MASTERS THESES IN THE PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES ACCEPTED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA VOLUME 19 A Publication of the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) MASTERS THESES IN THE PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES ACCEPTED BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA VOLUME19 Edited by Wade H. Shafer Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC The Library of Congress cataloged the first volume of this title as follows: Masters theses in the pure and applied sciences accepted by colleges and universities of the United States. v. 111- 1955-56- Lafayette, Ind., School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. Y. ~{) cm. annual. Ti tie varies: 1951Hi6-1957, Master's theses accepted by U. S. colleges and uni>erslties in the tlelds of chemical englneerlng, chem lstry, mechanical englneering, metallurgical englneerlng, and phys !cs.-1958, Master's theses and doctoral rlissertations in the pure and applied science~ fif'f'Ppted by PollPgP:o: nnrl unfT'Pr~ltiP~ of the (":'nited StatP~. Vols. for 1955-56- issued by Purdue Unlverslty's Thermophyslcal Pt·operties Research CPnter (1955-56 as its TPRC pnblication) QC251.P8 1. Science-Bibl. 2. Englneering-Bibl. 3. Dissertatlons, Aca demic-U. S.-Bibl. r. Purdue Unlverslty, Lafayette, Ind. Ther mophyslcal Propertles Re•earch Center. ( Series : Purdue Univer sity, Lafnyette, Ind. Thermophysical PropPrtie~ lle!'eareh Center. TPRC publication) Z7401.M35 58-62673 Library of Congres~ Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 58-62673 ISBN 978-1-4757-5778-1 ISBN 978-1-4757-5776-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-5776-7 © 1975 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1975 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1s t edition 1975 Davis House (4th Floor), 8 Scrubs Lane, Harlesden, London, NW10 6SE, England Ali rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher PREFACE Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and dis seminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis, (CINDAS) *at Purdue University in 1957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the ac tivity was transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all concerned if the printing and distribution of the volume were handled by an international publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Corporation of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 19 (thesis year 1974) a total of 10,045 theses titles from 20 Canadian and 209 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for theses titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work. The organization of Volume 19 is identical to that of past years. It consists of theses titles arranged by discipline and by university within each discipline. Any accredited univer sity or college with a graduate program in the pure and applied sciences (excluding math ematics and the life sciences) is invited to contribute titles in the fields presently covered. Inquiries concerning interlibrary loan or purchase of any title mentioned in this volume should be sent directly to the institution responsible for the thesis. Some theses may be shifted in their listing to best reflect their contents with respect to the 44 different study disciplines. For example, a thesis in civil engineering may be listed in this publication under disciplines 09-Civil Engineering, 23-lrrigation Engineer ing, 42-Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution, and Water Resources, or 44-Transporta tion Engineering. The editor gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the librarians and graduate school officials whose continued interest in this work makes its publication possible. CINDAS rs pleased to play its part in the uninterrupted publication of this reference work since thesis year 1955. The editor also wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Mr. James W. Phillips, who has developed and improved the computer program which creates this manuscript. *Formerly the Thermophysica/ Properties Research Center (TPRC) CONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Comparative Data on the Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Participating Universities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Masters Theses Listed by Study Discipline* 1. Aerospace Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Agricultural Economics, Sciences, and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4. Astronomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5. Astrophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 6. Ceramic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7. Chemical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8. Chemistry and Biochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 9. Civil Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 10. Communications Engineering and Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 11. Cryogenic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 12. Electrical Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 13. Engineering Mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 14. Engineering Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 15. Engineering Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 16. Fuels, Combustion, and Air Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 17. General and Environmental Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 18. Geochemistry and Soil Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 19. Geological Sciences and Geophysical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 20. Geology and Earth Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 21. Geophysics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 22. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 23. Irrigation Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 24. Marine and Ocean Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 25. Materials Science and Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 26. Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 27. Metallurgy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 28. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 29. Mineralogy and Petrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 30. Mining and Metallurgical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 31. Missile and Space Systems Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 32. Nuclear Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 33. Nuclear Physics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 34. Nuclear Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 35. Oceanography and Marine Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 36. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 37. Photogrammetric and Geodetic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 38. Physics and Biophysics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 39. Plastics Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 40. Wood Technology, Forestry, and Forest Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 41. Reactor Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 42. Sanitary Engineering, Water Pollution, and Water Resources . . . . . . . . . . 262 43. Textile Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 44. Transportation Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Theses without Specification of School or Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 *Mathematics and most life sciences have been excluded from this publication, on a purely arbitrary basis, simply to limit the scope of the work. Biochemistry, biophysics, and bioengineering are in cluded in the coverage when titles in these areas are reported together with chemistry, physics, and engineering and not as a separate discipline. COMPARATIVE DATA ON THE SERIES Thesis Contributing Titles Volume Publication Date Year Institutions Reported { 1955 93 1,002 Oct. 1957 1956 93 1,027 2 Aug. 1958 1957 154 1,727 3* Oct. 1959 1958 139 3,736 4 Dec. 1960 1959 162 4,984 5 Dec. 1961 1960 183 5,708 6 Aug. 1966 1961 186 5,911 7 Aug. 1966 1962 186 6,321 8 Aug. 1966 1963 175 6,505 9 Jan. 1968 1964 174 6,940 10 Jan. 1968 1965 170 7,310 11 Jan. 1968 1966 173 7,099 12 Jul. 1968 1967 167 6,909 13 Jul. 1969 1968 174 7,802 14 Jan. 1971 1969 175 7,160 15 Jul. 1971 1970 183 7,437 16 Jul. 1972 1971 182 7,170 17 Jul. 1973 1972 250 8,513 1st Dec. 1974 1973 251 10,381 19 Dec. 1975 1974 229 10,045 * Part Two of Volume 3 included doctoral dissertations from the 1956-1957 academic year, citing 2,846 titles from 103 universities. t Effective with Volume 18, the coverage was extended to include Canadian universities. PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES P-RTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES xi 1. ABILENE CH~ISTIAN COLLEGE 2B. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY ABILENE, TEXAS 796J1 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95619 2. AKRON, UNIVERSITY OF 29. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF AK~ON, OHIO ~430~ DAVIS, CALIFO~NIA 95&16 3. ALA3AHA, UNIVE~SITY OF 3n • CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF 3IR~INGHA~, ALABAMA 3529~ IRWINE, CALIFORNIA 92664 4• ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF 31. CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35BJ7 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9C024 5. ALFRED UNIVERSITY 32. CARLoTON UNIVERSITY ALFREDo NEW YO.K 143C2 OTTAWA, CANADA KIS 58& 6. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY 33. CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. 2CG16 PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 15213 7. A~IZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 34. CASE WESTER~ RESERVE UNIVERSITY TE~PE, AKIZONA 85281 CLEVELAND, OHIO ~4106 8. ARKANS~S STATE UNIVERSITY 35, C~THOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA STATE UNIVERSITY, ARKANSAS 72467 WASHINGTON, O.C. 2J'J17 9. AFKANSAS, UNIVERSITY CF 3&. CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FAYETTESVILLE, A~KANSAS 72731 MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 46858 10. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY 37. CINCINNATI, UNIVERSITY OF ATLANTA, SEORG!A 3031~ CINCINNATI, OHIO 45221 11. AU3URN UNIVE~SITY 38, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK AUBURN, ALABAMA 3683L NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10031 12. 3ALL STATE UNIVERSITY ~9. CLARKSON COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ~UNCIE, INDIANA 473:& POTSOAH, NEW YORK 13&76 13. 3AYLOR UNIVERSITY 4Q. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY WACO, TEXAS 7b70o CLEMSONo SOUTH CAROLINA 29&31 14. 30STON UNIVERSITY 41, CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS u2215 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115 15. BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY 42. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 9GWLING GREEN, OHIO 434"3 GOlDEN, COLORAOO 804C1 1b. BR.AOLEY UNIVEf'SITY ~3. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PEORIA, ILLINLIS 616~5 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80521 17• 3FIGHIH YOUNG UNIVERSITY ~4. CO"LORAOC, UNIVERSITY OF PROVO, UTAH 84&"1 80ULOER, COLORADO 8G304 18. 3RITISH COLU~BIA, UNIVERSITY OF ~5. CONCO~OIA UNIVERSITY VANCOUVER 3, CANADA MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA H3G IH3 19. 3ROCK UNIVERSITY ST, CATHARINE$, ONTARIO 46. CONNECTICUT, UNIVERSITY OF CANADA L2S 3A1 STORRS, CONNECTICUT 06266 2C. aROOKL YN COLLEGE <t7 • COOPER UNIO~ BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 1121u NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 21. BR.OWN UNIVERSITY <;8. CORNELL UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND ,2312 ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 22• BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 49. DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17837 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA 23. BUTLER UNIVERSITY 5~. DAYTON, UNIVERSITY CF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ~6207 DAYTON, OHIC 45469 24. CALGARY, UNIVERSITY OF 51. DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA f2N 1N4 NEWARK, DELAWARE 19711 25• CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 52, DENVER, UNIVERSITY OF F~ESNO, CALIFOPNIA 93710 DENVER, COLORADO 80210 2&. CALIFORNIA STAT~ UNIVERSITY 53. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY LONG 9EACH, CALIFORNIA 9034) GREENCASTLE, INDIANA 4&135 27. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 54. DREXEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA 91324 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 191J4 xii PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES CCONTINUEDI 55, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 83o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLIN4 27834 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21218 5&o EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVo~SITY 84, ~ANSAS STAT~ COLLEGE JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE 37&11 PITTS9URG, KANSAS 6&7&2 57, EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 85, KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMERCE, TEXAS 75428 EMPORIA, KANSAS 6&801 58, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY a&. ~ANSAS ST.TE UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS 61920 MANHATTENt KANSAS &65C4 59, EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 87, ~ANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, KENTUCKY 40475 LAWRENCE, KANSAS &&044 &Q, EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY 88. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PORTALES, NEW MEXICC 88130 KENT, OHIO 44240 61, EMORY UNIVERSITY 89, KENTUCKY, UNIVERSITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30322 LEXI,NGTON, KENTUCKY 40506 62• FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY 90, LAKE HEAD UNIVERSITY TEANECK, NEW JERSEY 0766& THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA P7B SE1 63, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32306 91o LAHAR UNIVERSITY BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77710 64, FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA 326B1 92, LAURENTIEN UNIVERSITY SUDBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA 65. FORT HAYS KANSAS STATE COLLEGE ~AYS, KANSAS 67601 93< LEHIGH UNIVERSITY BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 1801S 66, FREDONIA, STATE UNIVERSITY CJLLEGE FREDONIA, NEW YORK 14063 94, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY BROOKLYN, NEW YOR~ 11201 &7, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, DoCo 200D6 95, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70803 68, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHN~LJGY ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30 332 96o LOUISIANA T~CH UNIVERSITY RUSTON, LOUISIANA 71270 69. GEORGIA, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601 97, LOUISVILLE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, ~ENTUCKY 40208 70o GUELPH, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA N1G 2W1 98, LOWELL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS 018S4 71, HAWAII, UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822 99, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS &0&2& 72o HOLY CROSS, COLLEGE OF THE WORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01o1D 1•0• LYNCHBURG COLLEGE LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 245a4 73, IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY POCATELLO, IDAHO 83201 1a, MAINE, UNIVERSITY OF ORONO, MAINE 04473 74o IDAHO, UNIVERSITY OF MOSCOW, IDAHO 83843 1t2, MANITOBA, UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA R3T 2N2 75, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TE~iNJLJGY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 6C616 103, MARQUETTE UNIV~RSITY MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53233 7&, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY NORMAL, ILLINOIS 61761 104, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 77, ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MAS SAC HJSETTS 02139 URBANA, ILLINOIS 61801 1C5, MASSACHUSETTS, UNIVERSITY OF 78, INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS ~1902 T~RRE HAUTE, I~OIANA 4780; 10&, MC MASTER UNIVERSITY 79, INDIANA UNIVERSITY HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA LaS 4K1 BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 474'1 1C7, MC NEESE STATE UNIVERSITY 80. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70607 AMES, I,OIIA 50010 108, MIAMI UNIVERSITY 81, IOWA, UNIVERSITY OF OXFD·~o, OHIO 4505& IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 109, MIAMI, UNIVERSITY OF 82o JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 33124 CLEVELAND, OHIO 4~118