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All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This collection compiles theses and dissertations from all schools and departments at Washington University in St. Louis. Public access policies vary by school.

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

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

Synthesis, Core-Shell Growth, and Surface Chemistry of 2-Dimensional Cadmium Telluride and Cadmium Selenide Nanocrystals, Haochen Sun

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

Structural Analysis and Vaccine Efficacy of Hla mutants, Kelly Tomaszewski

Uncovering a MYC-driven Tumor-suppressive Program in Proliferating Lymphocytes, Elena Tonc

Development and Validation of a Novel Social Networking Site Use Measure, Alison Tuck

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

Numerical Simulation of Flow past an Airfoil with Ice Accretion on Leading Edge, Boyu Wang

Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Structure Interaction Research on Flow in a Glenn Shunt and a Flexible Tube and on a Cantilevered Plate, Chunhui Wang

Scatter Estimation and Correction for Experimental and Simulated Data in Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Using Machine Learning and Minimum Least Squares Methods, Cornelia Wang

Satirizing Empire: Comparing Ancient China and Rome, Di Wang

Using Single-Particle Fluorescence Microscopy to Elucidate the Role of Structural Distortions and Defects in the Chemical Reactivity and Photophysics of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, Dong Wang

Metal Salt Hydrolysis for Electrochemically Active Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites, Hongmin Wang

Examining the Impact of In-situ Infrastructural Upgrading on Sustainability in Informal Settlements: The Case of Accra, Ghana, Hsi-Chuan Wang

Peripheral Nerve Macrophages and Their Implications in Neuroimmunity, Peter Leon Wang

The Lure of Visualization— Narration, Decoration, and Meaning in Illustrated Fiction of the Ming-Qing Transition, Wei Wang

Racial Disparities in U.S. Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Diagnosis and Survival, Xiaoyan Wang

Synthesis and characterization of putative triplet sensitizers in the dark pathway to cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers of DNA, Yanjing Wang

Plasmonically-enhanced ultrasensitive biodetection technologies, Zheyu Wang

Flexible Electronics for Neurological Electronic Skin with Multiple Sensing Modalities, Haochuan Wan

Compelled Decryption and the Right Against Self-Incrimination: Obsta Principiis, Michael Washington

Translational Stages: Chinese Theatrical Modernism, Annelise Finegan Wasmoen

Regional Reprogramming and the Small Intestine: Analysis and Modeling of Adaptive Regeneration of the Epithelium, Sarah Elizabeth Waye

Celticism and American Musical Nationalism, 1889-1904, Daniel Weaver

Weedy rice as a model system for the study of microevolutionary interactions in agricultural contexts, Marshall Jon Wedger

Genetic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders: insights from hiPSC-cerebral organoids, Michelle L. Wegscheid

Of Mice and Toddlers: A Cross-Species Investigation of the Social Motivation Theory of Autism, Claire Weichselbaum

Causal Function and Bias Correlation of the Orbitofrontal Cortex in Economic Choices, Shi Weikang

Blessing, Liu Weike