This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
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ETDS from 1985
Common Work Space of Two Robot Arms, Byung Oh Choi
A Comparison of Leadership Styles Between College and University Administrators of Physical Education in the United States and Korea, Kwang Min Cho
The Effects of Selected Aspects of a Directed Studies Experience on Nursing Performance, Trudy M. Crawford
Dialect Geography in South Dakota : The Eureka Dialect, Christie Steiger Delfanian
Extruded Blend of Soybean Meal and Sunflower Seeds for Dairy Cattle in Early Lactation, James K. Drackley
A Comparison of Continuous and Discontinuous Treadmill Tests for Maximum Oxygen Uptake in Prepubescent Females, Kathleen A. Ferrar
Modification of Toffaleti's Procedure for Sediment Transport, Janice Froehlich
Historical Cropping Practices in Eastern South Dakota and their Effect on Sediment and Nutrient Transport, Paul Edward Gaspar
Economic Feasibility of Producing Fuel Alcohol from Fodder Beets in a Small-scale Plant, Mohamed K. Habash
Snout Ventilation and Cooling Effects on Swine, Leslie R. Heard
Debonding Phenomenon of the Sioux Quartzite, Najim A. Heidari
Adrienne Rich:"Re-membering" Women's History and Language, Polly Heins
Photovoltaic Investigations Utilizing Stannic Oxide Single Crystals, Teresa L. Hein
Control and Instrumentation for an Electric Farm Tractor, Dennis Helder
The Effect of Various Proteins and Amino Acids on Salenium Toxicity to Rats Fed Corn-based or Wheat-based Diets, Ailene Annette Herr
Wildlife Response to Stand Structure of Green Ash Woodlands, Robert A. Hodorff
Influence of Gestation Energy on Large White x Landrace Sow Productivity, Mary Kaye Hoppe
Factors Influencing Stored Oat Insect Populations in Eastern South Dakota, Jack Adrian Ingemansen
Effects of Mechanical Scarification on Germination and Emergence of Switchgrass, Nancy Kay Jensen
Plasma Pepsinogen Test for Hypobiotic Nematode Larvae in Abomasal Glands of Sheep, Richard Alex Jensen
The Relationship Between Obesity and Fertility in the Lethal Yellow Mouse (Ay/a; C57BL/6J), Kim William Jeppesen
Colchicine induction of Tetraploid Plants from Cultured Bulbscale Discs of the Easter lily Lilium longiflorum Thumb, Omar M. Kafawin
A Comparison of Type of Birth, Breed of Sire, Postweaning Nutrition, and Age of First Breeding on Lifetime Lamb and Wool Production in Range Ewes, Steven M. Kappes
Agricultural Lender Attitudes on Farm Finance Management Programming by the Cooperative Extension Service, Diane Kolmer
Evaluation of Gravel Excavation on Ground Water Movement and Quality, Nilaksh Kothari