Theses — 1948

• Adams, Raymond Voiles, Jr. — Cloud Chamber Studies in Cosmic Rays at an Altitude of 30,000 Feet (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Agnew, Haddon Wilson — The Geology of a Part of the Ravenna Quadrangle, California (Master's thesis)
• Allingham, John Wing — Geology of the Pacoima Area, Los Angeles County, California (Senior thesis (Major))
• Altseimer, John H. — An Experimental Investigation of Detached Shock Waves (Engineer's thesis)
• Amster, Warren — An Investigation into the Effects of Running Propellers on the Static Longitudinal Stability of Multi-Engine Tractor-Propeller-Driven Monoplanes (Engineer's thesis)
• Auerbach, Charles Edward — Isobaric Heat Capacity at Bubble Point of Four Hydrocarbons (Engineer's thesis)
• Baer, Oliver A. — A Comparison of Microplastic Strain Produced Statically and Dynamically (Engineer's thesis)
• Begovich, Nicholas Anthony — A Contribution to the Theory of Thermionic Vacuum Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Billman, Glenn Wagner — I. The Transfer of Energy from a Heated Cylinder to a Turbulently Flowing Air Stream. II. The Diffusion of Energy in the Wake of a Heated Cylinder Exposed to a Turbulently Flowing Air Stream (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bond, Robert Elston — The Design of a Door Latch and Handle for Application to Interior Residential Doors (Engineer's thesis)
• Brinkman, Robert Philip — Design of a Multipurpose Polishing Machine for Domestic Applications (Engineer's thesis)
• Brockman, John A., Jr. — I and II. Studies on Dichroa Febrifuga. III. A Method for Estimating Chloride. IV. Studies on Cambarus Clarkii (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Browne, Charles Idol — Spectrophotometric and Radiochemical Investigation of the Interaction Between the Oxidation States of Tin in Aqueous Solution (Master's thesis)
• Buhler, Rolf Dietrich — Supersonic Flow Through Cascades, with Application to Diffusers (Engineer's thesis)
• Chapman, Dean Roden — Base Pressure at Supersonic Velocities (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chuan, Raymond Lu-Po — An Investigation of Vortex Shedding as Related to the Self-Excited Torsional Oscillation of an Airfoil (Engineer's thesis)
• Corcoran, William Harrison — Temperature Gradients in Turbulent Air Streams. Thermodynamics Properties of Methane at Low Temperature (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cowan, Eugene Woodville — Cloud-Chamber Observations of Cosmic Rays at High Altitude (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, Thomas V. — Design of a Large Water Tunnel (Engineer's thesis)
• DeGroff, Harold M. — Calculation of the Optimum Pitch Distribution of a Propeller with Sweepback (Engineer's thesis)
• Dort, Wakefield, Jr. — The Geology of a Portion of Eastern Ventura Basin, California (Master's thesis)
• Edwards, Charles DeVries — Geology of the Del Valle Area, Los Angeles County, California (Master's thesis)
• Eisenberg, Phillip — An Asymptotic Solution for the Flow About an Ellipsoid Near a Plane Wall (Engineer's thesis)
• Elmer, David Arthur — Influence of Low Temperature on the Tensile Impact Properties of Two Shipbuilding Steels (Engineer's thesis)
• Farrington, Paul Stephen — Volumetric Behavior of Propene and Three Mixtures of Propene and l-Butene (Engineer's thesis)
• Feigen, George Alexander — Part I. Physiological Behavior of Oxypolygelatin. Part II. Relative Sensitivity of the Mucosal and Peritoneal Surfaces of Guinea Pig Ileum to Histamine Acetylcholine and Specific Antigens (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fletcher, James Chipman — Cloud Chamber Studies of Cosmic Rays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ford, Harold Harrison — The Design of a Portable Floor Lamp (Engineer's thesis)
• Fung, Yuan-cheng — Elastostatic and Aereolastic Problems Relating to Thin Wings of High Speed Airplanes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Garvin, Walter William — Absorption of Sound by Small Spherical Obstacles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gasich, Welko Elton — Downwash Distribution Behind a Wing with an Angle of Attack Discontinuity at Supersonic Speeds (Engineer's thesis)
• George, Joseph Doyle — Kinetics of the Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Amine Disulfonate Ion. The Third Ionization Constant of Amine Disulfonic Acid (Master's thesis)
• Glanville, James William — Volumetric Behavior of Benzene, Propane and Four Mixtures of these Substances (Engineer's thesis)
• Gray, Reed Alden — Inhibitors of Plant Growth From the Leaves of Encelia farinosa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, Robert Noel — Production of High Intensity Proton Beams (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hayward, Philip — Kinetics of the Reaction of Iodate Ion with Hypophosphorous Acid (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hedberg, Kenneth Wayne — Part I. Investigations of the Mechanism and Kinetics of the Formation of Malchite Green Dye. A. Mechanism of the Oxidation of Leuco Malachite Green. B. Kinetics of the Conversion of Malachite Green Carbinol to Dye. Part II. Determination of some Molecular Structures by the Method of Electron Diffraction. A. Adamantane. B. 1,3,5,7,-Cyclooctatetraene. Part III. The Molecular Structure of Arsenobenzene. Determination of the Unit Cell and Space Group of the Crystal (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hedden, Albert Henry — The Geology of the Pinyon Peak Area, East Tintic Mts., Utah. The Geology of the Upper Tick Canyon Area, Los Angeles County, California (Master's thesis)
• Ho, Chung Pen — Forecasting Mean Weekly Temperature by Statistical Synoptic Considerations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holzman, George — Studies on Blood Group A Substance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoyer, Horst Walter — Studies on the Diamagnetic Anisotropy of Crystals (Master's thesis)
• Hsu, Chi-Nan — Calibration of Piezo-Electric and Electro-Magnetic Engine Indicators (Engineer's thesis)
• Imster, Harry Frederick; Lesko, James Steven — Axially Symmetric Laminar Compressible Boundary Layers with Pressure Gradient (Engineer's thesis)
• Jensen, Arnold Axtell; Koerner, Warren Gottlieb — Wind Tunnel Investigation of a Supersonic Tailless Airplane at Low Subsonic Speed (Engineer's thesis)
• Joga Rao, Chintakindi Venkata — Repeated Loads Above the Proportional Limit on 24st Aluminum Alloy (Engineer's thesis)
• Johnston, Harold Sledge — Part I. The Kinetics of the Fast Reaction Between Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide. Part II. A Mechanism for the Formation of Red Phosphorous from White Phosphorus in Solution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keuffel, Jack Warren — Parallel-Plate Counters and the Measurement of Very Short Time Intervals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kyropoulos, Peter Rudolf — Dynamic Effects on the Gas Exchange Process in Two Stroke Cycle Engines (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lampert, Seymour — Rolling Moment Due to Yaw of Flat Wings of Trapezoidal Planform at Supersonic Speeds (Engineer's thesis)
• Land, Leroy Cosby — A Study of Ceramic Liners for Uncooled Rocket Motor Chambers (Master's thesis)
• Lass, Harry — Differential Geometry of a Space with a Two-Point Differential Metric (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Laufer, John — Investigation of Turbulent Flow in a Two-Dimensional Channel (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lind, David Arthur — Precision Spectroscopy of X and Gamma Radiation Using the Focusing Crystal Principle. A Determination of the Luminosity in the Wavelength Range 10 to 500 X.U. and a Preliminary Measurement of Gamma Radiation from Au¹⁹⁸ (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• MacNeill, Robert John — Geology of the Humphreys Station area, Los Angeles County, California (Master's thesis)
• Magnus, Richard Jeffrey — Study of Vortex Shedding as Related to Torsional Oscillations of a Thin Airfoil (Engineer's thesis)
• Marble, Frank Earl — Some Problems Concerning the Rotational Motion of a Perfect Fluid (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marschner, Bernard Walter — An Investigation of Detached Shock Waves (Engineer's thesis)
• McNeal, Robert Francis — Design of a Gas Fired Space Heater (Engineer's thesis)
• Meier, Dale Joseph — Studies on the Use of Coulometric and Amperometric Analysis (Master's thesis)
• Miller, Herman — Investigation of Errors Obtained with Reflection-Plane Mounted Models Due to End Plate Tares (Engineer's thesis)
• Mills, Mark Muir — A Study of the Altitude Dependence of the Large Cosmic-Ray Showers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moore, Return Francis — Geology of the Pre-Cretaceous Rocks in a Portion of the Santa Ana Mountains (Master's thesis)
• Murphy, Walter Patrick — Performance Calculations of Rocket Tripropellant Systems (Engineer's thesis)
• Nelson, Conrad Nathaniel — Repeated Loads Above the Proportional Limit on 24-ST Aluminum Alloy (Engineer's thesis)
• Oberbeck, Thomas Edmond — Trigonometric Expansions of Doubly Periodic Functions of the Second Kind in Any Number of Variables (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Paul, Charles Craig — The Design of a Multipurpose Chair for Children (Engineer's thesis)
• Pritchard, Ernest I. — Upwash and Sidewash Induced by Certain Control Surfaces in a Supersonic Flow (Engineer's thesis)
• Seager, Donald Barstow — Operational Flight Testing (Engineer's thesis)
• Shoemaker, Eugene Merle — Petrology of the Hopewell Series in the Ojo Caliente of New Mexico (Master's thesis)
• Sims, William Edward — Performance Calculations of Rocket Tripropellant Systems (Engineer's thesis)
• Singleton, Jesse Robertson — Cytogenetic Studies of Neurospora crassa (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Slater, Mervin Otis — Calculation of Enthalpy-Entropy Diagrams for Rocket Propellant Systems (Engineer's thesis)
• Smith, Josiah E. — Investigations of the Aerodynamic Interactions Between Wind Tunnel Models and their Support Systems at the GALCIT Ten Foot Wind Tunnel (Engineer's thesis)
• Smith, Raymond James — Geology of Portions of the Humphreys and Sylmar Quadrangles (Master's thesis)
• Srinivasan, Natesan — Higher Order Approximations for Transonic Flow Over Slender Bodies (Engineer's thesis)
• Swan, Walter Charles — The Influence of Nozzle Design on the Flight Performance of Rocket Vehicles, with an Analysis of the Results of Jet Separation (Engineer's thesis)
• Trilling, Leon — Investigation into the Flow of a Viscous Heat Conducting Compressible Fluid (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wheldon, Wilbert Gayton — Method for Estimating Downwash Behind Swept Airfoils (Engineer's thesis)
• White, Richard Street — Calculation of Enthalpy-Entropy Diagrams for Rocket Propellant Systems (Engineer's thesis)
• Williams, Max L. — Maximum Stress in a Cylindrical Bar of Double Wedge Cross Section Under Torsion (Engineer's thesis)
• Wilts, Charles Harold — Measurements of the Ratio of Charge to Mass of Free Electrons Using a Resonant Cavity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winniford, Robert Stanley — I. The Synthesis of Methylenecyclobutane from Pentaerythrityl Chloride. II. The Attempted Synthesis of Cyclobutane. III. A Reinvestigation of the Synthesis of Spiroheptanedicarboxylic Acid (Master's thesis)
• Wunch, William Stuart — Studies of the Double-Wedge and Biconvex Airfoils in Hypersonic Flow (Engineer's thesis)