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 2008
Characterization of chemical health effects and exposure risk potential for drinking water contaminants, Matthew Aaron Lueders
Quantifying the desired degree of supply chain flexibility, Poorna Marappa
Modeling kinetics of hydrolysis of three pesticides in laboratory waters, Michelle Kim Marincel
Indication of cylinder pressure rise rate by means of vibration and acoustic emissions of an internal combustion engine, Jeffery A. Massey
Sensitivity analysis of relative worth in empirical and simulation-based QFD matrices, Robins Mathai Kalapurackal
Removal of heavy metals from electroplating wastewater using rice husk and coconut coir, Frency Mathew
Performance of fire-damaged prestressed concrete bridges, Wendy LeAnn Moore
Imaging in karst terrain using electrical resistivity tomography, Iana Muchaidze
PrESerD - Privacy ensured service discovery in mobile peer-to-peer environment, Santhosh Muthyapu
Textural analysis of a rhyolite dike of the southern Oklahoma aulacogen at Medicine Park, Oklahoma, Sean Patrick O'Donnell
Methodology and process to accompany a virtual geotechnical database for the St. Louis metropolitan area, Katherine Leigh Onstad
Fabrication of soy oil epoxy resin based composites, Vinay Prabhakar Pai
Formation control of car-like mobile robots, Shweta Annapurani Panimadai Ramaswamy
The part count tool (PaCT) for concept selection, Tarang Parashar
Role of microtubules in budding yeast cytokinesis, Su Young Park
Business risk in early design: an approach, Rahul Basavaraj Patil
Polymer reinforced aerogels and composites A. Polyimide crosslinked aerogels B. Silica-polymethylmethacrylate composites, Vishal U. Patil
Texture measurement of semitranslucent areas in basal cell carcinoma, Shilpa Pendyala
Autothermal non-catalytic reformation of jet fuel in a supercritical water medium, Jason W. Picou
Sorting automated concept generator results based on manufacture and assembly concerns, Kerry Ryan Poppa
AFLP fingerprint analysis of hybrid salamanders in the Missouri Caverns section of Onondaga Cave, Maria Louise Potter
The identification and characterization of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene family members in glycine max, Erin Kathleen Pringle
Simulation and optimization of nanostructured electrodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Sanjeev Murlidhar Rao
Seismic stratigraphic interpretation and reservoir characterization of the Mamuniyat Formation in the B-NC115 field, Murzuk Basin, Libya, Hesham A. Refayee
Friction stir spot welding of advanced high strength steels, Jeffrey M. Rodelas
Elevated temperature behavior of a magnesium based bulk metallic glass, Neal C. Ross
Synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles in a counterflow diffusion flame reactor, Hector Enrique Ruiz
A rapid method for determination of alpha hydroxy acids in seawater and biological fluids at trace levels, Ryan Lee Schwiderski
Co-optimization: a generalization of coevolution, Travis Service
Forecasting using the T-method, Parthiv Akshay Shah
Adaptive modulation for cognitive radios, Gaurav Sharma
Approaches to learning in a classroom environment: observational & experiential, Raj Kanwar Singh
Critical infrastructure protection and the Domain Name Service (DNS) system, Mark Edward Snyder
Reaction processing of ultra-high temperature W/Ta₂C cermets, Melissa C. Teague
Modeling and measurement of thermal residual stresses and isotope effects on thermo physical properties of ZrB₂-SiC ceramics, Michael P. Teague
The effects of highly porous refractory materials on steel ladle heat loss, Mangesh Vibhandik
Formulating hedging strategies for financial risk mitigation in competitive U.S. electricity markets, Karthik Viswanathan
Individual-based artificial ecosystems for design and optimization, Shivakar Vulli
Electromagnetic modeling of distributed coaxial cable crack sensors in reinforced concrete members, Mei Wang
Laboratory analysis of small strain moduli in compacted silts, David M. Weidinger
Fabrication of long-period fiber gratings by CO₂ laser irradiation for high temperature applications, Tao Wei
Development of a GIS-based seismic hazard screening tool, Andrew J. Wilding
Co-evolutionary automated software correction: a proof of concept, Joshua Lee Wilkerson
Numerical study of energy utilization in nozzle/plume flow-fields of high-speed air-breathing vehicles, Althea Grace Wilson
Analysis of access-to-space missions utilizing on-board energy management and entropic analysis, Tyler Winter
Experimental validation of an integrated FRP and visco-elastic hardening, damping, and wave-modulating system for blast resistance enhancement of RC columns, Brian Henry Wood
Statistical estimation of crosstalk for cable bundles, Meilin Wu
Femtosecond laser micro-structuring of silicon wafer in water confinement, Songping Wu
Friction stir spot welding of aluminum alloys, Wei Yuan
Human systems integration: training and education needs analysis, Hao Zhang
N-Acetylcystein amide protects against methamphetamine-induced oxidative stress in human brain endothelial cells, Xinsheng Zhang
Theses from 2007
Structured functional representations for conceptual modeling and redesign derived from historical component design information, Daniel Richard Abbott
Equivalent circuit for transient conduction and convection systems, Bassam Sabry Mohammad Abdelnabi
35-45 giga hertz transceiver system for phase and magnitude detection, Aman Aflaki Beni
Modeling and performance estimation for airborne minefield detection system, Saurabh Agarwal
Synthesis of functionalized N-isopropylacrylamide copolymers and study of their adsorption characteristics in selective entrapment of cations, Sita S. Akella
Dynamic modeling and simulations of solid oxide fuel cells for grid-tied applications, Nagasmitha Akkinapragada
Age strengthening of gray cast iron: alloying effects and kinetics study, Thottathil Viswanathan Anish
Fine particle classification using dilute fluidized beds, Rajasekharan Pillai Annapoorneswari
Development of a liquid injection propane system for spark-ignited engines via fuel temperature control, Brian Charles Applegate
Computational study of flow over elliptic airfoils for rotor/wing unmanned aerial vehicle applications, Timothy William Assel
Design and implementation of a hardened distributed network endpoint security system for improving the security of internet protocol-based networks, William Dee Atkins
A light-weight middleware framework for fault-tolerant and secure distributed applications, Ian Jacob Baird
Transient performance of closed loop thermosyphons incorporating thermal storage, Kyle S. Benne
Symbolic time series analysis using hidden Markov models, Nikhil Bhardwaj
Applications of solar energy to power stand-alone area and street lighting, Joshua David Bollinger
Vapor phase uptake of volatile organic contaminants by hybrid poplar trees, Sally Rebecca Breite
Experimental investigation of enhanced surfaces in rectangular ducts, Jonathan David Bridges
Barriers and best practices for material management in the healthcare sector, Carlos Callender
One-group interfacial area transport equation for horizontal two-phase flow with 90-degree bend, Kennard Callender
FM-CW radar design and development for on-site refractory wall thickness measurement, Brian Carroll
Performance improvement of adaptive filters for echo cancellation applications, Deepak Challa
Characterization of noise on PDN and electromagnetic shielding, Sandeep K. R. Chandra
Impacts of ozonation on the adsorption and surface characteristics of powdered activated carbon, Arshita Cheeti
Shielding characteristics of a commercial 19-inch rack-based cabinet, Jue Chen
Integrated product and its extended enterprise network design using lean principles, Abhijit K. Choudhury
Bridge damage detection using an intelligent engineering system, Dionysios N. Danilatos
Physical analysis of human hair, Lea Marie Dankers
Bio inspired techniques for simultaneous design of multiple optimal power system stabilizers, Tridib Kumar Das
Development, modeling, and simulation of a nano aerial vehicle using empirical data, Wyatt Emery Davenport
Identification of radial streaming and pseudopods in dermoscopy images, Sayali Prabhakar Deshpande
A real time operating system based test-bed for autonomous vehicle navigation, Pravin Dhake
Nonlinear control of nonholonomic mobile robot formations, Travis Alan Dierks
pH effect on adsorption of saxititoxin on powdered activated carbon, Jie Ding
Novel charger topologies for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, Bojan Djokanovic
Creation of XML view and propagation of updates to relational database, Janarthanan Eindhal
Constraint based node localization for ad-hoc wireless networks and a simulation environment for wildfire detection & mapping using wireless sensor networks, Michael Ellebrecht
Application of hybrid ARQ to controller area networks, Krishna Chaitanya Emani
Numerical and experimental study of parameter sensitivity and dilution in laser deposition, Zhiqiang Fan
Reliability modeling for the advanced electric power grid, Ayman Z. Faza
Quantitative analysis of size fractionation of magnetic nanoparticles, Timothy Michael Forbis
Friction stir processing of cast magnesium alloys, Timothy A. Freeney
Hybrid sensor networks for hydrological monitoring, Thomas V. Freiberger
Energy efficient processor operation and vibration based energy harvesting schemes for wireless sensor nodes, Phani Kumar Gajjala
A simulation environment modeling the use of wireless sensor networks for the detection and mapping of wildfires, Matthew Gann
Use of analytical hierarchy process in university strategy planning, Mihir Gokhale
Prediction of magnesium-based bulk metallic glasses and their microstructural characterization, Sandeep M. Gorantla
Manufacturing and characterization of transparent thermoplastic composites, Vishnu Teja Guntupalli
Chatter suppression in two-tool parallel turning operations with spindle speed variation method, Peng Guo
