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 2025
Understanding Rural West Virginia Primary Care Provider Perspectives on HPV Vaccination to Inform Communication, Jenna Marie Stewart
Impact of Temperature on Blueberry Fruit Size and Nutritional Quality, Tiffany L. Strange
Youth Sport Organizational Leaders’ Perceived Strengths and Challenges Working with Volunteer Coaches: A Case Study, Hannah Swartz
From BOBcat to Bursts: Multi-Messenger Constraints on Supermassive Black Holes and Binaries, Jessica Sydnor
Novel Design and Fabrication of a High-Speed Transient Heat Flux Sensor for Application to Rotating Detonation Engines, Zachary Todd Tallman
Autonomous Vehicle Supported Mobility Services for Rural Areas, Alvira Ahmed Tasnim
Characterization of Particulate Matter Emissions from Heavy-Duty Transit Buses, Emre Tatli
Positioning the Online Learner: How the Use of Technology Matters, Susan E. Taylor
Systematic Methodologies for Magnetic Materials Design, Andres Tellez Mora
Improving Food Safety Practices Among FSMA-Exempt Small-Scale Produce Growers: A Manuscript-Based Dissertation on Risk, Adoption, and Practical Barriers, Jesica Marie Temple
Application of Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to Understand the Partisan Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities, Ani Tepnadze
Assessment of analytical workflows of gunshot residue evidence and strategies for implementation of advanced technology in crime laboratories., Leah D. Thomas
P23H rhodopsin accumulation disrupts synaptic protein levels in rod photoreceptors, Samantha Thompson
A Multi-Case Study Exploring NCAA Division I Athletic Departments’ Mental Health Culture through Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Kimberly Ann Granados Tolentino
Extinction Bursts Reexamined: The Role of Consummatory Time and Response Reallocation, Braden Toler
East and West Meet: Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Piano Students Based on Chinese and Western Pedagogy, Xiaozhen Tong
Introduction of Polar Functional Groups to Pyridinedipyrrolide Zirconium Photosensitizers Through Post-Synthetic Modifications, Marisa NIcole Tordella
Effect of genetic variations, nutrition, and animal age on collagen characteristics, lipid accumulation, and fillet quality of Oncorhynchus mykiss, rainbow trout, Areeya Towviriyakul
Material Girls: Stories of Appalachian Women's Forgotten Work Culture, Sarah Ann Trautwein
Consumer Experiences in the Secondhand Market: Finances, Frugality, Fashion, & Fun, Melissa Chasko Turner
A Multiscale AI Framework for Forest and Agriculture Health Monitoring: Drone-Based Object Recognition and Segmentation for Automated Ecological Assessment, Sruthi Keerthi Valicharla
Analysis and Field Demonstration of a Mobile Dewatering Cell for Acid Mine Drainage and Rare Earth Element Hydraulic Preconcentrate, Hunter David Vance
Identifying the role and influence of Interleukin-27 on the neonatal immune response, Jordan Kane Vance
Overhead and Nonprofit Impact; Empirical Evidence from the United Way, Joshua VanLaecken
Five-year analysis of Kiko buck growth rate, carcass muscling and parasite resistance in a feedlot setting, Garrett Thomas Vaughan
Artistic Echoes: Tracing Environmentalism in Art Through Time, Kara Marie Vaughan
A Process Systems Evaluation of the Application of Membranes for Direct Air Capture (m-DAC) using Operability and Machine Learning Techniques, Vitor Renan Vitor Gama
Trauma-Informed Yoga as an Adjunct to Treatment as Usual within Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Feasibility Trial., Suzanne Vogler
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A PROCESS FOR UPCYCLING OF LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC WASTE TO ETHYLENE, Xiaoyan Wang
Return to Me, Kelly Lynn Ward
The Impact of Skew on the Flexural Behavior of Press-Brake-Formed Tub Girders, Matthew Allan Weatherholt
Rifles and Riflemen: Material Culture, Violence, and Early American Identity, 1720 -- 1820, John Bradstreet Weaver
Intersectional Embodiment: An Exploration of Women's Bodily Experiences in Contemporary American Literature, Olivia Marie Wertz
La Valse and the Parisian Salon: Nostalgic Continuities and Sonorous Modernisms, Claire Weydt
The Effect of Carrier Type and Material Used on Results of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane Application to Teeth, Jonathon Logan Williams DDS
Raman Spectroscopy for Rapid Quantification of Macronutrients in Heirloom Beans, K. Chandler Williams
Parameter Estimation of a 100 Seater Simulated Passenger Aircraft, Michael James Winston
Evaluation of Small Unmanned Tailsitter Hybrid Air Vehicles Via Full Flight Simulation, Andrew Spencer Winters
Cleaving through the Chaos: RNase-III Drosha’s Cleavage and Cellular Translocation in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Michael Thomas Winters
When the Empires Strike Again: The Effects of an Imperial Past on the Post-Cold War International Order, Begum Wolfe
Investigation of Protein-Ligand binding interactions through the computational methods of Molecular Dynamics and Graph Neural Networks, Alexander Benjamin Wroe
Behavioral Effects of Prenatal ECIG Aerosol Exposure on Sprague-Dawley Rats, Erin Elizabeth Wylie
Essays on Application of Machine Learning to Financial Statement Fraud, Lin Xia
Kizuna, Emily Ann Yandel
Segmentation of Iris Features Using Deep Learning Techniques, Siyuan Yin
Mathematical Contributions to the Study of Chemotaxis and Cell Signaling, Hajr Zam
Efficient and Test-Time Adaptive Visual Object Tracking in the Wild, Ram J. Zaveri
The Effects of Brand Activism on Brand Performance, Lin Zhao
Global China in Pakistan: Mixed-Methods Analysis of Symbolic Domination, Social Media Geopolitics, and Security Corridors, Davide Giacomo Zoppolato
Tiny Silent Deaths: A Novel, Elise V. Zukowski
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Nasals and Nasalization in Yoruba-Ijebu Dialect, Khadijat Olakintan Abdulrazaq
Impacts Of Community Food Outreach Programs on Low-Income Families: St. Ursula’s Food Outreach Program in Pursglove Monongalia, West Virginia, United States as A Case Study, Oluwafunke Abeleje
Measuring and Modeling Riparian Wetland Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity, Nutrient Concentrations and Shallow Groundwater Dynamics in an Appalachian Mixed Land Use Catchment, Bidisha Faruque Abesh
An Inquiry into the Accessibility of Campus Recreation for College Students with Disabilities, Kayla B. Abrahamson
A Structured Diabetes Continuous Glucose Monitor Education Program to Improve Patient Knowledge and Self-Efficacy, Krystal Abucevicz-Swick
Uncommon Trends, Common People: Alternative Modernity, Identity Formation, Class, and Gender in Colonial Nigeria 1920-1960, Odunayo A. Adeojo
Development of Probabilistic Dynamic Model Building and Bayesian Machine Learning Approaches, Samuel Oladayo Adeyemo
Static Response of FRP Structural Systems – Piles, Platforms, and Poles, Manish Adhikari
Estradiol’s Role in Timely Puberty Onset in the Ewe, Eliana Gerardine Aerts
A Data-driven Time-series Analytics Framework for Smart Manufacturing Systems, Mojtab A. Farahani
Modeling, Control, and Fault Detection of Energy Systems under Limited High-Confidence Data Scenarios, Selorme K. Agbleze
Machine Learning Based Intrusion Detection Framework for CAN Bus Vulnerabilities in Modern Vehicles, Obinna C. Agbo
Studies in Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics of Propagating Precipitation Waves, Md Boshir Ahmed
THREE ESSAYS ON EXTERNALITIES OF ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, Taiwo Foluso Akinyemi
Dough Rheology and Its Influence on Sheeting Behavior, Najat Albarakati
Polylactic Acid (PLA) containing Talc Microparticles and Amorphous Polyhydroxyalkanoates (aPHAs) for Improved Barrier and Mechanical Properties in Food Packaging, Mohammed alfaifi
Slope Stability Below Historic Pre-Law Mine Benches in the Northern Coalfields of West Virginia, Muhammad Ali
The function of protein glutamylation in vision, Rawaa Aljammal
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Forecast Production of Shale Wells, Yasir Jassim Alkalby
Dance Intervention for Stroke Rehabilitation: Restoring Occupational Performance Through Creative Movement, Olivia Paige Allen
Implant Overdenture Abutment Loosening under Hyperbaric Conditions, Zana Jamal Al-Saloum
Advancing Opportunities for the Autistic Community at West Virginia University, Drew D. Altizer
An Evaluation of a Human-Operant Effort Manipulation and Effects of Effort Disparity on Renewal, Haleh Amanieh
The sex chromosome complement and gut microbiome act independently and collaboratively to impart sex dimorphisms in humoral immunity, Carly J. Amato-Menker
Enhancing 5G Fixed Wireless Access in Rural Settings via Machine Learning-Driven Resource Optimization, Maryam Amini
Enhancing Robotic Exploration through Semantically-Guided Sampling Strategies, Christopher Alexander Arend Tatsch
FOREIGN POLICY REORIENTATION: FROM GLOBALIZATION TO NATIONALISM, Abdullah A. Asiri
A Hyperbolic Relaxation Solver for Numerical Relativity, Thiago Assumpcao
Inherently Porous Metal Structures with Sufficient Mechanical Properties Through Direct Writing of Bio-based Inks, Havva Eda Aysal
Selected Piano Etudes from the Mid-20th to 21st Centuries: A Catalogue, Min Ji Baek
Electronic Symptom Management Using PROs in a Rural, Appalachian Medical Oncologic Population, Andrea Ray Bailey
Advanced Techniques in Time Series Forecasting: From Deterministic Models to Deep Learning, Xue Bai
Making Something Out of Nothing: Immobility as an Operant, Kaʻala K. Bajo
Short Episodes but Fast Friends: Examining the Effects of Parasocial Relationship Quality on Mediated Intergenerational Contact in Grace and Frankie, Alysse C. Baker
Water Treatment Simulation and Optimization Assessed by Process Operability Tools, Hunter Barber
Empowering Inclusive Mobility: Addressing Team Challenges and Advancing Solutions for Deaf Communities in Rural West Virginia through Innovative Engineering and Collaborative Initiatives, Morgan Elaine Bartley
Implementing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Collect Human Gait Data at Distance and Altitude for Identification and Re-identification, Donn E. Bartram
Room Temperature Decarboxylative Amination Reactions of Carboxylic Acids, Rabina Basnet
Informing Standardized Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Population Monitoring: Influences of Sampling Approach and Turtle Behavior on Model Estimation, Allyson N. Beard
On Uncertainty for Ill-Posed Robot Decision Problems, Jared Joseph Beard
The role of synaptic zinc signaling in excitatory circuits of the mouse auditory cortex, Philip T R Bender
Exploring Long-term Patterns: Black Bass Tournament Fishery and Population Trends in West Virginia's Navigable Rivers, Alex J. Benecke
A Randomized Need-Supportive Intervention with U.S. Youth Hockey Coaches, Diane Benish