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Open Access Master's Theses

The University of Rhode Island archives and provides access to master's theses through DigitalCommons@URI. Theses prior to 2013 may or may not be available here. Please consult the URI library catalog to see all titles. For those theses available only in print, the library can usually scan a copy upon request.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Alves Pereira, Francisco Xavier. CALLIOPEION AND THE ARIADNE WEB APP: HUMAN-AI TOOLS FOR ANCIENT TEXT RECONSTRUCTION OF GREEK POETIC SCANSION

Blanco, Julian. DESIGN OF A COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MESOPELAGIC VERTICAL PROFILING ROBOT

Codey, Keira Ilene. AN “OUTBURST OF IRISH FEELING”: FASCISM IN THE IRISH FREE STATE

Crowley, Mackensie duPont. COVERING THE COAST: LOCAL NEWS FRAMES AND JOURNALIST PERSPECTIVES ON SEA LEVEL RISE IN RHODE ISLAND

Daniele, Patrick. ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL AMPLIFICATION CAUSES AT COASTAL STRONG MOTION STATIONS WITH ELEVATED GROUND MOTION RESIDUALS FROM THE 2024 TEWKSBURY, NEW JERSEY EARTHQUAKE

Downer, Jane. POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS IN COASTAL AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES

Fruhwirth, Ainsley. DATA IMPROVED MODELS APPLIED TO ESSENTIAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS

Galati, Giavanna. USING A NOVEL APPROACH TO MEASURE PHONOLOGICAL WORKING MEMORY IN PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM: A NONWORD REPETITION STUDY

Gibson, Shelby Elin Nicole. EVALUATING SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE AND RESIDENCE TIMES IN WINNAPAUG POND: DRIVERS AND DYNAMICS OF A SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL LAGOON

Gilmore, Amanda. BETWEEN A ROCKPILE AND A HARD PLACE: MAPPING THE FOLK-HYDRONYMY OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Grivers, Christopher Ryan. THE EFFECT OF ALUMINUM SUBSTRATE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY AND SURFACE ENERGY ON THE PEEL STRENGTH OF POLYURETHANE COATINGS

Hall, Emily. INVESTIGATING NETARTS BAY, OREGON COASTAL LANDSCAPE CHANGE FROM TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE THROUGH ISOTOPIC, STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS AND QUANTIFYING DUNE INFLUENCE ON SALT MARSH MORPHODYNAMICS

Harishjitu Saseendran, Fnu. GPU-ACCELERATED BIASED RANDOM-KEY GENETIC ALGORITHMS: FRAMEWORK OPTIMIZATION AND LLM-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION

Hensel, Megan. EXPLORING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE: INSIGHTS FROM GROWERS IN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS

Hill, Maximillian. PEEL STRENGTH OF POLYURETHANE COATED MARINE METALS IN AIR AND IN UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS

Hyde, Mason E.. ENSEMBLE DEPENDENCE OF MECHANICAL RELAXATION IN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION

Koch, Kieran Rae. WHAT’S THE USE? OBJECT INTERACTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS

López, Adamari. THE ROLE OF PARENTING IN MITIGATING EPIGENETIC CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK IN PREDOMINANTLY LATINO PRESCHOOLERS

McCarthy, Abigail. KINEMATIC AND MUSCLE ACTIVITY DIFFERENCES DURING DUAL TASK CUTTING IN NCAA SOCCER PLAYERS

McGee, Richard. “FOR RESCUING HIS HORSE”: AN ANTHROZOOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DISSENT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEW ENGLAND

Miller, Jocelyn. THE ROLE OF ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN A CHANGING FISHERY: A CASE STUDY ON THE RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL LOBSTER INDUSTRY

Milman, Jacob. AN INVESTIGATION OF QUIET BUNKS FOR IMPROVED REST ON MARINE VESSELS

Moss, Lindsey. EFFECT OF KELVIN SEAMOUNT ON ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION

Motta, Sophia. EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN A NATURAL AND RESTORED SALT MARSH

Murray, Abigail B.. CRUISE INDUSTRY CONSIDERATIONS OF COASTAL HAZARDS RESILIENCE FOR CRUISE PORTS: A BASELINE SURVEY

Najel, Ruth Nangeh. CONTENT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR AFRICAN CULTURAL FASHION BRANDS ON INSTAGRAM

Odubayo, Waheed. ENHANCING BAY SCALLOP MONITORING USING MACHINE LEARNING AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION WITH BENTHIC VISUAL IMAGERY

Ofori, Francisca A.. ASSESSING CAUSAL EFFECTS OF HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PACKAGE INTERVENTIONS UNDER DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF SPILLOVER

Overstrum, Katherine. HERBIVORE CUES AND PLANT DAMAGE-ASSOCIATED-COMPOUNDS JOINTLY ALTER SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING HERBIVORY

Oyewole, Emmanuel O.. GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF SMALL-SCALE FISHERS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO

Paz, Alberto. MACHINE LEARNING AS A TOOL FOR UNCOVERING TRANSCRIPTIONAL SIGNATURES OF BIVALVE TRANSMISSIBLE NEOPLASIA IN MERCENARIA MERCENARIA

Pumo, Eva. FRAMING THE SEASCAPE: COASTAL VISITOR NARRATIVES ON OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT IN NEW ENGLAND

Rosa, Jacqueline. IMPACT OF WATER QUALITY AND GEAR TYPE ON EASTERN OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) GROWTH IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RI

Rumbiak, Helmawaty E.. WOMEN SHELLFISHERS’ ROLE IN MANAGING ‘WOMEN’S FOREST’ AND CONSERVATION CHALLENGES IN YOUTEFA BAY, INDONESIA

Santiago, Eirette M.. HERBIVORE-SPECIFIC PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES TO A PRE-ATTACK RISK CUE

StCyr, Hadley Ann. INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCES IN ENERGY AVAILABILITY BASED ON PRESCRIBED TRAINING DAY INTENSITY IN FEMALE ATHLETES

Sturniolo, Fenwick. THE MISSING MONEY: WHY THE FASHION INDUSTRY CAN'T AFFORD TO IGNORE “OTHER BODIES”

Truong, Frances. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTIVE HEAVE COMPENSATION SYSTEM ON A COST EFFECTIVE MICROCONTROLLER FOR A FIBER OPTIC TETHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Turley, Nell. GUARDING THE GARDEN HOSES: INDUSTRY RESPONSES TO THE SECURITIZATION OF SUBMARINE CABLES

Varela, Bryan. PASSIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS DIVERSE SWARM FORMATIONS AND SCALES UTILIZING WAKE SIGNATURES FOR MESSAGING AND OBJECT INFERENCE

Yasmin, Nasima. SEISMIC MONITORING OF RIVER DISCHARGE USING LOW-COST SEISMIC SENSOR

Yusuf, Hafizan. TARGET TRIAL EMULATION FOR COMPARATIVE SAFETY OF GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST USE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST USE IN REAL-WORLD CLINICAL PRACTICE

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Addae, Kenneth. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VITAMIN D STATUS AND CORTISOL CONCENTRATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN

Addo, Fred Baffour. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DIETARY SODIUM AND POTASSIUM INTAKES, URINARY SODIUM AND POTASSIUM EXCRETION AND BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG ADULT FEMALES IN OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA

Aldenberg, Paige. PREDICTING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, QUICK FLOW, AND RECHARGE IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES THROUGH 2100

Austin, Ansel R.. OPTICAL-LINK-AWARE ONLINE WAYPOINT PLANNER FOR ASV-AUV SYSTEMS

Ayi-bonte, David. ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-MEDIATED EFFECTS OF RESVERATROL ON MUSCLE FUNCTION

Bales, Gregory. THE CORAL CAROUSEL: A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU PROPAGATION OF DEEP-SEA CORALS

Bevilacqua, Joe. DEVELOP A CROSS-PLATFORM TOOLSET FOR IN SITU DEEP-SEA CORAL PROPAGATION

Biswas, Supti. RISK FACTORS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A STATISTICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING PERSPECTIVE

Bozza, Lia. INVESTIGATION OF CSLD AND PME GENES IN CELL DIVISION AND EXPANSION IN PHYSCOMITRIUM PATENS

Burgess, Margit. FROM LAWNS TO LIFE: LANDSCAPING FOR BIODIVERSITY ON MASON’S ISLAND

Campbell, Morgan. LITTLE PROBLEMS: PHOTOSYNTHETIC TEXTILE TREATMENTS AS A SOURCE OF OXYGEN

Cannon, Liam. THE BODHI APP: A POST-TRAUMA SELF-REGULATION APP FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Cardoza, Erin. QUEER COASTS: BEACH SPACE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE AMERICAN QUEER COMMUNITY

Carroll, Atticus. THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON PERCEPTIONS OF WARMTH AND COMPETENCE IN LEADERS

Cerveira-Bianchi, Julia. A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY: USING EYE TRACKING & COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS WITH L1 AND L2 SPANISH READERS

Cheney, Georgia. A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS IN RHODE ISLAND

Coclin, Constantine. FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING FOR SURFACE WAVE INVERSION IN TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS

Colaneri, Timothy. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A COMPILER ARCHITECTURE FOR FIRST-CLASS PATTERN MATCHING

Collins, Meagan. INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF FNCI-1 IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF THE C. ELEGANS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Considine, Cassidy. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS BETWEEN THE EMBRACEPLUS AND THE SHIMMER3 GSR+

Corcoran, Liam. FROM NEST TO HOME RANGE: EXPLORING THE NESTING BEHAVIOR, CHICK DEVELOPMENT, AND SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS BREEDING IN RHODE ISLAND, USA

Costa, Kyle B.. EVALUATING MONOPILE FOUNDATION STIFFNESS AT COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND FARM

Costick, Nicholas Ryan. DYNAMIC BEAMFORMING AND ARRAY SHAPE ESTIMATION

Cuorvo, Raffaele. STRATEGIC TRAILING EDGE REINFORCEMENT OF WIND TURBINE BLADES USING HONEYCOMB POLYMER INSERTS

Danso, Frank Atobrah. HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EFFICIENT FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR FOR MICROWAVE KINETIC INDUCTANCE DETECTORS

Degner, Fynn. EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES – A CASE STUDY IN THE METAL-PROCESSING INDUSTRY

Dies, Gavin. MODELING THE NOISE ATTENUATION EFFECTS OF BUBBLE CURTAINS AT COASTAL VIRGINIA OFFSHORE WIND INSTALLATION

Dunbar, Brian. HEART RATE AND ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE IN HIGH FATIGUE ENVIRONMENTS

Dunn, Brendan. OPTIMAL SUBSPACE ESTIMATION FOR LINEAR NESTED ARRAYS: APPLICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE METRICS

Elliott, Hugh. DESIGN AND CONTROL OF A STROKE THERAPY DEVICE

Ellis, Carrie. ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATION OF MANGANESE OXIDE (MnOx)- COATED MEDIA

Espinoza Barraza, Felipe. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF WAVE ATTENUATION BY COASTAL VEGETATION USING A FULLY-NONLINEAR BOUSSINESQ MODEL

Esposito, Elena. THROUGH THEIR EYES: INVESTIGATING THE BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE IN PARENTS AN EXPLORATION IN EYE TRACKING DURING A PHONEMIC RESTORATION PARADIGM IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOCIAL COMMUNICATION MEASURES

Fry, Malinda P.. THE STATE OF ACCESSIBLE VOTING EQUIPMENT: A REVIEW FROM 2000 TO 2024

Gardner, David. FINANCIAL FACTORS AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW USING THE TCCM FRAMEWORK

Giordano, Brendan J.. FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF OFFSHORE WIND MONOPILE IMPACT PILE DRIVING IN COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS

Gray, Megan. CONTRASTING SUPPORT FOR AN UMBRELLA SPECIES: BREEDING ECOLOGY OF EASTERN TOWHEE AND PRAIRIE WARBLER IN HABITAT MANAGED FOR AMERICAN WOODCOCK IN RHODE ISLAND, USA

Green, Haley H.. IMPACTS OF A MULTI-LAYERED ACOUSTO-ELASTIC BOTTOM ON SOUND PROPAGATION IN A SEAMOUNT ENVIRONMENT

Hahn, Cameron. DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS LAB-ON-PAPER DEVICE FOR ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY ASSAYS- PROOF OF CONCEPT

Hampton, Maxwell. SUPERFICIAL NEUROMASTS IN THE MECHANOSENSORY LATERAL LINE SYSTEM IN NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE FAMILIES ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE AND CHARACIDAE (ORDER: CHARACIFORMES)

Hartley, Kylie. DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF POLYMER-ANODE MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS FROM WASTEWATER BACTERIA FOR ECO-FRIENDLY ENERGY GENERATION AND APPLICATIONS IN LOW CURRENT SYSTEMS

Hausmann, Giselle. NAVIGATING ONLINE PERCEPTIONS OF OFFSHORE WIND ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK DISCUSSIONS ON RECENT WHALE STRANDINGS

Hayden, Samuel. IMPLOSION OF ALUMINUM CYLINDRICAL SHELLS WITHIN VARYING CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES

Henkenius, Noah. EVALUATING UAS & ALS LIDAR’S ABILITY TO DETECT UNDERSTORY SHRUBS IN RHODE ISLAND FORESTS

Herchen, Michael. ADVANCED DRY PROCESSING OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES

Herchen, Stephen. UNDERWATER IMPLOSION OF 3D PRINTED ABS DOUBLE HULL CORRUGATED CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES

Hub, Erin. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS OF GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVE - CURRENT INTERACTION IN A LAB

Iacoi, Sydney. THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND ALCOHOL USE IN RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM MARGINALIZED BACKGROUNDS

Izzio, Kevin. ANALYSIS OF THE UTILIZATION OF VEGFINHIBITORS IN RHODE ISLAND AND IN MEDICARE PART B NATIONALLY

Jenkins, Christopher. INTEGRATING GRAZING PURPLE SEA URCHINS (ARBACIA PUNCTULATA) WITH EASTERN OYSTERS (CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA) CAN REDUCE BIOFOULING

Jouaneh, Gina M.. JOINT MODELING OF EVENT TIMES AND VISIT PATTERNS IN INTERVAL-CENSORED DATA WITH INFORMATIVE CENSORING

Kaht, Allison. IDENTIFICATION OF THE UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF ROCK FROM A PRESSUREMETER TEST

Kamau, Lucy N.. THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON WATER SCARCITY AND WATERBORNE DISEASES IN EASTERN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI

Karma, Andreas. DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD MODELS FOR ACAI RIVER, JAYAPURA, PAPUA, USING HEC-RAS 1-D MODEL

Khadka, Kushas. ESL AND NON-ESL READERS ACROSS COGNITIVE STYLES READ AI-SUMMARIZED VOTER PAMPHLETS SLOWER

Koch, Felix B.. MINIMALISTIC COMMUNICATION-BASED SWARM SLAM

Kowalski, Lauren. INVESTIGATING VENTILATION IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA USING AN EDDY-PERMITTING REGIONAL OCEAN MODEL

Lamothe, Lauren. MICRO- AND NANO-PLASTICS PREPARATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON COBETIA MARINA