Theses from 2024
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED POST DISASTER RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE, Sandeep Acharya
THE COMPETITIVE RESPONSE OF HEMP (CANNABIS SATIVA L.) WITH DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL WEED SPECIES, Shahim Ahmed
Porosity Prediction and Estimation in Metal Additive Manufactured Parts: A Deep Learning Approach, Manoj Aluri
IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID TO AGRICULTURE IN REDUCING POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES., Richard Amoako
CHARACTERIZATION OF RAFFINOSE AND STACHYOSE SYNTHASE GENES BY USING TILLING BY SEQUENCING+, Erdem Anil
EFFECT OF INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT ON CONSUMPTION OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES IN USA BY STATES (2012-2021), Olamide Awomoyi
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON REGIONAL HYDROLOGY BY UTILIZING LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES., Mandip Banjara
The March Funeral, Alexis Barrett
OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH A CRIMINAL CONVICTION, McKenna Shea Bennett
STUDY OF RESILIENT MODULUS AND GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER STABILIZED HIGH PLASTICITY CLAY, Sushanta Bhattarai
Effect of Damping, Duration, and Signal-to-Noise Ratio on the Accuracy of Data-Driven Stochastic Subspace Identification, Upama Bhusal
EFFECT OF STRATEGIC BLENDING OF FOOD INDUSTRY BY-PRODUCTS WITH PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS ON PERFORMANCE OF GROWING AND FINISHING BEEF CATTLE, Richard Augustine Atedi Bien
COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO FLOODS IN THE CACHE RIVER WATERSHED OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: APPLICATION OF A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING GENERAL AND SPECIFIED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, Raymond Albert Bieri III
Investigating Native Bamboo Practices for Reservoir Conservation and Habitat Restoration, Taryn Elizabeth Ann Bieri
PHOSPHORUS-ALTERED PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS EXAMINED AT MULTIPLE SCALES, Scott William Binger
IDENTIFYING THE GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONSHIP OF CLIMATE CHANGE PERCEPTIONS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, Max R. Blessman
Consensus for creating light weight blockchain for IoT, Niharika Reddy Bommireddy
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION ON BRAKE PEDAL FOR ADDITIVEMANUFACTURING, Harshith Boppana
Distribution Dynamics of Swamp Rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in Missouri, Kylie Bosch
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF AN INNOVATIVE CLUSTERING APPROACH TOWARDS EFFICIENT BIG DATA ANALYSIS, Jacob Robert Bowers
Changes in benthic productivity and community composition following silver carp die offs: a mesocosm approach, Jacob Bowman
A TD Named Chynna, Chynna Bradford
ADVANCED PATHOGEN DIAGNOSIS BY A MICROFLUIDIC DROPLET DEVICE AND A REAL-TIME IMAGING SYSTEM, Langdon Boyd Briles
Enhancing Resilience and Sustainability for Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Southern Illinois, Raman Budhathoki
Comparison of Conventional Methods to Multiwell Microfluidic Device for Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing, Hope AnnMarie Budny-Clymer
SEPTIN MEDIATED SPORE CELL WALL ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTES TO HOST IMMUNE EVASION IN ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS, Anna Makenzie Bullard
A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE ASTHENOSPHERE: A NUMERICAL EXPLORATION OF MAGMA PRODUCTION BENEATH MID OCEAN RIDGE AND SUBDUCTION ZONE SYSTEMS, Francesca C. Burkett
Effect of Micronized Rubber Powder on High Plastic Clay Stabilized with Cement Kiln Dust, Sanjan Bussu
PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF MORAL FOUNDATIONS THEORY IN THE ADOPTION OF MIXED SPECIES GRAZING IN OKLAHOMA RANCHERS, Zachary William Carter
ADVANCEMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE INTERSECTION OF MACHINE LEARNING AND IOT SECURITY, Suryapunith Chithaluri
A COMPARISON OF FEEDBACK DELIVERY TIMES FOR SKILL ACQUISITION IN PRACTITIONERS, Jacqueline Cikowski
COMPARING PROCEDURES WITHIN MATRIX TRAINING: A SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION, Kennedy Cloe
PARENTING AND MATH PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD, Kayla Anne Cooper
Effects of Urban Borders on Synanthropic Mesopredator Movement and Risk of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection in the Protected Lands of Key Largo, Florida USA, Kelly A. Crandall
REVOLUTIONIZING URBAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Tanvi Reddy Dasaripally
ENHANCING AUTONOMOUS FOOD DELIVERY WITH IOTA BLOCKCHAIN, Shalini Donthireddy
THE IMPACT OF VEHICULAR NOISE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACOUSTIC INDICES, Rebecca Ducay
USING ADVANCED DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY DRAINAGE CROSSING FEATURES, Michael Isaiah Edidem
OCCUPANCY DYNAMICS OF WILDLIFE IN A BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FOREST, Jessica L. Esposito
RECRUITMENT SOURCES OF GRASS CARP (CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA) IN THE GREAT LAKES, Nicholas Steven Etter
TRANSFORMING WASTES AND INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCTS INTO SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR PAVEMENT SUBGRADE LAYERS, Joshua Ayobami Fayemi
PREDICTING YOLO MISDETECTION USING FEATURE MAP ACTIVATIONS, Md. Rezoan Ferdous
REGULATION OF SLO-2 BY THOC-7 THROUGH AN RNA EDITING PATHWAY, Sakia Ferdousy
Unveiling the "Teacher Look": An Analysis of White Spatiality and Disciplinary Exile in the American Classroom, Caroline G. Folds
CYBERBULLYING PERPETRATION IN A BLACK METROPOLITAN SAMPLE OF ADOLESCENTS: THE ROLE OF RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS, Catherine Sofia Forster
Left on Read: Staging the Private Performance of Online Dating to Investigate CMC's Impact on Face-to-Face Communication, Zoë Delia Freedkin
NOVEL SYNTHETIC AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES FOR CREATING 13C- AND 15N- HYPERPOLARIZED MOLECULES VIA SABRE-SHEATH, Thomas Robert Gebhardt
IMPACT OF DATA RELIABILITY ON RESILIENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, Amrit Babu Ghimire
AI-AIDED JOINT VISIBILITY REGION DETECTION AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR EXTREMELY LARGE APERTURE ARRAYS, Muhammad Zia Hameed
Assessing Changes in Permethrin Toxicity to Juvenile Inland Silversides (Menidia beryllina) Under Different Temperature Scenarios, McKenna Haney
SEEING WITH NEW EYES: A COSTUME DESIGN THESIS ON WEDDING BAND: A LOVE/HATE STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE, Jennifer Nielson Helms
Assessing streambank and in-stream erosion as a source of sediment and phosphorus in two Illinois agricultural watersheds, Justin Kazuki Higa
ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF SIZE AND PREDICTORS OF POTENTIAL COMPETITION IN SORICIDAE, Wesley B. Holland
COMPARISON OF PARENT CONDUCTED TRIAL-BASED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES IN NATURAL AND CONTRIVED SETTINGS, Michael Edward Horton
Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Additively Manufactured TPMS Sandwich Structures, Md Mosharrof Hossain
Oxidative Stress Studies of Methanosarcina acetivorans, Muhammad Iftikhar
DC AND AC CONDUCTIVITIES OF BIOCHAR-POLYMER COMPOSITES, Muhammad Abdullah Iqbal
Does Ageism Exist in the Western World of Employment? Does our Growing and Aging Populations Impact the Future of the Job Market?, Erron Quian Jessup-Johnson
Iot Reliance on cloud computing and fog computing, Venkata Sai Swaroop Kakuru
ENHANCING DELIVERY LOGISTICS USING BLOCKCHAIN AND MACHINE LEARNING / SMART DELIVERY QUEST, LaxmaReddy Kandula
Thesis Film, Nick Karpinski
UNDERSTANDING THE P53-MDM2 BINDING/UNBINDING MECHANISM AND POTENTIAL MUTATION HOTSPOTS IDENTIFICATION THROUGH IN-SILICO STUDIES, Dhulakshi Dhammika Kumari Karuna Hewage
EFFICACY OF SPARSE REGRESSION FOR LINEAR STRUCTURAL SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION, Sadiksha Katwal
FORMULATION OF ADVANCED FRICTION MATERIALS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, Bipin K C
Oh, But If I Had the Stars from the Darkest Night…, Kendra Jean Keefer
THE EFFECT OF CONFLICT ON INCOME, Abdul M. Khan
FROM PROPOSAL TO PRODUCTION: The Development Process for the Play, "Philoten; and Her Pattern of Painful Adventures", Emily Klingensmith
DEVELOPMENT OF A RESPONSE SPECTRUM MODEL FOR BIFENTHRIN USING JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA), Katie Jo Knaub
IMPACT OF HEAT TREATMENT ON MICROSTRUCTURE & FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF NASA AL 398 ALLOY ROTORS, Manjith Srinivas Koganti
Evolution of iron silicate minerals over geologic time utilizing mineral databases, Jessica Kruzan
EVALUATING FAMILIARITY AND EMOTIONS IN SHAPING RURAL RESIDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVED PERSONS WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, Dowla Kuzmickus
Using Behavioral Skills Training to Train Clinicians to Conduct an AAC Modality Assessment, Grace Lafo
MULTI-AREA CONTINUOUS-TIME OPTIMAL POWER FLOW AND GENERATION SCHEDULING USING DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHM, Bishal Lamichhane
UNDERSTANDING GEOGRAPHIC PROFILING: A SCOPING REVIEW, Danielle LaPradd
Directing a Technical Cyclone, Leonard A. Lively
THE ECONOMY AND ALT-RIGHT CONTENT: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RISE OF DANGEROUS RHETORIC AND INCOME INEQUALITY, Thabang Makau
MEET ME AT THE LOST CROSS: AN AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE LIFE- LONG IMPACT OF SCENE PARTICIPATION FOR PUNKS IN CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, Ryan John Martini
AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS DRIVING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN TRIODANIS, Keegan Sean McConnell
ASSESSING WATER AND SEDIMENT CONTROL BASINS (WASCoBs) IN SOUTHEN ILLINOIS: INFLUENCE ON WATER QUAILITY, LEGACY PHOSPHORUS, AND SEDIMENT TRAPPING, Sierra Victoria Mertz
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNALIZING, EXTERNALIZING, AND PSYCHOTIC PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AT FIVE LEVELS OF CRIMINAL RISK, Cooper Mitchell Sparks
Investigating the effect of Metal Site of the Leaf and Branch Compost Cutinase Through Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Ryan James Molitor
Through the Lens, Dwayne Moore Jr
IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL GENES THROUGH STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING CANCER CASES, Philip Nelson
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-PREDICTION, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, TREATMENT HOURS, AND TREATMENT NEEDS AMONG INCARCERATED OFFENDERS, Yasmin Nielsen
DIRECTING CHARLES DICKENS’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, AS DRAMATIZED BY DARWIN PAYNE, Kesiena Cindy Obue
How Troubled Were the Gardens, Salaam Amin Odeh
CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES AMONG SIU STUDENTS, Theresa Ornyeaga Ogbeche
Ambiguous Morality, Nathaniel Ogden
SIMULATION OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE VEHICLES USING FEDERATED LEARNING, Satish Kumar Chary Paloju
Harnessing Federated Learning for Stock Analysis and Portfolio Optimisation, Nishanth Sagar Panthangi
EVALUATING DROUGHT USING MACHINE LEARNING AND HYDROLOGICAL MODEL BY INCORPORATING SATELLITE-BASED PRECIPITATION DATA IN THE UNGAUGED BASIN, Anjan Parajuli
EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF MOVING INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY FOR RAIL BASE INSPECTION, Asmi Rana
A Focus on the Social Validity of Treating Stereotypy Using Response Interruption and Redirection, Maggie Grace Ratcliff
EXCHANGING THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE INTERNET OF THINGS USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY, Shiva Teja Ravula