Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2017
COPING WITH DROUGHT IN BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION: INNOVATION THROUGH OPTIMAL WARM-SEASON FORAGE SYSTEMS, Katelynn Elizabeth Zechiel
End-capping Star-like Polycaprolactone with Different Functional Groups and the Interaction with Smooth Muscle Cells, Qingya Zeng
Masters Theses from 2016
The Design and Computational Validation of a Mach 3 Wind Tunnel Nozzle Contour, Sarah Elizabeth Adams
Extending Capability and Implementing a Web Interface for the XALT Software Monitoring Tool, Kapil Agrawal
pDroid, Joe Larry Allen
Diet of and Prey Availability for Reintroduced Juvenile Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in Ft. Loudoun Reservoir, Tennessee, Todd Michael Amacker
A Geoarchaeological Analysis of Ground Stone Tools and Architectural Materials from Mitrou, East Lokris, Greece, Lee Bailey Anderson
A Computational Geometric and Graph Theoretic Approach to Reducing Dimensionality on Raster Data Problems, Matthew James Robert Bachstein
LIGNIN MAXIMIZATION: ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT FEEDSTOCKS AND FEEDSTOCK RATIOS USING ORGANOSOLV FRACTIONATION, Marc Banholzer
Tribological Testing and Analysis of Ionic Liquids as Candidate Anti-Wear Additives for Next-Generation Engine Lubricants, William Charles Barnhill
"iRun!" An Evaluation of the Addition of Nutrition Education and a Fitness Log to an Existing After-School Fitness Program, Julia Holmes Bell
Academic Choices Matter for Collegiate Student-Athletes, Kendra Arielle Berry
Trends in Location of Lifetime Maximum Intensity of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic and West Pacific Oceans, Sarah Ann Bleakney
Evaluation of the Potential for Weld-Related Cracking in Cast 20Cr-32Ni-1Nb Heat-Resistant Stainless Steel, John William Bohling
Crop Tree Enhancement of Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in a West Tennessee Hardwood Bottom, John Luke Bowers
Leadership Attainment of 14 Women in Agriculture: A Qualitative Study, Shelby Rose Brawner
Improved Modeling of Atmospheric Entry for Meteors with Nose Radii Between 5cm and 10m, Jakob Dale Brisby
An Ecological Study of the Kudzu Bug in East Tennessee: Life History, Seasonality, and Phenology, Kadie Elizabeth Britt
Troubles at Coal Creek: Rhetorics of Writing, Research, and the Archive, Sumner Stevenson Brown
Tennessee tornado frequency, vulnerability, and relation to a large-scale climate variability, Vincent Marshall Brown
Switchgrass Extractives Have Potential as a Value-added Antimicrobial Against Plant Pathogens and Foodborne Pathogens, Alexander Ian Bruce
Culinary Biologique and Cartographic Anxiety, Adam Lamar Buchanan
Influence of application technology on foliar fungicide efficacy on Cercospora sojina infected soybean, Shawn Alan Butler
Assessing Tennessee Landowners' Attitudes toward Wild Hogs and Support for Control Options, Carlotta Anne Caplenor
Developing Predictive Models for Upper Extremity Post–Stroke Motion Quality Estimation Using Decision Trees and Bagging Forest, Sarvenaz Chaeibakhsh
Rawlsian Self-Respect and Limiting Liberties in the Background Culture, Kyle William Chapel
Public Stormwater Management with Green Streets, Yea Lim Choi
Exploring the Influence of Urban Watershed Characteristics and Antecedent Climate on In-Stream Pollutant Dynamics, Laurel Elizabeth Christian
Experimental Study On The Production Of Negative Ion Copper Clusters And Applications, Ran Chu
Symphony No. 1, Robert Alden Clark
The Effects of a Visually Appealing and Interactive Snack Activity on Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Preschool-Aged Children, Kristen Leigh Clay
Architecture for Real-Time, Low-SWaP Embedded Vision Using FPGAs, Steven Andrew Clukey
Evaluation of fungicide efficacy against Cercospora sojina and selection for QoI-fungicide resistance in soybean, Alicia Mercedes Cochran
A MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING SALARY ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS, Taner Cokyasar
Comparison of mesophyll protoplast isolation and transformation between Panicum virgatum and Panicum hallii, Andrea Grace Collins
Characterization of Fusarium species and Alternaria alternata, and their effects on switchgrass health and chemical components, Sara Beth Collins
Validation of a Modified Parallel Compressor Model for Prediction on the Effects of Inlet Swirl and Pressure Distortion on Compressor Performance and Operability, Joshua Scott Coughenour
Dalton Mobility in the Tennessee River Valley: An Assessment of Raw Material Use and Tool Curation, Alexander Craib
An online study of undergraduates' knowledge, awareness, and attitudes of preconception care, Kelly Jean Crusenberry
Empathy and Practical Deliberation, Laura Elizabeth Cutshaw
Development of a national Human Reliability Program (HRP) model for an emerging nuclear country: Nigerian case study, Stephen Olumuyiwa Ariyo Dahunsi
Three Body Interactions of Rare Gas Solids Calculated Within the Einstein Model, Dan D'Andrea
About Face: The Coming of Ayres Hall at the University of Tennessee, Justin C. Dothard
Cell Phone Ethnography: Mixed Methods and the Brand Consumer Relationship, Robert Nathaniel Dove
River Machine: A Balcony for the City, Nicole Anne Drelich
Role of Sorting on the Composition of Siliciclastic Sediment: Implications for Interpreting Provenance after Limited Transport in an Arid Climate, Forrest Christopher Driscoll
SOIL-WATER TRANSPORT OF A SEED COATED NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE IN SOYBEAN/MAIZE CULTIVATION SYSTEMS, Geoffrey Nathaniel Duesterbeck
Embodied Social Death: Speaking and Nonspeaking Corpses in Hannah Crafts’s The Bondwoman’s Narrative and Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, Rachel Jane Dunsmore
Cd Transport in Eutectic LiCl-KCl and Contamination of Zr Metal And Thermal Dehydration of Bulk LiCl-KCl, Nicholas Azoy Earle
Examining the relationship between Vitamin A intake and weight management, Jennifer Paige Eastep
Utilizing Behavioral Monitoring to Detect Sickness or Injury in Dairy Cow and Calves, Nicole Louise Eberhart
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Automatic Section Control Technologies and GPS Auto-Guidance Systems in Cotton Production, Brittani Kimberlyn Edge
Factors Influencing Product Liability Insurance Adoption Among Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Farmers, Matthew Robert Edwards
A Textural Image Analysis Study of Mars-Analog Sediment: Comparisons of 2D and 3D Textural Analysis Methods, Image Resolution, and the Effects of Shadows, Mary Agnes Eibl
Peer Educators in National Panhellenic Conference Sororities, Kelsey Kathleen Elam-Geuting
A Neural Network for Collaborative Forecasting, Abdulrahman M. Enani
Fluorochlorozirconate Glass Ceramics for Computed Radiography, Adam Wesley Evans
Tennessee Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Tennessee Wine, Connie Nichols Everett
Effectiveness of Entomopathogenic Nematode-Induced Systemic Resistance against Pests and Pathogens of Tobacco and Soybeans in Tennessee, Julia Grace Ferguson
Erich Korngold's Discursive Practices: Musical Values in the Salon Community from Vienna to Hollywood, Bonnie Lynn Finn
Development, Analysis, and Optimization of a Swirl-Promoting Mean Flow Solution for Solid Rocket Motors, Andrew Steven Fist
Alone, Together: The Influence of Stigmatization on Cultural Relationality, Elizabeth Helen Fles
Fostering Foreign Language Learning Through Game Play, Rachel Marie Floyd
Positive and Negative Emotion, Group Climate, and Ethnocultural Empathy in Intergroup Dialogue, Keri Frantell
Reasons Youth Choose or Do Not Choose to Be Involved in 4-H Livestock Projects in Tennessee, Leigh Erin Fuson
Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Liquids, Yuanyou Gao
Volatile Domesticity, Rebecca Charlotte Gillogly
Thermal Characteristics of Lithium Indium Diselenide and Lithium Indium Gallium Diselenide Neutron Detection Crystals, Dustin Carroll Giltnane
Impacts of Land Use Disturbance on Fish and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in the Nolichucky River Watershed, Hayley Sonia Gotwald
Identification of feline Tritrichomonas foetus surface epitopes: Putative targets for development of a novel diagnostic test for feline trichomonosis, Emily Nissa Gould
CMOS Based Impedance Sensing, Jinlong Gu
Slave Subsistence Strategies at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Plantation: Paleoethnobotanical Analysis and Interpretation of the Site 8 (44AB442) Macrobotanical Assemblage, Stephanie Nicole Hacker
Magnetism of Magnetite nanoparticles as determined by Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Hien-Yoong Hah
Petrology of the Paired Dominion Range 2010 Howardites: Indications of Magmatic Complexity on Asteroid Vesta, Timothy Michael Hahn Jr.
Opportunities in Sustainability: Maize Seeders for the Developing World and Alternative Fertilizers in the United States, Rebecca Mattingly Harman
The Value of Soil Testing for Potassium Fertilizer in Tennessee Cotton Production, Xavier Lee Harmon
Population genetics and genomics within the genus Pityopsis, Elizabeth Anne Hatmaker
Autonomous Android: Autonomous 3D Environment Mapping with Android Controlled Multicopters, Tate Glick Hawkersmith
Combinations of multiple natural antimicrobials with different mechanisms as an approach to control Listeria monocytogenes, Savannah Grace Hawkins
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Website: A Cultural Criminology of Peace- and Community-Building, Katie Marie Highbaugh
Beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration influences timing of pregnancy in young beef cows, Jeremy Daniel Hobbs
Urbanization Impacts on Land Snail Community Composition, Mackenzie N. Hodges
Social Capital: Helping Hand or Source of Friction? A Case Study of Knoxville, TN, Michael Davis Hodges
Using phylogenetics to understand the evolutionary relationships of Hibiscus section Furcaria, Whitaker Matthew Hoskins
Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Adipose Development in Young Broiler Chicks, Sarah Jane Howard
Knoxville Microclimates: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Ambient Air Temperature Across Four Urban Neighborhoods, David Andrew Howe
Modeling and Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Radiation Defects on Helium Behavior in BCC Iron, Zuya Huang
Grounded Theory on China’s New Population Policy Reporting by The New York Times, Chen Hu
Acknowledgement Lag and Impact: Domain Differences in Published Research Supported by the National Science Foundation, Monica Inez Ihli
Testing the Temporal Stability of the Climate Response of Tree Species at Norris Dam State Park, Tennessee, U.S.A., Allison Elizabeth Ingram
Odor-Induced Taste Modifications in Teas, Rachel Elizabeth Isaacs
Kinematic behavior of sheared sand with emphasis on particle to particle interaction using computed tomography, Maha Fawaz Jarrar
Association of genotype at DRD2 with growth and reproductive performance traits in bulls grazing toxic endophyte-infected tall fescue, Kaysie Jennings
Regional Dynamic Price Relationships of Distillers Dried Grains in U.S. Feed Markets, Matthew Fulton Johnson
Review and Characterization of Gallium Nitride Power Devices, Edward Andrew Jones
“The Dreaming Long View and the Arresting Close-Up”: The Eggleston Cultural Center on South Main Street, Memphis, Madeline Cynthia Jones
Isolated Words Selectively Enhance Memory for High Transitional Probability Sound Sequences, Ferhat Karaman
The Effect of Heat Stress and Essential Amino Acids on Production and Metabolism of Lactating Dairy Cattle, Kimberly Rose Kassube
Effect of Varying Rumen Degradable and Undegradable Protein on Milk Production and Nitrogen Efficiency in Lactating Dairy Cows under Summer Conditions, Jeffrey D. Kaufman