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 2015
3D Investigation of Flaws in Cement-Based Materials and Their Effect on Split Cylinder Test, Chula Gangsa
Forces During Forward Roll Coating and Printing of Tensioned Webs, Harrison R. Gates
Challenges of Implementing Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast in the Nextgen Air Traffic Management System, Carl J. Giannatto Jr.
Tagging of Starch and Latex in Paper Coatings, Emilia Golebiowska
Implementing Complex Partial Harvests in Central Maine: Is Tree Marking Necessary?, Sam Grimm
Consumer Acceptability of and Stability of Bioactive Compounds in Frozen Treat Products Made With Underutilized Berries, Sierra F. Guay
Biomechanics and Injury Assessment of Head Impact Due to Falls, Marzieh Hajiaghamemar
Detection of Iron (III) Using Magnetic Nanoparticles, Kaiya Hansen
Correlation of Engineering Parameters of the Presumpscot Formation to the Seismic Cone Penetration Test (SCPTU), Mathew Hardison
Forest Harvesting Productivity and Cost in Maine: New Tools and Processes, Patrick Hiesl
Effects of Market Attitudes and Economic Valuation Information on Sustainability Values and Behaviors: Evidence from Experimental Economics, Sandra Hughes Goff
The Temporal Nature of the Acute Stress Response and its Impact on Explicit Learning, Steven B. Hutchinson
Method Development for Vitamin C Quantification in Two Complex Matrices, Hannah D. Hutt
Repair and Maintenance Costs, Chipper Productivity, and Chip Quality of Forest Biomass Supply Chains in the Northeast US, Christopher Joseph Hutton Jr.
River Restoration: Institutions, Boundaries, and Social Ecological Dynamics, Eileen Sylvan Johnson
Role of Dignity in Rural Natural Resource Governance, Tora Johnson
Learning to Care: The Influence of a Peer Monitoring Program on Empathy and Moral Reasoning in High School Student Mentors, Joshua Leland Jones
From the University of Maine to the University For Maine: Faculty as Leaders and Agents of Change, Bethany Jorgensen
Tephra in Antarctic Ice Cores, Donna A. Kalteyer
Dispositions Toward Language Difference: L1 and L2 Novice Composition Instructors, Eric Kehoe
1,1' –Ferrocenoyl Bis-Acylthiosemicarbazide: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction with Mercury (II), Natalie M. Kelly
Thinking Beyond the Fried Egg Model: How Accurately Do Students Perceive Cells in a Living Context?, Milissa Knox
Informed Consent, Abortion, and Reproductive Autonomy, Heather Dawn Lakey
Investigating Teachers' Content Knowledge and Pedogogical Content Knowledge in a Middle School Physical Science Curriculum on Force and Motion, Daniel Patrick Laverty
Effect of 9/11 on a Borderlands Community: Fort Kent, Maine, and Clair, New Brunswick, Lisa M. Lavoie
Experimental Evaluation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Piles in Load-Bearing Applications, Dale Lawrence
Girl Who Lives in a Glass House, Sally Bower Levi
Towards The Continuous Spatio-Temporal Field Model for Sensor Data Streams, Qinghan Liang
Role of the Sibling Experience in the Social Development of Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD), Elizabeth Baroni Lops
Development of Cerceis fumipennis for Biosurveillance of the Emerald Ash Borer in the Northeast, Jennifer Lund
Dispersal and Establishment of the Fungal Pathogen, Valdensia heterodoxa, in Maine, Erika Lyon
Ritual Arts in Relation to Quality of Place, Both Natural and Manmade, Mary A. Mailler
Investigating the Effects of Particulate Hexavalent Chromium on the Centriole Linkers, Julieta Martino
Development of a 3-Pronged Approach to Evaluation for the iCook-4H Project, Douglas R. Mathews
Los Morteros: Early Monumentality and Environmental Change in the Lower Chao Valley, Northern Peruvian Coast, Ana Cecilia Mauricio Llonto
Explaining Migratory Behaviors Using Optimal Migration Theory, Jennifer D. McCabe
Role of Response Style To Acute Psychosocial Stress on Affect, Self-esteem, and Eating Behaviors Among Women with Varying Binge Eating Symptom Severity, morgan l. mcgillicuddy
Whole Grain Likability Among Undergraduate College Students, Thomas Joseph Mellette
Cathodoluminescent Quartz Microstructures: Their Formation and Role in High Grade Rocks of the Parry Sound Domain, Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, Stephanie Gayle Mills
Spectral Measurements and Super Resolution Imaging of Single Molecules for Fluoresence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy, Michael J. Mlodzianoski
Biomedical Engineering Research and Development on Addressing Urethral Incontinence and Bladder Irrigation, Mahdi Mohammadi
Clinical Intervention to Address Childhood Obesity Using Self-Determination Theory, Angelina Moore Maia
Hydrodynamic Performance of Heave Plates on Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Platforms, Javier Moreno de Salas
New Applications for Cellulose Nanofibers: Rheological Challenges, Behzad Nazari-Nasrabad
Because Living: On the Labor of Letting Go Performativity, Process, and Loving Fiercely What Isn't Working, Rachel Elaine Nelson
Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Forest Based Drop-In Biofuel, Binod Neupane
Spatiotemporal Wireless Sensor Network Field Approximation with Multilayer Perceptron Artificial Neural Network Models, François Neville
Psychological Barriers to Sound Money Management: Advances in Theory of Human Decision with Practical Applications to Financial Education, Sarah C. Newcomb
Irradiation-Induced Innate Immune Dysfunction Revealed Using A Transparent Zebrafish Disease Model, Zachary Ryan Newman
Single Mother Storytelling: "I Have Something I Need to Say to You", Allison M. Noonan
Propagation Rate Study of NIH-3T3 Fibroblasts After Exposure to Neutron Radiation, Bryn Joy Nugent
The Relationship Between the Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) and Its Host Plants in Coastal Maine, Kaitlyn M. O'Donnell
Seasonal Influences on Habitat Use by Snowshoe Hares: Implications for Canada Lynx in Northern Maine, Sheryn J. Olson
Detailed Low-cost Energy and Power Monitoring of Computing Systems, Chad M. Paradis
The Role of Notch Signaling in Vascular Remodeling, Sarah Maier Peterson
Fluvial Deposition, El Nino and Landscape Construction in Northern Coastal Peru, Paul M. Pluta
Environmental and Genetic Interactions in a Zebrafish Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Samantha Powers
How Silvicultural Treatments and Site Quality Affect Carbon Storage on the Penobscot Experimental Forest: A 60-Year Perspective, Joshua Puhlick
Enhancing Phase Change Memory Reliability in Storage Servers, Tania Rahman
On Becoming a Homesteader, Tasha Raymond
Mechanisms of DLL4/Notch and BMP9 Mediated Endothelial Cell Quiescence, Bahman Rostama
Determinants of Social Support Satisfaction: A Multi-Informant Matching Model, Ethan S. Rothstein
Topographic Signatures of Geodynamics, Samuel G. Roy
For Women and Themselves: Lou Hoover, Betty Ford, and the Women's Movements of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Lisa Marie Rude
Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Demographic Rates and Niche Across the Range of a Species, the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus), Katharine J. Ruskin
Measuring Maine Residents' Attitudes Toward Sustainable Tourism and Development: A Psychometric Approach, Matt D. Scaccia
Susceptibility to Ostracism in Adolescents: An Evaluation of Predictors of Reactivity in a Lab-Task Simulation, Jennifer Schies Sauvé
Email Similarity Matching and Automatic Reply Generation Using Statistical Topic Modeling and Machine Learning, Zachery L. Schiller
Type and Experience of Technology Use on Alliance Development in Email-Augmented Psychotherapy, Brent W. Scobie
Process-Property Relationships in Al-ZnO Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition, Evan Baxter Scott-Pollock
Design and Evaluation of Protective Head Gear to Mitigate Head Injuries Due to Falls, Morteza Seidi
Closer Look into Purification Process of Cadmium Selenide Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Behtash Shakeri
Decolonizing Academic Writing on Native Non-Heteronormative Identity: Creating Space for Community and Nation-Based Scholarship, Meghan Elise Sills
Understanding Private Woodland Owner Forest Management: Qualitative and Quantitative Applications, Emily J. Silver
Evaluating Low-Temperature, Sous-Vide Processing Technology for the Production of Shelf-Life Extended, High-Quality Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), Jonelo Tribunal Sobreguel
Service-Learning as an ESL Course Component, Erin-Kate Sousa
Highly Porous Foam Materials for Uses in Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery and Transcutaneous Implant Applications, Kyle J. Spivack
Control of a Novel Wave Front Parallel WEC Prototype for Maximum Capture Width, Asa L. Sproul
Linking Attitudes, Policy, and Forest Cover Change in Buffer Zone Communities of Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Jared R. Stapp
A Retrospective View of Bullying, Janie M. Stewart
Nitrogen Availability from Compost in High Tunnel Tomato Production, Kathleen Stewart Marshall
Effects of Compost Rate on Greenhouse Tomato Growth and Productivity, Jennifer Stiles
Thermochemical Conversion of Spent Pulping Liquor into Value-Added Products, Jamie L. St. Pierre
Interaction and the Art of User-Centered Digital Musical Instrument Design, John Sullivan
Geometric Properties of Cells Exhibiting Huntington's Disease, Brian C. Toner
Comparison of Statistical Methods to Predict Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in a University Sample, Marcia Troese
Hyperlocal, Pieter Tryzelaar
Low-Dose Transplacental Arsenic Exposure Alters Cell Cycle Gene Expression in Mouse Lungs, Darshika J. Udawatte
Effects of Melatonin on Heartbeat and Possible Identification of a Melatonin Receptor in Drosophila Melanogaster, Tricia L. VanKirk
The Enhancement of Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) For Pollination Security, Eric M. Venturini
Enhanced Place Name Search Using Semantic Gazetteers, Nagalakshmy Vijayasankaran
Reproductive Ecology of Black Bears in Maine: Maternal Effect, Philopatry, and Primiparity, Alyssa A. Vitale
Ttc7fsn Mutation Alters Protein Structure, Diminishes Interaction with PI4KIIα, and Skews B Cell Differentiation Toward the Production of Autoreactive Plasma Cells, Jennifer L. Walker
Development of a Floating Lightweight Post-Tensioned Concrete Prototype for Marine Applications, Emily Lynn Walton
Behavior of Buried Composite Arch Bridges, Harold J. Walton
Cross-Sectional Assessment of Student Content Knowledge in an Undergraduate Marine Science Program, Ryan A. Weatherbee
Decompositions of the Kuchment-Lvin Polynomials, Douglas Weathers
Between Mothers and the State: Mothers' Allowances in Maine and New Brunswick, 1915-1960, Rebecca A. White