Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2024
State of Health Estimation for Second-Use Electric Vehicle Batteries in Grid Applications, Yousef Hassan A Alamri
Money, Family, Happiness: Financial Beliefs and Relational Satisfaction in Parent-Young Adult Children Relationships, Keely M. Algya
NOVEL POLYMER-DERIVED CERAMIC ANTENNAS FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS, Peter J. Alley
Optimization of Learning Algorithms in Neuromorphic Computing Systems., Oyinpere S. Ameli
Tiny Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern United States: An assessment of their systematics, phylogenetic, and biogeographic trends, Mariana Andrade
Evaluation of Bioengineered Bank Stabilization Methods for Use in Stormwater Mitigation Programs, Jaimie Ellen Dieker Armitage
Interconnecting Feed Efficiency with Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Growth, Sophia Maria Ascolese
Leadership Journeys of Twelve Women in the Wine Industry: A Qualitative Study, Colleen Baker
Evaluation of Eriophyid Mite Collection Methods and Environmental Parameters that Affect Populations of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus, Tara Michelle Barnette
Experimental Studies of Shock Train Generation and Unstart Propagation in Mach 2.3 Flow, Nicholas W. Bartlett
Risk Preferences Impact on Cattle Producers’ Use of Price Risk Management, Sourav Barua
Growing Southern Appalachian forests for both timber and carbon storage value: Is there a trade-off?, Jareth B. Beeler
Neural-Network-Based Detection of Radiopharmaceutical Extravasation In PET/CT Data, Elijah D. Berberette
EASIER AIR ALERT PLATFORM: A DESIGN AND APPROACH TO CREATING A DISTRIBUTED AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ALERT SYSTEM, Bryceton Bible
Assessment of Nocturnal and Crepuscular Arthropods and Their Influence on Bat Species on the Eastern Highland Rim, Carmen Black
Evaluating a Stochastic Optimized Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Chain from Winter Canola and Its Carbon Intensity, Kumar Bolakhe
INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS AS PROXY MEASURES FOR KNEE KINETIC VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH ACL INJURY, Kavon Bonakdar
Low-Cost Image Collection and Compilation for Enhanced In-Situ Monitoring in Laser-Powder Bed Fusion, Brett Eugene Brady
An Evaluation of Spectroscopic Databases: Content, Structure, Toolsets, Usability, and Documentation, Joseph William Braker
“THE BEST-WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE”: NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, AND MIXED EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO GETTING VOTED OFF SURVIVOR ISLAND, Emily Ann Brayton
Assessing the current knowledge and future prospect of mass timber, Alexander T. Bremner
Principles of Tomographic Measurements and Reconstruction, Bernadette Evelyn Brezinski
Labor Trafficking on the Global Sporting Stage, Luke A. Brice
Lower Limits of Performance of an Electrospray Thruster using a Direct Measurement Method, Caitlin M. Bunce
AQUATIC TRANSITIONS AND INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS IN FISSIDENS MOSSES, Julia R. Butler
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON ANTERIOR KNEE LAXITY, Taliah Jo Carlson
Characterization of Whey Protein Isolate-Polysaccharide Complexes as Antifreezing Agents in Commercial Cream Cheese, Celeste A. Chadwick
Comparison of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions with 15 Solar Mass Progenitors, Chien-Hui Chen
Post-Layout Evaluation of Adiabatic Logic for Energy Efficiency and CPA Resistance, Jun-Cheng Chin
Impact of preovulatory follicle maturity on oocyte metabolism and embryo development., Hannah M. Clark
Cluster Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Towards Online Grocery Shopping and Impacts on Online Grocery Usage and Food Expenditure, Harrison T. Clark
MERCURY BIOMAGNIFICATION IN AQUATIC FOOD WEBS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Zachary Winston Clark
Spontaneous Plant Colonization of Newly Established Green Roofs: An Experimental Approach, Braden Matthew Coats
A Quantitative Analysis of Security Keys and Commit Signing on Github, Parker N. Collier
Moral Education Through Mass Art: Implementing Vanderpump Rules in the Modern Ethics Classroom, Madison A. Cosby
Koopman-Inspired Proximal Policy Optimization (KIPPO), Andrei Cozma
The Clutching Inerter Damper in Base Isolation and with Variable Inertia for Vibration Control, Wyatt L. Cupp
MACHINE LEARNING FOR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MILLING PROCESS, Katy Daniels
“AND AM I BORN TO DIE?”: COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN HEAVY METAL, Alexandra Dellgren
Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Experiment Design for Targeted Uncertainty Reduction, Alexander Amedeo DePillis
HUMAN DECOMPOSITION EVALUATION: A STANDARDIZED APPROACH FOR STAGING AND SCORING MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Phillip D. Ditto
Experimental Investigation Into the Effects of Surface Roughness in a Mach 4 Edge Turbulent Boundary Layer, Jordan Dixon
A Multi-Metric Approach to Fay-Herriot Small Area Estimation of Forests, Zachary Dorminey
Framing Maternity Care Access in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Online News Sources, Esther Dowell
Effects of increased temperature on secondary seed dispersal in dung beetles, Nathan Lee Duerr
Understanding Missing National Agriculutral Statistics Survey Yields, William Hence Duncan
Digital Storytelling: Rhetorical Purpose, Modes, and Community Across POTS-Centered Instagram Accounts, Sara Jordan Eaton
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SACCADIC ADAPTATION AND PERCEPTION OF THE SACCADE TARGET OBJECT, Madeline M. Embrey
Conventional vs. slow-growing broilers: developmental pathways associated with differential muscle and adipose growth., Lindsey Eppinger
WINTER ROOST SELECTION OF EASTERN RED BATS AND IMPACTS OF NON-GROWING SEASON PRESCRIBED FIRE ON FORAGING ACTIVITY OF FOREST ROOSTING BATS IN TENNESSEE, Ashley D. Epstein
Dyad and Group Alignment in Pure Coordination Games, Kennedy D. Evins
Understanding Linguistic Treatment Across Species: a Comparative Study at Zoo Knoxville, Dynestee S. Fields
AFFIRMATIVE REPRODUCTIVE & GYNECOLOGICAL HEALTHCARE FOR TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS, Deja Imani Fitzgerald
POTENTIAL FOR NOVEL FEED INGREDIENTS IN DAIRY CATTLE DIETS: CALCAREOUS MARINE ALGAE AND MALE STERILE SORGHUM, Loren E. Foley
The Creative Writing Pedagogy of Black Mountain College, Bethany Gareis
Geospatial Analysis of Crop Production and Publicly-Funded Research Stations to Scale Carbon Markets, Madeline D. Ginsberg
Watch, Follow, Sabotage: Themes of Stasi Surveillance in the Queer East German Films Coming Out and Die andere Liebe, Julia Goncalves
Family Ghosts: Kinship, Identity, and Memory in the American South, Rachel H. Griffin
Teacher Preparation and Perceptions on Readiness to Address the Science of Reading, Hannah Marie Gump
Dairy Revenue Protection: Choice Determinants and Performance Assessment, Wyatt A. Haley
Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns of Harmful Convective Weather Hazards Across Tennessee from 1996–2022, Cara Hannel
Dynamics of Diffusion, Landon K. Harris
A COMPARISON OF TIME SERIES METHODS FOR POST-COVID TRANSIT RIDERSHIP FORECASTING, Ashley Morgan Hightower
Differential Die-Away Analysis to Detect the Presence of Nuclear Material in Cargo, Sophia C. Hitson
Changes in Tennessee Land Use, Leann Hopper
Bridging User Preferences and Security Demands: A User-Centric Approach to Password Generation, David H. Huang
Pollinator Education for Master Gardeners, Victoria Teresa Hull
Advancing Compact Modeling of Electronic Devices: Machine Learning Approaches with Neural Networks, Mixture Density Networks, and Deep Symbolic Regression, Jack Robert Hutchins
Starch-Based Hydrogel for Administration of Radiotherapeutic Anticancer Agents, Anna Lixian Jones
Assessment of Enzyme Stability in Subsurface Sediments by Computational Methods, Kambiz Kalhor
Identifying and Assessing Metrics of Ecosystem Recover in Eastern Hardwood Forests, Ian Kennedy
Understanding the Conformational Dynamics of the Glucagon Receptor in a Native Membrane Environment Using Single-Molecule FRET, Susmita Khanal
Contention Within the Family: Environmental Justice and Religion in Indonesia, Husnul Khitam
2D temperature map acquisition using HyperSpectral Imaging System (HSIS), Anthony Kim
Holy Asexualities: Discursive Constructions and Late Medieval Religious Women's Asexual Embodiment, Mackenzie Wynn King
The Causes and Implications of Burnout Among Graduate Assistants, Katherine Mary Kuka
EVALUATION OF TRACE MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE MATERNAL IMMUNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT TO IMPROVE CONCEPTION RATE OF LACTATING COWS, Mary A. Leach
Validating the Design Tensile Strength of Grade 5 and Metric Class 8.8 Bolts, Paxton Charles Lifsey
What's the Pointe?: A Leap into New Leadership, Traci A. Lively
41 FOR FREEDOM: BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINERS AND THE NUCLEAR DETERRENT SHIELD DURING THE COLD WAR, Jeremy Daniel Long
SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE AS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STRUCTURE: CAN NARRATIVE KNOWLEDGE HELP STUDENTS WRITE STRONGER ACADEMIC ESSAYS?, Merrill Eric Augustine Loya
Defining a haplotype encompassing the LCORL-NCAPG locus associated with increased lean growth in beef cattle, Leif E. Majeres
BISON Analysis of Silicon Carbide Cladding Separate Effects Mechanical Tests that Mimic Reactivity Initiated Accidents, Elizabeth Martinez
Designing a Serious Game to Simulate Ecological Processes on a Post-Eruption Mount St. Helens Landscape, Parker Maynard
Mind over Material: An fNIRS Study Attempting to Manipulate 3-year-olds away from a Shape Bias and into a Material One, Alexis Rose McCraw
Play-Based Learning in Elementary School Foreign Language Settings, Anna McDaniel
Electromagnetic Penetration of Structures Considering High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse, David P. Mignardot
DIAGONAL ERECTION BRIDGING FOR OPEN WEB STEEL JOISTS WITH FLUSH FRAME CONNECTIONS, James A. Moore
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SPORT: THE ILLUSTRATIVE CASE OF THE GERMAN MEN’S BUNDESLIGA, Denise Morawek
Experiences of Textuality: from the Oulipo to the Cyborg Author of the Digital Age, Maxime Moreau
Three-Dimensional Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interactions on Swept Compression Ramps at Mach 4, Jamison Murphree
Effects of Repeated Reading with a Reader's Theater Approach on First Graders' Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Prosody, Allison M. Murray
The maternal figure symbolizes stability and continuity in the novels of George Eliot: a close reading of the Mill on the Floss, Razan A. Naseb
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)., Carthel Tyler Newton