Electronic graduate theses and dissertations from Utah State University.
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2024
Emerging Technologies and Advanced Analyses for Non-Invasive Near-Surface Site Characterization, Aser Abbas
Production of Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos as a Model for Endangered Species Rescue, Laura Adams
Assessing Impact of Food Structure on Oral Tribology and In-Vitro Digestion of Dairy Products, Lamis Ali
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
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
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Multi-Materials Fabricated Through a Combination of LPBF and DED Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Christopher J. Bettencourt
Pedestrian Pathing Prediction Using Complex Contextual Behavioral Data in High Foot Traffic Settings, Laurel Bingham
El Nino Prediction at 1- and 3- Year Lead Times Driven by the Western North Pacific Precursor and Their Impacts, Krishna Borhara
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
Understanding Timing Error Characteristics From Overclocked Systolic Multiply-Accumulate Arrays in FPGAs, Andrew S. Chamberlin
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
Development and Testing of an 8-Bit Digitally Throttled Hybrid Rocket Motor, Trevor W. Coombs
Birds, Bees, and the Babies: Study of the Influence of Self-Efficacy on Parent-Child Sex Communication, Cassandra M. Craig
Microbiome Assembly and Function in the Solitary Mason Bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae), Bailey Crowley
Advancing Near Surface Soil Moisture Measurements Using Robotics, Automation, and Remote Sensing, Hemanth Narayan Dakshinamurthy
On the Existence of Periodic Traveling-Wave Solutions to Certain Systems of Nonlinear, Dispersive Wave Equations, Jacob Daniels
A Comprehensive Uncertainty Quantification Methodology for Metrology Calibration and Method Comparison Problems Via Numeric Solutions to Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Parametric Bootstrapping, Aloka B. S. N. Dayarathne
Design and Implementation of an Accelerated Lifetime Testing Platform for Silicon Carbide MOSFETs, Conner Deppe
Public Cyberattack Attribution and Domestic Political Considerations: An Analysis of State Decision Making, Ella M. Devey
Field Flow Measurements for Pipe Installations With Non-Ideal Conditions, Jake Douglas
Understanding Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Engineering Education, Jack C. Elliott
The Influence of Individual Strategies on Cougar Ecology: Insights From Predation, Space Use, and Reproduction, Kristin Nicole Engebretsen
The Effect of Seed Mix Density and Composition on Wetland Plant Community Assembly in the Great Salt Lake Watershed, Elana Feldman
Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture: A Survey of Theory, Culture, and Practice, Phillip J. Fernberg
Across the Snake River Plain: Terminal Pleistocene, Early Holocene, and Early Middle Holocene Land-Use in Southeast Idaho, Jennifer Finn
Processes for Improved Variable Rate Irrigation and Nitrogen Within Potato-Wheat-Wheat Cropping Systems, Elisa A. Flint
Oxider to Fuel Ratio Shift Compensation Via Vortex Strength Control in Hybrid Rocket Motors, Max W. Francom
Vectors and Vector Borne Disease: Models for the Spread of Curly Top Disease and Culex Mosquito Abundance, Rachel M. (Frantz) Georges
Generative AI in Education From the Perspective of Students, Educators, and Administrators, Aashish Ghimire
ADHD Knowledge: Support for Current Measures and Connections to Stigma and Intervention, Megan E. Golson
Do Physical Activity, Diet and Sex Modify the Association Between Neurotrophin Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insomnia?, Hector Leonardo Gonzalez
Teaching Function-Based Assessment and Intervention Skills to Behavior Support Staff Using an Interactive Computer Training, Megan E. Graul
Using an Interactive Computer Training to Train Teachers in Function-Based Assessment and Intervention, Kristin R. Griffith
Assessing Extant Methods for Generating G-Optimal Designs and a Novel Methodology to Compute the G-Score of a Candidate Design, Hyrum John Hansen
Techniques to Overcome Energy Storage Limitations in Electric Vehicles, Matthew J. Hansen
Divergence-Free Tensor Densities in Two Dimensions, Tyler Hansen
Exploring Application of the Coordinate Exchange to Generate Optimal Designs Robust to Data Loss, Asher Hanson
Achieving Responsible Anomaly Detection, Xiao Han
Analyzing Student Behaviors in CS1 Through Programming Process Data, Kaden F. Hart
Developing a Methodology for Evaluating the Sensitivity of Rock Imagery Sites to Vandalism in Washington County, UT, Erin C. Haycock
Resilience of Birds to Habitat Change: Identification of Interspecific Variation in Avian Resilience and its Possible Mechanisms, Amanda L. Hayes-Puttfarcken
Conflict Within Wildlife Management on Western Landscapes Home on the Range, Trisha A. Hedin
The Effects of Ammonia on the Functionality of Bovine Granulosa Cells, Micah Henrie
Nutrient Management of Cannabis in Controlled Environments, Julie A. Hershkowitz
Quantifying the Role of Karst Groundwater on Mountain River Discharge, Devon Hill
Role of Proneurotrophin-p75NTR Signaling in a Mouse Model of Depression, Kirsten Hodgson
Evaluating 1D and 2D Small-Strain Ground Response Analyses at the I-15 Downhole Array Using Recorded Aftershocks From the M5.7 2020 Magna, Utah Earthquake, Tyler S. Jackson
GPS-Denied Navigation Using Location Estimation and Texel Image Correction, Nikolas I. Jensen
Systematic Review of the Use of Multiperson Activity Schedules for Individuals With Disabilities, Caili A. Johnson
Evaluating Aspen Seedling Outplanting Success Following High Severity Wildfire in the Southwest, Sarah M. Kapel
Nonreligious Parents' Perceptions of the Role Religious Differences and Religious Disaffiliation Play in Family Relationships, Heather H. Kelley
Exploring Farmers' Willingness to Accept Payment for Agricultural Conservation in Utah, Asif Ahmed Khan
Decentralized Unknown Building Exploration by Frontier Incentivization and Voronoi Segmentation in a Communication Restricted Domain, Huzeyfe M. Kocabas
Wellbeing, Mental Health, and Natural Resource Dependency in Rural Utah, Kristen Rene Koci
Tracking Perfluoroalkyl Substances From Wastewater Influent to its Accumulation in Vegetables and Forage Grass, Simon Kozik
Drama: A Burlesque and Melodramatic Frame Analysis of the January 6th Committee Final Report, MaKayla Chadwick Lindsay
An Investigation of the Essential Nature of Advanced Placement Students' Psychological Safety and Participation in Mathematics Class Discourse, Vicki A. Lyons
Determining the Sap Yield of Three Maple Species and the Viability of a Maple Syrup Industry in Northern Utah, Jesse Mathews
Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Effects on Predator-Prey Interactions in Aquatic Communities, Catherine Mary McClure
Hunting for Agriculture: Unraveling Ecological Motivations in the Transition to Farming by the Fremont Cultural Complex, Ryan McGrath
Collective Teacher Efficacy and Effective Title I Eligible Schools: A Mixed Methods Approach, Donald R. Mendenhall
Experimental Nonnative Wood Addition Enhances Instream Habitat for Native Fishes and Investigating Dryland River Alterations, Benjamin J. Miller
Contrasting Nitrogen Sources Impact Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Soil Health Under Silage Corn Production in a Semi-Arid Environment, Phearen Kit Miller
Creating a Virtual Hierarchy From a Relational Database, Yucong Mo
A Theory of Conditional Party Opposition, Samuel Nelson
The Relationship Between Blame, Maladaptive Guilt/ Shame, Couple Communication, and Relationship Satisfaction in Pornography Users, Joshua K. Otani
Morphological and Physio-Biochemical Responses and Gene Expression Analyses of Landscape Plants Under Salinity Stress, Asmita Paudel
Protein Residue Analysis in Archaeology: A Geological Contamination Experiment, Theresa Popp
Acoustic-Perceptual Relations Between Fundamental Frequency and Expressiveness in Speakers With Hypokinetic Dysarthria, Alena Portnova
Movement Behavior and Habitat Selection of Juvenile Mountain Lions (Puma concolor) During Three Behavioral States of Dispersal, John F. Randolph
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease: Social and Environmental Drivers of Movement, Connectivity, and Disease Transmission in Bighorn Sheep, Lauren E. Ricci
IANOVA: Multi-Sample Means Comparisons for Imprecise Interval Data, Zachary Rios
Program Evaluation of Online and Face-to-Face College and Career Readiness and its Effect on Degree Utilization in Community College Graduates, Tyson M. Riskas
UV-A Light: A Novel Method for Food Dehydration, McKade S. Roberts
Evaluating an Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math/Computational Thinking Professional Development Program for Elementary Level Paraprofessional Educators, Aubrey A. Rogowski
A Dyadic Analysis of Fat Talk and Body Esteem Amongst Romantic Couples, Marissa J. Sáez
Dionysus the Barbarian, Deven Salisbury
Spatial Ecology of Mule Deer Migrations From Grand Teton National Park and the Teton Range, Justin K. Schwabedissen
Building and Using a Hydrology Experiment for Place-Based Learning With Native American Students, Michaela Shallue
Exploring the Role of Near Channel Geospatial Attributes to Predict Suspended Sediment Concentration Patterns Across the CONUS Region, Aaron J. Sigman
Coming Out Experiences Related to Improved Well-Being Among Religious Sexual and Gender Minorities, Samuel Skidmore
Causes and Consequences of Space-Use Behavior Under Predation Risk in a Free-Living System, Brian J. Smith
Water Data Science: Data Driven Techniques, Training, and Tools for Improved Management of High Frequency Water Resources Data, Amber Spackman Jones
Development, Modeling, Identification, and Control of Tilt-Rotor eVTOL Aircraft, Clayton T. Spencer
Dismantling Barriers to Publishing: Identifying Types of Negative Review Experiences and Strategies for Mitigating Them, Hannah L. Stevens
Cocoa Polyphenols Modulate the Fecal Microbiome in a Mouse Model of Colitis, Independent of Basal Diet and Colon Inflammation, Eliza Catherine Stewart