Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2012
Redefining Memorial Landscapes: The Stolpersteine Project in Berlin, Matthew Russell Cook
Utilization of Rainwater as a Supplementary Water Source for Cooling Tower Makeup: A Sustainability Strategy for Potable Water Use Reduction, Elizabeth Stassun Costello
The Wellness Clinic: A New Approach to Healthcare Design, Timothy Michael Creasy
No Place Like Home: Fiction of Scandinavian Women and the American Prairie, Rebecca Frances Crockett
The Effects of Leucine on Fatty Acid Oxidation in Chronically Active Males, Ciara Diane Csanadi
Utility of 1,2,4-triazoles as Catalysts for ORR in Fuel Cells, Chinmay Nagesh Dabke
Experience Generated Design: An Approach to Restore Balance in a Culture of Comfort, Joleen Collins Darragh
Locally Grown Produce as a Marketing Strategy: Producer Perceptions of State-Sponsored Marketing Programs, James Andrew Davis
Anticipated Changes in Precipitation Events over the 21st Century Using Community Climate System Model, version 4, Scott Tavish DeNeale
Structural Control of Fluvial Network Morphology on Titan, Sarah Alice Drummond
Locating the Variability of Soil Water Holding Capacity and Understanding Its Effects on Deficit Irrigation and Cotton Lint Yield, Heath Adam Duncan
The Politics of Protection and Promotion: the Case of the Coal Industry in Environmental Politics, Elizabeth Ashley East
George's Last Stand: Strategic Decisions and Their Tactical Consequences in the Final Days of the Korean War, Joseph William Easterling
The Effects of Biochar Amendment to Soil on Bioenergy Crop Yield and Biomass Composition, Charles Warren Edmunds
Azimuthal Seismic First-Arrival Tomography as a Proxy for Hydraulically Conductive Subsurface Fracture Networks, Matthew Brooks Edmunds
Die Rolle des Opfers in der fiktionalen Darstellung der „Landshut“- Entfuehrung in Literatur & Film, Annica Esther Eisenhofer
Application of Highway Capacity Manual 2010 Level-of-Service Methodologies for Planning Deficiency Analysis, James Oliver Ensley
A Framework for Federated Two-Factor Authentication Enabling Cost-Effective Secure Access to Distributed Cyberinfrastructure, Matthew Allan Ezell
Adulthood Animal Abuse among Men Arrested for Domestic Violence, Jeniimarie Febres
Test Size and Volume Effects on Fatigue Behavior of Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs), Qingming Feng
The Effects of Leucine on Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Cell Cycle in A-375 Melanoma Cells, Tia Marie Filhiol
Composted Biosolids as a Soil Cover on Steep Slopes, Justin Lee Fisher
Predicting Enzyme Targets for Optimization of Metabolic Networks under Uncertainty, David Christopher Flowers
The Effect of Common Imaging and Maceration Techniques on DNA Recovery from Skeletal Remains, Emilie Margaret Frank
The Effectiveness of a Health Communication Campaign in Increasing Awareness of the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Among College Students Living in Residence Halls, Virginia Marie Frederick
Validation of Weak Form Thermal Analysis Algorithms Supporting Thermal Signature Generation, Elton Lewis Freeman
Talk Me Down: A Selection of Short Stories, Katie Elyce Freeman
River and Ridge: Eco-Revelatory Design at Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Valerie Friedmann
Autoimmune-Mediated Beta-Cell Death & Dysfunction: Potential Role of Signaling through the Fas Receptor, Carlie Joelle Frydman
Examining the Leadership Style and Sustainability of Two Female Head Coaches at a Southeastern Land-Grant University, Allison Fulmer
Maternal Responsiveness in Infancy and Early Childhood among a Burundian Refugee Community, Erin Lane Gangaware
Synthesis of Palladium-Based Electrocatalysis—From Pure Metal to Bimetallic Nanoparticles, Haijun Gao
Melt Blown Poly(lactic acid) for Application as a Tissue Engineering Scaffold, William Horst Gazzola
An Investigation of the use of Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuel for Transuranic Waste Recycling in Pressurized Water Reactors, Cole Andrew Gentry
Fate and Transport of 17beta-estradiol Beneath Animal Waste Holding Ponds, Lori A. Gibson
Montreat Aquifer Recharge: Implementing Low Impact Design Patterns in a Sustainable Community to Achieve Optimum Aquifer Recharge, James Adam Gobrecht
Latin Hypercube Sampling and Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient Analysis Applied to an Optimal Control Problem, Boloye Gomero
CO2 Injection Into a Deep Saline Aquifer: Porosity Measurements, Numerical Modeling, and Costs Associated with Uncertainty of Petrophysical Parameters, Michael John Gragg
Transit Oriented Development for Nashville: Learning from Europe, Erin Ashley Gray
Walking with the Wampus, Abigail Grace Griffith
Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Liahna R. Guy
Beat-Class Tonic Modulation as a Formal Device in Steve Reich's "The Desert Music", Liahna Rochelle Guy
[Re]Connection, Taylor Hahn
Haywood County's Economic Dependence on Agriculture: An Input-Output Analysis, Daniel Hale
Exploration of Neural Structures for Dynamic System Control, Scott Frederick Hansen
Impact of Rearing Conditions on the Microbiological Quality of Retail Poultry Meat, Bridgshe Hardy
Pretending Teaching is a Profession: Why Public School Teaching Will Never Be Considered a True Profession, Melissa Ann Harness
Paradox of the Abject: Postcolonial Subjectivity in Jamaica Kincaid’s The Autobiography of My Mother and Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban, Allison Nicole Harris
The Effects of Merit Awards on District-Level High School Graduation: Evidence From Michigan, Brandon Lee Harrison
Perform + Function: A Proposal for a Healthy Public Housing Community, Brandon M. Harvey
Public Land in a Changing Climate: Planning for an Uncertain Future, Kathleen Marie Hauser
Design, Implementation, and Analysis of a Time of Arrival Measurement System for Rotating Machinery, Bryan Will Hayes
Dual Frames: A Content Analysis of WBIR-TV's 6 p.m. Coverage of the Christian-Newsom Murder Trials, Laura Elizabeth Headlee
The Mother-Infant Dyad Study: A grounded theory inquiry into the day-to-day experiences, between first-time mothers and their infants, that influence feeding practices, Jennifer Jean Helvey
Fatigue Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys, Michael Alexander Hemphill
Track Prediction for Border Security Using a Discrete Kalman Filter, Jonathan William Hickerson
Faith in Place: Theologies of Implacement in Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, Lee Smith's Saving Grace, and Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow, Laura Ruth Hicks
ER-localized LULL1 function is required for the abnormal INM concentration of disease-related delta-E torsinA, Kristen Nicole Holbrook
A Method for Performance Analysis of a Ramjet Engine in a Free-jet Test Facility and Analysis of Performance Uncertainty Contributors, Kevin Raymond Holst
Teach For America Teachers' Blogs on Teaching, Samantha Nicole Holt
“Can the Circle Be Unbroken” : An Ensemble of Memory and Performance in Selected Novels of Lee Smith, Jessica Frances Hoover
Assessment of Physical Activity Levels of Elementary School Students Participating in the Mornings in Motion Program, Andrew Michael Howard
Investigating the evolution of two southern Appalachian terrane boundaries and a plutonic complex: Tectonic implications of structural, geochemical, and geochronologic studies in the central Georgia Inner Piedmont, Christopher William Howard
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FEASIBILITY OF SWITCHGRASS FEEDSTOCKS: FROM A BIOREFINERY’S PERSPECTIVE, Elizabeth Ann Humphreys
A Memory Controller for FPGA Applications, Bryan Jacob Hunter
Growing a Local Movement: New Social Movements, Food, and Activism, Liam Vangsnes Hysjulien
Emergency Text Messaging Systems and Higher Education Campuses: Expanding Crisis Communication Theories and Best Practices, Tanya Desselle Ickowitz
On a Quantum Form of the Binomial Coefficient, Eric J. Jacob
Testing a Novel Technique to Improve Aluminum-26 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Measurements for Earth Science Applications, Meghan Sarah Janzen
Defining and Modeling Parameters Associated with Double-Planted Areas in Row Crop Production Fields, Brandon Michael Jernigan
PLANT REMAINS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, AND SITE PROCESSES: TWO SITES ALONG THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER IN GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Jessie Luella Johanson
Reclaiming Memory's Terra Incognitas: Uncovering the Self in Frances Burney's The Wanderer, Shelby Lynn Johnson
Targeting Gender: A Content Analysis of Alcohol Advertising in Magazines, A-Reum Jung
Power Aware Computing on GPUs, Kiran Kumar Kasichayanula
Law Enforcement, Communication Training & Verbal Judo, Lorna F. Keathley
A Jim Crow Welcome Home: African American World War Veterans In Knoxville, Tennessee, Kara Elizabeth Kempski
Therapist Burnout and Interpersonal Problems, Shabad-Ratan Kaur Khalsa
Compatibility Evaluation of Glass/Epoxy Insulation for Use in ITER’s Central Solenoid Superconducting Electromagnets, Carolyn Grace Kidwell
Development and Verification of a Navier-Stokes Solver with Vorticity Confinement Using OpenFOAM, Austin Barrett Kimbrell
Chemical responses of two deciduous trees after 10-years of exposure to Free Air CO2 enrichment, Keonhee Kim
Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionalization of 2-Vinyl-4,4-Dimethylazlactone Brushes to Create Bio-Inspired Materials, Camille Marie Kite
Reconstruction of Fire History in the National Key Deer Refuge, Monroe County, Florida, U.S.A.: The Palmetto Pond Macroscopic Charcoal Record, Desiree Lynn Kocis
Simulating the Effects of Outer-Mold-Line Modification on the University of Tennessee Space Institute's Aviation Systems' Piper Navajo Research Aircraft, Jonathan Vincent Kolwyck
Identifying the Spatial Distribution of Three Plethodontid Salamanders in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Using Two Habitat Modeling Methods, Matthew Stephen Kookogey
Characterization of the Che4 Signal Transduction Pathway in Taxis Behaviors of Azospirillum brasilense, Dhivya Kumar
Say hello to hybrid: Investigating student and instructor perceptions of the first hybrid language courses at UT, Rachel Amanda LaMance
Understanding Biotechnology: Conceptualizing and Measuring US Public Concern, Jenna Ann Lamphere
Modeling Interventions in the Owned Cat Population in Knox County, TN, Evan Pierce Lancaster
Impact of Interpreters Filling Multiple Roles in Mainstream Classrooms on Communication Access for Deaf Students, Heather Rebecca Lawson
Essays on Spatial Analysis of Policy Impacts, Daegoon Lee
Designing Protein Expression and Purification Systems for Recombinant Z Alpha1-Antitrypsin using the Methylotrophic Yeast, Pichia pastoris, Monique Jenaie Lemieux
COMPATIBILITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS WITH THE BIOCONTROL FUNGUS, BEAUVERIA BASSIANA, Wanjing Liu
Changes in carbohydrates of Navy beans during hydration and subsequent thermal processing, Robert Blake Lowe
A High-Energy Neutron Flux Spectra Measurement Method for the Spallation Neutron Source, Nicholas Patrick Luciano
Fabrication and Characterization of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers (VACNF) as Amperometric Biosensors on a Silicon-Compatible Platform, Kimberly Caitlin MacArthur
Active Video Gaming Compared to Unstructured, Outdoor Play in Children: Measurements of Estimated Energy Expenditure and Measured Percent Time in Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, Susan Brittin MacArthur