Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2018
Prevalence of Indicator Organisms, Equipment Assessment of Risk, and Lexicon Development: An Analysis of the Tomato Packinghouse Environment, Alexis Marie Hamilton
A Low Power Mid-Rail Dual Slope Analog-To-Digital Converter for Biomedical Instrumentation, Dallas Wayne Hamlin
The Impact of Blue and Red LED Lighting on Biomass Accumulation, Flavor Volatile Production, and Nutrient Uptake in Hydroponically Grown Genovese Basil, Hunter Albright Hammock
An Efficient Partial-Order Characterization of Admissible Actions for Real-Time Scheduling of Sporadic Tasks, Saajid Al Haque
Optical Diagnostic Techniques as an Approach to Characterizing Forced and Freestream Disturbances, Adam Joel Harris
Research of Order Processing Capabilities for Oscillatory Signals in Rotating Equipment, Nathan Harrison
Crossmodal Correspondence between Color, Shapes, and Wine Odors and Sensitivity to Subtle Changes in Wine Odor, Michelle Lynn Heatherly
Incidence, Dispersal, and Risk Assessment of Walnut Twig Beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, on Black Walnut in Appalachian Forests, Philip Gerald Hensley
Transient Absorption Microscopy, Instrumentation and Application to Amphotericin B, Kevin Higgins
Racism unwritten: the materiality of memory and "Southering" beyond the text, Bradley Hinger
Quantifying Irregular Geographic Exposure on the Internet, Jordan Alexander Holland
Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Catalytic Hydrous Pyrolysis of Biomass to Produce Refinery-Ready Bio-Crude Oil, Ross Wesley Houston
Cryodeposit Thin Film Detection Techniques in a High-Vacuum Environment, Sabrina Hope Hurlock
The Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Harpeth River Drainage and the Upper and Middle Duck River Tributaries, Tennessee, Kristin Leigh Irwin
Online Machine Learning Algorithms Review and Comparison in Healthcare, Nikhil Mukund Jagirdar
ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE SIGNAL ATTACKS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS, Nedas Jakstas
PRISONERS PRESENT ARMS: SECTARIAN CHRISTIANS AND THE AMERICAN CARCERAL STATE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Joshua Ward Jeffery
Peer Attention Modeling with Head Pose Trajectory Tracking Using Temporal Thermal Maps, Corey Michael Johnson
Analysis of a High-Temperature Spectroscopic Gas Cell Design, Travis Lee Johnson
Empowerment Through Clothing? The Hosenanzug, Women, and Political Power, Tyler William Johnson
A device for autonomous accurate measurement of sediment mass in a water sample, Hayden Nicholas Jordan
Investigation of Silver Nitrate–Impregnated Alumina as an Alternative Iodine Sorbent, Jacob A. Jordan
Development of Two-Regression Models to Predict Energy Expenditure in Youth Using a GENEActiv and Axivity AX3 Activity Monitor, Andrew Scott Kaplan
Traditional Rural Values, Posttraumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Growth among Rural and Urban Undergraduates, Emily Molly Keller
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CORRINOID STRUCTURE ON THE METHANOGENESIS PATHWAY IN METHANOSARCINA BARKERI STRAIN FUSARO, Amanda Marie Kennedy
Uncertainty in the Production Decisions of Smallholder Broiler Producers in Musanze, Rwanda, Bartholomew Wade Kenner
The Effects of Pair versus Individual Housing Preweaned Dairy Calves on Behavior, Growth, and Acquired Immunity, Clay Brent Kesterson
Criminal Justice Contact, Racial Discrimination, and Health, Tanner Kilpatrick
EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL IMAGE THROUGH YOUTUBE VIDEOS, Jiyoon Kim
Performance of HAGRID array in beta delayed neutron emission measurements, Thomas Tobias King
NAGPRA’s Broader Impacts: Assessing the Variety of Procedures followed by Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices for the Analysis and Disposition of Human Skeletal Remains, Megan Kelley Kleeschulte
Characterizing the Streamwise Development of Surface Roughness Effects on a Supersonic Boundary Layer, Brian Douglas Kocher
Internally Displaced Persons' Burials in Pabbo Town Council in Northern Uganda, Wilfred Luke Komakech
Effects of Acute Lying and Sleep Deprivation on the Behavior and Immune Function of Lactating Dairy cows, Jessie Ann Kull
Supply Chain Optimization and Economic Analysis of Using Industrial Spent Microbial Biomass (SMB) in Agriculture, Lixia He Lambert
Analysis and Design of a Hybrid Dickson Switched Capacitor Converter for Intermediate Bus Converter Applications, Maeve Elise Lawniczak
The Influence of Beauty-Related YouTube content on Consumers' Purchase Intention, Kyungji Lee
Artaud's Nietzsche: Examining Manifestations of the Dionysian in The Theatre and Its Double, Cheyanne Noel Leonardo
Wireless Power System Design for Maximum Efficiency, Jie Li
Tensor Based Monitoring of Large-Scale Network Traffic, Gerald Liso
Heat Flux Model Validation Utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks and Sub-surface Thermocouples for NSTX-U, Thomas Patrick Looby
Examining Listeria monocytogenes Cell Envelope Physiology in Dairy Relevant Environments, Kathryn Ann Magee
A Handbook for Graduate Students Teaching Aural Skills, David William Marvel
Microbial Memory Response: Observing History-Dependent Adaptation to Repeated Exposures of Emulsified Vegetable Oil in a Contaminated Aquifer, Kathryn R. McBride
Remote Characterization of Physical Surface Characteristics of Mars Using Diurnal Variations in Apparent Thermal Inertia, Cameron Blake McCarty
Evaluation of Possible Solutions to Reduce Ground Source Heat Exchanger Cost, Joshua C. McDonald
The effect of hydrogen on gas porosity in Laser Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg, Travis A. McFalls
A Qualitative Exploration of Unconditional Positive Regard and its Opposite Constructs in Coach-Athlete Relationships, Lauren Kelly McHenry
Two Essays on Beef: Restaurants’ Preferences for Tennessee Certified Beef and Cattle Producers’ Preferences for Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans (L.)) Resistant Cattle, Lettie Collett McKay
Influences of Red Clover Isoflavones on Mitigating Tall Fescue Toxicosis in Beef Cattle, Emily Anne Melchior
Kinematics of Plate Rotation on Europa: Case study in Argadnel Regio, Chad Aaron Melton
Overexpression of Kalanchoë TIM23 Improves Heat and Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana and Knockout of TIM23 Reduces Growth in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi, Christopher H. Mendoza
Laboratory Assessment of Scour Evolution Around Engineered Logjams in Gravel Bed Rivers, Adam Thomas Merook
Immunological Responses and Protection in Dairy Cows Vaccinated with Staphylococcus aureus Surface Proteins (SASP) and Staphylococcus chromogenes Surface Proteins (SCSP), Caitlin Elizabeth Merrill
Circle Packing as a Space Decomposition Method for Robot Path Planning and Coverage, Andrew Kenneth Messing
Strategies for continuous improvement and improved competitiveness for the sustainable bio-based industries, Christoph Metzner
Influence of Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Kudzu Bug Populations in Kudzu in Eastern Tennessee, Amy Marie Michael
The Impact of Shared Attention on Multiple Object Tracking in Competitive and Cooperative Settings, Sydney Blaine Michelson
Espaces littéraires et mémoire culturelle autour de la Chanson de la Croisade albigeoise au XIIIème siècle, Jodie Beth Miller
DANNA2: Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Arrays, John Parker Mitchell
ME, MEAT, AND MO'TOWN: A MULTISENSORY ETHNOGRAPHY OF MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE, Caitlin Mize
Gendered Racial Socialization as a Moderator of the Relations Between Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Black Women, Anahvia Taiyib Moody
ASSESSING BEE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS AND POLLINATION WITHIN GROUP SELECTION OPENINGS IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIA, Hannah Lin Mullally
Foster Parent Training, Parenting Self-Efficacy and Positive Parenting Behaviors, Kelly N. Mullican
Design and Implementation of a Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave Radar System for Biomedical Applications, Sabikun Nahar
Computational Analysis of Upper Extremity Movements for People Post-Stroke, Zachariah Edward Nelson
Determining the Impact on Varying Methods for Acid Adaptation on Thermal Resistance of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella enterica in Orange Juice, Valerie Eunice Nettles
APPALACHIA REDISCOVERED: URBAN IN THE HILLS, Mark Anthony Nickell
A wind tunnel study of the effect of density ratio on saltation threshold, Emily Victoria Nield
An Ultra-Low-Power Track-and-Hold Amplifier, George Earl Niemela
Common Ware of the Loukkos Valley: A Preliminary Typology and Distribution Analysis of Common Ware in the Countryside of the Roman City of Lixus, Emily E. Noyes
Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer in the Southern U.S.: Seasonality, Phenological Synchrony, and Implications for Management, James Forest Palmer
Validity of Step Counting Methods over One Day in a Free-Living Environment, Susan Park
A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSITION MODELING FOR ROTORCRAFT APPLICATIONS, Ashwin Parwani
"The Sound and Color Will Translate . . . to the Visual": Sound in the Adaptations of John Huston, Bryce Allen Patton
EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF GENDERED RACISM ON CORTISOL ACTIVITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, Erica J. Peppers
Relationship between Aphid Infestations, Aphid Management Regimes, and the Incidence of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus in Soft Red Winter Wheat, Clay M. Perkins
An Examination of Career Experiences of Black Senior Level Administrators in College Athletics, Russell Andrew Pointer Jr.
Design and Validation of Manufacturing Performance Measurement System Using a Case Study, Vijayakrishnan Poondi Srinivasan
CEMENTUM: DISCOVERING A METHODOLOGY THROUGH A HISTORICAL LENS, Kortney Dewayne Powell
REAL TIME STAND-OFF GAMMA-RAY IMAGING FOR PROCESS VERIFICATION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL, Mark Streett Quint
Assessment of Sustained Impacts from the Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Ash Spill on Surface Water and River Sediments in Eastern Tennessee, Ashley Brooke Ramsey
The Non-Linear Energy Sink Applied to Vertical Floor Vibration Mitigation, James Ridge Ramsey
Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitudes, Previous Exposure and Future Intention of Undergraduate Students in Honduras, Mariana Rendon
Creation of an Antemortem Serological Diagnostic Test of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, Jessie Erin Richards
Protected Areas: When Good Intentions are not Enough, Maria Daniela Rivarola
THE INDIANERFILME: DETAILING EAST GERMANY'S REACTIONARY CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH PROPAGANDA FILMS, Joseph Karl Robinson
Studying mutualism and pathogenesis using UPLC-HRMS based metabolomics, Jordan Ashley Rogerson
Intersensory Redundancy and Infant Selective Attention to Audiovisual Speech, Kelly C. Roth
URBAN ARTIFACT, Andrew Nathaniel Russell
Sacred Knowing: Faith-Act and the Limitation of Form in the Poetry of John Milton, Trent Michael Sanders
GaN vs. Si for Class D Audio Applications, Jordan Michael Sangid
The Function and Regulon of Transcription Factor RcsA in Pantoea sp. YR343, Grace McSween Satterfield
An AHP based visual tool assignment model for accident avoidance in manufacturing workplaces, Riddhi Pradeep Shah
Transverse energy analysis of Au+Au collisions at 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV through the use of identified particles spectra, Biswas Sharma
A Quantitative Analysis for Improving Harvest Productivity for Biomass Crops, Magen Elizabeth Shedden
The Effect of Oral Tactile Sensitivity on Texture Discrimination and Mastication, Grace Evelyn Shupe
The Impact of Library Outreach Services on Elder Users in Rural Virginia: A Case Study of the Washington County Public Library, Everette Scott Sikes