Theses from 2015
One Land, Two American Dreams: Rediscovering the Secondary duPont Narrative at James Madison's Montpelier, Sarah A. Sanders
The Effect of Graphite Nanoplatelets on the Barrier and Mechanical Properties of LLDPE Films, Wilson Sansbury
Continuum Robots for Space Applications Based on Layer-Jamming Scales with Stiffness Capability, Jessie Lee C. Santiago
Design of a Meta-Material with Targeted Nonlinear Deformation Response, Zachary Satterfield
Identifying the Importance and Performance Perceptions of Positive Youth Development Features in Camps Worldwide, Chelsea Marie Schwabe
The Forgotten Stone: A History and Analysis of Bermuda Stone in Charleston, South Carolina, Justin M. Schwebler
Experimental Investigation of interaction between Proteins and Carbon Nanomaterials, Bishwambhar Sengupta
ANALYSIS AND AN APPLICATION OF RF INTERFEROMETER, Yongzhi Shao
Investigating Students' use of Multiple Representations of the Arrow-Pushing Formalism, Yu Shen
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HEAT LEAKAGE AND AIR LEAKAGE IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS, Shervin Shoai Naini
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF FOUNDATION FOR ONSHORE TALL WIND TURBINES, Shweta Shrestha
Finite Perceptions, Hilary Erin Siber
Lowcountry Ghost Signs: A Study and Preservation of Historic Signage in the South Carolina Lowcountry, James Wilson Smith
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF MACROALGAL COMPETITION AND PARROTFISH GRAZING ON CORAL COVER IN THE MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS, Kylie Smith
EYE TRACKING RECYCLE LABELS ON PACKAGING: ARE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS A PREDICTOR OF VIEWING THEM?, Valerie Smith
Field Validation of LiDAR-based Predictions of Riparian Buffer Zones, Allen Solomons
Analysis and Synthesis of Effective Human-Robot Interaction at Varying Levels in Control Hierarchy, David Spencer
Control of thermoforming process parameters to manufacture surfaces with pin-based tooling, Vijay Sarthy Mysore Sreedhara
SENSITIVITY AND PRECISION ANALYSIS OF THE GRAPH COMPLEXITY CONNECTIVITY METHOD, Sudarshan Sridhar
The Architecture of Rural Healthcare: Supporting access to health in remote and rural areas, Kirsten Staloch
Assessment of Bore-Cone Taper Junctions in Explanted Modular Total Hip Replacements, Christine Margaret Stamer
Benefits of a State Driveway Database With Qualitative and Quantitative Crash Analysis, Andrew Bryant Stokes
Eye Tracking Consumer Purchase Behavior Within Physical and Virtual Environments, David Andrew Stone
Finding the Needle and the Haystack: New Insights into Locating Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) and their Habitat in the Southeastern United States, Theresa Sonja Margareta Stratmann
INERTIAL PARTICLE DYNAMICS IN SIMPLE VORTEX FLOW CONFIGURATIONS, Senbagaraman Sudarsanam
Management and Impacts of Wild Hogs (Sus scrofa) in South Carolina, Susan Sullivan
EFFECTS OF MATERNAL NUTRIENT RESTRICTION DURING EARLY OR MID-GESTATION ON BOVINE FETAL GROWTH, PLACENTOMES, AND miRNA EXPRESSION, Regina Taylor
FUNCTIONAL THINKING: A PROTOCOL STUDY, ASHWINRAJ THIAGARAJAN
THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND INCORPORATION OF "HACK AND SLASH" ANIMATION INTO THE UNREAL DEVELOPMENT KIT, Christopher Thomas
AN EXAMINATION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AT TBA-DEGRADING VERSUS NON-DEGRADING SITES, Courtney Thompson
A novel approach to evaluating compact finite differences and similar tridiagonal schemes on GPU-accelerated clusters, Ashwin Trikuta Srinath
From Pressure to Pampering: How Parenting Style Impacts a Youth Athlete's Ability to Achieve Flow, Jenna Leigh Tyler
Engineering Hospital Discharge Instructions: An Eye-Tracking Based Study, Haley Marie Vaigneur
Gawain the Exile: Reading 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' in a Postcolonial Context, Hannah Vaughan
Value and Truth in Literature: The Critic versus the Reader from Henry James' Perspective as Applied to Reader Response Theory, Marilyn M. Vickery
A Scalable and Low-Cost Interactive Shape-Changing Display, Amith Mysore Vijaykumar
Relationships between Growth Rate and Gene Expression in Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3, a Model Marine Alphaproteobacterium, Nattasha Vinas
Conspicuous Consumers: the Victorian Department Store and the Women's Movement, Joslyn McCraw VonKaenel
Painting with Turbulence, Chuqiao Wang
MICROCOSM EVALUATION OF ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION FOR HALOGENATED METHANES AT A FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE, Hao Wang
Comparison of Analytical, Numerical and Semi-Analytical Methods for Modeling Matrix Diffusion Effects in Aquitards, Wenwen Wang
CO-DESIGN OF DYNAMIC REAL-TIME SCHEDULING AND COOPERATIVE CONTROL FOR HUMAN-AGENT COLLABORATION SYSTEMS BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST, Xiaotian Wang
SINGLE PARTICLE AND BIOLOGICAL CELL DETECTION BY A RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFEROMETER, Zheng Wang
Evaluation of Shiryaev-Roberts Procedure for On-line Environmental Radiation Monitoring, Mara Watson
INFLUENCE OF EXURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS ON RIPARIAN VEGETATION AND STREAM SALAMANDERS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, Nathaniel Weaver
Chemical Separation and Analyses of Bioactive Compounds in Chloroform Fraction of Oplopanax horridus (Devil's Club), Lauren Wiseman
Building Information Modeling (BIM): The Untapped Potential for Preservation Documentation and Management, Laura Lee Worrell
Community Facilities and the Health of Older Adults in China, Jingyuan Xu
Battery Energy Storage System: A Financial Analysis for Microgrids, Nikitas Zagoras
The Nature of Guerilla Warfare in the Heart of 'Mosby's Confederacy': Reconstruction in Fauquier County, Virginia, Brett D. Zeggil
Dynamic Pricing for Competing Sellers, Liu Zhu
THE FACTORS DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF TAXIES - AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF CITIES IN CHINA, Yunzi Zhu
Theses from 2014
Understanding the Motivations to Attend the Blue Ridge Gay Pride Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, Denise Adams
IS IT CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE? EVALUATION EFFORTS FOR MEASURING THE CULTURAL APPROPRIATENESS IN NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS TARGETING THE HISPANIC POPULATION, Andrea Aguilar Corrales
EFFECT OF LOW AND HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHTS WATER SOLUBLE CHITOSAN ON OXIDATION OF WHOLE MILK POWDER, Wesam Al-Jeddawi
Satisfaction with work-family balance among employed graduate students: Why support may matter more than conflict, Brooke Allison
HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ORGANICALLY-LINKED POLYOXOMETALATES, Riyadh Alshammari
Three Hoes in the Kitchen: The Conceptualization of Peachtree Plantation, St. James Santee Parish, South Carolina, Kendanne M. Altizer
Verifying a Systematic Application to Accelerator Roadmap using Shallow Water Wave Equations, RANAJEET ANAND
The Effect of Gender and Status Difference on Saturated Fat Content of Entree Items Chosen by Elementary School-Aged Students, Annie Anderson
Data-Driven Scratch Generation for Rigid-Body Models, Ashley N. Anderson
The Impact of the American Invasion of Grenada on Anglo-American Relations and the Deployment of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces in Britain, Timothy Anglea
The Path to the Top: How Career Paths Differ Between College and Non-College Major League Baseball Players, Gerald Arnette III
WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE A BAD REVIEW?: THE EFFECTS OF RACE ON PERCEPTIONS OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FAIRNESS AND DEVIANT BEHAVIORS, Theresa Atkinson
ADSORPTION OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS: A COMPARISON OF SUPERFINE POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON WITH POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON, Semra Bakkaloglu
The Effects of Reminder Distinctiveness and Anticipatory Interval on Prospective Memory, Natalee Baldwin
Learning as Leisure Among Older Adults: Triggers, Motivations and Constraints of OLLI Members, Sara M. Baral
Faces as Ambient Displays: Assessing the Attention-Demanding Characteristics of Facial Expressions, Brock Bass
FEAR AS A MOTIVATOR IN HEALTH CAMPAIGNS, Meagan Bates
Electric Power Synchrophasor Network Cyber Security Vulnerabilities, Christopher Beasley
Peanut Butter Jelly: An Animated Short Film, Alexander Beaty
DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF A NERVE TRACER SYSTEM FOR VAGOTOMY SURGERY, Guneet Bedi
Finite Element Analysis of Structural Acoustic Interaction with Air and Water for Sound Transmission Through Honeycomb and Double Walled Panels with Air Cavity, Amit Shivaraj Bendigeri
Computational Bases for Hdiv, Alistair Bentley
Analysis and Mitigation of Impacts of Plug-In Electric Vehicles on Distribution System During Faults, Himanshu Bihani
The Deception of Perception: Browning, Childe Roland, and Supersensory Belief, Catherine Blass
Air-Regulated Siphon Spillways: Performance, Modeling, Design, and Construction, Joshua Boatwright
Investigation of Warm Mix Asphalt Overlays and Geosynthetic Pavement Interlayers, William Bolger
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY OF THE THERMODYNAMICS OF CATALYTIC REMEDIATION OF NITRATE IN WATER, Lizzie Bollmann
UNIFYING SPECIFIC CLIMATE RESEARCH WITH A MOLAR CLIMATE MEASURE: A SITUATIONAL AFFORDANCES APPROACH, Alice Brawley
Invisible Labor and the Preservation of Dignity, Laken Bridges
Assessment of Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) Nest Management Tools in South Carolina, Caitlynn Eileen Brig
Building Information Modeling: Beyond Design, Commissioning and Construction, Timothy Brooks
Representations of Rebellion: Slavery in Jamaica, 1823-1831, Paul Brown
Lighting and Compositing for Project Hero, Brooke Buckley
What Adds Up To Being: The Work of Tanna Burchinal, Tanna L. Burchinal
Water Tree Analysis and On-Line Detection Algorithm Using Time Domain Relectometry, Klaehn William Burkes
Evaluation of Turbidity Reduction Using Polyacrylamide with Linear Sediment Control Best Management Practices, Jacob O. Burkey
Deveopment of Explant Registry and Mechanical Testing of Pristine and Explained Surgical Mesh, Colin Burns-Heffner
EFFECT OF BROMELAIN ON DUCK BREAST MEAT TENDERIZATION, Ahmet Buyukyavuz
Responses of Target and Non-target Species to Algaecide Exposures, Alyssa Calomeni
Fatigue-Induced Failure in Horizontal-Axis Wind-Turbine (HAWT) Blades and HAWT Drivetrain Gears, Varun Chenna
A COMPARATIVE STUDY: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY METRICS APPLIED AGAINST Function and Assembly PRODUCT GRAPHS in Predicting Market Price and Assembly Time, Sri Ram Mohinder Cherkadu Vasala
Do I have enough money? An examination of the roles of income and income perceptions on nursing turnover intentions, Janelle Cheung
South Carolina Press Opinions Toward the Spanish-American War and Territorial Annexation of 1898, Maria Cinquemani