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 1992
Analysis of robot process capability using animated simulation, Chiu-Chi Wei
Dissertations from 1991
A decision support system for international debt management, Rahim Abbassi
Mathematical models for diffusion in glassy polymers, Farhad Adib
A model study of mixing and mass transfer in a continuous counter-current reactor for metal refining, Ajay Kumar Agrawal
A study of structuration in group decision support systems, Abdul Ghafoor Akram
Z dependence in electron capture by protons, Dean M. Blankenship
D-crackability: a finite element measure, George David Blanpied
Knowledge-based control of a robotic assembly cell: diagnostics and error recovery, Robert Dale Borchelt
Synchronous manufacturing: benefits and barriers for small manufacturers, Susan Hollis Burgess
The effect of temperature and imperfect bonding on the mechanical properties of ceramic matrix composites, Douglas R. Carroll
Modeling of fluid flow and porosity formation during casting solidification, Fon-Chieh Chang
Unconstrained and constrained motion control of a planar two-link structurally-flexible manipulator, Byung-Oh Choi
An intelligent decision support system for naval ship design, Yu-Chao Chou
Effectiveness of a computer-integrated, multi-media learning environment on engineering education, Bonnie Daily
Simulation and evaluation of Reed-Solomon codes in a burst noise environment, William Joseph Ebel
Managing of transformation phases to total quality excellence in a small manufacturing company, Hazim S. El-Baz
Structure and properties of Y₂O₃-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ glasses, Erik M. Erbe
Diffusion of industrial products: empirical estimation of the influence of opinion leadership, Lisa K. Baganoff Gaynor
An electric control center operator's assistant expert system, Nilson Luiz Vital Ge̤s
Automated computer aided stock cutting: irregular two-dimensional pattern generation using simulated annealing algorithm, Alireza Hajakbari
Toughening mechanisms in weak matrix ceramic composites, Jowoong Ha
Texture analysis of skin cancer images, David Earl Harris
An expert system for designing tubular strings, sizing bits, and optimizing the hydraulics plan for planning the drilling of an oil well, Lloyd Richard Heinze
New approaches to enantiomeric separation by high performance liquid chromatography, Martha Lynne Hilton
An intelligent decision support system for construction planning and scheduling, Ossama Ahmed Hosny
Gas permeability measurement of unsaturated fine grained soils, Mohammad Taghi Izadi
Dispersion behavior of aluminum oxide, lanthanum manganite and lanthanum chromite powders in liquids, Feng-Cheng Jang
Analysis of steady state axisymmetric penetration problems by the finite element method using a mixed formulation, R. (Rajarathinam) Jayachandran
Formation of mullite ceramics and composites by a glass-ceramic route, De-Yin Jeng
A model study of heat transfer and fluid flow in slag-cleaning furnaces, Seongwon Kang
Evaluation of uncertainty in geotechnical analysis by means of extended second-moment reliability methods, James M. Keane
A concurrent engineering-based methodology for communication network design in a CIM environment, Doo Yong Kim
Equilibrium, rate studies, and economic evaluation on adsorption and variable-temperature stepwise desorption, Suvit Kulvaranon
Processing-microstructure-dielectric property relations of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O₃ - Pb(Fe2/3W1/3)O₃ - based ceramics, Cheng-Hwa Liu
Reinforcement in ceramic matrix composites, Jenq Liu
Enantiomeric separation by capillary gas chromatography using derivatized cyclodextrin stationary phases, Weiyong Li
Use of voids to stabilize dislocation networks at elevated temperatures in aluminum single crystals, Purushottam G. Manusmare
Toward the development of decision support tools to manage the CATIS project life cycle, Steven Wayne McCrary
Convergence of Fourier series and representations of Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes coefficients, Dimitrios G. Natsis
Effects of I/Q arm unbalance on Costas phase-locked loops, John Paul Oliver
The mechanical properties of tightly woven carbon-carbon composites, Abdullah Ozturk
An application of the boundary element method to two-dimensional sound propagation over an irregular topography, Jong Moo Park
Displacement based design of rigid retaining walls subjected to dynamic loads considering soil nonlinearity, E. Arni Rafnsson
Characterizing backpropagation neural network architecture response to domain entropy: implementation with a fuzzy logic based expert system, Alice E. Smith
The electrodeposition of metals and alloys using pulsed current, Chong Ho Sonu
Phase noise of digital counters, Donald Ray Stephens
Electrical and structural properties of compositions in the systems Y₁₋ₓCaₓMnO₃ and La₁₋ₓCaₓMnO₃, Jeffry W. Stevenson
Integrating product and packaging design for manufacturing and distribution: a survey and cases, Ming-Ren Sun
A study of the mold filling parameters in the evaporative pattern casting process, Chi-Hua Edward Tseng
Dynamic analysis and vibration control of smart structural materials, Ming-June Tzeng
Digital speech synthesis for enhancement of afflicted speech, Bradford Dean Williams
Intercept performance of delay and multiply receivers against phase coded radar pulses, Edward Hal Wooldridge
Concerning the expansive property and shift homeomorphisms of inverse limits, Fredrick Edward Worth
High pressure water jets in rock excavation, Jianchi Yao
Lattice structures for noncausal filters, Jenq-Tay Yuan
Dissertations from 1990
Mixed convection in two dimensional laminar air flow with reverse flow regions, Byung Joon Baek
The aminolysis of the N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of phenylacetic acids, Robert Dean Baker
An intelligent decision support system for public sector investment programming, Joseph Bannis
Polymer synthesis and characterization, Terry Lynn Bone
Electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and defect structure of Ca-doped YCrO₃, George Francis Carini II
Non-steady state cracking in unidirectional composites, Li Chai
Intrinsic workability and metal forming analysis, Hen-Li Henry Chen
Studies on the shrinkage-induced transport phenomena during alloy solidification, Kun-Chuan Chiang
The application of global homotopy continuation methods to chemical process flowsheeting problems, Soo Hyoung Choi
Predicting installation torque requirements for helical anchors using measured soil properties, Lewis Keith Crouch
Sensitivity analysis studies for the improvement of structural design, Pericles Panique Dakay
New methods for analysis and design of decentralized control systems, Jorge Roberto Brito De Souza
Surfactant association structures and emulsion polymerization, James E. Funk
Polymerization in organized media, Robert J. Gambogi
Inelastic response and collapse behavior of steel tall buildings subjected to 3-D earthquake excitations, Jeng-Fuh Ger
Effect of toxic organic compounds on mobility of heavy metals in soils, Akbar Ghazifard
Finite element solution of steady state axisymmetric penetration problems, T. Gobinath
Dynamics of an axially moving flexible finite strip, Madana M. Gopal
Robot pedagogics: The adaptation, analysis, and computer control of a model manipulator, Edward T. Hammerand
The role of fluoride in the adherence of electrodeposited zinc to aluminum cathodes, Jangsop Han
Distributed knowledge base approach for scheduling in intelligent manufacturing, Gerald E. Hoffman
In search of the optimal adaptive load sharing policy for distributed systems, Yuh-Jong Hu
Dynamics of silane coupling agents in bulk and adsorbed on silica surfaces, Hye-Jung Kang
Effect of strain rate on material properties of sheet steels and structural strengths of cold-formed steel members, Maher Kassar
A Monte Carlo simulation of water clusters, Paul Joseph Kemper
Polymeric composite tube mold design and hygrothermal stress analysis of composite tubes, Byung Sun Kim
A study of high technology small business use of intellectual property protection, Mary Ann Seyer Koen
Properties of estimators of concave regression functions, Dietrich William Kuhlmann
Digestion of waste activated sludge by anaerobic rotating biological contactors, Chi-Yuan Lee
Nonparallel thermal instability of forced, natural, and mixed convection flows, Hsien-Ren Lee
Structural elucidation of micellar solutions, Paul M. Lindemuth
Nonlinear analysis of vibratory footing response, George M. S. Manyando
HIGHLAND: A graph-based parallel processing environment for heterogeneous local area networks, Douglas E. Meyer
The optical properties of liquids, metals, and minerals in the far-infrared, Lawrence Allen Newquist
Structural analysis of the overthrust belt (OTB) of southwest Utah, Mohamed Atef Noweir
Algorithms and probabilistic bounds for the chromatic number of random composite graphs, Jack L. Oakes
The kinetics and mechanisms of the alcoholysis and hydrolysis of alkoxysilanes, David J. Oostendorp
Studies of stable silicon clusters and chemisorption of fluorine and oxygen on silicon surfaces by approximate molecular orbital theories, Tadashi Oshiro
A unifying approach to risk and sensitivity analyses, James E. Pelkie
High thermal expansion phosphorus oxide and oxynitride glasses, Yongren B. Peng
