Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Finding Brain Predictors Of Psychostimulant Medication Use In Adhd Using Machine Learning, Zoe Irene Hulce, MS, Pharmacology
Assessing The Effectiveness Of A Luminally Restricted 5-Ht4 Agonist For The Treatment Of Colitis And Constipation, Molly C. Hurd, MS, Pharmacology
Economic Efficiency and Carbon Emissions in MES with Flexible Buildings, Zach Lawrence Hurwitz, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Characterization of the University of Vermont Plasma Torch and Simulation of Pyrolysis Gas and Plasma Interactions, Precious Jagun, MS, Mechanical Engineering
Planning For People In Communities And Outdoor Recreation Places: Fostering Community Cohesion, Shaping Place Meanings, And Exploring Imaginaries, Yumiko Jakobcic, PhD, Natural Resources
Three-Phase Hybrid Model Of Bacterial Biofilm Growth, Xing Jin, PhD, Mechanical Engineering
The Environmental Microbiome In A Changing World: Microbial Processes And Biogeochemistry, Stephanie Juice, PhD, Natural Resources
Energy Justice, Just Transitions, And Renewable Energy Policies: Examining Energy Transitions In The State Of Vermont, Walter Keady, MS, Natural Resources
Autobiography She Wrote: Agatha Christie and the Problem of Female Authorship, Jesse Marie Keel, MA, English
Examining Vermont Agricultural Producers’ Willingness To Pay For Extension One-On-One Business Planning Services And Future Programming Considerations, Anthony Kitsos, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
The Challenges Of Inclusive Education Policy Implementation In Ghana: Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Sefakor Grateful-Miranda Ama Komabu-Pomeyie, PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Shape Detection Of Concealed Conductive Objects Using Microwave Ultra-Wideband Spectra, Kyle Kowalczyk, PhD, Electrical Engineering
Design for an Increasingly Protean Machine, Sam Kriegman, PhD, Computer Science
The Potential of Refugee Seed Systems to Promote Contemporary Adaptation in Traditional Crops: A Case Study of African Maize in New England, Andi Kur, MS, Plant and Soil Science
The Iteration Domain Reference Governor, a Constraint Management Scheme for Batch Processes, Aidan Ridner Laracy, MS, Mechanical Engineering
A Software Defined Radio Interrogator for Passive Harmonic Transponders, Timothy Fennell Laracy, MS, Electrical Engineering
A State Estimation Framework for Fatigue Monitoring and Prognosis of Minimally Instrumented Structural and Biomechanical Systems, Benjamin LeBlanc, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Performing Arts: An Equalizer In Education For All Students, A Teaching Artist’s Perspective, Annalisa Ledson, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Seasonal Water Column Dynamics Exert Strong Control On The Chemical Partitioning Of Benthic Phosphorus Pools Of Shallow Eutrophic Freshwater Systems, Meagan Leduc, MS, Geology
Parenting Style and Relational Aggression: The Moderating Role of Physiological Reactivity, Maria Lent, MA, Psychology
Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Peptide Projections To The Central Nervous System Regions, Lauren Lepeak, MS, Pharmacology
Novel Pausing Behavior Of The Kinesin-3 Family Member KIF1A Is Regulated By Tau, Dominique V. Lessard, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Recalibrating Our Moral Compass: How America's Narrowing Value System is Erasing LGBTQ+ People in Schools, Andrew LeValley, MEd, Interdisciplinary
Measuring The Implementation Fidelty Of Usa Hockey’s American Development Model, Leon Lifschutz, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Optimization of Mixing Efficiency in Low Reynolds Unlike Doublet Injectors by Incorporating Swirl, Samuel Braggins Ligon, MS, Mechanical Engineering
The architecture of a lower-crustal shear zone and evidence for along-strike variations in strain localization and partitioning, Fiordland, New Zealand, Peter Carl Lindquist, MS, Geology
Enhancement of Charge Transfer in Thermally-expanded and Strain-stabilized TIPS-pentacene Thin Films, Yang Li, PhD, Materials Science
The Intersection Of Organizational Form And Employee Relationships: A Social Network Analysis Of Rural School Educators, Randi Beth Lowe, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Chemical Properties And Probiotics Survivability Of Symbiotic Coconut Yogurt Using Polymerized Whey Protein As A Gelation Agent, Jinglin Lu, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences
Examining Place Meanings in the Social Media of the U.S. National Park Service, Camille Marcotte, MS, Natural Resources
Increasing The Agronomic And Economic Value Of Chickpea And Pea, Edward Marques, PhD, Plant and Soil Science
Extremal/Saturation Numbers for Guessing Numbers of Undirected Graphs, Jo Ryder Martin, MS, Mathematics
Altered Fast Synaptic Transmission in an in vitro Mouse Model of Epileptic Encephalopathy, Matthew McCabe, PhD, Neuroscience
From Tap to Table: Consumer Values, Producer Attitudes, and Vermont Maple Syrup in a Dynamic Landscape, Aidan Conor McCracken, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Regulation Of Neuroinflammation After Ischemic Stroke By Astroglial Endothelin Receptor Type-B Signaling, John McInnis, PhD, Neuroscience
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Two Contraceptive Services Interventions For Women Receiving Medication For Opioid Use Disorder And At Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy, Heidi S. Melbostad, PhD, Psychology
From Molecules to Whole Organisms: Insect Responses to Climate Change, Emily Elizabeth Mikucki, PhD, Biology
Effects Of Forage Quality And Management Decisions On Feed Intake Of Lactating Dairy Cows, Michael Miller, PhD, Animal Nutrition and Food Science
Who Performs Pro-Environmental Behaviors (PEBs) and Why? Examining the Impacts of Motivation, Environmental Attitudes, Identity, and Climate Change Concerns on Intended and Actual PEBs, Roberta Sofia Molokandov, MS, Community Development and Applied Economics
Investigating The Runx1-Cbfβ Transcription Factor Complex As A Mitotic Gene Bookmark To Maintain The Normal Mammary Epithelial Phenotype, Eliana Moskovitz, MS, Pharmacology
The circuit and cocircuit lattices of a regular matroid, Patrick Mullins, MS, Mathematical Sciences
Chirality-Assisted Synthesis of Single-Handed Freeform Helical Ladder Polymers, Kyle Everett Murphy, PhD, Chemistry
Assessing growth and methods of decontamination of Listeria monocytogenes in brushes and brines used for production of washed-rind cheese, Rosalind Grace Neale, MS, Nutrition and Food Sciences
Pacific Northwest To New England: Exploring The Intersections Of Invasive Ecology, Forest Management, And Alternative Energy, Alexandra N. Neidermeier, MS, Natural Resources
A Qualitative Study Of School Transiency Among Students With Disabilities, Laura R. Nugent, EdD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Examining sucrose subjective response among individuals with opioid use disorder, Taylor Anne Ochalek, PhD, Psychology
The Intersection of Motherhood and Manipulation: How Slavery Informs The Maternal Identity, Meghan O'Day, MA, English
The Role of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity on the Association between Childhood Adversity, Symptoms of Psychopathology, and Metabolic Health, Kerry O'Loughlin, PhD, Psychology
Guide to Urban Gardening in Winooski Valley, Vermont, Grace Claire O'Neil, MS, Plant and Soil Science
Effects of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi on reproductive traits in Vaccinium corymbosum, Erin O'Neill, MS, Biology