Beginning in 2009 (for degrees awarded in August, 2009) all theses and dissertations completed at Washington University were required to be submitted in electronic form. Print submissions are no longer accepted. Dissertations are submitted directly in electronic form to UMI / Proquest Dissertation Services. Master’s theses are locally submitted in electronic form directly into the Washington University Open Scholarship Repository. Please contact your academic department document for information on the preparation and formatting requirements of the thesis itself.
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Controlling the Oxygen Microenvironment: The Role of HIF-1α in Early Tumor Progression, Sandra Lam
Emotion Regulation Variability and Adjustment Among College Students, Isidro Landa
Viral MHC Class I Evasion Affects Anti-viral T Cell Development and Responses, Elvin James Lauron
The Ugly Sequestosome1:the role of p62/SQSTM1 in autophagy and multisystem proteinopathy, Eugene Lee
Lysyl Oxidase Mutations in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection, Vivian Lee
Versatile and dynamic gene regulation using synthetic non-coding RNAs, Young Je Lee
Loss of TREM2-dependent microgliosis in mouse models of amyloid-beta and tau pathologies reveal juxtaposed roles for reactive microglia in Alzheimerճ disease, Cheryl Elizabeth Grace Leyns
Neural Mechanisms of Drosophila Circadian Rhythms, Xitong Liang
Synthesis and Integration of Oligoviologens into Hydrogel Actuators, Kevin Liles
“Home Sweet Home”: Displacement and Belonging in Post-1960s Diasporic Chinese Literature, Melody Yunzi Li
Masculine Narratives of Failure and Nostalgia in British Fiction 1865-1928, Heidi Hyun-Jin Lim
Regulators on Higher Chow Groups, Muxi Li
Modeling and Analyzing Neural Dynamics and Information Processing over Multiple Time Scales, Sensen Liu
Computation of Achievable Rate in Pattern Recognition System, Yu Liu
Emotion Differentiation Moderates the Effects of Rumination on Depression: A Longitudinal Study, Yunjing Liu
Bayesian Classification Methods for Bat Call Identification, Zhongmao Liu
Genetic Basis of Thermal Divergence in Saccharomyces species, Xueying C. Li
Seismic Tomography of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans: Regional and Continental Models from the Upper Mantle to the Transition Zone, Andrew Jason Lloyd
Morality in Organizations: Ethics, Meaning, and God at Work, Elizabeth Ann Luckman
Functional Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerve Tissue Via Regenerative Sieve Microelectrodes, Matthew Reagan Macewan
Dynamics of Wet-Fuels Spray Combustion in a Swirl-Stabilized Burner and Its Application in Material Synthesis, José Eduardo Madero Muñoz
Effects of Secondary Stall and Unsteady Free-Stream on Blade Drag and Pitching Moments, Michael Malick
Effects of Secondary Stall and Unsteady Free-Stream on Blade Drag and Pitching Moments, Michael Malick
Kdm6b is Required for Self-Renewal of Normal and Leukemic Mouse Stem Cells Under Proliferative Stress, Cates Mallaney
Écrire l’histoire à la fin du XVIe siècle : Les écrits du for privé et la Ligue en Bretagne (1589-1598), Hélène Martin
An NMR Study of CO2 Dynamics and Structural Characterization of Porous Materials, Robert M. Marti
Dog Be with You, and Other Blessings, Ryan Masters
Glucose Transporters in Hepatic Fasting Metabolism: Implications for Cardiometabolic Disease, Allyson Leigh Mayer
Stochastic Replica Voting Machine and applications in physics, Tahereh Mazaheri Kouhani
The Vanishing Line, Jacopo Mazzoni
Defining Neuronal Identity Using MicroRNA-Mediated Reprogramming, Matthew James Mccoy
Enhancing the effectiveness of inpatient palliative care consultation teams (PCCTs), Meghan McDarby
The Nature of My Nature; A Story About Relationships, Andrew Mcilvaine
Three Essays on Taxation and Child Maltreatment, Michael Patrick Mclaughlin
Quantum Fields in Extreme Backgrounds, Leandro Medina de Oliveira
Unsettling Geographies: Primitivist Utopias in Queer American Literature from Walt Whitman to Willa Cather, Benjamin Meiners
Information-based Analysis and Control of Recurrent Linear Networks and Recurrent Networks with Sigmoidal Nonlinearities, Deslin Menolascino
Tumors Interrupt IRF8-Mediated Dendritic Cell Development to Overcome Immune Surveillance, Melissa Ann Meyer
Fluorescence Guided Tumor Imaging: Foundations for Translational Applications, Jessica P. Miller
Multi-GPU Acceleration of Iterative X-ray CT Image Reconstruction, Ayan Mitra
Brace for Impact: A Roller Derby Memoir, Gabrielle Montesanti
The Impact of Contextual Political Factors on Personnel, Rulemaking, and Partisanship, Emily Moore
The Albino Crocodile and Other Stories, Miguel Morales
Targeting the Microenvironment: Approaches for Reducing Breast Cancer Metastases and Chemotherapy-induced Bone Loss, Bhavna Murali
Freezing of Gait: Mechanisms, Mechanics, and Management, Peter S. Myers