Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2013
Hindered Rotation of Dihydrogen on Synthesized Metal Oxides, George Houston Rouvelas
A Compact, Convective Flow NaK Test Loop for Material Exposure Contained in an Argon Atmosphere, David Joseph Rowekamp
Considering the Role of Children’s Levels of Responsiveness and Resistance on the Relations between Maternal Interaction Behaviors and Children’s Interaction Behaviors with Peers at School, Daniela Andrea Salinas Maturana
Fabrication and Characterization of Si(1-x)Ge(x) Semiconductor Alloy for Sensor Applications, Daniel Aaron Schaeffer
Practitioner Rankings of Entry-Level Competencies for Public Health Nutrition, Courtney Teal Schand
Architecture as Pedagogy: Designing Sustainable Schools as Three-Dimensional Textbooks, Ester Ehrlich Schwartz
An Implantable Low Pressure Biosensor Transponder, Chad Eric Seaver
Text Size Impact of Responsibility Messages in Magazine Alcohol Advertisements among College Students, Sumin Shin
Preservation of Nutrients in Cool- and Warm-Season Forages At Different Stages of Maturity and Management, Jason Allen Shultz
Bovine mammary interleukin-8 receptor expression and genetic association with Streptococcus uberis based mastitis., Lydia Jean Siebert
Control Law Calculation and Verification Methods for the Variable Stability Navion In-Flight Simulation Aircraft, Joe Ming Yin Siu
Tied in Lusty Leese: Animalization and Agency in Troilus and Criseyde, Kendra Marie Slayton
Investigator Disturbance and Buried Remains: An Experimental Study on Buried Nonhuman Decomposition, Lindsay Nicole Sliwa
Coaches’ Attitudes Towards Sport Psychology Services: A Study of NCAA Division I Head Golf Coaches, Justin Robert Smedley
Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5–trisphosphate Probe Synthesis and Microarray Protein Binding Studies to Investigate Multivalency and Detect Proteins Upregulated in Cancer, Benjamin Michael Smith
Identification of bile salt hydrolase inhibitors, the promising alternative to antibiotic growth promoters to enhance animal production, Katie Rose Smith
Metamorphic Phase Equilibria in a Contact Aureole: Tres Hermanas Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico., Carissa Dawn Snyder
Using System Identification to Compare Global and Local Aerodynamic Modeling from Flight Data, Toby Earl Sorensen
The Design of Redox-Active, Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Using Late-Transition Metals, Zachary Reynolds Sprigler
Interactions Between the Urban Environment and “The Homelessness”: Observations and Responses, Jeffrey Charles Stahl
Modeling and Validation of Heat Transfer Present in a Solar Thermal Collector, Eric Ezekiel Stannard
Intra- and Inter-ear Compensation for Insect Injury to Field Corn, Zea mays L., Sandra Jean Steckel
Steer Performance and Forage Productivity from Tall Fescue Pastures Grazed at Two Stocking Rates, Autumn Nicole Stewart
Issues of Commingling Within the Gold Mine Site (16RI13) Collection: Adult Human Humeri and Tibiae, Kinsey Brett Stewart
Implications for Ability Grouping in Mathematics for Fifth Grade Students, Anne M. Stinnett
Music Performance Anxiety and Dispositional Flow in Predicting Audition Success in Amateur Percussionists, Benjamin Hyun Stocking
"You're in the Right Place at the Right Time": Double Consciousness, Cultural Memory, and Cultural Representation in College Gospel Choirs, Emmanuel Joshua Stokes
“I am Working for the Good Guys:” Street-Level Enforcement of the Clean Water Act in East Tennessee, Kayla Marie Stover
Effect of choline or betaine supplementation on broilers exposed to different temperature treatments, Joseph D. Summers
Time Dependent Density-Functional Theory - Linear Response, Bryan Edman Sundahl
Short-term Electrical Load Forecasting for an Institutional/Industrial Power System Using an Artificial Neural Network, Eric Lynn Taylor
The Green's Function Method for Solutions of Fourth Order Nonlinear Boundary Value Problem., Olga A. Teterina
Quantifying the Relationship Among Ground Penetrating Radar Reflection Amplitudes, Horizontal Sub-Wavelength Bedrock Fracture Geometries, and Fluid Conductivities, Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury-Christle
Reconnect: A New Identity for Suburban Commercial Space, Robert Michael Thew
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SUPERSONIC CAVITY FLOW CONTROL WITH VERTICAL RODS, Carolyn Leigh Thiemann
Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Chemical Compounds for Weed Management, Joseph Warden Thomas
Shouldn't Their Stories Be Told In Their Voices: International Students’ Experiences of Adjustment Following Arrival to the U.S., Elizabeth Kelley Thompson
Microarray analysis of mRNA translation state in Arabidopsis thaliana, Bayu Sisay Tiruneh
Selected Costs and Benefits of Protecting Vital Wildlife Habitats While Producing Biofuel, Benjamin Lewis Totty
Evaluation of the Transient Thermal Performance of a Graphite Foam/Phase Change Material Composite, Michael Paul Trammell
POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS AND GENETIC STRUCTURE OF BLACK BEARS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA, Jesse Charles Troxler
An Experimental Study of Hemispherical Vortex Generators for Separation Control over a NACA-0012, David Joseph Ronald Tucker
"Petticoat Gunboats": The Wartime Expansion of Confederate Women's Discursive Opportunities Through Ladies' Gunboat Societies, Cara Vandergriff
Vegetation Response to Oak Savanna and Woodland Restoration in the Mid-South USA, Andrew Lee Vander Yacht
An Omen of Things to Come: Translated from the original text "L'ombre des choses à venir" by Kossi Efoui, Amber Vandivort
Adsorption of Antimony by Birnessite and the Impact of Antimony on the Electrostatic Surface Properties of Variable-Charge Soil Minerals, Kalyn Alaine Vergeer
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: Population Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance, Ricardo Videla
Inhibition of Spoilage Yeasts using Spice Essential Oils and Their Components, Audra Ann Wallis
The Effect of Pellet Geometry on The Specific Activity of Ni-63, Spenser Riley Walsh
Parametric Design and Artificial Wetlands’ Adaption in Landscape Design, Xi Wang
Two Essays on the Empirical Analysis of Microeconomic Data: Household Donation and Individual Body Weight, Yanghao Wang
A GIS-based Multi-objective Optimization of a Lignocellulosic Biomass Supply Chain: A Case Study in Tennessee, Zidong Wang
DETAILED GEOLOGIC STUDIES OF PALEOSEISMIC FEATURES EXPOSED AT SITES IN THE EAST TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE: EVIDENCE FOR LARGE, PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES, Kathleen Frances Warrell
The Wharton Place: A Novel, Allison Yilling Wear
Clovis Lithic Manufacturing Variability at the Allendale Chert Quarries: A Preliminary View from 38AL228, Allendale County, South Carolina, Andrew James Weidman
An Automated Finite Element Analysis Framework for the Probabilistic Evaluation of Composite Lamina Properties, Jonathan Phillips Weigand
DEATH IN CANADA: A SHORT STORY COLLECTION, Leanna Rose Wharram
Plasmodium suppresses T cell responses to heterologous infections by impairing T cell activation, Chelsi Elizabeth White
Application of Synthetic Biology for Increasing Anaerobic Biodiesel Production in Escherichia coli, Michael Christopher Wierzbicki
Hey! Give Me A Boost: the impact of conflict joining on the rally 'round the flag in the United Kingdom, 1948-2000, Marissa Kathleen Wilson
Revitalizing a 19th Century Industrial Complex into a 21st Century Research and Learning Technology Center, James Lawrence Wines
The Diabetes Partner Support Questionnaire: Psychometric Scale Development, Katie Cassandra Wischkaemper
Intensity of Adoption of Direct Marketing Strategies Among Fruit and Vegetable Farmers in Tennessee, Carey Ann Wolanin
The Characterization of a CMOS Radiation Hardened-by-Design Circuit Technique, Austin James Womac
A search for volatile ices on the surfaces of cold classical Kuiper Belt Objects, Daine Michael Wright
A Decision Support Methodology for Improving Equipment Reliability, Caiqiao Xu
Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity of partially saturated fuel cell diffusion media, Guoqing Xu
Mechanism of LPA-induced lipid uptake in macrophages, Kan Xu
Filomicelle Functionalization and Stability Studies with Applications for Malaria Treatments, Megan Haoyun Yang
TRANSLATING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: A Chinese Garden In East Tennessee, Xue Yue
Transparent Dispersions of Milk Fat-Based Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivery of beta-Carotene, Linhan Zhang
SWITCHGRASS CAPACITY PROCUREMENT CONTRACT AND TONNAGE CONTRACT PRICING, Tianpeng Zhou
Masters Theses from 2012
Abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in wheat: the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Marei Mahmoud Abdelkarim
Effects of environmental enrichment strategies on behavior and production performance of broiler breeder chickens reared at elevated temperatures, Oluwatoyin Bukunmi Adeniji
Alexander and Conway polynomials of Torus knots, Katherine Ellen Louise Agle
Pretreatment and Pyrolysis of Rayon-based Precursor for Carbon Fibers, Kokouvi Akato
Diffuse interactions between symbiotic bacteria and salamanders, Amanda Lee Allison
Cultural Techniques to Improve Yield and Cost Efficiency of Greenhouse Grown Tomatoes, Susannah Kate Amundson
Lignin Yield Maximization of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Taguchi Robust Product Design using Organosolv Fractionation, Anton Friedrich Astner
Effects of a Bacteriological Filter on VO2max Measured by a Computerized Metabolic System, Christopher William Bach
Fault Diagnosis Via Univariate Frequency Analysis Monitoring: A Novel Technique Applied to a Simulated Integrated Drive Generator, Brian Keith Bailey
"Sing to the Lord a new song": Memory, Music, Epistemology, and the Emergence of Gregorian Chant as Corporate Knowledge, Jordan Timothy Ray Baker
Evoking Unity: Toward a Communal Phenomenology in Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, Phillip Douglas Bandy
A Survey of Gaps, Obstacles, and Technical Challenges for Hypersonic Applications, Timothy Andrew Barber
Justice, Truth, and Community Organizing in Boston, MA, Melanie Ann Barron
Applicability of Pigment Compounds for Reducing Light Stress in Bentgrass, Gregory Keith Bartley
An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of a 19th Century Leprosarium at Hassel Island, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Amanda Marie Barton
Families of Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Model of the Parenting Process, Rhett Maurice Billen
Avian Habitat Response to Grazing, Haying, and Biofuels Production in Native Warm-Season Forages in the Mid-South, Jessie Lee Birckhead
The epidemiology of Puccinia emaculata (rust) in switchgrass and evaluation of the mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum as a potential biological control organism for switchgrass rust., Jonathan Allen Black
Real-Time Mobile Stereo Vision, Bryan Hale Bodkin
Late Pleistocene Climate, Vegetation, and Fire History from a Southern Appalachian Bog, Whiteoak Bottoms, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, U.S.A., Mathew Stephen Boehm
The Information Landscape of a Wicked Problem: An Evaluation of Web-Based Information on Colony Collapse Disorder for a Spectrum of Citizen Information Seekers, Reid Isaac Boehm
Diffusion of Social Media Among County 4-H Programs in Tennessee, Rebekah Bowen