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.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Experimental Methodology for Embedding Fiber Optic Strain Sensors in Fiber Reinforced Composites Fabricated by the VARTM/SCRIMP Process, Samantha D. Fifield
Factors Affecting Implementation Probability of State-Mandated Reform Initiatives: A Study of 6th - 8th Grade Maine Teachers, Pamela S. Flood
Room of Confession: An Investigation into the Challenges and Possible Applications of Primary Narrative for Use in Middle School Peer Harassment Intervention, Dorothy D. Foote
Relationships between Rooting Restrictions, Radial Growth, and Drought Stress with White Pine (Pinus strobus) Decline in Southern Maine, Megan L. Fries
Relationships between Stream Geomorphology and Fish Community Structure and Diversity in Maine, Emily Gaenzle
Formation and Age of Raised Marine Beaches, Northern Scott Coast, Antarctica, Nathan Gardner
Modeling the Role of No-Take Marine Reserves in Fisheries Management, Deidre F. Gilbert
Evolution of Seabed Pockmarks in Penobscot Bay, Maine, Allen M. Gontz
The Measure of Adolescent Heterosocial Competence: Development and Construct Validation, Rachel L. Grover
The Value of Rockweed (Ascophylum nodosum) as Habitat for Tidepool Fishes, Amy Marie Gullo
Systematics of the Cumacea (Crustacea), Pilar A. Haye
Exciplex Tuning and Optical Memory Studies for Dicyanoargentate(1) and Dicyanoaurate(1) Ions Doped in Potassium Chloride Crystals Extension to Mixed Metal Gold and Silver Systems, Samanthika Ruvinie Hettiarachchi
Impacts of Technology Adoption: Comparing Returns to the Farming Sector in Maine under Alternative Technology Regimes, Aaron K. Hoshide
Growth Increment Analysis of Marine Bivalves from the North, Stephen D. Houk
Autism and its Effects on the Family, Adam M. Hutton
Fatigue Life of Pultruded and Hand Lay-Up GFRP Exposed to Different Environmental Conditions., Mohammed Asif Iqbal
Mechanisms of Print Gloss Development with Controlled Coating Structure, Sung Jai Jeon
Simulation of Structure, Dynamics and Electron Diffraction Patterns of Heterogeneous Clusters ArmN2n, W. H. Jinasena
Continuing in Overtime: Women of Retirement Age Who Are Still at Work, Elizabeth Johns
Fire and its Effects on Mercury and Methylmercury Dynamics for Two Watersheds in Acadia National Park, Maine, Kenneth B. Johnson
The Effect of Temperature on the Development, Growth and Survival of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) During Early Life-Histories, Adrian Jordaan
The Effect of Nitrogen Loading on an Estuarine Faunal Community: A Stable Isotope Approach, Rachel A. Keats
Modeling Boundaries of Influence among Positional Uncertainty Fields, Joshua P. King
Suspended Alexandrium Spp. Hypnozygote Cysts in the Gulf of Maine, Sarah L. Kirn
An Ecosystem Dynamics Model of Monterey Bay, California, Lawrence S. Klein
Social Information-Processing in Adolescent Girls: A Comparison of Sex Offending Girls, Delinquent Girls, and Girls From the Community, Elizabeth Knapp Kubik
Why Mystery and Detective Fiction was a Natural Outgrowth of the Victorian Period, Sharon J. Kobritz
Individual Differences in the Neurophysiology of Creativity, Jonna Kwiatkowski
Complementary and Alternative Medicines: The Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Dietitians in Maine, Jennifer Kristy Lawrance
A New Apex Predator in the Gulf of Maine? Large, Mobile Crabs (Cancer borealis) Control Benthic Community Structure, Amanda V. Leland
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor Pier 400 Harbor Resonance Study Using Numerical Model, CGWAVE, DongCheng Li
Distribution of Patterned Ground and Surficial Deposits on a Debris-covered Glacier Surface in Mullins Valley and Upper Beacon Valley, Antarctica, Andrew M. Lorrey
Systematics of Northeastern Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) Subspecies, with Empasis on the Island Endemic (M. P. Shattucki, Howe 1901) in Penobscot Bay, Maine, Jennifer Marie Lowry
The Wise Women of Chelm, Beth Amy Lurie
Antarctic Notothenioid Fishes Do Not Display Metabolic Cold Adaptation in Hepatic Gluconeogenesis, Leonardo J. Magnoni
The Ecology of Wolf Spiders (Lydosidae) in Low Bush Bluberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) Agroecosystems, Darlene Maloney
Old Maps, Samuel H. Manhart
Platinum/silica Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Tyler Philip Martin
Implementation of an Underwater Digital Acoustic Telemetry Reciever, Raymond A. McAvoy
Isolation and Characterization of a Microorganism from Groundwater that Reduces Arsenate, Kevin A. McCaffery
The Role of Local Attributes in Community Choice, Michele Ann McMahon
Foot on the Rope: Corporate Apologia and the Discourse of Vince McMahon, Bryce McNeil
Synthesis and Characterization of Thiol-Grafted Chitosan Beads for Mercury Removal, John D. Merrifield
Early Stage Humification During Amendment Decomposition and its Influence on Cu-Binding Capacity of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Karen A. Merritt
Repair of Wood Piles with Fiber Reinforced Composites, Antonis Petrou Michael
Variability and Continuity between Paleoindian Assemblages in the Northeast: A Technological Approach, Edward Cyrus Moore
Ghetto Regionalism: Place, Identity, and Assimilation in the Fiction of Abraham Cahan, Sui Sin Far, and Zitkala-Sa, Tabitha Adams Morgan
Architecture of the Popham Colony, 1607-1608: An Archaeological Portrait of English Building Practice at the Moment of Settlement, Peter H. Morrison
Talking about Sexuality: Parent's Communication and Its Influence on their Children's Attitudes and Behaviors, Eilean G. Moskey
The Role of Forest Soils in a Northern New England Effluent Management System, Leslie B. Nelson
Determining Atmospheric Deposition Inputs to Two Small Watersheds at Acadia National Park, Sarah J. Nelson
A Study of Radon in Air and Water in Maine Schools, Mary Jo Norris
A Single Subject Investigation of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies for Body Dysmorphic Disorder, April O'Grady
Representational Analyses of Conservation Lands in Maine, Stephanie Orndorff
Creative Book Arts Preserving Family History, Sarah Owen Tabor
A Lattice Model for Fibrous Materials, Perrine Parrod
Detection and Generalization of Spatio-temporal Trajectories for Motion Imagery, Panayotis Partsinevelos
Determination of Residual Hexazinone in Maine's Soil and Water, L. Brian Perkins
Crop Tree Growth and Quality Twenty-five Years after Precommercial Thinning in a Northern Conifer Stand, Leah M. Phillips
Evaluation of Three Potential Methods for Preventing the Spread of the Salmon Louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kreyer, 1837), Micheal Pietrak
Physiology, Enzyme Production, and Zoospore Behavior of Balrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a Chytrid Pathogenic to Amphibians, Jeffery Scott Piotrowski
A Pilot Study to Test Ventless Traps as a Means to Quantify Populations of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus), Carin Louise Poeschel
"Averse…to Remaining Idle Spectators:" the Emergence of Loyalist Privateering During the American Revolution, 1775-1778 Volume II. Chapter 9 to Conclusion., Richard D. Pougher
"Averse…to Remaining Idle Spectators:" the Emergence of Loyalist Privateering During the American Revolution, 1775-1778 Volume I. Introduction to Chapter 8, Richard D. Pougher
Modeling Multiple Granularities of Spatial Objects, Chitra Ramalingam
Critical Amino Acids of the Gα2 Subunit Helical Domain in Dictyostelium discoideum, Steven Martin Rauch
Picturing Nature: Education, Ornithology and Photography in the Life of Cordelia Stanwood: 1865-1958, Cynthia Watkins Richardson
Propagation of Several Native Ornamental Plants, Stacy L. Ruchala
Cycling and Speciation of Mercury in Soils at Cadillac Brook and Hadlock Brook Watersheds, Acadia National Park, Maine, Philip Lawrence Ruck
Le Phenomene de la Palatalisation au Quebec: Etude Historique et Phonetique, Adele Saint Pierre
Performance Study of In-Service FRP Reinforced Glulam Bridge Girders, Olivia E. Sanchez
Arsenic in Drinking Water and Public Opinion on Wildlife Management as Case Studies Illustrating Natural Resource Policy, Jessica Sargent-Michaud
Multiband Analog-to-Digital Conversion, Scott Saucier
An Assessment of Methods for Testing the Reliability of Wildlife Occurrence Models Used in Gap Analysis, Sandra M. Schaefer
The Relationship between Green Sea Urchin Spawning, Spring Phytoplankton Blooms, and the Winter-Spring Hydrography at Selected Sites in Maine, Lindsay C. N. Seward
Decadal Responses in Soil N Dynamics at a Paired Watershed Experiment in Maine, Sultana Sarvatara Shah
Emotion regulation in adolescent females with bulimia nervosa: an information processing perspective, Leslie A. Sim
Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Maine: Policy for a Common Resource, Carolyn F. Skinder
Evolution of Lake Malawi Cichlid Fishes (Perciformes: Teleostei), Peter F. Smith
Error Compensation in Pipeline and Converters, Kannan Sockalingam
Michael Chekhov and His Approach to Acting in Contemporary Performance Training, Richard Solomon
Optimal Recovery of Elastic Properties for Anisotropic Materials through Ultrasonic Measurements, Miao Sun
Impact of Preservative Treatments and Fungal Exposure on Phenolic Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Material Utilized in Wood Reinforcement, Cihat Tascioglu
Numerical Model of the Transient Effects of a Heat of Fusion Reservoir Interacting with Two-phase Flow, Anne-Marie Bechard Thibodeau
Effect of Precommercial Thinning on Root Development and Root and Butt Decay Incidence of Red Spruce and Balsam Fir, Suzhong Tian
An Examination of the Georges River Clam Management Program, Kristin E. Togue Brawn
The Value of Inaugurals: Analysis of Construction, Joseph M. Valenzano III
Surficial Geology and Geomorphology of the Western Olympus Range, Antarctica: Implications for Ice-sheet History, Brett VandenHeuvel
Cognitive Disinhibition and Creativity, Oshin Vartanian
Dynamic Response of a Mobile Offshore Base Hydroelastic Test Model, Vijay Venkataraman
Wood Anatomy of Metasequoia - Separation from Glyptostrobus and Function/Structure Considerations, George E. Visscher
High Temperature Compression Testing of an Advanced Carbon-Carbon Composite in an Oxidizing Atmosphere, Joshua C. Walls
Estimation of Standardized Mortality Ratio in Epidemiological Studies, Bingxia Wang
Two Bioeconomic Studies on Haddock Culture: Live Feed and Juvenile Production, Kate M. Waning
Application of the Tracking and Analysis Framework (TAF) to Assess the Effects of Acidic Deposition on Recreational Fishing in Maine Lakes, Petra Warlimont