Theses/Dissertations from 2018
STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MAGNETRON SPUTTER DEPOSITION OF STAINLES-STEEL NITRIDE AND CARBIDE THIN FILMS WITH TRANSITION METAL ADDITIVES, Faisal Alresheedi
Improved Seismic Design of Non-structural Components (NSCs) and Development of Innovative Control Approaches to Enhance the Seismic Performance of Buildings and NSCs, Hamidreza Anajafimarzijarani
GENETIC DISSECTION OF NON-HOST RESISTANCE TO THE WHEAT STEM RUST PATHOGEN, USING AN INTERSPECIFIC BARBERRY HYBRID, Radhika Bartaula
Can you hear me now? The moderating effects of procedural justice within consumer-brand relationships, Alexander Blandina
POPULATION GENETICS AND DESICCATION STRESS OF PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS KÜTZING IN THE GULF OF MAINE, Yuanyu Cao
Ecosystems, communities, and species: Understanding mammalian response to ancient carbon cycle perturbations, Abigail Carroll
Burned Out or Trapped in Conscientiousness: A Case Study of Three NH Middle School Teachers, Shaleen Cassily
Lessoning Fiction: Modernist Crisis and the Pedagogy of Form, Matthew Cheney
WORKING ALLIANCES: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PERSON-CENTERED THEORY FOR STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS AND LEARNING, Adam Parker Cogbill
Atomic Structure Studies of 2D Materials and Advancement of Dynamical LEEM/uLEED-IV Analysis, Zhongwei Dai
CHARACTERIZATION AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTWEIGHTING MATERIALS, Nengxiu Deng
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PIGMENTS FROM CEPHALOPOD CHROMATOPHORES: SOLUTION AND PARTICLE DETERMINATION, Sean Ryan Dinneen
DEVELOPMENT OF PROTEIN DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND GENETIC TOOLS FOR SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA, Erin Drufva
BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AN ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN AND THE EFFECTS OF IONIC LIQUIDS ON THE MODEL PROTEIN GB1, Korth Wade Elliott
Can Schools be Reformed by Reforming Assessment?: The Effects of an Innovative Assessment and Accountability System on Student Achievement Outcomes, Carla Marie Evans
UNITARILY INVARIANT NORMS ON FINITE VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS, Haihui Fan
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction using well-defined metal sites on nanostructured surfaces, Thomas G. Fenton
Fine Structure in the Ionosphere, Bruce Fritz
An Exploratory Study of Followership in New Hampshire High Schools, Matthew S. Hicks
The Activity of Becoming a Second-Career Teacher, Michael Hildebrandt
DYSREGULATION OF O-LINKED β-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE (O-GLCNAC) CYCLING SUPPORTS TUMORIGENICITY OF CANCERS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT, Nicole Jaskiewicz
THE EFFECT OF IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY ON MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS, Benjamin Joseph Jensen
WORLD LANGUAGES COURSEWORK AND INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, Islam Karkour
MOTHER-CHILD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE: THE ROLE OF MOTHERS’ PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Erin Marie Kenney
Addressing the nitrogen challenge: Footprint tools and on-farm solutions, Allison M. Leach
Interplanetary Transport of Solar Energetic Particles, Gen Li
"There's No Way a College Can Close": Student Experiences in a For-Profit Institution Closure, Jennifer M. Logsdon
Impacts and Management of Foliar Pathogens of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) in the Northeastern United States, Cameron Ducayet McIntire
POLY-VICTIMIZATION: A BROAD ASSESSMENT OF CHILDHOOD VICTIMIZATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD WELL-BEING, Yahayra Michel-Smith
Seismic Site Response of Partially Saturated Soil Layers, Morteza Mirshekari
Understanding College Men's and Women's Perceptions of Sexual Behavior Responsibility Through the Lens of the Human Papillomavirus, Angela Mitiguy
SHIPWORMS AND THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN COASTLINE, Derek Lee Nelson
PERFORMANCE BASED EVALUATION OF CRACKING IN ASPHALT CONCRETE USING VISCOELASTIC AND FRACTURE PROPERTIES, Mirkat Tamire Oshone
In Situ Observations of Pearl Pulsations and Development of a Low-Noise Fluxgate Magnetometer, Kristoff Paulson
Inner Source and Interstellar Pickup Ions: Production and Transport in the Inner Heliosphere, Philip Quinn
The spatial distributions, wave properties, and generation mechanisms of inner magnetosphere EMIC waves, Anthony Aaron Saikin
MANGANESE OXIDE BASED ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR AQUEOUS SODIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE, Xiaoqiang Shan
ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATIONS AND STRESS RESILIENCE: BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL CORRELATES, Nathaniel P. Stafford
Small mammal community dynamics and the dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi, Ryan B. Stephens
Bedform Geometry and Bedload Sediment Flux in Coastal Wave, Current, and Combined Wave-Current Flows, Meagan Wengrove
MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF THE COMPLETE ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF ETHANOL INTO CO2 OVER PLATINUM-BASED CORE-SHELL NANOCATALYSTS, Guangxing Yang
Development of fluorescent sensors based on molecularly imprinted biomimetic polymers, Rongfang Yang
STRAIN PATH SENSITIVE POLYCRYSTAL PLASTICITY CONSTITUTIVE MODELS WITHIN FINITE ELEMENTS FOR METAL FORMING SIMULATIONS, Milovan Zecevic
PHYSICS-BASED MODELING FRAMEWORK INCORPORATING MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION FOR PREDICTING DEFORMATION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION OF METALLIC MATERIALS, Miroslav Zecevic
Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Mesocrystals in an Interphase Droplet Reactor, Brian Zukas
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
BIFUNCTIONAL LIGANDS FOR RATIOMETRIC SENSING OF Cu(II) AND NUCLEAR IMAGING WITH Zr-89: DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND AQUEOUS SPECIATION, Mahmoud Ali Abdalrahman
Statistical Properties and Applications of Empirical Mode Decomposition, Mahdi Hameed Al-Badrawi
Personal Intelligence and Learning about Personality in Everyday Life, Jayne L. Allen
UNDERSTANDING TRANSITION PLANNING AND POSTSECONDARY OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS NATIONAL, STATE, AND SCHOOL LEVELS, Caroline Arakelian
SIZE-SENSITIVE CRYSTAL PLASTICITY FINITE ELEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATING BEHAVIOR OF LAMELLAR METAL-METAL COMPOSITES, Milan Ardeljan
EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON SOIL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, Lesley W. Atwood
Magma genesis beneath active continental rifts, Kimberly Aviado
The Proton Spin Structure Function G2P at Low Momentum Transfer, Tobias Badman
Brauer-Picard groups and pointed braided tensor categories, Costel Gabriel Bontea
Music of the triangles: How students come to understand trigonometric identities and transformations, Neil Moshe Bornstein
Nitrogen dynamics and retention in the river network of a tropical forest, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico, Richard Brereton
UNRAVELING SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS IN TIDEWATER GLACIER FLOW: INSIGHTS FROM TERRESTRIAL RADAR INTERFEROMETRIC STUDIES, Ryan Cassotto
Modeling and Observation of He+ Pickup Ions in the Inner Heliosphere, Junhong Chen
DESIGNING A CURRICULUM FOR DIFFICULT HISTORY: TEACHERS, MUSEUM WORKERS, AND WAR PHOTOJOURNALISM, Sara Clarke-Vivier
The Last Chapter of the Vietnam War: Normalization, Nongovernmental Actors and the Politics of Human Rights, 1975-1995, Amanda C. Demmer
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BIO- AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIO- AND GREEN DIESEL, Ye Deng
EDWARD CHANNING’S WRITING REVOLUTION: COMPOSITION PREHISTORY AT HARVARD, 1819-1851, Bradfield Edward Dittrich
STUDENT'S MISCONCEPTIONS OF SEQUENCES AND SERIES IN SECOND SEMESTER CALCULUS, David Earls
Assessing the Mechanical Response of Pavements During and After Flooding, Mohamed Elshaer
RAIDX: RAID EXTENDED FOR HETEROGENEOUS ARRAYS, Andras Fekete
The Study of Magnetotail Dynamics and their Ionospheric Signatures using Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation Model: OpenGGCM, Banafsheh Ferdousi Shahandashti
UNDERSTANDING ION SPECTRAL DYNAMICS NEAR THE INNER EDGE OF THE PLASMA SHEET, Cristian Ferradas
EVALUATING SATELLITE DERIVED BATHYMETRY IN REGARD TO TOTAL PROPAGATED UNCERTAINTY, MULTI-TEMPORAL CHANGE DETECTION, AND MULTIPLE NON-LINEAR ESTIMATION, Ricardo Ramos Freire
IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT DIETS ON THE CONCENTRATION AND METABOLISM OF THE MAMMALIAN LIGNAN ENTEROLACTONE IN DAIRY CATTLE, Caren Paludo Ghedini
A Study of the Surface Structure of Polymorphic Graphene and Other Two-Dimensional Materials for use in Novel Electronics and Organic Photovoltaics, Maxwell Charles Grady
Numerical and Physical Modeling of Cone Penetration in Unsaturated Soils and Numerical Simulation of Fracture Propagation in Shale Rock during Brazilian Test, Pegah Jarast Shamsabadi
Genomic evaluation of male reproductive adaptations and responses to dehydration in Peromyscus eremicus (Cactus mouse), Lauren Kordonowy
John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Faith, 1960-1963, Patrick Lacroix
DERIVATIZATION OF DIIMINE TRICARBONYL Re(I) COMPLEXES FOR COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS AND SURFACE IMMOBILIZATION, Michael Eric Louis
SIMULATION STUDIES OF SIGNALING AND REGULATORY PROTEINS, Hossein Mohammadiarani
The Supper Effect: Community Engagement as a Path to School and Community Change in a Small Rural Town, Quixada Lea Moore-Vissing
A Study of Reconnection Poleward of the Cusp: Cluster and Polar, Fathima M. Muzamil
Molecular mechanisms of salt and osmotic stress tolerance in Frankia strains isolated from Casuarina trees, REDIET OSHONE
PATTERNS AND DRIVERS OF CARBON FLUXES IN TEMPERATE FORESTS, Andrew Ouimette
Biophysical Mechanisms of Rhythm Generation in the Pre-Bötzinger Complex, Ryan S. Phillips
CRACKING IN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS: IMPACT OF COMPONENT PROPERTIES AND AGING ON FATIGUE AND THERMAL CRACKING, Reyhaneh Rahbar-Rastegar
A Beurling Theorem for Noncommutative Hardy Spaces Associated with a Semifinite von Neumann Algebra with Various Norms, Lauren Beth Meitzler Sager
Are 21st Century After School Programs an Effective Academic Intervention for Elementary School Students Attending High Poverty Schools?, Jennifer Scarpati
Religious Affiliation and Women's Labor Patterns in U.S. Counties, Andrew Schaefer
Affect in the Classroom: A Psychoanalytic and Cultural Exploration of Social and Emotional Learning, Clio Stearns
A dynamical-systems approach to understanding turbulence in plane Couette flow, Mimi Szeto
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS POPULATION DYNAMICS IN RELAYED OYSTERS, Michael Anthony Taylor
Protein Phosphatase 2A Function in Response to Salt Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: Defining Pathways and Genetic Interaction Networks, Megan M. Thompson
THE IDENTIFICATION OF MAJOR FACTORS IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF A SCIENCE DMZ AT SMALL INSTITUTIONS, Scott A. Valcourt
EXAMINING THE BENEFITS OF INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENT AS EXPERIENCED BY SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, Willem Wallinga
Invisible Suburbs: Privatized Growth in Suburban Metropolitan Denver, 1950-2000, Kevin Weinman
NATURE OF FORMAL INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE HELP SEEKING: THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, Desiree Ruth Wiesen-martin