Refereed Publications:

Brown, H.J.; Cheney, A.; Boles, W.; and Cheatham, T., “Report of National Science Foundation APEX Grant Activities;” Collaborative Teamwork with Industry Session, American Society of Engineering Education, CIEC 2006, San Antonio, January 2006

Temple, D.; Goff, M; Martin, J; Agresti, D; and Boles, W; “Microwave Induced Carbothermic Reduction of Iron Oxides in Lunar Soil Simulant;” proceedings of Earth and Space 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, March 5-8, 2006

Boles, W and Perry, C; “Manufacturing Endorsement Program at Middle Tennessee State University,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, 2005 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, February 1-4, 2005

Boles, W; Sibille, L; Sen, S; Carpenter, P; and Agresti, D; “The Potential of Microwaves in Processing Martian Soil: Metals Extraction Using Microwaves;” Earth and Space 2004 -Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, March 7-10, 2004

Nasab, Ahad S. and Boles, Walter W. "Learning Robotics through Participation in National Design Contents, "Proceedings of the Annual ASEE Southeast Section Conference, April 6-8, 2003, Macon, GA

Boles, Walter W.; Kirby, Kam; and Baird, Scott; “In Situ Resource Utilization: Excavation to Support Other Operations,” Space 2002-Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, March 17-21, 2002

Boles, Walter W.; Kirby, Kam; and Baird, Scott; “Concrete for Lunar and Mars Soils In Situ Resource Utilization,” Space 2002-Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, March 17-21, 2002

Boles, Walter W.; Kirby, Kam; and Baird, Scott; “The Impact of Incidental Contact With Regolith in Martian and Lunar Environments,” Space 2002-Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, March 17-21, 2002

Boles, W., "Space and Robotics 2000 Student Robotics Contest - Past Perspectives and Future Directions," Space 2000-Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Conference Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 28 - March 3, 2000
Back, E., Boles, W., and Fry, G., "Defining Triangular Probability Distributions From Historical Data," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Engineers, January/February 2000, pp. 1 - 9.
Boles, W., Emsoff, J., and Anderson, S., "Scheduling Function-Foreman Interface on Paper Mill Maintenance Projects," Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 13, (1998) 131-141.
Boles, W., Scott, W., and Connolly, J., "Excavation Forces in a Reduced Gravity Environment," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 10 No. 1 pp.1 - 5, April 1997.
Boles, W. and Connolly, J., "Lunar Excavating Research," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: SPACE 96, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space and Robotics for Challenging Environments, Albuquerque, NM, June 1996.
Scott, W. and Boles, W., "Emerging High Tech Areas of Civil Engineering Attract Women," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 122 No. 1 pp. 42 - 43, January 1996.
Boles, W. and Wang, J., "The Role of Construction Automation and Robotics in Civil Engineering Education," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 122 No. 1 pp. 12 - 16, January 1996.
Boles, W., Bernold, L. (NC State), and Scott, W., "SPACE 94 Student Robotics Contest," the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 121 No. 4 pp. 225 - 235, October 1995.
Scott, W., Berrios, I, and Boles, W., "An Educational Mobile Robot," Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Vol. 10 No. 3 pp. 243 - 249, May 1995
Willman, B. and Boles, W., "Soil-Tool Interaction Theories as They Apply to a Lunar Soil Simulant," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 8 No. 2 pp. 88 - 99, April 1995
Willman, B., Boles, W., McKay, D. (NASA), and Allen, C. (Lockheed), "Properties of the Lunar Soil Simulant: JSC-1," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 8 No. 2 pp. 77 - 87, April 1995
Boles, W., Maxwell, D., Scott, W., Heermann P., (Sandia National Laboratories), Yarborough, T. (TxDOT), and Underwood, J. (TxDOT), "Construction Automation and Robotics-A Pathway to Implementation," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 121 No. 1 pp. 143 - 152, March 1995
Mckay, D.(NASA), Carter, J.(UT-Arlington), Boles, W., Allen, C.(Lockheed), and Allton, J.(Lockheed), "JSC-1: A New Lunar Soil Simulant," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: SPACE 94, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space and Robotics for Challenging Environments, Albuquerque, NM, February 26 - March 3, 1994
Boles, W., Ashley, D., and Tucker, R., "Lunar Base Construction Equipment and Methods Evaluation," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 6 No. 5 pp. 217 - 235, July 1993
Boles, W., "Performance-Based Evaluation of Lunar Base Construction Equipment and Methods," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: Space 92, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Denver, CO., May 31 - June 4, 1992
Boles, W. and Ashley, D., "Enhancing Decision Analysis Techniques for Lunar Base Construction Research," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: Space 92, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, Denver, CO., May 31 - June 4, 1992
Boles, W., Bell, L., and Ashley, D., "A Construction Operations Study for an Evolutionary Lunar Base," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: Space 90, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, April 23-26, 1990, Albuquerque, NM*
Boles, W. and Ashley, D., "A Methodology for Modeling Construction Requirements for a Manned Lunar Base," Proceedings of the ASCE Conference: Space 88, Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, August 29-31, 1988, Albuquerque, NM*
*Papers also published in the monograph Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Space Programs by Bilby, C. and Kozmetsky, G., editors, the IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1991.

Other Publications:

Boles, Walter; Kirby, Kam; and Baird, Scott; "In Situ Resource Utilization and the Potential Effects of Lunar and Mars Soils on Mechanical Operations;" NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 2001;Contract Number NGT 9-54; Combined Long Version of Report for Johnson Space Center Engineering Directorate EP4; 2001
Boles, Walter; Kirby, Kam; and Baird, Scott; "In Situ Resource Utilization and the Potential Effects of Lunar and Mars Soils on Mechanical Operations;" NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 2001;Contract Number NGT 9-54; Short Version of Report for the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program; Johnson Space Center EP4; 2001
Kirby, Kam; Boles, Walter; and Baird, Scott; "The Impact of Incidental Contact with Regolith in Martian and Lunar Environments;" NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 2001;Contract Number NGT 9-54; Short Version of Report for the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program; Johnson Space Center EP4; 2001
Boles, Walter W., Lifland, Mitchell I., and Connolly, John F., "Space and Robotics 2000: Lunar Robotics Competition," Tech Directions, October 1999, pages 32-33.
Boles, Walter W., and Towers, Robert L., "An Old Technology for New Homes," The Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, and Technology, EKU, Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 1999.
Towers, R. and Boles, W., "Straw Bale Construction and its Potential Applications for Kentuckians," research report, December 1998
Boles, Walter W., "Mars Mission Provides an Interesting Setting for the Study of Technology," Technology in Context, Eastern Kentucky University, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 1997
Boles, W., Maxwell, D. A., Heermann, P. D. (Sandia National Laboratories), Scott, W. D., Adams, R. W., Flickinger, C. J., Gallegos, R. M., and Mannering, J. A., "Applications of Robotics and Other Automated Techniques to the Construction, Maintenance, and Inspection of Highway Systems," Texas Department of Transportation, Research Report Number 1440-1F, FHWA/TX-93/1440-1F, Nov 1993
Mckay, D., Carter, J., Boles, W., Allen, C., and Allton, J., "JSC-1: A New Lunar Regolith Simulant," Lunar and Planetary Science XXIV, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, pp. 963 - 964, 1993
Boles, W., "Drilling and Digging Techniques for the Early Lunar Outpost," Joint Workshop on New Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessment, Santa Fe, NM, April 6, 7, 1992, Sponsored by NASA - Johnson Space Center, DOE - Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, 1992
Bell, L., Boles, W., and Smith, A., "Operations Analysis for Lunar Surface Construction: Results from Two Office of Exploration Case Studies," Technical Report M-91/21, United States Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, 1991
Boles, W., "Lunar Base Construction," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1990