Honors Theses and Capstones

Honors Theses and Capstones

 
This collection of UNH undergraduate honors theses has been created by the University Library in collaboration with the University Honors Program. To add your thesis, please click the "Submit Research" link on the left sidebar. If you are unable to contribute your entire thesis, you may also submit just an abstract by either entering it into the submission form or uploading a document.

Follow


Theses/Dissertations from 2022

PDF

Reinforcement Learning Applied to the Shoals Marine Laboratory Smart Grid, Daniel C. Mattson

PDF

The Health Effects of Anthropogenic PM2.5 Emissions, Andrew Charles Meyer

PDF

Examining the Brand Image of Paul College, Rebecca E. Milbury

PDF

Exploring Educators’ Perceptions of Legislation about Discrimination, Archer Brooke Miller

PDF

The Technical Skills Valued by Public Accounting Firms, Nicholas P. Mokas

PDF

Predicting COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Rule Following and Violating: Psychosocial Measures, Coping Styles, and Vaccine Myth Beliefs, Paxton Morley

PDF

The Impact of Wild Bees on Commercial Pollinator and Pesticide Use, Liam Morrissey

PDF

Distributed Partial Differential Equation Solving with Julia Fast Fourier Transform Library, Christopher E. Mottola

PDF

Personal Intelligence and Student Employees, Miah Munro

PDF

Measuring the Ne/O Ratio for IMAP-Lo, Ryan J. Murphy

PDF

Prevalence of Vaping and the Association with Cardiometabolic Risk in College Students, Brittney Rose Nalesnik

PDF

Development of a Fluxgate Magnetometer Model, Eleonora Olsmats

PDF

Targeting the BCL6 Transcription Factor in Ovarian Cancer, Harrison H. Parent

PDF

Investigating the Main Protease (MPro) of SARS-CoV-2 as a Potential Drug Target, Valerie Giovina Pascetta

PDF

Creating an Integration Framework for the European Union? Comparing the Role of Language in Integration Policy Regarding Education and Labor Participation Rates in Germany and Sweden, Kate Elizabeth Persson

PDF

Crime And The Effects It Has On Business Development, Alexis Pimental

PDF

Modeling the Impact of Adding Cryptocurrency in a Portfolio, Ashley Pineault

PDF

Characterization of L-malic acid-capped CdS Quantum Dots and Examination of the Nanoncrystal's Biosensor Ability, Andrei A. Potapenko

PDF

Combating Climate Change: Saving American Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure, Seamus Quinn

PDF

Robot Guided Exercise Training: The Role of the Human Model, Selena R. Richards

PDF

Generally Covariant Theory of Multipole Moment Conserving Quasiparticles, Gavin Eric Riley

PDF

Tinkering With Tinker: Why the Supreme Court Must Protect Student Speech Through Social Media, Alexis Roach

PDF

The State of Our Community Social Capital in Kensington, New Hampshire, Sawyer B. Rogers

PDF

Telehealth Delivery of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Recreational Therapy: Supporting People with Chronic Pain During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Grace L. Roy

PDF

Barbarians & Heretics: Anti-Greek and Anti-Latin Sentiments in Crusade-Era Chronicles, 1096-1204, Ryan Saputo

PDF

An Examination of Effective Length in Moment Frames, Connor Stephen Schott

PDF

A Review of Monte Carlo Methods and Their Application in Medical Physics for Simulating Radiation Transport, Joe Shields

PDF

Gelatin/GelMA Composite Bioink for Improved Biocompatibility and Mechanical Stability of 3D Printed Tissue-like Structures, Maria Christine Skidmore, Patrick Daniel Earley, and Kyung Jae Jeong

PDF

Quality of Life and Symptom Sharing Among Women with Athletic Urinary Incontinence, Hailey Stevens

PDF

The Liberatory Potential of Fashion, David Billie Suoth

PDF

How the Media Frames Mental Health and Social Media: A Case Study of the Facebook Whistleblower, Megan Switzgable

PDF

Stock Market Returns Around Midterm Elections, Cameron Taatjes

PDF

The Newsworthiness of Increasingly Expected Murder: Foreign Press Coverage of the Parkland Shooting, Jasmine Skye Taudvin

PDF

Uncovering the Interest of Private Landowners in Learning More About Landscaping with Native Plants, Catherine A. Taylor

PDF

The Novel Erythropoietin (EPO)-Regulated Adaptor Protein, “C1ORF186/RHEX”, Modulates the EPO-Dependent Proliferation of Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells, Arianna True

PDF

Enhancing Peripheral Intravenous Line Maintenance Practices Among Nurses in a Critical Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Jaylene Velasquez

PDF

Privacy Paradox: The Impact A Health Crisis Has on Individual Views Regarding Privacy and Data Collection, Jessica B. Walsh

PDF

Removing Physical Presence Requirements for a Remote and Automated World - API Controlled Patch Panel for Conformance Testing, Hunter George Wells

PDF

Investigating Signs of Orbital Decay in the TrES-1 Exoplanetary System, Amanda F. Wester

PDF

Mindfulness and Pain Regulation: The Role of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Individuals with Chronic Pain, Ariana C. White

PDF

Controls on Carbon Gas Fluxes From a Temperate Forest Soil, Natalie A. White, Ruth K. Varner, and Clarice R. Perryman

PDF

Sensory Scouting: An Analysis of Supports for Sensory Needs of Children in Local Businesses, Alison Whitman

PDF

Literary Fiction and Sympathy: How Reading Makes You a Better Person, Emma Rose Wick

PDF

Sustainability and Performance Analysis in University Endowments, Sarah Wilkinson

PDF

Screening Ocean Samples from Georgia for the Presence of MSX and Dermo Using PCR and qPCR Methods, Olivia Michelle Williams

PDF

Experiential Learning versus Microcredentials: Educational Needs of Undergraduate Students and Working Professionals, Hannah Wirth

PDF

“The Real Cost of Mining: How Digging for Rare Earth Metals Could Pose a Greater Cost than EVs Can Save”, Brahim Khalil Yatim

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

PDF

Multimedia of the Mind: Digital Rhetoric and Interdisciplinary Acquisition, Parker C. Ayotte

PDF

Mimicking the effect of prolactin on STAT3/STAT5 activity in breast cancer, Jennifer N. Barbuto and Sarah R. Walker

PDF

Impact of an Educational Module on Female Collegiate Athlete Knowledge Regarding the Female Athlete Triad, Cayla Marie Barretto

PDF

Can Nurses Predict Transitions of Care in Assisted Living?, Emma M. Blair

PDF

Injectable Gelatin-Silk Fibroin Composite Hydrogels for In Situ Cell Encapsulation, Ryann D. Boudreau

PDF

Occurrence of Pulmonary Arteritis with Lungworm Infections in Gray Seals from New England, 2013-2020, Jillian R. Broadhurst and Inga Sidor DVM, MS, DACVP

PDF

Reconstructing the Black Family: How the Freedmen’s Bureau Sought to Shape Black Family Structures After Emancipation, Megan R. Busby

PDF

“We Do Not Believe Him to be Sick… but Completely Worthless:” Victorian Character, Self-Mastery, and Pension Outcomes for Disabled Union Veterans, Matthew L. Castagna

PDF

Weather Effects on Stock Market Returns in the United States, Maria Virginia Chandra

PDF

Ethical Use of Beauty in Advertising, Koca Chan

PDF

Public Monuments in Changing Societies and Political Orders, Jake M. Connolly

PDF

Before and After the #MeToo Movement: Investigating how the Media Discusses Male Perpetrated Sexual Harassment, Maya Rose Coykendall

PDF

Thermally Driven Topology and the Topological Hall Effect in Chiral Magnets, Tan Dao

PDF

Evaluating the Relationship Between Confidence and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Althea M. Devereux

PDF

COVID-19’s Impact on Human Trafficking: The Invisible Industry in New Hampshire, Brittany Dunkle

PDF

Scottish Marine Renewable Energy: U.S. Approaches for Development of Wave and Tidal Technologies, Stella Kathryn Fairall

PDF

Healthcare and Substance Use Service Accessibility and Barriers for Syringe Service Program (SSP) Participants in Manchester, NH, Faith Mackenzie Farnham

PDF

An Analysis of River Channel Change Over Time in the Lamprey River, Trevor R. Fenoff

PDF

Cross-Model Parameter Estimation in Epidemiology, Julia R. Fitzgibbons

PDF

Development and Implementation of a Pressure-Temperature Control System for the Physical Vapor Deposition of Copper and Niobium from a Molybdenum Filament in the Development of Superconducting 3D Printed RF Cavity Particle Accelerators, Chandler J. Fleuette

PDF

Care Ethics, Disability, and Public Policy, Piper Gibson

PDF

A Comparison of Health Habits Between Nursing and Non Nursing Majors, Reilly K. Gilmour

PDF

Are there Differences in Music Preferences Following Major Events?, Ian A. Grant

PDF

Predicting College Enrollment During A Global Crisis, Jake Colin Hewins

PDF

The Future of Auditing: An Analysis of AI Implementation in the Big Four Accounting Firms, Alexander Michael Heye

PDF

Shakespeare’s Deviation from His Predecessors: Aligning "Romeo and Juliet" with Italian Renaissance Marriage Culture, Tara Lynn Hohn

PDF

Understanding the Factors that Influence Tweet Popularity, Kyle A. Jalbert

PDF

Business Risk and Attest Service Fees: Understanding the Effect of Low Fed Interest Rates on Bank Audit Fees, Lucas Erik Jones

PDF

Engineering thermostable regulators for inducible gene expression in thermophiles, Connor M. Joyce

PDF

Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring for Patients in the Prone Position, Brianna Jean Judkins

PDF

How Can an Economic Analysis Affect the Understanding of a Court’s Decision?, Yanni N. Kakouris

PDF

Corticostriatal Pathway Inactivation and Connections to Associative Learning with Nicotine Stimulus In Rats, Anna Kalinowski

PDF

Stressful Life Events and Postpartum Depression, Madison E. Laurent

PDF

Impromptune: Symbolic Music Generation with Relative Attention Mechanisms, Connor J. Lennox

PDF

Increment and Decrement Effects in Motion Induced Blindness, Sofia C. Lombardo

PDF

Consumer Preferences of Solar Systems in Boston and Atlanta: A Choice Experiment, Sam Mabile

PDF

The Role of Caregiving Sensitivity and Play Behavior in a Children's Museum Context, Jennika M. Mannesto

PDF

Uses Unaddressed: How Social Technologies Tacitly Allow Gender-Based Violence, Brooke J. Marston

PDF

Does the emigration of skilled labor from Hungary merit being called a brain drain?, Alexa Marie Mayo

PDF

The Role of Tax Incentives on Business Location and Economic Growth, Sadie Xi Rose Mazzola

PDF

Examining the Relationship Between Confusion and Learning: A Descriptive Meta-Analysis, Dara L. McWeeney, Aaron Y. Wong, and Caitlin Mills

PDF

Roles of Non-Frankia Bacteria in Root Nodule Formation and Function in Alnus sp., Kelsey Christine Mercurio

PDF

COVID-19 and The Effects on World's Most Admired Companies, Justin P. Mooney

PDF

What is the Effect of the CAREs Act on Public Companies’ Pension Plan Contributions?, Kyle Joseph Norman

PDF

Pediatric Emergency Department Nurse’s Knowledge and Attitudes of Pediatric Fluid Resuscitation, Tannah Kimberly O'Brien; Kerry Nolte PhD, FNP-C; Denise Downey MSN, RN-BC, CPEN; Debra Lajoie JD, PhD, MSN, RN, Esq.; Allison Ivers MSN, RN, CNL; and Kathleen Sultan BSN, RN, CPEN

PDF

COVID-19’s Impact on the United States Labor Market, Sean Patrick Orr

PDF

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Issuance of Going Concern Opinions and Financial Restatements, Jessica Oswald

PDF

Expanding on the involvement of primary cilia in neurological function through observing EEG/EMG changes in different genotypic mice, Gabriella M. Palermo

PDF

Developing a Forward-Looking Strategy for the Music Industry, Matthew G. Paolucci

PDF

Factor Fiction? Identifying a Putative Toxoplasma gondii Transcriptional Complex, Julia M. Paquette

PDF

Effects of the Air Quality in Equine Stable Environments on the Respiratory Health and Allergy Response of Human Personnel: A Review, Maeve Hannah Perrin

PDF

Understanding Secret Consumer Purchases and Their Effects on Brands, Jenna M. Peterson

PDF

Individualized Coaching to Improve Pre-School Quality: Perception of Teachers and Administrators, Danielle Anna Picot