Students in the MCRP program are able to choose a thesis or non-thesis option.  Below is a list of the topics researched by our students:

 

Author Last Name	Author First Name	Title	Year	Major Professor
Sun	Zhengyu	The use and abuse of crash data in roadway access management	2008	Souleyrette, Reg and David Plazak
Rafferty	Colleen R.	Livability, aging in place, and pedestrian access for the city of Boone, Iowa	2006	Clapp, Tara Lynne
Wagler	Michael	What is historic preservation? An examination historic preservation in Rual Main Street Iowa communites	2006	Bradbury,Susan
Seibert	Lucas	An analysis of population decline for the city of Cherokee from 1980-2000	2005
Cao	Hua-jun	Street design and human inhabitation	2004	I-Shian Suen and Clare Robinson
Beckom	Jesse	Is gentrification occuring in the Drade neighborhood?	2004	Huntington, Stuart
Yang	Hsiao-Yun	Tourism planning for economic development in Mason City, Iowa	2003	Bradbury, Susan
Tebben	Donald	Responsiveness of transportation commission public input meeting	2003	Borich, Timothy
Stoffel	Vanessa	Farmer response to land use policy in the Slovak Republic	2003	Huntington, Stuart
Stoffel	Vanessa	Land use policy in the Slovak Republic and its role in rural development	2003	Huntington, Stuart
Sampson	Donna	Leadership patterns in a rural town: greenfield, Iowa	2003	Mattson, Gary
Killmer	Holly	An evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs of the Des Moines community garden coalition	2003	Mahayni, Riad
Khan	Karen	An assessment of the City of Des Moines' continuum of care and planning for homeless women and children	2003	Mahayni, Riad
Kacmarynski	Emily	Hispanics in the Main Street Program	2003	Bradbury,Susan
Weaver	Chad	Growth phasing in Waukee, Iowa	2002	Borich, Timothy
Pinzon	Martin	Bamboo for earthquake prevention and relief in Colombia	2002	Huntington, Stuart
Owen	Franklin	Tomorrow's leaders today; a study	2002
McIntyre	Jeffrey	Handbook for simplified practice of traffic studies	2002	I-Shian Suen
Lane	Anne	Suburban town centers. A town center overly district for West Des Moines, Iowa	2002	Borich, Timothy
Cashaw	Frederick	Economic sustainability development plan for the city of Jefferson, Iowa	2002	Bradbury, Susan
Al-Nabhan	Mai	Single parents' access to affordable housing case study, Ames, Iowa, 1990-2000	2002	Mahayni, Riad
Lange	Mindy	The development dillemma: deciding between preservation and development of natural areas in Iowa	2001	Huntington, Stuart
Kosman	Kyle	Evaluation of simulation model vehicle activity output for traditional and modal emission	2001	Hallmark,Shauna
Hwang	Gwo-Yih	Effects of bypasses on Iowa communities three case study	2001	Mahayni, Riad
Grewe	Nicole	Policy implementation, Devolution, and rural planning A case study of a rural Nex Mexicao Community	2001	Borich, Timothy
Clay	Michael	Automated bridge anti-icing pilot project	2001	Mahayni, Riad
Barbee	Joshua	Transportation policies and their effect on samll towns	2001	Borich, Timothy
Atluri	Rama	Web based GIS and citizen participation	2001	Suen, I-Shian
Tracy Bucher and Brian Portz		Jasper County housing needs assessment	1999	Knox, Jerry
Sotelo-Rodriguez	Yolanda	Design guidelines for entryways to the city of Ames	1999
Schooff	David	Freeport, Illinois Central Business District revitalization plan	1999	Huntington, Stuart
Mumm	Aaron	Hazard analysis for the City of Des Moines, Iowa	1999	Thompson, Robert
Cosner	Susan	Cyber democracy in planning: a new public participation model	1999	Mahayni, Riad
Badji	Yaya	Community and rural development in Senegal: administrative obstacles from foreign technical assistance perspectives	1999	Knox, Jerry
Yuan	Li-chung	The potential demand and types of users of an intermodal rail-truck terminal in the central Iowa area	1998	Walter,Clyde
Vasey	Iain	Issues of suburban growth in the Chicago area	1998	Knox, Jerry
Sato	Fumitaka	A rationale for the inclusion of Parson's theories in community and regional planning	1998	Knox, Jerry
Rathi	Sujaya	A conceptual comprehensive model for determing modal choice behavior in transportation	1998	Mahayni, Riad
Patton	Benjamin	A survey study of planners' perception of sustainability	1998	Hamin, Elisabeth
Ono	Masafumi	The analysis retail business trends at small college towns in Iowa: as a case study of town and gown relationship	1998	Knox, Jerry
Okereke	Ken	Applying GIS to Mary Greeley medical center fire-protection sprinkler system	1998	Shinn, Duane
Ogle	Kim	Developing the Dallas County growth management plan	1998	Knox, Jerry
McNiece	Colin	Exploring sustainablity fro disaster resilient communites	1998	Thompson, Robert
Jesen	Eric	Traditional neighborhood development: an optional traditional neighborhood development ordinance for Kansas City, Missouri	1998	Mahayni, Riad
Bahk	Sung-woo	A study of developing a sound and sustainable community for a university type of new town in Korea	1998	Shinn, Duane
Wunder	Charles	Home occupation regulations in DuPage County, Illinois	1997	Knox,Jerry
Teator	Carole	Protecting the blufflands of the upper Mississippi River Valley: Landscape ecology principles manifested in community planning	1997	Sanchez, Thomas
Olson	Donovan	Evaluation of Main Street Iowa's Rural Main street program	1997	Huntington, Stuart
Magnuson	Marilyn	Use of visual assessment surveys for planning in agricultural landscape	1997	Paul Anderson&Jerry knox
Habeger	Robin	Annexation in Iowa: An analysis of the Iowa annexation statutes	1997	Mahayni, Riad
Bahk	Sung-Woo	A study of developing a sound and sustainable community for a university type of new town in Korea	1997	Shinn,Duane
Smick	Mary	The process of creating a model landscape ordinance	1996	Mahayni, Riad
Jin	Hee-Seon	Policies for controlling population concentration in capital region: the case study of Korea	1996	Knox, Jerry
Goltry	Stephen	The motivation of landowners to donate conservative easements and their property to land trust	1996	Eric Damian Kelly and Norman Dietrich
Thomsen	Lori	Planning for movie-induced tourism in Winterest, Iowa	1995	Kihl, Marry
Stillings	Timothy	Alleviating bicycle and pedestrian conflicts on the central campus of Iowa State University	1995
Fox	Kathleen	A case study on the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin: using gambling revenues as a tool for community and economic development	1995	Eric Damian Kelly
Blue	Jacqueline	Gambling in historic America: is it an appropriate tool for economic development?	1995	Eric Damian Kelly
Mays	Michael	Crime and public housing in Des Moines dispelling the myth	1994	Patricia Burgess
Luke	Vivian	The perceived effects of music as a performing art medium on lifestyle, health and quality of life	1994	Kihl, Mary
Indriati	Endang	Integrated rural development program: a strategy to alleviate rural poverty ni Irian Jaya Indonesia	1994	Knox, Jerry
Dunkin	Larry	Agricultural land preservation act: Draft legislation for the State of Iowa	1994	Kihl, Mary
Richards	Donna	The economics of infill housing in Des Moines	1993	Eric Damian Kelly
Qadir	Sakinah	Housing satisfaction and adaptability among east Asian cultural transplants residing in married student housing at Iowa State University	1993	Kihl, Mary
Perez	Judith	Bicycle commuting in the Des Moines metropolitan area	1993	Mahayni, Riad
Jesen	Alan	Conservation of existing vegetation for the potential creation of wildlife habitat on the rural and urban fringe: a case study of Emmetsburg, Iowa	1993	Shinn, Duane
Ismoyo	Lilik	Jakarta Kampung improvement program: an effect to improve the poor's quality of life	1993	Knox, Jerry
Fielding	Vincent	Urbanization patterns in Egyps	1993	Mahayni, Riad
Das	Bhaskar	Use of GIS to evaluate alternative for Hospital Expansion	1993	Osterberg,Arvid
Baumhover	Stephen	Eligibility for paratransit under the Americnans with Disabilities Act:Where should transit authorities draw the line?	1993
Baumhover	Stephen	Eligibility for paratransit under the Americans with Disabilities Act: where should transit authorities draw the line?	1993
Wanberg	David	An analysis of Resource Enhancement Committee in the Iowa Resource Enhancement and Protection Program	1992	Anderson, Paul and Shinn, Duane
Park	Jea-Guy	Urbanization and urban development policy in Korea	1992	Mahayni, Riad
Kodri	Agus	An evaluation of the urban hierarchy in Kendal Regency, Indonesia(case of planning in the developing country)	1992	Kihl, Mary
Haugrud	Rolf	Privatization of municipal services: a survey of central Iowa communities	1992	Knox, Jerry
Harjono	Dudut	An evaluation of the transmigratioin program in Indonesia: a case study in the province of Bengkulu	1992	Kihl, Mary
Gu	Xia	Physical development of the open space system on ISU main campus	1992	Shinn, Duane
Evans	Frances	The economic impact of Lake Panorama on Guthrie County	1992
Elkattan	Medhat	Image and identity in historic districts: their establishment and enhancement case study: Ames, Iowa	1992	Knox, Jerry
Djalil	Hidayat	Evaluation of rural settlement in Indonesia case study: Karang Agung I-900 South Sumatera	1992	Knox, Jerry
Collins	Thomas	Balancing human and environmental values through mediation	1992	Mahayni, Riad
Chang	Lien-chen	Analysis of metropolitan government-Des Moines, Iowa	1992	Mahayni, Riad
Campbell	DeWayne	Wetland protection: the role of Iowa agencies in the implementation of federal and state programs	1992
Bakshi	Rajiv	A case study of the role of citizen participation in the budgetary decision making process in the City of Ames, Iowa	1992	Jackson, George
Asif	Mohammad	Use of computers in the Pakistani construction industry	1992	Jaselskis, Edward
Varnado	Debra	Factors which influence commuter mode choice decision	1991	kihl, Mary
Shehadeh	Ali	Centralized/regional planning: the case of Jordan	1991	Kihl, Mary
Schoon	Brian	Using the land evaluation and site assessement technique in the rural-urban fringe: a case study of Dallas County, Iowa	1991	Knox, Jerry
Mundt	Jeffrey	Groundwater protection: the Story County experience	1991	Knox,Jerry
Hameed	Shabana	Evolution in the design of Islamic cities	1991	Mahayni, Riad
Fultz	Stephen	Planning and community development efforts of small towns with special population: a case study of Grabill, Indiana	1991	Kihl, Mary
Al-Edwan	Muhammad	Regional planning in Jordan	1991	Mahayni, Riad
Samuels	Darryl	A study of the effects of housing rehabilitation funds on property values in fifty-two inner-city Houston, Texas neighborhood	1990
May	Sarah	Iowa's rural infrastructure and its government assistance programs	1990	Mahayni, Riad
Krecht	Hellal	An Analysis of Subdivision street Standards	1990	Kihl,Mary
Krecht	Hellal	An analysis of subdivision street standards	1990	Kihl, Mary
Hou	Te-hwa	Housing information system: the use of computized information system in local government	1990
Clause	Joyce	Participating behavior and environment: a comparative analysis of the Section 8 Certificate and Voucher Program	1990	Mahayni, Riad
Buranda	Krisna	The identification of bus users from the Iowa State Center parking lot	1990	Kihl, Mary
Arafat	Hisham	Urban design and development of the Husseini Mosque and Vicinity, Amman, Jordan	1990	Mahayni, Riad
Akpan	Michael	Involvement of citizen volunteer leaders in planning and implementing Rural Development programs in Iowa	1990	Kihl, Mary
Sen	Joy	Urbanization and national development planning in India	1989	Mahayni, Riad
Rutz	Heather	Adoption and diffusion theories used in Thailand's family planning program	1989	Kihl, Mary
Hill	David	A feasibility study for the implementation of a metropolitan government for the Des Moines metropolitan area	1989
Hill	David	A feasibility study for the implementation of a metropolitan government for the Des Moines metropolitan area	1989
Guendel	Jeanne	The direction of planning theory: a comparative analysis of mainstream planning theory and the political economy approach	1989	Mahayni, Riad
Corder	Jeffrey	Implementation of annexation policies through defined strategies: a case study of the village of Lombard,Illinois	1989	Knox, Jerry
Ladjahasan	Nora	Impact evaluation of Logan rehibilitation/redevelopment program	1988	Kihl, Mary and Ertur, Omer
Munyambate	George	Transportation system as a stimulant to balanced regional development: A case study of Malawi	1987	O.S.Ertur
McMurray	Victor	A study of local building codes and housing quality for Iowa counties and the towns of Story County,Iowa	1987	Daniels, Thomas
Lufuma	Ambrose	A theoretical comparative study of the feasibility and implementation of integrated rural development programs: A case study of Kabompo and Mpika in Zambia	1987	Ertur, Omer
Ismail	Noriah	Rural alternatives to urban problems in developing countries	1987	Knox,Jerry
Guhathakurta	Subhrajit	Primacy and development in developing countries: A regional approah	1987	Mahayni, Riad
Reed	David	An analysis of the Black Hawk County Land Preservation and Zoning ordinance	1986
Petit	Juan	Integration of women into rural development: Education and training activities: the cases of Venezuela	1986	Kihl,Mary
Muleya	Cephas	Community participation in rural development planning: A case of Zambia	1986	Kihl,Mary
Hashim	Habsah	Grassroots participation in local planning process	1986	Kihl,Mary
Evans	Paul	District heating: A viable enerty alternative	1986	Knox,Jerry
Emre	Ali	Park planning and design for physically disabled individuals	1986	Duane Shinn
Koo	Cha Mun	An assessment of urban low-income housing policies in developing countries: Case study of Seoul, Korea	1985	Duane Shinn
Hong	SungWook	Urban design aspects of pedestrian planning: the Iowa State University Campus	1985	Duane Shinn
Dzakuma	Solomon	Digital image analysis of landsat data for possible farm to mark route location in Guatemala	1985	Duane Shinn
Parker	Pearson	Capital facilities planning in small and medium sized Iowa cities: A political/administrative and socioeconomic perspective	1984	Duane Shinn
Macias-Lopez	Antonio	Formation and hierarchization of goals and objectives for development planning. A case study of Guatemala	1984	Kihl,Mary
MacFadden	Gail	Bus services for the reverse commuters: an examination of Charlotte, North Carolina	1984	Kihl,Mary
Collier	Vincent	Relocation and housing satisfaction	1984	Shinn,Duane
Chiusiwa	Gaphelo	Growth center strategy for rural development: A case study of Malawi	1984	O.S.Ertur
Vandehaar	Alan	Regional planning innovation in Minnesota: An assessment of the potential for application in Iowa	1983	Lex,Louis
Kabagarama	Daisy	Citizen participation in rural development planning: A case study of Uganda	1983	Kihl,Mary
Johson	Donald	The potential for solar energy development in housing: use of Ames, Iowa as a case study	1983	Mahayni, Riad
Flathers	Timothy	An analysis of average housing appreciation rates, homeowners' attitude and propensity to invest in home maintenance and improvement	1983	Kihl,Mary
Ramon	Tova	Social and political factors in establishing neighborhood organizations	1982	Kihl,Mary
Leaman	Jack	Citizen participation in the planning process: A applied to downtown revitalization	1982	Knox,Jerry
Kang	Bin-Shong	Global achievement and managerial evaluation of the public transit service in Ames, Iowa	1982	Knox,Jerry
Friedman	Rex	A proposal for a small town visual landscape management system	1982	Knox,Jerry
Ergun	Yasar	A model of socioeconomic impact forecasting in reservoir projects using income distribution criteria	1982	Lex,Louis
Adefuye	Boyejo	Evaluation of roadway development projects	1982	Malone, William
Venugopal	Vanitha	Flexible zoning small towns of central Iowa	1981	Kihl,Mary
Stewart	Rudolph	The impact of institutional mobilization upon the growth and development of small rural communities in Iowa	1981	Kihl,Mary
Samatar	Abdi	Urbanization and development strategy in Tropical Africa: 1900-1980	1981	Mahayni, Riad
Kroeger	Jean	Property tax relief as a housing incentive model legislation for states	1981	Malone, William
Ann	Ling	Housing in the Taipei metropolitan area	1981	Malone, William
Agba	Ebelechukwu	A case for bus transit at Iowa State University	1981	Lex,Louis
Abdel-latif	Mhmoud	Comparative analysis of approacher to residential development in American suburbs-collective environmental consciousness or selective influential action	1981	Malone, William
Tuo	Chung-hwa	The impact of industrialization on land use in Taiwan, the Republic of China	1980	Malone, William
Haririan	Abolgasem	Land use analysis in Tehran, Iran	1979	Lex,Louis
Dei-Anang	Koranteng	A design for a computer-assistanted teaching system for simulation in urban planning	1979
Clark	Richard	Analyzing neighborhood rehabilitation: A framework for evaluating the Des Moines Neighborhood housing Services Program	1979	Malone, William
Mohunlall	Roopchand	Public corporation as an alternative management technique for new towns development in the United States	1978	Lex,Louis
Gerber	Sheldon	Iowa's Land Preservation law: Historical development and a comparative study of two County Land Preservation Policy Commissions	1978	Lex,Louis
Gama	Beatriz	The impact of Brasilia in the urban system of its hinterland	1978	Malone,William
Willcutt	Gaylord	Factors which have influenced housing design in three new towns in England and Finland: A comparative study	1977	Malone,William
Moe	Allen	Open spaces preservation of river corridors	1977	Knox,Jerry
Yuva	Robert	An analysis of urban land banking as a growth management technique	1976	Malone,William
Rovang	Philip	Performance standards: A management system to control urban stormwater runoff quality in future development	1976	Knox,Jerry
Ehrfurth	Paul	The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974	1976	Malone,William
Abolhanif	Mohammad	Regional analysis of Isfahan	1976	Malone,William
Xumsai	Pongsi	Studies for development plan for Bangkok,Tailand	1975	Amalone,William
Simmering	Thomas	Consumer satisfaction with municipal services as a function of community size and growth rate	1975	Knox,Jerry
Crowley	Thomas	Grants-in-aid  Urban vs. rural allocation	1975	Knox,Jerry
Smith	Dennis	The renew corporation	1974	Malone,William
Person	Richard	Revenue sharing: the perpetuation of metropolitan fragmentation	1974
McCarthy	Timothy	The residential abandonment process in the Model City neighborhood,Des Moines, Iowa	1974	Malone,William
Mansen	David	A development process for a social information system for metropolitan planning	1974	Malone,William
Long	David	Selected characteristics of Iowa regional planning agencies' commissioners and council members	1974	Malone,William
Halliday	Alison	The effectiveness of public transportation for the elderly in the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area	1974	Malone,William
Daiker	Carl	Self-containment and geographical location: A comparison of two American new towns	1974	Malone,William
Bowles	Glenn	Environmental consideration for land use change	1974	Lex,Louis
Block	David	Commercial land use planning for American new towns	1974	Malone,William
Azemoudeh	Farrokh	New towns and their impact on population distribution in developing nations	1972	Malone,William
Stephen	Russell	Case studies: the implementation of planning programming budgeting at the local level	1971	Osgood,Frank
Charles	King	Urban simulation models in practice: A survey and critique	1971	Osgood,Frank
Arney	John	A survey of graduate planning education in the united states	1971	Amalone,William
Oliver	Byrum	Transportation planning in new towns	1970	Amalone,William
Raymond	Rampson	Relating privates residential developer goals to urban planning	1969	Osgood,Frank
McLaughlin	William	The effectiveness of counciles of governments in implementing metropolitan physical plans	1969	Osgood,Frank
Barmelgui	Mohamed	An urban renewal program for the Mahmasha-Shurabia districts of Cairo,U.A.R.	1969	Amalone,William
Ludwig	William	Interest or clarity as an approach to urban design: A case study of preferences	1968	killam, Paul
Kursitis	John	An aerial photographic interpretation key for urban land use	1968	Osgood,Frank
Kenneth	Brunsvold	Planner images of metropolitan plan alternatives: technical or political	1968	killam, Paul
Arcieri	Robert	Planning policy for new towns: who should make it? A study of current practices and preferences	1968	Osgood,Frank
McFarland	Rolland	The use of electronic data processing in urban planning	1967	Fitzsimmons,John
Nicholas	Roger	The identification of residential clearance area	1966	Fitzsimmons,John
Green	Bruce	Urban conservation in Amercia	1966	Fitzsimmons,John
Jensen	William	Criteria for the physical planning of community-junior colleges	1964	Fitzsimmons,John
Polujan	Romuald	Open spaces in the city core-Their necessity and the opportunites for providing them in communities	1963	Fitzsimmons,John
Oear	Ronald	Iowa urban land use	1963	Fitzsimmons,John
Jensen	Paul	The capital improvements program for small cities	1963	Fitzsimmons,John
Malone	William	Legal bases for planning and zoning in the rural-urban fringe	1950	P.H. Elwood
Rusch	Wilmer	Highway accident rates as related to roadside business and advertising	1949	P.H. Elwood
Bul	Auke	Some design factors in the redevelopment of blighted urban residential area	1949	P.H. Elwood
Narasimham	Jayanty	Some post war city planning needs in India	1948	P.H. Elwood
Crowley	Thomas	Grants-in-aid  Urban vs. rural bias		Knox,Jerry