Honors Theses and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Hybrid Rocket Engine Ignition and Control, Benjamin Letourneau, Trevor Blampied, Megan Johnson, and Thomas Pham
Listening in: Investigating Social Media Activity in the Streaming Service Industry, Kara M. MacDonald
Unless the Lord Build the House, Alicia L. Maimone
Examining the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents in New Hampshire, Riana S. Malik
What Drives Prices in Financial Markets?, Sinead Brid McDonagh
How Efficient is Market Pricing: Can Investors Beat the Market? Further, are Prices Always Right as Stated in the Efficient Market Hypothesis?, Porter M. McManus
Price Prediction in the Sharing Economy: A Case Study with Airbnb data, Brandon McNeil
Searching for the Common Suprathermal Power Law Tail in Parker Solar Probe's ISOIS Data, Asher S. Merrill
Landing Throttleable Hybrid Rockets with Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning in a Simulated Environment, Francesco Alessandro Stefano Mikulis-Borsoi
The Role of Socio-Economic Status on the Language Output of 3-6 year old's during a Naturalistic Museum Study, Serena K. Mueller
Causes of Chaos: Understanding Economic Crises in Latin America, Kevin Murphy
Atovaquone Targets STAT3 in Ovarian Cancer Spheroids, Kayli E. Neil
Changes in Bone Health of Female College Students, Sarah E. Pogany, Jesse Morrell, Maggie Dylewski Begis, and Gretchen Arnold
Tax in the 2020 Presidential Election, Ryan G. Quinn
Quantifying Electron Precipitation in the Van Allen Radiation Belts, Timothy Raeder
Can Fundamental Accounting Analyses be Used to Explain Macroeconomic Conditions?, Bryanna Marie Richardson
The Efficacy of the Healthy Families Flourish Program for Families Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Carli Madalena Rita
College Football 150-year Anniversary (CFB150): Branding a sesquicentennial within sport, Carlton F. Robie
An Analysis of Excise Taxes on Wine in the United States, William A. Saunders
Las Líderes en las Calles: Una Investigación de Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo y #NiUnaMenos en Argentina, Brooke M. Seigars
Peru's "Shameful Secret": The Consequences of the Squatter Settlements of Lima, Christian Silva
Predicting Gross Revenue Using Online Movie Reviews, Cara J. Small
Gay Male Speech and Dialects in Motion: Constructing Linguistic Identity in Southern New Hampshire, Hayden P. Stinson
Buddhist Approaches to Environmentalism and Food Insecurity, Grace N. Stott
The Impact of Tax Breaks & Incentives for Corporations on Local Economies, Chad Supranowicz
“C1ORF150”: A Novel Regulator of JAK2 Kinase, and Candidate Tumor Suppressor in Human Blood Cell Progenitors, Tyler M. Wade
Identification of STAT3 as a Gene Involved in Ovarian Cancer Mesothelial Clearance, David F. Walker
Decreasing Uncertainty in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements Through the Application of Pappus Chains, Ryan Williams
The Evolution and Development of Chiropteran Flight, Emmaline Willis
The Resistance: Student Protest and the University of New Hampshire in May 1970, Abigeal Wright
Healthcare Stocks and Presidential Elections, Jake Yennaco
Mindful Eating and Metabolic Syndrome Among UNH College Students, Rachel A. Zampini
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Charged Particle Filter for Entrance of IMAP-Lo, Daniel Abel
The impact on cost, quality, and patient satisfaction when delivering care to acutely ill adults in an at-home care model versus an inpatient hospital setting., Franchesca M. Adams
Uncertainty Across the Pond: An Evaluation of Equity Market Returns and Currency Fluctuations in Reaction to Key Brexit Events, Sean Michael Andreasson
Challenges International Students and their Perceive Values at University of New Hampshire, Win Phyu Phyu Aung
Revisiting the Far Right Violent Extremist Threat: Violent Extremist Plot Success From 1948 Through 2017, Jesse Austin
Phase and Amplitude Interferometry Based Radio Frequency Direction Finder, Joseph Phillip Balsamo
Predicting the Outcome of NFL Games Using Logistic Regression, Stephen Bouzianis
Predictive Analytics for College Basketball: Using Logistic Regression for Determining the Outcome of a Game, Bryce Brown
Examining the Tragedy of the Commons Dilemma: Looking at the New Hampshire Fishing Industry, Peter A. Brown
Analysis of Autoguiding for Exoplanet Transit Research at the UNH Observatory, Anthony Cappuccio
Relationships between Corporate Inversions and the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, Sedona L. Clothier
How College Students Discuss Their Relationships, John R. Domenico
Brands Take a Stand for Good: The Effect of Brand Activism on Social Media Engagement, Alexis A. Gray
Determinants of Student Debt in New England, Alexis A. Gray
Disrupting Complex Systems with Emerging Technologies: A Study on United States Airport Operations, Emily J. Grone
A Review of Equine Laminitis: Risk Factors and Predispositions, Molly C. Henion
Connecting Composting and Greenhouses: An Energy Capture and Usage Model, Dena M. Hoffman
A Holistic View of Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud, Andrew J. Hultgren
Improving Photometry and Astrophotography by Eliminating Dark Frames and Flat Fields, Tom C. Ireland
Portfolio Optimization with International Diversification, Sardar Adam Saeed Khan
UNH Observatory Exoplanet Transit Depth Limit, Nicholas R. Larose
A Developmental Study of Apoptotic Markers and Histamine in Cephalopod Statocysts, Samantha Nicole Leef
The Facts Behind GMO Food, Wenbin Liu
Data Disparity: Tiered Pricing as an Alternative to Consumer IoT Data Privacy Regulations, Matthew LoStocco
Measuring the Financial Health of American Symphony Orchestras, Samantha M. Lulka
The Market Reaction to Trump's Trade War, Michael McCarthy
Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Analysis of the Equine Aortic Valve, Amber McElhinney
Designing and 3D Printing mm-Wave Lenses Using Kel-F for Use in Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Kellie McGuire
Determination of Multi-Messenger Signals from Matter Outflows of Merger Systems, Ronny Nguyen
Normalization of Leadville Neutron Monitor to Climax Neutron Monitor, Brian J. O'Connor
Evaluating the Relationship between Conditionality and Foreign Aid Reliance, Rory Ann O'Neil
Manipulating the New Hampshire Mail: Political Power and the American Postal Service, 1792-1829, Kelly Pedersen
Storytelling Study, Samantha Irene Pepe
The Role of Small Reservoirs in Reducing Reactive N Export Via Denitrification, Margaret Phillips and Wil Wollheim
Reading Between the Lines: CEO Temperament Measured by Textual Analysis and Firm Policy, James M. Smugereski
Employee Volunteer Program in the Eyes of College Students, Diep Thi Ngoc Tran
The Effects of Tariffs on the US Economy, Schuyler Vaillancourt
Constructed Languages and Their Role in Drama, Emelie Vandenberg
The Ethics of Identifiers and Causal Relations in Journalism, Alycia Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
I Skate Therefore I Am: Athletic Identity Amongst Collegiate Level Hockey Players, Rachel E. Berg
Using contingent valuation to measure the economic impact of climate change on hiker recreation during New England peak foliage, Marina J. Bowie
Flight to Quality in Cryptocurrencies, Scott Brockelbank Jr.
The Realities of the Most Powerful Office in the World: A Comparison Between Public Opinion and the Legal Underpinning for Executive Action in U.S. Foreign Affairs, Cameron N. Brusko
Sex Differences in Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Caroline C. Cherry
Comparing the effects of monensin and sodium butyrate on coccidia in post-weaned heifers, Hannah R. Coffin
The Impact of Academic Self-Efficacy on the Occupation of Education in College Athletes Who Experience Concussion, Samantha Colaw
Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Peptide-template Melanins, Daniel Courter, Olivia Rossi, and Zhen Tian
How to protect estuaries in Durham, NH, Emily S. Dutton
Effects of the Mortalin Inhibitor MKT-077 on the Tumor Suppressor p53 in Neuroblastoma IMR-32 Cells, Yusuf Ebrahim
Teaching and Learning from Culturally Diverse Literature, Andrea E. Engen
Sports Celebrity Influence on the Behavioral Intentions of Generation Z, Kayla M. Farren
Sensitivity of Black Phosphorus to O2 and Atmosphere Measured by Macroscopic Four-Point Probe, Cameron Flynn
Labor Migration and Wage Effect on English Players, Matthew D. French
On the Outskirts: How French Suburbs Face Disproportionate Inequality, Krysta Suzanne Gingue
Wine About It: How Climate Change is Affecting International Wine Markets, Krysta Suzanne Gingue
Current Trends in Same-Sex Couples in the United States: How Race and Gender Affect Education, Income Levels, and Urban Living, Emily Lane Haley
Media in Crisis: Journalistic Norms in Natural Disaster Coverage, Lindsey Hall
An American Hugo Chávez? Investigating the Comparisons between Donald Trump and Latin American Populists, Charlotte Blair Harris
Evaluation of Cracking Indices for Asphalt Mixtures Using SCB Tests at Different Temperatures and Loading Rates, Katie E. Haslett
Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Romanticism: Analyses with Brief Biographies of Works Performed in a Senior Recital, Jordan Langberg Hastings
The Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule: How Will it Affect Financial Advisors and Their Clients?, Claire Hawkes
The Damsel Can Rescue Herself: Subverting Common Literary Tropes of the Fantasy Genre, Melissa N. Hurlburt
Friend from France: The Popular Image of the Marquis de Lafayette in Early America, Elisabeth Iacono
Understanding Self-Reported Sexual Violence Perpetration: Correlates and Prevention Participation, Jacqueline F. Klatt
A Tropic Understanding of Street Art as Political and Social Advocacy, Lindsay K. Kosel
Exclusive Production of Phi Vector Meson During HERA-II, Brent Lawson
Preferences for local and organic food: A comparison of New Hampshire and Vermont, Victoria Smith Lorvig
Relationship between Interplanetary Conditions and Changes in the Geomagnetic Field to Understand the Causes of Geomagnetically Induced Currents, Cameron P. Maillet