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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 2025 2025

Selenium Removal by Iron Electrocoagulation: Effects of Water Chemistry, Operating Conditions, and Post-treatment Processes, Yihang Yuan

Untimely Epics: The Tradition of Changqing-style Poetry in Late Qing and Republican China (1870s–1920s), Huanyu Yue

Simplicity from complexity: Sensing high-dimensional fluctuations via regulatory network, optimality in allocating cellular resources, and recovering functional groups via data-driven methods, Fang Yu

Expansion Limits of Meshed Split-Thickness Skin Grafts, Haomin Yu

Analyzing Sleep Staging and Cognitive Transitions Using fMRl Time Series Analysis, Qingwen Zeng

Functional Characterization of ABCC8 Mutations Potentially Linked to the Transition from Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia to Diabetes, Hao Zhang

Learning-based MRI Reconstruction Method with Coil Sensitivity Estimation and Prior Adaptation, Haoyu Zhang

Leveraging arginine catabolism to treat metabolic complications, Yiming Zhang

Investigating the Genetics and Genomics of Vein of Galen Malformations, Shujuan Zhao

Supporting Programmers Answering the Hard-To-Answer Questions Through the Use of Large Language Models, Haixin Zhou

The Witten Deformation and Proper Cocompact Lie Group Actions, Hao Zhuang

Monitoring and Understanding Momentary Affect Intensity from Smartphone Sensors: Investigating the Role of Time Resolutions and Semantic Locations, Yiqin Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

The Instrument of Ecstasy, Temperance Aghamohammadi

Agencia económica, valorización y pedagogía material en la espiritualidad afrocaribeña de Cuba, Puerto Rico y República Dominicana, Karla Patricia Aguilar Velasquez

Exploring the role of tissue-resident T cells in neurotropic viral infections and opioid-induced immune disorders during exposure and withdrawal, Shenjian Ai

The validity and challenges of third-party funding in the Saudi arbitration framework, Ahmed Alanazi

Limited liability and piercing the corporate veil: a comparative evaluation of U.S. and Saudi laws, Abdullah Alassaf

The Balancing Act of Justice: Juggling Affects in the Pursuit of Fairness, Andrea Allen

Numerical Simulations of Supersonic/ Hypersonic Flows in Compression Corners and a Hypersonic Flow Study of Atmospheric Entry of Mars Science Laboratory Capsule, Dexter Allen

A scholarly analysis of inside trading as unethical behavior within securities law: a comparative study of the United States and Saudi Arabia, Mamdouh Mohammed Alotaibi

Electronic arbitration in disputes and the extent to which the Saudi arbitration law applies its elements, Mohammad Alqaydi

Listen Up: Children’s and Adults’ Listening Effort for Intelligible L1 and L2 Speech, Ruth Altmiller

Cellular and Molecular Basis of CD4+ T Cell Help at the Effector Phase During Immunotherapy of MHC-II Negative Tumors, Samuel Oche Ameh

Essays on Intellectual Property Strategy, Byung Uk (Charlie) An

Impact of Parent Reported Adverse Experiences and Other Family Stressors on Child Development and Home Visitation Participation Among Immigrant Families, Fithi Andom

Gritos demoledores de la nueva época: Juventud y contracultura en los long sixties andinos, Gabriel Antunez De Mayolo Kou

When Not Remembering is Memorable: How Confidence Reveals Subjective Distinctiveness Heuristics through a Double Test Paradigm, Eylul Ardic

"We live in an unjust system by design, schools included...": Exploring the Perceptions of Black K-12 Administrators on Social Justice in Schools, SynClaire Arthur

Aging Antiviral Immunity In The Central Nervous System: Mechanisms And Implications, Artem D. Arutyunov

Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Yves-Paul Auffray

Student Self-Efficacy and Attitude in Organic Chemistry: A Comparison of Two Pedagogical Approaches, Matthew Autry

Mechanisms of uropathogenic E. coli reservoir formation in the gastrointestinal tract, Philippe Nimma Azimzadeh

Mechanisms of uropathogenic E. coli reservoir formation in the gastrointestinal tract, Philippe Nimma Azimzadeh

Avian Adaptation to Thermal Gradients, Justin Wheeler Baldwin

Language Enrollment in Higher Education: Exploring Social Psychological Factors in Spanish Language Programs with Advanced Learners, David Antonio Balmaceda Marenco

Assessing gender equality in political rights: a comparative study of CEDAW Article 7 implementation in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia, Nusaybah Bamuhair

Beyond Measures of Speed & Accuracy: Evaluating Visualization Perception, Reasoning & Decision-Making, Melanie Bancilhon

Interleukin-1α and Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Promote Cancer-Induced Extramedullary Hematopoiesis, Derek Arthur George Barisas

Das Gift, Zain Baweja

No Leg to Stand on: Menenius Agrippa's Fable in Book 2 of Livy's Ab urbe condita, Joshua Bayona

Inducible CRISPR-Targeted ‘Knockdown’ of Human Gut Bacteroides in Mice Reveals Glycan Utilization Strategies, Zachary Beller

Development and Structure of Spinal Interneuron Connectivity in Larval Zebrafish, Saul Bello Rojas

On the Enforceability of Rights: Forfeiture and Reclamation, William Bell

Missives from the Liminal Place, Ariana Benson

Bleeding Heartland: Race, Region, and Radicalism in Midwest Print Culture, 1877–1939, Marc Blanc

A Filter-Based Model of Visual Recognition, Olivia Rose Bockler

A Big Voice in a Small Democracy: Three Papers on American Local Politics, Lucas Boschelli

Employing Single-Nucleus RNA-Seq to Uncover Genetic Factors of Alzheimer Disease, Logan Brase

Mechanism of Impaired CD8+ T Cell Activation During Ross River Virus Infection, Christopher Bullock

Predicting Cell Fate Using Single-Cell State and Lineage Information, Emily Grace Butka