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
Addition of Fermentation Experiment to Unit Operations Laboratory, Jeremy T. Rone
American nocturne., Zahid Saeed
Making modality: transmodal composing in a digital media studio., Chris Scheidler
Incarceration experiences of older African American adults living with HIV - a constructivist grounded theory study., Verena Schmidt
The influence of self-forgiveness on relationship satisfaction post-infidelity., Dominic Schmuck
An investigation of the effect of contour process parameters on the surface roughness and dimensionality of overhanging features in 17-4 stainless steel., Katherine Schneidau
Impact of magnetocaloric material properties on performance of a magnetocaloric heat pump., Michael G. Schroeder
Undergraduate students use moral reasoning and belief in genetic determinism in response to a CRISPR/Cas9 socioscientific Issue., Katie M. Seiter
Novel Bayesian methodology for the analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data., Michael Sekula
The role of inter-enlargement propriospinal neurons in locomotion following spinal cord injury., Courtney Therese Shepard
Transient display of chimeric proteins on biological surfaces as an effective strategy for modulations of innate and adaptive immune responses., Pradeep Shrestha
Functional nanomaterials by combining aminooxy chemistry and iodine activation at momolayer protected clusters., Tirtha Raj Sibakoti
Linear methods for regression with small sample sizes relative to the number of variables., Rajesh Sikder
Assaults on law enforcement officers: a spatial and theoretical analysis through social disorganization., Brian Keith Simpkins
Materials-processing relationships for metal fused filament fabrication of Ti-6Al-4V alloy., Paramjot Singh
Depressive symptoms and survival among lung cancer patients: biomarkers and potential benefits of an iPod- and mindfulness-based intervention., Chelsea J. Siwik
(Pseudo)phase tuning in the service of synthesis: technologies for sustainable catalysis., Justin Douglas Smith
Food insecuity in historically disenfranchised parts of Jefferson county, KY., Kaitlyn Smith
Mechanisms of chromate-induced suppression of RAD51: a one environmental health approach., Rachel M. Speer
A phenomenological study of kindergarten teachers' perceptions of their students in the age of kindergarten readiness., Adam Nelson Stephens
Tissue-resident myeloid-derived suppressor cells modulate immune homeostasis in healthy adipose., Katlin Brooke Stivers
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide for the production of green fuels and chemicals., Jacob M. Strain
Modified-half-normal distribution and different methods to estimate average treatment effect., Jingchao Sun
Exploring Information for Quantum Machine Learning Models, Michael Telahun
Development of a Pediatric cardiac assist Maglev pump for use with a universal driver system., Landon Heath Tompkins
Application of machine learning technologies for detection of proximal lesions in intraoral digital images: in vitro study., Rohit Vadlamani
A comprehensive study of the short-term variability of the migrating diurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere., Lokupatabendige Ashan Shivantha Vitharana
Hotel De Vagabundos: reviewing African American theatre journey., Manuel Francisco Viveros
Oral health-related quality of life in US adults with type 2 diabetes., Giang Truong Vu
Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition: a novel therapeutic strategy in alcoholic liver disease., Jeffrey Barr Warner
The development of a culturally-informed cervical cancer screening and prevention mhealth intervention for African American women., Ariel Washington
The long journey down market street: an oral history based biography of Mary Craik., Denise Vulhop Watkins
LabVIEW Improvements and Equipment Redesign of Unit Operations Distillation Column, Madalyn S Wead
The corporate venture dyad: a study of the impact of cultural distance on venture performance., Tommie R. Welcher
Black middle-class neighborhoods in Louisville through multiple lenses., Jamar M. Wheeler
Social media and fear: social media as a catalyst for political fear in the United States., Shane R. White
Characterization of adiposity and inflammation genetic pleiotropy underlying cardiovascular risk factors in Hispanics., Mohammad Yaser (Anwar)
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
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
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
