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 2013
A New Kind of National: Modified String Quartet Practices in Post-Soviet Eurasia, Adam Taylor Lenz
Origin of High Levels of Ammonium in Groundwater, Ottawa County, Michigan, Derrick Lingle
Developing a Game-Theoritic Analysis of Terrorism, Matthew A. Love
Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium On Hydrous Manganese Oxide, Andrew K. MacLeod
Recovering the Saumurois: Lay Patronage to Saint-Florent of Saumur, ca. 950-1150, Adam C. Matthews
Study of the Insulin Mimetic Sodium Orthovanadate in Glucosamine Induced Insulin Resistnace in Primary Rat Hepatocytes, Kalan McPherson
Study of Feasability for Phase Difference Extraction Using Software Defined Radio in Location Analysis, Paul Miller
Comparison of the Strength of Harmony, Melodic Line, Rhythmic Variation, and Expressive Elements in Influencing Emotional Judgment in Music, Marilyn M. Moore
An Automated Approach to Dynamic Site Layout Planning, Duy Huu Nguyen
The Effectiveness of the New Town Policy in Managing Growth and Congestion in Mega Cities: A Case Study of Lagos, Nigeria New Town Policy, Abolaji Samson Olanipekun
Explicit Teacher-Implemented Phoneme Awareness Instruction: Preschool Effects, Heather M. Osterhouse
Design and Testing of a Smart High Power Smart DC-DC Converter, Chandra Shekar Patil
Analysis of Depositional Facies and Geological Controls on Reservoir Quality in Lower-Middle Devonian Sylvania Sandstone, Midland County, Michigan, Katherine A. Pollard
The Internet and Mass Society: Civic Engagement in the Digital Age, Simon J. Purdy
BroncoBlade: An Open Source Wind Turbine Blade Analysis Tool, Alex R. Quinlan
Cyber-Adaptive Physical Systems for Automated Construction Progress Monitoring and Asset Tracking, Syed Hammad Rasheed
Liminal Losers: Breakdowns and Breakthroughs in Reality Television's Biggest Hit, Caitlin Rickert
Traversing Bourgeois Spaces: How a First-Generation College Student Makes Sense of the Academy, Tabatha L. Roberts
Data Storage Alternatives for a Gridded Crop Disease Risk Forecasting System, Paul J. Roehsner
Labeling Research Deviant: A Comparative Analysis of Federal Ad Hoc Commissions on Human Subject Research, Brian W. Rossana
Refugee Reflections: A Focus on the Lived Experiences of African Refugees Resettling in Michigan, Diane Roushangar
Closer to Nature: Exploring Environmental Summer Camp Experience Through Ethnographic Fiction, Courtney Morgan Schofield
Location and Competitive Strategy in Retail: The Case of GameStop in Michigan, Karl P. Schrantz
Using Soil Organic Matter as an Iron Chelate to Enhance the Efficiency of Modified Fenton Oxidition of Diesel Fuel in Arctic Soils, Mary K. Sherwood
Extended Color Gamut for Flexographic Printing, Gaurav Dinesh Sheth
Instrumentation Electronics for an Integrated Electrophysiology Data Acquisition and Stimulation System, Donovan Squires
Development of CFD Models for the Purposes of Exploring Free Surface Wave Phenomena, Leonard P. Stoehr
Ethical Ambivalence in Local Television Weathercasting: A Rossian Analysis, Vernon Keith Thompson
Transport and Catabolism of Inositol Derivatives in Sinorhizobium Meliloti, Mary Thwaites
Late Mississippian (Chesterian) Through Early Pennsylvanian (Atokan) Strata, Michigan Basin, U.S.A., Shannon M. Towne
Roatan Honduras and Perceptions of Divers’ Location Choices in the Caribbean, Juli Dawn Tripicchio
An Implementation of Controller Area Network Bus Analyzer Using Microblaze and Petalinux, Tung-Hsun Tsou
Climbing into the Ivory Tower: A Look at Administrative Perspectives on Sexual Assault on the College Campus, Tasha Nichole Turner
Elevated Expression of Adaptive Immune Proteins in the Cerebellum and Pons of Patients with Multiple System Atrophy, Karen Van Wagner
La oficina de la mujer (OMM): A Conduit for Social Empowerment among Women in a Small Guatemalan Lake Community, Rachel Volk
Executive Functions and Social Interactions: Developing Social Scenarios, Mackenzie Waite
Creating Sustainable Economic and Ecological Growth in the Congo Basin: Bushmeat Consumption and Biodiversity Protection, Richelle Lynn Warnock
Improved Deinkability of LEP (Liquid Electrophotography) Digital Prints, Zheng Wei
Preschoolers with Speech and Language Impairment: Case Studies from a Teacher-Delivered Phonological Awareness Program, Katherine J. Wickham
The Effects of Immunological Castration on the Testicular Function of Boars Given Two Different Anti-GnRH Vaccinen, Nicholas Alan Wicks
The Effects of a Moisture-Wicking Fabric Shirt on the Physiological Responses During Acute Exercise in the Heat, Kimberly Wigboldy
Integrating Depositional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy in Characterizing Unconventional Reservoirs: Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas, Seth Jordan Workman
A Preliminary Study of the Articulatory and Acoustic Features of Forward and Backward Tone Placement in Singing, Krista Wyllys
The Geology of the South Antelope Pass Area of the Southern Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, John A. Yellich
Implementation and Analysis of a 1.4L Turbo Liquid Cooled CAC and AC Condenser System, Mitchell Zajac
Stratigraphic Controls on Diagenetic Pathways in the St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan Basin, Stephen A. Zdan
Theses from 2012
Reservoir Characterization and Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential in Middle Devonian Dundee Limestone Reservoirs, Michigan Basin, USA, Abrahim Abduslam
Online Anonymity and its Effects on Virtual Community: A Microdiscursive Analysis of the Teachers.net Public Chatboard, Katyn M. Adams
High Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery Characterization for Vehicular Applications, Sazzad Hossain Ahmed
Scopolamine-Induced Dry Eye Model in Female Rats, Ryan Alderson
The Rise and Fall of Kin Structure in the Neotropical, Family-Living Buff-Breasted Wren (Cantorchilus Leucotis) in Gamboa, Panama, Sarah C. Alessi
Privacy and Security Issues in IoT Healthcare Applications for the Disabled Users a Survey, Wassnaa AL-mawee
Composition of Jazz Pieces with Samba and Marimba Influences, Maria Cecelia Davila Almeida
Historical Referentiality in E.L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel and Ragtime, Hanan Hashem Aly
The Effects of Coolant Temperature on Spark Ignition Engine Performance, Alaa M. Attar
Gender and the Boundaries of National Identity: U.S. Women as a Citizen Class in the Long 1960s, Sara Bijani
The Effects of Replacing Dispersed Trash and Recycling Bins with Integrated Waste Receptacles on the Accuracy of Waste Sorting in an Academic Building, Katherine J. Binder
Understanding Flight Delays at U.S. Airports in 2010, Using Chicago O'Hare International Airport as a Case Study, Paul Blackwood
Direct Analysis of Hops by Leaf Spray and Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry, Kari Blain
CD68 Immune Cell Involvement in Purkinje Cell Degeneration in the Cerebellum of Multiple System Atrophy Patients, Ashley A. Bostic
Prospects for an International Charter "Space and Major Disaster" Remote Sensing Response to Drought Disasters - An Anhui, China Case Study, Joseph Burkhead
Effects of Symbol Prompts and 3D Pavement Illusions on Motorist Yielding at Crosswalks, Nicole M. Cambridge
The Influence of Coating Structure on Sheet-Fed Offset Ink Setting Rates, Ting Chen
How Now Shall We Consume: Widening Conception of Political Consumption and Analysis of the American Buyer, John Patton Chew
Foreign Direct Investment in Italy 2000-2010: Spatial Patterns and Implications, Enzo Crescentini
Superintendent Leadership and School Governance Performance, Ronald Drzewicki
Absorber Geometry Optimization for a New Wave Energy Converter, Rachel A. Durren
Creating Original Garments Using Couture Sewing Methods, Nicole S. Eckerson
The Effects of Reinforcer-Paired Stimuli on Operant Behavior: Review, Demonstration, and Conceptual Analysis, Timothy Lowell Edwards
The Kappa Opioid Agonist, Salvinorin A, Attenuates Locomotor Effects of Morphine but not Morphine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference, Stacy Dianne Engebretson
Fabrication of Printed Substrate for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Ali Eshkeiti
Stratigraphic Framework for Deposits of the Saginaw Lobe, Barry and Calhoun Counties, Michigan, USA, Stephanie K. Ewald
Evaluating the Effects of Lithofacies and Thin Shales on the Lateral Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin, Peter J. Feutz
Rape and Sexual Coercion in the Penitentials: Evidence Before 1100, Rachel E. Friedensen
Laboratory Measures of Aggression in Methadone Patients, Catherine M. Gayman
Beyond Flint's Dependent Deindustrialization: A Visual Examination of Social Capital, Amanda Graziano
The Implementation of a Versatile Pseudodynamic Hybrid Simulation for Seismic Evaluation of Structural Systems, Chelsea Griffith
Catalytic Engineering of the Flagellin Protein, Alexandra M. Haase
Flutes, Festivities, and Fragmented Tradition: A Study of the Meaning of Music in Otavalo, Brenna C. Halpin
A Localized Investigation of High Resolution Groundwater Flow Properties of the Saginaw Aquifer Mason, Michigan, Amanda Hayden
Equipment Qualification of Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Method Development and Validation for Pharmaceutical Equipment Cleaning Validation, Amy Lee Heiser
How Facebook Friendship Transforms the Superior-Subordinate Relationship: A View from Relational Dialectics Theory, Raquel Hellenga
The Effect of Innovative Technology on Seatbelt Use, Bryan W. Hilton
Cognitive Defusion to Treat College Students with Low Self-Esteem, Marchion Hinton
Sweetness and Strength: Codes of Femininity and Body Image in Branded Social-Networking Messages and Consumer Responses, Anne M. Holcomb
Studies on Enzyme Functional Evolution in the SABATH Multigene Family Using Phylogenetic and Biochemical Approaches, Ruiqi Huang
Power Transmission Line Fault Classification Using Support Vector Machines, Zhuokang Jia
Regression-Based Prioritization and Data Modeling for Customized Civil Engineering Data Collection, Omar Kanaan
Understanding Wildfire Hazard Vulnerability of Residents in Teton County, Wyoming, Lucas Kanclerz
A Cross-National, Longitudinal Test of Institutional Anomie Theory, Marc Alan Kittleson
Experiencing "Both/And-Ness": Dialectics of Interactions of International Students, Yoko Kubo