Theses from 2023
The LEED Platinum urban mixed-use special needs housing community, Michael James Piskule
FINE-SCALE MOVEMENT AND SPACE USE OF BEAVERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, John Brooks Pitman III
ASSESSING PROCEDURAL FIDELITY ERRORS ON CAREGIVERS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF A SYNTHESIZED FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, Yeni Ramos
ARE REMITTANCES INFLATIONARY? EVIDENCE FROM EMERGING NATIONS IN SOUTH ASIA, Sunder Regmi
Edge Preserving Transformations of Graceful Labelings, Nathan Risher
POTENTIAL FOR BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOTRANSFORMATION OF BIFENTHRIN AND 4, 4’-DDT THROUGH SEDIMENT EXPOSURE TO CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS, Eleni K. Robinson
The Evaluation of Mand Preferences in Young Learners with Autism, Cassandra R. Rojas
Generation: Poems, Annalee Roustio
ECOLOGICAL BOUNDING OF WETLAND DENITRIFICATION IN A MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN, Stony Scott Samberg
Investigating β-Ga2O3 Based MOSFETs and Their Electrical Breakdown, Maziar Sayeh
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES IN HABITAT QUALITY FOR SILVER CARP (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) AND NATIVE PLANKTIVOROUS FISHES, George Quinten Schaffer
Fielding the Rite: The Use of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Drum Corps from 2000-2022, Brandon Schultz
I Am Not Frightened - Work for Wind Ensemble, Brandon Schultz
The comparative 24 hour, behavioral time budgets of domestic horses managed under different levels of confinement, Mark Wilson Schwarm
The Connection between the Gut Microbiome and Diet in Wood Frog Development & Growth, Ayana Scott-Elliston
MERCURY ADSORPTION ON BIOSORBENTS AND AN ANALYTICAL METHOD TO DETERMINE IONIC MERCURY USING SP-ICPMS, Nur Shadia
Little Women...Have Big Feelings, Danielle Nicole Silfies
THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT ON THE PARASITES OF LARGEMOUTH BASS, Adrienne Stanley
Comparing Various Staff Training Modalities Within Applied Behavior Analysis, Jason Joseph Starr
Magneto-optical Kerr effect in the Heusler-like compound Fe2MnSn, Kenneth Christopher Stiwinter
An Intensive Survey of the Pollinators of the Genus Triodanis and the Efficacy of Pollination Biology for Citizen Scientists, Kate Tillotson
IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, Agossou Justin TOVILODE
EFFECTS OF WHITE-TAILED DEER DENSITY ON PHYSICAL CONDITION AND FOREST VEGETATION IN CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Jacob Trowbridge
Eigenvector Expansion Using Kriging Interpolation: An Application To A Plane Truss, Kevin Ratna Tuladhar
STUDY OF ADVANCED FRICTION MATERIAL FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, Manisha Upreti
Royal Blood, John-Michael Roderick Veach
EXPLAINING YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE WITH THEORY INTERGRATION, Kamryn Kamryn Wade
AN INTEGRATIVE INVESTIGATION OF NORTH AMERICAN GYRINICOLA (NEMATODA: OXYUROIDEA), Matthew Walker
COMPARING COGNITIVE COPING COMPONENTS: AN INVESTIGATION OF TREATMENT OUTCOMES AND PROCESSES, Andy Wall
TRANSDUCING MURINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TO MESODERM LINEAGE, Alexis Ronna West
NON-NUTRITIVE SERIAL VARNISH, Thomas O'Brien Willhoit
NOVEL COVER CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING FARM PROFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN AGROECOSYSTEMS, Garrett W. Williams
A MICROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS TO ASSESS CONTRIBUTIONS OF STOCKED AND WILD CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS) TO STATE-OWNED LAKES IN ARKANSAS, Morgan Reeves Winstead
Modeling of Temperature and Wear for Scaled-Down Friction Testing of Automotive Brake Materials, Vinaya babu Yerneni
The School String Program in the United States: Inception and Current Status, Myoung Ah You
A DAUGHTER’S TESTIMONY, Michaela Lynn Zelie
Theses from 2022
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF A TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE SYSTEM WITH BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS, Carlotta Gabrielle Abogado
Multi-dimensional resilience of water distribution system for water quality sensor placement, Albira Acharya
ANALYSIS OF ARIAS INTENSITY OF EARTHQUAKE DATA USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE, Nation Adhikari
EFFECTS OF FIRE ON VEGETATION OF THE BLACK OAK SAND SAVANNAS OF KANKAKEE SANDS FROM 2002-2020, Megan Alkazoff
I HAVE A FEVER FOR MORE PEACOCKS: TECHNICAL DIRECTION FOR HAY FEVER, Zachary Robert Alley
CO-TRANSPORT AND INTERACTION OF MICROPLASTICS AND HEAVY METAL IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, ANIKA AZME
AN INVESTIGATION OF FORCE POTENTIAL AGAINST THE CANINE NECK ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAR USE, Joshua Bailey
DIAGENETIC FLUIDS AND CONCRETION MINERALOGY IN JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, Desiree Nakia Baker
Test Set Compaction Considering Test Application Time in Full Scan Circuits, Sapan Basaula
BLOCK CHAIN IN SMART GRID, vivek bellamkonda
The Magnetic Conductions, Andrew Kenneth Xavier Beyke
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF SEXUAL AND PARTHENOGENETIC POPULATIONS OF CAMPELOMA DECISUM (GASTROPODA, VIVIPARIDAE), A NORTH AMERICAN FRESHWATER SNAIL, Aaron Mikkael Bower
Radicals Online: Ted Kaczynski and the Anti-Tech Collective, Mitchell J. Brown
PROXY 6, Patience Aubrianna Burton
AUTONOMOUS UAV HEALTH MONITORING AND FAILURE DETECTION BASED ON VIBRATION SIGNALS, James Cabahug
The Relationship Between Cerebellar Vermal Volume, Phonological Processing, and Working Memory, Emily Caminiti
Three Walled World, Ellery Capshaw
Finite Element Analysis of Rail Base Defect Detection by Line Scan Thermography, Guilherme Caselato Gandia
INTERSECTIONALITY AND PRIVILEGE IN RELATION TO CLINICALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES, Cerella Chandra
Analyzing the Digital Distress in Illinois Region, Saiprasanna Cheedepudi
THE MAIN FACTORS OF EMPLOYMENT IN DIFFERENCE INDUSTRIES IN CHINA., Lange Chen
Using email reminders to increase virtual attendance for middle school students, Lauren Cline
A Comparison of Feedback Sequencing for Increasing Skills with Implementing Behavior Intervention Plans, Danielle Nicole Crespo
'Even' in Comparative Structures, Melissa Cronin
COLLABORATIVE EXECUTION OF NEURAL NETWORKS ON MODERN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, Shraddha Dahal
Process Anomaly Detection Within IN-SITU Optical Tomography of Additive Manufacturing, Merrill Dennison
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF RIS-ASSISTED RELAY SYSTEMS, Alan Devkota
DURABILITY OF CLAYEY SOIL STABILIZED WITH CALCIUM SULFOALUMINATE CEMENT AND POLYPROPYLENE FIBER UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT, Saroj Dhakal
MEASURING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: An empirical analysis for Bhutan, Lekey Dorji
WORMING OUR WAY OUT OF A MESS: AN APPRAISAL OF THE NEW WORLD NIPPOSTRONGYLINAE (NEMATA, TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA, HELIGMONELLIDAE), Guinevere Olivia Drabik
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION of CARBON DOPED MANGANESE GALLIUM (MnGaC) ALLOYS, Jordan Duncan
HATTAK OHOYO LUSA ACHUKKOWA: AFRICAN/NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN’S PASSAGE, Jessica D. Edmond
Design and Efficacy of Saturated Riparian Buffer Zones in Central Illinois, Emma Eldridge
INVESTIGATING CLIMATE DRIVERS OF GRASSLAND SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI, Anna Frailey
Experimental Realization of The Open Polarimeter, Moses Benjamin Gaither-Ganim
INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION FREQUENCY ON CULINARY HERB GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY IN AN EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF ENVIRONMENT, Christina Cloena Gajewski
Development of Insecticide Resistance in Hyalella azteca, Nicole Gamble
THE DIALECTICAL MATERIALIST WORLDVIEW AND ITS INDISPENSABILITY FOR REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS, Carlos Lazaro Garrido
OPTIMIZATION OF ASYMMETRIC MANY-CORE SYSTEMS, Anish Raj Ghimire
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF NON-CONSUMPTIVE RECREATION ON NON-BREEDING WATERFOWL IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Christopher Gilbert
Spatial Response of Bobcats and Coyotes to Resources and Human Modification in Illinois, Nicole Gorman
Effects of Behavioral Skills Training on Development of Sexual Behavior Intervention for Board Certified Behavior Analysts, Barbara J. Gross
Use of Deep Learning in Detection of COVID-19 in Chest Radiography, Sarah Nicole Handrock
COMPUTING ALL-PAIRS SHORTEST COMMUNICATION TIME PATHS IN 6G NETWORK BASED ON TEMPORAL GRAPH REPRESENTATION, Rifat Hasan
HYPERVALENT IODINE-BASED SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS, Chris Howard Hill
The Relations Among Upstander, Bystander, Reinforcer, and Perpetrator Bullying Behaviors in Middle School Students, Kaitlyn K. Hnetkovsky
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOFERTILIZER ON FIELD GROWN PEPPERS AND GREENHOUSE GROWN TOMATO PRODUCTION, Patrick Tyler Hogan
real tough kids, Audrey Holmes
USE OF ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE, ABUNDANCE, AND YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH TO ASSESS FISH ASSEMBLAGE RESPONSES TO WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS, Hannah Holmquist
ARCANA, Tyler Joseph Horn
NATION FORMATION, AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATION OF HAITI, George Lewis Hunt
Preantral follicle population, spatial distribution, and ovarian tissue autotransplantation in mares, Kendall A. Hyde
The Police and Residents at Hot Spots: Implications of Hot Spots Policing and Police-Resident Familiarity for Residents' Trust in, and Fear of, the Police, Rasheed Babatunde Ibrahim
HARDWOOD REGENERATION AND GROWTH FOLLOWING MULTIPLE SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS IN A CENTRAL HARDWOOD FOREST, Emily Inglis
The effects of choice on a behavioral intervention for staff members in the group home setting, Emily Johnson
MONITORING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABS) AND HAB MITIGATION BY MAGNETIC PHOTOCATALYSTS, Nafeesa Khan
Season of Hunger, Emilee Kinney
EFFECT OF SIMULTANEOUS APPLICATION OF THE TWO HORIZONTAL ORTHOGONAL GROUND MOTION COMPONENTS ON THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF BUILDINGS (CASE OF FOUR-STORY STEEL FRAME), JOEL MONDO KISEKINI
Blockchain in freight transportation, Akshay Deep Chowdhary Madala
Charge Transport, Electro, and Organic Photoredox Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworks, Karan Maindan
EFFECTS OF PROMPTING VIA AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS ON DOCUMENTATION COMPLETION, Erin Malinowski