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 2017
Attenuating the Antibody Reactivity of the Shrimp Major Allergen (Tropomyosin) using Food Processing Methods, Adeseye Lasekan
Development of an Accelerometer Instrumentation Array Embedded into a Gel Matrix Used to Simulate Brain Response, Vincent C. Lewis
U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigration Economics, George B. Lindbom
Optimizing PAPI for Low-Overhead Counter Measurement, Yan Liu
Investigating Student Mental Models at the Intersection of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning in Physics, Savannah E. Lodge-Scharff
Experimental Characterization of Bearing/Bypass Interaction and Bolted Joint Fatigue in a Three-Dimensional Woven Carbon Composite, William London
Expression Profiling of Non-Coding RNA by Environmental Interactions in Innate Immunity, Jacob R. Longfellow
Optimization of Wind Turbine Blade Fatigue Test Design, David Lopez
Development of a Surface Acoustic Wave Device for the Lysis of Bacterial and Red Blood Cells, Timothy Lyford
Nesting Ecology and Summertime Resource Selection of Ruffed Grouse in Central Maine, USA., Joelle Mangelinckx
The Role of IGFBP4 in Regulating Bone and Adipose Tissue Development in Mice, David Maridas
Assessing Management Structure and Influencing Settlement of the Soft-Shell Clam (Mya arenaria) in Maine, Elisabeth A. Maxwell
Divergent Responses of Larval and Juvenile Blue Mussels to Low Salinity Exposure, Melissa A. May
Piezoelectric Platforms for Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensor Applications, Jason M. McGann
Renewable Hydrogels From Norbornene-Functionalized Carboxymethyl Cellulose and a Short Dithiol Crosslinked Via a Thiol-Ene Reaction, Thomas McOscar
"In My Bones": Self-Presentation Forecasts Multimodal Constructs, Diana Marie Meakem
Pairing Young Adult and Classic Literature in the High School English Curriculum, Anne V. Miller
Window Inserts and the People Adopting Them: Building Sustainable Communities in Maine, Daniel Sean Mistro
Risk Perceptions of Metallic Mineral Mining in Maine, Andrew Morgan
Influence of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Grown in Elevated CO2 on Apatite Dissolution, Brian Matthew Morra
Long-term Sustainability of Northern Mixedwood Management: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Forest Productivity, Bethany L. Munoz
Frozen Yogurt as a Protein Supplement for Older Adults, Huong Ly Nguyen
Barriers to Implementation of PBIS: Teacher Self-Efficacy, Collective Efficacy, and Teacher Attributions, Janet Nichols
Propane Diols: Value Added Coproducts of Biodiesel Production, Karl C. Olson
Liquid Gating PTFE Membranes to Reduce Fouling, Jonathan C. Overton
Envisioning Recovery: A Social-Ecological Systems Analysis of Maine’s Co-managed Sea Urchin Fishery, Kimberly L. Ovitz
Modeling of a Head - Neck Assembly Drop Tower Impact Test Using ABAQUS, Hussein Sharqi Owaid
Cathedral Glacier: Quantifying Forty Years of Surface Elevation Change Using Structure from Motion, Benjamin W. Partan
Investigating Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a Model to Study Ethanol Toxicity on Muscle, Margaret E. Pasquarella
An Investigation of Effective Vaccine Targets in the Salmon Louse, Lepeophtherius salmonis, Jessica Piesz
Uniform Distribution of Hecke Eigenvalues, Caroline Reno
Development and Assessment of a Habitat Modeling Framework Utilizing Quantitative Variable Selection and Weighting Schemes, Max E.B. Ritchie
A Spatial Analysis of the Impacts of Marine Aquaculture on Coastal Housing Prices, Christina Robichaud
How do we collaborate? A look into Maine's Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network, Abby Jane Roche
Developing a Collaborative Research Program to Evaluate Fine-Scale Groundfish Dynamics in Eastern Maine, Mattie Rodrigue
Advancing Development of Porphyra umbilicalis as a Red Algal Model System and Aquaculture Crop, Charlotte Royer
Using Nutrition Education at a Maine Food Pantry Impacts Food-Related Behavior of Participants, Marissa E. Rublee
Improving Management and Conservation of Cusk (Brosme brosme): Habitat Distribution, Bycatch Interactions, and Conservation Practices, Jocelyn M. Runnebaum
Consumer Acceptability of Oat and Barley Recipes in Older Adults, Amy Ryan
An Automated Device to Increase Screening Throughput of Zebrafish Larvae, Fuoad Saliou-Sulley
Cellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Impact Modified Polypropylene: Assessing Material Properties from Fused Layer Modeling and Injection Molding Processing, Jordan Elliott Sanders
An Assessment of Aerial Survey Methods for Generating Forest Inventory Models, David Sandilands
Using Hydroacoustics to Investigate Biological Responses in Fish Abundance to Restoration Efforts in the Penobscot River, Maine, Constantin C. Scherelis
Assessing Students' Understanding of Variability and Graph Interpretation Through an Authentic Science Investigation, William M. Schlager
The Biogeographic Origins and Trophic Ecology of Maine’s Island Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), Nikko-Ideen Shaidani
SO2-Alcohol-Water Fractionation of Sugarcane Straw, Asif Sharazi
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Language, Imagery, and the Patient-Provider Relationship, Ryan Shelley
Music for a Dome: Experimental and Electronic Music in 5.1 Surround Sound, Duane Shimmel
Rural Women’s Perception of Environmental Degradation: A Case Study of Amhara, Ethiopia., Tizezew Shimekach Sisay
Development of Spectroscopic Methods for Dynamic Cellular Level Study of Biochemical Kinetics and Disease Progression, Anna M. Sitarski
Playing at Women and Men: A Discourse Analysis of Gender and Sexuality Performance in an Online Play-by-Post Role-Playing Game, Caitlin M. Smith
Oyster Aquaculture Site Selection Using Landsat 8-derived Sea Surface Temperature, Turbidity, and Chlorophyll a., Jordan Snyder
In Situ Dating of Multiple Events in Granulite-Facies Rocks of the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Using Electron Microprobe Analysis of Monazite, Steven K. Spreitzer
Lobster in a Changing Gulf of Maine: Investigating the Temporal Impact on Molting and the Fishing Fleet, Kevin W. Staples
Characterizing Hydrologic Fluxes in Six Central Maine Vernal Pools with a Focus on Groundwater Flow, Kelli M. Straka
Prospective Studies of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Kevin Sullivan
Variable Proportions of Silicate and Nitrate in the Gulf of Maine: The Role of Internal Recycling Versus Advective Inputs, Megan Switzer
Discourses of Developmental English Education: Reframing Policy Debates, Aaron R. Tolbert
"They need to get over it..." The dismissal of Native American social issues, Andrew Tomer
Splitting Together: The Evolution of Cooperation in Food Buying Clubs, Ethan Tremblay
Development of an Active-Learning Lesson that Targets Student Understanding of Population Growth in Ecology, Elizabeth Trenckmann
Hygrothermal Properties of Cross Laminated Timber Panels, Jaya Tripathi
Effects of Geese and Caribou on Nutrient and Carbon Cycling in Southwest Greenland, Carl Tugend
A Study in Cross-Beam Polarization Fluorescence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy on Dendra2-Hemagluttinin in Fixed NIH3T3 Cells, Matthew M. Valles
Investigating Student Learning of Analog Electronics, Kevin L. Van De Bogart
Effects of Dam Removal on Assemblage Composition and the Interactions of Fishes in the Penobscot River, Maine, Jonathan Watson
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Effects of Antibacterial Agent Triclosan on Cellular Signal Transduction and Mitochondrial Function, Lisa Weatherly
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) as a Functional Link between Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Daniel M. Weaver
Party Development and Political Conflict in Maine 1820-1860 From Statehood to the Civil War, Lee D. Webb
Operational Limits of Blade Coating with High Aspect Ratio Pigments, Lisa Weeks
Grassroots Diplomacy and Vernacular Law: The Discourse of Food Sovereignty in Maine, John Welton
Basic Vision Research with Clinical Applications and Science Education Assessments, Andrew Wilson
Large Payload HIAD Systems: Development of Computationally Efficient Modeling Strategies and Structural Investigations, Andrew C. Young
Exploring the Ways In Which Highly Efficacious Intermediate Teachers Employ Best Practices in Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers, Terrence P. Young
Characterization of Paper Dusting, Gregory K. Yum
Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Heading Instability of Moored Ships in Waves and Winds, Razieh Zangeneh
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Modeling and Forecasting the Influence of Current and Future Climate on Eastern North American Spruce-Fir (Picea-Abies) Forests, Caitlin Andrews
Sources of Ecologically Important Trait Variation in Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis and Gambusia holbrooki), Heather Ann Arnett
A Comparison of Global Climate Reanalysis and Climate of South Greenland and the North Atlantic, Jeff Auger
Impact of Wind Generation on Dynamic Voltage Characteristics of Power Systems, Luis Badesa
Pélagie-la-Charrette, une Épopée, Sarah C. Barnard
Changes in Fish Communities and Chimpanzee Ecology in the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project Area Following Dam Impoundment, Abdulai Barrie
Calcium Components in Drosophila melanogaster Cardiac Pacemaking, Vernon E. Beasley
Characterization of the Murine Lung Transcriptome During Pre- and Post-natal Development in Three Inbred Strains of Laboratory Mice, Kyle Jaymes Beauchemin
Disconnect and Try Again: A Collection of Short Fictions, Christine Becker
Temporal Variability in Key Life History Traits of Atlantic Herring (Culpea harengus) in the Gulf of Maine, James R. Becker
Understanding the Impact of Commercial Harvest on White Suckers (Catostomus commersonii) in Maine, Megan A. Begley
L'Irlande de Georges Dor, Jacques Ferron et Louis Gauthier, Stacy A. Black
An Evaluation of the Long-term Knowledge and Behavior Change of Participants in UMaine Extension's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Rebecca L. Bonnett
An Analysis of Farm Profitability, Exit Decision, and Price Supports in the Maine Dairy Industry, Dylan D. Bouchard
Investigating the Effect of Particulate Hexavalent Chromium on Homologous Recombination Repair, Cynthia L. Browning