Theses from 2026
REPORT-GUIDED PSEUDO-LABEL GENERATION AND TRANSFORMATION-BASED DETECTION FOR CHEST X-RAY PATHOLOGY LOCALIZATION WITHOUT MANUAL ANNOTATION, James Antwi Adinkrah
Political Legacies of Malcolm X, Sumair Ahluwalia
Traumatic Stress Recruits an Excitatory Orbitofrontal-Amygdala Pathway to Drive Maladaptive Aggression, Mikaela Aholt
DEEP FAKE: STORIES, Ross Barnes
IMPACTS OF PRESCRIBED BURNING AND MIDSTORY THINNING ON THE ABUNDANCE OF EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL AND CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Lauren Benedict
The Mind Of The Maker, Diazha Jayel Berry
STUDY OF GLOBAL PANEL OF SOYBEAN ACCESSIONS FOR NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY USING ASSOCIATION MAPPING, Rita Bhandari
OASIS AND B.P. IMPACT CRATERS IN LIBYA AS TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS FOR COMPLEX POLYGONAL IMPACT CRATERS: A REMOTE TECTONIC MAPPING TOOL FOR MARS AND OTHER ROCKY BODIES, Amanda Paige Binkley
Transformer-based structural response prediction and transfer learning: A numerical analysis, Sudip Kumar Bogati
AI-DRIVEN MICROSCOPY IMAGE DENOISING USING SUPERVISED DEEP LEARNING AND RESIDUAL REFINEMENT, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Bommareddy
Identification of Substrates for, and Redox Regulation of the Chlamydia trachomatis Tail-specific Protease, Jonathan Davis Brooks
Trade Liberalization and the Redistribution of Drug-Related Crime: Evidence from Mexico, Joseph Blayne Brumleve
Testimony of a Mad Woman, Komal Bukhari
Independent Tunability of Viscoelastic Properties in Additively Manufactured Polyacrylamide Hydrogels via Polyethylene Glycol Integration, Nicholas James Chambers
HABITAT SUITABILITY ANALYSIS USING HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS FOR THE ENDANGERED HIGGINS’ EYE PEARLYMUSSEL IN POOL 16 OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Holly Marie Chesney
CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS’ SOCIAL PREFERENCES BASED ON VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF SHARED SIMILARITIES, Alyssa Cooley
EFFECTS OF DISORDER ON THE MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF KAGOME ALLOY Fe2MnSn., Thayne Dean
The Developmental and Emotional Journey of Bear Trap Garden From Proposal to Production, Mikayla Delos-Santos
Mix Design, Printability and Structural Buildability of Biopolymer and Fiber Modified Earthen Composites for Extrusion based 3D Printing in Construction, Suvechha Dhakal
Increased Biogas Production in Anaerobic Digestation Using Honey Shyne Technology, Bethany Renee Egge
A STUDY OF PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF DICHANTHELIUM BASED ON PLASTOMES, Humera Fatima
Evaluation of Otolith Microchemistry for Identifying Walleye Stocked as Fry or Fingerlings, Joshua Fluur
Rational Vector Spaces Done Relevantly, Leonard Fowler
Bat Responses to the Modern Nightscape, Meredith Tatum Goza
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF A PRE-RESTORATION BROWNFIELD AND VOCALIZATION ACTIVITY AND DETECTABILITY OF GRASSLAND WINTER BIRD COMMUNITIES, Isaac Grosner
Let Me Hold the Body of the Boy, August Helpling
Optimizing Differentiable Logic Gate Networks, Jared Allan Hillyer
The Making of Shi'a Resistance in Afghanistan: Historical Roots, Communist Rule, and Soviet Occupation, 1978–1989, Sayed Sajjad Hojet
The Impact of Hurricanes on Patents in Urban and Rural Areas in the United States, Dilshad Jahan
THE ART OF PIVOTING: THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE FULL-LENGTH PLAYS, "DRAPETOMANIA" AND "THE GREAT LOVE OF SIABANDA SESAY", Mary Joella Kamara
PREDICTION OF THE NGA-WEST2 AVERAGE VERTICAL PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION USING GENETIC EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING, Dipankar Karki
INVESTIGATING MEDICAL PROVIDERS KNOWLEDGE OF TRICHOTILLIMANIA DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, Ella Perry Kerr
An Investigation of the Performance of Modified Independent Component Analysis for Output-Only Modal Identification, Salma Khatiwoda
AVOIDING WHITE ELEPHANTS: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT ON THE FAILURE OF AIRPORT CAPACITY TO DRIVE TOURISM RECEIPTS, Somanithel Kheang
EVALUATING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METAL LATTICE STRUCTURES USING A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT APPROACH, Kamal Kunwar
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CONTROLLED STAGED PRECIPITATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM ACID MINE DRAINAGE USING ELECTROCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT METHODS, Pratik Southern Illinois University Kushwaha
Hyperbolic Angular Momentum, Jackson Lewis
INVESTIGATION OF METALLOCENE SINGLE CRYSTALS AS A HOST FOR DOPED ORGANIC CHROMOPHORES TO CREATE STABLE ROOM TEMPERATURE SINGLE PHOTON SOURCES, Ian Bennett Logue
TOWARD THE NEW HUMAN: AN ANTI-HUMANIST READING OF BLACK FLESH IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, Colin Bailey Madison
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS CLP PROTEASE SYSTEM, Prajakta Prasad Mahajan
Numerical Analysis of Bridge Dynamic Response under Moving Vehicle Loads, Suvam Malla
NUTRIENT LEACHING AND YIELD DYNAMICS FROM VARYING FERTILIZER TREATMENTS AND WINTER WHEAT, CEREAL RYE, AND FALLOW ROTATIONS WITHIN A CORN-SOYBEAN SYSTEM, Julianna Mariano
Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Equitable Post Disaster Resource Allocation Incorporating Social Vulnerability, Trevor John Mogaka
SALTWATER SAINTS, Abraham Elias Molinares
Change the Channel, Sarah Nivala
EDGESOYBEANNET: A FRAMEWORK FOR REAL-TIME, HIGH-ACCURACY FIELD SOYBEAN POD COUNTING, Johnbosco Chinonso Nnamso
Measurement of Kerr rotation using a variable-angle Polarizer method, Shusmita Podder Pooza
ON FURTHER REDUCTION OF THE DIAMETER OF AN EXISTING INTEREST BASED PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ARCHITECTURE, Nitesh Manikanta Potu
CRISPR-BASED POINT-OF-CARE HIV-1 RNA DETECTION USING A MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM, Bushra Raahat
RESURRECTING THE LOST CITY OF KASKASKIA: AN ARCHIVAL, GIS, AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF ILLINOIS’ FIRST CAPITAL, Rebecca Ramey
With Love, Shruti, Shruti Rao
PLAGIARISM POLICY AS INSTITUTIONAL APPARATUS: POSTHUMAN SUBJECTIVITY, STUDENT AUTHORSHIP, AND SIU’S PLAGIARISM POLICY ECOLOGY, Bishnu Pada Roy
DEVELOPMENT OF MAGNETIC NANOHYBRIDS FOR PFAS CONCENTRATION-DEGRADATION TREATMENT AND PILOT-SCALE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM MITIGATION, Sonkorson Talukder Sabuj
Indiana Bat Population Dynamics in the Midst of Climate Change and White-Nose Syndrome, Lexie Ann Schwartz
Light You Cannot Yet See, Anastasia Simms
FAILURE ANALYSIS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION, Ana Laura Tanda Ocampo
Against Instructions, Latisha Turl
Development of Chemical Reaction Airbag Safety System for Multi-Rotor UAV to Mitigate Free-fall Collision Impact, Brady Kent Villiger
COMPARISON OF DISCRETE TRIAL TRAINING AND DISCRETE TRIAL TRAINING WITH INSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK ON THE EFFICIENCY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TARGETS, Karli Anne Wright
Theses from 2025
An Exploration of the Intersection Between Masculinity and Mass Shootings Among Incels, Grace Ann Abry
THE IMPACTS OF DECENTRALIZATION CONFIGURATION ON ENERGY-RELATED SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, Kriti Acharya
PREDICTION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SPECTRUM USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE, Prashant Adhikari
Effects of Processing on Bitter Melons’ Antidiabetic, Antioxidant and Sensory Qualities., Felicia Adu Poku
ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS TO DROUGHTS THROUGH INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING, REMOTE SENSING, AND SOCIAL SENSING, Fisayo Akindele Akinde
Microgrid Approach with Data-Driven Monitoring to Enhance the Resilience of Water Distribution Systems, Binod Ale Magar
CHARACTERIZING THE MOLECULAR FUNCTION OF ISWI CHROMATIN REMODELING COMPLEX FACTORS IN NORMAL SKELETAL MUSCLE AND RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, Jawzah Jafar Ali Alnakhli
EFFECT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ON QUALITY OF LIFE, MOHAMMAD A. AL RJOOB
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON LARGE ACTION MODELS IN AUTOMATED STOCK MARKET PREDICTION, Jake Anderson
LEADERSHIP STYLES IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS: PERCEIVED LEADER EFFECTIVENESS AND JOB SATISFACTION, Matthew Atterberg
OPTIMIZING WINTER CEREAL RYE MANAGEMENT: PRECISION PLANTING, SEEDING RATE, AND CULTIVAR SELECTION FOR BIOFUEL AND FORAGE PRODUCTION, Katherine Baker
Gender Knobs, Jordan Faye Bardgett
EXPLORING DENITRIFICATION IN WETLAND NITROGEN CYCLING AND BIOSTIMULANT-BASED AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE ECOSYSTEM HEALTH, Alexander Bechtel
THE PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GRANT INTRUSIVE BRECCIA AND VAUGHN INTRUSIVE WITHIN HICKS DOME, HARDIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Aaron Michael Beirl
Data Analysis of the Enrichment of Rare Earth Elements in Illinois Basin Coal Seams, Ian Wilson Bennett
Full-Scale Structural and Nonstructural System Damage Detection Using Wavelet-Based Fast Independent Component Analysis, Sabal Bhandari
GEOMETRIC DEVIATION PREDICTION IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PARTS USING CONDITIONAL GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS UNDER VARYING L-PBF PROCESS PARAMETERS, Subigyamani Bhandari
SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM ACID MINE DRAINAGE USING INDIGENOUS BACTERIA IN BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS, PARTHA PROTIM BHOWMIK
Echo’s Repertoire: Performing Science Fiction and Trans Care Models, Juniper Blue
RESPONSE-INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO REINFORCEMENT REDUCES DELAY DISCOUNTING: A WITHIN-SUBJECT SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION OF RENDA ET AL. (2021)., Dakota L. D. Bowen
“For There is Hope of a Tree…”: A Study of Two Historic African American Cemeteries in Pope County, Illinois, Martha Clare Buchert
Don’t Stop Game, The Effects of a Demerit-Based System, David Buckles
VIBRATION-BASED BRIDGE MODAL IDENTIFICATION: FROM FIXED SENSING TO MOBILE SENSING, Nishan Budhathoki
EXPERIMENTAL STABILITY OF Al-O-H PHASES AT THE NANOSCALE, Gabrielle Burke
The Effects of Outdoor Education Programs on Outdoor Leaders: Self-Efficacy Perspective, Asia Lee Caldwell
Creating a Stable Magnetic Trap in an Intrinsically Unstable Magnetodynamic Field: Concept and Experimental Verification, Denae Arianna Cantrell
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EVAPORATIVE WATER LOSS OF ANURANS OF DIFFERING ECOMORPHOLOGIES, Andrew John Capitosti
INFLUENCE OF WATER MANAGEMENT AND HYDROGEL USE ON ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL HERB GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY IN AN EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF ENVIRONMENT, Hunter Miles Christenson
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN AFRICA: GUINEA WORM DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND ERADICATION IN ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA, 1957-2013, LAWSON CHUKWU
ASSESSING URBAN FLOOD DYNAMICS USING DATA- DRIVEN AND PHYSICALLY BASED MODELLING FRAMEWORKS, Dewasis Dahal
Deep Learning-Based Monitoring of Integrated Circuits, Krishna Dahal
SUB- AND SUPER-OPTIMAL RAINFALL EFFECTS ON SOIL-APPLIED (GROUP 15) HERBICIDE EFFICACY, Bradley Jacob Decker
HYBRID SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MOLTEN SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY SYSTEM FOR STATIONARY APPLICATIONS, Isaiah Deiters
HARDNESS AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF CALCIUM-DOPED MEDIUM- ENTROPY PEROVSKITE OXIDES, Arjit Mani Dhakal
SUN WUKONG VS. THE GATEKEEPERS OF THE WEST: CULTURAL GATEKEEPING AND THE CRITICAL RECEPTION OF BLACK MYTH: WUKONG, Shamin Mohammed Ashir Dipu
ENHANCING IOT WITH LARGE ACTION MODELS, Sri Mohana Lahari Doraswamy