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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.

Theses and dissertations previously submitted in print will be digitized with permission of the author or copyright holder. Missouri S&T Library and Learning Resources encourages graduates to provide this permission so that their work can reach the widest possible audience. If you would like to grant this permission, please use this Form or go to your dissertation in Scholars' Mine and click on the Share My Dissertation button. Theses and dissertations will be digitized as time allows and will not become immediately accessible.

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Dissertations from 2018 2018

GIS-based spatial analysis coupled with geophysical imaging to identify and evaluate factors that control the formation of karst sinkholes in southwestern Missouri, Shishay T. Kidanu

Fully differential study of dissociative capture in P + H₂ collisions, Basu Ram Lamichhane

Development and management of advanced batteries via additive manufacturing and modeling, Jie Li

Lithospheric layering and thickness beneath the contiguous United States, Lin Liu

Modeling and experimental investigations on particle dynamic behaviors in laser 3D printing with blown powder, Wei Li

Engineering zeolite catalysts through porosity and surface acidity control for selective production of light olefins, Xin Li

Critical buckling and post-buckling behavior of thin-walled liners encased by underground pipelines in saturated soils, Zhaochao Li

Guayule plant extracts as binder modifiers in flexible (asphalt) pavement mixtures, Steven Michael Lusher

Electrodeposited semiconductor nanostructures & epitaxial thin films for flexible electronics, Naveen Kumar Mahenderkar

Phenolic resin aerogels: The significance of inserting an oxidative ring-fusion aromatization step at the early stages of pyrolytic carbonization, and the application of these materials in CO₂ storage and separation, Hojat Majedi Far

Detecting cells and analyzing their behaviors in microscopy images using deep neural networks, Yunxiang Mao

Analyzing factors affecting patient satisfaction using the Kano model, Tejaswi Materla

A new signal processing method for acoustic emission/microseismic data analysis, Charles Mborah

Multitarget tracking and terrain-aided navigation using square-root consider filters, James Samuel McCabe

Evaluation of the redesign of a STEM gatekeeper course, General Chemistry I, incorporating active-learning strategies and implementation of a student-choice model, Travis Rae McDowell

Part I: Design, synthesis, and studies of novel age-inhibitors and age-breakers; Part II: Novel synthetic methods for organofluorine compound, Jatin Mehta

Evolving specialization in an agent-based model without task-switching costs, Shane Robert Meyer

The significance of grouping and missed bubbles on interfacial area concentration and void fraction, Chandller Stephen-Leslie Mills

Data driven decision making tools for transportation work zone planning, Samareh Moradpour

Analysis of DC microgrids as stochastic hybrid systems, Jacob Andreas Mueller

On-die transient event sensors and system-level ESD testing, Abhishek Patnaik

Crustal structure beneath the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas from receiver function stacking and gravity modeling, Yunxin Peng

Seismic anisotropy and the mantle dynamics beneath the Arabian plate, Saleh Ismail Hassan Qaysi

Adaptive data analysis for damage detection and system identification in civil infrastructure, Hongya Qu

Computational design and numerical analyses of thermal-hydraulics in a PWR-type small modular nuclear reactor, Vivek Murlidhar Rao

Characterization of the cylinderical split internal-loop photobioreactor with scenedesmus microalgae: Advanced culturing, modeling, and hydrodynamics, Laith S. Sabri

The separation of shear-driven liquid films from a sharp corner, Zahra Sadeghizadeh

Advancement in thermal energy storage using phase change materials, Rami Mohammad Reda Saeed

Correlation between delay time and measured concentration and concentration uncertainty by neutron activation analysis, James Thomas Seman

Security risk assessment in cloud computing domains, Amartya Sen

Research on additive manufacturing of metallic glass alloy, Yiyu Shen

Direct printing of single-crystal silicon by microscale nanoparticle printing and confined laser melting and crystallization, Wan Shou

A methodology to predict community college STEM student retention and completion, Jennifer Lynn Snyder

Dragline excavation simulation, real-time terrain recognition and object detection, Godfred Somua-Gyimah

Hydrodynamics study of the bubble columns with intense vertical heat-exchanging tubes using gamma-ray computed tomography and radioactive particle tracking techniques, Abbas Jawad Sultan

Characterization of triboelectric charging in data centers/display panel manufactures, and EMI visualization based on energy parcels method in high speed interconnections, Atieh Talebzadehghahroudi

Investigation of additively manufactured polymer and transparent polymer composites, Gregory Taylor

Long-term behavior of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) confined concrete cylinders subjected to severe weather and seawater solution conditions, Song Wang

Atomic layer deposition prepared nanostructured materials for various catalytic reactions, Xiaofeng Wang

Modeling and Simulation of Viscoplasticity, Recrystallization, and Softening of Alloyed Steel During Hot Rolling Process, Xin Wang

A multiple scattering method to study the cable harness inside a vehicle shell, Yansheng Wang

Discrete element and artificial intelligence modeling of rock properties and formation failure in advance of shovel excavation, Muhammad Waqas

Computational dynamics and virtual dragline simulation for extended rope service life, Muhammad Wardeh

Multi-scale investigation of microstructure, fiber-matrix bond, and mechanical properties of ultra-high performance concrete, Zemei Wu

Learning-based short-time prediction of photovoltaic resources for pre-emptive excursion cancellation, Huaiqi Xie

Signal processing for microwave imaging systems with very sparse array, Xiahan Yang

Experimental and numerical investigation on tar production and recycling in fixed bed biomass gasifiers, Jia Yu

Direct numerical simulation of pressure fluctuations induced by supersonic turbulent boundary layers, Chao Zhang

Harmful algae, algal toxin, taste and odor control and mitigation in public water system, Haiting Zhang

Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties by direct metal deposition, Jingwei Zhang

HDG methods for Dirichlet boundary control of PDEs, Yangwen Zhang

Delineation of a coal combustion residue landfill and underlying karst subsurface in Southwest Missouri using ERT and MASW surveys, Ruobai Zhao

Enhancement of heat transfer coefficient using nanofluids for multi-stage flash desalination (MSF) plant, Nasser Zouli

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Experimental study of natural convection heat transfer and gaseous dynamics from dual-channel circulation loop, Ibrahim Ahmed Said Abdallah

Geophysical interpretation and static reservoir modeling of structurally complex reservoir, RG oil field area, Sirte Basin, Libya, Abdalla A. Abdelnabi

Investigation of local velocities and phase holdups, and flow regimes and maldistribution identification in a trickle bed reactor, Mohd Fitri Bin Abdul Rahman

T-closed sets, multivalued inverse limits, and hereditarily irreducible maps, Hussam Abobaker

Long-range interatomic interactions: Oscillatory tails and hyperfine perturbations, Chandra Mani Adhikari

Magneto inductive communication system for underwater wireless sensor networks, Niaz Ahmed

Event-triggering architectures for adaptive control of uncertain dynamical systems, Ali Talib Oudah Albattat

Screening guidelines and data analysis for the application of in-situ polymer gels for injection well conformance improvement, Munqith Naeem Rashak Aldhaheri

Electron impact excitation-ionization of molecules, Esam Abobakr A. Ali

Imaging a fly ash landfill using non-invasive technologies (ERT and MASW), Atiat Shaban Qasim Alsaaideh

Programming problems on time scales: Theory and computation, Rasheed Basheer Al-Salih

Acquisition of active multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) data in karst terrain, Ghassan Salem Alsulaimani

Numerical and experimental study of new designs of all-vanadium redox flow batteries for performance improvement, Mohammed Abdulkhabeer Ali Al-yasiri

Theoretical calculations for electron impact ionization of atoms and molecules, Sadek Mohamed Fituri Amami

Local holomorphic extension of Cauchy Riemann functions, Brijitta Antony

Pillar design for St. Peter sandstone formation, Francis Anohomah Arthur

Novel applications of pulse pre-pump Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis for behavior evaluation of structures under thermal and mechanical loading, Yi Bao

Experimental and computational investigation of multi-principal element alloys, Mohsen Beyramali Kivy

Modeling dynamic community acceptance of mining using agent-based modeling, Mark Kofi Boateng

A harmonic M-factorial function and applications, Reginald Alfred Brigham II

Biomarker discovery using urinary metabolomics for noninvasive early cancer detection, Casey Franklin Burton

Reliability prediction in early design stages, Yao Cheng

Advanced analytical strategies to determine biomedical parameters for medical diagnostics, drug delivery, and therapy, Sisi Chen

Long-period fiber grating corrosion sensors for life-cycle monitoring and assessment of reinforced concrete structures, Yizheng Chen

The influence of caprock on blast fragmentation distribution, Matthew Kurtis Coy

Volumetric error compensation for 5-axis machine tools, Jennifer Ruth Creamer

Receiver function imaging of mantle transition zone discontinuities beneath Alaska, Haider Hassan Faraj Dahm

Efficient algorithms for analyzing large scale network dynamics: Centrality, community and predictability, Sima Das

Numerical investigation on nonlocal problems with the fractional Laplacian, Siwei Duo

Geophysical assessment of soil and rock in the New Madrid seismic zone, Faraj Mohamed Eljabri

Bootstrap-based confidence intervals in partially accelerated life testing, Ahmed Mohamed Eshebli

Multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems in transportation and defense systems, Hadi Farhangi

Development of active microwave thermography for structural health monitoring, Ali Foudazi

Characterization and numerical simulation of the microstructural and micromechanical viscoelastic behavior of oil sands using the discrete element method, Eric Kofi Gbadam

Optimal design and freeform extrusion fabrication of functionally gradient smart parts, Amir Ghazanfari

Application of nearly linear solvers to electric power system computation, Lisa L. Grant

Processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties of zirconium diboride-molybdenum disilicide ceramics and dual composite architectures, Ryan Joseph Grohsmeyer

Node localization in underwater sensor networks (UWSN), Huai Huang

Studies on neutron diffraction and X-ray radiography for material inspection, Fahima Fahmida Islam

The effect of testing conditions on lost circulation materials' performance in simulated fractures, Montri Jeennakorn

Fusion of non-visual and visual sensors for human tracking, Wenchao Jiang

Modal based BGA modeling in high-speed package, Shuai Jin

Investigation of hydraulic fracture complexity and the benefits of maximizing or minimizing complexity in unconventional resources, Rashid Sheikh Kassim

Real-time diesel particulate matter monitoring in underground mine atmospheres, association with the standard method and related challenges, Muhammad Usman Khan

LHD vibrations analysis and numerical modeling during operations, Kgosietsile Kolobe

Dirac surface states of magnetic topological insulators, Seng Huat Lee

In-situ assessment of concrete bridge decks and pavements using stress-wave based methods, Mengxing Li