All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 2009
Acquisition and Analysis of Biological Neural Network Action Potential Sequences, Michael E. Ellinger
Optimization of Production Operations in Plastics Manufacturing, Elizabeth E. Evans
Synthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Metallic Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Activity, Ruel G. Freemantle
Design and Analysis of a Fatigue Monitoring Sensor, Subash Gokanakonda
A Study of The Greek Minority of Early Fourteenth Century Palermo, Jack Goodman
Improving the Uncertainty of the Pair Branching Ratio for the First Excited Spin 0 State of Carbon-12, Nicholas J. Goodman
A Voyage East: The Liber Peregrinationis of Riccoldo da Montecroce, Rachel E. Graf
The Effects of Salvinorin A on the Novel Object Recognition Task in Male Rats, Larissa A. Haliw
Influence of Vegetation on Seasonal Pore Water Chemistry in a Michigan Peatland, Melanie J. Haveman
A Geospatial Analysis of Indoor Radon Gas Distribution in Marquette County, Michigan, Mathew A. Hay
Blues Identities: The Lives of Sound, Affect, and Identity In The Kalamazoo Blues Community, Jonathan G. Hill
De Participatione Christianorum et Saracenorum: Ramon Llull as Disputant and Comparative Religionist, Ariana Philena Horn
Development and Implementation of a Schedule Assignment Model for Freshman Learning Communities, Ashley S. Hovenkamp
Effects on Digital Image Quality when Photographing Through a Transparent Material Used to Hold or Flatten an Original Object, Paul E. Howell
"Giving Face" to Immigrant Sentiments in the United States: An Analysis of Online Organizations and Advocates in Southwest Michigan, Amber N. Hyland
Participants' Immediate and Three-Month Follow-Up Feedback on Project T.R.U.S.T. Presentations, Mitsuyo Izumi
Vector Feature Extraction Using Object-Oriented Image Analysis Techniques from Scanned Maps, Wook Rak Jung
An Evaluation of Political Surveys and Their Consequences for Democracy, Nancy H. Kagan
Quantifying Extension of Passive Margins with Implications for Sea Level Change, Joshua Philip Kirschner
The Effects of a Visual Problem-Solving Strategy on Complex Categorization Task Performance, April N. Kisamore
The Role of Double-Reversed Relations in a Relational Frame Approach to Teaching Perspective-Taking to Young Children, Jeana L. Koerber
Suite: Summer Day, Stephen Eugene Kozminski
Faith And Doubt: A Study of Religion And Skepticism In Social Discourse, Brent Krohn
Behavioral Response of White-Tailed Deer to Bacillus Thuringiensis Maize, Andrea Marie Kryger
Using Partnership and a Low Cost Structure to Successfully Restore Wetland on a Military Base in Michigan, Jim Langerveld
The Use of Music in Early Childhood Centers in British Columbia: A Survey of the Perceptions and Practices of Early Childhood Educators, Michelle Lawrence
Evaluation of the Oncolytic Potential of Wild-Type Tanapoxvirus and its Plaque Variants, Hui Lin Lee
Effects of Stress Concentration on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Failure in Air and Corrosive Environment, Tyng Tyng Lee
Synthesis of Neuropeptide Y Fragments as Potential Ligands for the Opiate Receptors, Teck Maan Lim
The Photocatalytic Paper with Coating Formulations of Titanium Dioxide and Natural Zeolite, Qi Li
A Field Trial of Nutrient Stimulation of Methanotrophic Microorganisms to Reduce Methane Emissions from Landfill Cover Soils, William Lizik
Afraid of the Dark: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Whiteness, A. Elizabeth Lyons
The Excavated Bead Collection at Fort St. Joseph (20BE23) and Its Implications for Understanding Adornment, Ideology, Cultural Exchange, and Identity, LisaMarie Malischke
Evaluation of the Performance Characteristics of an Alkaline & Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, Sujith Mohan
Thermal Stability of Hydrogen in Diamond-Like Carbon Films, Andrew Moore
An Intellectual and Theological History Of Jesuit Slaveholding, 1717-1838, Stacey Lorean Moore
Impedance Based Electrochemical Biosensors, Binu Baby Narakathu
Preplanned and Reactive Agility Training Influence on Agility Test Performance in Male Adolescents, Heidi Neitzke
Mechanics of Micron Size Oil Droplets in a Turbulent Impingement Jet, Jacob Nink
Listening Skill and Perceptions of Supervisor Credibility, Nathan E. Peck
Salvinorin B Derivatives, EOM and MOM Substitue for the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Salvinorin A, M. Melissa Peet
3-D Interpretation of the Reservoir Property Distribution in the Belle River Mills Silurian (Niagaran) Reef, St. Clair County, MI, Heather K. Qualman
Barrier-Based Evacuation Plan for University Campuses, Asadur Rahman
Highway Construction Staging and Intelligent Traffic Routing: A Cost Optimization Strategy, Richard C. Rhodes
Using an Experience Sampling Method to Investigate How People Spend Their Time at Work, Anna A. Rice
Equivalence Class Formation by Adolescents with Asperger's Disorder, Andrew R. Riley
Isolation, Expression, Purification and Biochemical Characterization of Wilson Protein Metal Binding Domains 2 and 1-2, Peter Kennedy Sande
An Integrated PCA-FLD Classification System for Mammographic Images, Memuna Sarfraz
Probability-Discounting in Humans: Real Versus Hypothetical Outcomes, Gabriel D. Searcy
The Effect of Singing Paired with Pictures Versus Speaking Paired with Pictures on Vocabulary Acquisition of Korean ESL Students, Chul Hee Sheen
A History of Puig de Santa Maria: A Mercedarian Monastery in Valencia, 1237-1322, David A. Shoup
An Analysis of the Efficacy of Rapid-Flash LED Beacons to Increase Yielding to Pedestrians Using Crosswalks on Multilane Roadways, Jimmy Waye Shurbutt
Ferrarius Catalanus and His Role in the Scholastic Innovations and Intellectual Rivalries of the Thirteenth Century, Louis D. Shwartz
Spatial Patterns of No Child Left Behind: A Geography of Schools in Need of Improvement in Michigan, Kelly Marie Sparks
Dual Channel Low Noise Amplifier for Experiments In Neurophysiology, John D. Stahl
Effects of High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (Doms) and Inflammatory Markers, Robert Standley
Wet-End Additive and Coating Pigment Application of an Alternative Pigment for Printing Paper Grades, Frederick C. Tan
The Cultural Context of Patronage During the First Contact Period of the Christian Conversion of Kent, Laura Taylor
Sustainable Residential Landscapes Designed to Improve Human Well-Being: Planning for Quality of Life with Front Yard Gardens and the Backyard Oasis, Margaret-Rose M. Temkow
Spondylolysis Prevalence in Two Prehistoric Point Hope, Alaska Communities and Its Relationship to Whaling, Mary Elisabeth R. Timm
"Switching Gears" to Higher Education: New Student Social and Academic Assimilation in a First Year Experience Seminar, Catherine M. VanDerMaas
Environmental Influences on the Activity Patterns of a Captive Group of Spider Monkeys (Ateles Fusciceps Rufiventris), Erin Michelle Van Regenmorter
Geology and Biostratigraphy of the Freighter Gap Region, Great Divide Basin, Southwestern Wyoming, John Mark Van Regenmorter
The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Training on Safe Posture During an Assembly Task, Sarah E. VanStelle
Increasing Learner Participation Rates for a Blended Learning Curriculum Using a Combination of Goal-Setting, Feedback, and Praise, Michelle VanWagner
Investigation on Capacitive and Acoustic Wave Transducers for Bio/Chemical Sensing, Vidhyavathi Venkataraman
Luminous Accretion Disks of Quasars, Anjali Vyas
Simulation of Fabric Dynamics In a Spinning Horizontal Drum, Peter Wagoner
Riccoldo da Monte Croce's Ad Nationes Orientales: A Study of a Fourteenth-Century Dominican Missionary Manual, Lydia Marie Walker
Salvinorin A Establishes Conditioned Place Aversion in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats, Sheryl L. Walker
Experimental Investigation of Interference Effects in Electron Emission from O2 by Impact with MeV/u H+ and O5,8+ Ions, Melike Winkworth
The Political Participation of Racial Groups in the United States Political System, Rachelle B. Yecke
Theses from 2008
A Closed Cycle 3He/4He Dilution Refrigerator for Use In Cryogenic Studies, Daniel Roy Adams
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Interval and Full-Session Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates Procedures with Preschool Children, Season M. Almason
Effect of High Temperature Drying of Paper on Heat Transfer Rates and Sheet Properties, Dania Awni Al-Said
The Impact of the European Economy on an Indigenous Productive Regime: Coca Production in the Yungas of La Paz, 1548-1570, Krista Anderson
Religion, Politics, and Terror: Determinants of Tolerance for Radical Islamist Ideology in America, Jacob A. Armstrong
An Investigation of Kavilorai: A Hero Stone Site in the Nilgiri Mountains of South India, Jacob Landon Bach
Mobile Phone Communication Competence (MPCC): Development and Validation of a New Measure, Emil Bakke
The Effect of Acute Resistance Training on Resting Metabolic Rate in Men, Steven William Ball
An Arab American, Ali Y. Bazzi
Mining for Public and State Approval: Corporate Strategies for Metallic Sulfide Mining on Michigan’s Yellow Dog Plains, Teresa A. Bertossi
Where Was the Government? In Inquiry into the Events of September 11, 2001, Elizabeth A. Bradshaw
Relative Timing of Speech Motor Events at Utterance Invitation in Persons Who Do and Do Not Stutter, Bryan Thomas Brown
Coatings for Printing of Conductive Traces, Omkar Chandorkar
Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Hazardous Wastes in Semcog Region, Michigan, Junfang Chen
Incorporation of Space Syntax Theory in Determining Safe and Efficient Construction Site Layout, Minsuck Cho
Effectiveness of Improving Performance with the Bigger Faster Stronger In-Season Training Program, Alicia D. Crelinsten
Investigating the Effectiveness of a Raised Hand and Extended Arm to Increase Motorist Yielding Near Uncontrolled Crosswalks, Brian J. Crowley-Koch
Taiwanese Buddhist Nuns, Amy DeBoer
Kukai in The Making: Premodern and Modern Buddhist Redaction in the Modern Construction of Kukai, Nathan F. DeBoer
Optical and Electrochemical Molecular and Nanoscale Sensors for the Selective Detection of Organophosphorus Based Pesticides, Chandrima De
The Effects of Sodium Citrate Ingestion Upon Performance and Metabolic Factors Related to Cycling, Jonathan Decker
Laboratory Tests of Schumasoil® Well Screens for Free Product Recovery, Tamara M. DeFrain
A Comparative Analysis of Pixel-Based and Object-Oriented Image Analysis Methods Using Landsat Imagery, Jason Joseph Delisio