Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2006
A Hamiltonian-Based Algorithm for Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation at Constant Chemical Potential, Johanna Marie Reyes
Using GPS and GIS to evaluate military vehicle traffic patterns for the prediction of vegetation removal, Matthew Kendall Rice
Application of Energy Analysis to the Problem of Propulsion Driven Nutation Instability of Spin Stabilized Spacecraft, Tina Morina Rice
Facilitated Transport of Triclosan in the Receiving Environment of an Onsite Wastewater Treatment System: Agent of Aquatic Concern, Adrienne L. Roach
An Examination of Relationships Between Direct Government Payments in Agriculture and Farm Vulnerability in Iowa and Tennessee, Brad Christopher Robbins
Identifying and Analyzing Potential Watershed-Based Water Quality Trading Programs, David Carlos Roberts
Preparing for the Onset of Hemlock Mortality in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Assessment of Potential Impacts to Riparian Ecosystems, Scott Wesley Roberts
Analysis of an Experimental Pulsed Plasma Accelerator, Daniel Michael Rooney
Triple Threat: My Journey as a Black Lesbian Athlete in Search of Additional Black Lesbian Student-Athletes, Jillian Robin Ross
‘Like What Do You Do – Hand Out an Announcement?’ – Combating Heteronormativity in Physical Education, Stephanie Megan Roth
A Quantitative Study of Scaling Properties of Fracture Networks, Ankur Roy
Characterization of Processes used in Nanofabrication of Digital Electrostatic E-Beam Array Lithography (DEAL) Devices, Ryan Benjamine Rucker
Characterizing how fish communities and physical habitat structure are affected by urbanization in an East Tennessee watershed, Robert Lee Sain
Occupancy of Small Mammals on Private Lands in the Emory/ Obed Watershed, Tennessee, Carrie Hedio Salyers
Comparison of Transverse and Sagittal Otolith Sectioning for Aging Wild Rainbow Trout from East Tennessee Streams, Reggie Eric Sawyers
The Viability of the Economy of Oromia: A Point of Departure, Harwood David Schaffer
Premiering Pierrot lunaire, from Berlin to New York: Reception, Criticism, and Modernism, Clara S. Schauman
Comparison of Mosquito Abundance, Distribution, and Parity Between a High and a Low Prevalence Site for La Crosse Encephalitis in Eastern Tennessee, Sabra Lee Scheffel
Validation of Measures by the Lifecorder EX Activity Monitor, Scott Andrew Schmidt
Petrogenesis of Apollo 15 Olivine-Normative and Quartz-Normative Mare Basalts, Darren W. Schnare
Pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from Carboniferous, Triassic, and Modern chars: potential relations to paleoatmospheric oxygen content, Patrick Jerome Schuneman
A Teaching Tool: Exploring a Cooperative Spirit, Education, and Cultural Influence through the Arts, Carmen Rachel Scoggins
Cultural Consensus, Political Conflict: The Problem of Unity among German Intellectuals during World War I, Benjamin Taylor Shannon
Day for Night: Facilitating Collaborative Solutions in the Pursuit of Approval for Human Subjects Research, Joseph D. Shearer
A Study of Political Activity among Social Work Students, Elizabeth A. Shelton
Sufferings Which Have No Tongue: The Enculturation of War, Trauma, and the Disappearing Body, Jason Lewis Simms
Surface Studies of Selective Hydrogen Desorption from Silicon, Jason Kenneth Smith
Spatiotemporal Modeling of Shorebird Habitat Availability at Rankin Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee, Matthew D. Smith
Installing a Night Vision Imaging System in the CF-188 Hornet: Compatibility of Warning and Caution Lights, Andrew John Soundy
The Functional Application of the Propeller Load Curve for Fixed Pitch Propellers, Rebecca Barnett Speas
Thermoelectrics for Cooling Power Electronics, Michael Ralf Starke
Effect of Ionizing Radiation on the Crystalline Morphology of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), Christopher Phillip Stephens
A Surveillance of Luncheon Meats for the Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in Grocery Stores in Tennessee, Jacob Henry Stevens
Applications of Mass Spectrometry to Synthetic Copolymers, Elizabeth Angela Stewart
Design and Test of an Event Detector and Locator for the ReflectoActive™ Seals System, Brad J. Stinson
A Paleoecological History of West Pond on Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas, Based on Pollen and Charcoal Analysis of Lake Sediments, Allison Jean Stork
Mowing and Light-weight Rolling of Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) Putting Greens during summer heat stress periods in the Transition Zone, William Daniel Strunk
A Case for an Aerial Refueling Capability for the United States Marine Corps UH-1Y Helicopter, Scott Suckow
The Study of Overload Effects on Fatigue-Crack-Growth Behavior by Neutron Diffraction, Yinan Sun
Methodology for Uncertainty Analysis of Advanced Fuel Cycles and Preliminary Results, Gary Alan Sweder
Modeling of Tapered Corrugated Graphite-Foam Heat Exchangers, Abdoulaye Sy
Simulation Study of Digitized Enhanced Feher Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (EFQPSK), Fall Bernard Taylor
Light, Place, and the Temporal Experience: A Proposal for a Live Work Building in Nashville, Tennessee, Robert G. Thompson III
Perceived Importance of Precision Farming Technologies in Improving the Efficiency of Phosphorus, Potassium, and Nitrogen in Southeastern Cotton Production, John Colby Torbett
The Spatial Form of Post Apartheid Cape Town, Elizabeth Rebekah Trail
Evaluation of V-22 Tiltrotor Handling Qualities in the Instrument Meteorological Environment, Scott Bennett Trail
A Histological Examination of Odocoileus virginianus for Forensic Application, Lindsay Hines Trammell
Development of the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) Moving Target Capability: AGM-154 Block Three program, Kyle Travis Turco
Automated Design Space Exploration for Digital Hardware, Jonathan Logan Turnmire
"One Major Step Short of War:” Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and the Last Chapter of the Cold War, George Uriah
Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Search for Utopia, Jennifer Marie Vanden Heuval
A Parametric Study of Water Vapor Condensation in Supersonic Nozzle Flow Fields, Todd Branson VanPelt
The Effects of a Periodic Cicada Emergence on Forest Birds and the Ecology of Cerulean Warblers at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, Indiana, Dustin W. Varble
Fatigue Characteristics of Field HMA Surface Mixtures Containing Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP), Dragon Vukosavljevic
Participation in a Full Service School After Hours Enrichment Program: An Assessment of Students' Academic and Social Progress, Cassandra Staben Walker
Flexible integration, Chun-Yi Wang
Hispanic Students' Mathematics Achievement in Tennessee: Comparing with Asian Students, Yan Wang
Rheology of 1- Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride Cellulose Solutions, Joy Louise Watson
Validation of the ParvoMedics TrueOne® 2400 Metabolic Measurement System for measuring resting metabolic rate in a heterogeneous adult population, Tracie M. Weinheimer
Soapstone Vessel Chronology and Function in the Southern Appalachians of Eastern Tennessee, Edward William Wells III
An Experimental Study of Incompressible Axisymmetric Cavity Flow with Swirl, Lee Charles Wendell
Sexual Communication and Contraceptive Use in Adolescent Dating Couples, Laura M. Widman
Synergistic Effects of BubR1 and p53 Deficiency in Tumor Formation, Walter Guy Wiles
Consumer Perceptions of Branded Beef Products, Leslie Erin Williams
Origin and Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Appalachian Neoacadin Crystalline Core: Evidence from the Geology of the Gilreath 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, North Carolina, Crystal Gayle Wilson
Design and Optimization of a Wind Deflector for Round-Nose MD-500 Series Helicopters, James Joseph Wright
Constructed Sites ad Collective Memory: A Proposal for Lower Manhattan's African Burial Ground, Jessica Lauren Wright
Probing Precursor Interactions with the Chloroplast Import Apparatus, Sarah Jean Wright
The Effect of Star Formation on Observed Properties of High Redshift Absorption Systems, Yi-Jung Yang
Measuring Effects of Housing Densities on Property Values Using Locally Weighted Regression, Alexander Webber Young
Automatic Image Based Time Varying 3D Feature Extraction and Tracking, Lu Zhang
Novel Materials Used in Hydrogen Energy Economy, Hongliang Zhou
Masters Theses from 2005
Temporal Relationships Between Plasma Cortisol, Corticosteroid-binding Globulin (CBG), and the Free Cortisol Index (FCI) in Pigs, Rebecca Jackson Adcock
Ridge Regression Approach to Color Constancy, Vivek Agarwal
Analytical Modeling and Simulation of SiGe MOS Gate HEMT, Mohmmad Tanvir Alam
Correlation of Wear and Mechanics for Subjects having a Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty Measured in vivo, Katherine Suzanne Alford
A Cartesian Space Approach to Teleoperate a Slave Robot with a Kinematically Dissimilar Redundant Manipulator, Hariharan Ananthanarayanan
Exploring Behavior and Social Relationships of a Captive Group of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Crystal E. Anderson
'It's Not Catching': Hansen Home and the Local Knowledge of Leprosy in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Nancy R. Anderson
DNA Degradation and Postmortem Interval: Preliminary Observations and Methods, Rebecca Roberts Anderson
A Case for a Tanker Capability for the U. S. Marine Corps’ Heavy Lift Replacement Helicopter, Anthony Cain Archer
A Pedological Investigation of Soils of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Edward Gaither Arnold
Analysis of Town Center Mixed-Use Developments to Determine Key Retailer Success Factors, Kelly G. Atkins
Pose Invariant 3D Face Authentication based on Gaussian Fields Approach, Venkat Rao Ayyagari
A Numerical Study of Curved Labyrinth Seals for Steam Turbines, Sricharan Kishore Ayyalasomayajula
Bankfull Hydraulic Geometry of Streams Draining the Southwestern Appalachians of Tennessee, Gregory Scott Babbit
Clinical Significance of Hip Separation in Metal on Polyethylene, Metal on Metal, and Ceramic on Ceramic THA Due to Resonant and Energy Dispersion Effects, Joseph Scott Bader
The Position of the Intellectual in the 1950s: Case Studies of J. D. Salinger and Ayn Rand, Stephen J. Bain
Determining Dollar Spot Fungicide Resistance in Tennessee and Northern Mississippi, Pamela Rene Baird
Investigating Keratoconus Using Optical Eye Modeling, Kevin Charles Baker
Piety and Politics: John Capgrave's The Life of Saint Katherine as Yorkist Propaganda, Michael M. Baker
De-velopment of Demosaicking Techniques for Multi-Spectral Imaging Using Mosaic Focal Plane Arrays, Gaurav Ashok Baone
Breastfeeding Policies and Practices in Tennessee Hospitals, Carrie J. Barker
The Increased Costs of Restricting the Procurement of New Capability in Aircraft Modernisation, Michael Roy Barker
The Development of Computational Tools for Halo Analysis and Study of Halo Growth in the Spallation Neutron Source Linear Accelerator, Dirk A. Bartkoski