Theses from 2022
ASSESSMENT OF SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME BY UTILIZING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY, Lindsey McKinzie
The Effect of Race and Leadership Style on Perceived Competence and Likability of Female Leaders, Aradhna Mohan
Homeostatic Responses Influence Thermoregulation and Activity but not Body Condition in the Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rat, Javier Omar Morales
The Use of a Range-Bound Changing Criterion and Self-Management and Goal-Setting to Increase Daily Step Count in African American Women, Jasmine Morris
MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPETITION AND EFFICIENCY: A CASE STUDY OF THE BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN, Shawkatullah Muslimwal
Multiliteracy Practices Of MMORPG Gamers: A Case Study of Ukrainian and Russian English Language Learners, Elizabeth Anne Naughton-Henderson
AUTONOMOUS SAFE LANDING ZONE DETECTION FOR UAVs UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING, Upesh Nepal
INFLATION TARGETING IN MONGOLIA: A VAR MODEL ANALYSIS, Anujin Nergui
STABILIZATION OF HIGHLY EXPANSIVE BENTONITE SOIL USING POLYPROPYLENE FIBER AND GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG, Amit Neupane
THE INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS, EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, AND LANGUAGE IN CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA, Genni Newsham
The Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth., Hala M. Nour
IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, Success Amobi-Ndubuisi Okafor
GCMS, LCMS AND HS-SPME/GCMS METHODS TO DETECT ADULTERATION OF ARGAN OIL., AFEEZ AYODEJI OLISA
LABEL FREE ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF CAG REPEAT USING CTG-6 MODIFIED GOLD SURFACE, Avokerie Hillary Onorimuo
EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AIM CURRICULUM, Kristen Anne Ortman
OPTIMAL SENSOR PLACEMENT FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING, Lokesh Pal
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF FERMI RESONANCE IN SMALL ARYL AZIDE VIBRATIONAL PROBES, Gammanage Sathya Madhuwanthi Perera
CAREGIVER IMPLEMENTED TREATMENT: MULTIPLE SCHEDULES TO DECREASE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR, Alexis Petrilla
EFFECTS OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS ON HOMES WITHOUT MORTGAGES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, Chase Pierce
USING SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES TO VISUALIZE SUBTLE FEATURES: A CASE STUDY OF A WAULSORTIAN MUD-MOUND WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPIAN AGE ULLIN LIMESTONE, PRESTON MICHAEL PRICE
Every Granddaughter Is Gunita, Lauren Lourdes Ramos
MACROECONOMICS AND ANAMOLIES AS DETERMINANTS OF STOCK RETURNS, Samridha Jung Rana
Decreasing Burnout in Behavior Analysts in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis Working with Children with ASD, Palisha Ranjit
MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF FILICIDE OFFENDERS, Rachel Rearden
REMEDIATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND COMINGLED CHLORINATED SOLVENTS USING REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE/NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON, Sushmita Regmi
SOCIAL DISCOUNTING AND THE PROBABILITY OF MASK WEARING, Emma Catherine Reidner
The Medical History and Use of Psychedelic Drugs: Ancient, Recent, and Present Events, William Brock Renshaw
A CURRENT-BASED WINNER-TAKE-ALL (WTA) CIRCUIT FOR ANALOG NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE, Omkar Rijal
The Development of The Curious Case of Agatha Christie, Lavinia Cybele Roberts
THE IMPACT OF GAME PLAY ON CHILDREN’S IMPULSE CONTROL IN EARLY EDUCATION SETTINGS, Sara Rodehaver
Functional Feeding Groups Responses to Fertilization and Largemouth Bass in Southern Illinois Experimental Ponds, Isabella Grace Sadler
PREDICTION OF THE NGA-WEST2 AVERAGE HORIZONTAL PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION USING GENETIC EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING, Abdel-Aziz Sanad
THE USE OF PLANT PROTEIN AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING FISH GROWTH PERFORMANCE THROUGH ITS LARVAL STAGE, Connor W. Schwepe
Communication Between Vehicles Using Block Chain, Hari Hara Shiva
EFFECTS OF DAMPING, DURATION, AND SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO ON COVARIANCE-BASED STOCHASTIC SUBSPACE IDENTIFICATION, Pramila Shrestha
THE EFFECTS OF SELF-MONITORING PROCEDURES ON INCREASING ON-TASK BEHAVIOR, Ashley Starr
EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCES IN THE FACE OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL WETLAND VEGETATION ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, Camille L. Steenrod
THE EFFECTS OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK FREQUENCY ON ESL PRONUNCIATION UPTAKE, REPAIR, AND PREFERENCE, Rachel Rosemarie Stuckel
The Role of CLCA2 in Promoting Anoikis Resistance, Migration, and Resistance to Chemotherapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma., Madhusoodhanan Suresh Kumar Meena Kumari
A SURVEY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS ON BREASTFEEDING DURATION AND EXCLUSIVITY, Melanie Nicole Tharp
INFLUENCE OF TILLAGE AND COVER CROP ON SOIL NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION IN CORN AND WINTER CEREAL RYE, Madhabi Tiwari
THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER: DIRECTING HAY FEVER BY NOËL COWARD, Claude Ryan Towery
Where We Used To Live, Cody Tracy
Effective Management of the Weed Seed Bank, Mackenzie R. Trader
WHY AREN’T THEY MOTIVATED? A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF EARLY CAREER FEMALE AGRICULTURE TEACHERS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT MOTIVATION, Blake Uchitjil
Tracing The Roots Of Resistance, Collective Action and Solidarity Among Igbo Women, sebastian ukoh
Application of peer to peer technology in vehicular communication using pyramid trees, Sainath reddy vangala
STUDY OF MLH3 IN MAINTAINING GENOME STABILITY IN Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Tirza Tatiana Vargas Giron
EFFECTS OF COMBINING A WEARABLE VISUAL SCHEDULE AND A CLASS-WIDE TOKEN ECONOMY ON SELF-INITIATED TRANSITIONS, Karynna Vargas
HARVEST AND NITROGEN MANANGEMENT OF WINTER CEREAL RYE AS FORAGE AND COVER CROP, Kelsey Jo Vaughn
STRATIGRAPHIC REEVALUATION OF MOLLIES NIPPLE, KANE COUNTY, UTAH, USA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF ALUNITE AND JAROSITE CEMENTS, Jordan Thomas Walker
Parent vs Child Influences on Parental Warmth and Discipline: A Twin Study Examining Child Temperament and Parent Personality, Rachel Lynn Weisbecker
Phylogenetic, Morphometric, and Biogeographic Investigations of Trema micrantha (Cannabaceae), Breanna Whitley
EFFECTS OF HARVEST ON BIGHEADED CARP POPULATIONS, Andrew Wieland
How Lucky Can You Get? A Costume Design Thesis on Lucky Stiff, Ryann Elisabeth Willard
LINE SCANNING THERMOGRAPHY FOR DETECTION OF RAIL BASE AND INTERNAL DEFECTS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY, Jackson Winn
MECHANOSENSOR MODULATES ASTROGLIA MOBILITY IN NEUROINFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS, Andres Womac
Illinois Agricultural Educators’ Perceptions of Virtual Instruction Preparedness and Capability, Rachel Lynn Wright
Characterization of CRISPR-Cas12a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors, Abadat Yinusa
The Desired Experience: A Case for Restoring The Chicago Union Station Concourse Building, Kevin Zolnierowicz
Theses from 2021
DETECTION AND SEGMENTATION OF DEFECTS IN X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE SLICES OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT USING DEEP LEARNING, Pradip Acharya
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IDENTIFIED DEAF1 VARIANTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HDAC1 INTERACTIONS ON DEAF1-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION, Sandeep Adhikari
Better Selection of K-mers for Compression of DNA Sequences using Huffman Encoding, Manoj Kumar Agrahari
A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC STUDY OF TERMITES IN THE GENUS MACROTERMES FROM SOUTHERN, WESTERN AND CENTRAL ETHIOPIA, Ahmed Osman Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Global vs. Local – Marketing and Advertising Strategies to Promote ‘Brand’ Kuwait, Danah Alsabt
THE INVESTIGATION OF TROPHIC TRANSFER OF PESTICIDES TO JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER WATERSHED, CA, Sara Elizabeth Anzalone
DEVICE IDENTIFICATION USING DEVICE FINGERPRINT AND DEEP LEARNING, Prashant Baral
VERTICAL IRREGULARITY EFFECT ON FUNDAMENTAL TIME PERIOD AND CRITICAL COLUMNS OF BUILDING STRUCTURES, Rabin Basnet
PHONETIC VARIATION IN KAMËNTS̈Á: AN ANALYSIS OF STOPS AND AFFRICATES, Jose Nicolas Benavides Pantoja
CNNs VERSUS LSTMs FOR TIME SERIES FORECASTING, Bidur Prasad Bhurtel
Characterization of Proteostasis Mechanisms in Chlamydia trachomatis, Amanda M. Blocker
Parental Perceptions of Bullying, Responses, and Utilization of Resources, Dale Jordan Brinsky
Comparing White Bass Recruitment Sources and Population Demographics Among the Large Rivers of Illinois.., Kennan F. Bruening
THE EFFECT OF PLANT CUTTING AND BURNDOWN HERBICIDES ON WEED MANAGEMENT IN DOUBLE-CROP SOYBEANS FOLLOWING WINTER WHEAT, Colton Paul Carmody
INVASIVE CARP MOVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND HABITAT USE: EVALUATING COMMON CARP AS A SURROGATE FOR BIGHEADED CARPS, Alexander Catalano
Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Porous Microsphere Filled Epoxy Composites, Rojer Chitrakar
THE EVOLVING STATE OF BLOCKCHAIN: AN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE ETHEREUM NETWORK, Jack Claude Colquhoun
INFLUENCE OF LANDCOVER ON NORTHERN BOBWHITE HOME RANGE AND SURVIVAL AT MULTIPLE SCALES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Caleb Stanley Crawford
IMPLEMENTING BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS WITH SWITCHING LATTICE NETWORKS, Rajesh Kumar Datta
HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM DESIGN - A CASE STUDY IN NEPAL, Menuka Devkota
WORKING CANINE DECONTAMINATION: EFFECT OF CLEANSER & SERIAL DECONTAMINATION ON DERMAL BARRIER FUNCTION, Dakota Rose Discepolo
ENGINEERING ERWINIA APHIDICOLA LJJL01 - A CATABOLIC POWERHOUSE TO DECONSTRUCT AND UPCYCLE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, Lakshika Dissanayake
MICROBIAL INFLUENCE ON FE-HYDROXIDE MORPHOLOGIES FROM CALVERT CLIFFS STATE PARK, MARYLAND, USA, Benjamin Reilly Elliott
Solar vehicles, Shailaja Elluru
COLUMN AXIAL DEFORMATION EFFECT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BEAMS IN BRACED FRAMES, Bushra Elsnousi
Investigating Sustainability Literacy at SIU Carbondale using the Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge (ASK) Scale, Nicholas Daniel Erwin
ROLE OF TH2 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE REGULATORS IN TUMOR-INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION OF MYELOID-LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELL PROGENITORS, Maria Camila Espinosa Gonzalez
SHEAR BAND MANIPULATION IN POLYMERIC HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES USING RELIEF HOLES AND DIC ANALYSIS, Gustavo Felicio Felicio Perruci
FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION BASED DATA ACCESS FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS, Sri Lasya Ganduri
IMMOBILIZATION AND FIELD SURGERY TECHNIQUES, SURVIVAL, AND DAYTIME RESTING SITES OF RIVER OTTERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Tatiana Gettelman
Experimental Analysis of Multiple SDN Controller, Sudip Ghimire
DISTRACTOR VERSUS FOCUSED CUE – CRITICAL IMPORTANCE WHEN ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF BUPROPION ON THE LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL, Matthew Gunn