Theses — 1981

• Agard, David Andrew — Approaches to Macromolecular and Supramolecular Structure Determination (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aston-Jones, Gary — The Behavioral Physiology of Locus Coeruleus Neurons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ball, Gregory John — A Proximity Formulation of Nuclear Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bell, John Richard — The Isolation and Partial Biochemical Analysis of Sindbis Virus Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Berman, D. Wayne — I. Thermochemistry and Reaction Kinetics of Disolvated Protons by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy. II. Thermochemical Studies of Small Fluorocarbons by Photoionization Mass Spectrometry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bernal, Luis Paulino — The Coherent Structure of Turbulent Mixing Layers. I. Similarity of the Primary Vortex Structure. II. Secondary Streamwise Vortex Structure (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bone, Russell Leslie — Kinetics and Mechanism of the Co-Oxidation of Aldehydes and Model Organic Sulfur Compounds in Studies Related to the Oxo-Desulfurization of Fuel Oil and Coal (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brooks, Alexander Nelson — A Petrov-Galerkin Finite Element Formulation for Convection Dominated Flows (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown-Wensley, Katherine Ann — Formation of Bonds to Carbon at Transition Metal Centers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Arthur Raymond — Topics in the Analysis, Measurement, and Design of High-Performance Switching Regulators (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Duncan William — Synthesis and Matrix Isolated Photolysis of 2,3-Dimethylbicyclo[2.2.0]Hexa-2,5-Diene-1,4-Dicarboxylic Acid Anhydride: A Potential Precursor to 2,3 -Dimethyl-1,4-Dehydrobenzene (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brudvig, Gary Wayne — The Nature and Distribution of the Metal Centers in Cytochrome C Oxidase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carson, Douglas Glenn — Solid State NMR at High Magnetic Fields Using Multiple Pulse Techniques (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Casewit, Carla Jutta — I. Electrophilic Reactions of p-Toluenesulfonyl Azide. II. ¹⁵N and ¹³C Nuclear Magnetic Studies of Aryldiazonium Compounds Effect of Substituent, Solvent and 18-Crown-6 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chiu, Arlene Yuen-Chin — Biochemical and Immunohistochemical Studies of the Egg-Laying Hormone of Aplysia californica: Purification, Primary Structure, Neurosecretion and Morphological Distribution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cipar, John Joseph — Seismic Source Processes and Tectonics: Observations of Four Intracontinental Earthquakes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cohen, Martin — Silent Boundary Methods for Transient Wave Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cook, Walter Richardson, III — Elemental Composition of Solar Energetic Particles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Criss, Robert Everett — An ¹⁸O/¹⁶O, D/H and K-Ar Study of the Southern Half of the Idaho Batholith (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Davis, Mark Morris — Programmed DNA Rearrangements During Differentiation: Immunoglobulin Class Switching (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Daw, Murray Scott — Theory of Vacancies and Core Excitons Near Semiconductor Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deutsch, Leslie Joseph — Sharp Bounds for the Operator Norm of the Mehler Kernel Operator (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Doan, Phuc The — Computing the Development of Disturbances in the Blasius Boundary Layer Due to Localized Unsteady Two-Dimensional Wall Injection (Engineer's thesis)
• Drew, Horace Rainsford, III — The High Resolution Structure of DNA by Single-Crystal X-Ray Methods (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ebel, John Edward — Evidence for Fault Asperities from Systematic Time-Domain Modeling of Teleseismic Waveforms (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eidem, Penny Kristen — An Investigation of the Photochemistry and Structures of Selected Second and Third Row Transition Metal Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eigenberg, Kenneth Eugene — The Interaction of Chlorophyll α with Lipids in Model and Natural Membrane Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Flanders, Bradley A. — Application of TDHF Methods to Nuclear Physics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Frommer, Jane Elizabeth — Syntheses and Reactions of Polymer-Bound Molybdenum Complexes and Hydrogenolyses of an Alkynyl Cobalt Carbonyl Cluster (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fuller, George Michael — Nuclear Weak Interaction Rates During Stellar Evolution and Collapse (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gabriel, Andrew Keith — Optogalvanic Spectroscopy and Cataphoretic Laser Isotope Separation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• George, Patricia Margaret — Electron Attachment Reactions and Photochemistry of Transition Metal Carbonyls in the Gas Phase and on Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glezer, Ari — An Experimental Study of a Turbulent Vortex Ring (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gray, Moshe — The Design and Implementation of a Reticle Maker for VLSI (Master's thesis)
• Gregory, Robert Theodore — Geology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Samail Ophiolite Complex, Southeastern Oman Mountains (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hahn, Robert William — An Assessment of the Viability of Marketable Permits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hall, Shawn Anthony — Vortex-Induced Vibrations of Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanlon, Philip James — Applications of the Quaternions to the Study of Imaginary Quadratic Ring Class Groups (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hardy, Richard Randolph — Studies of the Specificities and Function of Immunoglobulins: I. Relationship Between Structures and Specificity in Dinitrophenyl-Binding Mouse Myeloma Immunoglobulins. II. Effector Function Triggering in Immunoglobulins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harvey, Jeffrey Alan — Baryon Number Generation and Mass Relations in SO(10) Unified Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herndier, Brian — Activation of Cell Function: Pharmacological Agents Which Degranulate Mast Cells and Cause Skeletal Muscle to Contract (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Highe, Albert John — Ionic Motion in Solid Electrolytes: A Solid State NMR Study of Sodium and Lithium in β-Alumina (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Howard, Thomas R. — Reactions of an Aluminum Stabilized Titanium Alkylidene (Master's thesis)
• Huggins, John Mitchell — A Study of Fundamental Reaction Pathways for Transition Metal Alkyl Complexes. I. The Reaction of a Nickel Methyl Complex with Alkynes. II. The Mechanism of Aldehyde Formation in the Reaction of a Molybdenum Hydride with Molybdenum Alkyls (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ibbotson, Dale Edward — A Fundamental Study of NO Reduction with Hydrogen over Ir(110) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Isaac, Robert Mark — Essays on the Role of Information in Natural Resource Exploration and Development (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• James, Ralph Boyd — Theoretical Studies of the Nonlinear Infrared Properties of p-Type Semiconductors (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jepson, Allan Douglas — I. Asymptotic Boundary Conditions for Ordinary Differential Equations. II. Numerical Hopf Bifurcation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jin, Michael Yih-Hwa — Temporal-Spatial Functional Analysis of the Class-II-a1 Motion Detection Cell of the Fly Calliphora phaenicia (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johannsen, David Lawrence — Silicon Compilation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Deanna Ojala — Transcription of the HeLa Cell Mitochondrial Genome (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Nelson Daniell — An Analysis of Patterns of Diversity in Antibodies with Defined Specificity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, John Hume — Studies of the Geochemical Similarity of Plutonium and Samarium and Their Implications for the Abundance of ²⁴⁴Pu in the Early Solar System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kanamori, Keiko — ¹⁵N Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Active Sites of Enzymes and In Vivo Nitrogen Metabolism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kastanas, Ilias George — The Ramsey Property and Degrees in the Analytical Hierarchy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kath, William Lawrence — I. Propagating and Waiting Fronts in Nonlinear Diffusion. II. Sustained Reentry Roll Resonance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Katz, Joseph — AlGaAs Optoelectronic Devices for Optical Communications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koelsch, Peter Martin — Use of Masked Quinones in Organic Synthesis: Efforts Directed Towards the Synthesis of Tropolonoid Natural Products (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kreh, Robert Paul — The Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Reactivity of Binuclear Copper(I) Complexes as Mimics of Protein Active Sites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krousgrill, Charles Morton — A Linearization Technique for the Dynamic Response of Nonlinear Continua (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuech, Thomas Francis — Investigations of Schottky Barrier Structures in Compound Semiconductors: I. HgTe on CdTe: a Lattice Matched Schottky Barrier. II. Au-Cd Barriers to CdTe. III. AAu Barriers on InₓGa₁₋ₓP (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwon, Heemin — Experimental Investigations of Neutrino Oscillations at a Fission Reactor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lacy, Elizabeth Hardy — The Structure, Expression and Chromosomal Arrangement of Rabbit β Globin Genes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lau, Kam-Yin — Ultra-High Frequency Dynamics of Semiconductor Injection Lasers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lauer, Joyce Ellen — Molecular Cloning of the Human α-Globin Gene Family (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, James Roy — Measurements of νN Charged Current Cross Sections from Eν = 25 GEV to Eν = 260 GEV (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lepelletier, Thierry Georges — Tsunamis – Harbor Oscillations Induced by Nonlinear Transient Long Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lien, Sheue-Ling C. — Toward a Theorem Proving Architecture (Master's thesis)
• Lin, Hong-Chuan — On the Reconstruction Problem in Graph Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Tzu-Mu — From Geometry to Logic (Master's thesis)
• Linfield, Roger Paul — Studies of Compact Extragalactic Radio Sources (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lisensky, George Clark — Reactions of Multidentate-Ligand Copper(I) Complexes with Dioxygen (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Wing Kam — Development of Finite Element Procedures for Fluid-Structure Interaction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lockhart, Thomas Paul — The Chemistry of 1,4-Dehydrobenzenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Fai — Stability Theory of Linear and Nonlinear Stochastic Difference Systems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Martin, David Uhl — Studies of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation and its Application to Water Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McKinnon, William Beall — Large Impact Craters and Basins: Mechanics of Syngenetic and Postgenetic Modification (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McRae, Gregory John — Mathematical Modeling of Photochemical Air Pollution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Melton, Ronald Benjamin — A Study of Horizontal Cell-Photoreceptor Interaction in the Frog Retina Using a Randomly Modulated Stimulus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Merritt, Kay Wyatt Brown — Observation of Prompt Single Muon Production of 400 GEV Protons (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Milenkovic, Paul Henry — A Systematic Assessment of the Accuracy of Vocal Tract Area Function Estimates Made from the Speech Waveform (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, James Arthur — Studies on Ligand Binding to the Histrionicotoxin and the Agonist Binding Sites of Membrane Bound Acetylcholine Receptor from Torpedo californica (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitchard, Gordon Stuart — Low Temperature Photoluminescence Properties of Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Alloys (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morse, Randall Heywood — EPR Spectroscopic Studies of the Active Sites of Some Heme- and Copper-Containing, Oxygen-Binding Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mosteller, Richard Craig — REST: A Leaf Cell Design System (Master's thesis)
• Nadeau, Daniel — High Spectral Resolution Observations of the Molecular Hydrogen Emission in the Orion Molecular Cloud (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nelson, John Victor — I. The Stereochemistry of the [3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of 1,5-Diene-3-Alkoxides. II. Stereoselective Aldol Condensations via Dialkylboron Enolates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Olbricht, William Lee — The Motion of Macromolecules and Immiscible Drops in Creeping Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ouimette, James Richard — Aerosol Chemical Species Contributions to the Extinction Coefficient (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Palfrey, Thomas Rossman, III — Equilibrium Models of Multiple-Object Auctions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Phichitkul, Charunya — Catalytic Activity and Deactivation Mechanisms of Supported NiO in CH₄ Oxidation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Powell, Robert Edward — Geology of the Crystalline Basement Complex, Eastern Transverse Ranges, Southern California: Constraints on Regional Tectonic Interpretation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Quick, James Edward — Part I: Petrology and Petrogenesis of the Trinity Peridotite, Northern California. Part II: Petrogenesis of Lunar Breccia 12013 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rabin, Douglas Mark — Studies of Stellar Populations: Star Clusters in M3l, the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rappé, Anthony Kay — Theoretical Studies of Homogeneous Catalysis by Transition Metal Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reimer, Jeffrey Allen — The Development of Novel Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques for the Study of Solids, Thin Films and Surfaces with Particular Application to Amorphous Semiconducting Silicon-Hydrogen Films (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reiss, David Benjamin — Some Topics in Grand Unified Models and the Cosmological Baryon Asymmetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rice, Charles Moen, III — Studies on the Structural Proteins of Sindbis Virus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robinson, Randy Richard — Sequence Analysis of a tRNA Gene Cluster: Drosophila Leucine-tRNA Genes contain Intervening Sequences (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rogerson, William Paul — Legal Remedies and Reputation as Solutions to Moral Hazard in Contracting (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruth, Edward Kenneth — Experiments with Unconventional Cross Flow Heat Exchangers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sargent, Thomas Dean — The Rat Serum Albumin Gene (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schatzman, James Carl — A Model for the von Kármán Vortex Street (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schilling, James Walter, Jr. — Antibody Diversity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlup, John Robert — The Nature of Fluorinated Oxide Catalysts: A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ségal, Richard Lawrence — Structure, Placement and Modelling (Master's thesis)
• Shepherd, Joseph Emmett — Dynamics of Vapor Explosions: Rapid Evaporation and Instability of Butane Droplets Exploding at the Superheat Limit (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shih, Choon-Foo — Failure of Liquid Storage Tanks Due to Earthquake Excitation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Duane Donald — Optical Dephasing and Energy Transfer in Ordered and Disordered Solids: Studies by Laser Spectroscopy and Optical-Microwave Double Resonance (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stapanian, Maritza Irene — Induced Fission Track Measurements of Carbonaceous Chondrite Th/U Ratios and Th/U Microdistributions in Allende Inclusions (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.))
• Stevens, Amy Elizabeth — Fundamental Studies of Reactive Intermediates in Organometallic Chemistry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stevens, Tom Hall — The Structure of the Metal Centers in Cytochrome c Oxidase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sung, Windsor — Catalytic Effects of the γ-FeOOH (Lepidocrocite) Surface on the Oxygenation Removal Kinetics of the Fe(II) and Mn(II) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taber, Terry Ray — The Total Synthesis of A-23187 and Related Enantioselective Aldol Condensations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Takacs, James Michael — Approaches to Asymmetric Synthesis. The Diastereoselective Alkylations of Chiral Propionamide Enolates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Dean Dalton — Laboratory Studies of Submicron Particle Formation in Pulverized Coal Combustion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tenhover, Michael Alan — Mössbauer Effect Studies in Yttrium Based Metallic Glasses (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Terrano, Anthony Emerson — Topics in Perturbative Field Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thiel, Patricia Ann — Adsorption, Co-Adsorption and Catalytic Reactions on Rh(111) and Ru(001) Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Trentacosti Presti, Florence L. — Cholesterol's Important Influence on Structure and Function of Membrane Lipids (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vasilakos, Nikolaos Petrou — Coal Desulfurization by Selective Chlorinolysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wade, Richard Alan — Spectroscopy and Spectrophotometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Whelan, Daniel Steven — A Versatile Ethernet Interface (Master's thesis)
• Whitney, Telle — A Hierarchical Design Rule Checker (Master's thesis)
• Williams, Arthur Ray — Atomic Structure of Transition Metal Based Metallic Glasses (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilt, Daniel Paul — (AlGa)As Semiconductor Lasers and Integrated Optoelectronics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wisdom, Jack Leach — 1. The Origin of the Kirkwood Gaps: A Mapping for Asteroidal Monitor Near the 3/1 Commensurability. 2. The Resonance Overlap Criterion and the Onset of Stochastic Behavior in the Restricted Three-Body Problem (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yee, Howard Kwong Chew — Optical Spectral Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Kwang-I — Communicative Databases (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zumberge, James Frederick — A Balloon Measurement of the Isotopic Composition of Galactic Cosmic Ray Boron, Carbon, and Nitrogen (Dissertation (Ph.D.))