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.
If you are the author of a MSU thesis or dissertation and would like a digitized copy preserved in the repository, please send an email to etd@library.msstate.edu with your contact and citation information.
Some of the documents in this collection have restricted access. If you would like to request access, please contact etd@library.msstate.edu with the document name and URL.
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.
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Multi-Classifiers And Decision Fusion For Robust Statistical Pattern Recognition With Applications To Hyperspectral Classification, Saurabh Prasad
Educational Video Impact On College Student Knowledge, Opinions, And Referral Attitudes Regarding Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Nichol Frances Pritchard
Conservatism & The Cost of Equity Capital: An Information Perspective, Charles R. Pryor
Evaluation Of Propane Fueled Chp Systems For Small Commercial Applications, Justin Byron Ramsay
Revitalization and Initial Testing of a Blowdown Supersonic Wind Tunnel, West Cardman Ratliff
Development of corrective actions for higher order contingencies, Bharath Kumar Ravulapati
Living Without: Stories of Vandler County as told by James Madison Redd, James Madison Redd
Factors Determining Per Acre Market Value Of Hunting Leases On Sixteenth Section Lands In Mississippi, Jacob Daniel Rhyne
Marital Instability In East Asian Societies: A Comparative Study Of China, Taiwan, And South Korea, Susan Lynne Rich
Lessons for a major university: post-Katrina service utilization, needs, and psychological distress in university students, Jessica H. Robbins
Long-Term Trophic Shifts Among Fishes After Extensive Modification Of A Southeastern U.S. River System, Matthew E. Roberts
Review of diagnostic methods in the most cited articles for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, Rebecca Chapman Roberts
Investigation of the influence of an adjacent mast structure on the striking distance to a lightning rod, Bienvenido Rodriguez-Medina
Molecular reprogramming in bovine embryos after serial somatic cell chromatin transfer, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio
Creating a sense of place or simply a good parking space?:evolution of the historic town squares of Mississippi, Amanda Michelle Rogers
Survivin and p53 expression in feline oral squamous cell carcinoma and correlation with prognosis, Heidi Huffman Rose
Product formulation and sensory acceptance of three soy concept foods utilizing three different soy derivatives, Aditya Samala
Prediction of estuarine morphological evolution, Gaurav Savant
Design of a cyclic pressure bioreactor for the ex vivo study of aortic heart valve mechanobiology, Kimberly Jo Schipke
Use of digital infrared thermal imaging (DITI) for early detection of mastitis and to assess mammary function and lameness in dairy cattle, Stephanie Jean Schmidt
A Comparison Of Repeated Uniaxial Tension And Compression On Bone-Like Cells Over Fourteen Days, Nathaniel David Schultz
A comparison of academic achievement and retention of community college students in college algebra after completion of traditional or technology-based instruction, Jennifer Ferrill Seal
Effect of supercritical water treatment on the composition of bio-oil, Ananda Kumaran Sekar
Teacher Perceptions of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence: Central Gulf of Mexico Program, Tracie Tingle Sempier
Analysis Of Exhaust Waste Heat Recovery Techniques From Stationary Power Generation Engines Using Organic Rankine Cycles, Devin Krishna Sham
The use of reciprocal interdependencies management (RIM) to support decision making during early stages design, Mona C. Shelton
Functional Analysis of a ModC Homolog in the Azotobacter Vinelandii Nif-Gene Cluster, Sangeetha Shivaji
Study of the dielectric degradation of XLPE and EPR power cables by switching impulses, Prakash Shrestha
Predicting compliance with prescribed organizational information security protocols, Jordan Douglas Shropshire
Development of a heterogeneously catalyzed chemical process to produce biodiesel, Alok Kumar Singh
Developing screening tools for abiotic stresses using cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] as a model crop, Shardendu Kumar Singh
Effects of Imazapyr and prescribed fire on vegetation and bird communities in mid-rotation CRP pine plantations of Mississippi, Lindsey Rae Carpenter Singleton
A case study examining teachers' beliefs toward in-grade retention in a K-2 school, Charles Edward Smith
Physically Motivated Internal State Variable Form Of A Higher Order Damage Model For Engineering Materials With Uncertainty, Kiran N. Solanki
First and Second Law Analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle, Chandramohan Somayaji
Oxidation of lipids in a supercriticalluid medium, Darrell Lynn Sparks
A comparison of the effects of online synchronous versus online asynchronous versus traditional approaches on learner achievement via education of Mississippi child care providers, Carla Caldwell Stanford
Development of a geovisual analytics environment using parallel coordinates with applications to tropical cyclone trend analysis, Chad A. Steed
Social Capital Determinants Of Environmentalism In Spatial Context, Kim Marie Steil
The perceptions of teachers and administrators on teacher absenteeism and use of substitute teachers in a rural northeast Mississippi school district, Andy Burriss Stevens
Availability And Seasonal Use Of Diurnal Roosts By Rafinesque'S Big-Eared Bat And Southeastern Myotis In Bottomland Hardwoods Of Mississippi, Candice LeeAnn Stevenson
A change for the future: presidents' and deans' real and ideal leadership practices at community and junior colleges in Mississippi, Mildred Stevenson
Mississippi counties' unreserved fund balance: what factors influence change?, La Shonda M. Stewart
Crystal plasticity modeling of structural magnesium alloys under various stress states, Joel H. Stinson
Determination of Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) Activity, Anthocyanin Contents and the Phytonutrient Changes in Blueberry Juice as Influenced by Different Processing Methods, Jelena Stojanovic
Skin picking in a college population :characteristics and comorbidity, Emily Sims Stookey
Separation Of Organic Acids And Lignin Fraction From Bio-Oil And Use Of Lignin Fraction In Phenol-Formaldehyde Wood Adhesive Resin, Badamkhand Sukhbaatar
Parameter estimation in tidally influenced numerical models:determination of an appropriate objective function, Jennifer N. Tate
Semantic construction with provenance for model configurations in scientific workflows, Amritanshu Thakur
An Analysis into Relationships that may Exist between Population and the Reported Number of Tornadoes in the Continental United States, Adam Bundick Thomas
An assessment of suspended sediment in Weeks Bay Reserve, Baldwin County, Alabama, using geospatial modeling and field sampling methods, Jamie Cindi Thomason
Christopher Marlowe's Ovid's Elegies and the poetics of subjectivity, Joshua Thompson
Exploration Of The Genomes Of Two Diverse Conifers, Supaphan Thummasuwan
Epidemiologic and Economic Study of Hyperelastosis Cutis/HERDA in the Quarter Horse Cutting Industry, Sally Grant Tipton
Artificial neural networks to detect forest fire prone areas in the southeast fire district of Mississippi, Mohan P. Tiruveedhula
Development of fiber optic sensor based on laser Raman spectroscopy, Vidhu S. Tiwari
A study of the chronological placement of selected Mississippian-period occupations within the Ackerman unit of the Tombigbee National Forest, Andrew Mickens Triplett
The continuing ballad of Franco the Kid, Jayson Ming Triplett
Nmr Backbone Chemical Shift Assignments Of The Hvdhfr1:Nadph Binary Complex, Karthikeshwar Vangala
Differential relay model development and validation using real time digital simulator, Vamsi Krishna Vijapurapu
Evaluation Of Chitosan And Collagen As Scaffolding For A Tissue Engineered Aortic Heart Valve, Steven Christopher Waller
Porcine embryogenesis and effects of mycotoxins on early pig development, Hongfeng Wang
Verification and validation using state of the art measures and modular uncertainty techniques, James Boyd Weathers
Nutrient Digestibility And Utilization By Cattle Consuming Cotton Gin Mote As A Replacement For Forage, Cassie Marie Welch
Heuristic approaches for crane scheduling in ship building, Charlie Hsiao Kuang Wen
Antimicrobial effect of yogurt lactic acid bacteria and muscadine products on Enterobacter sakazakii, Weiien Weng
Community college finance: analysis of resource development at Mississippi's community and junior colleges, Fredrick White
Evaluation Of Performance And Maintenance Of Pavement Subdrainage Systems In Mississippi, Jordan S. Whittington
No Child Left Behind and teacher morale among African-American teachers in low-performing middle schools, Kim L Wiley
The impact of a computer-based reading intervention program, "Academy of Reading" on reading achievement of second and third graders, Tammy Bruce Wilkinson
Supply chain security: ban institutional approach to strategies and outcomes, Zachary Williams
The Effect of Used Broiler Litter on the Growth and Persistence of Campylobacter, Zachary Thomas Williams
The Role of Discrimination and Retention Interval on Retrieval Blocking in an Eyewitness Memory Paradigm, Heather Michelle Wolf
The role of implication in eyewitness memory, Jessica Dilan Wood
Financial analysis of turfgrass production in Mississippi, Zhen Xu
Synthesis and reactions of cyclic ketene-N,N-acetals, Guozhong Ye
Criminal profile accuracy following training in inductive and deductive approaches, Katherine Chandler Yonge
The Study of the Life Cycle of Bolbophorus Damnificus and its Pathology in the Channel Catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus), Marlena Catherine Yost
College students' perceptions of computer-mediated instruction/learning and its impact on their academic programs, Wei-Chieh Yu
Highly deformed rotational bands and normal deformed high spin structures in p171 and sHF, Yanci Zhang
Part I. Natural Fiber / Thermoplastic Composites: Part II. Studies of Organo-Clay Synthesis and Clay Intercalation by Epoxy Resins, Yongcheng Zhang
Model-based design of a protection scheme for shipboard power systems, Yujie Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Artificial neural network modeling of flow stress response as a function of dislocation microstructures, Osama Yousef AbuOmar
Determination of best practice guidelines for performing large eddy simulation of flows in configurations of engineering interest, Adetokunbo Adelana Adedoyin
Consumer attitudes and acceptability of catfish prepared in a lowat manner, Amanda Emad Al-Turk
Development of an adaptive protection scheme for shipboard power systems, Oluwaseun Adeyemi Amoda
An Examination Of The Implementation Of The Americans With Disabilities Act (Ada) In Mississippi Community Colleges, John Carter Arnold
Central Mississippi teachers' perceptions of effective behaviors of principals trained using the Orientation for School Leaders Training Module (OSL), Spurgeon Banyard
An Investigation Into The Techniques Of Neutralization Theory And Their Effects On Compulsive Consumption Behavior, Collin Z. Barnes
The relationship between NCLB variables and selected variables with high school subject area test scores, Kenyon M. Barron
An Efficient Algorithm and Architecture for Network Processors, Shalini Batra
Climate for sexual minorities in Counselor Education programs, George R. Beals
An examination of thermodynamic and sheared environments associated with cool-season tornadoes in the southeastern United States, Todd Andrew Beal
Measuring Performance within the Private Equity Industry, Charles F. Beauchamp