ETD’s Top 20
With commencement just around the corner, many students are putting the finishing touches on their final papers, presentations, theses and dissertations. In this post, we’d like to highlight the top 20 most-downloaded Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) of all time. ETDs in the collection range from 2002 to the present (2014).
If you’d like to view more ETDs, head to the ETD page, or you can see more numbers on the ETD stats page.
Author | Department | Title | Total Hits | Date Submitted | URL |
Romo, Abel Javier | Linguistics and English Language | An English for Specific Purposes Curriculum to Prepare English Learners to Become Nursing Assistants | 104,697 | Jul 11, 2006 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd1407
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Pittard, Matthew Thurlow | Mechanical Engineering | Large Eddy Simulation Based Turbulent Flow-induced Vibration of Fully Developed Pipe Flow | 61,748 | Oct 8, 2003 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd295 |
Crane, Nathan B. | Mechanical Engineering | Compliant Centrifugal Clutches: Design, Analysis, and Testing | 53,252 | Sep 9, 2003 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd223 |
Blattman, William R. | Mechanical Engineering | Generating CAD Parametric Features Based on Topology Optimization Results | 42,605 | Apr 16, 2008 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd2367 |
Oliphant, Alma H. | Mechanical Engineering | Numerical Modeling of Friction Stir Welding: A Comparison of Alegra and Forge3 | 37,989 | Apr 27, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd417 |
Jensen, Robin S. | History | Gleaning the Harvest: Strangite Missionary Work, 1846-1850 | 34,131 | Jul 15, 2005 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd956 |
Murdock, Jennifer Melody | Communications | An External Audit of the National Tropical Botanical Garden | 33,022 | Apr 21, 2003 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd194 |
Aoyama, Kazumasa | Instructional Psychology and Technology | Using A Diglot Reader to Teach Kanji: The Effects of Audio and Romaji on the Acquisition of Kanji Vocabulary | 31,847 | Jul 6, 2005 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd888 |
Bushnell, Tyler Dwight | Exercise Sciences | A Biomechanical Analysis of Sprinters vs. Distance Runner at Equal and Maximal Speeds | 30,337 | Dec 2, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd634 |
Hundley, Nicholas James | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Structure Elucidation of Bioactive Compounds Isolated from Endophytes of Alstonia scholaris and Acmena graveolens | 28,635 | Sep 2, 2005 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd1013 |
Taniguchi, Stacy Tooru | Educational Leadership & Foundations | Outdoor Education and Meaningful Learning: Finding the attributes of meaningful learning experiences in an outdoor education program | 28,402 | Jun 6, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd438 |
Zeng, Yi | Chemical Engineering | Stable Polymer Micelle Systems as Anti-cancer Drug Delivery Carriers | 28,248 | Jun 1, 2005 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd841 |
Christensen, Sherie | Marriage and Family Therapy | The Effects of Premarital Sexual Promiscuity on Subsequent Marital Sexual Satisfaction | 28,125 | Jun 25, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd454 |
Snyder, Jeffrey | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Full-Scale Lateral-Load Tests of a 3×5 Pile Group in Soft Clays and Silts | 27,863 | Mar 15, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd364 |
Lee, Wayne Yeung | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Numerical Modeling of Blast-Induced Liquefaction | 27,537 | Jul 13, 2006 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd1431 |
Jevtic, Elizabeta | German and Slavic Languages | Blank Pages of the Holocaust: Gypsies in Yugoslavia During World War II | 27,286 | Jul 1, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd463 |
Bishop, Gregory Loren | Mechanical Engineering | A Comprehensive Model for Technology Push Product Development | 26,930 | Mar 19, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd394 |
Remund, Craig Timothy | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Design of CMOS Four-Quadrant Gilbert Cell Multiplier Circuits in Weak and Moderate Inversion | 26,645 | Nov 24, 2004 | http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd611 |
Xiang, Yanqiao | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Capillary Liquid Chromatography Using Micro Size Particles | 26,056 | Jul 30, 2004 | |
Sterling, Colin J. | Mechanical Engineering | Effects of Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fusion Welded 304L Stainless Steel | 24,379 | Jun 17, 2004 |