The University of Maine Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) project is a joint effort of Fogler Library and the Graduate School. Our goals are "to improve graduate education, increase sharing of knowledge, help universities build their information infrastructure, and extend the value of digital libraries," in keeping with those of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, a national initiative of which the University of Maine is a member.
This online collection features the final theses and dissertations approved by the Graduate School of the University of Maine.
For more information about finding additional theses and dissertations or obtaining copies of those not available electronically, see Fogler Library's Subject Guide on Theses & Dissertations.
Questions can also be directed to Fogler Library's Special Collections Department by phone at (207) 581-1686 or email at um.library.spc @ maine.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
"The Birth" and Other Flights of Fancy, Abigail Adent
Global Performance Testing, Simulation, and Optimization of a 6-MW Annular Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Hull, Hannah L. Allen
Investigating the Time-dependent and the Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composite Lumber Made from Thermally Modified Wood in the Use of Marine Aquacultural Structures, Murtada A. Alrubaie
Development of Bismuth Oxyhalide Photocatalysts for Environmental and Industrial Applications, Robert Arthur
Past, Present, and Future Arctic Climate and National/Community Risk Assessment, Jeff Auger
Citizen Preferences for Marine Environmental Policy, Amy Bainbridge
Luminescence Antenna Behavior in Lanthanide Complexes and Luminescence Sensing in Group 11 Iodides, Francis Barnes
Land Tenure in Acadian Agricultural Settlements, 1604-1755: Cultural Retention and the Emergence of Custom, Carol A. Blasi
Cognitive, Mood, and Cardiovascular Reactivity and Recovery in Response to Sadness in Remitted Major Depressive Disorder, Olivia Bogucki
Examining Citizens' Preferences for Aquaculture using Discrete Choice Experiments, Olga Bredikhina
Improving Conservation of Declining Young Forest Birds Through Adaptive Management, Anna Buckardt Thomas
An Economic Analysis of Student Loan Default, Arianna Castonguay
Tidal and Subtidal Processes at the Mouth of a Macrotidal Estuary, Rachel Chambers
A 2000 Year Saharan Dust Event Record From a European Alps Ice Core, Heather Clifford
Muscle degeneration in a zebrafish model of lysosomal related myopathy, Elizabeth Coffey
Niche Evolution Along a Gradient of Ecological Specialization, Meaghan Conway
Juggling Multiple Roles: An Examination of Role Conflict and Its Relationship to Older Adult Volunteer Satisfaction and Retention, Jennifer Crittenden
Identification of High-Risk Food Coping Strategies of Maine Food Pantry Clients, Kathryn Cutting
Safety Assessment of Hydroponic Closed System, Adwoa S. Dankwa
Landscape Pattern and Wild Bee Communities in Maine, Brianne Du Clos
Age-related Smell Changes and Their Effects on the Health Status of Older Americans, Emily Duran Frontera
Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Distribution in Maine, USA, as Related to Climate Change, White-tailed Deer, and the Landscape, Susan P. Elias
A Socio-Ecological Approach to Wildlife Disease Risk, James A. Elliott
The Writing of Exile, Rahma Elmi
Gender Stereotyping of the Managerial Roles of NCAA Athletic Directors, Richard A. Fabri
450degree C Aln Thin Film Growth on Nitrided C-Plane Sapphire Substrates, Roger Eastman Feeley
Leadership and Management, Michael Flanagan
An Exploration of Technology Leadership in Three Maine Public School Districts, David L. Fournier
Assessing the Mechanisms and Implications of Altered Carbon Cycling in Arctic and Boreal Lakes, Rachel Fowler
Maine's Forestry and Logging Industry: Building a Model for Forecasting, Jonathan Gendron
Physiological Effects of Climate Change on the American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Amalia M. Harrington
Shocks to the System: The Micropolitics of Communities in Economic Shock When Determining the Outcome of Local Education, Kathy Jeanne Harris-Smedberg
Deep Benthic Coral Habitats of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Elise C. Hartill
Characterization of ethanol-related phenotypic differences between C57BL/6J and C57BL/6NJ substrains: Role of Cyfip2?, Matthew C. Hartmann
Influence of Mechanical Properties of Paper Coating on the Crack at the Fold Problem, Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi Najafi
Understanding Substance Use and Recovery in Maine: A Culture-Centered Approach, Carter Hathaway
Using Question Variations to Access Alternate Student Thinking About the Same Physical Situations, Jeffrey Mathis Hawkins
"There Isn't Anything that Guy Can't Teach About Cars": How Nontraditional Female Career and Technical Education Students Perceive Instructor Effectiveness, Christopher J. Healy
Living on the edge: thermophysiology of the southern flying squirrel at its northern range margin, Vanessa R. Hensley
Determining the Influence of Lateral Margin Mechanical Properties on Glacial Flow, Kate Hruby
Mechanisms of Humility's Influence on Prosociality, Matthew A. Humphreys
Conversion of Pretreated Hardwood to Medium-Chain Fatty Acids for Production of Biolubricants, Koorosh Kashkooli
Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in a Ninth Grade Science Class Using Interdisciplinary Data Story Assignments, Bryn W. Keenhold
Sound Commodity: Contemporary Public Radio and Podcasting, Casey R. Kelly
Effects of Salt Concentration on the Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Safety of Spontaneously Fermented Cabbage, Surbhi Khanna
Root Biomass and Other Soil Properties Affecting the CO2 Flush from Laboratory Dried and Rewetted Soils, Audrey E. Laffely
Perspectives on Water Resources Risk, Policy, and Stewardship, Anne Marie Lausier
Development of an Electrical Interface for A Lateral Field Excited Sensor System, Thomas J. Leighton
Valuing the Economic Benefits of Conservation Lands in Downeast Maine, Lesley Lichko
3D Printed Bioinspired Vascularized Polymers, Kayla Marquis
Assessing Migrations and Habitat Connectivity for two Anadromous Species Following a Major Restoration Effort in the Penobscot River, Maine, George A. Maynard
Multi-level Governance of Climate Change Adaptation: United Nations Negotiations and Adaptation Project Implementation in Nicaragua and Samoa, Anna E. McGinn
Optical Memory Behavior, Metallophilic Luminescence, and Chemical Sensing Ability of Inorganic and Organometallic Complexes: Development of Optoelectronic Materials, Aaron D. Nicholas
Innovative Resources in Small Ruminant Health, Sarah Paluso
Process Optimization of Levulinic Acid Production From Seaweeds and Its Upgrading to TDO Oil, Maurvin Patel
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program on Diet Quality as Measured by the Healthy Eating Index 2005, Sarah A. Perkins
A New Materialist Rhetoric: Theorizing Movement from a Rhetorical Ethnography of Hiking, Bryan Picciotto
Optimizing Legume-Based Nitrogen Fertility For Organic Small Grain Systems, Margaret A. Pickoff
Silver, Blood and Singing, Zachary J. Posey
Parameters that Influence the Performance of Dispersion Barrier Coatings, Randy Raditya
Designing a Comprehensive School-Wide Program in Character Development and Leadership for High School Students, Mark C. Reilly
Potential Value-added Utilization of Wood Ash in Construction Materials, Naveen Saladi
Submist as an Effective Method for the Rooting of Herbaceous and Woody Ornamental Plants by Stem Cuttings, Olivia Sanchez
Learning Science: Physical and Life Sciences in Curricula Across U.S. Schools of Nursing, Valerie C. Sauda
Challenges to Economic Resiliency and Performance: Measuring the Regional Impacts of Rurality and Space, Elena S. Smith
Productivity, Costs, and Best Management Practices for Major Timber Harvesting Frameworks in Maine, Harikrishnan Soman
Navigating Wilderness and Borderland: Environment and Culture in the Northeastern Americas during the American Revolution, Daniel S. Soucier
Tide and Storm Surge Dynamics in Estuaries of Variable Morphology, Preston Spicer
Climate-Driven Migration: Prioritizing Cultural Resources Threatened by Secondary Impacts of Climate Change, Ani St. Amand
Response of Estuarine Fish Biomass to Restoration in the Penobscot River, Maine, Justin R. Stevens
Girl Thing, Morghen Tidd
Using Low Frequency Audio Content in Order to Use a Given Space as an Instrument, Berkay Tok
Black Robes at the Edge of Empire: Jesuits, Natives, and Colonial Crisis in Early Detroit, 1728-1781, Eric J. Toups
Prediction of Paper Coating Mechanical Behavior Based on Particle-scale Models, Daniel H. Varney
Ecological and Economic Implications of Increased Storm Frequency and Severity for Boreal Lakes, Kathryn Warner
Liberty to Slaves: The Black Loyalist Controversy, Michael Anthony White
A Multi-Proxy Paleoecological Reconstruction of Holocene Climate, Vegetation, Fire and Human Activity in Jamaica, West Indies, Mario A. Williams
Cascading Community Consequences of Fish Adaptation, Zachary T. Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Detrital Protein Contributes to Oyster Nutrition and Growth in the Damariscotta Estuary, Maine, USA, Cheyenne M. Adams
Characterization of Phosphorylated G Protein Function and Membrane Culstering by Super Resolution Imaging, Sarah A. Alamer
Evaluation of Non-Composite Steel Girder Bridges Using Field Load Testing and a Calibrated Finite-Element Model, Mahmood J. Albraheemi
Behaviors and Perceptions of Environmental Decision Making: the Role of Information Dissemination Through Public Disclosures and Labels, Jordan R. Anthony
An Analysis Of International Agreements Over Cybersecurity, Lucas Ashbaugh
Effect of Arsenic Exposure on Early Eye Development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Remy S. Babich
A Glacial History of Roberts Massif, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica, Using Cosmogenic 3He, 10Be, and 21Ne Surface Exposure Ages, Alexandra M. Balter
Marine-Derived Nutrient Cycling in the St. Croix River, Maine, Betsy Barber
Modeling and Simulation of the Thermoforming Process in Thermoplastic-Matrix Composite Materials, Philip M. Bean
The Dynamics of Mixing and Subtidal Flow in a Maine Estuary, Kristopher Bears
Multi-Tactic Ecological Weed Management in a Changing Climate, Sonja K. Birthisel
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Atlantic Cod Bycatch in the Maine Lobster Fishery and Its Impacts on Stock Assessment, Robert E. Boenish
Broth: Enhancing Market Opportunities and Improving Sustainability of Maine Farmed Seaweed, Zachary M. Bonelli
Investigating Present-day Health Issues of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Deborah A. Bouchard
Ecological Consequences of Personality in a Guild of Terrestrial Small Mammals: From Trappability to Seed Dispersal, Allison M. Brehm
Development and Shelf Life Evaluation of a Novel Fermented Seaweed Sauerkraut Utilizing Commercially Important Maine Seaweeds, Sarah M. Brochu
Examining Links between Social Anxiety and Relational Aggression in Adolescence: The Influence of Rumination and Anger, Shannon L. Brothers
The Hilbert-Huang Transform: A Theoretical Framework and Applications to Leak Identification in Pressurized Space Modules, Kenneth R. Bundy