Theses from 2024
MAGICAL AND ORDINARY CHARACTERS IN SHURALE AND FIREBIRD, Aliya Zaripova
BLACK SWAN EFFECT AND MATTHEW EFFECTS: TURNING RANDOM FORTUNE INTO PERPETUAL ADVANTAGE THROUGH THE HOMOPHILY NETWORK, Weikang Zhang
Theses from 2023
STEEL ROOM THERAPY LTD., Ismail Abushamma
Drone Swarms in Adversarial Environment, Bhavana Sai Yadav Akula
APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING: LONG-DISTANCE SUBJECT ANAPHORS AND PHASAL BINDING DOMAINS, Fahad A. Almalki
DEEP LEARNING FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING THE GROWTH STAGES OF WEEDS ON FIELDS, Abeer Matar Almalky
An Investigation into the Breadth of Intrusive and Obsessive Thought, Myles Arendtson
Impacts of Cover Crops on Nutrient Loading in Headwater Streams Draining Southern Illinois Row Crop Fields: A Paired Watershed Approach, Steven Micheal Bachleda
A CURRENT TO DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR POWER SIGNATURE GENERATION APPLICATIONS, ARUNIMA AINDRILA BADHON
TTRPG Portfolio, David Ballard
Metal Halide Perovskite: X-ray Applications, Dalton James Banach
A CAPACITIVE-SENSING-BASED METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUID VELOCITY IN MICROCHANNELS, Mehrdad Bandegi
Cortical Thickness in Children with Reading Disorder and/or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Lauren Bandel
DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND FEEDBACK STABILIZATION OF A PERMANENT MAGNET LEVITATION SYSTEM, Dhiraj Basnet
PRECISION PLANTING OF COVER CROP MIXTURES INFLUENCE ON SOIL AND CORN PRODUCTION, Justin Michael Berberich
Inside the Exine and Perine: Understanding the Production and Evolution of Sporopollenin in Seed-Free Land Plants, William Barkley Browning
ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF LEPIDOPTERANS AS POLLINATORS IN A MIDWESTERN POLLINATION NETWORK, Carmen Burkett
Deletion of Core Septin Gene aspB in Aspergillus fumigatus Results in Fungicidal Activity of Caspofungin, Rebecca Jean Busch
STARS BURNING NIGHT’S QUIET RHAPSODY, Jacob Randall Butlett
A NOT SO LITTLE THESIS: THE LIGHTING DESIGN PROCESS OF LITTLE WOMEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, Jorrey Logan Calvo
SIMULATED DICAMBA DRIFT EFFECT ON PUMPKINS, Lindsey Cartwright
Early American Republicanism as Demonstrated by Early American Theater, Jennifer Eileen Caudell
VALIDATING INDUSTRIAL BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS, Nishanth Reddy Chilumula
Synergies Between Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence, SaiNishanth Chittaluri
Self Portrait as a House Foreclosed: Poems, Jo Christian
AFRICAN CHILDREN’S AGENCY IN THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, H'Aeneise Coopwood
INVESTIGATION OF FLAVOR AND AROMA PREFERENCES OF COMMON PALATANTS IN MARES AND FOALS, Cierra Nicole Crowell
The Impact of Additive Manufacturing Constraints and Design Objectives on Structural Topology Optimization, Babin Dangal
AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOMENTS AND APPROXIMATION OF A STOCHASTIC HODGKIN-HUXLEY MODEL OF NEURON POTENTIAL, Daniel Davidson
The Effects of Video Modeling on Developing Oral Hygiene Skills in Children with a Genetic or Developmental Disorder, Olivia Grace Davis
Dynamic Classification Using the Adaptive Competitive Algorithm, maryam Deldadehasl
SOCIAL ISOLATION IN FISH: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NUTRITION, Aubrey Dissinger
ALTERATION OF CYTOCHROME P450 GENE EXPRESSION AND MICROBIAL PROFILES IN PATIENTS WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS, Han Do
General Amplitude Modulation for Robust Trapped-Ion Entangling Gates, Luke A. Ellert-Beck
DOES PERFORMANCE DURING AN ACADEMIC DISCOUNTING TASK PREDICT BEHAVIORAL MEASURES OF PROCRASTINATION? A SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION OF OLSEN ET AL. (2018), Connor David Eyre
EFFECTS OF MATCHING IMAGES OF NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS ON DELAY DISCOUNTING: A SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION OF BERRY ET AL. (2014), Elizabeth Fillmore
Combination of calorie restriction mimetics improves health span in short-lived PEPCK bGH transgenic mice, Anil Gautam
HYDROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS, Ty Henry Alan Genz
QUANTIFYING THE GEOMORPHIC CHANGE AFTER LEN SMALL LEVEE BREACHES, DOGTOOTH BEND OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Tara Lal Giri
Beyond The Page: Multimodal Lab-Based Research and Development in Creative Writing, Matthew Jacob Gordon
Evaluating and Classifying the Damage of Soybean Leaf using Deep Learning Technique, Sandeep Goshika
ADHD RELATED HYPERACTIVITY AND IMPULSIVITY: DISTINCT OR OVERLAPPING DIMENSIONS?, Nicole Greenwood
Journey of the Heart, Cameron James Gremillion
MULTI-COMPONENT DECONVOLUTION INTERFEROMETRY FOR DETECTING AND LOCALIZING DAMAGE: A NUMERICAL STUDY, Sujeet Gurung
Building a Tragedy: Technical Direction for Romeo and Juliet, Daniel Lee Hall
Palatability and Efficacy of Electrolyte Chews in Horses, Grace Handlos
An Analysis of Nonlocal Pottery from the East St. Louis Precinct Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence, Sarah Harken
“Transgress[ing] society’s rules”: Identity coding within LGBTQ+ communities, Julie A. Hartung
An Intra-Textual Approach to Story and Discourse: Sisyphean Permutation in Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy, Caleb Hays
ROMEO AND JULIET: THE SUMMER OF TRAGEDY, Molly Christina Heal
ASSESSING INDICATORS OF FOREST RESTORATION SUCCESS ACROSS A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF AFFORESTED CROPLAND IN CYPRESS CREEK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Maggie C. Herrmann
Spherical Shell for Low Altitude UAV Operations: an Impact Analysis, Eric Hettel
Species Level Diversity of the Freshwater Clitellate Stylaria, Austin Horenkamp
ACCELERATED CELLULAR TRACTION CALCULATION BY PREDICTIONS USING DEEP LEARNING, Md. Kamal Ibn Shafi
Role of Institutional Quality on Bilateral Exports, Sumaiya Binta Islam
BETWEEN CHALK AND GAVELS: GENERAL EDUCATORS’ KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW, Eric Nicholas Jackson
Characterization of a thermostable sorbitol dehydrogenase from a novel subsurface bacterium, Caldiatribacterium inferamans SIUC1: Insights into structure and function, Sandhya Kumudumali Jayasekara
AN ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE MINE RECLAMATION AND THE MARKET POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE COAL MINING AND AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY IN ILLINOIS, USA, Kemar Shaquille Jones
Understanding the interactions of MHETase and its variants on MHET and BHET substrates by Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Hriday Dhar Joni
The Sanctities of Light, Mandi Jourdan
USING MULTISPECTRAL DRONE IMAGING AND MACHINE LEARNING TO MONITOR SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODES, Joseph Moses Kalinzi
STABILIZATION OF BENTONITE CLAY USING RECYCLED GLASS POWDER AND POLYPROPYLENE FIBER, Bibek Karki
Comparative Analysis of Mouse-clicking and Eye-tracking Dataset using Saliency Modeling on Fashion Advertisement Images, Gokarna Karki
A SOCIO-HYDROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ILLINOIS LEVEE SYSTEMS, Nicholas Keller
MANAGING WINTER RYE FOR IMPROVING CORN PRODUCTION, NITROGEN USE, AND FARM PROFIT, Christian Kessler
FALSE DATA INJECTION ATTACK DETECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION IN A POWER SYSTEM USING KULLBACK-LEIBLER DIVERGENCE AND MAXIMUM DIFFERENCE, Prayush Khadka
COMPARING STAND COMPOSITION AND FLORISTIC QUALITY OF TWO ADJACENT UPLAND OAK-HICKORY WOODLANDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: OLD-GROWTH AND SECOND-GROWTH DYNAMICS, Leah Rose Kleiman
MULTI-SPECIES TROPHIC RESPONSE IN TRIBUTARIES OF THE OHIO RIVER ALONG A GRADIENT OF AN INVASIVE PLANKTIVORE, Justin Kowalski
Impacts of Water and Sediment Control Basins (WASCoBs) on Water Quality Near Atterberry, Illinois, Sara Lambert
UNDERSTANDING SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS: A CITIZEN SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE, Ryan Lefaivre
Evaluating the Impact of Registry Status on Employment and Housing Outcomes, Lauryn T. Lockett
some boys name themselves, Elijah Conlin Lockhart
The Forest at Evening, Jackson Love
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND AGE DEMOGRAPHICS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, Birgir Bjorn Magnusson
A Comparison of Prompting Strategies to Facilitate Receptive Identification in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Ashley Mandel
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL NEGATIVE TALK, CHILD AGGRESSION, AND CHILD ASSERTIVENESS, Tori McNary
Differential Movement Response of Silver Carp to Individual and Environmental Conditions in the Illinois and Wabash Rivers, Taylor Mogavero
A LOVE LETTER TO PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE FRIENDS: THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF MURPHY’S LAW OF PRETENDERS, Rosemary Pearl Moore
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM, POLITICAL FREEDOM, AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN LOW-INCOME AND UPPER-INCOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES, Nafissatou Moussa Adamou
AN AIR TRAVEL JOURNEY, Halimah Muhammad
A Qualitative Examination of Rural Residents’ Perception Formation Regarding Gun Control and Persons with a Mental Illness and Gun Violence, Ryan Cummings Nation
LEVERAGING SDN AND NFV FOR DNS AMPLIFICATION OR REFLECTION ATTACK DETECTION AND MITIGATION, Mohammad Mashud Nesary
STUDY OF PHASE TRANSITION AND MAGNNETOCALORIC EFFECT FOR THE SYSTEM Ni-Mn-In-Bi, Abhiyan Oli
INVESTIGATION OF Ir(100) STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES TOWARDS C-H BOND ACTIVATION IN STEAM ETHANE REFORMING, Rotimi Mark Ore
EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT RATES OF REINFORCEMENT OF MATCHING-TO-SAMPLE RESPONSES ON IMPULSIVE CHOICE: A SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION OF HURTADO-PARRADO ET AL. (2023), Laurent Giovanna Orozco-Barrios
BONES, BUGS, & BIOEROSION: DERMESTID BEETLE SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE AND THEIR TAPHONOMIC EFFECT ON BONE, Abraham Bootes Packard
Determining Upstream Movement and Dam Passage of Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) Within the Mississippi River Basin Using Otolith Microchemistry, Patrick William Padilla
Data-driven-modeling-based sensor placement for the detection and identification of failures in cyber physical water distribution networks., Utsav Parajuli
Bleed American, Bryce Patterson
Agency and Matrilineal Ties; Queen Victoria and Her Daughters, Lydia Catherine Pensel