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 2010
Improving Parallel I/O Performance Using Interval I/O, Jeremy Logan
Lignin-Based Carbon Fiber, Jie Luo
The Setting of Water-Based Inks on Uncoated Substrates, Wing T. Luu
The Effects of Client Disabled Appearance on Therapist Alliance Ratings, Heather L. MacDuffie
Inside the Gap: Innovative Uses of Technology and Student Teachers, Maryellen Mahoney-O'Neil
Genomic Characterization of Quinic Acid-Induced Responses and Their Potential Roles in the Expression of Hypovirulence in Rhizoctonia solani RHS 1AP, Harish Manmathan
Interactions among Metamorphism, Deformation, and Chemical Transport Processes in High Strain Crustal Rocks, Jeffrey Hayden Marsh
Assessing Sleep Quality in Young Adult College Students, Aged 18 - 24 in Relation to Quality of Life and Anthropometrics, Douglas Mathews
A Monolithic Spiral Coil Acoustic Transduction Sensor for Chemical and Biological Analytes, Donald F. McCann
The Perceived Needs of Maine Parents of Premature Children for Services and Supports: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study, Karen Boulos McPhee
Oxidative Pretreatment of Spruce to Facilitate Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Polysaccharides, Dylan Montgomery
Pimps, Pushers, and Politics, A Historical Examination of the Blaxploitation Genre from 1971-1976, Barry Morgan
A Lattice Model for the Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of Certain Softwoods, Edwin Nagy
Spatial Ecology and Compositional Management of American Beech and Sugar Maple Regeneration in Maine, Andrew S. Nelson
The Palliative Role of Meritocracy in Women's Reaction to Impending Discrimination, Ellen E. Newell
Diversions of Pleasure: Singing Slave Girls and the Politics of Music in the Early Islamic Courts (661-1000CE), Lisa Emily Nielson
Forest Change and Cover Type Monitoring and Evaluation of Disturbance Influences in Maine: 2000 to 2007, Matthew David Noone
Alteration of Nucleotide Excision Repair by Estrogens: Implications for Carcinogenesis, Emily Glynn Notch
Seeking the "Mother of Exiles": A Cultural and Political History of American Refugee Policy in the Twentieth Century, Katherine M. O'Flaherty
An Environmental Audit of the University of Maine Campus to Identify Supports for Healthful Lifestyles, Leslie Anne Ouellette
Factors Related to High Ratings on the Implied Latent Trait of Incompetence in Maine Archival Competency Evaluations, Lindsay R. Owings
Behavior of FRP-Coated Wood Panels under Dynamic Loading, Nicholas Jon Parlin
Modeling and Characterization of Hollow and Concrete-Filled FRP Piles, Matthew R. Pellerin
Spluttered Birds, Rachel Perry
Search for the Other: National Geographic's Search of the Afghan Girl as Neocolonial Discourse, Shane Perry
Measuring Strand Dynamics during Oriented Strand Composite Mat Formation, Spencer A. Perry
Hedgehog Signaling and Laminin Play Unique and Synergistic Roles in Muscle Development, Matthew T. Peterson
You Know Me Al(ger): The Evolution of American Culture through Baseball Fiction and Journalism, Scott D. Peterson
Zebrafish MDA5 is Essential for a Vigorous Antiviral Response to Rhabdovirus Infection, Matthew J. Pietraszewski
The Greenland Ice Sheet: Reconstruction under Modern-Day Conditions and Sensitivity to the North Atlantic Oscillation, Katherine A. Pingree
Narrative and Expository Writing of Ninth Grade Students: The Relationship between Syntactic Complexity and Quality Ratings, Whitney Plourde
Consumer Perception of Potato Health Benefits, Mallory A. Poole
Prime Modulo and Pascals Triangle as Seen with Fractal Geometry, Matthew Potter
A Numerical Solution Method for the Inverse Robotic Kinematics Problem Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Scott Prince
Structural Behavior of Wood I-Joist/OSB Roof Panel Assemblies, Derek Gerard Rancourt
Anaerobic Fermentation of Hemicellulose Present in Green Liquor and Hot Water Extracts to Carboxylic Acids, Rakhi Reddy Baddam
Comparative Analysis of Putative Virulence Gene Expression in Two Rhizoctonia solani Pathosystems, Renee A. Rioux
A Variation on Geometric Constructions, James Robertson
Dependency of Neurotrophin Receptor-Interacting Melanoma Associated Antigen Protein in Bone Morphogenetic Protein-Mediated Apoptosis, Jennifer A. Rochira
A Characterization of Maine Blueberry Growers in 2010, Anya Rose
Mightier than the Pen: A Combination Framing Analysis of the Mission Accomplished Speech Coverage in Five Major Dailies, Joshua Gerry Sammer
Five Modules on Immigration for Third-Year College Level and AP Spanish Classes: A Model for Other Languages and Multiculturalism, Maria D. Sandweiss
Accelerometer Based Impact Localization and Scaling for Inflatable Space Structures, Kale W. Schrader
Cripping the Workspace: Performing Physically Disabled Professional Identity in Personal Narrative, Julie-Ann Scott
Have Some Self Respect!: A Critical Analysis of 30 Rock's Neoliberal Discourse, Eleanor Joyce Seitz
Hydrologic Variability and Change in the New England Region, USA, Avirup Sen Gupta
The Effects of Negative Social Processes on Depression and Friendship Quality in Adolescent Females, Agnieszka K. Serwik
Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Gold Nanoparticles Sandwich Hybridization Method, Jingjing Shen
Effectiveness of Eco-marketing on Green Vehicle Purchase Behavior in Maine: A Nested-Logit Model Approach, Shyamani Dilantha Siriwardena
The Symbiotic Relationship between the Judson Memorial Church and Postmodern Dance, Heinrick Jason Snyder
Making the Theory Work: How the Spruce Run Association Used Radical Feminist Theory in Their Organizational Practice, 1972-1992, Margaret A. Solic
Addressing the Age-Related Growth Decline in Red Spruce Productivity: Integrating Physiological and Genomic Approaches, Katherine J. Spencer
Applying Cluster Analysis to Physics Education Research Data, R. Padraic Springuel
Safety on Winter Roads: Adverse Winter Weather and Vehicle Crashes in Maine, Adam Stern
Assessment of Factors Affecting Healthful Food Access for Low-Income Populations in Maine, Emily M. Stiles
Applications of Network Theory to Frustrated Spin Systems and Transitions in Models of Disease Spread, Thomas E. Stone
Game Theoretic Power Allocation for Sparsely Distributed Clusters of Wireless Sensor Networks, Robert A. Strauss
Genetic Diversity, Micro Propagation, and Cold Hardiness of Ilex glabra (L.) A. Gray, Youping Sun
Assessment of Benthic Flux of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Estuaries Using the Eddy Correlation Technique, Michael P. Swett
Strain Rate-Dependent Behavior of Laminated Strand Lumber, William Donald Syron
History, Composition and Structure in Mature Second-Growth Acadian Forest Stands Managed with Irregular Shelterwood Silviculture, Nalbert Tarbox Tero
In Vivo Optical Sensor for Measuring Lobster Vitality, Brian R.A. Tomassetti
The Failure of Reunion: The South and Republican Foreign Policy, 1898-1902, David Charles Turpie
"Absolute Equality for Women in Law and Custom"; Gail Laughlin's Fight for Gender Equality in the Maine Legislature, Phyllis Herrick vonHerrlich
The Interactive Ecology of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon and Smallmouth Bass: Competition for Habitat, Richard Augustus Wathen
Mobile Map Browsers: Anticipated User Interaction for Data Pre-fetching, Benjamin T. Weber
An Experimental and Theoretical Study of d10 Mixed Metal Nanoclusters in Alkali Halide Hosts, David Welch
Gender Norms Influence in Sexual Discrimination: Differential Response to Sexual Minority Victims, Joseph D. Wellman
Finally Seeing the Upcard: An Examination of the Early Tribal-State Relationship Surrounding Tribal Gaming Initiatives in the State of Maine, Sara B. Willett
Maine Salt Pools: Stratigraphic Description, Ecophysical Characterization, and Discussion of Their Role in Estuarine Landscape Change, Kristin R. Wilson
Web-Based Tool for the Creation of Dynamic High-Resolution Tiled Displays in K-12 Classroom and Beyond, Jason Withee
2-D and 3-D Multi-scale Morphological Analysis of SDSS DR5 Survey Using the Metric Space Technique, Yongfeng Wu
Modeling and Monitoring Non-topological Spatial Changes of Continuous Phenomena in Geosensor Networks, Danqing Xiao
The Growth, Yield, and Financial Performance of Isolated Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) Reserve Trees, Christopher E. Zellers
Patterns of Regeneration of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) as Influenced by Large Isolated Reserve Trees and Precommercial Thinning, Kate E. Zellers
InP/In0.53Ga0.47As Symmetric Gain Optoelectronic Mixers for LADAR Applications, Wang Zhang
Stock Assessment and Harvest Control Rule Evaluation for American Lobster in the Gulf of Maine, Yuying Zhang
From Seeds to Trees: A Study of Educators' Influences on Forestry Outreach Development, Jacquelyn Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
A Cumulative Risk Model of Non-suicidal Self-Injury: Contributions of Emotion Regulation and Contextual Invalidation, Molly Adrian
Chelation and Detection of Mercury in Aqueous Media, Amer A. G. Al Abdel Hamid
Structural Performance of Wood Plastic Composite Sheet Piling, Daniel Alvarez-Valencia
Comparing the Effectiveness of Three Unique Research Based Tutorials for Introducing Newton's Second Law, Mindi Kvaal Anderson
Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain in Cancer Patients with Drug-Seeking Behavior, Katherine B. Bailey
Population Ecology and Natural Selection in Juvenile Atlantic Salmon: Implications for Restoration, Michael Matthew Bailey
Physical Activity Opportunity in U.S. Public Elementary Schools, Lisa Beaulieu
Genomic Analysis of the Cold Acclimation Response in Solanum Species, Lee Allen Beers
Spatial and Genetic Factors Influencing Yield in Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Mt.) in Maine, Daniel J. Bell
Teacher Leaders' Perceptions of Relational Influence: A Phenomenological Study, Linda Marie Bowe
Ecological and Policy Implications of Voluntary Participation in Fisheries Management, Danielle Brzezinski
The Use of Vinegar Vapor and Post-Harvest Biological Control to Reduce Patulin in Apple Cider, Lucius Caldwell
The Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors of College-Aged Males: A Comparative Study of the Last 20 Years, Patrick P. Cheek
A Molecular Study of Membrane Structure in Liposomes, Changfeng Chen
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-1 (FGFR1) in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Switch, Pei-Yu Chen
Hemicellulose Pre-extraction of Hardwood, Xiaowen Chen
An Economic Evaluation of Winter-feeding Strategies for Lactating Organic Dairy Cows Utilizing Different Forage and Concentrate Feeding Systems in Maine, Gabriel Willis Clark
Living the Ethic of Care: Spirituality, Theology and Service, Dawn Coffin