Alumni List with Links to Theses

List of OSU Mathematics Graduates by Year with Links to Theses

Degrees in year 2008

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Strowbridge, JessicaPh.D.Thomas P. DickMiddle School Teachers' Use of a Formative Feedback Guide in Mathematical Problem Solving Instruction



Degrees in year 2007

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Biederman, Shannon MiriahM.S.Malgorzata PeszynskaNonlinear solvers for a model problem of fluid flow in the subsurface
Eves, Matthew JasperM.S.Yevgeniy KovchegovMixing time for a 3-cycle interacting particle system : a coupling approach
Garibotti, Cristiano RodriguesM.S.Malgorzata PeszynskaUpscaling non-Darcy flow using mixed finite element method
Ghimire, Kailash C.Ph.D.Dennis J. GarityAn intrinsic codimension two cellular decomposition of the Hilbert cube
Ramirez, Jorge M.Ph.D.Thomann, E. A. and Waymire E. C.Skew Brownian motion and branching processes applied to diffusion-advection in heterogenous media and fluid flow
Wangberg, Aaron D.Ph.D.Tevian DrayThe structure of E6



Degrees in year 2006

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Constantinescu, Corina D.Ph.D.Enrique A. ThomannRenewal risk processes with stochastic returns on investments : a unified approach and analysis of the ruin probabilities
Ngo, Nam V.M.S.Enrique A. ThomannTowards an analytical model for carbon storage in forested landscapes



Degrees in year 2005

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Gratton, Larry A.Ph.D.Adel FaridaniNonuniform sampling problems in computed tomography



Degrees in year 2004

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Burns, Erick R.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherThermodynamic correction for salts in variably saturated porous media
Orum, John ChristopherPh.D.Edward C. WaymireBranching processes and partial differential equations



Degrees in year 2003

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Bell, Andrea MoreiraPh.D.Thomas A. SchmidtHilbert modular surfaces and uniformizing groups of klein invariants
Black, WendyPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherConstruction and numerical simulation of a two-dimensional analogue to the KdV equation
Constantinescu, Corina D.M.S.Enrique A. ThomannRuin theory under uncertain investments
Gyde, Nina J.M.A.Ronald B. GuentherThe violin's sound : a mathematical exploration employing principles of continuum mechanics and numerical methods
Lin, FuSen F.Ph.D.Larry Lung-Kee ChenNumerical inversion of laplace transforms by the trapezoidal-type methods



Degrees in year 2002

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Kang, Dong SeungPh.D.Reichstein, Z.Trace forms and self-dual normal bases in Galois field extensions
Kim, Seong KunPh.D.William A. BogleyAsphericity of length 6 equations over torsion free groups



Degrees in year 2001

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Fassett, Jonathon E.Ph.D.Richard SchoriInverse limits and full families
Georgieva, Bogdana A.Ph.D.Ronald B. GuentherNoether-type theorems for the generalized variational principle of Herglotz
Glantz, Wayne L.Ph.D.Larry Lung-Kee ChenA singular integral operator along a hypersurface
Schmidt, Stephen M.M.S.Barbara E. EdwardsSpatial ability and mathematics



Degrees in year 2000

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Biskup, Igor MarkoPh.D.William A. BogleyLogical implications between different flavors of asphericity
Dixon, LeonardPh.D.McDougal, W. G.The equations of motion of a deformable saturated porous medium with micropolar structure
Fredericks, Julia D.Ph.D.William A. BogleyLocal indicability and relative presentations of groups
Kaul, AntonPh.D.William A. BogleyRigidity for a class of Coxeter groups
Le, Hung VietPh.D.Larry Lung-Kee ChenMaximal operators along surfaces of revolution
Lee, HankuPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherThe existence and uniqueness of solutions in a weighted Sobolov space for an initial-boundary problem of a degenerate parabolic equation with principal part in divergence form
Smith, Katherine M.Ph.D.Thomas A. SchmidtPrincipal subgroups of the nonarithmetic Hecke triangle groups and Galois orbits of algebraic curves



Degrees in year 1999

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Agnew, Alfonso F.Ph.D.Tevian DrayDistributional modes for quantum field theory in curved spacetimes
Behmard, Hamid R.Ph.D.Adel FaridaniNonperiodic sampling theorems and filter banks
Lan, Ih-RenPh.D.David V. FinchOn an operator associated to a resticted x-ray transform
Limmer, Douglas JamesPh.D.Robson, R.Measure-equivalence of quadratic forms
Norris, Gordon F.M.S.Reddy, S.Spectral integration and the numerical solution of two-point boundary value problems



Degrees in year 1998

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Fischer, James P.Ph.D.Tevian DrayA new look at the Ashtekar-Magnon energy condition
Krouss, Paul R.Ph.D.Robert M. BurtonDependent site percolation models
Schuster, MarkusM.S.Ronald B. GuentherComputation of the stresses on a rigid body in exterior stokes and oseen flows



Degrees in year 1997

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Adams, Patrick GuyM.S.Reichstein, Z.A numerical approach to Tamme's problem in euclidean n-space
Plaehn, David C.Ph.D.Robert M. BurtonOne-dimensional Kohonen maps are super-stable with exponential rate
Zandieh, Michelle J.Ph.D.Thomas P. DickThe evolution of student understanding of the concept of derivative



Degrees in year 1996

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Black, Steven R.M.S.William A. BogleyThe Hawaiian Earring
Hale, Patricia L.Ph.D.Thomas P. DickBuilding conceptions and repairing misconceptions in student understanding of kinematic graphs : using student discourse in calculator based laboratories
Iseri, Shellie M.M.S.Weideman, A.High order finite difference methods
Utter, Frederick W.Ph.D.Thomas P. DickRelationships among AP calculus teachers' pedagogical content beliefs, classroom practice, and their students' achievement



Degrees in year 1995

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Danielson, Lynda MajorPh.D.Burton FeinThe galois theory of iterated binomials
Kuhnert, JorgM.S.Ronald B. GuentherNumerical computation of free surface water flow
Nam, KiwonPh.D.Dennis J. GarityDetecting piecewise linear approximate fibrations
Senkyrik, MartinPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherA topological approach to dry friction and nonlinear beams
Zhang, QingPh.D.Edward C. WaymireSome tree structure function asymptotics



Degrees in year 1994

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Boersma, Stuart F.Ph.D.Tevian DrayParametric manifolds
Farea, Hussain A.M.S.Musser, G. L.Solving polynomial equations from 2000 B.C. through 20th century
Krussel, Carolyn E. S.Ph.D.Thomas P. DickVisualization and reification of concepts in advanced mathematical thinking
Maxwell, Mark M.Ph.D.Edward C. WaymireAsymptotic enumeration for combinatorial structures
Treuden, Mark RichardPh.D.Firey, W. J.Collision probabilities of convex polygons in spherical two-space
Venema, Rienk S.M.S.Robert M. BurtonHow the perceptron reacts on non-separable classification problems
White, Peter W.Ph.D.Weideman, A.The Davey-Stewartson equations : a numerical study



Degrees in year 1993

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Averbeck, Patrick J.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherBoundary value problem for the rectangular wavemaker
Cho, Yong-KumPh.D.Larry Lung-Kee ChenMultiparameter maximal operators and square functions on product spaces
Limmer, Douglas JamesM.S.Robson, R.Using p-adic valuations to decrease computational error
Munzenmayer, KatjaM.A.Ronald B. GuentherThe fractal structure of surface water waves near breaking
Park, Young KouPh.D.Donald C. SolmonOn perturbation and location of roots of polynomials by Newton's interpolation formula



Degrees in year 1992

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Goulet, MarcPh.D.Robert M. BurtonOne-dependence and k-block factors
Hagelberg, Carl R.Ph.D.Bennett, A.Existence of a solution to a variational data assimilation method in two-dimensional hydrodynamics
Jubran, Isa S.Ph.D.Shori, R. and Garity, D.Chaotic embedding of the Whitehead continuum



Degrees in year 1991

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Choi, In-kyeongPh.D.Robert M. BurtonOn straight line representations of random planar graphs
Crow, John A.Ph.D.Ronald B. GuentherA nonlinear shallow water wave equation and its classical solutions of the cauchy problem
Gilliland, Crystal L.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherWaves and fractals
Hart, Dianne K.Ph.D.Thomas P. DickBuilding concept images supercalculators and students' use of multiple representations in calculus
Hwang, Dae-sikPh.D.Robert M. BurtonLarge deviation principles for random measures
Klute, AnnetteM.S.Robson, R.Real algebraic geometry and the Pierce-Birkhoff conjecture
Tieman, Henry WilliamM.S.Davis, J.A computer subroutine for the numerical solution of nonlinear Fredholm equations



Degrees in year 1990

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Andersen, Robert NelsPh.D.Richard SchoriHomotopy construction techniques applied to the cell like dimension raising problem and to higher dimensional dunce hats
Bodvarsson, Gudrun M.Ph.D.Ronald B. GuentherSolutions to some linear evolutionary systems of equations : study of the double porosity model of fluid flow in fractured rock and its applications
Green, Dale E.M.A.Stalley, R. D.Existence of smalll zero-sum subsets of large sets of residue classes
Ivey, Kathy M. C.M.S.Shaughnessy, M. J.Uses of microcomputers to enchance precalculus mathematics
Peckham, ScottM.S.Edward C. WaymireStochastic geometry with applications to river networks
Shea, Edward CarlPh.D.Burton FeinMinimal simultaneous embeddings of central simple algebras
Tuen, TuenM.S.Davis, J.Characterization of the best approximations by classic cubic splines
Warren, Andrew HowardM.S.Robert M. BurtonAn investigation in size reduction in neural networks



Degrees in year 1989

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Cooper, Julia M.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherTime dependent wavemaker problem for linear waves
Owen, Amy M.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherThe nonlinear wavemaker problem
Park, Tae-soonPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherNonlinear free boundary problems arising from melting processes
Perlot, MartinM.S.Robert M. BurtonThe suppression of learning at the hidden units of neural networks
Wang, XiM.S.Larry Lung-Kee ChenOn a class of singular integrals



Degrees in year 1988

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Cavaiani, Thomas P.Ph.D. Math EdHoward WilsonAn investigation of the relationship between cognitive style and the diagnostic skills of novice COBOL student programmers
Doll, Helmut RichardM.S.Hoste, J.A survey of combinatorial link invariants and their application to link tabulations
Franzosa, Marie M.Ph.D.Robert M. BurtonDensities and dependence for point processes
King, Paul EversonM.S.Ronald B. GuentherElectro-magneto-hydrodynamics : the processes of electric arc steelmaking
Kumazawa, MakotoM.S.Mysore NarasimhanAcceleration waves in micropolar elastic media and formation of shear bands
Lekhyananda, SuravateM.S.Harold R. ParksThe homology of de Rahm currents
Minei, MarvinM.S.Robert L. HigdonAn analysis of accuracy of finite difference and finite element methods for the wave equation
Smith, Steven J.Ph.D.Lea F. MurphyOptimal harvesting of continuous age structured populations



Degrees in year 1987

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Maurer, Roger JosephM.S.Musser, G. L.A survey of linear programming algorithms
Moore-Mueller, Laura J.M.S.Ronald B. GuentherThe effects of nonlinearity, viscosity, and temperature in Burgers' equation
Rohm, Dale M.Ph.D.Richard SchoriAlternative characterizations of weak infinite-dimensionality and their relation to a problem of Alexandroff's



Degrees in year 1986

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Hazou, Irene A.Ph.D.Donald C. SolmonThe exponential X-ray transform
Helfenstein, Franz HugoPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherA free boundary value problem modeling streambed erosion



Degrees in year 1985

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Bottema, Murk J.Ph.D.Smith, K. T.Median filters and iterative noise elimination with applications to the sharpening of radiographs
Keinert, FritzPh.D.Smith, K. T.The divergent k-plane transform
Kim, Tae-sungPh.D.Robert M. BurtonCentral limit theorems for associated random fields with applications
Moussaoui, AhmedM.A.Shaughnessy, M. J.Real roots of polynomials : an interactive computer approach
O'Regan, Daniel J.Ph.D.John W. LeeInitial and boundary value problems via topological methods



Degrees in year 1984

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Dougherty, Anne MM.S.Jacob, W.Relative rigidity in abstract Witt rings
Glaffig, Clemens HM.S.Edward C. WaymireGibbs states and correlation
Kharab, AbdelwahabPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherA nonlinear free boundary value problem
Vlessis, Nicholas CM.S.Mysore NarasimhanNonlinear stability of Couette flows of micropolar fluids



Degrees in year 1983

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Kiser, TerryPh.D.Bodvarsson, G.Fractional powers of the Laplacian with application to small amplitude water waves
Mohamed, Fouad Abd El-AalPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherNonlinear free boundary problems arising from soil freezing in a bounded region
Treuden, Michael L.Ph.D.Philip AnseloneAsymptotically compact operator approximation theory



Degrees in year 1982

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Bashir, MohommedPh.D.Francis FlahertyZero-rest-mass fields from the formula of a tube in complex projective three-space
Gerlach, JurgenPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherA free boundary value problem for the gas dynamic equations
Kinion, Paul A.M.S.Cull, P.Uniform Hamiltonian touring sequences
Ojha, Murari PrasadPh.D.Goheen, H. E.Smooth approximations and quermassintegrals
Scarborough, Stephen D.Ph.D.David CarterA moment rate characterization for stochastic integrals
Sologuren P, SantiagoM.S.Stalley, R. D.Systems of incongruences in a proof on addition mod m



Degrees in year 1981

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Okada, KanzoPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanSynthetic method in thermal boundary layer transition



Degrees in year 1980

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Kim, Jong-ChulPh.D.Francis FlahertyEmbeddings of Lorentzian manifolds by solutions of the d'Alembertian equations
Lancaster, Kirk EugenePh.D.Bent E. PetersenOn temperate fundamental solutions with support in a nonsalient cone



Degrees in year 1979

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Curl, Elizabeth SimpsonM.S.Goheen, H. E.Analytical foundations of plane geometry
Gerlach, SiegfriedM.S.Kas, A.Application of algebraic topology to graphs and networks
Lodwick, Weldon A.Ph.D.Davis, J.Two numerical methods for the solutions of optimal control problems with computed error bounds using the maximum principle of pontryagin
Malloy, DavidM.A.John W. LeeBoundary value problems and bifurcation theory for ordinary differential equations
Wong, Anita Yuen-lingM.S.Ronald B. GuentherThe numerical computations in the neighborhood of isolated singularities with applications



Degrees in year 1978

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Bland, Steven AndrewM.S.Simons, W. H.The distribution of partial quotients in the simple continued fraction expansion of a real number
Celarier, Donald AllenPh.D.Davis, J.A study of the global convergence properties of Newton's method
Kiyak, James WalterM.S.Francis FlahertyA frenet theorem for regular null curves in L^3
McCay, Brian M.Ph.D.Mysore NarasimhanNonlocal electromagnetic theory of fluids with applications to surface waves in a dielectric fluid
McGee, Keane B.Ph.D.Firey, W. J.Generalized convex bodies of revolution in n-dimensional space
Summers, Daniel StewartPh.D.Kas, A.On the Picard group of branched coverings of CP^2



Degrees in year 1977

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Borer, DavidM.S.Philip AnseloneApproximate solutions of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with singular kernels
Endicott, Patrick C.Ph.D.Smith, J. W.Simplicial bundles and the homology structure of submersions
Guenther, John H.M.S.Lonseth, A. T.Movement of populations in restricted regions
Kelley, Thomas E.Ph.D.Mysore NarasimhanMicrocontinuum theory and orientational effects in smectic liquid crystals
Okada, KanzoM.S.Mysore NarasimhanThe asymptotic boundary layer on a circular cylinder in axisymmetric micropolar fluid flow and constitutive theories
Parker, Phillip E.Ph.D.Francis FlahertySingular geometry and geometric singularities
Reedy, Catherine AnneM.S.Davis, J.Approximation of continuous functions by Everett Splines
Stynes, Martin J.Ph.D.Philip AnseloneAn algorithm for the numerical calculation of the degree of a mapping
Swartz, William JohnM.S.Lonseth, A. T.On convergence of infinite series of images



Degrees in year 1976

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Dranchak, John J.Ph.D.Stuart NewbergerProperties and integral representations of distributions of operators
Fredricks, Gregory AlanPh.D.Andreotti, A.Higher order differential geometry and some related questions
Greenfield, Gary RobertPh.D.Burton FeinEven order subgroups of finite dimensional division rings
Kan, Joseph Ting-chePh.D.Bent E. PetersenPaley-Wiener theorems with convex weight functions
Matzdorff, Edward MaxPh.D.Lee, J. W. and Livingston, A. E.Gibbs phenomenon and lebesgue constants for the Quasi-Hausdorff means of double series
Ng, Mary Jeanne PePh.D.Burton FeinThe Zp (t)-adequacy of pure plynomials



Degrees in year 1975

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Banks, Bernard WPh.D.Stuart NewbergerTime derivatives of observables and applications
Daily, JohnPh.D.Stalley, R. D.The distribution of certain sequences of n-Tuples of numbers Modulo 1
DuBeau, Donald GenePh.D.Ronald B. GuentherMathematical aspects of the flow of gases underground
Henry, Calvin Oscar LeonM.S.Goheen, H. E.Computation by a Turing machine carried out in a Minsky post tag formalism
Upatisringa, VisutdhiPh.D.Charles BallantineThe relation between complex matrices obtained by composing similarity and conjunctivity



Degrees in year 1974

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Baker, Steven MichaelPh.D.Smith, J. W.Obstruction theory for simplicial bundles
Chang, Wei-rongPh.D.Bent E. PetersenGeneralized Hilbert transforms associated to cones in R [to the nth power]
Halfant, MatthewPh.D.Lonseth, A. T.Some results in the ergodic theory of generalized expansions of real numbers
Hartvigson, Zenas RussellPh.D.Goheen, H. E.The completeness axiom of Lobachevskian geometry
Mirkovich, Christina JosephineM.S.John W. LeeApplications of collectively compact operator theory to the existence of eigenvalues of integral equations
Sekino, JunpeiPh.D.Smith, J. W.Homology theory of submersions
Solmon, Donald CPh.D.Smith, K. T.The x-ray transform
Toms, Ralph MarvinPh.D.Davis, J.Globally optimal Runge-Kutta methods



Degrees in year 1973

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Akerman, Michael WalterPh.D.Simons, W. H.Some results on k-line partitions
Battilega, John AnthonyPh.D.Guthrie, D.Computational improvements to Benders decomposition for generalized fixed charge problems
Dastrange, NassarPh.D.Stone, W. M.On the reconstruction of bandlimited signals from sampled values
Ghandour, Nabil NassibPh.D.Bodvarsson, G.Stability of convective flows in porous media
Hook, Donald GeorgePh.D.Charles BallantineEffects of conjunctivity on the inertia of complex matrices
Jumani, Vishnu BalchandPh.D.Stone, W. M.A study of the quantization procedure : higher order information and the conditions for minimum error
Ng, Dina NgPh.D.Charles BallantineAn effective criterion for congruence of real symmetric matrix pairs
Yip, Elizabeth LingfoonPh.D.Charles BallantineMatrices conjunctive with their adjoints



Degrees in year 1972

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Applebee, Ralph CalvinPh.D.David CarterFinite models of zero order propositional calculi
Ballance, Jeffrey DavidM.S.Davis, J.MINITRAN : an on-line function translator with capabilities for solving ordinary differential equations
Bello, Jackson HenryM.S.Lonseth, A. T.Solution by the method of G. C. Evans of the Volterra integral equation corresponding to the initial value problem for a non- homogeneous linear differential equation with constant coefficients
Blair, Larry LouisM.S.Lonseth, A. T.A nonlinear Fredholm integral equation as encountered in radiation through an atmosphere
Bu, How-shoneM.S.Bradford ArnoldThe structure of preordered sets and their topological properties
Cullop, Paul WayneM.S.Davis, J.Automated rigorous solutions to nonlinear equations
Daily, Mary LouPh.D.Stalley, R. D.A fundamental inequality in additive number theory and some related numerical functions
Diffely, Robert ElwinM.S.Goheen, H. E.A FORTRAN program for the simultaneous solution of two algebraic polynomial equations in two unknowns
Domke, Delmar EichlerM.S.Gagliardo, E.Selection of discriminating characteristics by partial similarity for the two class recognition problem of artificial intelligence
Hofer, Jack EdwardPh.D.Brown, J. R.Topological entropy for noncompact spaces and other extensions
Kerrick, Jerrill DouglasPh.D.Brown, J. R.Group automorphisms of the n-torus : a representation theorem and some applications
Lo, Wen-soPh.D.Philip AnseloneSpectral approximation theory for bounded linear operators
Mueller, T. J.Ph.D.Gagliardo, E.TEEMAL, an adaptive training procedure for a two layer system of linear threshold elements
Murray, Peter JohnPh.D.Goheen, H. E.An extension of Hilbert's axioms of incidence and order to n dimensions
Pandey, Nagendra NathPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.Generalizations of the Watson transforms
Park, Moon UpPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanTheory of micromorphic materials and applications
Rivera, Dorothy MargueritePh.D.Oberhettinger, F.On a generalization of the Lerch zeta function
Rose, George DavidM.S.Goheen, H. E.Interactive graphics in a time sharing environment
Sen, Angelina Siu-HungM.S.Davis, J.A method of solving nonlinear simultaneous equations without using Jacobian
Standley, David RobertM.S.Goheen, H. E.Digital Recording and analysis of mass spectra
Thoennes, Harvey AndrewM.S.Goheen, H. E.Student scheduling by computer : a discussion of an algorithm based on course requests and priorities
Van Enkevort, Ronald LeePh.D.Stalley, R. D.Continuous analogues of densisty theorems
Yamagishi, YoshiyukiM.S.Cook, C. R.Precedence grammars and relation between precedence languages



Degrees in year 1971

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Fkiaras, Nicolaos GeorgeM.S.Oberhettinger, F.Heat conduction in a cone with a ring source
Ghandour, Nabil NassibM.S.Mysore NarasimhanStability of flows of thermo-viscoelastic fluids between rotating coaxial circular cylinders
Gunn, Michael GaryM.S.Goheen, H. E.A study of the effect of the choice of pivot elements on round- off errors in Gauss elimination
Higdem, Roger LeonPh.D.Stalley, R. D.Sums of subsets of certain algebraic systems
King, John MichaelM.S.Oberhettinger, F.Investigations concerning heat transfer involving wedge-shaped configurations
Knoshaug, Ronald NormanPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanFlows of anisotropic fluids induced by rotating disks
Kolbet, James TheodoreM.S.Goheen, H. E.A Turing automaton simulator program
Lok, Pat Jiun-changM.S.Goheen, H. E.Recognition of printed Chinese characters
Margolis, William EdwardPh.D.Chow, T. R.Topological vector spaces and their invariant measures
Okajima, IsamuPh.D.Goldstein, M.Study of the topological structure of the Royden compactification of the unit disk
Olson, Arthur Eugene, Jr.Ph.D.Stalley, R. D.Density space theory : discrete spaces
Park, Moon UpM.S.Mysore NarasimhanGeneralized measures of deformation-rates in torsional flows of viscoelastic fluids between two infinite parallel planes
Rouff, James ElliotM.S.Goheen, H. E.On error-bound connected optimized trigonometric subroutines
Swanson, Leonard GeorgePh.D.Chow, T. R.Equivalence of finite measures
Vander Beek, John WaynePh.D.Charles BallantineIsoconjunctivity of hermitian matrices
Whiteman, Alan LeeM.S.Goheen, H. E.A small ALGOL compiler for OS-3



Degrees in year 1970

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Al-Ayat, Rokaya Abdel-GhaniPh.D.Ronald B. GuentherInitial and boundary value problem for a third order differential equation of parabolic type
Alameddine, Ahmad FaouziPh.D. Auxiliary conditions for the convergence of sequences of measurable functions
Elwin, John DavidPh.D.Smith, J. W.Homology theories on the maping category
Gabrielsen, Ralph EdwinPh.D.Bodvarsson, G.Numerical aspects of the inverse Sturm-Liouville problem
James, Ralph LelandPh.D.Philip AnseloneConvergence of positive operators
Lam, Paul Chun-MingM.S.Goheen, H. E.Location and description of strokes in Chinese characters by digital computer methods as part of an automatic translation of Chinese to English
Lee, Martina Shoiw-lingM.S.Lonseth, A. T.Classical implicit finite difference method for solving diffusion equation
Main, Robert VaughnPh.D.Goheen, H. E.A critique of the incidence and order axioms of geometry
Margolis, Susan PaulaM.S.Goheen, H. E.A Turing machine programming language
Nelson, Thomas ClaytonPh.D.Goheen, H. E.Universal computing systems. Part 1, Simulation of any Normal Algorithm by Turing machine. Part 2, A universal Turing machine to translate any Turing machine to a Normal Algorithm
Sabharwal, Kanta RanM.S. General ScienceOberhettinger, F.Investigations Concerning a Heat Conduction Probvlem Involving a rectangular Parallelpiped
Short, Donald Ray, Jr.Ph.D.Smith, J. W.On the theorems of Sard and de Rham
Southam, James LewisPh.D.Simons, W. H.The generating function for three-line partitions
Winter, Lynn TaylorM.A.Bradford ArnoldFour function space topologies
Zelver, Jack SolomonPh.D.Goheen, H. E.The integro-geometric tangent measures of euclidean n-space



Degrees in year 1969

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Akers, David WarrenM.S.Goheen, H. E.First order differential corrections in the eigenvalue problem
Attia, Farag Abdel-SalamPh.D.Stone, W. M.On the distribution function of the interval between zero- crossings of a stationary Gaussian process
Bakhshi, Vidya SagarPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanBoundary layer transition
Beecroft, James LewisM.S.Bradford ArnoldA synthesis of significant developments in the history, calculation, and properties of the number e
Borah, Bolindra NathPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanThermo-elastic-plastic transition
Gamon, Kenneth OaklandPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.The propagation of waves and pulses in the presence of conical structures
Green, Beryl ManfieldPh.D.Carlson, D. H.Characterizations of matrices for which certain determinantal equalities hold
Hill, Edward BurlingameM.S.Goheen, H. E.A FORTRAN to ALGOL translator
Hull, Harry MarkwoodM.S.Ronald B. GuentherNumerical solution of the heat equation by net methods
Johnson, Robert CarlPh.D.Smith, J. W.Equivariant Stiefel-Whitney classes
Jumani, Vishnu BalchandM.S.Stone, W. M.Sheppard's correction : moment relationships and correction terms
Knoshaug, Ronald NormanM.A.Mysore NarasimhanGeneralized deformation-rates in secondary flows of viscoelastic fluids between rotating spheres
Lindstrom, Fredrick ThomasPh.D.Stone, W. M.A mathematical model simulating mass transport of chemicals in saturated porous media
McClendon, Mickey AltonM.S.Goheen, H. E.A model of Peano's axioms in Euclidean geometry
Middleton, William AdamsPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.Electronmagnetic radiation and heat conduction fields near coaxial conical structures
Miller, William EugeneM.S.Simons, W. H.The quadratic integral domains Ra[[square root] -11] and Ra[[square root] 10]
Noonchester, Howard BasilM.S.Goheen, H. E.Study of effective algorithms for solving polynomial algebraic equations in one unknown
Paik, Young HyunM.S.Goheen, H. E.On the calculations of the coefficients of cyclotomic polynomials
Seethoff, Terrance LeePh.D.Brown. J. R.Zero-entropy automorphisms of a compact abelian group
Sekino, JunpeiM.S.Franzen, N. R.Universal algebra
Stoebig, AlanM.S.Papadopoulos, M.An investigation of selected generating functions
Tryon, William AlbertM.S.Bradford ArnoldProperties of real valued continuous functions in relation to various separation axioms
Wong, James TengPh.D.Stone, W. M.On the generalization of the distribution of the significant digits under computation



Degrees in year 1968

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Aalto, Sergei KalvinPh.D.Philip AnseloneAn iterative procedure for the solution of nonlinear equations in a Banach space
Bills, Gary RoyceM.S.Davis, J.An investigation of bivariate approximations
Boles, John AmosPh.D.Young, F. H.The logical design of the NEBULA computer
Driessel, Kenneth RichardPh.D.David CarterSignificance and invariance in mathematical structures
Eschrich, Robert WilliamM.S.Goheen, H. E.A model of Non-Euclidean geometry in three dimensions, II
Farlow, Stanley J.Ph.D.Ronald B. GuentherPeriodic solutions of parabolic partial differential equations
Gepner, James RichardM.S.Livingston, A. E.The basis in separable Banach spaces
Hill, Richard DavidPh.D.Carlson, D. H.Generalized inertia theory for complex matrices
Huang, Nancy Mang-zeM.S.Bradford ArnoldA construction of the real numbers using nested closed intervals
Hwang, John DzenPh.D.Goheen, H. E. and Slotta, L. S.On numerical solutions of the general Navier-Stokes equations for two-layered stratified flows
Jacoby, Jerome JessM.S.Davis, J.Numerical integration of linear integral equations with weakly discontinuous kernels
Liepins, NicholasM.S.Goheen, H. E.Lens design on a digital computer
Lindberg, Charles GordonM.S.Charles BallantineA cone associated with the Lyapunov mapping
Lindquist, Norman FredPh.D.Firey, W. J.Representations of central convex bodies
McCoy, Michael FranklinPh.D.Guthrie, D.Optimal stationary (s,S) inventory policies for stochastically convergent demand sequences
Mercier, Howard T.M.A.Maloof, G. W. and Soltta, L. S.A predictor-corrector method for the transient motion of a nonhomogeneous incompressible, viscous fluid
Ng, Benedict Loil-ChongM.A.Ronald B. GuentherA predictor-corrector method for solving the diffusion equation for water movement in unsaturated soil
Shen, Chung-YiPh.D.David CarterProbability densities and correlation functions in statistical mechanics
Shiflett, Ray CalvinPh.D.Brown. J. R.Loops and points of density in doubly stochastic measures
Wang, Mu-LoM.S.Bradford ArnoldRelations among basic concepts in topology
Yungen, Walter ArthurM.S.Davis, J.Rigorous computer inversion of some linear operators



Degrees in year 1967

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Bishop, Chester Oliver, Jr.M.S. Recursive least-squares smoothing with constant or factorial weights
Chang, Bai-ChingM.S.Smith, J. W.The extension problem for functions invariant under a group
Clendening, Warren GaleM.S.Stone, W. M.On the Shannon-Slepian estimates of probability of decoding error
Comstock, Dale RobertPh.D.Goheen, H. E.An operator scheme for computation with Turing machines
Cresswell, Donald JayPh.D. The relations among the modes of convergence of sequences of measurable functions
Gregersen, Gordon StanleyM.S.Stalley, R. D.Khinchin's theorem on the Schnirelmann density of sums of sets of integers
Haertel, Raymond DelbertM.S.Stalley, R. D.Summation formulas for the greatest integer part function
Jerri, Abdul J.Ph.D.Stone, W. M.On extension of the generalized sampling theorem
Knobel, Roger ArlieM.S.Simons, W. H.A study of factorization in I ([square root]-7) and I ([square root]-23)
Liebetrau, Albert M.M.A.Goheen, H. E.A classification of determinants whose evaluations have appeared in periodical literature
Massey, Dale MorrellM.S.Simons, W. H.A study of factorization in Ra([square root]6) and Ra([square root]-21)
Morton, John BairdM.S.Hoffman, W. C.Numerical solution of Hodgkin-Huxley's partial differential system for nerve conduction
Olson, Arthur Eugene, Jr.M.S.Stalley, R. D.New theorems and examples for Freedman's density spaces
Olson, Kenneth NormanM.S.Bradford ArnoldApplying probability to a particular hiring practice
Pierce, Patricia CarrieM.S.Stalley, R. D.Some conditions for a given positive integer to be contained in a sum of sets of nonnegative integers
Sra, Kewal SinghPh.D.Mysore NarasimhanGeneralized measures of deformation-rates in non-Newtonian hydrodynamics and their applications to some flow problems
Szymanski, Henry CarlM.S.Bradford ArnoldProbability theory as applied to slot machines
Toribio, Andres PadaM.S.Bradford ArnoldIndirect proofs
Upatisringa, VisutdhiM.A.Goheen, H. E.A program for the fundamental theorum on symmetric functions
Van Enkevort, Ronald LeeM.S.Albert PooleA study of unique factorization in quadratic integral domains
Vongsuri, SommaiPh.D.Goheen, H. E.A method of separation of exponentials and its relationship to time domain synthesis of a finite lumped-parameter relaxation system
Waldman, Sue Elaine HardyM.S.Albert PooleThe quadratic integral domains Ra[[square root]3] and Ra[[square root]-15]
Zell, William LeeM.S.Goheen, H. E.A model of Non-Euclidean geometry in three dimensions



Degrees in year 1966

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Aalto, Sergei KalvinM.A.Philip AnseloneReduction of Fredholm integral equations with Green's function kernels to Volterra equations
Badii, LarryPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.Applications of integral transforms in generating summable series involving higher transcendental functions
Brandt, Frank PeterM.S.Bradford ArnoldIndirect proofs in ellementary mathematics
Bregel, Maurice LeonardM.S.Stalley, R. D.Proofs and comparisons of the Mann-Dyson estimation theorems
Burdg, Donald EugeneM.S.Stalley, R. D.A synthesis of significant developments in the history, calculation, and properties of the number pi.
Caton, Gerald LeeM.S.DePree, J. D.Proximate orders and generalized indicators of entire functions
Chutia, Bolindra NathM.S.Bodvarsson, G.On the melting of cylinders and spheres
Furcha, John ArthurM.S.Carlson, D. H.A study of symmetric matrices and quadratic forms over fields of characteristic two
Goslin, Dennis IrlM.S.David CarterThe mathematical structure of rectangular arrangements
Hackert, Adelbert FrederickM.S.Albert PooleQuadratic integral domains in Ra(square root 5) and Ra (square root -13)
Hirunraks, AnekM.S.Kirkham, W. J.Two-parameter chart for selecting empirical density functions
Hwang, John DzenM.A.Goheen, H. E.A real-time digital control system for two hydroelectric power plants
Johnson, Robert CarlM.A.Firey, W. J.Tangential families of study vectors
Kvarda, Robert EdwardPh.D.David CarterCanonical states in quantum statistical mechanics
Morgali, Ronald RalphM.S.Stalley, R. D.Gaussian integer analogues of two theorems of Mann for positive integers
Nestell, Merlynd K.Ph.D.Philip AnseloneThe convergence of the discrete ordinates method for integral equations of anisotropic radiative transfer
Phillips, John RichardPh.D.Philip AnseloneEigenfunction expansions for self-adjoint bilinear operators in Hilbert space
Politopoulos, Anthony NicholasM.S.Lonseth, A. T.Stochastic models of the Brownian motion
Prenter, Patricia MoiraPh.D.David CarterThe extended exponential of a measure space
Seethoff, Terrance LeeM.S.Bradford ArnoldOn the pointwise convergence of certain inductively defined sequences of functions
Shiflett, Ray CalvinM.S.Bradford ArnoldUniform convergence on classes of subsets
Waldman, Wilmer LeoM.S.Bradford ArnoldThe four color problem before 1890
Wassmuth, Robert HenryPh.D.Gaskell, R. E.Some complex numerical integrations of the Schwarz-Christoffel transformation and application to potential flow
Waterman, Michael SpencerM.S.Guthrie, D.The exponential family of probability distributions generated by ??-finite measures
Weingarten, Frederick WesleyPh.D.Goheen, H. E.On triangulations of fixed points in the plane
Wong, James TengM.A.Bodvarsson, G.On the theory of heat transport in a semi-infinite solid



Degrees in year 1965

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Balogh, Charles BelaPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.Asymptotic expansions and general behavior of the modified Bessel function of the third kind of imaginary order
Balogh, Maria Edith CsermelyiPh.D.Goheen, H. E.On scheduling algorithms
Barr, George EarlPh.D. PhysicsOberhettinger, F.On the Diffraction of a Cylindrical Pulse by a Half Plane
Biegun, Barry DowM.S.Bradford ArnoldEquivalence relations on matrices
Boles, John AmosM.S.Goheen, H. E.Computer simulation of college administration
Brady, Allen HaroldPh.D.Goheen, H. E.Solutions of restricted cases of the halting problem applied to the determination of particular values of a non-computable function
Chow, Chi-MingM.S.Goheen, H. E.The property of completeness of geometry
Chow, Theresa Kee YuM.A.Bradford ArnoldOn the Canton set
Driessel, Kenneth RichardM.S.Goheen, H. E.Circuit algebras and some of their properties
Frederick, Darcy FrankM.S. Recursive fixed-memory smoothing of accelerated motion
Freedman, Allen RoyPh.D.Stalley, R. D.A general theory of density in additive number theory
Hill, Richard DavidM.S.Carlson, D. H.Generalization of the Ostrowski-Schneider main inertia theorem
James, Ralph LelandM.S.Philip AnseloneThe solution of singular volterra integral equations by successive approximations
Keizur, James JayM.S.Goheen, H. E.Constructive methods for finding a root of certain algebraic equations with real coefficients
Lindstrom, Fredrick ThomasM.S.Gaskell, R. E.On the solution of the non-linear differential equations for a biochemical enzyme system
Murray, Peter JohnM.S.Stalley, R. D.The greatest integer part function
Ogard, Steven PhillipM.S.Firey, W. J.Vector sums of line segments
Reed, Wallace HenryM.A. Least squares solutions for non-orthogonal two-way classifications
Reudink, Douglas Otto JohnPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.An extension of the method of Haar for determining the asymptotic behavior of integrals of the inverse Laplace transform type
Rogers, JamesM.S.A study of the resection problem in surveying
Schafer, Paul LyleM.S.Goheen, H. E.An algorithm for the determination of the eliminant of three algebraic equations in three unknowns
Unger, Izaak LeoPh.D.Goheen, H. E.Elements of a fast decimal arithmetic unit
Van Dyke, James AllenM.S.Goheen, H. E.A proof of the consistency of projective geometry



Degrees in year 1964

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Anderson, Sandra ElaineM.S.Goheen, H. E.Some computational schemes equivalent to Turing machines
Arthur, Samuel CodjoeM.S.Stone, W. M.On the generalization and application of the Eular MacLaurin formula
Butler, Karen JensenM.S.Stalley, R. D.An algorithm for determining the convex hull of N points in 3- space
Choban, Paul JamesM.S.Hostetter, I. M.An introduction to scators
Golden, Robert RayM.S.Stalley, R. D.The solutions of certain equations in a variable and its greatest integer part
Henderson, Mason EdwardPh.D.Goheen, H. E.Finite geometries without the axiom of parallels
Johnson, Ben ClarencePh.D.Buschman, R. G.Integral equations involving special functions
Johnson, Bruce RaeM.A.Oberhettinger, F.An application and generating methods for Mellin transforms
Krogh, Frederick ThomasPh.D.Milne, W. E.Stability and accuracy of predict-correct methods in differential equations
Matzdorff, Edward MaxM.S.Firey, W. J.Coalescent singular points of differential systems having quadratic right hand sides
Soni, Kusum LataPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.On some relations which are equivalent to functional equations of the type of Riemann's zeta function and tables of divisor transforms
Weingarten, Frederick WesleyM.S.Oberhettinger, F.On an integral equation occuring in the theory of wave propagation
Wyse, Frank OliverPh.D.Bradford ArnoldNets in uniform spaces : monotoneity, limit theorems



Degrees in year 1963

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Applebee, Ralph CalvinM.S.Fulks, W. B.A two parameter Laplace's method for double integrals
Comstock, Dale R.M.S.Goheen, H. E.Machine algorithms for Boolean matrices
Henderson, Mason EdwardM.S.Goheen, H. E.Finite non-projective geometries without the axiom of parallels
Holroyd, John RiesM.S.Goheen, H. E.Algorithms for the solution of two algebraic equations in two unknowns
Klosinski, Leonard FrankM.A.Goheen, H. E.The enumeration of strings of a given length in an n-ary non- associative non-commutative algebra
Kohfeld, John JacobPh.D.Milne, W. E.Stability of numerical solution of systems of ordinary differential equations
Lathrop, James FrankM.S.Goheen, H. E.Stability of numerical integration of ordinary differential equations
Lawrence, Harold G.M.S.Bradford ArnoldA generalized procedure for defining quotient spaces
Olive, GloriaPh.D.Lonseth, A. T.Generalized powers
Prothero, Stephen KerronM.A.Stalley, R. D.On the enumeration of certain equivalence classes of Euler paths of full graphs
Roetman, Ernest LevanePh.D.Fulks, W. B.Vibration of elastic bars
Soni, Raj PalPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.The diffraction of cylindrical waves by two parallel half planes
Tjoelker, Cornelius HenryM.S.Lonseth, A. T.On the structure of minimum surfaces at the boundary
Tucker, Richard RayPh.D.Lonseth, A. T.Error analysis , convergence, divergence, and the acceleration of convergence
Wirshup, Arthur D.Ph.D.Lonseth, A. T.Application of the Puiseux polygon to the solution of nonlinear integral equations



Degrees in year 1962

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Birdsall, Leslie HowardM.S.Albert PooleQuaternions and their history
Borden, Susan Jane (Dobson)M.S.Goheen, H. E.The foundations of trigonometry
Chisum, Clayton HerbertM.S.Stalley, R. D.On the Cauchy-Davenport inequality for the sum of subsets of a cyclic group
Dixon, Oren WesleyM.S.Goheen, H. E.On the simplification of Boolean polynomials
Engstrom-Heg, Verna LouiseM.A.Gaskell, R. E.Some mathematical models in ecology
Gabrielsen, Ralph EdwinM.S.Fulks, W. B.A positive harmonic function in a rectangle
Goebel, Jack BrucePh.D.Goheen, H. E.On the algebra of orthogonal Latin squares
Guenther, Ronald B.M.A.Fulks, W. B.An extension of Widder's theorem
Hanson, Richard JosephM.S.Gaskell, R. E.Long range regulation of a hydroelectric system with storage dams
Kvarda, Betty LouPh.D.Stalley, R. D.Inequalities for the number of integers in a sum of sets of Gaussian integers
Lim, Yeam SengM.S.Stalley, R. D.An inequality for the number of integers in the sum of two sets of integers
Maloof, Giles WilsonPh.D.Lonseth, A. T.Differential changes in the zeros of polynomial operators
Normann, Soren FrederickM.S.Buschman, R. G.Two finite Tchebichef transformations
Prenter, Patricia MoiraM.S.Bradford ArnoldA recursive definition of ordinal arithmetic
Toms, Ralph MarvinM.S.Goheen, H. E.On systems of Boolean equations
Unger, James LenesM.S.Stone, W. M.Rational approximations for functions of a complex variable obtained by use of the Darboux formula
Wheelock, James DickinsonPh.D.Stone, W. M.An approximate solution to the problem of random flights in a Euclidean space of N dimensions



Degrees in year 1961

NameDegreeAdvisorThesis title
Braun, William AlbertM.S.Bradford ArnoldConstruction of the real numbers by sequences
Gamon, Kenneth OaklandM.S.Oberhettinger, F.The generation of series with higher transcendental functions by means of intergral transforms
Jacobs, Michael JayM.S.Goheen, H. E.A proof of the consistency of geometry
Marsh, Donald DeanM.S.Goheen, H. E.Mechanization of the Moore-Mealy algorithm for the reduction of sequential machines
Rosenthal, Paul LesterPh.D.Oberhettinger, F.On a generalization of Mehler's inversion formula and some of its application
Vinson, John EllsworthM.A.Stalley, R. D.Modulo m properties of the Fibonacci sequence
Witcraft, Don A.M.S.Goheen, H. E.The mechanization of logic II
Yang, Hwai NienM.S.Lonseth, A. T.The parallel