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 1979
Sequential selection of integer quadratic programs: an approach to parametric integer quadratic programming, Lowell Ray Watson
Dissertations from 1978
The hydrogenation of ethylene over lanthanum transition metal perovskites, Dennis Ray Anderson
Parametric integer programming using cutting planes, Mason Gene Bailey
Iodine-129 in thyroids and tellurium isotopes in meteorites by neutron activation analysis, Robert V. Ballad
An investigation of reactions at a platinum-gallium arsenide interface, David Lawrence Begley
Recursive estimation of two-dimensional signal registration, Charles M. Benoit
The kinetic and economic effects of separating the stages of the anaerobic digestion process, Edgar Clemens Clausen
4,5-dimethoxybenzyne and 4,5-methylenedioxybenzyne, Charles Fisher Cooper
Two-dimensional multiple scattering in a cylindrical medium, R. L. Dougherty
The effects of certain impurities and their interactions on zinc electrowinning, Donald R. Fosnacht
A nonlinear regression algorithm based on predictions generated by an eigensystem, Charles Lester Friese
Absolute angular differential cross sections for excitation of atomic hydrogen to its n=2 state by impact of 15-145 keV protons, Jerome Milton George
Adaptive control of a cloud simulation chamber expansion system, Katiya Greigarn
Some results on inferences for the gamma and double exponential distributions, John Victor Grice
Web crippling strength and a combination of bending and web crippling of cold-formed steel beams, Nipon Hetrakul
Economic fuel dispatching in power systems, Nittaya Hokierti
Locally quasi-uniform structures and strongly complete quasi-uniform structures, Shirley Carpenter Huffman
Fast breeder reactor blanket management: Comparison of LMFBR and GCFR blankets, Mohammad Hossein Jankhah
Cellulase production by fermentation with trichoderma viride on cellulose and wood wastes, Nguyen Huu Kho
Some selection and ranking procedures for the two parameter weibull distribution, Joseph Victor Kingston
A study of the iron (II) halide and pseudohalide complexes of pyridine, Billy Frank Little
Optimization of wood truss designs, Francis Ermon Little
The physics of braided-shield coaxial cable, Charles Mancel McDowell
Effects of precise arrays of pits on the nucleate boiling of freon 113 from flat copper surfaces at one atmosphere pressure, Anthony Dominick Messina
A total cost approach to mine roof support selection, Wesley Clare Patrick
Strength of cold-formed steel reinforced beam webs in bending, shear, and web crippling, Nguyen Phung
A finite-difference study of subterranean cavity detection and seismic tomography, Roger L. Reagan
Shallow foundations on dense silty loessial soil, Charles Orrick Riggs
Development of a design procedure for forged bevel gears with a web, Ebraheem Mohammed Shareedah
Development of a dynamic flood routing model for small meandering rivers, Roger Haden Smith
Optimum design of plane tall steel structures for simultaneous multicomponent static, dynamic, and seismic inputs, Dhiraphorn Srifuengfung
The paleontology and biostratigraphy of the lower ordovician Gasconade formation of Missouri, Bruce L. Stinchcomb
A three-dimensional analysis of extrusion and metal forming by the finite element method, William Donald Webster
Inferences on the shape parameter of the gamma distribution and Cramer-Rao lower bounds from censored data, James Wyckoff
Dissertations from 1977
Systems engineering as applied to Public Works Engineering Administration Educational Training Program, Seid Hossein Abtahi
Numerical solution of the complete Navier-Stokes and energy equations for developing channel flow including thermal radiation, free convection and variable viscosity, Russell Ralph Beckmeyer
Inverses of transfer function matrices, James Theodore Bruening
Thermochemical investigations of nearly ideal binary solvents, Thomas E. Burchfield
Anomalous pretransformation diffusion behavior of carbon in a F.C.C. iron-nickel invar, Lloyd Rollan Chapman
Nucleate boiling of refrigerants and refrigerant-oil mixtures, Somsri Chongrungreong
Theoretical and experimental investigation of oil recovery by the electrothermic technique, Samy Abdel-Hakeem El-Feky
Convergent solutions of difference equations, W. J. Fitzpatrick
Probabilistic foundations of general quantum theories and characterizations of representation space, Salvadore J. Guccione Jr.
Computer-aided network synthesis, James H. Hahn
Lower Mississippian sedimentation in northwestern Montana, Forest E. Haines
A laboratory study of CO₂ and H₂S miscible injection in an oil-filled porous medium, Richard Lee Henry
Strict convexity in locally convex spaces and fixed point theorems in generalized Hilbert spaces, Ed Wilburn Huffman
An optimal control law using eigenvalue assignment for linear systems and its application to improve the dynamic stability of power systems, Atluri Bhima Ranjit Kumar
Strength of cold-formed steel beam webs in bending, shear, and a combination of bending and shear, Roger A. LaBoube
A study of the effectiveness of FRTDAP, a CAI drill-and-practice system, used in conjunction with video-tapes in teaching Fortran, Joseph Kieran McAdams Sister
Heat transfer and wave instability of mixed forced and free convection flow, Aleksandros Mucoglu
Anodic dissolution of zinc and lead sulfides, Ramagouda Appugouda Narasagoudar
Geology of the southern half of the Stoutland, Missouri Quadrangle, Chester Encell Nichols
Glass formation, structure and electrical properties of glasses in the Ag-As-Se System, Pradip Dhirajlal Patel
Anomalous pretransformation diffusion behavior of carbon in iron-vanadium alloys, Dale Alan Powers
Prediction models for commuter rail services, Suppamas Prachakvej
Investigation of rock slotting by high pressure water jet for use in tunneling, Ahmed Awaad Saie
Geology of the Al-Khums area northwestern Libya with emphasis on the stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Al-Khums formation, Mostafa Juma Salem
A study of the carbon auger spectra of graphite, TiC, VC and Cr₃C₂, Mark Alan Smith
Measurements of the mobilities of small aqueous ions in argon saturated with water vapor using an expansion cloud chamber, Larry Eugene Stoddard
The mobility spectra of positive ion hydrates in a mixture of argon and water vapor, Robert Ellis Thurman
Aerobic digestion of sewage lime sludge, Kuo-Chun Tsai
Signal-to-noise ratio estimation in digital computer simulation of lowpass and bandpass systems with applications to analog and digital communications, Michael David Turner
An investigation into the scavenging and coagulation of fine particles, James E. Wegrzyn
Coordination chemistry studies of pyridoxal and sparteine, James T. Wrobleski
A study of mechanical degradation of high molecular weight polymers in dilute solution under controlled hydrodynamic shear, Feng-Shing Yu
Dissertations from 1976
Analyzing the digital magnetic recorder for group-coded and NRZ recording, Curtis B. Abshier
A study of condensation-freezing nucleation of small water droplets in an expansion cloud chamber experiment, Rodney J. Anderson
Discrete translation estimation with random reference waveforms, George L. Bair
Absorption in the infrared of surface electromagnetic waves by absorbed molecules on a copper surface, Kulbhushan Bhasin
Geochemistry, paragenetic relationship, spatial distribution and factor analysis of selected trace elements at the Magmont Mine Southeast Missouri, Dil Mohan Singh Bhatia
Propagation distance of surface electromagnetic waves on two metal-oxide-air systems, David Alan Bryan
Mobilization of heavy metals by naturally occurring organic acids, Todd Randall Butz
Network models for managing turnkey projects, George Edward Cannon Jr.
Exflow - an interactive graphics package for the design and simulation of digital systems, Shingfat Stephen Ching
Mechanical degradation of polymers in dilute solutions, John Dougherty Culter
Finite element investigation of bolted mine roof structures, Janakkumar Girjashanker Dave
A study of the amorphization of silicon by ion implantation, John Robert Dennis
Optimal process overdesign with a flowsheet simulator, Frank Joseph Doering
Substituent effects and variable hybridization, W. Daniel Edwards
Stability of a class of nonlinear distributed-parameter systems, Robert Iman Egbert
Reliability growth apportionment, Donald Henry Galli
The geology and microscopy of the Prewitt Copper Shale (Permian), Jackson County, Oklahoma, D. E. Gann
Mass transfer in dispersed and continuous phases in non-newtonian fluids, Türker Gürkan
Extremal structure of convex sets, J. C. Hankins
A mechanistic and structural investigation of plasma-polymerized ethylene, Marvin R. Havens
The stratigraphy and tectono-depositional history of the Smithville and Black Rock Lithosomes (Canadian) of Northeastern Arkansas with revisions of upper Canadian stratigraphy in the Ozarks, William Jesse Hedden
Effective availability of systems and the spare parts requirement, Jamnarn Hokierti
Environmental effects on composite-girder bridge structures, J. Leroy Hulsey
Empirical spectral representations obtained from attenuation data for a tungsten target x-ray tube operated from 10-70 kVCP, Leonard Arthur Huneke
Substitutional and ordering effects in rare earth-transition metal alloys, Paul Edward Johnson
Electrical degradation in high purity barium titanate, Jeffrey Duncan Keck
The effect of molybdate on the anodic oxidation of acetylene, Robert Elroy Kuhlmann
PUMN: A radiation damage simulation computer program for the winery system, John Paul Kuspa
Sulfide generation in experimental filled pipes, Muthiah Mariappan
Determination of vapor-liquid equilibria from total pressure measurements, Jose Antonio Casas Martinez-Ortiz
A comprehensive chamber study of homogeneous nucleation of water over a wide range of temperatures and nucleation rates, Ronald C. Miller
Behavior of inelastic multi-story structures subjected to 2-D earthquakes, Kenneth Byron Oster
Independent particle model relativistic correction factors for isotope shift, Ismail Sinan Ozkal
Factorial analysis of some variables and their optimization for the production of sound die castings, Dinesh Shantilal Patel
