Theses and Dissertations
This collection assembles the theses and dissertations of Mississippi State University graduate students. The majority of the documents are born digital from 2001 to present; however, there are a few documents that have been digitized with the author's permission and added to the repository.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Effects of different forms of dietary zinc on weaned steers when fed prior to weaning, Christopher Lane Addison
Promoting collaboration and multi-directional reliance by sharing mental model information for effective multi-agent teaming, Audrey L. Aldridge
Empowering patients with health insights: Development and utilization of knowledge graphs for comprehensive patient medical journey mapping and analytics, Hassan Saadeddine Al Khatib
Global attractivity of positive solutions of higher order nonlinear difference equations and its applications, Abdulaziz Almaslokh
The civilization of slavery vs. that of freedom: The Civil War and Reconstruction as an ideological struggle, Heath M. Anderson
In search of educational justice: Lived experiences of community college presidents and their authentic critical leadership, Juan Felipe Arzola
The Teaching Experiences of Black Women Faculty in Educator Preparation Providers Licensure Programs at Predominantly White Institutions, Tiffiney M. Atterberry
Adjuvants to improve pre- and postemergence weed control in soybean, Sydney Baker
An investigation of non-persistence of second and third year engineering students at a midsize research university in the South, Kimberly Elizabeth Ball
Evaluation of plant growth regulators on sweetpotato slip propagation, Kerington Lyn Bass
Private landowner behavior and preference regarding managing chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Mississippi and Tennessee, United States, Sushma Bhattarai
Post secondary teaching toolkit: A concise resource to highlight effective pedagogical strategies for post-secondary instructors, Matthew Thomas Blackwell
Developing an optimized site selection model for Eastern Cottonwood in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Quentin Boccaleri
The influence of nature on design: A focus on the flora and fauna influence on 18th and 19th century decorative arts, Rachel Ann Bozeman
The effects of individual political reputations on perceiver emotional and behavioral reactions: An attribution theory perspective, Maria Victoria Bracamonte Larios
Enhancing soybean seed protein content via Arabidopsis QQS gene, and commercial soil influence on plant development, Ethan Brister
An approach to expanding the Industrial Training and Assessment Center to the residential sector, Cailee Addison Bush
Evaluating simulated threecornered alfalfa hopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae) damage in cotton (Malvales: Malvaceae) and identifying conducive environments, Reece Starnes Butler
The effect of ultrasound transducer type on diagnosing medial meniscal injury in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament injury, Thomas Campbell
Adaptive multi-sensor fusion for robust autonomous perception in unstructured environments, Samantha S. Carley
The role of institutional image in first-generation student choice to attend a rural Southern community college, Megan Caves Clark
The teaching self-efficacy of agriculture faculty at community colleges in the southern United States, Allison Rachel Coley
Do depressive symptoms moderate the mediating role of executive function between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity symptoms and functional impairment?, Nicole Colón Bosques
Real-time enhanced tornado warning product guidance based on tornado debris signature height and population density, Alexander Cooke
Evaluating the feeding value of almond hulls and the supplementation of carbohydrases on performance, egg quality, nutrient digestibility and intestinal health in LSL-Lite hens, Nelly Giovanna Cribillero Chuquihuaccha
Governance of online civil society organizations: A perspective from public administration by conducting a case study of the Villoux Server System, Tyler B. Daniel
Neural signatures of ADHD: A fast periodic visual stimulation EEG study, Haleigh Brielle Davidson
A framework for modular knowledge composition in network intrusion detection systems, Patrick L. Day
Evaluating the efficacy of functional feed additives in broilers with or without a live coccidiosis vaccine challenge, Dalton Gerard Dennehy
Optimizing Mars terrain segmentation with weakly supervised learning: A focus on weighted loss from annotation metadata, Malika Dutta
Lateral control of autonomous vehicle using deep CNN and AMPC, Iffat Ara Ebu
Assessment of water quality and remediation of heavy metals in a coastal system, Christiana Fumnanya Eziashi
Multi-modal sensor fusion of RADAR and LiDAR for enhanced navigation in obstacle-occluded environments, Kyler Ashton Farrar
Bucket-based priority queues for A* and related bounded-suboptimal and anytime search algorithms: Theoretical and practical advancements, Garrett Michael Fereday
Evaluation of municipal solid waste gasification and the water gas shift reaction for biomass carbon removal and storage via pre-combustion carbon capture, Colby Luke Freeman
An investigation of ultra-short pulsed laser processing for novel improvement of body armor performance, Jason Taylor Fridlund
Assessment of pagP gene function in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli pathogenicity using different challenge models, Hailey Fugate
Unraveling exoplanetary signatures from stellar activity: A journey beyond the known in RV mass measurements of K dwarf planets, Claire Susanne Geneser
Optical flow-based Markov decision process control strategies for autonomous mobile robots in dynamic environments, Seth Morgan Gibson-Todd
Influence of horizontal grid spacing on numerical weather prediction simulations of clear air turbulence, Kailah Rose Gordon
The Lucky Ones, Lily Grado
Toward social equity in Black maternal health in Mississippi, Brittany L. Gray
Impact of an automated brush system on intensively managed lactating dairy cattle behavior, production, and stress physiology, Allison Lyn Griffin
The influence of incorrectly labelled AI-generated images on subjective feelings of truth and memory, Tanner McKenzie Grubbs
Atmospheric turbulence education effects on flight anxiety, Megan A. Hanna
How do tuition benefits affect university staff retention, social connection, and institutional commitment?, Lian A. Harris
High-achieving community college transfer student experience with orientation and their first-semester transition, Jake Hartfield
Learning race in the faith: An ethnographic study of a white Southern Baptist youth group, Courtney Heath
Comprehensive study on bonding performance, durability, and protective measures of cross-laminated timber, Bradia Thelina Henfield
The effects of biological products on soybean in Mississippi, Tucker Alan Hilyer
Interactions between different deformation mechanisms in magnesium, Ethan T. Holder
Semantic segmentation via transfer learning for off-road data, Haley Breann Honigfort
Investigating structure-property relationships of bio-inspired gel, Mohammad Moinul Hossain
Exploring Sexual Dimorphism in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Madelyn Hunter
Corn (Zea mays L.) productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability responses to nitrogen application strategies, Morgan Hutton
Wildfire Hydrologic Impacts, Kathleen E. Inman
A cloud of witnesses: Captivity among the Society People of colonial Pennsylvania, Jenifer L. Ishee
Over and under identification of Emotional Disturbance (EmD) in minority students: Implications for best practices in EmD assessment, Danielle Chanell Jackson
A systematic literature review of the implementation of high-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) in K-12 education, Melanie Jackson
The impact of blockchain technology adoption on data breach incidents, Kyungmyung Jang
Russia in the MENA Region: Why do states draft defense cooperation agreements with non-contiguous states?, Laurel Jayes
Biomechanics of softball pitching and the relationship between functional field tests and pitching performance, Joshua Spencer Johnson
Designing an instructional coaching model for residency-based alternate route teacher candidates in Mississippi to improve instructional competencies and self-efficacy, LaMareshia Daoma Johnson
The effect of dexmedetomidine on the frequency of ureteral jets detected in dogs using standard brightness mode ultrasonography, Leonard E. Jordan II
Investigating the diagnostic performance and interpretation of the Tritrichomonas foetus direct reverse transcriptase real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Tyler McMurray Jumper
Women’s empowerment and health outcomes: A multi-country test of validity and influence on maternal and child well-being, Robert Bugri Kolbila
SoyNASNet: An optimized neural architecture for soybean leaf disease detection, Manideep Kolla
Apatite entrapment of iodine for nuclear waste disposal applications, William E. Laird
Research advancement of guayule resin as a natural wood preservative, Abigael Nasimiyu Laisa
Just do something: Framing a movement to fight fascism, Heather-Ann Layth
Asphalt durability improvements by way of specification advancements, Jessica V. Lewis
Best practices in community college adult education: Literature review and synthesis, Jon H. Lightsey
Cyber security threat recognition and preparedness of undergraduate students, Litany Hope Lineberry
Taking flight: Utilizing unmanned aerial systems to sample insects in soybean, William "Covey" Lockhart
Impact of circular and non-circular nozzle exit geometries on jet flow propagation and turbulence characteristics, Hiba Maazioui
Forensic analysis of fire-damaged aerospace carbon and graphite/epoxy composites, Abhijith Madabhushi
Evaluation of a full season farm program in the absence of parquat, Gregory Alexander Mangialardi
Advancing wood chip moisture content prediction using advanced generative AI techniques, Daniel Esteban Marulanda
A rapid artificial neural network interatomic potential for bismuth, Lee Michael Mayfield Jr.
The effects of alfaxalone, alone or with butorphanol, on the ultrasonographic appearance of the feline spleen, Grace McBride
From tree rings to streamflow: reconstructing the hydroclimatic history of the Mississippi River Basin over the past millennia, Brandon McDaniel
Integration of machine learning techniques with computational fluid dynamics for enhanced backward-facing step flow, Yahya Mekkaoui
Three essays on corporate social responsibility strategy formulation and implementation, Paulo Morilha Lanzarini Gomes
Evaluating the use of translucency score as an effective parameter of eggshell quality, Cassidy Autumn Morris
The effect of X-ray irradiation technology on Salmonella spp. and quality parameters of ready?to-bake chocolate chip cookie dough, Kala Grace Morris
Investing in your own: How university leaders should aim to invest to retain quality staff in undergraduate recruitment offices, Grant Alexander Nerren
The role of ENSO diversity in modulating tornadic activity in the United States, Davis Boyd Newton
Irrelevant information in geometry questions: Figuring it out with figures, Phuc Xuan Nhi Nguyen
Toward organizational resilience in the US federal bureaucracy, Michael Akomeah Ofori Ntow
Machine learning classification of drones, birds, and bird-like drones using radar micro-Doppler, camera imagery, and radar-camera fusion, Kester Magalong Nucum
Atomistic modeling of Mg and Al systems using rapid artificial neural network derived interatomic potential, Edward Omozusi Obasuyi
Identification of novel activities of LysR-type Transcriptional regulators in virulence of Listeria monocytogenes, Seto Charles Ogunleye
Evaluation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) yield potential following simulated population loss and replant strategies, William Paul O'Neal
Perceptions of community college financial aid and admissions practitioners regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Felicia Marie Orr
Earth analogue analysis of volcanic/tectonic interactions with applications to venusian stresses, Michael Ortigoza
