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 2015
Design of Digital Down Converter Chain for Software Defined Radio Systems on FPGA, Nagarjun Marappa
Sleep Hygiene Practices: A Cross Cultural Survey of Sleeping and Dreaming in College Students, Ivan Noe Martinez Salazar
Ancient Magic and Modern Accessories: Developments in the Omamori Phenomenon, Eric Teixeira Mendes
Canning Jars and Patterns of Canning Behavior: A Study of Households on the Hector Backbone, New York. 1850-1940, Jayne Ann Michaels
Choice--‐Based Art: Students Who Create, Not Replicate, Hillary K. Moczerad
The Effects of Electronic Response Systems on Student Learning, James D. Morrison
The Demand for Change: A Study of Recreational Amenities for Ramona Park, Nicholas K. Mucha
Ways in Which Community Involvement May Influence Girls’ Education in Senegal, Babou Ndiaye
Simulation of Lateral Migration and Sedimentation of a Flexible Fiber in a Vertical Weak Shear Flow, Ali Ibrahim Neamah Neamah
The Experience of Social Flow in Vocal Jazz Improvisation, Brittany Neuser
Evolutionary Convergence of the Caffeine Biosynthetic Pathway in Chocolate Followed Duplication of a Constrained Ancestral Enzyme, Andrew J. O'Donnell
Zinc Oxide Based Inks for Semiconductor Applications, Shreyas Pathak
Formulation and Evaluation of Soy Polymer Based, Gravure Printed Resistive Inks for Applications in Printed Electronics, Bhushan Hiralal Patil
Tourism and Organic Food Production in Croatia: Case Study of the Cetina Region, Marina Pavletic
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: The Analysis of the Specter Cell Cycle Mutant in Zebrafish, Tetiana Petrachkova
A High Performance Architecture for an Exact Match Short-Read Aligner Using Burrows-Wheeler Aligner on FPGAs, Dana Abdul Qader
Wind Oscillator for Power Genration, RS Vewen Ramasamy
The Foundation of Cistercian Monasteries in France 1098-1789: An Historical GIS Evaluation, Jon Eric Klingenberg Rasmussen
Clinical Efficacy of Music Therapy in Addiction Counseling: A Systematic Review, Marissa Renee Rinehart
Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of Niagaran-Lower Salina Reef Complex Reservoirs of the Guelph Formation, Michigan Basin, Matthew J. Rine
Expression of Insulin Responsive Genes in Insulin Resistant Conditions, and the Effect of Selenium on Gene Expression, David L. Ruff
Examining the Definition of Literacy in an Awakened Mexican Pueblo Fantasma and Flourishing Pueblo Mágico: A Case Study, Maria Angela Sackett
Fragility Assessment of High-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Hezha Sadraddin
Ramon Llull’s Conversion Program in His Recovery of the Holy Land Treatises, Michael Sanders
Spatial Patterns of Drought Persistence in Xinjiang (A.R), China, Guzhaliayi Sataer
Lithologic Properties of the Upper Ordovician Utica Formation, Michigan Basin, USA: A Geological Characterization and Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Confinement Potential, Frank Richard Sattler
Monte Carlo Simulations on Xeon Phi: Offload and Native Mode, Bryar Shareef
Acceleration of Agent-Based PandemicModeling on Multiple GPUs, Barzan Shekh
Naturally-Occurring Metals Concentrations in Michigan Soils: A 2015 Survey, Zachary Lowell Spotts
Examining the Effects of Robot-Enacted Guilt Appeals in a Human-Robot Negotiation, Brett Stoll
Preliteracy Skills Promoted in Children’s Spanish-Language Books, Katherine Marie Suter
Recent Seismicity and Regional Extension aithin Southwestern Montana, USA, Jessica Szkody
Simulation of Drainage Rates of a Flexible Fiber Network on Wire Screen, Yihsin Tang
Oxidized Phospholipids Regulation of the Monocyte Recruitment Parthway in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells, Piao Jian Tan
A Gravity Investigation of the Tobacco Root Batholith Southwest Montana, Stephen Charles Tatum
Modeling and Analysis of PCA Workflow, Ewing Tiong
An Integrated Framework for Cardiac Sounds Diagnosis, Zichun Tong
The Adoption and Diffusion of LEED Certification in the Great Lakes Region: 2008-2015, Douglas Vander Hulst
Thermal History of the Michigan Basin: Results from Thermal Maturation Data and Geodynamic Modelling, Kirk A. Wagenvelt
String Quartet, brut, Bernie Walasavage
Microbial Community Analysis from Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments with High Magnetic Susceptibility, Anja E. Williams
Performance Analysis of Magnetic Indoor Local Positioning System, Kyle Wroble
Modal Logic and Ontological Arguments, Alex Yousif
Effects of Altering Motivation in Pigeons Performing a Titrating-Delayed-Matching-To-Sample Task, Zachary J. Zimmermann
Theses from 2014
The Effects of Varying Duration of Reinforcement on Novel Selection-Based Mands Versus Topgraphy-Based Mands, Nicholas S. Acker
An Enhanced Self-Healing Protection System in Smart Grid: Using Advanced and Intelligent Devices and Applying Hierarchical Routing in Sensor Network Technique, Mohamed Eid Aljahani
Effects of Health Expenditures on Population Age Distribution and Labor Force Participation Rates: Empirical and Comparative Analysis, Jassim M. H. Al-Jebory
Generation and Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to ldentify Subpopulations of Post Thaw Stallion Sperm, Sarah Abdulaziz AlMuhanna
Informal Institutions and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan, Mariam Amiri
The British Women’s Land Army: Gender, Identity, and Landscapes, Hilary M.K. Anderson
Credit Card System in Ghana: An Investigation of Why Credit Cardsare Not Widely Used in Ghana and How Widespread Use May Be Implemented, Emmanuel Andoh
The Status of, Teacher Attitudes Towards, and the lmpact of Music Therapy lnclusive Music Education in Michigan, Ann E. Armbruster
An Integral Framework for Sustainable Building Design, Bushra Asfari
Multi-Threaded Automatic Integration Using OpenMP and CUDA, Rida Assaf
A Climatological Study of Drought in Southern Michigan, Rudy Bartels
Localization and System Identification of a Quadcopter UAV, Kenneth Befus
Rhetoric of Revolt in Thirteenth-Century Castile and England, Jillian M. Bjerke
Predictive Modeling in the Search for Vertebrate Fossils: Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) in the Eocene of Wyoming, Bryan Bommersbach
A Study of the Symbolic Clothing Disposition Behaviors of Generation Y, Patti A. Borrello
Gesture-Sensing Technology for the Bow: A Relevant and Accessible Digital Interface for String Instruments, Zachary Boyt
A Comparison of Two Variations of a Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing Procedure On Novel and Infrequent Vocalizations of Children with Autism, Andrew J. Bulla
The Monastery of Saint-Michel du Tréport and the Borderlands of Northeast Normandy, 1059-1270, Eric Callender
Direct Torque Control of an lnduction Machine Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Network, Adithya Chandrashekharan
Transport and Catabolism of Inositol Isomers in Sinorhizobium meliloti, Ee Leng Choong
Salmonid Habitat Restoration on the Chocolay River, Michigan, Ross J. Crawford
A Suryey of Music Therapists' Use of Music to Facilitate Reading Development in Children, Cynthia Cross
Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants: A Comparison of the Classroom Discourse within Expository and Problem-Based Learning Laboratories, Kelley M. Current
Replacement of Solvent Based Ink by Water Based Inks for Gravure Presses with Low Efficiency Ink Driers, Viraj Suresh Dalvi
Local Planning and High-Speed Rail: Responses and Perceptions in a Developing Amtrak Corridor, John-Luke D'Ambrosio
Economic Analysis of Michigan Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Strategies, Randy José Jorge Díaz
Development of Safety Performance Functions for Non-Motorized Traffic Safety, Hamidreza Ahady Dolatsara
Owning Our Food System: Urban Community Gardening and Local Food Movements, Paige A. Edwards
Michigan's Clay Bluffs: The Description and Comparison of an Erosion-Dependent Natural Community, Nathaniel G. Fuller
Trajectory Optimization for a Misson to the Trojan Asteroids, Shivaji Senapati Gadsing
"Race Becomes Biology": Co-occurring Oral and Systemic Disease as Embodiment of Structural Violence in an American Skeletal Sample, Rieti G. Gengo
The Effectiveness of a Clinical Ladder Program, Melinda F. Gevaart
Vaccinia Virus Flll Mediated Expedition of Tanapoxvirus Replication in Cell Culture, Yih Wen Goh
Electron Transfer in Pnicogen Bond, Liangyu Guan
Stratigraphic Framework and Landsystem Correlation for Deposits of the Saginaw Lobe, Michigan, USA, Ivan R. Guzman
Electron Capture by Multiply Charged Ions from Molecular Targets, Justin Harris
GPU-Accelerated Influenza Simulations for Operational Modeling, Peter Holvenstot
Expression of Hla-Dr Is Up-Regulated in Microglia/Macrophages of the Multiple System Atrophy, Junjie Hu
Self-Supported Printed Multi-Layer Capacitors, Michael James Joyce
The Effects of Different Warm-Up Methods on Anaerobic Power, Bradley Kendall
The Nucleic Acid Binding Properties of the PWI Motif, Hamideh Keshavarz-mohammadian
Investigation of the Development of Educational ICT Courses on Pre-Service Teachers’ Education Curricula, Sayuri Kojima
Simulation of an Intake Manifold Pre-Heater for Cold Diesel Engine Startup, Patrick K. Kreun
A Remote Sensing Based Early Warning System for Algal Blooms in Kuwait Bay and Coastal Waters, Cameron Manche
Emerging Technologies in Art Education, Molly A. Marshall
No Fracking Way! A Study on the Spatial Patterns of and Changes in Perception and Distance from a Michigan Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Site, Shannon McEwen
Microglia Respond to Both Permanent and Temporary Deaferentation in the Adult Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb, Amanda K. McKenna
Impersonal Trust in Versus Dependence on FDA, Amanda C. Meyer
Physicochemical Characterization of Novel 1,1 0-Phenanthrolines, Dominic Millheim
Integrating Art Education and Literacy Education: A Curriculum for the Secondary Level, Erin Moody-Zoet
Of Tribes, Wars, and Jungles: A Study of U.S.College Students’ Perceptions of Africa and Africans, Seseer P. Mou
Real-Time Hybrid Simulation with Online Model Updating, Adam Mueller
Design of Hardware Accelerator for Fuzzy Automata Using Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration, Chinh K. Nguyen