Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2025
Integration of Trees and Compost Amendments on an Organic Farm for Soil Carbon and Soil Health Benefits, Cecilia Albert-Black
Structural Analysis of Microemulsions Using Small Angle Xray Scattering and Neutron Scattering for Energy Storage Systems, Md Shah Nuruddin Alif
Hempseed Hydrolysates Exhibit Antioxidant Activity in Food Model Systems, Brynn S. Angeletti
Bridging HPC Data Gaps: Novel Tools for GPU Resource Monitoring and Scheduler Emulation, Walter Jay Ashworth
Redefining Heimat: Exploring the Self, Culture, and Space in Elliot Blue’s Home? and Mo Asumang’s Roots Germania., Temitayo Babayeju
DUAL USE OF BONE SCAFFOLD FOR ANTIBIOTICS DELIVERY DELAYS THE ONSET OF OSTEOMYELITIS, Gabriela Bastos
Testing and Performance Evaluation of the Longitudinally Segmented Forward Hadronic Calorimeter (LFHCAL), Thibor Bernardon
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict is Shaping U.S. Wood Pellet Exports and EU Import Demand, Kortni Blalock
An evaluation of vegetation response and forage availability for Odocoileus virginianus to fire seasonality in pine ecosystems in the southeastern United States, Jacob Thomas Bones
The Gendered Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation Among Small-Scale Farmers in Negros Occidental, Philippines, Michelle Boutell
Geospatial Modeling and Educational Intervention: Addressing Microfiber Pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, Kali R. Butler
EU Environmental Policy: Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture, Natalie E. Crisci
News Media Constructions of School Shootings in the Contemporary United States, Lexi DeBusk
Assessing Water Scarcity Adaptation: Insights from Collective Investments and Global Policy Spillovers., Hannah M. Donahue
Evaluation of a Novel 3D Proton Beam Tracking System Utilizing Radar Imaging, Evan Samuel Dunn
From Competition to Career: Examining Personality and Career Readiness in Transitioning Collegiate Student-Athletes, Allyson Esielionis
Outcomes of Leptospira interrogans Infection in C3H/HeJ and C3H/HeN Mice Strains, Bryanna N. Fayne
Impact of Estrous Active Behavior and HEAT on Intrafollicular Hormone and Metabolite Levels in the Preovulatory Follicle in Beef Heifers, Pablo Fioravanti
Latent Bullying Victim Profiles Derived from Child and Teacher Reports: Differential Associations with Psychological and Social Functioning, Caroline K. Fowler
"Of ful gret sadnes": The Presentation of Feminine Grief, Sorrow, and Mourning in John Lydgate's Troy Book, Aspyn E. Freeman
A New Familism Scale for Use in Diverse Populations, Jared F. Galbreath
Losing Control: An Analysis of a Bipolar Disorder Communication Narrative, Nicholaus P. Ganus
Textual Bodies in the Novels of Burney, Austen, Brontë, and Eliot, Grace Gibson
Air and nutrient solution temperatures influence growth, development, mineral nutrients, and storage of five culinary herbs, Spencer R. Givens
Paromomycin is a more effective selection agent than kanamycin in Arabidopsis harboring the neomycin phosphotransferase II transgene, Colton Perry Goodman
Evaluating Digital Health Record Systems: Utility, Security, Deployability and Usability, Sitharthan Govindasamy Ramalingam
The Impact of Food Loss and Waste Reduction Practices on Consumer Grocery Store Choice, Aisling Grace Hagan
CONSEQUENCES OF ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD) INVASION ON BELOWGROUND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI, Jessica Hammonds
Leveraging Sequence Data for High-Density Imputation and Genetic Defect Mapping in Ruminants, Kenzy Hoffmann
The Unity and Diversity of Executive Function as shown by Resting-State Functional Connectivity: An fNIRS Replication and Methods Comparison Study, Haylee L. Hudson
Beyond Traffic Signals: Coordinating Heterogeneous Mixed Traffic at Unsignalized Intersections, Md Iftekharul Islam
The Quest for Queer Authenticity: The Roles of Spirituality, Self-Compassion, and Psychological Flexibility, Kriti Jain
Precision Livestock Farming in the Broiler Industry: A Producer Survey on Implementation and Extension Education, Terrilyn Klingberg
Proposed Best Practices for the Design and Management for Subsurface Drip Irrigation Fields in Tennessee, Jason A. Koehler
Advancing the GEOtiled Framework for Scalable High-Resolution Terrain Parameter Computation in Earth Sciences, Gabriel Mateo Laboy
The effects of adolescent stress and minocycline treatment on adult anxiety-related behavior in male and female Sprague Dawley rats, Sierra Rose Lawler
The role of perR on Group B Streptococcus peroxide and iron regulation, Stephen W. Lumsdaine
Reptile Decomposition: An Actualistic Study Using Argentine Tegus (Salvator merianae), Hannah M. Maddox
Physics-Guided Neural Network for the Prediction of Mass Change from Water Diffusion, Michael B. May
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization of Spiking Neural Networks, Luke Philip McCombs
Serial Eviction Filing in Knox County, Tennessee, Anna Victoria Mesa
Use of Plant Growing Promoting Bacteria as an alternative fertilizer for Bermudagrass, Felipe Fonseca Nassar
Field of Forgotten Dreams: The Role of Memorial Myopia in Representing Black Baseball History in Birmingham, Alabama, Micah Ortiz
The adsorption of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid by gibbsite, Logan D. Pederson
Response of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells to Altered Stress Conditions, Toni Morgan Perkins
Inactivation of foodborne viruses dried and as bio-aerosolized droplets on food-contact surfaces by ultraviolet light, Breanna Polen
The Food Desert Reduction Roadmap: A Food-Energy-Water Nexus Analysis for the Appalachian Region, Angela Michelle Price
CHEMOTAXIS OF PANTOEA SP. YR343 IN A SYNTHETIC POPULUS DELTOIDES RHIZOSPHERE, Gayle L. Purdy
The Summer School of the South: Cultural Foundations of the Southern Education Movement in the Progressive Era, 1902-1912, Charles P. Ramey
Heme Acquisition in Campylobacter jejuni using the Chu Heme Transport System and its Role in Colonization and Pathogenesis., Vincent Randaisi
Factors Affecting the Valuation of Hay: Producer and Consumer Preferences, Price Determinants, and Attribute Importance, Timothy Daniel Ray
"As fierce as the stare was, the hug was just as tight": A Qualitative Examination of Coach Pat Summitt, Madeline G. Reagan
Optimizing Corn Production in Tennessee: Enhancing Yield Potential and Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Sally A. Reed
Using Fatal Crash Data to Analyze Nationwide Trends in Pedestrian Safety at Bus Stops, Allison Rewalt
EVALUATION OF NOVEL PROTEIN-BASED INGREDIENTS DERVIED FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMPSEED (Cannabis sativa L.), Adrienne Abigail Rodriguez
Attachment and detachment kinetics of FtsZ filaments, Amit Bikram Sanyal
USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TO MEASURE COMPLEXITY IN CHICK-A-DEE CALLS OF MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES (POECILE GAMBELI), Zaharia Selman
Evaluating Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Alley Cropping, Hasibul Hasan Shanto
Harvesting Stories: A Qualitative Analysis of Farmers’ and Labor Contractors’ Experiences with Migrant Labor in the Southeast United States, Makenzie Laine Smith
Application of Neuromorphic Computing to Real World Scenarios, Julia Anne Steed
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Steel, Aluminum, and Glass Fiber Composite EV Battery Boxes, Bryant Scott Stegman
Thermal conditions in residential tents in Knoxville, Tennessee, during hot and cold nights, Seth Grady Thompson
High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Microreactors in Continuous Recycle Nuclear Fuel Cycles for Reducing Nuclear Waste and Environmental Impact, Venkata S. Vallabhaneni
Soapstone Characterization as a Proxy for Trade in the Archaic Southeast, Tom Vallrugo
“NATURE NEVER FORMED SUCH AN ADVANTAGEOUS PLACE:” MOUNTAIN LOGISTICS AND WARFARE IN THE TRANS-APPALACHIAN SOUTH, 1756-1776, Stuart T. Vanderkooi
“Circumstances of such atrocity:” Violence and Federal Authority in the Lower Ohio Valley Borderlands at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century, Andrew T. Washburn
Stakeholders' Perceptions of mRNA Vaccines in Beef Cattle: Exploring Acceptance, Concerns, and the Future of Beef Health Management, Bailey R. Watson
Helium Bubble Evolution In Nano-Infiltrated Transient Eutectic SiC Utilizing Machine Learning Analysis, Kip Wheeler
The Role of Justice in Nuclear Engineering Education, Destiny White
Low-Cost Melt Pool Monitoring in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Steven Wilmoth
Immunological impacts following an in-utero BVDV exposure to post-weaning calves, Alyssa Wilson
Masters Theses from 2024
State of Health Estimation for Second-Use Electric Vehicle Batteries in Grid Applications, Yousef Hassan A Alamri
pH-responsive hydrogels formed with shellac and zein acidified with glucono-δ-lactone, Javier A. Aleman Martinez
Money, Family, Happiness: Financial Beliefs and Relational Satisfaction in Parent-Young Adult Children Relationships, Keely M. Algya
WETTING AND SCALING RESISTANCE OF MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES, Azal Alhadidi
NOVEL POLYMER-DERIVED CERAMIC ANTENNAS FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS, Peter J. Alley
Optimization of Learning Algorithms in Neuromorphic Computing Systems., Oyinpere S. Ameli
System-Level Health Monitoring of Small Modular Reactors: Neural Network Autoencoder Fault Detection and Fuzzy Logic Classification, David J. Anderson
Tiny Ordovician brachiopods from the eastern United States: An assessment of their systematics, phylogenetic, and biogeographic trends, Mariana Andrade
Evaluation of Bioengineered Bank Stabilization Methods for Use in Stormwater Mitigation Programs, Jaimie Ellen Dieker Armitage
Interconnecting Feed Efficiency with Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Growth, Sophia Maria Ascolese
An Augmented Commons Model: The Potentials for Alternative Governance of Nationalpark Schwarzwald, Aubrey Sofia Bader
Enrollment in forest carbon credit programs in the U.S., Sofwaan A. Bakary
Leadership Journeys of Twelve Women in the Wine Industry: A Qualitative Study, Colleen Baker
Evaluation of Eriophyid Mite Collection Methods and Environmental Parameters that Affect Populations of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus, Tara Michelle Barnette
Experimental Studies of Shock Train Generation and Unstart Propagation in Mach 2.3 Flow, Nicholas W. Bartlett
Risk Preferences Impact on Cattle Producers’ Use of Price Risk Management, Sourav Barua
Growing Southern Appalachian forests for both timber and carbon storage value: Is there a trade-off?, Jareth B. Beeler
Neural-Network-Based Detection of Radiopharmaceutical Extravasation In PET/CT Data, Elijah D. Berberette
EASIER AIR ALERT PLATFORM: A DESIGN AND APPROACH TO CREATING A DISTRIBUTED AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND ALERT SYSTEM, Bryceton Bible
The potential for trypsin inhibitor expression in leaves to convey herbivory deterrence in soybean, Audrey E. Birdwell
Assessment of Nocturnal and Crepuscular Arthropods and Their Influence on Bat Species on the Eastern Highland Rim, Carmen Black
Evaluating a Stochastic Optimized Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Chain from Winter Canola and Its Carbon Intensity, Kumar Bolakhe
Survivors as Agents: How Linguistic Agency Impacts Perceptions of Survivors and Perpetrators of Sexual Assault, Darla Bonagura