Theses from 2022
LINE SCANNING THERMOGRAPHY FOR DETECTION OF RAIL BASE AND INTERNAL DEFECTS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY, Jackson Winn
MECHANOSENSOR MODULATES ASTROGLIA MOBILITY IN NEUROINFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS, Andres Womac
Illinois Agricultural Educators’ Perceptions of Virtual Instruction Preparedness and Capability, Rachel Lynn Wright
Characterization of CRISPR-Cas12a Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors, Abadat Yinusa
The Desired Experience: A Case for Restoring The Chicago Union Station Concourse Building, Kevin Zolnierowicz
Theses from 2021
DETECTION AND SEGMENTATION OF DEFECTS IN X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE SLICES OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT USING DEEP LEARNING, Pradip Acharya
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IDENTIFIED DEAF1 VARIANTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HDAC1 INTERACTIONS ON DEAF1-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION, Sandeep Adhikari
Better Selection of K-mers for Compression of DNA Sequences using Huffman Encoding, Manoj Kumar Agrahari
A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC STUDY OF TERMITES IN THE GENUS MACROTERMES FROM SOUTHERN, WESTERN AND CENTRAL ETHIOPIA, Ahmed Osman Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Global vs. Local – Marketing and Advertising Strategies to Promote ‘Brand’ Kuwait, Danah Alsabt
THE INVESTIGATION OF TROPHIC TRANSFER OF PESTICIDES TO JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON OF THE SACRAMENTO RIVER WATERSHED, CA, Sara Elizabeth Anzalone
DEVICE IDENTIFICATION USING DEVICE FINGERPRINT AND DEEP LEARNING, Prashant Baral
VERTICAL IRREGULARITY EFFECT ON FUNDAMENTAL TIME PERIOD AND CRITICAL COLUMNS OF BUILDING STRUCTURES, Rabin Basnet
PHONETIC VARIATION IN KAMËNTS̈Á: AN ANALYSIS OF STOPS AND AFFRICATES, Jose Nicolas Benavides Pantoja
CNNs VERSUS LSTMs FOR TIME SERIES FORECASTING, Bidur Prasad Bhurtel
Characterization of Proteostasis Mechanisms in Chlamydia trachomatis, Amanda M. Blocker
Parental Perceptions of Bullying, Responses, and Utilization of Resources, Dale Jordan Brinsky
Comparing White Bass Recruitment Sources and Population Demographics Among the Large Rivers of Illinois.., Kennan F. Bruening
THE EFFECT OF PLANT CUTTING AND BURNDOWN HERBICIDES ON WEED MANAGEMENT IN DOUBLE-CROP SOYBEANS FOLLOWING WINTER WHEAT, Colton Paul Carmody
INVASIVE CARP MOVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND HABITAT USE: EVALUATING COMMON CARP AS A SURROGATE FOR BIGHEADED CARPS, Alexander Catalano
Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Porous Microsphere Filled Epoxy Composites, Rojer Chitrakar
THE EVOLVING STATE OF BLOCKCHAIN: AN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE ETHEREUM NETWORK, Jack Claude Colquhoun
INFLUENCE OF LANDCOVER ON NORTHERN BOBWHITE HOME RANGE AND SURVIVAL AT MULTIPLE SCALES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Caleb Stanley Crawford
IMPLEMENTING BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS WITH SWITCHING LATTICE NETWORKS, Rajesh Kumar Datta
HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM DESIGN - A CASE STUDY IN NEPAL, Menuka Devkota
WORKING CANINE DECONTAMINATION: EFFECT OF CLEANSER & SERIAL DECONTAMINATION ON DERMAL BARRIER FUNCTION, Dakota Rose Discepolo
ENGINEERING ERWINIA APHIDICOLA LJJL01 - A CATABOLIC POWERHOUSE TO DECONSTRUCT AND UPCYCLE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, Lakshika Dissanayake
MICROBIAL INFLUENCE ON FE-HYDROXIDE MORPHOLOGIES FROM CALVERT CLIFFS STATE PARK, MARYLAND, USA, Benjamin Reilly Elliott
Solar vehicles, Shailaja Elluru
COLUMN AXIAL DEFORMATION EFFECT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF BEAMS IN BRACED FRAMES, Bushra Elsnousi
Investigating Sustainability Literacy at SIU Carbondale using the Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge (ASK) Scale, Nicholas Daniel Erwin
ROLE OF TH2 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE REGULATORS IN TUMOR-INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION OF MYELOID-LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELL PROGENITORS, Maria Camila Espinosa Gonzalez
SHEAR BAND MANIPULATION IN POLYMERIC HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES USING RELIEF HOLES AND DIC ANALYSIS, Gustavo Felicio Felicio Perruci
FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION BASED DATA ACCESS FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVACY-PRESERVING HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS, Sri Lasya Ganduri
IMMOBILIZATION AND FIELD SURGERY TECHNIQUES, SURVIVAL, AND DAYTIME RESTING SITES OF RIVER OTTERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Tatiana Gettelman
Experimental Analysis of Multiple SDN Controller, Sudip Ghimire
DISTRACTOR VERSUS FOCUSED CUE – CRITICAL IMPORTANCE WHEN ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF BUPROPION ON THE LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL, Matthew Gunn
Full Circle: The Development Process of Small Box with a Revolver, Dustin Aaron Hageland
The Use of Vocal Attributes in Detecting Deceit in Criminal Interrogations, Jordyn Hoesman
OCCUPANCY OF SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE, Devin M. Hoffer
AN ASSESSMENT OF STREAM QUALITY IN RELATION TO POPULATION HEALTH OF PLANTAGO CORDATA, Faith Victoria Hudgens
THE ROLE OF IMMUNE CELLS IN TRANSPORT OF CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM FROM THE ILIAC LYMPH NODES TO THE SPLEEN AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, Besmir Hyseni
COMPARISON OF ADVERSARIAL ROBUSTNESS OF ANN AND SNN TOWARDS BLACKBOX ATTACKS, Aashish Itani
MACHINE LEARNING BASED ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION, Md Hasibul Jamil
Neuroinflammatory conditions upregulate Piezo1 mechanosensitive ion channel in astrocytes, Jazmine Jayasi
Structural Damage Detection Using Instantaneous Frequency and Stiffness Degradation Method, Raju Jha
Understanding Flash Drought Spatial Extent, Duration, and Meteorological Drivers, Connie Kaniewski
SLAB AND TRANSVERSE BEAM STIFFNESS EFFECT ON THE SEISMIC DESIGN OF MOMENT FRAME STRUCTURE, Ashim K C
MECHANOSENSITIVE REGULATION OF INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN ASTROCYTES: AN UNDERLYING MECHANISM OF OPIOID-INDUCED HYPERALGESIA, Austin Kearns
PENALIZED REGRESSION MODELS FOR CONCRETE STRENGTH ESTIMATION, Chandra Khadka
POTHOLE DETECTION USING DEEP LEARNING AND AREA ASSESSMENT USING IMAGE MANIPULATION, Subash Kharel
INTEGRATING WI-FI FOOTPRINT DATA WITH VIRUS CONTACT MAP FOR FACILITATING ROBUST INDOOR CONTACT TRACING, sachin kidambi
LGBTQ+ POC MINORITY STRESS, MINORITY STRENGTHS, AND ALCOHOL USE DISORDER, Satveer Kler
Going off the Rails: Trains, Cars, and Modernity in South Korean Film History, William Kohler
An Exploration of Parent Problem Recognition and Help-Seeking Behaviors for Child Mental Health Difficulties, Monica Kruse
Spectroscopic Analysis of Electric Field Fluctuations and Cofactor Dynamics: Insights for Enzyme Design, Hannah Hataipan Lepird
QUEER, FEMINIST THEATRE: THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF SAVAGE DAUGHTER, McCall Logan
UNDERSTANDING CHANGE: USING BERRY’S ACCULTURATION MODEL TO EXPLAIN CREATIONIST AND EVOLUTIONARY BELIEFS OF YOUNG ADULTS, Kortney Maedge
Griefbook, Ashley Mallick
ASMR, Spectrograms, and Adam Young: Shaping a Genre Through Frequencies, Cheyenne McMullen
COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONE SEMESTER OF GERMAN STUDY: DUOLINGO VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION, Eva Maria Messemer
PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS USE IN ADOLESCENTS/ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, Drew Evan Middleton
OBSERVER ATTRIBUTION OF WORKPLACE INCIVILITY AS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: AN APPLICATION OF SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY, Aarren Anthony Minneyfield
A NOVEL MULTIPLIER USING MODIFIED SHIFT AND ADD ALGORITHM, Sakib Mohammad
A TECHNICAL DIRECTOR'S EVERLASTING ADVENTURE, Nate Mohlman
Post-Release Ecology of Rehabilitated Hoffmanns' Two-toed Sloths in Panamá, Chelsea Nicole Morton
DETECTING INITIAL CORRELATIONS IN OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS, Anjala Mullaparambil Mullaparambi Babu
Expanding the Knowledgebase of Earth’s Microbiome Using Culture Dependent and Independent Methods, Trevor Murphy
ERROR CORRECTION CONDITIONS IN THE AFFINE MAP PICTURE, Harshavardhan Reddy Nareddula
FABRICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SANDWICH PANELS PRINTED BY VAT PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION, Shukantu Dev Nath
Laser Speckle Patterns with Digital Image Correlation, Shawn Newberry
STUDY OF THE FORMATION OF REGULATED TRIHALOMETHANES DURING CHLORINATION AND CHLORAMINATION BY THE SOIL-EXTRACTED DOM FROM THE CEDAR LAKE WATERSHED, Sajjan Nhuchhen Pradhan
Exploring Factors Affecting Prison Misconduct in Japan, Hiroyuki Okado
OFFICER’S AWARENESS OF CAMERA DURING ENCOUNTERS WITH CITIZENS, OLOLADE OKANLAWON
RROWZER! For Solo Clarinet, composed by Eric P. Mandat, GLORIA INES OROZCO DORADO
ESTIMATING THE POWER PRODUCED BY A ROOF MOUNTED WIND TURBINE IN AN URBAN SETTING, Kyle Reed Ozier
RESILIENT MODULUS OF HIGH PLASTIC CLAY STABILIZED WITH CALCIUM SULFOALUMINATE CEMENT, Pradeep Pandey
EXAMINING THE UTILITY OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY INVENTORY, Steven Forrest Parker
HORMONE RECEPTORS AND STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES IN OOCYTES, CUMULUS AND GRANULOSA CELLS, FOLLICULAR FLUID HORMONE MILIEU, AND FOLLICLE BLOOD PERFUSION IN MARES, Marilia Pastorello
Liminality, Emma D. Paterakis
DESIGN OF A CMOS BASED IMAGE SENSOR USING COMPRESSIVE IMAGE SENSING, Abhijeet Pattnaik
Extreme Precipitation in Illinois: Trend Estimation and Relation with Large-Scale Circulation and Humidity, Andrew Blair Paxton
DEMAND V/S SUPPLY OF ENERGY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, SIRISH PILLA
ORGANIC MATTER SOURCES AND FLOWS IN TUNDRA POND FOOD WEBS, Steven Paul Plesh
VECTOR CONTROL OF GRID CONNECTED DFIG BASED WECS USING BACK-TO-BACK CONVERTER, AKBAL RAIN
THE STORY OF THE COSTUMES: A COSTUME DESIGN THESIS ON TUCK EVERLASTING: THE MUSICAL, Jessica Rigdon
POPULATION STRUCTURE INFERENCE USING PCA AND CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS, Suraj Rimal
MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION AND P'URHÉPECHA COSMOLOGY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: A DOCUMENTARY APPROACH, Octavio Daniel Rodríguez Juárez
EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON EMBEDDED DEVICES VIA ISOLATION AND ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION, saroj sapkota
USING MACHINE LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND THE SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS IN ILLINOIS WATERS, Supria Sarkar
A Furnace Without Angels, Sarah Octavia Schore
IN-SITU MONITORING OF THE SELECTIVE LASER MELTING PROCESS VIA OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY, Connor Seavers