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Thesis Writer's Guide

Guide to thesis writing, graduation requirements.

• Navigating a Master’s Thesis
• Navigating a PHD
• Graduation Checklists and Deadlines

Thesis Prep

You should begin your thesis process by the second semester of classes as a master’s student, or at least one year before you plan to receive your degree as a PhD student. Below are some items to consider as you begin the thesis process.

Review OGS requirements

You are encouraged to communicate with the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) staff to verify that you are following the necessary guidelines for producing the thesis. You should also be certain that you understand the process of registering for research credits.

Departments may have additional requirements specific to their discipline. It is your responsibility to know the deadlines specific to your department and whether or not special organization and formatting are required. If special department or committee requirements contradict the information in this guide, you must resolve the conflict before writing the thesis.

At both the master’s and Ph.D. levels, the student is responsible for choosing a thesis advisor. The Dean of Graduate Studies appoints the thesis committee, based on the recommendations of the student, thesis advisor, and department head. A signed  Advisor/Thesis Committee   form must be filed with the OGS.

Present research proposal 

After a thesis topic has been selected, a research proposal is written. The research proposal is a description of the research the student intends to undertake, which will be reported in a more detailed and comprehensive fashion in the thesis. The proposal is your opportunity to convince the advisory committee of your ability to pursue the project to a successful conclusion. The thesis proposal itself does not need to be approved by the OGS.

TEMPLATES: LATEX AND WORD

Unofficial latex thesis template.

A template for preparing theses is available for any Mines student to use in the program LaTeX. In this template, all the OGS formatting guidelines have been automatically incorporated, by the author, Claudia Schrama. You may access the template and users guide using the links below, or it can be found via Overleaf . If you are not yet a regular user of LaTeX, we recommend the LaTeX guidance resources offered by the Mines Library . More information on the LaTeX template can be found on the GSG website .

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

CLICK HERE to download the LaTeX Thesis Template (.zip)

CLICK HERE to download the Template User Guide (.pdf)

UNOFFICIAL WORD THESIS TEMPLATE

A Word thesis template has recently been developed for preparing theses. The Word template incorporates OGS formatting guidelines and instructions, although student users must ensure that they check the content carefully during preparation, and must compare their final version to the Sample Thesis and OGS Formatting Checklist (available in the next section) for best results. This template was developed by Wonuola Olawale and Michelle Kent ([email protected]).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE WORD TEMPLATE:

• Click on the link below to open a file in OneDrive
• Choose “File -> Save a Copy” to download a copy to your own computer to use
• Open the downloaded file on your own computer
• Choose “Enable Editing” and “Enable Content” (this alludes to the fact that the file contains macros)
• Save the file with a new name
• things that you will replace with your own content (e.g. Title, names, Abstract, chapter headings, text, figures, tables, Appendixes etc etc)
• instructions, warnings, notes and guidelines – you will delete these when done
• things that will stay in the thesis (like page #s, certain headings, etc – see descriptions on the Instructions page)
• the original file will always be available for you to go back to if needed
• Cross-check with 2 important resources on the Thesis Writers Guide webpage : the OGS Formatting Checklist and the Sample Thesis pdf  MinesThesisWordTemplate_test version 1.0.docm

Sample Thesis and Format Checklist

• Sample Thesis
• Thesis Format Checklist

Registering for Copyright

Your copyright is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law automatically upon creation   regardless if your register your copyright or not. Registering the copyright of your thesis could provide some advantages if an infringement suit should occur. This  “Why Copyright” document from ProQuest  has a list of the potential advantages. If you wish to  register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office , for a fee, ProQuest will register your thesis at the time of submission. For more information on registering the copyright of your thesis, review the information on the  ProQuest website  and the  U.S. Copyright Office  website. Regardless, if you choose to register your copyright, ProQuest will deposit a copy of your thesis with the Library of Congress as a formal record. If an official copyright is registered, the  copyright page  is the second page in the thesis, but the copyright page is never numbered. The thesis copyright page contains the 1) author’s name, 2) the date, and 3) the statement, “All Rights Reserved,” centered on the page.

Using Copyrighted Material

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure copyright permissions for any previously published articles and any co-authors not on your committee are obtained.  If in doubt, get permission.   The Office of Graduate Studies is not responsible for any copyright issues.

Your thesis or dissertation contributes to the scholarly conversation and builds upon previous publications in your field. While writing, you may paraphrase and/or quote texts as well as reuse data, figures, and tables from other authors’ publications and/or your own previous publications.  In some fields, it is common for candidates to publish their research results prior to completion of the degree and to include material from these prior publications, in whole or in part, in the thesis. To the extent that this practice encourages student participation in the wider research enterprise and a wider dissemination of student research results, we encourage departments to adopt this model.

Most of these previously published materials are under protection of the Copyright Law. In additional, re-publication of journal articles as part of a thesis or dissertation is not explicitly covered under section 107 of the copyright act; the so- called “fair use” section.

Thus, to reuse others or your own published materials, you need to:

• Exception: When reusing your own article as a whole, no paraphrasing is needed if the the original publication is explicitly cited and the publisher / co-author permissions are properly stated and attached. (See section below on “Reuse copyrighted materials authored or co-authored by you”)
• Reuse  legally  by  request permissions in writing  from the copyright owners of the work (even for those articles you authored in many cases).

Request permission to reuse copyrighted materials from publishers For most traditional publications (e.g. journal articles and book chapters), the academic authors usually sign agreements to partially or completely transfer their copyright to the publisher. Thus, the publishers usually has the authority to grant permission to reuse the copyrighted material or can refer requests to the copyright owner or designated representative. The copyright owner may charge a fee for permission to reuse. But many publishers would waive the fee if you explain the reuse is in a thesis or dissertation. MIT’s  Thesis content and article publishing   guides summarizes policies from major publishers. Please still check the specific publishers for most up-to-date information.

You may follow these steps to request reuse permission:

• Look for the publishers’  reuse policies for thesis and dissertations  on their website and follow their instruction. (e.g.  IEEE Reuse Permissions FAQ  or  ACS FAQ about Copyright . )  Some publishers provide a document or policy statement on their website that explicitly allows materials produced by the candidate to be included in their thesis or dissertation without obtaining explicit permission. Others provide links and directions as how to obtain the necessary permission from the publisher. Follow the instruction in the policies to request permissions or/and give appropriate attributions in your thesis.
• Through the  Copyright Clearance Center  (CCC) form linked on the article page as  “RightsLink” or “Rights & Permission”  etc. Make sure you save the confirmation email.
• Through a  publishers’ online form or contact email  on the reuse policy page if the CCC link is not available. It may take a few weeks for some publishers to respond to your requests. So, seeking for the permissions earlier than later. Make sure you save all the communications.
• When you submit your thesis , copies of the permission should be uploaded as part of the thesis or dissertation as directed by the ProQuest website. Emails granting copyright permission are acceptable.  And make sure appropriate attributions (e.g. “Reuse with permission ….” + copyright or license statement +  citation information of the original work) as directed in the permissions are included inline with the reused materials.  

Please be aware, that despite a candidate’s best efforts, publishers are not obligated to respond to requests for permission to re-publish. If a candidate has attempted to contact a publisher but has received no response, existing Copyright Law requires that this non-response be interpreted as a denial of permission to re-publish. For more information, see  http://libguides.mines.edu/copyright/permission .

Reuse copyrighted materials authored or co-authored by you In addition to those articles authored solely by you and your advisor(s), in some disciplines, it is normal to consider the inclusion of materials that are multi-authored in a thesis or dissertation. This is particularly true when collaboration and co-operation are required for researchers to undertake basic research efforts at the frontiers of their disciplines, either because of the nature of the work or the nature of the facilities involved. For materials included in a thesis or dissertation, however, it is presumed that the candidate is the primary owner of the intellectual activities described. If co-authored material is to be included in a candidate’s thesis or dissertation, the  Thesis Committee and the Department Head/Division Director of the candidate’s home department/division must approve of the appropriateness of the inclusion  of this material in the thesis or dissertation. Additionally, if the material was co-authored by authors other than the candidate’s advisor or thesis committee members, the candidate must obtain permission from each co-author who is not on the candidate’s committee to reproduce the material as part of the thesis or dissertation.  Copies of this permission should be uploaded as part of the thesis or dissertation as directed by the ProQuest website.

Copyright permission is required if:

ARTICLE ALREADY PUBLISHED

• PUBLISHER PERMISSION
• CO-AUTHOR PERMISSION

ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Article submitted but not yet accepted/rejected for publication, future article submission.

• NO PERMISSIONS NEEDED 
• OGS does not have a Copyright permission form.        
• Permissions may be in the form of an email.
• Add permissions at the end of the thesis or upload in ProQuest.          
• Do not upload signatures for permissions.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian, Seth Vuletich , provides individual consultations if you need help with reuse permission requests. 

Publishing Options

Thesis publishing process.

When you upload your thesis into ProQuest, you will be required to select between:

• Traditional Publishing (in   ProQuest Thesis and Dissertation Database ) Free option
• Open Access Publishing (in   ProQuest PQDT OPEN) . Students choosing this option will be charged a fee.

However,   regardless   of which option you choose, one copy of your thesis will be deposited into our own   Mines Institutional Repository   and   made Open Access   on this platform.

The following flowchart depicts the publishing process. See   ProQuest Publishing Agreement and FAQs   for additional information.

ProQuest offers students the option to publish their thesis using Traditional Publishing at no cost or   Open Access Publishing   for a fee. Either option allows open access in the Mines Institutional Repository, but the Open Access Publishing also allows open access in the ProQuest repository.

View the publishing differences .

For questions about publishing, contact ProQuest .

REQUESTING AN EMBARGO

You will be offered several options for restricting access (referred to as an embargo) when submitting your thesis through ProQuest. These same embargoes will be applied to the copy made available through the Arthur Lakes Library at Mines. Embargo options should be discussed with your advisor.

Effective Spring 2014, embargo agreements will no longer be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies. Please select embargo agreements in ProQuest under both the Publishing Settings & Copyright section and the Institutional Repository (IR) Publishing Options section. Please make sure that both sections in ProQuest match.

OPTIONS FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO AN ETD (EMBARGO)

You will be offered two embargo options: six months and one year. These delay publication of your thesis through Arthur Lakes Library or ProQuest until the end of the embargo period. The title, abstract, attribution information, and subject classification will be available during and after the embargo in the Arthur Lakes Library catalog.

Below are some scenarios when an embargo should be considered:

• If your work is based on data generated through research that will support other publications from people on the research team (such as your advisor), it may be necessary to refrain from releasing that data, as it underlies your thesis, while other publications are prepared.
• If you plan to apply for a patent based on research that is discussed in your thesis, you should be aware of the rules governing prior publication of material for which a patent is sought. Generally, once patent applicants publish their ideas or invention, they have a one-year window in which to submit their patent applications. After one year, the applicant’s own publication may be considered “prior art” that could prevent the issuance of a patent. Since electronic distribution of your thesis through either ProQuest or Arthur Lakes Library is publication for this purpose, an embargo will delay the beginning of this one-year time clock against a potential patent application.
• If your thesis contains data or material that was generated pursuant to a grant or contract and is reviewable by the sponsor or grantor prior to publication, you should select an embargo option.
• If you are planning to publish all or part of your thesis and know that publishers in your field consider open access electronic theses to be prior publication, you may want to consider an embargo.

The Colorado School of Mines Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) uses ProQuest to Publish all theses. Every thesis based graduate student must upload their thesis into ProQuest. After completing the CANVAS Checkout Course and after OGS receives your signed Thesis Defense Form and have uploaded your thesis into ProQuest, our office will begin reviewing your formatting.

ProQuest   (create an account and upload thesis)

Contact ProQuest

For questions regarding the electronic submission of your thesis, publishing options, ordering copies of theses, contact ProQuest directly. Phone: 1-877-408-5027 Available 8:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. E.S.T. Monday through Friday (excluding U.S. holidays) ProQuest Website

ProQuest FAQs

Before you Upload and the Formatting Review Process

• The Writing Center (operated under the Department of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) is a good resource for writing and formatting your thesis. Please note: the Writing Center is not an editing service.
• Make sure you have read the Graduation Requirements
• Schedule defense with department. Consult with department to see how far in advance you need to schedule.
• Take  Thesis Defense Form  to defense for signatures. The Thesis Defense Form can be obtained from the Pre-Thesis Defense Quiz in the CANVAS Checkout Course.
• Decide if you want to pay to copyright your thesis.
• Decide if you want to publish your thesis with Traditional Publishing or Open Access Publishing
• Decide if you want to purchase printed copies of your thesis (you must order them)
• Make sure you have the correct spelling for all your committee member’s names
• Make sure your fonts are embedded
• Submit completed CANVAS check-out course by the check-out course completion deadline.
• Turn in signed Thesis Defense Form to the Office of Graduate Studies, indicating that your thesis content has been approved by your committee by upload deadline .
• Upload content approved thesis in ProQuest by no later than midnight on the upload deadline.
• Format review will begin only after all steps above have been completed.
• Check the email you entered in ProQuest daily (or multiple times a day) for revisions. Multiple revisions may be needed.
• Formatting must by approved by the check-out deadline. You will get an email saying “congratulations” when your formatting has been approved.

Summer 2023 Deadlines

Please review the full list of steps needed to graduate in August 2023 here . Note that after your successful thesis defense, you must make any changes to the thesis content requested by your committee and then upload it in ProQuest by August 18, 2023 . You will then need to respond to any formatting revisions required by OGS, to receive final approval by August 31.

If you upload your thesis in late June – late July following a successful defense, please be aware that the timeline for OGS formatting reviews will vary due to variable staff schedules, travel, etc. If you have questions about review timing, or a pressing need for an expedited review due to a job offer, etc, please email [email protected].

Writing Center

• The Writing Center offers help with writing and formatting.
• 60 minute appointments are highly recommended for thesis help.
• Schedule an appointment
• Formatting help is offered near the thesis upload deadlines. Please contact Kristin Steinholt, formatting consultant, to make an appointment ([email protected]), or check the schedule for Thesis Formatting hours at the link here. Additional information and the Writing Center schedule
• For general questions, contact Allyce Horan at  [email protected] or Kristin Steinholt at [email protected] .

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2024 CWP-1030 “Seismic imaging by nonlinear inversion”, Werter Silva, MS thesis.

2023 CWP-1029 “Modeling and imaging marine vibrator data”, Khalid Almuteri, PhD thesis. CWP-1028 “Full-waveform inversion of time-lapse seismic data using physics-based and data-driven techniques”, Yanhua Liu, PhD thesis. CWP-1020 “Enhancing land seismic data with compressive sensing and processing”, Iga Pawelec, PhD thesis.  CWP-1019 “Spatio-temporal distribution of seismic wave fields and intensities: Active source focusing and energy transfer in strongly scattering media”, Manuel Alejandro Jaimes Caballero, PhD thesis. CWP-1016 “Data-driving and machine learning approaches for suppression of multiply reflected seismic waves”, Mert Kiraz, PhD thesis.  CWP-1012 “Near-surface seismic characterization and monitoring: A dense seismic acquisition perspective”, Jihyun Yang, PhD thesis.  CWP-1011 “Efficient modeling and waveform inversion of multicomponent seismic data for anisotropic media”, Harpreet Sethi, PhD thesis. CWP-1010 “Wavefield reconstruction using seismic interferometry and compressive sensing”, Patipan Saengduean, PhD thesis.

2022 CWP-992 Odette Aragao: “Probabilistic model constraints for full-waveform inversion”, PhD thesis . CWP-990 Cullen Young: “Reverse-time migration of a methane gas hydrate distributed acoustic sensing three-dimensional vertical seismic profile dataset”, MS thesis . CWP-989 Tugrul Konuk: “Tensorial elastodynamics and acoustodynamics for generalized seismic migration and inversion applications”, PhD thesis. CWP-988 Sagar Singh: “Application of facies constraints and machine learning to full-waveform inversion for anisotropic media”, PhD thesis. CWP-987 Can Oren: “ Elastic time-reverse imaging and transmission tomography for microseismic and DAS VSP data”, PhD thesis.

2020 CWP-948 Thomas Rapstine: “Towards airborne measurements of ground displacement”, PhD thesis. CWP-947 Yogesh Arora: “Processing and traveltime inversion of seismic diffractions in anisotropic media”, PhD thesis.

2019 CWP-946 Xueyi Jia: “Marchenko imaging for 2D and 3D complex structures – with field applications to sub-salt and sub-basalt imaging”, PhD thesis. CWP-945 Aaron Prunty: “Target-oriented imaging of acoustic media using unknown and uncontrolled random sources”, PhD thesis. CWP-937 Oscar Jarillo Michel: “Elastic waveform inversion of microseismic data in anisotropic media”, PhD thesis. CWP-926 Tong Bai: “Modeling, imaging and waveform inversion in attenuative anisotropic media”, PhD thesis.

2018 CWP-925 Vladimir Li: “Image-domain wavefield tomography in transversely isotropic media”, PhD thesis. CWP-923 Iga Pawelec: “Uncertainty quantification in seismic imaging”, MS thesis. CWP-922 Daniel Rocha: “Wavefield inversion and tomography using the energy norm”, PhD thesis. CWP-900 Xun Li: “A unified interpretation of nonlinear elasticity in granular solids”, MS thesis.

2017 CWP-896 Sonali Pattnaik: “Full waveform inversion with reflected waves for acoustic 2D VTI media”, MS thesis. CWP-881 Lucas Andrade de Almeida: “Seismic data interpolation using sparsity constrained inversion”, MS thesis. 

2016 CWP-880 Esteban Diaz Pantin: “Extended imaging and tomography under two-way operators”, PhD thesis.  CWP-879 Yutin Duan: “Elastic wavefield migration and tomography”, PhD thesis.  CWP-878 Hui Wang: “Seismic waveform modeling and inversion in acoustic orthorhombic media”, MS thesis.  CWP-854 Satyan Singh: “An inverse scattering approach to imaging using Marchenko equations in the presence of a free surface”, PhD thesis.  CWP-853 Nishant Kamath: “Full-waveform inversion in 2D VTI media”, PhD thesis.  CWP-848 Xinming Wu: “3D seismic image processing for interpretation”, PhD thesis.  CWP-846 Daniel Rocha: “Wavefield imaging using the energy norm”, MS thesis.  CWP-845 Christopher Graziano: “Wavelets and warping PS seismic images”, MS thesis. 

2015 CWP-826 Loralee Wheeler: “Automatic and simultaneous correlation of multiple well logs”, MS thesis.  CWP-825 Oscar Jarillo Michel: “Estimation of microseismic source parameters by anisotropic waveform inversion”, MS thesis.  CWP-824 Allison Knaak: “3D synthetic aperture for controlled-source electromagnetics”, PhD thesis.  CWP-823 Chinaemerem Kanu: “Time-lapse monitoring of localized changes within heterogeneous media with scattered waves”, PhD thesis. 

2014 CWP-822 Simon Luo: “Improved methods of reflection seismic data processing for velocity estimation, imaging, and interpretation”, PhD thesis.  CWP-821 Farhad Bazargani: “Optimal wave focusing for seismic source imaging”, PhD thesis.  CWP-820 Detchai Ittharat: “3D radio reflection imaging of asteroid interiors”, MS thesis.  CWP-789 Johannes Douma: “Improved temporal and spatial focusing using deconvolution: Theoretical, numerical and experimental studies”, MS thesis.  CWP-788 Andrew Muñoz : “Automatic simultaneous multiple-well ties”, MS thesis.  CWP-787 Esteban Díaz Pantin : “Understanding the reverse time migration backscattering: Noise or signal?”, MS thesis. CWP-786 Stefan Compton: “Automatic multicomponent image registration”, MS thesis. 

2013 CWP-785 Bharath Shekar: “Modeling, evaluation, and asymptotic analysis of attenuation anisotropy”, PhD thesis.  CWP-784 Francesco Perrone: “Wavefield tomography using image-warping”, PhD thesis.  CWP-783 Myoung Jae Kwon: “Two unconventional approaches to electromagnetic inversion – Hierarchical Bayesian Inversion and Inverse Scattering Series”, MS thesis.  CWP-782 Filippo Broggini: “ Wave field autofocusing and applications to multidimensional deconvolution and imaging with internal multiples”, PhD thesis.  CWP-781 Norimitsu Nakata: “ Seismic interferometry for temporal monitoring”, PhD thesis.  CWP-780 Steven Smith: “Modeling and inversion of stress-induced multicomponent seismic time shifts”, PhD thesis.  CWP-747 Tongning Yang: “Wavefield tomography using extended images”, PhD thesis.  CWP-745 Pengfei: Cai “Joint migration velocity analysis of PP- and PS-waves for VTI media”, MS thesis. 

2012 CWP-744 Xiaoxiang Wang: “Anisotropic velocity analysis of P-wave reflection and borehole data”, PhD thesis.  CWP-743 Yong Ma: “Waveform-based velocity estimation from reflection seismic data”, PhD thesis.  CWP-742 Clément Fleury: “ Wave propagation in complex media, scatte ring theory and application to seismic imaging”, PhD thesis.  CWP-740 Ashley Fish “Microseismic velocity inversion and event location using reverse time imaging”, MS thesis. 

2011 CWP-702 Thomas Cullison: “An image-guided method for automatically picking common-image-point gather locations from seismic images”, MS thesis.

2010 CWP-677 Christopher Engelsma: “Interpretation of 3D seismic images using an interactive image-guided paintbrush”, MS thesis. CWP-676 Yuanzhong Fan: “‘Virtual source’ methods for diffusive fields”, PhD thesis. CWP-675 Jia Yan: “Wave-mode separation for elastic imaging in transversely isotropic media”, PhD thesis. CWP-674 Yong Ma: “Full waveform inversion with image-guided gradient”, MS thesis. CWP-673 Yongxia Liu: “Gaussian beam modeling in heterogenous anisotropic media”, MS thesis. CWP-643 Derek Parks: “Seismic image flattening as a linear inverse problem”, MS thesis. 

2009 CWP-640 Ran Xuan: “Probabilistic micro-earthquake location for reservoir monitoring”, MS thesis. CWP-639 Jyoti Behura: “Estimation and analysis of attenuation anisotropy”, PhD thesis. CWP-617 Rodrigo Fuck: “Modeling of seismic signatures for reservoir characterization: Applications involving fracture- and stress-induced seismic velocity anisotropy”, PhD thesis.

2008 CWP-618 Gabriela Melo: “Range and resolution analysis of wide azimuth angle decomposition”, MS thesis. CWP-614 John Mathewson: “Detection of channels in seismic images using the steerable pyramid”, MS thesis. 

2007 CWP-581 Ivan Vasconcelos: “Interferometry in perturbed media”, PhD thesis. CWP-580 Kurang Mehta: “The Virtual Source Method: Implementation issues, improvement using wavefield separation and application to time-lapse monitoring”, PhD thesis. 

2006 CWP-560 Xiaoxia (Ellen) Xu: “Anisotropic geometrical-spreading correction and its application in azimuthal AVO analysis”, PhD thesis. CWP-549 Huub Douma: “A hybrid formulation of map migration and wave-equation-based migration using curvelets”, PhD thesis.

2004 CWP-494 Matthew Haney: “An investigation of sealing and episodic pulsing of fluids at a minibasin-bounding growth fault from seismic reflection images”, PhD thesis. CWP-492 Alexandre Grêt: Time-lapse monitoring with coda wave interferometry”, PhD thesis. CWP-489 Carlos Pacheco: “Time-lapse monitoring with multiply scattered waves”, MS thesis. CWP-470 Dongje Cheng: “Inversion of gravity data for base salt”, MS thesis.

2003 CWP-464 Debashish Sarkar: “Migration velocity analysis in factorized VTI media”, PhD thesis. CWP-462 Albena Mateeva: “Thin horizontal layering as a stratigraphic filter in absorption estimation and seismic deconvolution”, PhD thesis. CWP-461 Kasper van Wijk: “Multiple scattering of surface waves”, PhD thesis. 

2002 CWP-442 Andrés Pech: “Velocity analysis for laterally heterogeneous anisotropic media”, PhD thesis.  CWP-400 Peter Jílek: “Modeling and inversion of converted-wave reflection coefficients in anisotropic media: A tool for quantitative AVO analysis”, PhD thesis.  CWP-437 Reynaldo Cardona: “Fluid substitution theories and multicomponent seismic characterization”, PhD thesis. CWP-434 Valmore Celis: “Selective-correlation velocity analysis”, MS thesis.

2001 CWP-395 Jérôme Le Rousseau: “Microlocal analysis of wave-equation imaging and generalized-screen propagators”, PhD thesis. CWP-394 Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl: “Imaging-inversion and migration velocity analysis in the scattering angle/azimuth domain”, PhD thesis. CWP-358 Baoniu Han: “A comparison of four closely related depth migration methods”, MS thesis.

2000 CWP-357 Lan Wang: “Estimation of multi-valued Green’s function by dynamic ray tracing and true amplitude Kirchoff inversion in 3-D heterogeneous media”, PhD thesis. 

1999 CWP-296 Zhaobo Meng: “Tetrahedral based Earth models, ray tracing in tetrahedral models and analytical migration velocity analysis”, PhD thesis.

1998 CWP-290 Alberto Villarreal: “Distributed seismic modeling”, MS thesis. CWP-284 Herman Jaramillo: “Seismic data mapping”, PhD thesis.

1997 CWP-240 Gabriel Perez: “The quality of the surface-consistency assumption in residual-status estimation”, MS thesis.  CWP-239 Hongling Lydia Deng: “A complexity analysis of generic optimization problems: Characterizing the topography of high-dimensional functions”, PhD thesis.  

1996 CWP-237 Trino Salinas: “The influence of near-surface time anomalies in the imaging process”, MS thesis. CWP-236 Tariq Alkhalifah: “Seismic processing in transversely isotropic media”, PhD thesis. CWP-235 Andreas Rüger: “Reflection coefficients and azimuthal AVO analysis in anisotropic media”, PhD thesis.  CWP-234 AbdulFattah Al-Dajani: “Reflection moveout and parameter estimation for horizontal transverse isotropy”, MS thesis. CWP-233 Wenceslau Peres Gouveia, Jr.: “Bayesian seismic waveform data inversion: Parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis”, PhD thesis. CWP-204 Alejandro Murillo: “Distributed seismic unix”, MS thesis. CWP-201 John Anderson: “Imaging in transversely isotropic media with a vertical symmetry axis”, PhD thesis.

1995 CWP-196 Tong Chen: “Seismic data compression”, MS thesis. CWP-195 Gabriel Alvarez De La Hoz: “A comparison of moveout-based approaches to suppression of ground-roll and multiples”, MS thesis. CWP-186 Timo Tjan: “Residual statics estimation for data from structurally complex areas using prestack depth migration”, MS thesis.  CWP-177 Boyi Ou: “2.5-D common offset inversion in triangulated background models of the Earth”, MS thesis. CWP-168 Zhenyue Liu: “Migration velocity analysis”, PhD thesis. CWP-163 Omar Uzcategui: “Depth migration in transversely isotropic media with explicit operators”, PhD thesis. 

1993 CWP-132 Mohammed Alfaraj: “Transformation to zero offset for mode-converted waves”, PhD thesis. 

1987 CWP-059 Bruce Gordon Zuver: “Asymptotic Fourier Iintegral operator methods applied to the inverse problems of geometric acoustics”, PhD thesis.

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The Thesis Writers Retreat is a four-day program which gives graduate students structured time to work on their thesis or other writing projects. Professional writing consultants, research librarians, and thesis formatters will be on hand to provide academic support on request. During structured writing time, students will have the option to attend breakout sessions that will focus on topics ranging from academic writing tips to literature reviews. All structured writing time will be followed by a casual presentation with free lunch. Additional optional writing time is available in the afternoon.

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How do i get access to a mines thesis or dissertation.

Most theses and dissertations written by Colorado School of Mines graduates are available in the Mines Repository . With digital access, we no longer make our print collection available. They can also be found in our Library's Catalog . Please note links to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database are limited to Mines users. 

If you need assistance finding a thesis or want to report an issue please contact the library . 

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• Last Updated Nov 20, 2023
• Answered By Lisa Dunn

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