Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2023
Leptospira Seroprevalence in Companion Animals in Tennessee, Kellie Anne McCreight
Mapping Past Land Use Changes and Modeling Future Urbanization Patterns in a Mid-Sized American City, Duncan P. McCurry
Anthropology in a Rural Archive: A Study That Moves Along and Against the Archival Grain, Julian W. McDaniel
Horned & Hidden Child: The Minotaur & Modern Opera, Mikeila Ashley McQueston
Development of Domestic Oleochemicals for Coating Applications, Caleb M. Metzcar
Fungicide sensitivity, race structure, and host pathogenicity of Phytophthora nicotianae in Tennessee and North Carolina, Taylor Giovanna Miller
Higher Estrus Associated Temperatures and Associated Factors in Beef Heifers and Suckled Cows, Megan Mills
In Situ Process Monitoring and Machine Learning Based Modeling of Defects and Anomalies in Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing, Eduardo Miramontes
Flow Control Over an Airfoil Using Synthetic Jet, Satyam Anil Mistry
VARIABILITY IN MICROCLIMATE AND CARBON DYNAMICS IN HARDWOOD FORESTS MANAGED WITH THE IRREGULAR SHELTERWOOD REPRODUCTION METHOD, Melody June Mount
Investigating the Proposed Mechanisms Guiding Negative Attentional Templates, Michael Kevin Mugno
Methods of Inactivation for Foodborne Pathogens: an investigation into ozone gas and UV irradiation, Addison Kay Myers
Tomato Flower Detection and Three-Dimensional Mapping for Precision Pollination, Kaitlyn McKensie Nelms
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SINGLE CORRECT ANSWERS IN LEGAL INTERPRETATION, Francis Kwame Nyamekeh Jr
Posttraumatic Stress, Depression, and Subjective Social Status: Potential Moderating Effects of Optimism, Resilience, and Self-Efficacy, Caterina Obenauf
Saltiness Enhancement Through the Synergism of Pyroglutamyl Peptides and Organic Acids, Fnu Oshin
Evaluation of Recycled Carbon Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Andrew D. Patchen
Characterization of Deodorized Kraft Lignin and Lignin-Polymer Composite Blends, Neel J. Patel
Comparison of Male and Female Rib Sternal Ends and the Effects of Aging using Elliptical Fourier Analysis, Marta M. Paulson
Drought and Excess Moisture Crop Insurance Indemnities to Tennessee Corn Producers, Jordan Peterson
Establishing and Optimization of Tissue Culture work with Erigeron canadensis, Robert Petursson
Relationship Between Higher Estrus-Associated Temperatures (HEAT) and the Bovine Preovulatory Follicular Fluid Metabolome, Abigayle B. Pollock
DESIGN OF MACHINE TOOL CROSS BEAM USING METAL BIG AREA ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Tyler Poon
Methods for Decarbonized Aeroengine Combustor Design, Robert T. Prater
Assessing the Effects of the Spring Hunting Season Start Date on Wild Turkey Seasonal Productivity and Hunter Behavior, Joseph Quehl
An Analysis of How Consumers Use Best-if-Used-By Dates As a Cue for Evaluating Food Products, Beth Anne Billie Ray
Inhibiting ice recrystallization in ice cream with corn cob hemicelluloses, Matthew W. Reeder
Correlating Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Processing Parameters to Fiber Length and the Mechanical Performance of Reinforced Polymer Composites, Andrew Phillip Rhodes
Black Bear Population Health Monitoring in the Southeast, Kathleen Elizabeth Riese
Development and Study of Small Database for the Activation of Nitrous Oxide Towards Formation of Iron(IV)-Oxo Species, Tobias Barthalomew Robertson
Covered Monuments and Black Erasure in Nashville, Tennessee, Kayla S. Roulhac
Exploring Factors Influencing Suicidal Behavior: An Investigation into Automatic Determinants of Capability Factors, Matthew A. Russ
Survey of Input Modalities in the Western World, John Ezat Sadik
Neurodiversity in Sense and Sensibility and Emma: Jane Austen’s Heroines and Their Cognitive Difference, Alexandra Sausa
A Computational Analysis of Hypersonic Store Separations, Ryan C. Savery
Use of Experimental Evolution to Select for Listeria Phages in Food Environments and Assessing the Prevalence of Listeria spp. in Soil, Claire N. Schamp
Comparative Analysis on Low Cost Continuous Carbon Fiber Polypropylene Composite Using Compression Molding and Automated Tape Placement, Benjamin U. Schwartz
Predicting Harvest Activities in Mixed-species Forests using a Random Survival Forest Algorithm, Dinuka Madhushan Senevirathne
Effect of bovine oviduct and endometrial cell conditioned media on in vitro produced bovine embryo development, Lisa Kirsten Senn
Redox-Active Polymerization Catalysts and Their Applications, Nicholas M. Shawver
The Relationship Between Auditory Working Memory and Statistical Learning in Infancy, McKenzie Mullins Sheets
Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation: Learning From Experts, Hannah J. Shinew
A Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Clinical Trial Patient Enrollment in Drug Development Portfolio Demand Planning, Ahmed Shoieb
An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Narrowband Freestream Noise on Fundamental Transitional Shockwave-Boundary Layer Interaction Mechanisms, Zane Matthew Shoppell
Labor migration triggered by COVID-19 and its impact on climate change adaptation of producers in Sunsari district, Nepal, Amrit Shrestha
Adaptive Strategies in Plant Physiology: Analyzing Duckweed (Lemna minor) Plasticity and Enhancing Potato Stress Resilience, Megan J. Sichterman
Communication distance predicts territory size for an urban songbird, Ruth A. Simberloff
Exploring alternative methodologies to estimate by-species sawlog volume in the southeastern United States, Tara Skiba
Unsupervised machine learning of tornado-producing storms in the southeastern United States, Morgan R. Steckler
SPORT MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTORS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS AND STUDENT-ATHLETES, Alaina Catherine Stem
Relationship Between Heart Rate Variability, Waking Salivary Cortisol, and Subjective Readiness in NCAA Division I Swimmers, Bayley Stewart
Effect of Amputation on Muscle Structure Properties in a Rabbit Model, Roy Caleb Stubbs
Evaluating Bulk Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Acidic Hydrothermal Sediments on Earth– Implications for Mars Astrobiology, Chance Sturrup
Surface Location Error in Robotic Milling: Modeling and Experiments, Richard Henry Swan Jr.
DATA-WISDOM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING DATA LITERACY, Rita Swartzentruber
HYPORHEIC ZONE HYDRODYNAMICS, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SAN SABA RIVER, TEXAS, Ethan G. Sweet
Surface Corrosion Response of Al Alloys A383 and Aural 2 with Ce Additions in Aqueous NaCl and Salt-fog Environments, Michael James Thompson
A robust agroinfiltration method, Bryce N. Trull
Fortune, Fate, and Free Will: Chaucer’s Encounters with Providence, Ciara Jane Turula
Synthesis of block copolymer additives for examining phase morphology and improving mechanical properties of thermoplastics elastomers., Bishal Upadhyay
One Step at a Time; Union Organizing in the Public Sector South, Daniel Urquieta
Multiphysics modeling to understand microwave-food interactions in a multi-port solid-state microwave system., Kartik Verma
EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE DOMAINS TO INVESTIGATE PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN POLYKETIDE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS, Mujeeb Adeyinka Wakeel
Urbanization on the Landscape of the Old City: An Archaeological Investigation of Site 40KN223 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Garrett B. Wamack
Age Impacts Perineuronal Net Density in the Somatosensory Genital Cortex Independently of Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Ian D. Warren
Assessing the Impact of the Tennessee Equine Industry, Olivia Watson
A Portfolio, Samuel Webb
Refractory High-Entropy Alloys: Design, Fabrication, Characterization, and Nanoparticle Synthesis, John Hutson Whitlow
A Character and A Fame to Model Their Own: Statesmanship, Masculinity, and Honor in Northern Political Culture, 1852-1874, Rachel Elise Wiedman
Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Design Optimization, Austin Ryan Williams
Masters Theses from 2022
Quantifying Support Practice Factor Values for Sediment Retention Devices Using WEPP, Karen W. Abercrombie
Kinematic and Vorticity Analysis of the Slide Lake and Homestake Shear Zones, Central Colorado, Carsen T. Adams
Effects of Expressive Writing on Reducing Anxiety about Attending Intergroup Dialogue on Race and Racism, Cemal Arda Aksoy
Transverse Energy Analysis in Small Collision Systems, Alexander L. Aukerman
Soil Metabolite Succession in Vertebrate Decomposition Impacted Soils, Jennifer Kate Baer
Challenges in Approaching the Detection Limits for Hillslope Erosion Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Gene Nathan Bailey III
EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY: A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF LATE ARCHAIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, Justin S. Bailey
Image Based Processing for Weld Defect Detection, Shems-Eddine Belhout
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF SALAMANDERS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Savannah Blackman
Hagenheim Series By Melanie Dickerson: Creating Active Fairy Tale Heroines with the Christian Feminist Voice, Skylar R. Blankenship
CLIMATE, FIRE, AND HUMAN HISTORY IN CENTRAL AMERICAN SAVANNAS: NEW PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS FROM BELIZE AND COSTA RICA, Luke Blentlinger
MICROPLASTIC ACCUMULATION IN TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS AND SOILS, Gregory B. Bonilla
Revolting Delight: Posthuman Subversion in the Work of Leonora Carrington, Jacob Breeding
Efficacy of Sequential Estrus Synchronization and Timed Artificial Insemination in Beef Cattle Beginning 19 days after an Initial Timed Artificial Insemination, Courtnie Carter Bridges
Reviewer Perceptions of Englishes in the International Journal of Nuclear Security, Rachel Brooks
University Statements on the Murder of George Floyd: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Alexandria M. Brown
Design, Fabrication, and Validation of a Three-Zone Cell for Absorption Spectroscopy, Derek W. Burkhart
Choice-based Games and Resilience Building of Gender Non-conforming Individuals: An Exploratory Study, Yuri M. Cantrell
Effects of Gap Height and Geometry on Supersonic Aerothermal Gap Heating, Matthew B. Carter Jr.
Impact of Far-red Light Supplementation On Yield and Growth of Cannabis sativa, Thomas Benjamin Carter
Development of Codoped Cesium Iodide Scintillators for Medical Imaging Applications, Everett M. Cavanaugh
In Penn’s Woods: Intersections between the Moravians, Indigenous Americans, and Nature, 1741-1760, Jane J. Chang
Curvilinear fractures in burned remains: an assessment of the relationship between fracture convexity and fire directionality, Kimber G. Cheek
Relocating Community to the Virtual: Sound Knowledge, Affective Listening, and the (Dis)Embodying of Sound and Space, Zachery D. Coffey
COMPARATIVE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RECENT VOLCANIC FLOWS ON BARVA VOLCANO, COSTA RICA, Julie Coulombe
SCARS AS CARTOGRAPHY: BODILY COMMEMORATIONS AND MEMORIALS, Bethany Craig