Introduction
This sections below are finding aids for UIUC Engineering Theses: Departments and Call Numbers and Theses from MIT.
UIUC Engineering Theses: Departments and Call Numbers
Every thesis produced by graduates from the College of Engineering is cataloged separately and can be searched accordingly using the Online Catalog. Prior to 1983, each thesis was shelved by a call number assigned by subject. After that date theses were assigned a departmental call number and are shelved together by the year the thesis was granted. The following is a list of the engineering departments and the call numbers where their theses can be found.
Theses granted from 1985 to 1999 were assigned Ta as part of the departmental call number. Theses granted from 2000 to present are assigned Tb as part of the departmental call number.
(To find lists of degree candidates and their advisors from 1985 to present at UIUC, use Summary of Engineering Research in Grainger Engineering Library – 620.1IL6s)
| Aerospace Engineering | Q.629.1T | formerly Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering |
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering | Q.631.3T | formerly Agricultural Engineering (ACES Library) |
| Atmospheric Sciences | Q.551T | |
| Bioengineering | Q.610.28T | new department |
| Ceramic Engineering | Q.666T | no longer a department |
| Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Chemistry Library | formerly Chemical Engineering |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Q.624T | formerly Civil Engineering |
| Computer Science | Q.004T | |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Q.621.3T | |
| Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering | Q.620.8T | |
| General Engineering | Q.620T | no longer a department |
| Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering | Q.620Tc | formerly General Engineering |
| Materials Science and Engineering | Q.620.11T | |
| Mechanical Science and Engineering | Q.621.8T | formerly Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
| Metallurgical Engineering | Q.669T | no longer a department |
| Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering | Q.621.48T | formerly Nuclear Engineering |
| Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | Q.620.1T | no longer a department, but still awarding degrees |
| Physics | See IDEALS | |
| Geology | 550T |
Theses from MIT
MIT Theses are not available through Interlibrary Loan or from ProQuest (formerly University Microfilms, Inc. [UMI]). They can be obtained directly through MIT's Document Services. The cost as of August 2005 is $59 for 1-200 pages, $65 for 200-500 pages (paper or PDF/web delivery), or $29 (PDF/web delivery of theses already in the digital library).
ProQuest (formerly known as University Microfilms, Inc.)
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