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 2014
Testing GPR and LiDAR Techniques for Identifying Landslides on the Maine Coast, Kara Jacobacci
Proof Conceptions of College Calculus Students, Jon Janelle
Engaging the Future with Land Use Scenarios, Michelle Leigh Johnson
Chemical Composition, Aging Reactions, and Stabilization of Bio-Oils, Jincy Joseph
Invention and Opportunity: a Historical Perspective and Emerging Model for Innovation in Maine, Renee Ward Kelly
Scale-Dependent Structure in Spatial and Temporal Variation in Fish and Fishermen's Behavior, Michael E. Kersula
Carrier Systems for Cellulose Nanofibers in Hydrophobic Polymer Composites, Alper Kiziltas
Processing of Bacterial Cellulose in Multifunctional Composites, Esra Erbas Kiziltas
The Voice...this Passing Night, Adam Kosan
Modern Extraction Techniques Applied to the Extraction of Flavonoids from Equisetum arvense (L.), Archibald Gordon Lang
Story Telling Objects, Jessica R. B. LeClair
Crowdsourcing Water Quality Data Using the iPhone Camera, Thomas Leeuw
¹⁰Be Surface-Exposure Chronology of the Tres Hermanos and Rosa Irene Moraines Near Bahía Inútil, Chilean Patagonia, Jennifer Renee Lennon
Public Art and Public Education: Controversy and Connections, Stephanie Spruce Leonard
Advancing Conservation Efforts through Collaborative Development of Locally Tailored Policies, Vanessa R. Levesque
Design and Implementation of Data Acquisition Systems for Use in a Scaled Deployment of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Curtis Libby
Economics of Popular Music Concerts, Nicholas Lisac
Development of a Performance-Matched Wind Turbine and Analysis Tools for Model Scale Testing of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Matthew John Lombard Fowler
Overstory and Understory Characteristics Following Partial Harvesting in Mixedwood Stands of Western Maine, Jeffrey M. Lombardo
Toll-Like Receptor 9 and Speckle-Type POZ Protein Play Protective Roles in Antiviral Innate Immunity Against Influenza Infection in Zebrafish, Richard Harry Luc
Managing Natural Resources at the Intersection of Economy, Ecology and Policy, Stephenie Jacquelynn MacLagan
Spatial and Habitat Responses of Canada Lynx in Maine to a Decline in Snowshoe Hare Density, David G. Mallett
Towards Making SELinux Smart: The SELinux Sentry, Smart Sentry, and the Octave Fuzzy Logic Toolkit, Linda Markowsky
Prize Game in the Borderlands: Privateering in New England and the Maritime Provinces, 1775-1815, Edward J. Martin
Developmental Cis-Regulatory Analysis of the Cyclin D Gene in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Christopher Michael McCarty
Lived Practice: Art Towards an Ethical World, Matthew Williams McEntee
Gene Identification and Characterization of NMF389, a New Seizure Threshold Mutant, Tracy Christine McGarr
Abiotic Proxies of Benthic Megafaunal Assemblages in the Coastal Gulf of Maine: A Template for Ocean Planning?, Jennifer A. McHenry
Socioeconomic Status and Executive Functioning in Head Start Children, Jessie Meisner
Occurrence of the Oyster Parasite, Haplosporidium nelsoni, in the Damariscotta River Estuary, Maine, Nicole Messerman
Social-Ecological System of Land Use in Northern New England: The Integration of Land Conservation and Economic Development Across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales, Spencer Robert Meyer
Using Personal Response Devices as a Method to Study Visitor Experience at Informal Science Learning Environments, Kendra J. Michaud
The Effects of Conducting Authentic Field-Geology Research on High School Students' Understanding of the Nature of Science, and Their Views of Themselves as Research Scientists, Patricia M. Millette
Application of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMC's) as Artificial Muscles to Help Correct Right Atrial Fibrillation, Yousif Y. Mohamed
Complex-Systems Approach to Simulating the Sea Urchin Ecology, Graham Andrew Morehead
No Really, I am a Lesbian!: The Precarious Nature of Achieved Identities, Ellen E. Newell
Development of a Predictive Model for Newtonian Fluid Flow in Porous Polymer Matrices Using Darcy's Law, Matthew Scott Newsom
Polymer Adsorption on Solid Surfaces: Layer-by-Layer Studies and Development of an Iron (III) Sensor, Silas Owusu-Nkwantabisah
An In situ Optical Method to Detect Phytoplankton Pigments, Alison Palmer Chase
Photocatalytic Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Water Using TiO₂-Doped Zeolites, Zhong Pan
Subjected in Hope: The Development of a Protestant Theology of the Environment in America, 1945-2000, Joshua Parda
Effect of Urbanization on Dissolved Organic Matter: Composition, Bioavailability, and Ecosystem Integrity, Thomas B. Parr
N-Body Simulations of Supercluster Dynamics to Test the Viability of Large Scale Structure as a Probe of Dark Energy and Dark Matter, David William Pearson
The Relationship Between Speaking Voice and Gender Identity Among Transgender and Transsexual Individuals, Addie J. Pelletier
SOD2 and NHERF1 Are Necessary for a Vigorous Innate Immune Response in Zebrafish, Eric M. Peterman
Getting to the Heart of Social and Educational Disadvantage: Exploring the Impact of Social Interactions Across the Class Divide, Ryan M. Pickering
Survey of Graph Embeddings into Compact Surfaces, Sophia N. Potoczak
Settlement Response in Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) in a Hatchery Setting, George C. Protopopescu
Sustaining Forests through Social, Environmental, and Community Psychology Constructs, Michael Ryan Quartuch
Cultural Anxiety in Urban Fantasy: Changing Gender Roles in the Mercedes Thompson Series, Emily M. Rasely
Inside and Out: A Phenomenology of Young Women's Sexiness, L. Shelley Rawlins
Paying Attention to Theory in Science Classroom Argumentation, Kalee Reid Gwarjanski
Science Teachers' Perceptions of Google Earth for Inclusive Classroom Instruction, Emily J. Rice
Wavelet-Based Phenotyping Algorithm Characterizing Seizure Morphology and Frequency Variation in Genetic Models of Absence Epilepsy, Christian D. Richard
Cellulose Nanofibers Use in Coated Paper, Finley Richmond
Gesture: A Lens for Perception, S. Julie Riley
Growing Organic Bread Wheat in New England: An Evaluation of Nitrogen Regimes and Cropping Sequences, Erin Helene Roche
Predictors of Skating Speed Using Off-Ice Measures of College Ice Hockey Players, Aaron Runner
Is Nitrogen Cycling and Bioavailablity Limited by Phosphorus in Northern New England Forest Soils?, Cayce Jo Salvino
Evolution de L'Identite Acadienne Dans la Chanson, Elisa E. A. Sance
Frequency of Ocean Heat Waves in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, Hillary A. Scannell
Role of Ammonium in Alexandrium fundyense Blooms in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank, Sugandha Shankar
Modeling SMARD1 Using Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons, Jocelyn C. Sharp
Assessing Maine's Certified Sustainable Harvest, David F. Sherwood
Infrared Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Based Methods for Mercury (II) Detection via Reactions with Surface-Bound and Solution Ferrocenyl Acylthiosemicarbazide, Supamon Singkankachen
Guns and a Dam: Divergent Perceptions of Technology in U.S.-Egyptian Relations, 1952-1956, Brent Y. Skaggs
White Students' Understanding of Race: An Exploration of How White University Students, Raised in a Predominately White State, Experience Whiteness, Barbara A. Smith
Intersections of Science, Policy & the Media in Sustainability Science: A Mixed Method State Analysis, Hollie M. Smith
Dispossessed: Art, Activism and Social Engagement within the Concept of Home, Susan L. Smith
Phenology and Effects of Dams on the Success of Atlantic Salmon Smolt Migrations in the Penobscot River, Maine, Daniel S. Stich
¹⁰Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Left-Lateral Moraines of the Pukaki Glacier, Southern Alps, New Zealand, Peter Douglas Strand
Arsenite Disrupts Neurite Growth through Cytoskeletal Dysregulation, Daniel J. Swett
It's No Game: Stories, Christopher Wayne Tarbell
Elemental Release Behavior of Serpentinite in the Presence of Organic Acids: Implications for Studying the Habitability of Europa, Agnes R. Taylor
Diminishment: A Critique of the American Corrections System Through Use of Rapid Prototyping Processes, Sean Taylor
Return to Conception: Wilhelm Reich's Later Work as a Product of European Cultural Modernism, Peter B. Thompson
Distribution, Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment for the Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) in the Northeast US, Samuel B. Truesdell
Socialization of International Women Faculty, Daniela Ximena Véliz Calderón
Effects of Dietary Wild Blueberry on Inflamation, Lipid Metabolism and Endothelial Function in a Model of Metabolic Syndrome: A Nutrigenomics Approach, Stefano Vendrame
Collaborative Research on Finfish, Their Distribution, and Diversity in Cobscook Bay, Maine, Jeffrey D. Vieser
Dynamic Stall Model for Modeling Cross-Flow Turbines Using Lifting-Line Vortex Methods, Raul Urbina Villalpando
Model Test of a 1:8 Scale Floating Wind Turbine Offshore in the Gulf of Maine, Anthony Michael Viselli
Holistic Well-Being Curriculum: Guiding Students Toward Success and a Sustainable World, Aurora Walks Gently
Modeling Glaciers and Ice Sheets in Greenland and Antarctica with an Emphasis on Embedded Modeling and Subglacial Hydrology, Nora Amelie Weitz
Ocean Color Satellites Observe a Decade-Long Transition of Dominant Phytoplankton Species Types in the Arabian Sea, Paul Jeremy Werdell
Evaluating Options for a Sustainable Energy Future: Biofuels and Electricity, Stephanie Whalley
Atlantic Herring (Culpea harengus) Spawning Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine as Inferred by Acoustic Methods, Katharine V. Wurtzell
Proteomics Approach to the Study of Endoglin Function and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Kira Autumn Young
Kinetic Studies of Laccase-Catalyzed Reactions, Tesfahiwet Adam Zerayesus
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) Upgrading of Whole Pyrolysis Oil by Using Ru Supported Catalyst, Xiaobo Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
In Vitro Susceptibility of Prototheca to Plant Hormones, Nirajan Adhikari
Design and Analysis of Cooperative Communications Networks Using Game Theory, Fatemeh Afghah