Theses from 2025
FROM PROPOSAL TO PRODUCTION: THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE PLAY, “THE MIND’S MIRAGE”, Aleksei J. Ellis
IMPACT OF INDONESIAN BUSINESSES ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA, 1980–2022, NNAEMEKA EMMANUEL ENEMCHUKWU
A COMPARISON OF PELLETED VS EXTRUDED FEED FORM ON FEEDING BEHAVIORS OF HORSES, Lea Engelman
Surface water and groundwater interactions within the riparian wetlands of the Mississippi River Dogtooth Bend Southern Illinois, Adeola Jacob Fagorola
POSE TO PROTECT: FEDERATED SKELETON-BASED ANOMALY DETECTION FOR PRIVACY-CONSCIOUS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, Dina Famouri
A Costuming Carol: A Costume Design Thesis on A Christmas Carol, Aleka Fischer
Combined vs. Singular Chronic Predictable Stress: Behavioral and Neurobiological Outcomes, Claudia Grace Ford
DEVELOPMENT OF A 3D-PRINTED CLINOSTAT FOR THE STUDY OF MICROGRAVITY ON HUMAN CELL MODELS, Isaiah Michael Francis
Imperfect Over Nothing, Whitney Graham
COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THREE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AMAZONIAN POISON FROGS, Sofia del Milagro Granados Martinez
Facing Our Crises as They Really Are, Joshua Grese
HIGH TEMPERATURE PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY OF 2D LAYERS OF MoS2, DUSHMANTHA KUMARA DE SILVA GUSTHIGNGNHADURAGE
OPTIMIZING DEMAND RESPONSE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN SMART HOMES: AN ILLINOIS CASE STUDY, Leili Hadian Dahaj
The Sign of the Moon, Katherine Elwood Hashimoto
GENOTYPE AND SEX-BASED DIFFERENCE IN CIRCADIAN, METABOLIC, COGNITIVE, AND NEUROMUSCULAR PERFORMANCE IN AGED GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE, Sean Michael Hicks
FABRICATION AND ANALYSIS OF BIOBASED COMPOSITES WITH MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE DEVELOPED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Md Sakhawat Hossain
Brimming With Teeth, Claire Hutchinson
EVALUATING STREAMBANK AND IN-STREAM EROSION AS ACONTRIBUTORS TO WATER QUALITY IN TWO ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS, Chibueze Chigozie Iguegbe
ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOYS FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS., Nahida Islam
Using Airborne LIDAR as an Approach for Detection of Understory Invasive Shrubs in Southern Illinois, Elizabeth James
Surface-Stabilized Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (SS-LIBS) for Sensitive Biomarker Detection Using a Particle-based Assay Technique, Sandaruka Harindrinee Jayasooriya Arachchilage
Transferable Targeted Attack for Generating Adversarial Examples Across Convolutional and Transformer-Based Vision Models, Oleksandr Jockusch
Observing Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors Through an Idiographic Lens Using Ecological Momentary Assessment and Network Analysis, Hannah M. Johnson
ERROR ANALYSIS OF TURKISH EFL LEARNERS FROM A SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVE, Yaren Hatice Karakasli
Natural Language interface with household devices, Ashadeepthi Kobbari
Synthetic Consciousness: A Global Workspace and Predictive Processing Approach to Autonomous Cognitive Agents, Muni Madhuri Koilakuntla
IDENTIFYING RECRUITMENT SOURCES OF SILVER CARP (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) IN THE OHIO RIVER BASIN, Mitchell Konieczny
DECOLONIZING EDUCATION: TRACING THE DEWEYAN ROOTS OF KWAME NKRUMAH’S EDUCATION POLICIES IN GHANA, 1951-1966, Peter Kojo Kontoh
Fate and Transport of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, Cristina La
ANALYSIS OF NONTRONITE ALTERATION IN COMPLEX ACIDIC SOLUTIONS, Madeline Lewinski
Reduced-rank spatio-temporal models, Dulari Dineshika Liyana Arachchillage
TAKE A CHANCE ON MATT: A BIG STORY ABOUT “LITTLE WOMEN”, Matthew T. Logan
AI-ENHANCED DECENTRALIZED TASK ALLOCATION USING BLOCKCHAIN IN MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS, Jayaram Majeti
EMBEDDED SENSOR DESIGN FOR NON-ROBUST DELAY TESTING, Presh Jayawardana Manannaidelage
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVER CROPS AND TILLAGE ON NUTRIENT LOSS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATIONS, Noah L. Mardian
The Weight of Water, IVY MARIE REITZ
AN ASSESSMENT OF WILD POLLINATOR POPULATIONS AND POLLINATION DEFICITS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS PUMPKIN FIELDS, Amma G. Maya
BEYOND THE HEADSTONES: A GEOPHYSICAL STUDY OF THE GARRISSON HILL CEMETERY REALOCATION., Paulo Vitor Mendes Da Cunha
FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE DRIVERS OF LAND USE CHANGE AND THEIR IMPACTS ON LIVELIHOODS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE CENTRAL GONJA DISTRICT OF GHANA, Adizatu Mohammed
Elliptic Curves and Their Applications in Cryptography, Mercedes Danange Moll
UNDERSTANDING THE REGULATION OF TBX2 IN RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, Aloleca Mukherjee
NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE WITH MOBILE ROBOTS., Karthika Mullangi
DETERMINANTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE LEADING PRODUCING COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE, Seidu Musah
REIMAGINING ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION: MULTIMODAL RHETORIC AND THE VOICES OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, Sadatun Nesa
INVESTIGATION OF CHARGE TRANSFER OF MOS2 MODIFIED ELECTRODE IN THE ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF MONOVALENT (Na⁺) AND DIVALENT (Mg²⁺) CATIONS, Mahmudun Noby
SOCIAL DISPARITY PROBLEMS FOR ABORTION LAWS AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Yetunde Justina Oni
USING EQUIVALENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING TO TEACH SOCIAL SKILLS, Alexander Orzeck
CRYSTALLIZATION OF PYRITE FROM ACIDIC HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS, Junior Osei Agyemang
IN/DIGNITY, Ashish Kumar Padma Rao
Mixed Methods Meta-Synthesis of Nutrition Education Programs For The Autism Spectrum Disorders’ Community, Nina Yain Palmer
AI Medical Document Generation, Maniteja Parchuri
AUTHENTICATION FOR IOT DEVICES TO ACCESS SATELLITE NETWORKS, Dharani Parvathaneni
Drawer Fever, Nine Personal Essays, Sarvin Parviz
AUSLYN: THE 22nd EPOSIL, Andrew Primous
Mechanobiological Regulation of NF-κB in Innate Immunity, Sazid Noor Rabi
OPTIMIZED MULTI-PATH ROUTING FOR IOT CONNECTIVITY IN LEO SATELLITE NETWORKS: A LOAD-BALANCED APPROACH NETWORKS, Jatin K. Rai
STUDY ON SCHNEIDER-TEITELBAUM DUALITY FOR COMPACT p-ADIC LIE GROUP AND INTRODUCTION TO ITS MOD-p REDUCTION., Kasun Sandeepa Rathnayaka Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage
Evaluating the Accuracy of Traction Force Estimations in Traction Microscopy via Deep Learning, Sunimali Jayamini Rathnayake
Between My Body and the Cadaver Inside, Teya Reed
Real-Time Fault Detection and Classification in Radial Power Distribution Network using DNNs, Nimmi Regmi
Masters Thesis: The Development Of Southwest Yorkshire English: Open Syllable Lengthening And Peripherality, Jack Paul Ryan
SULFUR SCAVENGING BY THE ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPH HELIOPHILUM FASCIATUM, Sophia Antonietta Sanguedolce
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