Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Reconfigurable Microfluidic Circuits through Modular Surface Driven Microfluidic Diode Valves, Selina Cervantes
Structural Violence and Cooperation for Survival: Exploring Livelihood Strategies In Rural Mexico, Luis Chavez
Systematic study of projection biases in Weak Lensing analysis, Prudhvi Raj Varma Chintalapati
Bioanalytical Studies of Disease Protein Profiles: MALDI-ToF MS, Prajkta Satish Chivte
Examining the Feasibility of Identifying Tau Neutrino Charged Current Events in the DUNE Far Detector, Sarah Choate
Fourth and Fifth Grade Reading Teachers' Perceptions of Differentiated Reading Instruction, Amanda Lee Clark
Princes, Princesses, and Socialites: Feminism and Class Transgression In Hollywood Romantic Comedies, Justina Marie Clayburn
Young Adolescents’ and Parents’ Attitudes and Perspective Taking About Appropriate Mobile Phone Use, Stephanie Jean Cleary
Serious Conduct Problems and Callous Unemotional Traits In offending adolescents: Unique and Shared Contributions of Parenting and Community Risk, Elizabeth R. Corning
artificial Intelligence and Multi-Physics approach for Electrocoagulation Parameter Selection, Adam Cotton
Diagram affordances and Their Impact on Students’ answers about Rivers and Groundwater, Daniel R. Curtis
Materials and Electrochemical Interfaces for High Energy Density Sodium Metal Batteries, Olusola John Dahunsi
Structural analysis of Polar aggregates and Inter-Ionic Distances in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Emily Elizabeth Dalbey
Contractions of Simple Continued Fractions, Nicholas J. Davis
Computational Modeling, Simulation, and Potential Applications of Optical Stochastic Cooling, Austin J. Dick
The Impact of Race on Quality of Life of the Aged After Heart Transplant Or Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support, Jerian Dixon-Evans
Perceptions on Detracking Secondary Mathematics Classes and individual and Collective Teacher Efficacy Beliefs for Teaching in Heterogeneous, Inclusive Classes, Melissa A. Dudic
Evaluating the attention Training Technique as a Transdiagnostic Intervention for Fear-Based Psychopathological Symptoms: a Randomized Controlled Trial, Benjamin John Ellem
"Killers who Preach": Horror and the "Victorian" Culture Text in the Modern american Musical, Amy Erickson
Discovery of Acetyl CoA Synthetase and SARS-CoV-2 Protease Inhibitors, Taiwo Elijah Esan
Using Machine Learning to Predict Student Outcomes, Saba Fatima
Uruguayan Parents' Perceptions about Educational Segregation in Uruguayan Public Elementary Schools: a Case Study, Natalia Fernández
Does Where You Meet Your Partner Influence Relationship Satisfaction? An Investigation of Online Dating in The LGBTQ+ Community, Brooke M. Fornetti
Performance Patriotism: The State Council of Defense, The Illinois Women’s Committee, and The Role of The State In World War I Illinois, Joshua David Fulton
Food Fan Academy: Boosting Informal Educators Abilities to Use Food as a Teaching tool, Kelly Furr
Examining Early Word Recognition instruction: Synthetic Phonics vs. Analytic Phonics, Jenelle Gallagher-Mance
Materials and Interfaces of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, Siyuan Gao
Three essays on the effects of parental income and labor supply on child health and labor market outcomes., Kassahun Mamo Geleta
Creativity in the Workplace: A Matter of Chaos or Cohesion?, Cody T. Gibson
Grey To Green: The Impact of Environmental Policy on Us Crime Rates, Kassandra Gonzalez
Convection Allowing Simulations of Hail in Historical and Future Climate Epochs, Jillian Rose Goodin
Christianity and Mental Health Counseling: Voices of The Black-Negro American Experience, Kyle Preston Goodwin
Analysis of Localization algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Binary Data, Alexander Joseph Hart
Optimizing Battery Performance: Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Bidirectional Battery Management Systems on Battery Cells, Drue Nathaniel Haskins
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Acetyl CoA Synthetase Inhibitors, Michael Emmett Heene
The Ambiguous Loss of Alcohol Use Disorders for Affected Family Members: Can Al-Anon involvement and Psychological Flexibility Make a Difference?, Giselle Hernandez Navarro
Evaluation of a Math and Medication administration Proficiency Program in a Pre-Licensure Nursing Program, Dianne J. Hoekstra
Synthetic Methodologies Using Nucleophile-Electrophile Chemistry, Jacob C. Hood
Retention of Teachers of Color in Predominantly White Suburban Schools, Jessica Lynn Hurt
Teacher Turnover in Urban Schools: A Comparison of Illinois Traditional Public and Charter Schools, Taquia M. Hylton
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: an Understanding of How To Educate Black and Latinx Students, Darius Jackson
Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Surrounding Culturally and Linguistically Responsive assessment Practices for Dual Language Learners, Rebecca Lynne Jarzynski
Coulomb Blockade-Mediated Field Emission Sources Using Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond, Jevin Jensen
Understanding The Impact of Illinois’ Evidence-Based Funding Law: An Examination of Spending for The First Three Years, Christopher T. Johnson
Design and Synthesis of Acetyl CoA Synthetase-1 Inhibitors, Theodore Cormac Jones
People with Disabilities, Poverty and Social Cash Transfers: The Politics of Financing Disability-Inclusive Social Protection Systems in Kenya, Tyson Odoo Juma
Visualizing Dynamic Multivariate Networks, Bharat Kumar Kale
The Future of Extreme Windstorms in the United States: Insights from Convection-Permitting Simulations, Kristie Kaminski
Applications for Functional Data Analysis, Kacy D. Kane
COVID-19 Stress and Parenting Practices: Maternal Stress and Emotion Regulation Strategies, Jordan R. Kaye
Simulations of Electro-Optically Sampled Arbitrarily Shaped Electron Bunches for Wakefield Acceleratiors, Spencer Joseph Kelham
Surface Modified Titanium and Doxycycline Loaded Pcl/plga Nanofibers for Improved Cellular interaction and Biocompatability, Dexter D. Kling
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Rare- and alkaline-Earth Manganese- and Nickel-Based Perovskite Oxides, Elena Krivyakina
The Perspective of Financial Aid Personnel on Middle-income Student Loan Borrowing, Nicole Lacognata
Parent Involvement and Student Teacher Relationships in Predicting Student Outcomes, Riley Laffoon
Dynamic Overnight Effect on Next Day Stock Market forecasting, Thomas J. Lee
Evaluating the Impact of Bitcoin on international asset Allocation using Mean-Variance, Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR), and Markov Regime Switching Approaches, Mohammadreza Mahmoudi
OCD and Scrupulosity Symptoms in the LGBTQ+ Community, Katherine Hurley Mangen
Methods for Investigating Geo-Stem Learning Ecosystems: A Case-Study of Illinois Earth Science Teachers, Cheryl L.B. Manning
Exploring Social-Emotional Supports in Preschool: A Mixed Methods Case Study of a Preschool for All - Expansion Program, Hailey Alixandra Manzano
Intergenerational transmission of parenting: Does emotion regulation buffer the effect of negative early care experiences on the cortisol stress response and subsequent caregiving?, Erin Rochelle Mckay
A Single-Case Alternating Treatments Design Utilzing Quantitative Electroencephalography to Observe and Measure Mental State Trends During individual Participant Non-Nature-Based Small initiative Adventure Therapy Experiences, Patrick Lane Robert Mcmillion
Using Machine Learning to Search for Vector Boson Scattering at the CMS Detector During Run 2, Mark Mekosh
Macroeconomic Factors influencing foreign Direct investment in Some Selected Countries in Africa, Richard Essel Mensah
Design and Cold Test of A Metamaterial Accelerating Structure for Two-Beam Acceleration, Dillon Christopher Merenich
The Relationship Between Loneliness and Experiential avoidance after Implementation of a Self-Compassion Intervention, Alyssa Mielock
Black Male Sense of Belonging at Predominantly White Institutions, Christopher M.d. Mitchell
Social Media, Gender, and Cancel Culture in The Punk Scene, Elizabeth Alexandra Mitchell
Prioritized Object Detection Integrating Fuzzy Logic Risk assessment and Planned Path., Khatereh Mohammadi
Measuring the Impact of Youth Research in the US Policy Documents, Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama
What a Difference a Day Makes. a Qualitative Case Study on Student Experiences of Involvement In Clubs and Organizations During Covid-19, Luevinus Muhammad
Police Response To Same-Sex IPV a Qualitative approach, Lena Fae Mutchler
Vanadium Partitioning Between Magnetite, Hematite, and A Hydrothermal Fluid: Implications for Iocg and IOA Deposits, Jeremy Raymond Nederbo
China’s "greek Gift" To africa: a Myth Or Reality, Chibuzo Uchechukwu Victor Obasi
Tagalog and English Core Communication Boards for Tagalog-English Bilingual Children in the Philippines, Vianca A. Ocampo
The Role of Machine Learning and Network Analyses in Understanding Microbial Composition in An Experimental Prairie, Ali Eastman Oku
Patterns of Co-optation and Repression in Autocracies: Lessons from Cambodia and Beyond, Limeng Ong
Fidelity In Which School Districts are Prepared To Implement Their Reunification Plan In The Event of Tragedy Or Emergency, Mark E. Orszula
Design and Development of a Smartphone App for Health Monitoring and Alerts for Farm Workers, Omer Oztoprak
Homeobox Transcription Factor HBXA Influences Expression of Over one Thousand Genes In The Model Fungus aspergillus Nidulans, Sandesh Sharma Pandit
Characterizing VHH Domains as Stabilization and Oligomeric Control Modules, Niyati Patel
Study of the Dynamics of Glasses Using Nuclear Resonance Time Domain interferometry, Marc Pavlik
Association Among Select Conditions for Learning at The School Level, Academic attainment, and Academic Growth in Reading, Cederrall Petties
Alignment and Range Verification in Proton Therapy Using Proton Radiography and Proton CT, Joseph Piet
Computational Studies of The Effects of Substitutions on Silatranes and Ring Strain Energies, as Well as Determination of Aromaticity and Complexation in Polypnictogen Analogues of The Cyclooctatetraenyl Dianion, Alexander Stuart Pixler
¡Puedes Hacerlo! A Qualitative Case Study Exploring the Experience of Latina Community College Students With Aspirations to Transfer, Sandra Pizano
Analysis of the Effect of Surface Roughness in additive Manufacturing on Thermo-Hydraulic Performance by ML Models supported by Physics-Based Modeling, Kaylen A. Platt
The Dances of the Presidency, Robert Chapin Poyser