several approaches to such a derivation and considered in depth the limitations of various results. She suggested adaptions of her work to magnetic systems in which the controversial results of her thesis can be experimentally verified. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Coggins detected mountain pine beetle infestations in British Columbia using remotely sensed imagery that provides fine scale measurements over very large areas. This research enhances our understanding of how infestations initiate and spread, and it provides accurate location information to control infestations before they spread to large areas. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Ferreira investigated mediations of value in the Romantic literary marketplace. She focused her study on The Keepsake literary annual and gift-book and the contributed works of five now canonical writers. This research opens interpretive possibilities for rethinking how value was understood and practiced in the era. | Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD) |
| 2011 | Dr. Jacobs investigated verbs in the Squamish language with control meanings - like "intentionally" or "accidentally" - and demonstrated that these verbs essentially mark either the beginning or the ending of an event. He argued that control meanings are derived from inferences made about whether the beginning or ending of an event is described. | Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD) |