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 2023
Application of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method to Computation of RF Signal Degradation During Hypersonic Flight, Andrew DeRubertis
Cardiovascular SARS-CoV-2 Tropism and Immunopathology, Oleksandr Dmytrenko
Opportunistic Exploration: Humans Consider Not Just Whether, but Also When, to Sample Unfamiliar Options, Jack Dolgin
Essays in Financial Intermediation, John Michael Dooley
Decentralized Computing for Reliable Home Automation, Rahav Dor
The Evolution of Transposable Elements as Cis-Regulatory Elements in Mammals, Alan Y. Du
Personal Narratives & Their Unique Personalities, Aayesha Ejaz
Novel Bites, Fatima Elkabti
Investigating Cassava Susceptibility to Xanthomonas Induced Bacterial Blight Using Disease Phenotyping and Genome Engineering Strategies, Kiona Rajene Elliott
A General-Purpose Software Platform for Closed-Loop Neuromodulation, William Engelhardt
Development of Methods to Enhance Stem Cell Derived Islet Survival, AINING FAN
The Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Video Games Training on Body-machine Interface Control, Jie Fei
Song of Gray, Asha Futterman
Robust Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Sampling-Efficient Reinforcement Learning, Jian Gao
Emotion Regulation Flexibility: Investigating Perseverative Thinking as a Novel Context, Beatris Garcia
Exploring the Complex Relationship Between Social Needs and Health, Rachel Catherine Garg
A Novel mRNA Delivery Strategy Employing Adenovirus Piggyback mRNA Binders via Catcher/Tag Molecular Glue, Kexin Geng
Homing, Kareena Gianani
TRPM5's Role in Vascular Development, Megan Goeckel
Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Interphase and Dispersion Effects on the Mechanical Stiffness of Cellulose Nanocomposites, Will Goldberg
Non-adjacent anti Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers as Intrinsic Probes of Non-B Form Secondary Structures of DNA, Natalia Eugenia Gutierrez Bayona
Shambles & Crowley: Autobiographical Fiction in Four Panels, Shumyle Haider
Emerging from the Darkness: Silicon Photomultipliers for Diffuse Optical Tomography, Will Hamic
Forget Us Not, Jamie Harris
The Physical Health of People with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, Mark R. Hawes
Biotic Interactions and the Maintenance of Biodiversity across a Tropical Elevational Gradient, David Henderson
How Prefixation, Onset Length, and Coda Length Determine Lexical Stress Assignment when Reading Aloud, Kayla Hensley
“Safe People and Safe Spaces:” Filipino American Identity Formation in Response to Local Social Contexts, Cilka Mayumi Hijara
Edgar 10X filings’ sentiment and predicting a firm’s stock return, James Horn
Unveiling the Songshi Mystery - Popular Image of Litigation Masters in Traditional China, Meizhu Hou
Pragmatic Ambiguities: Aphoristic Thinking in the American Nineteenth Century, Thomas W. Howard
Topics in International Finance, Jonathan Lennon Hsu
Single-Molecule Super-Resolution Imaging of Geobacter sulfurreducens under Anaerobic Conditions, Ziyi Hu
Reflectance Quantitative Polarized Light Imaging for Microstructural Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Soft Tissues, Leanne Elizabeth Iannucci
Between-Task Transfer of Learned Control Settings: How Far Can It Go?, Merve Ileri Tayar
“The Talk” The impact of police contact on youth reports of parental engagement in preparation for encounters with police among a racially diverse sample of youth, Ashley Nicole Jackson
Optimization and Information Problems in Operations, Puping Jiang
Prosthetic Traveling Companions, Carrie Keasler
THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, Megan Kenyon
Silhouette, Safwan Khatib
Designing Social Connection: Older adults and the Infrastructure of Social Encounters, Bomin Kim
Identification and Characterization of Targets of Metastasis in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer, Emilee Nicole Kotnik
Legends of Light: Crafting middle grade fantasy in the tradition of Catholic philosophy and medieval visual culture, Bernadette Lamb
Calculating the Difference in Stiffness of Living T Cells Through Micropipette Aspiration, Minju Lee
other oceans, other skies, Sharlene Lee
Social Anxiety and Romantic Conflict: Examining Prospective Interpersonal Dynamics, Julia Levitan