Theses, Dissertations, and Reports

The following is a list of master's theses (M.S.), doctoral dissertations (Ph.D.), research reports (M. Eng., M.S., Ph.D.), field reports (any degree), senior capstone project reports (B.S.), and senior honors theses (B.S.) completed by HWR students. Click on the Title of the thesis, dissertation, or report for additional information. Click on the Column Header to sort by Year, Student, Faculty Director, Manuscript Type, or Subarea.

Want a copy? The department no longer maintains a bound copy of manuscripts. (Note: Undergraduate reports or theses are not available for reprinting.) All graduate-level thesis and dissertation manuscripts are digitally archived with the UA library and UMI ProQuest, Inc. To obtain a copy of any thesis or dissertation manuscript, UA Affiliates should follow this link: Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations at the UA Library and ProQuest, Inc. For those living outside the Tucson, Arizona area, follow this link: Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.

Yearsort icon Title of Thesis, Dissertation, or Report Student Director Type Subarea
1969 Synthesis of sequences of summer thunderstorm volumes for the Atterbury watershed in the Tucson area Sariahmed, Abdelwaheb Chester C. Kisiel Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1969 The distribution of boron in the ground water of the Arvin-Caliente creek area, Kern county, California Schmidt, Kenneth Dale John W. Harshbarger Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1969 Surface-water supply for the city of Williams, Coconino county, Arizona Thomsen, Bert Waldo Daniel D. Evans Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1970 Optimal operation of water-supply systems Clausen, George Samuel Chester C. Kisiel Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Systems
1970 Economic feasibility of selective adjustments in use of salvageable waters in the Tucson region, Arizona DeCook, Kenneth James M.M. Kelso Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Administration
1970 Water management alternatives for the Colorado river below Imperial dam Gordon, Yoram Daniel D. Evans Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Administration
1970 The hydro-mechanics of the ground water system in the southern portion of the Kaibab plateau, Arizona Huntoon, Peter Wesley John W. Harshbarger Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1970 Soil density measurement by transmitted gamma radiation MacIntyre, James L. Daniel D. Evans Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1970 Prediction of nitrogen transformation in alkaline soils Shaffer, Marvin James Gordon D. Dutt Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1971 The value of primary versus secondary data in inter-industry analysis: an Arizona case study emphasizing water resources Boster, Ronald Stephen W.E. Martin Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Administration
1971 Analysis of soil heat transfer for the evapotranspiration system Clyma, Wayne D.D. Fangmeier Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1971 Geohydrology of the Rio Grande valley from South Fork to Del Norte, Colorado Dumeyer, John McMurray J.J. Wright Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1971 Decision under uncertainty applied to a hydrologic problem Dvoranchik, William Michael Lucien Duckstein Master's Thesis Water Resources Systems
1971 Thunderstorm runoff in southeastern Arizona Osborn, Herbert Bradley Chester C. Kisiel Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1971 Mathematical system theory and the ecosystem concept: an approach to modeling watershed behavior Rogers, James Joseph H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Water Resources Systems
1971 The distribution of nitrate in groundwater in the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area, San Joaquin valley, California Schmidt, Kenneth Dale John W. Harshbarger Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1971 The feasibility of augmenting hydrologic records using tree-ring data Stockton, Charles Wayne H.C. Fritts Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1971 Subsurface heat flow as a means for determining aquifer characteristics in the Tucson basin, Pima county, Arizona Supkow, Donald James Eugene S. Simpson Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1971 Water table response to barometric pressure changes: a laboratory investigation White, Robert Rankin Eugene S. Simpson Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1972 Hydrogeology of a portion of the Santa Catalina mountains Belan, Rick Allen W.G. Matlock Master's Thesis Subsurface Hydrology
1972 Colorado river trips within the Grand Canyon national park and monument: a socioeconomic analysis Boster, Mark Alan R.L. Gum Master's Thesis Water Resources Administration
1972 A mathematical model of primary productivity and limnological patterns in Lake Mead Everett, Lorne Gordon C. Stockton Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1972 Relation of hydrograph parameters to basin characteristics at Alamagordo creek, New Mexico, and Walnut Gulch, Arizona Frevert, Donald K. Unknown Senior Honors Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 Analysis of factors controlling groundwater flow for prediction of rates of groundwater movement and changes in quality, Atlantic coastal plain Ganus, William Joseph John W. Harshbarger Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1972 Worth of data used in digital-computer models of ground-water basins Gates, Joseph Spencer Chester C. Kisiel Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1972 An interdisciplinary analysis of the water quality problems of the Safford valley, Arizona Muller, Anthony B. Unknown Field Camp Report Environmental Hydrology
1972 Spatial variability of precipitation in the San Dimas experimental forest and its effect on simulated streamflow Phanartzis, Christos Apostolou Chester C. Kisiel Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 A random-walk simulation model of alluvial-fan deposition Price, William Evans Jr. Chester C. Kisiel Doctoral Dissertation Surface Hydrology
1972 Economic models of domestic water consumption in the Tucson metropolitan area Ray, Leon Nicholas H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 Evaluation of unconfined aquifer parameters using a successive line relaxation finite difference model Rebuck, Ernest Charles Daniel D. Evans Doctoral Dissertation Subsurface Hydrology
1972 Channel transmission losses in small watersheds Sammis, Theodore Wallace H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 A transition state physicochemical model predicting nitrification rates in soil-water systems Shaffer, Marvin James Gordon D. Dutt Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
1972 Staging of investment in desalination facilities and associated storage facilities Shuhaibar,Yousef Khalil T.G. Roefs Doctoral Dissertation Water Resources Administration
1972 Water quality in the lower Colorado river system and the effect of reservoirs Slawson, Guenton Cyril, Jr. H.K. Qashu Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1972 Urea leaching in a sandy soil Spiro, David Alan T.C. Tucker Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1972 Analysis of water resources in Safford, Arizona Wahab, Nasar Ahamad Martin M. Fogel Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1972 Application of a chemical equilibrium model in the determination of pH of natural ground waters Weston, Loren Kinsman Gordon D. Dutt Master's Thesis Environmental Hydrology
1972 Application of thermocouple psychrometers to field measurements of soil moisture potential Wheeler, Merlin Leroy Daniel D. Evans Doctoral Dissertation Environmental Hydrology
1973 Estimating runoff from rainfall and basin characteristics in northeastern Thailand Bangsainoi, Sawat Daniel D. Evans Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology
1973 An economic analysis of chaparral conversion on national forest lands in the Salt-Verde basin, Arizona Brown, Thomas Capnor Jr. P.F. O'Connell Master's Thesis Surface Hydrology