Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Acute Muscular Response to Dynamic Co-contraction Exercise Compared to Traditional Resistance Exercise, Benjamin C. Ryan
HIRE: A Holistic Unified Multimodal Avatar Platform for Technical, Behavioral, and Affective Interview Readiness Evaluation, Silvia Sanjana
Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation with Chitinase and Glucanase genes against Aspergillus flavus in Georgia Peanuts, Saima Shafique
Improved Methodologies to the Sustainable and Scalable Production of Specialty Mushrooms, Mark Sheehan
The Effect of Client Power and Auditor Power on Auditor Negotiation Judgments, Lee Shinaberger
Peptide-Based Strategies to Combat Infectious Diseases: From Arsenic-Containing RiPP as Antibiotics to Anti-Parasitic Inhibitors Targeting PMT, Md Tanjil Islam Shovon
Constructing Female High School Students’ STEM Self-Efficacy: The Role of High School STEM Research Experiences, Hyunjin Son
Determining the Role of Maumee River Sediments in Microbial Nitrogen Transformations and Net Fluxes, Ashlyn Stanalonis
Examining the Domestic Politics of Nuclear Policymaking in America: US Participation in Nuclear Agreements From 1948 to 2024, Stephanie A. Stapleton
Stabilized Cargo Relay Aircraft for Precision Payload Yielding, Dato A. Tabidze, Michael Conely, and Ben Courtney
Chemical Pressure Effect in a Distorted Kagome Lattice Magnetic Topological Candidate, Nishat Tasnim
Causal Discovery With Mixed Data via Model-Based Conditional Independence Testing, Catrice Taylor
Black Women Science Teachers’ Contextual Knowledge Shapes Technology Integration To Support Culturally Responsive Teaching in Secondary Science Classrooms, Ashley M. Thomas
Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Development and Learning, Shannon Thompson Lawson
Toward Scalable Quantum Networks: Fidelity-Driven Memory Optimization with Adaptive Scheduling and Decoherence Control, Dheeraj Sai Tukkugudam
Gamification in High-School Classrooms: An Intrinsic Single-Case Study of Teacher Perceptions Engaging Self-Determination Theory, Ashley R. Vickers
Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Salt Bridges and Hydrogen Bonds in Active GPR56, Kimberly Wang
Science for All: Utilizing Native and Everyday Language To Increase Academic Performance and Student Engagement for High School English Language Learners, Lashanda K. Whitworth
Robust Flash Flood Analysis: A combination of LSPIV, Field Georeferencing, Lab Validation, and SRH-2D Modeling, Tharindu Nirmala W. Wijayalath Arachchige
Exploring Alternative Curriculum Implementation in Special Education Settings, Amber R. Wilson
Defining My Country: An Appalachian Educator’s Autoethnography of Linguistic Erasure and AI, Kimberly B. Wright
Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of the Impact of I-Ready on Students’ Math Achievement, Tanisha L. Wright
AgentCite: Trustworthy AI Agents for Information Verification Across Referenced Documents, Eymen Yigit
Investigating the Impact of Image Reconstruction Pretraining on Adversarial Robustness, Zhiwen Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Aerobic Exercise on Acute Metabolic Rate and Cardiovascular Responses, Hana Abouward
The Effect of Blood Flow Restriction During Acute Aerobic Exercise on Non-Local Muscle Fatigue, Anna Acosta
Comprehensive Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Studies of Tenualosa Ilisha Fish, Airin Akhter
The Impact of Flipped Classroom With Active Learning Model of Instruction in Teaching Stoichiometry in Chemistry Among Black and Brown Students, Lawrence Femi Akintokun
Simulation of Ground Penetrating Radar for the Detection of Buried Human Remains, Md Shamsul Alam
Summer Melt: The Transition of Rural Students to Post-secondary Schools, NiQuan Alston
Roses and Concrete: Black Teachers' Roles and Challenges in Marginalized Communities, Alyse N. Barry
What Is Your Why? An Exploration of Why Teachers Remain in the Professsion at an Urban Elementary School in the South., Malikah Bennett
Enhancing AD/ADRD Management Through iHelpCare: A Compliant and Culturally Sensitive AI-Driven Digital Healthcare Platform, Trisha Bhowmick
Feature Significance and Explainability in Neural Networks, Sanad Biswas
BALANCERGNN: Balancer Graph Neural Network for Imbalanced Datasets, Mallika Boyapati
The Impact of Focused Specific Phonemic Awareness Instruction on English Language Learners in the Kindergarten Classroom, Bethany Brewer
The Impact of a Multilingual Learner Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Perceptions of Teacher Support, Mark A. Bryan
Using Sustained Silent Reading in the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom To Increase Reading Engagement, Hannah S. Burwell
Warehouse Reconfiguration with ATS Lab, Ed Cantor, Dana Pazhouhesh, Mathew Oshinski, and Samantha Sanchez
Immersive Learning in Action: A Qualitative Case Study of High School Teachers’ Experiences With Prisms Learning in Science and Mathematics, Hilary A. Cassidy
ONEMONEY - A Design Science Research Artifact for Mobile Remittances From the USA to Zambia, Owen Chilongo
Advanced Multimodal Planetary Surface Exploration for Scientific CanBots, Carrington Chun
Student Engagement in ELA Choice-Based Core Curriculum: A Case Study of the Dramatic Writing for Film, Television, and Theater Course, Brian Thomas Clements
An Endangered Profession: Elevating the Lived Experiences of Current and Retired Black Teachers in Georgia to Confront Retention Challenges and Reimagine the Legacy of Teaching, Thelma Sharese Colbert
A Phenomenographical Study of Rural Teacher Retention Before, During, and After the COVID-10 Global Pandemic, Stacey LB Collins
The Role of Teacher Leaders in Sustaining School Culture During Principal Transitions: A Case Study, Leah Curtright