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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 2003 2003

Strategies for automating open pit mine haulage planning, Terry Alan Bush

Experimental and simulation studies of two-phase flow in a stirred tank, Maethee Chandavimol

Semi-active control of elastic and inelastic building structures with piezoelectric friction dampers, Chaoqiang Chen

An experimental study and numerical simulation to elucidate the effects of environmental parameters on battlefield smokes, Qiang Chen

Investigations into leakage current variation in titanium dioxide dielectrics, Daniel A. Ciardullo

Deposition of gold from an organic immersion plating bath for microelectronic applications, Eric James Dahlgren

Identification of seismically-induced landslippage along Crowley's Ridge, southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas, Briget C. Doyle

Modeling and operation of single and multiple tube membrane bioreactors, Ellen England

Evolvability in the phylogeny of the ontogenesis of artificial networks of spiking neurons, Amber D. Fischer

Processing and characterization of thin film solid oxide fuel cell structures, Brian P. Gorman

Use of data mining techniques for mine machine condition monitoring, Hui Hu

Geophysical, hydrological, and archaeological investigation in the east bank area of Luxor - Southern Egypt, Ahmed Ismail

Characterization and modeling of paleoliquefaction features in Missouri, Houda Jadi

Development and evaluation of epoxidized soybean oil-based polymers, Nuanpen Juangvanich

Magnetic studies of novel mixed rare earth-iron rich R₂T₁₇ intermetallics, Kishore Kamaraju

Ground penetrating radar application for non-destructive testing: Bridge deck inspection and dowel bar detection, Wooyoung Kim

Investigation of hydrocarbon sources and reduction in small four-stroke spark ignition engines, Kyle R. Koederitz

Automorphism groups of resolvable incidence structure, Grant Harlan Lathrom

SimNet: a neural network architecture for pattern recognition and data mining, Hsi-Chieh Lee

Higher order finite element modeling of acoustic propagation in a moving medium, Eivind Listerud

Robust analysis and control of smart structural systems, Pengxiang Liu

Electrodeposition of ordered semiconductor metal oxide nanostructures and epitaxial thin films, Run Liu

Rehabilitation of steel bridge members with FRP composite materials, Xiangdong Liu

Part 1. A comparison of enantioselective uptake and degradation of chiral pesticides through biotic and abiotic processes in the aquatic environment; and Part 2. Development of a soybean oil based epoxy resin system and its application in composite material fabrication and Part 3. Development of an environmentally benign process for the recovery of scrap polystyrene., Michael F. Maples

Dynamic finite element analysis of precracked, notched and layered Charpy impact tests, Jaime H. McCoy

Military foot traffic impact on soil compaction properties at the United States Military Academy: a multiscale analysis, Kenneth William McDonald

An analysis of intermodal transportation mode selection considering stochastic system parameters, Tartat Mokkhamakkul

Development and validation of coaxial cable sensors for damage detection of reinforced concrete structures, Huimin Mu

The Lower Carboniferous (Chadian-Brigantian) geology of shallow marine carbonate rocks in the central and southeast Irish Midlands and the Wexford Outlier, Zsolt Nagy

Structural and biological properties of ortho-quinones having nitrogen-sulfur fuctionalities and their metal conjugates, Zahra Afrasiabi Navan

Study on multilevel converters for static synchronous compensators with energy storage, Chang Qian

Enzymatic synthesis and characterization of alpha-hydroxy acid and amino acid co-oligomers, Mathur Rajesh

Synthesis of selected electron donors and acceptors and study of inter/intramolecular electron transfer from ruthenium (II) complexes in solution, frozen matrix and silica aerogels as the basis for optical devices, Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh

Part 1, Enantioselectivity of hydroxy methionine (HMB) incorporation in short chain peptides; Part 2, Development of an enzymatic process for isolation of enantio enriched HMB on a preparative scale; Part 3, Synthesis and characterization of tailored short chain hetero peptides, Arindam Roy

Integrated process planning for a multi-axis hybrid manufacturing system, Jianzhong Ruan

An analysis of the relationship between work measurement and Total Quality Management (TQM), Esin Sadikoğlu

Lithology and alteration assemblages of the Boss iron-copper deposit, Iron and Dent Counties, Southeast Missouri, Cheryl M. Seeger

Part 1, Application of supercritical fluid extraction for enantiospecific determination of chlordane residues in fish tissue ; Part 2, Prediction of retention time of long chain alcohol phenyl ethers in density programmed supercritical fluid chromatography ; Part 3, Evaluation of biogenic oil based technical fluids, Rachadaporn Seemamahannop

Chemical characterization of micron and submicron particulate matters, Hongyu Shen

Cationically modified boehmite for ink jet paper coatings, Jinzhen Shi

Petrology, geochemistry, and mineralogy of pyroxene and pegmatitic carbonatite and the associated fluorspar deposit at Okorusu alkaline igneous carbonatite complex, Namibia, Purnima Ashok Shivdasan

Spectral algorithm modifications for (alpha,N) reactions on beryllium in the SOURCES computer code, Erik F. Shores

Evolving neural networks in classification, Sunghwan Sohn

Mechanisms of lead and zinc removal from lead mine drainage in constructed wetland, Ying Song

Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in activated sludge floc, Holley Kaempfer Steller

Comparison of treatment technologies on a pilot scale for the removal of fuel oxygenates from natural groundwater, Justin M. Sutherland

Development and analysis of intelligent computation based stock forecasting and trading systems, Suraphan Thawornwong

Nozzle clogging during the continuous casting of aluminum-killed steel, Luis Trueba Jr.

The use of hyperspectral data to estimate soil properties, Yong Wu

Field and laboratory performance of prestressed high performance concrete girders for Missouri bridge structures, Yumin Yang

Thermal behavior of thin-polymer films on silica, Bing Zhang

Search for post-starburst (E+A) galaxies in the cluster Abell 3266, Zhongyu Zhang

Ultrasonic Microscopy Analysis of Corrosion -- A Nondestructive Evaluation of Paint Weathering Effects and Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoscale Water-reducible Polymer Particles, Wei Zhao

Modeling of transport phenomena during laser welding process, Jun Zhou

A comprehensive dynamic model of the gas metal arc welding process, Fanlin Zhu

Dissertations from 2002 2002

Ionization of helium by proton and H₂⁺ impact studied by projectile and recoil ion momentum spectroscopy, Liqun An

Applications of temporal logic to assembly and disassembly sequences, Murat Atmaca

New treatment for an old problem: lead poisoning, Nukhet Aykin-Burns

Modeling of complex hat-shaped chords of cold-formed steel trusses, Stuart Werner Baur

Skin cancer diagnosis using hybrid artificial intelligence system, Ying Chang

Platinum in phosphate laser glasses, Carol A. Click

Syntheses and characterization of derivatives of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane, methyl, cholate, and of ionophores based on EDTA, NTA, and IDA, Jyoti Marutrao Dalvi

Tauberian theorems for convergence and subsequential convergence of sequences with controlled oscillatory behavior, Fi̇li̇z Di̇k

Tauberian theorems for sequences with moderately oscillatory control moduli, Mehmet Di̇k

Micro-scale moveable bed physical model, Roger Andrew Gaines

The modeling and analysis of the electroosmotic flow, diffusion, electrophoretic migration, and adsorption mechanisms of charged and uncharged adsorbates in capillary electrochromatography systems employing charged adsorbent particles - comparisons between theory and experiments, Brian A. Grimes

Transverse fracture and fiber/matrix interface characteristics of hybrid ceramic matrix composites, Stephen B. Haug

Probing extra dimensions by lepton-flavor nonconserving quantum loop effects, Bo He

Aspects of convenient synthesis of 2,2'-biimidazole derivatives and aliphatic poly(amino-ester)s, Feng He

A comparative study of Just-In-Time (JIT) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) systems with varying constraint locations and operational characteristics, Pirun Hemmondharop

Effect of pattern and coating properties on defect formation in aluminum lost foam castings, Devin Ray Hess

Effective leadership for total quality management, Paul D. Hirtz

Lyapunov function based neurocontrollers for a class of deterministic and stochastic problems, Zhongwu Huang

A study of early adopters of technology in the independent telephone industry, William Ralph Kehr

Application of singular-perturbation-based model reduction techniques to neglect saliency in synchronous machines, Michael Thomas Lemanski

Development of an ISO 9000 advisory team, Hsien-Tsung Liao

Resin transfer molding: mathematical models for process control, Lin Lin

The relationship between R&D spending and shareholder returns in high technology industries, Darrel Aloysius Mank

Growth and structure of ultra-thin epitaxial chromium and iron oxide films on silver(001) and silver(111): a comprehensive study accomplished by X-ray photoelectron diffraction and low energy electron diffraction, Osman Ozturk

The geometry of map equations for trochoids, Sibel Pasali

Differential thermal analysis of nucleation and crystal growth rates in glasses, Kisa S. Ranasinghe

Ozonation of artificial aquaria seawater: oxidation kinetics and byproduct formation, Robert E. Reed

Optimization in process design and control: I. Accelerated global optimization for low-order controller design and process optimization ; II. Online control of a distributed parameter process: applications in composites manufacturing, David Eldon Schmidt

Nonlinear material modeling and finite element analysis of V-ribbed belts, Yuelin Shen

The evolution of the lower Missouri River: Stratigraphy, geomorphology, and habitat dynamics at Lisbon Bottom, Jeffrey Spooner

Web crippling and combined bending and web crippling of cold-formed steel header beams, Sutton F. Stephens

Investigation of FRP materials for bridge construction, Danielle Kleinhans Stone

Modeling and analysis of rapid freeze prototyping, Guanghua Sui

Spontaneous electrochemical processing in conventional organic solutions for Fe³⁺ removal and metal deposition, Jinghua Sun

Electron-cadmium ionization for energies near overlapping autoionizing resonances, Muzaffer Mustafa Tabanli

Improving high-dimensional indexing for content-based image retrieval, Jui-Che Teng

Wavelet analysis of electroretinograms and its clinical application, Srinivasa Varadharajan

Factors influencing success in the packaging machinery integration process, Tunyarut Viriyapituk

Development and applications of a hybrid finite element method (FEM)/method of moments (MoM) tool, Hao Wang

Designing protection of a distribution feeder to maximize reliability, Jingyu Wang

A new method for suboptimal control of a class of nonlinear systems, Ming Xin

Fracture mechanics of glass panels subjected to low velocity missle impact, Jiaqing Yu

An investigation of gaps in return planes, decoupling capacitor ESR in resonance suppression, and low-mutual inductance filters, Theodore M. Zeeff

Modeling the formation and collapse of a keyhole during laser welding process, Wenhai Zhang

Development and characterization of soy-based epoxy resins and pultruded FRP composites, Jiang Zhu