Doctoral Dissertations
This collection contains dissertations written in partial fulfillment of the doctoral degree, from 1937 to the present.
The first doctoral degree was in Chemistry, awarded to Frank Joseph Zvanut; his dissertation was titled Pyrochemical changes in Missouri halloysite.. Zvanut had earned his Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering in 1932. Most recently, popular Ph.D. disciplines have included Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geological Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.
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Dissertations from 2013
Isocyanate-derived organic aerogels: polyurethanes, polyureas, polyamides and polyimides, Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar
Structural and magnetic properties of Ni and Cr substituted La₀.₇Sr₀.₃MnO₃, Thomas Franklin Creel Jr.
Data fusion techniques for nondestructive evaluation and medical image analysis, Soumya De
Location based services in wireless ad hoc networks, Neelanjana Dutta
Minimizing formation damage for preformed particle gels treatment in mature reservoirs, Mahmoud Omran Elsharafi
Optical spectroscopic studies of two star forming regions, Kristen Leilani Erickson
Synthetic aperture radar-based techniques and reconfigurable antenna design for microwave imaging of layered structures, Mojtaba Fallahpour
Numerical modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in laser metal deposition by powder injection, Zhiqiang Fan
Model based fault diagnosis and prognosis of nonlinear systems, Hasan Ferdowsi
Two essays on dynamic programming and reinforcement learning, Shuva Ghosh
Development of an integrative commissioning methodology for new-building construction, William L. Gillis III
Bio-inspired design, fabrication and testing of bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells, Nannan Guo
Transport in correlated and uncorrelated random media, with applications to molecularly doped polymers, Nilanka Praveena Gurusinghe
Establishing well operability limits for frac pack sandface well completions using a screen erosion model and well completion score card, Rickey Hendrix
Study of artificially disordered optical fibers, Herath Mudiyanselage Sumudu Rasika Kumari Herath
Approximate dynamic programming based solutions for fixed-final-time optimal control and optimal switching, Ali Heydari
Phase transitions in disordered systems, Fawaz Y. Hrahsheh
Nanoscale metal oxide and supported metal catalysts for Li-air battery, Kan Huang
Regional geomorphic analysis and GIS susceptibility mapping of landslides in the Blue Nile and the Tekeze River Basins of Ethiopia, Elamin Hassan Dai Ismail
Heat transfer and bubble dynamics in bubble and slurry bubble columns with internals for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of clean alternative fuels and chemicals, Moses Odongo O. Kagumba
Integration of nanoporous zeolite with optical fiber devices for chemical sensing, Xinwei Lan
Common mode current estimation for cable bundle inside a vehicle, Dazhao Liu
Bioactive glass scaffolds for the regeneration of load-bearing bone, Xin Liu
Recycling of electronic waste: printed wiring boards, Alex Luyima
Polybenzoxazine aerogels: synthesis, characterization, conversion to porous carbons, and energetic composites, Shruti Mahadik-Khanolkar
Spatial variation of AMD related CO₂ emissions on reclaimed mine spoil, Moagabo Mathiba
Creating new superconducting & semiconducting nanomaterials and investingating the effect of reduced dimensionality on their properties, Sukhada Mishra
Exploring run-time reduction in programming codes via query optimization and caching, Venkata Krishna Suhas Nerella
Quantum phase transitions in disordered magnets, David Nozadze
Advances in blind source separation, Christopher Osterwise
Characterization of nano-scaled metal-hydrides confined in nano-porous carbon frameworks, David Edward Peaslee
Privacy-preserving friend recommendations in online social networks, Bharath Kumar Samanthula
Palynology of acid-saline lakes of western Australiabiostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Carlos A. Sanchez Botero
Processing, microstructural evolution and electrochemical performance relationships in solid oxide fuel cells, Ayhan Sarikaya
Observability-enhanced dual-filter design for attitude estimation with minimum observations, Jason D. Searcy
A comparison of American and Asian automakers' vehicles in quality, reliability, and safety, Ozge Senoz
Topics in voice echo cancellation, Pratik Vijay Shah
Design, development and characterization of a novel neutron and X-ray combined computed tomography system, Vaibhav Sinha
Detecting and locating electronic devices using their unintended electromagnetic emissions, Colin Stagner
Numerical analyses of long carbon fiber reinforced concrete panels exposed to dynamic loading, Zahra Sadat Tabatabaei
Behavior and effects of nanoparticles in complex fluid systems, Chen Wang
Inverter design and analysis using multiple reference frame theory, Luke Dale Watson
Interacting stress concentration factors and their effect on fatigue of metallic aerostructures, David Warren Whitley
Geochemical and isotopic characterization of lead in fugitive dust from unsurfaced roads in Missouri, Emitt C. Witt
Phytoforensics on energetics: novel plant tissue measure approach and modeling, Yuan Yuan
Gas-solid fluidized bed reactors: scale-up, flow regimes identification and hydrodynamics, Faraj Muftah Zaid
Sparse group sufficient dimension reduction and covariance cumulative slicing estimation, Bilin Zeng
Source reconstructions for IC radiated emissions based on magnitude-only near-field scanning, Ji Zhang
Efficient uncertainty quantification in aerospace analysis and design, Yi Zhang
Fiber inline pressure and acoustic sensor fabricated with femtosecond laser, Yinan Zhang
Finite-horizon optimal control of linear and a class of nonlinear systems, Qiming Zhao
Dissertations from 2012
Saturation effects on mechanical excavatability of Roubidoux sandstone under selected rock cutting tools, Muhammad Zubair Abu Bakar
Meso-scale fluidic devices with chemical sensors for biological applications, Satya Gowthami Achanta
Updated EOR screening criteria and modeling the impacts of water salinity changes on oil recovery, Ahmad Aladasani
Lifetime prediction and confidence bounds in accelerated degradation testing for lognormal response distributions with an Arrhenius rate relationship, Steven Michael Alferink
The effects of personal protective respirators on human motor, visual, and cognitive skills, Anas Ahmed AlGhamri
Part I: Quantitative determination of total corrosive sulfur in mineral insulating oils and technical liquids; Part II: Development and validation of a broad spectrum microbial disinfectant, Kyle Rodney Anderson
Measuring the orientations of hidden subvertical joints in highways rock cuts using ground penetrating radar in combination with LIDAR, Adnan Mohammed Aqeel
Stress corrosion cracking behavior of friction stir processed ultrafine grained light metal alloys, Gaurav Ramchandra Argade
Real-time localization using received signal strength, Mohammed Rana Basheer
Plate kinematics of the Afro-Arabian Rift System with an emphasis on the Afar Depression, Helen Carrie Bottenberg
The effect of supercritical water on crude glycerin solution, Jared Bouquet
Prediction and performance of single piles in clay soils under vibratory loadings, Domenica Cambio
Therapeutic effects of N-acetylcysteine amide in the treatment of eye disorders, Joshua W. Carey
Discrete fiber-reinforced polyurea systems for infrastructure strengthening and blast mitigation, Natalia L. Carey
Handel's Maser-Solution Theory of ball lightning: the creation of stable three-dimensional cavitons by an atmospheric maser with an open resonator, Glenn Andrew Carlson
Data fusion by using machine learning and computational intelligence techniques for medical image analysis and classification, Beibei Cheng
Two essays on the domain translation from financial options to real options, Hongyan Chen
Periodic q-difference equations, Rotchana Chieochan
Theoretical studies of few-body problems, Uttam Chowdhury
Analyzing risk and catastrophic accidents: using LOPA and human factors to improve safety in generic projects, Siddharth B. Damle
Purification of metals through filtration and electromagnetic separation, Lucas Nana Wiredu Damoah
Impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on the power grid in a smart environment, Zahra Darabi
Decreasing time to market for a medical device: new methods for the product development process, Kelly Marie Davis
Dynamic decision making under uncertainty in renewable energy portfolio management and inventory management, Jianjun Deng
A socio-technical analysis of widespread electric vehicle adoption, Onanwa Nneka Egbue
X-ray crystallography for the study of nickel and iron salicylaldimines, Carla Schmiesing Eribal
Organoclay dispersion in linear low-density polyethylene and maleated linear low-density polyethylene via supercritical carbon dioxide processing, Matthew J. Factor
Investigation of biomarkers for noninvasive early diagnosis of cancer, Sanjeewa Bandara Gamagedara
Performance characterization and optimization of microgrid-based energy generation and storage technologies, Joe D. Guggenberger II
Modelling interruptions of human-in-the loop tasks, Muhammet Servet Gulum
Global homotopy continuation and stability analysis: optimal application to chemical engineering design, David Anthony Harney
Economics and finance on time scales, Julius Severin Heim
Investigation of wellbore stability in a North Sea field development, Steven Austin Hilgedick
Experimental investigations of pseudospark discharge and pseudospark produced intense electron beams, Jing Hu
Real-time supply chain predictive metrics, William Scott Hunter
Compressive sensing for 3D microwave imaging systems, Hamed Kajbaf
Investigation of different approaches to combine cable information and near-field scan data for radiated-field estimation, Keong W. Kam
Stability challenges and solutions in current-mode controlled power electronic converters, Seyed Mostafa Khazraei
Spatial-temporal reasoning applications of computational intelligence in the game of Go and computer networks, Tae-Hyung Kim
The risk mitigation strategy taxonomy and generated risk event effect neutralization method, Daniel A. Krus
Nitrification performance of activated sludge under low dissolved oxygen conditions, Guoqiang Liu
Low-complexity soft-decision feedback turbo equalization for multilevel modulations, Huang Lou
