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 1994
Automated data reconciliation, Atul Trasi
Effective use of Contract Engineers, Michael Alan Valenti
Mechanical and thermal system design for the thermal recycling of scrap tires, Chakrapani Vallurupalli
Mineralized rock strength in the New Lead Belt of Missouri, David Lee Van Brakel
Pre-beneficiation characterization of the Pea Ridge rare-earth minerals, Clarissa W. Vierrether
Control of dross formation and its removal from lead bullion, Liming Wang
Static and dynamic testing of belt-drive tensioners, Te-Wei Wang
Softened truss model theory -- application to shear predominant structures, Rui Wan
Via modeling and lossy media in the power bus structure of multilayer printed wiring boards, Michael J. Wilhelm
Dielectric and pyroelectric properties of titanium and tungsten-doped lead magnesium niobate, Daniel Raiford Wilson
Nonlinear effects on the stiffness of bolted joints and nonlinear effects on the stresses and deformations of bolted joints, William Eugene Wistehuff
Optimization of a consulting firm, Douglas Allan Wojcik
The effect of texture on the petrophysical properties of dolomite: evidence from the Cambro-Ordovician of Southeast Missouri, Robert E. Woody
Dynamic modeling and simulation of two cooperating structurally-flexible robotic manipulators, Lei Yang
Impulse noise concealment in NTSC receivers, Roger Allen Younger
Computer integrated fixture planning and process planning, Jin Yu
Mode-I characterization of static and fatigue delamination behavior in thermoplastic composite materials, Rahim Zamanian
Reduced order mixed H₂/HΩ controller design, Wei Zhao
Theses from 1993
A novel three terminal optical device, Mohamad Khazani Abdullah
A novel concept of active annealing to eliminate residual stresses from laminated composites, Chandramohan Reddy Adulla
An automated coding and classification system with supporting database for effective design of manufacturing systems, Munish Agarwal
Effect of multi-node distribution on Ada compilation sequence turnaround time, Donald E. Bertier
Measurement of diffusion coefficients in solutions using a spectrophotometer, Ashok Ramanath Bhakta
Soil chemical properties of the residuum of Callaway County, Missouri, Timothy C. Biggs
Improvement of the electrical failure analysis system used by AlliedSignal Aerospace Kansas City Division, Daryl Ralph Brunswick
Optimal control of infinite-order smart structural systems using distributed sensors, Robert K. Butler
Feature-based concurrent design system for turned parts, Srinivasa Rao Chalasani
Automated operation sequencing in intelligent process planning: a case-based reasoning approach, Supratik Champati
Thermal stability of chymotrypsin using UV-VIS and Raman spectroscopy, Ashik Chandra
Microstructural study of synthetic alumina-magnesia spinel for refractories from natural raw materials, Yu-I Eunice Chao
Performance of a new pulse-height analysis system for nuclear spectroscopy, Douglas Dwight Charlton
Diagnosis of malignant melanoma using a neural network, Anurag Chawla
DYNUMR : dynamics of the Williams-Otto Process, Shih-Hsing Chien
Feature-based modeling of three-dimensional moving mechanical parts, Tung-Cheng Chou
Corrosion of partially stabilized zirconia by steelmaking slags, Yau-Don Chung
Analysis of bandlimited white Gaussian noise as a direct sequence spreading signal, Tze-Yu Chu
An investigation of the electrical and structural properties of the La1-xCaxAl1-yCryO₃ system, John Andrew Conrad
Identification and robust control of smart structures using neural networks, Rajendra Ratnakant Damle
Determination of machining parameters in sculptured surface machining using dynamics models and computer graphics simulations, Carl William DeBrock
Design of valve regulated lead acid battery subsystems for battery energy storage systems for utility applications, Scott Douglas Deffenderfer
A music accessory serial interface (the MIDI successor), James D. Deters
Soil chemical properties of alluvial deposits in east-central Missouri, Robert Weiser Dillon
X̀REL' design and development, Mohit C. Doshi
Nuclear reactor diagnostics and monitoring through artificial neural networks, Ajaya Durg
Robust projection methods for the detection of soft sensor failures, Douglas Brian Ely
Extended multi-sensor data characterization and prediction of surface roughness and bore tolerance in circular end milling, Yalcin M. Ertekin
A thermocouple based proton beam profile monitor, Phillip D. Ferguson
A simplified model and parametric analysis of a rolling pneumatic tire, Yiyun Gao
An evaluation of the use of thermoplastics in concrete masonry, Mark Joseph Gawedzinski
Hydrogen desorption characteristics of galvanized steels and indium-cadmium shape memory alloys, Mark S. Geissler
Temperature, humidity, pressure and/or density effects on velocity measuring instrumentation, Roger George
Effect of interface debonding on various moduli of short fiber composites, Kingshook Ghosh
Software evaluation of printed circuit boards for electromagnetic compatibility, Puneet Grover
Correlative tracking of pseudo-noise codes using a filtered reference, Hettiachchi Upul Gunawardana
A syntax-directed editor for Borland's Turbo Pascal, John Gatewood Ham
Chemically durable, AlN-compatible thick film binder glasses, Timothy Emil Harster
Subsumption in modal logic, Dirk Heydtmann
A comparison between two design methodologies - VHDL and traditional schematic design, Lucy Ju Ho
Observance of leaking mode propagation within high speed layers in cross-borehole experiments, Wayne Alan Hopkins
The design and analysis of cellular manufacturing systems using computer simulation, Kevin Martin Hubbard
An analysis of the two-dimensional flow in a vertically rotating flume, Richard J. Huizinga
Autonomous target detection and position estimation using estimated probabilities, Ted Lee Johnson
The dynamics of coflowing round liquid jet in a Mach 1.5 air stream and the partial development of a particle image velocimetry system, Andrew Patrick Johnston
Self-tuning control applied to aeroassisted orbit transfer problems, Srigouri Kamarsu
A study on the evaluation process of inventions submitted to the University of Missouri system, Gary D. Kercher
An automation tool for populating PDXI compliant databases from a graphical environment, Milind Madhav Khandekar
Automatic color evaluation techniques for skin cancer diagnosis, Kishore Khemani
Thermal residual stress analysis in thick composite rings, Siwan Kim
Intelligent materials selection advisory system in concurrent product and process design, Naveen Krishna
Non-linear load-deflection prediction of single piles in sands, using subgrade reaction approach, Sanjeev Kumar
Cartographic pattern recognition using template matching, Angela G. Lammers
The wetting of tungsten and polycrystalline alumina by a liquid-phase-sintering model-glass in controlled atmospheres, Jerold E. Lazaroff
A hierarchical intelligent controller of a three link robotic arm, John Edwin Lentz
An approach to improve the BER performance of the standard 32 kb/s ADPCM on high-speed voiceband data, Ching-Chang Liao
Effect of passivation parameters on the pitting corrosion of austenitic stainless steel, Hsien-Tsung Liao
Application of Taguchi's method to geometric tolerances, Wen-Liang Liao
Solving multicomponent distillation problems with an equation oriented chemical process flowsheeting system, Kuang-Tsan Lien
An X-ray diffraction study of an attempt to cause amorphization in Co-Si multilayers by nickel diffusion, Chien-Tsai Lin
Thermodynamic investigation of the sphere-rod transition in the presence of organic electrolytes, Yvonne Liske
Development of a laser diffraction technique for particle size measurement, Fei Lou
The effect of variations in compensator tuning parameters on processes with significant dead time, Luluck
Low temperature powder processing of intermetallics, Sumita Majumdar
Parallel genetic algorithms for the DAG Vertex Splitting Problem, Matthias Mayer
Comparative evaluation of regionalized stormwater detention, John Antony McEnery
Chemical durability of Dy₂O₃-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ glasses for use as in vivo radiopharmaceuticals, Amy Louise McIntyre
Mitigation management for surface subsidence resulting from coal mining beneath Rend Lake, Illinois, Danny Joe McMurphy
Collection of cloud condensation nuclei for chemical analysis, Steven D. Medley
Multi-sensor machining data characterization and dimensional measurement uncertainty of coordinate measuring machine for cylindrical features, Deepak Mehrotra
Organic titanates as coupling agents for Kevlar/phenolic composites, Nalini Menon
Linking the IGES geometric entity format to a machine vision system, Brian Joseph Miller
A prototype expert system "trouble-shooter" for the "ANEX" structural engineering teaching laboratory, Azam Ali Mirza
The product packaging life-cycle : the economic, environmental, and consumer issues, Cheryl Anne Munie
On-site monitoring of the microenvironment surrounding architectural spandrel glass, Daniel P. Nally
Undervoltage load shedding (an energy based approach), Anoop Nanda
Design, implementation, and analysis of sequential and parallel algorithms as applied to DNA contig assembly, Sanjay Nayar
Analysis of heat transfer in anisotropic composite materials using the finite element method, Peter John Newnham
Investigation of flow over NACA 0015 airfoil with trailing edge jet, Nora Anyango Okong'o
