Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Accurate Polyp Segmentation With Visual Mamba, Diego Adame
Structure–Property Engineering of Sn-Based Hybrid Perovskites via Bulky Organic Cation Incorporation: From 3D to 2D Architectures, Kevin Alejandro
The Role of Operational Context in Shaping Energy Management Portfolios: A Comparative Case Study of Two Manufacturing Facilities, Cynthia Aranda
Authoritarian Bidding: Domestic Institutions and the Domestic Politics of Mega-Sporting Event Campaigns, Zanela Denise Sygaco Bajarias
Vision-Based Vibration Monitoring of Civil Structural Damage Detection Using a Low-Cost Autonomous UAV, Javier Antonio Becerril
The Effect of Drought on Avian Migratory Patterns and Stopover Through Texas and Louisiana, Ian Becker
Decomposition and Spectral Characterization of Unsteady Loads in Pulse-Jet Propulsion Testing, Cesar Benitez
Efficient Compression Framework for Time Series Self-Supervised Learning, Brooklyn Berry
Bounding the Average Kissing Number, Including New Bounds for Three-Dimensional Binary Sphere Packings, Mark William Bockhaus
La panza: Un acto de Rebeldia para los atravesados y los que siguen despues / the panza: An Act of Rebellion for the Inbetweeners and Those Who Follow After, Abigail Guadalupe Cantu
Typing Proficiency and Its Relationship to Outcomes in Online Writing Assessments, Agustin J. Cantu
The Relationship Between Secondary School Principals’ Ethical Leadership Behaviors and School Climate, Ericka Julie Carranza
Effect of Mesh Electrode Porosity on the Performance of Fuel-Cell-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Detecting Volatile Alcohols, Christopher Carrillo
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Flow Decline and Water Consumption in a Highly Regulated Transboundary River: The Lower Rio Grande/Bravo, Ana Yarely Casillas Rodriguez
Residential Cooling Energy Efficiency During Extreme Heat in South Texas, Rosa Aimee Castan Ruiz
Chatbots in the Classroom: Understanding the Impact of Chatbot Integration in Writer’s Workshops on High School Students’ Writing, Gabriel Cerda
Shifting the Gaze: What Do High School ELA Teachers Mean when They Talk About Literacy for Students in Their On-Level Classes?, Yvonne Ceynow
General Chemistry Students' Perceptions of How Various Course Resources Affect Their Learning and Exam Preparation, Jennifer Scoggin Cortez
From Homeland to the Foreign Classroom: The Salaysay of Filipina Immigrant Teachers in Texas, Shanna Cui Miranda
I Am Still Learning, Too!: Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of Mathematics Anxiety in an Inquiry-Based Mathematics Education Course at UTRGV, Jeremiah James Adriano dela Rosa
Probing the Dynamic Behavior of the Androgen Receptor in the Presence of Heptyl and Methyl Parabens, Edgardo De Leon
Developing AI Literacy in Preservice STEM Teachers: Exploring the Role of Pedagogically Grounded Engagement With Generative AI in Lesson Planning, Omar Raul Elizondo
Phenotypic Contribution and Regulation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Cold-Shock Protein Homologue VP1889, Oleg Borisovich Ermolinsky
Insights Into Androgen Receptor Allosteric Modulation by P,P'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene Binding at the Binding Function-3 Site and Site-Specific Binding Function-3 Mutations, Emanuel Aggeo Flores
Are College Students Thinking Twice About Having Kids? How Political Factors May Affect the Future Birth Rate in the United States, Gloria Flores
The Rio Grande Valley in Text: Exploring the Borderland Within Social Studies Textbooks via Synoptic Text, Ana Laura Escobar Fuentes
Teacher Stories in a Place-Based Science Education Program in the Trans-Nueces Region, Brian Craig Gabrysch
Optimizing Citriculture in South Texas With Endemic HLB, Ruth Lilia Galan
Data Driven Monitoring and Control of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process, Jose de Jesus Galarza
Exit Topology Effects on Low-Mach Jet Impingement, Alejandro Garcia
Synthesis and Characterization of Force-Spun Composite Polyvinylpyrrolidone Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanofibers, Daniel Garza
Inclusive Perspectives in Early Childhood Special Education: Navigating Experiences of Families and Educators in the South Texas Community, Jessica Ann Garza
Two Essays on Finance: Co-Opted Directors and Mergers and Acquisitions and the Impact of Biodiversity Risk on the Cost of Bank Loans, Fariba Gholami
Identification of Peptides for a MUC13 Cancer Vaccine, Abigail Olivia Gomez
Using Behavioral Monitoring to Assess Activity Patterns and Welfare Indicators in Captive Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya), Ramiro Gomez III
Comparison of the Effects of Participation in Early Childhood Education on Readiness Outcomes, Pre- and Post-COVID-19 in a South Texas District, Maria J. Valadez Gonzales
A Visit-Count-Based Complete Foraging Strategy for Robot Swarms, Arturo Yahir Gonzalez
Ethanol State-Dependent Learning in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Ethan Neil Govea
Combinatorial Statistics Witnessing an Infinite Family of Congruences for a Sum of Partition Functions, Jena M. Gregory
Overreliance on Standardized Testing and Its Impact on the Classroom Experience, Cassia Guajardo
A Case Study of One-to-One Mobile Teaching and Learning Environments Measuring Creativity in a Rural Elementary School in Deep South Texas, David Warren Hernandez
Learning Adaptive Control for Safe Collaborative Autonomous Driving, Fabian Alexis Hernandez
Sub-GHz Propagation Along Freight Trains for Wireless Onboard Communications, Dario Hinojosa
Assessing Water Quality and Nitrogen Dynamics in Bahia Grande, Texas Using Field and Remote Sensing Data, SK Taufiqul Islam
Empowering Latinas in Computer Science: Success Stories and Challenges, Martin Jalomo
A Narrow Range, Sven Jeppesen
Linking North American Demographic Trends to Mexican Non-Breeding Grounds in a Migratory Warbler, Majuwana Gamage Dulanthi Dileka Kariyawasam
Intersecting Identities, Social Support, Multiple-Minority Stress, and Health Outcomes Among Latinx LGBTQ+ Adults, Amanda Lamas
Voices From the Classroom: Elementary Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Case Study and Autoethnography, Alicia Lopez-Hernandez
My Journey as a Migrant Bilingual Learner From Student to Teacher: Lessons Learned, Sylvia Lopez
Electrical Resilience in Water Treatment Plants: An Extreme Weather and Lightning Protection Study, Genesis Martinez
Skills, Challenges, and Career Outcomes: A Quantitative Study of Early-Career Experiences in Research Administration, Jennifer Juliet Martinez
Leading for Impact: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study on Leadership Actions Driving Academic Gains Beyond Mock Projections, John Martinez
Parasites of Meaning: When Interpretation Becomes Infection, Kimberly Medrano
Design, Modeling and Testing of a High-performance Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Broadband Power Generation From Train-Induced Vibration of Railway Bridges, Md Ismail Monsury
Modeling Causal Interactions Across Brain Functional Systems for Population-Specific Disease Analysis, Alissen Moreno
Optimization of Cross-Frame Design and Deck Materials in Horizontally Curved Steel I-Girder Bridges, Syed Muhammad Oan Naqvi
Modeling and Experiment Driven Stormwater Quality Improvement: Case Studies in Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX, Saika Nowshin Nowrin
Chronicles of a Caliche Road: Lessons From the Monte Through a Poetic Currere of Language, Memory, and Identity, Brenda Ochoa
The Effects of AI Adoption on Digital Entrepreneurial Intention: A Meta-Analysis, Xandra Precious Okori
Sick and Dumb and Other Poems, Krista A. Olivarez
Teacher Narratives of Curriculum Implementation in Bilingual Education: A Vygotskian Analysis, Jose F. Orozco
Essays on AI-Driven Analytics for Enhanced Healthcare Delivery: From Onset to Outcomes in Neurological Diseases Management, Gabriel Owusu
Targeted Enhancement of Membrane Performance in Hydrocarbon Sulfonated Polymers, Marina Pacheco
Shifting Shadows, Eloisa Mari Perales
Morphological Evolution and Sediment Budget of a Flood-Tidal Delta on the Rio Grande Delta Plain: Bahia Grande, Texas, USA, Aleen Pertuz Paz
Use of Complementizer That Among English-Spanish Bilinguals, Aziz Abraham Quenun
Transformative Nanofiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator: Incorporating Recycled Polystyrene and Dual Nanoparticle Doping for Enhanced Energy Harvesting, Andrea Karely Quezada
Examining Professional Self-Doubt and Professional Quality of Life Among Licensed Professional Counselors in Texas, Celia A. Ramos
Elementary Teachers' Culturally Responsive Strategies for Fostering Critical Thinking in Science Instruction With Emergent Bilinguals, Lydia Stella Ratel
Separation of Oil/Water Using Additive Manufacturing, Muhammad Daniyal Raza
Developing Bilingual Expressive Language Tools for Spanish-Speaking Families in the Rio Grande Valley, Edessa Xcarlet Reyes
Investigating the Ability of Foxo1 to Maintain Stem Cells, Stella Aime Rios
“Daría Mi Vida Por Ti”: On the Rhetoric of Sacrifice Through the Lens of Motherhood From the Border, America Rodriguez
A Testimoniando on Tutoring Practices in a Predominantly Latine Writing Center: How Drawing From Tutors’ Memories Fosters Reflective Practices, Emily Michelle Rodriguez
Soil Water Content Beneath Agrivoltaic Installations in a Subtropical Semi-Arid Climate, John Justin Rodriguez
The Impact of Nutrition on Insecticide Resistance and Gene Expression in Aedes aegypti, Esmeralda Guadalupe Rosas
Analytically Evaluating the Efficacy of Work-Based Learning and Classroom Based Learning in Workforce Development Programs, Melissa Anne Sadler-Nitu
“Now I Know the Kind of Leader I Want to Become”: Leadership Development and Professional Growth Through the Lens of Transformational Leadership Theory, Manuel Angel Saenz
In-Situ Growth of Lead-Free Perovskite on Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) Fibers Using Forcespinning Technology for Photovoltaic Applications, Julia Isidora Salas Toledo
Teaching Under Restriction: Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences With Censorship, Johnny Salinas
Examining the Effects of Lateral Loading on Railroad Tapered Roller Bearings, Abel David Sanchez Trinidad
Exploring Servingness Through Pedagogy: A Critical Case Study of an Hispanic Serving Institution, Yemin Sánchez
Bayesian Change-Point Detection in Stock and Cryptocurrency Markets Using Shrinkage Priors, Yosalin Sanchez
Exploration of Extended Chemical Reaction Networks, Ramiro Santos
The Ultimatum (A Working Title), Karyna Saucedo
Faculty Perspectives on Co-Teaching Mathematics: A Focus on Corequisite Education, Aleksandra Shchelkunova
Beyond Moving Hands: Narratives Around Deaf Education, Sara Simpson
Academic Anxiety, Anxiety Sensitivity, and General Mental Health in Collegiate Student-Athletes, Finley Gabrielle Elkins Sims
Pesticides and Poverty: How Socioeconomic Factors Relate to Pesticide Application in the Continental US, Reed Smetter
From Witness to Weapon: How Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “The Cry of the Children” Embodies and Transforms the Rhetorical Situation, Elyssa Vianey Solis
On the Structure of the Homotopy Lie Algebra of Local Rings, Dawson M. Strong
Haciendo Caras Y Hablando Para Atrás: Conceptualizing Espacios Coyunturales/Bridged Spaces as Teachers Resistance to Contemporary Reactionary Legislative Initiatives in K-12 Social Studies, Brittney Louise Thornton-Guzman
Multivariate Time-Series Forecasting of 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Using Long Short-Term Memory and Temporal Fusion Transformers, Sebastian Alejos Torres
