Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2025
“NO LONGER AT EASE”: EXPLORING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ SENSE OF BELONGING IN A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION., Mariam Mohammed
Surface Modification of Carbonaceous Materials Toward Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide, Narges Mokhtarinori
Untangling the Mystery of the Barrens: Long-Term Fire Records from Tennessee and Missouri, U.S.A., Madison Moore
The Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanning to Assess the Mobilization of Contaminated Creekbank Soils in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Tyler C. Musante
Use of Plant Growing Promoting Bacteria as an alternative fertilizer for Bermudagrass, Felipe Fonseca Nassar
Field of Forgotten Dreams: The Role of Memorial Myopia in Representing Black Baseball History in Birmingham, Alabama, Micah Ortiz
Campus Social Infrastructure for International Students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), Jennifer Lauren Ott
Physical Victimization of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: The Roles of Maltreatment and Sexual and Gender Minority Statuses, Grace Abigail Parker
The adsorption of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid by gibbsite, Logan D. Pederson
INCREASING COGNITIVE TASK COMPLEXITY IN A RUN TO CUT MANEUVER, Katherine Perille
Response of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells to Altered Stress Conditions, Toni Morgan Perkins
Post-Fire Geomorphic Response in the Northeast Cascades, Washington, USA: Insights from the 2021 Methow Valley Fires, Lucas Phillips
The Starrs: An Early History of a Cherokee Family, 1776-1846, Mary B. Pierce
Inactivation of foodborne viruses dried and as bio-aerosolized droplets on food-contact surfaces by ultraviolet light, Breanna Polen
Mechanistic force model calibration for milling in multiple materials, Dylan Michael Pollard
The Food Desert Reduction Roadmap: A Food-Energy-Water Nexus Analysis for the Appalachian Region, Angela Michelle Price
CHEMOTAXIS OF PANTOEA SP. YR343 IN A SYNTHETIC POPULUS DELTOIDES RHIZOSPHERE, Gayle L. Purdy
Effects of social dominance on perineuronal nets in medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala, Anna F. Radford
The Summer School of the South: Cultural Foundations of the Southern Education Movement in the Progressive Era, 1902-1912, Charles P. Ramey
Heme Acquisition in Campylobacter jejuni using the Chu Heme Transport System and its Role in Colonization and Pathogenesis., Vincent Randaisi
Factors Affecting the Valuation of Hay: Producer and Consumer Preferences, Price Determinants, and Attribute Importance, Timothy Daniel Ray
"As fierce as the stare was, the hug was just as tight": A Qualitative Examination of Coach Pat Summitt, Madeline G. Reagan
Optimizing Corn Production in Tennessee: Enhancing Yield Potential and Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Sally A. Reed
Using Fatal Crash Data to Analyze Nationwide Trends in Pedestrian Safety at Bus Stops, Allison Rewalt
Association between Sperm Metabolites and Field Fertility in Angus Bulls, Samantha Rene Roberts
EVALUATION OF NOVEL PROTEIN-BASED INGREDIENTS DERVIED FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMPSEED (Cannabis sativa L.), Adrienne Abigail Rodriguez
Evaluating United States Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Fresh Culinary Herbs, Carlos U. Rosales
Food Insecurity Amongst Older Adults: Cohort Analysis and Alternative Measurement, Arfanul Ibna Mustafa Sakib
Attachment and detachment kinetics of FtsZ filaments, Amit Bikram Sanyal
COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE MIX OPTIMIZATION: INTEGRATING DIFFERENT AGGREGATE TYPES, GRADATION TECHNIQUES, AND PASTE CONTENT REDUCTION, Sazzadul Shahriar Saykat
Who, what, when, & where? Seasonally varying host traits influence persistence of a fungal pathogen in amphibian communities, Sarah A. Schrock
USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TO MEASURE COMPLEXITY IN CHICK-A-DEE CALLS OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI), Zaharia Selman
Evaluating Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Alley Cropping, Hasibul Hasan Shanto
Examining Scuba Diving as Recreational Therapy: A Case Study, Kayley Siler
What Does God Have to Do with Sports? Religion and Secularism in Professional Soccer and Football, Griffen Ryan Smith
Harvesting Stories: A Qualitative Analysis of Farmers’ and Labor Contractors’ Experiences with Migrant Labor in the Southeast United States, Makenzie Laine Smith
Application of Neuromorphic Computing to Real World Scenarios, Julia Anne Steed
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Steel, Aluminum, and Glass Fiber Composite EV Battery Boxes, Bryant Scott Stegman
Preliminary Design of a Propellant Feed System for the µSTAMPS Thruster, Jack Stickley
Graph Attention Neural Network Using Reinforcement Learning for Mixed Traffic Control, Zachary Sublett
Environmental Controls on Microbe-Methane Dynamics in the Terrebonne-Timbalier Estuary, Louisiana, Kayla R. Summerlot
Thermal conditions in residential tents in Knoxville, Tennessee, during hot and cold nights, Seth Grady Thompson
Propelling Resilience: Airship Innovation and the Transformation of Grid Logistics, Stephanie M. Tomasik
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Microreactors in Continuous Recycle Nuclear Fuel Cycles for Reducing Nuclear Waste and Environmental Impact, Venkata S. Vallabhaneni
Soapstone Characterization as a Proxy for Trade in the Archaic Southeast, Tom Vallrugo
“NATURE NEVER FORMED SUCH AN ADVANTAGEOUS PLACE:” MOUNTAIN LOGISTICS AND WARFARE IN THE TRANS-APPALACHIAN SOUTH, 1756-1776, Stuart T. Vanderkooi
RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE NOVEL MINI-SYNPLASTOME AND CONVENTIONAL CHLOROPLAST TRANSFORMATION GENETIC TOOLS IN AGRICULTURE, Aaron Vincent
“Circumstances of such atrocity:” Violence and Federal Authority in the Lower Ohio Valley Borderlands at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century, Andrew T. Washburn
Stakeholders' Perceptions of mRNA Vaccines in Beef Cattle: Exploring Acceptance, Concerns, and the Future of Beef Health Management, Bailey R. Watson
Helium Bubble Evolution In Nano-Infiltrated Transient Eutectic SiC Utilizing Machine Learning Analysis, Kip Wheeler
Development of Future Recyclable Wind Blades with Composites: A Solution to Landfill Waste, Brandon White
The Role of Justice in Nuclear Engineering Education, Destiny White
THE USE OF ULTRASONICS FOR THE DETECTION OF SOLID HOLDUP IN GASEOUS PIPE SYSTEMS, Chilson Whittum
Low-Cost Melt Pool Monitoring in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Steven Wilmoth
Immunological impacts following an in-utero BVDV exposure to post-weaning calves, Alyssa Wilson
It Takes A Village: A Secondary Qualitative Analysis Study, Desirée S. Woodle
Development of a New Criticality Safety Benchmark with HEU Metal and Thick Graphite Reflectors to Support Advanced Reactor Development, Kathryn Worrell
Invasive Fishes in Puerto Rico’s Streams: Evaluations of a Removal Method and Extent of Invasions, Wilson Xiong
The Effects of Acute Plantarflexor Stretching on Ankle Biomechanics during Pickleball Maneuvers, Thomas Young
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