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 2020
A Study of Physician Preparedness in Relation to Religious Diversification: Examination of Policy, Education, Training, and Experience, Austin P. Hoffarth
Economic Analysis of Lithium Recovery from Spent Lithium Ion Batteries, Makayla Hyde, Jaclyn Choate, Zoe Antonas, Abby Newberry, and Madi Sherrod
Faith Promise Lane: From Cherahala Boulevard to TN-162 MP 1.9, Zachary W. Jerome
The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Examination of the Dollywood Foundations My People Fund, Callie Victoria Johnson
Recovery of Thorium from Monazite Ore for Applications in Clean, Sustainable Nuclear Power, Samantha Karklins, Aaron Kuhn, Haley Prater, and Thomas Welker
Within-Reach Temperature Heterogeneity is Limited in a Southern Appalachian Stream Network: Implications for Climate Change Refugia and Reach-Scale Temperature Mapping, Anna Kaz, Matthew Troia Dr., and Xingli Giam Dr.
The Impact of Big Data and Information Technology on the Accounting Field and Business Environment, Mitchell Kludt
Fluid Urbanism: Connecting the Tennessee River Mega-Region, John D. Koelsch
Crosstalk between Rho-family GTPases at the division site during cytokinesis, Emma Nicole Koory
Understanding Cultural Competence Among In-Service Teachers: A Review of the Literature, Amanda R. Kuipers
Golf Swing Trainer using Wii Balance Board, Brooks M. Leftwich, Nicholas Hassler, Clark A. Hall, Sam Gates, Thomas B. Vickery, Alec Rinehart, Zakkary B A Compton, and Ryan A. Singley
Is a Sign a Sign: The iconicity of road signage, Alisa Lim
When Getting Good Grades Isn’t Enough: The Overachiever’s Transition to College, Sarah Littleton
Celebrities on Social Media and Their Effect on Shareholder Wealth, Brenna Logan
Early Warning Solar Storm Prediction, Ian D. Lumsden, Marvin Joshi, Matthew Smalley, Aiden Rutter, and Ben Klein
The Electoral College is Bad for Democracy, Kaitlyn Marlowe
Thermal Chemical Energy Storage, William Miller, Samuel Swayne, Jonathan West, John Davis, James McBroom, and Tennessee Bryant
Optics of Two-Dimensional Materials used as Substrates for Nanoparticle-Based Devices, Reagan Newman
Techno-economic Analysis on the Recovery & Valorization of Lithium from Recycled Battery Waste Materials by Hydrometallurgical Methods., Preston N. Nicely, Noah Dunlap, Joseph Swann, and John Hill
Relationship between Social Media Use and Sleep Quality of Undergraduate Nursing Students at a Southeastern University, Stephen B. Nowell and Kathleen Thompson
The Impact of Fake News on Company Value: Evidence from Tesla and Galena Biopharma, David D. Parsons
Evidence of Culinary Practices in Faunal Data of Site 38CH1531, Meagan Perkins
Exploring Putative Herbicide Resistance in Two Summer Annual Grassy Weeds, Benjamin D. Pritchard
The Evolution of Defining Rape in the United States, Sophia Rhoades
Lithium Recovery Process from Spent Batteries, Nicholas A. Ross, Lacey Roberts, Jordan Leith, and Woodi Woodland
Waiving Barriers for the Homeless to Obtain Independent Housing, Corinne M. Schnadelbach
An Understanding of Why: The Role of Narrative Coherence as a Moderator in the Relation Between Interparental Conflict and Optimism Towards Marriage, Briana L. Schubert
Comparing HPV Vaccination Rates Between Rural and Urban Female Undergraduate Students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Brynn J. Seaton
Simple Flexible Molten Salt Reactor, Luke Seifert, Alex Boettinger, Jackson Breakell, and Patrick Wooden
Self-Perception in Infancy: The Posture of the Arm, Shcorey Shepard
Relationship Between F Codes and Crises, Rachel Nicole Sitton
Direct Listing vs. Traditional IPO Case Study, Zachary V. Skaff
Motivations, Impact and Outcomes Affiliated with Short-Term Study Abroad Programs for Business Students, Laura Katherine Skipper
The Impact of Economies on Plastic Waste and Recycling Due to International Trade, Alyx Mccall Thompson
The Hub and Spoke Solution: A Much-Needed Answer to Tennessee's Opioid Crisis, Ryne E. Tipton
Efficient Elevator Algorithm, Sean M. Toll, Owen Barbour, Carl Edwards, Daniel Nichols, and Austin Day
No Strings Attached? FDI, Ideology, and Levels of Democracy in Latin America, Alexander Tripp
Farmers' Market Relations, Olivia Tumlin
What are College Students' Opinions on Housing as a Human Right?, Maria L. Valerio
Centro Hispano's Role in Community Health, Annabeth Vannucci
Emergency Eye Simulation Model, Gavin L. Warrington, Christopher Forsyth, Lexus Morris, and Natalie Ledezma
Extraction of Thorium from Monazite Ore, Emily Watson, Jacob Reynolds, Victoria Molotoka, and Makenna Smith
The Cost of Big Data: Evaluating the Effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, Kara Rebecca White
Gender Differences in Second Language Learning: Why They Exist and What We Can Do About It, Merideth Wightman
Optimization of RT-qPCR protocols to quantify chuA gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni mutants under iron-limited conditions, Jacob D. Wilbert
Developmental Regulation of Sirtuin Genes in Broiler Chicks, Heather L. Winter
Projects from 2019
The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Communication and Active-Listening Skills with Individuals with Communication Disorders, Mandy C. Adams and Erinn Finke Dr.
The Selca, Business Plan, Eunice An
A Profile of Physical Activity in Knoxville Parks, Margaret R. Bailey
thornado-hydro: Generalizing discontinuous Galerkin methods for a nuclear equation of state for supernova hydrodynamics, Brandon Lynn Barker, Eirik Endeve, and Anthony Mezzacappa
Design and Development of Hybrid Rocket for Spaceport America Cup, Benjamin Barnhill, Sean Darling, Austin Springer, Adam Todd, and Stewart Whaley
System Architecture Design and Development for a Reusable Lunar Lander, Chad Batten, Camille E. Bergin, Aaron Crigger, Darryl Harris, and Gillian Suzanne McGlothin
Tennessee's Qualified Opportunity Zones: An Empirical Analysis of Tract Selection, Bradley J. Battle
Extraction of Thorium Dioxide and other REE Oxides from Monazite Ore, Bradley M. Bennett, Julia Johnson, Kelsey Hay, and Chelsea Connolly-Horton
A Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Neurotransmitters and Photon Migration, Ian C. Bennie
Harry Potter and the Perpetual Struggle to Find My Hogwarts House, Chris T. Biller
Investigating the effects of excitotoxic stimuli on the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Rachel A. Brandes
The Gender Gap on Board of Directors, Abbey Mae Brassell
Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease, Sarah G Bridgeman
EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Communications Plan, Whitney M. Brothers
The Slave Woman and the Free: The Role of Hagar and Sarah in Paul’s Galatians 4:21-5:1 Allegory, Amanda Michelle Bryant
Acoustic Monitoring of American Woodcock, Evan J. Buck
Study Level Design of Thorium Oxide Production, Dylan G. Chitwood, Drake Crawford, and Chase Toth
The Experience of Childhood Maltreatment and Its Impact on Parenting in a High-risk Sample, Alex C. Clement
One Shot Pub: A Business Plan, Ben Dale
The role of T-cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 2 (TIAM2) in the barrier function of mammary epithelial cells following Streptococcus uberis inoculation, Catherine E. Donnell
A Profile of Physical Activity in the City of Knoxville's Lonsdale Park, Carly Scot Eakin
Tertiary Safety System for Nuclear Spent Fuel Pool, Jonathan Farmer, Amanda Bachmann, Taylor Adams, Eissa Altalahlah, Trina Garrett, Jillian Newmyer, and Drew Shayotovich
Poison Pills and Their Effect on Shareholder Return, Katherine G. Fowlkes
8:28 | A Short Film, Matthew J. Freels
InterFaith Health Clinic Electronic Records Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures, Payton E. Garland, Emily Mae Diehl, Clark Michael Legac, and Joshua Presnell
The Opioid Crisis: Biological, Psychological and Sociological Factors in the Etiology and Future Mitigation of Opioid Addiction., Nicholas Michael Genereaux
The Impact of Topic Valence on Interracial Interaction Outcomes: An Honors Thesis in Psychology, Victoria Gilooly
Listening for the Suling in the Balinese Gamelan, Natalie Ann Gregg
The Impact of Decreasing Defined Benefit Plans on Employee Turnover, Melissa Claire Gregory
Computational Studies of Small Molecule Activation in Catylsis and Green Chemistry, Alexa N. Griffith Ms.
Extraction of ThO2 From Monazite Ore, Brian T. Grim, Kevin Harricharran, Maggie Mann, and Sidharth Mahajan
The Impact of Race and Affect on Infant Visual Attention to Faces, Emily Kathryn Grimes
Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder and Negative Talk, and Young Children’s Behavioral Symptoms, Katherine Anne Halas
Lighting Design for The Real Inspector Hound, Collin Hall
The Horn in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Op. 64: An Introduction to the Horn in Late Nineteenth Century Russia, David S. Hall
Supervisor-Subordinate Relationships and Its Effect on Job Satisfaction and Job Performance, Charles T. Hampton Jr
The High Rise Storage System, Justin H. Harmon
Studying the effects of race on the duration of child mentoring matches, Meredith Hawk
Hybrid Rocket Engine Design Utilizing a Polymer Matrix Encapsulating Pulverized Fuel, Seth Holladay, Teague Aarant, Jared Bass, Timothy Grizzel, Matthew McVey, William Putthoff, Angus Shaw, Caroline Littel, and James Evans Lyne
The Search for Mollie Tibbetts: How Social Media Functions in Missing Persons Cases, Alexandra R. House
Meg Hutchinson Business Plan- Flo+Co., Margaret E. Hutchinson
When Social Media Takes Your Money: In-App Shopping and Buyer’s Remorse Study, Catie Jaffe
What Makes a Movie Successful : Using Analytics to Study Box Office Hits, Sarah E. Joseph
Multicultural and the Treatment of Child Trauma: Research Trends from the Last Ten Years, Sarah L. Keil
Observing the Effects of Aspergillus oryzae on Combating the Consequences of Heat Stress in Lactating Dairy Cows, Abigail Lorraine Kesterson
Implementing a Self-Corrected Chemical Potential Scheme in Determinant Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations, Kevin Gordon Kleiner
Mass Grave Detection with the use of Geophysics, Madelyn M. Knaub
Rescue Dosing as a Standardized Treatment Protocol for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) to Decrease Length of Hospital Stay, Mallory Lanier
Bridging the Synapse: Seeing the World Through a Neuroscience Lens, Madeline MacArthur
Food Acquisition Strategies within Theresienstadt Ghetto: An Analysis of Oral Testimonies, Jaime L. Marquis
Effects of Marriage, Divorce, and Discord: Review and Policy Analysis, Kiersten L. Marsh and Rachel A. Woods
Boys That Blend: How Men in Makeup Can Affect Social Media Marketing Efforts, Matthew Meyers