Previous STV400 Papers
In order to complete the STV Option, students must complete STV400, an independent research course which normally requires students to submit an research essay. The list below contains the name, academic plan, title, and year of past projects. This is not a complete list but a select one intended to provide a glimpse of what has been done and to demonstrate the diversity of STV students
| Student | Academic Plan | Title of STV 400 paper | Year |
| Billy Sheiban | International Development | Factors for the Implementation of Environmental Management Systems | 2011 |
| Lindsay Wolfson | International Development | The Mobile Revolution: An Analysis of the Uses of Mobile Phones in International Development | 2011 |
| Jae-Hyun Park | Planning | Social Network Sites: How Niche Social Network Sites Dominate | 2011 |
| Jan Gorzny | Computer Science and C&O | Privacy and Cloud Computing | 2011 |
| Tareq Ismael | Computer Science | How a Digital, Mobile Qur’an Will Change Muslim Practices | 2010 |
| Corey Wood | A.H.S. | The Electric Car: Progress or Progress Trap | 2009 |
| L. Jennifer Chow | Accounting and Financial Management | “Green” is more than just the colour of that shirt. | 2007 |
| Arturo Guédez | Computer Science | Virtual Dance for the Cultural Heart: The Interactive Software-Animated Instructional Dancing (ISAID) Tool | 2006 |
| B.P. Bergsma | Mechanical Engineering | The Increase in and Treatment of Ethical Conflicts in the Engineering Workplace | 2006 |
| Ada Chan | Planning | “Smart” Growth Ontario | 2003 |
| Vienna Lee | Planning | Housing the Homeless | 2003 |
| Avi Caplan | Independent Studies | Perspectives on Technology |
2003 |
| Valerie MacDonald | Honours Science | The Euthanasia Debate | 2002 |
| Rhoda Lee | Kinesiology | Applying People-Product Relationships to Ergonomic Design | 2002 |
| Gordon Turner | Civil Engineering | Wearable Computing: Its development and social impacts | 2001 |
| Alia Lachana | Political Science | Community: explorations in nearness and closeness | 2000 |
| Kevin J. Leskiw | Civil Engineering | Advanced Buildings: Design and Use |
2000 |
| Diane Cameron | Systems Design Engineering | Information Technology and International Development | 1999 |
| Dean Chalmers | Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering | Bicycle Safety: Issues, Philosophies and Solutions | 1997 |
| Susan Wright | Arts | “We aren’t all a bunch of cowboys out here”: Technology Comes to the Sheet Metal Department at Allen-Bradley | 1997 |
| Stephanie Lane | Chemical Engineering | Proactive Public Communications: An Engineering Perspective | 1997 |
| Shamsha Merali | Systems Design Engineering | Social Impact of Computer and Telecommunications Technologies | 1996 |
| Matthew Lee Brett | Systems Design Engineering | Remote Control Unit Design for Society | 1996 |
| Rodrik Cave | Management Sciences | STV 400 Project: untitled | 1995 |
| Thomas Birchall | Psychology | The New Work Environment and a Theory of Dynamics | 1995 |
| Sheri Ferko | Systems Design Engineering | Computers and Distance Education | 1995 |
| Andrew Blau | Systems Design Engineering | Examination of the Social Impact of Widespread Electronic Communication | 1994 |
| Stuart Carmichael | Systems Design Engineering | The Role of Social Power in the Impact of Technology on Business Change | 1994 |
| James P. Roy | Chemistry | “Scientific Journalism”: The Development and Self-Assessment of a Senior STV Project |
1993 |
| William Lockwood | Systems Design Engineering | Music and Technology | 1993 |
| Wayne Stewart Hessman | Environment & Resource Studies | Local Self-Reliance: Obstacles and Opportunities | 1992 |
| Todd Ruthman | Systems Design Engineering | Inherently Safer Design: A new approach to an old problem | 1992 |
| Angela Coulas | Urban & Regional Planning | Implications of Snowmobile Technology on Inuit Culture | 1992 |
| Karen Banna | Arts | The Interaction of Society and Technology | 1992 |
| Calvin Lantz | Philosophy | The Medieval Village and the Normative Narration of History | 1991 |
| Suneel Gupta | Electrical Engineering | Development and the Hill People of the Uttarakhand, India | 1991 |
| Rick Notman | Psychology | Groups: A Technology for Aiding Victims of Child Abuse | 1989 |
| Andrea Zypchen | Engineering | Teaching Materials for The Role of the Engineer in Society |
1989 |
| Durrell Scott Bowman | Music | The Structure of Musical Revolutions | 1989 |
| Andrew H. Kyle | Chemical Engineering | Applying Environmental Ethics in Chemical Engineering | 1989 |
| Ron Heise | Environment & Resource Studies | An Assessment of the Techniques Used for the Alleviation of Infertility | 1989 |
| Scott Bridgman | Economics | The Technology, Society and Values Relationship as Explored through the Institution of Work | 1988 |
| Lori Hanson | Environment & Resource Studies | The Content and Organization of Childbirth: A Comparative Cross-Cultural Analysis of Childbirth in Relation to Society, Technology and Values | 1988 |
| Mark Anderson | Systems Design Engineering |
Duplication Technologies and Values | 1988 |
