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 1974
Solvability of differential systems near singular points, Leon M. Hall
Surface elastic waves in piezoelectric semiconductors and layered media, Yu-pin Han
Parameter identification of nonuniform distributed RC networks, Roger Allen Hayes
On interaction in the two-way AOV model without replication including power comparisons of two tests for non-additivity, Victor John Hegemann
The chemical and electrochemical oxidative decarboxylation of methyliminodiacetic acid in acid media, Rita Kathleen Hessley
RC-gyrator ladder and RLC symmetrical lattice network synthesis - A state-space approach, Tien Hua
Cross sections for photoionization of the 6²P-fine structure levels of cesium, John Daniel Jones
Anionic polymerization of a series of cyclocarbosiloxanes, William W. Knickmeyer
Surface electromagnetic waves with damping I. Isotropic Media II. Anisotropic Media, Gary Shannon Kovener
Kalman filter equalization for QPSK communications, Tze-Shen Lee
State-space analysis and synthesis of active RLC networks, Wen-Pao Lee
Dynamical modeling of computing systems and its applications to other systems, Heh-Ching Li
Structural behavior of cold-formed steel members made of thick sheets and plates, Ai-Shen Liu
The effect of contact angle, surface roughness, and adsorption of heterogeneous nucleation of condensing water, Prafulla Chandra Mahata
Methods and applications of the mean-variance portfolio selection model, John W. Marsh
Evaluation of methods for the recovery, chemical and toxicological characterization of trace organics, James Robert Matthews
Metal salt catalyzed carbenoids II, Robert Stephen McDaniel Jr.
Hydrodynamic mixing model applied to a continuous stirred-tank reactor with and without second-order reaction, Leon L. Otte
A characterization and study of barium promoted silver catalysts for the partial oxidation of ethylene, Robert Harold Pahl
A finite element method for three-dimensional analysis of metal forming, Nguyen Don Phu
Solid-fluid drag reduction, Ian Radin
Phase equilibria and transformations in potassium sulfate, chromate, molybdate, and tungstate, Roy Richard Ramey
Base-induced reactions of p-Nitrobenzyl compounds, Paul Henry Ruehle
Numerical modeling of the early stage of cloud formation in a simulation chamber, Adel Nassif Saad
A study of exothermic chemical reaction in a porous catalyst wedge, Joseph Michael Schardl Jr.
Mathematical simulation of gas and water coning in petroleum reservoirs by the dynamic material balance technique, Visheshwar Nath Simlote
Measurements of condensation coefficient exhibited by water drops grown on rural cloud nuclei, Abbas M. Sinnarwalla
Kinetic and thermodynamic acidities of selected weakly acidic hydrocarbons, Darrell R. Strait
Solid transformations and premelting phenomena in fluorite structures and the system SrCl₂BaCl₂, Damri Sukhotanang
Double reflection dips - from grating ruled semiconductors, Le-Fu Teng
Nucleate boiling of N-Pentane, N-Hexane and several mixtures of the two from various tube arrays, Kenneth Wayne Wall
In vitro studies of lipid uptake by medical grade silicone rubbers used for heart valve balls, Shu Hua Wu
Removal of nutrients by sorption on activated alumina, Checkman Michael Yue
Dissertations from 1973
An application of residual relaxation to mathematical simulation of petroleum reservoirs, Grufron Achmad
Numerical simulation of individual wells in a field simulation model, Ali Mohammed Akbar
The atomic absorption determination of ultra-trace tellurium in rocks utilizing high sensitivity sampling systems, Richard D. Beaty
Petrography, diagenesis and environment of deposition of the Gasconade Formation, Lower Ordovician, southern Missouri, Abd El-Aziz El-Hady A. Borahay
Nonlinear optimum design of dynamic damped structures, Mark E. Botkin
A study of gas-surface interactions through sticking coefficient, condensation coefficient and sublimation rate measurements, Charles E. Bryson III
Film boiling of Freon 113, Normal Pentane, Cyclopentane, and Benzene from cylindrical surfaces at moderate pressures, Gary Joseph Capone
Some results on quasi-uniform spaces, Karen Sylvia Carter
Electro-reduction of bromate on mercury, Jaw-Shin Chang
An investigation of the influence of grain size on stress wave attenuation and dispersion in rock like materials, Narendra Y. B. Choudary
Investigation of roof shales in Illinois Coal Mines, Peter J. Conroy
Parameter identification applied to linear quadratic differential games, John D. Corrigan
The effects of high pressure and temperature environments on the properties of 6061-T651 aluminum, Patrick George Davidson
A stochastic theory of the stepwise growth of ice crystal surfaces, Andreas Kasimir Goroch
Stability of the developing laminar flow in a circular tube, Lung-mau Huang
Hall effect measurements of the net ionic mobility in NaCl, NaBr and NaI, Suman Kumar Hukku
Hydrostatic extrusion of waste glass and plastic, Subhash Govind Kelkar
A study of the dynamic loading of hydrodynamically lubricated journal bearings, Nader Khorzad
Film boiling of benzene, freon 113, freon 11, and normal pentane from horizontal surfaces at atmospheric pressure, Richard Stanley Kistler
Prebainitic phenomena in AISI 86B80 and 0.8C-5.3Ni steels, Chung Lim
Transient state analysis of separated flow around a sphere, Ching-Liang Lin
Charge transfer between Oˉ ions and O₂ molecules in the ground state and singlet delta excited state, Ronald Floyd Mathis
Tchebycheff approximation on a discrete point set: algorithms old and new, William Edward McBride
Detection and recognition of geometric shapes in a two-dimensional image, Darroll Steven McCormack
Auger satellites of the L₂₃ auger emission bands of Al, Si, and P, John Junior Melles
Convergence of material balance in mathematical simulation of petroleum reservoirs, Abdul Rashid Merchant
Measurement of molecular diffusivities of liquid alkane systems, James W. Moore
Initial surface reactions and nucleation kinetics of boron on atomically clean molybdenum substrates, Richard Eugene Moore
Implementation of recursive algorithms for delay-time estimation using the fast Walsh transform, Donald Robert Nelson
Methods for predicting the influence of intense sound, steady flow, and elevated temperature on the acoustic performance of automotive exhaust system components, Richard Chuka Oboka
FLOWWARE -- A flow charting method to describe digital systems, Wayne Everett Omohundro
Rock fragmentation by subsurface thermal inclusions - a finite element study, Mahendrakumar Ramkrishna Patel
Numerical simulation of heat, mass, and momentum transfer in an atmospheric boundary layer, Darrell W. Pepper
Absolute differential elastic and inelastic cross sections in 25-140 keV He⁺ + He collisions, Victor Pol
Considerations in the design of a network of minicomputers, Hardy J. Pottinger
Analysis of continuous curvilinear structures by infinite matrix series methods, Trinh-Ngoc Rang
Applications of frequency domain stability criteria in the design of nonlinear feedback systems, Allen Joseph Rushing
Linear stability of non-parallel flow in the entrance region of ducts, Francis Chung-ti Shen
Premartensitic elasticity of Fe-Ni Invars, Bryce Linn Shriver
A study of the pulse-height response of silicon surface-barrier detectors to high-energy heavy ions, Gregory Dan Smith
Approaches to the synthesis of azabullvalene, Thomas Rudolph Steinheimer
Paleozoic stratigraphy as an ore control of hydrothermal, base-metal, sulfide deposits in New Mexico, John Samuel Sullivan Jr.
Anionic polymerization of a series of 5-membered cyclocarbosiloxanes, Balaraman Suryanarayanan
A computer model for three-dimensional simulation of thermal discharges into rivers, Henry Anthony Till
Dynamic instability and ultimate capacity of inelastic systems parametrically excited by earthquakes, Wu-Hsiung Tseng
Nucleate boiling from polymer coated surfaces., David Franklin Warner
Petrography, chemical composition, and stratigraphic setting of the coals of North-Central Missouri, William Keith Wedge
Scavenging of atmospheric particles by water drops, Ming-shian Wu
Dissertations from 1972
Geochemical anomalies in the igneous wall rock at Mayflower Mine, Park City District, Utah, Zuhair Al-Shaieb
An asynchronous circuit design language system, Gregory Martin Bednar
Methods and applications of systems identification, Allen Glenn Behring
The utilization of high sensitivity noble gas mass spectrometry in the detection of iodine-129 and plutonium-244, Mervet S. Boulos
An exact analysis of two-dimensional radiative transfer in an absorbing and emitting gray medium, William F. Breig
Structure of zero divisors, and other algebraic structures, in higher dimensional real Cayley-Dickson algebras, Harmon Caril Brown
A learning receiver for communication in three-component multipath channels, Richard Paul Brueggemann
Mass transfer with second-order chemical reaction inside circulating fluid droplets, Roy James Brunson
Condensation and sublimation of carbon dioxide and water molecules at cryogenic temperatures, Victor Cazcarra
Substituent effects on the magnetic resonance spectra of 1, 4-disubstituted benzenes, Holger Er-Chah Chen
The electrochemical reduction of fumaric acid on Hg-Bi cathodes, Chen Hwei Chi
The average dissipation curve of an attenuative layered earth medium, Joong Hee Chun
Stratigraphy, genesis, and economic potential of the southern part of the Florida land-pebble phosphate field, Dean Stanley Clark
An acceleration technique for a conjugate direction algorithm for nonlinear regression, Larry Wilmer Cornwell
An analytical study of a confined viscous vortex, David Edward Crow
The structural behavior of cold-formed steel members with perforated elements, Charles S. Davis
The scattering of elastic waves by void cavities, Jerry Lee Davis
Selected first row transition metal coordination compounds of 2-(N-Aminomethyl)-3-Quinuclidinone chelates, Richard Cecil Dickinson
Statistical studies of various time-to-fail distributions, James Addison Eastman
