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 2014
A Four-Dimensional Image Reconstruction Framework for PET under Arbitrary Geometries, Aswin John Mathews
Recording Transcription Factor Binding During Development, David Nelson Mayhew
Being Talked About: Gossip and the Nineteenth-Century Novel, Lauren McCoy
Resource Distribution for Robots and Nexus between Water and Energy, Daniel McGibney
The Violent Hours: An Obituary, Katie Aileen McGinnis
Dominant Mechanisms of Uranium(VI)‒Phosphate Interactions in Subsurface Environments: An in situ remediation perspective, Vrajesh Sanat Mehta
Foot Progression Angle in Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus and Peripheral Neuropathy, Ericka Nayram Merriwether
The Late Ordovician Biogeochemical Carbon Cycle, John Garrecht Metzger
The Relationship between Conscientiousness and Volunteering, Anissa Mike
Gothic Literature and the Politics of Indistinction, Nicholas Everett Miller
Animal Therefore I am Not, Ashley M. Milow
Essays on Information Transmission and its Economic Applications, Sho Miyamoto
Whispering Gallery Mode Microresonators: Applications from Optical Sensing to Communications, Faraz Monifi
The Nrl Photoreceptor Cell Fate Switch: Endogenous Regulation and Therapeutic Applications, Cynthia Montana
Host-Microbial Interactions that Modulate Luminal IgA, Clara Moon
Dual Roles of Interferon Stimulated Gene-15 During Respiratory Virus Infection, David James Morales
Gas Evolving Electrochemical Systems, Ekrem Mehmet Morali
Broad Ligand Specificity in the Small Multidrug Resistance Transporter EmrE, Emma Antonina Morrison
Synthesis and Characterization of PbS Quantum Sheets Through Lamellar Assembly, and Updates to the CdSe Quantum Wire Synthesis, Paul James Morrison
Southern Enlightenment: Reform and Progress in Jefferson's Virginia, Scott Taylor Morris
Kinematic Characterization of Left Ventricular Chamber Stiffness and Relaxation, Sina Mossahebi
Thrombin-Inhibiting Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles: A New Class of Therapeutic for Acute Thrombosis Treatment and Diagnosis, Jacob Wheatley Myerson
Crafting Law on State Courts, Michael John Nelson
Plasmonic Engineered Biomimetic and Bio-enabled Nanohybrids, Saide Zeynep Nergiz
Multilevel Analysis of Value Congruence and Psychological Well-Being, Phuong Linh Thi Nguyen
Computational Tools to Expand the Coverage of Metabolite Profiling via LC-MS/MS, Igor Nikolskiy
How CD4+ T Cells Recognize Allostimulatory Peptide-MHC, Peggy Pei-wen Ni
Multiscale Modeling, Reformulation, and Efficient Simulation of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Paul Wesley Clairday Northrop
Capturing Charis: Semantics and Structure in the Iliad, Bryan Y. Norton
Die Raumsemantik in Ferdinand von Saars Schloß Kostenitz und Adalbert Stifters Brigitta - Ein Vergleich, Anna-Rebecca Nowicki
The Role of ERK1/2 Signaling in the Peripheral Nociceptive Circuit, Daniel Edward O'Brien
Spontaneous and Leaderless: The Anarchist Impulse in Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Fiction, Michael O'Bryan
Measuring and Predicting Total Energy Expenditure Among Highly Active Humans in Natural Environments, Cara Ocobock
Identifying Humans by the Shape of Their Heartbeats and Materials by Their X-Ray Scattering Profiles, Ikenna C. Odinaka
Landscape Genetics of Western Black Crested Gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in China, Joseph Daniel Orkin
Regulation and inhibition of pro-tumorigenic microenvironments, Elise Oster Alspach
The Effects of Cigarette Smoking During Acute Alcohol Intoxication, Kevin Packingham
Next Generation Internet Architecture and Cyber-assisted Energy Efficiency in Smart Grids of Buildings, Jianli Pan
Mechanisms of Autophagy Protein Mediated Goblet Cell Secretion in the Intestinal Epithelium, Khushbu K. Patel
Software Defined Application Delivery Networking, Subharthi Paul
Neural Correlates of Reach Planning and Execution, Thomas Pearce
Archipelago, Maura Rachel Pellettieri
Motivational Strategies, Conditional Welfare and Distributive Justice, Cristian Perez
The Role of Novel Gene UL79 Encoded by Human Cytomegalovirus in Viral Replication, Yi-Chieh Perng
Coping with Intimate Partners' Substance Use and Gambling Problems: The Role of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Megan Petra
In Pursuit of Distant Horizons, Whitney Polich
Engineered Plasmonic Nanostructures for Nanomedicine, Christopher Matthew Portz
A Mixed Methods Multiple Case Study of Implementation as Usual in Children's Social Service Organizations, Byron James Powell
Defining and Describing the Functional Network Organization of the Healthy Human Brain, with Observations on Development and Disease, Jonathan David Power
Characterization of a Novel NPC1I1061T Knock-in Mouse Model of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease, Maria A. Praggastis