Masters Theses
Masters Theses from 2024
INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS AS PROXY MEASURES FOR KNEE KINETIC VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH ACL INJURY, Kavon Bonakdar
Fates and Movements of Relocated Conflict Black Bears and Interactions with Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge of Tennessee and North Carolina, Kristin J. Botzet
Low-Cost Image Collection and Compilation for Enhanced In-Situ Monitoring in Laser-Powder Bed Fusion, Brett Eugene Brady
An Evaluation of Spectroscopic Databases: Content, Structure, Toolsets, Usability, and Documentation, Joseph William Braker
“THE BEST-WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE”: NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, AND MIXED EMOTIONAL REACTIONS TO GETTING VOTED OFF SURVIVOR ISLAND, Emily Ann Brayton
Assessing the current knowledge and future prospect of mass timber, Alexander T. Bremner
Principles of Tomographic Measurements and Reconstruction, Bernadette Evelyn Brezinski
Labor Trafficking on the Global Sporting Stage, Luke A. Brice
Lower Limits of Performance of an Electrospray Thruster using a Direct Measurement Method, Caitlin M. Bunce
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) resource selection and survival on Quail Focal Areas in Tennessee, Elizabeth Faye Burken
AQUATIC TRANSITIONS AND INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS IN FISSIDENS MOSSES, Julia R. Butler
DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON ANTERIOR KNEE LAXITY, Taliah Jo Carlson
Ion effects on alkaline conjugation and acid stability of casein-propylene glycol alginate dispersions, Bryan A. Castellanos Paez
A NEW MODEL FOR HERRINGBONE CARBONATE PRECIPITATION BASED ON FINDINGS FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN OF SARDINIA, Catherine Caterham
Characterization of Whey Protein Isolate-Polysaccharide Complexes as Antifreezing Agents in Commercial Cream Cheese, Celeste A. Chadwick
Effects of Broiler Litter Application on Crop Yield, Soil Fertility, and Organic Carbon Dynamics in No-Till Corn-Soybean Rotations, Rahul Chandra
Comparison of Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions with 15 Solar Mass Progenitors, Chien-Hui Chen
Post-Layout Evaluation of Adiabatic Logic for Energy Efficiency and CPA Resistance, Jun-Cheng Chin
Impact of preovulatory follicle maturity on oocyte metabolism and embryo development., Hannah M. Clark
Cluster Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Towards Online Grocery Shopping and Impacts on Online Grocery Usage and Food Expenditure, Harrison T. Clark
MERCURY BIOMAGNIFICATION IN AQUATIC FOOD WEBS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Zachary Winston Clark
Spontaneous Plant Colonization of Newly Established Green Roofs: An Experimental Approach, Braden Matthew Coats
A Quantitative Analysis of Security Keys and Commit Signing on Github, Parker N. Collier
Moral Education Through Mass Art: Implementing Vanderpump Rules in the Modern Ethics Classroom, Madison A. Cosby
Advancements in Tunability of High-Symmetry, Intermetallic Phase Formation in Al-Ce alloys: Influence of Undercooling and Alloying, Emilee Hannah Counce
Koopman-Inspired Proximal Policy Optimization (KIPPO), Andrei Cozma
Utilizing Pi-Systems as a Synthetic Handle for Sustainable Materials and Polymer Upcycling, Chase Cromer
Transmission and Vectoring of Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus spp. by Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Zea mays, Alexandra Nicole Crowder
The Clutching Inerter Damper in Base Isolation and with Variable Inertia for Vibration Control, Wyatt L. Cupp
Roles of native Trichoderma isolates in reducing tomato Fusarium wilt and increasing phosphorus uptake, Caitlin Priscilla Dalton
MACHINE LEARNING FOR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MILLING PROCESS, Katy Daniels
“AND AM I BORN TO DIE?”: COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN HEAVY METAL, Alexandra Dellgren
Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Experiment Design for Targeted Uncertainty Reduction, Alexander Amedeo DePillis
HUMAN DECOMPOSITION EVALUATION: A STANDARDIZED APPROACH FOR STAGING AND SCORING MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Phillip D. Ditto
Experimental Investigation Into the Effects of Surface Roughness in a Mach 4 Edge Turbulent Boundary Layer, Jordan Dixon
PROMOTING PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF STRESS: THE COMBINED INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONING, Jillian F. Dodson
A Multi-Metric Approach to Fay-Herriot Small Area Estimation of Forests, Zachary Dorminey
Framing Maternity Care Access in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Online News Sources, Esther Dowell
Composite Inert Matrix Fuel Forms in High-Temperature Gas Cooled Micro-Reactors to Reduce Spent Nuclear Fuel, High Level Waste and Environmental Impact, Donald L. Doyle
Effects of increased temperature on secondary seed dispersal in dung beetles, Nathan Lee Duerr
Understanding Missing National Agriculutral Statistics Survey Yields, William Hence Duncan
Digital Storytelling: Rhetorical Purpose, Modes, and Community Across POTS-Centered Instagram Accounts, Sara Jordan Eaton
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SACCADIC ADAPTATION AND PERCEPTION OF THE SACCADE TARGET OBJECT, Madeline M. Embrey
Conventional vs. slow-growing broilers: developmental pathways associated with differential muscle and adipose growth., Lindsey Eppinger
WINTER ROOST SELECTION OF EASTERN RED BATS AND IMPACTS OF NON-GROWING SEASON PRESCRIBED FIRE ON FORAGING ACTIVITY OF FOREST ROOSTING BATS IN TENNESSEE, Ashley D. Epstein
Dyad and Group Alignment in Pure Coordination Games, Kennedy D. Evins
Understanding Linguistic Treatment Across Species: a Comparative Study at Zoo Knoxville, Dynestee S. Fields
AFFIRMATIVE REPRODUCTIVE & GYNECOLOGICAL HEALTHCARE FOR TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS, Deja Imani Fitzgerald
Investigation of Small Molecule Diffusion in Complex Fluids Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Grant Foley
POTENTIAL FOR NOVEL FEED INGREDIENTS IN DAIRY CATTLE DIETS: CALCAREOUS MARINE ALGAE AND MALE STERILE SORGHUM, Loren E. Foley
Using Embryos to Dissect Molecular Gene Expression Heterosis in Beef Cattle, Garrett Franklin
The Creative Writing Pedagogy of Black Mountain College, Bethany Gareis
Geospatial Analysis of Crop Production and Publicly-Funded Research Stations to Scale Carbon Markets, Madeline D. Ginsberg
Watch, Follow, Sabotage: Themes of Stasi Surveillance in the Queer East German Films Coming Out and Die andere Liebe, Julia Goncalves
Family Ghosts: Kinship, Identity, and Memory in the American South, Rachel H. Griffin
Teacher Preparation and Perceptions on Readiness to Address the Science of Reading, Hannah Marie Gump
Dairy Revenue Protection: Choice Determinants and Performance Assessment, Wyatt A. Haley
Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns of Harmful Convective Weather Hazards Across Tennessee from 1996–2022, Cara Hannel
Utilizing the Capability Approach to Investigate the Sexual Well-Being of Survivors of Sexual Assault, Grace C. Haring
Dynamics of Diffusion, Landon K. Harris
Evaluation Of Calculated Peak Runoff Flow Rates At The Limitations of Different Hydrologic Methods in Knox County, Tennessee, Adam Robert Henriksen
IMPACTS OF THE RICHMONDIAN INVASION IN THE NASHVILLE DOME: ANALYSIS OF NICHE STABILITY USING ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING, Noel J. Hernández Gómez
A COMPARISON OF TIME SERIES METHODS FOR POST-COVID TRANSIT RIDERSHIP FORECASTING, Ashley Morgan Hightower
Differential Die-Away Analysis to Detect the Presence of Nuclear Material in Cargo, Sophia C. Hitson
Changes in Tennessee Land Use, Leann Hopper
Bridging User Preferences and Security Demands: A User-Centric Approach to Password Generation, David H. Huang
Pollinator Education for Master Gardeners, Victoria Teresa Hull
Advancing Compact Modeling of Electronic Devices: Machine Learning Approaches with Neural Networks, Mixture Density Networks, and Deep Symbolic Regression, Jack Robert Hutchins
Devlopment and Study of Weather Effects in a High-Speed Wind Tunnel, Jacob Evan Jenkins
Alcohol Use as a Moderator of the Association between Impulsivity and Suicidal Ideation Among College Students, Mary Christine Jensen
Tall Fescue and Orchardgrass Productivity and Persistence Under Grazing Systems in Tennessee, Kollin F. Johnson
Starch-Based Hydrogel for Administration of Radiotherapeutic Anticancer Agents, Anna Lixian Jones
Enhanced Targeting of Cellular Delivery through Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Activated Liposomes with Boronate-Caged Arginylglycylaspartic acid (RGD) Lipid, Michael Temitope Kadiri
Assessment of Enzyme Stability in Subsurface Sediments by Computational Methods, Kambiz Kalhor
Determination of the Mechanisms of Cytoplasmic Streaming, Alex B. Keith
Identifying and Assessing Metrics of Ecosystem Recover in Eastern Hardwood Forests, Ian Kennedy
Understanding the Conformational Dynamics of the Glucagon Receptor in a Native Membrane Environment Using Single-Molecule FRET, Susmita Khanal
Contention Within the Family: Environmental Justice and Religion in Indonesia, Husnul Khitam
2D temperature map acquisition using HyperSpectral Imaging System (HSIS), Anthony Kim
Holy Asexualities: Discursive Constructions and Late Medieval Religious Women's Asexual Embodiment, Mackenzie Wynn King
The Causes and Implications of Burnout Among Graduate Assistants, Katherine Mary Kuka
Holocene Vegetation and Fire History from the Sediments of Three Wetlands in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.A., Anna G. LaFollette
EVALUATION OF TRACE MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE MATERNAL IMMUNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT TO IMPROVE CONCEPTION RATE OF LACTATING COWS, Mary A. Leach
Validating the Design Tensile Strength of Grade 5 and Metric Class 8.8 Bolts, Paxton Charles Lifsey
What's the Pointe?: A Leap into New Leadership, Traci A. Lively
Validation of Soil Test Based Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilizer Recommendations for Soybean in West Tennessee, Sydney L. Logwood
41 FOR FREEDOM: BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINERS AND THE NUCLEAR DETERRENT SHIELD DURING THE COLD WAR, Jeremy Daniel Long
SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE AS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STRUCTURE: CAN NARRATIVE KNOWLEDGE HELP STUDENTS WRITE STRONGER ACADEMIC ESSAYS?, Merrill Eric Augustine Loya
Organic Linker Design for Control of Metal-Organic Nanotube Pore Size, Patrick F. Luciani
Defining a haplotype encompassing the LCORL-NCAPG locus associated with increased lean growth in beef cattle, Leif E. Majeres
BISON Analysis of Silicon Carbide Cladding Separate Effects Mechanical Tests that Mimic Reactivity Initiated Accidents, Elizabeth Martinez
Designing a Serious Game to Simulate Ecological Processes on a Post-Eruption Mount St. Helens Landscape, Parker Maynard
Characterizing Pathogenesis-related Proteins and Environmental Conditions that Suppress Dollar Spot Infections of Bentgrass, Dillon McCallum