Dissertation (Ph.D.) — 1954

• Adamson, Thomas Charles, Jr. — Ignition and Combustion in a Laminar Mixing Zone
• Allen, Clarence Roderic — The San Andreas Fault Zone in San Gorgonio Pass, California
• Barker, Fred — Pre-Cambrian and Tertiary Geology of the Las Tablas Quadrangle, New Mexico
• Basin, Michael Abram — Electric Analog Computer Study of Supersonic Flutter of Elastic Delta Wings
• Berger, Howard Martin — A New Approach to the Analysis of Large Deflections of Plates
• Brooks, Norman Herrick — Laboratory Studies of the Mechanics of Streams Flowing over a Movable Bed of Fine Sand
• Caughey, Thomas Kirk — The Existence and Stability of Periodic Motions in Forced Non-Linear Oscillations
• Crosby, Donald Gibson — I. The Structures of Phytotoxic Compounds from Thamnosma Montana. II. The Action of Phytotoxic Compounds on Plants. III. Preparation and Reactions of S-Phenylthiolcarbamates. IV. Studies on the Synthesis of Actidione
• Dailey, Charles Lee — Supersonic Diffuser Instability
• Dickson, Robert John — Bounds for Solutions of Some Non-Linear Parabolic Problems
• Diederich, Franklin Wolfgang — The Response of an Airplane to Random Atmospheric Disturbances
• Edmondson, Don Elton — Homomorphisms of a Modular Lattice
• Ergin, Erdem I. — Transient Response of Non-linear Spring-Mass Systems
• Fischer, Glenn Albert — Genetic and Biochemical Studies of the Cystine-Methionine Series of Mutants in Neurospora crassa
• Floyd, Acey Lloyd — Relative Transition Probabilities of the CN Violet Band System from Band Head Data
• Gershowitz, Henry — Immunogenetic Studies of the Pigeon Columba livia
• Greene, Ronald Crundon — Studies on Uricase from Neurospora crassa
• Hakkinen, Raimo Jaakko — Measurements of Skin Friction in Turbulent Boundary Layers at Transonic Speeds
• Hamilton, Walter Clark — I. The Crystal Structure of Dimethyl Phosphino-Borine Trimer. II. The Method of Least Squares in Electron Diffraction. III. Some Structural Studies by the Electron Diffraction by Gas Molecules
• Heppner, James Paul — A Study of the Relationships Between the Aurora Borealis and the Geomagnetic Disturbances Caused by Electric Currents in the Ionosphere
• Hinton, Claude Willey — The Behavior of an Unstable Ring Chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster
• Hlavka, George Elmer — An Approximate Theory for Potential Flow Through Cascades of Airfoils
• Hughart, Stanley Parlett — Representations for Dicategories
• Ibers, James Arthur — Studies in Electron and X-Ray Diffraction : I. The Structure of Oxygen Fluoride. II. The Failure of the Born Approximation -- the Calculation of Complex Atomic Scattering Amplitudes for Electron Diffraction. III. Some Calculations of Atomic Form Factors. IV. Structural Studies by X-Ray Diffraction
• Jaffe, Lionel Francis — On a Carbon Dioxide Gradient in the Fucales Egg
• Johnson, Kenneth Delford — I. The Inclusion of Monohaptenic Substances in Immune Aggregates. II. Heteroligating Antibody in Anti-Arsanilic Acid Sera
• Judd, Burke Haycock — Studies of Rearrangements Involving Heterochromatin in Drosophila melanogaster : l. A Proof of the Variegated-Type Position Effect at the White Locus. II. A Study of the Heterochromatin of Chromosome IV
• Kaplan, Abner — Finite Deflections and Buckling of Slightly Curved Beams and Shallow Spherical Shells under Lateral Loads
• Kaplun, Saul — The Role of Coordinate Systems in Boundary Layer Theory
• Karplus, Martin — A Quantum-Mechanical Discussion of the Bifluoride Ion
• Kennedy, Maurice — Ergodic Theorems for a Certain Class of Markoff Processes
• Knuth, Eldon Luverne — The Mechanics of Film Cooling
• Kofahl, Robert Eugene — Part I. Exploratory Investigation of the Autoxidation and Hydration of 3-Hexyne Catalyzed by Mercuric Sulfate and Sulfuric Acid. Part II. The Effect of Mercuric Nitrate and Other Electrolytes upon the Aqueous Solubility of Benzene. Part III. Coordination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Silver Ion ; Correlation of Equilibrium Constants with Relative Carcinogenic Potencies
• Korkegi, Robert Hani — Transition Studies and Skin Friction Measurements on an Insulated Flat Plate at a Hypersonic Mach Number
• Kraut, Joseph — A Study of the Molecular Properties of Rat-Tail Tendon Collagen and an Investigation of the Structure of Feather Keratin
• Lampert, Seymour — Homogeneous Flow Fields of Degree Greater than Zero
• Loh, Eugene Yu-Cheng — Study of the Kinetics of the Order-Disorder Transformation in the Alloy MnNi₃
• Lynn, Scott — Part I. Radial Diffusion in a Turbulent Air Stream. Part ll. A. Absorption of Light by the System Nitric Acid-Nitrogen Dioxide-Water. B. Ionization in Solutions of Nitrogen Dioxide in Nitric Acid from Optical Absorbance Measurements. Part Ill. Kinetics of the Decomposition of Sodium Dithionite. Part IV. The Determination of Chromium by Oxidation in the Presence of Silver Nitrate
• Macmillan, Robert Smith — Some Properties of the Ionosphere at Low Radio Frequencies
• Mark, Richard Muin — Laminar Boundary Layers on Slender Bodies of Revolution in Axial Flow
• Marschner, Bernard Walter — The Flow over a Body in a Choked Wind Tunnel and in a Sonic Free-Jet
• McCaldin, James Oeland — The Influence of Isotopic Mass on Some Physical Properties of Iron
• McGregor, James Lewin — Generalized Translation Operators
• Moore, Gordon Earle — I. Infra-Red Studies of Nitrous Acid, the Chloramines and Nitrogen Dioxide. II. Observations Concerning the Photochemical Decomposition of Nitric Oxide
• Morgan, Merle Loren — A Computer for Algebraic Functions of a Complex Variable
• Muehlberger, William Rudolf — Deposition and Deformation in the Northern Soledad Basin, Los Angeles County, California
• Murray, Joseph Jackson — The Decay of Ta¹⁸³
• Neiswander, Robert South — Techniques in Treating Nonlinear Closed-Cycle Systems
• Nevill, William Albert — Studies Relating to the Free Radical Chlorination of Cyclobutanecarboxylic Acids
• Opfell, John Burton — A Detailed Study in the Application of the Benedict Equation to One-Component Systems
• Otte, Carel, Jr. — Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian Stratigraphy of the Northern Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico
• Parker, James Mervin — Profiles and Wavelength of Spectrum Lines in the Solar Chromosphere
• Peterson, Robert Williams — A Study of the Fluorine Plus Proton Reactions
• Potter, Donald Brandreth — High Alumina Metamorphic Rocks of the Kings Mountain District, North Carolina and South Carolina
• Rains, Dean Arthur — Tip Clearance Flows in Axial Compressors and Pumps
• Rowley, John Keith — Coulometric and Amperometric Studies
• Shennum, Robert Herman — The Dielectric Recovery of Parallel Arcs
• Shor, George G., Jr. — Crustal Structure and Reflections from the Mohorovičić Discontinuity in Southern California
• Stallkamp, John Albert — Hydrodynamic Forces on Prolate Ellipsoidal Bodies
• Upthegrove, Harry Nelson — An Investigation of the Influence of Fuselage Elasticity on the Pitching Motion of a Controlled Missile
• Valluri, Sitaram Rao — Some Studies in the Fundamental Parameters of Fatigue
• van Lint, Victor Anton Jacobus — Observations of Neutral V-Particle Decays with the 48" Magnet Cloud Chambers
• Vrebalovich, Thomas — The Development of Direct and Alternating Current Glow Discharge Anemometers for the Study of Turbulence Phenomena in Supersonic Flow
• Willmarth, William Walter — The Lift of Thin Airfoils at High-Subsonic Speeds
• Wohlwill, Hans Emil — A Resonant Cavity Method of Measuring the Velocity of Light
• Yoler, Yusuf Amon — The Hypersonic Shock Tube
• Zukoski, Edward Edom — Flame Stabilization on Bluff Bodies at Low and Intermediate Reynolds Numbers