Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences: Accepted by Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada. Volume 21

304 Pages·1997·16.21 MB·English

by  Wade H. Shafer (auth.)

MASTERS THESES IN THE
PURE ANO APPLIED SCIENCES
ACCEPTED BY COLLEGES ANO UNIVERSITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES ANO CANADA
VOLUME 21
A Pub/ication of the
Center for lnformation and Numerica/ Data Analysis and Synthesis
(CINDAS)
MASTERS THESES IN THE
PURE ANO APPLIED SCIENCES
ACCEPTED BY COLLEGES ANO UNIVERSITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES ANO CANADA
VOLUME 21
Edited by
Wade H. Shafer
Center for lnformation and Numerica! Data Analysis and Synthesis
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
The Library of Congress cataloged the first volume of this title as follows:
Masters theses in the pure and applied sciences accepted by colleges and universities
of the United States. v. [1)-1955-56-
Lafayette, Ind., School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University.
v. 29 cm. annual.
Ti tie var ies: 1955-56- 1957, Master'.; theses accepted by U. S. colleges and
universities in the fields of chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering,
metallurgical engineering, and physics.- 1958, Master's theses and doctoral disserta
tions in the pure and applied sciences accepted by colleges and universities of the
United States.
Vals. for 1955-56- issued by Purdue University's
Thermophysical Properties Research Center (1955-56 as its TPRC publication)
QC251.P8
1. Science- Bibl. 2. Engineering- Bibl. 3. Dissertations, Academic- U.S.- Bibl.
1. Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Thermophysical Properties Research Center.
(Series: Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Thermophysical Properties Research
Center. TPRC publication)
Z7401.M35 58-62673
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 58-62673
ISBN 978-1-4757-5784-2 ISBN 978-1-4757-5782-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-5782-8
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PREFACE
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and dis
seminated by the Center for lnformation and Numerica/ Data Analysis and Synthesis
(C/NDAS) * at Purdue University in 1957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic
year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the ac
tivity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the
thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficia! to the academic and general
scientific and technical community. After fi ve years of this joint undertaking we had
concluded that it was in the interest of ali concerned if the printing and distribution of
the volume were handled by an international publishing house to assure improved service
and broader dissemination.
Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and App/ied Sciences has
been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Corporation of New York,
and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. Ali
back issues can also be ordered from Plenum.
We have reported in Volume 21 (thesis year 1976) a total of 10,586 theses titles from
25 Canadian and 219 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for
theses titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference
work.
While Volume 21 reports theses submitted in 1976, on occasion, certain universities do
report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time. This fact is in
dicated for each thesis citation by the thesis year shown in parentheses.
The organization of Volume 21 is identica! to that of past years. It consists of theses
titles arranged by discipline and by university within each discipline. Any accredited univer
sity or college with a graduate program in the pure and applied sciences (excluding math
ematics and the life sciences) is invited to contribute titles in the fields presently covered.
lnquiries concerning interlibrary Ioan or purchase of any title mentioned in this volume
should be sent directly to the institution responsible for the thesis.
Some theses may be shifted in their listing to best reflect their contents with respect
to the 44 different study disciplines. For example, a thesis in civil engineering may be
listed in this publication under disciplines 09-Civil Engineering, 23-lrrigation Engineer
ing, 42-Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution, and Water Resources, or 44-Transporta
tion Engineering.
The editor gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the librarians and graduate
school officials whose continued interest in this work makes its publication possible.
CINDAS is pleased to play its part in the publication of this reference work since thesis
year 1955.
"Formerly the Thermophysical Properties Research Center (TPRC)
CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Comparative Data on the Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Participating Universities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Masters Theses Listed by Study Discipline*
1. Aerospace Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Agricultura! Economics, Sciences, and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4. Astronomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5. Astrophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6. Ceramic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
7. Chemical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8. Chemistry and Biochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
9. Civil Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
1O . Communications Engineering and Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
11. Cryogenic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
12. Electrica! Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
13. Engineering Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
14. Engineering Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
15. Engineering Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
16. Fuels, Combustion, and Air Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
17. General and Environmental Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
18. Geochemistry and Soil Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
19. Geological Sciences and Geophysical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
20. Geology and Earth Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
21. Geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
22. 1n dustrial Engineering and Operations Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
23. 1r rigation Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
24. Marine and Ocean Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
25. Materials Science and Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
26. Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
27. Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
28. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
29. Mineralogy and Petrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
30. Mining and Metallurgical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
31. Missile and Space Systems Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
32. Nuclear Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
33. Nuclear Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
34. Nuclear Science ....................................... (None)
35. Oceanography and Marine Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
36. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
37. Photogrammetric and Geodetic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
38. Physics and Biophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
39. Plastics Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
40. Wood Technology, Forestry, and Forest Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
41. Reactor Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
42. Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution, and Water Resources . . . . . . . . . 266
43. Textile Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
44. Transportation Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Theses without Specification of School or Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
*Mathematics and most life sciences have been excluded from this publication, on a purely arbitrary
basis, simply to Iim it the scope of the work. Biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are in
cluded in the coverage when titles in these areas are reported together with chemistry, physics, and
engineering and not as a separate discipline.
COMPARATIVE DATA ON THE SERIES
Thesis Contributing Titles
Volume Publication Date Year lnstitutions Reported
{ 1955 93 1,002
Oct. 1957
1956 93 1,027
2 Aug. 1958 1957 154 1,727
3* Oct. 1959 1958 139 3,736
4 Dec. 1960 1959 162 4,984
5 Dec. 1961 1960 183 5,708
6 Aug. 1966 1961 186 5,911
7 Aug. 1966 1962 186 6,321
8 Aug. 1966 1963 175 6,505
9 Jan. 1968 1964 174 6,940
10 Jan. 1968 1965 170 7,310
11 Jan. 1968 1966 173 7,099
12 Jul. 1968 1967 167 6,909
13 Jul. 1969 1968 174 7,802
14 Jan. 1971 1969 175 7,160
15 Jul. 1971 1970 183 7,437
16 Jul. 1972 1971 182 7,170
17 Jul. 1973 1972 250 8,513
18t Dec. 1974 1973 251 10,381
19 Dec. 1975 1974 229 10,045
20 Dec. 1976 1975 267 10,374
21- Nov. 1977 1976 244 10,586
* Part Two of Volume 3 included doctoral dissertations from the 1956-1957 academic year, citing
2,846 titles from 103 universities.
t Effective with Volume 18, the coverage was extended to include Canadian universities.
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES xi
1. ABILENE CHRISTIA~ COLLEGE 28. BUTLER UNIVERSITY
ABILENE, TEXAS 79&01 INOIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46207
2. ACADIA UNIVERSITY 29. CALGARY, UNIVERSITY OF
WOLFYILLE, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA CALGA~Y, ALBERTA, CANADA T2N IN4
3. AKRON, UNIVERSITY OF 30. CALIFOR~IA STATE UNIVERSITY
AKRJ~, JHIO 44304 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93710
4. ALABA~A A - M UNIYERSITY 31. CALIFOR~IA STATE UNIVERSITY
NORMAL, ALABAMA 35762 FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 92093
5. ALABAMA, UNIVE~SITY OF 32. CALIFOR~IA, UNIVERSITY OF
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35294 LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA 92093
6. ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF 33. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
HUNTSYILLE, ALABAMA 35807 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90840
1. ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF 34. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA 35486 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95192
B. ALBERTA, UNIVERSITY OF 35. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
EOMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA OAVIS, CALIFORNIA 95616
9. ALFREO UNIVERSITY 36. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
ALFREO, NEW YORK 14802 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
10. A~ERICAN UNIVERSITY 37. CARLETON UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20016 OTTAWA, CANADA KIS 5B6
11. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 38. CARNEGIE-MEllON UNIVERSITY
TEMPE, ARIZONA 85281 PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15213
12. ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF 39. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
F~YETTESVILLEt ARKANSAS 72701 CLEVELANO, OHIO 44106
13. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY 40. CHADRON STATE COLLEGE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 CHAORON, NEBRASKA 69337
14. AUBURN UNIVERSITY 41. CINCINNATI, UNIVERSITY OF
AUBURN, ALABAMA 36830 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221
15. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 42. CLARKSON COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
MUNCIE, INDIANA 47306 POTSOAM, NEW YORK 13676
16. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 43. ClEMSON UNIVERSITY
WACO, TEXAS 76706 ClEMSONt SOUTH CAROLINA 29631
17. BOSTON COLLEGE 44. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS 02167 CLEVELANO, OHIO 44115
18. BOSTON UNIVERSITY 45. COLORAOO SCHOOL OF MINES
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02215 GOLOEN, COLORAOO 80401
19. BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSlTY 46. COLORAOO STATE UNIVERSITY
BOWLING GREENo OHIO 43403 FORT COLLINS, COLORAOO 80521
20. BRIOGEWATER STATE COLLEGE 47. COLORADOt UNIVERSITY OF
BRIOGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS 02324 BOULDER, COLORAOO 80304
21. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 48. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
PROVO, UTAH 84601 MONTREAL, QUEBEC,
CANADA H3G IMB
22. BRITISH COLUMBIA, UNIVERSITY OF
VANCOUVER 8, CANADA 49. CONNECTICUT, UNIVERSITY OF
STORRS, CONNECTICUT 06268
23. BROCK UNIVERSITY
ST. CATHARINES. ONTARIO 50. CORNELL UNIVERSITY
CANADA L2S 3A1 ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850
24. BROOKLYN COLLEGE 51. DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11210 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
25. BROOKLYN, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF 52. OAYTON, UNIVERSITY OF
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201 DAYTONo OHIO 45469
26. BROWN UNIVERSITY 53. DE PAUL UNIVERSITY
PROVIOENCE, RHODE ISLANO 02912 CHICAGO, IlliNOIS 60614
27. BUCKNEll UNIVERSITY 54. DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF
LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17837 NEWARK, DELAWARE 1Q711
xii PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES (CONT)
55. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 83. IDAHO, UNIVERSITY OF
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA 46135 MOSCOW, IOAHO 83843
56. DREXEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 84. IlliNOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOlOGY
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVA~IA 19104 CHICAGO, IlliNOIS 60616
57. DLKE UNIVERSITY 85. IlliNOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27706 NORMAl, ILLINOIS 61761
58. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 86. IlLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15219 CHICAGO, IlLINOIS 60680
59. EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY 87. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE 37601 URBANA, ILLINOIS 61801
60. EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 88. INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
CCMMERCE, TEXAS 75428 TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA 47809
61. EASTERN IlliNOIS UNIVERSITY 89. INDIANA UNIVERSITY
CHARLESTON, IlliNOIS 61920 BlOOHINGTON, INDIANA 47401
62. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 90. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY 40475 AMES, IOWA 50010
63. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY. 91. IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF
PCRTALES, NEW HEXICO 88130 IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240
64. EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE COllEGE 92. JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
CHENEY, WASHINGTON 99004 ClEVElANO, OHIO 44118
65. EMORY UNIVERSITY 93. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
ATlANTA, GEORGIA 30322 BALTIHORE, HARYlANO 21218
66. FAIRLEIGH OICKINSON UNIVERSITY 94. KANSAS STATE COllEGE
TEANECK, NEW JERSEY 07666 PITTSBURG, KANSAS 66762
67. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 95. KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLlEGE
TALLAHASSEE, FlORIDA 32306 EMPORIA, KANSAS 66801
68. FlORIDA TECHNOlOGICAL UNIVERSITY 96. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
ORLANDO, FlORIDA 32816 MANHATTEN, KANSAS 66504
69. FlORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF 97. KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF
GAINESVlllE, FLORIDA 32601 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66044
70. FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE COLLEGE 98. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
HAYS, KANSAS 67601 KENT, OHIO 44240
71. FREDONIA, STATE UNIVERSITY COllEGE 99. KENTUCKY, UNIVERSITY OF
FREDONIA, NEW YORK 14063 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40506
72. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 100. LAKE HEAD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20007 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO,
CANADA P7B SE1
73. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOlOGY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30332 101. lAHAR UNIVERSITY
BEAUMONTt TEXAS 77710
74. GEORGIA, UNIVERSITY OF
ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601 102. lAURENTIEN UNIVERSITY
SUOBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA
75. GUAM, UNIVERSITY OF
GUAM 96910 103. lEHIGH UNIVERSITY
BETHLEHEH, PENNSYLVANIA 18015
76. GUElPH, UNIVERSITY OF
GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA N1G 2W1 104. lONG ISLANO UNIVERSITY
BROOKlYN, NEW YORK 11201
77. HAWAII, UNIVERSITY Of
HONOlUlU, HAWAII 96822 105. lOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY
RUSTON, lOUISIANA 71270
78. HOlY CROSS, COllEGE OF THE
WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01610 106. lOUISVIllE, UNIVERSITY OF
lOUISVIllE, KENTUCKY 40208
79. HOUSTON, UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004 107. lOYOlA UNIVERSITY
CHICAGO, IlliNOIS 60626
80. HOWARO UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, O.C. 20001 108. HAINE, UN1VERSITY OF
ORONO, HAINE 04473
81. HUNTER COllEGE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 109. HARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
MllWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53233
82. IOAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
POCATEllO, IOAHO 83201