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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Tharmrasan, Arthiha. CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION - LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Treacy, Collin P.. TARGETED ENERGY TRANSFER IN A BISTABLE ROTARY NONLINEAR ENERGY SINK
Vad, Nicolas Maximilian. TOTAL HYDROGEN EMISSIONS OF THE U.S. HYDROGEN SUPPLY CHAIN: CURRENT INVENTORY AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS
Vaillancourt, Robert. RESPONSE OF FLUID FILLED DOUBLE HULL STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE LOADING
Vallaro, Michael F.. MARKERLESS MOTION CAPTURE FOR DUAL-HANDED TELEPORTATION OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS
Wellington, Kevin. AUTOMATED ROBOTIC FASTENING OF NUTS USING FORCE FEEDBACK
Zarka, Kelly L.. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN FATTY ACID STATUS AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN GHANAIAN WOMEN AT 6 MONTHS POSTPARTUM: A SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Ahorklo, Reuben Mawuena Kwadzo. Classification Models for Predicting Mouse Spinal Motoneuron Physiological Type based on their Electrical Properties
Albertson, Shawn. REAL TIME PHASE RESOLVED WAVE FORECASTING FOR THE ACTIVE CONTROL OF FLOATING BODIES
Altobelli, Kent H.. PATH PLANNING FOR ROBOT NAVIGATION IN SPARSELY OBSERVABLE ENVIRONMENTS
Banas, Daniel Alexander. ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE IN QUIESCENT UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
Beason, Jordan W.. TOWARDS LOW COST REAL-TIME SEAFLOOR FEATURELESS VISUAL ODOMETRY
Becker, Thomas. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF HYDRO- AND MORPHO-DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL REEF DESIGNS
Bejin, Eli. PUTTING ON A GRAVE FACE: THE TRANSITION OF MOURNING DRESS FROM 1900 TO 1920
Beyer, Robert. HUMAN-INSPIRED VISION-BASED REACHING AND GRASPING FOR ASSISTIVE ROBOTIC ARMS WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
Bissonnette, Lauren. REGIONAL BALLAST WATER MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR APPLICATION IN NEW ENGLAND
Cantón Leal, José Miguel. ReBoot: A wearable sensing system for in-home Parkinon's motor assessments
Carcieri, Alysia. THE MODERATING ROLE OF SERVICE UTILIZATION BETWEEN NEWBORN MOTHERS FINANCIAL WORRIES AND DEPRESSION
Cass, Letty. A CASE STUDY OF WHITE SHARK TOURISM IN CAPE COD: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR A GROWING INDUSTRY
Charpentier, Alexis R.. APPLICATION OF SECONDARY CONTROL FOR MICROGRID RESILIENCE
Chiappelli, Julia. DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL 3D PRINTED FURNITURE MADE FROM PLASTIC WASTE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES
Cirella, Stephen M. Jr.. HEALTH PERCEPTIONS OF NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETES
Cirivello, Rowan Murphy. ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY SIZE COMPOSITION ACROSS THERMAL REGIMES IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM
Clavette, Nicholas. A SAMPLE EFFICIENT OFF-POLICY ACTOR-CRITIC APPROACH FOR DISCRETE ACTION ENVIRONMENTS
Colandré, Camila. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING UTILIZATION IN DISADVANTAGED AND NON-DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
Cousens, Virginia. A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF PRECIPITATION AND AIR-SEA GAS EXCHANGE OF CIRCUMPOLAR WATERS IN THE EASTERN AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA
Crawley, Evan. THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL QUALITIES ON MESSAGE COMPREHENSION AND LIKING IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY
Crowther, Savanna. INVESTIGATING AND TESTING HISTORIC METHODS FOR THE CREATION OF IMITATION PEARLS
Cute, Zoe Rina. CHRONIC ILLNESS AMONG PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE HOLDERS IN ADULTS OF POVERTY STATUS
Damato, Nikol J.. AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH FOR EVALUATING COMPLIANCE WITH VESSEL REGULATIONS TO REDUCE DISTURBANCES TO KILLER WHALES (ORCINUS ORCA)
Daye, Daniel. PREDICTING HABITAT SUITABILITY OF MIGRATORY SHARKS USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODS
Day, Susan E.. HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF A BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILT TOP
DeBossu, Charlotte A.. An Evaluation of Object Detection Algorithms Applied to Oceanographic Midwater Imagery
DeFrancesco, Joey La Neve. THE GASPEE AFFAIR: SLAVERY, TRADE, AND ELITE REBELLION IN COLONIAL RHODE ISLAND
Dejesus, Gianni. A CULT CLASSIC: SNEAKER CULTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Deus, Lauren. AUGMENTED REALITY FOR ADVANCED PROSTHETIC TRAINING IN NON-AMPUTEES
deWardener, Zachary Anthony. Defining the Digital Twin for Industry 4.0
Ellison, Tyler-Ann. THE ROLE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON IDENTITY EXPLORATION STRATEGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG EMERGING ADULT WOMEN
Elloso, Andrew. QUANTITATIVE RESPONSE OF METALS POST HEAT TREATMENT
Galuska, Michael. UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE BUBBLE INTERACTION WITH A FLAT ADJACENT WATER-BACKED STRUCTURE
Garrison, Julian. HOME IS WHERE THE HABITAT IS: MODELING SHORTFIN MAKO HABITAT SUITABILITY VIA MACHINE LEARNING METHODS
Gartland, Lindsey. THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN INTER-PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND PATERNAL CLOSENESS AT AGE 9 ON RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT AGE 15
Girard, Rachel. THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FAMILY DISAPPROVAL OF SUBSTANCE USE AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN ADOLESCENTS
Grantham-Coogan, Nathan. DYNAMIC BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF 3D-PRINTED POLYMER STRUCTURES
Hall, Emily. BLUE CARBON AND MICROPLASTIC SEQUESTRATION IN COASTAL HABITATS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Hanifah, Farrah. LINKING TEMPERATURE OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC AND ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (AMOC)
Harkins, Shaina. THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY TO CHANGING NITROGEN INPUT AND TEMPERATURE
Hasan, Mennatullah. OPIOIDS AND OPIOID USE DISORDER TREATMENT IN PREGNANCY: SPONTANEOUS ABORTION AND CHILDHOOD NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Hernandez Valencia, Evelyn. VALIDITY OF THE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF ADVERSITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ACROSS RACE/ETHNICITY AND GENDER
Humphreys, Ryan. RECOVERING THE FULL NETWORK USING A SAMPLING BIAS ADJUSTMENT IN SAMPLED NETWORK
Jarvis, Timothy R.. GREEN NATION: STATE FORESTRY AND ITS FAILURES IN THE ATLANTIC PYRENEES, 1827-1848
Johnson, Alexandra. IDENTIFICATION OF A FUNGAL PATHOGEN OF INVASIVE SWALLOW-WORTS AND EXPLORATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HYPENA OPULENTA, A BIOCONTROL AGENT OF SWALLOW-WORTS
KafiKang, Maryam. ANALYSIS OF TURKEY REOVIRUS USING MACHINE LEARNING
Kennelly, Melissa Jane. PATCHING HOLES IN FASHION HISTORY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO QUEER DESIGNER, CHESTER WEINBERG, IN HISTORICAL TEXTILE COLLECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
Klassen, Angela. NEURAL NETWORK BASED GENERATION OF RADAR HEATMAPS FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ADAS)
Lawrence, Thomas. EVALUATING THE OCEAN STATE OCEAN MODEL FOR STUDYING COASTAL DYNAMICS OF RHODE ISLAND SOUND
Leahy, Annabelle. EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF AMERICAN LOBSTER HABITAT PREFERENCES AND CATCHABILITY IN VENTLESS TRAP SURVEYS
Leung, Michelle. SOLVENT GELS FOR TEXTILE CONSERVATION
Li, Jessica. Exploring CLIP Feature Vectors for Improved Out-of-Distribution Detection
Lintz, Caleb. COMPARISON OF CONCURRENT MEASUREMENT OF RAYLEIGH WAVES USING A DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND GEOPHONES
Lopez, Miguel Alessandro. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF A TUBULAR FUEL ELEMENT IN THE CENTRIFUGAL NUCLEAR THERMAL ROCKET
Maciolek, William. 3D PRINTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CAPABILITIES
Maio, Justin P.. OPTIMIZING AUTONOMOUS MULTI-AGENT SEARCH PATTERNS USING SWARM INTELLIGENCE
Manetta, Joseph Vincent. DISTRIBUTION AND VARIABILITY OF BLUE CARBON IN TIDAL MARSH SOILS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
Manzella, Emma. EFFECT OF WIND-WAVE MISALIGNMENT ON DRAG COEFFICIENT
McCarron, Brendan. POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE (ACC) IN WATER TREATMENT OPERATIONS
McCormick, Declan James. EARLY LIFE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LOBSTERS (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) IN COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERS
McDonagh, Shalan. ON THE UTILITY OF MULTI-SPECIES FORAMINIFERA-BOUND δ15N RECORDS FOR SUBTROPICAL FRONT MIGRATION ANALYSIS
Mesquita, Pedro. MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MICROPLASTICS SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION
Miller, Andria M.. IMPACTS OF SEASONAL VARIATIONS ON PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH AND GRAZING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
Miller, Hannah. EFFECTS OF INSTALLATION ON THE MONOTONIC STATIC UPLIFT CAPACITY OF HELICAL ANCHORS
Miller, Jami Marie. THE IMPACT OF ARTISANAL FISHERS ON FOOD SECURITY AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN RHODE ISLAND
Morgan, Gregory. RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES TO DYNAMIC AND EXTREME LOADING CONDITIONS
Morris, James Michael. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC SENSING FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF O-RING SEALS
Mucci, Nicole. Benthic nutrient fluxes response to seasonal hypoxia in coastal zones
Naguib, Merna. ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Naprstek, Rebecca. DAWN OF THE CENOZOIC: VERTEBRATE-BEARING POST-DINOSAUREXTINCTION PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF CORRAL BLUFFS, CO, USA
Neilitz, Stephanie. CREATING MUSEUM CURRICULUM: ENSLAVED PEOPLE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION C. 1775-1865
Neugebauer, Philipp. GREEN ERGONOMICS: A DECADE’S CALL UNANSWERED? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Ologunowa, Abiodun John. REAL-WORLD MEDICATION MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Otte, Leonie Samira. ANALYSIS OF VOTE-BY-MAIL PROCESSING AND TABULATION: A TIME STUDY FROM SALT LAKE CITY
Parisi, Phillip M.. FURTHERING USABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL GAUSSIAN PROCESS REGRESSION AS APPLIED TO MULTI-BEAM SONAR DATA
Pauley, Elizabeth. AN EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR HANDLING MISSING DATA IN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS WITH OMITTED MODERATION EFFECTS
Pelletier, Corey. BROOK TROUT HABITAT SELECTION AND MOVEMENT RESPONSE TO CRITICALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN FRAGMENTED STREAM NETWORKS
Perle, Sebastian. A MULTI-LAYER PREFETCHER INTERACTION ANALYSIS: TOWARDS AN IMPROVED PREFETCHER SYSTEM DESIGN
Petit, Hannah. EFFECTS OF MATE CHOICE ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF NEW ENGLAND COTTONTAILS (SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS)
Pham, Thao Nguyen Ngoc. CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR CLASSIFICATION TEEG AND EEG
Placido, Owen. ADVANCED SEPTIC SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE NITROGEN AND PER AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES TO COASTAL GROUNDWATER
Potter, Michael Shawn II. HARD CLAM (Mercenaria mercenaria L.) RESPONSE TO A WARMING ENVIRONMENT: A MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT
Quevedo, Jose D.. IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING.
Rahman, Muhammad Akif. STUDY OF ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GAS ADSORBED TWO DIMENSIONAL COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Richards, Skye. EXAMINING THE METABOLIC REQUIREMENTS AND PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES OF ACTIVE-ASSISTED AND RECUMBENT CYCLING IN HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS
Rivera, Kevin. PLANAR PASSIVE WIRELESS TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN SENSORS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS
Rothstein, Melissa C.. IMPULSIVITY FACETS ASSOCIATED WITH CO-USE AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS VIA PERCEIVED NORMS
Runyan, Alexandra T.. DEVELOPING A LOW-COST STEREO IMAGING SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE VISUAL MODELING OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
Sapronov, Alexander. MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF GYROIDS UNDER DYNAMIC LOADS
Schmidt, Sierra. EXAMINING THE REGULATION OF THE BS21 HOMOLOGS IN FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS
Senerchia, Maria. THE COPING SKILLS OF LABORATORY SCHOOL DIRECTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON JOB ENGAGEMENT
Sherlock, McKensie. COMPACT FIBERID READER USING OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR)
Simmons, Andrew. "Fewer and Better Doctors:" Medical School Admission in the United States, 1900-1970