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2025

• Kim, Taeho — Modeling Frictional Processes in the Presence of Fluids: From Earthquakes in the Laboratory to Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Reservoirs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2023

• Buarque de Macedo, Robert Andrew — Methods for Control of Granular Material Attributes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2022

• Harmon, John Michael — Predicting the Strength of Planetary Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2021

• Karapiperis, Konstantinos — Multiscale, Data-Driven and Nonlocal Modeling of Granular Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2020

• Li, Liuchi — Linking Micro-Structure to Macro-Behavior of Granular Matter: From Flowing Heterogeneously to Morphing Adaptively (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2018

• Kawamoto, Reid Yoshio — The Avatar Paradigm in Granular Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marteau, Eloïse Sophie Hélène — Laboratory Studies of Granular Materials Under Shear: From Avalanches to Force Chains (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2016

• Hurley, Ryan Colt — Force Chains, Friction, and Flow: Behavior of Granular Media across Length Scales (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jerves Cobo, Alex Xavier — Microscopic Origin of Macroscopic Strength in Granular Media: A Numerical and Analytical Approach (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mital, Utkarsh — Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2015

• Heyden, Stefanie — Micromechanical Damage and Fracture in Elastomeric Polymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lim, Keng-Wit — Discrete Modeling of Granular Media: A NURBS-based Approach (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2013

• Leonard, Andrea Beth — Controlling Wave Propagation through Nonlinear Engineered Granular Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2009

• Kelly, Alex — A Constitutive Relation for Shape-Memory Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yogev, Or — Computational Evolutionary Embryogeny (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2008

• Jackson, Winston Paul — Characterization of Soft Polymers and Gels Using the Pressure-Bulge Technique (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2007

• Kulkarni, Yashashree — Coarse-Graining of Atomistic Description at Finite Temperature (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitrani-Reiser, Judith — An Ounce of Prevention: Probabilistic Loss Estimation for Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2006

• Inamdar, Mandar Mukund — Dissipative Nanomechanics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sadjadpour, Amir — A Micromechanics-Inspired Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for the Thermomechanical Response of Shape-Memory Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tao, Min — High Temperature Deformation of Vitreloy Bulk Metallic Glasses and Their Composite (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2005

• Yavari, Arash — Atomic Structure of Ferroelectric Domain Walls, Free Surfaces and Steps (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2004

• Aydiner, Cahit Can — Investigation of Thermal Tempering in Bulk Metallic Glasses (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chenchiah, Isaac Vikram — Energy-Minimizing Microstructures in Multiphase Elastic Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scruggs, Jeffrey Thomas — Structural Control Using Regenerative Force Actuation Networks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shaikhutdinov, Rustem Vil — Structural Damage Evaluation: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2002

• Anderson, David Deloyd — Experimental Investigation of Quasistatic and Dynamic Fracture Properties of Titanium Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Purohit, Prashant Kishore — Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Strings, Beams and Atomic Chains (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2001

• Zhang, Yunfeng — Semi-Active Control of Dynamically Excited Structures Using Active Interaction Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2000

• Jabbour, Michel E. — Modeling chemical vapor deposition of thin solid films (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oguni, Kenji — Micromechanical Aspects of Failure in Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1999

• Shu, Yi-Chung — Shape-Memory Effect in Bulk and Thin-Film Polycrystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winfree, Nancy A. — Impact-Induced Phase Transformations in Elastic Solids: A Continuum Study Including Numerical Simulations for GeO₂ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1998

• Goodwine, John William — Control of stratified systems with robotic applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Polidori, David Charles — A probabilistic treatment of uncertainty in nonlinear dynamical systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zaremba, Slawomir M. — Dynamical signatures of gearbox vibrations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1997

• Turteltaub, Sergio Ricardo — Dynamics of phase transformations in thermoelastic solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vanik, Michael William — A bayesian probabilistic approach to structural health monitoring (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1996

• Fey, Kate Elizabeth — Experimental and theoretical aspects of dynamic crack growth along bimaterial interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hayen, Jeffrey Clyde — Response Control of Structural Systems Using Semi-Actively Controlled Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walter, Mark E. — The evolution of damage in ceramic matrix composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1995

• Halling, Marvin Wilford — Investigation of Base-Isolated Structures During Recent Earthquakes and Computer Simulations Utilizing Near-Source Long-Period Ground Motions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Liping — Mode-Like Properties and Identification of Nonlinear Vibrating Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lewis, Andrew David — Aspects of geometric mechanics and control of mechanical systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pich, Peter — Nonlinear rigid block dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhong, Xiaoguang Allan — Continuum dynamics of solid-solid phase transitions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1994

• Duong, Cong N. — A nonlinear thermoviscoelastic stress and fracture analysis of an adhesive bond (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haller, Gyorgy — Multi-pulse homoclinic phenomena in resonant Hamiltonian systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Cheng — Dynamic fracture problems involving highly transient crack growth histories : an investigation of dynamic failure in homgeneous and bimaterial systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mezic, Igor — On the geometrical and statistical properties of dynamical systems : theory and applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1993

• Chiang, Dar-Yun — Parsimonious modeling of inelastic systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mason, James Joseph — Mechanisms and effects of heat generation at the tips of dynamic cracks and notches in metals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Restuccio, Jim M. — Continuum modeling of materials that can undergo martensitic phase transformations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1992

• Chirikjian, Gregory Scott — Theory and Applications of Hyper-Redundant Robotic Manipulators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Ho-Hoon — Robust adaptive control of manipulators with application to joint flexibility (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lusk, Mark T. — Martensitic phase transitions with surface effects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moser, Albert N. — An experimental investigation of modeling and optimal control of modified space structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1991

• Papadimitriou, Konstantinos — Stochastic Characterization of Strong Ground Motion and Applications to Structural Response (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shimabukuro, Sy Ross — Stress Assisted Diffusion in Polymers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vakakis, Alexander F. — Analysis and identification of linear and nonlinear normal modes in vibrating systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1990

• Brinson, Lynda Catherine — Time-Temperature Response of Multi-Phase Viscoelastic Solids Through Numerical Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deng, Xiaomin — Dynamic Crack Propagation in Elastic-Plastic Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hou, Zhikun — Nonstationary Response of Structures and its Application to Earthquake Engineering (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jensen, Hector A. — Dynamic Response of Structures with Uncertain Parameters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Qing — A continuum model for phase transformation in thermoelastic solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thyagarajan, Ravi Shanker — Modeling and analysis of hysteretic structural behavior (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1989

• Nowak, Paul Scott — Effect of Nonuniform Seismic Input on Arch Dams (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosakis, Phoebus — Ellipticity and Deformations with Discontinous Gradients in Finite Elastostatics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1988

• Peng, Chia-Yen — Generalized Modal Identification of Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Paul Wesley, Jr. — Considerations for the Design of Gas-Lubricated Slider Bearings (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1987

• Fanson, James L. — An Experimental Investigation of Vibration Suppression in Large Space Structures Using Positive Position Feedback (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moser, Michael Anthony — The Response of Stick-Slip Systems to Random Seismic Excitation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ramarathnam, Narasimhan — Mode I, Plane Stress Crack Initiation and Growth in Elastic-Plastic Solids: A Finite Element Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1986

• Anderson, Mark Carter — A Study of the Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Solutions of the Discrete Duffing Equation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blume, Janet A. — Some Issues in the Kinematics of Finite Deformations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silling, Stewart Andrew — Singularities and Phase Transitions in Elastic Solids: Numerical Studies and Stability Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1985

• Cifuentes, Arturo O. — System Identification of Hysteretic Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jeong, Garrett Duane — Cumulative Damage of Structures Subjected to Response Spectrum Consistent Random Processes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pak, Ronald Y.S. — Dynamic Response of a Partially Embedded Bar Under Transverse Excitations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Kenneth Scott — Stochastic Analysis of the Seismic Response of Secondary Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wakugawa, Jason Masao — On the Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution to the Small-Scale Nonlinear Anti-Plane Shear Crack Problem in Finite Elastostatics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1984

• Winget, James Michael — Element-by-Element Solution Procedures for Nonlinear Transient Heat Conduction Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1983

• Connolly, Jeremiah Finbarr — Two Problems in Plane Finite Elastostatics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goh, Chuen Jin — Analysis and Control of Quasi Distributed Parameter Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Sullivan, Timothy Christopher — The Propagation and Arrest of an Edge Crack in an Elastic Half-Space Under Conditions of Anti-Plane Shear: Analytical and Numerical Results (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pence, Thomas James — The Emergence and Propagation of a Phase Boundary in an Elastic Bar (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zee, Layne — Ordinary and Strong Ellipticity in the Equilibrium Theory of Incompressible Hyperelastic Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zondervan, Keith Peter — Optimal Low Thrust, Three Burn Orbit Transfers with Large Plane Changes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1982

• Chen, Carl Leei — Direct Output Feedback Control of Large Flexible Spacecraft (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fleming, Graham Christopher — Structure and Stability of Buoyant Diffusion Flames (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fowler, Graeme Francis — Finite Plane and Anti-Plane Elastostatic Fields with Discontinuous Deformation Gradients Near the Tip of a Crack (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reinhall, Per Gustaf — The Analysis of a Nonlinear Difference Equation Occurring in Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1981

• Krousgrill, Charles Morton — A Linearization Technique for the Dynamic Response of Nonlinear Continua (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, David Uhl — Studies of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation and its Application to Water Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stephenson, Rodney Alan — The Equilibrium Field Near the Tip of a Crack for Finite Plane Strain of Incompressible Elastic Materials (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1980

• McVerry, Graeme Haynes — Frequency Domain Identification of Structural Models from Earthquake Record (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1979

• Abeyaratne, Rohan Chandra — Discontinuous Deformation Gradients in Plane Finite Elastostatics of Incompressible Materials. (I) General Considerations. (II) An Example (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1978

• Titlow, Joseph David — Sailing Vessel Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Westermo, Bruce Donald — The Solutions of a Nonlinear Difference Equation Found in Numerical Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1977

• Garrott, W. Riley — Transient Response of Two-Dimensional Cantilevered Semi-Infinite and Finite Elastic Plates, Subjected to Base Motions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gates, Nathan Craig — The Earthquake Response of Deteriorating Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hesselink, Lambertus — An Experimental Investigation on Propagation of Weak Shock Waves in a Random Medium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spanos, Polihronis Thomas Dimitrios — Linearization Techniques for Non-Linear Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1976

• Miller, Richard Keith — The Steady-State Response of Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems with a Spatially Localized Nonlinearity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1975

• Simons, Donald Alan — Scattering of a Rayleigh Wave by the Edge of a Thin Surface Layer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Hung Leung — Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1974

• Blevins, Robert Dilworth — Flow Induced Vibration of Bluff Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Griffin, Jerry Howard — Wave Front Analysis in the Scattering of a Plane Compressional Pulse by a Cylindrical Elastic Inclusion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moeller, Thomas Lee — The Dynamics of a Spinning Elastic Disk with Massive Load (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1973

• Carne, Thomas Glen — Load-Absorption and Interaction of Two Filaments in a Fiber-Reinforced Material (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sinclair, Glenn Bruce — On Nonmixed Symmetric End-Load Problems in Elastic Waveguides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1972

• Baker, Mary — Double-Slit Photometric Measurement of Velocity Profiles of Blood in Microvessels and Capillary Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brockway, George Samuel, II — On the Uniqueness of Singular Solutions to Boundary-Initial Value Problems in Linear Elastodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Furuike, Dennis Masato — Dynamic Response of Hysteretic Systems with Application to a System Containing Limited Slip (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Byung-Koo — Piecewise Linear Dynamic Systems with Time Delays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1971

• Jeffers, Robert Humphrey Francis — On Two-Dimensional Waves of Finite Amplitude in Elastic Materials of Harmonic Type (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Skattum, Knut Sverre — Dynamic Analysis of Coupled Shear Walls and Sandwich Beams (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stahl, Karl John — Dynamic Response of Circular Plates Subjected to Moving Massive Loads (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Michael Barron — A Michell Oseen-Flow Theory for Thin Ships (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1970

• Horgan, Cornelius Oliver — Eigenvalue Problems Associated With Korn's Inequalities in the Theory of Elasticity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koester, John Kent — Analytical and Experimental Studies of Thermionically Emitting Electrodes in Contact with Dense, Seeded Plasmas (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patula, Edward John — Equivalent Differential Equations for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Prelewicz, Daniel Adam — Range of Validity of the Method of Averaging (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, I-Min — Stationary Random Response of Multidegree-of-Freedom Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1969

• Gakenheimer, David Charles — Transient Excitation of an Elastic Half-Space by a Point Load Traveling on the Surface (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heitner, Kenneth Leon — A Mathematical Model for Calculation of the Run-Up of Tsunamis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Randles, Philip Wayne — Modal Representations for the High-Frequency Response of Elastic Plates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wheeler, Lewis Turner — Some Theorems in Classical Elastodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1968

• Ho, Chee Leung — Energy Inequalities and Error Estimates for Axisymmetric Torsion of Thin Elastic Shells of Revolution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Sullivan, Michael John — On the Dynamic Behavior of Thin Elastic Plates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turteltaub, Matias Jose — On Concentrated Loads and Green's Functions in Elastostatics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1967

• Atkinson, John David — Spectral Density of First Order Piecewise Linear Systems Excited by White Noise (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dickerson, John Randall — Stability of Parametrically Excited Differential Equations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Giberson, Melbourne Fernald — The Response of Nonlinear Multi-Story Structures Subjected to Earthquake Excitation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hallanger, Lawrence William — The Dynamic Stability of an Unbalanced Mass Exciter (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lutes, Loren Daniel — Stationary Random Response of Bilinear Hysteretic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Norwood, Frederick Reyes — Diffraction of Transient Elastic Waves by a Spherical Cavity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rispin, Peter Paul Augustine — A Singular Perturbation Method for Non-Linear Water Waves Past an Obstacle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spaeth, Edmund Eugene — The Convective Diffusion of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Inert Gas in Blood (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wooten, David Clark — I. The Attenuation and Dispersion of Sound in a Condensing Medium. II. The Flow of a Gas-Particle Mixture Downstream of a Normal Shock in a Nozzle (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1966

• Currie, Iain George — The Instability of Fluids with Time Dependent Heating (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Erdmann, Robert Charles — Time-Dependent Monoenergetic Neutron Transport in Two Adjacent Semi-infinite Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hauptmann, Edward Gerald — An Experimental Investigation of Forced Convective Heat Transfer to a Fluid in the Region of its Critical Point (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ludewig, Hans — Geometrical Effects on the Resonance Absorption of Neutrons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rocke, Richard Dale — Transmission Matrices and Lumped Parameter Models for Continuous Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tam, Christopher Kwong-Wah — On the Transport Properties of Fluid-Particle Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1965

• Davison, Lee Walker — Propagation of Finite Amplitude Waves in Elastic Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• List, Ericson John — The Stability and Mixing of a Density-Stratified Horizontal Flow in a Saturated Porous Medium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Malhotra, Rajeshwar Kumar — Free and Forced Oscillations of a Class of Self-Excited Oscillators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1964

• Keightley, Willard Otis — Vibration Tests of Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koh, Robert Ching-Yee — Viscous Stratified Flow Towards a Line Sink (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Kelly, Michael Edmond James — Vibration of Viscously Damped Linear Dynamic Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1963

• Intaglietta, Marcos — Streaming Birefringence Study of the Interactions of Submicroscopic Particles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1962

• Rosenfeld, Robert Leopold — Analysis of Long Compressional Elastic Waves in Rods of Arbitrary Cross Section and Elastic Wave Fronts in Plates and Circular Rods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))