Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2009
Structural Behavior of a Pile Framed Tie Back Retaining Wall, Mieah Dee Turner
Impact of Larger Diameter Strands on AASHTO/PCI Bulb-Tees, Jayaprakash Vadivelu
The role of third-party intervention on the political rights and civil liberties, Elis Vllasi
A comparison of suspended sediment and E.coli in two East Tennessee streams, Anne B. Wambersie
Economic analysis of delivering switchgrass to a biorefinery from both the farmers' and processor's perspectives, Chenguang Wang
Minimum Transmission Power Configuration in Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks, Xiaodong Wang
College choice and retention of international students in the United States, Elizabeth Anne Washam
Novel Design of a Portosystemic Shunt Occluder, Tommy Lee Washington
A Disordered Domesticity: Constructions of Masculinity in the Dramatic Works of John Gay, Jeremy Brandon Wear
Dietary Supplement Use and Beliefs among College Students Enrolled in an Introductory Nutrition Course, Amy Denice Webb
Pedagogy for Millennials: Using New Literacies and New Media to Teach Old Texts, Keli Woodard Weed
Magnetoelastic coupling in a quantum spin ladder, Jessica Lynn White
Classification of subwatershed slopes and geotechnical characterization of steep slopes on reclaimed mine lands in East Tennessee, Patrick Hamilton White
Exploring the Mechanisms of the Connection between Offspring‟s Perceptions of Interparental Conflict and their Current Relationship Functioning, Jennifer Mary Willett
Survival of Salmonella Strains in Ground Beef Containing Varying Fat Contents and Heated at Varying Calculated Lethalities, Christopher Jerome Williams
The effects of task exposure and simulated grasping experience upon the emergence of reaching, Joshua L. Williams
Muskrat-River Otter Interactions in and Adjacent to Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, Ryan H. Williamson
Ammianus and Constantius: The Portrayal of a Tyrant in the Res Gestae, Sean Robert Williams
The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas: Rethinking Economic Integration After the Failures of Neoliberalism, Shannon D. Williams
Modeling Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Location Using GIS, Bradly Scott Wilson
Waterbird use of Kentucky Reservoir mudflats, Drew W. Wirwa
Of rain, a river, Ryan D. Woldruff
Wetting Behavior of Polymer Melts with Refractory Coatings at High Temperature, Robin Woracek
Effect of Ambient Temperature and Humidity on Aging of Nanocarbons, Liangcheng Yang
Elemental Analysis of Soils Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Ningfang Yang
Black bear relocation as a method to reduce elk calf predation within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Joseph Gene Yarkovich
High Resolution X-ray Tomography of Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites, Stephen Andrew Young
Carefully guarded borders, Yekaterina Mikhailovna Zemmel
Multiple Axisymmetric Solutions for Axially Traveling Waves in Solid Rocket Motors, Nadim Yaacoub Zgheib
Masters Theses from 2008
Simulating Truck Lane Management Approaches to Improve Efficiency and Safety of Highways in Knoxville, Tennessee, Adebola Adebisi Adelakum
Demand Forecasting Model for Emergent Manufacturing, Naveed Ahmed Nasar Ahmed
Land Use-Transportation Interaction: Lessons Learned from an Experimental Model using Cellular Automata and Artificial Neural Networks, Steve R. Ahrens
Numerical Analysis for Determination of Fiber Orientation in Nonwoven Mats, Lee Reynolds Allen
Roles, Perceptions, and Control of Infant Feeding among Low-Income Fathers in East Tennessee, Kristen Erika Anderson
The Kozolec: Material Culture, Identity, and Social Practice in Slovenia, Toby Martin Applegate
Tree-Like Spaces with the Fixed-Point Property, Realized as Inverse Limits of Special Finite Trees, Jennifer Katherine Aust
On the Trail of Fine Ale: The Role of Factor Conditions in the Location of Craft Breweries in the United States, James Daniel Baginski
Applied Stress Effects on the Isothermal and Cyclic High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Superalloys, Bryan R. Barnard
Illuminated Dimensions: Providing an Intellectual or Spiritual Enlightenment through Existence, Michelle Renee Barton
Heats of Solvation of Organic Liquids in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Paula Jeanette Beach
Novel Method for Recovery of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Beef Surfaces, Matthew Adam Becher
An Analysis of Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles Between Professional and Student Leaders in Collegiate Outdoor Programs, Bradley D. Beggs
Optimization of Cosmological Simulations with Artificial Intelligence, Jay Billings
A Paradox of Self-Image: William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and King Richard II in Hitler’s Germany, Bradley Michael Blair
Negative Effects of Electroshocking Fish Embryos: Implications for Threatened and Endangered Fishes, Russell Joseph Bohl
Comparative Analysis of Thresholding Algorithms for Microarray-derived Gene Correlation Matrices, Bhavesh Ram Borate
Identification and Management of Moss and Phytopathogenic Algae Common on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens, Steven Michael Borst
The Temporal Life of a Site: Photomontage and Meaning, Jennifer Martillie Bradley
Numerical Analysis of Piling Framed Tie-Down Concrete Retaining Wall, Eli L. Branch IV
Characterization of Vitronectin and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1: Insights into Metal Binding, and Production of Reagents to Facilitate Structural Studies, Cynthia Lee Brown
Estimating the Economic Feasibility of Heating Tennessee Broiler Houses with Solar Energy- A Two County Analysis, Matthew Austin Brown
An analysis of spatiotemporal variations of water quality in the Little River watershed and their connection with land-cover patterns, Thomas Edward Burley
Resonant Ultrasound Studies of Quasi-2D NaxCoO2, Timothy Allen Cagle
A study of Irrigation, Fertigation and Plasticulture in Burley Tobacco, with a Focus on Yield, Quality and TSNA Reduction, Eric F. Caldwell
Tall Fescue Based Forage systems Supplemented with Winter Annuals for Stocker Cattle, Brian Thomas Campbell
Response-Contingent Positive Reinforcement: Incremental Validity in Predicting Depression Severity, John Paul Carvalho
Amino Acid Analysis of Marine Sediments, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, Tabbatha A. Cavendish
A New Approach to the Devīmāhātmya: The Greatness of the Goddess in its Purāṇic Context, Elizabeth A. Cecil
Dietary Creatine Induces PSE-like Broiler Meat, Amy Paulette Chandler
American Daoism: A New Religious Movement in Global Contexts, Steven San-Hu Chan
A Comparison of US and Korean Consumers: A Cross-Cultural Study of Brand-Related UGC Found in Discussion Boards of Product Review Sites, Hyuk Jun Cheong
Analyzing the Effects of Coupons and Promotion in the Grocery Retail Sector, Milena Hanna Chotard
Citizens (or citoyennes) of the World: Women’s Citizenship and Exile in the French Revolutionary Years 1789-1793, Lisa Michelle Christian
Hips Unsocketed, Names Changed, Austin L. Church
Analysis of Carbon Fiber Characterization Techniques, Heather Darlene Cochran
The Dial and the Transcendentalist Theory of Reading, Emily A. Cope
Comparing Frames of Cancer and Heart Disease in American News Magazines, Courtney L. Craig
Constructing Identity: Exploring Varying Degrees of Public and Private Space, Brian Jeffrey Cutler
Evaluation of Poa annua L. Resistance to Mitotic Inhibiting Herbicides, Matthew A. Cutulle
The Utilization of Microwave Irradiation in Organic Synthesis: Organotrifluoroborate and Alumina Chemistry, Arie A. Dadush
Mechanisms of Calcium-induced Firmness in Fruits, Vegetables, and Mushrooms, Xiaoyun Deng
Effects of Environmental Heterogeneity in a Host-Parasite Coevolutionary Chase, Barry D. DeRennaux
Energy Production from Poultry Waste: Development and Application of an Economic Model to Compare Various Concepts, Ricky Everette Dickens
Negotiating a Feminist Consciousness: Textual Interactions in the Women’s Penny Paper, Emily M. Disher
The Missa L’homme arme of Johannes Regis and Franco-Flemish Perceptions of St. Michael the Archangel, Kenneth Dale Lee Disney
Relationship between Slug-Test and Effective Hydraulic Conductivities for 2-Dimensional Heterogeneous Aquifers, Richard Walker Donat
Ground and Flight Vibration Environment at Fuselage Station 505 in the C-2A Airplane, Christopher David Dotson
The Validation of the SenseWear Pro Armband to Assess Energy Expenditure During Field-Based Activities, Paige Dudley
Measuring the impact of knowledge sharing on quality improvement initiatives, Collins Landon Dukes
Modeling the ground state baryon octet using a generalization of the Lagrange triangle solution, Matthew P. Duran
New Consolidation of Emission and Processing for Air Quality Modeling Assessment in Asia, Yuan Du
A New Fully Implicit in Time Two-Dimensional Inverse Heat Conduction Method, Bryan S. Elkins
Women’s Mysticism in the Late Middle Ages: The Influence of Affective Love and the Courtly Love Tradition, Allison Jaines Elledge
Quantitative Comparison of Mechanical Harvesting Methods and Conventional Harvesting Methods of Burley Tobacco in the Southeast, Robert Bailey Elliott
Determinants of Liberian Farmgate Cocoa Prices, Alicia English
A Human Factors Comparison of Airborne Mine Countermeasures Controls and Displays as Installed on the CNS/ATM MH-53E Helicopter and the Legacy MH-53E Helicopter, Jeffrey S. Farlin
Accelerated Thermal Aging of Fe-Zeolite SCR Catalysts on an Engine Bench, Adam Lamar Foster
Tissue culture and recombinant DNA technology: Developing protocols for potentially higher yielding switchgrass cultivars, Stephen Michael Foulk
Escuela Nueva: New Possibilities for Primary Schooling in Rural Uganda, Yvette Prinsloo Franklin
Experimental Determination of Emissivity and Resistivity of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia at High Temperatures, Howard Mosley Frederick
Fusion Reaction Cross-section Measurements near 100Sn, Elton Lewis Freeman
Paternal Involvement with Special Needs Children, Emily Lauren Furst
Moderating effect of intimate exchange on the reciprocal relation between best friend delinquency and child externalizing behavior, Alden Elizabeth Gaertner