| International theses and dissertations on composite materials and structures (to circa 1994, compiled by John Summerscales) |
This bibliography of theses and dissertations is arranged by alphabetical sequence of the author surnames, with chronological subdivision within groups of of common surnames. The list is intended to update:
The combined coverage includes data from the following sources:
These bibliographies are provided as a convenient first reference point and are not claimed to be exhaustive. They include all known bibliographic detail up to circa 1994, when I no longer had the time to collect the information. Whilst every effort has been made to provide an accurate record, the compiler cannot accept any responsibility for costs or inconvenience incurred by errors or omissions included in these lists. Most American and some European doctoral dissertation titles contained here are published with the permission of University Microfilms International, publishers of Dissertation Abstracts International (copyright (c) variously 1973-1990 by UMI) and may not be reproduced without their prior permission. Permission to reproduce titles from the other sources listed above is also gratefully acknowledged.
Copies of the theses listed in this bibliography are normally available for loan from the institution at which the research was undertaken. British doctoral theses are routinely deposited at the British Library Document Supply Centre and have a reference number 'Dxxxxx/yy'. American doctoral theses are normally available from University Microfilms International, and have a reference number 'DAyyxxxxx'. Reports prepared for, or distributed by NASA, NTIS or US DoD have reference numbers 'Nyy-xxxxx' or 'AD (A)xxx xxx'.
In the previous paragraph 'yy' is a number indicating the year ('87' for 1987) and 'xxxxx' is a reference number in the sequence. An exclamation mark '!' indicates uncertainty about a thesis date. Angle brackets <>: indicate that a title is unconfirmed. Square brackets [] indicate the translation of a title.
| Abbreviation | Establishment |
| AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH 45433, USA. |
| BLDSC | British Library Document Supply Centre. |
| CHE | ... College of Higher Education |
| CSULB | California State University at Long Beach, CA 90840, USA. |
| CWRU | Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. |
| EMP | Ecole des Mines de Paris, BP87, 91003 Evry Cedex, France. |
| ENSET | Ecole Normale Superieure de l'Enseignement Technique, 61 av.du President Wilson, 94320 Cachan, France. |
| ETH | Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, 8092 Zurich (CH). |
| GWU | George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. |
| ICST&M | Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London, UK. |
| IIT | Indian Institute of Technology (various locations). |
| ISVR | Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton, UK. |
| IT | ... Institute of Technology |
| KAIST | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul. |
| KIHWV | Katholieke Industriele Hogeschool West Vlaanderen, B8400 Oostende, Belgium. |
| KTH | Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden. |
| KUL | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Louvain, Belgium. |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. |
| NCCH | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. |
| NLC | National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N4, Canada. |
| NMIMT | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, NM 87801. |
| NPS | Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA. |
| NTHU | National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, 30043 ROC. |
| NWU | Northwestern University |
| PI | ... Polytechnic Institute |
| PINY | Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. |
| RPI | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA. |
| RWTH | Rheinisch-Westfalischen Technischen Hochschule, 5100 Aachen. |
| SDSMT | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD 57701, USA. |
| SU | ... State University |
| SUNY | State University of New York, Albany, NY 12203 /Buffalo, NY 14260 /Stony Brook, NY 11790. |
| TA&MU | Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. |
| UCLA | University of California at Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. |
| UCSD | University of California at San Diego, CA 92093, USA. |
| UEA | University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK. |
| UIUC | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA. |
| UMIST | University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology. |
| UWIST | University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, UK. |
| VPI&SU | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, VA 24061. |
| VUB | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels. |
| WAMO | Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri 63130, USA. |
| WAWA | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. |
| WPAFB | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. |