
Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2020
Comparison of Three Rapid Commercial Canine Parvovirus Antigen Detection Tests with Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR), Niloofar Khajeh-Kazerooni
Willing White Flag: Voluntary Militia Disarmament in the Lebanese Civil War, Daniella Maria Khoury
Informing Safety Analysis and Transient Testing for the Transformational Challenge Reactor, Robert Forrester Kile
Forage species selection for transitional organic production in the Southeastern United States, Jonathan Kubesch
LAGRANGIAN BEDLOAD MOVEMENT PREDICTION USING THE VIRTUAL VELOCITY APPROACH, Theodoros Kyriakopoulos
An Explicit Asymptotic Approach Applied To Neutrino-Electron Scattering In The Neutrino Transport Problem, Aaron Michael Lackey - Stewart
Defining Bee Pollinator Community Composition in Tennessee Soybean, Andrew L. Lawson
Improvements to Solanum tuberosum cv. ‘Desireé’ cell suspension culture and Nicotiana tabacum cv. ‘Petit Havana’ shoot induction., Jessica Slade Layton
Role of correlation and statistical distribution for multi-objective conservation investment, Young Gwan Lee
Electron microprobe in situ monazite dating of the Slide Lake shear zone, Jeremy Leierzapf
Characterizing Volcaniclastic Deposits on Planetary Surfaces Using Remote Sensing Observations, Clarissa Leight
Morphology and Decomposition of Roots Under Organic Management in the Southeastern U.S., Karen Leu
Random Search Plus: A more effective random search for machine learning hyperparameters optimization, Bohan Li
Positive Influence of Rectal Temperature at Fixed Timed Artificial Insemination on Pregnancy Outcome in Beef Cattle, Hunter Liles
Soil organic carbon accumulation in organic cropping systems, James Littrell
Opioids Disrupt Sleep and Wakefulness in C57BL/6J mice, Clarence E. Locklear
Influence of Traditional and Dual-Use Cropping on Arthropods and Slugs in Soybean in Tennessee, Matthew L. Longmire
Producer Perceptions and the Use of Conservation Practices in Middle and West Tennessee, Yung-Lun Lo
Influence of Living Plant Roots and Mycorrhizal Hyphae on Soil Hydraulic Properties, Katelyn M. Marcacci
“HOME SWEET HOME TO ME”: FIRST YEAR WRITING ATTITUDES IN ROCKY TOP, Bethany Wood Martin
Predicting Surface Heat Flux and Temperature via a Pulse-Echo Acoustic Transducer for Inverse Heat Conduction Applications, Kevin Jiju Mathew
An Inconsistent God: Attachment to God and Minority Stress among Sexual Minority Christians, Adam David Anthony Maughan
Classification of bacterial motility using machine learning, Yue Ma
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Ca12Ga14O33, Sabrina Emerson McCoy
“Este diablo de vieja”: Revealing the Conversa Voice in Celestina, Morgan B. McCullough
Hunter’s Response to the Emergence of Chronic Wasting Disease in Tennessee, Abigail Louise Meeks
Determining the Feasibility of Cyclic Voltammetry for Pyroprocessing Safeguards, Jonathan T. Mitchell
Aroma Chemistry of Daldinia childiae Fermentation, Andrew Jason Moore
Quantitative trait loci analysis of a RIL soybean population to determine chromosomal regions governing seed protein, oil, and linolenic acid content, Ronald E. Moore
Identifying Smokestacks in Remotely Sensed Imagery via Deep Learning Algorithms, Kenneth Moss
Comparison of Extracellular Protein and Polysaccharide Hydrolysis Between an Arctic and a Temperate Environment, Lauren Mullen
Development of a Capacitive Sensor for In-Pile Materials Monitoring, Tyler M. Naughton
APPLICATION OF PUROMYCIN ASSOCIATED NASCENT CHAIN PROTEOMICS (PUNCH-P) TO PLANT SAMPLES, Aleksandra Izabela Noras
A Privacy Evaluation of Nyx, Savannah A. Norem
Development of microfluidic bubble perfusion device for neuropeptide analysis from ex vivo brain slice models, Victoria Norman
Evaluating the Effects of Various Painting Techniques on Athletic Field Surface and Root Zone Characteristics, Bryan McKinley Ogle
Building containerized environments for reproducibility and traceability of scientific workflows, Paula Fernanda Olaya
Vital Sign Detection Using Millimeter Wave Radars, Kellen Oleksak
Survivability Investigation of Cylindrical Shaped Water Cooled Probe in High Heat Flux Conditions, Joshua Osborne
LA RELIGION ET L'OPPRESSION DES FEMMES DANS LES ROMANS DE FATOU DIOME ET MBAREK OULD BEYROUK., Julius Yaw Osei
Mathematical Model to Design a Reliable Flow of Materials using Supermarkets, Vaikrant Sachin Pandav
Mill dynamics: Exploring factors that influence closure patterns of primary forest product mills in the Southern U.S., Nidia Cristina Panti
Effects of Cooling and Postharvest Storage Methods on Broccoli Quality, Sarah Parker
Nostoc Colonization Driven by Sphagnum Host Genetic Variation, Megan Nicole-Ujjval Patel
Analyzing Populations of Cotton Seedling Disease and Evaluating Seed Treatment Efficacy, Shelly Pate
Efficiency Studies of the US Transportation Sector, A. Latif Patwary, Edward Yu, Burton English, David Hughes, and Seong-Hoon Cho
HEAT TRANSFER OF 316L – A356 INTERPENETRATING HYBRID MATERIALS, Alex Pawlowski
Design of Power Receiving Units for 6.78MHz Wireless Power Transfer Systems, Hoang Phuc Tran Pham
Sustained Release of Persulfate and Iron(II) Ions from Inert Inorganic Materials for Groundwater Remediation, Peter Pham
Improving body composition in broiler chicks through the early life diet, Kamille Piacquadio
Flight Test Optimization of Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Planetary Boundary Layer Research, Brittany Lane Porcelli
Understanding the Threshold of Detection of Aeolian Features in Magellan Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Using Venusian and Terrestrial Dune Fields, Louisa Xian-Yue Rader
Impacts of the Chimney Tops 2 Wildfire on Soil and Stream Water Chemistry in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Salley Reamer
Climate Change and Variability: Producers' Perceptions and Determinants of Adaptation Strategies in Rice Farming in Chitwan, Nepal, Hari Prasad Regmi
Predictors of Sustained Breastfeeding in Low-income Mothers, Rebecca Gayle Renegar
Efficacy of Creative Interventions in Virtual Reality, Matthew Thomas Richesin
Assessment of the Greenbelt Law on Tennessee’s Forest Landowners, Mary Alexandra Richman
Genome-wide Associations Detect Allele Dose-dependent Metabolism and Transport Genes as Basis for Variation in Sweetpotato Storage Root Culinary Profiles, Tara Elizabeth Rickman
Summer Nutrition Program Availability in Tennessee, Abigail Grace Rider
Working with What You Know: Examining how L2 Graduate Students Negotiate Writing Knowledge, Brenna Mary Ritzert
Design and Implementation of Rotational Print Heads to Control Fiber Orientation in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing, Michael David Roberts
Biomass Potential in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Development: Switchgrass Production Optimization and Carinata Oilseed Enterprise Viability Analysis, Kevin Alan Robertson
Investigating Localized Performance and Mass Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolyzers, Frida Helena Roenning
Oops, Did I Do That? Uncovering Apparent Mishandling, Tax Fraud, and Illegal Contributions via a Systematic Study of Cryptocurrency Donations to US Political Campaigns, Dakota Blake Sanders
Giving Transit a Voice: A Case Study of TriMet’s Social Media, Nicholas Peter Sarafolean
Shared Fun and Enjoyment in Older Adulthood, Siera Schwanz
Big Data and Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach to Understand Why People Ride E-Scooter in Nashville, Tennessee, Nitesh Shah
Improving Conservation and Recreation in Environments Shared by Humans and Bats, Hannah Shapiro
Ergonomic Workload Balancing, Kshitij Krishna Sharma
Investigating the Effects of Tethered, Axial Lewis Base Coordination on Rhodium(II) Paddlewheel Complexes, William A. Sheffield
The Remediation of Paralinguistic Features for the Construction of Epistemic Stance in Online Vegan Communities, James R. Shepard III
Grid Frequency Regulation Provided by High Power Motor Drives, Taylor Lee Short
NMR characterization of the ligand dependent dynamic changes in Cytochrome P450s, Rebecca Shrem
Phytophthora capsici in Tennessee: Fungicide resistance, population genetics and cultural control, Timothy Brent Siegenthaler
Appalachia Abroad: The University of Tennessee and Cold War Rural Development Programs in India, 1954-1972, Kaitlin Amanda Simpson
Exploring Changes in Functional Connectivity Associated with the Development of Cognitive Flexibility During Middle Childhood, Meagan Smith
Late Paleozoic ophiuroid biodiversity based on a diverse fauna from the Indian Springs Shale Member of the Big Clifty Formation, Sulphur, Indiana, USA, Nicholas Scott Smith
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-SPEED AIR-BREATHING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE METRICS, Katherine M. Stamper
Flux Spectrum Adjustment in High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), Austin Stanford
Das ist doch trivial! Wie Walter Moers mithilfe der Intertextualität mit der Grenze zwischen Hoch- und Trivialliteratur spielt, Isabell Stoll
STAR WARS, PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BREAKUPS, AND THE FORCE…OF FANDOM, Alexandria P. Sutherland
States of Penetration: The Body Cavity Search and Its Visual Representations, Vivian A. Swayne
Camera-Based Remote Photoplethysmography for Estimation of Heart Rate using Single Board Computers, Benjamin Sweely
INVESTIGATING THE ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF THE INDIANA BAT AND TRI-COLORED BAT DURING FALL SWARMING AND SPRING STAGING, Mallory E. Tate
Assessment of the Use of Low Molecular Weight Diblock Copolymers for the Formation of Stable, Tunable Droplet Interface Bilayers, Joseph Tawfik
Corporate commitment to diplomatic efforts: A case study of corporate diplomacy in Germany, Jacob Teetzmann
Experimental Study of the Alteration of Basalt on the Surface of Venus, Hannah Teffeteller
Application of Artificial Neural Nets to a Selective Laser Sintering Additive Manufacturing Process For Fault Detection, Benjamin Terry
SUMMER FORAGING RANGE AND DIURNAL ROOST SELECTION OF TRI-COLORED BATS, PERIMYOTIS SUBFLAVUS., Dustin Bradley Thames
City of Ill Repute: Labor and Sex Work in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1890-1914, Emma G. Thompson
Sexual Orientation Belief Profiles, Attitudes, and Identity Development: A Person-Centered Analysis, David Tierney
The Ontology of Kont: A New Epistemology of Temporal Aesthetics in Afro-Caribbean Speculative Fiction, Zoie C. Timothy
Fieldable Neutron Imaging System: Simulation and Experimentation into the Viability of Associated Particle Imaging in Austere Field Environments, Benjamin Charles Troxell
Who I Am: Gender, Embodiment, and Code Switching in Bachata Dance Communities, Holly Tumblin
Music Theory Metacognition: How Thinking About Thinking Improves Music Learning, Jillian Vogel