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 1974
Transformer connection study for 138 kV to 12.47 kV substations of the Union Electric Company St. Louis, Missouri, John Glenn Walsh
Characterization and pollutional contribution of stormwater runoff from a small urban area., John Lamb Wendleton
Barometric and pump test determination of the characteristics of a carbonate aquifer in the vicinity of Norman Creek, Phelps County, Missouri., Somchai Wongsawat
A planning study on the electrical load requirement for the new town of Pattonsburg, Javad Yousefian
Theses from 1973
Calculation of gamma-ray albedo using the Monte Carlo method, Ezatholah Aslani-Amoli
A comparison of three urban hydrology models, Richard F. Astrack
The linear new city -- A pattern for new cities based on efficiency of transportation, public services, and land use, Elbridge Wesley Bartley III
Monte Carlo simulation of confidence intervals for reliability, Kathryn Palisch Berkbigler
Design and construction of an electronic pressure altimeter for an atmospheric data acquisition system, Larry Wayne Berkbigler
A multivariable sampled-data model of an automobile driver, Jose A. Bermudez
An optical detector of water droplets within a thermal diffusion chamber, Duane Burton Bush
Mass transfer coefficients determined by simplex optimization techniques, Charles Ferris Callihan
Management of passive countersurveillance in the R & D environment, James Ronald Carney
Structure and chemical composition of the otoliths of Cyprinus Carpio, Larry Paul Coen
Corals of the St. Louis Limestone in the area of Calhoun County, Illinois and St. Louis County, Missouri, William Earl Collins
The evaluation of an activated sludge process at elevated temperatures, Peter J. Dawson
Model correction for the formation of amorphous silicon by ion implantation, John Robert Dennis
Treatment of a pharmaceutical waste with the anaerobic filter, Norman Dale Dennis Jr.
Characterization of a Mexican halloysitic clay and behavior in dry pressing, Jesus L. Derat
Adsorption of water on gold, Jean-Marc Louis Deschanel
Nutation control during precession of a spin-stabilized spacecraft, Richard James Donner
Nucleate pool boiling of refrigerant-oil mixtures from tubes, R. L. Dougherty
Optimal synthesis of active distributed RC low-pass filters, Robert Iman Egbert
A survey of Missouri's water resources involvement, Frank R. Ellis II
A formal description of the Nova-800 computer in computer design language, Ronald Lee Engelbrecht
Pollution abatement of mining effluents in the New Lead Belt of Missouri, Walter Armando Escalera
A new and direct process for the reduction of lead sulfide, Rolando Oscar Fernandez
Quantitative overdesign by stochastic simulation, Raymond A. Freeman
Heavy metal analysis of stream sediments in the James River Basin, Missouri, William J. Head
A study of the measurement of noise power, Larry Smith Heflin
Inertial navigation performance improvement realized by the technique of interrupted alignment, Ralph E. Herndon
Release of pollutants from aquatic sediments, Lloyd Aldon Hinkle Jr.
The design and calibration of a vibrating sample magnetometer, Donald Dwight Hoffman
Ideal filter approximation and synthesis, Patrick Shu Yau Ho
Transmission measurements through liquids in a white cell, David Earl Hurley
The study of sulfur dioxide distribution surrounding a lead smelting industry in the New Lead Belt of southeastern Missouri, Jeng-Sheng Hwang
An investigation into the degree of correlation between air flow rates, bacteria in the air and post-operative infections in hospitals, Carl Eugene Intag
Driver-vehicle-roadway interaction model, Mark E. Jaeger
Numerical calculation of the currents in bent wire antennas, Min Ho Kang
A thin film evaporator rate controller, Daniel Robert Kasterlein
Break-even criteria for a pulsed D-T reactor, Kenneth Franklin Keller
Digital fault calculations of large systems using matrix language and generalized equations, Saeed Abdel-Halim Khalifa
A digital simulation of a single articulated rotor helicopter, Joseph William Klahs Jr.
Chemical and ultrasonic conditioning of water treatment plant coagulant sludges, Stanley Louis Klemetson
A travelling-wave transistor amplifier, Manit Kovintha
Investigation of an energy absorbing device for passenger safety, Prakash Krishnaswamy
A suboptimal control law for parametrically disturbed linear systems and its application to improve the transient stability of power systems, Atluri Bhima Ranjit Kumar
Design of a high pressure fluid intensifier, James Andrew Kwiatkowski
Thermal radiative properties of a semi-infinite absorbing-emitting and isotropically scattering medium, Tung-Ting Lam
Heavy metals in the main streams of the James River Basin, Missouri, Richard Jerome Lance
Managerial performance appraisal, Benildus Wai-Young Lau
Heat transfer of a high Prandtl number oil in laminar flow, John Robert Lee III
Attitude scaling as a public involvement tool in the lower Mississippi River region comprehensive study, William A. Lee
A study of a new hydrometallurgical treatment for New Lead Belt chalcopyrite concentrates, Larry Steven Livingston
Desorption of phosphorus from Si (111) surfaces, Cesar Michel Magnin
Precipitation of carbon from martensite in ductile iron, Devendra Ratilal Majmundar
The effect of explosive charge length of cratering, John M. Mason
Analysis and design for semi-automatic and automatic control of vehicles by permanent magnets, Hari K. Mehta
The contribution of phonon-induced tunneling to donor ESR spectral narrowing in semiconductors, David Lawrence Meier
Sintering and microstructure control of a ferrimagnetic Mn-Zn ferrite spinel, Joel Keith Michel
A study of the splash-plate tower concept, a biological wastewater treatment process, Robert Joseph Millman
A study of the ability of water treatment to remove trace organics, Daniel Lee Oliver
Power, divergence, and stability factors affecting the use of a krypton laser as a multispectral illumination source, David Perry Owsley
Distribution of trace elements in host rock limestone in the Tri-State zinc-lead district, Dinesh Jashbhai Patel
The effect of gating on soundness of Al-alloy permanent mold castings, Dinesh Shantilal Patel
A highway rest area design based on a use study in outstate Missouri, Dimitris Peter Perandakos
Interior noise in military helicopters, Charles E. Perez Jr.
Multispectral analysis of ERTS imagery by color enhancement, John F. Peters
An experimental analysis of oil spill drift caused by water waves, Jan Michael Pottinger
Disposal of cattle feedlot wastes by anaerobic digestion, Eric Bayard Rapp
Analysis of interferometric holography in temperature measurement, Allan James Reifel
A study of RF induction heating and float zone refining of silicon, John Allen Reynolds
Parametric resonance of a beam subjected to a sawtooth, axial force, Alfred George Richardson
Marshall properties of asphaltic concrete containing glass-rich fractions, James Joseph Schneider
Approximate normal mode method to determine the response of certain nondiagonalizabel vibratory systems, Jayaram Seshadri
An experiment to determine the coupled unidirectional effect of wind and waves on surface drift, Rameshchandra C. Shah
A study of the ability of surface active materials to increase the evaporation rates of small, freely falling water drops, David Alan Sierawski
Statistical analysis of critical flashover voltage and standard deviation of switching surges and lightning impulses, Gurdip Singh
Liquid-liquid extraction with first order reaction : A mathematical simulation, Alan Wayne Smith
The effect of porosity on strength degradation in thermally shocked alumina, Russell David Smith
Use of radioactive iodine evolved into reactor cooling water to locate defective fuel elements, Carl Mozel Stroud
Neutronics calculations of two fusion reactor blankets, James Edward Struve
Design of an analog-temperature control system for an expansion cloud chamber, Andrew C. Tebelak
Stability of filled cylindrical shell columns, Yu Wen Tsao
Relative volatility in the system 1-Butene - n-Butane, Steven Lewis Walker
On the complex index of refraction of bulk materials, Carol Jeanne Warren
The simulation of a production control system, Steven Craig Weis
Experimental analysis of v-belt tensile loads, John Mark Wiesehan
The static nonequilibrium characteristics of planar germanium probes in a slightly ionized hydrogen plasma for low injections, Alfred Gene Williams
Heavy metal concentrations in the waters of the Springfield Area, Missouri, Anita Louise Williams
Temperature dependence of the formation of an amorphous layer in ion-implanted silicon, Gary Keith Woodward
Theses from 1972
A mass spectrometric characterization of positive ions created in simple vacuum diodes incorporating oxide cathodes with supplementary analysis of background gases, Larry A. Addington
An engineering analysis of fluid amplifiers and development of an air velocity sensor, Gian Sagar Aneja
Polynary silicon tellurium glasses, Henry Edward Anthonis
Equilibria between MoO₂ and liquid molybdenum oxide, Prakash Bakhru
Transient cooling of a sphere due to boiling, Salil K. Banerjee
A practical approach to the exhaust silencing of a pneumatic rock drill, Morton Gary Barth
Sensitivity analysis in active RC bandpass circuits, Robert Bentzinger
Decimal-base binary logic (DBBL) adders and registers, James Oliver Bondi
Drag reduction on non-ionic surfactants in aqueous systems, Jen-Lin Chang
