This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Krill Protein Fortified Extrudates: A Pilot Study, Avery S. Fleeharty
Missile Modeling and Simulation of Nominal and Abnormal Scenarios Resulting from External Damage, James Manuel Floyd III
Component Optimization of a Parallel P4 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Utilizing an Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy, Holden Ryan Fraser
Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on organic Honeycrisp and Fuji apples during storage at 5, 12 and 22.5◦C, Connor S. Freed
Meiotic recombination in Zea mays and its contribution to genetic diversity, Jasmine Elizabeth Freeman
Spatial Analysis of Bike-Sharing Station Usage and Placement: Redefining Bike-Share Planning for Equity, Sydney E. French
The Expectations, Experiences and Satisfaction of Students Within a Nutrition and Dietetics Program Regarding Faculty Academic Advising Using a Prescriptive or Developmental Advising Lens, Nettie Puglisi Freshour
The Transmission of Saga at West Virginia University, James Froemel
Investigation of Oxidation and Corrosion Resistance of Ni-based Alloys and Stainless Steels Under CO2 Environments at Elevated Temperatures, Spencer Roy Fultineer
STRENGTHENING OF DAMAGED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS WITH EXTERNAL FRP, Krishna Tulasi Gadde
The Influence of Instrumental Sources of Variance on Mass Spectral Comparison Algorithms, Isabel Cristina Galvez Valencia
Exploring prenatal care in a rural Appalachian state: A Project WATCH study of barriers and facilitators in all births from May 2018 to March 2022, Madelin Gardner
SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGY OF ILLUDALIC ACID AND ANALOGOUS CHEMICAL STRUCTURES, Robert Gaston Jr
Identification of Rockmass Deformation and Lithological Changes in Underground Mines by Using Slam-Based Lidar Technology, Francisco Eduardo Gil Hurtado
Factors Influencing High School Physical Education Teachers' Content Selection, Olivia J. Gillispie
Career Progression and Experiences of Late Career Women Strength and Conditioning Coaches, Marla DF Gladstone
Design and Manufacture of an Aerodynamic Body that Meets Scaling Law Requirements and Survives Severe G-load Environment for Free-Flight Testing, Anthony R. Gonzalez
“Building the Roots”: A Delphi Study Examining the Aims of a Multicultural Competency Graduate Course in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Matthew Paul Gonzalez
The Birds and The Bees and The Willows: Understanding the reproductive biology of Salix nigra Marsh., Julianne Gmys Grady
Businesses Supposedly Held the Key to the ADA, But They Dropped the Ball: Can Marketing Be the Shot in the Arm America Needs to Bring the Spirit of the ADA Back to Life?, Elizabeth T. Gratz
Spatial Distribution and Insect Associations of Frangula alnus in the Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania: Implications for Management, Jennifer S. Greenleaf
INFLUENCE OF MATERNAL NANO-TITANIUM DIOXIDE INHALATION EXPOSURE ON CYCLOOXYGENASE METABOLITES: MATERNAL MICROVASCULAR AND SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FETO-PLACENTAL OUTCOMES., Julie Anne Griffith
Physical Activity Promotion, Assessment, and Engagement in Clinical Settings in the United States, Kristin A. Grogg
Burkholderia Collagen-Like Protein 8, Bucl8, Is an Outer-Membrane Component of a Novel Efflux Pump and Immunogenic Vaccine Candidate, Megan Elizabeth Grund
Spiking Neural Network that Maps from Generalized Coordinates to Cartesian Coordinates, Chloe K. Guie
Spatiotemporal trends in particle-associated microbial communities in a chlorinated drinking water distribution system, Madison Haddix
Finite Matroidal Spaces and Matrological Spaces, Ziyad M. Hamad
Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Breech Face Impressions, James A. Hamilton
A Case Study of Makerere University in Uganda through the Lens of U.S. Land-Grant Higher Education, Christina L. Hand
Advancing prosthetic design using neural and mechanical dynamics, Kacie E. Hanna
Methods for Analyzing Physics Student Retention and Physics Curricula, John Darrell Hansen
Physics Infused LSTM Network for Track Association Based on Marine Vessel Automatic Identification System Data, Tasmiah Haque
Examining the use of social media applications by West Virginia agriculture producers, Mikayla Rae Hargis
Confluence: Evaluating the Individual Learning Outcomes of a Combined Citizen Science and Environmental Education Project, Evan A. Harms
Deadly Divisions: Class and Stigma as Fundamental Social Causes of Spatial Health Inequalities, Misty Lee Harris
Fast Raising: Digital Fundraising as Interaction Rituals, Matthew P. Hartwell
Dynamic Modeling, Data Reconciliation, Parameter Estimation, and Health Monitoring of a Supercritical Power Plant, Katherine Grace Hedrick
CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED PDL-1 EXPRESSION IN CANCER-ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS PROMOTES CHEMORESISTANCE IN NSCLC, Gayathri Heenatigala Palliyage
Essays on Public Policy, Justin Craig Heflin
“I’ll Tell You No Lies”: An Exploration of Trauma, Memory, and Violence Against Women in North Carolina Murder Ballads, Madison Ava Helman
An Assessment of the Forensic Aspects of Genetic Genealogy, Sarah Hester
Examining the Relations among Academic and Non-Cognitive Factors and Student Achievement, Dona Sachini Hasanjalie Hewagallage
Mapping infiltration in an urbanizing mixed-land-use watershed with multi-temporal satellite imagery, Sarah J. Higgins
Feature Extraction of Footwear Impression Images for Quality Assessment, Alexandra Hill
ONE VOICE Training to Enable Nurses and Anesthesia Providers to Mitigate Pediatric Presurgical Anxiety, Sarah E. Hinnant
Looking Inward, Looking Back: John le Carré and the Spy Narrative after the Cold War, Rachel Lynn Hoag
Composers at War: A Study of Composers Who Fought in World War I and World War II, Jason T. Hoffmann
Shear Bond Strength Comparison of Bioceramics to Root Dentin., Yasmin Alma Hoffman
Adventures in Flute Playing: A Literature Survey and Anticipated Beginning Flute Method, Sammy Holloman
“Ingenious Entanglements”: Sheriffs, Capitalism, and Civil Society in America, 1750-1850, Chad R. Holmes
The Mental Health Outcomes of First-Generation Collegiate Clients Compared to Their Non-First-Generation Peers, Cassandra Rose Homick
Understanding Emerging Travel Behavior in New York City, Md Amdad Hossen
The Diversity and Synaptic Connectivity of Somatostatin-Containing Inhibitory Interneurons in the Somatosensory (Barrel) Cortex, Rachel Elaine Hostetler
Conservative Anabaptists Descriptions of Delay, Comfort in Connectedness, and Ease in Cultural Tension when Seeking and Responding to Healthcare, Matthew Donald Hottle
The Truth-Default, Diagnostic Utility, and the Value of Contextual Knowledge in Deceptive Interactions, Heath A. Howard
Evaluation of Commission and Omission Errors During Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior, Lindsey M. Hronek
Drift Orbit Bifurcation Effects on Earth’s Radiation Belt Electrons, Jinbei Huang
Comparison of Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Facial-Shape Subtypes Between Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic Populations, Rachel Katherine Huffman
Queer Ways of Seeing Queer Ways of Depicting: Ellsworth Kelly’s Afterlives and the Liberatory Burden of Modernist Formalism, J. Zach Hunley
Optimal Design and Operation of Integrated Hydrogen Generation and Utilization Plants, Ijiwole Solomon Ijiyinka
Implementing Test Automation with Selenium WebDriver, Ramana Inturi
AI-Driven Security Constrained Unit Commitment Using Predictive Modeling And Eigen Decomposition, Talha Iqbal
Three Essays on Health and Environmental Economics: Applications of Spatial Econometrics and Spatial Analysis, Mohammed Syedul Islam
Levantine Immigration and Community Building in Charleston, West Virginia, 1900-1930, George P. Jacobs II
Environmental Controls of Greenhouse Fluxes in Freshwater Wetlands across the Globe, Samira Jahan
The Everyday Work-lives of Public Librarians in a Diverse US City, Mariam Jalalifard
Nobody’s Perfect! The Effect of Manipulating Perfectionism on Social Anxiety Symptoms, Anishka Jean
A Comparison of Fish Health Indices Applied to Freshwater Species of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Josiah B. Jensen
Analysis of the Brittle Failure Mechanism of Underground Stone Mine Pillars by Implementing Numerical Modeling in FLAC3D, Rosbel Jimenez
Imitation Learning for Swarm Control using Variational Inference, Hafeez Olafisayo Jimoh
Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Optimization Using Machine Learning, Abdullah Johar
Effects of Invasive Species on Ohio River Zooplankton, Samuel John Johnston
Forecasting and Optimizing Sensitivity to Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves, Andrew Ryan Kaiser
Development and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Jason Kang
Applications of Digital Filters in Radio Astronomy, Joseph William Kania
Development of Machine Learning based approach to predict fuel consumption and maintenance cost of Heavy-Duty Vehicles using diesel and alternative fuels, Sasanka Katreddi
Emission Spectroscopy of InGaAs Quantum Dots via High-resolution Fabry-Perot Interferometer, Raju Bhai KC
Synthetic Well Log Generation Software, Daniel E. Keller
The Women of Salò: Roles and Expectations in the Italian Social Republic, Johnathon N. Keller
Antibacterial Effect of Various Irrigants Against Enterococcus Faecalis, Morgan N. Kesecker
Another COVID Causality: Media Landscape in Bangladesh, Ershad Komal Khan
Effects of Brief-Signal Number and Location on Responding Maintained by Delay of Reinforcement, Firdavs Khaydarov
Development of a Quasi-Dimension GCI Combustion Model Aided by CFD, Jinsu Kim
Detection and Observed Correlations of Statin and Beta-blocking Pharmaceuticals in West Virginia Surface Waters and Ichthyofauna, Joseph W. Kingsbury
An Empirical Analysis of Algorithms for Simple Stochastic Games, Cody William Klingler
Evaluating the Effects of Modifying Mixing and Pelleting Parameters on Feed Quality, Pellet Production Rate, and Broiler Performance, Lucas E. Knarr
TED Talk at the End of the World, Maryelizabeth Koepele
Ambush, Reprisal, Riot, Revolt, and Reform: The Transnational Evolution of British Colonial Policing in Ireland and the Palestine Mandate, 1918-1948, Tyler Kickler Krahe
Cue Reactivity in Electronic Cigarette Users with Sign-Tracking or Goal-Tracking Behaviors, Polina Krom
Exploration of Metal-Carbonyl Complexes for Decarbonylation Reactions, Rebekah C. Krupa
Use of Carbonation for Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage to Increase Limestone Dissolution and Generate Alkalinity, Dietrich Henry Kuhlmann IV
Glial cell-specific contribution of PKR-like ER Kinase (PERK) in neuroinflammation and behavior, Anirudhya Lahiri
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WATERSHED FACTORS AND COMMUNITY SIZE SPECTRA OF THE FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES OF MID-APPALACHIAN STREAMS, Jarrett Hunter Landreth
First Year Teacher in Appalachia: Place, Identity, Tensions, Michael Renee Lane
Understanding the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on West Virginia Students in Secondary School, Hannah McKenzye Layman
The Percussionist's Guide to Music Theory Fundamentals, McKenna M. Lee