Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2025
Illuminating Inclusivity: Celebrating Trans Joy and Liberation in K-12 Education, Caroline Smith
Framing Conflict: How Social Media Influences Voter Opinions, May Smith
An Exploratory Study of the Vertical SNARC Effect in Mayan Numerals: Effects of Language Transparency and Reading Direction, Emmett A. Speed
Twisted Equivariant Matrix Factorizations, Jan-Luca Spellmann
A Comparison of Principal Motivational Orientation and the Orientation of Principal Actions to Motivate Teachers, Charles K. Stewart
Strategies for Increasing Methane Removal in Methanotroph Bench-scale Systems for the Production of Ectoine, Jaden Storrer
Cutting Propagation and Out-Planting of White-Margined Beardtongue (Penstemon albomarginatus M.E. Jones), A Vulnerable Herbaceous Perennial of the Mojave Desert), Alexander Stosich
Evaluating the Effects of Two Key Temporal Intervals During Pavlovian Training on Conditioned Reinforcement, Gabrielle M. Sutton
The Effects of Effective Stress and Overconsolidation Ratio on the Undrained Shear Strength of Soil, Gunniga Suwannawong
Metaheuristic Planning for Vehicle Fleets With Kinematic, Uncertain, And Battery Constraints, James Swedeen
Quantifying Buoyancy-Driven Exchange Flows Over Obstacle at the Great Salt Lake Using RANS CFD, Mohammad Ikram Hossain Talukdar
Leveraging Cobalt Carbene Radical for Sustainable Radical Transformations, Liming Tan
The Impact of Visually Presented Distractor Taboo Words During a Bilateral Attention Task, Chloe Taylor
Designing Accessible and Dependable Tools for Vocational Rehabilitation Data Analysis, Ruth E. Taylor
Surface Vortex Mitigation at Submerged Intakes, Camren Todd
Evaluating Uplift at the Leading Edge of the Yellowstone Hotspot - A Study of the Shoshone River Drainage, Emma Tombaugh
Cognitive Dynamics in Undergraduate Engineering Education: Effects of Need for Cognitive Closure and Achievement Goal Orientation on Cognitive Engagement, Zain ul Abideen
Investigating Temporally Dynamic Models of Choice in Rats and Bumblebees, Jack Van Allsburg
Critically Assessing Normative Methods and Their Limitations in Managing Crowding Within Parks and Protected Areas, Glendon R. VanSandt
Improving Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts in the Western United States Through Statistical Downscaling, Bradley Vernon
Optimizing Delphinium and Larkspur Through Timing and Protective Cultivation Methods for Cut Flower Production, Nicholas Kirwan Volesky
Habitat Selection Analysis of Mule Deer to Determine Efficacy of the Coyote Bounty Program in Utah, Xaela M. Walden
Managing for Disturbance: Trade-Offs Associated With Population Resilience and Ecosystem Size, Ellie Wallace
Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences and Bullying of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Alyson Connelly Ward
A Numerical Investigation of Erection Bridging in Double-Pitched Open-Web Steel Joists, Logan Joshua Ward
"Once Our Land is Gone, It's Gone": Farmer Perspectives on Growth, Embeddedness, And the Future of Food in the Great Salt Lake Basin, Bryn Noelle Watkins
Intra-Stand Movement of Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Adelges piceae) in the Intermountain West, Michael S. Wayman
Investigating Stability of Cone-Derived Hypersonic Waverider Vehicles via Design Space Exploration, Adam S. Weaver
Functional Electrolytes Design and Study for Rechargeable Lithium-Metal, Sodium-Metal, and Magnesium Batteries, Qianshun Wei
Scheduling Charging for Fleets of Battery Electric Vehicles: Techniques for Modeling and Real-Time Operation, Justin J. Whitaker
Warfare and Woodlands: Tracing Environmental and Military History in the Hürtgen Forest, Cedar Williams
Agrichemical Surfactant and Pathogen Impacts on the Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria Say, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), Mary-Kate F. Williams
The Effects of Temperature and Cardiotonic Steroids on Cardiac Function and Metabolism in Snakes, Hannah Wilson
Effects of Light Intensity on Algae Biofilms in Rotating Algae Biofilm Reactors (RABR), Joshua D. Wintch
Blind Construction of a Party Check Matrix for Arbitrary Linear Block Codes, Aaron J. Womack
The Desert Shall Rejoice: LDS Relational Values and Multispecies Justice in the Intermountain West, Sarah A. Woodbury
Dissemination Trial of Provider Training of Act-Enhanced Behavior Therapy (A-EBT) For Trichotillomania: A Waitlist Controlled Study, Mercedes G. Woolley
Examining the Predictive Validity of Adolescent Complete Mental Health on High School Academic Performance, Nai-Jiin Yang
Understanding Power Dynamics of Latter-Day Saint Marriages in the United States of America, Bonnie Young
Development of the Sexual Mindfulness Measure for Abstinent Persons, Kaitlyn Zito
Exploring Life History Trade-Offs in the Facultative Eusocial Bee Megalopta genalis, Ana Gutiérrez Zuluaga
Optimizing Composition of Defined Control Diets and Exercise for Ideal Metabolic Health in Laboratory Mice, Alexie Zwerdling
2024
Emerging Technologies and Advanced Analyses for Non-Invasive Near-Surface Site Characterization, Aser Abbas
Mind-Body Bridging (MBB) Techniques and Emotional Regulation in Political Discourse and Confidence in Political Talk, Joseph Ofori Acheampong
Production of Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos as a Model for Endangered Species Rescue, Laura Adams
Finite-Time Control Strategies for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, John Tamotsu Akagi
Assessing Impact of Food Structure on Oral Tribology and In-Vitro Digestion of Dairy Products, Lamis Ali
Anomaly Detection on Wind Turbine Blades Using Aerial Imaging, Image Processing, And Deep Learning, Bridger Kohl Altice
Metal Assisted O2-Dependent Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of β-Diketones and Flavonols, Stephen N. Anderson
Empowering Graphics: A Distributed Rendering Architecture for Inclusive Access to Modern GPU Capabilities, Taylor Anderson
Inferring a Hierarchical Input Type for an SQL Query, Santosh Aryal
A Content Analysis on Emotions Presented in Preschool Children's Television, Sarah Austin
Online Deception: The Impact of Language in Text-Based Deception Detection, Stephanie Dayle Avila
Development of a Subsurface Water Velocity and Quality Measurement Payload for sUAS, Mitchell Bailey
Comparison of Private and Public Lab Fertilizer Recommendation Impacts on Field Crop Production and Soil Test Results, Megan Baker
An Expansive Framing Intervention and its Influence on Nursing Students' Perceptions of Value for Mathematics, Kimberly Evagelatos Beck
Variations on Leitmotif: Firebird Rises, Virginia Beikmann
On the Varieties of Religious Experience in Latter-Day Saint Temples, 1836–1940, Jared Gage Bennett
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Multi-Materials Fabricated Through a Combination of LPBF and DED Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Christopher J. Bettencourt
The Geoarchaeology of an Early Agricultural Landscape on Clear Creek, Fremont Indian State Park, Utah, Michael D. Bianchini
Pedestrian Pathing Prediction Using Complex Contextual Behavioral Data in High Foot Traffic Settings, Laurel Bingham
California Condor Feeding Habitat, Vigilance, and Competition With Avian Scavengers in Southern Utah, USA, Alex Blanche
Siwa's Influence on Alexander the Great's Self-Presentation, Luke Boardman
Mathematical and Statistical Methods to Harness Limited Data in Models for Ecological Space Use Under Global Change, Sarah C. Bogen
El Nino Prediction at 1- and 3- Year Lead Times Driven by the Western North Pacific Precursor and Their Impacts, Krishna Borhara
Addressing the Great Salt Lake Desiccation: Exploring Support for Alternative Frameworks on Rights of Nature and Multispecies Justice, Sadie Braddock
A Position Allocation Approach to the Battery Electric Bus Charging Problem, Alexander Brown
An Examination of Inclusion of Secondary Students With Disabilities in One Local School District, Brandon Brown
Sustainable Fertilizer Management Practices for Container Nursery Production, Saroj Burlakoti
Exploring Optimal Design of Experiments for Random Effects Models, Ryan C. Bushman
The Last Days of Elder Mitchell, Jack Bylund
Take a Seat: The Impact of Three Classroom Seating Arrangements on Individual Student Performance, Mikayla Camacho
Understanding Timing Error Characteristics From Overclocked Systolic Multiply-Accumulate Arrays in FPGAs, Andrew S. Chamberlin
Silica Fault Mirror Development Along the Cordillera Blanca Detachment Fault, Peru, Kayla Michelle Chaudoir
The Effects of Aboveground Herbivory on Root Traits and Root Decomposition, Emily A. Chavez
Reinforcements of a Greater Sage-Grouse Population in Utah: Applications for Range-Wide and Local Conservation Translocation Efforts, Melissa S. Chelak
Interpretable and Robust Deep Anomaly Detection, He Cheng
Interpreting Neural Networks for Particle Tracing in Fluid Simulation Ensembles: An Interactive Visualization Framework, Maanav Choubey
Systematic Review on the Use of Self-Monitoring Interventions With ADHD/ASD Students in School Settings, Sari Christensen
Improving the Long-Term Maintenance and Durability of Pervious Concrete Pavements, Kate Elizabeth Christiansen
Shaking Off the Rust: Unraveling the Depositional and Diagenetic History of Enigmatic Ferroan Dolostones in the Cambrian Bright Angel Formation, Tonto Group, Grand Canyon, Joseph J. Clevenger
Is That Controversial or is it Just Me?, Joseph D. Cochran
Development and Testing of an 8-Bit Digitally Throttled Hybrid Rocket Motor, Trevor W. Coombs
Script Fading and Training: Evaluating the Necessity of Visual Cues to Teach Contextually Appropriate Play Commenting, Devanio J. Cousins
Birds, Bees, and the Babies: Study of the Influence of Self-Efficacy on Parent-Child Sex Communication, Cassandra M. Craig
Adoption and Efficacy of Tiered Water Pricing: Evidence From Utah, Savanna Craig
Analysis of a Gravity Wave Horizontal Blocking Event Using Hodograph Techniques Applied to Sodium Lidar Data, Neal R. Criddle
Righting Reproductive Wrongs: A Rhetorical Analysis of Special Topoi in Alberto Fernández’s Pro-Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Speeches, Kymberlie Crosby
Microbiome Assembly and Function in the Solitary Mason Bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae), Bailey Crowley