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
Exploring the conceptualization of climate change and gender in NGO intervention: an intersectional analysis of NGO work in rural northern Ghana, Ubaida Abdallah
Effects of different forms of dietary zinc on weaned steers when fed prior to weaning, Christopher Lane Addison
The effect of wall temperature and transpiration on Görtler vortices in high-speed boundary layers, Asmaa Ahaggach
Optical trapping for the study of the chemical and physical dynamics of single particles, Yukai Ai
Load balancing for stream processing in edge computing, Faiza Akram
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
Predicting vulnerabilities in software requirements and their implications for secure development, Md Rayhan Amin
The civilization of slavery vs. that of freedom: The Civil War and Reconstruction as an ideological struggle, Heath M. Anderson
Transcription fidelity in the face of oxidative damage, Eastilan Gyiwah Appiah
In search of educational justice: Lived experiences of community college presidents and their authentic critical leadership, Juan Felipe Arzola
Streamlined technology systems: Optimizing technology systems for Meridian Public School District, LaToya Atterberry
The Teaching Experiences of Black Women Faculty in Educator Preparation Providers Licensure Programs at Predominantly White Institutions, Tiffiney M. Atterberry
Developing site-specific water response functions using historical soil moisture data, Gifty Lad Ayela
Integrated analysis of untargeted liver, serum metabolome and gut microbiome following selenium deficiency diet in selenoh knockout and wildtype mice, Richard Eugene Baird
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
Determining the toxic threshold and other use characteristics for industrial hemp seed oil used for wood product protection, Daylan M. Barnes
Fungal resistance of citric acid crosslinked chitosan treated wood, Samuel Jacob Barton
Calibration and validation of the thermal finite element model for ER-120S-G wire arc directed energy deposition using infrared cameras and thermocouples, Joshua Mykl Bassett
Evaluation of plant growth regulators on sweetpotato slip propagation, Kerington Lyn Bass
Autonomous generation of IDS rules from threat intelligence, Azim Bazarov
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
Effects of psychological arousal and relaxation on muscle performance, activation, and heart rate variability during maximal muscle strength and precision tasks, Allison Ann Brown
Cotton response to banded vs. broadcast potassium fertilizer rates and varietal response of peanut to disease pressure in a mid-south growing environment, Bryce Dale Bullock
American officer administration development and its effects on conduct, 1900-1970, David R. Burford
Direct taxation, the British economy, and the transformation of the British fiscal state, 1783-1865, John Burrow
An approach to expanding the Industrial Training and Assessment Center to the residential sector, Cailee Addison Bush
Variables that affect designers’ use of edible planting in residential landscape design, Emily Margaret Butler
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
Influence of diverse forage environments on honey bee colony health, Angus Catchot III
Creating a framework for offering alternative credentials at Mississippi State University, Marian Montgomery Chancellor
Characterizing the impact of cover crop on soil microbiome function affecting C and N inputs in corn production system, Durga Purushotham Mahesh Chinthalapudi
Remote sensing of coastal acidification: UAS and satellite-based estimation in the Mississippi Sound and landscape change impact assessment, Mohammed Omar Sahed Chowdhury
The role of institutional image in first-generation student choice to attend a rural Southern community college, Megan Caves Clark
Winter waterfowl forage production in managed coastal wetlands of the South Atlantic Region: Improving inputs for bioenergetics modeling used in regional conservation planning, Stephen Andrew Clements
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
Soil ethics in practice: Harvesting conservation choices among Puerto Rican coffee farmers, Patricia Marie Cordero-Irizarry
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
Improving engagement through readers' theater: A systematic literature review and teacher process portfolio with program proposal, Karen K. Crum
Genetic control of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plant height and length of fruiting branches, Travis John Culpepper
Improved part-scale FE thermal modeling of wire-arc DED via incorporation of the build platform assembly, Kimberly Alyssa Cummings
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
eDNA Surveillance and Population Genomics of the Invasive Loaches Introduced to the United States, Tobin J. Davidson
Empowering early childhood: The evaluation of free curriculum in rural Mississippi, Elvia I. Davis
A framework for modular knowledge composition in network intrusion detection systems, Patrick L. Day
Ex vivo evaluation of polyethylene cable compared to stainless steel cerclage wire in a canine fracture model, Seila Natasha Day
Evaluating the efficacy of functional feed additives in broilers with or without a live coccidiosis vaccine challenge, Dalton Gerard Dennehy
The evaluation of traditional and latency based functional analyses on the identification of the function of inappropriate mealtime behavior, Mallie N. Donald
Interspecific competition effects on biomass allocation in a young, fertilized longleaf pine stand in central Mississippi, Baylor Doughty
Social validity of functional analysis variations, Rita M. Druffner
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
Evaluation of furrow-irrigation and agronomic management in Mississippi rice (Oryza sativa L.), Thomas W. Eubank IV
Assessment of water quality and remediation of heavy metals in a coastal system, Christiana Fumnanya Eziashi
Missing data in agriculture and survival studies, Zhou Fang
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
Mentorship in music education: Crafting a supportive path for new teachers, Stephen P. Fields
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
Measuring emotional biases in attention and memory in individuals who fear happiness, Michael R. Gallagher
Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the U.S.: A historical-innovation-inspired framework, Di Kevin Gao
Extreme artifacts removal with curriculum learning, Sushant Gautam
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
Mapping renewable energy opportunities: Increasing rural energy resilience in Mississippi through Extension and national program insights, Kaitlyn Brooke 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
Understanding how NWS meteorologists tailor hazardous weather messaging to core partners and identify local vulnerabilities, Allison Camille Harvey
Towards applying artificial intelligence to solve NP-complete problems using quantum computing, Andrew Robert Haverly
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
Tabletop role-playing games as a therapeutic intervention: Translating TTRPGs to therapy, Joanne Adelle Hillerman
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
