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 2024
An Observational Census of Post-Merger Galaxies and Supermassive Black Hole Pair Evolution, Gregory Walsh
Relationships Among the Concepts of Organizational Theory and Nurse Burnout Before and After COVID-19, Bridget M. Webb
Prevalence of Depression and Suicidal Ideation in First-Generation College Students as Compared to Their Non-First-Generation Peers, Abigail A. Wellings
An Exploration of Misconceptions in Introductory Physics, Christopher Mattthew Wheatley
Benefits and Barriers of Using Prefilled Precedex Syringes in the Operating Room: A Cost Comparison, Ashley White
Traumatic brain injury induces cerebrovascular dysfunction: Consequences for ischemia and cerebral hypoperfusion, Bailey J. Whitehead
Analyzing Viability of Blue Indium Gallium Nitride LEDs for use in Space Missions Using a Low Earth Orbit Cubesa, Bertrand Edward Wieliczko
Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Mortality Risk: The Role of Social Support & Social Strain, Meredith A. Willard
Control Freak Loser Bitches Need Love, Too, Megan Lynne Williams
Development and Implementation of Occupational Therapy Group Protocols for Individuals in Recovery for Substance Use Disorder: Considering Social Determinants of Health and Occupational Areas of Need, Samantha Jane Windisch
Project Quiet: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Noise Pollution During Anesthesia Induction and Emergence, James Christopher Woods
Advancing GFRP Column Design: Strength, Effective Lengths, and Failure Modes, Jack Alan Wykle
Bridging Evolutionary and Bayesian Optimization for Enhanced Safety Verification in Control Systems, Joshua M. Yancosek
Cellular Level Changes Induced in Cancer Cells Due to Microgravity, Sai Deepika Reddy Yaram
Coal as a Resource for Rare Earth Elements in West Virginia, Rachel Elizabeth Yesenchak
JOINT LEARNING OF UNKNOWN SAFETY CONSTRAINTS AND CONTROL POLICIES IN REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Lunet Abiye Yifru
An investigation into secondary transfer of trace DNA to evidentiary items via nitrile gloves during crime scene examination, Molly G. Younker
Quantifying chemical erosion in the lithologically-heterogenous Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Amelia Jayne Zanoni
Selected Chinese Art Songs from the 20th and 21st Centuries, Xinxin Zhang
Life Cycle Impacts of Hardwood Forest Resources for Sustainable Bioenergy and Bioproducts in the Eastern United States, Jinghan Zhao
Exploring Physical Activity Promotion and Implementation within Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Programs: A Mixed-Methods Design, Shannon P. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Leveraging a multiparent cross of Populus trichocarpa to characterize recombination rates and dissect the genetic architecture of wood chemistry, Chanaka R. Abeyratne
Fish Community Responses to Environmental and Anthropogenic Conditions in West Virginia, Katherine A. Adase
Machine Learning Assisted Framework for Advanced Subsurface Fracture Mapping and Well Interference Quantification, Mohammad Faiq Adenan
ROLE OF CYTOCHROME P450-EPOXYGENASES AND ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR IN THE MODULATION OF VASCULAR RESPONSE, Stephanie Onyeka Agba
Essays on CEO Background and Corporate Performance, Busra Agcayazi
Deep Face Morph Detection Based on Wavelet Decomposition, Poorya Aghdaie
Development of A Hydrometallurgical Process for the Extraction of Cobalt, Manganese, and Nickel from Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Byproduct, Alejandro Agudelo Mira
Impacts of Error Rate and Therapist Appearance on the Accuracy of Fidelity Data Collection, Marisela A. Aguilar
Multimodal Neuron Classification based on Morphology and Electrophysiology, Aqib Ahmad
Blowdown Wastewater Co-treatment with Produced Water for Resource Recovery: Moving Towards Zero Liquid Discharge and Sustainable Waste Management, Mohammad Hafez Ahmed
A Machine Learning Approach for Early Diagnosis of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Among Heart Failure Patients, Tanjim Ahmed
Modular Supply Network Optimization of Renewable Ammonia and Methanol Co-production, Benjamin Akoh
Personality and Academic Performance in College, Jacob E. Alderson
ASSESSING FOREST FEATURES AND NOCTURNAL FLYING INSECT DIVERSITY AS PREDICTORS OF EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL OCCUPANCY IN FORAGING HABITAT, Clark D. Alexander
Strengthening the Interpretation of Glass and Paint Evidence Through the Study of Random Frequency of Occurrence and Analytical Information, Lauryn C. Alexander
State Estimation, Covariance Estimation, and Economic Optimization of Semi-Batch Bioprocesses, Ronald Hunter Alexander
Workflow for Integrating Geomechanics, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Reservoir Simulation to Determine Marcellus Shale Horizontal Well Production Potential, Awadh ALJassasi
Stability properties of a system of receptors in the presence of attractive domains, Basim Mohammed Al-Maliki
Learning Representations for Novelty and Anomaly Detection, Ranya Almohsen
Investigation of High-Volume Volcanic Ash Cement Composites Modified with Amorphous Materials Through Experimental and Analytical Methods, Nawaf Alsulami
Machine Learning for Biosensors, Gayathri Anapanani
Optimizing sample collection and data interpretation for effective wastewater-based epidemiology in combined sewer systems, Christopher Allen Anderson
A Numerical Investigation of a Spark Ignition Opposed Piston Linear Engine Fueled by Hydrogen, Mustapha Alao Animashaun
AI-based Smart Proxy Modelling of IBDP Field Reservoir Pressure of Carbon Sequestration, Idongesit Bassey Ansa
Reservoir Simulation of the Volve Oil field using AI-based Top-Down Modeling Approach, Amir Ansari
Microwave-Assisted Ammonia Synthesis over Cs-Ru/CeO2 Catalyst, Alazar Kesete Araia
Cell Signaling and Stress Response in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A study of SNF1, Scott E. Arbet II
A Test of the Control Value Theory of Achievement Emotions in an Instructional Communication Context, Katherine E. Armstrong
Living Your Best Life: The Mindful Pursuit of Student-Athlete Thriving, Andrew Augustus
Energy Conversion in Plasmas out of Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium: A Kinetic Theory Perspective, Mahmud Hasan Barbhuiya
A Case Study Analysis of the Experiences and Perceived Learning Outcomes of Former Non-Music Majors in Applied Horn Lessons, Jordan Bennett
Sexual Orientation, Age, and Race: An Intersectional Approach to Health Disparities, Laura E. Bernstein
Expansion on the Use of the Novel Compound, ELP-004, Using a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Experimentation Model, Kendyl Marie Berry
Investigating the Impact of Demographic Factors on Contactless Fingerprint Interoperability, Aeddon David Berti
Evaluations of FRP Composite Coupons Under Impact and Puncture, Lekhnath Bhandari
Disaster Risk Assessment in the Context of Social Justice Using Geospatial Data Analytics, Behrang Bidadian
Energy Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems, Anna Billey
Application of computational biophysics techniques to characterize cell membrane-associated events, Kyle Billings
Parametric Energy Efficiency Impact Analysis for Industrial Process Heating Furnaces Using MEASUR, Prakash Singh Bisht
Evaluation of a novel mRNA-pertussis vaccine against emerging clinical isolates of Bordetella pertussis, Graham Jeffrey Bitzer
Forage Grass Growth Habit and Allelopathy in Birdsfoot Trefoil Germination and Establishment, Nathan El Blake
Right Treatment Wrong Time: Immunotherapy Administration Post-Radiotherapy Decreases Tumor Burden in a Preclinical Model of Brain Metastasis, Kathryn Elizabeth Blethen
Unconventional Wisdom in Resonating Echoes of the Past: A Memoir on the Life and Music of royal hartigan, Joseph Elias Boulos
the uncertain future of landscapes subjected to mountaintop removal mining, Samuel James Bower
“Long have I wished to see the king:” Indigenous Transatlantic Diplomacy in the 18th Century North American Southeast, Riley Christian Bowers
Continental saline environments interpreted from bedded gypsum of the Triassic Red Peak Formation (Chugwater Group), northcentral Wyoming, Maya Yamei Bradford
IL-27 Negatively Impacts Immunity Developed Following BCG Administration, Shelby D. Bradford
Quantifying Variation in High-Quality Footwear Replicate Impressions, Samantha K. Brady
Impacts of Temperature and Salt Concentrations for Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella in Moisture Enhanced Reconstructed Chicken Patties, Alik D. Browning
Ambient ammonia synthesis via microwave-catalytic materials and plasma chemistry, Siobhan Brown
The Impact of Fracture Properties on Adsorbed Gas Production From a Marcellus Shale Horizontal Well, Valcia Mildreth Vasco Bulule
Artificial Light at Night Disrupts Pain Behavior and Cerebrovascular Structure in Mice, Jacob Raymond Bumgarner
Multimaterial, Core-Shell Direct Ink Writing of Flexible Strain Sensors for Pneumatically-Actuated Soft Robotic Hinge Joints, John Michael Burke
Applying Thermal and Microwave Heating for Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals over Zeolite-Supported Catalysts, Ashley Marie Caiola
Internalized Heterosexism, Shame Proneness, and Disclosure in Clinical Supervision Among Sexual Minority Supervisees, Christian Joseph Carey
The Economics of Pollution: Policy, Productivity, and the Structure of Road Networks, Michael Cary
Working with Community Partners in WV: Learning How to Frame Health Equity in Physical Activity Interventions, Karly Marie Casanave-Phillips
LOCALIZATION OF PEOPLE IN GNSS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS USING NEURAL-INERTIAL PREDICTION AND KALMAN FILTER CORRECTION, Lauren N. Cash
Effects of Combined Ethanol and Nicotine Administration on Delay Discounting in Male and Female Sprague-Dawley Rats, Rebecca Lillian Chalme
ELUCIDATION OF THE ROLE OF AGOUTI-SIGNALING PROTEIN THROUGHOUT FOLLICULOGENESIS AND EARLY EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN CATTLE, Heather L. Chaney
Generative Prior for Unsupervised Image Restoration, Ahmed Cheikh Sidiya
Investigating the Change in Pavement Cracking Data Due to Automated Data Collection Methods, Faisal Quibria Chowdhury
Evaluating Electrification of Fossil Fuel-Fired Boilers for Decarbonization Using Discrete Event Simulation, Nahian Ismail Chowdhury
Elucidating mechanisms of proteasome modulation by small molecules to treat neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, Janelle Joo Yee Chuah
Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Byproduct, Zeynep Cicek
Health Behaviors as Mediators of Caregiver Physical Health, Michaela Clark
Effects of Climate Change and Landscape-Scale Forest Management on Avian Communities, Abundance, and Nest Success in the Appalachian Mountains, Hannah L. Clipp
Relationships among pregnancy, substance use, social determinants of health and assessment, referral, and utilization of treatment: A secondary analysis of NSDUH Data, Heather Lynn Coddington
Bedrock channel geometry: meter to micron scale controls on fluvial incision, NICHOLAS J. COLAIANNE
DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF AN AERODYNAMIC SYSTEM FOR A FORMULA SAE® VEHICLE USING VEHICLE DYNAMIC SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTATION, Evan S. Cole
Three Essays on Emotional Cues, Clay Collins
System Analysis of an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) – Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Hybrid Cycle, Jose Javier Colon Rodriguez