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 2010
Design Recommendations for High Skew Link Slabs, Michael A. Romkema
From Nomos to Agape: An Examination of New Testament Social Drama as Illustrated by Themes of Love and Law, Jennifer Rubbelke
Surface Sampling and Optimization of Desorption Electrospray Ionization by Spray Desorption Collection, Afrand Kamali Sarvestani
A Survey of Music Therapists Regarding the Prevalence, Demographics, Goals, Music Interventions, and Treatment Modalities Utilized by Music Therapists in the Treatment of Pregnant Women, Brittin Lee Schumaker
Sustainable Green Inks for Flexography: Development and Printability Study, Vyankat D. Sindphale
Simulation of Landfill Gas Performance in a Spark Ignited Engine, Daniel P. Swain
Alternative Female Beauty: Women and Tattoos, Shannon E. Vacek
The Educational and Ministerial Goals of Female Seminarians, Lori Verspoor
Numerical Simulations and Analysis of Ductile Mode Micro Laser Assisted Machining of Silicon Carbide, Saurabh R. Virkar
Quantitative Image Analysis of the Rostral Pons in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy, Jeffrey T. Walburn
The Select Few: An Evaluation of Law School Admissions Following Changes in Affirmative Action Policy, Erik Joseph Walton
Representations of Homosexuality by Exodus International Ministries and Westboro Baptist Church Websites, Cody Wedge
Theses from 2009
Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Hose-Paradrogue Assembly for Mid-Air Operations, Husain Ahmad
Optimization Computer Model for Heavy Equipment Selection, Naif Albelwi
Optimal Placement of Traffic Sensors for Traffic Operation and Management, Nahedh M. Alhubail
An Integrated Database Management System and Building Information Modeling for Sustainable Design, Sultan Althobaiti
Increasing Cell Phone User Following Distance by Prompts, Goal-setting, and Feedback in a Driving Simulator, Michelle Arnold
Applying a Phronetic Critical Race Methodology: Kalamazoo Public Schools Anti-Racism Team People's History Project, Joy Brooke Bailey
The Design and Implementation of a Sensor Network System for Concrete Bridge Health Monitoring, Joseph John Barbera
The Fusion of Ethnic And Religious Identity in Post-Communist Russia, David M. Barry
The Evolution of a Data Based School, Gary J. Barton
The Ongoing Revolution in American Political Science, Joshua R. Berkenpas
Coating Formulations for Digital Printing: Application of Phase Change Inks, Hemant Bohra
Defining Delayed Consequences as Reinforcers: Some Do, Some Don't, and Nothing Changes, Kelly P. Bradley
"Our Thesis": An Ethnographic Construction of Shared/Shadow Reality Communicated Between Postmarital Siblings, Krystal M. Bresnahan
Exit 33: The Economic Decline of Benton Harbor, Ml, Shay Kathleen Briggs
The Altercatio Ecclesiae et Synagogae as a Late Antique Anti-Jewish Polemic, Michael J. Brinks
A Comparative Analysis of Bridge-Faiths: A Thesis on Messianic Judaism, Evangelical Feminism, and Unity School of Christianity, Joseph James Byle
Dissociative and Non-Dissociative Processes in 1.0-2.0 MeV/U O5+ + O2 Collisions, David P. Cassidy
Looking for the Religious in Rock and Roll: Bob Marley as Prophet, Jimi Hendrix as Priest, and Jim Morrison as Mystic, Brandon O'Neal Dean
Absence of Learning and Memory Impairments in Female Rats Following Repeated Administration of Dextromethorphan During Adolescence, Amy L. Durgin
How to Capture Light Curves of Transiting Exoplanets in Your Own Backyard, Michael Jerry Durren
Competition between Homologous Neurons for Innervation Territories, Alicia Morgan Eby
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