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 2024
Analysis of glacier changes in the western United State: assessing area, volume, and albedo changes, Bernard Latif Abubakari
Developing non-invasive molecular sampling methods for effective wildlife monitoring, Daniela Adjaye
Physiology and gut microbiome diversity in honey bee colonies along an agricultural intensification gradient, Urita Mma Agana
Hydrologic connectivity between oxbow lakes and rivers within the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Hafez Ahmad
Processing and characterization of conjugated polymers utilizing electrospinning technique for optoelectronic applications, Humayun Ahmad
Wavelet-enhanced 2D and 3D Lightweight Perception Systems for autonomous driving, Simegnew Yihunie Alaba
Deep reinforcement learning for advanced wireless networks enabling service and spectrum coexistence, Walaa Alqwider
Individual differences in attention processes and creative thinking, Berna Altunisik
Removal of emerging contaminants from water using green adsorbents, Rabia Amen
Common-mode EMI characterization and mitigation in networked power electronics-enabled power systems, Ashik Amin
The effects of work-life balance, teleworking, and DEIA on the U.S. federal employee job satisfaction: Towards developing a contemporary needs theory, Latara Marie Arterberry
Stochastic programming models and algorithms to improve resiliency in a biomass supply chain, Jay Artil
The performance of participation in the Medicare Quality Payment Program, Mary Atkinson-Smith
The role of high-resolution dataset on developing of coastal wind-driven waves model in low energy system, Ramin Baghbani
Determining the influence of broadcast visuals and messages on the public’s perceptions and intent to shelter in tornado warnings, Kristina Marie Balentine
Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cardiovascular health of adults with and without Down syndrome, Brantley Kyle Ballenger
Optimal multi-target navigation in complex environments via Generalized Voronoi Diagram graph structures, Brandon Black
Motivations for habitat management of private lands in the southeastern United States: Implications for at-risk species, Caleb Michael Blake
Jackson, Mississippi food security efforts: Understanding the current and future foodscape, Natalie Rosemary Bowers
Who’s to blame? A website content analysis of victimization prevention messaging at PWIs and HBCUs, Madeline Brock
The impact of a summer bridge program at a public land-grant university in the southeastern region on the retention of first-time Black students, Marcus Isaiah Brumfield
The evaluation of Italian ryegrass control and rice (Oryza sativa) response using fall-applied residual herbicides, Taylor D. Burrell II
Failure of polymeric materials at ultra-high strain rates, Kyle Richard Callahan
Sonder, Rheagan Case
Identifying immunogenic pneumococcal proteins with roles in colonization of human epithelium, Abigail Cassibry
Stimulus complexity and feature binding in visual sensory memory, Mary F. Catington
Resource sharing in secure distributed systems, Trisha Chakraborty
Economics and risk of catfish production strategies, Morgan Christine Cheatham
The effects of vitamin D supplementation on prostate cancer, Grier Cosby
Insights from the past: Does access to unsuccessful problem attempts facilitate restructuring in insight problems?, Emily Ann Williamson Creel
Effect of metaphylaxis in high-risk stocker heifers on the nasopharyngeal microbiome, resistome, and antimicrobial resistance of Mannheimia haemolytica, William Byrn Crosby
Software Defined Radio (SDR) based sensing, Ajaya Dahal
Collective bodies and individual experiences: The case of Chamber Tomb Four at Nikoleika Aigio, Achaea, Greece, Daniel David Dillon
Fabrication and testing of a stitched sandwich composite main landing gear door, Mary Dimitroff
The impact of academic advising on persistence in nontraditional students completing a baccalaureate degree online, Kali M. Dunlap
Charting the course through complexity: Networked approaches to foster sustainable and resilient supply chains., Safae El Amrani
Quantum task mapping for large-scale heterogenous computing systems, Mackenzie Danyel Ellenberger
Synthesis and degradation of biobased polymers from plant oils incorporated with cellulose nanocrystals., Katherine Elmore
Functional complementation and occidiofungin susceptibility of fungal actin orthologs in S. cerevisiae, Moshood Fagbolade
Evaluation and enhancement of the Phosphorus Index for the Mississippi Delta, Felipe Fernandez Martinez
Wide-spaced furrow irrigation effects on vertisols under corn production in the Mississippi Delta, Thomas Barton Freeland III
Evaluating the impact of biostimulants at variable nitrogen rates in Mississippi corn production systems, Praveen Gajula
Evaluation of air fryer technology inactivation of Salmonella spp. in brownies formulated with almond flour and all-purpose flour, Courtlone Kenshon Glaspie
Effects of subconjunctival ropivacaine, tetracaine, mepivacaine, and liposomal bupivacaine on corneal sensitivity in healthy horses, Gabriel Alexander Gonzalez
Assessing northern bobwhite habitat use and short-term response to prescribed fire in an intensively managed longleaf pine ecosystem, Jeffrey Martin Grayum
Assessment of the results decay has on the perpendicular grain properties of wood, Joseph Landon Greene
MITRE Attack framework adaptation in UAV usage during surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Jeffrey Greer IV
Evaluating the bull breeding soundness evaluation’s utility as a tool for preventing reproductive inefficiency, Todd Galen Gunderson
Feasibility and effectiveness of physical activity program in people with Down Syndrome using Self Determination Theory, Maria Haider
Resource description framework parsing method on the UAS integration safety and security technology ontology, Hunter Harris
Towards clearer paths: Addressing camera obstructions in autonomous vehicles through neural networks, Nicholas J. Harvel
Derivations on smooth Hensel-Steinitz algebras, Shelley David Hebert
The role of air-sea interactions in the intensity change of sheared tropical cyclones utilizing a dataset of co-located aircraft expendable bathythermograph and dropsonde soundings, Benjamin J. Henkel
Insect management strategies using insect growth regulators in Mississippi soybean, Sawyer Clayton Hopkins
Producing college and career ready graduates in rural high poverty school districts, Hilute Hudson III
The influence of cotton technology on plant based scouting methods and performance of commonly used insecticides for tarnished plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae)prior to bloom in Mississippi cotton, James Michael Huoni Jr.
Catalytic upgrading of rice straw bio-oil with alcohols using different bimetallic magnetic nano-catalysts, Alhassan Ibrahim
Evaluating the vertical transmission potential of Salmonella Reading in broiler breeders, Abubakar Shitu Isah
Improving cultural safety: A thematic analysis of older rural African Americans’ experiences with the U.S. healthcare system, Sarah Marie Israel
Effect of pressure on viscoplasticity and its usefulness in designing impact devices, Marouane Jarachi
An examination of middle school and high school special education students in inclusion classrooms employing co-teaching model, Antwaunette Jones-Taylor
Spatiotemporal characteristics of instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Holley Kamba
Socioeconomic status and rural community college students’ academic outcomes, Robert Jason Kelly
Identifying potential antibiotic uptake mechanisms of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Yuri Laguna Terai
Multi-Cloud architecture attacks through Application Programming Interfaces, Theodore Edward Lander Jr.
Adolescent black girls anger and aggression: What we can learn, Dawn Michelle Latiker
Disruptors and resilience capabilities of pharmaceutical supply chains exposed to rare catastrophic disasters: case studies of one localized and one global disaster, Jeanne-Marie Elizabeth Lawrence
Abundance and control of nuisance watershield (Brasenia schreberi) populations in Mississippi, MacKenzie M. Lee
Determine the composition of spoilage bacteria and their dynamic changes in fresh broiler breast meat during refrigerated storage, Dylan Joseph Lesak
The analysis and comparison of cardiac time intervals via seismocardiography., Aysha Jenea Mann
Effectiveness of Omeka virtual collections for engaging Dunn-Seiler Museum’s middle school audiences, Amanda Mayo
The impact of financial aid awards on Alabama community college student success, Theresa V. Mays
Uncertainty analysis for runoff, crop yield, sediment, and nutrient loads in the Mississippi Delta region using APEX, Javier Fernando Méndez Monroy
Towards carbon dioxide reduction: synthesis and characterization of CCC-NHC pincer iron complexes., Joshua Mensah
Continuum and discrete models for particle-based heat exchangers in thermal and thermochemical energy storage, Ashreet Mishra
Uncertainty-aware path planning on aerial imagery and unknown environments, Charles Alan Moore
Deep learning based soil moisture retrieval using GNSS-R observations from CYGNSS, M M Nabi
Submissive natures, subversive acts: power, prescriptive literature, and the female voice in Shakespeare’s comedies, Joseph N. Newell
Waste separation and perceptions of environmental health in a college student population, Anna Foster Nickels
TummySafe: The influence of student engagement and demographic variables on certification exam performance in an online food safety course, Lauren Colby Nickels
Collectors versus non-collectors with hoarding symptoms, Caitlyn A. Nix
Development of a framework to completely quantify airfield pavement serviceability, Timothy Allen Parsons
Where’s the food? Food insecurity and Black food geographies in the Mississippi Delta, Taylor Patterson
Density distribution of nuclei: From charge radii to bubbles in Covariant Density Functional Theory (CDFT), Udeshika C. Perera
Dynamic evolution patterns of legislative efforts on forestry-prescribed fires, Welgamage Kalani Gayathri Perera
Evaluating simulated tarnished plant bug damage during late bloom on cotton yield, Seth Thomas Permenter
Process parameter optimization of M300 maraging steel and mechanical characterization of uniformly and selectively scaled M300 cellular structures, Haley Elizabeth Petersen
Campylobacter jejuni survival under environmental stressors, Diksha Pokhrel
Diet quality, food insecurity, and periodontal disease in Hispanic men in the United States, Bennett R. Pope
Exploring the relationship between network topology and braess paradox, Samuel Giftson Prabhakar