This collection is comprised of theses and dissertations completed at the University of New Orleans from 2002 to the present.
Some documents from this time period that have not been digitized as well as older dissertations and theses can be located in the UNO Library online catalog: http://library.uno.edu/
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Jack Goes to France, Jessie Wilcox
Sometimes the Bear, Summer Wood
Parallel Computing of Particle Filtering Algorithms for Target Tracking Applications, Jiande Wu
X-Ray Structure Analysis and Topological Charge Density Studies of Gossypol Derivatives, Carlos Zelaya
Comparison of Nonlinear Filtering Methods for Battery State of Charge Estimation, Klaus Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Good Killing, Alex F. Aaron
High Yield Solvothermal Synthesis of Hexaniobate Based Nanocomposites via the Capture of Preformed Nanoparticles in Scrolled Nanosheets, Shivaprasad Reddy Adireddy
A Multi-Gene by Environment Perspective of ADHD Symptomatology in Young Children, Amber L. Allison
Dogtrots in New Orleans: An Urban Adaptation to a Rural House Type, Jennifer K. Anderson
Leitmotif, Breiseus A. Ashford
A Wedge Impact Theory Used to Predict Bow Slamming Forces, Ashok Benjamin Basil Attumaly
Ritual Process, Kevin A. Baer
Cycling in the Crescent City: An exploration of the spatial variation in bicycle commuting in New Orleans, Emilie S. Bahr
Essay 1:IMF Lending and the Emerging Markets' Governance Structure. Essay 2: Specialization Constructs among Business Incubators, Bridgette M. Bain
Hurricane-Exposed Youth and Psychological Distress: An Examination of the Role of Social Support, Donice M. Banks
Automated Timeline Anomaly Detection, Joshua M. Barone
Techniques for the Visualization of Positional Geospatial Uncertainty, Brent A. Barré
Vampirism in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark,” The Scarlet Letter, and “The Minister’s Black Veil”, Amanda D. Baudot
Semantic Assistance for Data Utilization and Curation, Brian J. Becker
The Gems of Jazz, Virgile C. Beddok
Predicting Voltage Abnormality Using Power System Dynamics, Nagendrakumar Beeravolu
Worlds Wide, Will H. Blanke Jr.
Wastewater Disinfection with HYDROFLOW Technology, Christopher Blazo
"Black Cowboys: Self-Sufficiency in the American West through the ideology of Booker T. Washington", Paige M. Brown
The Good Doctor: Exploring and Designing a Journey through Simon and Chekhov’s Russia, Melinda W. Bruns
Risk, Oil Spills, and Governance: Can Organizational Theory Help Us Understand the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?, Evelyn Cade
Analyzing Locational and Socio-economic Factors to Determine Efficacy of TRIO Programs in Metropolitan New Orleans, Rita S. Camaille
Rocket Motor Diagnostics using Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy for Chemically Non-Reacting Air/Water Vapor Mixture in Internal Flow, Wesley Carleton
The Brutal Reality of Bringing Kids up to Level: Are Critical Thinking and Creativity Lost in the World of Standardized Testing?, Jamie M. Carroll
Red Bean Monday, Craig S. Carter
Holding Mardi Gras Hostage: Mayor Ernest N. Morial and the 1979 New Orleans Police Strike, Gordon F. Chadwick
Yellowhammer, Carrie Chappell
A Nonlinear Ship Wave Solution Method, Li Chen
Uses and Perceptions of the Neighborhood Open Space, Romain Cheynet
An Assessment of Diversity Competence among College Seniors: An Exploratory Study, Lung-chiuan Chiang
A Study on the Regulation of Amino Acids and Glucose Sensing Pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mengying Chiang
I Believe in My System, Guy Choate
Glasgow and Other Stories, Hannah Choi
Madchen, Ji U. Choi
The Lived Experiences of African American Women with Breast Cancer: Implications for Counselors, LaTasha K. Clay
Statistical and Comparative Phylogeography of Mexican Freshwater Taxa in Extreme Aquatic Environments, Lyndon M. Coghill
The Fundamentals of a Course on the Environmental Impacts of Ships, Patricia A. Coker
Impact of financial market development on holdings of US assets and Equity carve-outs and macroeconomic activity, Ravigsida Dorcas Compaore
"Your Majesty's Friend": Foreign Alliances in the Reign of Henri Christophe, Jennifer Yvonne Conerly
Oyster Sustainability Modeling as a Public Resource, Nathan A. Cooper
Assessing the Responses of Adult, Juvenile, and Larval Fish Assemblages to the Closure of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, an Artificial Tidal Pass in Southeastern Louisiana, Rebecca Weatherall Cope
Ghosts That We Knew, Cara E. Cotter
Ultra-low Temperature Measurements of London Penetration Depth in Iron Selenide Telluride Superconductors, Andrei Diaconu
Coupling of the HPA and HPG Axes, Andrew Dismukes
A Necessary Monster? Vladimir Putin's Political Decisions Regarding the "Secession" of Chechnya and the Second Chechen War (1999-2009), Kimberly G. Edwards
Utilizing Economic and Environmental Data from the Desalination Industry as a Progressive Approach to Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Commercialization, Michael R. Eller
Preliminary Experiments on Photo-Electro Catalytic Oxidation of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds Dissolved in Water, Mohammed A. Elsegeiny
The Association between Hostile Attribution Bias, Social Intelligence, and Relational Aggression in Detained Boys, Gregory M. Fassnacht
Experiences and Perceptions of Novice Associate Degree Nursing Faculty Assuming a Classroom Instructors Role, Mary N. Fontenelle
The Streets are Talking: The Aesthetics of Gentrification in Two Downriver New Orleans Neighborhoods, Tara E. Foster
High Resolution X-ray Diffraction Analysis of CB1 Receptor Antagonists as a Means to Explore Binding Affinity, Steven P. Fournet
The Corporatization of America's Healthcare System: Implications for Compassion Fatigue among Nurses, Erika L. Gathron
Stress Analysis of Ramberg-Osgood and Hollomon 1-D Axial Rods, Ronald J. Giardina Jr
The Association between Conduct Problems and Bullying for Youth with and without Callous-Unemotional Traits, Farrah N. Golmaryami
"Little Things": Chekhov's Children and Discourse in the Comic Short Story, Rich W. Goode IV
Assessing Risk in Adolescent Offenders: A Comparison of Risk Profiles versus Summed Risk Factors, Katherine A. Gottlieb
Anxiety Sensitivity and its Association with Parenting Behaviors, Rebecca Graham
Edith, Henry Griffin
"Two Thousand Hours" and Other Essays, Bradley P. Guillory
Transcriptional co-repressor response of Arabidopsis thaliana to different abiotic stress, Bhuwan Guragain
Special Education Co-Teachers' Perceptions: Collaboration, Involvement in Instruction, and Satisfaction, Eden Hagelman
Building Bonfires, Michael Haines
Risks Factors and Resiliency in Secondary School Students after the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Walt W. Hammerli Dr.
Gator, Erik R. Hansen Mr
Assimilation in Charles W. Chesnutt's Works, Mary C. Harris
A Gateway for Everyone to Believe: Identity, Disaster, and Football in New Orleans, Brandon D. Haynes
Validation of Antibodies Used to Study Hypoxia Inducible Factors in Two Species of Fundulus, Jenna D. Hill
A Birdhouse at the Bottom of the Ocean, Sarah C. Howze
The Privatization of Hazard Mitigation: A Case Study of the Creation and Implementation of a Federal Program, Alessandra Jerolleman
Approaches for Improved Positional Proteomics, Yanjie Jiang
“Maintaining Mythic Property”: The Lost History of Louis Allard and His Grave in New Orleans City Park, Kimberly H. Jochum
The Diffusion of Geospatial Technologies Among Louisiana Assessors, Craig A. Johnson
Still Life Moving Fast, Kelly Jones
Three Essays in Financial Economics, Ivan F. Julio
Parsing the Non-finito: Systems, Thresholds and Imaginative Space in Representation, Daniel Kelly IV
Perceptions of Women's Teams Coaches Regarding Gender Equity and Title IX Compliance in Community Colleges, Cynthia A. Kenney
Two Essays on the Efficiency, Diversification, and Performance of Financial Institutions, Abu Khan
The Deconstruction of Butterflies, Katrina Kimbril
The Lived Experiences of Master's Level Counseling Students in Beginning Skills Classes: A Qualitative Study, Brian K. Knight
Characterization of cpeY and cpeZ mutants in Fremyella diplosiphon strain UTEX 481, Christina M. Kronfel
Decision-making, Impulsivity and Self-control: Between-person and Within-person Predictors of Risk-taking Behavior, Emily S. Kuhn
Hostile Attributional Bias in Aggression and Anxiety: The Role of Perceived Provocateur Motivation, Melissa M. Kunimatsu
Categorization of Large Corpora of Malicious Software, Deekshit Kura
Big Five Personality Traits, Pathological Personality Traits, and Psychological Dysregulation: Predicting Aggression and Antisocial Behaviors in Detained Adolescents, Katherine S. L. Lau
Patriot, Pet, and Pest: America Debates the Dog's Worth During World War I, Alison G. Laurence
Estimation, Decision and Applications to Target Tracking, Yu Liu
How Have Community Land Trusts Used the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit? Case Studies from Athens, GA and Park City, UT, Michael S. LoStocco
An Applied Numerical Simulation of Entrained-Flow Coal Gasification with Improved Sub-models, Xijia Lu
Coyote Made Me, Whitney Mackman