Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2021
Assessing Mechanical Performance of Dissimilar Steel Systems Made Via Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing, Obed Daniel Acevedo
Optimal and Model Free Control of Tumor Immune Interaction Dynamic to Schedule Cancer Treatments, Mohamed Alsager
Bears in Big South Fork: A Spatially Explicit Density Estimate of a Reintroduced Population, Joshua D. Alston
Development of an Encrypted Wireless System for Body Sensor Network Applications, Kendra Anderson
Decomposition Approach to Parametric Nonconvex Regression; Nuclear Resonance Analysis, Jordan L. Armstrong
Examining the maternal investment of the calyptra and its influence on the sporophyte offspring, Alessandra Marie Cabrera Aromin
THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LEADER’S PERCEPTIONS OF SUCCESS OF DAIRY COOPERATIVES: THE CASE OF CUMBAL NARIÑO’S DAIRY ASSOCIATIONS, Omar Efren Aza Fuelantala
Examining the empirical relationship between subjective fatigue and employee work engagement in a heavy workload manufacturing environment, Prashanth Balasubramanian
Unearthing Tree Symbolism in Song: A Sentiment Analysis, Shannon L. Bayliss
Temperature Sensitive Paint Investigation of a Cylinder Induced Shockwave Boundary Layer Interaction, Caleb Bell
Regenerative Effects of Patch Cut Harvests at Natchez Trace State Forest, Joshua K. Biggerstaff
Ancient ancestors for modern practices: An evolutionary concept analysis of digital marginalia, Brianna Blackwell
Variables Related to Viral Load and CD4 Variance in Men Living with HIV, Natalie Christine Blocher
The Chamber of Prayer: Oratorio Without Words, Hyowon Bong
Dissolved Organic Carbon and the Potential Role to Stream Acidity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jason R. Brown
A Secure Architecture for Defense Against Return Address Corruption, Grayson J. Bruner
Design and Simulation of a Supervisory Control System for Hybrid Manufacturing, Michael Buckley
The Political Turn in First-Year Composition: Student and Instructor Perspectives on Politics, Demagoguery, and Democratic Deliberation, Jacob T. Buller-Young
Debt Delivered: The Predatory Inclusion of a Rent-to-Own Chain in the Treasure Valley, Jeff Cates
Modeling and Quality Analysis of Radio Frequency Heating of Low Moisture Foods, Qianyi Chen
Design of a Cable-Driven Manipulator for Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing, Phillip Chesser
Impact of Urbanization Gradients and Stormwater Input on the Microbial Community Structure within Impaired Low-Order Streams, Charles Cianciolo
Relative Soybean Response to Aminocyclopyrachlor, 2,4-D, Dicamba, and Aminopyralid, Trey I. Clark
Impacts of Red Clover Isoflavones on Tall Fescue Toxicosis in Beef Cattle, Juan F. Cordero Llarena
Evaluation of Robust Deep Learning Pipelines Targeting Low SWaP Edge Deployment, David Carter Cornett
Seasonality, Distribution, and Biological Control of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale, A New Invasive Threat in Tennessee, Amira Cornish
Feeding Behavior and Influence of Hemp Varieties and Fertilization Rates on Damage Caused by Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa zea, Julian Cosner
QUEER SPACES, RELIGIOUS PLACES: SHARING RISK AND MAKING KIN WITHIN A QUEER CHURCH AMIDST A PANDEMIC, Sadie V. Counts
Contemporary Black Civil Rights Activism Strategies in East Tennessee: Gaining Economic and Political Power in the Black Community, Lily Joy Crosby
USING SURVEY DATA TO UNDERSTAND RIDESOURCING IN TENNESSEE: WHO, WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY?, Cassidy Kilmer Crossland
Machine Learning Applications for Waveform Analysis, Micah R. Cruz
An assessment of small game hunters’ and trappers’ motivations, satisfaction, and constraints, Kiley Davan
Chemical Elemental Analysis Using Portable X-ray Fluorescence as a Means of Sorting Commingled Human Remains, Matthew Mikal Davis
A Communications Testbed for Testing Power Electronic Agent Systems, Benjamin R. Dean
Screening for Cry proteins with unique receptors in fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea), Aria C. Deluna
Self-Identity and Risk Mitigation Behavior: Self-Protecting Masks Mandate, Mallory L. Denning
Evaluation of Medicaid Expansion on Food Insecurity Amongst Households with a Disability, Trinity Douglass
Relationships between Postpartum Anxiety, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, and Breastfeeding Exclusivity, Rachel Eichholtz
Pollinator Community Homogenization and Pollination Services in Agroecosystems, Devon S. Eldridge .
LiDAR evaluation of the structural complexity of multi-cropped white oak (Quercus alba) and pine (Pinus spp.) plantings in east Tennessee, USA, Bret Alan Elgersma
Evaluation of the Remote Provision of Local Food Assistance and Access Resources (FAAR) Training Program, Julianne Evans
Impacts of anthropogenic change on plant reproduction and fitness, Alexandra S. Faidiga
Life History, Diet and Habitat of the Federally Endangered Laurel Dace (Chrosomus saylori), Shawna M. Fix
Vorticity and Kinematic Analysis of the Cordillera Blanca Shear Zone, Peru, Corey Flynn
Expanding Band Parameter Analysis Methods for HED Meteorites and V-type Asteroids, Noah Adm Haverkamp Frere
Examining Messaging Strategies of Virtual Reality Companies on Instagram, Brian Galloway
Investigation of the Rupture Initiation and Mechanical Performance of Alumina Port Covers for Integrated Rocket Ramjet Systems, Haley R. Goldston
Radiation Effects on Lithium Indium Diselenide Semiconductors as Neutron Imaging Detectors, Robert M. Golduber
Investigating microbial genes involved in plant colonization and the effects on plant microbiome assembly, David Grant
Designing Polymer Materials for Improved Additive Manufacturing, Kaizhong Guan
I Am Woman: The Complicated Relationship between Fairy Mistresses, Virgin Martyrs, and the Medieval Patriarchy, Katherine A. Haire
Molecular Markers Within and Beyond Viburnum: A Single Set of SSRs for an Immense Genus, Trinity Paige Hamm
Nutritional Effects on Scrotal Circumference, Motility and Morphology of Spermatozoa and Cytokine Concentrations within Seminal Plasma of Beef Cattle, Taylor D. Harrison
The Development and Implementation of a Testing Regime for a Laser Spectroscopy Sample Chamber, Jonathan D. Hartman
Evaluating a Nutritional Supplement in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Selective Dry Cow Therapy, Kody Hash
NEURAL ACTIVATION DURING DIMENSIONAL LABEL LEARNING PREDICTS DIMENSONAL ATTENTION, Hollis Heim
Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Small-Scale Buckling Restrained Brace Analog, Lindsay K. Helferich
Quantifying Tree Canopy Contributions to Stormwater Runoff Reductions in Urban Watersheds of the Southeastern United States, Matthew C. Howard
Immigration et Émigration dans le ventre de l’Atlantique de Fatou Diome : les dessous pathétiques d’une odyssée à travers l’Afrique au Sud du Sahara., EMILE ANOH KABLAN
eYield: Testing the Adoption and Outcomes of a Novel Online Growth and Yield Model, Timothy S. Kane
Experimental Investigation of Spray Cooling/Heating of a Near-Isothermal Hydro-Pneumatic Energy Storage System, Saiid Kassaee
SUPPLEMENTING EAST TENNESSEE LANDSCAPES FOR POLLINATORS WITH NATIVE PERENNIALS, Amani Khalil
Memory of the Constitutional Convention and the Madison Papers, Amanda M. Klug
Periodic Replenish and Recount Policy to Address Record Inaccuracy from Stock Loss, Colton K. Ku
Design and Fabrication of Invar Layup Tool Molds using Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing, Matthew Lamsey
EMOTIONAL LABOR: TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDINGS OF THEIR EMOTIONAL LIVES IN PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, Kylie B. Larkin
Analysis of Hardware Accelerated Deep Learning and the Effects of Degradation on Performance, Samuel C. Leach
How Divergent Risk-Characters Rewrite the Anti-Vaccination Narrative, Shelby C. Luttman
Unmanned Aerial System for Radioactive Source Search, William J. Lynch
The Implications of Yoga as a Coping Mechanism for Stress During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Ellie Hunter Madenberg
Interactions of Candidate Gene Expression and in vitro Infection with Streptococcus uberis in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells, Hannah Lacy Martin Malcomson
Power System Stability Assessment with Supervised Machine Learning, Mirka Mandich
Association Between Stream Impairment by Mercury and Superfund Sites in the Conterminous USA, Karessa L. Manning
The Psychosocial Outcomes Among Athletes and Youths with Disabilities, Coleen E. Martinez
Terrestrial laser scanning technology for measuring streambank retreat along East Fork Poplar Creek and calculating the effect on mercury release., José L. Martínez Collado
Examining the Effects of Caregiver Stress, Communication Quality, and Discipline Practices on Child Externalizing Behavior, Mckenzie Rose Martin
Partial Discharge Testing and Detection under PWM Voltage, John Meadors
Evaluating the winter diet of a reintroduced herd of elk in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, using next-generation sequencing techniques, Dailee L. Metts
Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá: Constructing National Identity in the case of Jonathan González, Arturo Jaime Morales Jr
APPLICATION OF TITRATIONS FOR VERIFICATION OF SMALL MOLECULE INTERACTION IN RELATION TO AMIDOXIMATED FIBERS FOR URANIUM EXTRACTION FROM SEAWATER, Kc Michael Mote
Critical Pedagogy and Accountability: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Race and Embodiment in Tennessee's Teacher Evaluations, Rebecca C. Napreyeva
The Effect of Bovine Endometrial Cell Conditioned Media on In Vitro Produced Bovine Embryo Development and Gene Expression, Mary A. Oliver
Assessment of Component Level Tritium Transport for Fission and Fusion Systems, Miles Landon ONeal
Financial Feasibility and Factors that lead to Profitability for Small-Scale Farmers in Rwanda., Saheed Adeniyi Orimadegun
UHT Milk: Supply Chain Based Shelf Life Assessment and Risk Mitigation, Sagar Rameshwar Padghan
Political Attitudes and Behavior in a Pandemic: Factors Affecting Compliance with COVID-19 Policies, Christopher Palmer
The Role of Athletic Trainers in the Mental Health Care of Student-Athletes, Dominic J. Palumbo
TRANSSACCADIC UPDATING AND FEATURE OVERWRITING, Jessica Parker