UVM Theses and Dissertations
A Sample of recent theses
- Bowley Dow, Loren (2020) More Than a Scholarship: College and Career Outcomes of Mitchell Institute Promise Scholars [Ed. D.] Leadership and Developmental Sciences
- Laracy, Aidan Ridner (2020) The Iteration Domain Reference Governor, a Constraint Management Scheme for Batch Processes [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Brevik, Kristian (2020) Rapid Evolution in Agroecosystems: Transposable Elements and Epigenetics in the Colorado Potato Beetle [Ph. D.] Plant and Soil Science
- Scalia, Stephanie (2020) Tsrna Involvement in Promoting Breast Cancer Phenotypes [M.S.] Pharmacology
- Burton, Jonathan Robert (2020) Subsurface Sensing With Shakers and Inspection Vehicles [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Kur, Andi (2020) The Potential of Refugee Seed Systems to Promote Contemporary Adaptation in Traditional Crops : A Case Study of African Maize in New England [M.S.] Plant and Soil Science
- Lepeak, Lauren (2020) Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Peptide Projections to the Central Nervous System Regions [M.S.] Pharmacology
- Ezequelle, Wilson (2020) Active Magnetic Sensing for Urban Target Discrimination [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Whitmore, Samuel (2020) Numerical Simulations of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Torch [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Molokandov, Roberta Sofia (2020) Who Performs Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEBs) and Why? : Examining the Impacts of Motivation, Environmental Attitudes, Identity, and Climate Change Concerns on Intended and Actual PEBs [M.S.] Community Development and Applied Economics
- Sarazen, Jillian (2020) Evaluation of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal in Alternative Management Practices for Dairy Farm Production Area Runoff : Bioretention Cells and a Woodchip Bioreactor Treatment System [M.S.] Plant and Soil Science
- Adler, Thomas (2020) Assessing the Biogeochemical Drivers of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in Forested Headwater Catchments : A Multi-Scaled Approach [M.S.] Geology
- Perez, Jessica (2020) Cognitive Predictors of Depressive Symptoms : Cognitive Reactivity, Mood Reactivity, and Dysfunctional Attitudes [M.A.] Psychology
- Hasan, Md Mahmudul (2020) A Chemical Genetics Approach to Understand the Regulation of Cryptosporidium Sexual Differentiation [Ph. D.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Captein, Wilson Alexander (2020) Shame, Pride, and Disclosure: Exploring Paths to Distress in Individuals With Paraphilic Fantasies [M.A.] Psychology
- Melbostad, Heidi S. (2020) Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Two Contraceptive Services Interventions for Women Receiving Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and at Risk of Unintended Pregnancy [Ph. D.] Psychology
- Hulce, Zoe Irene (2020) Finding Brain Predictors of Psychostimulant Medication Use in Adhd Using Machine Learning [M.S.] Pharmacology
- Maucieri, Abigail Marie (2022) Characterization and Manipulation of O-GlcNAcylation in Granulosa Cells of Bovine Ovarian Antral Follicles [M.S.] Animal and Veterinary Sciences
- Guo, Junru (2020) Seed Systems of Bhutanese-Nepali Refugee Gardeners : Making Place in Chittenden County, Vermont [M.S.] Community Development and Applied Economics
- Moskovitz, Eliana (2020) Investigating the RUNX1-CBF[beta] Transcription Factor Complex as a Mitotic Gene Bookmark to Maintain the Normal Mammary Epithelial Phenotype [M.S.] Pharmacology
- Valdez, Eduardo Enrique (2020) Knee Articular Cartilage Material Properties Estimation Through FEA [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- O'Neill, Erin (2020) Effects of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi on Reproductive Traits in Vaccinium Corymbosum [M.S.] Biology
- Day, Kiara Brynne (2020) "A Mighty Woman With a Torch" : Dorothy Thompson's Call for American Action Against Nazism and Jewish Persecution, 1931-1945 [M.A.] History
- Deutsch, Jamie Lucille (2020) Implications of the CALM-AF10 Oncogenic Fusion Protein on Wnt Signaling in Leukemia [M.S.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- McCracken, Aidan Conor (2020) From Tap to Table : Consumer Values, Producer Attitudes, and Vermont Maple Syrup in a Dynamic Landscape [M.S.] Community Development and Applied Economics
- Yacubian, Faith V. (2020) A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Professoriate and the Embodiment of Epistemic Coloniality/Whiteness : A Call for a Contemplative Approach to Academic Freedom [Ed. D.] Leadership and Developmental Sciences
- Aktar, Mahafuza (2020) Effects of Chronic Stress on the Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) [M.S.] Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Osorio, Joycer (2020) Reference Governors : From Theory to Practice [Ph. D.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- McCabe, Matthew P. (2020) Altered Fast Synaptic Transmission in an in Vitro Mouse Model of Epileptic Encephalopathy [Ph. D.] Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Fiske, Patrick (2020) Software Defined Radio Based Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Ground Penetrating Radar [M.S.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- Hewgill, Blake (2020) Open Source Quantitative Stress Prediction Leveraging Wearable Sensing and Machine Learning Methods [M.S.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- Fennelly, Evan Michael (2020) The Utilization of Software Defined Radios for Adaptive, Phased Array Antenna Systems [M.S.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- Laracy, Timothy Fennell (2020) A Software Defined Radio Interrogator for Passive Harmonic Transponders [M.S.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- Freiheit, Collin J. (2020) Reference Governors for Time-Varying Systems and Constraints [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Scism, Jordynn E. (2020) Applications of Wearable Sensors in Delivering Biologically Relevant Signals [M.S.] Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
- Hinkel, Lauren Alexandra (2020) The Utilization of Host-Derived Compounds by Gram-Negative Bacteria [Ph. D.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Nugent, Laura R (2020) A Qualitative Study of School Transiency Among Students With Disabilities [Ed. D.] Leadership and Developmental Sciences
- Toker, Nicholas (2020) Exosomes Isolated From Murine Astroglial Cells and Human Blood Samples Contain the Notch 1 Intracellular Domain [M.S.] Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Jin, Xing (2020) Three-Phase Hybrid Model of Bacterial Biofilm Growth [Ph. D.] Mechanical Engineering
- McInnis, John (2020) Regulation of Neuroinflammation After Ischemic Stroke by Astroglial Endothelin Receptor Type-B Signaling [Ph. D.] Graduate Program in Neuroscience
- Thakuri, Biswash (2020) Spectroscopic Investigation Into the Heme Binding and the Heme Degradation by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Mhud [Ph. D.] Chemistry
- Chamberland, Lisa (2020) From Gondwana to GAARlandia : Molecular Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography of Spiders [Ph. D.] Biology
- Penide Fernandez, Rodrigo (2020) Experimental and Computational Studies of Heat Transfer in Flexible Two-Dimensional Woven Fiber Ceramic Materials [Ph. D.] Mechanical Engineering
- Kriegman, Sam (2020) Design for an Increasingly Protean Machine [Ph. D.] Complex Systems and Data Science
- Vea, Marie Cadiz (2020) Sense of Place and Ways of Knowing : The Landscape of Experience for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Natural Resources, Environmental Education, and Place Based Learning [strikethrough] [Ed. D.] Leadership and Developmental Sciences
- Dustin, Christopher Michael (2020) Redox Regulation of Src Kinase : Implications for Innate Il-33 Signaling in Allergen Responses [Ph. D.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Mikucki, Emily Elizabeth (2020) From Molecules to Whole Organisms : Insect Responses to Climate Change [Ph. D.] Biology
- Heffernan, Thomas Joseph (2020) Microwave Assisted Heating of a Ferromagnetically-Doped Propellant for Small Satellites : An Efficacy Study [M.S.] Mechanical Engineering
- Williams, Blake Joseph Mitchell (2020) On the Dynamics and Structure of Multiple Strain Epidemic Models and Genotype Networks [M.S.] Complex Systems and Data Science
- Chamberlain, Nicolas (2020) Pathological Consequences of Pdi Oxidoreductase Activity on Viral Protein Maturation [Ph. D.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Fang, Qiongjiali (2020) Understanding Grain Boundary and Stress Concentration Effects on Strengthening Mechanisms in Nanotwinned Metals [Ph. D.] Mechanical Engineering
- Tu, Huy (2021) Determinants of Antibody Immunity in Flavivirus Infections and Immunization [Ph.D.] Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
- Zhao, Xiaochuan (2021) Multiscale Modeling of Biological Complexes : Strategy and Application [Ph. D.] Chemistry
- Clarfeld, Laurence A. (2021) Exploring Hidden Networks Yields Important Insights in Disparate Fields of Study [Ph. D.] Complex Systems and Data Science
- Dennis, Marissa (2021) Language Problems and ADHD Behaviors Associations With School Readiness in an At-Risk Preschool Sample [M.A.] Psychology
- Lima -Cordón, Raquel Asunción (2021) Much Needed Studies of the Three Players of Chagas Disease in Central America : Vertebrate Blood Meal Sources and EcoHealth, a New Vector Species Description, and Key Phylogenetic Analysis of the Trypanosome Parasite. [Ph. D.] Biology
- Northrop, Amanda Claire (2021) Sarracenia Purpurea as a Model System for Aquatic Ecosystem State Changes and Their Impact on Bacterial Communities [Ph. D.] Biology
- Dyer, Adam Michael (2021) Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Contorted Aromatics and Semiconducting Thioacenes [Ph. D.] Chemistry
- Garrett, April Dawn (2021) Unique Genomic and Phenotypic Responses to Extreme and Variable Ph Conditions in Purple Urchin Larvae, Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus [M.S.] Biology
- Dalton, Lilian Rae (2021) The Relationship Between Dominant and Submissive Sexual Fantasies and Behaviors and Sexual Satisfaction [M.A.] Psychology
- Krasner, Allison M. (2021) ADHD Behaviors and Social Functioning in Preschool Children : The Moderating Roles of Inhibitory Control and Emotion Recognition [M.A.] Psychology
- Morgan, Caitlin Bradley (2021) Food From Somewhere : Envisioning and Practicing Aspirational Food Systems [Ph. D.] Food Systems Graduate Program
- Gehman, Rachel Matthes (2021) Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Among Formerly Incarcerated People During the COVID-19 Pandemic [M.A.] Psychology