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
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
Reconstructing Late Holocene Hydrographic Variability of the Gulf of Maine, Nina Millicent Whitney
Stability Assessment of Interconnected Electric Power Grid Using Synchrophasor Data, Yunhui Wu
Theories and Models of Indoor Space, Liping Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Removal of Mixed Acids from Aqueous Solution, Aymn Abdulrahman
Using Migration Monitoring Data to Assess Bird Population Status and Behavior in a Changing Environment, Evan M. Adams
Techno-Economic Analysis of Formate Assisted Pyrolysis, Hamad AlMohamadi
Vacuolar Processing Enzymes are Components of Basal Defenses Against Phloem-Feeding Insect Herbivores, Jasper Benedict B. Alpuerto
HPLC Analysis of Glutamic Acid in Tomato Cultivars, Wang-yang Arnaud
Biogeographic Patterns Among Deep-Sea Benthic Megafaunal Communities Across the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean), Steven R. Auscavitch
Multiphysics Modeling of Dynamic Curvature Sensing in Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs) with Application in Soft Robotics, Yousef Bahramzadeh
Student Application of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus with Graphical Representations in Mathematics and Physics, Rabindra R. Bajracharya
Dynamical Analysis of Three Candidate Bound Superclusters of Galaxies, Merida Geraldeane Batiste
Reaching Struggling Introductory Biology Students with a Targeted Peer Tutoring Program, Zachary Batz
Assessing Growth and Habitat Preferences of Atlantic Halibut off the Coast of Maine Using Biological Samples and Fishermen's Knowledge, Julia M. Beaty
State of the Art High Resolution Glacio-Chemistry from Greenland and Antarctic Ice Cores, Implications to Climate Reconstructions, Thomas Manuel Beers
Use of Algorithmically-Moderated Collaboration Models in Offline Distributed Creativity Situations, John Bell
Colony Movement Dynamics and Management by Repellents of the European Red Ant Myrmica rubra (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Kerry W. Bernard
Friendships of Children with ADHD: Exploring a Parent Friendship Coaching Intervention, Melissa D. Bernstein
Ultrastructural and Chemical Changes of Hot-Water Extracted Aspen Wood, Melanie Blumentritt
Evaluating the Effect of a Changing Climate on Thermocline Depth in Maine's Great Ponds, Kelsey Boeff
Home Based Counselors in Maine: Exploring Perspectives of their Professional Experience, Jonathan M. Bowen
Holocene Sea-Surface Temperatures in the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica, Reconstructed from Isotope Records of Adamussium colbecki, Scott Braddock
University Students' Graph Interpretation and Comprehension Abilities, Daniel Bragdon
Development of a Portable SPR Biosensor for the Detection of Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellates of the Genus Alexandrium, Amber R. Bratcher-Covino
Control and Detection of the Emerging Food Safety Threat of Toxoplasma gondii Contamination Associated with Meat and Produce, Anna Rebecca Breard
Assessing Family Dynamics of iCook 4-H Participants in a 5-State Pilot Study, Meaghan R. Brown
Assessing the Ecological Effects of Increased Dissolved Organic Carbon in Maine Lakes Over Recent Decades, Robert E. Brown
Vegetation Composition, Structure, and Ecophysiology of Maritime Ledge Ecosystems, Amanda L. Butak
Assessing Anthropometric Measurements, Maturation Stage, and Dietary Intake of 9-10 Year Old Children in the iCook 4-H Pilot Study, Samantha Lyn Buttarazzi
Paleoclimatic Events of the Past 15,000 Years Inferred from Beryllium-10 Chronologies of Moraines in New Zealand, Tobias Nicholas Buttersworth Koffman
(Dis) Table, Johanna Rose Cairns
Determining Basin Geometry, Stability, and Flow Dynamics of Valley Glaciers with Ground-Penetrating Radar, Seth William Campbell
Semi-Functionals, John W. Carney II
Techno-Economic Analysis of Pyrolysis of Forest Residues, Jose Luis Carrasco
Family Ties and Cultural Persistence in the Little Italy of Portland, Maine, Jamie Carter
Moment Differential Equations of a Community-Structured SIS Epidemiological Model, Rachel Rier Carter
Agricultural Input Effects on Sensory Quality and Chemical Composition of Wild Blueberries, Jennifer Chadbourne
Application of Spatial Modeling Tools to Predict Native Bee Abundance in Maine's Lowbush Blueberries, Shannon J. Chapin
Dynamics of Particle Movements in Paper Coatings, Ritwik Chattopadhyay
Evaluation of AMDIS to Determine Bio-Oil's Composition and Analysis of Lignin Fast Pyrolysis Oil, Md. Emtias Chowdhury
Maine Green Sea Urchin Fishery: Scale Mismatches, Trophic Connectivity and Resilience, Caitlin Cleaver
Amphibians in Complex Landscapes: Quantifying Habitat Connectivity for Juvenile Movements and Dispersal, Brittany Blue Cline
Perceived Barriers to Increased Whole-Grain Consumption by Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities, Melodie A. Coffman
Fundamental Structures and Paradigms that Produce Functional Collaborative Models in Creative Productions, Richard Corey
Computational Analysis of Mammograms Using the Metric Space Technique, Derrick Andrew Cox
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Self-Focused Attention and Premenstrual Symptoms, Julia R. Craner
The Late Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeographic Evolution of the New Meadows Embayment, Northeastern Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine, Eliza M. Cronkite
Exploring the Virtual Landscape for Social Change in Higher Ed, Amy E. Cross
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Suspended Sediment and Chl a On the South-Central Alaska Shelf, Kerstin E. Cullen
Notes On the Post-Body, Sarah Cunningham
Measurement and Interpretation of Longest Utterances in Child Language Samples, Alise Rebecca DeMaris
Impartial Patriots: Nineteenth-Century North American Histories and Historians of the War of 1812, Andrew DeMaris
Method for the Production of Polymer and Carbon Nanofibers from Lignin and Other Water Soluble Polymers, Alexander L. Demers
Modified Prehydrolysis-Kraft Pulping without Formation of "Sticky Lignin" in the Pre-Hydrolysate, Kefyalew Dido