Theses/Dissertations from 2023
AN EXPLORATION OF CONVENTIONAL BEAMFORMING APPLIED TO A PHASE MEASURING SONAR, JOAO CELSO SILVA DE DEUS
Investigation of Motor Programming in Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Madison Smith
The impact of thiamin (B1) and its precursors on microzooplankton-phytoplankton interactions, Sara Smith
Implementation of a Multipronged Approach to Improve Pre-Operative Efficiency and First Case on Time Start Performance, Melyssa A. Stokes
Advancing a Design for Trusted Community Bathymetry, Daniel Tauriello
Avian Functional Diversity Response to Changes in Forest Structure and Degradation in Northern New England, Michael Christopher Thompson
THE IMPACT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLUE MUSSEL MYTILUS EDULIS, Bryson Yerik Torgovitsky
PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTROTHERMAL MODEL OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING SYSTEM, Jeremiah Vardaman
Multi-Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Optical Communication System Design, Igor Vladimirov
Using Variable-Resolution Grids to Model Precipitation from Atmospheric Rivers around the Greenland Ice Sheet, Annelise Nicole Waling
A Pilgrim's Portent, Elise Wallace
Alexandrium spp. and Pseudo-nitzschia spp. Cohabitation in the Gulf of Maine, Tiffany Winter
Mechanistic models of human decision-making and ecological dynamics in small-scale fisheries, Sophie Wulfing
Remote Sensing of Riparian Areas and Invasive Species, Molly E. Yanchuck
The effect of hypoxia on GLI expression and their downstream effect in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia, Estefania Yzar-Garcia
CHARACTERIZATION OF ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE THEM, Christopher Ziadeh
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
UNDERSTANDING THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN WASTEWATER SYSTEMS: A NEW ENGLAND PERSPECTIVE, Sydney Kathleen Adams
A GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION APPROACH FOR SATELLITE-DERIVED BATHYMETRY, JULIANE JUSSARA AFFONSO
Implementing a reference backscatter calibration technique on a multi-sector multibeam echosounder, Rui Miguel Aleixo Miguel Cândido
ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING FOR NECKING IN SHEET METAL FORMING, Ali Al Jewad
Enhanced late Miocene organic carbon preservation and sulfur sequestration beneath the oxygen deficient zone in the eastern Arabian Sea, Sophie Lee Alpert
The Biochemistry of Ursolic Acid: A Potential Therapeutic for Neuro-Inflammation, Emma Jane Arsenault
Resource Availability Drives Patterns of Productivity Rather than Biodiversity for Local-Scale Temperate Forests, Kaitlyn Ann Baillargeon
The Influence of Permafrost Soil Structure on Microbial Community Diversity and Abundance, nathan D. blais
Analysis of Turbulence in the Near-Shore Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer Using Sonic Anemometer Data, Alberto Javier Bodoque Garcia
Fungal Fruiting and Dispersal Following Timber Harvest, Benjamin William Borgmann-Winter
Effects of sediment addition on macroinvertebrate communities in New England salt marshes, Chloe Brownlie
Whether They Return: Modeling Outdoor Recreation Behaviors, Decision-making, and Intention-to-return in Congressionally Designated Wilderness, Alexander Robert Caraynoff
Effects of 3D Printing on Clay Permeability, Morghan Carr
Investigation of Multiple Cyanotoxins in Toxic Lake Aerosols, Hailey Carter
Physiology and Biochemistry of Cold-hardy Table Grapevines, Annasamy S. Chandrakala
SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS, SOURCES, AND TRANSPORT PATHWAYS OF HIGHLY ENGINEERED, PARAGLACIAL BEACHES: NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, Nathan Corcoran
Improving Health Literacy Among Veterans Through an Educational Campaign on Urgent and Emergent Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily DiMarino
The Grand Re-Opening of the American Summer Camp: Determinants of Camp Innovation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Leslie Anne Doone
Efficient Modeling of an Array Antenna and Requirements for Maritime Mobile Reception of Meteorological Satellite Imagery, Alasdair Dunlap-Smith
PRETREATMENT OPTIMIZATION FOR CERAMIC MICROFILTRATION WITH OZONATION AND COAGULATION FOR THE REUSE OF WASTEWATER EFFLUENT, Nicola Elardo
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PALMITOYL ACYLTRANSFERASE 14 IN PREVENTING EARLY DEATH IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Robert Elliott
A NOVEL APPROACH TO DAMAGE DETECTION USING STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DATA AND CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Dominic Emory
Transgender Health: Exploring Medicalization and the Interactions of Race/Ethnicity, Disability, and Education, Evan Thomas England
Perceived Gender Discrimination in the United States Air Force, Linzi Gail Eppinger
Seasonal Variability of Phytoplankton Population Dynamics in Coastal New Hampshire, Molly Erickson
Water-soluble reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agents and their bioconjugation to dsDNA, Dylan F. Finneran
Reccurent Neural Network for the Detection of Odontocetes, Christopher Michael Foster
Improving Patient Engagement and Adherence Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Equipment: A Quality Improvement Project, Katelyn Fournier
Gli3 and p300: Modulating Inflammatory Cytokine Production in Monocytes, Storm Devin Gardner
Post-Liquefaction Residual Strength of Saturated and Partially Saturated Soils, Ian Douglas Gates
Do We Really Know What is In Our Food? The Connection Between Dietary Mycotoxin Exposure and Pediatric Crohn’s Disease, Susan L. Gonya
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC NUTRIENT LABILITY ACROSS THE SUBTROPICAL NORTH PACIFIC, Jessica Quinn Gray
Documenting Body Mass Index and Lifestyle Counseling for Pediatric Patients: A Quality Improvement Project at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Facility, Taylor R. Graziano
Increasing Perioperative Nurse Knowledge of Preoperative Urine Pregnancy Testing: A Quality Improvement Project, Brooke K. Hall
Reduction of Order-to-Scan Times to Increase Patient Throughput and Improve Patient Outcomes: A Quality Improvement Project, Jason Harrington
Analysis of Acoustic Scattering Layers In and Around Petermann Fjord, Northwest Greenland, Erin Heffron
Improving Colonoscopy Preparation Quality: A Quality Improvement Project, Caroline P. Hernon
Plasticity Characterization by Deriving Non-Linear Displacements for In-Plane Biaxial Cruciform Testing, Jordan Michaela Hoffman
Addressing Job Satisfaction in Nursing Staff Through Mindfulness: A Quality Improvement Project, Abigail Isenberg
Cognitive Correlates of Storytelling in Severe TBI, Serena Mae Jaskolka
Feeding Different Iodine Sources to Dairy Cows: Effects on Colostrum Production and Growth and Health of Their Calves, Kayla Renee Johnston
The role of Gli2 in B cell biology, Laura Kehoe
ASSOCIATIONS OF SHORT AND MEDIUM CHAIN SATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND DAIRY WITH COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN THE BOSTON PUERTO RICAN HEALTH STUDY, Sophie M. Kenny
LET’S GET MOVING TO REDUCE FALLS: NURSES INCREASE PATIENT MOBILIZATION AFTER BRIEF TRAINING, Thomas Langley
Methods for Determining The Refractive Index Structure Parameter in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Daniel Joseph Laughlin
Bridging the Gap Between Retrieval and Summarization, Connor Lennox
Doing Gender with Ink: The Social Construction and Performance of Gender as a Tattooed Person, Meghan Rose Lewis
A RISING TIDE? THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS FOR WOMEN OYSTER FARMERS IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, Natalie Lord
A RISING TIDE? The role of social networks for women aquaculture producers in Maine and New Hampshire, Natalie Lord
Optimizing Cardiovascular Patient Education at Discharge, Olivia Marciano
Resolving the Role of Surface Pressure Gradients on the Positional State of Short Cylinders in Nearshore Envirionments, Spencer Marquardt
LIAR’S PARADISE, Madison Marshall
Collaborative Problem Solving for Sustainability, Theresa McCarty
Ophthalmic Nursing Education: The Key to Unlocking Patient Access to Retina Services, Jacob P. McGinnis
Compression Testing of Traditional Timber Framing Truss Joinery, Matthew McGinnis
Improving the patient repositioning process: A quality improvement project, Sydney Elizabeth McGough
Quality Improvement Initiative Through Staff Development: Using Education to Increase Preoperative Handoff Communication, Victoria L. McGovern
Implementing Educational Initiatives to Decrease Contamination and Costs in the Blood Culture Specimen Collection Process, Hannah M. McGuire
DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTINUOUS-TENSION-COMPRESSION MACHINE FOR TESTING THIN SHEET METAL, Jacqueline McNally
Radon Removal Using a Venturi Injector-Based Household Aeration System, Jordan Meaney
The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel N-Heterocyclic Diazaborole Intramolecular Frustrated Lewis Acid/Base Pairs, Michael Moheban
Did the political climate exacerbate the pandemic in the U.S.?, Brittany T. Morin, Joanna Gyory, and Anthony F. Morin
Seasonal Assessments of Bioregeneration in Slow Sand Filters Amended with Granular Activated Carbon, Katherine R. Morsefield
The Effect of Harvest Maturity on 'Geneva 3' Kiwiberry Storability, Ripening Dynamics, and Fruit Quality, Aislinn Mumford