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Browse by Academic DepartmentTheses/Dissertations from 2018
The implication of rapid technologies on the design process, Esra'a Abdel-All
Design, construction, and performance of heated concrete pavements system, Hesham Abdualla
Surface energy balance partitioning in tilled and non-tilled bare soils, Ohene Akuoko
Investigating immunological responses of WC1+ gamma delta T cells in cattle naturally infected with mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), Saleh Mohammed Albarrak
An integrated model for the probabilistic prediction of yield strength in electron-beam additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, Thomas Kiel Ales
Using values to communicate agricultural science: An Elaboration Likelihood Model approach, Allison Arp
An FPGA-based hardware accelerator for iris segmentation, Joseph Avey
Racial threat: The effect of racial and economic demographics on police spending, Julianne Bacon
Meme as a rhetorical concept for digital media genres, Thomas Ballard
Refinement and utilization of the marine climate proxy Arctica islandica: An ideal replication strategy for stable isotope studies and an investigation into the shell growth and hydrographic variability of Georges Bank (Northwestern Atlantic), Jared Daniel Brenzink Ballew
Automated plant phenotyping using 3D machine vision and robotics, Yin Bao
Who votes for Islamists? A cross-national study of 10 Muslim-majority countries, Ahmed Barziq
Techno-economic analysis of biochemicals and biofuels production via thermal and electrochemical processes, Denis Bbosa
Analysis of high temperature effects on piezoelectric based ultrasonic transducers, Prathamesh Bilgunde
Development of a novel anti-infectivity platform for the treatment of neglected tropical and infectious diseases, Andrea Marie Binnebose
Milkweed patch size effects on monarch butterfly oviposition within Iowa prairies and roadsides, Teresa Rose Blader
Fulfillment of the employee psychological contract in a healthcare system: Does it drive employee engagement and reduce turnover intention?, Jennifer C. Bonilla
Solvent liquefaction of waste materials, Joel Braden
Villains, victims, and virgins: Asexuality in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Erick Burdock
Fumonisin B1 in Bt and non-Bt maize: A meta-analysis, Kayla Cappelle
The power of belief: Implementing self-efficacy in the studio and the classroom, Taylor M. Carlson
Income inequality in China by industry, Yun Chang
An application of fuzzy logic to prospect theory, Jorge Omar Chavez Salas
Impact of implementing national minimum wage on the Malaysian hotel employees, Nur Hidayah Che Ahmat
Modeling and control of complex building energy systems, Venkatesh Chinde
The effects of brand involvement and message strategy on user responses on Facebook brand pages, Su Yeon Cho
Self-exciting spatio-temporal statistical models for count data with applications to modeling the spread of violence, Nicholas John Clark
Rapport: A system designed to limit digital distraction within romantic relationships, Alexandria Collins
Effects of flanking DNA and a transcriptional activator on the histone acetyltransferase activity of the SAGA complex, Sannie J. Culbertson
Mixed glass former effect in borate and thioborate sodium-ion conducting glass systems, Brittany Curtis
On exponential domination of graphs, Michael Dairyko
Xenophobia and its implications for refugee policies: A cross-national study, Elisa A. D'Amico
Greenhouse gas emissions from saturated riparian buffers and woodchip bioreactors, Morgan Davis
Host transcriptomic response to Newcastle disease virus in relatively resistant and susceptible inbred chicken lines, Melissa Deist
Femur/femoral neck load estimation during stair navigation, Chen Deng
Traces: A farm in eastern Iowa, Rachel Deutmeyer
Forensic analysis of DWR data for effective prediction of highway production rates, Vijay Devaguptapu
A theoretical consideration: Understanding primate polyspecific associations through current literature of primate predation and communication, Kaelyn Melinne Dobson
Ring-necked Pheasant responses to wind energy in Iowa, James N. Dupuie
Germination, survivorship and growth of an invasive desert grass, Schismus arabicus, under varied shade, moisture and soil-nitrogen regimes, Sarah Elizabeth Emeterio
Interpersonal suicide risk for Latino/a Americans: Investigating thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and cultural factors of relevance, Kelsey E. Engel
An examination of ash elutriation from a fluidized bed regenerator, Dane Erickson
Revisiting delivery in the basic course, Caleb B. Evers
Critical race theoretical composition pedagogy and its effects, Paula Fender
Development of methods to improve the accuracy and efficiency of unsteady incompressible flow simulation, Matthew Vincent Fischels
Work-Homes, Satya Charan Ganesuni
Infiltrating the hive mind: Immune and viral effects on behavior of the honey bee (Apis mellifera), Amy C. Geffre
A data-driven situation-aware framework for predictive analysis in smart environments, Hoda Gholami
Production of solubilized carbohydrates from lignocellulosic biomass using solvent liquefaction, Arpa Ghosh
The horticultural potential of wastewater-grown algae fertilizers, J Austin Gimondo
Precision radio-frequency and microwave dielectric spectroscopy and characterization of ionic aqueous solutions, Amin Gorji-Bandpy
A mixed-methods longitudinal study of new graduate teaching assistants’ commenting beliefs and practices, Jillian I. B. Grauman
The systematic subjugation of women and the environment in The Hunger Games and The Windup Girl, Rachel Grotzke
Effectiveness of classification approach in recovering pairwise causal relations from data., Kristima Guha Thakurta
Evaluating manufacturing energy consumption for a part using geometry, Alicia M. Guzman Gutierrez
Evaluating native bee community responses to tallgrass prairie habitat restorations, Hilary Haley
VHDL auto-generation tool for optimized hardware acceleration of convolutional neural networks on FPGA (VGT), Muhammad K A Hamdan
Volumetric yield sensing in a combine harvester, Michael Hanigan
Cross-plane thermal transport in graphene-based structures, Meng Han
Association between vitamin D and metabolic syndrome in older adults, Allison Ann Hedges
Leveraging genetic time series data to improve detection of natural selection, Luvenia Nicole Hellams
Impact of Lawsonia intracellularis and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae on pig performance and metabolism, Emma Helm
A framework for isogeometric-analysis-based design and optimization of wind turbine blades, Austin Herrema
Three essays on regression discontinuity design and partial identification, Yang He
Genetic and environmental control of lignin biosynthesis and C emission from crop stover, Sarah Hill-Skinner
Evaluation of nitrogen and potassium interactions in corn, Jackson Hirniak
An evaluation of the Microsoft HoloLens for a manufacturing-guided assembly task, Melynda Hoover
Performance and stability of perovskite solar cells, S M Istiaque Hossain
Explaining the difference in freeze-thaw resistance of two similar “high-quality” limestone aggregates, Evelyn Hussey
Enhancing bridge construction and fiscal efficiency, Phil Iekel
The Growing Together Project: Understanding impacts on field day attendees and Iowa Master Gardeners, Laura Irish
Reducing labeling complexity in streaming data mining, Yesdaulet Izenov
Evaluation of rural intersection treatments in Iowa, Jevan J. James
A qualitative and quantitative examination of factors underlying safety climate, Jon Lewis Patrick Judge
Pressure effects on magnetism and superconductivity, Udhara Sampath Kaluarachchi
Exploration of Alnico permanent magnet microstructure and processing for near final shape magnets with solid-state grain alignment for improved properties, Aaron Gregory Kassen
An analysis of the crash risk and likelihood of engaging in a distraction while driving using naturalistic, time-series data, Trevor Joseph Kirsch
Real options models and analyses for energy transportation systems with jump and diffusion processes: Electric power transmission planning and fuel-carrying ship design, Fikri Kucuksayacigil
Phenotypic and genomic selection for multi-trait improvement in soybean line and variety development, Andreomar Kurek
The Echoes of Buddha, Jesus Christ, and Fredrich Nietzsche in Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited, Hee-Seong Lim
Generating branding buzz on social media for a pop-up store: Focused on brand experience, Huiwon Lim
Proportion and performance evaluation of fly ash-based geopolymer and its application in engineered composites, Yifeng Ling
Three essays on crash frequency analysis, Chenhui Liu
An analysis of driver behavior in response to warning beacon installations on stop signs, Qilin Liu
Investment decision-making in clean energy under uncertainties: A real options approach, Yihua Li
Choreography and interior design; using performance terminology to describe interior experience, Maricel Lloyd
What Airbnb Reviews can Tell us? An Advanced Latent Aspect Rating Analysis Approach, Yi Luo
Sandinistas and prostitutas: Reeducation and rehabilitation of prostitutes in revolutionary Nicaragua, 1980-1987, Sydney Marshall
The genetic basis of feed efficiency in swine divergently selected for residual feed intake, Emily Mauch
Auxinic herbicide residue impact on soybean [Glycine max (L.) merr.] growth and yield, Kevin Ross Mcgregor
Tangible augmented reality intervention for a product dissection task, Chloe Mcpherson
An examination of the safety of signalized intersections in consideration of nearby access points, Megat Usamah Bin Megat Johari
