Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2020
Tweet diffusion over space and time: A comparison of a winter-weather and tornado-outbreak case study, Alyssa Margaret Cannistraci
Computational Fluid Dynamics Assessment of Laminar-Turbulent Boundary Layer Transition and its Application to Rotorcraft, Jared Alexander Carnes
Emotional Destruction: How Supervisors Can Transform a Subordinate’s Emotions Towards the Workplace, Diane K. Carr
A Multi-Proxy Record of Paleoenvironmental Change from a Southern Belizean Pine Savanna, Jacob Cecil
Effects of Soil Conservation Practices on Soil Properties in a Cotton and Soybean System in West Tennessee, Safak Ceylan
Synthesis of Well-Defined Binary Mixed Brushes on 20 nm Silica Nanoparticles and Asymmetrically End- Functionalized Semicrystalline Poly(ε-caprolactone)s, Andrew J. Chancellor
Inactivation of Human Norovirus Surrogates, Feline Calicivirus and Tulane Virus, by Ozonated Water, Joseph Choi
Occupy the Food Supply: The University of Tennessee and Food Insecurity, Bryan Clayborne
Retrospective Reports of Fathering and New Fathers’ Parenting Identities, Shelby Taylor Clouthier
Optical Measurements of Viscous Interactions on a Hollow-Cylinder / Flare in a Mach 4 Freestream, Jack William Cobourn
Borderline Features Mediate the Association between the Experience of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Opioid Misuse among Pregnant Women, Chloe T. Cohen
Improving Stream Bank Erosion Estimates by Adjusting the Applied Shear Stress for Different Bank Characteristics, Justin Condon
The Impact of Objects’ Visual Properties on Infant Reaching Strategies, John Paul Connell
Validation of the College Planning Behaviors Scale, Katherine Danielle Cook
Making Orange Green? A Critical Geographic Approach to Carbon Footprinting Tennessee Football Tourism, Jacob Alexander Cooper
Conservation of Terrestrial Salamanders Through Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Management in Eastern Hemlock Forests within Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jonathan Lawrence Cox
Methodology for Source Term Analysis of a Molten Salt Reactor, Sarah Creasman
The IBC-Why Model: Juggling structure and rhetorical theory in the first-year composition classroom, JESSICA ANNE CYPHERS
Utilization of Raman Spectroscopic Techniques for Forensic Science Applications, Alyssa Rose Daniel
A System Dynamics Approach to Sediment Management at Small Hydropower Facilities, Sarah Ann Dowda
ALTERNATIVE MODERATOR CONCEPTS FOR MODULAR/MICRO HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTORS, Edward Matthew Duchnowski
Measurement and Analysis of Pressure Profile for Nozzle Based Single Screw Extrusion Systems, Jake Dvorak
Study of a Position Sensing Gas Proportional Detector for Decommissioning, Christopher Echterling
Exploring the Effects of Response Type in a Visual Working Memory Task: An fNIRS Study, Rachel Eddings
DETECTION OF METASTATIC CANCERS IN BONE: A COMPARISON OF MACROSCOPIC AND RADIOGRAPHIC METHODS, Sara Fatula
Network Analysis of Protein Structure Networks Upon Ligand Binding, David Foutch
Strength and Reliability of Bolted Connections Susceptible to Tearout, Nicolo Franceschetti
Carbon Metabolism in Cave Subaerial Biofilms, Victoria E. Frazier
Development and Testing of a GIS-Based Method to Detect and Characterize Sinkholes, Bridgette Ingram Fritz
ALTERED EXPRESSION OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IMPAIRS REM SLEEP ACTIVITY IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS, Jennifer Marie Garner
Protagoras's Teaching Promises a Modified Version of Homeric Virtue, Mary Gatta
A Neuroscience-Inspired Approach to Training Spiking Neural Networks, James Michael Ghawaly Jr.
Consumer Preferences for Environmentally Friendly Disposable Dinnerware Alternatives, Mackenzie Gill
Preterm Birth Among Opioid-Using Women Vs. High Risk Controls: The Potential Moderating Role of Borderline Features, Andrea Maria Gorrondona
Roles of Select Cytochrome P450 Epoxygenases in Brown Adipogenesis, Katherine Marie Graham
Impacts of Tariffs and Trade Agreements on Japanese Wine Imports by Source, Emily Katherine Greear
Evaluating the Effects of Scan Strategy on AM Annealed Fe-3Si steel through Understanding of Solidification Conditions and Thermal Stresses, Michael P. Haines
Incorporating Aural Skills in The Teaching of Middle and High School Instrumental Ensembles, Adrian Hartsough
Social Rhythms and Health Outcomes in Young Adults, Grace Marie Hawkins
Asch and AI: Conformity to Non-Human Intelligence, Andrew Stephen Heim
Effects of a moderate and aggressive implant strategy on the rumen microbial community and metabolome in steers, Madison Henniger
The Use of Optical In-Situ Data of Tensile Samples to Model Porosity for Part Qualification of AM 316L, Caitlin Hensley
The Parent Influence: The Relationship Among Family Communication Patterns, Student Financial Literacy, and College Choice, Casey Lynn Hillon
Providing Real-time Driver Advisories in Connected Vehicles: A Data-Driven Approach Supported by Field Experimentation, Mohammad Asadul Hoque
CHOICE OF CRITERION MEASURE MATTERS FOR VALIDATING ESTIMATES OF YOUTH SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR: DIRECT OBSERVATION VERSUS INDIRECT CALORIMETRY VERSUS BOTH, Minttu Karoliina Hukka
Pinocchio: An Opera in Two Acts, Aaron Lee Hunt
Information Theory Problem Description Parser, Gary Brent Hurst
Efficacy of a Mushroom Derived Saltiness Enhancer in Increasing Saltiness and Consumer Acceptance in Low Sodium Applications, Lindsay Jenkinson
Media Representation of Prostitutes in the British Empire, Allison Wittmer Johnson
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF AZIDE- TAGGED BIOMIMETIC PROBES FOR GLOBAL LABELING OF THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE GLYCEROLIPIDOME, Matthew R. Johnson
Strategies and Characteristics of Young African American Women Who Maintain Physical Activity, Chloe Jones
The Effects of Geometry and Material Variations on the Onset Voltage of Electrospray Emitters, Justin Michael Jones
Legal System Disclosure Experiences of Young Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Amie Kahovec
Flowering Dogwoods under Fire: Responses of the Microbiome under Prescribed Burn Management, Beant Kapoor
Linking Theory of Disruptive Technology with Nuclear Security: UAS as an Emerging and Disruptive Technology, Jason J. Karcz
Developer Reputation Estimator: Increasing the Transparency of Developer Contributions in Open Source Software, Andrey Karnauch
Interdisciplinary Artists: The Collaboration of Interdisciplinary Artists Foster Interdisciplinary Education, Ninut Karnthaworn
Metabolomics Advanced and Applied: Shrinking the metabolomic knowledge gap by advancing and applying metabolomics in integrated multi-omics, Matthew J. Keller
"Wolves in Sheep's Clothing": Dissimulation within Sixteenth-Century Castile’s Luterano Community, Susana Joy Kenyon
Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larval Distribution on Different Bt Technologies and Evaluating Cotton Plant Tissue Assays for Resistance Monitoring, Dawson David Kerns
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