Theses from 2018
A SEISMIC REFLECTION STUDY OF A MISSISSIPPIAN MUD-MOUND NEAR ADEN, ILLINOIS, Ruben Holguin Macuster
VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY ANALYSES OF THE DEGRADATION AND CONTAMINATION OF ENGINE OIL LUBRICANTS COUPLED WITH MULTIPLE SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES, Torrey Holland
Succession of an Upland Oak/Hickory Forest in the Central Hardwood Region, Nathan Hoover
IMPROVING FLEXIBLE RESPONDING DURING A MOCK JOB INTERVIEW FOR HIGH FUNCTIONING ADULTS WITH AUTISM, Victoria Hutchinson
A Creature Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: Therapeia in the Philosophies of Plato and Immanuel Kant, Caleb Ingram
ESTABLISHING COMPARATIVE RELATIONS OF FASTER AND SLOWER AS A GENERALIZED OPERANT IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Lynn James
Investigating the Etiology of Preschoolers' Somatic Symptoms and Internalizing Problems: A Twin Study, Matthew Jamnik
EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF THE PEAK-T CURRICULUM WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Emily Elizabeth Jenkins
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM EFFECTS ON FLOODPLAIN LAND COVER MANAGEMENT, Addison Scott Jobe
THE ROLE OF MICRO-FINANCE IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN RURAL AREARS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ORI-ADE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OSUN STATE), Enoch Olatilewa Jolaoso
Directing Rebecca Gilman's Boy Gets Girl: A Southern Feminist's View on What I’m Supposed to do as a Woman, Kelley McGahey Jordan
SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION OF FRESH LEAFY GREENS AND PREDICTION OF THEIR PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENTS USING NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE, Prabesh Joshi
SYSTEMIC AND MUCOSAL ANTIBODY RESPONSES IN MICE PER-ORALLY INFECTED AND VACCINATED WITH CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM, Sondus Kahil
Effect of Humidity and testing strategy on Friction Performance of model brake pads containing Nano-additives, SaiKrishna Kancharla
Sustainable Water Usage and Surface Runoff Management in Lagos, Nigeria., Gilles-Arnaud Kandissounon
Prediction of Clinical Symptoms and Psychological Flexibility Using a Novel Values Card Sort Activity, Ryan S. Kimball
The Effects of Microorganism on Carbonate Precipitation in the Ten Mile Graben Cold Springs, Utah: A Mars Analog, Jordan Marie Knuth
REEVALUATION OF CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN THE HENRY AQUIFER, GALLATIN COUNTY ILLINOIS, Joseph Micheal Krienert
DELINEATING CAPTURE ZONES USING A SYSTEMATIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT VARIES RECHARGE, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND CONDUCTANCE, Nick C. Lamkey
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHLAMYDIAL PARTNER SWITCHING MECHANISM USING IN VITRO, IN VIVO, AND IN SILICO APPROACHES, Evan Landers
Assessing the Convergent Validity of the PEAK-E Long Assessment and the PEAK-E Short Assessment, Huntar Alexis Lee
Interactions between white-tailed deer and vegetation in southern Illinois, Ryan Elizabeth Leeson
DESIGN OF A WIRELESS SENSOR PLATFORM WITH ENERGY HARVESTING, Joseph Leo
Interpreting the Lemuria as Pietas, Jessica Lynn Leonard
EFFECT OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE ON FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF CARBON-CARBON AIRCRAFT BRAKE MATERIALS, Michelle Jo Anne Lim
EMBEDDED SPECKLE BONDLINE DEFECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (UT-DIC), WeiChiang Eric Lim
GEOCHEMISTRY OF ARTIFICALLY MATURED ANNA SHALE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF REDOX-SENSITIVE GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES IN MATURE ORGANIC-RICH SHALES, Dakota Raine Lindsey
COMPARATIVE FERTILITY EVALUATION FOR PEPPERS AND MELONS ON AN EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF., Richard Little
TI/TIO2 AS AN ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE MATERIAL FOR IMPEDANCE BIOSENSORS, Donghao Liu
AN ADVANCED APPROACH VERIFICATION TO DIGITAL LASER SPECKLE IMAGE CORRELATION, ALBERT Anthony LYLES
A Comparison of Video Self and Video Peer Modeling to Increase Participation in High School Students with Disabilities, Melissa Macias
The Effects of In Situ Behavioral Skills Training on Parent Implementation of the PEAK Relational Training System, Kaitlyn L. Maston
A Twitter-Based Prediction Tool for Digital Currency, Mason Eugene McCoy
Predicting the Stock Market Using News Sentiment Analysis, Majid Memari
Classification of Irreducible Admissible mod-p Representations of GL_2(Q_p), Wijerathne Mudiyanselage Menake Wijerathne
Comparison of Strength, Stiffness and Ductility of Reduced Beam Section Subjected to Lateral Loads Only and Combined Gravity And Lateral Loads, Frederick Ayisi Mensah
A COMPARISON OF SELF-FEEDING VERSUS CAREGIVER-FEEDING IN THE TREATMENT OF FOOD SELECTIVITY, Rachel Minkel
DESIGN OF CMOS COMPRESSIVE SENSING IMAGE SENSORS, Pujan Kumar Chowdhury Mishu
CMOS BASED IMPLEMENTATION OF HYPERBOLIC TANGENT ACTIVATION FUNCTION FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK, Fatemeh Mohammadi Shakiba
EXPERIMENTAL ADVANCES IN CLINICAL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF HYPERPOLARIZED 129XE AND 131XE VIA STOPPED-FLOW SPIN-EXCHANGE OPTICAL PUMPING, Michael Jhon Molway
The effects of brief experiential exercises on committed actions, Miranda Morton
EVALUATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES: AN APPROACH TO VALIDATE MULTI-SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES, Shekhar Raj Mote
Interpreting Ritual in Ceramics of Late Mississippian Southern Illinois, Alice Eileen Muntz
The Forest for the Trees: Gifford Pinchot’s Principles of Conservation, Leslie M. Murray
Comparison of populations of Achyranthes japonica in the Ohio River valley, Travis Jordan Neal
EXAMINING METHODS TO RESTORE AND REHABILITATE NATIVE CANEBRAKE HABITAT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Richard William Nesslar
Sentiment Analysis using Tensor2Tensor, Cameron Michael Niccum
HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF SWEET SORGHUM BAGASSE FOR BIO-OIL PRODUCTION, Varsha Niroula
STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES ON STORMWATER SYSTEM, Narayan Nyaupane
TBX2 IS REPRESSED BY TBX3 AND TBX3 IS TARGETED BY PRC2 IN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, Teak-Jung Oh
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-BASED OPTIMIZATION APPROACH USING PARALLEL COMPUTATION FOR RENEWABLE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SCHEDULING IN A COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKET, PAUL OLUWAKAYODE OKUNADE
THE TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECT OF ACUTE STRESS ON LONG-TERM MEMORY, Alicia Olechowski
Examination of the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Justice Among Police Officers, Allison Osborn
The Effects of Fluopyram on Macrophomina phaseolina and Charcoal rot of Soybean, Annie Caroline Padgett
MULTIPATH TCP IN WIRELESS NETWORKS, Mijanur R. Palash
USING CLIMATE MODELS TO PREDICT WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN LAS VEGAS VALLEY: A SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH, Ranjan Parajuli
ANALYSIS OF A NON-IDEAL (LOSSY) TRI-MICRORING OPTICAL SYSTEM, Vasileios Pentsos
Efficient Resource Management for Video Applications in the Era of Internet-of-Things (IoT), Sai Saketh Nandan Perala
MICROAGGRESSIONS WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPLORING HOW WHITE FACULTY COMMIT AND RESPOND TO MICROAGGRESSIONS, Remya Perinchery
OPTIMIZING INTEROCEPTIVE EXPOSURE FOR ANXIETY SENSITIVITY UTILIZING AN INHIBITORY LEARNING MODEL, Devin Petersen
EFFECTS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN ON STAPYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Alyssa Philips
FIGHTING AGAINST SOCIAL BOTS: THE ISSUE OF IDENTIFICATION, Dmitrii Pianov
Impacts of cleanser, material type, methods for cleaning and training on canine decontamination, Ellie B. Powell
OPTIMIZATION OF BRAKE PAD GEOMETRY TO PROMOTE GREATER CONVECTIVE COOLING TO INCREASE HEAT DISSIPATION RATE, Daryl Premkumar
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, AND MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PREPAREDNESS, Heather Pulley
A Lightweight Cryptographic Approach using Social Media for Secure Communication in Wireless Networks in IoT, Sai Ravee Teja Puramsetty
IS A POLICE OFFICER’S SENSE OF SELF-LEGITIMACY PREDICTIVE OF JOB SATISFACTION?, Molly Elizabeth Pyatt
CHANGES IN ANTISOCIAL ATTITUDES AND RECIDIVIST OUTCOMES, Maranda Rose Quillen
AN EVALUATION OF TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AT INCREASING DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING IN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, Chantal Rainford
Exploring the Relationships Among Pretend Play, Creativity, and Parent Play Beliefs in General Education and Immersive Bilingual Education Settings, Jennifer Ramasami
The Effects of Societal Threat on Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation, Chasity Ratliff
Evaluating the Efficacy of Relational Training Procedures to Increase IQ On The Block Design Subtest, Mina Rohail
Soil Indicators of Restored Ecological Function Following Riparian Afforestation in Southern Illinois, Benjamin Roosa
Expression of Epstein-Barr virus proteins and their detection by IgG antibodies, Alyssa Rosek
A NOVEL APPROACH FOR PLACING ACCESS POINTS IN AN ULTRA-DENSE 5G NETWORK WITH OPTIMUM POWER AND BANDWIDTH, Indranil Roy
Test Pattern Generation for Double Transition faults, Keerthana Samala
DAY OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE. PERFORMING INDIGENEITY IN VENEZUELA., Lourdes Silvana Saturno
RECRUITMENT SOURCES OF ASIAN CARPS IN THE OHIO RIVER BASIN, AARON Lee SCHILLER
MODIFICATION OF A CURRENT COALBED METHANE PERMEABILITY MODEL FOR HORIZONTAL STRAIN ONLY, Sawyer David Schrader
Machine-Insect Interface: Spatial Navigation of a Mobile Robot by a Drosophila, Suddarsun Shivakumar
Energy-Rate Trade-Off Analysis for SWIPT in Massive MIMO Systems, Rajan Shrestha
Cultural Trauma and Narratives of Silence in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, Catherine Elizabeth Siefert-Pearce
MULTISTEP FRAMEWORK FOR SHORT-TERM LOAD FORECASTING USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM, Hari Silwal
The Great Chain and the World Around it: The Perry Expedition within a Global Context, 1815-1861., Edward Lee Smith
SIZE OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS AND ENERGY STORAGE IN A DISTRIBUTION FEEDER, Steven Smith
Emergency Evacuation Training in Virtual Reality, Ourania Spantidi
Police Legitimacy Across High-Crime Contexts: An Examination of Neighborhood-Level Expressive Concerns and Accumulated Experiences, Tyrell Spencer
IMPLEMENTING PEAK TRANSFORMATIONAL MODULE TO TEACH DERIVED RELATIONAL RESPONDING IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Jenna Sprong
Misfire-Fault Classification for Future On-Board Diagnostics III Vehicles, Jessica Lynn Suda
SOCIAL EXCHANGE IN MENTORING, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, Malinda Suprise
USING A NUMERICAL ALGORITHM TO SEARCH FOR DECOHERENCE-FREE SUB-SYSTEMS, Purva Thakre