The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following programs have new theses and dissertations available in the J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library:
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Archaeology
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Atakan Altinkaynak
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Advisor: Mahesh Gupta
Dissertation title: Three Dimensional Finite Element Simulation of Polymer Melting and Flow in a Single-Screw Extruder: Optimization of Screw Channel Geometry
John Asplund
Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences
Advisor: Melissa Sue Keranen
Thesis title: Edge Coloring BIBDs and Constructing MOELRs
Rachel Bradford
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Seth W Donahue
Dissertation title: Exploration of the Role of Serum Factors in Maintaining Bone Mass During Hibernation in Back Bears
Timothy Colling
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Advisor: William James Sproule
Dissertation title: Assessing the Impact of Local Agency Traffic Safety Training Using Ethnographic Techniques
Jill Hodges
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Marilyn M Cooper
Dissertation title: Being-In-Relation-To: Personal Writing in Nontraditional Scholarship
Megan Killian
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue
Dissertation title: The Influence of Traumatic Impaction and Pathological Loading on Knee Menisci
Rajalakshmi Krishna
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Peter Dane Moran
Dissertation title: Analysis of Transport Properties of Mechanically Alloyed Pb(1-x)Sn(x)Te
Aaron LaLonde
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Peter Dane Moran
Dissertation title: Processing and Characterization of PbSnTe-based Thermoelectric Materials Made by Mechanical Alloying
Agustin Robles Morua
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
Co-Advisors: Alex S Mayer and Kathleen E Halvorsen
Dissertation title: Integrated Water and Sanitation Risk Assessment and Modeling in the Upper Sonora River Basin(Northwest, Mexico)
Mark Rowe
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Judith A Perlinger
Dissertation title: Development of Measurement and Modeling Techniques to Quantify Atmospheric Deposition of Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes
Craig Wilson
Master of Science in Industrial Archaeology
Advisor: Larry D Lankton
Thesis title: From Ruin to Museum: Preserving and Interpreting the Quincy and Torch Lake Railroad Engine House
Zijun Xu
Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences
Advisor: Ramakrishna Wusirika
Dissertation title: Gene Regulation and Evolution Mediated by Retrotransposons Associated with Rice Genes