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Author:

Chang, Yi-Ping

Title:

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR OF HAN-BASED LIQUID PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pressure exponents.
burning rate controlling mechanisms
decomposition
autocatalytic
pyrolysis
propellants
hydroxylammonium nitrate
combustion

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member

Author:

Goebel, Marc

Title:

Decomposition of fine root organic matter among temperate trees species

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

decomposition
fine roots
root pigmentation
root order
litter bags
nitrogen
root persistence
soil depth
root neighbors

File:

Download Dissertation_mug130_Marc_Goebel_summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Eric Zenner, Committee Member
Dr Sarah Hobbie, Special Member

Author:

Fernandez, Christopher William

Title:

Biochemistry of ectomycorrhizal fungi: from functional traits to ecosystem processes

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

carbon cycling
chitin
decomposition
drought tolerance
ectomycorrhizal fungi
functional traits
melanin
nutrient cycling

File:

Download CWF_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Tai Koide, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Special Member

Author:

White, Charlie Macaulay

Title:

Using Cover Crop Mixtures to Reduce Nitrate Leaching and Supply Nitrogen to Corn: Models to Inform Adaptive Management

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
carbon
models
nitrate leaching
nitrogen mineralization
nitrogen immobilization
decomposition

File:

Download CMW_PhD_Dissertation_Final_for_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Pearsons, Kirsten

Title:

The response of non-target soil invertebrates to preventive insecticide use in field crops

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

decomposition
neonicotinoid
insecticide
decomposer
soil invertebrate
litterbag
toxicology

File:

Download Pearsons_KA_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Andrew R Deans, Committee Member
Ray B. Bryant, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

Download Thesis_BurkeCN_FormatReviewed.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair