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 2005
Technique for evaluating refractory corrosion in thermal gradient, Rina Sane
Enhancement and subaxial subluxation detection in cervical spine X-ray images, Santosh Seetharaman
The parallelization of a finite-difference time-domain code for the simulation of practical engineering problems, Sarah A. Seguin
Solid modeling in Java3D collaboration in computer aided design, Siddharth Shinde
Secondary carbonates from concrete degradation as a proxy of rainfall, Andrea Silva
Study of carbon pick-up in lost foam casting of steel, Abhay Singh
Integration of ultra-capacitors in static compensators, Abhishek Singh
Impact of social structure on team performance and rate of network change, Dale Allan Spence
Collaborative information seeking: A study of a patient care team in the emergency department, Patricia Ruma Spence
Incorporation of rice hull derived silica in epoxy composites and evaluation of their mechanical properties, Narayan Sreenivasan
Application of Mahalanobis Distance as a lean assessment metric, Jayanth Srinivasaraghavan
Geometric design of a mass transfer sensor for indoor environments using computational fluid dynamics, Anjana Srirama
Effect of chiral solution precursors in the epitaxial electrodeposition of metal oxides, Jonathan Edward Stewart
XRel_Change_SQL: A change detection system for unordered XML documents, Sathyanarayanan Sundaram
Design of alloys and high efficiency structures, Samarth Tandon
A stress test for engineers' ethics, Jisha Thomas
An experimental evaluation of two distributed algorithms for validation of E-ticket protocols in a mobile computing environment, Abhishek Tripathi
Partial automation of control rod inspection using coordinate measuring machine and machine vision, Shreekanth Vadakattu
Implementation of an embedded neural network-based output-feedback controller for spark ignition engines, Jonathan B. Vance
Managing product families: Conceptual and structural architecture reusability/commonality and resource change implications, Gurneet Kaur Virdi
Effect of surface segmental mobility on adhesion of acrylate soft films, Ravindra Vohra
Impacts of urbanization on stream stability, Shweta Vyas
Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric characterization of an oil aerosol-vapor microbial disinfectant, Prakash Wadhwa
A two-phase algorithm for the registration of fractured surfaces, Christopher P. Walker
An analysis of STATCOM/UCAP for power system stability, Juan Wang
Flexural and bond characteristics of steel reinforced polymer (SRP) and steel reinforced grout (SRG), Erin N. Wobbe
A process model for laser surface treatment of plasma sprayed coatings, Jian Wu
Development and characterization of soy-based materials: Plastics, coatings, and foams, Rupali Yadav
Tests for gene-treatment interaction in microarray data analysis, Wanrong Yin
Theses from 2004
Landmine discrimination using wavelet decomposition and weighted density distribution functions, Kalyan Ram Achanta
Binuclear phthalocyanine core controversy: aromatic vs. diene core, Srinivas Achanta
Online data mining using evolving neural networks, Nadeem Ahmed
Microwave evaluation and modeling of rapid chloride ingress in mortar, Bharath Akuthota
Aspects in application of finite element approach to predict mechanical response of materials, Cory Alan Alexander
An activity-product affiliation network approach to study product convergence opportunities, Faisal Anam
Effects of corrosion on the strength and integrity of adhesively bonded composite patch repairs of damaged aircraft structures, Harinath Appani
Mechanical integrity of thin films, Anup Arjun
Metallurgical analysis of cast steel slag pot failures, Roger William Armstrong
Fabrication and evaluation of rice hull derived nano silica/silicon carbide composites, Ganesh Ayalasomayajula
Screwed connection tests on shear, Michael Rotimi Babalola
Attracting and recruiting top quality construction leaders/managers for the future, Erik Carl Backus
Performance evaluation of an auction-based job allocation model for small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises, Govind V. Bajaj
Thermal analysis of the MR SAT spacecraft, Shriram Vasant Bapat
Numerical investigation of the impact of hypersonic shadowing on drag and heat transfer for a blunt body, John Thomas Barnett III
Redundant Link Network-Bluetooth based wireless sensor network, Mohammed Rana Basheer Basheer
Quantifying radiated emissions from high speed traces in proximity to a PCB edge, Daniel P. Berg
Evolving intelligent agents for adaptive first responder virtual training, Alex J. Berry
Robust design of automotive braking systems, Santosh Ganesh Dattatraya Bhat
Influence of process parameters on Laser Aided Manufacturing Process (LAMP), Mallareddy Bhimanapati
Architecting design repositories to support design knowledge storage, reuse and design tool generation, Matt R. Bohm
Transient performance analysis of integral collector storage solar water heating systems, A. M. Boies
Role of environmental policies on the diffusion of eco-friendly technologies, Sudheer Bulla
Noise generation mechanisms in claw pole alternators, Steven Jonathan Burns
Monitoring of refractory thickness using pulse-ultrasound and aluminum nitride (AIN) transducers, Thomas George Burns
A method of powering and controlling large, multi-segmented, electroluminescent displays, David Christian Callier
A process for impregnation of wood with polystyrene and evaluation of mechanical properties and environmental stability of the impregnated wood, Ammar Mohammed Canteenwala
Using PARET and CONVEC to perform accident analysis of the University of Missouri-Rolla Nuclear Reactor, Christopher M. Carroll
Transmission line pulser construction and magnetic field testing of timing circuits, David James Carter
Design and control of a magnetically levitated (maglev) system, Nishant Chadha
Data mining of substation relay data, Mythili Chaganti
Synthesis and evaluation of soyhull derived rigid polyurethane foams, Radhika Chalasani
Implementation of surface impedance boundary condition in FDTD and Incorporating EMI from traces crossing the gaps in the ground plane into SPICE, Sunitha Chandra
Vector control of a double fed induction generator for variable speed wind power generation, Srinivasa R. Chellapilla
Determining the optimal placement of FACTS devices using genetic algorithms and enumeration techniques, Jyothirmai Chittyreddy
Characterization of human-metal reference ESD event and correlation of ESD simulator parameters to system failures and a new calibration method for current probes, Ramachandran Chundru
Analytic investigation of innovations utilizing magneto-hydrodynamic work interaction devices in high-speed flows, David S. Coit
Methodology for modeling damaged beams with geometric and structural variation, David Anthony Comella
Optimization of capacitor structures for improved fault tolerance and reliability, Bradley John Deken
Scalable hierarchical group digital signatures, Pinar Demircan
Performance evaluation of short-span bridges built with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite systems, Ursula Deza
Applications of ground penetrating radar (GPR) in mapping mine roof, Vanja Dezelic
Radiation resistance testing of COTS CMOS chips against continuous gamma radiations, Hiten Pravinchandra Dharavat
Microbial diversity of a meromictic soda lake: seasonal and spatial patterns, Pedro A. Dimitriu
Computational intelligence techniques for collective robotic search, Sheetal Doctor
Spontaneous spray deposition of cerium oxide conversion coatings on 7075-T6 aluminum alloy, Vaidehi Chandrahasya Dongre
Nonlinear suboptimal control for reusable launch vehicles, David Drake
Characterization of a horizontal hydraulic fracture in the Warner Sandstone of Nevada, Missouri, Richard George Duff
Design tools for NULL Convention Logic circuits, Sasikanth Duggini
Behavior and fatigue properties of metallic dampers for seismic retrofit of highway bridges, Stephen Eads
Image based synthesis for airborne minefield data, Thandava Krishna Edara
Learning style and individual differences: predictors of student satisfaction as a function of course type, Cassandra C. Elrod
Identification and characterization of acyl-homoserine lactone signaling molecules produced by varying strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Jason C. Elrod
CFRP strengthening of concrete bridges with curved soffits, Nagaraj Eshwar
Heavy metal transport processes in the Black River of Missouri's New Lead Belt, Anne M. Faeth
Application of soybean oil methyl ester for remediation of PCBs contaminated soil, Lijun Fan
Homogenization effects on neutron flux Monte Carlo calculations for an accelerator driven system, Jamie Marlene Ferrero
Structural identification of a smart truss for condition assessment, James W. Fonda
Q-Hash: a novel index structure for moving object databases, Deja Hepziba Francis
Development and implementation of an actively controlled three-story building with piezoelectric actuators in bending-mode, Matthew Clinton Gebhardt
Detection and size evaluation of corrosion precursor pitting using near-field microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive testing methods, Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr
A framework for developing high quality consumer oriented web-based systems with numerous users using quality function deployment (QFD), Sanjiv Ghatnekar
Identification of character non-independence in phylogenetic data using data mining and neural network techniques, Venkat Ram Ghatti
Construction of capacity-efficient product families using optimization and simulation tools, Jesse Alan Grisham
Health monitoring of adhesively bonded composite patch repair of aircraft structures using wavelet analysis of lamb wave signals, Rabindranath Gubbala
Applications of particle swarm optimization for neural network training and digital systems, Venu Gopal Gudise
Analysis of paraffin wax and high density polyethylene as injectable grout material in fractured shale, Joe D. Guggenberger II
Detection of skin cancer using electric impedance, an electrical model of skin, and statistical methods, Kapil Gupta
