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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Beginning in 2020, efforts are made to ensure each submitted thesis and dissertation is web accessible. If there are issues with the accessibility of the document, please contact etd@library.msstate.edu. Documents submitted before 2020 were not made web accessible. If you need accessibility added to a document, please contact etd@library.msstate.edu and we will try to accommodate your request.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Evaluating the immunogenicity of colonization proteins of S. pneumoniae for identification of vaccine candidates, Isidora Fereday

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Anomaly detection in SCADA systems using machine learning, Eric Kudjoe Fiah

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Employee job satisfaction of public sector professionals: The roles of public safety work and public service motivation, Victor Flomo

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Activity level of Helicoverpa armigera Nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) and feeding habits of Helicoverpa zea larvae after ingestion of HearNPV in Mississippi soybean, Judge Tyler Fortenberry

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Opportunities for mental health interventions in rural Mississippi communities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A quantitative analysis, Brice Fortinberry

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The effectiveness of PBIS for students who have Behavior Interventions Plans, Valeria Shaunta Fortune-Wilson

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Automated mapping of oblique imagery collected with unmanned vehicles in coastal and marine environments, Jacob B. Freeman

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Development and evaluation of an automated tactical tillage tool to control weeds in row-crop production systems, Grace McCormick Friday

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Physiology of human-equine interaction during substance withdrawal, Molly Marie Friend

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Radiative alpha capture on carbon-12, Ling Gan

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Unmanned aerial system integration safety and security technology ontology, Rebecca A. Garcia

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Lateral swelling pressure in variably saturated expansive clay, Steven Ray Garrett

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Visual and spatial audio mismatching in virtual environments, Zachary Lawrence Garris

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Upland cotton and nematodes: An analysis of historical resistance, upcoming threats, and co-inoculation effects, Amanda Gaudin

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Inline real time moisture sensing for gin cotton, Lucas Gay

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Robotic cotton harvesting with a multi-finger end-effector: Research, design, development, testing, and evaluation, Hussein Gharakhani

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The influence of marsh edge and seagrass habitat on summer fish and macroinvertebrate recruitment to a northern Gulf of Mexico coastal system, Rebecca Lea Gilpin

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Vaccination and immune response of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) against virulent Aeromonas hydrophila, Basant Mahmoud Ali Gomaa

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Effect of environmental and geometrical factors on microstructure, desiccation cracking, and carbon dioxide flux in clays, Charles Clayton Goodman

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Gene expression effects on productivity and stress tolerance in polyclonal plantings of Populus deltoides, Macy Gosselaar

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Design, development, and validation of a perfusion-compression bioreactor to study osteogenesis in bone explants, Alexis Victoria Graham

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An investigation into perceptions, expectations, and development of professional skills in engineering students, Morgan Kathryn Green

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Isolation and culture of Epichloё for reinfection of endophyte-free southeastern wildrye (Elymus glabriflorus), Bryna Joann Haile

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Object itineraries of metal artifacts from the Stark Farm Site Complex (22OK778), Madeleine Marie Hale

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Conventional and strip-tillage systems with fertilizer placement in irrigated and dryland corn and soybean in the Mississippi Delta, James Chad Hankins

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Shepherding the flock: How identification with a brand community leads to brand religiosity within community, Haley Elizabeth Hardman

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Effects of alternative jet fuels on aerospace-grade composites: experimental and modeling studies, Naoufal Harich

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Predicting how science self-efficacy and identity contributes to postsecondary STEM degree selection, Bo Jason Hayes

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Of changing climate and habitat: range-wide individual growth and local patterns of phenology and landscape use in a threatened pit-viper, James Helferich

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Effects of adding graphene-based nano materials on cure time and bond strength of adhesives, Bradia T. Henfield

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Evaluating the relationship between methane seeps and seafloor geomorphology on the northern US Atlantic margin, Gabriel Hernandez

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A generalizable method and case application for development and use of the Aviation Systems – Trust Survey (AS-TS)., Jamison Hicks

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Adaptive traction, Power and Torque Control strategies and optimization in an all-electric powertrain, Aymane Hidara

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Optimizing edge-of-field water quality monitoring methods to determine the effects of best management practices on nutrient and sediment runoff, Mark Hill

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The impact of environmental education delivery methods and outreach messaging on attitudes, interests, and intended-behavior changes toward nature, Vanessa Elizabeth Hoffman

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Dune to shore: The relationship between vegetative dune systems and shoreline stability in barrier islands, Walter Hastings Hogue

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Assessment of leguminous cover crops for use in Saccharum, Dylan Mathis Hollowell

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Evaluation of Italian ryegrass and Palmer amaranth control in Mississippi, Johnson Harris Hughes

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Design of high-power ultra-high-speed permanent magnet machine, Md Khurshedul Islam

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Geospatial integrated urban flood mapping and vulnerability assessment, MD Tazmul Islam and

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Mitigating adverse impacts of increased electric vehicle charging on distribution transformers, Akansha Jain

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Biochar and gypsum effects on soil properties and water quality in cotton and soybean production systems in the Mississippi Delta, Amrinder Jakhar

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Effects of supplementing sources of zinc on digestibility parameters of beef steers, Arminda Spikes James

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The neuroprotective role of vitamin D in humans with a traumatic brain injury: a systematic review, Hailey Jarr

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Increased coding potential of Bovine Herpesvirus 1, Victoria Jefferson

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Condition assessment of the northern climatic research house at the USDA forest service forest products laboratory, Tanaya Johnson

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Passive vs. active wearable technology monitoring trunk flexion in elementary teachers, Bailey Jose

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Evaluation of the virulence potential of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from broiler breeders with colibacillosis in Mississippi, Jiddu Joseph

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Identifying barriers to data use on U.S. beef cow-calf operations and developing solutions to improve cow-calf record-keeping, William Isaac Jumper

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Synthesis of biomass-based graphene nanomaterials for aqueous heavy metal removal and cement-based composite property enhancement, Tharindu N. Karunaratne

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Effects of sampling methodologies on Mycoplasma gallisepticum tissue populations in commercial layer pullets, Sethulakshmi Kattupparayil Sasidharan

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Physiological and proteomic analysis of soybean in response to drought and heat stress, Amandeep Kaur

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Evaluation of nutrient digestibility of weaned calves from early and late shedding dams, Jennifer Keele

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Wildfire-altered geotechnical soil properties and their impact on subsequent landslides, James M. Kellogg

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Examining food insecurity among Mississippi community college students, Laura Jean Kerr

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Risk assessments and modeling of driver by using Risk Potential theory, Riku Kikuta

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Insights into the challenges posed by climate change and land competition to Brazil’s Midwest pulpwood market, Roberto Hajime Sant Anna Kimura

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Exploring differences between black high school students in career and technical education and college preparatory programs on educational aspirations, Erin King

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Pruning GHSOM to create an explainable intrusion detection system, Thomas Michael Kirby

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Multi-objective design optimization of two configurations of ventricular shunts for hydrocephalus, Will Kirkpatrick

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Heat and mass transfer modeling of high-temperature moving-bed thermochemical reactors, David Korba

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Soil health as influenced by the integration of cover crops and poultry litter in north-central Mississippi, Nikitha Reddy Kovvuri

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Adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm – performance evaluation under parallel schemes & applications, Sandip Kumar

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Evaluation of occidiofungin activity on yeast-hyphae morphogenesis and biofilm formation by Candida species, Rabina Kumpakha

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Role of fungal ARV-1 protein in sterol metabolism and pathogenicity of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, Soumyadip Kundu

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Elucidating self-assembly of semiconducting polymers in the presence of a low molecular weight gelator, Madhubhashini Lakdusinghe

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Oxidation resistance of an atomically flat Cu(111) surface: A first-principles study, Bipin Lamichhane

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Oocytes to offspring: Optimizing assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to support amphibian conservation, Shaina Shaira Lampert

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Identifying malware similarity through token-based and semantic code clones, Christopher I. G. Lanclos

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Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) breeding season calling behavior and roost site selection in a working agricultural landscape in Clay County, Mississippi, Olivia A. Lappin

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Beyond algorithms: A user-centered evaluation of a feature recommender system in requirements engineering, Oluwatobi Lasisi

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Safety-aware autonomous robot navigation, mapping and control by optimization techniques, Tingjun Lei

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Aggregate characteristics for unpaved highway shoulders, Jessica V. Lewis

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Secure and efficient federated learning, Xingyu Li

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Evaluation of the relationship between hair coat shedding ability, apparent forage digestibility, and mineral status in Angus cattle, Margaret P. Loftin

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Anxiety, depression, and fear of dependency in middle and older adults, Darby D. Mackenstadt

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Modeling compound effects of earthquakes and flooding on the failure probability of earthen levees, Mohammad Reza Mahdavizadeh

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Compromised health: Examining growth and health in a Late Antique Roman infant and child cemetery, Sierra Malis

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AI-enabled modeling and monitoring of data-rich advanced manufacturing systems, Abdullah Al Mamun

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Advancing poultry nutrition through statistical strategies to reduce experimental variation and novel protease enzyme research, Caleb Morgan Marshall

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Morphological and structural characterization of shortening landforms on Mars, Leta McCullough

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Is a test the best?, Giulia Ronnette McDonald

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Marxist analysis of social and economic narratives in childrens' cartoons, Shane McGregor

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Understanding vascular calcification through the lens of canonical WNT signaling, KarLee McNeel

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Study of augmentations on historical manuscripts using TrOCR, Erez Meoded

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Evaluating the role of the bovine vaginal microbiome in neonatal and maternal health outcomes, Riley D. Messman

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Pre-emergence herbicide programs for weed control in soybean (Glycine max) and the effect of rainfall amount on herbicide activity, Caleb Knox Meyer

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A comparison of ground reaction forces and muscle activity of the Tsunami Bar® against a rigid barbell during back squat phases, John Carver Middleton

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Integrating weed-suppressive cotton chromosome substitution lines and cover crops for sustainable weed management in cotton production systems., Alyssa Lea Miller

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A new saturation-based framework for compaction quality control, Kevin Clark Miller

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An electric commerce platform for material testing laboratories, John Ferris Mitchener

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Using Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) information to estimate convective turbulence, Elizabeth Rose Moore

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The definition of a Black man: the entanglement of race, sexuality, and space, Michael Moore

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Utilizing soil quality data for premium rate making in the federal crop insurance program, Rylan Moore

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Understanding dietary and thermal influences on invasive cichlids in Puerto Rico reservoir systems, Jacob A. Moreland

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Expanding one-dimensional game theory-based group decision models: Extension to n-dimension and integration of distributed position function, Mirhossein Mousavi Karimi

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Variational and adaptive non-local image denoising using edge detection and k − means clustering, Shiraz Mujahid

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Towards understanding the interactions between Ospreys and human-made structures in the Tennessee River Valley, Natasha Karina Murphy

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Integrating steel slag aggregates into asphalt paving by harmonizing availability, quality, economics, and the environment, Timothy R. Murphy

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Modeling the effect of neighborhood competition on tree diameter growth in the Pacific Northwest Coast Range, Htet Lin Naing