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Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Biomimetic Design, Modeling, and Adaptive Control of Robotic Gripper for Optimal Grasping, Mushtaq Al-Mohammed

The Impact of Covid-19 Precautions on Teachers' Preparation Programs in Kuwait, Nour Alshammari

Automated Vehicle to Vehicle Conflict Analysis at Signalized Intersections by Camera and LiDAR Sensor Fusion, Alabi Mehzabin Anisha

Breaking the Mold: Haunted Attraction Mazes; A Study in Reducing Predictability & Increasing Intensity, Within Unconventional Halloween Attraction Experiences, Amy Avalos

Assessing Patient Safety Culture In United States' Hospitals, Abdulmajeed Azyabi

Advancing Medical Education by Optimizing the Use of Formal and Informal Curriculum Resources, Ziana Bagot

Multiracial but not Post-racial: The Reproduction of Racial Ideology and Processes in a Multiracial Church, Willie Barnes

Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) Forced by the Covid-19 Pandemic: EFL Teachers' Practices and Perspectives Two Years Later, Eman Barri

The Concept of the Populus Romanus in the Late Republic and Augustan Period, Nicklaus Bobertz

"How to Succeed": Determining and Comparing the Musical and Non-Musical Influences behind the Broadway Adaptation of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Gary Bogers

Development of a Multivariate Poisson Hidden Markov Model for Application in Educational Data Mining, Shahab Boumi

The Nine Lives of Ula Stöckl: Recovering Germany's First Feminist Filmmaker, Rachel Braaten

Design and Fabrication of a Compact, Rugged, and Thermally Stabilized Fiber Based Mode Locked Oscillator with Amplification., Joshua Bryan

Sacrificing Sisters: Nurses' Psychological Trauma from the First World War, 1914-1918, Kayla Campana

Macro-level Factors Impacting Colorectal Cancer Screening Behavior Among Church-going Chinese Immigrants in the U.S.: A Convergent Mixed-method Study, Xian Cao

Resources and Racism: An Examination of a Dual-Pathway Model of Economic Stress and Workplace Prejudice and Discrimination, Nicole Carusone

2D Animation of the 21st Century: The Digital Age, James Chambless

Mixed-integer Programming Methods for Modeling and Optimization of Cascading Processes in Complex Networked Systems, Cheng-Lung Chen

The Universal Story: Coming-of-Age In Contemporary Animation, Christina Christie

Choreographing Closeness: The Effects of Intimacy Choreography Best Practices in Educational Theatre, Morgan Cobb

Compulsory Conformity in Modern Japanese Culture: An Exploration of Asexuality in the works of Murata Sayaka, Kawakami Mieko, and Kamatani Yuki, Nicholas Colecio

Development of a Computational Application to Aid with Chemometric and Forensic Analysis of Fire Debris Samples, Michelle Corbally

Uncovering Ophelia: The Reclamation of Women's Madness Through Feminist Disability Studies, Amy Crawford

Aliens from Outer Space Don't Know How to Smile, Ollie Damm

Covid, Inequalities and Health: A Sociological Analysis About the Resilience Found in Unique Student Life Experiences, Sarah Da Silva

Nurse Managers' Patient Safety Communication, Christine Deatrick

The Loyalty of the Lords of Albret: An Investigation of the Gascon Rolls at the Outset of the Hundred Years War, Jason Delaney

Discrimination, Terrorist Violence and Secularist Policies: Challenges for the Integration of Muslims in Western Europe, Davide Dell'isola

Quantitative Metallurgy of Anisotropic Nickel-Base Superalloys Under Tensile and Fatigue Loading, Dominic DeVito

Non-invasive Detection of Elevated Intracranial Pressure Using Spontaneous Tympanic Membrane Pulsation, Rajkumar Dhar

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and ab initio Study of the Electrochemomechanical Effect of Lithium Penetration in Electrolytes for All-solid-state Batteries, Megan Diaz

Turn-On Fluorescence of H-Aggregate Nanoparticles for Selective Protein Detection, Arianna Dicce

Twitter and Online Fandom Affordances: Connecting Disability Within the Marvel Fandom Via Social Media, Olivia Ebersole

Characterizing the Particle Size Distribution in Saturn's Rings Using Cassini UVIS Stellar Occultation Data, Stephanie Eckert

Socially Constructed Ways of Being and Interacting in a First-grade Mathematics Classroom, Daniel Edelen

Distracted Driving and Pedestrians' Effects on Headway at Signalized Intersections, Bassel Elgamal

Designing Physical and Chemical Confinement in Lithium Sulfur Battery Cathode for Suppression of Shuttle Effect, Saisaban Fahad

D&D&U&G: Uses and Gratifications Theory and Dungeons & Dragons, Ariana Ferrante

A Qualitative Inquiry into Scholarly Publishing between Librarians and Subject Faculty, Michael Furlong

Synchronous Raman Microspectroscopy and Laser Beam Induced Current Measurements as a Metrology Tool for Solar Cells and Optoelectronic Devices, Jeya Prakash Ganesan

No More Pencils, No More Books: A One-to-One Digital Device Implementation and Its Effect on the Digital Divide, Theresa Gindlesperger

Lithium-ion Battery Prognosis with Variational Hybrid Physics-informed Neural Networks, Renato Giorgiani do Nascimento

Virtual vs Face-to-face Business Events: The Effects of Event Type on Attendees' Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions, Maksim Godovykh

An Experimental Investigation of Creativity in Relation to Extracurricular Activity and GPA in Undergraduate Engineering Students, Maria Gonzalez

A Measurement System for Detection of Intestinal Motility in Neonates by Monitoring Slow Wave Activity, Garett Goodale

Leveraging Human-Centered Insights and Vision Transformers to Understand and Detect Online Risks in Teens' Private Social Media Conversations On Instagram, Joshua Gracie

Broadband Investigation of the Pyrolysis of Propane using a MIR Optical Parametric Oscillator, Robert Greene

Tuning the Fluid Wetting Dynamics on Gold Microstructures and Conductivity of Polyaniline Using Photoactive Compounds, Ali Haghighat Mesbahi

Patient Perceptions of Shared Decision-Making in the Acute Care Hospital and Their Association with Patient Experience and Readmission, Jill Haladay

A Quantitative Examination of the Relationship Between Curiosity, Cultural Humility, and Multicultural Counseling Competence in Master's-Level Counselors-in-Training Enrolled in CACREP-Accredited Programs, Amber Haley

For the Very First Time: A Process of Rehearsal and Performance in the Beginnings of COVID-19., Andrew Hansen

Two Essays on Investor Disagreement and Asset Prices, Sulei Han

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Respiration and Seismocardiographic Signals Using Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Finite Element Analysis, Tanvir Hassan

Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Promotion Within Higher Education: Exploring Organizational Resilience, Maureen Hawkins

Can Feeling Like an Imposter Be Favorable? A Qualitative Study on the Role of Appraisal in Harnessing the Imposter Phenomenon for Growth, Emily Hill

Student Experiences With University Accessibility Services: A Quantitative Inquiry, Charles Hilston

Deep Learning Anomaly Detection Using Edge AI, William Holdren

Examining Diet, Mobility, and Social Dynamics in Southern Medieval France Using a Multi-Isotopic and GIS Approach, Jane Holmstrom

Addressing Sexual Harassment (SH) at Work: Examining the Role of Social Identity on Observer Intervention Behavior, Tisnue Jean-Baptiste

Multivariate Cognitive Walkthrough of QubitVR: An Educational Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality Application, Pauline Johnson

Automatic Posture Correction Utilizing Electrical Muscle Stimulation, Ravi Kiran Kattoju

Fibropapillomatosis and Chelonid Herpesvirus 5 Dynamics in Juvenile Green Turtles of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA, Jake Kelley

Risk and Protective Factors for Negative Psychological Outcomes in LGBTQ+ Individuals, Emalee Kerr

Extreme-Pressure Ignition Studies of Methane and Natural Gas with CO2 with Applications in Rockets and Gas Turbines, Cory Kinney

Un-Portalable! An Animated Exploration in Boundaries and Relational Design, Ira Klages

Workers, Mothers, and Françaises: The French Communist Party and Women in the Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Elizabeth Klements

National Identity and Civil War Memory in the American South: How History, Ideology, and Media Inform the Culture Wars of the Late Twentieth Century, John Lancaster

Curriculum 2013: Addressing the Needs of High Ability Learners in Indonesian Secondary Schools, Lismawati Lapasi

Raman Excitation Laser Effects on Peak Parameters and Peak Metamorphic Temperatures of Primitive Carbonaceous Chondrites, Amy LeBleu-DeBartola

Optimal Stochastic Impulse Control with Decision Lag, Chang Li

Deadly Combinations: Factors that are Associated with Simultaneous and Concurrent Polysubstance Use, Laura Lightfoot

The Dust and Other Stories, Evan Lindeman

Towards Automated Data Mining: Reinforcement Intelligence for Self-Optimizing Feature Engineering, Kunpeng Liu

Surface-engineered Catalysts for Water Splitting and Zinc-air Battery, Zhao Li

Perceptions of the Effectiveness of University-Based Educational Leadership Programs in Developing Instructional Coaching Skills, Ekaterina Lobanova

"Reeling in" Juvenile Sportfish Through Coastal Habitat Restoration: Population, Community, and Trophic Responses in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, Jennifer Loch

Attenuation of Excess TNFα Release in Crohn's Disease by Silencing of iRHOMs 1/2 and the Restoration of TGFβ-mediated Immunosuppression Through the Modulation of TACE Trafficking, Taylor Louis

Postpartum Depression Symptoms in New Mothers and the Disclosure Process, Kelsey Lunsford

A Theoretical Prototype for Narrative and Interactive Development within a Theme Park Parade, Carson Luter

Machine Learning Algorithms for Forecasting the Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles on Highway Construction Costs, Amirsaman Mahdavian

The Parker Problem in Hall Magnetohydrodynamics Analytical and Numerical Solutions, Chad Malott

Family Portrait: The Experience of Space and Place Through Painting, Anthony Mancuso

Integration of Video Game Play and Storytelling in Theme Park Environmental Design, Alexandria Marcello

Exploring the Privacy Dimension of Wearables Through Machine Learning-Enabled Inference, Ulku Meteriz Yildiran

Humans in Algorithms, Algorithms in Humans: Understanding Cooperation and Creating Social AI with Causal Generative Models, Lux Miranda

Development of Holographic Phase Masks for Wavefront Shaping, Nafiseh Mohammadian

Multi-Element Mobile Optical Wireless Communication Networks, Pooya Nabavi

Evaluating Novel Combinations of Polyamine Targeting Therapeutics in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Sai Preethi Nakkina

The Hollow Bones, Ashley Neumeister

Try Again, Peyton Newell

Utilizing Dramaturgy to Activate Creativity in Young Audiences, Joni Newman

Musicals, Murders, and Motivation: A View on the Audience and Their Support Towards Musical Murderers through Maslow, Lesly Nuñez

Understanding Brand Coolness: An Investigation into Brand Coolness and its Impact on Wine Consumers, Marco Nutta

Investigation of Realism in Facial Characteristics and Anthropomorphic Language in the Design of Multimedia Instruction, Ecem Olcum

Thermofluidic Characterization of Carbon Dioxide Near Critical Conditions at Microscale, Anatoly Parahovnik

Seeing the Unseen: Interactive Narrative as a Tool for Understanding Invisible Disabilities, Jesslyn Parrish

A Novel Virtual Reality Executive Function Assessment, Christine Parsons

Balancing User Experience for Mobile One-to-One Interpersonal Telepresence, Kevin Pfeil

Graph Neural Networks for Improved Interpretability and Efficiency, Patrick Pho

Energy and Area Efficient Machine Learning Architectures using Spin-Based Neurons, Hossein Pourmeidani

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