Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Curriculum, Power and Pedagogical Becoming: An Autoethnographic Inquiry Into Lived Curriculum, Teacher Agency and Institutional Constraints, Norma Ochoa Urban-Palomarez
“Oh, Hey, Miss, Why Am I Taking This Test?”: Amplifying the Critical Voices of Long-Term Emergent Bilinguals From the RGV on TELPAS, Luisa Adriana Valdez
In-Situ Carbon [Graphene]-Modified TiO2 Nanofiber and Aerogel Materials: Development, Characterization, and Energy Relevant Applications, Alexa Villarreal
Vision-Language Guided Quadruped Navigation With Reinforcement Learning Control, Chen Yuan Wang
Exploring Online Social Capital Through the Lived-Experiences of Students at a Southern Hispanic Institution: A Transactional Distance Approach, Marc Anthony Zamorano
Teaching at the AI Crossroads: Educators’ Experiences, Ethics, and Practice in Pharmacy Education, Crystal Marie Zuniga
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Machine Learning Applications for Evaporation Predictions From Small Reservoirs: Potential Water Savings for Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Syed Muhammad Fahad Abdullah
Low-Cost Monitoring and Fingerprinting of High-Powered Electric Systems, Kwabena Buamono Aboagye-Otchere
The Influence Mechanism of Chief Sustainability Officers on Firm Sustainability Performance, Taiwo Abraham
Investigation of the Effect of Material Density and Particle Size on Mixed Powder Spreading Behavior in Powder Bed Fusion Process, Alfred Kofi Apianing Achenie
Comparative Analysis of Sequential and Non-Sequential Modeling Techniques for DDoS Attack Detection with Explainable AI, Vincent Agbenyeavu
Statistical Power to Detect Simultaneous Violation of Proportionality in Hazards and Additive Assumption in Cox Regression Model, Lawrence Mensah Agbota
Sequential Data Modeling of Influenza A via Traditional, DWT-GPR Hybrid, and Deep Learning Architectures, Edmund Fosu Agyemang
Molecular and Clinical Insights into role of GPER in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Hossain Ahmed
Computational Calculations on ZnO (0001) and ZnO (1010) Surfaces With and Without Pd Adatoms, Amit Aich
Multi-Theoretic Perspective of Backer Decision-Making in Crowdfunding: Interplay of Backer, Founder and AI, Maliha Alam
Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Nutrient Dynamics in the South Texas Coastal Watershed, Mohammad Sadman Alam
Boundary-Layer Mechanisms in Flow Over Triangular Porous-Textured Flat Plates: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study, Luis Angel Alvarez
A DG-Algebra Structure With Divided Powers on the Generalized Taylor Resolution, Raul F, Alvarez
Acute Exposure of American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) to Selected Antidepressant Drug: Histological, Biochemical, and Immunohistochemical Assessments, Md. Faisal Amin
Exploring Intra- and Interpersonal Connection Through Mindful Moments at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Yvette Angeline
Congruences in Arithmetic Progression for Coefficients of Gaussian Polynomials and Crank Statistics, Joselyne Aniceto
Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Lattice Metamaterials and Their Composites, Ehsanul Azim
G-Spinning: Proof of Concept- A New Tunable Process to Manufacture Metal Structures, Eliseo Balderas
Community Approaches to Digitally Documenting and Sharing Conjunto Music in the South Texas Borderlands, René Antonio Ballesteros
Development and Testing of a Prototype Erbium-Doped Lithium Tantalate Based Sensor for Infrastructure Crack Detection and Measurement, Alejandro Barrera
Investigation into the Effectiveness of g-C3N4 for the Degradation of Indigo Dye in Aqueous Solution via Electrocatalysis, Rolando R. Barron Jr
Towards Trustworthy Federated Learning, Alina Basharat
OPA1-Mediated Mitochondrial Dynamics in Myogenic Differentiation of C2C12 Myoblasts, Daniel Eloy Bazan
Navigating Cultural and Professional Identities: A Study of Hispanic Women's Experiences in Aerospace Internship Programs, Jennifer Becerra
Low-Dimensional Learning for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Batteries Operating Under Various Environments, Rodrigo Benavides
Contributions of Citizen Science Data to Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Akane Jazmyn Benitez
Exploring Transcriptional Stress Responses in Sorghum and Evolutionary Insights Into YTH Domain Proteins Across Plants, Shikha Bharti
Finished!: How Newcomer Students Leveraged Family, Culture and Community to Complete a University Degree, Brenda Eliana Bocanegra
¿Puedo Decirlo en español?: Teacher Views on Utilizing Translanguaging Pedagogies to Bridge the Language Gap in Secondary Classrooms, Luis Carlos Bocanegra
Exploring Secondary Content and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Self-Efficacy in Supporting the Literacy Needs of Long-Termed Emergent Bilinguals: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry, Jennifer Louise Burden
Educators’ Perceptions of Mental Health Services for Middle School Students in a South Texas District, Norma Araceli Cabrera
Breast Cancer Survivors’ Readiness-to-Work Perceptions: A Pilot Study, Joy Darlene Cain
Feature Extraction From Railroad Bearing Onboard Vibration Sensors Using Machine Learning Models, Diego Cantu
Reflections of Linguistic Experiences in a Borderland: Influences on Cultural Identity and Teacher Praxis, Iliana Cantu
Optimization of Thermoelectric Energy Harvester to Power Wireless Onboard Bearing Health Sensors During Rail Service, Danna Cecilia Capitanachi Avila
A Diminished Alliance: The Effects of French American Relations on the Leadership of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson 1789-1809, Eric Christopher Carlson
Determination of an Effective Natural Boxelder Bug (Boisea trivittata) Repellent, Reyna Chavez
Camassa-Holm Type Equations and Multi-Peakon Solutions, Yonghong Chen
Deep Community Engagement: Faculty Responsiveness Perspectives at a Hispanic Serving Institution, Joseph Coppola
Cyberbullying and Mental Health Issues Among University Students, Brandi N. Cruz
The Impact of Positive Psychology Use Upon GLS Outcomes for People With Chronic Pain Syndromes, Timothy Michael Curtis
p-Adic Cellular Neural Networks With Delay, Baboucarr Dibba
#HELPPLZ: Mental Health Representation in Theatre for Young Audiences, Kate Elizabeth Dirrigl
Two Essays on Finance and Culture, Gia Han Ngoc Doan
Art and Effort, Saul Gabriel Dominguez II
The Housing Choice Voucher Program: An Analysis of Its Demand and Supply (Challenges and Opportunities) and the Way Forward, Sethina Atsupe Dowuona-Owoo
Investigating the Threshold of OPA1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fusion in SHSY5Y Cells, Jorge Alberto Elizondo
Generalizable Skill Learning in Robotic Agents Using Transformer Models, Erik Enriquez
Exploring the Growth Dynamics of Streptococcus mutans in Diverse Environmental Conditions, Vanessa Escudero
A Comparative Study of Urban and Natural Nesting Gray Hawks in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Evan Farese
Predicting Enzyme-Substrate Association Using Heterogeneous Knowledge Graph, Jannatul Ferdaus
Impacts of Environmental Factors on the Dynamics of Methanogens and Methanotrophs in Coastal Wetlands of South Texas, Shahida Ferdousee
Optimizing PV Solar Array Design by Analysis of the Industrial and Training Assessment Center (ITAC) Database, Angel Samuel Fernandez
Feed Network Design for Passive Beamforming in Hemispherical Phased Arrays, Daniel Flores
Bacillus subtilis: A Bacterium that Can Potentially Degrade Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Migdalia Flores
Territorio Nepantla: A Visual Exploration of the Matamoros – Brownsville Borderlands, Michel Valeria Flores Tavizón
Valley of Tears: Mexican-American Women in the Rio Grande Valley Farmworker Movement, 1966–1985, Samantha Dee Fuentes
Transcriptomic Study on the Effect of Salt Stress in Sorghum bicolor Seedlings, Joshwa A. Gandy
The Influence of Solar Energy Infrastructure on Pollinators and Crops, Deisy Garcia
Translanguaging as a cultural Bridge: Entretejiendo voces bilingües en la frontera [Translanguaging as a Cultural Bridge: Interweaving Bilingual Voices at the Border], Gloria Sarahi Garcia
A Preliminary Evaluation of the Vertical Distribution of Meiofaunal Assemblages in the Newly Restored Bahia Grande, Katherine R. Garcia
Efficient Self-Supervised Representation Learning for Large-Scale Time Series Classification, Kevin Garcia
Identification of Cadmium as a Structural and Functional Modulator of PSD-95 Regulating NMDARs at Postsynaptic Membranes, Claudia Garza
The Effects of Placing Students in Special Education in a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program, Daniel Garza
Probing Prebiotic RNA Oligonucleotide Polymerization on a Mg-FeS Catalyst Using Microfluidics, Gabriella Garza
Interpretable Alignment of Textual Weather Reports With Local Sensor Time Series for Extreme Weather Event Visualization, Juan Luis Garza
Seagrass Preference Among Pinfish in the Lower Laguna Madre, Nathaniel Garza
Association and Shared Genetic Variants Between AD Blood-Based Biomarkers and MRI AD-Signatures in Mexican Americans, Shana Bethany Garza
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words—, but ECG Signals Have More to Say, Ashley N. Gomez
The Lived Experiences of School Counselors, Job Burnout, and the Blurred Lines of the Profession, Cecilia Angelica Gomez
The Lived Experiences of School Counselors, Job Burnout, and the Blurred Lines of the Profession, Cecilia Angelica Gomez
Job Satisfaction and Vocational Services in Persons with Acquired Brain Injury, Claudia Eliza Gonzalez
Family-Centered Organization Creating “Lazos” to Affix Families and Their Students to Education: A Case Study, Erica Gonzalez
Assessment of Floral Resources From Three Tamaulipan Thornscrub Communities of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Gracie Makenna Granados
Low Speed Water Tunnel Flow Testing, Humberto Cesar Grimaldo Jr.
El Cuerpo Puede Curar, Crear Y Cocinar: Analyzing Chicana Embodied Knowledge in the U.S-Mexico Borderlands, Kimberly Monserrat Grimaldo
Lauryn C. Salazar: A Life History of Mariachi Leadership, Berta Alicia Guerra
The Relationship Between Perceived Transactional Distance, Cultural Values, and Online Instruction Among Higher Education Students: A Quantitative Analysis, Judith Kay Guetzow
Exploring the Effects of Serotonin and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on the Neurological, Behavioral, and Cardiovascular Systems Using the Animal Model of the Syrian Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), Ariana Vianey Hinojosa
Arthropod Communities Associated With Endangered Physaria thamnophila (Zapata Bladderpod) and Its Nurse Plants, Cesar Adrian Hinojosa
Loyal by Nature: How Uncertainty Avoidance Shapes Dispositional Brand Loyalty, Khondoker Sayeed Hossain
Primary and Parametric Resonances of Angled Mems and NEMS Cantilever Resonators, Benjamin Matthew Huerta
Comparison of Recovery Methods After Resistance Exercise for Power Performance, Isaac D. Huerta
Applicability of Cementochronology to Estimate Season-of-Death in Humans: Insights From Modern Documented Collections, Olga Ibarra-Sanchez
The Effect of HIV-1 Infection Associated Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on Human Oral Keratinocytes: Implications for Promoting Chronic Inflammation, Md Shafayat Jamil
Unveiling Perspectives: Young Adults Banned Books Critical Content Analysis, Tiffany LaDonna Jarebica
Other Others at the Border: An Autoethnographic Inquiry, Clover Johnson
Development of a New Seismic Metamaterial for Passive Vibration Control of Civil Structures, Shayan Khosravi
