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Welcome to the ETD Submission System

Welcome to Georgia Tech's system for submitting your graduate thesis or dissertation. Undergraduate Research Option Theses are submitted here as well.

Once you have passed the final defense and satisfied the requirements of the committee, you are ready to submit your manuscript to the Thesis Office for review. This submission process is fully electronic, and is made through an online application developed and maintained by the Texas Digital Library, in conjunction with the Texas A&M, MIT, and UIUC.

To get started with your submission, click the link below. You will be asked to authenticate using your GT Account:

Your help can make things better...

Your feedback is very important to us; it allows us to continue to improve the system. Please feel free to notify us directly at [email protected] if you have any suggestions to increase the usability or effectiveness of this application. You can talk to the your Thesis Office regarding any issues that may arise during the submission process.

Please contact the Thesis Office if you have any questions.

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About the Georgia Tech Digital Repository

The mission of the Georgia Tech Digital Repository is to collect, preserve, and expand access to the unique digital collections of immediate and long-term value to Georgia Tech and the global community. The collecting scope of the repository includes Institute research and scholarship; university documents; and special collections. See our Collection Development Policy .

The Georgia Tech Library encourages open, public access to items maintained within the repository; however, there are instances where copyright law or specific needs of the depositor requires campus-only or otherwise restricted access. Institute theses and dissertations between the years of 1978 and 2003 are closed to campus. If you would like to make your GT thesis or dissertation openly available, contact us at [email protected] .

Persistence & Citation

Each record in the repository is assigned a persistent identifier, a long-lasting reference to the digital resource that provides a method for reliably identifying, verifying and locating that resource over time. Repository persistent identifiers are registered using the handle system. Further registration with DataCite and the assignment of a DOI is available for some items upon request. When citing an item in the GT Digital Repository, use the digital resource identifier as the permanent link (usually in the form of http://hdl.handle.net/1853/xxxxx).

Preservation

The Georgia Tech Digital Repository is managed and sustained locally by the GT Library utilizing the DSpace repository platform. Collections are preserved in accordance with the Library’s preservation policy , which articulates the Library’s institutional commitment to steward its collections over time for use by current stakeholders and future generations. All materials within the repository are preserved via distributed digital copies maintained both here at Georgia Tech via daily snapshots and offsite in DuraCloud as archival information packages. All Georgia Tech created digital materials held by the Library are included in this network.

Content in the Georgia Tech Digital Repository is considered permanent in nature. However, under certain circumstances, such as copyright violation, it may be deemed necessary by the Georgia Tech Library to withdraw items from the repository. Withdrawal requests may be initiated by contacting [email protected] .edu . The Georgia Tech Library reserves the right to evaluate the request and make a decision about whether to withdraw the item. Scholarship may not be withdrawn because the depositor or author is no longer affiliated with the Institute. The depositor has the right to give additional copies to other institutions under the non-exclusive agreement. Since 2004, Georgia Tech has required all theses and dissertations be submitted electronically, with the electronic copy of record being housed in the Georgia Tech Digital Repository. Every Georgia Tech student submitting a thesis or dissertation is required to sign the repository license agreement. This agreement assigns a non-exclusive license to Georgia Tech to preserve and make available the online, electronic copy of the thesis, after any author prescribed embargo periods. This means that Georgia Tech will generally not withdraw any thesis from open online access, except under extreme extenuating circumstances, such as the discovery of a copyright violation. To avoid loss of the scholarly record, any withdrawal transactions will be documented in the form of a note in the description.provenance field of the Dublin Core item record. Additionally, because any repository item may have been cited or linked, we will always supply a tombstone item record which will include the original metadata (for verification), plus one of the notes below in place of the link to the object. The content of the note in the item record should be one of the following:

• "removed from view at request of the author"
• "removed from view by legal order"
• "removed from view at Georgia Institute of Technology's discretion"
• "removed from view at Georgia Institute of Technology Library's discretion"

School of Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate research option in materials science and engineering.

Georgia Tech’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program was created as part of  Tech’s “Quality Enhancement Plan” (QEP), a component of SACS accreditation. The purpose is to support both the quality and quantity of undergraduate research participation on campus.

The Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Program offers the Research Option that allows students to participate in undergraduate research in faculty laboratories.  The words “Research Option” will appear on the transcript of each student completing the requirements to indicate that the student has had a substantial, in-depth, research experience.

The requirements for the “Research Option” in Materials Science and Engineering are:

• Selection of a faculty advisor and research topic in conjunction with the faculty advisor. The topic and expected scope of the project must be approved in advance by the MSE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. The topic should first be emailed to the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs, Dr. Mary Lynn Realff at [email protected] . A key criterion will be whether the research may lead to a publishable paper.
• Fill out and submit the Research Option Application, www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/content/research-option-application
• Completion of nine units of supervised research, over a period of at least two, but preferably three, terms. Research may be either for pay or credit. At least six credit hours must involve work on a single research project.
• Registration in 9 hours of undergraduate research courses MSE 2698 and 4698 (for pay), or MSE 2699 and 4699 (for credit). Up to 10 hours of MSE 2699 or 4699 can be used to satisfy the technical, MSE, and free elective requirements of the BS degree in MSE.  Courses taken for credit must be passed with a grade of “C” or higher.
• Completion of LCC 4701 "Undergraduate Research Proposal Writing" (1 hr. credit) with a grade of "C" or higher the semester prior to their final semester of undergraduate research, at the latest. The student should write a Research Proposal while taking this class outlining their research topic and project for the thesis. For details on proposal content and requirements, go to: http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/content/research-option-proposal-upload-0

Once approved, the signed proposal should be uploaded at: http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/content/research-option-proposal-upload-0 .  All proposals must be approved and submitted, at the latest, before the start of the student's final term of research. An approved proposal is required for admission to LMC 4702.

• Completion of LCC 4702 "Undergraduate Research Thesis Writing" (1 hr. credit) with a grade of "C" or higher. students will construct an undergraduate research thesis based on their findings.
• Have research thesis approved by the faculty advisor and one other MSE faculty member authorized by the MSE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.  (Contact the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs to obtain a second reviewer).  The thesis will be evaluated on the basis of publishability, originality, creativity, and clarity.
• Submit a pdf copy of the approved research thesis to the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs.
• Complete the Certification Form, obtain necessary approvals/signatures: (1) the faculty research mentor, (2) the second faculty reader, and (3) the school undergraduate coordinator. A copy of the completed and signed certification form must be turned in, at the latest, to the UROP office in the Clough building, room 205 by the last day of finals of the student's graduating semester.
• Thesis archival in Georgia Tech's ETD Submission System: Students must upload their completed thesis to Georgia Tech's online thesis database (or appropriately embargo the thesis for one year) by the last day of finals of the student's graduating semester.

Forms : Research Approval Form

Undergraduate Academic Advising Team

Dr. mary lynn realff, dr. renita washington, shirley manchester, tristen jones.

For more information, please complete the MSE Undergraduate program online information request form .

Thesis and Dissertation Policy

POLICY ON THE ADVISEMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THESIS ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Doctoral Theses

There are two committees that function to advise, approve, and conduct the final doctoral oral examination of the thesis and the student's knowledge of the field in which it lies.

The first committee is called the Thesis Advisory Committee or the Thesis Reading Committee and consists of at least three people, one of whom is the Thesis Advisor. This committee approves the research topic, provides advice and guidance during the research, and is charged with approving the thesis when the research is completed and presented as the doctoral thesis. When the Thesis Advisory Committee considers the thesis to be satisfactory, a recommendation is made to the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education for the appointment of the second committee, which is called the Final Doctoral Examination Committee, and it consists of at least five individuals.

The Thesis Advisory Committee consists of at least three members satisfying the following: (1) the thesis advisor shall be a member of the Graduate Thesis Faculty (which is defined below). If the thesis advisor is an Adjunct Faculty or part-time faculty member, then there must be a co-advisor who is a full-time member of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. (2) the majority of committee members shall be members of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. The Committee is approved by the Graduate Curriculum Committee or its equivalent in the academic program, recommended by the School Chair or the faculty director of graduate studies in the program, and appointed by the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.

The Final Doctoral Examination Committee consists of at least five persons including at least three members of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. This committee always contains the Thesis Advisory Committee members and others as appropriate, who are recommended by the school or college to the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education for approval. The thesis advisor will serve as the chair of the Final Doctoral Examination Committee. At least one member of the Final Doctoral Examination Committee must be external to the unit in which the student is enrolled. A committee member is eligible to be the “external” member if they have a terminal degree and either 1) are a faculty member from a unit that is distinct from the unit in which the student is enrolled, or 2) are not employed by Georgia Tech and are active in research related to the topic of the dissertation.

It is recognized that some Schools and Colleges may wish to appoint a Thesis Advisory Committee that consists of five or more persons, and to recommend this committee to serve as the Final Doctoral Examination Committee. Where the constraints outlined above are met for both committees, this is permissible.

Master's Theses

For Master's Thesis advisement, the Thesis Advisory Committee consists of at least three members, the majority of whom must be members of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. The thesis advisor who serves as the Chair of the Thesis Advisory Committee must be a member of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. If the thesis advisor is an Adjunct Faculty or part-time faculty, then there must be a co-advisor who is a full-time member of the Graduate Thesis Faculty. The committee is recommended by the School Chair or the faculty director of graduate studies in the program and appointed by the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.

Graduate Thesis Faculty

The Graduate Thesis Faculty of an academic program consist of the tenure-track faculty in the program plus any additional faculty (emeritus, academic, research and adjunct) who have been approved to serve as primary thesis advisors by the Graduate Curriculum Committee or equivalent governing faculty committee of that academic program based on the following primary qualifications and any additional criteria established by that academic program faculty:

• Active in research or scholarly work
• Experience or training in teaching or mentoring graduate students
• Terminal degree

In the case of interdisciplinary programs, the governing faculty committee for that program may choose to include both the Graduate Thesis Faculty of a student’s home school and the Graduate Thesis Faculty of the academic program when determining the membership of thesis committees.

The Office of Graduate Education will maintain the list of non-tenure track faculty approved to be Graduate Thesis Faculty, as provided to them by the academic units. The Office of Faculty Affairs maintains the list of tenure-track faculty; together these two lists comprise the Graduate Thesis Faculty. This Graduate Thesis Faculty designation is meant for the purposes of this policy only and is not a faculty rank. The designation alone does not carry with it any employment implications or rights as outlined by Georgia Tech Faculty governance. 

Note On Joint Degrees and Departments

For joint (inter-institutional) departments or degree programs, committees should have at least one faculty member from each institution, and a majority should be joint program faculty. Joint program faculty will have undergone a nomination and appointment process in the joint program to qualify for the right to advise students in the joint program.

POLICY ON PUBLICATION OF THESES

A policy of the Georgia Institute of Technology is that Doctoral and Master's Theses are openly published. Extraordinary delays are not to be allowed to protect the proprietary interests of sponsors.

It is anticipated that all Ph.D. theses and a significant fraction of master's theses be published in the open, refereed literature.

In all cases, doctoral research should meet the "Guidelines for Ph.D. Dissertation Research", and in no situation should these be compromised to allow for concealing important research results because of security classification or a sponsor's proprietary interest.

Students may routinely elect to have publication of their theses withheld for a period of one year, if recommended by the student's thesis advisor. Requests for extensions beyond one year must be justified and approved by the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.

A Georgia Tech doctoral dissertation in its final form may not be used or have been used to meet the requirements for a separate degree at another institution.

GUIDELINES FOR PH.D. DISSERTATION RESEARCH

• The research should provide a useful educational experience for the student emphasizing creativity, independent action and learning, research methodology, and scholarly approach.
• The research must be relevant to the field in which the student is pursuing a degree.
• The contributions to knowledge must be original and as such, should represent a substantial addition to the fundamental knowledge of the field or a new and better interpretation of facts already known. The research must demonstrate creativity. Dissertations based on well-known principles, techniques, and models applied to situations only somewhat different from previous applications are not acceptable.
• The dissertation should contain clear statements about (a) the relevance and importance of the problem and (b) the significance, originality, and generality of the research results. The relationship of the research to the literature of the field should be described.
• The research should possess the major characteristics of the scientific method, namely objectivity and reproducibility. Assumptions should be clearly stated in both experimental and theoretical research.
• The dissertation should reflect a level of competence indicative of significant achievement beyond the master's level. Thus, the research is expected to draw directly upon advanced learning in the student's major field and demonstrate mastery of that knowledge.
• The dissertation must demonstrate understanding of the theory and methodology related to its main thrust. Further the dissertation should reflect knowledge of the application area.
• The research should result in at least one paper or creative work that is publishable through an external peer review process for the public.
• The dissertation should demonstrate a high degree of proficiency in written communication of research results. It should conform to the Institute's requirements as outlined in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research "Manual for the Preparation of Graduate Dissertations and Thesis".

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Selected Technical Report Databases

• NTIS Database (National Technical Information Service) This link opens in a new window Access the latest research sponsored by the United States and select foreign governments. Online coverage back to 1964.

Georgia Tech Library's NTIS subscription database includes citations and abstracts from unclassified government-sponsored research reports from the Departments of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, EPA, and other federal agencies. Many NTIS records link to full text; click on the NTIS " Full text " icon to link directly to the NTRL record which has a full text PDF icon. Engineering Village platform.

Search box - top of screen "Search this site, DoD S&T Reports, and more." The Department of Defense ( DoD ) Defense Technical Information Center ( DTIC ) Public Technical Reports database provides access to citations of unclassified, unlimited distribution documents, as well as the free electronic full-text of selected public documents.

• ERIC . 

ERIC is a free searchable, internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.  ERIC indexes education research found in journal articles, books, and grey literature (including educational technical reports). ERIC Thesaurus . ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) corresponds to the printed indexes of RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC can also be searched on the Georgia Tech Library ProQuest subscription platform (ProQuest top row " Change databases") and on the subscription EBSCO database.

National Technical Reports Library ( NTRL ). The Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service (NTIS) offers the American public free public access to a searchable online database of federal science and technology reports through their National Technical Reports Library (NTRL; selected full text). Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff: use the subscription NTIS database , which links to many full text NTRL technical reports using the NTIS record " Full text " icon.

Provides access to NASA aerospace information and domestic and international STI (scientific and technical information) pertinent to NASA's missions. Contains the searchable CASITRS (RECONselect) and NACA Technical Reports databases and databases from selected space and aeronautics centers. Includes research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, operational documents, and preliminary data (with some full-text coverage). Coverage begins with 1917.

OSTI.GOV is the primary search tool for DOE (Department of Energy) science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.  It consolidates OSTI's home page and the retired primary search tool SciTech Connect. OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies and indexes ( Nuclear Science Abstracts, Energy Science and Technology, Energy Research Abstracts). Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia.  OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records. Can "Refine by" after a search (or "modify this search") such as "Resource Type - Technical Report." Top search box, drop down menu: "Advanced Search Options" -- all fields, title, author/contributor ... More Options such as Resource Type - Technical Report, Publication Date, etc.

• TRAIL - Technical Reports Image & Archive Library This link opens in a new window U.S. government technical reports in technology and science issued prior to 1976.

Transportation. Can filter results: "Result Type" - "Reports, books, and collections"

• Additional databases, guides: Northwestern Libraries and Berkeley Library

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For individual technical reports not available online full text, Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff can request copies of technical reports by filling out an ILLiad request form .

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Here is the complete list of all doctoral dissertations granted by the School of Math, which dates back to 1965. Included below are also all masters theses produced by our students since 2002. A combined listing of all dissertations and theses , going back to 1934, is available at Georgia Tech's library archive. For the post PhD employment of our graduates see our  Alumni Page .

Doctoral Dissertations

Masters dissertations.