This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
Students: See Prepare Your ETD for formatting requirements before you Submit your ETD
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A study of the ndt techniques using ultrasonic pulse velocity test and microwave oven method on SCC and TVC, Dana Dashti
Impact of Serving as an Extension Camping Instructor on Life Skills Development., Jeffery A. Davis Jr.
Immersive GeoDesign: Exploring the Built Environment through the Coupling of GeoDesign, 3D Modeling, and Immersive Geography, Marvin Davis
An Examination of Collegiate Athletes', Undergraduate Sport Science Majors', and Athlete Majors' Intent to Pursue Collegiate Coaching as a Career, Lauren Deckelbaum
Synergistic Modeling of in-vitro and in-vivo data via Stochastic Kriging with Qualitative Factors (SKQ), Behnam Dehghan
Analysis of Paleofluids in the Sant Corneli Anticline, South-Central Spanish Pyrenees, Amanda DeLisle
Effect of clay and salinity on asphaltene stability, Ahmet Birkan Demir
Women Gone Bad, Emily Denton
A Description of the Sound System of Misiones Mbya, Matias N. de Paula
Revealing Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party": An Analysis of the Curatorial Context, Sally Deskins
Paradoxical Roles of Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapeutics and Carcinogenesis, Emily Despeaux
Perceptions of the Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) as Perceived by Agricultural Educators., Lauren Irene Devine
Towards quantifying the effects of resource extraction on land cover and topography through remote sensing analysis: Confronting issues of scale and data scarcity, Jessica D. DeWitt
A Case of the Mundanes, Nathan Ditzler
Four Days that Transformed Spain 11-M Impact on Memory Recovery Examined through the Lens of Duality, Thomas J. Divins
Expanding the Applications of Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry in Integrative 'Omics Analyses, Gregory C. Donohoe
Laugh With Me: Effects of Shortcoms on Students' Motivation, Confidence, and Cultural Understanding in the French Classroom, Juliette Duthoit
A fluid inclusion study of acidity in bedded halite of the Larne Halite Member, Triassic Mercia Mudstone Group from the Carnduff 2 Core, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Lynnette Ann Eichenlaub
Combinatorial Real-Time High Throughput Analyses of Cell Behavior Upon Exposure to Analytes, Reem Eldawud
Two Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence for Fusion Class Plasmas, Drew B. Elliott
Moment-type Nonparametric Estimation in Some Direct and Indirect Models, Fairouz M.Ali Elmagbri
Characterizations of the Marcellus Shale petrophysical properties, Mohamed Elsaig
Applications of the Scaled Laplace Transform in some Financial and Risk Models, Adetokunbo Ibukun Fadahunsi
Pretreating Underutilized Woody Biomass for Value-Added Biofuels and Bioproducts, Amy K. Falcon
Early Political Discord in Kenya: European Settlers' Political Struggles in the East Africa Protectorate, 1902-1912, Makhete Fall
Distributed Detection and Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammad Fanaei
Compressing Genome Resequencing Data, Aliya Farheen
An Energy-Efficient Reconfigurable Mobile Memory Interface for Computing Systems, Majid Jalali Far
Grainyhead-like 2 Reverses the Metabolic Changes Induced by the Oncogenic Epithelialmesenchymal Transition: Effects on Anoikis, Joshua C. Farris
An Exploration of the Relationships between Chronic Pain, Inflammation, and Herbal Medicine, Termeh Feinberg
Look Alive, Melissa Ferrone
Influence of the Gondwanide Magmatic Arc and Cape Fold Belt on the Karoo Basin - South Africa, Clyde Pitt Findlay III
Through Babel, Hailey Foglio
Nutritional Consequences of Various Ingredients in Broilers, Turkeys, and Swine, Kolby L. Foltz
Does Mindfulness Reduce Attentional Negativity Bias and Depressive Symptoms?, Cameron Ford
Geographies of Pluto, Amelia Fowler
A Parametric Study on the Effects of Ignition Timing, Spark Plug Type, and Exhaust Gas Recirculation on a Legacy 2-Stroke Lean Burn Natural Gas Engine, Nathaniel P. Fowler
Next Generation Online Math I Course Evaluation, Jennifer Francis
Analysis, Design and Rehabilitation of Structural Members with Timber and FRP, Venkat Dheeraj Gadi Reddy
Homeplace, Megan Leigh Gainer
From association to function: elucidating the role of G Protein Signaling Modulator 3 and variants in its gene locus in rheumatoid arthritis, Bryan Jeffery Gall
eSPAN140 performance assessment: V-65 Jesup South Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa), Bryan R. Gallion
Recovery of the Regression Functions and Distributions in some Incomplete Models, Broti Garai
A geometric hashing technique for star pattern recognition, Joshua Gerhard
Manual Optical Attitude Re-initialization of a Crew Vehicle in Space Using Bias Corrected Gyro Data, Christopher J. Gioia
A CBCT evaluation of root position within bone, long axis inclination, and the WALA Ridge, Timothy R. Glass
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), Jakob Goldner
Concept and Operation of Robotic Nondestructive Testing Systems for Space Exploration Objectives, Drew M. Goodman
Development of a Cobinamide-Based Optical Sensor for Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrogen Sulfide, Lee Ann Greenawald
Qualitatively Assessing Background Factors of Criminal Captive-takers, Erin E. Grinnan
Oxygen Reduction Kinetics of La2-xSrxNiO 4+delta Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Bo Guan
Development and Application of Quantitative Gene Expression Assays in Wild-Caught, Non-Model Fish Species, Cassidy Megan Hahn
Distribution and efficacy of chemotherapeutics in the treatment of preclinical brain metastases of breast cancer, Tori Terrell Hall
Understanding Coupling of Global and Diffuse Solar Radiation with Climatic Variability, Lubna Hamdan
Modulation of Coronary Reactive Hyperemia through Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase: Role of Oxylipins and PPARgamma, Ahmad Mahmoud Hanif
The Influence of Dams on Downstream Larval and Juvenile Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure and Associated Physicochemical Variables, R. Daniel Hanks
Sensitivity analysis of a relative navigation solution for unmanned aerial vehicles in a GNSS-denied environment, Jeremy Hardy
The Effect of Chemotherapy on Stromal Components of the Bone Marrow, Ian Woodrow Hare
Spatial redistribution of organic phosphorus in hay and grass pastures of eastern West Virginia following longterm animal manure applications, Michael B. Harman
The relationship between plasma osmolarity and feed efficiency in beef cattle and effect of feeding cows medicated feed through mineral containing AltosidRTM IGR on the growth of beef calves, Taylor Diane Harrison
Political Beings: Sociopolitical Influence on Federal District Court Judges' Criminal Sentencing Behavior, Scott Harris
Development of Engine Activity Cycles for the Prime-Movers of Unconventional Well Completion, Robert S. Heltzel
Investigating Continuously Updated History Matching Using Smart Proxy (Surrogate Reservoir Model), Qin He
Somewhat familiar, Brett Herron
Attachment, Coping Style, and Perceived Stress in University Students, Erin L. Higgenbotham
Brush up your Shakespeare; Costuming West Virginia University's Production of "Kiss Me Kate", Cecelia A. Hill
The Role of Debt and Dependency in Shaping West Virginia's Political Economy, 1820-1920, Chad R. Holmes
Conditioning Thermal Stability and Dose Effects of Commercially Available Phytase Preparations on Performance and Tibia Mineralization of Young Broiler Chickens, Victoria B. Homan
Syntheses and Structures of Functionalized Cycloparaphenylenes and Fused Cycloparaphenylene Precursors., Changfeng Huang
The Influence of Slanted Ground Surfaces on Trunk Biomechanics and Stability During Trunk Bending, Boyi Hu
Don't Disturb the Growing Grass, Maryann Hudak
Effects of Anti-viral Acute Phase Response on Hippocampal Glutamate Regulation, Holly C. Hunsberger
In-Cylinder Diagnostics Using Feedback from Resonant Cavity Ignition Sources, James F. Hunsucker III
Oversized Load, Kaitlyn Noel Hunter
Journeys toward Reflective Practice: How Engaging in National Board Certification Influences Teacher Identities and Practices, MaryLu Hutchins
A preliminary exploration of the application of self-compassion within the context of sport injury, Zenzi Huysmans
An Analysis and Validation of an Online Photographic Identity Exposure Evaluation System, Elliott V. Iannello
Immunological Response to Haemonchus contortus Antigen in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Parasite Resistant and Susceptible Sheep, Jesica Rae Jacobs
Psychosocial Predictors of Resilience in a Military Sample, Anna-Marie C. Jaeschke
Determining the Angle of Impact from the Analysis of Bullets Following Perforation with Glass, Roger L. Jeffreys II
Design and Development of a Twisted String Exoskeleton Robot for the Upper Limb, Lei Jiang
Directing the Total Program of Agricultural Education as Perceived by Retired Secondary Agriculture Instructors in West Virginia, Dylan Demosthenes Johnson
A Funeral in my Brain, Feagin Jones
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Photonic Crystal Light-Emitting Diodes for Solid-State Lighting, Anand Kadiyala
The effects of controlled environmental and physical factors on the physiological responses of the handfinger system, John Kaiser
Analysis Of Data Stratification In A Multi-Sensor Fingerprint Dataset Using Match Score Statistics, Loukhya Kakumanu
Characterization of NOx emissions from Light-Duty Diesel Vehicles during off-cycle operation, Ranjith Reddy Kalluri
Water Permeability of New and Maximum Laundered Isolation Gown Cuffs, Stacey Kamarec
Evaluating the Performance of a Large-Scale Facial Image Dataset Using Agglomerated Match Score Statistics, Mounica Kamireddy
Large deflection analysis of composite beams, Sai Manohari Kancharla
A Lab-based Study for the Generation and Characterization of Particle Emission from Composite Materials Containing Carbon Nanotubes, Jonathan Kang
Rehabilitation of structures below the earths surface using fibre reinforced polymer shell augers and fabrication of plastic compounder, Kumar Venkatesh Karri
Fusion techniques for activity recognition using multi-camera networks, Rahul Ratnakar Kavi
Reservoir Characterization and Flow Simulation for CO 2-EOR in the Tensleep Formation Using Discrete Fracture Networks, Teapot Dome, Wyoming, Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi
Beyond High and Lonesome: A Comparative Analysis of Early Male and Contemporary Female Bluegrass Vocal Styles, Hillary C. Kay