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 2019
Understanding the effects of mass mortality events on plant communities and consumer behavior, Carolina Baruzzi
Strategy, Implementation, and State-Building Why Governance Failed after the Post-2011 Drawdown of US Forces From Iraq?, Charles Allen Baxter
Capturing Individual or Combined Environmental Effects from Longer Term Field Aging of Asphalt Mixtures, Rabeea Waheed Bazuhair
Characterization of Xylaria sp., the causal agent of taproot decline in Mississippi soybean, Hope Becton
Run from Cover, Vanessa Wells Beeson
A coupled finite element-mathematical surrogate modeling approach to assess occupant head and neck injury risk due to vehicular impacts, Parker Berthelson
Sampling Techniques for Research and Management of Cichlid Species in Lentic Systems, Jason Matthew Bies
Mitigating price and yield risk using revenue protection and agriculture risk coverage, Hunter Biram
Zoonotic risk of emerging influenza viruses from domestic animals, Sherry Blackmon
The binding modes of diminazene aceturate with c-MYC G-quadruplexes, Jerrano Bowleg
Revising Women's Agency in a Curtain of Green, Caroline Rebecca Brandon
Use of Low-Cost Microphones for Acoustic Measurement of High-Powered Amateur Rockets, Nicholas J. Briggs
Side-attack explosive hazard detection in voxel-space radar using signal processing and convolutional neural networks, Blake Brockner
The effect of feed additives on male broiler performance, Andrew Taylor Brown
Stewarding 2,4-D- and dicamba- based weed control technologies in cotton and soybean production systems, John Tyler Buol
TCB Minimizing Model of Computation (TMMC), Naila Bushra
Impact of refrigerated storage on the dissipation of woody broiler breast meat, Michael Byron
Utilizing Inter-Seeding Techniques and Brachiaria Species as a Fall Cover Crop to Control Post-Harvest Amaranth, Justin Calhoun
Community College Governing Boards Effects of Structure and Composition on Student and Institutional Outcomes, Jason Lee Camp
Fraze mowing for overseeding establishment and removal of perennial ryegrass, Matthew Carpenter
Evaluation and Development of Effective Tank Cleanout Procedures Following Dicamba Use, Zachary Carpenter
Summer bridge programs: Their impact on community college students’ GPA, retention, graduation, credit hours and discipline, Chadwick Glen Case
Spatial responses of adult male white-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus) deer to hunting risk, Ashley Chance
The Effects of Heteroatoms on Energy Gaps of Conjugated Polymers, Hao Chang
On the role of environment assertions in requirements engineering and testing, Surendra Chekuri
Process Improvement of Door Manufacturing through Time Study and Simulation using Lean Concepts, Chen Chen
Developing Commercial-Scale Low-Salinity Culture Protocols for Gulf Killifish, Fundulus Grandis, Brittany Morgan Chesser
Heterogeneous traffic signal priority scheduling at signalized intersections based on the phase-time network models, Farzana Rahman Chowdhury
Predation risk of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) on commercial catfish production in the Mississippi Delta, Terrel Christie
Inferences on the power-law process with applications to repairable systems, Jularat Chumnaul
Establishing healthy habits in early childhood: Lessons learned from early care professionals, Connie B. Clay
Experimental Review of Methods for Performance Enhancement of Paraffin Fueled Hybrid Rocket Motors, Reed Clay
Foraging ecology and depredation impact of scaup on commercial baitfish and sportfish farms in eastern Arkansas, Stephen Clements
Drivers of Genomic Divergence during Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies, Jared Cole
Is endorsement of fear of happiness associated with behavioral aversion to reward?, Amanda Collins
Performance of Submerged Cool-Season Annual Crops as a Potential Fish Habitat Enhancement Strategy of Reservoir Mudflats, Giancarlo Coppola
Evaluation of soybean performance following multiple exposures to sub-lethal rates of dicamba, Nelson Corban
The evaluation of using video prompting to teach a full meal preparation task to emerging adults with developmental disabilities, Amanda Cosgriff
Intravenous Regional Limb Perfusion with Butorphanol Tartrate as an Alternate Route for Analgesia in the Equine Patient, Naomi Elisabeth Crabtree
Reclaiming feminism in the Shakespearean films of Julia Stiles, Sara Ann Creel
Municipal and agricultural wastewater remediation using modified biochars, Glenn Crisler II
An Unsupervised Machine-Learning Framework for Behavioral Classification from Animal-Borne Accelerometers, Jane Elizabeth Dentinger
Understanding state-of-the-art material classification through deep visualization, Jordan Donovan
Multistage 2-DOF rocket trajectory simulation program for freshmen level engineering students, Zachery Doucet
Using finite element modeling to analyze injury thresholds of traumatic brain injury from head impacts by small unmanned aircraft systems, Anna Marie Dulaney
The Reference Autonomous Mobility Model a Framework for Predicting Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle Performance, Phillip J. Durst
Varietal and residual soil test K level effects on soybean leaf K status and yield, Andrew Dygert
Aziridinations in aqueous solutions using DNA templating; Towards sustainable asymmetric catalysis, Sydnee Elmore
Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to furanic biofuel additives and chemicals, Islam Elsayed
Efficacy of a Gluten Free Diet to Help Relieve Migraines in Chronic Migraine Patients, Kristen R. Ensor
Information retrieval from spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry observations using physics- and learning-based techniques, Orhan Eroglu
LES Investigation of the Interaction between Compressible Flows and Fractal Structures, Omar Es-Sahli
Characterization of fatty acid composition of bull sperm with varied cryotolerance, Holly Evans
Effects of the in ovo injection of vitamin D3 sources on the hatchability, performance, breast meat yield, small intestine morphology, and immunity of Ross 708 broilers subjected to dietary insufficiency and pathogenic agents, Seyed Abolghasem Fatemi
How the Dogface got its color: How genetics and the environment influence color variation within and between species in the Zerene butterfly, Jennifer Fenner
Faunal assemblages associated with living shorelines and implications for high-wave energy ecosystems, Daniel Firth
Impact of preventative fungicide practices on Mid-South soybean (Glycine max) grain development, quality, and economic return, Chase Alan Floyd
Serving students with moderate to severe disabilities: Perspectives of career and technical education teachers in Mississippi, Patricia Kellie Fondren
A goal-oriented, inverse decision-based design method for designing football helmets, Tate Russell Fonville
Efficacy of herbicide spray droplet size, flooding period, and seed burial depth on Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.) control, Lucas Xavier Franca
Growth of Clonal Red Maples on Varying Site Conditions in Mississippi and Response to Pneumatic Fracturing and Liquid Injection, David Tildon Fulgham
A modular open-source pre-processing tool for finite element simulations of additive manufacturing processes, William Furr
Remote sensing of colored dissolved organic matter using unmanned aerial systems and assessment of the influence of dissolved organic matter on the oyster reefs in the western Mississippi sound, Sudeera Wickramarathna Galapita Pallayapelage
The effect of short and long-term NSAID administration on osteotomy healing in dogs, Hayley Gallaher
Efficacy of Novel Pyridinium Oximes against Two Organophosphates in Female Sprague Dawley Rats, Jason Michael Garcia
High school teacher’s acceptance of technology and privacy concerns in the 1:1 Initiative Laptop Program, Ronald Gatewood Jr
Assessment of new catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, Ekta Goel
Identification of protein biomarkers for differentiating Listeria monocytogenes genetic lineage III, Basant Gomaa
Extended orientation: The influence on academic achievement of transfer students, Nicholas Gordon
Preliminary characterization of physical and mechanical properties of species used in staircase manufactures, Cristian Grecca Turkot
Green acres: A study on the determinants of cropland values in Mississippi, Evan Gregory
Prediction enhancement through machine learning of North Atlantic tropical cyclone rapid intensification: Diagnostics, model development, and independent verification, Alexandria Grimes
Investigating the impact of stereotype threat on undergraduate engineering students, Carla Grimes
Development of quality crappie fishing opportunities in Mississippi State Lakes, Bryant Haley
Furthering understanding of concrete containing portland-limestone from mechanical property measurements on concrete and cement paste, Bradley Scott Hansen
College Students' Perceptions of Cell Phone Use in Class, John Harper
Native to the Soil: Twentieth-Century Agrarian Thought in the Upland South, Alan Harrelson
Illusionary success: modern failures in child welfare, Courtney Harris
Detection and simulation of generic botnet from real-life large netflow dataset, Sarah Harun
Vegetable, Dietary Fiber Consumption and Obesity in Japan and the United States, Megumi Hashida
Turbulent inflow generation methods for Large Eddy Simulations, John Haywood
Agricultural Educators’ Personal Characteristics and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding STEM Education, Rachel Hendrix
Application of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Identifying Deformation in Thin Arch Dams, George Bryan Herring
The silent epidemic: Disparities and obstacles in obtaining oral care, Heather Hicks
“These Sculptur’d Lines”: An analysis of Protestant burial practices on St. Croix during the Danish Colonial Period (1733-1917), Brittany Higgs
Evaluation of Cobb MV × Cobb 500 broiler response to various nutrient regimens to maximize performance and economics, Rosana Hirai