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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Stability of Amorphous Particles Formed via Monodisperse Droplet Evaporation, Kurt R. Vostal
Nature as Theophany: Exploring Coleridge's Scientific and Theological Inquiries into the Imagination, Adam Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
When Things Aren't the Things that We Think: Misreadings, Impostors, and the Object(s) of Criticism in the Fiction of Percival Everett, Steven A. Belskie
Vehicle Stabilization during Critical Cornering Scenarios Using Sliding Surface Control, Christina Elyse Boyd
"External Ghost / Than Its interior Confronting": Gardens, Ghosts, and Fractals in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Cole Swensen, Margaret Rose Brown
Some Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) Behave Prosocially More Often With Strong Affiliative Partners During a Food-sharing Task,, Sara Marie Faiad
The Will to Remember: Manifestations of Holocaust "Fatigue" and "Exhaustion" in Representations of the Holocaust, Bethany Sarah Grandy
Oxytocin Mitigates the Negative Consequences of Chronic Social Isolation in Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Elyse Kathleen McMahon
Should I Poach?: How a Couple's Attractiveness and Relationship Duration Impact Short-term Poaching Behavior, James Brian Moran
Sex Differences in Binge-Like Alcohol Consumption in Mice: Involvement of Beta-endorphin and the Stress Axis, Todd B. Nentwig
Quantitative Evaluation of Residential Virtual Energy Storage in Comparison to Battery Energy Storage: A Cyber-Physical Systems, Chiedozie Franklin Ononuju
Cross-Coupling Reactions of Functionalized Organozinc Reagents for the Synthesis of β,β-Disubstituted α,β-Unsaturated Ketones, Heather R. Rensch
A Passive Brace for the Treatment of Scoliosis Utilizing Compliant Mechanisms, JB Ring
High Flux Solar Simulators: Improved Optical Modeling for Use in Designing Reduced Cost Simulators, Jeffrey Pleecdo Roba
A Process for Extracting Knowledge in Design for the Developing World, Paden Michael Troxell
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Probing Bile Salt Micelle Aggregation and Chiral Guest-Host Binding Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Shauna Lynn Anderson
In-Stream Leaf Decomposition as an Indicator of Marcellus Shale Impairment Across a Land Use Gradient, Jordan Alan Barton
Complexity in a Gender Binary: the Challenge to Universities to Include Transgender Students, Tricia Nicole Collins
An Investigation of Amorphous and Unique Organic Molecular Structure Via Monodisperse Droplet Evaporation and Spray Drying, Hannah Theresa Comstock
Strange Cases of Sex Chromosome Segregation: the Division of Sex Univalents and Sex Trivalents, Kristen Dorothy Felt
Measurement of Carbon Dioxide Vibrational Self-Quenching Rates, Conor J. Flynn
The Development of a Copper Mediated 1,4-Conjugate Addition of Functionalized Organozinc Reagents Toward Complex Molecule Synthesis, Tyler James Fulton
Structural Models of Fe/Mn Active Sites in Heterodinuclear Metalloproteins, Joshua Tyler Goheen
Measuring H2S(g) Concentrations Over Abandoned Mine Drainage Sites, Katurah Lee Klein
Characterizing the Wake and the Performance of a Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine in a Tandem Array Configuration, Uros Vukasin Markovic
Synthesis of Pyrrolidone Containing Polyanhydrides for Controlled Drug Delivery, Keith Anthony Mattern
Development of a Stereoselective Approach for the Synthesis of Allo Bile Acids, Brandon Nathaniel Nelson
Predictors of Participation and the Effects of Undergraduates' Involvement in a First-Year Emerging Leadership Program, Brent Aaron Papson
Arranger of Prayers and Other Essays, Dana Marie Ray
Effect of Mix Water Quality on the Design and Hydraulic Conductivity of Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall Backfill, Melissa Ann Replogle
Modeling SOFC Performance Incorporating Particle Morphologies and Partial Electron Conductivity, Andrew John Lewis Reszka
Synergistic Effect of Facial Attractiveness, Facial Expression, and Vocal Pitch on Mating Assessments, Kelsey Jo Salerno
Fugitive Routes: Transregionalism, Race, and the Romance of Reunification in Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Stephanie Renee Scherer
Recovery of Commodity Products From Wastewater: Impacts of Thermal Hydrolysis on Polyhydroxybutyrate and Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate, Brian William Zuidervliet
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Synthesis of Cyclic Polyacrylate Homopolymers and Diblock Copolymers via RTA-ATRC; Inducing Tacticity by Pi-Pi Stacking; Orthogonality of CuAAC & ATRC, Scott C. Blackburn
Streamlining the Synthesis of Macrocyclic Polystyrene by a Series of Atom Transfer Reactions, Elizabeth Marieka Carnicom
Cognitive Factors Predicting Expressive Music Synchronization: Roles for Auditory Imagery and Working Memory, Ian Daniel Colley
Specification, Design, Construction, and Testing of a Smart Residential Microgrid Prototype, Philip Raymond Diefenderfer
Quantification of Health and Immunocompetence in the Little Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus labiatus), Imran Ejotre
From the Siamese Harem to the Harbor of Bombay: Narrative Form and Representation in Anna Leonowens's Travel Writing, Michelle Renee Gallagher
Evaluation of the ASTM Referee Method as an Industry Standard for Detecting Knock in an Aviation Reciprocating Engine, Michael G. Glucksman
Measuring Surface Tension of Secondary Atmospheric Aerosols using Atomic Force Microscopy, Andrew Donald Hritz
"Liking" and Obesity: a Role for Incentive Salience, Johanna Hyacinthe
Can Honeybees Use Floral Scent Cues to Make Interpatch Foraging Decisions?, Jordan Ryan Kemfort
Disease and Biodiversity in South Sudan: Exploring Habitat Disturbance and the Health and Viruses of Fruit Bats, Laura Ann Kurpiers
Groove: A Novel, Lewis M. Land
Automobile Safety Systems: Improvement of a Method to Estimate Tire Friction Coefficients in Passenger Vehicles, Mauro David Lifschitz Arribio
Understanding the Deeply Engaged Mindset Among Active Bucknell Students, Max Byron Meng
Assessing Black Leadership in NCAA Member Institutions: the Disparity between College Playing Fields and College Athletic Administration Offices, Brian J. Merriam
Validating NMR-Based Metabolomics Methods With Applications to Type II Diabetes in Human Serum, Matthew Miele
A Characterization of the Fermat Number Transform on Different Hardware Platforms, Katherine Jean Olsen
Effects of Drying Rates on Size and Morphology of Nanoparticles, Thuong Ngoc Phan
Effects of Perceived Emotion on Music Memory in Older and Younger Adults, Ellen Dorothy Robinson
Life Cycle Environmental Impacts for Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic Wastewater, Valerie Lauren Wade
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Story for Two Pianos, Christopher Bradt
Relationship Between Membrane Efficiency and Solute Diffusion Through a Dense, Prehydrated Geosynthetic Clay Liner, Akmal Shukhratovich Daniyarov
Structural Studies of Bile Salt Aggregation by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry, Nicholas Doyle
Structural Studies of Bile Salt Aggregation by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry, Nicholas John Doyle
Development of Acid, Silver, and Solvent-Free Gold-Catalyzed Hydroelementation Reactions, Daniel Vincent Fraccica
Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing Narrative in the Wake of Trauma with the Fiction of Charles Brockden Brown and Paul Auster, Timothy D. Han
Tool Use Acquisition and Self-Control in Lion-Tailed Macaques (Macaca silenus), Susan Elizabeth Haverly
Riparian Invertebrate Predator Communities and Cross Ecosystem Subsidies Along a Stream Size Gradient, Nicole Renee King
Sexual Assault Risk During Study Abroad, Brittany Elaine Kurtz
An Olfactory Based Behavioral Analysis of Bombus terrestris in Relation to Three Strains of Solanum lycopersicum, Matthew Paul Lamore
Developing a New Metric for the Commonality of Information on Prescription Labels and Packaging, Eric Yun Kuei Lynn
Effects of High-Stakes Accountability Testing on Teacher Motivation, Megan T. Mahoney
Synthesis of N-(2-Hydroxybenzyl)iminodiacetic Acid Ligand Towards the Study of its Complex with Iron(III), Jennifer Mary Marino
A Quantitative Examination of the Impact of College Students' Anticipated Academic Major and Risk for Early Departure on Academic Performance and Persistence, Jason Robert Moran
Synthesis of Cyclic Poly (Methyl Acrylate) and Cyclic Poly (Methyl Acrylate)/Polystyrene Diblocks by ATRP and RTA-ATRC, Kenneth Daniel Myers
Banknotes in a Book: Money and Texts in Charles Brockden Brown's Arthur Mervyn, or Memoirs of the Year 1793, Elena Yurievna Perminova
The Design, Construction, and Experimental Characterization of Spatial Parallel Architectures of Elastofluidic Systems, Jordan Anthony Rivera
Thermal and Hydraulic Conductivity Properties of Geothermal Well Seals Subjected to Cyclic Heating and Cooling, Andisiwe S. Sicwebu
Power Generation of Two Model Marine Hydrokinetic Turbines in a Tandem Array Configuration, Giulio Soliani
Noise-Robust Voice Conversion, Trang Thi Minh Tran
Anaerobic Treatment as an Alternative for Municipal Wastewater Treatment at Sub-Optimal Temperature, David Lee Wacker Jr.
Effects of Religious Art Primes on Women's Body Satisfaction, Food Choice, and Eating Behavior, Kaylyn Lee Watterson
Formation of Metastable Organic Structures Via Monodisperse Droplet Evaporation, Luke Philip Webster
The Effects of Dietary Stress on Body and Testis Measurements of a Southwestern Longlegs Spider, Physocyclus mexicanus, Diane E. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Synthesis Of Linoleate Analogs With Longer Alkyl Termini To Test For Proposed "Tail-First" Binding In SBLO-1, Jorge David Alvarenga
An Investigation On The Use Of Microalgae For Biogas Enrichment, Maribeth Ann Armenio
Mother-Child Spiritual Discourse: A Mixed Methods Study, Philip A. Bonanno
Product Distributions Following Hyperthermal Collisions Between C2H4 And O(3P), Michael A. Brignone
The Woman in White as Narrative Asylum: Wilkie Collins's Uncanny Construction of Female Subjectivity, Allison Clymer
Investigating The Fate Of Positively Charged Nanoparticles In A Soil Environment, Whitney Lyn Dudek
Quantifying The Diffusion And Erosion Of Degradable Hydrogels Using A Microfluidic Technique, Anne Elizabeth Ellenberger
Use Of Conspecific Gestural Cues To Solve An Object-Choice Task In Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella), Jennifer Lynn Essler
The Behavior Rating Inventory Of Executive Function - Self-Report Version (Brief-Sr) And The Delis-Kaplan Executive Function Sys, Dan Jacob Follmer
Collision-Induced Dissociation Of Dipeptides In Negative Ion Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Sheena Hilton
Effective Length K-Factors For Flexural Buckling Strengths Of Web Members In Open Web Steel Joists, Sugyu Lee
Synthesis Of Triblock Copolymers By Radical Trap Assisted-Atom Transfer Radical Coupling, Benjamin McFadden
Physiological Consequences Of White-Nose Syndrome, Melissa Beth Meierhofer
Friendship As A Relationship Infiltration Tactic During Human Mate Poaching: An Experimental Investigation, Justin Kyle Mogilski
Exploration Of Survival Traits In The White-Nose Syndrome-Affected Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus), Chelsey Diana Musante
The Use Of Amido- And Imido-Functionalized Alpha Hydroxy Acids In The Creation Of Biodegradable Polyesters: An Exploration Of Va, Richard Vincent Natelli
Study Of The Binding Of Substrate By The Phe557Val Mutant Soybean Lipoxygenase-1, Patricia Plumeri
River-Like, Michelle S. Reed