Theses from 2017
INVESTIGATION OF THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF CERIUM OXIDE WITH DOPANTS FOR AN OXYGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE, James Morrow
Digital Laser Speckle Image Correlation, Mahshad Mosayebi
Electrodeposition of CuGaS2 from Aqueous and Non-aqueous Electrolyte Mixtures, Shirin Movaghgharnezhad
Response Allocation as Preference: Examining the Effect of Bonus Features in Slot Machines, Linda M. Muckey
EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MODELING HISTORICAL RESOURCE PRODUCTION AND FORECASTING, Bolorchimeg Nanzad
INTRUDER DYNAMICS RESPONSE OF GRANULAR MEDIA WITH NON-LINEAR INTERACTION POTENTIALS, Scott Newlon
Recreating Creation: Designing the Costumes for Children of Eden, Andie Nicks
ESTIMATING THE FACTORS AFFECTING US POULTRY EXPORTS, Mayowa Micheal Olaoye
TOWARD A NEW KURDISH CRITICAL BIOMORPHIC REGIONALISM: A DESIGN FOR NATIONAL TOURISM CENTER OF KURDISTAN IN CHICAGO, IL, Gaznag Sedeeq Othman
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING GROUND BOTTOM ASH IN GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE, Navin Paija
Watching the Wolf Tear Down the House: An Autoethnographic Examination of Living with Lupus in The Wolf Inside, Savannah Palmer
EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY, VALIDITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PEAK EQUIVALENCE MODULE THROUGH SINGLE-CASE DESIGN, Ashley Noelle Partlo
Investigation of Electronic and Opto-electronic Properties of Two-dimensional Layers (2D) of Copper Indium Selenide Field Effect Transistors, Prasanna Dnyaneshwar Patil
SUMMER HABITAT USE BY A MAMMAL COMMUNITY OF AN OAK-DOMINATED ECOSYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL HARDWOOD REGION, Brent Steven Pease
Modeling Naturally Occurring Wildfires Across the US Using Niche Modeling, Brandon Polk
THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION ON GPUS UNDER MULTI-APPLICATION EXECUTION, SRINIVASA REDDY PUNYALA
GAME-CENTERED GAMEPADS: FABRICATING AND 3D PRINTING, Chinmay Rajguru
RISK-TARGETED GROUND MOTION FOR PERFORMANCE- BASED BRIDGE DESIGN, Suman Rana
Emotional Movements Analysis and Classification with SRDA, Wei Rang
DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION FROM TWITTER STREAM ANALYSIS, Pouya RezaeiDivkolaei
Classism, Academic Self-Concept, and African American College Students' Academic Performance, Simone D. Roby
Simulating Heat Recovery of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell using EES, Eric Nicolas Rogier
TITLE: EVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY, TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY, TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS, AND BURNOUT SYNDROME, Melody Ann Rosado
EFFECT OF PPO-INHIBITING HERBICIDES ON MALE-TO-FEMALE SEX RATIO OF AMARANTHUS PALMERI, Mafia Mahabub Rumpa
Survival and Capture Efficiency of River Otters in Southern Illinois, Andrew U. Rutter
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR: BISMUTH SELENIDE THIN FILMS, Yub Raj Sapkota
A Validation Methodology for Extracted Associations from HCAHPS data set, Tannaz Sattari Tabrizi
Teaching Children with Autism to Identify Private Events of Others in Context, Ayla Schmick
Surviving Plymouth: Causes of Change in Wampanoag Culture in Colonial New England, Hannah Schmidt
Saving Animals and the Land: Uniting the American Animal Rights and Environmental Movements of the Late Twentieth Century, Kelsey Schmidt
Regulation of Angiogenic Gene Expression in Human Trophoblast by Cellular Stressors: Implications in Preeclampsia, Mark Wesley Schroeder
DETERMINATION OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS VIA POLAR ORGANIC COMPOUND INTEGRATED SAMPLING (POCIS), Elizabeth Schroedl
THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE OUTPUT OF NATIONS, Dylan Sellers
"LET THE FEAST OF FOOLS BEGIN, BATMAN!": THE TRADITIONAL AND GOTHIC CARNIVALESQUES IN THE SOUND DESIGN OF THE BATMAN: ARKHAM VIDEO GAMES, Weston Taylor Sharp
THE EFFECTS OF VIDEO MODELING ON INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE STAFF BEHAVIOR IN A SELF-CONTAINED HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM, Mary Katherine Shaughnessy
The Things We Create, Jamie Veronica Sheffer
3-D MODELING OF MICRO-SHEAR FLOW BASED RAPID ISOLATION OF TUMORIGENIC CANCER CELLS, Tasnim Shireen
Importance of Concentrated Flow Paths in Agricultural Watersheds of Southern Illinois, Prabisha Shrestha
VERIFICATION OF SHEAR LAG IN LONGITUDINALLY WELDED TENSION MEMBERS, Saurav Shrestha
THE ROLE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT IN UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS ON BARRIERS AND STRESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS, Brittany Sievers
Manon and the Chevalier d'Or, Ashley Sigmon
The Utility of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Increasing Tolerance to Aversive Stimuli, Samantha Kay Smalley
Acquisition Geometry-Related Noise Reduction for a Crooked-Line Seismic Reflection Profile in White County, Illinois, Jacob Smelker
EFFECTS OF NICOTINAMIDE ON MICROGLIAL RESPONSE IN JUVENILE RATS AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT, Aidan C. Smith
BUCKLING AND POST-BUCKLING RESPOSNE OF SINGLE CURVATUE BEAM-COLUMNS UNDER THERMAL (FIRE) LOADS, GHULAM H SOLTANI
Porosity Evaluation in Carbon Fiber Polymer Laminates using Acoustography, Ryan J. Spencer
A Case for Preparation: Teachers and Assessment, Gabriele Spintzyk
LOSS OF RAB25 COOPERATES WITH ONCOGENES IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS (HMEC), Pooja Sridhar Joshi
THE UPTAKE OF PARTICULATE ANTIGEN BY SPECIALIZED EPITHELIUM IN THE BURSA OF FABRICIUS AND THE GENERATION OF HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSES, Laura Joy Stevens
Impact of Vegetated Buffer Strips on Surface Runoff in Southern Illinois, Jonathan Walter Stewart
Some Mornings Starving, Jessica Lynn Suchon
MEASUREMENT OF DISABILITY ATTITUDES AND VIDEO GAMING TENDENCIES AMONG REHABILITATION STUDENTS, Hannah Sullivan
COMPLEX REPRESENTATIONS OF GLn(Fq), Porter Oneal Summers
LATE APPLICATION NITROGEN ON CORN IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOIL PROPERTIES AFFECTING AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION FROM UREA FERTILIZER, Brent Sunderlage
CORROSION OF STEEL IN MSE WALLS DUE TO DEICERS AND BACKFILL AGGREGATES, Dipesh Tajhya
Using PEAK Relational Training to Teach Advanced Language, Rebecca Jean Tavernor
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON URBAN STORMWATER INFRASTUCTURES, Ranjeet Thakali
Fabrication and Characterization of Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide Nanowire Sensor, Zacharia Tharakan
PCA and FA model for Matrix Valued Time Series Data, MahappuKankanamge TharinduPriyanDeAlwis
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Children with Autism, Tiffany Thomas
OCTONIONS AND ROTATIONS, Kalpa Madhawa Thudewaththage
DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF AND POWER HARVESTED BY ROTATING PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTERS THAT EXPERIENCE GYROSCOPIC EFFECTS, Thang Quang Tran
THE EFFECTS OF VERBAL OPERANT TRAINING AND RESPONSE INTERRUPTION AND REDIRECTION ON VOCAL STEREOTYPY, Casey Kaye Trasatti
Dance of the Undead: A Collection of Short Stories, Roberta L. Turner
THE USE OF RIVAL-MODEL OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING TO TEACH CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SHADES OF COLOR, Leah J. Verkuylen
AN EXAMINATION OF THE CULTURAL VALIDITY OF THE MEANING IN LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE USING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SAMPLE, Kenneth Terrell Washington
“WE ARE ALL LEARNERS” DISCOURSES OF OWNERSHIP AND STRATEGIES OF REINFORCEMENT IN THE TUNICA LANGUAGE REAWAKENING, Tyler A. Whitaker
ASSESSING SENSITIVITY OF HORSERADISH PLANTS TO DICAMBA AND 2,4-D IN NEW SOYBEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, Kayla N. Wiedau
IN VITRO APPARENT RUMINAL DIGESTIBILITY OF DIETS CONTAINING CORN DISTILLERS GRAIN WITH DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF CRUDE FAT, David Eldridge Williams
SEDIMENTOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SPRING DEPOSITS IN TEN MILE GRABEN, UTAH, Jason Ryan Williams
EVALUATING THE COMPOUNDING EFFECTS OF WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT GAIN IN CHOOSING TO EXERCISE, Courtney Wilson
RESOLVING THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THREE GENERA OF EPHEMEROPTERA (MAYFLIES); STENONEMA, STENACRON, AND MACCAFFERTIUM, Deanna Zembrzuski
GENERALIZED AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE MODELS, Reginald Ziedzor
Theses from 2016
FLUORESCENCE-BASED METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF RNA IN LIVING CELLS, Eman Ahmad Ageely
SOLVING INCREMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS USING Z3 SMT SOLVER, Ehsan Ahmadi
FISCHER-TROPCH SYNTHESIS ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE CARBON NANOTUBES, Praveenkumar Alagiri
SOCIAL MOTIVATION FOR CODE SWITCHING AMONG SAUDI ARABIC-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN, Muhammad Alasmari Alasmari
REFUSAL STRATEGIES IN SAUDI ARABIAN SOCIAL SETTINGS, ESHAQ ALATEEQ
Gender and Apology Strategies in Saudi Arabia, Ali B. Aljohani
Prediction Intervals after Forward Selection, Mona Abdullaah Almaghshi
INTERROGATION OF CHROMOSOME 8Q24.21 REGION FOR GENES CRUCIAL FOR CARCINOGENESIS USING CRISPR-CAS9 APPROACHES, Dheyaa Abdul Salam Al-Sallami
Cardinal Numbers in Modern Standard Arabic, Abdullah Ibrahim Alsubhi
EXAMINING NMR SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT BY REVERSIBLE EXCHANGE (SABRE) FOR RAPID, LOW-COST PREPARATION OF HYPERPOLARIZED SUBSTANCES, Banan Nasser Alsuhaibani
The Stories of Annabelle Lee, Doron Alter
DESIGN OF A NOVEL LOAD-BALANCED CORE-BASED MULTICAST APPROACH, Ashraf Alyanbaawi
APPLICATION OF MULTI-LAYER SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS (MLSOM) ON ANALYZING FACEBOOK ACTIVITIES, Laleh Asadzadeh Esfahani
Chevalley Groups, Chathurika Umayangani Manike Athapattu Athapattu Mudiyanselage
An Analysis of Discounting the Unholy Trifecta: The Effect of Political, Religious, and Sexual Attitudes on Behavioral Impulsivity, Amrinder Babbra
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE PROCESSING TEST AND THE PROMOTING THE EMERGENCE OF ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE: EQUIVALENCE MODULE, Michael R. Baer
The Syntax of Nafara DP, Bertille Melaine Marie Baron
Macroinvertebrate community responses to hydrologic extremes in a divided river: implications for restoration efforts, Karen Baumann
Seasonality, demographics, and feeding ecology of mudpuppies (Necturus maculosus) in an urban lake, Alicia M. Beattie
AN EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF URBAN EXPANSION OF KAMPALA FROM 1995 TO 2015, Diane E. BenBella
Correlation Analysis of Measurements of Social Discounting and Valued Living, Denise Bennett
Modeling Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) From Collected Strong Motion Data, Michelle Renee Betancourt
UV-B Light Stimulates an Increase in Phenolic Content in the Model System Brachypodium distachyon After 2 Hours of Exposure., Cheavar Anthony Blair