Theses — 1986

• Abdel-Ghaffar, Khaled Ahmed Sabry — An Information- and Coding-Theoretic Study of Bursty Channels with Applications to Computer Memories (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Adkins, Douglas Ray — Analyses of Hydrodynamic Forces on Centrifugal Pump Impellers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, Mark Carter — A Study of the Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Solutions of the Discrete Duffing Equation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Angus, Ian Gareth — The ΔI = 1/2 Rule and the Strong Coupling Expansion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anton, Alan Brad — Studies of Overlayer Vibrational Structure and Identification of Adsorbed Reaction Intermediates Via Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Atzmon, Michael — A Study of Bulk Amorphous Alloys Formed by Solid-State Reaction in Elemental Composites (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baldi, Pierre — I. On a Family of Generalized Colorings. II. Some Contributions to the Theory of Neural Networks. III. Embeddings of Ultrametric Spaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baldwin-Zuschke, Brenda Janet — Investigations of the Effect of Antigen Binding Upon Tryptophan Reactivity in Immunoglobulin G (Master's thesis)
• Banks, Jeffrey Scot — Signaling Games: Theory and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Banwell, Thomas Clyde — Investigations of Atomic Transport Induced by Heavy Ion Irradiation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barrett, Christopher Louis — On Central Processes in the Temporal Control of Movement (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bennett, Mark Knowles — Brain Type II Calcium and Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase: Purification, Characterization and Molecular Cloning (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beratan, David Nathan — The Theory of Long Distance Electron Transfer Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Biretta, John Anthony — Investigations of Radio Jets in M87, 3C273, and 3C345 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bjorn, Paul Anders — Games in Econometrics with Applications to Labor Economics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blair, David Francis — Progress Toward Elucidating the Mechanisms of Energy Transduction in Cytochrome c Oxidase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blake, Geoffrey A. — On the Chemical Composition of Interstellar Molecular Clouds: A Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectral Line Survey of OMC-1 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blewitt, Geoffrey — A Search for Free Proton Decay, and Nucleon Decay in O¹⁶, Using the Invariant Mass and Momentum of Exclusive Final States (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Blume, Janet A. — Some Issues in the Kinematics of Finite Deformations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bruno, William Michael — Powder Core Dielectric Waveguides (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cave, Robert J. — A Theoretical Model for Orientation Effects in Electron Transfer Reactions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Celii, Francis Gabriel — I. IR Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Large van der Waals Clusters. II. UV Laser-Induced Photochemistry of Fe(CO)₅ on Single Crystal Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chesshire, Geoffrey Samuel — Composite Grid Construction and Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chi, Bo Kyung — The Motion of Immiscible Drops and the Stability of Annular Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Conklin, Martha Harriet — Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reactions of S(IV) with Cu(II) and Fe(III) (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Crosby, Madeline Anne — Regulation of the Drosophila Glue Gene SGS-3: Sequences Required for Puffing and Transcription (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dally, William James — A VLSI Architecture for Concurrent Data Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dauhajre, Abraham A. — Modelling and Estimation of Leakage Phenomena in Magnetic Circuits (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dubois, Pascale Claude — Study of the Stall-Spin Phenomena Using Analysis and Interactive 3-D Graphics (Engineer's thesis)
• Dunlap, Paul N. — Studies of Flow Modification and Polymer Conformation in Extensional Flows of Dilute Polymer Solutions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Economou, Constantin George — An Operator Theory Approach to Nonlinear Controller Design (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eissler, Holly Kathleen — Investigations of Earthquakes and Other Seismic Sources in Regions of Volcanism (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• El-Hamamsy, Sayed-Amr — Coupled-Inductor Inversion, Rectification and Cycloconversion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ellis, Walther Robert, Jr. — Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Heme and Copper Proteins (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feinstein, David I. — Relating Thermodynamics to Information Theory: The Equality of Free Energy and Mutual Information (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Finch, William C. — Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition Metal Methylidene Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fine, Gerald Jonathan — Carbon Dioxide in Synthetic and Natural Silicate Glasses (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fisher, Douglas Arthur — Class I Genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex: Structural Studies on Genes of the Tla Locus (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Forester, Lynn — An Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopic Study of the Interactions of Cyclic Hydrocarbons with a Zirconium Polymerization Catalyst Supported on Aluminum Oxide (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fourkas, John Theodore — Polycyclic Peroxides and Planar Nitrogens (Master's thesis)
• Freeman, Janet Elizabeth — Design of One-Kilometer-Long Antenna Sticks and Support Structure for a Geosynchronous Satellite (Engineer's thesis)
• Gaines, George Loweree, III — The Control of RNA Synthesis in Isolated HeLa Cell Mitochondria (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gajda, Gregory Joseph — An Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopic Investigation of Inorganic and Organometallic Molybdenum Complexes Adsorbed on Aluminum Oxide Surfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Boning — The Structure and Expression of the Gene Coding for Bindin, a Species Specific Sea Urchin Protein (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gehrels, George Ellery — Geologic and Tectonic Evolution of Annette, Gravina, Duke, and Southern Prince of Wales Islands, Southeastern Alaska (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Geller, Anthony Sigmund — A Study of the Creeping Motion of a Sphere Normal to a Deformable Fluid-Fluid Interface: Deformation and Breakthrough (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gelles, Jeff Daniel — The Cuᴀ Site in Cytochrome c Oxidase: Its Role in Coupling Electron Transport to Proton Pumping (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Georgopoulos, Panagiotis Gerasimou — Mathematical Studies of Photochemical Air Pollution (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gilliom, Laura R. — Titanacyclobutanes Derived from Strained, Cyclic Olefins: A New Living Polymerization System (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gipson, Stephen Lloyd — Electrochemical Studies Related to the Design of New Inorganic Oxidants (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Girnius, Tomas Paul — Ray Tracing in Complex Three-Dimensional Earth Models (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goroff, Marc Howard — The Ultraviolet Divergences of Einstein Gravity (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grand, Stephen Pierre — Shear Velocity Structure of the Mantle Beneath the North American Plate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gray, Harry Andrew — Control of Atmospheric Fine Primary Carbon Particle Concentrations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grosdidier, Pierre — Interaction Measures for Systems Under Decentralized Control (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guérin, Roch — Queueing and Traffic in Cellular Radio (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haney, Michael William — Acousto-Optical Time-and-Space Integrating Processors for Real-Time Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hatfield, Brian F. — Gauge Fields in the Functional Schrödinger Representation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hendricks, Gavin Julian — Two Mechanisms of Vorticity Generation in Combusting Flow Fields (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hetzler, Steven Robert — Infrared Optical Studies of HgTe-CdTe Superlattices and GaAs (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ho, Chi Fai — On Polynomial Invariants for Knots and Links (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ho, Suzzy Chen Hsi — Synthesis and Reactivity of Transition of Metal Homo- and Heterobinuclear Ketene Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hood, Diane Marie — Calculation of e⁻-H Atom Scattering Processes Using Hyperspherical Coordinates (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hookham, Philip Alan — Concentration and Velocity Measurements in Suspensions Flowing through a Rectangular Channel (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hopkins, Michael David — The Energetics, Structures, and Dynamics of the δδ* Excited States of Quadruply Bonded Dimers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hough, David Hans — Parsec-Scale Structure in the Nuclei of Double-Lobed Radio Quasars (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Mark Alan — Concurrent Computation and Its Application to the Study of Melting in Two Dimensions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Nicholas Patrick — Flow-Induced Vibration of Long Structures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Joran, Alvin David — Photochemical Electron Transfer at Fixed Distance: A Synthetic Model of the Photosynthetic Primary Process (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kang, Heon — Gas Phase Studies of Hydrocarbon Oxidation by Chromium Oxide Cation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kawasaki, Kazunori — Monte Carlo Calculation of the Flow of Granular Materials (Engineer's thesis)
• Keelan, Brian William — High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Supersonic Jet-Cooled Molecules (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kolawa, Adam — Semianalytical Calculation of the O⁺⁺ Glueball Mass in Su(2) Gauge Theory (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwong, Sze-Keung — Theory and Applications of Wave-Mixings in Photorefractive Crystals (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lang, Robert James — Semiconductor Lasers: New Geometries and Spectral Properties (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lazzaro, John Paul — anaLOG: A Functional Simulator for VLSI Neural Systems (Master's thesis)
• Lee, Hyuk — Optical Interactions in a Dielectric Material with Multiple Perturbations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, James Joseph — The Genomic Organization and Expression of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Actin Gene Family (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leong, Harrison Mon Fook — Frequency Dependent Electromagnetic Fields: Models Appropriate for the Brain (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Peyyun Peggy — A Parallel Execution Model for Logic Programming (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald — Essays on Speculation and Futures Markets (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lima, Marco Aurelio Pinheiro — Dynamics of Electron-Molecule Collisions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lyons, William Lee — The Construction and Testing of a Hartley Oscillator for Measuring Temperatures in Free-Floating Objects (Master's thesis)
• Mayne, Katherine Mixter — Structural and Functional Studies on the Subunits of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meyer, Paul Wells — The Avoidance Response of Phycomyces in a Controlled Environment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mills, Geoffrey Blount — Charged Kaon Production in Tau Lepton Decays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mjolsness, Eric Daniel — Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, and Fingerprint Hallucination (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mosteller, Richard Craig — Monte Carlo Methods for 2-D Compaction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Natter, Russell Lawrence — Allocations of Computational and Graphical Methods for Separation Processes Calculations and Education (Master's thesis)
• Naughton, Michael John — On Numerical Boundary Conditions for the Navier-Stokes Equations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Newport, Brian John — The Abundances of Ultraheavy Elements in the Cosmic Radiation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• O'Loughlin, Michael John — The Determination of Atom-Molecule Interaction Potentials from Total Differential Cross Sections (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papantoniou, Dimitris Antony — Observations in Turbulent Buoyant Jets by Use of Laser-Induced Fluorescence (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Peek, Ralf — Analysis of Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks under Seismic Loads (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pönisch, Volker — Subbarrier Fusion of the Oxygen Isotopes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pruitt, Robert Edwin — Characterization of the Genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ramsamujh, Taje Indrallal — Some Topics in Descriptive Set Theory and Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reid, Brian Paul — Elastic, Inelastic, and Photofragment Scattering from Crossed Molecular Beams (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rich, Robert Michael — Abundances and Kinematics of K Giants in the Galactic Nuclear Bulge (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Richards, Mark Alan — Dynamical Models for the Earth's Geoid (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rigden, Sally Miranda — The Determination of the Equation of State of Molten Silicates at High Pressures Using Shock-Wave Techniques (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rivkin, Leonid Zinovy — Damping Ring for the SLAC Linear Collider (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robey, Harry Francis, III — The Nature of Oblique Instability Waves in Boundary Layer Transition (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rollins, David Kenneth — Diffusion with Varying Drag; the Runaway Problem (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rushanan, Joseph John — Topics in Integral Matrices and Abelian Group Codes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sams, David Bruce — U/Pb Zircon Geochronology, Petrology, and Structural Geology of the Crystalline Rocks of the Southernmost Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains, Kern County, California (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schlesinger, Tuviah Ehud — Optical and Opto-Electronic Investigations of Semiconductor Defects and Heterostructures (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schultz, Steve Chester — Site Saturation Mutagenesis of Residue 71 in β-Lactamase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schweizer, David Lawrence — Some Results on Kolmogorov-Chaitin Complexity (Master's thesis)
• Schwendeman, Donald William — Numerical Shock Propagation Using Geometrical Shock Dynamics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seo, Jin-Ho — Investigations of Plasmid-Host Cell Interactions in Recombinant Escherichia coli Populations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shia, Run-Lie — Partially Coherent Wave Scattering and Radiative Transfer: An Integral Equation Approach (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sigurdson, Lorenz Willard — The Structure and Control of a Turbulent Reattaching Flow (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silling, Stewart Andrew — Singularities and Phase Transitions in Elastic Solids: Numerical Studies and Stability Analysis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Siu, Gerald — Antigen Receptors on Lymphocytes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Skjelbreia, James Eric — Observations of Breaking Waves on Sloping Bottoms by Use of Laser Doppler Velocimetry (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, John Stephen — III-V Molecular Beam Epitaxy Structures for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Michael Glenn — Approaches to the Syntheses of the Acyltetramic Acid Antibiotics Streptolydigin, Tirandamycin A, and Tirandamycin B (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stille, John Robert — The Synthetic Versatility of Titanocene Methylidene Sources and Their Utility in the Total Synthesis of Capnellene (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Yi Henry — Organization and Evolution of the Class I Genes in the Murine Major Histocompatibility Complex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swaminathan, Kumar — Analysis and Demonstration of the Quantile Vocoder (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sylwester, Alan Paul — Matrix Isolation and Characterization of 1,1-Diazenes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Synolakis, Constantine Emmanuel — The Runup of Long Waves (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan, Thiam-Soon — Two-Phase Soil Study: A. Finite Strain Consolidation. B. Centrifuge Scaling Considerations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tanner, John Edward — Integrated Optical Motion Detection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Stephen — The Effects of Large-Eddy Manipulator Devices on the Turbulent Spot and the Turbulent Boundary Layer (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thompson, Douglas Kelvin — Attempts to Synthesize Cyclic Group 8 Metallaesters (Master's thesis)
• Thompson, Mark Edward — Synthesis and Investigations into the Reactivity of Electron Deficient Organoscandium Complexes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tolbert, Margaret A. — Mechanisms and Energetics of Alkane Activation by Transition Metal Ions in the Gas Phase (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ungsuwarungsri, Tawach — The Effect of Strain-Softening Cohesive Material on Crack Stability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• van Zyl, Jakob Johannes — On the Importance of Polarization in Radar Scattering Problems (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Varney, Michael David — Approach to the Synthesis of Chlorothricolide: Synthesis of (±)-19,20-Dihydro-24-O-methylchlorotricolide, methyl ester, ethyl carbonate (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Venkataramanan, Ramanarayanan — Sliding Mode Control of Power Converters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waldman, Jed Michael — Depositional Aspects of Pollutant Behavior in Fog (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wardle, Robert Budge — Approach to the Synthesis of the Acyltetramic Acid Antibiotic Bu-2313 (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Warren, Dale Ross — Nucleation and Growth of Aerosols (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weimer, Michael Ben — Thermal Desorption of Helium Films: Theory and Experiment (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weldon, Ray James, II — The Late Cenozoic Geology of Cajon Pass; Implications for Tectonics and Sedimentation along the San Andreas Fault (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wenkert, Daniel — Empirical Relations Between the Earth's Radiation Budget, Cloudiness, and Various Meteorological Parameters (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winoto, Astar — Structure and Function of the Murine T-Cell Receptor Genes and the Murine Class I Genes of the Major Histocompatability Complex (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yamamoto, Hitoshi — A Study of Charged D* Mesons Produced in e⁺e⁻ Annihilation at E꜀ₘ = 29 GeV (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zah, Chung-en — Millimeter-Wave Monolithic Schottky Diode Imaging Arrays (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zelt, Jeffrey Alan — Tsunamis: The Response of Harbours with Sloping Boundaries to Long Wave Excitation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Jinlin — Internal Solitons Generated by Moving Disturbances (Dissertation (Ph.D.))