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 2011
De Ornanda Instruendaque Urbe, Anne Truetzel
Investigating the Role of the Prion Protein Polybasic Domain in PrPSc Formation and Neuroprotection, Jessie Aleksandra Turnbaugh
Establishment, Growth and Regeneration of Zebrafish Fins, Shu Tu
Pathological and Biomedical Characteristics of Spinal Cord Injury Determined Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Tsang-Wei Tu
Skeletal Muscle Impairments in People with Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy, Lori Tuttle
Inheritance, Elena Valle
Dietary Shifts, Niche Relationships and Interspecific Competition in Sympatric Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) and Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus) in Sri Lanka, Rajnish Vandercone
Targeting and activity of the AAA+ ATPase torsinA within the endoplasmic reticulum, Abigail Vander Heyden
Suprachiasmatic nuclei development: A characterization of transcription factors and the influence of retinal innervation and VIP signaling, Cassandra VanDunk
Methyl Halide Cluster Anion Photoelectron Spectra and Angular Distributions as a Probe of Electron-Molecule Interactions, Matthew Van Duzor
Development Of Thymic Natural Killer Cells From Double Negative 1 Thymocyte Precursors, Claudia Vargas
Mechanics of Heart Tube Formation in the Early Chick Embryo, Victor Varner
The Role of Schwann Cell Mitochondrial Metabolism in Schwann Cell Biology and Axonal Survival, Andreu Viader
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Financial Capability among Native Households, Kristen Wagner
Age Differences in Proactive Facilitation and Interference: The Role of Remindings, Chris Wahlheim
Improving the Dispersive Optical Model toward a Dispersive Self-energy Method, Seth Waldecker
Hidden Markov Models for Heart Rate Variability with Biometric Applications, Michael Walker II
The Effect of Sensory Experience and Movement Observation on Motor Adaptation to Novel Force Perturbations, Paul Wanda
Essays on Margin Requirements, Endogenous Illiquidity, and Portfolio Choice, Yajun Wang
Studies of fluorescent imaging for mRNA detection in living cells, Zhenghui Wang
Opposing Crosstalk between Rho1 and Cdc42 in Epithelial Morphogenesis, Steve Warner
Pelvic Shape, Hip Abductor Mechanics and Locomotor Energetics in Extinct Hominins and Modern Humans, Anna Warrener
Role of the ARF Tumor Suppressor in Osteoclasts, Crystal Winkeler
Becoming Azerbaijani: Uncertainty, Belonging and Getting By in a Post-Soviet Society, Jennifer Solveig Wistrand
Predictive Alternatives in Bayesian Model Selection, Andrew Womack
The Interaction of Cofilin with the Actin Filament, Diana Wong
High Speed Networking In The Multi-Core Era, Benjamin Wun
Operational Flexibilities, Risk Sharing Contracts, and Sourcing Strategies, Xiaole Wu
Ultrasound-encoded optical tomography and time-reversed ultrasonically encoded optical focusing, Xiao Xu
Photoacoustic Tomography Of Water In Phantom And Biological Tissue, ZHUN XU
Essays on Consumer Shopping Behavior and Price Dispersion, Aleksandr Yankelevich
The Gut Microbiome In Healthy And Severely Malnourished Humans, Tanya Yatsunenko
Adaptively Predictive Clustering of Mimo Beamforming Considering Co-Channel Interference in Time Varying Wireless Channel, Uooyeol Yoon
Empirical Analysis of Two Topics in Marketing, Yeujun Yoon
Specific Roles Of Macaque Parietal Regions In Making Saccades And Reaches, Eric Yttri
Essays on Information and Urban Economics, Chia-Ming Yu
Optimal Control in Gene Mutation, Juanyi Yu
How it began: the rise of the women's suffrage movement in Britain, Shihui Yun
The Role of Fas with Fas Ligand Interaction in Herpetci Stromal Keratitis (HSK), Hamideh Zakeri
Single-molecule imaging studies of protein dynamics, Shannon Kian Zareh
Aerosol Synthesis Of Cathode Materials For Li-Ion Batteries, Xiaofeng Zhang
Essays on Microeconomics with Incomplete Information, Jie Zheng
Three Essays on the Macroeconomics of Information, Yu Zheng
Ultra-high-Q Microresonator with Applications towards Single Nanoparticle Sensing, Jiangang Zhu
Age, Creativity, and Wellbeing: Benefits of Creative Behavior Among Younger and Older Artists and Nonartists, Sarah Zoller