Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2024
State of Health Estimation for Second-Use Electric Vehicle Batteries in Grid Applications, Yousef Hassan A Alamri
pH-responsive hydrogels formed with shellac and zein acidified with glucono-δ-lactone, Javier A. Aleman Martinez
Money, Family, Happiness: Financial Beliefs and Relational Satisfaction in Parent-Young Adult Children Relationships, Keely M. Algya
WETTING AND SCALING RESISTANCE OF MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES, Azal Alhadidi
NOVEL POLYMER-DERIVED CERAMIC ANTENNAS FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS, Peter J. Alley
Optimization of Learning Algorithms in Neuromorphic Computing Systems., Oyinpere S. Ameli
System-Level Health Monitoring of Small Modular Reactors: Neural Network Autoencoder Fault Detection and Fuzzy Logic Classification, David J. Anderson
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
An Augmented Commons Model: The Potentials for Alternative Governance of Nationalpark Schwarzwald, Aubrey Sofia Bader
Enrollment in forest carbon credit programs in the U.S., Sofwaan A. Bakary
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
The potential for trypsin inhibitor expression in leaves to convey herbivory deterrence in soybean, Audrey E. Birdwell
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
Survivors as Agents: How Linguistic Agency Impacts Perceptions of Survivors and Perpetrators of Sexual Assault, Darla Bonagura
INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS AS PROXY MEASURES FOR KNEE KINETIC VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH ACL INJURY, Kavon Bonakdar
Fates and Movements of Relocated Conflict Black Bears and Interactions with Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge of Tennessee and North Carolina, Kristin J. Botzet
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
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) resource selection and survival on Quail Focal Areas in Tennessee, Elizabeth Faye Burken
AQUATIC TRANSITIONS AND INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS IN FISSIDENS MOSSES, Julia R. Butler
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON ANTERIOR KNEE LAXITY, Taliah Jo Carlson
Ion effects on alkaline conjugation and acid stability of casein-propylene glycol alginate dispersions, Bryan A. Castellanos Paez
A NEW MODEL FOR HERRINGBONE CARBONATE PRECIPITATION BASED ON FINDINGS FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN OF SARDINIA, Catherine Caterham
Characterization of Whey Protein Isolate-Polysaccharide Complexes as Antifreezing Agents in Commercial Cream Cheese, Celeste A. Chadwick
Effects of Broiler Litter Application on Crop Yield, Soil Fertility, and Organic Carbon Dynamics in No-Till Corn-Soybean Rotations, Rahul Chandra
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
Advancements in Tunability of High-Symmetry, Intermetallic Phase Formation in Al-Ce alloys: Influence of Undercooling and Alloying, Emilee Hannah Counce
Koopman-Inspired Proximal Policy Optimization (KIPPO), Andrei Cozma
Utilizing Pi-Systems as a Synthetic Handle for Sustainable Materials and Polymer Upcycling, Chase Cromer
Transmission and Vectoring of Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus spp. by Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Zea mays, Alexandra Nicole Crowder
The Clutching Inerter Damper in Base Isolation and with Variable Inertia for Vibration Control, Wyatt L. Cupp
Roles of native Trichoderma isolates in reducing tomato Fusarium wilt and increasing phosphorus uptake, Caitlin Priscilla Dalton
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
PROMOTING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF STRESS: THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING, Jillian F. Dodson
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
Composite Inert Matrix Fuel Forms in High-Temperature Gas Cooled Micro-Reactors to Reduce Spent Nuclear Fuel, High Level Waste and Environmental Impact, Donald L. Doyle
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
Investigation of Small Molecule Diffusion in Complex Fluids Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Grant Foley
POTENTIAL FOR NOVEL FEED INGREDIENTS IN DAIRY CATTLE DIETS: CALCAREOUS MARINE ALGAE AND MALE STERILE SORGHUM, Loren E. Foley
Using Embryos to Dissect Molecular Gene Expression Heterosis in Beef Cattle, Garrett Franklin
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
Utilizing the Capability Approach to Investigate the Sexual Well-Being of Survivors of Sexual Assault, Grace C. Haring
Dynamics of Diffusion, Landon K. Harris
Evaluation Of Calculated Peak Runoff Flow Rates At The Limitations of Different Hydrologic Methods in Knox County, Tennessee, Adam Robert Henriksen
IMPACTS OF THE RICHMONDIAN INVASION IN THE NASHVILLE DOME: ANALYSIS OF NICHE STABILITY USING ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING, Noel J. Hernández Gómez
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
Devlopment and Study of Weather Effects in a High-Speed Wind Tunnel, Jacob Evan Jenkins
Alcohol Use as a Moderator of the Association between Impulsivity and Suicidal Ideation Among College Students, Mary Christine Jensen