Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences: Accepted by Colleges and Universities of the United States and Canada Volume 28

314 Pages·1984·6.19 MB·English

by  Wade H. Shafer (auth.)

MASTERS THESES IN THE
PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
ACCEPTED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
VOLUME 28
A Publication of the
Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis
(CINDAS)
MASTERS THESES IN THE
PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
ACCEPTED BY COLl .. EGES AND UNIVERSITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
VOLUME 28
Edited by
Wade H. Shafer
Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
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.
Title varies: 1955-56 - 1957; Master's 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.
Vols. for 1955-56 - issued by Purdue University's Thermophysical
Properties Research Center (1955-56 as its TPRC publication)
OC251.P8
1. Science-Bibl. 2. Engineering-Bibl. 3. Dissertations, Academic-U.S.-Bibl.
I. 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-13: 978-1-4684-4921-1 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4919-8
001: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4919-8
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PREFACE
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published,
and disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and
Synthesis (CINDAS) * at Purdue University in 1 957, starting its coverage of theses
with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and
dissemination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox
of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more
beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five
years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all con
cerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an interna
tional publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination.
Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied
Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Cor
poration of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include
Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum.
We have reported in Volume 28 (thesis year 1 983) a total of 10,661 theses titles
from 26 Canadian and 197 United States universities. We are sure that this broader
base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual
reference work.
While Volume 28 reports theses submitted in-1983, on occasion, certain univer
sities do report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time. This
fact is indicated for each thesis citation by the thesis year shown in parentheses.
The organization of Volume 28 is identical to that of past years. It consists of
theses titles arranged by discipline and by university within each discipline. Any ac
credited university or college with a graduate program in the pure and applied sci
ences (excluding mathematics and the life sciences) is invited to contribute titles in
the fields presently covered. Inquiries concerning interlibrary loan or purchase of
any title mentioned in this volume should be sent directly to the institution responsi
ble 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 engineer
ing may be listed in this publication under disciplines 09-Civil Engineering, 23-
Irrigation Engineering, 42-Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution, and Water Re
sources, or 44-Transportation 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. Agricultural Economics, Sciences, and Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4. Astronomy ............................ : . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 43
5. Astrophysics .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6. Ceramic Engineering ................................... 45
7. Chemical Engineering ................................... 46
8. Chemistry and Biochemistry ................... : . . . . . . . . . . . 64
9. Civil Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
1 O. Communications Engineering and Computer Science .............. 105
11. Cryogenic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
12. Electrical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
13. Engineering Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
14. Engineering Physics .................................... 154
15. Engineering Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
16. Fuels, Combustion, and Air Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 57
17. General and Environmental Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 58
18. Geochemistry and Soil Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
19. Geological Sciences and Geophysical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
20. Geology and Earth Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
21. Geophysics .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 200
22. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
23. Irrigation Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
24. Marine and Ocean Engineering .. , ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
25. Materials Science and Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
26. Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
27. Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
28. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
29. Mineralogy and Petrology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
30. Mining and Metallurgical Engineering ......................... 246
31. Missile and Space Systems Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
32. Nuclear Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
33. Nuclear Physics ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
34. Nuclear Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
35. Oceanography and Marine Science .......................... 256
36. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
37. Photogrammetric and Geodetic Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
38. Physics and Biophysics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
39. Plastics Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
40. Wood Technology, Forestry, and Forest Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
41. Reactor Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
42. Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution and Resources .............. 286
43. Textile Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
44. Transportation Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Theses without Specification of School or Department ................... 300
"Mathematics and most life sciences have been excluded from this publication, on a purely arbitrary
basis, simply to limit the scope of the work. Biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are included
in the coverage when titles in these areas are reported together with chemistry, physics, and engineer
ing and not as a separate discipline.
COMPARATIVE DATA ON THE SERIES
Thesis Contributing Titles
Volume Publication Date Year Institutions Reported
Oct. 1957 1955 93 1,002
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
22 Oct. 1978 1977 255 10,658
23 Nov. 1979 1978 247 10,432
24 Nov. 1980 1979 241 10,033
25 Dec. 1981 1980 241 10,308
26 Dec. 1982 1981 242 11,048
27 Dec. 1983 1982 227 10,918
28 Dec. 1984 1983 223 10,611
• Part Two of Volume 3 included doctoral dissertations from the 1956-1 957 academic year, citing
2,846 titles from 103 universities.
tEffective with Volume 18, the coverage was extended to include Canadian universities.
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES
PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES xi
1. ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 28. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
ABILENE, TEXAS 79601 DAVIS, CALIFORNIA 95616
2. ACADIA UNIVERSITY 29. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
WOLFVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA IRWINE, CALIFORNIA 92717
CANADA BOP !XO
30. CANISIUS COLLEGE
3. AKRON, UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO, IIEW YORK 14208
AKRON, OHIO 44304
31. CARLETON UNIVERSITY
4. ALABAMA A - M UNIVERSITY OTTAWA, CANADA Kl S 5J7
NORMAL, ALABAMA 35762
32. CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
5. ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG, PEIINSYLVANIA 15213
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35294
33. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
6. ALAEAMA, UNIVERSITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35899
34. CINClllNATI, UNIVERSITY OF
7. ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221
UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA 35486
35. CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
8. ALBERTA, UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10031
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
CANADA T6G2E1 36. CLARKSON COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
POTSDAM, NEW YORK 13676
9. ALFRED UNIVERSITY
ALFRED, NEW YORK 14802 37. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29631
10. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016 38. CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115
11. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
TEMPE, ARIZONA 85281 39. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
12. ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF
TUCSOII, ARIZONA 85721 40. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80521
13. ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF
FAYETTESVILLE, ARKANSAS 72701 41. COLORADO, UNIVERSITY OF
BOULDER, COLORADO 80304
14. AUBURN UNIVERSITY
AUBURN, ALABAMA 3683 0 42. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
MONTREAL, QUEBEC,
15. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY CANADA H3G 1MB
MUNCIE, INDIANA 47306
43. CONNECTICU'I, UNIVERSITY OF
16. BAYLOR UNIVERSITY STORRS, CONNECTICU'I 06268
WACO, TEXAS 76706
44. CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17. BOSTON COLLEGE ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850
CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS 02167
45. DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
18. BRADLEY UNIVERSITY HALIFAK, NOVA SCOTIA
PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61606 CANADA B3H4H6
19. BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 46. DAYTON, UNIVERSITY OF
PROVO, UTAH 84601 DAYTON, OHIO 45469
20. BROOKLYN COLLEGE 47. DE PAUL UNIVERSITY
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11210 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
21. BROOKLYN, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF 48. DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201 IIEWARK, DELAWARE 19711
22. BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 49. DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF
LEWISBURG, PENIISYLVANIA 17837 DENVER, COLORADO 80208
23. CALGARY, UNIVERSITY OF 50. DREXEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA T211 1N4 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19104
24. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 51. DUKE UNIVERSITY
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93740 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27706
25. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 52. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 92093 PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15219
26. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 53. EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90840 JOHNSON CITY, TENIIESSEE 37614
27. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 54. EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95819 COMMERCE, TEXAS 75428
xii PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES (cont.)
55. EASTERN ILLINOIS UIIIVERSITY 83. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS 61920 IlAllHATTEN, KANSAS 66504
56. EASTERN KENTUCKY UIIIVERSITY 84. KAN SAS, UNIVERSITY OF
RICHIIOND, KENTUCKY 40475 LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66044
57. EASTERN NEW MEXICO UIIIVERSITY 85. KENTUCKY, UNIVERSITY OF
PORTALES, NEW MEXICO 88130 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40506
58. EASTERN WASHINGTON UIIIVERSITY 86. LAKE HEAD UNIVERSITY
CHENEY, WASHINGTON 99004 THUIIDER BAY, ONTARIO,
CANADA P7B SEI
59. EMORY UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30322 87. LAHAR UIIIVERSITY
BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77 71 0
60. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
BOCA BATON, FLORIDA 33432 88. LAURENTlEN UIIIVERSITY
SUDBURY, ONTARIO
61. FLORIDA STATE UIIIVERSITY CANADA P3E2C6
TALLABASSEE, FLORIDA 32306
89. LEHIGH UIIIVERSITY
62. FLORIDA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18015
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32816
90. LONG ISLAND UIIIVERSITY
63. FLORIDA, UIIIVERSITY OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 32611
91. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
64. FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE UIIIVERSITY BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70803
HAYS, KANSAS 67601
92. LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY
65. GEORGETOWN UIIIVERSITY RUSTON, LOUISIANA 71272
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20057
93. LOUISVILLE, UIIIVERSITY OF
66. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40292
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30332
94. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
67. GEORGIA, UIIIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60626
ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602
95. MAINE, UNIVERSITY OF
68. GUAM, UIIIVERSITY OF ORONO, HAINE 04473
GUAM 96910
96. IIAIIITOBA, UIIIVERSITY OF
69. GUELPH, UIIIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG, IIAIIITOBA
GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA NIG 2Wl CANADA R3T2N2
70. HAWAII, UIIIVERSITY OF 97. MARQUETTE UIIIVERSITY
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53233
71. HOUSTON, UIIIVERSITY OF 98. MARSHALL UIIIVERSITY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77 004 HUllTINGTON, WEST VIRGINLA 25701
72. HOWARD UNIVERSITY 99. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001 TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139
73. IDAHO STATE UIIIVERSITY
POCATELLO, IDAHO 83201 100. MASSACHUSETTS, UNIVERSITY OF
AMBERST, MASSACHUSETTS 010003
74. IDAHO, UIIIVERSITY OF
MOSCOW, IDAHO 83843 101. MC GILL UIIIVERSITY
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
75. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CANADA H3A2T6
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60616
102. MC KASTER UIIIVERSITY
76. ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY HAMILTON, ONTARIO
NORMAL, ILLINOIS 61761 CANADA L8S4K1
77. ILLINOIS, UIIIVERSITY OF 103. MC NEESE STATE UNIVERSITY
URBANA, ILLINOIS 61801 LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70609
78. INDIANA STATE UIIIVERSITY 104. MIAMI UNIVERSITY
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA 47809 OXFORD, OHIO 45056
79. INDIANA UNIVERSITY 105. MIAMI, UIIIVERSITY OF
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47401 CORAL CARLES, FLORIDA 33124
80. IOWA STATE UIIIVERSITY 106. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UIIIVERSITY
AMES, IOWA 50011 HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN 49931
81. IOWA, UIIIVERSITY OF 107. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UIIIVERSITY
IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE 37132
82. JOHNS HOPKINS UIIIVERSITY 108. MINNESOTA, UNIVERSITY OF
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218 MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455