This page collects the digitized full text Masters theses and Doctoral dissertations of the Space and Planetary Science Program at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

The following broadly describes library holdings for UA theses and dissertations:

Category print online
Dissertations 1953-2006 in MAIN

1950s-2012 in Special Collections
1989 - present are full-text in ProQuest

2012 - present in ScholarWorks

1950s - present indexed in ProQuest
Master's theses 1910s-2006 in MAIN

1910s-2012 in Special Collections
2006 - present are full-text in ProQuest

2012 - present in ScholarWorks

Theses were not systematically indexed in ProQuest prior to 2006.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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The Gravitational Wave Peep: Improved Modeling of Highly Eccentric EMRIs for LISA Signal Confusion Noise, Daniel J. Oliver

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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On the Impact of Inclination-Dependent Attenuation on the Derived Star Formation Histories of Disk Galaxies, Keith Doore

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An Experimental Study into Tholin's Solubility with Liquid Hydrocarbons on Titan, Katherine Dzurilla

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Testing and Implementation of Attitude Determination & Control System For ARKSAT-1 CubeSatellite, Cassandra Sands

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Deciphering Surfaces of Trans-Neptunian and Kuiper Belt Objects using Radiative Scattering Models, Machine Learning, and Laboratory Experiments, Al Emran

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Orbital mapping of seasonal and yearly changes in CO2 and water ice on the southern polar cap of Mars, Victoria Michell Ann Karnes

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A Comparison of Relict and Active Terrestrial Patterned Ground as an Analog for Mars, John Paul Knightly Jr.

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Understanding Martian Salts and Their Implications for Liquid Water, Rachel Slank

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Habitability, and Evolution of Microorganisms under Extreme Conditions, Azarin Yazdani

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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An Experimental Study of Evaporites on Titan: Implications for Lake Composition and Future Missions, Ellen Czaplinski

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Systematical Uncertainties in the Measurement of a Gamma-ray Burst’s Isotropic Equivalent Energy, Kimberly Zoldak

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Understanding Ice Mixtures under Pluto Simulated Conditions and their Implications for Geophysical Processes, Caitlin Joannah Ahrens

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An Experimental Investigation of Liquid Hydrocarbons in a Simulated Titan Environment, Kendra Farnsworth

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Adsorption Driven Regolith-Atmospheric Water Vapor Transfer on Mars: An Analysis of Phoenix TECP Data, Holly Nicole Farris

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The Disk Structure of Late Type Galaxies: Determining the Black Hole Mass Function of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies Through Logarithmic Spiral Arm Pitch Angle Measurement, Michael S. Fusco

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An Investigation of Metal Sulfides as the Source of the Low Emissivity Anomaly on the Highlands of Venus, Sara Taeko Port

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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An Investigation into the Suitability of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria as Models for Martian Forward Contamination, Maxwell M. W. Silver

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The Role of CO2 Sublimation in Mass Wasting and Landscape Evolution Under Martian Conditions, Matthew Edwin Sylvest

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Growth and Survivability of Microorganisms at Martian Temperatures and Pressures, Rebecca Lynne Mickol

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Experimental Simulations of Recurring Slope Lineae and Other Flow Formation Features on Mars, Julia Ann Heydenreich

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Investigating Mineral Stability under Venus Conditions: A Focus on the Venus Radar Anomalies, Erika Kohler

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Development of a Pluto Chamber for Surface Simulations, Zachary Michael McMahon

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Effects of Mars Regolith Analogs, UVC radiation, Temperature, Pressure, and pH on the Growth and Survivability of Methanogenic Archaea and Stable Carbon Isotope Fractionation: Implications for Surface and Subsurface Life on Mars, Navita Sinha

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Physical Records of Impacts in the Early and Modern Solar System, Robert Ellis Beauford

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Logarithmic Spiral Arm Pitch Angle of Spiral Galaxies: Measurement and Relationship to Galactic Structure and Nuclear Supermassive Black Hole Mass, Benjamin Lee Davis

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Thermodynamic Modeling of Aqueous Geochemistry of Chlorine Salts: Application to Stability and Habitability of Liquid Brines on Mars, Amira Elsenousy

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The Mass-Pitch Angle Relation for Three High Redshift Active Galaxies Selected from the GOODS Field, John Adam Hughes

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Management of a Primordial Problem: Redox-sensitive Transcriptional Regulation in Methanosarcina acetivorans, Ryan Christopher Sheehan

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Solubility and Detectability of Hydrocarbons on the Surface of Titan, Sandeep Singh

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Active Galactic Nuclei Mergers and Outflows: Observations from Optical and Ultraviolet Emission Lines, Robert Scott Barrows

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Infrared Spectra Analysis of Thermally Altered Iron Phyllosilicates and the Implications for Mars, William Thomas Bryan

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On Chlorine Salts: Their Detection, Stability and Implications for Water on Mars and Europa, Jennifer Hanley

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Bacterially-Mediated Formation of Rock Coatings in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland: A Mineralogical and Micro-Environmental Analog for Mars, Cassandra L. Marnocha

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Design and Evaluation of a Fiber Optic Probe as a means of Subsurface Planetary Exploration, Robert Paul Pilgrim

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Magnesium Isotopic Compositions of the Moon and Achondrites: Implications for their Origin and Evolution, Fatemeh Sedaghatpour

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Orbital Periodicities Reflected in Ancient Surfaces of our Solar System and the Implications for a Record of Early Life, Dixie Lee Androes

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Penetration Forces for Subsurface Regolith Probes, Ahmed Elshafie

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Subsurface Planetary Investigation Techniques and Their Role for Assessing Subsurface Planetary Composition, Ahmed Elshafie

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Stability of Phyllosilicates on Mars, Patricia Gavin

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Experimental Simulations of Dark Slope Streaks on Mars, Kelly Howe

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Modeling Water Stability and Transport on Mars and Iapetus: Exploring their Effects on Geomorphic and Atmospheric Processes, Edgard Giovanni Rivera-Valentin

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Exploring the Surface Liquid and Lake Regions of Titan with Laboratory Experimentation and Cassini Spacecraft Data, Felix Casimir Wasiak

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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An Analysis of the Stability and Transport of CO2 on Mars and Iapetus: Increasing Accuracy via Experiments and Photometry, David Garrison Blackburn

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Linkage of Asteroids and Meteorites by the Study of Terrestrial Analogs, Daniel Robert Ostrowski

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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New Infrared Spectral Data for 27 Asteroids: An Investigation of Meteorite-Asteroid Relationships by Using the Modified Gaussian Model, Katherine Marie Gietzen