Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
The Chancellor’s Honors Program (CHP) is the University of Tennessee’s largest university-wide honors program. Founded in 1985, CHP membership is approximately 5-10% of undergraduate students. Admission to the program is highly selective and usually occurs when students matriculate from high school. The typical entering Chancellor’s Honors student has excelled in a rigorous high school curriculum and demonstrated exceptional leadership potential.
In recognition of their specialized course work, faculty-mentored independent scholarship, international & intercultural learning, and exceptional academic performance, Chancellor’s Honors students earn an honors-designated diploma and are bestowed an honors medallion.
For questions or comments concerning the Honors Thesis Project collection, please contact honors@utk.edu
Projects from 2011
The Economic Potential of the All-Vanadium Redox Flow Battery With a Focus on State of Charge, Elizabeth Hope Mouron
Addressing Homelessness Through the Private Sector, Mindy Nakamura
Sing Me to Heaven: An Evening of Contemporary Choral Standards, Zachary Charles Nyein
Failure Analysis of Leaking Stainless Steel Pump Casing, Mary E. Parker
The Effects of Social Media on Not-For-Profits, Kylie Jade Pearse
Healing of the Body, Mind, and Spirit: Addiction, Spirituality, and Alcoholics Anonymous, Ainsley Jillian Pierce
A Prospective Analysis on the Sustainability of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Austin Bailey Porter
Bluegrass Nation: A Historical and Cultural Analysis of America's Truest Music, Leslie Blake Price
The Contested Gate City: Southern Progressivism’s Roots in Atlanta’s Local Politics, 1885–1889, Jed Pike Pruett
Modeling of Human Hand Motion in a Maya Environment, Andrew M. Quinn, Aeshan Ali, Tessa Taylor, and Quincy Beasley
Team Tennessee Solar Decathlon HVAC System, Susan Katherine Reid, Kevin Kelly, Brad Hight, and Sam Felton
Intellectual Property law: the past, present and future of the controversy behind peer-to-peer file sharing and music, Celsy R. Rimmer
Demography and Gravestone Analysis at Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee, Meghan E. Ripley
Solar Decathlon Controls, James Mitchel Routh, Travis Lathrop, Colby Jarrett, and Zach Cross
Resonance Testing for Fault Detection of Steam Generator Heat Transfer Tubing Walls, Michael C. Shannon, John Howington, Jesus Sanchez, Colin Sandidge, Jeremy Townsend, and Keith Welsh
Targeted Synthesis and Characterization of Isolated Zirconium (IV) Centers in a Silicate Building Block Matrix, Katherine P. Sharp
The Design and Synthesis of Different α-Linked Galactose Disaccharides, Robert Anthony Simion
Social Media and Political Campaigns, Kristian Nicole Smith
Examining Cultural Stereotypes Through Russian and American Voices, Samuel F. Smith
Defining American Casual: An Examination of the American Woman's Steady Shift toward Informal Attire at Work and on the Streets, Victoria Elizabeth Smith
VACATION TIME IN EUROPE AND AMERICA: AN INQUIRY INTO VARYING BENEFIT SYSTEMS ACROSS CULTURES, Benjamin Hunter Southard
Price Appreciation, Bargaining Power, and the Determinants of Corporate Leasing Policy, Daniel John Stone
The “Indie” Sound: A Band's Guide to Success in the Competitive Indie Market. An Evaluation of Touring Trends & Helpful Tricks of the Trade., Nicole L. Stratman
Effect of Consumer Knowledge on Energy Consumption Behavior, Sarah Tapscott
Bringing the Outside In: An Examination of Non-Governmental Aid Organizations in Buenos Aires, Elisabeth B. Tilstra
Proliferation of Cross Border Trade in Health Services, Kevin Tolliver
UniverCity Living Room, Stephen Townsend
Communication Breakdown: The Introduction of Several Communication Technology Innovations, the Societal Effects, and the Disconnect in the Way that We Connect., Christopher Vincent Tramontana
Plant genotype, not nutrients, shape aphid population dynamics, Heather E. Tran, Lara Souza, Nathan J. Sanders, and Aimee T. Classen
MSIS: Modernized Student Information System, Doug Tucker and Seth Elliott
CARDIAC Kids: Obesity Intervention Program in Elementary School Children, Christen Rose Waddell, Lisa Wagoner, Bonnie Callen, Carolyn Perry-Burst, Aneisa McDonald, and Marcia Spence
Old Actors, New Drama: Chinese Engagement with Africa and the Implications for the United States, Megan Ruth Wanee
The Fruits of War: Israel and the Second Lebanon War, Treston L. Wheat
Women in the Workforce: How Cultural Factors Affect Labor Supply, Katherine A. Whitehead
The Impact of Surface Coal Mining on Residential Property Values: A Hedonic Price Analysis, Austin Merrell Williams
Thermo- and pH-Sensitive Aqueous Micellar Gels form a Tertiary Amine-Containing Hydrophilic ABA Triblock Copolymer, Roger A. E. Wright
INTERNATIONAL TAX TREATY AND WITHHOLDING SYSTEM (ITTS), Shehroz Bolievich Yarkulov
A Time of Greeting, Allison Leigh Yilling
Projects from 2010
Revitalizing the CIA: Intelligence Reform in the Post-Cold War World, Yasmine B. Alotaibi
Dental Modification: An Anthropological Perspective, Danielle M. Barnes
Cell Phone Usage Patterns with Friends, Parents, and Romantic Partners in College Freshmen, Stephanie L. Blackman
Prenatal Care of Hispanic Mothers, Craig A. Bleakney
Team VOLocity, Beth Clement and William Schuman
Effect of social status on behavioral and neural response to stress, Daniel W. Curry, Kathleen E. Morrison, and Matthew A. Cooper
Optimal Control in Discrete Pest Control Models, Kathryn Dabbs
Induction of Drosophila melanogaster Cyp6a8 promoter by different xenobiotic compounds, Kaitlin V. Dewhirst
Corrosion Resistant Surface Finish by Chemical Browning, William Brandon Goodwin, John William Bohling, Ryan Christopher Pearce, and Jonathan Kenneth Rhyne
A Sisterhood that Never Existed, Katelyn R. Greer
Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Math and Science among Elementary Students: An Exploration of the Role of Teachers, Katie F. Gugliotta
Tennessee Football: The Fan Experience, Amber M. Harding
Patterns of Behavior: Analyzing Modes of Social Interaction from Prehistory to the Present, Whitney Nicole Hayden
The Effects of Environmetal Marketing: The Consumer Perspective, Andrew Heile
Rhymin' & Stealin' - How Napster Stole the Industry, Johnathan D. Holbrook
The Power of Change: How Mind and Body Therapies Can Be Used Effectively in Counseling, Elizabeth A. Kajer
History of the international monetary system and its potential reformulation, Catherine Ardra Karczmarczyk
Capstone Design: Energy Efficient Windows Triple Pane Window Analysis, Michael S. Kee, Drew Ryan Hughes, Amanda Michele Lee, Michael McMillan, and Jake Eric Plewa
Arabidopsis thaliana Myosin XI Is Necessary for Cell Fate Determination in Root Epidermis, Kevin Kuo
Una comparación temática de las novelas de postguerra Entre visillos y Nada, Stacey Lee
Generation Y and Social Media, Amanda Nicole Lewis
Biofuel Production for Gasoline Displacement and Public Policies in Competitive Energy Masrket, Albert Lin
Biofuel Production for Gasoline Displacement and Public Policies in Competitive Energy Masrket, Albert Lin
Fortune Cookies Between You and Me: An Experiment, Eric McClenathan
Circadian Expression Patterns of Proteins in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Jenna E. McKinnie
Local Financial Services Innovation: Local Management, Strategy and Change; A Field Investigation, Ann Catherine Nave
Grass-Roots Struggle in the "Culture of Silence": Collective Dialogue and the Brazilian Landless Movement, Genny Petschulat
Determining the Role of Water and Proton Uptake/Release Upon Binding of Substrate DHF and Cofactor NADPH to the Enzyme Dihydrofolate Reductase's Active Site, Sharghi Rahmanian
Regulation of the mitotic cyclin Clb2 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cody R. Richardson
The Effects of Stress on Short-Term and Long-Term Memory, Marni Rossman
Translating with the Devil: A Fresh Look at Baudelaire Selections from Les Fleurs du Mal, Levi Jackson Rowland
Final Tool Comparison Report: Evaluation of Craftsman and Dollar Tree Drill Bits, Saranya Sathananthan
An Exploration of Optimization Algorithms and Heuristics for the Creation of Encoding and Decoding Schedules in Erasure Coding, Catherine D. Schuman
Divided Loyalties: A Socioeconomic Comparison of East Tennessee Unionists and Secessionists, Elijah T. Settlemyre
Design and Installation of a Compressed Hydrogen Fueling System in a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado, Nick Edward Shaffer, Dean Deter, Terrance Johnson, and John Pate
The Novel Mezclada: Subverting Colonialism’s Legacy in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Emily A. Shifflette
Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB: A Challenge to the Appointments Clause and its Ramifications to Corporate Governance, Todd B. Skelton
Construction and Properties of Hussain Chains for Quotients of Projective Planes, Lee Troupe
Some Classification Results for Hadamard Matrices of Order 6, William Lee Tune
Analysis of the Audio Home Environment of Children with Normal vs. Impaired Hearing, Lee Tyler
Japanese Business and Tennessee: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future, Paul D. Weiler
Hospital Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction as a Function of Physician Membership on Boards of Directors, Austin W. Whitaker
Determination of Important Ligand Sites for the Interaction with Aminoglycoside Acetyltransferase(3)-IIIb by NMR, Katherine Jane Woodruff
Projects from 2009
CHP-Thesis , Allen Nichole Casanova Alana
Unconscious Projections, Lindsay Mennen Bates
Social Suffering in Northern Uganda, Erin Bernstein
From College Student to World Citizen, Lauren A. Bernstein
Dueling Eagles: Mihailovic, Tito, and the Western impact on World War II Yugoslavia, Brian Robert Bibb
Look to the Lady, Whitney Cook Boshers
Hybridity and Postcoloniality: Formal, Social, and Historical Innovations in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, Sarah Habib Bounse
Animals in the Food Supply Chain, Jennifer L. Buntin
The Effects of Alcohol Regulation and Legislation on Traffic Fatalities in the United States: A Quantitative Analysis, Jessica Suzanne Cathey
The Return to the Gothicin the Face of Gender Anarchy at the fin de siede, Camille Marie Chandler
Role of Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors in Patients with Coronary Artery Diseases, Dipti Kanaiyalal Chhajwani
Senior Honors Project, Michael Austen Clapp
An examination of individual factors that lead to the sustainability of virtual communities., Bryant Neal Coker
An Analysis of International Stock Exchanges – An Examination of the Exchanges of the World, Including an In-depth Study of Three Exchanges in Varying Development Stages., David Carter Crenshaw
Applied Peptidomimetics: Creating a functional model for Alzheimer's disease research and catalytic activity of small peptides, David A. Cretella
No Title, Joel Mooney Cummings