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 2021
Exploring the Mechanisms that Underlie the Benefits of Retrieval Practice in Younger and Older Adults, Ruth A. Shaffer
NeVR: Learning Continuous Neural Video Representation with Local Feature Codes for Video Interpolation, Wentao Shangguan
Positron Emission Tomography from 1930 to 1990: The Epistemology and Process of Scientific Instrumentation, Rick Shang
Positron Emission Tomography from 1930 to 1990: The Epistemology and Process of Scientific Instrumentation, Rick Shang
In-situ Imaging of Surface Heterogeneity in Semiconductor Photocatalysts using SingleMolecule Fluorescence Microscopy, Meikun Shen
Having Left, Sanam Sheriff
Identifying and Resolving Artifacts Associated with Measurement and Characterization of Light Absorbing Organic Aerosols, Nishit Shetty
Zebrafish Models of KATP Channelopathies, Soma S. Singareddy
Relating Spontaneous Activity and Cognitive States via NeuroDynamic Modeling, Matthew Singh
Understanding and Exploiting Protein Allostery and Dynamics Using Molecular Simulations, Sukrit Singh
Regulation of Metabolic Stress by the Snhg3 Locus, Arthur Curtis Sletten
Songs in the Gutter: Writing and Authorship in American Comics, Jonathan Marshall Smith
The Role of Selection History in Low-Prevalence Visual Search, Kendra Chamlee Smith
Modernist Amateur Economists: Heterodox Economic Theory and British Literary Modernism, Samuel Smith
Characterizing a Novel Metabolic Pathogenic Mechanism in Familial Hemiplegic Migraine, Sarah Elizabeth Smith
The Digital Grimoire, Benji Snyder
Improving Resource Efficiency in Cloud Computing, Jiayi Song
Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Modeling of Hip Dysplasia Biomechanics, Ke Song
Glial inflammatory responses regulate neurocognitive recovery following viral encephalitis, Allison Luen Soung
Engineering Nucleus Pulposus Cell-Matrix Interactions With Laminin Ligands for Tissue Regeneration, Julie Elizabeth Speer
Role of Interferon Receptors in STING-Associated Autoinflammatory Disease in Mice, William Alexander Stinson
Psychological Construct Validity, Caroline Marie Stone
Enantioselective synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives using amidine-based and bifunctional organocatalysts, Matthew Robert Straub
Which Task to Choose? The Impact of Associative Retrieval of Event Files on Voluntary Task-switching Performance in Younger and Older Adults, Emily Carole Streeper
Optical and Physicochemical Properties of Atmospherically Processed Brown Carbon using Novel First-Principle Instrumentation, Benjamin Sumlin
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Keh-Kuan Sun
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Wealth and Health, Sicong Sun
But They Are Not Real, Takura Suzuki
Mechanisms of Tetracycline Inactivation by Flavin-Dependent Tetracycline Destructases, Chanez Tiffany Valeena Symister
Interfacial Engineering and Photoelectrochemistry of Patterned Metal/Semiconductor Heterostructures, Che Tan
Examining Mindfulness Training Effects and Mechanisms on Cognitive Control, Rongxiang Tang
Blood Phenylalanine Trajectory and Executive Function Outcomes in Individuals with Phenylketonuria, Clarissa Tardiff
A Systematic Study of Neutron Production in Two Versions of The Mevion Proton-Therapy System, Nima Tatari
Self-Regulated Study Time Allocation to Enhance Learning and Item Difficulty Compensation, Eylul Tekin
Rational design and optimization of perovskite semiconductors, Arashdeep Thind
The Sensitivity Readers: Managing Affect in Post-Civil Rights Era Literary Institutions, Deborah Thurman
Potassium Isotope Cosmochemistry, Zhen Tian
Uncovering a MYC-driven Tumor-suppressive Program in Proliferating Lymphocytes, Elena Tonc
The Challenges of Applying Computational Legal Analysis to mHealth Security and Privacy Regulations, Brian Tung
Does the Combination of Spacing and Testing Promote Transfer Beyond Either Strategy Alone?, Zeynep Oyku Uner
The Freakiest Dungeon in the Castle: The Interiority of Confinement, Madeline Valentine
Identifying armed group presence using Hidden Markov Models, MAURICIO VELA BARON
Investigating the differentiation and functional maturation of stem cell-derived β cells, Leonardo Velazco-Cruz
Restoring Connection, Alexa Velez
Weighted Inequalities on Spaces of Homogeneous Type, Naga Manasa Vempati
Advancements in Pressurized Oxy-Combustion Process: Pollutant Control and Process Development, Piyush Kumar Verma
Mechanisms of Natural Killer Cell Anti-Tumor Function and Homeostasis, Julia Alexandra Wagner
Refining the Characterization of Causation in Early Childhood Neuropsychiatric Conditions: Nature, Nurture, and Time, Rachael Elizabeth Wagner