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 2012
Behavior of advanced innovative materials for improved long-term bridge performance, Wei Zheng
Strategic management and entrepreneurship as economic development tools, Norbert Ziemer
Dissertations from 2011
Receiver function studies of crustal structure, composition, and evolution beneath the Afar Depression, Ethiopia, Sattam A. Almadani
Apparent weekly and daily earthquake periodicities in the western United States, and evolution of Wadi Kubbania in Egypt, Ali Hadi Atef
Crustal structure and evolution beneath the Colorado Plateau and the southern basin and range province, Lamuail Bashir
A geological and geophysical study of the Tendaho Graben in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia: insights into transitional continental rifting, David Lee Bridges
Processing and characterization of boron carbide-hafnium diboride ceramics, Harlan J. Brown-Shaklee
Minimal and near minimal congruence lattice representations of finite lattices by finite algebras on sets of integers, Roger Lee Bunn
One pot synthesis of metal, carbides and polymeric aerogels, Naveen K. Chandrasekaran
Nonlinear modeling and simulation of radial forging process, Jian Chen
Assessing system architectures: the Canonical Decomposition Fuzzy Comparative methodology, Jason Paul Dauby
Modeling hourly electricity prices: a structural time series approach incorporating modified GARCH innovations, Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage Asitha Edirisinghe
Multiple differential study of fragmentation processes in 75 keV proton-molecular hydrogen collisions, Kisra Nayomal Egodapitiya
Preliminary model development of metal complexation of polyester derivatives of 2,2'-biimidazole, Shelonda Rena Taylor Finch
CEEME: compensating events based execution monitoring enforcement for Cyber-Physical Systems, Thoshitha T. Gamage
Surface modification of micro-fluidic devices, Zhan Gao
Cross-layer design for network performance optimization in wireless networks, Xuan Gong
Epitaxial electrodeposition of metal oxide films and superlattices which exhibit resistance switching, Rakesh V. Gudavarthy
Femtosecond laser micromachining of microstructures for sensing and detection, Yukun Han
Enhanced heavy oil recovery by alkali-surfactant in the Pennsylvania Warner sandstone, Rabia Mohamed Hunky
Workforce planning models for semiconductor manufacturing: assembly-test operations, Shrikant Jarugumilli
Spiking neural networks and their applications, Cameron Eric Johnson
Dynamic ergonomic analysis and simulation of fastening operation, Akul Joshi
Integrated computational intelligence and Japanese candlestick method for short-term financial forecasting, Takenori Kamo
Micropile response to combined loading, Kyle Allen Kershaw
Quantum phase transitions in the presence of disorder and dissipation, Chetan Kotabage
Additivity of strengthening mechanisms in ultrafine grained aluminum alloy, Nilesh Kumar
Absorbing state transitions in clean and disordered lattice models, Man Young Lee
Agent-based analysis and mitigation of failure for cyber-physical systems, Jing Lin
Exploratory study of barriers to use of Feigenbaum's quality cost strategy within design engineering firms, David Patrick Loduca
First-principles studies of complex hydrides for Li-ion battery and hydrogen storage applications, Timothy Hudson Mason
Development of a simple vibration model for predicting the structural dynamics of an HCCI engine, Jeffery A. Massey
Probability theory on time scales and applications to finance and inequalities, Thomas Matthews
Development of a fuel cell plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and vehicle simulator for energy management assessment, Andrew Meintz
Advanced composites using non-autoclave processes: manufacturing and characterization, V. G. K. Menta
Synthesis and binding studies of peptide mimetics, anion receptors, and kinase inhibitors, Nanditha G. Nair
Sandwich structures with advanced facings, Cody H. Nguyen
Impact of stochastic loads and generations on power system transient stability, Theresa Odun-Ayo
Hardware emulation of wireless communication fading channels, Fei Ren
Aerogels and films through free radical polymerization, Anand G. Sadekar
Development of a versatile man-portable obscurant aerosol generator: characterization of aerosols in laboratory and field environments, Robert William Schaub
Biodegradable polymer/clay nanocomposites based on poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) and Polylactide, Mahin Shahlari
Interfacial effects on dielectric properties of polymer-particle nanocomposites, Sasidhar Siddabattuni
Leaching characteristics of inorganic contaminants from coal fly ash, Tingzhi Su
Two-point bend studies of glass fibers, Zhongzhi Tang
Effect of hydrophobicity and surface roughness on two-phase flow in rectangular microchannels, Gautham C. Unni
Postcyclic behavior of low-plasticity silt, Shuying Wang
Hilbert Transform applications in signal analysis and non-parametric identification of linear and nonlinear systems, Zuocai Wang
Stress measurement and development of zirconium diboride-silicon carbide ceramics, Jeremy Lee Watts
Alloy dissolution in argon stirred steel, Darryl S. Webber
Quantum electrodynamics and fundamental constants, Benedikt J. Wundt
Modeling of novel coaxial cable Bragg grating sensor by coupled mode theory, Songping Wu
Strength adjustable preformed particle gels for conformance control, Jia Zhou
Applied palynology: Multidisciplinary case studies from Egypt, Gulf of Mexico and USA, Mohamed K. Zobaa
Dissertations from 2010
Investigating the source of thermal anomalies in the northern United Arab Emirates (UAE) desert using geophysical methods, Khalid Ahmad
Theoretical study of electron impact-ionization of molecules, Ola Al-Hagan
Deadlock detection and dihomotopic reduction via progress shell decomposition, David Andrew Cape
Ceramic dielectrics for high energy density capacity application, Sheng Chao
Weak shear study of galaxy clusters by simulated gravitational lensing, David Coss
Factors controlling ductility in ultrafine grain aluminum alloys under monotonic and cyclic loading, Partha Sarathi De
A study of the growth and structure of chromium and iron oxide films on Pd(001) using X-ray photoelectron diffraction and low energy electron diffraction, Tina Dhekial-Phukan
Emerging technology supply chain model for additive manufacturing, David M. Dietrich
Development of embedded modulated scatterer technique: single- and dual-loaded scatterers, Kristen M. Donnell
Adaptive resource allocation for cognitive wireless ad hoc networks, Behdis Eslamnour
A case study in quantitative analysis of cyber-physical systems: reliability of the Smart Grid, Ayman Z. Faza
Capillary electrophoresis of pteridines in urine and plants and quantification of pharmaceutical and personal care products in Missouri waste water, Stephen E. Gibbons
Low-thrust control of orbital elements, Nathan Harl
Phosphate post-treatment of cerium-based conversion coatings on Al 2024-T3, Daimon K. Heller
Effect of structure and plasticizer on the glass transition of adsorbed polymer, Boonta Hetayothin
Understanding corrosion of Ni₃(Si,Nb) alloys in hot sulfuric acid, Jen-Hsien Hsu
Scaled experimental study on excavation of lunar regolith with rakes/rippers and flat blade, Masafumi Iai
Application of quality engineering to investment portfolio selection and optimization, Vivek Kulinchandra Jikar
Electrochemical characterization of cerium-based conversion coatings on Al 7075-T6, Simon Joshi
Borate based bioactive glass scaffolds for hard and soft tissue engineering, Steven B. Jung
Computational methods for the discovery and analysis of genes and other functional DNA sequences, Cyriac Kandoth
Solid oxide fuel cell electrode characterization and improvement for fuel flexibility and supplemental power production, Isaiah D. Kellogg
Improvised explosive device crater repair for enduring route remediation, Daniel Roman Kienitz
Ground penetrating radar investigations in Upper Kama potash mines, Oleg N. Kovin
Adsorption and segmental dynamics of acrylate and methacrylate polymers adsorbed on a silica surface, Piyawan Krisanangkura
Computational intelligence methods in wireless sensor networks, Raghavendra V. Kulkarni
Three-body dynamics in single ionization of atomic hydrogen by 75 keV proton impact, Aaron C. LaForge
Ultracapacitor character analysis and its application in unified power quality conditioner as energy storage system, Xiaomeng Li
Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer nanostructures and their application in sensors, Zhe-Fei Li
HAART drugs induce oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in blood-brain barrier, Kalyan Reddy Manda
Characterization of diamond thin films and related materials, Travis K. McKindra
Synthesis and characterization of metal decorated bamboo structured carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage, Sean Charles Mickey
Identifying multiple steady states in the design of reactive distillation processes, Thomas Karl Mills
Dynamic reconfiguration and control of smart power systems, Pinaki Mitra
