
Graduate Studies
Embargoed Master's Theses
Theses archived in this series have been embargoed from public access with the approval of the Office of Graduate Studies. An embargo means that the thesis is not available to the public.
Theses may be embargoed to allow the authors to file patent applications, establish definitive zoological nomenclature, protect proprietary research results, redact sensitive material, or publish creative works.
Prior approval must be obtained from the author's academic department and the Office of Graduate Studies before submission/deposit to this series. Do not deposit here unless you have already been approved for embargo by Graduate Studies; otherwise, deposit in the regular thesis series for your department, program, or college.
Titles, and author names, and abstracts are displayed, but full-text PDF documents cannot be downloaded. For access to materials held here, contact Terri Eastin, Masters Programs Specialist < teastin1@unl.edu > or Sue Gardner, Scholarly Communications Librarian < sgardner2@unl.edu >.
For assistance with deposits contact Sue Gardner.
TO DEPOSIT YOUR THESIS
1. Create or log in to your Digital Commons account
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Fill in your names, email address, create a password, and click on Create Account.
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2. Instructions for deposit
You should be able to copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) most fields.
TITLE: Fill it in using title case (that is, capitals for the first letter of all words except articles and prepositions).
AUTHOR: In each respective box, enter your names (and/or initials) as they appear on the title page of your dissertation or thesis. You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author. Institution is University of Nebraska-Lincoln (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave this field blank.
FIRST ADVISOR: Enter your advisor’s name. Add a second and third, if needed (advisors only, not committee members).
DATE OF THIS VERSION: Month and Year only.
CITATION: Copy and paste the rest of whatever appears on the title page of your work. It usually starts with something like “A THESIS Presented to the Faculty …” and ends with “Lincoln, Nebraska [month] [year].”
COMMENTS: Add Copyright [year], [your full name], like this:
Copyright 2024, Catalina B. López-Hernández
ABSTRACT: Just include the body of the abstract, not the title or your name, but DO add your advisor’s name at the end of the abstract after the word Advisor and a colon, like this: Advisor: ….
Skip the ORCID IDs, Keywords, Disciplines, and Comments fields, and DO NOT check a bubble for the Publication Status field.
Click UPLOAD FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER. Select the file of your work from your device (should be in Portable Document Format, PDF).
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom.
YOU DID IT! Your work is submitted!
CONGRATULATIONS on reaching this amazing milestone in your academic career!
3. After your initial deposit
Upon deposit, you will receive an email that your submission has been received; you need to show the Graduate Office this message.
Before we complete your upload, we usually wait a day or two to give you an opportunity to correct those oops issues that seem to emerge just after deposit. Before it’s been posted, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version so you can upload a version with your advisor's name spelled right or whatever else needs to be fixed.
It is important that you DO NOT resubmit another file after it’s been posted online. This causes lots of problems.
But have no fear: If further changes are needed after it’s been posted, you can send a revised file to the series administrator (Sue Gardner) requesting to replace it.
2025
Evaluation of Novel and Commercial Varieties Alongside with Managements in Grain Sorghum and Feed Barley in the High Plains of Western Nebraska, Rafael Marino Bley Cottica
Diamond-MolyCopper Bonding via Molybdenum Interface for Enhanced Thermal Management in Microelectronics, Brooke B. Carlson
Quantifying Carbon Sequestration from an Enhanced Rock Weathering Application at an Agricultural Field in Nebraska, Kalley M. Collins
Bone Biomechanics and Fractography: Observing Trauma Characteristics in Cases from Past American Conflicts, Mack P. Cristino
Examining the Willingness to Utilize Telehealth among Women Who Own a Smartphone and Live in Urban Areas of Nigeria, Promise Adunoluwa Emmanuel
Evaluation of Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete Incorporating CO-treated Recycled Concrete Aggregates, Niaz M. Haque
Creating Superwicking Surfaces on Aluminum Nitride Using Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing, Ryan R. Healey
Validation Study of the Dominguez and Crowder (2012) Method for Histologically Differentiating Between Human and Non-human Cortical Bone, Savannah G. McAdow
MEMS Stiction Quantification and ALD Coating Evaluation Through a Combined Experimental and Modeling Framework, Mohammad S. Megdadi
Controlled Fabrication of Continuous Nanofibers, Assemblies, and Nanocomposites, Emmanuel Kweku Mensah
OpNet: Pixel Synthesis Neural Network for Interactive Volume Visualization, Quan Hoang Minh Nguyen
Rapid Fabrication of Liquid Metal Patterns for Stretchable Electronic Circuits, Merjen Palvanova
Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Anther Extrusion in Hard Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Chelsea N. Puncochar
Effective Subscriber Identity Privacy Protections Within 5G Core Networks Through Ephemeral Identifiers, Paul V. Scalise
Traffic Prediction for Research and Education Networks: Anomaly-aware Deep Learning and Benchmarking, Mohammad Arafath Uddin Shariff
Choses lumineuses et mortes: A Translation of Ada Limón's Bright Dead Things, Madison Sides
Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms that Contribute to the Bovine High Androstenedione Phenotype, Mackenzie Stohlmann
Modeling the Survival of Salmonella in Beef Jerky: Influence of Product Thickness and Temperature on Dehydration Rate and Microbial Inactivation, Kassim Wachiebine Sulleyman
2024
Association between Preschool-aged Children’s Language and Social-Emotional Development, Massnoon Ali
Modelling of a Reconfigurable Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Under Low Gravity, Han Wei Ang
Analyzing Shoulder Lesions in Sows Using Computer Vision, Shubham Bery
A Study of the Impact of Maize Domestication on Its Chemical Composition and Bioactive Properties, Prabhashis Bose
Watershed Monitoring of Shell Creek for Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Moriah J. Brown
Loss of Function Mutation in Monolignol Biosynthesis Pathway Alters Biochemical Profile and Spectral Response in Sorghum, Yuvraj Chopra
Critical Soil Health Indicators and Cropland Soil Health Gap Accounting for Edaphic and Climatic Variations, Lithma Kariyawasam Hetti Gamage
Expansion of the Nebraska Winter Severity Index, Thomas Kauzlarich
A Global Meta-analysis of the Host Range, Diversity and Evolution of Rhizoctonia solani, Xin Zhi Khoo
Fate and Transport of Prions in Simulated Landfill, Maryam Mahdieh
Programming Surface Wettability and Characterization of Modified Elastomeric Surfaces for Advanced Applications in Soft Materials, Nabeeha Malik
Identifying Ultrasound Parameters that Induce a Healthy Endothelial CellL Phenotype, Ian McCue
Automated Genome Scale Model Reconstruction upon Resolving Thermodynamically Infeasible Cycles, Eric C. Nelson
The Role of Maternal Milk and Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Neonatal Testicular Development, Nicole E. Nordell
Microbiological Safety Status of Foods of Animal Origin in Botswana: A Primer for HACCP Development and Implementation, Mpho Ntwaetsile
An Assessment of Uranium in Groundwater from Domestic Wells in Southeastern Nebraska, USA, Farzana I. Rahman
Real-time Cerebrovascular Response during Pneumo-tactile Stimulation via Simultaneous fNIRS and fTCD, Fatima Sibaii
3D Printed Biosensors for Spatiotemporal Monitoring of Selective Pressures in Physiomimetic Microenvironments, Matthew F. Spieker
Redox-Driven Inorganic Nitrogen Species Transformation in the Vadose Zone: Insight from Column Experiments, Yvon Ukwishaka
Survivability of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) on Swine Feed Supplemented with Clean-Label Antimicrobials, Vanessa Whitmore
Non-Isothermal Self-Nucleation in Polylactic Acid Copolymers with Various Molecular Weights and D-Isomer Content, Shantell Wilson
2023
Biological Hydrogen Production using Thermotoga maritima from Bioprocessed Agricultural Biomass, Aditi Arun
Impacts of Feeding Space Allowance and Feeder Arrangements on the Feeding Behavior of Grow-Finish Swine, Kuljit Bhatti
The Influence of Landscape on Exposure to and the Genetic Diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in Felids and Canids from Coastal California, Kleidy Camela
Assessment of Sensor-Based Fertigation Management Performance in Irrigated Maize Production, Taylor Cross
Understanding the Spatiotemporal Abundance of Soybean Gall Midge in Soil of Infested Soybean Fields, Mikaelison da Silva Lima
Optimizing Fertilizer Nitrogen Management for Sustainable Mint Production, Sujani De Silva
Reservoir Characterization of Stacked Carbonates of the Pennsylvanian and Permian in Western Nebraska for Potential Carbon Dioxide Storage, Samuel Fleagle
Propane Flame Weeding in Agriculture: Effects of Adjusting Secondary Air Entrainment and Mass Flow Rate, Josh Gerdes
Investigation of Commensal E. coli Outer Membrane Vesicles for Oral Delivery Applications, Kari Heck
Towards Functional Characterization of a Novel ER-Associated Protein in Plant Immunity via CRISPR/Cas9 Technology, Mitchell Hockbein
A Translation of Monika Helfer's Die Bagage with Afterword, Ashton Krueger
The Impacts of Site Formation Processes on Excavation Methodology: The Study of a World War II B-24 Crash Site in Münster, Germany, Alicia Lawson
Ground and Aerial Robot Collaboration: Machine Vision and Autonomy Framework Development for Material Refilling in Row-Crop Agriculture, Herve Mwunguzi
Evaluation of Dynamic Model Based Nitrogen Management Tools for Corn in Nebraska, Seth Norquest
Pulsed Laser Ablation of Ceramic and Metallic Materials, Samuel Ruiz
Ex-Vivo 3-Dimensional Models of Taste Papillae, Jayaram Sakthi Prasad
Directional Emissivity via Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing, Jack Schulz
CT Image Synthesis to Enhance Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection, Yu Shi
Seek and Classify: End-to-end Joint Multi-signal Detection and Classification using Deep Learning, Prashant Subedi
Image processing approaches to assess egg laying responses of broiler breeders, Gautam Takoo
Flex-Ro: Development and Testing of a Semi-Autonomous Robotic Planter, Ian Tempelmeyer
Site-Specific Evaluation of Nitrogen Inhibitors on Yield, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Profit, and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in On-Farm Experiments, Christian Uwineza
Interaction of Backgrounding System and Implant Use on Growing Calf Performance and Daily Versus Three Times a Week DDGS Supplementation on Grazing Calves, Sydney T. Vanderhoff
Characterizing Extracellular Vesicles and Their Isolation Methods Towards Engineering Therapeutic Vesicles, Jamie Weerakkody
Metabolomic Profiling of Adults with Ileostomy and Colostomy, Linda H. Xu
Microbial Differences Between Altered and Unaltered Digestive Tracts, Fan Yang
2022
Finite Element Modeling of the Human Lens Capsule to Characterize Evolving Mechanics after Cataract Surgery, Kurt Ameku
Straddling the Fissures of Vulnerability & Resilience: Immigrant & Refugee Community Health Workers on the Frontlines of a Pandemic, Brittany Bearss
The Potential of Cattle Manure Microbiome in Degrading Plastics, Mirza Addaito Billah
Modulation of the Microbiome by Diet in Infants and Adults, Chloe M. Christensen
Adaptive Immunity, Biofilms and Ecological Fitness of Vertebrate Symbiont Limosilactobacillus Reuteri, Elizabeth Cody
A Translation of Agnès Desarthe's Ce Cœur Changeant with Translator's Introduction, Megan Day
Learning from Leela: The Rhetoric of Isolation and Teaching with Archives, Simone Droge
Space; Sound, I. H. Essex
Design and Implementation of a Detection System for Aerosolized Threats, Austin Griswold
Microplastics in the Sediment of the North Platte, South Platte, and Platte Rivers, Amanda R. Hartstein
Writing Fat: Rejecting the Logics of Anti-Fatness in the Teaching of Writing, Celie Knudsen
Evaluating Lactating Sow Postures and Activities Using Accelerometers, Asya Macon
Yield Prediction, Row Spacing, and Seeding Rate Evaluation of Winter Wheat in the High Plains of Western Nebraska, Maria Carolina Melo Sciencia
MACHINE LEARNING METHODS AND MODELS FOR POLYMERIC SYSTEMS, Tung Nguyen
Additive Manufacturing of Magnesium Alloy WE43, Samuel J. Ortgies
Photolithographic Additive Manufacturing of Edible Scaffolds for Cultured Meat, Keerthana Reddy
Digital Light Processing (DLP) of Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia (YSZ), Nathan Snyder
Influence of Polyethylene and Polystyrene Microplastics on Nitrogen Transformation in Floating Treatment Wetlands, Meredith K. Sutton