Theses and Dissertations
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Legacy institution electronic theses & dissertations can be found here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Ad Infinitum: The Bourgeois Construction of an American Lady, Miriam M. Cepeda
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Corporate Governance and Short Sales, Andres Bello
Detection and Enumeration of Bacterial Pathogens in the American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Mohammad Maruf Billah
Searching for Optical Counterparts to Gravitational Waves, Richard Camuccio
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Essays Investigating the Founder and Backer Dynamics of Crowdfunding, Ruben Ceballos
Espejismo: Imagen En Poemas, Mariela Cedillo
Essays on Investments and Real Estate Finance, Shahedur Rahaman Chowdhury
Organizational Effects of Exogenous Corticosterone on Vocal Development in a Wild Parrot, Rory Eggleston
Total Synthesis of Cytotoxic Mansouramycins from Amino Acids, Beatriz Gamez
Factors Associated with Quality of Life and Dialysis Compliance, Viviana Garcia Guerra
Autoethnography: A Self Reflection of the Benefits in Attending a T-STEM High School, Adriana Garza
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 Performance under Denial of Service Attack, Adrian Guerrero
Factors that Contribute to Social Emotional Competence in Early Childhood and Parental Resilience, Jackeline Guillon
Influence of Landscape Factors on Wildlife Presence and Road Mitigation Structure Performance, Taylor M. Hopkins
Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on Growth and Herbivore Defenses in Sorghum Sudangrass (Sorghum X drummondii), Jasleen Kaur
Topography Estimation Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Yelbir Kazhykarim
The Application of Advanced Technologies for Agriculture and Rangeland Management, Matthew D. Kutugata
Examining Various Aspects of Zika Virus Dissemination in Aedes aegypti, Ileana C. Lozano
Bio-Inspired Wings in High Freestream Turbulence: A Numerical and Experimental Study, Alexia Martinez Ibarra
Exploring Mechanical Properties and Configurational Energetics of Toxbox Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Shams Mehdi
Security Evaluation of Microsoft’s Windows Under Cyber-Flood Attacks, Christina Y. Navarro
Analysis of the Functional Relationship of Protein Kinase Families Using Phospho-Proteomics Data, David A. Parra Peña
Methods for Multi-Source Resolution in Pulsar Timing Array Based Gravitational Wave Detection, Yiqian Qian
Understanding Associations between Social Vulnerability and Impacts of Declared Disasters in U.S. Coastal Counties, Magaly Ramirez
Wildlife Use of Road Mitigation Structures in Relation to Their Construction, Structural Characteristics, and Environmental Factors along a South Texas Highway, Anna D. Rivera Roy
Implementation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Fibrous Based Membranes, Ydana Yanell Virgen Gracia
The Influence of Human Disturbance on Wildlife Use of a Highway in South Texas, Thomas J. Yamashita
A Study of /sk/-Metathesis in Old English, Catharina Clara Ybarra
Survival of Off-Host Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae in Study Arenas in Relation to Climatic Factors and Habitats in South Texas, USA, Emily Jesselle Zamora
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Interplay between Change and Project Management for Business Results, Taiwo O.O. Abraham
Genetic Determinants of Variation in the GH/IGF-1 Axis and Their Relationship to Cardiometabolic Health, Rafael Luis Aguirre Guillen
Enabling High Quality Oxygen Measurements during Robotic Based Studies of Ocean Ecological and Biogeochemical Processes, Brianna A. Alanis
A Search for A High-Order Excitation of Surface Phonon Polaritons on Silicon Carbide Metasurfaces, MD Litan Ali
Existence and Classification of Solutions to Nonlinear Elliptic Equations, Haseeb E. Ansari
Coming to an Understanding: Daoist Rhetoric as Dialogue in Composition Studies, Veronica Anzaldua
Desecration, Natalia T. Arredondo
Application of Solar Water Heaters for Industrial Use, Lucas T. Atkins
Understanding Local Vulnerability in the Rio Grande Valley, Yajaira I. Ayala
The Role of Sediment Resuspension in Estuarine Inorganic Nutrient Cycling, Kirsten Jo Ayres
Experimental Study of Condensation in Different 3D Printed Regenerators in a Thermoacoustic Cooler, Aibek Bekkulov
2-Hyponormality on Unilateral Weighted Shifts, Juan G. Benitez
Energy Harvesting Techniques to Power Onboard Railway Bearing Condition Monitoring Systems, Jacob Nathaniel Bensen
The Blackbird Blood, Danielle Birnell
Identity Fluidity, Empowerment, and Engendered Poverty: Performing a Veteran-Latina-Online-Graduate Student, Maricela Burns
Biomechanics of Lower Limb during the Golf Swing Using Opensim Modeling, Andrew B. Butler
Graphene-Fibers Hybrid Structures as Adsorbents for Heavy Metal Ions in Aqueous Solutions, Dulce C. Capitanachi
Same Air: Human Relationships in Playwriting, Nicole Cardenas
An Examination of Professional Learning Community and Teacher Leadership Practices as Perceived by Educators in a District-wide PLC, Melissa Castaneda
Photocatalytic Degradation of Simazine under Visible Light Using Zinc Oxide/Molybdenum Disulfide Heterostructures, Alexandria Castillo
Dehumidification Water Quality Analysis of the South Texas Gulf of Mexico, Erik Esteban Castillo
Pipeline for Variable Star Detection and Eclipsing Binary Characterization, Moises Castillo
Teachers' Attitudes and Perceptions on Bring Your Own Device Programs in the Secondary Classroom, Michelle Marie Cavazos
My Culture Art in Healing Action, Fabian Chavarria
Learning to Detect Pedestrians by Watching Videos, Andrew Y. Chen
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric/Triboelectric Nanogenerator, Aminur Rashid Chowdhury
Viability of Wetland Crops for Use in Treatment Wetlands: Nitrogen Removal from Water and Production of Food, Andrew Denson Corder
Teachers of Emergent Bilinguals: Professional Growth in the Age of Compliance, Kelly Cox
Music, Dance, and Tourism in Los Cabos, Mexico, Melanie E. Davis
The Conical Diffraction and Adiabatic Elimination in PT-Symmetric Systems, Mojgan Dehghani
Development of Prognostics Techniques for Surface Defect Growth in Railroad Bearing Rolling Elements, Nancy De Los Santos
Social Anxiety and Sexual Victimization in a Latina Sample: A Moderated Mediation, Andrew E. Dials
Assessing the Rehabilitation Status of the Reflooded Bahia Grande, Texas Based on Trace Gas Fluxes, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish Community Data Along Salinity and Seagrass Gradients, Catherine M. Eckert
Veteran Wellness and Reintegration: Factors Contributing to Their Success in the Community, Melissa A. Escamilla
Identification of Inhibitors of the Glutaminyl and Prolyl tRNA Synthetases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Yaritza Escamilla
Evaluating Responses of Benthic Macrofauna to Artificial Reef Presence in the Gulf of Mexico, Douglas Faircloth
Essays on the Roles of Employee Representatives on the Board in Corporate Policy-Making, Amirhossein Fard
Mobile Solar Energy Environmental Control System with Remote Accessibility, Luis S. Garay
Educator Perspectives of High-Stakes Testing in an Urban School District in Deep South Texas, Sergio R. Garcia
To Love the Birds and the Places They’ve Made Their Home: Poems from the Magic Valley, Alyssa B. Garza
The Role of Technology in Bilingual Education: Developing a Culture of Excellence, Belinda Gomez
Comparison of RL Algorithms for Learning to Learn Problems, Adolfo Gonzalez III
Design and Testing of a Modular Laser System with Laser Machining and Bioprinting Capabilities, Jesus Gonzalez
Parametric Study of Selective Laser Alloying of Elemental Titanium and Boron Powders Using an Automated Deposition Mechanism, Julian V. Gonzalez
Constructing Associative Rings from Certain Hypergroups, Oscar Gonzalez
A Study of Human Balance and Coordination Using a Head Mounted Display, Daniel Gracia de Luna
A Case Study of Hispanic STEM Teacher Preparation, Pamela L. Groves
An Evaluation of Wastewater Pumping Station Facilities Using Statistical Techniques in Analyzing Each for Rehabilitation Design and to Improve the Adverse Environmental Affects, Zenaida S. Guerrero
Design of a Bedside Walker-Cane Hybrid to Aid Senior Adults Avoid Falls during Night Walks, Jorge L. Gutierrez
The Digital Reading Experiences of Middle School Readers: A Phenomenological Study, Laura A. Hayward
The Soft-Spoken Girl, Ashley Hernandez
Development of Flexible Photo-Mechanoluminescent Polymeric Based Systems, Carlos Hernandez
Histological Evidence of Annual and Lunar Reproductive Rhythms of Atlantic Sea Urchin, Arbacia punctulata in the Gulf of Mexico: Changes in Nutritive Phagocytes in Relation to Gametogenesis, Eleazar Hernandez II
Security Assessment of Select Computer Systems under Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Performed by Botnets, Hugo Armando Herrera Martinez
Cultural Clashes and Cultural Bridges: My Story in Afghanistan, Joe A. Hinojosa Jr.
Developing Multispectral Imaging Techniques to Determine Canopy Coverage and Carbon Storage of Seagrasses in the Gulf of Mexico, Ivy Michelle Hinson
The Development of Screening Platforms to Identify Novel Anti-Infectives that Inhibit Protein Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Casey Anne Hughes
Object Enhancement, Noise Reduction, Conversion and Collection of Spatiotemporal Image Data, Michael Izazguirre Jr.
Effects of Elevated Temperature on Gonadal Functions, Cellular Apoptosis, and Oxidative Stress in Atlantic Sea Urchin (Arbacia punctulata), Jackson B. Johnstone
Electrostatically Actuated Double Wall Carbon Nanotubes to Include Intertube van der Waals Forces, Ezequiel Juarez Ocanas
Investigating Limitations to Nitrogen Fixation by Leguminous Cover Crops in South Texas, Stephanie L. Kasper
Gulf Trade Networks and Family Ties: French Migration via New Orleans to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881, Kristen D. Kline
Contributions of Historical Ecology to Ecological Services Assessments in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, Julianna Katherine Schaefer Kurpis
Essays on Alternative Investments, Chad Kwon
A Case Study of Hispanic Students in Cooperative Learning, Louis Lee