Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2020
Strategic Infrastructure Planning for Autonomous Vehicles, Zhaocai Liu
Leadership Styles and Barriers to Leadership for Women in Agriculture: A Mixed Methods Study, Erica Ramsey Louder
Persistence Impacts on Student Subgroups that Participate in the High Impact Practice of Service Learning, John Louviere
Response of Glyphosate-Resistant Alfalfa to Glyphosate Application in the Intermountain West, Logan Chet Loveland
The Development and Use of a Secondary Electron Yield Database for Spacecraft Charge Modeling, Phillip Lundgreen
“What Makes ‘em Tick?” The Impact of Parenting Style and Parent-Initiated Motivational Climate on Student Athletes’ Motivation Orientation in the Context of Intercollegiate Athletics, Logan Kateryna Lyons
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes in Adulthood, Sallie Mack
The Environmental Impact of Immigration in the United States, Guizhen Ma
Modulation of P3 and the Late Positive Potential ERP Components by Standard Stimulus Restorativeness and Naturalness, Salif P. Mahamane
Automating and Analyzing Whole-Farm Carbon Models, Aditi Maheshwari
Characteristics of Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Adopting Instructional Technologies in the State of Utah, Nicole J. B. Manwaring
Exact Generalized Voronoi Diagram Computation using a Sweepline Algorithm, Daniel Marsden
Decoding LDPC Codes with Probabilistic Local Maximum Likelihood Bit Flipping, Rejoy Roy Mathews
A Thermochronometric, Microtextural, and Numerical Modeling Approach to Deciphering the Rock Record of Deformation Processes in the Wasatch and Denali Fault Zones, Robert G. McDermott
Methods in Modeling Wildlife Disease from Model Selection to Parameterization With Multi-Scale Data, Ian McGahan
Development of a High-Resolution Land Cover Dataset to Support Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management in Northern Utah, Ellie Irene Leydsman McGinty
Experimental Static and Cyclic Behavior of Hybrid Non-Metallic Bridge Decks Reinforced with Discrete GFRP Rebar and GFRP Macrofiber, Jared W. McRory
Cultural and Contextual Influences on Mental Health, Stigma, and Substance Use Among MENA U.S. College Students, Molly Mechammil
Understanding Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Instructional Coaching During Student Teaching, John Meisner
Formation Control Using Vehicle Operational Envelopes and Behavior-Based Dual-Mode Model Predictive Control, Brian Merrell
Classification and Prediction Models for Natural Streamflow Regimes in the Arid Southwestern USA, Angela M. Merritt
Predicting the Impact of Weather on Rural Travel Times Using Now-Cast Weather Forecast Data, Manish Meshram
Abstention and Costly Information Acquisition in Elections, Jacob Meyer
Collaboration and Reflexivity in Wildland Fire Risk Governance in the Western United States, Brett Alan Miller
Reducing Daily Hassles in the Classroom: Teaching Coping Techniques to Elementary School Children, Fiona Molsberry
Examination and Empirical Forecast of Wheat Yield in Northwest India Based on Climate and Socio-Economic Factors, Avik Mukherjee
Acquisition, Processing, and Analysis of Video, Audio and Meteorological Data in Multi-Sensor Electronic Beehive Monitoring, Sarbajit Mukherjee
College Prescription Opioid Misuse: An Exploration of Social Learning, Social Control, and Strain Theories, Julie Murray
Practical Optical Survey Strategies for Near Geostationary Orbital Debris, Akhter Mahmud Nafi
Storm-Time Equatorial Thermospheric Dynamics and Electrodynamics, Luis A. Navarro Dominguez
Machine Learning Enhanced Free-Space and Underwater OAM Optical Communications, Patrick L. Neary
System Level Characterization of the Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor (GRIDS) for the PetitSat Mission, Benjamin B. Oborn
Anthropogenic Influences on Bacterial Assemblages in Stream Biofilms, Elizabeth M. Ogata
Rural Sustainability in the Intermountain West, Mary L. Oliver
Utah County Level Drought Effect on Cattle Inventories 1981-2016, Fred Openshaw
Working Memory and Syntactic Processing in Bilingual and Monolingual Children, Carla I. Orellana
Effect of Biocrust Development on Establishment of Native Plants in a Salt Desert System, Merran Owen
A Stratospheric Approach to Diagnose the North American Winter Dipole, Henrik Panosyan
Retention of Women in Computer Science: Why Women Persist in Their Computer Science Majors, Katarina Pantic
Impacts of Racial Microaggressions on White American and Ethnic Minority Students in the College Classroom, Lesther A. Papa
Semisimple Subalgebras of Semisimple Lie Algebras, Mychelle Parker
Orson Pratt and the Expansion of the Doctrine and Covenants, Brian C. Passantino
Arsenic Release From Surface Soils Induced by Stormwater Bioretention, Kaisa H. Patterson
Propagation of Two Utah Native Plants: Ceanothus velutinus and Cercocarpus montanus, Asmita Paudel
Effects of Effort Training on Effort-Based Impulsive Choice, Sara Peck
Laboratory Scale Anaerobic Reactors for Bioenergy from Wastes: Materials, Mathematical Models, and Stoichiometry, Yehor Pererva
Recombinant Piriform Spider Silk Production, Cole R. Peterson
Novel Polymorphisms of ZRSR2 and GPM6B Gene Homologs and Their Use in Sex Identification of Bovine and Porcine Species, Evan K. Peterson
Developing and Validating Stealth Assessments for an Educational Game to Assess Young Dual Language Immersion Learners' Reading Comprehension, Frederick J. Poole
Protecting Crops from Abiotic Stress: Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Effects on Wheat and a Beneficial Rhizobacterium, Matthew Potter
Understanding the Microbial Population of Lactococcus lactis. subsp. Strains During Cheese Making and Initial Storage, Rhitika Poudel
Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs of First-Year Small Grains Following Alfalfa, Collin Pound
'LMshapemaker': Utilizing the 'Rmapshaper' R Package to Modify Shapefiles for Use in Linked Micromap Plots, Braden D. Probst
Water, Fish, and Fire: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation, Liana Prudencio
The Marshmallow Lab: A Project-Based Approach to Understanding Functional Responses, Melissa Pulley
A General Approach to Lifting-Line Theory, Applied to Wings With Sweep, Jackson T. Reid
Try the Wine: Food as an Expression of Cultural Identity in Roman Britain, Molly Reininger
Applying Sexual Script Theory to Hooking Up: A Latent Profile Analysis of Predictors and Outcomes of Class Membership, Mitchell R. Rhodes
Geomorphic History of the Grand Staircase Region of the Colorado Plateau: Understanding Arroyo Cut-Fill Dynamics, Erosion Rates, and Wildfire, Kerry E. Riley
Club Athletes: Dietary Supplement Use and How the Registered Dietitian Can Better Serve this Population, Rachel E. Robbins
An Exploration of How Past, Present, and Anticipated Future Identities Shape the Reading Identities and Practices of Reluctant Male Readers in a Rural Setting, Garret Craig Rose
Indoor Source Localization of Radio Frequency Transmitters Using Blind Channel Identification Techniques, Madison L. Rose
Exploring the Feasibility of Introducing Alternative Fuel Vehicles into Fleet, Samia Rubaiat
The Effect of Weather on Pedestrian Activity at Signalized Intersections in Utah, Ferdousy Runa
Gratitude in Adolescents: Examining the Role of Attachment, Parental Gratitude, and Discounting, Savannah C. Rupp
#ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike: Twitter Users’ Narratives About the Interpersonal Effects of Anxiety, Raechel B. Russo
Micro Grid Control Optimization with Load and Solar Prediction, Shaju Saha
Soft-Switched Resonant DC-DC Converter in Underwater DC Power Distribution Network, Tarak Saha
Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover Determinants in Fortune 50 Companies: Insights from Employee Reviews from Indeed.com, Bishal Sainju
Hardware Accelerator for Star Centroiding, Nazmus Sakib
Venturi Flowmeter Performance Installed Downstream of the Branch of a Tee Junction, Benjamin G. Sandberg
Espoused and Enacted Beliefs of High School English Language Arts Teachers in Writing Instruction, Sydnie Schoepf
Pre-Eruptive Evolution of Izu-Bonin Boninite Melts: Mixing, Cooling, and Crystallization, Jesse L. Scholpp
Ecology and Economic Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; Halyomorpha halys) in the Utah Agricultural Landscape, Zachary R. Schumm
Rewriting the Unwritten: Decorum as a Tool for Social Justice in Technical Communication, Jennifer L. Scucchi
Rumen Fermentation Responses to Purified Palmitic, Stearic, or Oleic Fatty Acids and the Impact of a Palmitic Acid-Enriched Supplement on Animal Performance, Austin Paul Sears
Social Justice Mathematical Modeling for Teacher Preparation, Patrick L. Seegmiller
Demographics, Accuracy, and Impact of Feed Laboratories in the United States, Jerald H. Severe
Temporal Bisection Dynamics, Mahdi Shafiei
Analytic Guidance Strategies for Passively Safe Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, Simon Shuster
Trisiloxane Surfactant Adjuvants in Pollen, Autumn Slade
Effect of Plant Derived Tannins on Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Pasture Soils, Kathryn A. Slebodnik
Pitched Baseballs and the Seam Shifted Wake, Andrew W. Smith
Innovative Biological Solutions for Nitrogen Fixation, Mathangi Soundararajan
Framing Climate Change in Local Context: Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change In Three Mountain Towns in the Intermountain West Compared to National Coverage, Tyler J. Spradlin
Relationship Quality Before, During, and After Stepfamily Education: A Latent Trajectory Analysis, Bryan K. Spuhler
Impact of Parasitic Drag on a Family of Optimal Lift Distributions, Austin J. Stewart
Pollution Prevention and Water Reuse at Utah Department of Transportation Facilities, Amanda Stoudt
Improving Our Ability to Estimate Vital Rates of Endangered Fishes on the San Juan River Using Novel Applications of PIT-Tag Technology, J. Benjamin Stout
Self-Describing Fiducials for GPS-Denied Navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Amanda J. Strate
An Analysis of Syntax Exercises on the Performance of CS1 Students, Shelsey B. Sullivan