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 2007
A New Method to Predict Vessel Capsizing in a Realistic Seaway, Srinivas Vishnubhotla
Here You Are-You Are Here, Matthew Vis
Set Design for Three Sisters: An Extraordinary Encounter with Chekhov, Tricia Duffy Vitrano
The decline of Fowler's Toad (Bufo fowleri) in southern Louisiana: molecular genetics, field experiments and landscape studies, Laura Sanders Vogel
Applying Grid-Partitioning To The Architecture of the Disaster Response Mitigation (DISarm) System, Aline Vogt
Individuation and the Demeter-Persephone Myth in Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, Kristin Voss
Essays on Real Estate Investment Trusts, Yunqing Wang
The Relationship Between Alexithymia, Wellness, and Substance Dependence, Benjamin J. Warner
Two Essays Relating to Mutual Fund Performance, Steven J. Welch
What is an American?, Stan West
Novice Special Education Teachers' Experiences with Students with Disabilities from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: The Effects of Perceptions on Interactions, Sassy Cenita Wheeler
Characterization of Enzymes Involved in Bilin Attachment to Allophycocyanin in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, Shervonda Williams
When Decision Meets Estimation: Theory and Applications, Ming Yang
Microstructural Investigations of the Layered Cathode Materials LiCoO2 and LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2, Tanghong Yi
Such a Lot of World, Julian Zabalbeascoa
Simulation of Combustion and Thermal-flow Inside a Petroleum Coke Rotary Calcining Kiln, Zexuan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Eager and Hungry for Music: The WPA Music Project in New Orleans, 1935-1943, Jason Abate
The Role of Venture Capitalists in Monitoring Portfolio Companies, Khaled Khalil Abdou
Coping With Stress in Children, Tolonda Age
Energy Efficient Cluster Head Selection in Fixed Wireless Sensor Networks, Irfanuddin Ahmed
Usability Studies with Virtual and Traditional Computer Aided Design Environments, Syed Adeel Ahmed
Bank Efficiency Dynamics and Market Reaction around Merger Announcement, Jamal Al-khasawneh
I Want to Believe, But I Can't Tom O'Day, Yevgeniy Ampleyev
Some Novice methods for Software Protection with Obfuscation, SaiKrishna Aravalli
The Role of Emotion in the Aggressive Behavior of Juvenile Offenders, Katherine Aucoin
Job Satisfaction on the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy: The Impact on First Term Sailors' Decisions to Leave the U.S. Navy, Alex Clarence Baker
Acoustic Seabed and Target Classification using Fractional Fourier Transform and Time-Frequency Transform Techniques, Madalina Barbu
Rites of Passage: The Role of Induction in the Enculturation of Beginning Teachers, Linda Blakley
Comparing the Effects of Various Estrogen Replacement Paradigms on Working Memory Performance in the Radial-Arm Maze, Johannes Bohacek
A Comparison of Body Composition between Eumenorrheic and Amenorrheic Adolescent Cross-Country Runners, Marc Bonis
Angle Resolved Photoemission Study of Epitaxial Chromium Dioxide Films, Daniel Borst
The Relationship of Physical Activity and Sport Participation to Body Image in Older Adults, Marigny Bostock
The Representation of the Environment in Children's Literature, Becky Boudreaux
Bloom Filters for Filesystem Forensics, Rachel Bourg
Word Blind, Douglas Bradburd
Renegotiating Democracy in Public Space, Anna Brand
Assessing the Efficacy of Guest Loyalty Programs in the Hotel Industry: A Case Study of Kimpton Hotels, Keith Brophy
African-American Parents' Perceptions of Play, Counseling, and Play Therapy, Kristy Alaine Brumfield
Permeability and Flammability Study of Composite Sandwich Structures for Cryogenic Applications, Monika Bubacz
Land Loss: Attachment, Place and Identity in Coastal Louisiana, David Burley
The Efficacy of Peer Review in Improving E.S.L. Students' Online Writing, Kathryn Fiddler Butcher
The Direct and Interactive Effects of Neighborhood Risk and Harsh Parenting on Childhood Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior, Kristin Callahan
Nanocrystalline Transition Metal Ferrites Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Functionalization, Daniela Caruntu
An Analytic Image-Technology Inventory of National Tourism Organizations (NTOs), Lung-chiuan Chang
Reducing the Hot Spot Effect in Wireless Sensor Networks with the Use of Mobile Data Sink, Yacine Chikhi
Sediment Transport and Pathogen Indicator Modeling in Lake Pontchartrain, Chandra Sekhar Chilmakui
Möbius: for Orchestra , Anthony Dominic-Paul Cipolone
Salamander Mating Behaviors and Their Consequences for Individuals and Populations, Dean Croshaw
A Faint, Blue Idea of Order, Philippe Custeau
Line of Action, Jason Cutler
Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Veracruz, Mexico: A Remote Sensing Analysis, Mark Dalrymple
White Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Kimya Dawson-Smith
You Are So Mine, Erica Johnson Debeljak
(Re)Building Cultural, Community, and Academic Identity: Freshman Composition After Katrina, Russo Celeste Del
Social Supports Among Parents of Children Recently Diagnosed with Autism: Comparisons between Mothers and Fathers, Aaron Deris
Modern Foraminiferal Bio-facies within a Transgressive Saline Influenced Deltaic Headland, South-Central Louisiana, Chandra Dreher
Racial Differences in the Gender Gap, Christy Duffel
The Animal Lives of People, Emily Dziuban
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania: Impacts of the Anthracite Coal Industry: A Case Study, Amber Elias
Flood Mitigation Decision Tool for Target Repetitive Loss Properties in Jefferson Parish, Cemil Emre Ergen
Exploration of the Socialization Process of Female Leaders in Counselor Education, Lea Randle Flowers
Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail: Behind the Banishment of Walt Disney's Song of the South in search of Uncle Remus, Michael Galiano
An R*-Tree Based Semi-Dynamic Clustering Method for the Efficient Processing of Spatial Join in a Shared-Nothing Parallel Database System, Gayatri Ganpaa
Factors Influencing Intent to Stay of Nursing Faculty in Selected Schools of Nursing in Sixteen States within the Southern Region, Debbie Garbee
Reassessment of a Community Mitigation Plan Post-Disaster: A Case Study of the University of New Orleans Disaster Resistant University Project, Ashley Garrett
Hate Date, Mike Gemme
Judging Judges: The Impeachment of Federal Judiciary Members, Jennifer Goguen
Determining What's Next: A Slow Movement for Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Golombisky
An Analysis of Faith-Based Homeless Social Service Providers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and their Role in Helping Homeless People, Willie Green Jr.
"The Goose that Lays the Golden Egg"?: The "Bio-Med" Industries of New Orleans , Robert Habans
Voices Behind Bars: Correctional Education from the Perspective of the Prisoner Student, Renee Hall
Steel Magnolias: An Actor Directs, Michael Ashley Harkins
The Native, Jeffrey J. Hartwick
Thermal Infrared Imaging for the Charity Hospital Cemetery Archaeological Survey: Implications for Further Geological Applications, Raymond Heitger
Development in New Orleans East: Its Past, Present, and Future Potential, Newton Latronia Hill
These People are Not Your People: Class Conflict and Ideology in Faulkner's Sanctuary, Elizabeth Shaye Hope
Investigation of Microcracking and Damage Propagation in Cross-Ply Composite Laminates, Babruvahan Hottengada
Improving Performance of Spatial Network Queries, Elias Ioup
At the Cherrywood Cafe, Samantha Isasi
Storing and Indexing Expressions in Database Systems, Raj Jampa
Governance Changes in Four Urban School Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Preconditions for Adopting Reforms, Alessandra Jerolleman
Steady State and Transient Dynamical Systems Analysis of Uncoupled Roll Response for a Traditional Versus Advanced Hull Form, Sarah Eileen Juckett
Performance and Total PM Emission Factor Evaluation of Expendable Abrasives, Kalpalatha Kambham
Microcracking Fracture Toughness for Graphite Epoxy Composite Laminates Using Finite Fracture Mechanics, Krishna Kumar Kasturi
The Chicano Mural Movement of the Southwest: Populist Public Art and Chicano Political Activism, John Kenny
At the Confluence of Science and Power: Water Struggles of New Orleans in the Nineteenth Century, Carolyn Kolb
Hurricane Katrina and the Television News Industry, Hilda Koonce
Investigation of Different Video Compression Schemes Using Neural Networks, Prem Kovvuri
Simulating the Affects of Glutamatergic Afferents on the Firing Pattern of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons, Richard Spencer Landry Jr.
Optical Spectroscopy to Determine Intermediate Combustion Product Radicals in a Hydrocarbon Fueled Rocket Engine Exhaust Plume, Lester A. Langford
Synthesis of Molecular Baskets and Introduction of Inward Facing Functionality, Zachary Laughery