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 2017
Visual Literacy: Integrating Social Justice Art Education into the Middle School Curriculum, Anna Kazmarski
The Effect of Auditory Stimuli on Test Performance: Testing the Arousal Hypothesis, Ian Thomas Kells
Characterization of γ-Butyrolactone Rings: A Computational and Toxicological Study, Donald C. Kidd
Effects of Low Dose Mixtures of 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone and Cocaine on Locomotor Activity and Brain Monoamine Content in Sprague-Dawley Rats, Robert J. Kohler
Development of Empirical and Virtual Tools for the Study of Bicycle Safety, Brent Kostich
Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing, Ramakrishnan Krishnan
Libya, The New York Times, and a Propaganda Model of the Mass Media, Randy LaPrairie
Tourism Planning and Local Community Participation: Veron – Punta Cana Municipal District, Dominican Republic, Jose Ernesto Fernandez Lorenzo
Archaeological Evidence of Architectural Remains at Fort St. Joseph (20BE23), Niles, MI, Erika K. Loveland
Best Practices for Differentiated Learning among Third through Fifth Grade ELL Students, Tara J. Macias
Triplex Enim Eleemosyna Est, Cordis, Oris, Et Operis: Pope Innocent III’s Spiritual and Rhetorical Approach to Almsgiving, Thomas J. Maurer
Implementing Online Updating to Complex Hysteresis Models in Real- Time Hybrid Simulation Using Constrained Unscented Kalman Filter, Bilal Ahmed Mohammed
Trading to Drink and Drinking to Trade: Assessing Alcohol Trade and Consumption in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century New France, Cara A. Mosier
Cultivating the Concrete Jungle: Examining Urban Agriculture in the Motor City - Detroit, MI, Sultan Muhammad
Home Literacy Practices: A Focus on Dominican Families, Susan E. Pendleton
A Study of Empathy in the Context of Religious Identity in the United States, Kiana Sakimehr
The Modification of a Curtain Coating Formulation: A Study of Rheology and Surface Tension, and Their Effect on Pitting, Samantha Leigh Schoenfelder
Gradus ad Parnassum: A Reader's Edition and Commentary, Sara Miller Schulte
Minecrafting Archaeology: An Experimental Pedagogy for an Eighteenth-Century French Trading Post in Niles, Michigan, James B. Schwaderer
A Virtual Reality Based Powered Wheelchair Simulator, Yuliia Sergeeva
Women’s Role in their Reproductive Process: The Effects of Authoritative Knowledge and Biomedical Interventions on the American Birth Experience, Shannon Sheffey
Papermaking Factors Affecting Lateral Web Position during Commercial Heat Set Web Offset Printing, George W. Shields
The Bended Tree, Graeme Shields
Extraction and Recovery of Bound Phosphorus from Runoff Sediments Using Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids, Shaun Shields
Anything but Race: Content Analysis of Racial Discourse, Christopher Smith
Assessing Changes in Land Cover in Southeast Louisiana from 2001 to 2011 Using Time-Series National Land Cover Data, Ashley Tarver
Alaska Native Artifacts; Eskimos and Aleuts of the Bering Sea Rhythm of the Sea Collection, Marcia Sue Taylor
Williams Syndrome and Music: A Systematic Integrative Review, Donovon Thakur
Development of an Effective Portable and Flexible Glove for Hand Tremor Suppression, Abdulrahem Turkistani
Defining the Immune Response and Cellular Pathologies in Multiple System Atrophy, Annamarie Valenti
The Quick Analysis for Principals in the Alignment of Administrative Plans within the School Improvement Framework at the Middle School Level, James Vanden Heuvel
Engagement of Early College Students in the Graphic Design Classroom, Kelly Ann Vander Kley
The Impact of Heart Rate Monitor Use on Student Intensity in Elementary Physical Education, Gerrit J. van Klaveren
Satellite Sequencing Optimization and Observational Orbit Determination Using Genetic Algorithms, Andrew W. Verstraete
Model Predictive Power Management of a Hybrid Electric Propulsion System for Aircraft, Tyler J. Wall
The Effects of Feedback Modality on Performance, Garrett D. Warrilow
Measuring Quality of Life for Internal Migrants Working Urban Renewal Sites in Shanghai, China, Jacob A. Watkins
Evolution of a Thylakoid Zinc-Finger Protein and Effects of Introducing this Protein into Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Ryan L. Wessendorf
Experimental Study of Global Luminescent Oil-Film (GLOF) Skin-Friction Meter on Delta Wings, Patrick Nicholas Wewengkang
Overcoming Ideology: Examining the Tension between Sex Work and Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy, Emily R. Williams
Economic Impact Analysis of Bridge Construction, Funda Yavuz
Theses from 2016
Internal Fault Location in Transformer Windings, Samir Yehya Abed-Alkareem Alzekri
Second Law of Thermodynamics Analysis of an Internal Combustion Engine Fueled with Methane, Muataz Abotabik
Total Harmonics Distortion Reduction Using Adaptive, Weiner, and Kalman Filters, Liqaa Alhafadhi
The Effect of Flexibility on Interaction of Two Fibers Settling in Moderate Reynolds Numbers, Ahmed Alhasan
Development of Strain and Pressure Sensors on Flexible and Stretchable Platforms, Mohammed Mudher Mohammed Ali
Environmental Applications of Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Wisam Abdulabbas Flayyih Al Isawi
A General Code to Represent the Mathematical Life Cycle Cost Model of Bridge, Bajel Mohammed Alshadeedi
Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicycle Crashes in Michigan, Ahmed Abbas Ghubin Al-zubaidi
Comparison of Safety and Operational Performances for Three Engineering Countermeasures, Ali Hamzah Hussein Alzuhairi
Evaluation of an Alternative Natural Surfactant for Non Aqueous Phase Liquid Remediation, Brian A. Beach
Optimization Methodology for CVT Ratio Scheduling with Consideration of Both Engine and CVT Efficiency, Steven Beuerle
Royal Advice and Religious Authority in Smaragdus of St. Mihiel's Via regia:An Analysis and Critical Edition, Roland Black
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pedestrian Countdown Signals on Road Users in Michigan, Richard Atta Boateng
Political Utopias of the Renaissance: An Analysis of Thomas More’s Utopia, Johann Valentinus Andreae’s Christianopolis, and James Harrington’s The Commonwealth Of Oceana, Brittany Page Brake
Stable Isotope Investigations of Two Components of the Cryosphere: Snow and Icicle Formation, Thomas C. Brubaker
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: The Curious Case [Study] of California’s Proposition 37, Dave Brundage
Safety Benefit Analysis of Alternative Delineation Practices in Michigan, Brenda C. Burdick
A Location Allocation Model for Retention Basin Placement on Vacant Land in Detroit, MI, Keith Chapman
Electrostatic Nanosmearing Architecture of Additive Functional Groups during High Shear Mixing of Pharmaceutical Blends, Sajan Kumar Chatarla
The Oncolytic Potential of Tanapoxvirus to Treat Retinoblastoma, John D. Christie
Examining the Effectiveness of a Training Video on the lmplementation and lnterpretation of a Functional Analysis, Alissa Anne Conway
Stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Michigan Basin: Review and Revision with an Emphasis on the Ellsworth Petroleum System, Bryan J. Currie
Analytical Study of Miniature Thermoelectric Device, Mohammed Dhannoon
Analytical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of a Thermoelectric Generator Including Contact Resistances, Shripad Dhoopagunta
The Effects of Individual and Social Comparison Graphic Feedback on Incented Performance, Yngvi Freyr Einarsson
Optimal Design of a Thermoelectric Cooling/Heating System for Car Seat Climate Control (CSCC), Abdulmunaem H. Elarusi
Optimal Design of Automotive Exhaust Thermoelectric Generator (AETEG), Hassan Fagehi
Characterizing Groundwater Recharge and Streamflow using Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Hydrogen, Chanse M. Ford
Effect of Listening to Music During Warmup on Wingate Anaerobic Test Performance, Russell P. Fox
A Parameterized Implementation of a Hybrid Fuzzy Boolean Finite State Machine using an FPGA, Sean T. Fuller
A Sequence Stratigraphic Model for the Silurian A-1 Carbonate and Modeling of a Niagara-Lower Salina Reef Complex, Michigan Basin, U.S.A, Jonathan D. Garrett
Preliminary Study of Optical-Flow Based Background-Oriented Schlieren Measurements, Hassan A. Ghazwani
Development of an Analytical Model for Beams with Two Dimples in Opposing Directions, Mofareh H. Ghazwani
The Impact of a Student Device Technology Integration Professional Development Program on K-6 Performance Data, Peter Grostic
Model Based Vehicle Simulation for Electrically Actuated Transmission Test Cells, Kenneth L. Gruel
ORRM6 is a Novel Organellar RNA Recognition Protein Involved in Plastid RNA Editing in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Justin B. Hackett
Modeling, Optimizing and Testing Thermoelectric Generators for Liquid-to-Liquid Low Grade Waste Heat Recovery, Ali Eyddan Hamil
A General Code to Simulate the Effect of Indirect Lightning on Overhead Lines Using EMTP-Type Programs, Hasan Jameel Hasan
Redistribution of the Chicago’s Divvy Bike-Share Stations Using Linear Optimization Model: An Equity Perspective, Md Mehedi Hasan
Oppression, Evaluation, and Direction: Understanding Character Agency through the Music of Wozzeck, Eric Allen Hester
An Intra-Site Spatial Analysis of Fort St. Joseph (20BE23) in Niles, MI, Katelyn Deann Hillmeyer
An Exploration of CubeSat Propulsion, Andrew Davis Hine
Geochemical and Petrological Studies on the Origin of Nickel-Copper Sulfide Mineralization at the Eagle lntrusion in Marquette County, Michigan, Benjamin Davis Hinks
lnfluence of Persulfate on Solidification/Stabilization Characteristics of ISS Treatment, Jeffrey M. Hudson
Ransoming for the Faith: Medieval Perceptions of the Role of Mercedarians in Catalan Society, Spencer Thomas Hunt
Slug Tests in Unconfined Aquifers, Rozkar Izzaddin Ismael
The Use of Personality Type to Improve Team Collaboration within Design Studios, Beth Rolston Jarl
Three Poems by Marcel Price, Kevin Kerr
Verifying Automated Prestressed Concrete Design Software for MDOT Bridge Design Standards, Hussein Kadhim Abood Khalaf
Nightmare in the City of Dreams: Civic Consciousness and Industrialization in Imperial Vienna, 1848-1881, J. Alexander Killion
Networking and Connecting Creative Minds: Understanding Social Media’s Role in Today’s Visual Arts Instruction, Tonya Rose Kirby
Descriptive Analysis of Activity Transition Data in an Intensive Autism Treatment Center, Ashley Marie Kotsiris
Measurement of Activity and Stability of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coated Crystal Surfaces, Anuradha Krishnan