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 1998
Simulation of V-Ribbed belt tracking, Charles Scott Sloan
Determination of the tensile and shear strengths of screws and the effect of screw patterns on cold formed steel connections, Marc Allen Sokol
Growth of ice crystals by diffusion in mixed phase clouds, Kiran Sonnad
Corner detection and edge following for image analysis of prismatic parts, Sriram Srinivasan
An efficient library for parallel ray tracing and animation, John Edward Stone
Breakup of biomolecules through low-energy ion bombardment, Daniel M. Storey
An economic analysis of power system capital expenditure deferment with the utilization of relocatable battery energy storage systems, John Edward Sullivan
Measurement of liquid velocities in a gas sparged stirred tank, Christopher John Taylor
Constrained LQR-based controller for disturbance rejection, Viswanath Tolety
Concrete cover delamination in reinforced concrete beams strengthened with CFRP sheets, Gustavo J. Tumialan
Self adaptive vibration control of smart composite structures using piezoelectric materials and neural networks, Manish Thankappan Valoor
Dynamic simulation of multi-body systems in motion for virtual prototyping, Balaji Kothandaraman Vilvaray
Implementing NPI; new product introduction at Lincoln Automotive, James Constantine Vintzel
A WWW based software metrics environment for software process management and software product quality improvement, Ravi Viswanathan
A theoretical and experimental study on air leakage through stoppings, Dai Wang
A radio frequency test bed for the analysis of non-linear widely spaced adaptive array antennas, Robert Dale Ward
A closed form method for backtracking from a modified Burmester curve to a set of precision positions, Derek Lee Watkins
Condensation along an isothermal vertical surface in mixed convection, Chad Michael Winkler
Limit states for architectural glass under simulated seismic loadings ; and, A comparison of practices of seismic design of glass curtain walls between the United States and Japan, Christy Lynn Worrell
Alumoxane-based corrosion resistant coatings for aluminum substrates, Yue Wu
Pretreatment of EDTA-laden boiler cleaning wastewater using UV/H₂O₂: effect on metal recovery, Rajanikanth Yerapotini
Enhancement of thin-film solar cell efficiency by light trapping, Takumi Yoshida
An investigation of EMI from LCD monitors, Theodore M. Zeeff
Theses from 1997
Analysis and design of a TCSC, Vineet Aggarwal
Effect of turbulence on velocity measurements taken by the electronic vane anemometer, Faisal Mohammed Asaad
Modeling of diffusion in micro-cracked composite laminates using approximate solutions, Tozer Jamshed Bandorawalla
Design and implementation of a single-board hand-held computer, Ali Fuat Baykal
Optical time-of-flight magnetic field sensor, Sean J. Bentley
MSRL - a representative language for multimedia semantics, Jyothi Bhattaram
Hierarchical motion estimation using wavelet transforms, Siddharth Budhraja
Determining inter-processor communication for parallel array operations within for-loops on a distributed memory system, Gordon Bruce Buswell
Permeability of monolithic refractories, Jason M. Canon
Development of oxidation rate constants for metal-EDTA complexes, Chitra Chakravarty
Multiple reference frame analysis of non-sinusoidal brushless DC drives, Patrick L. Chapman
Integrated manufacturing system for precision sheet metal tooling, Sunil Chaturvedi
Face recognition in the wavelet domain using the eigenface method, William Scott Curtis
Segmentation and motion estimation, Anil Dagar
The effect of stiffening on the maximum stress in a flat plate, Michael Gerard Duchek
Behavior of web elements with openings subject to linearly varying shear, Matthew R. Eiler
Asynchronous distance learning technology: The instructor's perspective, Earl Alexander Evans
The transient energy function method and three-phase unbalanced systems, Keith Ronald Folken
Multi-force dewartering of magnetic waste materials, Philip Lawrence Gardner
Physical modeling of slag splashing in a basic oxygen furnace, Ajay Kumar Garg
Application of thrust recovery and mission based analysis techniques to wave riding hypersonic vehicles, Christopher Dennis Gettinger
A dictionary based on design pattern morphology, Christopher David Gill
Average value modeling and nonlinear control of dc power systems, Steven F. Glover
Effects of typical manufacturing parameters on the flow of liquid metal and the formation of defects in gray cast iron lost foam castings, Jeremy Joseph Green
Determination of moderator temperature coefficient in a pressurized water reactor using neutron and temperature noise analysis, Clinton Eugene Gross
Whole effluent toxicity: determination of lethal concentration and control measures, Ganga Kanchana Gubbi
Control of highly-deformable shell structures with embedded smart materials, Chun-Shan Gu
A neural network based approach for the identification and optimal control of a cantilever plate, Tianjing Han
Multiple time step symplectic integration, David Joseph Hardy
Analysis of unsteady flow effects on scupper spacing, Martin Charles Hesterberg
Enhancements to EMAP5, Yun Ji
Spacing of connections in compression elements for cold-formed steel members, Michael L. Jones
An empirical evaluation of the interference coupling effects of return path currents, Theron Lee Jones
Some properties of hereditarily indecomposable chainable continua, Thomas John Kacvinsky
An expert systems application in electromagnetic compatibility, Navin Kashyap
Implementation of digital controllers for smart structures using field programmable gate arrays, Jamie Scott Kelly
Modeling the chemical vapor transport of zinc oxide utilizing hydrogen as the transporting agent, Michael Jay Kjar
Prediction of long term performance of relief wells for the lower Mississippi River levee system, Lynda Jan Kliewer
Simulation of conventional and unconventional deployment of an automotive airbag using FEM, Ajit Chandrakant Kolhe
An interaction force study of plasma protein adsorption on polystyrene microlattices, Ravi Bharadwaj Kota
Moir ̌measurement of surface distortion, Ann Elaine Kruse
Performance characteristics and average-value modeling on auxiliary resonant commutated pole converter based induction motor drives, Brian T. Kuhn
Methanotrophic growth and distribution by phospholipid fatty acid analysis, Joee Lynn Kvetensky
An investigation of automotive airbag deployment between the windshield and an impacting sphere, Sandeep Laddha
Hydrothermal synthesis and stabilization of nanocrystalline cerium (IV) oxide, Shahid G. Lakhwani
Modulus of elasticity and poisson's ratio of normal-strength and high-strength concrete, Christopher Wayne Lambert
Cogeneration feasibility study for UM-Rolla, Reinis Leveika
Determination of the biodegradability of surfactants and software development, James David Lilly
Optimization of CFCs removal and destruction from scrap polyurethane foams, Daniel King-Sai Loo
Solubility of lead in iron and iron-carbon alloys, Sandeep Malhotra
A case-based reasoning approach to process planning for prismatic parts using feature-based design, Sridhar Marella
The effects of wetting and drying cycles on the dry density of compacted cohesive soils, Brian Keith Marick
The effect of mold coating and mold matrix on the thermal fatigue and mechanical fracture of continuously cast gray iron permanent mold inserts, Kenneth Michael Martinez
Wavelet processing for biomedical signals, Carrie Ellen May
Control of friction and backlash in a machine tool feed drive system, Keshav Menon
Productivity of well clusters in arbitrarily shaped reservoirs: a boundary element approach, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim
A theoretical study of three-dimensional radiative transfer with polarization, Donald W. Mueller Jr.
Improved parallel algorithms for molecular dynamics simulations, Ravi A. Murty
Simulation of slowly varying multipath channels for flat fading and frequency-selective fading, Kyaw Moe Naing
Reinforcement of web openings in cold-formed steel members, Erika Kirsten Nelson
Feasibility of non-uniform widely-spaced arrays for adaptive beamforming systems with associated RF-test-bed hardware, Christopher Lloyd Osterloh
Time/space dependent dispersion coefficient and its effect on solvent concentration and growth of mixing zone in heterogeneous porous media, Mohd Roslee Othman
Coal log pipeline wastewater evaluation and treatment alternative evaluation, Nicole Marie Pagano
Slurry-phase biodegradation of contaminated soils and groundwater, Sreedhar Dutt Palepu
Modifications to adaptive critic based controllers for uncertain plant dynamics, Mayank Pant
Applications of coupled Karhunen-Lov̈e expansions, Abhijit Patait
Study of gamma crystallins using small angle neutron scattering, Paul Adam Petitt
Application of artificial neural network technology to loose parts monitoring systems, Rodney Galen Pickard
Theoretical prediction of plasma protein structures by Debye-sphere modeling of neutron scattering curves, Raghavender Rao Pillutla
Simplification of CAD models for virtual reality applications, Ravikrishnan Ramachandran
Development and analysis of a STATCOM model for facts studies, Pranesh Rao
Study of local area network emulation using block oriented network simulator, Dikan Rendic
Analysis of an autonomous generator slip energy recovery system, James Todd Rhoad
Determination of chain transfer constants and initiator efficiency in free radical polymerization using kinetic and chain length measurements, Steven Earl Russell
Adaptive critic-based neurocontroller for autolanding of aircrafts, Gaurav Saini