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 1972
Trend surface analysis as an aid in exploration for Mississippi Valley type ore deposits, John Siegfried Trapp
Synthesis and characterization of poly-(p-phenylene pyromellitamic acid), Constantine William Tsimpris
Time resolved measurements of droplet growth in a Wilson cloud chamber, Michael Anthony Vietti
Performance of self bit synchronizers for binary overlapping signals, Chung-Tao David Wang
Diffusiophoretic forces between juxtaposed atmospheric particles, Allen L. Williams
Dissertations from 1971
Internal friction of ion exchanged Li₂O•Al₂O₃•2SiO₂ glasses, A. Ismail A. Abdel-Latif
Surface plasmon-longitudinal optical phonon contribution to the reflectivity of n-type InSb, William Eugene Anderson
Use of the turbulence kinetic energy equation in analyzing turbulent near wakes, James Edward Auiler
Low-energy electron transport by the method of discrete ordinates, David E. Bartine
An investigation of the radiation polymerization of methyl methacrylate-kaolin clay composites, James Jackson Beeson
Some statistical inferences for the bivariate exponential distribution, Bruce Mohr Bemis
On-line economic optimization of a chemical reactor, Jesse Daniel Bennett
Homogeneous nucleation of water vapor in inert gas atmospheres, Arthur Henry Biermann
Distribution of trace elements in olivines and proxenes - an experimental study, Melvin Leroy Bird
Structure and properties of silver borate glasses, Edward Nashed Boulos
Statistical study of rock drilling by hypervelocity jets from explosive shaped charges, John William Brown
Synthesis, X-ray characterization, structural and magnetic studies of a new class of iso-structural BiMO₃ compounds, Joseph Donato Bucci
The effect of a knurled heat transfer surface upon pool nucleate boiling of normal pentane, Jerry James Carr
An age hardening study of magnesium-thorium-manganese alloys, Kuldip Singh Chopra
Some metal complexes of dihydroxycyclobutenedione, Stewart Michael Condren
Characterizing topologies by classes of functions and multifunctions, Alexander Hamlin Cramer
Theory of nucleation of water properties of some clathrate like cluster structures, Mehdi Daee
Trace base metals, petrography, rock alteration of the productive Tres Hermanas stock, Luna County, New Mexico, Peethambaram Doraibabu
Dynamic behavior of eccentrically stiffened plates, Charles Stuart Ferrell
Surface reactions of boron with clean tungsten substrates, Thomas A. Flaim
The genesis of cellular precipitation in copper rich copper-indium alloys, Raymond Albert Fournelle
Transient hydraulic simulation: breached earth dams, D. L. Fread
Modeling the visual pathway for interactive diagnosis of visual fields, Chiam Geoffrey Goldbogen
Special subrings of real, continuous functions, Paul Marlin Harms
Photoionization of photoexcited cesium, Robert E. Hebner
An investigation of subsequent yield phenomena, Joseph George Hoeg
A Monte Carlo calculation of neutron reflection from various curved surfaces, Charles Jack Kalter
Activation volumes of carbon diffusion in F.C.C. iron-nickel alloys, James Raymond Keiser
Response surface study of a characteristic chemical plant, John Thomas Mason III
Identification of centers of influence for urban areas, Robert W. Meyer
Metal salt catalyzed carbenoids, Billy W. Peace
Detection of delay time and filtering using sequency domain technique, Earl F. Richards
Thermal lattice expansion of various types of solids, Jayantkumar Shantilal Shah
A measurement of complex viscosity with large amplitudes, Kuo-Shein Shen
X-ray and neutron diffraction study of the holmium-iron system, Michael Fred Simmons
Identification of linear systems with delay via a learning model, Hugh Francis Spence
Noble gases anomalies in terrestrial ores and meteorites, B. Srinivasan
The vibrational modes of spheroidal cavities in elastic solids, David Stewart
X-ray and Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of the silicon-antimony and bismuth-antimony alloys, James Ralph Teague
Absolute cross sections for excitation of neon by impact of 20-180 keV H , H₂ and He ions, George William York
The thermal accommodation coefficients of helium, neon, and argon on surfaces, Gerald Lee Zweerink
Dissertations from 1970
A study of the anodic oxidation of 1, 3-butadiene on platinum and gold electrodes, Arun Kumar Agrawal
Investigation of liquid carryover in the girdler-sulfide process for production of heavy water at the AEC Savannah River Plant, Samuel Clark Allen
Upper cretaceous and lower cenozoic foraminifera of three oil wells in northwestern Iraq, Farouk Sunallah Al-Omari
The electrochemical behavior of the lead-thallium system in acidic sulfate solutions, Pedro Juan Aragon
Substitution and photolytic rearrangements in three-member ring compounds, Joseph Terril Bohanon
Use of the turbulence kinetic energy equation in prediction of nonequilibrium turbulent boundary layers, William Madison Byrne Jr.
Completeness and related topics in a quasi-uniform space, John Warnock Carlson
Investigation into the monotonic magnetostriction and magnetic breakdown in cadmium, James Milo Carter
Radiative lifetime of the A¹π state and the transition moment variation of the fourth positive band system of carbon monoxide, Joseph George Chervenak
Electrode reactions in zinc electrolysis, Ernest R. Cole
A quasi-lattice model of simple liquids, Jesse Herbert Collins
IDDAP -- Interactive computer assistance for creative digital design, Richard Franklin Crall
Development and application of cartesian tensor mathematics for kinematic analysis of spatial mechanisms, Robert Myrl Crane
The electrochemical oxidation of 1-pentyne on platinum and gold, Michael Jensen Danielson
Thermochemical hydrogen-deuterium isotope effects, Wayne C. Duer
A heuristic algorithm for determining a constructive suboptimal solution to the combinatorial problem of facility allocation, Harry Kerry Edwards
Theory of shallow donor impurity surface states, Vidal Emmanuel Godwin
A coordinate oriented algorithm for the traveling salesman problem, Joseph Sidney Greene
An investigation of nucleate and film boiling heat transfer from copper spheres, William David Hardin
Realistic impulsive P wave source in an infinite elastic medium, Joseph Hugo Hemmann
Higher space mode analysis of a large cylindrical pulsed H₂O system, Harold David Hollis
The cathodic reduction of maleic acid, Show Yih Hsieh
Mass transfer from spherical gas bubbles and liquid droplets moving through power-law fluids in the laminar flow regime, Cheng-chun Huang
Extension of some theorems of complex functional analysis to linear spaces over the quaternions and Cayley numbers, James E. Jamison
Ionization of air produced by strong shocks, Howard Sajon Joyner
Penetration in granite by shaped charge liners of various metals, Hemendra Nath Kalia
A three-dimensional mathematical simulator of multiphase systems in a petroleum reservoir, Leonard Koederitz
Linear regression models of sound velocity in the North Atlantic Ocean below a critical depth, Richard Roland Kunkel
The surface effects of alkali halides in the infrared, Vincent Joseph Llamas
Some effects of OH groups on sodium silicate glasses, Mokhtar Sayed Maklad
A computer simulation of mine air shaft thermodynamics, Ambyo Sumopandhi Mangunwidjojo
Effect of axial dispersion on interphase mass transfer in packed absorption columns, Virendra Kumar Mathur
Diffusion and internal friction in sodium-rubidium silicate glasses, Gary L. McVay
Structures and relationships of some Perovskite-type compounds, Christian Michel
Heuristic algorithms for the generalized vehicle dispatch problem, Leland Ray Miller
Binary molecular diffusivities in liquids: prediction and comparison with experimental data, Ronald Dean Mitchell
Temperature variation in distribution of relaxation times in aluminosilicate glasses, David Wayne Moore
The reaction of N-sulfinylamines with diazoalkanes, Harry R. Musser
Simulation of a gas storage reservoir with leakage by a two-dimensional layered mathematical model, Steven William Ohnimus
Voids in neutron irradiated aluminum, Nicholas H. Packan
Discrimination of signal and noise events on seismic recordings by linear threshold estimation theory, David Nuse Peacock
An SEM surface study of nucleate pool boiling heat transfer to saturated liquid nitrogen reduced pressures from 0.1 to 0.9, David Virgil Porchey
Search algorithms for the simple plant location problem, John Bruce Prater
An investigation of the stiffness of shafts with integral disks, Richard King Riley
A study of far infrared grid filters, Harold Victor Romero
A simulation and diagnosis system incorporating various time delay models and functional elements, David Michael Rouse
Model-referenced adaptive control of plants with noise and inaccessible state vector, Donald James Schooley
Absolute excitation cross sections of He⁺ in 20-100 keV He⁺-He collisions using energy-loss spectrometry, Donald Roy Schoonover
Synthesis heuristics for large asynchronous sequential circuits, Robert Judson Smith
The deformation mechanisms in sublimed magnesium under cyclic loading, Babu Narian Thakur
Identification of decomposition products of tropyl azide and interaction of tropylium ion with nucleophiles, James Joseph Ward
The oxidation kinetics of liquid lead and lead alloys, Thomas Edward Weyand
An experimental and theoretical study of the nucleation of water vapor on ions in helium and argon, Daniel R. White
