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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lariviere, Niklas. FACILITY-LEVEL HYDROGEN EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS FROM HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITIES

Lockwood, Dominique Jae. BIG CELLS, BIG IMPACT: UNRAVELLING SEASONAL PATTERNS OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN NARRAGANSETT BAY

Lopardo, Sophia. BEST METHODS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF POLLINATOR PLANTINGS IN HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY

Lora, Richeila. IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION ON ADULT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS

Manning, Emma. DISGUISED: UNMASKING EARLY MASS MARKET HALLOWEEN COSTUMES IN TWO RHODE ISLAND COLLECTIONS

Marasco, Daniel A.. A SYSTEM TO TEST SELECTIVE DIRECTIONAL LASER MELTING OF 3D PRINTED METAL SURFACES

Marx, Shane. EVALUATION OF POLYMER COATED FABRICS SUBJECTED TO VARIOUS MULTIAXIAL STRESS STATES

Mather, Ricky. THE ANATOMY OF EFFICIENCY: CHANGES IN BRITISH MILITARY MEDICINE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

Michael, Lauren. ON ISLAND TIME: A HALF CENTURY OF CHANGES IN AUTUMN MIGRATORY SONGBIRD ABUNDANCE AND PHENOLOGY ON BLOCK ISLAND, AN OFFSHORE STOPOVER SITE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Millspaugh, Ian. NEAR-FIELD INTERACTIONS OF A BUBBLE SCREEN AND UNDERWATER EXPLOSION (UNDEX)

Mineau, Ashlee. THE ROLE OF SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS ON CHILD BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES DURING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Monroy Lopez, Rodrigo. NANOTUBE SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR OPTIMIZED BIOIMAGING/SENSING AND DISEASE DETECTION APPLICATIONS IN ALS

Neber, Anneke. NUMERIC SIMULATION OF A REALISTIC HYDROKINETIC TURBINE IN EXPOSED OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS

Nields, Anne C.. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF EMOTION REGULATION IN PREDICTING BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYMPTOMS AMONG SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH

Nunes, Sara R.. SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM STORAGE OF VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER BALLOTS

O'Donnell, Matthew. PREDICTING THE STATE OF HEALTH OF SAMSUNG 25R LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

Ozuna, Ivy. ANALYZING MANUAL CAREFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE DISASSEMBLY USING DECISION TREES FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BATTERY CELLS

Pederson, Calla. EVALUATING YIELD AND QUALITY OF HEAT-TOLERANT BROCCOLI VARIETIES FOR RHODE ISLAND FARMERS

Pellegrini, Brooke. HERBIVORE KAIROMONES AFFECT GERMINATION SPEED, SEEDLING GROWTH, AND HERBIVORY

Pensky, Emma M.. ANALYSIS OF CHARGING STATION DISTRIBUTION THROUGH SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS: A CHICAGO CASE STUDY

Peters, Michael. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM THAT CHARACTERIZES HIGHINTENSITY GAMMA FIELDS FROM RINSC NUCLEAR FUEL

Provvisiero, Gianluca. ADVANCING WIND TURBINE BLADE LONGEVITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE TRAILING EDGE REINFORCEMENT USING AUXETIC TPU STRUCTURES

Sai, Pranav. SEMI-EMPIRICAL PREDICTION OF WAVE RUNUP DURING NOR’EASTERS IN NEW ENGLAND

Salazar, Isaac B.. TOWARD PRECISE LONG-RANGE UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC GEO-POSITIONING: UTILIZING VEHICLE DATA AND DEEPENING THE GNSS ANALOGY THROUGH UNCERTAINTY MODELING

Satkowski, Seraphina. FIELD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SELECTIVELY BRED EASTERN OYSTER LINES IN NEW JERSEY AND RHODE ISLAND

Schneider, Melissa. DEVELOPMENT OF OPTICAL STRAIN SENSING “SMART TEXTILE” FOR NON-CONTACT MONITORING OF STRAIN

Seng, Alex Visal. THE P3 EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL (ERP) IN VISUAL AND AUDITORY TASKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN ADHD PREADOLESCENT CHILDREN

Seo, Sungyoun. A COMPACT FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR FOR LARGE-FORMAT SUPERCONDUCTING MICROWAVE KINETIC INDUCTANCE DETECTORS

Smith, Spencer P.. BIAXIAL MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND THERMAL MODELING OF DUCTILE METALS

Tamlyn, Autumn. AN APPLICATION OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL TO VAPING CESSATION: MEASURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROCESSES OF CHANGE

Thompson, Katherine. INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN REDUCING FECAL BACTERIA IN NARROW RIVER, RHODE ISLAND

Thurber, Shaun. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED ENHANCED STATE OF HEALTH (SOH) ESTIMATION FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY UTILIZING TWO-PULSE LOAD TEST

Tierney, Elizabeth. DIET QUALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Tran, Tyler. THE EFFECTS OF SHOE FOREFOOT DESIGN ON CENTER OF PRESSURE AND KNEE MOMENTS DURING RUNNING IN A FATIGUED AND NON-FATIGUED STATE

Trivisonno, Jacob. TRACKING CONTROL OF A STRING ACTUATED SOFT TRUNK ROBOT USING STATE-SPACE MODELING

Wadowski, Gianna M.. A Comparative Study of Electronic and Paper Ballot Systems in Modern U.S. Elections

Ward, Jamie-Lynn. COASTAL PERSPECTIVES: AN ANALYSIS OF RESIDENT AND VISITOR ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS OF COASTAL RESILIENCE MEASURES IN RHODE ISLAND

Watterson, Alex J.. FLEXURAL RESPONSE OF INFLATABLE DROP-STITCH PANELS

Webber, Frances. METABARCODING-BIOMASS RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERNAL STANDARDS FOR QUANTITATIVE DNA METABARCODING

Winters, Keevan. QUANTIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF IRRADIATION ON THE DYNAMIC COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF NAVAL MATERIALS

Wood, Joshua F.. DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A COMPACT ROV FOR DEEP-SEA RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION

Zmich, Jason. PLASTICS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH BACTERIAL BIOFILMS OF SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7002 AND ESCHERICHIA COLI NISSLE 1917

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Adeseyoju, Oreoluwa. CHARACTERIZATION OF ADHESIVE STRENGTH IN METAL-POLYMER BONDS

Agvent, Lindsay. TESTING THE ONTOGENETIC MIGRATION HYPOTHESIS IN THE EMERGING RHODE ISLAND JONAH CRAB (CANCER BOREALIS) FISHERY USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS

Alexander, Donald Samuel. Characterization of a Single Bladed Propeller used for Actuating an Autonomous Undersea Vehicle

Ardovino, Marissa. OCCUPANCY OF A NEW MEXICO ENDEMIC SALAMANDER ACROSS A WILDFIRE BURN SEVERITY GRADIENT

Barbera, Gina. DOES NEGLECT AS A CHILD AFFECT LATER LIFE LONELINESS?

Barrett, Gabriel A.. VARIANT GRAPHS IMPROVE ACCURACY OF DOWNSTREAM ANALYSIS IN RESTRICTION SITE-ASSOCIATED SEQUENCING

Bassett, Gregory. CYSTEINE ARYLATION VIA UNCONVENTIONAL NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION

Becker, Payton. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTILES: FACT OR FICTION? AN INVESTIGATION OF TEXTILE FRAGMENTS WITH UNCERTAIN PROVENANCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S HISTORIC TEXTILE AND COSTUME COLLECTION

Boiani, Sophia. INNOVATIVE BIOINK FORMULATION FOR 3D BIOPRINTING OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS

Brand, Sawyer V.S.. EDDY HEAT FLUX IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE

Byrne, Alexandra. BLAST MITIGATION PROPERTIES OF BUBBLE SCREENS ON NEARBY UNDERWATER STRUCTURES

Caero, Thomas V.. A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE PACIFIC-ARCTIC REGION

Carrasquillo, Angel. GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA POPULATIONS FOR USE IN AQUACULTURE