Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2004
Thermal Modeling and Imaging of As-built Automotive Parts, Vijaya Priya Muthusamy Govindasamy
Ti-8Mo as an Alternative to Ti-6Al-4V in Hip Replacement Implants, Brandice Annette Green
High-Intensity Ultrasound Mediated Structure-Function Changes of BSA as Affected by pH, İbrahim Gülseren
Implementation of Critical Path Method and Critical Resource Diagramming Using Arena Simulation Software, Jamie Ehresman Gunter
Field Emission Devices with Carbon Nanotube and Nanofiber Cathodes, Mark Hale
Development of High Performance Concrete for Use on Tennessee Bridge Decks and Overlays, Charles Herbert Hamblin Jr.
The Development of an Instrument to Measure Practitioner Knowledge of Service-Learning, Michael Patrick Hamilton
Low Energy Excitations in Spin Clusters and Molecular Solids, Jason Thomas Haraldsen
The Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT) in Feature Extraction and Expert Systems in Nuclear Material Management, Thomas Jay Harrison
The Movements and Reproductive Success of Re-introduced Darters in the Pigeon River, TN, Virginia Anne Harrison
Computational Aerodynamic Analysis of Converging Free Jets, George Wayman Hatcher
Finding Functional Gene Relationships Using the Semantic Gene Organizer (SGO), Kevin Erich Heinrich
Joint Size Estimation Using Joint Traces on Borehole Walls, Christopher James Heiny
Prescribed Burning in Tennessee: Importance and Barriers, Goals, and Information Needs of Private, State, and Federal Managers, Brian T. Hemel
Analytical and Computational Model for Aortic Hemodynamics Accounting for Aortic Elasticity and Arterial Branch-Flow Effects, Amber Adriann Hensley Edwards
Habitat Assessment for Potential Reintroduction of Black Bears to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta of Southwestern Alabama, Kent Russell Hersey
Hyper-Spectral Image Processing Using High Performance Reconfigurable Computers, Yuan He
Analysis of Reflected Spectral Signatures and Detection of Geophysical Disturbance Using Hyperspectral Imagery, Forrest McCoy Hoffman
Development of a Reagentless Amperometric Ethanol Biosensor Based on Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase and its Coenzyme, NAD+, Coimmobilized on a Carbon Nanotubes- modified Electrode, Justin Matthew Holland
Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity and Health Variables in African-American Women (40-62 years of age), Lyndsey Michelle Hornbuckle
Assessing Capacity for Collaborative Land Management in a Western Tennessee Community, Leslie Ann Horner
Chinese Political Regime and the Rising Income Inequality in the Reform Era, Xiaoyang Hou
The Relationships Among Culvert Characteristics and Culvert Sedimentation, Christopher Scott Howley
A Comparison of Knee Joint Size, Obesity, and Osteoarthritis Involving Two Recent Skeletal Samples, Jeffrey Reed Huber
A Comparison of Knee Joint Size, Obesity, and Osteoarthritis Involving Two Recent Skeletal Samples, Jeffrey Reed Huber
Development of Internet Based Lean Assessment Methodology and Tool: UTOPEX, Prashant M. Hulloli
Comparison of Physical Activity Recommendations in Previously Inactive Women, Cherilyn N. Hultquist
Improving the Connection Between Grammar and Culture in Today’s Foreign Language Classroom, Jenessa Gale Hunter
The Assessment of Psychopathic Traits and Risk-Taking Using Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART), Melissa Kathryn Hunt
Synthesis and Initial Characterization of a Calcium-Deficient Hydroxyapatite-Bacterial Cellulose Composite, Stacy Hutchens
\STATMOND: A Peer-To-Peer Status And Performance Monitor For Dynamic Resource Allocation On Parallel Computers, Krishna Kanth Inavolu
'The Third Sex': Interpellation of the Woman Physician in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Margaret Jay Jessee
Combined Mutual Information of Intensity and Gradient for Multi-modal Medical Image Registration, Wei Jiang
A Site-Specific Indoor Wireless Propagation Model, Chen Jin
Atmospheric Plasma Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens on Fresh Produce Surfaces, Faith Michelle Johnson
Putting the Pieces Together: Engaging the Part to Create the Whole, Matthew Paul Johnson
A Synopic Evaluation of Water Quality for Little Yellow Creek in Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Matthew Thomas Johnson
The Effectiveness of the Chemical Perturbation Index for Monitoring Water Quality in Three Mixed-use Urban Watersheds, Knoxville, Tennessee, Brooks A. Jolly
Determining the Data Needs for Decision Making in Public Libraries, Thena Slape Jones
Synthetic Studies on Anticancer Compounds: The Tylophorinines, Conrad Gracjan Kaczmarek
Aircraft Turbulence Detection and Display from the Professional Pilot’s Perspective, Leslie Owen Kagey
Investigation of Zircaloy-4 Doped with Metallic Burnable Poisons, Chrysostomes K. Kahambwe
Processing and Evaluation of Cotton-based Composites for Automotive and Other Applications, Manjeshwar G. Kamath
Design Optimization of Enriched Water Targets, Sampath Telikicherla Kandala
Validation and Comparison of Two Ankle-Mounted and Two Waist-Mounted Electronic Pedometers, Murat Karabulut
Cure Behavior Study and Elastic Modulus Characterization of Resin System of a Quasi Poloidal Stellarator Modular Coil, Hariharanath Kavuri
The Use and Perceived Value of Shade Trees in Thirty-two Childcare Facilities in a Middle Tennessee County, Karla Kristine Kean
Associations Between Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Avian Occurrence and Nest Success in the Southern Appalachians, David Aaron Keller
Laser-Dressing of Alumina for Grinding Wheels, Abhijeet Ashok Khangar
Spatial ecology of black bears prior to construction of a 4-lane highway in eastern North Carolina, Jason Lee Kindall
The Influence of Organization Culture on Aviation Safety – A Case Study of a United States Navy FA-18 Landing Mishap, Peter J. Kind
Laboratory Study of Fatigue Characteristics of HMA Surface Mixtures Containing Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP), William R. Kingery
Automated Grid Generator for MHD Flow Simulations Made With the Gems Code, Konstantin Kolokolnikov
Investigation of the Impact of Cutting Parameters on Surface Finish for a Discontinuous Machining Process, Baris Korlu
Implementation of Block-based Neural Networks on Reconfigurable Computing Platforms, Sampath Kumar Kothandaraman
The Need for Accelerated Integration of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System in the FA-18C Hornet, William S. Koyama
The Relationship Between Steps Walked Per Day and Body Composition in Postmenopausal Women, Emily Martin Krumm
Calculated Combustion: An Investigation of Electronic Equipment Tenability in Data Center Fires, Jeffrey Neal Krumm
Verification of the Correlation between Peak Particle Velocity (PPV) and the Response of a Structure, Sagar Ramesh Kulkarni
Making the Most of a Bad Situation: Coddling, Fraternization, and Total War in Camp Crossville, Tennessee, Gregory J. Kupsky
Separation of Fluoride Residue Arising from Fluoride Volatility Recovery of Uranium from Spent Nuclear Fuel, Jennifer L. Ladd-Lively
Measurement of Material Creep Parameters of Amorphous Selenium by Nanoindentation and the Relationship Between Indentation Creep and Uniaxial Creep, James Anthony LaManna Jr.
System Enhancement of Title V Permit Reviews and Point Source Inventories, Yun Fat Lam
Intertwining, Alyson Laun
Message Strategy and the Perception of Self-Efficacy in Behavioral Intentions resulting from Advocacy Advertising, Yoon-Joo Lee
Worldviews in Music: A Rhetorical Study of Philosophies of Truth and Reality in Country Music and Contemporary Christian Music, Karen Lynn Legg
National Pasttime: The Minor Leagues and why fans are filling the bleachers, Timothy A. Lentych
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Aqueous Electrolytes Behavior in Nanochannels, Lingchen Liao
China’s Public Health Sector in Transition: Assessing Market Reform Impacts, Bo Li
A Study of Hidden Markov Model, Yang Liu
The Interaction between Andrew Johnson and the Press, Jennifer L. Lowe
Unique Aspects of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Testing, Mark David Lower
Multistate Study to Determine the Presence of Salmonella spp. in Farm Animals and their Environment, Andres Rodriguez Lozano
Feasibility of Using the Least Square Deconvolution Approach to Resolve Three-Person STR DNA Mixture Samples, Christopher David Lucas
The relationship between steps per day and bone variables in healthy postmenopausal women, Olivera Lukajic
Fluidity in Marguerite Duras' Le Vice-consul : An Architectural Reflection on Culture and Consciousness, Holly Ann MacDonald
A Reconfigurable Computing Solution to the Parameterized Vertex Cover Problem, Dorai Mahesh
Structural Changes in the Red Spruce-Fraser Fir Forest, Michael R. Mancusi
Mathematical Representations of the Architecture of Graphical User Interfaces, Eric Freeman Mann
Benefits and Challenges of Service-learning in Tennessee 4-H Youth Development: A Delphi Study, Lori Jean Mantooth
A Survey of Visitors to Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Amy Lynn Mathis
Probabilistic Suffix Models for Windows Application Behavior Profiling: Framework and Initial Results, Geoffrey Alan Mazeroff
HTML and PDF Documents: A Study in Terms of Genre Theory, Meghan McCarty
Frame Analysis of the Living Wage Campaign and Social Work Implications, Katherine Ann McClernon-Chaffin
Accelerating Exact Stochastic Simulation, James Michael McCollum
Our General Mother:’ Eve’s Mythic Power and the Poetry of Aemilia Lanyer, John Milton, Elizabeth Barrett, and Christina Rossetti, Sarah C. McCollum
An Alternative Medium for the Measurement of Soil Suction by the Filter Paper Method, Lori Ann McDowell
Eliminating Harmonics in a Cascaded H-Bridges Multilevel Inverter Using Resultant Theory, Symmetric Polynomials, and Power Sums, Keith Jeremy McKenzie
Assessment of the AH-64D Longbow Apache’s Handling Qualities for Instrument Meteorological Conditions/Instrument Flight Rules Flight, Michael J. Meely
Proposed Design For EA-6B ICAP III Weapon-system Alert Display, Andre Laurence Mercier
Toward a Geography of Hormones: The Human Sex Ratio at Birth in the United States 1970-1995, Michael C. Meyers
Sol-gel Encapsulation of a Bioluminescent Bioreporter, Elizabeth F. Mitchell
Organizational Correlates of Negative Workplace Behavior: A Field Study, Graeme K. Mitchell
Milk Urea Nitrogen Concentration: Heritability and Genetic Correlations with Reproductive Performance and Disease in Holstein Cattle, Rissa G. Mitchell
Boundary Layer Flow Acceleration by Paraelectric and Peristaltic EHD Effects of Aerodynamic Plasma Actuators, Madhan Raja Chandra Mohan
Export Coefficient Modeling of Water Pollutants with Geographic Information Science: An Examination of Geographic Scale, Christopher A. Moniodes
Use of the GPS Reciprocal Heading Method for Determining Pitot-Static Position Error in Helicopter Flight Testing, Rucie James Moore