Theses from 2017
NEW INVERSE-HEUSLER MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL SPINTRONICS APPLICATIONS, Said Bakkar
Ekphrasis in Some Contemporary American Extended Sequences: Presence, Exteriority, and Form in John Ashbery and Susan Wheeler, Ankit S. Basnet
FISH OIL SPARING IN FEEDS FOR CALIFORNIA YELLOWTAIL SERIOLA DORSALIS: ADDRESSING DIGESTIBILITY LIMITATIONS AND EFFECTS ON TISSUE FATTY ACID PROFILES, Alexis M. Bergman
ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) & TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) DAM BREAK ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BREACHING PARAMETERS USING HEC-RAS, Manahari Bhandari
HABITAT SELECTION OF REINTRODUCED BISON IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Julia C. Brockman
MAPPING RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES IN CYPRESS CREEK REFUGE, ILLINOIS: LAND USE CHANGE IMPACT ON HABITAT USAGE FROM 1984-2014: PASSERINE PRESENCE AND CLASSIFICATION COMPARISONS, Michael Theodore Burck
FOUNDER OF METAPHYSICS OR ONTOLOGICAL DIALECTICIAN: MARTIN HEIDEGGER AND HANS-GEORG GADAMER ON PLATO, Kevin Ray Cales
Neoliberal Environmentalism in the War on Poverty: A Case Study of Carbondale, Illinois, Gregory Matthew Carter
GREEN ROOF PLUG GERMINATION AND GROWTH WITH DIFFERENT BASE MEDIA AND TREATMENTS, Afton Michelle Caulkins
THE IMPACT OF MINDFULNESS SKILLS ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIRECT CARE STAFF AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, Christina L. Chancey
BIOFILMS: A DEVELOPMENTAL NICHE FOR VANCOMYCIN-INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Jenelle Chapman
EFFECT OF NANOADDITIVES AND HUMIDITY ON FRICTION PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE MATERIALS, Kai-Tse Cheng
Printed Electrochemical Sensors For Bioanalysis, Sensen Chen
Hegemonic Masculinity and Transphobia, Marilyn Chung
ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE AND MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE BY SOYBEAN, Vincent Colantonio
THE ASSESSMENT AND ETIOLOGY OF NOVELTY SEEKING AND RULE-BREAKING IN YOUNG CHILDREN, Emma Brittany Diaz
The Investigation of Cross-Modal Transfer across Visual and Tactile Sensory Modalities in Children with Autism, Meghan Michelle Doherty
INFLUENCE OF MEDIA ON SELF-OBJECTIFICATION, BODY IMAGE, AND RAPE MYTHS ACCEPTANCE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS, Catarina Durante Bergue Alves
The Game of Light: A Graph Theoretical Approach, Rebekah Libby Durig
Only Guessing, Jennifer Egan
REGRESSION TOWARD THE MEAN, Lathan Ehlers
A Fast and Efficient Method for Power Distribution Network Reconfiguration, Aaron Jordan Ekstrand
SYNTHESIS OF FLUORESCENT PROMAZINE DERIVATIVES, Sarah Ahmed Fadhlalmawla
MACHINE LEARNING ON BIG DATA FOR STOCK MARKET PREDICTION, Faraz Fallahi
Translation: A Journey Toward Ethnographic Art, Wickham Catesby Flannagan
CrowdCloud: Combining Crowdsourcing with Cloud Computing for SLO Driven Big Data Analysis, Taylor Flatt
THE EFFECTS OF HYDROPONIC WHEAT FODDER ON FECAL METABOLITES IN EQUINES, Jesse M. Francis
PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, Lindsay Jo Francis
Efficacy of Seed Treatment Chemistries in Soybean for Fusarium virguliforme and Heterodera glycines, Nicholas Alan Frederking
INVESTIGATION OF (La1-X,CaX)(Ni0.25Fe0.25Cr0.25Co0.25)O3 FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS CATHODE MATERIALS, Sai Ram Gajjala
Approximation Of Continuously Distributed Delay Differential Equations, Roshini Samanthi Gallage
YOUR WORLD OFFENDS ME: A STUDY OF DISCOUNTING SENSITIVE SOCIETAL PROSCRIPTIONS, Brian Gall
Discounting and Values, Megan Elizabeth Galliford
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DELAY DISCOUNTING, SOCIAL DISCOUNTING, AND SELF-REPORTED VALUES, Kurt Joseph Garcia
Using Expectancy Theory to Examine Barriers to Correctional Mental Health Treatment, Miranda Danielle Gibson
The effects of natural antioxidants on the stability of omega-3 fatty acids in dog food, Florentina Glodde
POST APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE AND THE STATE: SCIENCE FICTION AND STORYWORLDS, Andrew Goforth
ASSESSING EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE TRENDS IN MAJOR EASTERN US CITIES, Mercedes Lissette Gomez-Jacobo
TRADE-OFFS IN DISTINGUISHING TWO-QUBIT STATE PREPARATIONS USING ONE-WAY LOCC, Alvin Rafer Gonzales
EVALUATING THE COGNITIVE DRIVERS AND DETERRENTS OF ADAPTATION IN THE IOWA-CEDAR WATERSHED, Aleesandria Gonzalez
REMEDIATION OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE IMPACTED SOIL USING WATER TREATMENT WASTE AND PHYTOREMEDIATION, Rajesh Guru
Understanding the emergence of adaptive water governance: a case study of the Cache River watershed of Southern Illinois, Jodie Hancock
Keep Them, Chelsey Jeanne Harris
TRAINING PARAPROFESSIONAL USE OF DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR PROCEDURES USING BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING, Alexa Ann Havlicek
Engine Burning Through, Andrew James Hemmert
Examining the Effectiveness of Choice in Task Sequence for Children with ASD, Leslie Ann Hiquiana
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES ON DISCOUNTING OF HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIORS, Jessica Hubrich
EVALUATING THE PEAK: RELATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM IN TEACHING REFLEXIVITY TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Catherine Huggins
FORWARD MODELLING OF LONG-WAVELENGTH MAGNETIC ANOMALIES FROM THE UPPER MANTLE, Chijioke Modestus Idoko
REEVALUATING ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID NUTRITION IN FLORIDA POMPANO, Trachinotus carolinus, AND NILE TILAPIA, Oreochromis niloticus, Christopher John Jackson
A Six Sigma Approach to Implementing Conformal Cooling on Existing Processes in Injection Molding, William Josiah Jack
NOISE IMPACT REDUCTION IN CLASSIFICATION APPROACH PREDICTING SOCIAL NETWORKS CHECK-IN LOCATIONS, Elnaz Jedari Fathi
Development of Comparative Wear Test of ASTM G75 Standard, Rohit Jogineedi
MAKANDA BALLADS: MEDIA PRACTICES IN RURAL AMERICA, Jennifer Rosemary Johnson
Evaluating the Validity and Efficacy of the PEAK-E Curriculum, Danielle Jordan
The Teaching of Reading in the Senegalese EFL Context, Mohamadou Bachir Kane
EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF THE PEAK-E CURRICULUM IN ESTABLISHING EQUIVALENCE RELATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, Kayde Lou Keinz
Exploring Retrospective Biases In Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Experience-Sampling Study, Jeremy MacLaren Kelly
Patient attitudes toward integrated health care: Initial scale development and a test of the influences of cultural mistrust and gender among African Americans, Abby Jane Spalding Kelty
A MULTI-LEVEL ASSOCIATION EXTRACTION RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR SURVEYS, Mohammad Reza Khoie
Discounting in Sex: How Sexual Choices are Impacted by Sexual Impulsivity and Gender, Miriam Kim
The Differential Effect of Two Brief Mindfulness Interventions on Cognitive and Somatic Symptoms of Anxiety, Keith Patrick Klein
SIMPLE POOL ARCHITECTURE FOR APPLICATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MANY-CORE SYSTEMS, Jayasimha sai Koduri
ACUTE EFFECTS OF SELF-INDUCED MYOFASCIAL RELEASE ON FLEXIBILITY, POWER, AND SPEED IN COLLEGE AGE MALES AND FEMALES, Hannah Marie Kollmann
Evaluating the Efficacy of a PEAK-T Training Program to Improve Outcomes on an ACT Values-based Intervention Package, Kelsey Kryszak
AN EFFICIENT APPROACH TO REDUCE TEST APPLICATION TIME THROUGH LIMITED SHIFT OPERATIONS IN SCAN CHAINS, Jayasurya Kuchi
Journey Towards Adequacy: The Development Process Of Torak The Inadequate, Rory John Leahy
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMITTED ACTION AND PROCRASTINATION, David Nathaniel Legaspi
Effect of habitat management on dabbling ducks during spring migration in southwest Indiana, John Michael Lindstrom
IMPACT OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT ALUM SLUDGE RESIDUALS ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES: A CASE STUDY, Garrett Michael Litteken
Physiological Response to Reward and Loss, Falyn Michal Lockenour
The Stuff of Dreams: Alterity and Sovereignty as Generative Performance Framework, Alex Lockwood
Increasing healthy food choices among individuals in a residential facility, Stephanie Lo
EVALUATING THE VALIDITY AND EFFICACY OF THE PEAK-E ASSESSMENT AND THE PEAK-E CURRICULUM IN A SINGLE-CASE EVALUATION ACROSS 3 INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, Cara Marie Lucas
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF A NEW JERUSALEM: POWER AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF NAUVOO AND ITS HINTERLANDS, 1839-1846, Geoff Lybeck
Occupancy of Terrestrial Mammal Species of the Madeira-Purus Interfluvium in Amazonas, Brazil, Rebecca J. Lyon
A STUDY ON HOMOPHONE WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY-BASED PASSWORD CRACKING, Ajay Mandapaka
Abolitionism and the Logic of Martyrdom: Death as an Argument for John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass, Maximilian Umberto Martini
THE ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: DIRECTING VIGILS BY NOAH HAIDLE, Bobbi Masters
The Human Reliquary: Origin, Continuity, & Lateness, Michael Gordon Maxwell
Queering The Future: Examining Queer Identity In Afrofuturism, Caleb Royal McKinley-Portee
Crystallization History of Gabbroic Shergottite NWA 6963 as Revealed by Pyroxene Zoning, Andrea Meado
Resisting Invasion: Grassland Plant Responses to an Invasive Legume, Lespedeza cuneata, Erin Medvecz
Characterization of host toll-like receptor expression in colonization and maintenance of the Euprymna scolopes / Vibrio fischeri symbiosis, Katherine Diane Melton
Beyond Race: The Interplay of Race and Acculturation on Leader Perception, Raquel Alexandra Mendizabal Martell
EFFICIENT DESIGN OF CARRY SELECT ADDER USING DOMINO MANCHESTER CARRY CHAIN, Dronacharya Meruguboina
TRACE ELEMENTS, HEALTH EFFECTS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMONITORING IN SEA DUCKS OF THE NORTHERN ALASKA COAST, Micah W.C. Miller
CHARACTERIZATION AND TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE PADS WITH DIFFERENT RAW MATERIALS, Amir Asyraf Mohamed Iqbal
UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED COARSE AGGREGATES TO DEVELOP HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE, Sufiyanu Momoh
Do Collective Narcissists Feel Shame Too? An Investigation of National In-Group Transgression and In-Group Directed Hostility., Richard Montoya
Some Kind of Animal, Maria Romasco Moore
Disability Attitudes and Video Gaming Tendencies of NCAA Division I Athletes, Alexandra Nichole Morgan