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 2017
Grid Fault Ride-through Capability of Voltage-Controlled Inverters for Distributed Generation Applications, Prasanna Piya
Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Parental Authority Questionnaire: Southern Influences on its Validity, Mary Ward Pollard
Effects of Temperature and Hydrology on Growth and Recruitment of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Lower Mississippi River, Jared McCarty Porter
Incorporating Fermented By-Products of Lactobacillus Diolivorans Sp. in Food Grade Coatings Designed for Inhibition of Tyrophagus Putrescentiae on Dry-Cured Hams, Hector Asis Portillo
Off-Host Biology and Ecology of Immature Gulf Coast Ticks (Amblyomma Maculatum Koch) in Mississippi, Jose Santos Portugal
Models and Algorithms to Solve a Reliable and Congested Biomass Supply Chain Network Designing Problem under Uncertainty, Sushil Raj Poudel
Development of a Portable Laser-Induced Fluorescence Sensor, Adam Oswalt Powers
The Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training on Division I College 800/1500M Runner's, Ffion Gwenith Price
Student Perceptions of the Impact of Participation in Community College Mental Health Counseling on Retention, Graduation, and Transfer, Matt Jordan Quin
Career Paths of Female Vice-Presidents in Community Colleges, Jacqueline Quinn
On the Calculation of Time-Domain Impulse-Response of Systems from Band-Limited Scattering-Parameters using Wavelet Transform, Maryam Rahmani
Cultural Model of Infant Feeding Among Women in Rural and Urban Bangladesh, Rumana Rahman
Effects of Riparian Shade on Nearshore Reservoir Fish Assemblages and Water Quality, Clayton D. Raines
Novel One-Pot Syntheses of Uracils and Arylidenehydantoins, and Analysis of Xylitol in Chewing Gum by Gc-Ms, RM Suranga Mahesh Rajapaksha
Effect of Chitosan on Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes Spp.) Mortality and Gut Bacterial Community, Olanrewaju Adeyemi Raji
Death in the Gobi: a Case Study of Skeletal Trauma from the Hets Mountain Cave in Mongolia, Christina Marie Ramazani
A Survey of Nearby M-dwarfs with Robo-AO, Amy Elaine Ray
Covariant Density Functional Theory: Global Performance and Rotating Nuclei, Debisree Ray
Safety of Isopropyl Alcohol as a Carrier in Auxin Solutions for Application to Stem Cuttings, James Timothy Ray
Advancing our Understanding of the Edwardsiella, Stephen Ralph Reichley
Monitoring Aspergillus Flavus Progression and Aflatoxin Accumulation in Inoculated Maize (Zea Mays L.) Hybrids, Cedric Xavier Reid
A Framework for Describing and Assessing Process Capability for the Automated Creation of 3DCAD platforms for ETO products, William Fernando Quintero Restrepo
Analysis of Classroom Practices that Preschool Teachers Use to Promote Civic Efficacy, Muhammad Riaz
Application of Order-Reduction Techniques in the Multiscale Analysis of Composites, Trenton Mitchell Ricks
Development of a Pharmacodynamic Assay to Assess the Effect of Cyclosporine in the Canine Patient, Caitlin Nicole Riggs
A Social Network Approach to Nonfamily Employee Identification and Turnover Intentions in Family Firms, Bryan Lee Rogers
An Application of Roger Ulrich's Methods: Designing a Healing Garden for African American Women Living in Low-Income Public Housing, Juriel Annishia Rogers
Phosphorus Occurrence and Origin in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in Northwestern Mississippi, Claire Elise Rose
Characterization of Myxozoan Parasites Associated with Catfish Aquaculture in Mississippi with Notes on the Development of H. Ictaluri In Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Catfish Hosts, Thomas Graham Rosser
The Relationship between Student Performance in Technical Courses and Grades in Remedial Courses, Charles R. Rowland Jr
Funny Story True Story, Elisabeth Rupp
Controlling Forage Weed Species Detrimental to Livestock Production, David Pierce Russell
Beneficial Tensile Mean Strain Effects on the Fatigue Behavior of Superelastic NiTi, Benjamin Andrew Rutherford
Analysis of the Role of the Jackson Prairie in Prehistoric/Protohistoric Settlement Patterns using Survey Data from the Bienville National Forest, Jennifer Ivy Ryan
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Simultaneous Multi-Elemental Analysis and Geological Applications, Herve Keng-ne Sanghapi
Evaluation Of A Test Stand To Assess The Performance Of A Range Of Ceramic Media Filter Elements, Andrew L. Schemmel
Epidemiology of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli: Detection and Ecology in Beef Cattle Systems, Liesel J. Schneider
Introducing New Energy Dissipation Mechanisms for Steel Fiber Reinforcement in Ultra-High Performance Concrete, Dylan Andrew Scott
Emotion Regulation as a Moderator Between Coping and Perceived Stress with Middle School Students in Rural Areas, Jabari Markeon Sellers
Deterministic and Random Isogeometric Analysis of Fluid Flow in Unsaturated Soils, Shahriar Shahrokhabadi
Automated Vulnerability Assessment of Mobile Device Vulnerabilities, Stephen M. Shambra
Development of Herbicide Tolerant Tomato, Gourav Sharma
Application of Non-Targeted Volatile Metabolomics in Plant Pathology, Jinyan She
On the Cardiac Elastic - 3D Geometrical, Topological, and Micromechanical Properties, Xiaodan Shi
Incidence of Salmonella Spp. in Farming Environments and Food Facilities by Improved Detection, Lurdes G. Siberio-Perez
Indirect Measures as Predictors of Social Skills Observed through Means of Direct Observation, MacKenzie Denise Sidwell
Using Deuterium and Oxygen-18 Stable Isotopes to Understand Mechanisms of Stemflow Generation as a Function of Tree Species and Climate, Mercedes Siegle-Gaither
Influence of Land Use, Land Cover, and Hydrology on the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Multiple Aquatic Ecosystems, Shatrughan Singh
Multicomponent Ligand Interactions with Colloidal Gold and Silver Nanoparticles in Water, Wumudu Dilhani Siriwardana
Characterizing Short and Long Term Mixture Aging of a Full-Scale and Non-Trafficked Asphalt Test Section, Braden T. Smith
Analysis of Instructional Activities on the Acquisition of Social Skills, Hallie Marie Smith
Identification of Quantitative Trait LOCI Contributing Resistance to Aflatoxin Accumulation in Maize Inbreds MP715 And MP717, Jesse Spencer Smith
Woodland Settlement Pattern Changes in the North Central Hills of Mississippi, Joseph Smith
Fusion of RGB and Thermal Data for Improved Scene Understanding, Ryan Elliott Smith
GIS-based Evaluation of Landslide Susceptibility for Eastern Tennessee, Sara Ann Smith
How to Join a Cult in the 21St Century, Sarah Jessica Sones
Economic, Environmental, and Energetic Performance Analysis of a Solar Powered Organi Rankine Cycle (ORC), Emily Diane Spayde
Differentiating Single and Multiple Suicide Attempters: What Nightmares Can Tell Us, Katrina Joy Speed
An Economic Analysis of Alternative Conservation Practices Used to Mitigate Non-Point Source Pollution in Mississippi Agriculture, Daniel Sharp Spencer
The Effects of Positive Youth Development Education on Youth Minister Self-Efficacy, Kenna Storey Spiller
Transmission of Religiosity from Parent to Child: Moderation by Perceived Parental Psychopathology, Melanie Stearns
Using Biochar Electrodes for Brackish Water Desalination, Hellen Stephanie
A Strategic Model for Addressing Student Dropouts Beginning in Middle School, Charles Grant Stevenson
Assessment of Nitinol-Based Arch Wedge Support through Finite Element Analysis, Tyler Nicholas Stranburg
Habitat Assessment for Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) and Grassland Birds in South Mississippi, Nathan Andrew Stukey
Effects of Dietary Plasticity and Landscape Heterogeneity on Brown Bears, Lindsey Stutzman
The Impact of the Student Support Services Program on the Retention of Students at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, Carolyn Sundy
Genomics and Molecular Approaches to Delineate Pathogenesis of Aeromonas Hydrophila, Aeromonas Veronii, and Edwardsiella Piscicida Infections in Fish, Hasan Cihad Tekedar
Imaging Calcium Carbonate Crystallization in Association with Organic Compounds, Maurice Philip Testa
Sources of Ensemble Forecast Variation and their Effects on Severe Convective Weather Forecasts, Erin Amanda Thead
Recreational Firewood Movement as a Vector of Non-Native Woodborers in Mississippi, Matthew John Thorn
The Mysterious Mounds: Indian Mounds And Contested American Landscapes, Nicholas Andrew Timmerman
Does Prior NSSI Moderate the Relationship between Alcohol Intoxication, Pain, and Deliberate Self-Harm?, Matthew A. Timmins
Hedging the Price Risk of Crop Revenue Insurance through the Options Market, Sweta Tiwari
Experimental Evaluation Of A Precast Concrete Beam-To-Column Prototype Design Under A Column Removal Scenario, Jorge Omar Torres Alamo
Don't Worry ; It's Only a White Lie, Annie Trinh
A Correlation Study on Soil Selenium Content and Diabetes Mellitus in Contiguous United States, Yang-Chih Tsao
Senior Food Environments: Predicting Low Food Access and Developing Interventions for Seniors in Nonmetropolitan Counties, Joshua J. Turner
Alternative Post Emergence Nitrogen Management Strategies for Delayed-Flood Rice Production, Richard Edward Turner
Gaussian Mixture Model Based SLAM: Theory and Application the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Matthew Ryan Turnowicz
Deprotonation as a Unified Pathway for Organothiol Binding to Citrate- and Borohydride Reduced Gold Nanoparticles, Sandamini Heshani Alahakoon Ulpanhewa Vidanalage
Effective Field Theory For Halo Nuclei, Akshay Vaghani
Examining Gendered Patterns of Techniques of Neutralization Using Fictional Crime Dramas, Lauren Michel Vasquez
Using Occupancy Estimates to Assess Habitat Use and Interspecific Interactions of Bats in Forested Communities, Scott Allan Veum
Behind the Screen: Composing Academic Identity in the Digital Age, Michelle Lee Wait
Water-Use Characteristics of Warm-Season Putting Green Cultivars and Management Practices Associated with New Putting Green Genetics, Stephen Bryant Wait
Discrete Fourier Transform on Global Data Analysis, Wenshuang Wang
Performance Evaluation of a Power Generation Unit-Organic Rankine Cycle System with Electric Energy Storage, Edward Harrison Randall Warren
African American Female Secondary School Educators: Their Teacher-Student Relationships, and How Their Relationships with their Students' Parents, Colleagues, and Administrators affect the Teacher-Student Relationships, Kathryn Elizabeth Warren
"Deep" South: Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and Environmental Knowledge, 1800-1974, Alyssa Diane Warrick
Public Service Motivation: Have financial Incentives Strengthened the Motivation of Mississippians?, Alexander G. Washington
Severe Weather Parameters and their Effectiveness on Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornadoes, Jonathan Curtis Weaver
Schizoaffective Disorder: Do Clinicians' Conceptualizations Match DSM-5 Criteria?, Christopher Allen Webb
Perceptions of African American Male Students Enrolled in Developmental Education Programs in the Community College, Eddie Lee Wells
Race, Drugs, and Sentencing: A Quantitative Analysis of Sentencing Outcomes for Federal Cocaine and Methamphetamine Drug Offenses, Makeela Johari Wells
Effect Of Magnesium Sulfate On Acute Bronchoconstriction In The Equine Asthma Model, Caitlin Jael Wenzel