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 2009
Treatment of Timtek process water by co-composting and aqueous phytoremediation, Lauren Heard Mangum
Effects of microbial interactions on gene expression during the wood decay process, Lee Christopher Mangum
Multidisciplinary Evaluation Of No-Till Corn Grazing Systems In Mississippi, Dawn Holland Manning
An investigation of using pyrolysis bio-oil as part of the binder system for wood-based composites, An Mao
Design Of Operational Amplifiers And Utilizing Sic Jfet For Analog Design, Ayden Maralani
Perceptions Of Motivation And Job Satisfaction For Information Technology Professionals At Institutions Of Higher Learning In Mississippi, Leann Mills Markham
Across the Deep South:a linked story collection, James Maroney
An empirical evaluation of the progress and achievement of English language learners in a suburban school district, Marlynn Kessler Martin
Investigating The Antecedents And Consequences Of Perceived Connectedness To Brand Users: Brand Communities Versus Brand Collectivities, William Carroll Martin
Flower forcing in banana shrub (Michelia skinneriana Dunn.) and bougainvillea (Bougainvillea wild.), Shen Ma
The Relationship between Moral Identity Congruence and Extra-Role Behaviors in Organizational Settings, Curtis Francis Matherne III
Effects of in ovo injection of metabolic stimulants and L-carnitine in broiler hatching eggs on subsequent chick hatchability, growout performance and tissue nutrient profiles, Madhusudhanan Mathilakath Keralapurath
Stable carbon isotope and niche breadth analysis of animal bone from Pocahontas Mounds (22HI500) and Lyon's Bluff, Robert Linder McCain
Flagellar sensilla of females of selected species of Vespidae (Hymenoptera), Andrew Oliver McCaskill
The level of persistence in high school drop-outs enrolled in the GED program at a rural community college, Sonja V. McCaskill-Mitchell
Intercategory and interbasin comparison of storm surge height, Ashley Nicole McDonald
Mixed-methodology approach to the study of student problems associated with the transition from middle school to high school, Tony Wayne McGee
Maternal Attributions for ADHD: Predicting Treatment Choices, Treatment Acceptability, and Treatment Satisfaction, Lindsey Leigh McKay
Pathogen Entrance And Development Of Disease During Infection Of The American Channel Catfish Ictalurus Punctatus By The Enterobacterium Edwardsiella Ictaluri, Simon Menanteau-Ledouble
Bile-induced damage in Listeria monocytogenes, Megan Elisa Merritt
Modeling Of The Biomass Power Generation And Techno-Economic Analysis, Shireesha Methuku
Advancements in power system monitoring and inter-operability, Vinoth Mohan Mohan
Students' Perception Of Parental Involvement In Academic Achievement At A Rural Community College, Nerma Antrese Moore
Spatial Dispersion of the Fungus Aspergillus Flavus in Corn Ears: A Spatial Analysis of Ubiquitin Mrna, Leif Saxon Mylroie
Axial Collapse of Thin-Walled, Multi-Corner Single- and Multi-Cell Tubes, Ali Najafi
Effect of Electrical Charges on Glycerol Nanodroplets Catalytic Reforming, Gayan I. Nawaratna
Carbon sequestration resulting from bottomland hardwood afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV), Bertrand Festus Nero
A repeat photographic study of the Natchez Trace Parkway: has the design intent of the Trace changed, Elizabeth Towers Ogletree
Variables that impact high school dropout, Mario Antonio Owens
Parallel Viterbi Search For Continuous Speech Recognition On A Multi-Core Architecture, Naveen Parihar
Customer satisfaction: a comparison of community college and department of employment security operated WIN Job Centers in Mississippi, Meredith Park
Development of a Rocket Motor Test System and a Study of Hybrid Rocket Fuel Grains, William Ray Patterson
Perceptions of School from Students in a Rural School Environment, Helen Ruth Patton Kennard
Uncertainty In Measurements And Cognitive Engineering Analysis Of A Decision Support System For Power System Reconfiguration, Venkata Krishna Pendurthi
Developing resistance to whitefly in poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, Hettiarachchige Niranga Dinum A. Perera
Innovative Separation Methods, Patrisha Julian Pham
Modeling of Oxide Bifilms in Aluminum Castings using the Immersed Element-Free Galerkin Method, Claudio Marcos Pita
Effects of river discharge and marine environmental factors on the brown shrimp fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Adam George Pollack
Poverty Levels and Dual Enrollment Demographics and their Effect on Mississippi High School Graduation Rates, Amanda Leigh McCarter Powell
Teachers' perception of elementary school principals' leadership styles in "under-performing" level 2 schools and "superior" level 5 schools in Mississipp, Rhonda Deloise Powe
Analysis Of Thermo-Mechanical Characteristics Of The Lens[Tm] Process For Steels Using The Finite Element Method, Phillip Roger Pratt
Assessing factors influencing student success at Mississippi's public universities as measured by bachelor's degree completion, Christian David Pruett
Biogeochemistry Of Microbial Mats From A Hypersaline Pond And Reef Biofilm From A Modern Coral Reef, The Bahamas, Mary Keith Puckett
Laboratory and theoretical investigations of direct and indirect microbial influences on seafloor gas hydrates, James Gregory Radich
Mobile computing and sensor Web services for coastal buoys, Santhosh Kumar Amanchi Rajender
Unsupervised spectral mixture analysis for hyperspectral imagery, Nareenart Raksuntorn
The Virgin of Guadalupe Comes to Mississippi: Social Stressors and Ways of Coping Among Hispanic Im/Migrants, Mary Rebecca Read
A Study Of The Perceptions And Performance Of Native And Community College Transfer Students At A Rural Land-Grant Institution, Kimberly Reed-Nolan
Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities as an Extension 4-H Agent, Joseph Richard Rhea
Classifying and assessing the effectiveness of judicial procedures in Mississippi Community Colleges, Edward Rice
Stakeholder Salience in the Family Firm, John Kirk Ring
A Deep South suburb: the republican emergence in the suburbs of Birmingham Alabama, Benjamin W. Robbins
Identification of MicroRNAs in Bovine Spermatozoa with Implications of Fertility, LaShonda S (LaShonda Shakita) Robertson
Using remote sensing to monitor herbicide injury and biomass of waterhyacinth, Wilfredo Robles
Displacing race: white resistance and conservative politics in the civil rights era, Stephanie Renee Rolph
Topology optimization of continuum structures using element exchange method, Mohammad Rouhi
Microstructural characterization of friction stir welded Ti-6Al-4V, Haley Amanda Rubisoff
Small Signal And Transient Stability Analysis Of Mvdc Shipboard Power System, Seetharama Raju Rudraraju
Techniques to aid in switchgrass establishment from seed, Jason Brett Rushing
Development of criteria for using the Superpave gyratory compactor to design airport pavement mixtures, John F. Rushing
Proximity based association rules for spatial data mining in genomes, Surya Saha
A study of the teachers perception of the quality of online education programs in selected community colleges and universities in Mississippi, Blanche Sanders
The impact of peer tutoring on students' achievement in mathematics, reading and writing in higher education, George Sanders
Real time modeling, simulation and validation of protective relays, Ankush Saran
Evaluation of technology aimed to improve nitrogen use efficiency for delayedlood rice (Oryza sativa L.) production, Jason Morris Satterfield
The Ecology of Cactoblastis Cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera:pyralidae) in Florida, Kristen Erica Sauby
A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Online Lab Science Transfer Courses in the Rural Community College, Andrea Scott
Effects Of Various Fumigants And Alternative Processing Methods On The Safety, Volatile Composition, And Sensory Quality Of Dry Cured Ham, Ramandeep Kaur Sekhon
Syngas From Biomass Gasification As Fuel For Generator, Ajay Shah
"A PBS mind in an MTV world": teaching teenagers meteorology by placing a weather forecast on MTV and the creation of the concert forecast, Victoria Leigh Shaw
Increasing positive peer reporting and on-task behavior using a peer monitoring interdependent group contingency program with public posting, Anitra Danielle Shelton-Quinn
Structural testing of an ultralight UAV composite wing and fuselage, Jutima Simsiriwong
An Analysis Of The Harvesting Costs And Productivity Of Logging Contractors Within The Eastern United States, Jeffrey Jaudon Smith
Flow structure/particle interaction in the small bronchial tubes, Belabahen Soni
The asymmetric information content of REIT IPOs, Dennis Franklin Steele
The Effects Of Functional Behavior Assessment Teacher Training And Performance Feedback: Knowledge, Accuracy, And Acceptability And Their Ability To Accurately Complete Fba Procedures, LaQuanta Watson Stewart
Multiscale Friction Using A Nested Internal State Variable Model For Particulate Materials, Tonya Williams Stone
Perceptions of the Importance of Plant Materials Knowledge in the Profession of Landscape architecture by practicing landscape architects in the Southeast United States, Eric Louis Stortz
Analysis and Design of Wood Construction Platforms Using Instrumentation, Martin Feeney Stroble
The effects of feeding a ground raw soybean diet on reproductive performance and carcass quality of prepubertal gilts, Daniel Jason Sykes
A Partial Discharge Measurement Technique for Applied Square Pulse Voltage with 50 NS Rise Times, Clayborne Dudley Taylor
One body and one spirit: Presbyterians, interdenominationalism, and the American Revolution, William Harrison Taylor
A Method for Integrating Heterogeneous Datasets based on GO Term Similarity, Chamali Lankara Thanthiriwatte
Solvent methods in coupled-cluster theory, Kanchana Sahan Thanthiriwatte
Power supply noise reduction in 90 nm using active decap, Rooban Venkatesh K G Thirumalai
Evaluation of willow oak acorn production and the effects of midstory control and flooding on underplanted willow oak seedlings in two Arkansas greentree reservoirs, Rory Owen Thornton
The effect of a worked example on online debate quality in an information systems course, Christopher Scott Tollison
The Importance Of Soft Skills In The Workplace As Perceived By Community College Instructors And Industries, Laura Suzanne Tribble
Understanding the impact of technical assistance on early care and education sites in Mississippi rural communities, Kimberly Mechelle Triplett
Efforts toward understanding dietary components and the reproductive behaviors and limitations of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Erin Donivan Trueblood
Structure-property stress state dependent relationships under varying strain rates, Matthew Taylor Tucker
Population genetics of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): differentiation and quantification of overwintering and spring migratory populations in northern Mississippi, Satya Ravikanth Vemula
The Ghosts of Guilt and Betrayal, Leslie Abigail Voller
An Experimental Investigation Of Airfoils With Laminar Separation Bubbles And Effects Of Distributed Suction, Redha Wahidi
Racial Exemplars And Their Effects On The Race-Implicit Association Test, Ashley Ann Walker