Current dissertations and theses from UVM graduate programs are submitted electronically and will be available in this collection approximately twelve weeks after the final submission by the candidate. Print and electronic dissertations and theses are browseable and searchable at UVM Theses & Dissertations.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Fragmentation, Rearrangement, And C-H Insertion: Reactions Of Vinyl Cations Derived From Diazo Carbonyls, Sarah Elizabeth Cleary, PhD, Chemistry

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Bottom-up adaptive management and stakeholder participation for clean water and healthy soils in a complex social-ecological system, Sarah Coleman, PhD, Plant and Soil Science

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21st Century Approaches To Addressing Childhood Diarrhea In Low And Middle-Income Countries: Zinc As A Cornerstone Of New Prevention Strategies, Elizabeth Ross Colgate, PhD, Clinical and Translational Science

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Spectroscopic Insight into Oxidative Heme Cleavage by the Non-canonical Heme Oxygenase IsdG from Staphylococcus aureus, Matthew A. Conger, PhD, Chemistry

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Examining Inter- And Intra-Individual Differences In The Neurobiological Mechanisms Associated With Inhibitory Control, Nicholas C. D'Alberto, PhD, Neuroscience

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Enhancing The Efficacy And Thermotolerance Of Selected Beauveria Bassiana Isolates For Management Of Sunn Pest, Eurygaster Integriceps, Using Electrofusion Techniques, Agrin Davari, PhD, Plant and Soil Science

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Simulacra Of The (un)real: Reading Margaret Atwood’s Lady Oracle As A Feminist Text Of Bodily Resistance, Kimberly Michelle Dean, MA, English

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Some results on a class of functional optimization problems, David Rushing Dewhurst, MS, Mathematics

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The Synthesis of Highly Substituted Aromatics and the Reaction of Alkene Pi Systems with Vinyl Cations, Nicholas Jarrod Dodge, PhD, Chemistry

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Rural Education Philanthropy: A Case Study of Need and Opportunity, Carolyn Dwyer, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Evaluating The Resistome And Microbial Composition During Food Waste Feeding And Composting On A Vermont Poultry Farm, Korin Eckstrom, MS, Animal Science

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Genetic And Demographic Consequences Of Lake And River Habitat Fragmentation On Fishes In Vermont, Peter T. Euclide, PhD, Biology

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The Brain Correlates of Personality and Sex Differences, Brittany Fair, MS, Neuroscience

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Numerical Modeling Of Collision And Agglomeration Of Adhesive Particles In Turbulent Flows, Farzad Farajidizaji, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Rotating Magnetometry For Terrestrial And Extraterrestrial Subsurface Explorations, Robert Farrell, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Between Extermination and Child-Rearing: The Foreign Child-Care Facilities of Volkswagen and Velpke, Lauren Elizabeth Fedewa, MA, History

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Biochemical Characterization of the Dimerization Domain of Purine-rich Element Binding Protein B: An Essential Subdomain Mediating the Repression of Smooth Muscle Alpha Actin Gene Expression, Lauren Ferris, PhD, Biochemistry

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Evidence For The Involvement Of Runx1 And Runx2 In Maintenance Of The Breast Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype, Mark Fitzgerald, MS, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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A Human Side Of The Smart Grid: Behavior-Based Energy Efficiency From Renters Using Real-Time Feedback And Competitive Performance-Based Incentives, Daniel Fredman, PhD, Natural Resources

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Characterization Of A Novel Vps26c-Retromer Complex And Its Interaction With An Endosomal Trafficking Pathway Regulated By The Snare Vti13 In Controlling Polarized Growth And Cell Wall Organization In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Suryatapa Ghosh Jha, PhD, Plant Biology

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The Radical Ekphrasis Of Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, Georgia Googer, MA, English

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Management Factors Influence On The Fatty Acid Content And Composition Of Forages, Caleb Goossen, PhD, Plant and Soil Science

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Regularization in Symbolic Regression by an Additional Fitness Objective, Ryan Grindle, MS, Mathematical Sciences

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Remote Sensing Methods and Applications for Detecting Change in Forest Ecosystems, David James Gudex-Cross, PhD, Natural Resources

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Large Eddy Simulation of Oscillatory Flow over a Mobile Rippled Bed using an Euler-Lagrange Approach, Daniel S. Hagan, PhD, Mechanical Engineering

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Fluvial Processes in Motion: Measuring Bank Erosion and Suspended Sediment Flux using Advanced Geomatic Methods and Machine Learning, Scott Douglas Hamshaw, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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A Study Of Food Hub Buyers In Vermont: Motivation, Marketing, And Strategy, Hannah Harrington, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Pharmaceutical Waste in Vermont: Results from a Survey on Purchasing, Use & Disposal, Christine Hart, MS, Natural Resources

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Evaluating The Impacts Of Southern Pine Beetle On Pitch Pine Forest Dynamics In A Newly Invaded Region, Molly Heuss, MS, Natural Resources

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Resource control strategies: Associations with autonomic nervous system reactivity, Leigh Ann Holterman, PhD, Psychology

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Quasilinear Control of Systems with Time-Delays and Nonlinear Actuators and Sensors, Wei-Ping Huang, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Effects Of Natural And Social Environments On Psychological Development Of Main Characters: A Study Of Three Nineteenth-Century German Novellen, Justin Hueckel, MA, German

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Labor on Vermont Dairy Farms: A Producer Perspective, Emily Irwin, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Leveraging Software-Defined Radio for a Scalable Wide-band Wireless Channel Measurement System, James Jamison, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Methods To Identify And Develop Drugs For Cryptosporidiosis, Rajiv Satish Jumani, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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Uncovering The Variable Life History Traits And Strategies Of The Gregarine Parasite, Monocystis Perplexa, In Its Invasive Earthworm Host, Amynthas Agrestis, Erin L. Keller, MS, Biology

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Temporal Coordination Of Mitotic Chromosome Alignment And Segregation: Structural And Functional Studies Of Kif18a, Haein Kim, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

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Smart In Situ Fibers And Their Applications, Sundong Kim, MS, Mechanical Engineering

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Arenavirus Transcription, Replication, and Interaction with Host-Cellular Components, Benjamin King, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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An Analysis of Between-Cow Variation in Innate Immunity in Relation to Mastitis Severity, Filiz Korkmaz, PhD, Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

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From Sea To Lake: The Depositional History Of Saint Albans Bay, Vt, Usa, Matthew Kraft, MS, Geology

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Making Connections Through Coaching: A Story of Finding Meaning Through Athletics and Coaching, Mary Laura Krug, MEd, Interdisciplinary

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Can Urban And Peri-Urban Agriculture Create Food Sovereign Communities? Case Studies In Cuba And Burlington, Vt, Bennett LaFond, MS, Plant and Soil Science

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The Influence Of Television Pacing On Attention And Executive Functioning, Timothy LaVigne, PhD, Psychology

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Consumer Engagement With Efficient And Renewable Energy Technology: Case Studies On Smart Meter Utilization And Support For A Community Anaerobic Biodigester System In Vermont, Samantha Whitney Lewandowski, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics

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Protective Actions of Luminally Restricted 5-HT4 Receptor Agonist in Dextran Sodium Sulfate Induced Colitis, ALISHA Anne LINTON, MS, Neuroscience

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Decoupled Reference Governors for Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems, Yudan Liu, MS, Electrical Engineering

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Cargo Transport By Myosin Va Molecular Motors Within Three-Dimensional In Vitro Models Of The Intracellular Actin Cytoskeletal Network, Andrew Thomas Lombardo, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

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Application Of Geophysical And Geochronological Methods To Sedimentologic And Stratigraphic Problems In The Lower Cambrian Monkton Formation: Northwestern Vermont, Henry C. Maguire, MS, Geology

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Seeking Balance: Lessons to Myself, Matthew Manz, MEd, Interdisciplinary