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Open Access Dissertations

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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Adams, Samuel W.. POINTS OF INTEREST: IMPLEMENTING SIMULATION-BASED STORM HAZARD CONSEQUENCE PREDICTION

Andrews, Jamal Shinya. EFFECT OF BACTERIOPHAGES ON PATHOGEN-PROBIOTIC INTERACTIONS IN BIVALVE AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS

Bernish, Margaret. LINKING PHYTOPLANKTON PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY TO GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: A MODELING APPROACH

Bodurtha, Nidhi Mehta. THE DYNAMICS OF SHOCK MITIGATION FOR UNDERWATER STUCTURES USING BUBBLE SCREENS

Chen, Qiwen. THE DYSREGULATION AND MECHANISTIC ROLES OF UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 2 IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Clifford, Meghan. OPTIMIZING POULTRY PRODUCTION AND ENHANCING EGG NUTRIENT COMPOSITION THROUGH KELP SUPPLEMENTATION IN LAYING HENS

Connors, Steven. THE SPECULATIVE MODE OF THE IMAGE: DESTABILIZING REALITY IN CRASH, INVISIBLE MAN, AND BELOVED

Delatte-Gurdy, Megan E.. PHENOTYPIC AND GENOMIC RESPONSES OF EARLY LIFE-STAGE CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA TO MULTIPLE STRESSORS AND DISEASE

Ferrara, Carmen R.. GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF SOME AUTONOMOUS AND NONAUTONOMOUS CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE MODELS IN MATH BIOLOGY

Fontaine, Dillon T.. SUBMERGED STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO COMPLEX UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE LOADING

Gao, Meng. COARSE-GRAINED MODELS FOR MICROBIAL METABOLISMS AND BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Ismail, Mamoon. ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN COASTAL AQUIFER IN SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND USING NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

Jones, Erin L.. DIVERSITY, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, AND METABOLIC FUNCTION OF OPEN OCEAN HETEROTROPHIC PROTIST COMMUNITIES

Keenan, Kendra L.. UNDERSTANDING STUDENT STUDYING APPROACHES ACROSS THE INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY SEQUENCE

Kekulandara, Madhukara. OPTIMIZING MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS FOR FAIRNESS, SCALABILITY, AND INTERPRETABILITY IN ELECTORAL REDISTRICTING

Kenyon, Emily A.. ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL-CANNABIS TRANSITIONS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH MULTILEVEL SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND CANNABIS POLICY

Kiefer, Reina. ASSESSING STATE EMOTIONS AND ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT RISK PERCEPTION

Lawrence, Claude II. LEAN THINKING VERSUS DESIGN THINKING: IMPACT ON PROBLEM SOLVING DYNAMICS – PILOT STUDY

Lee, Christina. EXPLORING THE PREPAREDNESS OF PRE-SERVICE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS TO TEACH ARGUMENTATION SKILLS

Lodge, Melissa. THE FEMALE ENERGY DEFICIENCY (FED) PROJECT: EDUCATION AND SCREENING STRATEGIES TO PREVENT RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY IN SPORT (REDs) IN COLLEGIATE FEMALE ATHLETES

Madduma Wellalage, Miyuru Madusanka. PROBING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS VIA INFRARED ACTION SPECTROSCOPY & CONDENSED-PHASE ANALYSIS

Mohammadpour, Maryam. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TSUNAMI GENERATION, PROPAGATION, AND COASTAL HAZARD FROM VOLCANIC AND TECTONIC SOURCES

Neba Nforsoh, Sirri Akongnwi. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF RECYCLED PLASTIC BRICKS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND USAGE PHASE

Opiela, Allegra. MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL-BASED MEASURES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION READINESS

Pakdil, Fatma. ESSAYS ON PREDICTING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS: PERSONALIZED RISK ESTIMATION USING MULTI-STATE MODELS AND MACHINE LEARNING

Pauley, Elizabeth M.. ESTIMATING THE AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT IN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS WITH INCOMPLETE COVARIATES

Pulverenti, James. GENERATIVE AI IN MARKETING: ELABORATION, EVALUATION, AND ADVERTISING VALUE

Rahman, Showrov. UNIFIED BAYESIAN AND MACHINE LEARNING-BASED STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATION IN A PV BATTERY SYSTEM

Reilly, Victoria. NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING ENERGY RELEASED FROM UNDERWATER IMPLOSION OF CYLINDRICAL SHELLS

Rothenberg, Rachel. DEBRIS FIELD: A CONCORDANCE

Rothstein, Melissa C.. AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE INFLUENCE OF EMOTION ON CRAVING AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG WOMEN

Ruben, Brett Albert. NOVEL METHODOLOGY AND PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR PROTON CT USING SPOT PROFILE RATHER THAN BRAGG PEAK LOCATION

Samson, Jaypee Solsana. INVESTIGATING THE ETIOLOGIES OF BIVALVE HEALTH CHALLENGES: LARVAL CRASHES, DISSEMINATED NEOPLASIA, AND STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING RESILIENCE AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES

Slater, William. EXTENDING LOW-FREQUENCY TRAVELING-WAVE PROPAGATION IN A WATER-FILLED CYLINDRICAL WAVEGUIDE USING ACTIVE IMPEDANCE CONTROL

Stage, Michelle A.. EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF AFFIRMING ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDER LANGUAGE ON LGBTQ+ PATIENTS’ IDENTITY DISCLOSURE, IDENTITY CONCEALMENT, DISCOMFORT, ENGAGEMENT, AND SATISFACTION IN PRIMARY CARE

Sternin, Shulamit. CONSIDERATIONS OF MILITARY COUPLES’ RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

St. Pierre, Michael. GENERATING TEMPLATE BANKS FOR INTERMEDIATE DURATION GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

Todaro, Sabrina. PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES ON ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS CO-USE OCCASIONS

Villada, Jonathan Tate. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR THE DESIGN OF POLYMER-BASED PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS UNDER DYNAMIC LOADING

Weidele, Andrea. ECCE Leadership Development: Supports, Barriers, and Identity Formation

Winnard, Thomas. PERFORMANCE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED AND FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

Wisesa, Nara. FROM GLOBAL TARGETS TO LOCAL REALITIES: NAVIGATING COLONIALITY, GOVERNANCE, AND ACCESS IN INDONESIAN MARINE CONSERVATION

Worthington, Conwell III. THE ACTOR, THE CHARACTER, AND THE AUDIENCE: THE IMPACT OF RACIAL ALIGNMENT ON THEATER AUDIENCES

Young, Brady. TOPOLOGICAL BOUNDARY PROPERTIES OF THE PERIODIC CUBIC PARAMETER CURVES

Zane, Lauren. CORAL HOLOBIONT LIPIDOME RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CHANGE

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Aalipour, Nafise. THREE ESSAYS ON INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, MACHINE LEARNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Agudelo Areiza, Juliana. PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) EFFECTS ON TISSUE DISPOSITION, PROTEOME, AND HEALTH EFFECTS

Ahn, Paul Bumchan. PREDICTING GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT WITH FINANCIAL DATA AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Armin, Gabrielle M.. QUANTIFYING LINKS BETWEEN PHYTOPLANKTON PHYSIOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ashey, Jill. NON-CODING RNAS AS REGULATORS OF CORAL BIOLOGY

Babaee, Amir. MONOTONIC CONSTANT NORMAL STIFFNESS TESTS FOR IMPROVING THE SKIN FRICTION RESISTANCE PREDICTION OF DRILLED PILES IN SAND

Banerjee, Puja. MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMIZED OCEAN EXPLORATION DATA ANALYSIS

Bartman, Sydney. MECHANISMS OF BRAIN AGING: LINKING FRAILTY, EPIGENOMIC ALTERATIONS, AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION TO COGNITIVE DECLINE AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATHOLOGY

Battye, Anna. “A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND CARE”: ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND A COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOD PANTRY

Beatty, Avery. SUBSTANCE USE IN JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH: THE ROLES OF ADHD AND CD

Becker, Johann Sebastian. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF IN SITU FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEMS AND DATA PROCESSING WORKFLOWS FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATORIES IN COASTAL AND DEEP-SEA ENVIRONMENTS

Bellnier, Karen. CHANGE IS PEOPLE: HOW FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS ENGAGE WITH AND SHAPE A SUBSTANTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PROCESS

Bhatt, Niraj. MACHINE LEARNING GUIDED INSIGHTS INTO PHONON SCATTERING MECHANISMS FOR TUNABLE THERMAL TRANSPORT IN MATERIALS FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES

Blagden, Katherine M.. EXPLORING THE BENEFITS, BARRIERS, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY STEM PARTNERSHIPS: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY ON STEM COLLABORATION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Bowden, William. TEXTUAL SEDIMENTS: GENRE AND THE PLANETARY NOVEL

Brown-Nash, Audreyana. CHARACTERIZATION OF METHODOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACIDS (CSIA-AA)

Bryant, James S.. PROJECT MANAGER RISK RESPONSE VIA THE SCHEDULE DURATION MECHANISM IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Cahan, James. Global engagement, local impact: Exploring practicing teachers' experiences in a Fulbright-Hays Group Project in Guatemala

Carlson, Erik. A MULTISPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH REDSHIFT QUASARS AND THEIR ENERGY PRODUCTION MECHANISMS

Carvalho, Orianna Duncan. MORE THAN JUST FOOD AND MONEY: AN EXPLORATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS’ CHALLENGES WITH FOOD ACCESS AND INSECURITY

Chapdelaine, Abygail. INVESTIGATING MONO-DRIVER VERSUS MULTI-DRIVER ONCOGENESIS VIA ALTERATIONS TO CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS

Chu, Tyler. MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF DROP-STITCH INFLATABLE STRUCTURES TO SHOCK AND IMPACT LOADING

Connolly, Somatra Lynn. College Health Provider Experiences with Inclusive and Affirming Care of Sexual and Gender Minorities

Conti, Michael. ANALYSIS OF EARLY INTERVENTIONS TO RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Coppersmith, Jessica. MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SHELLFISH PATHOGEN VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS RE22 AND THE PROBIONT PHAEOBACTER INHIBENS S4Sm

Cres, Cecile. APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING TO TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF METAGENOMICS DATA

Crowley, Deborah. NUMERICAL MODELING STUDY OF COASTAL IMPACTS FROM EXTREME STORMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Desrochers, Jessica. REVERSE GEOMETRIC DISPERSION IN THE BEAUFORT SEA: DISSECTING SOUND PROPAGATION AT LONG RANGES IN DUCTED PROFILES

Dionne, Connor Jaymes. COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTANDING AND MANIPULATING THE HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN NEXT-GENERATION BATTERY MATERIALS

Dunlevy, Francesca Alexa. MARKET SEGMENTATION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC EVENT ATTENDANCE INTENTIONS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR APPROACH

Eaton, Lindsey Eileen. THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL DIET ON DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING: A CROSS SPECIES ANALYSIS

Ewton, Erica. QUANTIFYING MIXOTROPHY POTENTIAL AS A FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL DRIVERS IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE PLANKTON COMMUNITIES

Fajardo Grandidge, Aura. USING AN ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL LENS TO EXAMINE THE 1ST YEAR PERSISTENCE AND SCIENCE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT OF AT-RISK BIOLOGY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE EQUITY-MINDED HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES

Fellingham, John H.. THREE ESSAYS ON HOW PASSIVE OWNERSHIP OF STOCKS IS RESHAPING MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE AND TRADITIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE METRICS

Fernandes, Renato. ENTREPRENEURIAL SELLING AND BUSINESS SUCCESS IN BRAZIL

Ferreira, Colby Mils. GENETIC AND BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS CONTROLLING DIVISOME LOCALIZATION AND SEPTATION DURING THE ESCHERICHIA COLI CELL CYCLE

Fornasaro-Donahue, Viviane. "UNDERSTANDING OBESITY EXPERIENCES AND TREATMENT DECISION-MAKING IN HISPANIC-LATINO COMMUNITIES”

Frank, Jordann Rawlins. MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR IMPROVING CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG WOMEN LEAVING PRISON

Franzetta, Sharon Ann. INCENTIVES, PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN WASTE

Fusco, Rosemarie. CONFRONTING THE SEAPORT RESILIENCE GAP: INCENTIVES, FRAMEWORKS, AND CASE STUDIES FOR ENHANCING RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS IN PORT PLANNING AND POLICY

Gaspar, Lauren. THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NANO- AND MICROPLASTICS EXPOSURE, GENETIC RISK FACTORS, AND AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE

Gillis, Helice A.. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PILLAR[5]ARENE AND PILLAR[6]ARENE IN THE SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO A WATER-SOLUBLE PILLAR[6]ARENE: A CASE OF KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PRODUCTS OR TWO DISTINCT, COMPETING REACTIONS

Gong, Liyuan. MICROPLASTICS DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND CYTOTOXICITY EVALUATION VIA LAB-ON-CHIP

Habach, Sam. STABILITY AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF AUTONOMOUS AND NONAUTONOMOUS DISCRETE POPULATION MODELS WITH STOCKING, HARVESTING, AND COOPERATION

Habtemichael, Asta. CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN: FATE, BIOACCUMULATION, AND RISK COMMUNICATION

Hixon, Courtney Janell. CUEING INTO THE CULTURE: AWE'S IMPACT ON BLACK WOMEN'S SUNSCREEN RITUALS & CONSUMER-TO-CONSUMER ADVOCACY

Honeycutt, Daniel S.. EXPANDING THE BIOMOLECULAR CHEMICAL SPACE THROUGH DIRECT FUNCTIONAL GROUP CONVERSION

Jacoby, Danielle. DYNAMICS OF METAL-COORDINATED COUMARIN DYES FOR PHOTOSWITCHING APPLICATIONS

John, Leni. THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION

Karna, Pravin. UNDERSTANDING ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: IMPLICATIONS TO THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND CARRIER MOBILITIES IN METALS AND ULTRA-WIDE BAND GAP MATERIALS

Kass, Elizabeth. ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO CONTROL AND MANAGE GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES IN SMALL RUMINANTS

Kim, Andrew. CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF SPECIALIZED METABOLITES FROM HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS

Knibb, Jana N.. INTERSECTIONS OF INATTENTION: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF MULTIPLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE SETTINGS

Kraics, Mark Donald. WILL I GO TO MY APPOINTMENT? CASE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF MISSED TRANSPORTATION IN MEDICAID

Labossiere, Alex. “WHAT’S SUPP” DEVELOPING AN IN VITRO MODEL FOR HEALTHY ORAL BIOFILMS