Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2013
Assessing the Axis 221 Camera Onboard the UTSI Piper Navajo to Capture Manatee Images, Coral Lee Franklin
Linkage Between Characteristics of Premise Plumbing Systems and Microbial Quality of Stagnant Drinking Water, Joshua Thomas Frerichs
Alternative Poa Species as Permanent and Temporary Turfgrasses in the Transition Zone, Samuel Lucas Freshour
The Architect As Developer, Samuel David Funari
Comparison of Roundup Ready and Conventional Soybean (Glycine Max L.) Weed Control Systems for Optimizing Yield and Economic Profitability, Brittany Lee Gaban
Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils and Their Components Against Lactic Acid Bacteria, Laurel Dunn Gann
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: AN ALTERNATIVE TO SPRAWL, Troy Patrick Gardner
A Dendroecological Evaluation of the Effects of Coal Ash on Tree Growth, Kingston Fossil Plant, Harriman, Tennessee, U.S.A., Niki Ann Garland
Two of a Kind: Implications of Bilateral Directional Asymmetry on Pair Matching of Human Limb Bones., Lauren Ashley Garroway
The onset of purely elastic and thermo-elastic instabilities in the Taylor-Couette flow: Influence of gap ratio and fluid thermal sensitivity, MohammadReza Ghanbari
Investigation of Composite Patch Performance Under Low-Velocity Impact Loading, Geoffrey Roy Goodmiller
Novel Applications for Phasor Measurement Units and Synchrophasor Data, Bradley Kerwin Greene
Brundibár: Confronting the Misrepresentation of Resistance in Theresienstadt, Anna Catherine Greer
Urban Transient Spaces: [RE] Appropriating Knoxville, Tennessee's World's Fair Park, Kathryn DuPree Greer
Use of Capacitance Sensors for Development of Conservative Irrigation Regimes, Ethan Daniel Hagen
Do Weight Status and the Level of Dietary Restraint Moderate the Relationship between Package Unit Size and Food Intake?, Chrystal Louisa Haire
Tell Me a Story: Metaphysics and the Literary Criticism of Robert Penn Warren and Wendell Berry, Jason Frederick Hardy
Wouldn't Future People Like to Know? A Compensation-Based Approach to Global Climate Change, Trevor Grant Hedberg
Automated Generation of Simulink Models for Enumeration Hybrid Automata, David Aaron Heise
Do Dogs Increase Learning? The Effect of Therapy Dogs on Academic Stress and Spanish Second Language Learning, Elaine Maralee Henry
EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS AND MAGMA DRIVING PRESSURE OF THE PROTEROZOIC CURECANTI PLUTON; THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON, COLORADO, Gordon Leonard Hicks
Aqueous extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa as antimicrobials in foods, Kristen Liane Higginbotham
Playing with food: Maternal feeding style and perceptions of how preschoolers interact with toy foods in the home environment, Kori Michelle Higgins
Seasonal Changes in White Adipose Tissue in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus), Elizabeth Marie Hill
MONITORING GRASSLAND BIRD POPULATIONS ON FORT CAMPBELL MILITARY RESERVATION, KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON BACHMAN’S SPARROW (Peucaea aestivalis), Emily Vera Hockman
Conductive Textiles and their use in Combat Wound Detection, Sensing, and Localization Applications, Stephen A. Holland
Producers Willingness to Adopt a Prescribed Grazing System East of the 100th Meridian, Caroline Elizabeth Holt
Hydrogeology of the Little River Animal Agriculture Environmental Research Unit and Impacts of Dairy Operations on Groundwater, Robert Wesley Hunter
A Qualitative Study of Middle Eastern/Arab American Sexual Identity Development, Ayse Selin Ikizler
Affect Regulation Mediators of Associations between Attachment, Cortisol, and Psychological Symptoms, Ji-Sun Jeong
An Occupant-Based Dynamic Simulation Tool for Predicting Residential Power Demand and Quantifying the Impact of Residential Demand Response, Brandon Jeffrey Johnson
KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT ASH SPILL & CORBICULA FLUMINEA: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INVASIVE BIVALVE AS A BIOMONITOR OF COAL ASH POLLUTION, Hannah Ruth Johnson
Development of Novel Vaccines for Campylobacter Control in Poultry, Lindsay Ann Jones
Impacts of Preemergence Herbicides on Hybrid Bermudagrass Morphology, Patrick Alan Jones
A study of possible optimizations for the task scheduler ‘QUARK’ on the shared memory architecture, Vijay Gopal Joshi
An Interoperable Executive Library for Loosely Coupled Physics Systems, Andrew Austin Kail
Exodus Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, Spencer Joel Kappelman
Demand Analysis for Tomato, Onion, Peppers, and Fresh Okra in Nigeria, Olga Khaliukova
Neutron Imaging of Lithium Inside a High-Temperature Heat Pipe, Eric Henry Kirchoff
An Assessment of the Effect of X-ray Radiation on DNA Marker Profiles Obtained from Human Teeth, Erin Lynn Knapp
“It all began, like so many things, with an egg,” An Analysis of the Avian Fauna and Eggshell Assemblage From a 19th Century Enslaved African American Subfloor Pit, Poplar Forest, Virginia., Kathryn Elizabeth Lamzik
A SiGe BiCMOS LVDS Driver for Space-Borne Applications, Matthew Ian Laurence
Like a Terrible Fish: A Collection of Stories, Hannah Ledford
METAMORPHISM, KINEMATIC EVOLUTION, AND TIMING CONSTRAINTS OF THE GREENBRIER FAULT AROUND THE ELA AND BRYSON CITY DOMES, NORTH CAROLINA, Remington M. Leger
Encapsulating History of Place, Ashley Linn Lenentine
A Privacy-Aware Distributed Storage and Replication Middleware for Heterogeneous Computing Platform, Jilong Liao
Arm Inductance and Sub-module Capacitance Selection in Modular Multilevel Converter, Yalong Li
Deformation Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses and High Entropy Alloys by Nanoindentation, Yuting Li
Structural characterization of the Redox-Dependent differences in the Cytochrome P450cam-Putidaredoxin Complex using solution NMR spectroscopy, Nicholas John Lopes
The Economics of Grazing Beef and Dairy Cattle on Native Warm-Season Grasses in Tennessee, Joe Kenneth Lowe
Sequence Mining Based Debugging of Wireless Sensor Networks, Kefa Lu
Linking Stream Sediment Metrics and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Status in East Tennessee Streams, Grant Thomas Lynch
TRENDS IN BORRELIA SPP. PREVALENCE IN IXODES SPP. TICKS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL UNITED STATES, Lauren Paul Maestas
A Compact Ultra Wide-Band Radar System for See-Through-Wall Applications, Stephen G. Magoon
Studies on SOLO Working Mechanism in the Meiosis of Drosophila melanogaster, Qian Ma
Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings in Knoxville, TN, U.S, Minoo Mardookhy
DEMONSTRATION OF A TARGETED PROTEOME CHARACTERIZATION APPROACH FOR EXAMINING SPECIFIC METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN COMPLEX BACTERIAL SYSTEMS, Adam Justin Martin
Mapping Spatial Thematic Accuracy Using Indicator Kriging, Maria I. Martinez
Pose Estimation of 4 to N-Point Targets: Implementation and Applications, William Rawlins Martin
Essential Neo-Riemannian Theory for Today's Musician, Laura Felicity Mason
“Taming the Maternal”: Mother-women and the Construction of the Maternal Body in Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, and Evelyn Scott, Kelly Ann Masterson
Using Real-Time Location Systems & Simulation Modeling to Improve Healthcare, Colby Thomas Mattie
Masculine Gender Role Stress and Shame Proneness as Serial Mediators in the Relation Between Intimate Partner Aggression Victimization and Psychological Symptom Status in Men, Sarah Elizabeth Mauck
Heirloom Seeds of Tennessee: Seeds and Their Stories, Fiona Evelyn McAnally
FORAGE AND BIOMASS DUAL-PURPOSE HARVEST SYSTEM USING NATIVE WARM-SEASON GRASSES, David Weston McIntosh
Who Supports Labor? The Intersection of Race and Skill in Union Campaigns, Zachary Joseph McKenney
Assessing the Influence of Conservation Agriculture On Household Wellbeing and Maize Marketing in Tete and Manica Mozambique, William Edward McNair
Temperament in Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder and in Their Young Children Aged 4-7, Christina Gabriela Mena
Nonparametric Discriminant Analysis in Forensic Ancestry Estimation: An Assessment of Utilized and Alternative Statistical Methods, David Anthony Mercer
Relative and Absolute Quantitation of Metabolites and Lipids using LC/MS/MS on the TSQ Quantum Discovery MAX, Jesse Lee Middleton
Use of a Novel Parental Engagement Tool in an After-school Obesity Prevention Program, Lindsay Schloesser Miesel
Finite Topological Spaces, Jimmy Edward Miller
Sisters, Objects of Desire, or Barbarians: German Nurses in the First World War, Jennifer Sue Montgomery
Prevalence and transmission potential of Borrelia burgdorferi in three species of wildcaught Plestiodon spp. skinks of the southeastern United States, Teresa Dianne Moody
A Base Case Design and Capital Cost Analysis of an All Vanadium Redox-Flow Battery, Mark Alan Moore
Distribution and growth of autumn olive in a managed landscape, Matthew Ruddick Moore
Main Street: An Avenue of Culture and Commerce, Gregory Ralph Morrison
BUDGET-CONSTRAINED POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY OPTIMIZATION, Robert Jonathan Mosteller
Enhancing Community and Place Through a Suburban Retrofit, Luke Daniel Murphree
A New Dressing, Damon S. Murrah
Automated Fragmentary Bone Matching, Ali Saad Mustafa
The life history and control of Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman on Juglans nigra L. in eastern Tennessee, Katheryne Avery Nix
Prioritizing Stormwater Management: Comparing Integrated Best Management Practices in Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods, Danielle Kathleen Norman
Adolescents’ Definitions of Cheating in Romantic Relationships, Jerika C. Norona
Genomic Analysis and Functional Characterization of the Terpene Synthase Gene Family in Brachypodium distachyon, Ayla Marie Norris
Utopia of equality in Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste: Transgressing Gender Lines or Transgressing Social lines?, Ennio A. Nuila
Disruptive Voices in the American Musical Discourse: Comic Song Performance in the American Parlor, 1865-1917, Kevin Steven O'Brien
Population Dynamics of the Louisiana Black Bear in the Upper Atchafalaya River Basin, Kaitlin Christine O'Connell