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 2020
Impact Resistance of Fiber-Reinforced Composites Using Computational Simulations, Maitham Alabbad
The Effect of Hemicellulose Absorption on Apparent Sheet Density, Christopher M. Albert
Investigation of Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidants Properties of Phenolic Compounds from Inonotus obliquus Using Different Extraction Methods, Weaam A.A. Alhallaf
Evaluation and Exploration of Microbial Quality and Safety Aspects of Unpasteurized Retail Maine Dairy Products, Dhafer A.M.H Alshaibani
A Spatial Economic Model of Maine's Forest Product Industry: Interactions Between Markets, Policy, and Space, James L. Anderson
Population Structure and Reproductive Biology of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi (Reade) Honey in Lowbush Blueberry in Maine, Katherine A. Ashley
Development and Test of High Temperature Surface Acoustic Wave Gas Sensors, Armando E. Ayes Moncada
Understanding the Influence of Nonlinear Seas on Wind Generated Waves, Taylor L. Bailey
Separating God's Two Kingdoms: Regular Baptists in Maine, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, 1780 to 1815, Ronald S. Baines
The Next Generation of Labor in Rural, Resource-Rich Places: Forestry Needs and Youth Aspirations, Nicole R. Bernsen
Sourcing and Evaluating the Use of Detritus as a Supplementary Diet for Bivalve Aquaculture Using Stable Isotopes and Fatty Acid Biomarkers, Adrianus C. Both
Assessing the Factors That Alter Ecological Responses of Cold, Oligotrophic Lakes to Nutrient Subsidies, Benjamin Burpee
Work at the Boundary: A Research-Practice Partnership to Integrate Computer Science into Middle School Science, Amelia R. Callahan
Leak Detection and Localization in Pressurized Space Structures Using Bayesian Inference: Theory and Practice, Joel Castro
Examining the Northern Shrimp Fishery in a Changing Gulf of Maine, Ashley N. Charleson
Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Surface Ocean: Methods for Detection using Optical Measurements, Pigment Concentrations, and Flow Cytometry, Alison P. Chase
A Linear Actuator/Spring Steel-Driven Glove for Assisting Individuals with Activities of Daily Living, Daniel Chizhik
Making Vacationland: The Modern Automobility and Tourism Borderlands of Maine and New Brunswick, 1875-1939, Sean C. Cox
Managing Resilience in a Changing World: A Multiscale Analysis of Fisheries Governance Challenges, Marina Cucuzza
Investigating Maine Secondary Science Teachers Conceptualization of Scientific Argumentation, Erin Doran
Evaluating Seafood Distribution Channels in the Atlantic Sea Scallop and Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Fisheries, Amanda Fall
Health Insurance Plan Design and Chronic Disease Management, Daniel E. Feldman
A Transdisciplinary Approach to Decision Support for Dams in the Northeastern U.S. with Hydropower Potential, Emma L. Fox
So That All Children May Successfully and Optimally Learn: Changing the Odds for Rural Students, Maria C. Frankland
Investigation of Infiltration Measurements Using Wind Induced Pressure Response on an Enclosure, Aaron R. French
From Phocine Distemper to Avian Influenza: A Study of Immunogenetic Diversity in Two Sympatric Pinniped Species, Alayna K. Gigliotti
A Groundwater Flow Model to Aid in Water Resource Management for the Carraipia Basin in the coastal semi-arid region of La Guajira state (Colombia), Efren D. Gomez Arevalo
Investigating the Intersections of Interpersonal Violence: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors for Hazing, Kayla E. Goodwin
UAV 6DOF Simulation and Kalman Filter for Localizing Radioactive Sources, John G. Goulet
Habitat Selection Across the Reproductive Cycles of Grassland Songbirds in the Northern Great Plains, Nicole Ann Guido
Square Dance, Matthew T. Hammond
Radiometric Dating: A New Technique, Amber Emily Hathaway
Snowmobiling in Maine: Economic Contributions and Registered Maine Guides, Ian Hathaway
Hopf Algebras in the Representation Theory of Combinatorial//Families of Groups, Caleb Kennedy Hill
My Haunted Home: A Collection of Short Stories, Victoria E. Hood
Phenolic Phytochemicals and Their Antioxidant Activities in Maine-Grown Asian, American-Hybrid, and European Plums, Hye Weon Hwang
Creating Places-of-Memory: Photographs, Identity, & Matrilineality, Aylah Ireland
A Method to Reclaim Multifractal Statistics from Saturated Images, Jeremy Juybari
Understanding the Magnetic Properties of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Alex Khammang
Zebrafish as a Model to Understand the Impact of Inactivity and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Elisabeth Kilroy
Flash, Stephen T. Krichels
First-Year Computer Science Students: Pathways and Perceptions in Introductory Computer Science Courses, Christina A. LeBlanc
Developing a Long-term Perspective on the Sensitivity of Lake Trophic State Changes in Maine, Simona Lukasik
The Monolithic View: On the Plurality of Political Theologies in the Writings of Ernst Kantorowicz, Andrew Mallory
Meeting with Friends, Kyle Manning
The Past, Present and Future of Conservation in the Maine Lobster Fishery, Mackenzie Mazur
Patterns and Mechanisms of Tick-borne Disease Exposure Risk in Acadia National Park, Sara E. McBride
"The Men Were Sick of the Place" : Soldier Illness and Environment in the War of 1812, Joseph R. Miller
Movement and Survival of Atlantic Salmon Smolts in the Penobscot River, Maine, Alejandro Molina Moctezuma
Helping Wounded Soldiers and Anxious Families: The United States Sanitary Commission and the Origin of Modern Philanthropy in the United States, Martin L. Novom
Understanding Latina Undergraduate Engineering Student Persistence, Yarissa I. Ortiz-Vidal
Legacy Effects of Alternative Riparian Forest Harvest Practices on Headwater Streams and Forest Ecosystems in Western Maine, Mitchell Paisker
Predicting and Managing Risk to Bats at Commercial Wind Farms using Acoustics, Trevor Peterson
Applications of Regional Agglomeration: Measures of Localization and Urbanization, Mariya Pominova
Calculating Infinite Series Using Parseval's Identity, James R. Poulin
The Relationship between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Ideation: The Role of Emotion Reactivity and Negative Problem Orientation, Victoria Quiñones
The Colonization of a Multi-functional Artificial Reef Designed for the American Lobster, Homarus Americanus, Christopher Roy
Stress, Social Problem Solving, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design Investigation of Interactive Influences, Natalie M. Roy
Discovery of Distinct Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Drug Taking and Predisposing Behaviors, Tyler A. Roy
Human-Giraffe Interactions: Characterizing Poaching and Use of Parts as a Threat to Giraffe in Northern Kenya, Kirstie Ruppert
Language, Identity, and Citizenship: Politics of Education in Madawaska, 1842-1920, Elisa E A Sance
A Numerical Survey of Multi-Planet Systems’ Inclination Excitation and Survival Under the Influence of an Oblate, Tilted Star, Kathleen M T Schultz
How Students Communicate Knowledge: Written Versus Drawn Responses to Formative Assessment Questions in an Introductory Undergraduate Marine Science Course, Christina Siddons
Consumer Acceptability of Gulf of Maine Sugar Kelp Seaweed in Baked Bread, Laurel Simone
Extratropical Cyclones and Associated Climate Impacts in the Northeastern United States, Julia Simonson
Fostering Climate Change Resilience: A Socio-ecological Forest Systems Approach, Alyssa R. Soucy
From the St. Croix to the Skutik: Expanding Our Understanding of History, Research Engagement, and Places, Anthony Sutton
Orange Riots, Party Processions Acts, and the Control of Public Space in Ireland and British North America, 1796-1851, Annie E. Tock
Gray Codes in Music Theory, Isaac L. Vaccaro
Sulfur and Trace Metal Cycling at Convergent Margins, Jesse B. Walters
The Impact of Elementary Mathematics Coaches on Elementary Teachers' Attitudes Towards Teaching Mathematics, Samuel R. Ward
A Macroeconomic Investigation of the Labor Market Matching Efficiency, Sarah M. Welch
Using the Hurdy-Gurdy to Create Alternative Musical Scores, James C. Winters
Improving Nitrogen Management in Potatoes with Active Optical Sensors, Ahmed Asaad Zaeen
Wave Attenuation Capacity of Suspended Aquaculture Structures with Sugar Kelp and Mussels, Longhuan Zhu
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
Elucidation of the Factors Affecting the Production and Properties of Novel Wood Composites Made Using Renewable Nanomaterials as a Binder, Ezatollah Amini
Intravital Imaging in a Zebrafish Model Elucidates Interactions Between Mucosal Immunity and Pathogenic Fungi, Linda S. Archambault
The Association of Late-Life Depression, Cognitive Functioning, and Sleep Disorder in Aging, Jessica B. Aronis
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
Three-dimensional Analytical Model of Tidal Flow in the Damariscotta River Estuary, ME, Stephanie L. Ayres
The Development of Regional Forest Inventories Through Novel Means, Elias Ayrey
Neuromuscular Development and Phenotypic Variation in Zebrafish Models of Dystroglycanopathy, Erin Bailey
Citizen Preferences for Marine Environmental Policy, Amy Bainbridge
Luminescence Antenna Behavior in Lanthanide Complexes and Luminescence Sensing in Group 11 Iodides, Francis Barnes
Social Identity Theory and the #Vanlife Movement, Jessica Bergstrom
Hydro-Climatic Dynamics of Lake Watershed Systems in a Changing Climate, Mussie Tekie Beyene
Land Tenure in Acadian Agricultural Settlements, 1604-1755: Cultural Retention and the Emergence of Custom, Carol A. Blasi