Theses from 2013
Design of an Optical Position Sensor for Microfiber Actuators, Luxi Cheng
THE IMPACT OF RISING TRADE ON WAGE INEQUALITY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON U.S.-CHINA TRADE FROM 2000-2010, Jie Chen
Quantifying Annual Bridge Cost by Overweight Trucks in South Carolina, Linbo Chen
Error Covariance Matrix Estimation in High Dimensional Approximate Factor Models Using Adaptive Thresholding: A Simulation Study, Paul Chimenti
Spectroscopic Investigation of Protein Corona, Poonam Choudhary
IMPACT OF CHANNEL CONDITIONS ON EXISTING SCOUR MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, Md nasimul hoque Chowdhury
FIRM FORMATION AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM: A LOOK AT THE EFFECT OF REGULATION AND FISCAL POWER ACROSS STATES, Cameron Cox
A New Clinical Model for Primary Care: A Critical Component of Healthcare Innovation Zones, Judith Crews
The Effects of Physicochemical Properties of CeO2 Nanoparticles on Toxicity to Soil Denitrification Processes, Jessica Dahle
EVALUATION OF EFFECTS THAT CAN MASK LOW DECAY RATES OF TCE IN AEROBIC GROUNDWATER PLUMES, Laura Daniels
Newtonian Semiclassical Gravity In Three Ontological Quantum Theories That Solve The Measurement Problem: Formalisms And Empirical Predictions, Maaneli Derakhshani
INFLUENCE OF COMPOST PARTICLE SIZE ON PATHOGEN SURVIVAL UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITION, Junshu Diao
A Regenerative Medicine Approach to Improved Tendon Healing and Repair, Grace margaret Dion
Iron Abundances and Atmospheric Parameters of Red Giants in the Open Cluster IC 4756, Julie Djordjevic
Phytophthora Foliage Blight of Garden Phlox: Phytophthora nicotianae on Phlox paniculata, Daniel Drechsler
Contested Grounds, Carly Drew
The Detection of a Light Echo from SN 2007af, Dina Drozdov
Military Marital Relationships on Facebook: Associations Between Relational Maintenance Strategies, Relational Satisfaction, and Well-Being, Colleen Dungey
Characterization of Potential Wear Sources in Knee Arthroplasty Prostheses After In Vivo Function, Nicole Durig
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HYDROGEOLOGY AND STRESS STATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOMESTAKE MINE, LEAD, SD, Johnathan Ebenhack
A CONTESTED POLICY: IRISH AND AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON EIRE'S NEUTRALITY, Leah Egofske
SCRATCH DAMAGE EVOLUTION ON METALS IN TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENTS, Caleb Eljach
Bite detection and differentiation using templates of wrist motion, Soheila Eskandari
Modal Analysis to Minimize Gearbox Induced Noise of General Electric Wind Turbines, Matthew Evans
Longitudinally Graded Optical Fibers, Alexander Evert
Evaluation of Angular Velocity Data from Inertial Measurement Units for Use in Clinical Settings, Chelsea Ex-lubeskie
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION USING A LEVEL SET PENALIZATION WITH CONSTRAINED TOPOLOGY FEATURES, Luis Fernandez
The Land Use and Rapid Transportation Nexus in the Massachusetts Bay, Jennifer Folz
The Stonecutters and Tomb Builders of Lafayette Cemetery No.1, New Orleans, Louisiana, Emily Anne Ford
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AN IMPACT PLATE YIELD MONITOR FOR PEANUTS, Jacob Fravel
MICROBIAL EXO-ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN SOIL AS INFUENCED BY POLYPHENOL CHEMISTRIES, Daniella Freese
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY THERMOTOGA LETTINGAE USING SPENT FERMENTATION MEDIA CONTAINING ACETIC ACID, Archana Ganesh
The Process of Passage, David Gerhard
The American Lawn: Culture, Nature, Design and Sustainability, Maria Ghys
For Such A Time As This: The Impact of Christian Missionaries on the Birth of Reform Judaism in Charleston, South Carolina, 1824-1846, Ashley Goldberg
'Go Ahead Touch this Dinosaur Fossil': The Rhetoric of Interactivity in Museum Culture, Steffanie Golliher
A PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF ISLANDING EFFECTS IN A MODELED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH RENEWABLE RESOURCES, Paul Gooding
Delayed Action or Locomotion? Con/versions of Reality in Dramatism and Inception, Jacob Greene
A leader's impact on sense of community in one venue at the London 2012 Olympics, Laura Grouchy
Bioelectrochemical Reduction Of Carbon Dioxide To Acetate Using A Microbial Consortium Derived From The Cow Rumen, Ryan Hammonds
Pair Production By Primordial Black Hole Evaporation, Shaun Hampton
Temporal Analysis of Field, SSURGO, and LiDAR Derived Site Indices in the Southeastern U.S., Steven Ham
COMPARISON OF METHODS TO EVALUATE CHITOSAN AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGAINST LISTERIA SPP. CULTURES, Scott Hartley
INCORPORATING PERSONALITY TRAIT PYSCHOLOGY INTO ECONOMIC DECISION MAKING MODELS, Sohaib Hasan
Aqueous Geochemistry of Rhenium and Chromium in Saltstone: Implications for Understanding Technetium Mobility in Saltstone, Amanda Hatfield
THE PERMANENT INCOME HYPOthesis: REGARDING THE HOUSING BOOM, Nick Havers
Noise-Insensitive Prognostic Evaluation of Historic Masonry Structures, Ashley Haydock
EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EXTENSIONS ON JOB SEARCH OUTCOMES, Ailin He
Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Under White Noise, Qifan He
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY SENSORS FOR LIQUID MATERIAL DETECTION, Yuxi He
Improvements in the process of biohydrogen production by Thermotoga neapolitana, Louis Hill
Experimental Development and Analysis of a Novel Setup for Insulated Dielectrophoresis, Johnie Hodge
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE GENE FROM RENIFORM NEMATODE ON SOYBEAN, Jing Hou
ANALYSES OF MULTIVITAMINS IN NUTRACEUTICALS BY REVERSE PHASE HPLC WITH DAD, ELSD AND MS, Hsiang-chi Huang
An Assessment of the Accuracy of an Automated Bite Counting Method in a Cafeteria Setting, Ziqing Huang
The Real Housewives of the Garden of Eden, Victoria Hurst
TEACHING METHODS FOR A HOLISTIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS CURRICULUM INCORPORATING ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES, Zachariah Inks
CORPORATE INCOME TAX AND INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA IN 22 OECD COUNTRIES, Byung gyu Jeong
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EX VIVO TISSUE TESTING SYSTEM FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM, Bradley Johns
The Financial Impact of Historic Preservation Easements on Encumbered Property Appreciation Rates in Charleston, SC, Julianne W. Johnson
POUND'S OCCULTISM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC WRITING AND OCCULT PHILOSOPHY IN THE PISAN CANTOS, Katrina Johnson
ROOM GENERATION, REMOVAL, AND RECOVERY IN UDK 3.5, Scott Johnson
FAIR TRADE TOURISM: CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION AND POTENTIAL MARKET PROJECTION, Dongoh Joo
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF AUXETIC CHIRAL CORE SANDWICH STRUCTURES, Hrishikesh Joshi
Adaptive Transmission for OFDM, Michael Juang
CHIN MUSIC: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RETALIATION PITCHES IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Peter Jurewicz
The Charleston Trussed Roof: A Study of the Development and Implementation of a Structural Solution from 1740-1820, Pamela Marotta Kendrick
INTERSTITIAL CELL SEEDING AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONING OF AORTIC HEART VALVE SCAFFOLDS, Allison Kennamer
Does a Banking Crisis Reduce Foreign Direct Investment?, Eunjeong Kim
Secret Sharing and Network Coding, Fiona Knoll
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL CATEGORIES: COSTS AND OUTSOURCING DECISIONS, Justin Knutter
Knowledge Extraction from Work Instructions through Text Processing and Analysis, Abhiram Koneru
COST AND EMBODIED ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF RECTANGULAR REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS, Alexander Kosloski
Analytical evaluation of adaptive transmission protocols for Markov models of channels with fading and moderate shadowing, Sneha latha Kottapalli
Biological Production of Succinic Acid Using a Cull Peach Medium, Janani Krishnakumar
EXPLAINING THE WAGE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN AMERICAN AND LATINO BASEBALL PLAYERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Kristopher Kusterman
Safety and Operational Characteristics of Lane Widths on Urban and Rural Roadways A Simulator Study, Meredith LaDue
COMPUTATIONAL REPRESENTATION OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS FOR REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, Alex Lash
What You See Isn't Always What You Get: An Evaluation of Color Differences Across Different Devices, Craitishia Lewis
Particle Electrophoresis and Magnetophoresis in Microchannels, Litao Liang
Exploration of Mouth Shading and Lighting in CG Production, Chaoren Li
EFFECTS OF ONLINE REPUTATION MECHANISMS ON PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY AND HEALTH DECISION MAKING, Drew Link
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF GOAL ALIGNMENT, INTERVENTIONS, AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS ON INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS, Blake Linnerud
EMPIRICAL STUDY ON STOCK'S CAPITAL RETURNS DISTRIBUTION AND FUTURE PERFORMANCE, Han Liu
DETERMINANTS OF THE PROFITABILITY OF THE U.S. BANKING INDUSTRY DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, Shiang Liu
The Second Choice, Yangchun Li
CULTIVATING AMERICA'S WORKING LANDS: A STUDY OF THE SOCIOCULTURAL VALUE OF FAMILY FARMS, Katherine Lloyd
BLACK BEAR ENCOUNTERS IN THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, Victoria Luke