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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dr. Rashid developed novel resource allocation schemes based on advanced analytical models to improve quality of service in high speed wireless systems. He subsequently applied these schemes in a number of emerging broadband wireless access networks. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Briseno's work examined the learning experiences of 20 family groups visiting a local science museum in the Mexican socio-cultural context. The outcomes of her study highlight the roles that visitors' socio-cultural identity play in shaping their learning outcomes, and suggest some novel revisions to our current perspectives on family learning in informal settings. | Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Vratulis explored pre-service teachers' experiences using digital technologies in the context of a 12-month teacher education program. This study helps reveal the importance of integrating digital technologies in ways that disrupt pre-service teachers' existing conceptions of literacy pedagogy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Popa worked on geometry processing for computer graphics and developed several novel techniques for acquisition and manipulation of shapes that deform over time. These methods support realistic modeling of complex virtual objects such as clothing or organic shapes increasing the realism of virtual environments. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tavassoli found a new co-activator protein that binds to and differentially enhances androgen receptor activity. He also developed cell-based screening assays for agents that modulate growth, death and androgen receptor activation in prostate cancer cells. He subsequently applied his method to find more potent drugs against receptor activity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Pugh investigated relationships between the outcome of cancer treatment with variations in human genome sequences. He has pioneered methods for applying DNA sequencing technologies to primary cancer patient specimens. His work has helped pave the way for using genomics to better understand human cancer. | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tomsky examined cultural memory, trauma, and affect in literature that focused on the 1947 partition of India and the 1991 break-up of Yugoslavia. Her findings show how this body of literature initiates an antipartitionist consciousness and attempts a transformation of political communities through the creation of new institutions. | Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Xie examined fundamental aspects of solvent extraction of copper and cyanide from cyanide solution with guanidine and mixture of quaternary amine and alkylphenol. The research results provide an economic way of recovery of valuable metals and cyanide from cyanide effluent in gold mining industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hosseini developed statistical models predicting precipitation, temperature and associated extreme weather events such as drought, toward managing agricultural climate risks. He also developed a way to approximate large datasets. To assess such approximations, he introduced a novel performance metric that is invariant under re-scaling of the data. | Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Small examined the influence of the setting where drugs are injected upon drug-related harm among injection drug users in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He found that social and environmental forces specific to particular drug use settings play a key role in shaping injection-related risks, highlighting the importance of environmental and structural interventions for efforts to prevent HIV and reduce drug-related harm. | Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Adamuti-Trache developed a life course agency model describing how highly-educated immigrants respond to obstacles in the segmented Canadian labour market. Adult knowledge workers, regardless of the origin of their credentials, engage in further education to upgrade their human capital; for highly-educated immigrants, however, Canadian credentials also represent symbolic capital. | Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Lee structurally and kinetically characterized essential enzymes involving sialic acid metabolism in bacterial pathogens. These studies significantly contribute to our understanding of various enzymes encoded by pathogenic bacteria, providing valuable insight into their catalytic mechanism and specificity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Vidal studied how the processes of diffusion, adoption, and implementation of corporate responsibility practices occur in forest companies in Canada, Brazil, and the United States. Her research provides a framework for such processes and recommends how companies can better manage their portfolio of responsible activities. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tyerman demonstrated that competition for resources caused experimental populations of bacteria to diversify. His work provides direct evidence that ecological interactions, like competition, can drive adaptive diversification. Subsequently he investigated how trade-offs, mutational constraints and ecological opportunities impact the origin and maintenance of bacterial diversity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. LaMarre investigated the relationship between impulsive personality traits and higher level cognitive ability, such as decision making. Results suggest that impulsive traits have a negative effect on these types of thinking abilities. The results have broader implications with respect to understanding the interplay between brain function and personality. | Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Agov studied the international political economy of North Korea. His research reveals that North Korea's economic integration into the socialist system was greater than its ideology and politics of "self reliance" indicated. North Korea's external ties, though curtailed at times, made its unreformed domestic system more resilient than scholarship has previously indicated. | Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Clay applied the concept of ordering generalized symmetries to study the shape of three-dimensional space. His work built upon the known interaction between orderings and topology, by studying how orderings change when the shape of space is changed by a classical geometric operation called Dehn surgery. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Mudzingwa examined the sound patterns of Karanga and Zezuru, the principal dialects of Shona, a Bantu language of Zimbabwe. He demonstrated how Shona uses several interrelated strategies to achieve structures that are generally preferred in the world's languages: consonant-vowel (CV) syllables and a minimum word length of two syllables. | Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Konishi investigated how adolescents' ongoing attachments to their parents predict their feelings of anger and how they express anger. Adolescents who experienced insecure attachment to parents reported more intense feelings of anger and unhealthy expressions of anger. This provides a strong reminder of the significant role of caregivers on adolescents' well-being and social-emotional functioning. | Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Lee's research provides important new information about the control of acetyl-CoA carboxylase, an enzyme that plays a vital role in controlling fat storage in the body. Her work increases our understanding of fat metabolism and may provide the basisfor developing drugs to treat obesity. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Sun studied how compounds interact with each other during capillary electrophoresis process using a computer simulation model and experimental methods. With the assistance of the computer program Dr. Sun developed, the behavior of the species migrating in the capillary during electrophoresis can be well understood. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Jones characterized a mouse line which expresses a fluorescent protein only when inherited from the female parent. This tool will be useful for studying diseases caused by a specific type of genes, called imprinted genes, which function differently depending on whether they are inherited from the mother or the father. | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hossain developed novel ways to control electronic and magnetic properties of several strongly correlated electron systems via impurities. He measured, for the first time, the true Fermi surface of the high-temperature superconductor YBCO and used impurities to measure unconventional magnetism in ruthenium oxides. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Royal explored student response to an innovative teaching approach that transformed her multicultural postsecondary ESL classroom into a place of dialogue and critical engagement. Her students found the pedagogy meaningful since it taught them practical language skills and prepared them to become active and equal participants in Canadian society. | Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Shea developed new approaches for estimating weather variables that are required to model glacier melt. Using data collected in the southern Coast Mountains, he demonstrated that simple melt models may not be suitable for long-term simulations of glacier dynamics and evaluating the effects of climatic change on glacier-fed streams. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD) |