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 1989
A standardized methodology for the structuring and implementation of a flexible manufacturing system, Lewis Neri
The directed Steiner problem on graphs: A simulated annealing approach, Lawrence Joseph Osborne
Integration of artificial intelligence and operations research in production planning, scheduling and control, Tatchapol Poshyanonda
Corporate packaging management: "An integrated approach", Stephen A. Raper
Structural role of nitrogen in phosphorus oxynitride glasses, Mary R. Reidmeyer
Liquefaction and settlement characteristics of silt soils, John Arthur Sandoval-Shannon
Dynamics of matter-, antimatter-atom collisions, David Robert Schultz
Development and evaluation of an instrumentation system for high acceleration centrifuge testing of an artificial rock material, Padmakar Srivastava
A finite element method to solve a third order convected acoustic wave equation for sheared subsonic flow in a circular duct, with application to propeller noise, James Edward Steck
A hydrologic dynamic runoff model, Sompop Sucharit
Metallization of nonconducting substrates by means of transitional buffering and micro-dendritic films, Byung-Kug Sun
Nucleation and growth of copper electrodeposits on metal substrate, Hsiang Sun
Time characteristics of small watersheds in response to the probable maximum precipitation, Brian Jay Swenty
Magnetic and hyperfine interactions in several rare earth-transition metal intermetallic compounds, Dwayne E. Tharp
Determining parameters for a continuous simulation model by estimation, synthetic calibration and analytic calibration, David Brian Thompson
Synthesis, solubilization, and polymerization in new surfactant systems, Yuh-Jye Uang
Toward the integration of computer-aided design and material requirements planning: a case of wire products, Joaquin Alberto Vila-Ruiz
Characteristics of surface skimming bulk wave delay-line chemical sensors in liquids, Show-Ran Peter Wang
Effect of surface treatment on localized corrosion of stainless steel, Chyang Jer Wu
The theory and measurement of entropy in management, David Alan Wyrick
Abrasive jet cutting and drilling of rock, Sina Yazici
Dissertations from 1988
Complete sets of reductions modulo A class of equational theories which generate infinite congruence classes, Timothy B. Baird
Reliability-based optimum design of structures subjected to various seismic loadings, Chein-Chi Chang
Aminolysis of N-hydroxysuccinimide esters, Gary Wayne Cline
An integrated programming environment for pseudo-code development, IPE-PC, Nurcan Coskun
Toxicity evaluation and biological treatment of lead and zinc mine-mill effluents in Southeast Missouri, Zeynep Mujde Erten
Non-equilibrium alloy production by electrolytic techniques, Joseph Frimpong
Sorption and desorption of volatile organic compounds by soils and sediments, Hossein Ganjidoost
Stratum corneum lipids: structure and interaction with a modified triglyceride, Lisa Beth Goldsmith
Some order restricted inferences in nonhomogeneous poisson processes, James Michael Guffey
Hexaaza macrocyclic complexes containing biimidazole, Samir Saad Kandil
Statistical properties of large ensembles of exact solutions to Burgers' equation with random initial conditions, Steven Keleti
Synthesis and characterization of X-ray resists, Arlene Saum Koelling
The preparation of composite membranes by plasma polymerization and their evaluation as gas separation membranes, Paul William Kramer
Surface roughness characterization of rock masses using the fractal dimension and variogram, Young-Hoon Lee
An advanced implementation of the boundary element method for plane-strain elastoplasticity, Aarao de Andrade Lima
An analysis of steady state penetration problems by the finite element method, Pei-Rong Lin
The synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes of 2,2'-biimidazole-containing polyurethanes, Frank Jian-Lin Liu
Theoretical studies of direct and resonant reactive scattering involving three-body systems, Chen Kwee Lutrus
The role of term symmetry in E-unification and E-completion, Blayne E. Mayfield
The hydrolysis, adsorption, and dynamics of silane coupling agents on a silica surface, Wiriya Meesiri
Mineralogy, paragenesis and electron microprobe analysis of the cobalt-nickel and nickel minerals in the Mississippi valley-type deposits of southeast Missouri, Susanne Pignolet-Brandom
Modeling and control of large flexible space structures, Jayant V. Ramakrishnan
A microcomputer architecture for ophthalmic ultrasonography, William David Richard
Heuristic coloring algorithms for the composite graph coloring problem, Johnnie Curtis Roberts
A vortex panel method for unsteady aerodynamics of multiple lifting surfaces with thickness, Kamran Rokhsaz
A system for the diagnosis of faults using a first principles approach, Barbara A. Smith
Symbolic automation and numerical synthesis for robot kinematics, Jen Sriwattanathamma
Application of remote sensing to the assessment of surface characteristics of selected Mojave Desert playas for military purposes, M. Merrill Stevens
Engineering properties and clay mineralogy of Illinois coal-mine roof shales and underclays, Sanga Tangchawal
Shock losses around underground overcasts, Jerry C. Tien
Development of a three precision position synthesis package for planar four-bar mechanisms, Pei-Lum Tso
Determination of mass transfer characteristics in the electrolysis of copper, Diogenes Alberto Uceda-Herrera
Electron loss processes of one and two electron atoms colliding with ions, Alan E. Wetmore
Vacuum deposition polymerization of monomers with selected structures activated by vacuum UV and plasma, Yun-Siung Tony Yeh
Toward the development of a knowledge-based construction schedule planning system, Nordin Bin Yunus
Dissertations from 1987
Fundamental study of the role of cathode structure on zinc electrowinning, Horacio M. Aros
Effects of the luminous environment on managerial decision making, Marc Clay Belcher
Spin-dependent dissociative excitation in a laser pumped afterglow, Christopher Lee Bohler
Aircraft vertical profile implementation using demand driven minimal calculation directed graph methods, Larry T. Brewster
Mean flow effects on the performance of perforated tube silencers and dissipative silencers containing bulk absorbent, Ing-Jiun Daniel Chang
Effects of melt reprocessing on mechanical and thermal properties of engineering polymers, In-Mau Chen
Microemulsions, lyotropic liquid crystals, and other association structures, Jiafu Fang
Numerical simulation of a condensate gas cap, oil, solution gas, and water system, Ralph E. Flori
Experimental verification of the use of free-energy minimization techniques for modelling complex sulfide smelting, Harry Eugene Flynn
A representation for serial robotic tasks, Barry Ross Fox
Efficient finite element methods for large displacement elasto-plastic problems, Ching-Chih Fu
A microcomputer model for the performance simulation of cooling and heating coils with applications to heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems, Radhakrishna Ganesh
Analysis and extensions of the Gradient-Jump method for linear programming models, Louis Dean Gentry
Fixed point theory and stability results for fixed point iteration procedures, Alberta Marie Harder
Mass transfer measurements and electrolyte quality determinations in zinc electrowinning, Ashraf Youssef Ezz-Eldin Hosny
Thermally-stimulated current and dielectric properties of doped and undoped barium titanate, Wayne Huebner
Investigation of the water-isocyanate reaction, David W. Ihms
A processor architecture for Turbo Pascal language, Najib Abdel Karim Kofahi
Experimental vapor-liquid equilibria of propyne with propane, propene and propadiene, Edward Allen Kyser
Structure and properties of metal and alloy thin films prepared by plasma-enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, Tyau-Jeen Lin
Double beta-decay of selenium-82, tellurium-128 and tellurium-130, Wuu-Jyh Lin
Sorption and diffusion of organic vapors in polymer membranes, Chen-Pang Anthony Liu
Dynamic behavior of biofilms in wastewater treatment, Yow-Chyun Liu
Tests for and against a stochastic ordering between multinomial populations: the general case, Larry Albert Lucas
Development of design criteria for ferritic stainless steel cold-formed structural members and connections, Pieter van der Merwe
Two physical analogies applied to image processing, Ronald Earl Nelson
Thermodynamic investigations of cosurfactants and electrolytes in micellar solutions, Duy Thai Nguyen
Phase equilibria from PVT measurements for carbon dioxide, water and n-decane, Michael Nduka Okafor
Effective design widths of high strength cold-formed steel members, Lan-Cheng Pan
Optimal design of seismic and wind structures with active controls, Chris P. Pantelides
Structural behavior of members consisting of flat and curved elements, M. Brad Parks
Intensional reasoning about knowledge, Oliver B. Popov
Measurements and predictions for mixed convection in laminar and turbulent boundary layer flows, N. Ramachandran
Experimental determination of strain-energy density function of rubber and 3-D finite element stress analysis of rubber in hose coupling, Raj Shekhar Roychoudhury
Automation of a jumbo drill using electrohydraulic cylinders, Robert Andrew Sickler
State observability and initialization for multitarget tracking, Breck Alan Sieglinger
Process-structure relations in electrogalvanizing, V. (Vijayaraghavan) Srinivasan
Surfactant association structures in stratum corneum, Hamdan Suhaimi
Electrochemical behavior of zinc and plasma-deposited zinc in sulfate electrolytes, Pei-Li Tseng
Bubble formation, movement and distortion in viscous glass, Simon Cheng-Ping Wang
Amphiphile association structures, Yun Yang
Dissertations from 1986
The modeling and analysis of multi-component, multivalent biospecific adsorption, Bo Henrik Arve
