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 1973
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
Effect of biological activity on pesticide desorption, Loh-Tien Chiang
Adsorption and desorption of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides by organic humic sludge, Fu-Sheng Chien
Design of a digital control unit for a seismic digital tape system, Cao-van Chung
Use of isotopes to reduce neutron-induced radioactivity and augment thermal quality of the environment of an underground nuclear explosion, Nathaniel Fred Colby
A tensi-volumetric apparatus: theory, calibration, and use in an investigation of the oxygen non-stoichiometry of pure BaTiO₃, Glenn Jon Conger
Design and construction of a drop generator for use in a vertical wind tunnel, Danny Ray Conner
Force analysis of involute spur gears, Janakkumar Girjashanker Dave
Design of a torsional vibration machine, Prafulchandra Pragjibhai Desai
Concentration by sorting : Feasibility determination by radial distribution analysis, Robert M. Doerr
Preliminary studies with a variable transfer composite polymer membrane., Samuel Walter Dortch
Feasibility study of using a steam power system in a small garden tractor, Niranjan Kumar Doshi
Design and analysis of a phase-locked loop suitable for synchronization of an optical receiver, Douglas Wayne Dreisewerd
An experimental study of power systems, Nguyen Quang Duoc
A study of three methods which solve a suboptimum control problem on an iterative analog computer, Joseph Camp Finney
Development of a sampling system and characterization of stormwater runoff from a small urban area, William Clark Ford
Computerized registration for high schools, Kenneth Lee Fore
Gas-to-particle conversions of SO₂-NO₂-H₂O-air gas mixtures under specific UV irradiation, James Leonard Fowler
Effect of glass aggregates upon abrasiveness of asphaltic mixtures, Dwarka Prasad Gupta
The effects of intense sound levels and steady flow on the propagation of plane-waves in air, Wuu Hao
Managerial appraisals - a systems view, James Thomas Hatlan
High pressure water jet cutting of rock, Richard Lee Henry
Investigation of a new type of cloud condensation nuclei counter: the thermal quench chamber, Donald Arthur Hess
Experimental study of neutron reflection from a cylindrical surface, Dale Lee Holtzscher
Design and test an operational amplifier speed transducer, Tung-Ming Huang
A study of plane wave filter analysis with flow, Thomas Valle Huber
A study of some complexometric titrations in nonaqueous solvents, Ngo The Hung
Thermal expansion of nickel and iron, and the influence of nitrogen on the lattice parameter of iron at the Curie temperature, Jinn-Wen Hwang
The electric field strength dependence of neutron-induced defects in silicon P-N junctions, Paul Edward Johnson
Fitting discrete probabilistic frequency distributions to disturbed traffic flow at an unsignalized urban intersection, Horst Walter Kaminsky
Use of glass separated from municipal refuse in asphaltic concrete, Thomas Eugene Keith
A study of the effect of drilled holes on the concentration of elastic stresses around a notch, Glenn Michael Kmecz
Calculation of buildup factors for multilayer slab shields using the Monte Carlo method, John Paul Kuspa
Mechanism of UAL₃ to UAL₄ transformation, Ling Ping Lee
Characterization and staged lagoon treatment of swine feedlot waste, Abraham H. Loudermilk Jr.
Analysis and measurement of a Zener diode voltage-reference, Armond C. Maxeiner
A geochemical reconnaissance of Puerto Rican beach sands, Louis Meinecke III
Experimental studies of supporting wire disturbances in the near viscous wakes of slender supersonic bodies, Kenneth Anthony Mirly
A study and design of a cardiac interbeat interval timer system, Richard William Mooney
A sensitive temperature measuring system, Larry Dean Morris
Structural test and analysis of a Vierendeel steel and concrete composite girder, Melvin Crews Oestreich
Computer-aided circuit optimization including the adjoint method of calculating network sensitivities, John Walter Olson
The morphology of the cellular precipitation reaction in a Pb-3.0 wt% Sn alloy, Federico Sequeda Osorio
A comparison of analytical and experimental approaches in determining the thermoelastic stresses around a cylindrical inclusion of elliptical cross-section, Kenneth Byron Oster
Wind tunnel modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer, Sreemanth Pagadala
Laboratory studies using diffused oxygen and air for hypolimnion reaeration, Chin-Ming Pai
Application of transmission matrices to describe transverse vibrations of non-uniform Bernoulli-Euler beams, Dean Irle Parker
The steady-state response of a fluid-filled beam near resonance, Niranjan Jayantibhai Patel
Measurement of turbulence in an annular jet, George Philip
Data compression design considerations for airborne test vehicles, Kenneth Carlyle Pittman
A study of right turn on red at signalized intersections, Ronald Duane Rains
A study of the system lithia - silica, Roy Richard Ramey
Thermal stresses and movements in bridges, Joseph Charles Reynolds
An investigation of stage I fatigue crack growth in FCC, BCC, and HCP metals, Marion Anthony Russo
An analysis of single wire earth return (SWER) system for rural electrification, Balwinder Singh Samra
Drift velocity measurements of various materials floating on water waves, Paul Keith Scherrer
An accurate digital instrument to measure reactor period, Ernest Wayne Scott
A comparison of Liapunov functions used to determine power system stability for multimachine power systems, Kiritkumar S. Shah
High speed magnetically supported vehicles for reducing transportation's degradations of the environment, Pravinchandra Shukla
On the complex index of refraction for liquids, Juan Guillermo Ochoa Sierra
Studies of neutron capture produced rare gas isotopes in rocks and minerals containing chlorine, selenium and tellurium, David E. Sinclair
Computer simulation of the primary recoil spectra and damage cross section of Fe₃Al using ENDF/B II data, Daniel Willard Smith
Performance comparison of receivers designed to combat intersymbol interference due to specular multipath, George H. Smith
The analog simulation of heat transfer devices for the smoothing of a fluctuating fluid temperature, Le Thai Son
Design and preliminary testing of a rotary internal combustion engine, Frank Darrell Statkus
A hardware and software interface between a magnetic tape unit and a Nova mini-computer, Thomas Dean Steury
Phase transformations in the system ZrO₂-CaO, Damri Sukhotanang
Parametric analyses of regenerative steam power cycles, Vallabh Vithalbhai Vaghani
Analysis of a substitute for the impact damper to damp near-resonant mechanical vibrations, Nguyen Khanh Van
Adsorption of dichromate at the air-solution interface, Josephine Juch Wang
The analysis of an axially symmetric submerged membrane shell, Walter Earl Wehmeyer
Digital registration of stereo images using the fast Fourier transform, Victor Francis Wilreker Jr.
A study on the lateral placement of automobiles due to restrictions on two-lane rural highways, Warren Chip Woods
A study of FMFB demodulator operation in the presence of radio frequency interference and Gaussian noise, Terry D. Wormington
Theses from 1971
Characteristics of and suggested improvements in communication laboratory equipment at University of Missouri-Rolla, William Edgar Abernathie
Frequency division using cascaded phase-locked loops, Curtis B. Abshier
Mechanical properties of low carbon martensite, Allen L. Affolter
The effect of 15% MnO on the phase relations in the system CaO-FeO-SiO₂ at 1450ºC, Aquil Ahmad
Development of an elastic-plastic finite element program with the initial strain approach, Vernon Dale Allen
Stability and synthesis of transfer functions rational in W = e to the power of the square root of T (s² + bs + c) and omega = the square root of T (s² + bs + c), James Fred Archer
