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
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
Associations Among Executive Functioning, Family Functioning, Adolescent Responsibility, and Adherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cecily Newel Conour
How do college student-athletes’ understanding and expectations of mindfulness and self-compassion change through an intervention?, Blake Costalupes
Outdoor Recreation Benefits in Urban Areas: An Importance-Performance Analysis of Residents' Perception in Morgantown, West Virginia, Zachary D. Cox
Effects of Interdependent Group Contingencies on Physical Activity, Katherine A. Cucinotta
Designing King Lear: How Costume Design for a Theatrical Production is Affected by a Transition to Film, Jacob Steven Currence
The Investigation of Novel Bovine Oocyte-Specific Long Non-coding RNAs and Their Roles in Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryonic Development, Jaelyn Zoe Current
Effects of Aripiprazole Alone and in Combination with d-Amphetamine on Probability Discounting in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Paige Currie
3D Printed Microfluidic Devices for Advanced Fluid Manipulation in Biomedical Applications, Kathrine Curtin
PROBABILISTIC SHORT TERM SOLAR DRIVER FORECASTING WITH NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLES, Joshua Daniell
A Computer Vision-based Method for Tack Coat Coverage Inspection Using Drone-Collected Images, Aida da Silva
Robust state estimation methods for robotics applications, Shounak Das
Study of Capillary Channel Fiber Augmented Geobags for Accelerated Dewatering of High Moisture Content Fine-Grained Acid Mine Drainage Precipitate, Luke William Daugherty
Diversification of Ergot Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Natural and Engineered Fungi, Kyle Austin Davis
Found and Fabricated, Molly S. Davis
The Development of a New Pertussis Booster Formulation via the Implementation of New Adjuvants and Utilization of Alternate Routes of Administration, Megan Ashley DeJong
STABILITY OF RUDDLESDEN-POPPER PHASE LANTHANUM NICKELATE AS AIR ELECTRODE FOR REVERSIBLE SOLID OXIDE CELLS, Daniel de Lorenzo Moreira
Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy From the Ground Up: Towards A Holistic Organizational Framework for Community and Economic Development in Rural Extractive Areas, Brandon M. Dennison
Social Comparison Theory: The Effects Athletic Influencers Have on an Appalachian Generation Z Men Audience, Aaron David Dickens
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis and Control of Chemical Processes Using Dynamic Operability, San Quan Dinh
Spin Recovery Analysis on a Simulation Model of the NASA F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) Using Thrust Vectoring, Brock M. Dolly
Analysis of the Psychological and Production Effects of the Use of Gamification for Manufacturing Assembly, Makenzie Dolly
Cue Reactivity in Non-Smoking Electronic Cigarette Users, Ashley E. Douglas