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Theses from 2012
Towards Logic Functions as the Device using Spin Wave Functions Nanofabric, Prasad Shabadi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
3d On-Sensor Lensless Fluorescence Imaging, Akshaya Shanmugam, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor with Gallium Promoted Zsm-5 Catalyst, Jian Shi, Chemical Engineering
Optimizing the Safety Stock Inventory Cost Under Target Service Level Constraints, Chetan T. Shivsharan, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Locating Environmental Justice Populations: A Method for Identifying Vulnerable Populations in Massachusetts, Zachary S. Silverman, Regional Planning
Evaluation of Live-Load Distribution Factors (LLDFs) of Next Beam Bridges, Abhijeet Kumar Singh, Civil Engineering
Development of a Cost Minimizing Strategy to Mitigate Bird Mortalities in a Wind Farm, Karamvir Singh, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Science-Based Management of Shrubland Birds in Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest, Jennifer R. Smetzer, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Material Characterization and Computational Simulation of Steel Foam for Use in Structural Applications, Brooks H. Smith, Civil Engineering
Accessing The Bioavailability Of Phytochemicals In Caco-2 Cell Model And Developing A Sensitive Method For The Detection And Quantification Of These Compounds, Hana Shatara Sobers, Food Science
The Measurement of Internal Temperature Anomalies in the Body Using Microwave Radiometry and Anatomical Information: Inference Methods and Error Models, Tamara V. Sobers, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Networked, Collaborative, and Activist News Communities Online: A Case Study of Reddit and Daily Kos, Michael Soha, Communication
Sensory Exploration of Seasonally and Locally Available Vegetables and its Effects on Vegetable Consumption of Western Massachusetts Head Start Children, Shannon Sojkowski, Nutrition
Diving Behavior and Identification of Sex of Breeding Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica), and Nest-Site Characteristics of Alcids on Petit Manan Island, Maine, Sarah M. Spencer, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Functional Test Pattern Generation for Maximizing Temperature in 2d and 3d Integrated Circuits, Susarshan Srinivasan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Secure and Energy Efficient Physical Unclonable Functions, Sudheendra Srivathsa, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Responses to Group-Based Provocations: The Role of Identification and Emotion Regulation, Rachel R. Steele, Psychology
Load Reduction of Floating Wind Turbines using Tuned Mass Dampers, Gordon M. Stewart, Mechanical Engineering
Terahertz Imaging for Cancer Detection, Benjamin A. St. Peter, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Salt Drive in the Beaver (Castor Canadensis): an Experimental Assessment with Field Feeding Trials, Jennifer Strules, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Cruise Tourism in St.Lucia; Promoting Locally Owned and Operated Tourism Businesses, Kristin M. Styles, Regional Planning
Karnaphuli River-Life Recreation & Research Center, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Hosne A. Sufian, Architecture
Elements of Sustainable Urbanism and Strategies for Landscape Development: Design of Green City, Jie Su, Landscape Architecture
Thermodynamic Analysis of a Combined Cycle District Heating System, Sharan Suresh, Mechanical Engineering
On-Chip True Random Number Generation in Nanometer Cmos, Vikram Belur Suresh, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Varied Applications of Work Zone Safety Analysis through the Investigation of Crash Data, Design, and Field Studies, Erica Swansen, Civil Engineering
A Combined Quadtree/Delaunay Method for 2d Mesh Generation, Simon Tang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Heavy Metal Food Chain: Relating Feeding Ecology and Mercury Bioaccumulation in Southern New England's Top pelagic Predators, Amy K. Teffer, Marine Sciences and Technology
Food System Planning in Western Massachusetts: A Community Organization Assessment, Arianna R. G. Thompson, Regional Planning
Soldier On, Gale Marie Thompson, English
Downregulation of Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase or Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase Leads to Improved Biological Conversion Efficiency in Brachypodium distachyon, Gina M. Trabucco, Molecular & Cellular Biology
A Paleoclimate Modeling Experiment to Calculate the Soil Carbon Respiration Flux for the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, David M. Tracy, Geosciences
Using Micro-Simulation Modeling to Evaluate Transit Signal Priority in Small-to-Medium Sized Urban Areas; Comparative Review of Vissim and S-Paramics Burlington, Vermont Case Study, Joseph C. Tyros, Civil Engineering
Development of a Cytosolic pH Reporter for Tobacco By2 Cells, Michael E. Urbanowski, Plant Biology
Falling Rock, Heather S. Varnadore, English
Investigation of Maize Yellow-stripe1 and Iron Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, Kenneth A. Vasques, Plant Biology
Impact of Manufacturing Flow on Yield Losses in Nanoscale Fabrics, Priyamvada Vijayakumar, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Impact of Mental Toughness Training on Psychological and Physical Predictors of Illness and Injury, Aisha Visram, Kinesiology
The Influence Of Perceptual Narrowing On Emotion Processing During Infancy, Margaret W. Vogel, Psychology
Bullying on Teen Television: Patterns across Portrayals and Fan Forum Posts, Kimberly R. Walsh, Communication
China’s New Generation Migrant Workers, Lie Wang, Sociology
Solid Gold October, Christopher S. Ward, English
Evaluation of Blackberry Cultivars and Blackberry-Pear Synergies for Potential Management of Type Ii Diabetes and Hypertension, Stephen D. Warner, Food Science
Fabricating a Future Architecture, Kris L. Weeks, Architecture
The Effectiveness of Point-of-Purchase Nutrition Education on Improving Beverage Choices and Nutrition Knowledge in a College Foodservice Setting, Heather A. Wemhoener, Nutrition
Writing Trauma: George Perec's W ou le souvenir d'enfance and Philippe Grimbert's Un secret, Charlotte F. Werbe, French & Francophone Studies
Costume Design for The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, Erin A. White, Theater
Good News, Eesha Williams, History
The Economic Significance Study on the Volleyball Hall of Fame and Its Charitable Impressions, Feng Xu, Hotel & Tourism Management
A Study of the Impact of Computational Delays in Missile Interception Systems, Ye Xu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Torsional Shear Strength and Size Effect in Structural Composite Lumber, Zhuo Yang, Environmental Conservation
Motivation of Chinese Language Learners: A Case Study in a Intermediate Chinese Class, Hong Yan, Chinese
How Does Hydropeaking Alter the Hydrology of a River Reach? A Combined Water Budget, Modeling, and Field Observation Study. Deerfield River, Massachusetts, Brian C. Yellen, Geosciences
Computational Methods for the Analysis of Non-Contact Creep Deformation, Xiao Ye, Mechanical Engineering
The Role of Family Routines and Rituals in the Psychological Well Being of Emerging Adults, Yesel Yoon, Psychology
The Book of Hats, Dov S. Zeller, English
Linguistic and Cultural Contact Phenomena in a Mandarin Class in the U.S., Dan Zhang, Communication
The Phonological Features of Sino-Khitan and Its Relations to the Origin of Northern Mandarin, Man Zhang, Chinese
Reinvestigation of Culture, Yi Zhang, Architecture
Large Scale Image Retrieval From Books, Mao Zhao, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Factors Influencing Increased Sustainable Harvesting and Primary Processing of Massachusetts Native Woods, Yuxi Zhao, Environmental Conservation
Benchmarking Virtual Network Mapping Algorithms, Jin Zhu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Theses from 2011
Los Perros del Paraíso de Abel Posse: Mito, Rebelión y el Eterno Presente de la Historia Latinoamericana, Fernando Alfredo Aguirre Perez, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Regulatory Compliance in small-scale fisheries in Old Providence Island (Colombia), Laura Maria Alayon, Resource Economics
Self-nucleated Crystallization of a Branched Polypropylene, Dhwaihi Alotaibi, Chemical Engineering
Analysis of the Market for Massachusetts Apples for Markets in Central America, Mildred L. Alvarado, Plant & Soil Sciences
Functional Verification of Arithmetic Circuits using Linear Algebra Methods, Mohamed Basith Abdul Ameer Abdul Kader, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Patient Outcome Expectations and Credibility Beliefs as Predictors of the Alliance and Treatment Outcome, Rebecca M. Ametrano, Psychology
Everything Could Be Different, Joel Anderson, English
Reproductive maturation and diel reproductive periodicity in western Gulf of Maine haddock, Katie A. Anderson, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
"Super Successful People": Robert Schuller, Suburban Exclusion, and the Demise of the New Deal Political Order, Richard Anderson, History
Comparative Genome Analysis between Agrostis stolonifera and Members of the Pooideae Subfamily Including Brachypodium distachyon, Loreto P. Araneda, Plant & Soil Sciences
The Association Between Measures of Adiposity and Anovulation in Women With Regular Menstural Cycles, Nicole Ash, Public Health
In the Face of Threat: How Relationship Threat Affects Cognitive Processing, Ariel Baruch, Psychology
The Association between Vitamin D and Depression among College-Aged Women, Constance M. Barysauskas, Public Health
Factors Affecting Survival and Cause-specific Mortality of Saiga Calves (Saiga tatarica mongolica) in Mongolia, Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
The Winter War, Jensen Beach, English
Designing for Deconstruction: Extending the Lifecycle of a Commercial Retail Building, Anthony Bene, Architecture
Freedom in Structure: Life Inside The House of Bernarda Alba, Toby V. Bercovici, Theater
A Process of Design: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dennis R. Berfield Mr., Theater
Evaluating Alternative Toll-Based Financing Approaches: A Case Study of the Boston Metropolitan Area, Rosaria M. Berliner, Civil Engineering
Subversive Representations of Education in Francophone Novels of the Colonial Maghreb, Whitney Bevill, French & Francophone Studies
the Relationship between Vitamin D Statuses and Young Adult Women Asthma, Shiying Bian, Nutrition
The World of Kanshi and Waka in Heian Period: Literary Study and Translation of Shinsen Rōeishū, Xiaobin Bian, Japanese
Extensional-flow-induced Crystallization of Polypropylene, Erica E. Bischoff White, Mechanical Engineering
Load Hindcasting: A Retrospective Regional Load Prediction Method Using Reanalysis Weather Data, Jonathan D. Black, Mechanical Engineering
Education, Occupation, and Migration as Predictors of Multiple Sexual Partnerships Among People Tested for Hiv in Luderitz, Namibia, Sima Blank, Public Health
We Came and We Brought Our Own Furniture, Luke J. Bloomfield, English
Simulating a Universal Geocast Scheme for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, Benjamin L. Bovee, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Phylogenetic, Epigenetic, and Biochemical Analysis of Testis-Specific Serine Kinases, Laura M. Brassard, Animal Science
Situated Architecture in the Digital Age: Adaptation of a Textile Mill in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Dorcas A. Brooks, Architecture
Developing Standardized Metrics to Quantify the Temporal Distribution of Migrating Anadromous Herring: Comparing Adult Returns Across Coastal Rivers, Matthew K. Burak, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
A Novel Role for wnt5b in Regulating Proliferation of Radial Glial Cells, Sean W. Burton, Neuroscience & Behavior
Testable Clock Distributions for 3d Integrated Circuits, Michael T. Buttrick, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Exploring the Relationship between Neighborhood Social Interactions and Urban Sprawl in U.S Metropolitan Regions, Liliana Carvajal, Regional Planning
Meat and Meanings: Adult-Onset Hunters’ Cultural Discourses of the Hunt, Tovar Cerulli, Communication
Throw Yourself into the Prairie, Francesca Chabrier, English
SCAR'd Times: Maine's Prisoners' Rights Movement, 1971-1976, Daniel S. Chard, History
Robust Signaling Techniques for Through Silicon Via Bundles, Krishna Chaitanya Chillara, Electrical & Computer Engineering
New Revised Standard, Jack Christian, English