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 2013
A study of Brian Bevelander's "Synthecisms No. 2" for piano and pre-recorded tape., Wei Tuck Chan
Efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Parents with Intellectual Disability., Karishma Chengappa
Column Flotation of Subbituminous Coal Using the Blend of Trimethyl Pentanediol Derivatives and Pico-Nano Bubbles, Jinxiang Chen
Aging Effects of the Cathode and Determination of Single Electrode Performance in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Xiaoke Chen
A Cigarette by the Hudson, Rebecca Childers
Comparison of Two Orthodontic Sealants in Prevention of Enamel Demineralization : An In-Vitro and In-Vivo Study, Doyoung Choi
From Gunboats to Good Neighbors: U.S. Naval Diplomacy in Peru, 1919-1942, Joel C. Christenson
Emotion Regulation and Threat Estimation as Mediators of the Relation between Cognitive Functioning and Anxiety in Late Life, Caroline M. Ciliberti
The Effects of Student Behavior Alteration Techniques on Student Motives to Communicate, Student Talk, and Student Learning, Christopher J. Claus
Houses of History and Homepages: Museums of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe and their Online Presence, Alexandra Day Coffman
Evaluating Biodegradable Containers as Alternatives to Plastic Pots, Renee L. Conneway
Athletic Administrators' Preferred Characteristics of Sport Psychology Positions in NCAA Athletics: A Consumer Market Analysis., Ian J. Connole
Evaluation of a Nurse-led Intervention to Improve Palliative Care for Select Medical Intensive Care Patients, Lori A. Constantine
Effects of Fixed and Mixed Delays on Responding under Variable-Interval Schedules, James E. Cook
The Impact of Service Learning on Leadership Skills of Students who are Gifted and Talented in the Middle School, Patricia Anne Coon
Effects of Varying Levels of Caclium Lignosulfonate, Mixer-Added Fat and Feed Form on Feed Manufacture and Broiler Performance, Alina M. Corey
Accelerating MOEA Non-dominated Sorting by Preserving Archival Relationships, Joseph Axilrod Craig
Towards Direct Fabrication of Functional Patterns on Large-Area Substrates for Flexible Devices, Sean D. Cronin
The Diabetic Heart: Examination of the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane, Tara Lyne Slider Croston
A base modulated synthesis of indoles and quinolines, an expedient synthesis of salviadione, and chemoselective couplings en route to indoles and pyrroloindoles, Matthew Marshall Cummings
The Inhibition of Splicing of Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase mRNA During Starvation by Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K, Travis Cyphert
Survival, injury, and antibiotic resistance patterns of Cronobacter sakazakii and Escherichia coli resulting from exposure to low-temperature ground water, Alisha L. Dailey
A Critical Spatial Econometric Counter Analysis of the Impact of New Toxic Facilities on Local Wages, Clinton E. Davis
An Exploration of Master's Degree Field Study and Teacher and Student Behavior in P.E, William J. Davis
The Effects of Artificial Photoperiod on Age at Puberty in Fall-born Ewe Lambs, Matthew Lewis Deacon
Development of methods for the detection of chemical and biological warfare agents, Megan Rea DeJesus
Analytical and Computational Study of Flame Acceleration in Tubes: Effect of Wall Friction, Berk Demirgok
Geochemistry of mine pool discharges in the Pittsburgh coal basin, Timothy A. Denicola
"Thir they byen thralls…" Chaucer's Boethian Poems and Usk's "Testament of Love": Foundations of English Prison Literature., Phillip Scott Dennis
Quality Assessment and Prediction in Software Product Lines, Thomas Ryan Devine
Classification and Mapping of Recreation and Ecotourism Areas in West Virginia, Ishwar Dhami
Determining Transportation and Development Impacts of Consolidated Schools in West Virginia, Bradley J. DiCola
Effects of Stereotype Threat on Adolescents' Math and Visual-Spatial Performance., Lisa M. DiDonato
Finite Element Modeling of Geosynthetic Soil Reinforcement Over Shallow Buried Pipes, Andrew L. Dietz
Natural Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Composites as Engineered Structural Materials, David B. Dittenber
Experimentally Determined Equivalent Roughness Values For Two Types of Longitudinal Straight Duct Produced by a Small Company, Raphael W. Alwin Dodrill
Occupational Risk Factors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bent C. Doney
Subsurface Paleo-Stream Reach Reconstruction and Classification Using Seismic Data Interpretation, Benjamin Ward Dotson
Development of Hg1-xCd xSe for 3rd Generation Focal Plane Arrays using Molecular Beam Epitaxy., Kevin Doyle
Effects of a Gonadotropin Mixture on Reproductive Success in Progesterone- Treated Non-Lactating Anestrous Ewes, Kellie Nicole D'Souza
An Evaluation of the Idaho Plate Method for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes and Limited Health Literacy in Rural West Virginia, Pamela L. Edens
The Effect of Melatonin or Maternal Nutrient Restriction on Cell Proliferation in the Ovine Placenta, Adam Walter Eifert
Baseline Water Chemistry Characterization in an Area of Developing Shale Gas Activity, Patrick C. Eisenhauer
Simulation of Multi-Component Gas Flow and Condensation in Marcellus Shale Reservoir, Abdallah Elamin
Analysis of Production Data from Marcellus Shale Horizontal Wells in WV, Mohamed N. El sgher
Contact Lenses in Iris Recognition, Gizem Erdogan
Production History Matching and Forecasting of Shale Assets Using Pattern Recognition, Soodabeh Esmaili
Disulfide Bridging the Gap between Src and Cortactin: A New Paradigm in SH2 Domain-mediated Signaling, Jason VanBuren Evans
Modeling and Recognizing Binary Human Interactions, Ke Feng
An Environmental History of Malawi's 'Island in the Sky': The Mulanje Cedar and Imperial Forestry in British Nyasaland, 1890-1964., Kathleen J. Fichtel
An Exploratory Case Study Examining Transformational Leadership and Organizational Change within the Presidency of a Small, Four-Year University, Daniel Matthew Filer
Evaluation of a Pilot Project to Validate Self-Reported Weights in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Interventions., Joanna Fletcher
A Versatile Method of Resolution Enhancement for Tactile Sensor Array Used as Synthetic Skin: Modeling and Implementation, Karen Flores De Jesus
Gas-Phase Reactions of Methamphetamine with Hydroxyl Radicals and Ozone, Crystal D. Forester
A Comparison of Responses and Exteroceptive Stimuli as Time Markers, Adam E. Fox
Relationships between Recreational User Perceptions and the Biological Condition of West Virginia Watersheds, Jennie M. Franks
Political Violence and Unemployment: Socio-Economic Strain as a Potential Source of Terrorism, Reinmar C. Freis-Beattie
American grail: Contemporary federal budget reform, Velda Frisco
Two-Photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Neutral Density in Helicon Plasma, Matthew E. Galante
Reservoir Simulation for Production of Methane from Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Using Carbon Dioxide/Carbon Dioxide+Nitrogen by HydrateResSim., Nagasree Garapati
Amine Nucleophilic Addition to Nitro-alkene as a New Reaction Mode for the Synthesis of N-heterocycles, Lekh Nath Sharma Gautam
Spatial Relationship between the Trichloroethylene Degrading Bacteria Dehalococcoides Sp., Sulfate Reducers and Archaea during Reductive Dechlorination, Pujya Wagle Gautam
Hybrid Projectile Body Angle Estimation for Selectable Range Increase, Christopher J. Gioia
Continuities on Subspaces, Timothy James Glatzer
The Retreats of Reconstruction: Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865--1920, David E. Goldberg
A Multidimensional Investigation of Sexuality in Older Adults Within a Successful Aging Model, Allyson S. Graf
Degrees of Disordered Eating and Perfectionism in College Students: A Comparison of Sex and Athletic Status, Melinda K. Graham-Hinners
From Sinners to Saints: Emerging Agency in American Women's Novels before the Civil War, Amy Howard Green
"None but the Bravest of Men": Violence and Popular Sovereignty in Revolutionary War Veteran Narratives., James M. Greene
Numerical and experimental study on the ability of dynamic roughness to alter the development of a leading edge vortex, Christopher D. Griffin
Connectivity and spanning trees of graphs, Xiaofeng Gu
Essays on Evidence-Based Design as Related to Buildings and Occupant Health, John Christopher Haddox
An Evaluation of School Zone Traffic Control Strategies, Karly R. Hamric
Compositional Techniques in Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ah Reum Han
Predictors of Distress during the Breast Diagnostic Period, Mariann M. Harding
Exploring the mechanism of SHP2 and EGFR/HER2 cooperation in breast cancer cell signaling, Zachary Raymond Hartman
The Eleven Nocturnes for Solo Piano of Lowell Liebermann: A Field-Chopin-Faure Lineage, Martin Harvey
Abelson Kinase Based Regulation of Tumor Cell Invasion in HNSCC, Karen E. Hayes
Reactivity, Coping, and Adjustment after Bereavement, James A. Henrie
The Social Support for International Graduate Students to Obtain Academic Success, Ping He
Droplet Impact Sub-cavity Histories and PDPA Spray Experiments for Spray Cooling Modeling, Nicholas Lee Hillen
Effectiveness of a Theory Based Comprehensive Sexual Education Program at a Baltimore City High School, Darlene Hinds
Effect of Delmopinol Hydrochloride on Endodontic Biofilm, Gabriel M. Holley
Impact of Retrograde Condensation on Production in the Ohio Utica Point Pleasant, John Hooks
REHABILITATION AND FIELD EVALUATION OF DISCARDED TIMBER RAILROAD TIES USING THERMOSET GFRP COMPOSITES, AMIR HOSSEIN HOUSHMANDYAR
Development of Synthetic Pathways for Carbon Nanohoops, Yiwei Huang
Microfluidic Impedance-Metric Biosensor for Monitoring Carbon Nanotube-Induced Epithelial Permeability, Zhouchun Huang
Mechanisms of cadmium tolerance in Populus, Brahma Reddy Induri
Characterization of coconut oil and CLA induced lipolysis, Siri Manasa Ippagunta
Evaluation of deck casting on the construction performance of straight and skewed steel I-girder bridges, Jason J. Jackson
Characterizing Peripheral Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses to Haemonchus contortus in Sheep, Jesica Rae Jacobs
Comparing U.S. and International Medical Graduates' Treatment of Chronic Diseases: Utilization of Psychosocial Interventions., Susan E. Jarquin
Secondary coal seam as a barrier to CO2 leakage, Zainab Sahib Jawad