Theses/Dissertations from 2017
EVALUATION OF SATELLITE-BASED OBSERVATIONS FOR CAPTURING EARLY WINTER SNOWMELT, Adam George Hunsaker
Performance Evaluation of the Velodyne VLP-16 System for Surface Feature Surveying, John Ryan Kidd
Factors affecting hospice social work utilization among hospice patients: Focusing on place of care and economic status, Mayumi Kimura
BROADBAND MATCHING FOR CIRCUITS WITH RESISTIVE TERMINATIONS, Michael Klempa
ENHANCED IN SERVICE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF BRIDGES USING GOPRO® CAMERAS, Travis Manning
An Experimental Study of the Wake of a Turbulent Boundary Layer Junction Flow, Nicholas Marino
GRAFTING MELONS INCREASES YIELD, HARVEST PERIOD, AND RESISTANCE TO SUDDEN WILT, Janel Louise Martin
NEST PROVISIONING AND HOMING BEHAVIOR OF CERCERIS FUMIPENNIS (HYMENOPTERA, CRABRONIDAE): A USEFUL TOOL IN THE BIOSURVEILLANCE OF BUPRESTID BEETLES, Eleanor Ann McCabe
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING ELECTRODIALYSIS TO TREAT ANION EXCHANGE BRINE, Katerina Messologitis
APPLICATIONS OF MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION FOR SMART INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, Shounak Mitra
DESIGN, MECHANICAL MODELING AND 3D PRINTING OF KOCH FRACTAL CONTACT AND INTERLOCKING, Mona Monsef Khoshhesab
A NOISE ESTIMATION SCHEME FOR BLIND SPECTRUM SENSING USING EMD, Amr Nasr
Developing a molecular pipeline to identify Chenopodium species in New England, Erin Neff
Comparative Spectral Analysis of Flexible Structure Models: the Euler-Bernoulli Beam model, the Rayleigh Beam model, and the Timoshenko Beam Model, Anhhong Rose Nguyen
Effects of the biomedical bleeding process on the behavior and physiology of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Meghan Owings
ILLUMINATING GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS OF METHANE OXIDATION ACROSS A GRADIENT OF PERMAFROST THAW, Clarice R. Perryman
DESIGNING AND TESTING A COST-EFFECTIVE DEVICE FOR THE HARVEST OF WHITE WORMS, Andrew S. Pompeo
SUPPLEMENTATION OF SODIUM BUTYRATE TO POST-WEANED HEIFER DIETS: EFFECTS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY, AND HEALTH, Emily Margaret Rice
Playing with Dynamite: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Palestine, 1945-1948, Jared Paul Rivard
Chatter Simulation and Detection in CNC Milling, Jonathan Steven Shepard
SELECTIVE DETECTION OF MULTI-ANALYTE NEUROTRANSMITTERS USING MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMERS, Bo Si
PHYLOGENETIC AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES REVEAL A SPECIES COMPLEX IN THE ESTUARINE NUDIBRANCH TENELLIA ADSPERSA, Amanda Sobel
BINK DOMAIN FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION IN THE REGULATION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE IN VIBRIO FISCHERI, Ian Ster
LAND USE CHANGE IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES: RETAINING FOREST STRUCTURE AND ITS SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES THROUGH SILVOPASTURE, Anthony John Stewart
UNDERSTANDING THE EFFICACY OF FISH LADDER USE BY ALEWIFE (ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS), Kevin M. Sullivan
PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING IN EVEN-AGED FOREST MANAGEMENT OF NORTHERN HARDWOODS: CASE STUDIES FROM THE BARTLETT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, Meghan Colleen Thornton
“THEY SET THEMSELVES TO UNDERMINE THE WHOLE THING”: GENDER AND AUTHORITY IN THE WORK OF UNION FEMALE NURSES IN THE CIVIL WAR, Katelynn Ruth Vance
An evaluation of New England cottontail habitat restoration, Alena Robin Warren
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF LOCAL AGRICULTURE IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, Samantha Lynn Werner
The PALADIN Suite: Multifaceted Characterization of Whole Metagenome Shotgun Sequences, Anthony Stephen Westbrook
MANGANESE LIMITATION AS A MECHANISM FOR REDUCED DECOMPOSITION IN SOILS UNDER LONG-TERM ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION, Emily D. Whalen
Rates and Drivers of Nitrate Uptake in Fluvial Wetlands in Urbanizing, Coastal Watersheds, Christopher Thomas Whitney
PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS OF A TIDAL TURBINE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM, Chao Yang
Transparent Phased Patch Antenna Array for Beamsteering Applications, Cyle Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENICITY WITHIN GEOSMITHIA, Taruna Aggarwal
Stabilization of Compressor Surge Using Gain-Scheduled Controller, Zaid A. Alsayouri
WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE HORSE BEHAVIOR IN THE EQUINE ASSISTED ACTIVITIES & THERAPY ENVIRONMENT?, Julie Anderson Perron
Low-Cost Approaches to Detect Masquerade and Replay Attacks on Automotive Controller Area Network, Mohammad Raashid Ansari
Interactive Visual Analytics for Large-scale Particle Simulations, Erol Aygar
Evaluating the usage of multi-frequency backscatter data as an additional tool for seafloor characterization, Anderson Barbosa da Cruz Pecanha
NESTING ADAPTATIONS AND CONSERVATION OF A THREATENED TIDAL MARSH-NESTING BIRD THE SALTMARSH SPARROW, Bri Benvenuti
DEVELOPMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF UNDERWATER SOUND PRODUCED BY DEEP FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION, James Michael Browne
SETTLEMENT PREDICTIONS OF HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS ON MARINE CLAY USING IN SITU GEOTECHNICAL TESTING, Adam Coen
DUCTILITY OF 304 STAINLESS STEEL UNDER PULSED UNIAXIAL LOADING, Graham Webb Cullen
METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ASSOSCIATED WITH THE ROOT NODULES OF THE ACTINORHIZAL PLANT CASUARINA GLAUCA, Timothy Stephen D'Angelo
RELATING SHELL MORPHOMETRICS AND HETEROZYGOSITY TO BYSSOGENESIS, BYSSAL THREAD ATTACHMENT STRENGTH AND MOTILITY IN THE BLUE MUSSEL, Ellie Daniels
Iron uptake in symbiosis: The role of siderophore in the association between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes, Evan DaSilva
Assessing the Impact of Industrial Oil Development, Human Population Growth, and Post-Conflict Regrowth in an African Biodiversity Hotspot, Nicholas Sean Dowhaniuk
Impacts of Wood Energy on Timber Markets in New England and New York, Iuliia Drach
YEAR-ROUND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: SPINACH AND TOMATO, Connor Eaton
OYSTER (Crassostrea virginica) RECRUITMENT STUDIES IN THE GREAT BAY ESTUARY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Robert Lee Eckert
Here We Rest, Joshua Morgan Folmar
CLICK HERE: THE INFLUENCE OF CANDIDATES’ WEBSITES IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION CONTEST, Samantha L. Friedman
Investigation of Magnitude and Phase Errors in Waveguide Samples for the Nicolson-Ross-Weir Permittivity Technique, Paul Galvin
A COMPARISON OF MACROFAUNAL AND ALGAL COMMUNITIES IN OYSTER AQUACULTURE GEAR, AN EELGRASS BED, OYSTER REEF, AND A MUDFLAT IN GREAT BAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Megan Elizabeth Glenn
Marker assisted selection of sex determination in kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta and Actinidia kolomikta), Haley Gustafson
MIGRATING THREAD-BASED INTENTIONAL CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING TO A TASK-BASED PARADIGM, Seth Adam Hager
ANALYSIS OF VANILLIN IN MAPLE SAP FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL LABORATORY, Tiffany M. Hatstat
Methods in Culturing Algae and the Addition of Algae to Enhance the Performance of Gravel Roughing Filtration Pretreatment, Kyle Daniel Hay
Developing a Chronology for Thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in New Hampshire During the Last Deglaciation, Taylor Hodgdon
SYNTHESIS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS: STUDIES OF ARYNE CYCLOADDITION, ACID-CATALYZED REARRANGEMENT, AND COUPLING PATHWAYS, Caitlin Hoffman
Reconstructing the glacial history of the Húnaflói Bay region in northwest Iceland using cosmogenic 36Cl surface exposure dating, Amanda Nicole Houts
Fecal indicator bacteria removal by river networks, Tao Huang
THE STUDY OF DOMOTICS FOR GREEN SERVER ROOM INFRASTRUCTURE, Eric Michael Hutchins
Impact of Silo Storage Time and Specimen Fabrication Methods on Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures, Christopher Daniel Jacques
ANALYTICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF 3D PRINTED AUXETIC CHIRAL STRUCTURES, Yunyao Jiang
Extraterrestrial Resource Prospecting Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Conflict Based Search, Michael Andrew Johnson
The Milites of Orderic Vitalis and the Problem of Knights, Keith Kempenich
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH INVASIVE GLOSSY BUCKTHORN (FRANGULA ALNUS MILL.) AND INDIRECT CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR FOREST MANAGERS, JOSHUA GLIDDEN KOZIKOWSKI
LIMITING IMPACTS OF INVASIVE GLOSSY BUCKTHORN IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODLANDS: STUDIES OF INTENSIVE CONTROL AND FOREST DYNAMICS, Nicholas Lanzer
MAJOR FRACTION OF BLACK CARBON IS FLUSHED FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE SEASONAL SNOWPACK EARLY IN MELT, James Lazarcik
A Direct Simple Shear Device for the Dynamic Characterization of Partially Saturated Soils, Khoa Ngoc Le
An Examination of Alternative (Low Chloride) Winter Deicing Methods for Porous Asphalt, Heidi Whitney Lemay
Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture, Isaac Leslie
Experimental Investigation of Drop Formation in Co-Flowing Fluid Flow Systems, Xiameng Liu
Oxytetracycline and thermal marking of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) otoliths, Steven M. Luell
Safety Net Benefit Access in the Official and Supplemental Poverty Measures by Race and Gender, Nikhail Sinea Maestas
Corrections Corporation of America Irresponsibility and Investor Behavior, Britney Anne Majure
Development of Autonomous Surface Vessels for Hydrographic Survey Applications, Damian Manda
BACTERIAL AND PHAGE INTERACTIONS INFLUENCING Vibrio parahaemolyticus ECOLOGY, Ashley L. Marcinkiewicz
INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF MIXED LAYER DYNAMICS IN THE ECUADORIAN OCEAN, Maria Jose Marin Jarrin
Ban, Fee, Take-Back/Recycle: Which Approach Wins Out in the End?, Megan McLaughlin
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Pentacene Derivative on Gold Surfaces in the Quantum Mechanical and Classical Mechanics Frameworks, Ryan Allen Miller
REPRODUCTION AND RECRUITMENT OF AMERICAN LOBSTER (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) IN THE GREAT BAY ESTUARY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Elizabeth M. Morrissey
An Objective Protocol for Movable Bridge Operation in High-Wind Events Based on Hybrid Analyses by European and American Design Code, Timothy Prescott Nash
An Automated Image Processing and Classification Scheme for Identifying Cancerous Soft-Shell Clam Hemocytes in Unstained Bright-Field Photomicrographs, William Duane Nitsch
THE IMPACT OF DIRECT-FED MICROBIALS AND ENZYMES ON THE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF HOLSTEIN CATTLE WITH EMPHASIS ON COLOSTRUM QUALITY AND SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULINS IN THE CALF, Shona Brittany Ort
Evaluating Melt Onset Date in the United States using Remotely Sensed Passive Microwave Derived Brightness Temperature, Douglas Osborne
Understanding and Controlling the Fouling of Ceramic Membranes by Manganese, Alyson Lynn Packhem
Cuticular hydrocarbons of the small carpenter bee Ceratina calcarata Robertson (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae), Nicholas James Pizzi
Effects of salinity on juvenile Cyclopterus Lumpus (lumpfish) and their temproal and spatial distribution in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, Jenna Leigh Rackovan
A BIOLOGICAL BASED MODEL OF THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM INCORPORATING LATERAL SUBTRACTIVE INHIBITION WITH NON-UNIFORM SAMPLING AND MULTIPLE SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTERS, Nisreen Hanoon Radhi
Nationalists & Guerillas, Alden Foster Reed