Welcome to the Masters Theses section of Scholarworks!

The Graduate School and the University Libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst offer electronic copies of Masters Theses written by students who have submitted them electronically since 2007. To view previously approved Masters Theses, Browse by Year or Search by Author in the form below, or perform a more comprehensive Search.

To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Schools, Colleges, and Departments page.

We welcome comments regarding the online theses submission process. Please email questions or comments to: .

Follow


Theses from 2013

PDF

Of Dirt and Decomposition: Proposing a Place for the Urban Dead, Katrina M. Spade, Architecture

PDF

Protesting Between the Lines: Carmen Martín Gaite's Frustration in Writing vis-à-vis 1950s Francoist Censorship, Emily Rose Spring, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics

PDF

Working Memory Performance across Development and Following Acute Exercise, Patrice L. Stering, Psychology

PDF

The role of bacterial microcompartments in the fermentation of D-arabinose in Clostridium phytofermentans, Megan A. Strough, Microbiology

PDF

Preferred Sensor Selection for Damage Estimation in Civil Structures, Matthew Styckiewicz, Civil Engineering

PDF

Density-dependent Survival of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Life Stages, Elizabeth M. Sussky, Entomology

PDF

Enhancing Secrecy via Exploring Randomness in the Wireless Physical Layer, Rehan Talat, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

A Translation of Qiu Miaojin's "The Crocodile Diaries", Alexandra Valencik, Chinese

PDF

Corporeal Thresholds, Caroline Valites, Art

PDF

Investigating the Ability of Pro-social Emotions to Enhance Cooperative Behavior, Lucía A. Vergara Sobarzo, Resource Economics

PDF

Multi Rotor Wind Turbine Design And Cost Scaling, Preeti Verma, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

Thumb Morphology, Feeding Behavior and the Evolution of Frugivory in New World Leaf-Nosed Bats (Family: Phyllostomidae), Nina Veselka, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

PDF

Habitat Use and Seasonal Movement Patterns of Four-toed Salamanders (Hemidactylium scutatum) in Massachusetts, Kimberly O. Vitale, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

PDF

The Lovely and the Wild: Considering Naumkeag, Carol Waag, Landscape Architecture

PDF

A Hierarchical Approach to the Analysis of Intermediary Structures Within the Modified Contour Reduction Algorithm, Kristen M. Wallentinsen, Music

PDF

A Column-Parallel Two-Step Successive Approximation Analog-To-Digital Converter, Hongtao Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

Coping Strategies, Food Preferences, and Their Potential Effects on Dietary Quality Intake in a Massachusetts Efnep Population, Amy Wasson, Nutrition

PDF

Memory and Production of Standard Frequencies in College-Level Musicians, Sarah E. Weber, Music

PDF

Rebuilding Urban Place: Negotiating Individuality and Belonging, Peter R. Webster, Architecture

PDF

Biomarker and Sedimentological Investigations of Mis 8 through Mis 12 from Lake El'gygytgyn, Ne Arctic Russia, Jeremy H. Wei, Geosciences

PDF

An Evaluation of Drivers’ Cell Phone Use Prevalence and Safety Related Impacts, Keith E. Wenners, Civil Engineering

PDF

Envisioning a New Public Space, Kathryn J. Wetherbee, Architecture

PDF

The Use of Multimedia Material in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and Pedagogical Implications, Zhongyuan Williams, Chinese

PDF

Associations of Childhood Family Adversity and Pubertal Timing with Depressive Symptomotology in Adulthood, Jeffrey P. Winer, Psychology

PDF

Response & Resistance: A Comparison of Middle Connecticut River Valley Ceramics from the Late Woodland Period to the Seventeeth-Century, Julie Woods, Anthropology

PDF

Coffee and Tea Intake and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma, Haotian Wu, Public Health

PDF

Building Empathic Consciousness Toward our Biosphere, Lawson R. Wulsin Jr, Architecture

PDF

Relationships among Source Credibility of Electronic Word of Mouth, Perceived Risk, and Consumer Behavior on Consumer Generated Media, Mei-hsin Wu, Hotel & Tourism Management

PDF

Stack Protection Mechanisms In Packet Processing Systems, Peng Wu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

Dialects into Films----The Element of “Dialect” in Chinese Films, Shun Yao, Chinese

PDF

Modeling the production and transport of dissolved organic carbon from heterogeneous landscape, Changjiang Ye, Geosciences

PDF

The Comparison Of Meaning-inferred, Meaning-given, And Sentence Translation Methods For Chinese Vocabulary Teaching, Yani Zeng, Chinese

PDF

Parameter Variation Sensing and Estimation in Nanoscale Fabrics, Jianfeng Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Input-based Activities And Output-based Activities on the Acquisition of Chinese Language, Xiaolei Zhang, Chinese

PDF

Activity Intent Recognition of the Torso Based on Surface Electromyography and Inertial Measurement Units, Zhe Zhang, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

Climate Change And Green Growth: Evaluating The Comparative Effectiveness Of The Green Communities Program In Massachusetts Relative To Other Municipal Programs, Zhe Zhao, Regional Planning

Theses from 2012

PDF

Synergistic Approach for Designing and Enhancing Bioactive Ingredients from Apple and Blueberry for the Management of Early Stages of Type 2 Diabetes, Widya Agustinah, Food Science

PDF

Prairie Warbler Nest-site Selection, Nest Survival, and Demographic Response to Management in a Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak Barren, Michael E. Akresh, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

PDF

Fractures of the Dammam Dome Carbonate Outcrops: Their Characterization, Development, and Implications for Subsurface Reservoirs, Mohammed M. Al-fahmi, Geosciences

PDF

Population Size, Habitat Use and Diet of Kittlitz's Murrelets in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Andrew J. Allyn, Environmental Conservation

PDF

Notch Regulation of Adam12 Expression in Glioblastoma Multiforme, Ala'a S. Alsyaideh, Animal Science

PDF

The Pyrethroid Deltamethrin, Which Causes Choreoathetosis with Salivation (CS-Syndrome), Enhances Calcium Ion Influx via Phosphorylated CaV2.2 expresssed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, Anna-maria Alves, Molecular & Cellular Biology

PDF

The Process by which Physicians Extract Information from Electronic Progress Notes During Handoffs, Brian D. Amster, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

PDF

Citizens and Criminals: Mass Incarceration, "Prison Neighbors," and Fear-Based Organizing in 1980s Rural Pennsylvania, Erika Arthur, History

PDF

You or Your Memory, Katherine L. Baker, Art

PDF

A Rose Has No Teeth When You Hold It So, David R. Bartone, English

PDF

Ana Roqué y el Discurso de Emancipación Femenina Burgués Decimonónico Disfrazado en la Ficción, Sonia N. Batlle, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics

PDF

A Distibutional Analysis of Frequency and Predictability Effects on Fixation Durations in Reading, Ashley Benatar, Psychology

PDF

Simulations of Non-Contact Creep in Regimes of Mixed Dominance, Maija Benitz, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

Dynamic Capacity Allocation in Primary Care with Physician Flexibility, Sebastian S. Biehl, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

PDF

Enhancing Human Health and Recovery Through Biophilic Design, Matthew T. Blair, Architecture

PDF

Counterinsurgency Doctrine and the 'War on Terror': A Narrative and Discourse Analysis of the Army Field Manual 3-24, Tyler Boudreau, Communication

PDF

Of Zebra, Sarah W. Boyer, English

PDF

Characterization of Damage Zones Associated with Laboratory Produced Natural Hydraulic Fractures, Erin Bradley, Geosciences

PDF

Techniques for Industrial Implementation of Emerging Semantic Technologies, Jay T. Breindel, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

Environmental Impacts Due to Fixed and Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Micah K. Brewer, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

"Speak to me in vernacular, doctor": Translating and Adapting Tirso de Molina's El Amor Médico for the Stage, Sarah A. Brew, Theater

PDF

The Study of Inter and Intramolecular Interactions in Gas Phase Protein Ions by Electron Transfer Dissociation, Shaynah J. Browne, Chemistry

PDF

Incorporating Sustainable Building into Local Development: An Assessment of Green Design Practices within the MetroWest Corridor Partnership, Jacqueline Brown, Regional Planning

PDF

Creatures Are Kind, Angela M. Buck, English

PDF

Flood Bloom, Caroline Cabrera, English

PDF

Proteolytic Regulation of CtrA, the Master Regulator of Cell Cycle in Caulobacter crescentus, Amber M. Cantin, Biochemistry

PDF

Probabilistic Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Soil-Structure Interaction, Wystan Carswell, Civil Engineering

PDF

Bringing the Frame Into Focus: How Cable News Pundits Protect the Glass Ceiling, Kathryn M. Cassidy, Communication

PDF

Temperature Effects on Growth and Stress Physiology of Brook Trout: Implications for Climate Change Impacts on an Iconic Cold-Water Fish, Joseph G. Chadwick Jr, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

PDF

A Diachronic and Synchronic Examination of the Disposal Construction in Min and Mandarin Chinese, Chunching Chang, Chinese

PDF

The Radiation Quality Factor Of Vertically Polarized Spherical Antennas Above A Conducting Ground Plane, Hsieh-chi Chang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

Association between Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status among Adolescent Girls in Kilosa District, Tanzania, Shanshan Chen, Nutrition

PDF

An Investigation of Human-Error Rates in Wildlife Photographic Identification; Implications for the Use of Citizen Scientists, Megan Chesser, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

PDF

Community Land Trusts and Rental Housing: Assessing Obstacles to and Opportunities for Increasing Access, Maxwell Ciardullo, Regional Planning

PDF

Evolution Of Volatile Content Of The Parent Magma Of The 1875 Eruption Of Askja Volcano, Iceland, Heather A. Clark, Geosciences

PDF

Late Campanian-Maastrichtian Planktic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy, Taxonomy, and Isotope Paleoecology of Odp Leg 198 Sites 1209 and 1210, Shatsky Rise, Kendra R. Clark, Geosciences

PDF

Vehicle Miles Traveled (vmt) Fee Financing Alternatives: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities, Ashley L. Costa, Civil Engineering

PDF

Physical Model of the Feeding Strike of the Mantis Shrimp, Suzanne M. Cox, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

City Principles: The Application of the Four Visual Characteristics on Helena, Mt, Cienna Cullen, Architecture

PDF

I Don't Share Spirit Animals, Courtney J. Cullen, Art

PDF

Fostering Sustainable Behavior Through Design: A Study of the Social, Psychological, and Physical Influences of the Built Environment, Neil Cummings, Architecture

PDF

Drops of Blood on Fallen Snow: The Evolution of Blood-Revenge Practices in Japan, Jasmin M. Curtis, Japanese

PDF

Holocene Climate and Environmental Changes: Disentangling Natural and Anthropogenic Signals in the Sedimentary Record of Lake Lilandsvatnet (nw Norway), Robert M. D'anjou, Geosciences

PDF

A Threat Vs. Challenge View of Conflict in Romantic Relationships, Casey J. Debuse, Psychology

PDF

Evaluating and Modeling Traveler Response to Real-Time Information in the Pioneer Valley, Tyler De Ruiter, Civil Engineering

PDF

Techniques for Detection of Malicious Packet Drops in Networks, Vikram R. Desai, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

Critical Area Driven Dummy Fill Insertion to Improve Manufacturing Yield, Nishant Dhumane, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

An Optimal Adaptive Routing Algorithm for Large-scale Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks, Jing Ding, Civil Engineering

PDF

Impacts of Solar Grid Integration Issues on the Optimal Energy R&d Portfolio for Climate Change, Noubara Djimadoumbaye, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

PDF

The Human Error, Ngoc Doan, English

PDF

Urinary Melatonin Levels and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, Ashley Doherty, Public Health

PDF

Implementation of Dual-Polarization on an Airborne Scatterometer and Preliminary Data Quality, Jason Dvorsky, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PDF

Investigating the Relationship Between Material Property Axes and Strain Orientations in Cebus Apella Crania, Christine M. Dzialo, Mechanical Engineering

PDF

The Artist as Creator: The Theory of Art in Du Fu's Poems about Paintings, James H. Edwards, Chinese

PDF

The End of Histories, Joshua Field, Art

PDF

Development of a Novel Lateral-Flow Assay to Detect Yeast Nucleic Acid Sequences, Catherine E. Fill, Food Science

PDF

Investigating the Mechanism of Nur77-Induced Apoptosis in T Cells, Heather E. Fogarty, Animal Science

PDF

A Test of the Hypothesis That Environmental Chemicals Interfere With Thyroid Hormone Action in Human Placenta, Katherine Geromini, Molecular & Cellular Biology

PDF

Evaluating the MeBActive-Youth as a Measure of Mental Toughness, Manneh Ghazarians, Kinesiology

PDF

A Heart, Beating, Hard, Lauren F. Goodman, English

PDF

A Design Concept For The Lighting Of Hell In High Water By Marcus Gardley, Jessica M. Greenberg, Theater

PDF

Sometimes the Air in the Room Goes Missing, Dana Green, English

PDF

Coalition or Competition?: The Effects of Category Salience on Inter-Minority Prejudice, Manisha Gupta, Psychology

PDF

Regulation of the Acrosome Reaction by the Transmembrane Adenylyl Cyclase, Douglas M. Haddad, Animal Science