Theses — 1977

• Anderson, James Rodney — The Polymetamorphic Sequence in the Paleozoic Rocks of Northern Vermont: A New Approach Using Metamorphic Veins as Petrologic and Structural Markers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aristoff, Paul Adrian — An Approach to the Total Synthesis of Aphidicolin (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Attar, Amir — The Chemistry of Selective Oxidation of Sulfur Compounds and its Relation to Fuel Desulfurization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bachovchin, William Walter — The Mechanism of Action of Adenosylcobalamin: I. 3-Fluoro-1, 2-Propanediol Dehydrase - Mechanistic Implications. II. Glycerol and Other Substrate Analogues as Substrates and Inactivators for Propanediol Dehydrase. Kinetics, Stereospecificity and Mechanism. III. The Involvement of a 5'-Deoxyadenosine Intermediate Containing Three Equivalent Hydrogens in the Mechanism of Glycerol Inactivation of Propanediol Dehydrase Holoenzyme. IV. Hydrogen Transfer from Enzyme-Bound Adenosylcobalamin as a Partial Rate Limiting Step in Catalysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baker, Gregory Richard — Studies in Vortex Motion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barnes, Frank Edward (Ted) — Quarks, Gluons, Bags, and Hadrons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bedrosian, Gary — The Invariant Imbedding Solution for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Periodic, Almost Homogeneous, and Almost Periodic Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berg, Dale Evan — Surface Roughness Effects on the Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berg, Jacqueline O. — Theory of Radiationless Transitions, Light Scattering and Fluorescence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bloom, John Roll — On the Invariants of some Zℓ-Extensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burdick, Lawrence James — Broad-Band Seismic Studies of Body Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burke, Jonathan Arno — Investigations of the Photochemistry of Mixtures of Methane, Nitrogen and Ammonia with Lyman-Alpha Radiation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cadena-Cepeda, Fernando — Temperature Effects on the Activity Coefficient of the Bicarbonate Ion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chambers, John L. — Inhibited Bovine Trypsin, and Bovine Trypsinogen : the Refined Structure and Mechanism of a Not-Too-Serene Protease (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheetham, Craig McClain — Perception of Pitch in Pulse Wave Forms whose Power Spectra are Flat (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Martin Yu-Wen — Luminescence Properties of Electron-Hale-Droplets in Pure and Doped Germanium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheong, Paul How-Kei — A Modeling Study of Coal Pyrolysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Corderman, Reed Roeder — Ion Cyclotron Resonance Studies of Inorganic Molecules in the Gas Phase: I. Organotransition Metal Complexes. II. Chain Reactions Involving Ionic Intermediates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Craig, James Eldon — Weak Shocks in Open-Ended Ducts with Complex Geometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ćuk, Slobodan M. — Modelling, Analysis, and Design of Switching Converters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Curtright, Thomas Lynn — Stability and Supersymmetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davidson, Cliff Ian — Deposition of Trace Metal-Containing Aerosols on Smooth, Flat Surfaces and on Wild Oat Grass (Avena fatua) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, James Hubbard — Theoretical Studies of Organic Diradicals and the Thermal Rearrangement of Bicyclopropenyls (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• DeNiro, Michael Joseph — I. Carbon Isotope Distribution in Food Chains. II. Mechanism of Carbon Isotope Fractionation Associated with Lipid Synthesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Denkin, Nathan Myron — Stopping Power of Gases for Heavy Ions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dymek, Robert F. — Mineralogic and Petrologic Studies of Archaean Metamorphic Rocks from West Greenland, Lunar Samples, and the Meteorite Kapoeta (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dzurisin, Daniel — 1. Scarps, Ridges, Troughs, and Other Lineaments on Mercury. 2. Geologic Significance of Photometric Variations on Mercury (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Edwards, Dean Barton — Time Domain Analysis of Switching Regulators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fischer, Elliot — Exact Solutions and Transformation Properties of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations from General Relativity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fischer, Ernst Peter — Serine Proteases, their Inhibitors and Chitin Synthetase in Phycomyces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Foutch, Douglas Allen — A Study of the Vibrational Characteristics of Two Multistory Buildings (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Franson, James Dean — I. Microwave Impedance of Superconducting Weak Links. II. Effects of Non-Equilibrium Quasi-Particle Distributions in Superconducting Weak Links (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Freiser, Ben Sherman — Photochemical Investigations of Ions in the Gas Phase Utilizing Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Garrott, W. Riley — Transient Response of Two-Dimensional Cantilevered Semi-Infinite and Finite Elastic Plates, Subjected to Base Motions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gates, Edward Maurice — The Influence of Freestream Turbulence, Freestream Nuclei Populations and a Drag-Reducing Polymer on Cavitation Inception on Two Axisymmetric Bodies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gates, Nathan Craig — The Earthquake Response of Deteriorating Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Geller, Robert James — Part I. Earthquake Source Models, Magnitudes and Scaling Relations. Part II. Amplitudes of Rotationally Split Normal Modes for the 1960 Chilean and 1964 Alaskan Earthquakes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goldman, Don Steven — Crystal-Field and Mössbauer Applications to the Study of Site Distribution and Electronic Properties of Ferrous Iron in Minerals with Emphasis on Calcic Amphiboles, Orthopyoxene and Cordierite (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Green, Richard Frederick — A Complete Sample of White Dwarfs, Hot Subdwarfs, and Quasars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gregg, Ron — Sputtering of Uranium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, David Howard — The Posterior Nervous System of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hart, Robert Stuart — The Distribution of Seismic Velocities and Attenuation in the Earth (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hawke, David Harry — Thermal Decomposition of (Presumed) Bismethylene Diazene (Master's thesis)
• Hesselink, Lambertus — An Experimental Investigation on Propagation of Weak Shock Waves in a Random Medium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Higuchi, Hiroshi — Experimental Investigation on Axisymmetric Turbulent Wakes with Zero Momentum Defect (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hill, Christopher Thaddeus — Higgs Scalars and the Nonleptonic Weak Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huchra, John Peter — The Nature of Markarian Galaxies and Studies of Star Formation In Blue Galaxies (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Isenberg, David Saul — Attention Demands of Processing Phonetic Information in the Perception of Dichotic Speech (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jackson, Darrell Richard — Light-Cone Behavior of Hadronic Wavefunctions in QCD and Experimental Consequences (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jaggard, Dwight L. — Bragg Interactions in Periodic Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Carl Douglas — Multiple Molecular Forms of Cholinesterase from Elongated Animals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Robert Edward — Slender-Body Theory for Stokes Flow and Flagellar Hydrodynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Keenan, Donald Eugene — Subsets of a Finite Set that Intersect Each Other in at Most One Element (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koblasz, Arthur Joseph — Nonlinear Analysis of the Human Electroretinogram (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Konrad, John Harrison — An Experimental Investigation of Mixing in Two-Dimensional Turbulent Shear Flows with Applications to Diffusion-Limited Chemical Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kovács, Sándor János, Jr. — The Generation of Gravitational Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Laird, Jo — Phase Equilibria in Mafic Schist and the Polymetamorphic History of Vermont (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Laura, Richard — Experiments Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of the Ionophore Antibiotic X-537A (Master's thesis)
• Lewis, Nathan Saul — The Chemistry of Rhodium and Molybdenum Isocyanide Complexes (Master's thesis)
• Mann, Kent Robert — An Investigation of the Photochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of Chromium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Rhodium Isocyanide Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Manriquez, Juan Manuel — I. The Reduction of Molecular Nitrogen in Binuclear Dinitrogen Complexes of Titanium and Zirconium. II. Hydrogen Reduction of Carbon Monoxide Promoted by Mononuclear Carbonyl and Hydride Complexes of Bis(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Zirconium (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Marshall, Francis E. — The Streaming of 1.3-2.3 MeV Cosmic-Ray Protons During Periods Between Prompt Solar Particle Events (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McMillen, Thomas Joe — The Thermal Constitutive Behavior of Suspensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McMurry, Peter Howard — On the Relationship Between Aerosol Dynamics and the Rate of Gas-to-Particle Conversion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Melnick, Jorge — The Structure of Giant Extragalactic HII Regions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Merritt, Frank Smith — The Structure of the Neutral Current Coupling in High Energy Neutrino-Nucleon Interactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mosher, James Marshall — The Magnetic History of Solar Active Regions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moskowitz, Alan Henry — The Distribution of Aerosol Nitrate Compounds with Respect to Particle Size: Vaporization Analysis with the Low Pressure Impactor (Master's thesis)
• Murphy, Milton Keith — Gas Phase Investigations of the Lewis Acid Properties of Electron Deficient Compounds of Boron, Carbon and Silicon (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nascimento, Marco Antonio Chaer — Theoretical Studies of Photoionization (Master's thesis)
• Nesbitt, Stephen Lee — Thiosilanes as Thioketalization Reagents (Master's thesis)
• Novoseller, Daniel Edward — π-Exchange in a Partial Wave Analysis of πN → Nππ: I. Partial Wave Analysis Including π-Exchange for πN → Nππ in the Center of Mass Energy Range 1.65 - 1.97 GeV. II. Resonance Parameter Analyses of πN → Δπ + ρN + εN (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Olowolafe, Johnson Olufemi — Silicide Formation and the Interaction of Metals with Polycrystalline Si (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pearson, William Raymond — Studies on the Arrangement of Repeated Sequences in DNA (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ready, Donald Furner — Development of the Drosophila Retina (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Redondo-Muiño, Antonio — Theoretical Studies of Silicon Surfaces Using Finite Clusters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reiner, Robert Henry — I. Calculation of Vibrational Transition Moments. II. Photochemistry of Vibrationally Excited Hydrogen Iodide. III. Photochemistry of Iodine Monochloride in Hydrogen (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roberts, Philip Joseph William — Dispersion of Buoyant Waste Water Discharged from Outfall Diffusers of Finite Length (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosales, Rodolfo Rubén — I. Exact Solution of Some Nonlinear Evolution Equations. II. The Similarity Solution for the Korteweg-De Vries Equation and the Related Painlevé Transcendent (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rosenfeld, Leo C. — The Diffractive Dissociation Process at π⁻ p → π⁻ (π⁻π⁺p) at 14 GeV/c (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ross, Michael Jay — I. Purification and Partial Characterization of Chromatin Subunits. II. Structural Studies of a Membrane-Bound Acetylcholine Receptor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sankur, Vega Dibag — I. Study of Macromolecular Brownian Motion by Laser Light Scattering. II. Light Scattering Investigation of Amorphous Polymethylmethacrylate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Scott, Margaret Yoshiko Iwaki — Studies on Selective Neuroregeneration in Lower Vertebrates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shah, Piyush Chimanlal — Estimation of Properties in Petroleum Reservoirs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shiraishi, Tadashi — The Vortex Induced Oscillation of Elastic Structural Elements (Engineer's thesis)
• Sovero-Ternoche, Emilio Andres — Application of Microwave Diagnostics to Copper Chloride and Carbon Dioxide Lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spanos, Polihronis Thomas Dimitrios — Linearization Techniques for Non-Linear Dynamical Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Srinivas, Sankaran — Error Recovery in Robot Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stackhouse, Frank A. — Solubilization and Partial Characterization of the Tetrodotoxin Binding Component from Electric Eel Electroplaque (Master's thesis)
• Stoll, Michael Edward — Spin Dynamics of Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance in Solids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Udupa, Shriram Mahabal — Collision Detection and Avoidance in Computer Controlled Manipulators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• van der Kogel, Hans — Wave Propagation in Saturated Porous Media (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walch, Stephen Perry — Theoretical Studies of Chemisorption (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ward, Gerald Wayne — Strain Induced Changes in the Permeability of Water Swollen Segmented Polyurethane Elastomers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weiner, Stephen — Aspects of the Biochemistry of the Organic Matrix of Extant and Fossil Mollusks (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wherland, Scot Edward — Metalloprotein Electron Transfer Mechanisms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilkes, Mahlon McGregor — DNA Sequence Organization by Electron Microscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wojcik, Gregory Lynn — Self-Similar Elastodynamic Solutions for the Plane Wedge (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wright, Steven Jay — Effects of Ambient Crossflows and Density Stratification of the Characteristic Behavior of Round, Turbulent Buoyant Jets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yates, George Thomas — Finite Amplitude Unsteady Slender Body Theory and Experiments (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yen, Huan-chun — A Study of a New Electromechanical Energy Conversion Process Using Superconducting Frequency Modulated Resonators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yogi, Tadashi — Radio Frequency Studies of Surface Resistance and Critical Magnetic Field of Type I and Type II Superconductors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))