Masters Theses
This collection contains theses written in partial fulfillment of the master's degree, from 1900 to the present.
The first masters degree was awarded in Chemistry, to V. H. Gottschalk; his thesis was titled The Determination of Aluminium. Most recently, popular masters disciplines have included Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geological Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and Nuclear 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 thesis in Scholars' Mine and click on the Share My Thesis button. Theses and dissertations will be digitized as time allows and will not become immediately accessible.
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Theses from 2024
Theoretical Modeling And Experimental Investigation Of Phase Selection During Rapid Solidification Of Alloys, Azeez Aremu Akinbo
Dig Limits Optimization Using Binary Integer Linear Programming Method in Open Pit Mines, Hussam Naif Altalhi
Evaluating the Influence of Operator Practices on Hydraulic Shovel Productivity and Energy Consumption using Telemetry Data, Noah Adekunle Aluko
Discrete Event Simulation (Des) in Swapping/charging of Battery Electric Vehicles in Underground Mining, Albert Einstein Amponsem
Development of a Particulate Matter Sensor Network for Air Quality Monitoring in Indoor Settings and in Mines, Abdulrahman Bani
Branching Fractional Brownian Motion, Reece Beattie-Hauser
Investigation of the Relationships between Hydraulic, Physical, and Biological Soil Parameters at a Vineyard in Saint James, Missouri, Lyndsey Bennett
Development of a Novel Bioink for Human Vascularized Organoids, Bradley Allen Bromet
The Graduation Walk: Pareto Optimization of Degree Paths, Arianna Gail Sy Chaves
UPA-Mediated Polyamidoamine Dendrimer-Based Targeted Gene Delivery System on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Hsin-Yin Chuang
Fe-Ni-Cu-Pge Sulfide Transport Mechanisms And Carbon-Sulfur Interactions In Lower Crustal Magmatic Settings: A Study From The Valmaggia Ultramafic Pipe, Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Italy, Shelby Leann Clark
Does Health Oriented Leadership and Access to On-Demand Mental Health Therapists via Employee Assistance Programs Improve Employee Well-Being and Engagement?, Amber Rachelle Davis
Laboratory Scale Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Surfactants on Acid Mist Suppression during Copper Electrowinning, Thurman Kollie Elgin
Metal-Ion Doped Borate Bioactive Glasses- a Novel Direction in Minimizing Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Sarah Fakher
Investigating Accident-Tolerant Cladding in a Molten Salt-Cooled Micro-Reactor using Multi-Physics Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification, Alexander Niles Foutch
Environmental Health and Impact of Workload on Errors for Wildland Fire Personnel, Michael Bryan Held
Protein Turnover Rate and Life History as an Explanation of the Extreme Difference in Cost of Biosynthesis in Cockroach Nymphs and Painted Lady Butterfly Larva, Kyara Nicole Holloway
Open-ended hollow coaxial cable resonance sensing via permittivity fluctuations for applications to exhaled breath health monitoring, Peter Henry Holtmann
A New Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Method with Second Difference Quotients for the Wave Equation, Andrew Calvin Janes
Comparative Study of Crypto Volatility and Price Forecasting using a Mixture of Time Series and Machine Learning Models, Abhishek Kafle
Human Arm Stiffness Estimation Method Developed for overground Physical Interaction Experiments: Experimental Validation and Perspectives for Future Applications, Tarani Kanth Kamma
The Geodetic Strain Rates from Gnss in the North American-Carribean-Cocos Triple Junction in Guatemala and Implications for Seismic Hazard, Tanaya Kashyap
The Deep BSDE Method, Daniel Kovach
The Exponential Function in Discrete Fractional Calculus under the Delta Operator, Brayton James Link
Enabling Smart Healthcare Applications Through Visible Light Communication Networks, Jack Manhardt
A Binary Integer Linear Programming Model for Optimizing Underground Stope Layout, Theophilus Mensah
Groundwater Movement in Boiling Spring, Onyx Spring, Yelton Spring, Wilkins Spring, Hudgens Spring and Natural Bridge Spring, Katherin Roxana Montes Chamorro
Cryptographic Algorithms, Cryptocurrencies, and a Predictive Model of Bitcoin Value by Pls Regression, Paul Kenneth O'Connor
Hysplit in Simulating the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Aerosols: A Case Study in St. Louis, Missouri, Ahmet Tolga Odabasi
Validation of Athlet with Purdue University Multi-Dimensional Integral Test Assembly (PUMA) Test, Emin Fatih Ozdem
Low Finesse Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (Efpi) Demodulation for High Temperature Gap Measurements, Abhishek Prakash Hungund
Production of Glass-To-Metal Seals using Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Aaron Read
Processing & Properties of Zirconium Carbide Manufactured by Ceramic On-Demand Extrusion, Clare Sabata
Iterative Power Flow Control Architecture for DC-AC-AC Triple Active Bridge Converters: Design, Simulation, and Hardware Testing, Jonathan Henri Saelens
Time series anomaly detection using generative adversarial networks, Shyam Sundar Saravanan
Simulation of lC Circuits in Cylindrical Photoemission Driven Cavities using Coupled Monte Carlo and Particle-in-Cell Codes, Ravi Sanjay Shastri
Microwave Materials Characterization of Geopolymers, Jared Sinkey
Radiofrequency Interference Detection using Lstmand Statistical Analysis Discriminator, Luke Smith
Fiber Assisted Re-Assembly Preformed Particle Gel for Conformance Control, Zhe Sun
High Strain Rate Analysis of 3D Printed Concrete as Compared to Conventionally Cast Concrete, Weston McLeod Thomsen
Evaluating Electromagnetic Interference on Gnss Receivers, Giorgi Tsintsadze
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena in Nuclear Reactor Systems, Mehedi Hasan Tusar
Characterization of the Kansas river alluvial aquifer using towed transient electromagnetic geophysical method, Jonathon Daniel Voss
Learn from the Past: using Peer Data to Improve Course Recommendations in Personalized Education, Colton Walker
High-Pressure Infiltration Process for Additively Manufactured Ceramic Matrix Composites, Samuel Weiler
Sub-Critical Crack Growth and Fatigue Behaviour of Alkali Silicate Glass, Noah Weyrauch
Directed Energy Deposition Processing-Performance Relationship of Af9628, Mianqing Yang
Theses from 2023
A Network of Low-Cost Multi-Pollutant Air Quality Sensors for Evaluating Fine-Scale Exposure Disparity in Twin Cities, MN, P M Varuni Abhayaratne
SENTIMENT STRENGTH AND TOPIC RECOGNITION IN SENTIMENT ANALYSIS, Esi A.R. Adeborna
Dynamic Discounted Satisficing Based Driver Decision Prediction in Sequential Taxi Requests, Sree Pooja Akula
Tailoring a System Engineering and Management Plan for a University Satellite Team, Jacob D. Anderson
Investigation of Defect Production and Displacement Energies in Wurtzite Aluminum Nitride, Sean Anderson
MAT: Genetic Algorithms Based Multi-Objective Adversarial Attack on Multi-Task Deep Neural Networks, Nikola Andric
Static I-V Curve and Aging Test for PIM Characterization in Metallic Contacts, Kalkidan Anjajo
Development and Testing of a Hyperbaric Aerodynamic Levitator for Containerless Materials Research, Sydney Elizabeth Boland
Prediction and Root-Cause Analysis for Smart Speaker Intentional Electromagnetic Interference Attacks, Tanner Fokkens
A Hybrid Framework for Critical Infrastructures Interdependency Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis, David Corder Hinton
Implementing Effective University - Level Small Satellite Assembly, Integration, and Testing Procedures, Tyler Patrick Hoover
Scalable and Continuous Fabrication of Dendrimer based Gene and Protein Delivery Systems, Joseph Johnston
Improved Decap Model and Placement Optimization Algorithm for Power Distribution Network Design, Jack Juang
Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling and Communication Tool for Post-Disaster Evacuation Routing, Nicholas Kutheis
A Real-Time Microwave Camera Using Zero-Bias Diode Detector, Liang Liu
Environmental DNA Metabarcoding as a Tool for Fish Community Assessment in Wetlands, Eric Ludwig
Area Average Surface Transfer Coefficient in Unit Cell Geometries, Benjamin Gabriel Mackey
Flight Software Development for a University-Class Microsatellite Mission, Yumeka Nagano
Rapid-Throughput Analysis of 1,4-Dioxane in Plants by Centrifugal Sampling and Phytoforensic Analysis for Site Delineation and Assessing Enhanced Rhizodegradation, Anthony Eberechukwu Oha
Optimizing the Placement of Multiple UAV--LiDAR Units Under Road Priority and Resolution Requirements, Zachary Michael Osterwisch
Application of Nitrate to an Anaerobic Subsurface Bioremediation, Cassie Marie Roberts
Incorporating Novel Sensors for Reading Human Health State and Motion Intent into Real-Time Computing Systems, Adam Sawyer
Zoom Fatigue and Virtual Interviewing: The Effects of Interpersonal Distance, Lillian Rose Schell
The Application of Statistical Modeling to Identify Genetic Associations with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes, Caroline Schott
Meta-Analysis of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Gene Expression Data from Obese and Non-Obese Patients, Dakota William Shields
Designing Exterior Lighting for Safety and Comfort While Minimizing Light Pollution, Energy Consumption, and Cost, Stephen Michael Simmons
Computer Vision in Adverse Conditions: Small Objects, Low-Resoltuion Images, and Edge Deployment, Raja Sunkara
Evaluation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Autoimmune Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Hailey Nicole Swain
Selecting Consolidation Procedures for Making Concrete Specimens, Paige Marie Toebben
Suppressing Aluminum/Silica Exchange Reaction Between High Aluminum Steel and Mold Flux During Continuous Casting Process, Kuanysh Nurbekuly Yermukhanbetov
Tropospheric Correction for INSAR using Machine Learning, Ngo Hi Kenny Yue
Theses from 2022
DEVELOPING A VR TRAINING MODEL FOR IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR RURAL AREAS, Emmanuel Olumide Adeosun
Replacing combustion engines with hydrogen fuel cells to power mining haul trucks: challenges and opportunities, Ayorinde Akinrinlola
Continuous and discrete models for optimal harvesting in fisheries, Nagham Abbas Al Qubbanchee
Modeling the reactor time-dependent delayed particle tail with Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) version 6.2, Eli James Boland
Numerical investigations of 2-D magnetic nozzles on pulsed plasma plumes, Joshua Daniel Burch
Personalizing student graduation paths using expressed student interests, Nicolas Charles Dobbins
Adsorption of arsenic onto river sediments, Leticia Augusta Dos Santos Ferreira
Understanding charge effects on marked ball wear rates – A corrosion study, John Bailey Fletcher
A variable node optimization model for byzantine fault tolerant systems, Ian Robert Fulton
State level trends in renewable energy procurement via solar installation versus green electricity, Eric Michael Hanson
INTEGRATING REMOTE SENSING AND MODEL-BASED DATASETS IN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO MAP GLOBAL SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL, Md Fahim Hasan
Particle swarm optimization for critical experiment design, Cole Michael Kostelac
Validation of eDNA metabarcoding : A comparison to traditional survey methods in Ozark streams, Veronica Marian Lee
Automatic sparse esm scan using Gaussian process regression, Jiangshuai Li
Predicting radiated emissions from a cable harness through component level tests, Fuwei Ma
Zinc plating from alkaline non-cyanide bath, Abdul J. Mohammed
Study of contamination resulting from historical mining within the Old Lead Belt: Mineral Fork Watershed, 2021-2022, Tessa Nicole Mortensen
Characterization of cermet fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), James Floyd Mudd
Effect of boron in cast iron, Suyash Durendra Pawaskar
