Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Barriers of Volunteerism for Coaches of Collegiate Division I Swimming Programs, Richard Allen West
Nuclear Aurora-A kinase-induced hypoxia signaling drives dissemination and metastasis in breast cancer., Kristina Marinak Whately
Evaluating Factors Influencing Transportation-Related Energy Consumption, Amrit Williams
Interoperability of Contact and Contactless Fingerprints Across Multiple Fingerprint Sensors, Brady M. Williams
Effects of Nonexamples on Concept Formation, Catherine Louise Williams
Perceptions of Integrated Mental and Behavioral Health in Pediatric Specialty Care Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study, Desireé Nicole Williford
Deep Fingerprint Matching from Contactless to Contact Fingerprints for Increased Interoperability, Alexander James Wilson
Financial Literacy, Experience, and Age Differences in Monetary Sequence Preferences, Jenna M. Wilson
What is the Cost of Sadness? Age Differences in Risky Medical Decision Making, Jenna M. Wilson
The Development and Distinction of Emerging School Professionals: Boundary Work of Guidance Counselors and School Psychologists, Madison E. Wilson
Design of Bending Moment and Load Capacity Test for FRP Sheet Piles, Joshua Larry Wilt Mr.
Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation Components in the United States, Julia Kay Wolf
Majorana Nanostructures and Their Electrostatic Environment, Benjamin David Woods
Hands and Health: Quantifying Occupational Exposures and Implications of Disability, SueAnn R. Woods
Various Operational Aspects of the Extraction of Critical Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage and Its Treatment By-product, Zhongqing Xiao
Localization Algorithms for GNSS-denied and Challenging Environments, Chizhao Yang
Review of Forecasting Univariate Time-series Data with Application to Water-Energy Nexus Studies & Proposal of Parallel Hybrid SARIMA-ANN Model, Cory Sumner Yarrington
Comparing Common Procedures Used to Manipulate Reinforcer Magnitude, Michael Steele Yencha
Three Essays on the Impact of Cuteness on Consumer Behavior, Alexis Taeeun Yim
A Deep Learning Approach to LncRNA Subcellular Localization Using Inexact q-mer, Weijun Yi
Modeling Gas Migration During a Gas Kick, Ali Zankawi
The Ethics of Aerial Bombardment in International Conflicts: From Douhet to Drones, Rauan Zhaksybergen
An Analysis of Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60, Yiwen Zhang
A Foundation for Collaboration: An Analysis of Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Op. 48, Kailang Zhan
Exploring the Impact of Incentives on Management Behavior, Chen Zhao
A Selective Study on Chinese Art Songs after 1950, Gehui Zhu
Application of 3D Seismic Signal and Geomechanical Attributes for Subsurface Fracture Characterization: A Case Study in Clearfield County, Central Pennsylvania, Iman F. Zulkapeli
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Process Based Analysis Of Fluvial Stratigraphic Record: Middle Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation, North-Central WV, Oluwasegun O. Abatan
Fully Compressible Hydrodynamic Simulation of Non-Equidiffusive Premixed Flames Propagation in Channels, Olatunde A. Abidakun
Programming of Floating-Gate Transistors for Nonvolatile Analog Memory Array, Haifa Abulaiha
Searches for Fast Radio Bursts using Machine Learning, Devansh Agarwal
Developing a Marginalized and Segregated Community: Case Study of a West Virginia Neighborhood, Christopher Belkon Agba
Root Coverage Predictability in the Treatment of Gingival Recessions on Mandibular and Anterior Teeth, Michele Agusto
Innovative Fe(III)-dosed Anaerobic Biological Treatment System: From Fe and S Biogeochemical Reactions to Engineering Process, Musfique Ahmed
Integrating the natural healing process for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment in veterans through a healing garden., Taiwo A. Ajibade
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Visitation to the Monongahela National Forest: An Activity-based Segmentation Approach, Connor Braxton Akers
Green Completion as a mitigation for BTEX exposure in Gas flaring: Nigeria case study (Exposure assessment and Cost model), Akintunde S. Akinyemi
Shaping Urban spaces to fit into Religious Boundaries through Landscape, Niharika Alahari
Assessment of Heat Stress for Outdoor Work Conditions in Saudi Arabia, JAMAL ALANAZI
Mental Health Service Use in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz S. Alangari
Implications of Variability of Electromyographic Measurements for Assessing Localized Muscle Fatigue, Hamad Nasser Alasim
Effect of Western Diet and Caloric Substitution with Apple Pomace on Fatty Acid Composition and Gene Expression in the Hypothalamus of Growing Female Sprague-Dawley Rats, Ayad Abdulhamid Alawadi
A Study of Impact Protection of Metacarpal Gloves, Faisal Mohammed Alessa
Production Allocation of Reservoir Layers using Data-Driven Reservoir Modeling, Semaa Alessa
Application of Flowing Material Balance in Unconventional Reservoirs, Salem Alharbi
Applications of Machine Learning Methods in Health Outcomes Research: Heart Failure in Women, Khalid Abdullah Alhussain
Genetic Algorithms used for Search and Rescue of Vulnerable People in an Urban Setting, Shuhad Aljandeel
Impacts of Bike Sharing on Transit Ridership, Moathe Salah Aljeri
Development of New Synthetic Methods for Carbon Nanohoops, Merfat Aljhdli
Assess the Performance against ETS and PM1 and Evaluate the Users’ Experiences of Comfort of Nasal Filters, Ibrahim Almuhaidib
Dynamic Study of Mo/ZSM-5 Catalyst for CH4 Dehydroadomation, Hadi Yahya Almusawa
Performance Study of Five Different Cabin Air Filters in The Laboratory and On-Road Drive, Fahad Alqahtani
Application of Decline Curve Analysis to Unconventional Reservoir, AHMED Wasel ALQATTAN
Three Essays on Energy Markets, Sultan Alturki
Potential Benefits from Practices in Construction Waste Material Controls, Abdulaziz Alwadhenani
Hard Work Beats Talent, Unless Talent Works Hard: Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Sales Performance, Mohammad Sakif Amin
Evolution of extreme continental saline environments: a sedimentological investigation of Permo-Triassic redbeds and evaporites in Northern Ireland and Kansas, Anna Sofia S. Andeskie
Route Planning for Long-Term Robotics Missions, Christopher Alexander Arend Tatsch
'Making it' through migration: success (im)mobility and 'development' in The Gambia, Martin J. Aucoin
The role of genotype in Saccharomyces cerevisiae resistance to 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, Michael C. Ayers
Experimental and Computational Exploration of the Dilute Magnetic Delafossite CuAl1-xFexO2 Alloys, Mina Aziziha
Measured and Modeled Performance of a Spring Dominant Free Piston Engine Generator, Ramanjaneya Mehar Baba Bade
Rail-to-Rail Operational in Low-Power Reconfigurable Analog Circuitry, Jared Dale Baker
Examining the Career Pathways for Women Administrators at a Land-Grant University, Meridith A. Balas
Prevalence of Pores in Latent Fingerprints, Rachel E. Ball
Design and Development of a Multi-Nodal Methane Detection System for Longwall Coal Mining, Amber P. Barr
Health Outcomes Associated with Gulf War Illness, Shannon K. Barth
Study on The Thermal Properties of Concrete Containing Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag, Fly Ash and Steel Reinforcement, Bekir Erdem Bas
Effect of Binder Modification and Aggregate Size on Modulus and Fatigue of Asphalt Concrete, Elizabeth Bashiti
Mechanistic Analysis of Reductive Boracarboxylation Using Low Valent Copper and CO2, Notashia Nicole Baughman
Environment Search Planning Subject to High Robot Localization Uncertainty, Jared Joseph Beard
The effects of membrane physicochemical properties on huntingtin membrane association and downstream aggregation, Maryssa Beasley
State Regulatory Heterogeneity and Clean Water Act Compliance, Quinn R. Beeson
Relating recharge mechanisms to chemical changes in an updip Appalachian coal mine discharge: A case study from Lambert Run, West Virginia, Matthew Lewis Bell
Risk Assessment of Architecture Technical Debt, Mrwan Omar Kh. Ben Idris
Evaluation of Fitts’ Throughput as a Possible Performance Measure for Manual Assembly Tasks, Pradyumna Bettagere Jagadish
Time-Dependent Reliability Framework for Durability Design of FRP Composites, Rajneesh Kumar Bharil
A Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Annihilation Photon Interactions Inside the Scintillator of a PET Scanner, Sai Akhil Bharthavarapu
Evaluation of the Care and Communication Bundle to Improve Palliative Care in Intensive Care Units, Angela Susan Bohon
Three Essays in Law and Economics, Daniel Bonneau
Plasmon-Enhanced Optical Probes for Sensing of Drug Metabolite, Jennifer Boryczka
Toward an Understanding of the Professional Work of NCAA Division I Soccer Coaches, Lynda Ellen Bowers
Examining the Use of mHealth Technology for Weight Management: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial in Family Medicine, Laurel A. Brabson M.S.
A Flight Sensory-Motor to Olfactory Histamine Circuit Mediates Olfactory Processing of Ecologically and Behaviorally Natural Stimuli, Samual P. Bradley
Control of charged particle dynamics and electron power absorption dynamics utilizing voltage waveform tailoring in capacitively driven radio-frequency plasmas, Steven W. Brandt
A Delphi Study Exploring the Impact and Feasibility of Entrepreneurial Initiatives in College/University Kinesiology Programs, Cory Breithoff
Modulation of Semiconductor Photoconversion with Surface Modification and Plasmon, Joeseph Martin Bright
Statistical Assessment of the Significance of Fracture Fits in Trace Evidence, Evie K. Brooks
The Shifting Scheme of Athletic Fundraising: Investigating Private Giving Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Kirsten Nicole Brown
Evidence of Y Chromosome Long Non-Coding RNAs involved in the Radiation Response of Male Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells, Tayvia Brownmiller
It’s Just Muzak: Music, Activism, and Advertising., Avery Brzobohaty
Effects of Supplementary Cementitious Materials on Early-Age Tensile Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete, Lucas James Bucklen
The Costume Design Process for The Phantom Tollbooth, Chloe Elizabeth Cappuccilli
Nitrogen fertilization decouples roots and microbes in temperate forests: impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling, Joseph E. Carrara
Black Walnuts and Other Stories, Jordan MacKenzie Carter
Leaf angle and leaf stomata responses to experimental drought in Quercus velutina and Acer saccharum, Brittany Nichole Casey
A Survey of Selected Classical Chinese Art Songs for Solo Voice and Piano from 1920 to 1950, Tingting Chang
Selective Precipitation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Acid Mine Drainage, Robyn Lauren Christoferson