The Graduate School is pleased to announce new theses and dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Geophysics
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Shawn Apostel
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: Diane L Shoos
Dissertation title: An “Army of One” to “Army Strong”: Visual Media and U.S. Army Recruitment During Bush’s “War on Terror”
Dulcinea Avouris
Master of Science in Geophysics
Co-Advisors: Gregory Phillip Waite and Simon Anthony Carn
Thesis title: Triggering of Volcanic Activity by Large Earthquakes
Ted Champagne
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Advisor: Brian D Barkdoll
Thesis title: Physical Modeling of Air Injection as a Scour Remediation Technique Near Gated Weir Stilling Basins
Ding Chu
Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Miguel Levy
Thesis title: Optical Hysteresis of Ridge Waveguide Magnetic Garnet Films and Cavities in Two-Dimensional Magneto-Photonic Crystal Slabs
Kyle Forgette
Master of Science in Biological Sciences
Co-Advisors: Casey J Huckins and David James Flaspohler
Thesis title: The Relationship between Instream Habitat Characteristics, Emergent Insects, and Riparian Bird Communities
Patcharapol Gorgitrattanagul
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Amitabh Narain
Thesis title: The Length of the Annular Regime for Condensing Flows Inside a Horizontal Channel – The Experimental Determination of its Values and its Trends
Rohan Gumaste
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Amitabh Narain
Thesis title: Computational Simulations of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems – with Innovative and First-Principles Based Simulation for the Underlying Unsteady Melting (and Solidification) Process
Mickey Jarvi
Master of Science in Forest Ecology and Management
Advisor: Andrew J Burton
Thesis title: The Effects of a Changing Climate on Root Respiration of Woody Plants in Sugar Maple Forests and Northern Peatlands
Jordan Klinger
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
Advisor: David R Shonnard
Thesis title: Production of Biofuel Intermediates from Woody Feedstocks via Fast Pyrolysis and Torrefaction
Jolanta Len
Master of Science in Forest Ecology and Management
Co-Advisors: Robert Edgar Froese and Eric Agestam
Thesis title: The Growth Response of Planted Red Pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) to Alternative Thinning Regimes
Mohsen Pourkhaatoun
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Seyed Alireza Zekavat
Dissertation title: High Precision Range Estimation Techniques for Multi-Path Wireless Environments
Oskar Reynisson
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Co-Advisors: Bruce Mork and Jeffrey B Burl
Thesis title: Development and Simulation of DSP Filters for Transformer Differential Protection
Padmanaban Sasthan Kuttipillai
Master of Science in Chemistry
Co-Advisors: Bahne C Cornilsen and Tony Neal Rogers
Thesis title: Performance Evaluation of a Novel Asymmetric Capacitor Using a Light-Weight, Carbon Foam Supported Nickel Electrode
Ganesh Sukumar
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Song-Lin Yang
Thesis title: Implementation of Monotonic Higher Order Upwind Scheme in KIVA 4
Jennifer Witting
Master of Science in Biological Sciences
Co-Advisors: Jason Robert Carter and John James Durocher
Thesis title: The Effects of Fixed Night Shift Work on 24 Hour Blood Pressure Regulation, State Anxiety Levels and Total Sleep Time