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All Theses

This collection covers all theses completed at Clemson University between 2006 and the present day. Earlier theses and dissertations may be found in print form in the University Libraries' collections.

Theses from 2013 2013

THE EXTRACTION OF ACETIC ACID FROM THERMOTOGA NEAPOLITANA FERMENTATION SPENT MEDIUM USING FRESH/RECOVERED ALIQUAT 336 AND PRODUCE CMA, Yifan Du

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HYDROGEOLOGY AND STRESS STATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOMESTAKE MINE, LEAD, SD, Johnathan Ebenhack

A CONTESTED POLICY: IRISH AND AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON EIRE'S NEUTRALITY, Leah Egofske

SCRATCH DAMAGE EVOLUTION ON METALS IN TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENTS, Caleb Eljach

Community Embeddedness and Core Self-Evaluations as Predictors of Job Search and Stress During Unemployment: Perceived Employability as a Moderator, Lauren Ellis

Bite detection and differentiation using templates of wrist motion, Soheila Eskandari

Modal Analysis to Minimize Gearbox Induced Noise of General Electric Wind Turbines, Matthew Evans

Longitudinally Graded Optical Fibers, Alexander Evert

Evaluation of Angular Velocity Data from Inertial Measurement Units for Use in Clinical Settings, Chelsea Ex-lubeskie

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION USING A LEVEL SET PENALIZATION WITH CONSTRAINED TOPOLOGY FEATURES, Luis Fernandez

The Land Use and Rapid Transportation Nexus in the Massachusetts Bay, Jennifer Folz

The Stonecutters and Tomb Builders of Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Louisiana, Emily Anne Ford

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN IMPACT PLATE YIELD MONITOR FOR PEANUTS, Jacob Fravel

MICROBIAL EXO-ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN SOIL AS INFUENCED BY POLYPHENOL CHEMISTRIES, Daniella Freese

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY THERMOTOGA LETTINGAE USING SPENT FERMENTATION MEDIA CONTAINING ACETIC ACID, Archana Ganesh

EVALUATION OF PIGMENT-CONTAINING PRODUCTS ON CREEPING BENTGRASS [Agrostis stolonifera L. var palustris (Huds.)] PERFORMANCE, James Gann

The Process of Passage, David Gerhard

The American Lawn: Culture, Nature, Design and Sustainability, Maria Ghys

For Such A Time As This: The Impact of Christian Missionaries on the Birth of Reform Judaism in Charleston, South Carolina, 1824-1846, Ashley Goldberg

'Go Ahead Touch this Dinosaur Fossil': The Rhetoric of Interactivity in Museum Culture, Steffanie Golliher

A PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF ISLANDING EFFECTS IN A MODELED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH RENEWABLE RESOURCES, Paul Gooding

Delayed Action or Locomotion? Con/versions of Reality in Dramatism and Inception, Jacob Greene

A leader's impact on sense of community in one venue at the London 2012 Olympics, Laura Grouchy

Bioelectrochemical Reduction Of Carbon Dioxide To Acetate Using A Microbial Consortium Derived From The Cow Rumen, Ryan Hammonds

Pair Production By Primordial Black Hole Evaporation, Shaun Hampton

Temporal Analysis of Field, SSURGO, and LiDAR Derived Site Indices in the Southeastern U.S., Steven Ham

COMPARISON OF METHODS TO EVALUATE CHITOSAN AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGAINST LISTERIA SPP. CULTURES, Scott Hartley

INCORPORATING PERSONALITY TRAIT PYSCHOLOGY INTO ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING MODELS, Sohaib Hasan

Aqueous Geochemistry of Rhenium and Chromium in Saltstone: Implications for Understanding Technetium Mobility in Saltstone, Amanda Hatfield

THE PERMANENT INCOME HYPOthesis: REGARDING THE HOUSING BOOM, Nick Havers

Noise-Insensitive Prognostic Evaluation of Historic Masonry Structures, Ashley Haydock

EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENSIONS ON JOB SEARCH OUTCOMES, Ailin He

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORAL VARIATION OF JUVENILE SPINY LOBSTER (Panulirus argus) DENNING BEHAVIORS AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN SHELTER COMPETITION DURING HABITAT LOSS, Katherine Heldt

Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Under White Noise, Qifan He

DESCRIBING PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION ISSUES IN HANFORD SOILS: DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMODYNAMIC SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODEL, Sarah Herr

REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RE-EXPORTING AND NON-RE-EXPORTING COUNTRIES, Xiaolong He

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY SENSORS FOR LIQUID MATERIAL DETECTION, Yuxi He

Improvements in the process of biohydrogen production by Thermotoga neapolitana, Louis Hill

Experimental Development and Analysis of a Novel Setup for Insulated Dielectrophoresis, Johnie Hodge

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE GENE FROM RENIFORM NEMATODE ON SOYBEAN, Jing Hou

ANALYSES OF MULTIVITAMINS IN NUTRACEUTICALS BY REVERSE PHASE HPLC WITH DAD, ELSD AND MS, Hsiang-chi Huang

An Assessment of the Accuracy of an Automated Bite Counting Method in a Cafeteria Setting, Ziqing Huang

EFFECTS OF LATE PLANTING DATES, MATURITY GROUPS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD OF SOYBEAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Mengxuan Hu

The Real Housewives of the Garden of Eden, Victoria Hurst

Measuring Arousal through Physiological Responses to Packaging Designs: Investigating the Validity of Electrodermal Activity as a Measure of Arousal in a Realistic Shopping Environment, Daniel Hutcherson

TEACHING METHODS FOR A HOLISTIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS CURRICULUM INCORPORATING ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES, Zachariah Inks

CORPORATE INCOME TAX AND INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA IN 22 OECD COUNTRIES, Byung gyu Jeong

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EX VIVO TISSUE TESTING SYSTEM FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM, Bradley Johns

The Financial Impact of Historic Preservation Easements on Encumbered Property Appreciation Rates in Charleston, SC, Julianne W. Johnson

POUND'S OCCULTISM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC WRITING AND OCCULT PHILOSOPHY IN THE PISAN CANTOS, Katrina Johnson

ROOM GENERATION, REMOVAL, AND RECOVERY IN UDK 3.5, Scott Johnson

FAIR TRADE TOURISM: CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION AND POTENTIAL MARKET PROJECTION, Dongoh Joo

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF AUXETIC CHIRAL CORE SANDWICH STRUCTURES, Hrishikesh Joshi

Adaptive Transmission for OFDM, Michael Juang

CHIN MUSIC: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RETALIATION PITCHES IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Peter Jurewicz

The Charleston Trussed Roof: A Study of the Development and Implementation of a Structural Solution from 1740-1820, Pamela Marotta Kendrick

INTERSTITIAL CELL SEEDING AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONING OF AORTIC HEART VALVE SCAFFOLDS, Allison Kennamer

The Effects of Different Size Gold Nanoparticles on Mechanical Properties of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Under Mechanical Stretching, Tri Kieu

Does a Banking Crisis Reduce Foreign Direct Investment?, Eunjeong Kim

Secret Sharing and Network Coding, Fiona Knoll

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL CATEGORIES: COSTS AND OUTSOURCING DECISIONS, Justin Knutter

Knowledge Extraction from Work Instructions through Text Processing and Analysis, Abhiram Koneru

COST AND EMBODIED ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF RECTANGULAR REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS, Alexander Kosloski

Analytical evaluation of adaptive transmission protocols for Markov models of channels with fading and moderate shadowing, Sneha latha Kottapalli

Biological Production of Succinic Acid Using a Cull Peach Medium, Janani Krishnakumar

EXPLAINING THE WAGE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN AMERICAN AND LATINO BASEBALL PLAYERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Kristopher Kusterman

Safety and Operational Characteristics of Lane Widths on Urban and Rural Roadways A Simulator Study, Meredith LaDue

Development and Verification of a Test System to Quantify Strain of an Optical Displacement Indicator and the Design of a Strain Indicating Prototype, Josh Lake

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE MATING STRATEGIES IN THE SAILFIN MOLLY, POECILIA LATIPINNA (POECILIIDAE: POECILIA: MOLLIENESIA), Elizabeth Lange

COMPUTATIONAL REPRESENTATION OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS FOR REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, Alex Lash

What You See Isn't Always What You Get: An Evaluation of Color Differences Across Different Devices, Craitishia Lewis

Particle Electrophoresis and Magnetophoresis in Microchannels, Litao Liang

Exploration of Mouth Shading and Lighting in CG Production, Chaoren Li

EFFECTS OF ONLINE REPUTATION MECHANISMS ON PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY AND HEALTH DECISION MAKING, Drew Link

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF GOAL ALIGNMENT, INTERVENTIONS, AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS ON INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS, Blake Linnerud

EMPIRICAL STUDY ON STOCK'S CAPITAL RETURNS DISTRIBUTION AND FUTURE PERFORMANCE, Han Liu

DETERMINANTS OF THE PROFITABILITY OF THE U.S. BANKING INDUSTRY DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, Shiang Liu

The Second Choice, Yangchun Li

CULTIVATING AMERICA'S WORKING LANDS: A STUDY OF THE SOCIOCULTURAL VALUE OF FAMILY FARMS, Katherine Lloyd

BLACK BEAR ENCOUNTERS IN THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, Victoria Luke

Noiseless, Automatic Service: The History of Domestic Servant Call Bell Systems in Charleston, South Carolina, 1740-1900, Wendy Danielle Madill

Imagining a Common Ground: Place, Community, and the Possibility for Place-Based Education through Flannery O'Connor's 'Greenleaf', Christine Mahoney

DATA DRIVEN, PERFORMANCE BASED PARKING MANAGEMENT IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING, Brian Maleck

Phonon Transport Analysis of Semiconductor Nanocomposites using Monte Carlo Simulations, Mayank Malladi

Improved iterative detection techniques for slow-frequency-hop communications with Reed-Solomon codes, Madhabi Manandhar

THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON YOUTH CRIME PARTICIPATION USING SELF-REPORTED DATA FROM NLSY97, Aiwei Mao

Designing for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Optimized LiveWorkPlayLearn Environments, Lisa Marchi

Thermo-Mechanical Effects Of Thermal Cycled Copper Through Silicon Vias, James Marro

MACROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF IONIC- AND NANO-SILVER TOXICITY TO SOIL NITRIFICATION PROCESS, Abdurrahman Masrahi

A STUDY OF GALLERY METHOD TO INCREASE IDEA QUALITY IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, Liz Mathew

CREATING DYNAMIC GRASS FOR TARTAN TROUBLES, Nicholas Mcelveen

I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS: THE BUFFERING EFFECTS OF UNIT-LEVEL MODERATORS ON THE COMBAT EXPOSURE-MENTAL HEALTH RELATIONSHIP, Anna Mcfadden

BILL LOWE AND THE MUSIC OF EASTERN APPALACHIA, Heidi Mckee

Continuum Robotic Surface: Forward Kinematic Analysis and Implementation, Jessica Merino

THE HISTORIC COLLAPSE OF PATRIARCHAL POWER: INVESTIGATING THE ARISTOCRACY'S CRISIS OF MASCULINITY AT MID-CENTURY, Laura Mogel

Rendez Donc A Cesar, Problemes Avec Les Mots De Dieu: Land and the Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1790-1791, Jonathan Monroe

BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY Thermotoga neapolitana IN AGRICULTURAL MEDIA, David Morris

DESIGNING A NOVEL STEERING WHEEL FOR GENERATION-Y, BABY BOOMERS, AND ENGINEERS, Mary Mossey

TEMPORAL FOOD PREFERENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SELECTED BAIT PRODUCTS AGAINST PACHYCONDYLA CHINENSIS (EMERY) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE), Ying Mo

USING DIALOGIC PRINCIPLES ON FACEBOOK: HOW THE ACCOMMODATION SECTOR IS COMMUNICATING WITH ITS' CONSUMERS, Elizabeth Muckensturm