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
Defending Hesi: the construction and earliest occupation levels of the Iron Age fortress, Benjamin Hatfield
Understanding the relationship between neonatal dairy calves’ gut microbiota and incidence of diarrhea using full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and machine learning, Jalyn Grace Hawkins
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
Robust longitudinal velocity control for advanced vehicles: A deep reinforcement learning approach, Fahmida Islam
Improving cultural safety: A thematic analysis of older rural African Americans’ experiences with the U.S. healthcare system, Sarah Marie Israel
Evaluating the use of soil amendments for shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) restoration on post-mined landscapes, Casey Iwamoto
Effect of pressure on viscoplasticity and its usefulness in designing impact devices, Marouane Jarachi
Using phylogenomics and environmental metabarcoding to understand the distribution and evolutionary histories of amoebae, Robert E. Jones
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
Attrition rates in the engineering industry by gender and time, Josiane Kander
Socioeconomic status and rural community college students’ academic outcomes, Robert Jason Kelly
Boundary layer flow control in low-Reynolds numbers via internal acoustic excitation, Joshua Michael Kiley
An examination of depressive symptoms of African Americans as a part of a complex system, Jenna Kilgore
Outbreak intensity ranking indices for primary severe weather modes, Adonte Netreven Knight
Simulated residual nitrogen scavenging and recovery among cover crop systems using nitrogen-15 in a corn production setting, Curtis Champ Knight
Customers’ advocacy for environmentally friendly golf courses: The role of green brand image, feelings of gratitude, and relationship quality, Taewoong Kyung
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
Unraveling catalytic mysteries: Insights revealed by density functional theory, Tri Nghia Le
Efficacy of recycled glass cullet as a soil substrate for U.S. Gulf Coast salt marsh restoration, Ansley Levine
Estimation of cyanobacterial concentrations from uncrewed aircraft systems imagery over the Western Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico, John Preston Liles
Effects of acute alcohol treatment on macrophage polarization, Liyuan Liu
Effects of an auditory versus visual stimulus on reaction and response time during countermovement and squat jumps, Russell K. Lowell
Residual stress predictions in L-PBF Ti-6Al-4V NIST bridges using FEM, Caitlin Delaney Luke
Investigating differences in perceived value and opportunities for student professional development in chemistry graduate programs, Contessa L. Maggard
The analysis and comparison of cardiac time intervals via seismocardiography., Aysha Jenea Mann
Expanding the emotional cascade model of borderline personality disorder with negative thoughts, thought control strategies, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury, Courtney K. Mason
Detection and analysis of low-rate attacks using network traffic analysis, Nagasai Deepak Matta
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
Characterizing threats to coastal forests by a native defoliator and non-native woodborer, Kristy Marie McAndrew
An evaluation of avian use of marsh terraces in Gulf Coastal wetlands of Louisiana, Madelyn Belle McFarland
Enhancing AFM particle analysis and shape factor identification with machine learning, William David McKelvey
Windows into changing landscapes: bioarchaeological and geophysical analysis of the Grenada Yellow Fever Cemetery, M. Kathryn McKenna
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
Reproductive ecology and latitudinal variation of three cavity nesting duck species in Eastern United States, Hunter Elijah Mentges
A multivariate analysis of coliform microbial dynamics and intervention efficacy in a complex ready-to-eat (RTE) beef value stream, Benjamin Adam Miles
Continuum and discrete models for particle-based heat exchangers in thermal and thermochemical energy storage, Ashreet Mishra
Variational quantum algorithms for two-particle systems, Cameron Moffat
Examining the role of hypertension-induced mechanotransduction on vascular smooth muscle cells and vascular calcification, Jessica Moon
Uncertainty-aware path planning on aerial imagery and unknown environments, Charles Alan Moore
Evolution of functional diversity in defensive bacterial toxins and parasite infection strategy, Logan D. Moore
Design and fabrication of cellulose nanofibril (CNF) based microcapsules and their applications, Shuaib Ahmed Mubarak
Incorporating cover crops into successful corn production systems in the Mid-south, Nolan Mullican
Synthesis of hexafluoroisopropylidene (6F) polyarylenes via interfacial polymerization of aromatic monomers with hexafluoroacetone trihydrate, Gustavo Adolfo Muñoz Ruiz
Deep learning based soil moisture retrieval using GNSS-R observations from CYGNSS, M M Nabi
The impact of eye-tracking features on hazard identification skill assessment: an approach based on machine learning and virtual reality, Mohammad Nafe Assafi
Humblebragging as a self-promotional strategy on social media, Sangwon Na
Effects of cascading optical processes on quantification of sample scattering extinction, intensity, and depolarization, Samadhi Nisansala Nawalage
Corporate malfeasance, culture, and executive integrity, Junnatun Naym
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
Silvicultural strategies for converting longleaf pine plantations to multi-aged stands with groundcover species restoration in Georgia, USA, Gabriel F. Nyen
Diffusion of water conserving irrigation practices in the Mississippi Delta, Eugene Oku
Essential oil-based natural preservative for wood composite manufacturing, Hamed Olafiku Olayiwola
Foodways and Socioeconomic Complexities in Early Iron Age of Bara, Old Oyo, Nigeria (ca. 490 B.C. to A.D. 40), Racheal Bolakale Oyundoyin
Development of a framework to completely quantify airfield pavement serviceability, Timothy Allen Parsons
Examination of the impact of discriminatory legislation on gender minority stress and suicide desire and intent in gender minority adults, Ashley R. Pate
Investigating the effects of multiple concussions on neuropsychological performance, Michaela S. Patoilo
Where’s the food? Food insecurity and Black food geographies in the Mississippi Delta, Taylor Patterson
Third-grade Choctaw students’ perceptions of an in-school Choctaw language and culture program, Amy L. Pauls
Salinity tolerance in the Elymus Genus, Hunter Pegram
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
Synthesis of CCC-NHC pincer Re and Mn complexes: Air stable catalysts for borrowing hydrogen and dehydrogenative/oxidative cyclization reactions, Huy Hoang Pham
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
Nest box use by Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) in the Chena River System, Interior Alaska, Riley D. Porter
The conservation genetics of Elassoma alabamae and phylogeography of Elassoma evergladei, David Lee Pounders
Exploring the relationship between network topology and braess paradox, Samuel Giftson Prabhakar
Performance evaluation of deep learning object detectors for weed detection and real time deployment in cotton fields, Abdur Rahman
Broadband emission from organic-inorganic metal halides using luminescent organic A site ions, Mohammad Anikur Rahman
Investigating the pretesting effect under cognitive load through increased playback speed, Oscar Ramirez Perez
Inclusion: Survey of Mississippi general and special education teachers view and experiences in an inclusion classroom, Patricia Ratliff
Meta-analysis of consumer’s willingness to pay for broadband in the United States, Sabina Regmi