Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Simulation of a Buried Hydrogen Pipeline in Kansas State Soil, Sidney Hines
Probing Representational Emergence in Large Language Models, Shawn Ismail
Exploring Teachers’ Lived Experiences: The Impact of Wellness on Student Engagement and Behavior in Third-Grade Classrooms, Tiffany L. Jackson
Electronic Structure and Symmetry: Impact on Vibrational Spectra of Small Clusters, Anna H. James
Neuromorphic Visual Odometry and SLAM on Edge Devices, Guangyu Jiang
S-Adenosylmethionine Synthases Differentially Modulate Inherited Histone H3K4 Methylation and Developmental Delay in Caenorhabditis elegans, Sundas H. Johnson
Walking a Tightrope: Social Studies Teachers in the Age of Divisive Concept Legislation, Jordanna M. Jones
Can Artificial Intelligence Unbound Bounded Rationality? A Quantitative Analysis of AI-Augment Decision-Making in Conflict-Driven Environments, Zeynep A. Kelani
Examining Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Response to Student Interpretations of a Particulate-Level Animation, Tyler Kinner
Describing the Regulatory Network of the Homeobox Transcription Factor ceh-27/Nkx2.1 in Nervous System Development, Lindsey Knight
Chilling or Galvanizing: Perceptions of Controversial Issues in the Social Studies Classroom, Patrick Leahy
Leveraging AI Sentiment Analysis to Improve Hotel Service Quality Based on Online Customer Reviews, Ni Lei
Bridging the Gap: A Qualitative Case Study of Pre-K Teachers' Literacy Professional Development Needs in the Context of Georgia's Early Literacy Act (HB 538), Deborah Lissimore
AQUIRE: Adaptive Quantum Understanding and Interactive Research Environment, Sahil Mangotra
The Comparative Impact of the Dot-Com Bubble, Great Financial Crisis, and COVID-19 on the Relative Properties of Management Earnings Guidance and Analyst Earnings Forecasts, Matthew E. Maylath
Biochemical and Structural Approaches to Anthelmintic Drug Discovery: From Caenorhabditis elegans to Necator americanus, Walter McReady
Teaching Difficult Histories: An Exploratory Case Study of Teacher Experiences and Student Demonstrations of Historical Empathy in a CDF Freedom School, Michael T. Miller
Teacher Experience and Perception of Feedback Literacy in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Carla B. Mills
Spatial and Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on Freshwater Fish Communities in North Georgia Watersheds, Mayuko Mizutani
The Role of Department Chairs In Supporting Student Learning Outcomes, TOMMY C. MOLDEN JR
Perceptions and Practices: A Qualitative Study of Middle Grades Physical Science Teachers’ Knowledge and Use of Formative Assessment, Michelle Morgan
Differential Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Formative and Summative Assessment Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Longitudinal Study, Md Istiak Morsalin
Culturally Inclusive Usability Engineering (CIUE): A Framework for Evaluating Cultural Inclusion in Study Abroad Platforms, Louis Muhammad
Do Gender Quotas Lead to Substantive Representation of Women in Autocratic Regimes? A Case Study of Pakistan, Rabia Mujahid
Federated Learning for Early Medical Diagnosis: Enhanced Diabetic Retinopathy Detection in Smart Healthcare, Mohammad Nasajpour Esfahani
Federated Neuromorphic Intelligence: Advancing Robustness, Efficiency, and Continual Adaptation in Edge Environments, Manh V. Nguyen
Design and Development of Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Alpha-Synuclein for Parkinson’s Disease, Zainab Noor
COMIC: Reference-Aware Safety Gating for Multimodal Large Language Models, Md Abdullahil Oaphy
Effects of Quinolinimines on the Cell Biology of Trypanosoma brucei, a Microbial Eukaryote, Abu Obyda
Assessing the Validity of Large Language Models as Synthetic Survey Respondents: Autonomous Completion, Internal Consistency, and Demographic Fidelity, Nzubechukwu Ohalete
Performing the American Dream: Passing and Identity in the Great Gatsby (1925) and Passing (1929), Olivia O'Sullivan
Experimental Bridge Scour Detection Using Ambient Vibration Under Controlled Lab Conditions, Mujeeb B. Owoniyi
An Investigation of Data Granularity in RAG Pipelines for Personalized Medicine, Paritosh Pandey
Respecting Context: Adaptive Approaches to Contextual Representation Learning, Ryan Parker
Examining Transcultural Approaches in Art Education: Transversality, Identity Formation, and Intercultural Understanding, alexandra grace parsons
PRIZE: Privacy-Preserving Extraction of Transferable Structured Pruning Masks, Mason Pederson
Examining Mathematics Teachers' Competencies For Facilitating Collaborative Learning in High School Settings, Tessy J. Pereira
Perceptions of Family Involvement and Its Influence on High School Attendance: Voices of Families and Mathematics Teachers, Amber Phillips
Finding Novel Arsenic-Containing Antibiotics, Minh Bao Phung
Effectiveness of Quiz-Based Interventions in Virtual Reality Lectures on Learning, Mason T. Prather
Qualitative Phenomenography: Sustaining Motivations of Black Women Principals in PK-5 Title I Schools, Kahliah C. Rachel
Secure and Compassionate Dementia Care: Non-Intrusive Remote Monitoring of Falls, Wandering, and Agitation, AWAN-UR- RAHMAN
Intelligent Robotic Characterization: AI-Augmented Digital Twins for Fault Diagnosis and Predictive Insights, Gershom Richards
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Pre-Service Mathematics Teacher Preparation Approaches in Jamaica and Historical Black Colleges and Universities in the Southeast United States, Sandra Riley-Brown
Can Caregivers Really Have It All?: Identity Salience and Career Success, Jenna-Lyn R. Roman