This collection includes theses and dissertations from the University of Louisville. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Regression and progression: portrayals of midnighter and apollo wildstrom and dc comics., Adam J. Yeich
The effects of whole life, low dose cadmium exposure on high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the role of zinc., Jamie Lynn Young
Imparting 3D representations to artificial intelligence for a full assessment of pressure injuries., Sofia Zahia
Evaluation of tracing techniques in the rat spinal cord using a custom MATLAB application., Rachel M. Zalla
Microrobots for wafer scale microfactory: design fabrication integration and control., Ruoshi Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Plasma oxidation of liquid precursors for complex metal oxides., Babajide Patrick Ajayi
A distinct pattern of sterile inflammation induced by zinc oxide nanowires., Ruqaih Salem Alghsham
2D materials based heterostructures : a lithography free method., Adel Alruqi
An explainable recommender system based on semantically-aware matrix factorization., Mohammed Sanad Alshammari
Religious coping measurement in the context of long-term care., Nathaniel David Andrew
Pedagogies of possibility : a study reconceptualizing the teacher's role in a reggio-inspired urban preschool classroom., Christina Louise Angleton
Receptive fields optimization in deep learning for enhanced interpretability, diversity, and resource efficiency., Babajide Odunitan Ayinde
Send nudes : art on social anxiety and human connection in an internet driven society., Lauren A Bader
Do LGBTQ-identified, postsecondary writing instructors come out in their classrooms?, Michael Baumann
Aerobic photolysis MeCbl: structure and electronic properties of Cbl-O-O-CH3 intermediate., Aida Bazarganpour
Exploratory learning activities in the physics classroom: contrasting cases versus a rich dataset., Campbell Rightmyer Bego
School entry age and school readiness., Robin Berry
Urban (un)planning and social vulnerability in the context of rapid urbanization and data constraints: a quantitative study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Sheliza Bhanjee
Understanding worry and mindfulness through psycholinguistics., Elena Maria Clara Geronimi Bortoleto
Clustering heterogeneous autism spectrum disorder data., Mariem Boujelbene
The tournament and chivalry as represented by Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, and Geoffrey Chaucer., Hailey Michelle Brangers
The relationship between employee engagement and work performance for individuals working in active asset management: examining the moderate effect of age, gender, and job function., Elizabeth Aubrey Brenner
(un)bound : disrupting notions., Reid Broadstreet
Fluid flow analysis of diluted evaporating American whiskey droplets., Martin J. Brown VI
Teacher perception of administrative support for the implementation of a teacher evaluation system., Natalie Redman Brown
"A trained and trustful soul" : life and literature of a black Louisville artist in minstrel America., Emma Christine Bryan
Thinging : powerful objects., Tammy M. Burke
Maximizing space utilization in unit-load warehouses., Luis Felipe Cardona Olarte
Dreamscape no. 2, "Songs for the woman in the sun hat"., Derek D Carter
A study of big field multivariate cryptography., Ryann Cartor
Addressing the problem of sterile drug injecting supply acquisition for people who inject drugs., Barbra Ann Cave
Optical direct detection of thermal vibrations of ultralow stiffness micro-nano structures., Sri Sukanta Chowdhury
Algebraic properties of neural codes., Katie C. Christensen
Amalgam., Tim Clay
Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development., Nick Conder
Student perceptions and persistence : taking a person-centered approach to understand undergraduate engineering retention., Brittany Flanery Crawford
Innovate within product lines or outside of them? An ethnographic study of corporate innovation in a corporate venture makerspace., Cole Joseph Crider
A kinetic and thermodynamic model of ethylene dichloride pyrolysis., Travis J Czechorski
An explainable sequence-based deep learning predictor with applications to song recommendation and text classification., Khalil Damak
Vital data : writing and circulating data in non-profits., Patrick Danner
Adaptive physical human-robot interaction (PHRI) with a robotic nursing assistant., Sumit Kumar Das
The shape study : the survey of health and the perceived environment study., Colette Patrice Davis
Wounds and writing : building trauma-informed approaches to writing pedagogy., Michelle L. Day
Development of a lectin-Fc fusion protein with antiviral and anti-cancer activity., Matthew William Dent
Hardware implementation of boost power factor correction converter., Shruti Motilal Deore
Understanding object motion encoding in the mammalian retina., Victor Julian DePiero
Lithium molybdate-sulfur battery., Ruchira Ravinath Dharmasena
Balancing exploration, exploitation, and efficiency : a framework of entrepreneurial learning., Shaun Paul Digan
Disentangling the negativity bias: 7-9-month-old crawling and non-crawling infants' responses to fearful and angry expressions., Katherine C. Dixon
Changing internal identity through physical crafting in performance., Lauren Elizabeth Dobbs
Exploring place as a producer of localized art styles and its role in a contemporary global art world., Alexis Doerr
Novel mechanisms and biomarkers in alcohol-induced organ injury., Christine E. Dolin
Experimental immunology and the potential for osteopathological reconstructions : pursuing an experimental foundation for the skeletal inflammatory index., Megan Elizabeth Duncanson
"We've been here all along" : the standpoint and collective resilience of transgender U.S. service members., Jacob R. Eleazer
Anthropogenic landscapes of Amazonia : a spatial analysis of landscape modification and settlement organization at Macurany, Brazil., M. Grace Ellis
Inspiratory muscle recruitment during swallow and a comparison across airway behaviors., Allison V. English
Development and characterization of a biopolymer direct-write process for 3D microvascular structures formation., Xiaoming Fan
Segmentation and classification of lung nodules from Thoracic CT scans : methods based on dictionary learning and deep convolutional neural networks., Mohammad Mehdi Farhangi
Vlogging truth to power : a qualitative study of resilience as practiced by transgender youtube content creators., Corey J. Feger
Purification of Biomass Hydrolyzates for the Promotion of Xylose Diester Formation, Laura Fernandez
Impartiality, social network effects and collective memory: three essays on trust in police., Matthew Robert Fischer
Alterations in rhythmic licking behaviors following fibrosis in the rat mylohyoid muscle., Brittany Fletcher
Emotion regulation is associated with peer victimization among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder., Nicholas D. Fogleman
The house that credit built: How advertising shaped a culture of borrowing in the decade of prosperity., Morgan Folden
Middle school outreach efforts to involve immigrant parents: what are the perceptions of school personnel and immigrant parents?, Marcella Denise Franklin-Williams
Defects in fetal mouth movement and pharyngeal patterning underlie cleft palate caused by retinoid deficiency., Regina Friedl
Police stress, depression, and substance use among police officers: a general strain perspective., Kyra Nicole Fritz
A deep learning approach to detect diabetic retinopathy in fundus images., Winston R. Furtado
User's ability to detect fake news in online environments., Aleeza N. Gardner
"Model and patriarch" of southern settlements : neighborhood house in Louisville, Kentucky, 1896-1939., Kalie Ann Gipson
Connecting our community : collaboration and resource sharing among community gardens in Louisville, Kentucky., Emily Goldstein
Brazilian rhythms on the drum set: stylizations of baiao, frevo and maracatu by drummers Airto Moreira, Nene and Marcio Bahia., Lucas Gomes Maia Tome Pimentel
Simulation of a continuum tumor model using distributed computing., Dylan A Goodin
Learning and laboring : student-workers’ networked experiences of literacy, agency, and mobility in the Neoliberal University., Layne Porta Gordon
Behavioral and cognitive correlates of intolerance of uncertainty in children with and without anxiety disorders., Colette Marie Gramszlo
Effects of a writing instructional package for students with moderate intellectual disability., Beth Newberry Gurney
Trauma narratives in mental health interpreting : a qualitative study., Miranda Hale
Evaluating the water quantity and quality performances of underground gravel filter basins., Jihad A. Hallany
Liminal aesthetics : perspectives on harmony and timbre in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho., Jackson Harmeyer
Non-invasive detection and assessment of coronary stenosis from blood mean residence times., Javad Hashemi
Stabilization of bimodal colloidal systems via nanoparticle haloing in microgravity., Luke Hawtrey
Towards a theory of human mobility and wall-building: a comparative analysis of Hadrian's Wall and the Iron Curtain., Timothy Heine
A new fantasy of crusade : Sarras in the vulgate cycle., Christopher Michael Herde
Subversive sponsorship : organized literacy education and the long civil rights movement., Jaclyn Hilberg
The captivity narratives of Cynthia Ann Parker : settler colonialism, collective memory, and cultural trauma., Treva Elaine Hodges
Urban-ready, willing, and able? Collaborative induction experiences for new urban elementary educators., Sandra Lynn Hogue
Oxygen deficient perovskites: effect of structure on electrical conductivity, magnetism and electrocatalytic activity., Ram Krishna Hona
The actor’s rhythm, internal beat., Lashondra Cherell Hood
The Q rule in Bacteriodetes and the identification and characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis Glutaminyl Cyclase., John Andrew Houston
Coordination of airway protective behaviors and swallow: effects of afferent feedback and sex., Alyssa D. Huff
Speech articulation in children with Williams syndrome or 7q11.23 duplication syndrome., Myra Jean Fallon Huffman
