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Dissertations and Theses about Michigan State University: MSU Campus Planning & Greater Lansing Area

Theses and dissertations authored by MSU scholars that focus on MSU as one of the subjects of research.

Infrastructure, Engineering and Landscaping (Subject terms)

Anderson, H.F. (1917). Precise leveling to determine the accurate elevation of bench marks on the Michigan agricultural campus & farm.
Arnett, N.W. (2010). Michigan State University water supply and consumption report.
Bacon, H.C. (1922). Relief map of the Michigan agricultural college campus.
Balbach, E. (1904). Comparative strength of various concrete tunnel sections.
Barnett, H.H. (1914). Preliminary estimates for irrigation projects.
Beeman, W.F. (1926). Plans & specifications for proposed road on Michigan State College campus.
Beukema, C.D. (1943). Farm Lane road.
Brice, Donald William. (1940). Design of Michigan State College Airport.
Comb, A.M. (1917). Survey and estimates for grading improvements for proposed athletic field and drill grounds south of the Red Cedar River, East Lansing, Mich.
Crosby, M.L. (1902). Plan for farmyard.
Draft, Ronald Lawrence. (1969). Establishment and utilization of criteria for flood plain use.
Dembinsky, M. (1943). The design, survey, and cost estimate of a railroad depot and track serving Michigan State College and vicinity.
Draper, M.G. (1921). A study of hydrated lime and mortar.
Finster, Chester H. (1936). An Exhaustive Study of a Proposed Reinforced Concrete Single Arch Highway Bridge to Replace Farm Lane Bridge.
Freeman, H.A. (1921). An experimental study of concrete with varying water ratios.
Gottschalk, K.J. (2006). Impact of change orders on overall project budget within university projects.
Harvey, E.M. (1916). Landscaping for the layman.
Hedrick, U.P. (1895). Design for a park.
Hendrick, F.L. (1921). Analysis of Beal Road bridge.
Knapp, H.D. (1947). The design of a campus road.
Krefman, M. (1989). Green tree campus of Michigan State University: 1968-1988.
Lemon, P.H. (1921). Lansing pavements.
Lesher, W.E. (1948). Design and cost of fish ponds on the Michigan state college river farm.
Matzinger, H.W. (1923). The triangulation of the campus.
McClure, Samuel W. (1903). A Topographical Survey of the M.A.C. Campus.
McGoff, J.P. (1956). The controversy over the location of Michigan Agricultural College.
Meanwell, C.F. (1920). A study of the permeability of concrete.
Miller, R.E. (1948). Analysis of stresses in pedestrian & utility bridge across Red Cedar River at Michigan state college.
Moulton, E.Q. (1947). The design of a hydraulics laboratory for Michigan state college.
Neumann, H.F. (1947). Campus road design.
Nothstine, Leo V. (1938). Design & Cost Estimate of an Electrical display Fountain for Michigan State College Campus.
Odlum, G.M. (1900). An irrigation system for field 7, Michigan agricultural college.
Pressley, Walter Winston. (1943). Survey and Design for Underpass: Farm Lane at Grand Trunk Railroad.
Preston, H.A. (1928). The design of a reinforced concrete laboratory building for the department of civil engineering.
Pulkinen, T.B. (1941). The design of separate sewer systems for the campus of Michigan state college of agriculture & applied science.
Robinson, D.K. (1921). Michigan agricultural college campus topography.
Shelden, L.R. (1947). An analysis of the proposed pedestrian and utility bridge across the Red Cedar River.
Simon, Theodore Bernard. (1942). Campus Road Design.
Steinbacher, B.C. (1942). A rigid frame foot bridge across the Red Cedar.
Thode, Ashley Gene (2013). Evaluation of the Farm Lane bioretention research facility stormwater treatment performance.
VanSkiver, I.J. (1903). Design of sewer system for College Grove.

Red Cedar River

Adou, Kouame. (1994). Pesticide residue survey on the Red Cedar River, southcentral Michigan.

Aslam, Irfan. (2002). Hydrodynamics and longitudinal dispersion in the Red Cedar River.

Beukema, C.F. (1940). Hydraulic channel laboratory at Red Cedar dam site.

Boss, Kenneth J. (1959). The naiad fauna of the Red Cedar River, in southcentral Michigan.

Talsma, Arthur Ray. (1972). The characterization and influence of domestic drain effluents on the Red Cedar River.

Greater Lansing Area Education, Pre-K-12

Barnhill, Kenneth Dewitt. (1939). A suggested method of diagnosing physical defects of boys in Okemos high school.

Chaemchaeng, Chantavit. (1977). A Comparative Study Of The School Climate As Perceived By Team Teachers And Non - Team Teachers In Selected Middle Schools In Michigan.

Emerson, Bert. (2005). Educational Funding In Michigan Since 1994: How Did The Big Winners Spend The Money?

Esparo, Louis John. (1971). An assessment of student attitudes and involvement in the Environmental Quality Program of the Mott Institute-Okemos secondary school district.

Meier, Jeanne Marquardt. (2011). Who killed Walter French? A new cultural history of charter school governance, community and ownership in Michigan, 1996-2004.

Pistono, William J. (1977). The Relationships Between Certain Identified Variables And Parental Participation During The Educational Planning And Placement Committee Meeting For Handicapped Students In Michigan.

Shaw, Ryan D. (2015). The vulnerability of urban elementary school arts programs: A case study.

Siebert, George William. (1974). The World Understanding and Comparative Cultures program in Ingham County: Evaluation and relevance to public secondary schools in Michigan.

Stapleton, Sarah Riggs. (2015). Teacher participatory action research on food insecurity, food and culture, and school gardens within a low-income urban school district.

Campus Buildings and Utilities (Subject term)

Allen, H.R. (1895). Plans & specifications of a dairy building for M.A.C.

Arnett, N.W. (2010). Michigan State University water supply and consumption report.

Baldwin, J.J. (1964). A study of student attenders and nonattenders at the University Theatre, Michigan State University, 1963-64.

Barlow, G.A. (1916). The design of a new dynamo laboratory for the Michigan agricultural college.

Bebb, E.L. (1963). Survey of the accessibility of college union facilities to the general public.

Betts, W.H. (1916). Cost of handling coal in steam power stations.

Blanchard, James Edwin. (1942). A Quantity and Cost Estimate of the Anatomy and Research Building of Michigan State College.

Bowmaster, Wylie A. (1932). The Design of a College Dormitory for Men.

Charlton, I.D. (1907). Boiler trials on the horizontal, internal furnace, marine boiler, and horizontal, return tubular boiler at the powerplant of the Michigan Agricultural College.

Dimmick, J.B. (1893). Design of a hot water system for Abbot Hall.

Ding, Yunhua. (2015). Solar energy related applications, education, and building retrofits.

Friedrich, Oliver H. (1916). The Design of the heating and Ventilating Systems for the M.A.C. Shops.

Fritz, G.E. (1959). Effective utilization of space in the Michigan state university student union building.

Goodwin, W.R. (1897). The design of a steam heating plant for the college.

Granger, F.M. (1916). Design of a dynamo-electric laboratory for R.E. Olds hall of engineering.

Groesbeck, W.D. (1892). Design of a foundry for the Michigan agricultural college.

Hanel, B.E. (1943). A reinforced concrete stadium design.

Hines, M. (1948). Design of a lime-soda water softening plant for Michigan state college.

Holley, O.B. (1912). Alternating current laboratory equipment for Michigan state college.

Hunter, H.E. (1928). A structural design of an auditorium and gymnasium building.

Jennings, Herman W. (1924). Red Cedar River Power Development & Proposed Hydraulics Laboratory.

Kang, Le. (2015). Comparison of recycling systems at Michigan State University and Hunan University.

Koopman, G. (1939). A stress analysis of Louise H. Campbell Hall.

Kovalcik, A.J. (1948). A quantity and cost estimate of the veterans barracks apartments of the Michigan state college.

Kratz, F.J. (1905). Boiler trials on hand fired, vertical water tube and horizontal, internal furnace with Jones underfeed stoker.

Layer, John U. (1916). Analysis of Design of M.A.C. Water Tower.

Lux, Gustave J. (1916). A Design of the Electrical Laboratory for R. E. Olds Hall of Engineering.

Malloch, W.F. (1921). A comparison of the structural details & operating histories of large steam turbines manufactured in the United States.

May, W.G. (1910). Commercial efficiency tests of Kerr steam turbine.

Miller, N.J. (1923). An overall efficiency test of engine generator set no. 3, Michigan agricultural college power house.

Moore, C.C. (1926). Distribution of electrical energy, Michigan state college power plant.

Pokorny, E.C. (1907). A design for a heating and ventilating system for the new engineering building at the Michigan agricultural college.

Prescott, F.H. (1915). Heat balance on the foundry cupola at Michigan agricultural college.

Reeder, Milton Elwyn. (1949). The Design of a Civil Engineering Building for Michigan State College. 

Renny, Alexander. (2017). Analyzing and Reducing Energy Consumption on the Michigan State University Campus.

Russell, R. S. (1911). Design of a Coal Storage Plant, M.A.C. Power Plant.

Shelberg, Edward. (1942). Design of Michigan State’s Campus Airport.

Smith, E. (1893). Electric light plant.

Snyder, A.L. (1908). Boiler trials on the Bonson type boiler at the power station of the Michigan agricultural college.

Tangwancharoen, Suwat. (2016). Design and construction of the spirit TPC.

Vandegrift, Drew Anthony. (2018). Expanding the Plant Palette for Green Roofs.

White, R.D. (1916). A complete analysis of the problem involved in the heating& ventilating of the R.E. Olds hall of engineering.

Wu, Ruqun. (2016). Green buildings and green users: An assessment of using green building environments to communicate sustainability to users.

East Lansing/Lansing Area (Subject term)

Abas, Mujiburohman Abul. (2018). Building a Mosque in America: An Ethnographic Study of the Emergence of Religious Authority among Muslims in Greater Lansing, Michigan.

Babcock, Nicholas J. (2018). Adult Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Community Structure across Urban-rural Landscape Change in Michigan.

Backus, Robert Raymond (1947). A topographical survey of the Lansing Boy scouts' summer camp.

Beatty, Maleah. (2016). Perception of on-premise commercial sign regulations: A comparison between designers and non-designers.

Cline, Eric Arthur. (2002). The impact of an urban stormwater constructed wetland on residential property values: A case study of the Tollgate Wetland.

Dewhurst, Charles Kurt. (1983). The Folk Pottery-Making Tradition Of Grand-Ledge, Michigan: A Material Folk Culture Study.

Gill, Kelli Renea. (2018). The Foods We Eat: Constellating Working-Class Experiences.

Gillilland, Merritt Gale, III. (2006). Dispersal Ecology and Control Of The Invasive Land Snail <I>Cepaea nemoralis</I> (L. 1758), From Ingham County, Michigan.

Golley, Frank Benjamin. (1958). Energy dynamics of a food chain of the old-field community.

Groden, Sheryl Renee. (2016). The intersection of geriatric social work and complementary and alternative medicine.

Han, Ju Hyoung. (2014). Sport event attendees' pro-environmental behavior in daily life versus in a tourism context.

Harris, Joseph E. (1975). Flood protection measures for residential structures located in the flood plain in Meridian Township, Ingham County, Michigan.

Hayes, G.R. (1918). A study of the rainfall & floods at East Lansing, Michigan.

Hayes, Rebecca J. (2017). "Looking for Trouble and Making It": Rhetorical Methodologies and Practices for LGBTQ Community Action and Remembering.

Hopkins, Dori Marie. (2015). Just and equitable access: Developing and testing a methodology that represents diverse perceptions of the importance of forests.

Hurley, J.C. (1913). A consideration of the factors of a city milk ordinance.

Jones, Jamila. (2003). African Americans in Lansing and the Northern cities vowel shift: Language contact and accommodation.

Keesler, Jeffrey S. (2012). Play ball: Assessing the economic impact of small market baseball teams.

Kim, Dennis S. Q. (1971). A planning analysis of the Meridian and Lansing shopping complexes.

Lin, Wan-Chu. (2013). Railroad station cognition East Lansing train station.

McKenna, Kevin. (2014). A case study review of public-private partnerships for development in the Lansing region.

Menon, Rohit. (2016). Coffee shops, social capital and quality of life: Grand River Avenue Corridor, Lansing Area, Michigan.

Milroy, C.B. (1916). A sanitary survey of the Grand river.

Moore, Elon Howard. (1953). The effects of suburbanization on land use in a selected segment of the Lansing rural-urban fringe.

Moore, Ted D. (2004). Capital cities: Planning, politics, and environmental protest in Lansing, Michigan and Salt Lake City, Utah, 1920–1945.

Parcell, John. (2016). Exploring the relationship between Placemaking and community engagement: A case study on the REO Town District of Lansing, Michigan.

Reed, Meghan. (2011). Examining the behavioral interactions between urban residents and their food environment: A case study of greater Lansing, Michigan.

Rinkus, Marisa A. (2008). Rethinking urban storm water management: Identifying stakeholder attitudes toward watershed-based regulation and a proposed storm water retrofit in mid-Michigan.

Roy, Moushumi. (2016). Immigrants' assimilation and outcomes of health: A multidimensional analysis of self-assessed health among Asians and paramedics of Asian Indian origin in the U.S.

Rushman, G.A. (1946). The design of East Lansing & Michigan state college airport.

Ryan, W.N. (1939). The preliminary location and design of a pedestrian underpass below Grand River Avenue at M.A.C. Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan.

Scott, Christian Kelly. (2016). The role of emerging farmers' personal networks in market access and start-up farm success.

Severance, H.D. (1903). Location & estimate of cost of electric railway between M.A.C & Haslett.

Spotts, Daniel M. (1983). A Study Of An Urban Population's Familiarity With Their Local Parks (Michigan).

Stapleton, Steven York. (2017). An Evaluation of the Relative Safety of Pedestrian Infrastructure Using Driver Behavior and Conflict as Surrogates for Crashes.

Surbrook, Nancy Anne. (1997). Children's exposure to the natural environment and their environmental attitudes: An exploratory study.

Taylor, Jacqueline Diane. 1986). Developing Sister College Relationships Between Lansing Community College, United States, And National Taipei Institute Of Technology And National Taichung Institute Of Commerce, Republic Of China (Taiwan) (Michigan, International).

Thatcher, W.M. (1938). Design & cost estimate of a pedestrian underpass under Saginaw Street, East Lansing, Michigan.

Tocco, Rodney V., Jr. (2014). Effects of evapotranspiration based irrigation, double mowing, and wetting agent on an Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris putting green.

Wilberg, Richard Wesley. (1969). The function of planning in the charter township form of government : the case of Meridian Charter Township.

Youn, So-Jung. (2015). The importance of inland capture fisheries to global food security.

Zhao, Xiaoyu. (2017). The Effect of Descriptive Norms and Involvement on User Intention to Adopt Cause-Related Facebook Profile Filter and to Donate to NPOs.