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Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Matarese, Aaron. Design, Modeling, and Implementation of an Environmental Control Chamber

McAleer, Christopher James. Environmental Factors Affecting Methane Cycling in Narragansett Bay

Meattey, Dustin E.. Annual Cycle Phenology and Winter Habitat Selection of White-Winged Scoters in Eastern North America

Meyer, Ashley. The Impact of Body Composition on Physical Function Performance in Middle-Aged Women

Meyers, Rennie. BODIES OF WATER: DESIGNING RESILIENT DIVE TOURISM THROUGH UNDERWATER SCULPTURE

Miura, Ayako. EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ATTITUDES ON HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS

Moran, Patrick J.. Contributions to Tsunami Detection by High Frequency Radar

Mushkat, Zoe. Evaluating Barriers and Transtheoretical Model Constructs in Kidney Transplant Decision-Making

Naquin, Megan. Examining Diet Quality and Sleep Duration in Overweight/Obese Adults in a Weight Loss Intervention

Nichols, Jonathan. Detection and Discrimination of Natural and Synthetic Polysaccharides in a Solid-State Nanopore

Nunes, John. UTILIZING A LIPID BILAYER-BASED SOLVENT TO ENHANCE BUTANOL PRODUCTION FROM A CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION OF CLOSTRIDIA PASTEURIANUM

Nusrat, Farah. ANALYZING URBAN FLOOD DISASTERS IN EMERGING MEGACITIES USING EARTH OBSERVATIONS

Oberhelman, Steven D.. Active Contours Implementation

Ortiz, Jordan Angel. Corrosion of Different Materials Connected to Carbon Fiber

Osei, Vida Samantha. Influence of Environmental Factors and Fishing Effort on Demersal Fish Species in Ghana

Parker, Haley Wynne. Maternal Sociodemographic Characteristics and Prenatal Diet Quality

Park, Jeong-Yong. Numerical and Experimental Study of Flapping Foils with Dynamic Wall Effect

Patry, Emily. Predictors of Concomitant Use of Prescription Opiods and Benzodiazepines in Rhode Island

Perkins, Matthew. Development and Modeling of a Biomimetic Punting Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Polta, Andrew T.. Disorderly House Keepers: Poor Women in Providence, Rhode Island, 1781-1832

Ribeiro, Alyssa. The Effects of Child Literacy and Self-Control on School Readiness Based on Teacher Report

Riley, Daniel. Food Insecurity and its Association with Testing

Rivera, Kevin. SENSORS FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE (CMC) ENGINE COMPONENTS

Rodriguez, Jennifer. SYNTHESIS OF THIOFLAVIN T ANALOGUES

Rossi, Andrew S.. METAL OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES: METHODOLOGY AND MECHANISM

Rudnickas, Donald William Jr.. Isopycnal mixing in the North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone revealed by RAFOS floats

Ryan, Valerie. Modeling Dynamic Social Networks of Children in After-School Care Programs

Schleier Hernández, Sandra L.. THE RESPONSE OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES TO THE RESTORATION OF ACROPORA CORALS

Schmidt, Laura. BEHAVIOR OF FRP PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES UNDER HUMAN INDUCED EXCITATION

Schoske, Lukas. COMPARISON OF AMERICAN, GERMAN AND JAPANESE CAR DEALERSHIP APPROACHES FOR SALES AND SERVICE

Schülke, Luisa. EVALUATION OF AASHTO RULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMBING LANES ON TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS

Schwertner, Niklas. DRIVING BEHAVIOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESTIMATION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Serrano, Itza. EVALUATING THE SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS

Shaikh, Mahrukh. GEOCHEMISTRY OF HIGHLY ALKALINE WATERS OF THE COAST RANGE OPHIOLITE IN CALIFORNIA, USA

Shea, Kelly J.. THE IMPACTS OF TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON PRIMARY GRADE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENTISTS AND SCIENCE SELF-CONCEPT

Simanto, Md. Hasan Shahriar. ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR FOR SUSTAINABLE TEAM PERFORMANCE

Simas, Samuel. The Men That Sleep Built

Small, Christopher J.. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED HYDRODYNAMIC AND COASTAL RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR CHARLESTOWN, RI

Sperling, Richard. DESIGN OF A TENDON DRIVEN SOFT CONTINUUM ROBOTIC ARM USING PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSORS

Staud, Rolf. CARBON NANOTUBE INTERACTIONS WITH HUMAN CELLS UNDER SHEAR USING MICROFLUIDICS

Suganda, Diky. THE IMPACT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ON CORAL REEF FISH COMMUNITIES AND LIFE-HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS

Sullivan, Joseph P.. Rheological Characterization of Fluids for Lithium Ion Batteries and Thermal Ablation of Tumors

Sullivan, Ryan K.. ASSESSMENT OF CERAMIC WATER FILTERS AS A POINT-OF-USE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR TREAMENT OF MICROBILOGICAL, ORGANIC, AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER

Sun, Caoxin. Bayesian Model Averaging of Space Time Car Models with Application to U.S. House Price Forecasting

Tamayo, Michael. Automated High Frequency Oscillation Detection and Seizure Onset Zone Estimation Using TCRES

Truesdale, Corinne L.. Fishery and Biological Characteristics of Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis) in Rhode Island Sound

Tucker, Andrew. Robust Spectral Classification

Tucker, Sara K.. CARPENTER BEE NECTAR ROBBERY EFFECTS ON FRUIT QUALITY AND NESTING PROVISIONS IN RHODE ISLAND

Underwood, Grace. Isolation and Identification of Probiotic Bacteria for the Management of Epizootic Shell Disease

Unrein, Kerry. MEASUREMENTS OF MODAL ATTENUATION USING BROADBAND SOURCES IN THE NEW ENGLAND MUD PATCH

Vazquez, Maria. A Shade Above: An Analysis of Parasols in a University Collection

Viducic, Katherine. LIFE HISTORY PARAMETERS OF BLUE SHARKS

Voss Urquidi, Roxana. Electric Vehicle Charging Behavior in Existing Infrastructures: A Rhode Island Case Study

Walcutt, Noah L.. An Assessment of Holographic Microscopy for Quantifying Marine Particle Size and Concentration

Weisfeld, Natalie Ruth. Evaluation of a School-Based Fruit and Vegetable Intervention Using a Digital Photography Method

Westcott, Gregory. PREDICTING 100-YEAR STORM WAVE'S RUNUP FOR THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND USING A FULLY NONLINEAR MODEL

Whitney, Elizabeth. Impact of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Elongate Hemlock Scale on Early Seasonal Development of Eastern Hemlock

Witkop, Robert. DEVELOPING CONSEQUENCE THRESHOLDS FOR STORM MODELS: CASE STUDY OF WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND

Yang Gonzalez, Berenice. PERSPECTIVES FROM SELECT WOMEN WORKING IN ALASKAN COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

Yapa Abeywardana, Maheeka. INCREASED CYCLING PERFORMANCE OF LI-ION BATTERIES BY PHOSPHORIC ACID MODIFIED LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 CATHODES IN THE PRESENCE OF LITHIUM BIS(OXALATO)BORATE

Yuan, Li. Implementation of Self-Organizing Maps with Python

Yumi, Heva Hayuqo. The Relationship of Marine Tourism, Fishing Activities, and Conservation Efforts on Derawan Island, Indonesia

Zhang, Yazhou. DEEP GENERATIVE MODEL FOR MULTI-CLASS IMBALANCED LEARNING

Zottoli, Joseph. QUANTIFYING FISHERIES BALANCE WITH A NOVEL PRODUCTION ESTIMATION METHOD

Zuelke, Robin Timo. IMPROVING HELICAL ANCHOR EFFICIENCY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Acharya, Sunandha Sharma. Tools for Anti-Microbial Peptide Editable Database

Agostinelli, Matthew. Density-Based Clustering Heuristics for the Traveling Salesman Problem

Agostinucci, Kevin. The Physiological Glucagon Receptor in Rat Heart

Alvarez, Melvin. The Continuum of Beach Enclosure: Socioeconomic Implications for Coastal Communities in the Dominican Republic

Babcock, Aram. Concomitant Use of Central Nervous System Stimulants and Depressants Prescribed in Rhode Island

Behrmann, Hannes. Assessment of Activity of Bacteria in Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge

Benn, Sara L.. The Exploration of Young Audiences and Identity Development Through Social Media Platforms

Benson, Sara. Investigating Rhode Island Town Beaches Litter Policies

Benton, Erik Lane. Simulation of a Bidirectional DC-DC Boost Converter Using a State-Space Averaged Model

Bowden, William R.. Virginia Woolf's Pedagogical Art

Breard, Gregory T.. Evaluating Self-Organizing Map Quality Measures as Convergence Criteria

Carlson, Alexis. The Relationship Between Pre-Service Benchmarks and Student Teaching Performance

Cattaneo, Flavia. A Carbohydrate Counting Intervention for Hispanics with Type 2 Diabetes

Cay, Gozde. Design of a Wearable fNIRS Neuroimaging Device with an Internet-of-Things Architecture

Chambers, Britta Marie. Simulating Thermal Stress in Rhode Island Coldwater Fish Habitat Using SWAT

Clarkin, Daniel. Dynamic Response of TI₂ALC Under Radial Confinement at High Temperature

Constant, Nicholas. An Intelligent Fog Centric Network for IoT-Driven Smart Communities

D'Aversa, Nelle. Perspectives on Emerging Monitoring Technologies: Understanding Factors that Affect Adoption

Davis, Sierra Madeline. Utilizing Empirical Eigenfunctions and Neural Network to Describe and Model RI Coastal Morphology

DeNardo, Nicholas A.. Dynamic Collapse of Double Hull Composite Cylinders: Hydrostatic and Shock-Initiated Implosion

Denman, Cathrine L.. Perceptions of Participants in the NOAA Marine Sanctuary Nomination Process: A Case Study of Mallows Bay-Potomac River

Devoid, Courtney. Conserving Milkweed: The Effects of Environmental Change and Viral Prevalence on Asclepias syriaca

Duball, Chelsea Elizabeth. Environmental Impacts of Oyster Aquaculture on the Coastal Lagoons of Southern Rhode Island

Ferguson, Sarah. Agronomic Characteristics of Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) in the Northeast

Fruehauf, Alric. Development of a Locally Adapted Deterioration Model for Bridges in the State of Rhode Island, USA

Gerber-Williams, Anna. Assessment of Salt Marsh Shoreline Degradation and Restoration on Benthic Invertebrate Infaunal Community

Gerdes, Christoph. Development of a Practical Method for Sustainable Routing in Manufacturing Enterprises

Glaab, Julian. Extracting Parking Areas from Remote Sensing Imagery and Spatiotemporal Traffic Data

Gomes, Nathaniel. Trace Detection of TATP Vapors Using a Low-Mass Thermodynamic Sensor

Goodwin, Jennifer L.. Effect of a Nutritiion Intervention on Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Elementary School Students

Gravison, Michael. An Online Study of Actors, Self-Promotion, and the Personal Brand

Hassan, Syed Amir. Development of Input Parameters to Predict the Performance of Rhabilitated Asphalt Pavements

Hayward, Scott J.. Modeling Sediment Transport Around Artificial Reefs in Southern Rhode Island

Hoffman, Herman Noel. Program Acceleration in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment Using OpenCL, FPGA, and CPU

Irving, Craig Michael. Receptor-Protein Interactions Mediated by the Fourth Transmembrane of D2R can be Altered by Treatment with Antipsychotics