Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2009
Morphological convergence and character displacement in two species of polymorphic salamanders (genus Plethodon) in eastern Tennessee, Jason R. Jones
Conversations: The commitment to breastfeed among low-income women in East Tennessee, Stephanie Marie Joyce
Analyzing Poverty in the Southern United States, Suhyun Jung
Ethnocentrism, Intercultural Interaction and U.S. College Students’ Intercultural Communicative Behaviors: An Exploration of Relationships, Julie Renée Justen
Development and Testing of a Self-Contained, Portable Instrumentation System for a Fighter Pilot Helmet, Michael Anthony Kamp
Numerical simulation ( a lumped transient model) for QPS modular coils with embedded copper tubes and subsequent experimental verification, Bhargav Telikicherla Kandala
Stream Channel Stability and Channel Evolution in a Rapidly Urbanizing, Ridge-and-Valley Watershed, Beaver Creek, Knox County, Tennessee, Francis Bartholomew Keaney
Pop Meets Satire. Über Pop-Satire in den USA und Deutschland., Moritz Konrad Kevin Keller
Commercial Household Disinfectant Inactivation of Bacillus cereus Spores on Fruit and Vegetable Surfaces, Helen Kerr
Rezoning Decisions Associated with Housing Price, Land Use Plan, and Urban Sprawl: Empirical Estimations, Ji young Kim
An Analysis of Anaerobic Dual-Anode Chambered Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Performance, Min Hea Kim
Communicative rate, form, and function in CHARGE syndrome, Emily Anne King
Microfluidic Device for the Electrokinetic Manipulation of Single Molecules, Jason Keith King
Defining a snack self-definitions and snack patterns of college freshmen, Rachel Ann Kinney
“To be true to ourselves”: Freedpeople, School Building, and Community Politics in Appalachian Tennessee, 1865-1870, Albin James Kowalewski
Content validation of a model for organizational cultural competence of health-related post-secondary academic departments or units, Diane Elizabeth Krause
Dog days, Margrethe Hansen Krogh
Geotechnical Site Characterization Using Multi-channel Analysis of Rayleigh and Love Waves, James David Lane, Jr.
Deer forage available following silvicultural treatments in upland hardwood forests and warm-season plantings, Marcus Alan Lashley
Airplane Piston Engine Dynamics as an Aeronca E-113 Case Study, Michael Charles Leigh
Efficacy of aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides tank-mixed with triclopyr for selective bermudagrass control in zoysiagrass fairways, Dustin Franklin Lewis
An evaluation of agricultural education programming in a correctional facility, Jeffrey Monroe Lewis
Experimental Investigation of Precast Bridge Deck Joints with U-bar and Headed Bar Joint Details, Samuel Lewis
Reinterpretation of Traditional Chinese Courtyard House, Chen Li
The Impact of Iron Deprivation on the Metabolism of Escherichia coli as Measured by Targeted HPLC-MS/MS Based Metabolomics, Jamie Rhea Light
Effects of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Nutrient Intakes, Xiaowen Liu
A Statistical Analysis of Key Factors Influencing the Location of Biomass-using Facilities, Xu Liu
Single Molecule Detection of Near-Infrared Phthalocyanine Dyes, You Li
Seasonal Variation in Lake Erie Picoplankton, Star Nicole Loar
Flight Test and Evaluation of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Reconfigurable Airborne Data Acquisition System Based on Commercial Off-The-Shelf Hardware, Christopher George Ludwig
Development of an information system of forecasting and inventory management for spare parts, Lourdes Valeria Ludwig
Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Dietary Behaviors Related to Overweight/Obesity Among Adolescents Involved in a Creative, Problem-Solving Program, Jill Murren Maples
Anti-Judaic Religious Polemic and Apocalyptic Thought in the Disputation of Majorca and its Later Manuscript Tradition, Geoffrey Kyle Martin
A Study to Evaluate the Suitability of a Centrifuge as a Dynamic Flight Simulator for F/A-18 Strike Fighter Mission Training, Richard Michael Masica
Characterizing Episodic Stream Acidification Using a Concentration-Duration-Frequency Methodology in Watersheds of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, John Leland Mauney III
Baseline survey and habitat analysis of aquatic salamanders in the Pigeon River, North Carolina, Nikki J. Maxwell
Implementation of Healthier School Meals: Education and Acceptance, Nicole Lynn McGee
Forest response to tornado disturbance and subsequent salvage logging in an East Tennessee oak-hickory forest; 14 years post-disturbance, Jonathan Charles McGrath
Pattern and Distribution of Fractures in the William M. Bass and Hamann-Todd Osteological Collections, Shauna Lynn McNulty
Rapid molecular detection of salmonella from produce using real-time PCR, Nathan D. Miller
Exploring differences and similarities in the content of reports on Hurricane Andrew in five point media sources, Reigan Jacoba Minchey
Friendship in Die rote Zora und ihre Bande and Peter Pan, Roswitha-Maria Moldovi
A geophysical survey of the Kituhwa Mound (31Sw2) and the surrounding area (31Sw1), Swain County, North Carolina, Palmyra Arzaga Moore
An Assessment of Attitudes Toward Participation in a Virtual Community of Practice for Nutrition Education Paraprofessionals, Mary Lee Morse
Parallel Processing Architecture for Solving Large Scale Linear Systems, Arun Nagari
Relationships between Birth Order and Adjustment in Adolescents from Post-Divorce Families, Christi Nichole Nash
Patient-specific quality assurance for IMRT, Michelle Lynn Neeley
Population and genetic impacts of a 4-lane highway on black bears in eastern North Carolina, Jeremy Michael Nicholson
Vision-Based Reinforcement Learning Using A Consolidated Actor-Critic Model, Christopher Allen Niedzwiedz
Student engagement in English 101 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Laura McIntosh Orr
Evaluation of spring and fall burndown application timings on control of glyphosate-resistant horesweed in no-till cotton, Lucas Neil Owen
Numerical simulation for the cooling of QPS modular coils with embedded copper tubes and subsequent experimental verification, Delight Mawunyo Owu
The human response study to whole-body vibration in the cab of heavy duty truck, Liangming Pan
Design of a Highly Constrained Test System for a 12-bit, 16-channel Wilkinson ADC, Zachary William Pannell
The Creation of Micropatterns through the Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Diamond Materials, Matthew D. Parrish
Use of high pressure homogenization in bacterial inactivation, Panchalee Pathanibul
A GPU-based Implementation for Improved Online Rebinning Performance in Clinical 3-D PET, Dilip Reddy Patlolla
La conciencia histórica en la poesía hispanoamericana, Jason Lee Pettigrew
Modification of Nancie Atwell's Reading Workshop for Implementation in a Homogeneous Group of Struggling Adolescent Readers, Marilyn Ludwig Pickett
Sound Scenes: Performativity, Politics, and Capital in New Music Ensembles, John Robison Pippen
Quantifying dust emissions from pre and post Stryker transformation at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Naga Swapna Potteti
Influence of Parenting Behavior on Behavioral and Psychological Associations of Proactive and Reactive Aggression, Jamie Lee Rathert
A Program Evaluation of Parenting Apart: Effective Co-Parenting, Melissa Ivy Rector
Marking Space: Redefining the South Knoxville Waterfront, John Edward Reed
Mixture of volatile fatty acids effect on bioelectric properties of acid injury in the equine non-glandular stomach, Rilla Evelyn Reese
Usewear Analysis of Flake Tools from the Townsend Project (Sites 40BT89, 40BT90, 40BT91, 40BT94), Blount County, Tennessee, Phyllis Sierra Rigney
The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School: Progressive Reform in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1910-1965, Shirley Marie Robinson
Pregnancy retention of bovine recipients following transfer of embryos exposed to a prostaglandin F₂[alpha] receptor antagonist, David Allen Roper
Investigating the Maintenance of the Lyme Disease Pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, and its Vector, Ixodes scapularis, in Tennessee, Michelle Erin Rosen
An Exploration of Monophonic Instrument Classification Using Multi-Threaded Artificial Neural Networks, Marc Joseph Rubin
Plume Source Localization and Boundary Prediction, Samir Sahyoun
Preprocessing of microarray data and analysis and comparison techniques for the resulting graph structures, Jon A. Scharff
Survival and reproduction of re-introduced species of selected darters and shiners in Coal Creek, TN, Erin Elizabeth Schiding
An Investigation Into the Activities of 1,2,3 & 1,2,4 Triazoles in Biological and Catalytic Systems, David John Schneider
Water conservation behaviors in Georgia the effects of place, Amber Kay Scott
Ida von Hahn-Hahn und Isabelle Eberhardt. Ausbruch aus Restriktionen – Auf der Suche nach sich selbst, Anja Katharina Seiler
Accuracy of the Omron HJ-720ITC in Free-Living Individuals, Nathan Andrew Silcott
Parts of a man, Timothy J, Sisk
Application of the Explicit Asymptotic Method to Nuclear Burning in Type Ia Supernova, Christopher Ryan Smith
"We’ll All Shout Together in that Morning": Iconicity and Sacred Harp Singing on Sand Mountain, Alabama, Jonathon Murray Smith
“Growing Up Green: A Study Focusing on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge and Focusing on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge and Behaviors of Elementary Children.”, Sarah Elizabeth Smith
Broken mirror of the world: Language crisis and reflection. Fragment and experience as instruments of truth in Benjamin, Hofmannsthal, and Rilke, Noah P. Soltau
Why Females Fight: Predicting Political Activism among Palestinian Female Youth, Carolyn Reagh Spellings
Can female recreational athletes alter their jump landing mechanism on verbal instruction?, Abhaya Srivatsan
Applications of BRET: The Detection and Visualization of Protein Interactions and Intramolecular Conformational Changes, Lindsay Anne Staron
"I can't be punished anymore": Exploring Incapacity and Carceral Formations in Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Happy Days, Play, Not I, and Catastrophe, Victoria Helen Swanson
Lithic Resource Survey of the Upper Little River Drainage: Raw Material Availability and Use at the Townsend Sites, Jeremy L. Sweat
An Experimental Analysis of the Laminar Separation Bubble At Low Reynolds Numbers, Karla Marie Swift
Pilot Constructed Treatment Wetland and Natural Media Filter, Clint Swires
Automated System to Debug Under-performing Network Flows in Wide Area Networks, Harika Tandra
The shadow cost of disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) project participation goals in Tennessee highway construction, Edward Lee Taylor
Architectural Sampling: the Integration and Manipulation of Meaning, Jacob Stafford Thomas
Computational Investigations of Characteristic Performance Improvements for Subkilogram Laser Micropropulsion, Richard Joel Thompson
Accelerated CTIS Using the Cell Processor, Thaddeus James Thompson
Suburban ant community structure with emphasis on Tapinoma sessile and T. sessile colony movement in the laboratory, Tiffany Aurora Toennisson
Casein Micelles from Bovine Milk: Ethanol Induced Changes in Hydrophobicity and Interaction with Native Whey Proteins, Raymundo Trejo
Evaluation of HFIR LEU fuel using the COMSOL multiphysics platform, Lee Paul Tschaepe
Mean kinematic vorticity of retrograde mylonite in the Brevard fault zone, South Carolina, Ching Tu