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 2018
Propagation of the Native North American Shrub Lonicera Villosa and Trait Comparisons with Nonnative Congeneric Taxa, Darren J. Hayes
The Efficacy of Equine Assisted Therapy in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Amy Hofmann
Eco-Evolutionary Implications of Environmental Change Across Heterogeneous Landscapes, Jared J. Homola
Echoes of the Past: The Effect of Background Experience on Far Transfer, Graham H. Hummel-Hall
The Pathophysiological Role of Lyst Dysfunction in Retinal Pigment Epithelium, Xiaojie Ji
Forest Disturbance Detection and Aboveground Biomass Modeling Using Moderate-Resolution, Time-Series Satellite Imagery, John B. Kilbride
Multispectral Classification of Gulf of Maine Surface Waters: Seasonal and Interannual Variability, Brianna M. King
Strange Fruit: Black Female Body Politics in Contemporary American Culture, Eleanor Kipping
Deciphering Climate-Driven Changes in Planktonic Diatom Communities in Lake Superior, Amy Kireta
Genetic Modification of Inherited Retinopathy in Mice, Yang Kong
Gain vs. Loss and Near vs. Far Spatial Distance Message Framing and Support for Aquaculture Among U.S. Seafood Consumers, Sandaruwan P. Kumara
Field Implementation of Tire Derived Aggregate as Lightweight Backfill for Retaining Walls, Jeremy Labbe
Flower Visitation in Relation to Pollen and Nectar Nutrition: Implications for Pollinator Habitat and Conservation, Megan E. Leach
Timber Harvest and Recreation in Maine's North Woods: Attitudes, Impacts, and Strategies for Coexistence, Chelsea Liddell
Past, Present and Future of Maine's Pulp and Paper Industry, Ariel Listo
End of the Beginning, Peter Lowe
Lead Poisoning in Maine's Common Loons: Examining Biological and Social Dimensions, Brooke S. MacDonald
A "Real Social & Political Revolution": Nativism, Class Conflict, and Urban Reform in Portland, Maine (1840-1923), Thomas R. MacMillan
Mechanistic Studies of Reducible Metal Oxides as Hydrodeoxygenation Catalysts, Akbar Mahdavi Shakib
Modeling Human Cancer Therapy Response in Patient Derived Xenografts, Joan Malcolm
Detailed Power Measurement with Arm Embedded Boards, Yanxiang Mao
Thermochemical Conversion of Guaiacol Over Unsupported Tungsten Oxide and Nickel Supported Catalysts, Pamela Ruiz Martinez
Microwave Acoustic SAW Resonators for Stable High-temperature Harsh-Environment Static and Dynamic Strain Sensing Applications, Anin K. Maskay
Band-Sowing with Hoeing for Weed Management in Organic Grains, Margaret R. McCollough
Controls on Phosphorus Export from an Agricultural Watershed: Amsden Brook, Fort Fairfield, Maine USA., Gregory J. McDonald
Utilizing Ground-Penetrating Radar in the Delineation and Cultural Resource Management of Eroding Maine Coastal Shell Middens, Jacquelynn F. Miller
Big Data for Small Parks: Examining Regional Vegetation Patterns to Assess the Current Condition and Vulnerability of Eastern National Parks to Climate Change, Kathryn M. Miller
Developing a Risk Assessment Protocol to Quantify Distribution and Uptake of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Glacial Outflows, Kimberley Rain Miner
Precision Gene Therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease: From Identifying Genetic Modifiers to Developing Allele-Specific Therapies, Kathryn H. Morelli Ph.D.
Students' Perception of Their Stress Level, Body Size, and Health Environment During their First Year of College, Amber D. Murray
Assessing the Upper Critical Limit of the Thermoneutral Zone in Laboratory Mice, Teumbo Ngunte
Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Defining "Success" for Conservation and Management, Emily Suzanne Nocito
Immersed in Fire: The Use of Virtual Reality as an Attitude Assessor and Boundary Object in Wildland Fire Management, Casey Olechnowicz
Health and Healthcare in Nepal: An Analysis of the Private And Public Sector, Sujita Pandey
The Effect of Wild Blueberry Anthocyanins and Phenolic Acids on Innate Immunity: The Compliment System, Vasiliki Papakotsi
Nitrogen Cycling During a Period of Environmental Change, Kaizad Patel
Formate Assisted Pyrolysis of Lignin, Mayank S. Patel
Understanding Student Development Of Science Literacy Skills in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course, Molly Picillo
Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologists: A Systematic Review, Margaret M. Pierce
Extraction and Purification of (E)-Resveratrol from the Bark of Maine's Native Spruces, Panduka S. Piyaratne
Determining Season of Occupation at Tranquility Farm, Maine Using Oxygen Isotopes from Mya arenaria, Kate Pontbriand
TARBP2 -Mediated Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression During Murine Embryonic Development and Spermatogenesis, Sri Ramulu N. Pullagura
Coating Component Migration In Paper Coatings, Emilia Purington
Thermal and Microbial Effects on Brown Macroalgae: Heat Acclimation and the Biodiversity of the Microbiome, Charlotte TC Quigley
Development of a Bacteriophage-based Portable Biosensor for the Detection of Shiga-toxin Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Strains in Food and Environmental Matrices, Irwin A. Quintela
Glacial History of the Tsagaan Gol- Potanin Glacier Valley, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, Mariah J. Radue
Surface Reaction and Diffusion Kinetics in Semiconducting Metal Oxide Film Gas Sensors, Aravind Reghu
Developing Animal Feed Preservatives From Paper Mill Byproducts, Diana Carolina Reyes Gomez
Three-Dimensional Bedrock Channel Evolution with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Nick Richmond
Associations Between Avian Spruce-fir Species, Harvest Treatments, Vegetation, and Edges, Brian W. Rolek
The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Gametogenesis of the Red Tree Coral, Primnoa pacifica, Ashley Rossin
Optimizing Fertilizer and Compost Rates in Organic Reduced Till Agriculture, Nicholas W. Rowley
Toward a Theory of Boundariness: The Co-Construction of Agency in the First-Year Writing Classroom, Nicholas Sanders
Characterization and Functional Rescue of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy with Megaconial Myopathy in a Mouse Model of the Disease, Ambreen A. Sayed
Remote Sensing of Icebergs in Greenland's Fjords and Coastal Waters, Jessica Scheick
Host Mediated Mechanisms of Fungal Cell Spread in a Transparent Zebrafish Infection Model, Allison Scherer
Investigating Student Understanding of Vector Calculus in Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism: Construction and Determination of Differential Element in Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems, Benjamin Schermerhorn
Climatic Range Filling of North American Trees, Benjamin Seliger
Characterizing the Role of Fungal Shape in a Zebrafish Model of Invasive Candidiasis, Brittany Seman
Muslim International Student and Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Students' Experiences Against a Backdrop of Islamophobia, Donna M. Seppy
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Toxicant Effects on Mast Cell Signaling and Mitochondria, Juyoung Katherine Shim
Application of Silicon Nanohair Textured p-n Junctions in a Photovoltaic Device, Michael Small
Dr. Khalil Totah: Arab-American Quaker Educator and Palestinian Nationalist Crusader, 1914-1948, Amy Smith
Development of Thermoplastic Composite Reinforced Ultra-High Performance Concrete Panels for Impact Resistance, Reagan M. Smith Gillis
The Necessity of Agency:Social Practice in Late Capitalist Modes of Cultural Production, Susan L. Smith
Fault-Adjacent Damage at the Base of the Seismogenic Zone and Seismic Anisotropy of Fold Structures, Won Joon Song
Teacher Judgment Accuracy in the Domain of Spelling, April Spencer
Counter Currents: Arthur Lower, Lincoln Colcord, and Ideological Isolationism in Interwar Canada and the United States, James Spruce
Assessing the Reliability of the Benthic Mg/Ca–Temperature Proxy: a Uvigerina Core-top Study from New Zealand, Cassandre R. Stirpe
Community Readiness: A Case Study of University Communities Engaging in Hazing Prevention, Stephanie A. Swan
Incorporating Environmental Variability Into Assessment and Management of American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Kisei Tanaka
PI3K/AKT Signaling Activates HSF1 to Preserve Proteostasis and Sustain Growth, Zijian Tang
PI3K/AKT Signaling Activates HSF1 to Preserve Proteostasis and Sustain Growth, Zijian Tang
Daughters You Could Not Burn, Alex Terrell
Eavesdropping on Gulf of Maine Cetaceans in the Vicinity of Mount Desert Rock, Christopher James Tremblay
Reducing Tillage In Small-Scale Permanent Bed Organic Vegetable Production Systems, Jeremiah D. Vallotton
Stochastic Modeling of Wireless Energy Transfer with Applications in Wireless Displacement Sensing of Structures, Shaun G. Veilleux
Black Soldier Fly Larvae as Value-Added Feed for Aquaculture in Maine, Joshua Villazana
Biomass Based Monomers for Synthesis of Renewably Sourced Polymers, Anushka E. Vithanage
Off-farm Labor Supply and Health Impact of Pesticide Use: An Economic Analysis, Nguyen Vuong
Acts of Contrition: An Exploration of Catholic Guilt and Sensory Pleasure in Kinetic Sculpture, Wade Warman
Towards an Efficient, Scalable Stream Query Operator Framework for Representing and Analyzing Continuous Fields, John Whittier
Three Examples of Mondoromy Groups, Alice A. Wise
Modeling Coastal Flooding and Sand Transport in the Gulf of Maine during Severe Storms in a Changing Climate, Dongmei Xie
Performance Test and Numerical Simulation of an Adjustable Implant for Treating Vocal Fold Paralysis, Hai Zi
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Synthesis and Characterization of Catalysts for the Conversion of Ethanol into Butadiene, Hussein Talib Abdulrazzaq
Effect of CNF On Drying Shrinkage and Autogenous Shrinkage of Cement Paste, Mohammed Akram Ahmed
Flash Flood Modeling on Single and Multiple Structures and Wave Impact Mitigation Using SPH, sohaib rashid sulaiman alahmed
American Woodcock Migration Ecology at an Important Stopover, Cape May, New Jersey, Brian B. Allen
Creating Renewable Tunable Polymers from Hydroxymethylfurfural, Meredith C. Allen
Finite Element Analysis of Impact Resistance of Foam Materials, Firas Almashkoor