Theses from 2025
SURVIVORSHIP IN VIRGINIA OPOSSUMS AND THE MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS FOR BURMESE PYTHONS IN KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, Arya J. Sanjar
EXPLORING THE ADOPTION OF QUALITY 4.0: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INDUSTRY PRACTICES AND BARRIERS, Tama Rani Sarker
DENSITY ESTIMATES, INTERACTIONS, AND HABITAT USE OF TWO ENDEMIC ENDANGERED RODENTS IN RESPONSE TO INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS, USA, Shauna Marie Sayers
EFFICACY OF PREDATOR CONTROL AS A MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS RACCOONS, Jennifer R. Schultze
EFFECT OF WATER-DEFICIT STRESS ON CANNABIS SATIVA PRODUCTION AND SECONDARY METABOLITE LEVELS, Shiksha Sharma
STUDY OF STRENGTH, DURABILITY AND MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF FLY ASH AND GGBS BASED GEOPOLYMER STABILIZED HIGH PLASTIC CLAY, Sudarshan Shrestha
FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT THROUGH GIS INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS, Sujan Shrestha
Isosteric Heats of Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide on Commercially Available Biochar Samples, Nathanial Smith
WATER QUALITY EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE POND-BASED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR REARING LARGEMOUTH BASS (Micropterus nigricans), Asyeh Sohrabifar
HYBRID TRANSFORMERS AND CLASSIFIERS FOR MALICIOUS URL DETECTION, Sukeerthi Sri Ram
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMAL OCCUPANCY AND PARTICULATE CARBON, NITROGEN, AND PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Madison H. Stokoski
No Night So Dark, Brock William Storey
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE BEHAVIOR OF HIGHLY PLASTIC CLAY STABILIZED WITH SODIUM ALGINATE, Kevin Tamang
QUANTIFYING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF MANAGED RETREAT: INSIGHTS FROM VALMEYER’S GAINS AND GREATER OLIVE BRANCH’S LOSSES, Rajee Tamrakar
SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND SMART DIVIDE AND BROADBAND RESILIENCE: INSIGHTS FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES, Sabah Tajin Tarique
When Spring Comes, Tracy Tran
THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND ITS RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGH THE EXCHANGE RATES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – A CASE STUDY IN WEST AFRICA, PATRICK BARIMA TWUM
Robot Intention Recognition for Near Future Collision Avoidance., Naga Sai Rishik Reddy Vaka
IMPROVING DETECTION OF SOYBEAN SCN INFESTATION USING MULTI-SCALE REMOTE SENSING AND A NOVEL VEGETATION INDEX, Yuhua Wang
DEBATING EMPIRE: THE YUCATAN CRISIS AND THE POLITICAL AFTERMATH OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, Colton Matthew Warnes
Beyond the Mozart Effect: How Musical Experience and Emotional Response Shape Individual Differences in Spatial Reasoning, Connor Watkinson
Drivers for and Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainability Initiatives at Small Colleges in the Midwestern United States, Hannah Weber
OCCUPANCY AND ECOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Derek Whipkey
Smile! Like You Mean It., Andrew Glenn Yepsen
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