Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2011
Development of a Safeguards Monitoring System for Special Nuclear Facilities, James Joseph Henkel
Polymer Nanocomposite Analysis and Optimization for Renewable Energy and Materials, Nathan Walter Henry
Investigation of host responses upon infection of distinct Toxoplasma strains, Rachel DeVonne Hill
Validation of the Monitoring Academic Progress: Reading (MAP: R): Development and Investigation of a Group-Administered Comprehension-Based Tool for RTI, Angela Nicole Hilton-Prillhart
Visión histórico-política de México a través de cuatro dramaturgas mexicanas, Kandace Kane Holladay
Development of an Optimal Replenishment Policy for Human Capital Inventory, Bruce A Holt
Self-direction and Technology Use Among New Workforce Entrants, Lila Louise Holt
Development of a Prognostic Method for the Production of Undeclared Enriched Uranium, David Alan Hooper
A Validation of the Monitoring Academic Progress Mathematics: An Experimental Multidimensional Group Administered Curriculum-Based Measure of Mathematics Fluency and Problem Solving, Michael Brandon Hopkins
Computational and Experimental Study of Structure-Property Relationships in NiAl Precipitate-Strengthened Ferritic Superalloys, Shenyan Huang
Riparian Ecosystem Response to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) Induced Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Mortality in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Misty Dawn Huddleston
Using Sport to Build Community: Service-Learning with Iraqi Refugees, Ashleigh Morgan Huffman
The Relationship between Self-Directedness and Health Promotion in the Elderly, Barbara L Hulsman
Design of Wireless Power Transfer and Data Telemetry System for Biomedical Applications, Ashraf Bin Islam
Protein engineering for the Enhanced Photo-production of Hydrogen by Cyanobacterial Photosystem I, Ifeyinwa Jane Iwuchukwu
“Tentative Relations: Secession and War in the Central Ohio River Valley, 1859-1862”, Timothy Max Jenness
Design and Control of High Power Density Motor Drive, Dong Jiang
Thermally Robust ALD and Silver Nanocube based Plasmonic Probe for High Temperature and Microfluidic SERS Measurement, Joshy Francis John
Taking Off: The Politics and Culture of American Aviation, 1920-1939, McMillan Houston Johnson V
Theoretical and Empirical Essays on the Effects of Proposed and Existing Environmental Policies, Luke Robert Jones
Genetic and nutritional studies to elucidate the role of adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, Nishan Sudheera Kalupahana
Collaborative Solutions to Visual Sensor Networks, Mahmut Karakaya
Lizard Girl and Other Girl Stories, Melinda Beth Keefauver
A Scalable Architecture for Simplifying Full-Range Scientific Data Analysis, Wesley James Kendall
Essays in Spatial Analysis of Land Development and Recreation Demand, Seung Gyu Kim
A Resource-Based Perspective on Green Supply Chain Management and Firm Performance, Jon Frederick Kirchoff
Contradictions Between How Students Are Taught to Write And What They Are Expected To Read In General Education Courses, Rachel Anne Kirk
Toward a Philosophy of Race in Education, Corey V Kittrell
Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial: An Examination of the Effects of Cognitive Ability, Psychiatric Symptomatology, and Psychosocial Maturity, Aaron John Kivisto
Emotion Regulation as a Mediator of Adolescent Developmental Processes and Problem Outcomes, Katherine Little Kivisto
Teachers’ Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and School Climate in an Era of Accountability: A Mixed Methods Study of Two High Schools on Tennessee’s High Priority List, Jeffrey Anton Knox
La modernité esthétique chez André Malraux : La quête du “primitif”, Yulia Draganova Kovatcheva
Modeling chemical degradation and proton transport in perfluorosulfonic acid ionomers, Milan Kumar
Water Ice Films in Cryogenic Vacuum Chambers, Jesse Michael Labello
Adsorption of Hydrogen onto Bare and Metal Decorated Metal Oxides, Paige Elizabeth Landry
The Role of Financial Services Advertising on Investors' Decision-Making, Tae Jun Lee
The Discursive Construction of Autism: Contingent Meanings of Autism and Therapeutic Talk, Jessica Nina Lester
Dynamics, Electromyography and Vibroarthrography as Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tools: Investigation of the Patellofemoral Joint, Filip Leszko
The Phenomenology of Everyday Experiences of Contemporary Mystics in the Jewish Traditions of Kabbalah, Priscilla W Levasseur
Lagrangian Representations of (p, p, p)-triangle Groups, Paul Wayne Lewis Jr.
The Paleoecology and Biogeography of Ordovician Edrioasteroids, Rene Anne Lewis
A TIME-AND-SPACE PARALLELIZED ALGORITHM FOR THE CABLE EQUATION, Chuan Li
Dynamic Modeling, Sensor Placement Design, and Fault Diagnosis of Nuclear Desalination Systems, Fan Li
Investigation of hydrodynamic scaling relationships in shallow spouted beds, Irma Deytia Lima Rojas
Functional Genomic Studies of Soybean Defenses against Pests and Soybean Meal Improvement, Jingyu (Lynn) Lin
Packaging Design of IGBT Power Module Using Novel Switching Cells, Shengnan Li
Transport and Optical Properties of Quantized Low-Dimensional Systems, Xiaoguang Li
Essays on Timing of Firm Actions in Industrial Economics, Youping Li
Elastic properties of complex transition metal oxides studied by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy, Yanbing Luan
A Case Study of the Full Service Community School Model: School Level Benefits in an Urban, Southern Elementary School, Elisa Cooper Luna
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Use of Technical Report Literature: Pre- and Post- Internet Distribution, Cynthia Gayle Manley
AN EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF MOTHERS IN DUAL-CAREER FAMILIES, Andrea Darlene Marable
Quantification and Ecological Perspectives on Cyanophage and Aquatic Viruses, Audrey Renee Matteson
Using Osteological Evidence to Assess Biological Affinity: A Re-evaluation of Selected Sites in East Tennessee, Donna M McCarthy
The Information Behavior of Public Health Educators Working in Appalachia, Karen Jean McClanahan
Balancing Student Participation in Large College Courses via Randomized Credit for Participation, Daniel Fox McCleary
The Relationship between Racial Identity and the Socialization of Black Ph.D. Students at Predominantly White Institutions, Ferlin Garbe McGaskey
An Examination of the Stability of Positive Psychological Capital Using Frequency-Based Measurement, Elizabeth Anne McGee
Examining the Relationship between Work/Life Conflict and Life Satisfaction in Executives: The Role of Problem-Focused Coping Techniques, Heather S McMillan
“Everything Was Different”: An Existential Phenomenological Investigation of US Professional Basketball Players’ Experiences Overseas, Rainer Josef Meisterjahn
Securities Processing: The Effects of a T+3 System on Security Prices, Victoria Lynn Messman
Having an Elective Cesarean Section: Doing What's Best, Cynthia R Acuff Michaluk
Essays on State Lottery Demand and Revenue Earmarks, Kara Diane Smith Mitchell
Developing biocontainment strategies to suppress transgene escape via pollen dispersal from transgenic plants, Hong Seok Moon
The ‘Helper’ Phenotype: A Symbiotic Interaction Between Prochlorococcus and Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Microorganisms, James Jeffrey Morris
Use of Remote Sensing, Hydrologic Tree-Ring Reconstructions, and Forecasting for Improved Water Resources Planning and Management, Cody Lee Moser
Modeling And Development Of A MEMS Device For Pyroelectric Energy Scavenging, Salwa Mostafa
"Your World Stops": The Relationship Chiasm between Teachers and Students in Court-Mandated Adult Education, Rondal David Mottern
Development of a Rigid Body Forward Solution Physiological Model of the Lower Leg to Predict Non Implanted and Implanted Knee Kinematics and Kinetics, John Kyle Patrick Mueller
Distress Tolerance, Experiential Avoidance, and Negative Affect: Implications for Understanding Eating Behavior and BMI, Christen Nicole Mullane
The Effect of Reflective Writing Interventions on Critical Thinking Skills, Jessica L Naber
Wittgenstein and Aesthetic Reasoning with Stories in the Bioethics Classroom, Michael Woods Nash
Evolution, Speciation, and Conservation of Amblyopsid Cavefishes, Matthew Lance Niemiller
Surface Symmetry Energy of Nuclear Energy Density Functionals, Nikola Iliev Nikolov
An Evaluation of the Outcomes of Children with Multiple Disabilities who Attended Camp Koinonia in 2009, Janelle Nimer
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Congeners of Hydramycin, an Anthraquinone-Type Antitumor Agent, Costyl Ngnouomeuchi Njiojob
Telerobotic Sensor-based Tool Control Derived From Behavior-based Robotics Concepts, Mark William Noakes
Assessing the efficiency of phenotypic and molecular genotype selection methods for complex traits in Soybean, Catherine Nyaguthii Nyinyi
Disaster Education for Nurses: A Comparison of Two Instructional Methods for Teaching Basic Disaster Life Support in the Light of Self-Efficacy Theory, Mary Catherine Nypaver
Examining A School’s Reform Efforts Through Capacity Building: A Case Study of an Elementary School, Daphne Helen Odom
Counting Reducible Composites of Polynomials, Jacob Andrew Ogle
Thermo- and pH-Sensitive Hydrophilic Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Micellization, Gelation, and Application, Thomas G. O'Lenick
Characterization of a Small Animal SPECT Platform for use in Preclinical Translational Research, Dustin Ryan Osborne
Oceanic-Atmospheric and Hydrologic Variability in Long Lead-Time Forecasting, Abdoul Aziz Oubeidillah
Spatially Resolved Laser and Thermal Desorption/Ionization Coupled with Mass Spectrometry, Olga Sergeevna Ovchinnikova
The Beta Decay of 79,80,81Zn and Nuclear Structure around the N=50 Shell Closure, Stephen William Padgett
Radii and neutron correlations of (6,8)He within the Gamow Shell Model, Georgios Papadimitriou
The Role of Social Network Websites in Consumer-Brand Relationship, Hyejune Park
Bullying, Victimization, Associated Distress & Transition Among Intellectually Gifted Children, Taylor Kaine Pelchar
This We Call Many Things: A Collection of Poems, Charlotte Jeane Pence
Atomistic Modeling of Hydrogen Storage in Nanostructured Carbons, Lujian Peng
Targeted Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Silicate Building Block Supports and Heterogeneous Catalysts with Tungsten(VI) or Zirconium(IV) Centers, Michael Edward Peretich