Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2012
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
The Interaction of Neuroticism and Stress in Predicting Infidelity in a Newlywed Sample, Maria Moana Rowley
Geographic Variation in the Lower Temperature Tolerance in the Invasive Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei and the Native Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis (Sauria: Polychrotidae), Laura Carolina Maria Rubio
Impacts of Beetle Kill on Modeled Streamflow Response in the North Platte River Basin, Jordan Andrew Rudolph
Consider the Source: Receiver-Assigned Attributions of Credibility to Influential Bloggers, Aaron Michael Sachs
Strangers with Benefits: Ovulation and Attraction to Outgroup Men, Joseph Frederick Salvatore
Spatial Discrepancies between NHDPlus and LIDAR-Derived Stream Networks, Nicole Marie Samu
The Relationship Between Coping, Stress, and Breastfeeding Outcomes, Angela Nicole Sberna
Green in a Sea of Pink: Environmental Reframing of Mainstream Breast Cancer, Amy Elizabeth Scanzillo
Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Skills and Writing Knowledge of Entering College Composition Students, Laura Ashley Sceniak
Acculturation and Identity Development of Deaf Ethnic Minorities, Glennise Candice Schlinger
Chitosan-gallic acid films as multifunctional food packaging, Stephanie Beth Schreiber
The Accuracy of the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run to Estimate Aerobic Fitness in Youth, Stacy Nicole Scott
Nuclear Fingerprinting Identification of Black Fly Species in the Simulium jenningsi Species Group (Diptera: Simuliidae), Gail Lynn Senatore
Thermodynamic Analysis of Polyethylene Glycol Thiol-ene Click Chemistry and Surface Modification of Bacterial Cellulose, Kaan Serpersu
Implicitly and Explicitly Assessed Relationship Satisfaction, Matthew Jason Shaffer
On Decision Making: Bayesian And Stochastic Optimization Approaches, Yang Shen
The Accidental College Student, Phyliss Dubinsky Shey
Investigation of Phytophthora species: Phytophthora colocasiae on Taro and Phytophthora Recovered from Streams in Eastern Tennessee, Sandesh Kumar Shrestha
Studies of Regolithic Vestan Samples: Brecciated Eucrites and Howardites, Sheryl A. Singerling
Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci for Marker-Assisted Selection of Soybean Isoflavone Genistein, Christopher Joseph Smallwood
The impacts of surface mining restoration efforts on soil dwelling nematode communities in the Appalachian region, Haley Shae Smith
Helmet Use Among Outdoor Recreational Rock Climbers Across Disciplines: Factors of Use and Non-use., Kevin Henri Hogan Soleil
Role of Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate (HMB) in Leucine Stimulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Fatty Acid Oxidation, Renee Ashley Stancliffe
Lawyers and Their Books: The Augusta County Law Library Association, 1853-1883, Gregory Harkcom Stoner
Characterization of Wetting Front Geometry and Fluid Migration in the Vadose Zone Using Surface Time-Lapse Seismic First-Arrival Tomography, Rachel Elizabeth Storniolo
Rejection Sensitivity in Adolescent Offspring of Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder, Jennifer Marie Strimpfel