Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2012
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
Adipose Tissue's Potential Role as a Reproductive or Lactation Endocrine Gland, Megan Gray MacDougal
Estimates of Glacier Mass Loss and Contribution to Streamflow: Wind River Range (Wyoming, USA), Jeffrey Allen Marks
Evaluating the Relationship between Ultrasound-derived Carcass Characteristics and Production Traits in Angus Cattle, William Michael Mayfield
Contractible Theta Complexes of Graphs, Chelsea Marian McAmis
Parent Perceptions of Residential Crowding and Child Behaviors in a Post-Migration Burundian Refugee Community, Carole Ian McAteer
Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation: Evaluation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) for Warm-Season Vegetable Production in Tennessee, David Grant McCarty
Potential Effects of Institutional Repositories on Nursing Research Dissemination, Sarah Jane McClung
Elucidating the Effect of Silver on Ethylene Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brittany Kathleen McDaniel
Life Knots, Meghan Melissa McDonald
Two Studies on Controlling the Outflow from Sediment Basins: 1) Developing Discharge Coefficients for Circular Orifices in Round Riser Pipes, and 2) Optimizing the Solid State Skimmer, Alex James McLemore
An Analytical Survey of a Biotinylated Bacteriophage System for Quantifying Transduction Events in Natural Ecosystems, Thomas James Mead
Social Marketing: Impact on Elementary School Students' Selection and Consumption of Salad Bar Food Items, Whitney Jordan Merola
Beneath the Surface: A Culturally Informed Approach to Regenerative Water Resource Management in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, Muriel Elowyn Miller
Mussel Survivorship, Growth Rate and Shell Decay Rate in the New River Basin of Tennessee: an Experimental Approach Using Corbicula fluminea, Grant Andrew Mincy
Genetic Basis of Flocculation in Azospirillum brasilense., Priyanka Satish Mishra
Prevalence of Copper Resistance among Foliar Bacterial Pathogens of Tomato in Tennessee, Jonathon Thomas Mixon
Deronda and the Tigress: Judaism, Buddhism, and Universal Compassion In George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda, Joshua Frank Moats
Feasibility of On-farm Milk Processing, Packaging, and Marketing for Tennessee Dairy Farmers, Jonathan Joel Moss
A Benefit Cost Model for Traffic Incident Management, Sam Dallas Moss
Frontier Access to East Tennessee: A Ceramic Analysis of Ramsey House (40KN120), Bell Site (40KN202), and Exchange Place (40SL22), Abby Jane Naunheimer
Is it really all downhill after puberty?: The Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition - A review of the literature, Katherine Lynn Nelson
Efficacy of a Ternary Blend in Improving Bridge Deck Concrete Durability in Tennessee, Robert Clark Nidiffer
Vertrag und Frust statt Peitsche und Lust? - der masochistische Sklavenvertrag als Parodie und Theater in Leopold von Sacher-Masochs Venus im Pelz, Anna Walburga Nisch
Design of Cessna 210 Radome-Pod Instrument Interface for Flight Testing, Lumumba Thutmose O. Obika
Reporting Matt Murdock's Double Life: The Image of the Journalist in Marvel Comics' Daredevil, Robby Wayne O'Daniel
"Lost Shadows", Julle Oksanen
The Global Debt Minotaur: An Analysis of the Greek Financial Crisis, Steven Alfonso Panageotou
Organizational Cultural Competence Assessment of Health-Related Academic Units, Alviony Febrina Pangloli
Freeway Capping: Capping Nashville's I-40 South Loop to Connect Downtown and Midtown, Michael Joel Payne
Classroom Response System Integration in a Distance-Learning Introductory High School Physics Course, Alexander T. Pegram
A Validation Study of the AMP Nuclear Fuel Performance Code, Aaron Martin Phillippe
Two types of couponers discovered: The Smart Family Shopper and The Game Player, Alana Stephenson Phillips
UTILITY OF AMINOCYCLOPYRACHLOR FOR CONTROL OF HORSENETTLE AND TALL IRONWEED IN COOL-SEASON GRASS PASTURES, William Paul Phillips
Wireless Power Transfer System with Power Factor Correction for Electric Vehicles, Michael Christopher Pickelsimer
Interacting Effects of Fire Activity, Climate, and Habitat Diversity on Forest Dynamics, El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico, USA, Alex John Pilote
Heat Transfer Analysis via Rate Based Sensors, Jake Erik Plewa
Droplet Characterization in the Wake of Steam Turbine Cascades, Adam Charles Plondke
Proactive Punk: Music's Agency in the Knoxville Punk Community, Paula Danielle Propst
Evaluation of Tagging Techniques Gamma-decay Probabilities Using the Surrogate Method, Timothy Lee Reed
Data Anti-Suppression Methods and an Application of Spatial Concentration Measures to Evaluate Green Energy Value Chain Concentration, David Lane Register
Optimization and Design for Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, Paul Andreas Ritter
Decay Estimates for Nonlinear Wave Equations with Variable Coefficients, Michael Jacob Roberts
Chenopodium berlandieri and the Cultural Origins of Agriculture in the Eastern Woodlands, Daniel Shelton Robinson
Varying Degrees of Difficulty in Melodic Dictation Examples According to Intervallic Content, Michael Hines Robinson
Fatty acid synthase 1 in Candida albicans virulence and the in vitro effects of fluconazole, tetracycline in combinatorial therapy, Marissa Mandy Rodrigues
Soil Nitrification and Mineralization Rates Along an Elevation Gradient in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Christopher James Rolison
An Analysis of the Ready, Set, Go! Program on Program Participants and the Ability to Build Community Capacity, Carrera Romanini
Multi-Tag Access for a High Precision Ultra-Wideband Localization System, Nathan Carl Rowe