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 2024
Exploring Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Water and Wastewater Management Systems, Yanran Xu
Sleep Restores an Optimal Computational Regime in Cortical Networks, Yifan Xu
Essays in Economic Theory, Kohei YAMAGATA
Enhancing Ammonium and Bicarbonate Tolerance in Chlorella sorokiniana Through EMS-Induced Mutagenesis, Wentao Yang
Essays on Censorship and Public Opinion in Authoritarian Regimes, Zirui Yang
Neuroepigenetic Mechanisms of Brain Development: From Technology to Biological Insights, Allen Yen
Next-Generation Compositional and Chronological Sample Analysis of Lunar Low-Ti Basalts and Volcanic Glasses, Christopher Yen
Lineage tracing of twins and families using massively parallel sequencing, Christopher Jongsoo Yoon
Design and characterization of 3D-printed hydrogel lattices with consistent structural and mechanical anisotropy, Daniel Yoon
Designing Behavior-Aware AI Systems to Influence Human Decision-Making, Guanghui Yu
Inferring Mind Wandering from Perceptual Decision Making, Cathy Zhang
Mechanisms of Electrical Substrate Reprogramming after Cardiac Radiotherapy, David Meng Zhang
Investigating Catalytic Conversion of Lignin to Valuable Products, Jialiang Zhang
Likelihood Ratio Test for Markov Switching Parameters, Li Zhang
Dropwise Dynamics and Heat Flux Mapping during Dropwise Condensation on Various Surfaces, Ruikang Zhang
Topics in Financial Accounting, Xin (Sheryl) Zhang
Flavor Equilibration in Neutron Star Mergers, Ziyuan Zhang
Soft Electronics and Systems for Display and Healthcare Applications, Junyi Zhao
Investigating the Role of Circular RNAs in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Progression, Sidi Zhao
Transcriptional precision in photoreceptor development and diseases - Lessons from the retinal transcription factor CRX, Yiqiao Zheng
Human-aware Motion Planning for Aerial Robots, Beichen Zhou
Legitimacy and integrity of the DPA regime: a new perspective on the US from the UK, Yuan Zhou
Deconstructing China's family law for LGBTQ non-traditional families through a comparative lens of sexuality, Tiantian Zhu
Engineering Mussel Foot Protein 5 (MFP5) for Enhanced Adhesive Performance in Tendon and Bone Repair, Ziyue Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Forest and the Factory: Debt, Development, and Community in the Amazon Delta, Matthew Abel
Investigation of Metabolic and Molecular Pathways that Promote Gastric Parietal Cell Regeneration, Mahliyah Lenore Adkins-Threats
Grasping Type Affects Configural Encoding in Visual Working Memory, Shinhae Ahn
Rethinking Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reforms, Saad Abdulaziz Alotaibi
Will New Regulations Enhance The Mediation Process And The Work Of Mediators In Saudi Arabia?, Abdullah Ahmad Alshallali
Combining Simulations and Single Molecule Spectroscopy To Understand SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein-RNA Interactions, Jhullian Jamille Alston
The New Bankruptcy law of Saudi Arabia: An Overview and a Comparative Study of Approaches to Small Businesses Bankruptcy, Rasha Alsugair
Plutarch on Marriage for Its Own Sake: What Makes Marriage Good and What Marriage is Good for in the Coniugalia Praecepta, Patrick Andrews
Modeling X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP) in Patient-Derived Medium Spiny Neurons, Shivani Aryal
Prevalence, Sociocultural Risks and Protective Factors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross Sectional Study of Middle School Students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, Enoch Kordjo Azasu
Commercial adsorbents for CO2 Removal for Biogas Upgradation: An Experimental Study, Aakriti Bagla
Data-driven Platform and Digital Operations, Bing Bai
The Efficacy of a Regime-Switching Asset Pricing Model Conditioned on Market Volatility, David Baines
A Thesis on Phosphatidylserine as a Key Signaling Moiety During Adipocyte Differentiation, Brady Jeffrey Barron
The “Dread Sex Cases:” Community, Citizenship, and the Regulation of Adult Theaters in the 1970s, Erin Barry
The Dark House and its Inhabitants, Emily Bielski
Three Models of Border Stability and Integrity, Afiq bin Oslan
Investigating the role of DciA during the cell cycle in Mycobacterium, Helen Catherine Blaine
Antibiotic Resistance at Sequence, Population, and Global Scales, Kevin Blake