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 2012
Regulation of CHK1 Stability by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System, Jiwon Huh
New MRI Techniques for Nanoparticle Based Functional and Molecular Imaging, Lingzhi Hu
Improved Designs for Application Virtualization, Chung-Ping Hung
Orders of Magnitude Enhancement of Optical Nonlinear Phenomena in Subwavelength Metal-Dielectric Gratings, Daniel Ironside
Don't Be Cruel, Jordan Randal Jacks
Economic Prospects for Advanced Combustion Technologies Suited for Climate Change Mitigation, Craig Bryan Jacobson
Network Efficiency in Peer-to-peer Data Distribution, Shakir Calistus James
Evaluating Environmental Cues that Affect Schwann Cell Gene Expression to Enhance Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Nithya Jesuraj
The Ultrasonic Characterization of Shear Thickening Suspensions, Benjamin Johnson
Development of Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers Toward the Study of Axonal Differentiation, Dawn Marie Johnson
Pattern Formation in Certain Classical and Quantum Systems, Patrick Greenleaf Hart Johnson
Applying Neural Network Models to Predict Recurrent Maltreatment in Child Welfare Cases with Static and Dynamic Risk Factors, Jennifer Marie Jolley
Modulation of Ly49A+ Natural Killer Cell Licensing by Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Alleles, Anna Jonsson
La Littérature des Enfants de Harkis : Mémoire et Réconciliation, Vincent Jouane
Expression and function of small RNAs in normal and psoriatic skin, Cailin Joyce
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Mixed Convection Flows in Building Enclosures, Alexander Kayne
The Uzbek Opposition in Exile: Diaspora and Dissident Politics in the Digital Age, Sarah Kendzior
Negotiation, Emotions, and Contingent Contracting Decisions, Dejun Kong
Stock Return Anomalies, Industry Risk and Capital Structure, Engin Kose
Multiscale Modeling of Pigment-Protein Assemblies: Implications for Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting, Sándor Ádám Kovács
Palliative Care Consultation Trajectories, Elissa Kozlov
Représentations de la violence révolutionnaire dans la littérature et le cinéma français (1928-1986), Antoine Krieger
Regional Rarity: Consequences of Dispersal Limitation and Strategies for Reintroduction, Steven James Kroiss
Essays on Real Life Assignment Problems, Taro Kumano
Information processing in a midbrain visual pathway, Dihui Lai
Information Theoretic Methods For Biometrics, Clustering, And Stemmatology, Po-Hsiang Lai
Manufacturer Product Line Decisions In Growing Consumer Technology Markets: A Case of Digital Cameras, Kyryl Lakishyk
Global Poverty - Local Problem: Institutional Determinants of Poverty Among Indigenous Peoples of Nepal, Gyanesh Lama
Comparison Theorems in Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Neumann Boundary Conditions, Jeffrey Langford
Tales of Talismans: E.T.A. Hoffmann and Fetishism, Melissa Krugler Laugallies
The Interstellar Transport of Galactic Cosmic Rays, Kelly Lave
The Cis-Regulatory Architecture of Mammalian Photoreceptors, Karen A. Lawrence
The Unconventional Amino Acid Starvation Response of the Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, Shalon Ledbetter
Bayesian Bidimensional Regression and Its Extension, Haeri Lee
A Role of T Cell Receptor Specificity in the Thymic Regulatory T Cell Development, Hyang-Mi Lee
Role of Batf2 in Host Defense and CD8α+ Dendritic Cell Development, Wan-Ling Lee
Essays on the IT Industry in Korea and Taiwan, Wen-Chieh Lee
Characterization of the Yersinia Autotransporter Proteins (Yaps) and Their Roles in the Pathogenesis of Y. pestis, Jonathan David Lenz
Coordinates Arising from Affine Fibrations, Andrew Lewis
Role of SRF-dependent Transcription in Neurite Outgrowth, Cong Li
Investigation Into Modeling And Control Methods To Optimize The Power Output Of Wind Turbines, Robert Liebschutz
LabVIEW Based Whispering Gallery Mode Microtoroid Coupling PID Controller, Peiyao Li
Underwater Direction-of-Arrival Finding: Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Performance Analysis, Tao Li
The Mechanics of Bimaterial Attachment at the Tendon-to-Bone Insertion Site, Yanxin Liu
Occulomotor Function and Locomotion in Parkinson's Disease, Corey Lohnes
Mobile Ideas and (Im)mobile Subjects: Women Writers and Women's Fashion Magazines in Nineteenth-Century Germany and Austria, Ruxandra Marcu Looft
Regulation of Toxoplasma Motility by Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases, Sebastian Lourido
Outcasts of the Universe: Shyness in Hawthorne and James, Ryan Stuart Lowe