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
Freezing of Gait: Mechanisms, Mechanics, and Management, Peter S. Myers
Development and Application of Quadratic Constitutive Relation and Transitional Crossflow Effects in the Wray-Agarwal Turbulence model, Hakop Jack Nagapetyan
A Meditation in Three Parts, Brent Nakamoto
Assessment and Diagnosis of Human Ovarian and Colorectal Cancer using Optical and Photoacoustic Imaging, Sreyankar Nandy
The Consequences of Processing of Goal-Irrelevant Information during the Stroop Task in Younger and Older Adults, Jessica Nicosia
Chronic Nerve Interfacing Utilizing Graft-Embedded Regenerative Macro-Sieve Electrodes, Amrita Nishtala
Observance | A Passage, Charis Schneider Norell
„Die Schweden stehn vor Eger! Laßt uns eilen!“: Eine Analyse der Schweden in Schillers Wallenstein, Kalle Mikael Gustav Nyman
Sex Differences in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection, Patrick David Olson
Ushering CUP Pilus Assembly: Dissecting the Mechanics of a Bacterial Nanomachine, Natalie Saranga Omattage
Collectively Remembering and Living an Emerging Nigerian National Identity, Golda Kosisochi Onyeneho
Regulation of Local Translation in Neuronal Processes of Specific Cell Types, Rebecca Ouwenga
Essays on Wealth Inequality and Macroeconomics, Rodolfo Oviedo Moguel
Decoding Complexity in Metabolic Networks using Integrated Mechanistic and Machine Learning Approaches, Tolutola Timothy Oyetunde
Strange Woods, Song Park
Long Term Tourists, Erin Peraza
On the Wedge between Theoretical and Actual Prices and its Implications for Investment Decisions, Luca Pezzo
(Un)Doing and (Un)Becoming: Temporality, Subjectivity, and Relationality in Twenty-First-Century German Literature and Film, Simone Pfleger
What Are We Going to Do For Ourselves? African American Women and the Politics of Slavery from the Antebellum Era to the Great Depression, Tiffany Player
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Approach and Postoperative Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Conditions, Lisa Marie Pollack
Topics of Conversation: A Novel in Stories, Miranda Marchese Popkey
Development of LC-MS for the Identification and characterization of non-adjacent DNA Photoproduct Formation in G-quadruplex Forming Sequences, Claudia Posadas
Spectral and stratigraphic mapping of layered sulfate deposits on Mars using advanced CRISM data processing techniques, Kathryn Elizabeth Powell
Transcriptional Regulation of Arrhythmia: from Mouse to Human, Yun Qiao
Methods to Record Transcription Factor Binding and Enhancer Activity throughout Cellular Differentiation, Zongtai Qi
Radiolabeled Nanohydroxyapatite as a Platform for the Development of New PET Imaging Agents, Stacy Lee Queern
Computational Studies of the Concealed Gating Pathways and Electrophysiological Function of the Human Cardiac IKs Channel, Smiruthi Ramasubramanian
Bivariate latent change score analysis of peer relations from early childhood to adolescence: Leading or lagging indicators of psychopathology, Brent Ian Rappaport
Maternal Health and Child Malnutrition among Migrant Households Engaged in Construction Work (Ahmedabad, India), Divya Ravindranath
Canonizing Modernism: An Avant-Garde Legacy in France’s Sacred Art Movement, 1937–1958, Heather Renee Read
Characterization of the CELF6 RNA Binding Protein: Effects on Mouse Vocal Behavior and Biochemical Function, Michael A. Rieger
Tamarin Vocal Communication: The Roles of Predation and Social Complexity in Promoting Vocal Complexity in Wild Callitrichids, Efstathia Robakis
Innate Lymphoid Cells: Transcriptional Profiles and Cytokine Developmental Requirements, Michelle Lauren Robinette
Bone-Induced Expression of Tumoral Integrin β3 Enables Targeted Nanotherapy of Breast Cancer Metastases, Michael H. Ross
An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of the Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative, 2009-2015, Raven E. Ross
The Effect of Talker and Contextual Variability on Memory for Words in Sentences, Nichole Runge
Deciphering mechanisms governing the development of the rod epigenome, Philip Andrew Ruzycki
Local Translation in Peripheral Astrocyte Processes, Kristina Sakers
Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding Myelination, Nicholas Enrique Sanchez
Carlson's Theorem for Different Measures, Meredith Sargent
Breath biomarkers and an expanded role for isoprenoids in Plasmodium falciparum, Chad Louis Schaber
Biosynthesis and Biological Activity of Nonribosomal Peptide Beta-Lactones, Jason Earl Schaffer
Regulation of Epithelial Proliferation and Migration by Apical-Basal Polarity Proteins, Gregory Vincent Schimizzi
Winding in Non-Hermitian Systems, Stella Schindler
Locating the Possibilities for Upward Mobility: Educating English Learners in a Segmented Opportunity Structure, Lyndsie Marie Schultz
Instrumentation for Cryogenic Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Electron Decoupling in Rotating Solids, Faith Joellen Scott
Smooth as SILK: Translating Discoveries to New Therapies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Wade Self
Protein Structure-Guided Approaches to Identify Functional Mutations in Cancer, Sohini Sengupta
Tau monomer encodes Strains, Apurwa Sharma