Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Assistant Principals and the Phenomenon of Leadership Coaching, Thomas Flugum
Adventures in Storytelling: An Editor's Guide to Better Fiction, Rachel Frank
On-site, Ongoing, and Individualized Professional Development: A Case Study at Rural Charter School, Ashley Funderburke
Selective Muscle Degeneration in a Drosophila Model of Cachexia; A Role for the Transcriptional Regulator cabut, Matthew Giedd
KSUGo, Chase Godwin
Emulated Ecology, Erik Graves
Stumbler (A Screenplay), Mark Green
Media Guide and Strategic Plan, Ella Greer
Authentic Learning Environments: Designing a new standard for public education, Stephanie Griffith and Stephanie J. Griffith
Exploring the Interpersonal Dynamics of the Supervisory Triad of Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis, Anna E. Hart
CULTIVATED EDGE: Mediating rural and urban gaps in informal settlements, Camila Hellebuyck
Beyond Flat Space: Representing Architecture in Virtual Reality, Holden Holley
IoT Voice, Gesture & Application Control System: Proof of Concept Implementation, Deja Jackson and Zoe Cesar
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS, Angela Jackson-Summers
Improvement of Decision on Coding Unit Split Mode and Intra-Picture Prediction by Machine Learning, Wenchan Jiang
Underground Atlanta Revisited, Salvador Jimenez
Undeveloping the City, John Jones
AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMALS IN THE WILD: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN C-CAPSULE NETWORKS AND DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS., Joel Kamdem Teto and Ying Xie
USE OF BIOMETRICS TO DETERMINE BIOCHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL DIFFERENCES IN READING AND PROCESSING METABOLIC PATHWAYS, Kim Kammerdiener
Mars: Where Humans Become Martians, Briana G. Keith
Fast and Accurate Machine Learning-based Malware Detection via RC4 Ciphertext Analysis, Euiseong Ko
A Multiple Classifier System for Predicting Best-Selling Amazon Products, Michael Kranzlein
Novelis Teaching Table, Phillip LaPlante, Robert Hemker, Taylor McGriff, Juan Restrepo, and Shelly Abraham
RE-HANOK-IZATION, Joel Lee
GeoFutures l Urban Integration, Adam Leicht
Industrial Issues & Architecture, Nhac Le
Shrinking Cities in the Rust Belt: An Ecological Urban Design Intervention in Cairo, Illinois, Dakota Lewis
Fit Buddy Prototype and KSUGo Mobile App, Albert Lim
Papine Market: Culture, Climate, Resource, Denique Lindsay
Malware Image Classification using Machine Learning with Local Binary Pattern, Jhu-Sin Luo and Dan Lo
Mathematics Academic Achievement of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Sarah Kinney Maddox
Identifying Cancer Subtypes Using Unsupervised Deep Learning, Tejaswini Mallavarapu
The Effect of Leadership Coaching on the Self-Efficacy of New Assistant Principals, Michael Manzella
Modulating the Craft, Lee Martin
Hurricane Communities, Katie Masters
The biography of Dr. Joseph Mbelolo Ya Mpiku: A Congolese true to his roots, looking beyond the world he lives in., Zola Matingu
Unraveling Identity Signifier Literacy: A Case Study of First-Year Composition Students' Communication Practices, Bailey McAlister
Fringe to Focus - An Inversion of Peripheral Inhabitation, Matthew D. McKim
Reflecting on and Shattering My White Lens: A Critical Autoethnography on My Experience as a White Editor Working with Authors of Color, Kelsey Medlin
THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN’S ISSUES IN PEACE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS: GUATEMALA, EL SALVADOR, AND COLOMBIA, Natalia F. Meneses
Static Analysis of Android Secure Application Development Process with FindSecurityBugs, Xianyong Meng
Zero Tolerance, Zero Justice: Teacher Perceptions of Using Restorative Justice, Ajayi Monell
CERBERUS-TYPE TRISANIONIC TRISNHC AND ITS ZWITTERIONIC GOLD AND SILVER COMPLEXES, Maleek Montgomery and Daniela Tapu
VIEWS FROM THE BLACKBOARD: EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES OF COTEACHING IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, Ashley Mounts-Gray
Promoting Growth and Self-Efficacy: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of First-Year Assistant Principals, Debra Murdock
Virtual Reality as Navigation Tool: Creating Interactive Environments For Individuals With Visual Impairments, Nick Murphy
Cardinal Divide: Inverting the Stigma of Borders as Dividers, Evan Murray