This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Graduate School. 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 (Master of Engineering, prior to 2005) 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
Nonlinear control and observation of full-variable speed wind turbine systems., Nicholas Hawkins
Predictors of binge drinking among military veterans: a general strain theory approach., Emily Ann Hayden
Capacity building: a study of career academies and student career self-efficacy., Shawn Timothy Hinds Jr
Evaluation of a jail reentry program., Bailey Elisabeth Holland
The norms are more guidelines than actual rules: applying Isomorphism to disability accommodations in the catholic church., Jonathon Holland
A GIS-based method for archival and visualization of microstructural data from drill core samples., Elliott Holmes
Mathematical characterization of a microfluidic ultrasound driven transfection device., Chris J. Holton
Examining corporate blameworthiness in relation to federal organizational sentencing for probation and corporate monitors., Emily M. Homer
Student perceptions of personalized learning in a rural school district., Kathryn M. House
The Nigerian-American immigration experience: overcoming adversity through resilence., K. Chinwe Idigo
Impacts of environmental and hydrologic factors on urban stream water quality., Jason Patrik Ingram
External homophobia and outness in gay men., Thomas Charles Isaak Jr
Tobacco enhances bacterial-induced periodontal bone loss in mice., Mina Iskander
Compassion or neoliberal governance: critiquing the discourse of compassionate Louisville., Ekramul Islam
Gender-differential effects of perceived discrimination on lawyers' job satisfaction: a general strain theory approach., Caroline Isabelle Jalain
White moves first: unearthing white privilege in the modern board game., Darrell A. Johnson
Development of rationally designed live attenuated vaccines for Lassa fever and Venezuelan equine encephalitis., Dylan MacGregor Johnson
Kindergarten readiness and grade 1 mathematics achievement., Faneshia McPherson Jones
Hirschman's voice, exit, and loyalty framework in the context of charter schools and secession: a discourse analysis of Indiana newspaper editorial items, 1990 to 2014., GlyptusAnn Grider Jones
In need of a hero? the creation and use of the legend of General George S. Patton, Jr., Nathan Curtis Jones
Exploring black "saviors": a content analysis of black characters and racial discourses in Obama-era films., Eric A. Jordan
Analyzing human resource competency development through the lens of adult learning theory: a qualitative case study on change management competency in a global U.S.-based firm., Angela K. Jorgensen
Optimization and simulation models to improve access to organ transplantation in the United States., Fatemeh Karami
Fostering African American female students’ sense of belonging: a digital storytelling participatory action research approach., Rajwinder Kaur
Determination of selenite and selenate in wet flue gas desulfurization process water through IC-ICP-MS and HG-ICP-AES, Samuel Anthony Kelty
Genes involved in nitrogen assimilation in Ustilago maydis., Sunita Khanal
Between two cultures: a qualitative analysis of LGBQ American desis' published stories., Shaina Khan
Photoelectrical and photoelectrochemical characterization of the materials used in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells., Pom Lal Kharel
Anxiety and how to control it: the functional role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis., Lindsay K. Knight
Volatile organic compound exposure and cardiometabolic syndrome risk in a nationally representative cohort., Stacey Lane Konkle
Changing agricultural landscapes: an investigation of dragon fruit production in southern Vietnam., Laura Krauser
Reactive and regulative temperament dimensions, emotion regulation, and concurrent internalizing and externalizing pathology among youth with ADHD., Kirsten D. Leaberry
Analyzing the effects of of seasonal land cover and precipitation on the sediment delivery ratio of an agriculture dominated watershed., Jonah Liebman
Dual role of antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin in alcohol-associated liver disease., Fengyuan Li
The sick ones., Christian Loriel Lucas
Therapeutic rupture repair in treatment of military adolescents., Brent Anthony Luebcke
Marriage and cohabitation in the United States: the effects of union type on relationship quality., Courtney M. Lush
Tobacco product-derived aldehydes: effects on circulating angiogenic cells & implications for cardiovascular disease., Jordan B. Lynch
Getting up: an ethnography of hip hop graffiti writers, their art, and perceptions of society's reactions., Theodore Malone
Computational modeling of photolysis and catalysis reactions in vitamin b12-dependent enzymes., Abdullah Al Mamun
Hearing loss: investigating the comfort, confidence, knowledge, and preparedness of Kentucky school-based speech-language pathologists., Amanda Matsumoto
Role of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCS) in seed priming and plant-herbivore interactions., Abhinav Kumar Maurya
Practicing Pan-Africanism: West Indians and governance in Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana., Nicholas C. McLeod
Exosomes from embryonic stem cells as a prophylactic vaccine against lung cancer., Shuhan Meng
Fatalism as a cultural influence on correlates of anxiety and worry in Latino/a adolescents., Judy Mier-Chairez
The emerging oral pathogen, filifactor alocis, disrupts neutrophil functions to enhance survival and dysregulate inflammation., Irina Miralda Molina
Fly-in visualization of tubular objects: theory and application in virtual colonoscopy., Mostafa Mohamed
Influences of material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM) parameters and additives on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) properties., Niknam Momenzadeh
Rethinking Meredith Monk., Tracy Monaghan
Structural characterization and selective drug targeting of higher-order DNA G-quadruplex systems., Robert Chandos Monsen
Inventory management of the refrigerator's produce bins using classification algorithms and hand analysis., Sarah Virginia Morris
Tumor-derived exosomes drive immunosuppressive macrophages in a pre-metastatic niche through NF-Kβ dependent glycolytic metabolic reprogramming., Samantha M. Morrissey
Coparenting and school success: perspectives of fathers., Shannon M. Mount
Contemporary francophone west African social movements in the rise of neo pan-africanism: a case study of y en a marre in Senegal., Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Ndiaye
The green house nursing home model: the GH elements and their impact on quality of care in nursing homes., Deborah Kaminka Niyongabo
Susceptibility assessment of bank and floodplain erosion in stream restoration using a two-dimensional hydrodynamic., Fereshteh Noorbakhsh
Determining the efficacy of additive manufacturing for the aerospace spare parts supply chain, Kyle O'Brien
The ball is in your court: a phenomenological study examining college athletes with learning disabilities and/or ADHD on college campuses., Stephanie Thea O'Donnell
Search for new physics using lepton flavor violating signatures in modern particle colliders., Atanu Pathak
Modulation of inflammatory pathway by inflammatory inhibitor JSH-23 mitigates diabetic retinopathy., Rubens Petit Homme
Modulation of host innate immune cells by Yersinia pestis to create a permissive environment for replication., Amanda Rose Pulsifer
Electrochemically-modulated surface plasmon waves at a nano-scale for investigations and applications of redox assemblies., Aymen Hasan Qatamin
On the straight and narrow: how cultural beliefs about sex/gender manifest in college biology learning environments., Katherine Ray Kng
Dixieland crusaders: Mass media, the Ku Klux Klan, and the optics of populism, 1970-1979., Olivia E. Raymond
Computational behavioral analytics: estimating psychological traits in foreign languages., Kristopher Wayne Reese
Convolution inequalities and applications to partial differential equations., Matthew Reynolds
Tobacco-derived aldehydes: platelet activation, thrombosis, and the role of TRPA1., Andre Dwayne Richardson
Inclusion of classified staff in the implementation of positive behavior Interventions and supports: a district case study., Devon M. Roberts
Converting threats into opportunities predicting medical error reporting behavior., Whitney Thomas Rogers
Identification and structural characterization functional motifs in the Porphyromonas gingivalis MFA1 short fimbria., Mohammad K. Roky
Peer verbal sexual harassment in early adolescence: a feminist and sexual scripts theoretical approach., Shawn M. Rolfe
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
Plasma resuscitation attenuates intestinal barrier disturbance following hemorrhagic shock., Jessica E. Schucht
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
No vacancy: Family vacations on the road, on the water, and on the edge., Amy Jackson Sellers
An analysis of the role of reality television in the representation of immigrants on TLC's show, 90 day fiancé., Morohunfolu Jimade Seton
Designing an autonomous goods-to-person order picking system: from storage to pick., Mina Shekari Ashgzari
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
