This collection contains full-text theses written by students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), from 1876 to 1958 as part of the professional degree requirement. Some of these early works are handwritten and are being transcribed as a service to users and in order to enhance their discoverability.
Degrees were awarded in Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, and Mining Engineering
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Theses from 1958
Structural analysis by minimum strain energy methods, John B. Heagler
Theses from 1956
Sanitary engineering and the small college, John William Clark Jr.
Subsurface geology of the Mississippi embayment of southeast Missouri, John Gustave Grohskopf
Design and development of cantilevered flexural pivots for use in self-leveling surveying instruments, Rolland Lee Hardy
A study of gas porosity in aluminum casting alloys using radioactive hydrogen as a tracer, Osborne Milton
Calcination of Missouri flint, burley and diaspore clays in a rotary kiln, Richard Addison Parker
The effect of today's residential electric consumer on the planning, design, and operation of electrical distribution systems, James Wilbur Stephens
Theses from 1955
The properties of cold rolled - stress relief annealed 70-30 cartridge brass, Robert F. Hartmann
Aspects of quality control in foreign manufacturing operations, Erich Rolaff
The experimental fabrication of titanium magazines for 3 inch 50 caliber twin and single gun mounts, John Marshall Thorp
Naval shipyard workload distribution, Leonard Charles Wolff
Design of a subsonic wind tunnel electrical system, William A. Wundrack
Theses from 1954
Design of a precast concrete deck girder highway bridge, Robert V. Gevecker
Solution of some chemical plant problems associated with the manufacture of insecticides, Lawrence Ralph Hinken
Theses from 1953
The preparation of zirconium powder, Herbert S. Kalish
Organization and execution of a major industrial electrification project, Robert F. McCaw
Adaptation of diesel rubber-tired loading equipment to a bedded fluorspar mining problem, Robert Gill Montgomery
Metallurgical pulp mill processing for the White Pine Copper Company Project, White Pine, Michigan, Steve Theodorides
Theses from 1952
Marcasite from the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc area as a source of sulphur, Carl R. Christiansen
Theses from 1951
Cellulose pellets, John J. O'Neill Jr.
Theses from 1950
An application of skew frequency curves to river stages, Vernon A. C. Gevecker
Development, application and operating results of the center peripheral discharge rod mill, David Porter Hale
Field resolution tests with the Metrogon lens, Robert Greig Livingston
Experimental studies of the effect of moisture on strength of mine roof-shales, Rolf W. Roley
Theses from 1949
Research investigation of seepage control for dams and levees, Robert Raymond Brookshire
Recommended procedure for the computation of rights of way, Leon Hershkowitz
Study of oil well squeeze cementing operations, Arthur Wellesley Walker
Caving procedure at the Crestmore Limestone Mine of the Riverside Cement Company, Riverside County, Calif., Randall Helt Wightman
Theses from 1948
Standardization of no-passing zone pavement markings, Glen Nickolas Hackmann
Theses from 1945
The examination and treatment of industrial magnesium foundry wastes, Oden Cass Garst
A technique for making torsion balance surveys of inundated areas, Karl Frederick Hasselmann
Theses from 1944
The combustion of phosphorus, Erwin Charles Hoeman
Geological reconnaissance of the Coldwater River, Mississippi, Pinckney Ronald Mabrey
Design of a submergible seadrome light--universal type--suitable for military use in all areas and for transportation by aircraft, Frederick Marion Mueller
Drainage as a factor in the development and operation of a mine, Peter Paul Ribotto
The use of carbon dioxide for dislodging coal in mines, Durward Rice Schooler
Floods of May 1943 in Missouri, John August Short
Theses from 1943
Missouri super duty refractories and their probable application for blast furnace linings, Charles Alfred Freeman
A study of the pollution of the Meramec River, William Quentin Kehr
Operations of the Colquiri tin mine, Cia. Minera de Oruro. Colquiri, Bolivia, Oscar David Niedermeyer
Theses from 1942
Research investigation of organized drainage districts in Mississippi, Lee Dorsett Dumm
Subsurface pressure regulation of high pressure condensate wells, John Oscar Farmer
Applicability of hydraulic drives to oil-well pumping, James Francis McDonald
Theses from 1941
The electrolytic separation of copper, nickel and precious metals from copper-nickel matte, Oden Cass Garst
The chemical engineering aspects of the Saint Louis smoke problem, George Augustus Hale
Coal mine safety engineering, Charles F. Herbert
Some causes for porosity and leakage in non-ferrous castings, Alfred H. Hesse
The scope of functions delegated to the engineering department of a typical, progressive metal mine, Alvin William Knoerr
Dewatering & rehabilitating the Oronogo-Webb City mining area, Robert Knox Stroup
Theses from 1940
A preliminary report on the placer gold deposits of the Rio Acandi Seco, Choco, Republic of Colombia, South America and a possible method of their exploitation., Emmett Lee Arnold
Essentials of rock drill design, Lister Merriken Cummings
The application of fluid level measurements to oil wells in Kansas, Charles Calvert Rodd
The Clark National Forest of Missouri, Walter A. Werner
Theses from 1939
Construction of a concentrating plant in the Waco area of the Tri-State District, William Henry Backer
The management of mobile loading units in mines working in number V and VI seams of Illinois and Indiana, Kirk Vern Cammack
Organization of geophysical parties for foreign exploration, Charles Howard Dresbach
Vocational training of high school students in electricity, Harry Fredrick Kirkpatrick
Malaria control engineering on the Pickwick Reservoir, Cornelius Wolfram Kruse
Reopening an abandoned Tri-State Zinc Mine - Waco, Missouri, Edgar Carroll Long
Some effects of geology on the relation between rainfall and run-off, James Smythe Reger
Rural distribution line protection, William Henry Rollman
The design and equipment of a model coal mine for the Union Pacific Coal Company, Superior, Wyoming, William Thomas Sharp
The construction of cofferdams Dam No. 26, Alton, Illinois, Arthur James Williams
Theses from 1938
Conveyor mining in the thin vein coal fields at Excelsior, Arkansas, Bernard Degen Boyd
Hydrography of the larger springs of the Ozark region of Missouri, Warwick Lewis Doll
The Latouche mining method as used at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine, Willard Alexander Gallemore
An approach to county planning - Miller County, Frederick William Hurd
Mercury in the Terlingua District of Texas, William Woodhouse Kay
The foundations of Lock and Dam no. 26 - Alton, Illinois, John Joseph Livingston
Superstructure costs of short span self-anchored suspension bridges, David J. Peery
How South-West Wisconsin tailing piles can be worked at a profit, Gerald Henry Pett
Copper mining in South America, Charles Kenneth Rose
Application of small-scale, movable-bed river models to channel improvement studies of the Middle Mississippi River, Eugene H. Woodman
Sinking and equipping inclined shafts of more than 60 degree dip, Wilford Stillman Wright
Theses from 1937
Design and construction of ponds and small reservoirs, Harry Franklin Bossert
The Express Highway through the city of St. Louis, Fulton Hord Campbell
Development and operation of the Universal Coal Mine, Clinton, Indiana, Horace Herbert Clark
Manufacture and application of rubber belting, Lynn Harbison
Highway bridges, design and cost, John Edward Kirkham
Line and grade control of the subaqueous Midtown Hudson Tunnel, Lauren Preston Tuttle
Theses from 1936
The problems of the Silver Dyke Mine, Dale Irwin Hayes
A treatise on the use of insulating refractory brick in malleable annealing ovens, James Joseph Offutt
Drilling for placer deposits of gold and platinum in the jungles of Colombia, Theodore Owen Seiberling
Small scale mining possibilities in southeast Missouri, William Walbridge Weigel
Theses from 1935
A study of Missouri springs, Harry Cloyd Bolon
Sherardizing as applied to stampings from light gauge metals, Matthew Patrick Brazill
Return flow study of the North Platte River, E. W. Carlton
Tax depletion problems of the Tri-State District, Glenn A. Dooley
The use of activated alumina for reclaiming and reconditioning turbine, transformer and circuit breaker oils, Thomas Odie English
Dedusting and preparation of screenings, Erwin Gammeter
Water resources of Iowa, 1873-1932, Rudolph Gustav Kasel
The U.S.G.S. topographic map: Its value and method of construction, Daniel Kennedy
Commercial mineral waters of north-central Texas, Shirley Alfred Lynch
A study in the production of calendered linoleum, Harry Simanton Pence
Personnel relations, James Kneeland Richardson
U.S. Forest Service acquisition surveys in the Ozark region of Missouri, Booker Hall Rucker
Comparison of various types of road surfacing, Charles Cyrus Tevis
Theses from 1934
Efficient management of highway projects under state administration, from the point of view of the project or resident engineer, Jean Paul Bryan
Fuller's earth in Southeast Missouri, Willard Farrar
A survey of a sanitary sewer system with findings and recommendations, Warren Roy Gettler
