Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2022
Kinematic and Vorticity Analysis of the Slide Lake and Homestake Shear Zones, Central Colorado, Carsen T. Adams
Effects of Expressive Writing on Reducing Anxiety about Attending Intergroup Dialogue on Race and Racism, Cemal Arda Aksoy
Transverse Energy Analysis in Small Collision Systems, Alexander L. Aukerman
Challenges in Approaching the Detection Limits for Hillslope Erosion Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Gene Nathan Bailey III
EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY: A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF LATE ARCHAIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, Justin S. Bailey
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SALAMANDERS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Savannah Blackman
Hagenheim Series By Melanie Dickerson: Creating Active Fairy Tale Heroines with the Christian Feminist Voice, Skylar R. Blankenship
CLIMATE, FIRE, AND HUMAN HISTORY IN CENTRAL AMERICAN SAVANNAS: NEW PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS FROM BELIZE AND COSTA RICA, Luke Blentlinger
Revolting Delight: Posthuman Subversion in the Work of Leonora Carrington, Jacob Breeding
Efficacy of Sequential Estrus Synchronization and Timed Artificial Insemination in Beef Cattle Beginning 19 days after an Initial Timed Artificial Insemination, Courtnie Carter Bridges
Reviewer Perceptions of Englishes in the International Journal of Nuclear Security, Rachel Brooks
University Statements on the Murder of George Floyd: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Alexandria M. Brown
Design, Fabrication, and Validation of a Three-Zone Cell for Absorption Spectroscopy, Derek W. Burkhart
Choice-based Games and Resilience Building of Gender Non-conforming Individuals: An Exploratory Study, Yuri M. Cantrell
Impact of Far-red Light Supplementation On Yield and Growth of Cannabis sativa, Thomas Benjamin Carter
Development of Codoped Cesium Iodide Scintillators for Medical Imaging Applications, Everett M. Cavanaugh
In Penn’s Woods: Intersections between the Moravians, Indigenous Americans, and Nature, 1741-1760, Jane J. Chang
Curvilinear fractures in burned remains: an assessment of the relationship between fracture convexity and fire directionality, Kimber G. Cheek
Relocating Community to the Virtual: Sound Knowledge, Affective Listening, and the (Dis)Embodying of Sound and Space, Zachery D. Coffey
COMPARATIVE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RECENT VOLCANIC FLOWS ON BARVA VOLCANO, COSTA RICA, Julie Coulombe
SCARS AS CARTOGRAPHY: BODILY COMMEMORATIONS AND MEMORIALS, Bethany Craig
Exploring Memorable Message About Law Enforcement, Max Ray A. Davenport Jr
Elegance or Alchemy? An International Cross-Case Analysis of Faculty and Graduate Student Perceptions of Mathematical Proofs, Brooke Nicole Denney
Evaluating Factors Influencing Tennessee and Kentucky Farmers’ Willingness to Sell Produce Through Fresh Stop Markets, Riley A. Denton
Two Sides to Every Story: Investigating changes in cultural attitudes using discourse analysis in computer-mediated infidelity discussions, Michaela J. DiPillo
Neutrophil Subtype Differentiation in Campylobacter jejuni Infection and Its Impact on T cells and Colonic Epithelial Cells, Carolina Dolislager
CREOLIZATION IN NEW ORLEANS: JAZZ AND CULTURAL HYBRIDITY 1900-1940, Franklin Dennis Dow
PKM2: A Novel Therapeutic Target for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, Presley D. Dowker-Key
A PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TAPINOMA SESSILE (SAY) IN EASTERN TENNESSEE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF TAPINOMA, Gary L. Edwards
ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Burcum Eken
Applied Predictive Machine Learning Algorithms in Bio-Composite Manufacturing and Development of Real-Time Digital Process Twin, Chloe M. Ericksen
No Tunes Chime Amidst the Bones: A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Saltpeter Cave (3NW29), an Ozarchaic Bluffshelter in Northwest Arkansas, Nathanael G. Fosaaen
Establishing A Systematic Outline for Operational Excellence Model and Proposing a Comprehensive Model, Omkar Rajendra Ghosalkar
A Disaggregated Analysis of Beef Import Demand in Japan, Christina D. Greer
Political Exclusion: Examining Anti-LGBT+ Movement Results in Tennessee, Symantha K. Gregorash
Standing Their Ground: Resisting Black Erasure in Knoxville, TN through the Citizens Cemetery Project, Tatianna Griffin
Assessment of Soil Health under Native Warm-Season Grasses and Different Grazing Management, Kara Leigh Grosso
An Analysis of Mincer's Method and UT-Age, Sarah Hartman
A Bulk Driven Transimpedance CMOS Amplifier for SiPM Based Detection, Shahram Hatefi Hesari
FROM PAGE TO PLACE: SPECULATIVE FICTION, FUTURE SPACE-MAKING, AND COMMUNITY FORMATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, Victoria L. Haynes
Plants and People: Foraging to Farming Foodway Transition from Late Archaic to Early Woodland in Western North Carolina, U.S.A., Catherine Linn Herring
Evaluating the Ecological Relationships among Beauveria bassiana, Kudzu Bug and Kudzu, Kassie L. Hollabaugh
Ecological Controls on Successional Patterns in Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria, Kyla L. Hooker
A Numerical Optimization Study of a Novel Electrospray Emitter Design, Joshua H. Howell
Development of Arduino-based portable systems for electroanalytical detection, Jiamei Huang
Estimation of Transition Probabilities by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Expanded Application of Calibration Free Methods, Sawyer B. Irvine
A QUANTIATIVE STUDY: PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF MEDICAL LIBRARIANS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNICATION AND PRACTICES, Chelsea C. Jacobs
Non-Contact Vital Sign Detection Using mm-Wave Radar, Marvin Joshi
Bullies, Browbeaters, and Bulldozers: Expectancy Violation and Management Intervention Processes of Workplace Bullying, Kylie T. Julius
Essays on Conservation Investment for Biodiversity under Future Uncertainties, Nawon Kang
“And they wrote it all down as the progress of man”: Relationships between environment, extractive industries, and Appalachian agency, Emma V. Kelly
Optimal Stocker Production Strategies for Spring and Fall Calving Cow Herds, Cora Beth Key
Combinatorial CuNi alloy thin film catalysts for layer number regulation in CVD grown graphene, Sumeer Khanna
Preschool Children's Understanding of Nature and Environmental Stewardship, Maureen D. King
Unpacking Personal Identity and Necessary Decision Properties to Improve Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Cognitively Declined Patients Without Capacity, Dakotah Marie Kinsella
Integration of the Vertical Droplet Interface Bilayer Method with PEDOT:PSS based Organic Electrochemical Transistors, Elizabeth M. Klavon
Evaluation of Insecticide Resistance in Populations of Tobacco Thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and Plant Density Effects on Thrips Injury to Cotton, Jessica L. Krob
Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow Method for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Simulator Design, Ethan M. Long
Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Hurricane-induced Power Outage and Restoration, Dakotah Daniel Maguire
Assessing Global Meat Trade & Local Infrastructure Upgrades, Mary Lynn Marks
Beyond Compliance: Critical Perspectives in Supporting Institutionally Underserved Survivors of Sexual Violence, William A. Martinez
Sensor Comparison For Low-Cost Dynamic Force Measurement in Milling, Zachary Mason
Politically Moral: Moderate Partisans Morally Derogate Out-party Members, Even When Treated Fairly, Phillip P. McGarry
Putting the meat in meat-less?: A critical discourse analysis of corporate marketing of plant-based products, Samantha A. McIntyre
VALIDATION OF RELAP5-3D FOR TRANSIENT SIMULATION OF LEAD-LITHIUM SYSTEMS FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS, Nicholas Akira Meehan
FIRE SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF A SWITCHGEAR CABINET FIRE AND ITS EFFECTS ON CABLE TRAYS, Yalcin Meraki
Caring for Fat Patients: Bioethical Considerations Surrounding the Duty of Care, Anne Merrill
A Qualitative Exploration of UPSR, Shelby Miller
Analysis of Turbulent Flow Behavior in Helicopter Rotor Hub Wakes, Forrest Mobley
Manganese Geochemistry and Plant Availability in Response to Agricultural Practices, Ashleigh R. Montgomery
There can be but the one Ezra Pound: Rearticulating Hugh Selwyn Mauberley as Modernist Autobiography, Joshua H. Moore
COVID-19 Renters and Housing Instability: Combatting the Eviction Epidemic during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Knox County, Tennessee, Samantha B. Myers-Miller
Climate-driven selection results in powerful geographic framework for predicting phenotype, Alexandra Neild
The Characterization of Dynamic Soil Properties and Their Relation to Soil Organic Carbon in East Tennessee Soils, Shannon Marissa Newell
Evaluating current and future potential distribution of epiphytic orchids in the Congo Basin with ecological niche models, Michael L. Ngoh
Computational Analysis of Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Feedback Loops in Development and Cell Differentiation, Benjamin Rigel Nordick
Effects of land-use and disturbance on pollinators in wetlands, Nicholas V. Oldham
Simulating Fluvial Transport Patterns of Human Remains in the Tennessee River, Karli Palmer
Assessing the Impact of Parental Involvement on the Scaling of Agricultural Technologies from School Garden to Home Farm through Experiential Learning, Gracie Pekarcik
Effects of protein concentration and beta-adrenergic agonists on ruminal microbial communities in finishing beef heifers, Alison P. Pfau
Investigation of Realistic Material Surface Roughness on a Supersonic Boundary Layer, Mason D. Pohlman
CO2 Adsorption using Mg-MOF-74/Activated Biochar Composites Produced from the Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Conner Brosdan Pope
EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO RESTORE NATIVE EARLY SUCCESSIONAL PLANT COMMUNITIES, Bonner L. Powell
A Bioassay to Determine Poa annua Responses to Indaziflam, Benjamin D. Pritchard
Understanding Hydrogen Variations in Silicate Glasses as a Result of Degassing: Fire-Fountaining on the Moon and Earth, Erin M. Recchuiti
Path Planning and Flight Control of Drones for Autonomous Pollination, Chapel R. Rice
The effects of remote work on organizational culture: Examining the effects of external social support to mitigate social isolation within organizations, Katherine Rogers
Film Women Violence, Madison R. Ross
Load Modeling and Evaluation of LEDs for Hardware Test Bed Application, Jillian M. Ruff
Evaluation of microBIOMETER as a tool to estimate soil health in a west Tennessee cotton crop, Daniel T. Sain
Meta-heuristic Optimization Techniques for the Production of Medical Isotopes Through Special Target Design, Cameron Ian Salyer
A Performance of Disease and Its Cures: Lovesickness in Medieval Iberia, Lillian B. Sanders
Voicing Narrative Through Transatlanticism and Transformation in Historia de la Monja Alférez by Catalina de Erauso, Morgan Schneider
Design and evaluation of a unique weighted-sum-based Anger camera, Matthew W. Seals