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 designation on their transcript and are bestowed an honors medallion.
For questions or comments concerning the Honors Thesis Project collection, please contact honors@utk.edu
Projects from 2003
The Wandering Bride - Modern American Culture's Contamination of the Church, John Tyler Starke
In the Shadow of Nuremberg: The Creation of the Yokohama Trials of Class B and C War Criminals, Christy Merrifield Stoffell
Religion and Law: Separate or Equal?, Cory Stephen Stott
Software Design of Virtual Manuscript Paper Module for use in Aural Training Program, Luke Christopher Strobel
Increasing the Stability of Pancreatic Islets During Transportation, Joshua Brock Thomas
Convivencia: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Medieval Spain, Lindsey Marie Vaughan
Design Recommendation for an Automated Mosquito Enumerator, Monette Monette Vessell
Connecting Two Worlds, Daniel Seith Watkins
An Empirical Investigation of Abnormal Returns Associated with Firms Added to or Deleted from the S & P 500 Stock Index, Eric Michael Watts
Feasibility of Using Multiple Samples to Improve the Least Square Deconvolution Approach to Resolving 3-Person STR DNA Mixture Samples, John David White
Investor Psychology and Market Speculation, Clayton Christopher Williams
Happily Ever After: Marriage in the Stories of Edith Wharton, Tamara Jenelle Williamson
University of Tennessee Eastman Project: Acetate Tow Bole Straightener, Joshua Keith Woods
Tennessee Democratic Party Communications Re-Organization, Earl Isaac Wright
Bringing Michael Lipsky's Theories into the 21st Century, Tiffany Michelle Wright
Projects from 2002
Ethics in Accounting?, Jeffrey Craig Alexander
Corporate Gift Baskets by Deb Maupin and Associates, Jonathan Adam Alexander
Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Power Plant, James Bradley Alsup
Occupied Families: A Study of Palestinian Families Living Under Israeli Occupation, Maha Mohammad Ayesh
Analysis of the Mandatory Auditor Rotation Debate, Marquita Toinette Barton
An American in Normandy: WWII's Climactic Battle, Amy Susannah Black
Collaborative Toolkit for Crashworthiness Research, Aleksander Bobrek
The Effect of AIDS on the Culture of Sub-Saharan Africa, Shelley Suzanne Breeding
Community Building - The Creation of Volfest at the University of Tennessee, Bradford Powell Bricken
From the Mind of a Collegiate Composer: Commentary, Analysis, and Associated Ramblings, Julian David Bryson
Takeout Taxi: Analysis of Positioning, Bradley Albert Burgett
Commanding B Company, Rocky Top Battalion: An Exercise in Leadership, Jay Burns
Affecting Positive Change: Race, Education, and Young People, Sara Jane Butler
Investigating a Solution to the ResNet Bandwidth Problems at the University of Tennessee, Tracy Allen Cain
Perceived Injustice and the Decision to Act or Not, Rita L. Campbell
Market Square Development: An economic analysis and financial feasibility study, Bryan Wayne Capooth
Election Reform in the Wake of the 2000 Presidential Election, Joseph K. Christian
Multisystemic Therapy: Why there is a need for it, what it is, how it works, and an intern's experiences in a mental health agency utilizing multisystemic therapy, Christy Ann Claiborne
Developing an Investment Philosophy: A Guide to the Warren Buffet Model, Broderick Davis Clifford
Building a Content-Addressable IBP Server, Rebecca Lynn Collins
Would You Like Your Jesus Upsized? McDonaldization and the Mega Church, Elizabeth Cook
John Doe for Sheriff: A Political Advertising Campaign, Kevin Wayne Cook
Jazz Guitar: The History, The Players, James Aubrey Crawford
The Arts as Educational Tools, Katie Daniel
Manichaeism and its Spread into China, Jennifer Marie Dan
A Quest for Knowledge: Mathematical Webquests for the High School Classroom, Laura Louise Davis
A History of Love, Melanie Suzanne DeMotts
A Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Antimicrobial Agent Resistance in Staphylococci, Sarah E. Dodson
The Disney Dilemma: Modernized Fairy Tales or Modern Disaster?, Irene Virginia Doster
The Rose Company: A New Style of Financial Planning, Byron Aubrey Earnheart
NATO's Changing Role in the International System: Security in the Post Cold War World, Anna Renee East
Biochemical Pathways of Creatine and Creatine Phosphate, David Brock East
Evaluation of the Maximum Heat Load on the Ultimate Heat Sink System of the Waterford 3 Nuclear Power Plant, Jarrod Douglas Edwards
Spirituality and Health: The Mind/Body/Soul Connection, Brooke Anne Elliott
Closer: Breathing Life into Paper, Geoffrey Colin Fisher
Religious Overtones in the Writings of Flannery O'Connor, James C. Fox II
A Faded Heaven: A Novel, Kristine Kathleen Fox
Discerning Pathological Science, John Christian Gaby
Using Terrestrial Rocks to Classify Marson Rocks, Erin Elizabeth Gaillard
Step 2 Clinics, Ciara Gould
What is a Resident Assistant?: What is so special about the University of Tennessee?, Kristin Marie Gourley
Measurement of Bone Stiffness as a Predictor of Bone Fracture Using Mechanical Vibration Technique, Tiffany Elicia Grant
Wear and Corrosion Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-8Mo, Brandice Annette Green
Privatization of Social Security: The Proposed 2% Plan, Damien Andrew Grierson
Last Year Studies, Shelly Anne Hankins
Concrete Canoe 2002, Samuel Lynn Harrison
Recruiting Sustainable Business to Knoxville, Rachael Elizabeth Harris
Antibiotics in the Beet Industry: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives, Rachel Jane Hart
The PKK in Germany and its Foreign and Domestic Effects on Germany and Turkey, Emily Heitz
Joint Venture Development: Does theory match reality?, Clay Garrett Hixson
Standardized assessment: A Look at Tennessee's assessment system: Will authentic assessment work in our schools?, Jessica Elaine Holman
Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Art of Medical Diagnosis, Laura Houston
The Estee Lauder Companies Background and History, Ashley Brooke Howerton
HIV: Structure, Life Cycle, and Pathogenecity, Jonathan Richard Hughes
Thermopower: Student aid for thermodynamic calculations, Steven Rashad Inabinet
Dosimetric Analysis of Prototype P39 PET Scanner, Andrew Ross James
Self-Promotional Website http://web.utk.edu/~mjarrell, Mark Walton Jarrell
Endotension Distribution in Finite Element Models of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Following Endovascular Exclusion, William Joseph Jenkins
The Dancer's Work-Out, Tiffany Evelyn Johnson
Helping the Health Profession Help Others: Applying Business Principles to the Medical World, Katherine Elise Jones
Predicting Football Plays with Artificial Neural Nets, Nicholas Ryan Kirchem
Advances in Ultra-High Cycle Fatigue, Melanie Jean Kirkham
Video-tracking PongBot, Frederick Bachman Kuhlman
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Trans-Atlantic Security Politics, Lindsay Rae Levkoff
Breastfeeding and Adult Health Indicators, Rachel Lesley Lewis
Developing a Successful Resume Tape, Jonathan Jordan Lloyd
Development of Probability Model for Fatigue Crack Growth Using Response Surface Method, Allison Marie Lockwood
No Title, Melissa Dawn Love
Incorporating Cultural Competency into the Bachelors of Science in Nursing Curriculum: a study of methods used by accredited Tennessee BSN programs, Amanda Bess Manley
A Stochastic Algorithm for Element Production in Stars, Erin Malia McMahon
Reevaluation of Chemical Engineering Design, Noah Glenn McMillan
The InvEnture, Lara Catherine Miller
The Role of Service Learning in Engineering Education, Katherine Renee Mitchell
Deregulation and the California Problem, Christopher Robert Moore
The State of Midlands vs. Terry B. Rogers, Elizabeth Moore
Learn to Play the Guitar: A Prosthetic's Viewpoint, Matthew Alan Moore
A Brief History of Conscription 1812-2002, Meghan Hamilton Morgan
The Effective Use of Academic Technology at the University of Tennessee, Joshua Daniel Morrison
ITV Inc. Spanish Training Videos, John Fisher Morton
Higher Mathematical Concepts Using the Rubik's Cube, Pawel Nazarewicz
Second Language Acquisition and Women Immigrants: A Comparison of Experiences of Mexican Women in the United States and Turkish Women in Germany, Alissa Hope Nesbitt
Closet Toxin: A Story of Mercury in Vaccines Causing Autism, Rebecca Marie Peters
Fragmentation of Liberal Parties in Russia, Shaunna Deanne Phillips
Alternative Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Christy Leigh Pruett
Design and Fabrication of a Capacitance Dilatometer for use in the Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System, Gerald Conrad Ragghianti