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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Effects of Graphical In-Flight Weather Information and Graphical Depictions of Airspace Restrictions on Pilots’ Decisions to Continue VFR Flight into IMC, Andrew James Nakushian
Scaling Flight Test Data Between a Scaled Aircraft and a Cessna 172 for Use in Trajectory Energy Model Validation, Cody William Nettleton
Variations in Otolith-Zinc Concentrations of Brown Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) Between Marine Protected Areas and Fished Reefs, Matthew Austin Nichols
Reduced Sample Minimum Strength Estimates for Novel Material Systems: Effects on Confidence and Structural Risk, Andrew Carl Ollikainen
Analysis and Uncertainty Reduction through Data Augmentation in Hurricane Risk Modeling in the State of Florida, Daphne Raquel Otarola Farah
Intermittency Scaling Laws in Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: Theory, Simulations and Observations, Juan Carlos Palacios Caicedo
A Comparative Study to Assess the Osteogenic Potential of Competing Bioceramics for Bone Tissue Engineering, Nashaita Patrawalla
Validation of Arterial Distensibility Neural Network Model with Clinical Data, Cassondra Michelle Petersen
Increasing Transgender-Inclusive Behaviors Via Self-Monitoring, Abigail Kaylyn Petronelli
Distinct Spatiotemporal Regulation of the Cytoprotective Heat Shock Response in Caenorhabditis elegans, Rosemary Nadine Plagens
The Effects of Reinforcer Absence and Availability of Alternative Activity on Delay of Gratification in Children with Autism, Hailey Rose Prechtel
Organizational Effectiveness in Women-Owned Small Businesses Within the Defense Sector of Northern Alabama: A Case Study Approach, Kerry Shurron Prowell
Utilizing the RADSM Process: Developing an Unobtrusive Measure of Cohesion, Zachary Lee Rahner
Teaching Individuals to Tact the Intensity of Sensations, Sandhya Rajagopal
The Role of the Top Management Team in Orchestrating Big Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage, Sujatha Rayburn
Development of Axial-Chiral Lewis Base Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis, Carlyn Louise Reep
ARION 33: A Prospective Mission to Near-Earth Asteroids, Alita Regi
Algorithms for Algorithms: Teaching Problem-Solving in Computer Science, James Riswick-Estelle
Brevity vs. Breadth: Can Memory Disorders Be Diagnosed Using Fewer Neuropsychological Assessments?, Analise Roccaforte
Performance Profile Testing of the Dassault Falcon 10/100, Thomas Henry Bolek Roman
Design and Evaluation of a Variable Camber Morphing Wing with Compliant Flex Core and Retractable Wing Skin, Ferruccio Rossi
Development and Evaluation of an Object Relations Measure for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank, John Thomas Rucker III
Spatial Ecology and Stable Isotope Composition of Cetaceans in the Bohol Sea, Edna Sabater
A Numerical Study of Jovian Moist Convection with a new Convective Adjustment Scheme, and Implications for Jupiter’s Water Abundance, Ramanakumar Sankar
Measurement of the top quark mass using leptonic observables in tt events produced in pp collisions at sqrt s = 13 TeV with the CMS Experiment at the LHC, Mark Douglas Saunders
Late Quaternary Vegetation and Climate History from the Lake Junín Plateau, Jacob Daniel Schiferl
A Joint Soft Warping and Clustering Approach to Detecting Time Series Anomalies, Christopher John Schuchmann
Thermoelectric-Based Cooling Systems for Building Application: A Sustainable Solution, Seyedehmohadeseh Seyednezhad
Roles of Holocene Climate and Pastoralism in Shaping Andean Landscapes, Courtney Renee Shadik
Exploring the Effects of Communication Delays and Personality on Stress during Simulated Space Missions, Shayan Shirshekar
Timing Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei, Evan Arnold Smith
Machine Learning Approach To Predict Mortality Rates Based On Hospital Clinical Data, Rebecca Smith
Bioink Optimization and Effects of Microgravity on 3D Bioprinted Cell Laden Constructs, Likitha Somasekhar
Changes in the Abundance and Distribution of Benthic Mollusks in Polluted Sediments of a Shallow Subtropical Estuary, Rachael Holtsberg Stark
Schur Complement Algebra and Operations with Applications in Multivariate Functions, Realizations, and Representations, Anthony Dean Stefan
A Glint Contaminated Pixel Correction Algorithm and Potential Application for Estimating Water Visibility, Andrea Taggart
Forecasting SEP Events based on Merged CME Catalogs using Machine Learning, Peter William Tarsoly
Examining the Safety Climate of a General Aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) Organization: A Replication Study and Application of Bandura’s Reciprocal Causation Model, Russell Vincent Tokarski
Inverse Methods for Near-Real Time Estimation of Surface Heat Flux in Thermal Protection Systems for Space Vehicles, Obinna Oluchukwu Ugochukwu Uyanna
Assessing Homeless Mental Health Needs and Barriers to Seeking Treatment, Devyn Marie Varner
Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Psychological Outcomes Including Self-Compassion, Mental Health, and Behavioral Outcomes in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Natalia Andrea Velásquez
The Connection between the Disconnects: Exploring Process Redesign to Reduce Human Error, Missy Carol Vergason
Hydrogen/Diesel Co-Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines Through Hydrogen Ingestion and Direct Hydrogen Injection, Helge Hening von Helldorff-Garn
The order of faking, Brett Lawson Wallace
Testing and Performance Analysis of a New Wireless Sensors Network (WSN) System for Hurricane Monitoring, Jianing Wang
Characterization and Modeling of Upward Lightning at the Gaisberg Tower, Naomi Watanabe
Flow Choice Architecture: Cognitive Augmentation of Knowledge Workers, Troy Ricardo Weekes
Socio-Economic Variables and their Relationships with the Passenger to Population Ratio, Jack Matthew Westbury
Application of Ensemble Methods for Solving Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems, Puyi Yang
Geographic Variability in the Reproductive Hormones and Oocyte Maturation of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) in the Bahamas, Ashley Yarbrough
Analytical Airflow Solution of a Helicopter Engine Bay and Novel Bay Cooling Cowling Design, Daniel Evan Yastishock
The aqueous stability of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones, their affinity for cyclodextrin inclusion, and the investigation of a catalyst for their hydrolysis, Eric William Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Effect of Electron Demand on Sensing Behavior of Carbazolopyridinophanes, Grace Abban
Analysis of Fatty Acids in Chukchi Sea Sediments, Damilola Ajadi
IoT Tracking System Effectiveness in Enhancing Library Services, Khulud Alawaji
IoT-based Solutions for Privacy-Preservation During Interaction with Assistive Robotics, Tahani Ali Albuluwi
Development of a Graphical User Interface for ECG Signals Classification Using Statistical Features Analysis, Mousa Hammad S Aldosari
Controlling Framing Effects for Web-Based Group Decision Support Systems, Badria Sulaiman Alfurhood
A Web-based User-Interface for Internet of Things Device Management, Leena Mansour Alghamdi
Discrete Moment Problems with Logconcave and Logconvex Distributions, Talal Alharbi
A Computational Investigation of the Biomechanics for Platelets Aggregation, Ghadah Mohammed Alhawael
Performance Analysis of V2V and V2I Communications Using Empirical Path Loss Models Indicators and Embedded IoT Devices, Ibrahim Lateef Oraibi Al Kinoon
Enhancing Cybersecurity by Generating User-Specific Security Policy through the Formal Modeling of User Behavior, Arwa AlQadheeb
On the Characterization of Natural Language Structure and Literary Stylometry - A Network Science Approach, Younis Anas Younis Al Rozz
Correlation Between Air Quality Index and Traffic Volume Using Internet of Things (IoT), Omar Sayah Alruwaili
Development of a Design Method for Bonded Concrete Pavement Overlays, Ahmed Alsabbagh
Analysis and Computation of Polaritonic Systems in Infrared Regime for Sensing Applications, Abdelgader Ahmed Alshiekh Alsalhin
Modern Standard Arabic Speech Recognition: Using Formants Measurements to Extract Vowels from Arabic Words’ Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel Structure, Mohamed Ali Alshaari
Refinements of the Concept of Privacy in Distributed Computing, Entisar Seedi Alshammry
A Fast and Exact Motif Enumeration Algorithm for Dynamic Networks, Abbas Al-Thaedan
Numerical Simulation of Low Reynolds Number Locomotion in Viscoelastic Media, Nesreen Abdulrahim Althobaiti
The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adulthood Eating Disorders: When Healthy Eating Becomes Unhealthy, Audryn Andreoli
Optimization Framework for Reconstructing Biomedical Images by Efficient Sample-based Parameterization, Paul Richard Arbic II
Blockchain For Educational Certificate Distribution, Layla Asiri
A Feature-Based Approach to Function Modeling and Reasoning for Thermal-Fluid Systems Engineering, Lakshmi Narasimhon Athinarayana Venkatanarasimhan
Flight Path Control During Hypersonic Atmospheric Entry Using Active Magnetic Arrays, Matthew Tyler Austin
Development of a Deformation-Based Structural Health System with Contactless Sensors and Machine Learning for Health Characterization and Failure Prediction, Juan Camilo Avendano Arbelaez
Computational Method to Calculate Output Current for Gated SPAD to Determine DCR and PDE, Ahmad Salih Azzahrani
Health Risk Perceptions Regarding Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and Secondhand Exposure Behaviors Among U.S. Student Military Veterans, Katie Alexandra Bartley
Where is My Mind? The Who, What, and Where of Mind Wandering at Work, Anthony Belluccia
Assessing the Impact of Crisis intervention Team (CIT) Training and Local Mental Health Resource Availability on Officer Perceptions of Efficacy in Responding to the Mentally Ill, Chelsea Jordan Bennett
Sediment Oxygen Demand and Stoichiometry of IRL Nutrient Fluxes, Iulia Bibire
Improving Wake-Up-Word and General Speech Recognition Systems, Gamal Mohamed Bohouta
Attitudes and Risk Perceptions of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Use Among Adults with Mental Health Disorders, Alexis Leeann Booth
Student Veterans: Factors Impacting Campus Adjustment, Allyssa Lynn Borak
Improving the Efficiency of Coupled Hydrodynamic Predictions by Implementing a Fetch-based Parametric Wave Model, Samuel Carter Boyd
Women’s Health: The Impact of Child Abuse on Healthcare Utilization, Brianna Mae Brandon
Strategic Organizational Sustainability Climate: Scale Development and Validation, Petra Brnova
Optimal Onboard Renewable Energy Charging Method to Improve Micro-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Deployment Life, Brooklynn Dawn Byford
Analysis of Sex Offender Subgroups Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- Second Edition- Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), Isabella Campanini
Beacon Aided Robotics for Martian Cave Mapping, Ryan Joseph Capozzi
A Study of Grit in the CrossFit Population, Cierra Carter
A Modified Peng-Robinson Cubic Equation of State Based on Bayesian Framework, Wei Chen