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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Developing Criteria and Metrics for Assessing Recycled Water Program Effectiveness, Michelle Arias
Water and Power: Agricultural Intensification in Windward North Kohala, Hawai'i Island, Christopher Ian Avery
PID Tuning of Plants With Time Delay Using Root Locus, Greg Baker
Surface Nitriding and Oxidation of Nitinol, Edin Bazochaharbakhsh
Footprints Fill and Fade, James Conrad Beck
Investigation of the Impact of CO₂ on Water-Rock Interactions Using Sequential Extractions, Sarah Beers
Effects of Water Conservation on Evapotranspiration in Las Vegas, Nevada, Joseph Belli
YIG-sphere-based phase shifter for X-band phased array applications, Donald C. Benson
Non-homogeneous Hybrid Rocket Fuel for Enhanced Regression Rates Utilizing Partial Entrainment, Kenny Michael Boronowsky
An Examination of Management Practices as Predictors of Employee Work Engagement, Jennifer Joy Brown
John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History, Thomas John Brown
Differences in Eubacterial and Archaeal Soil Communities Along a Precipitation Transect in the Mojave Desert, Elaine Pressly Bryant
The Relationship Between Diversity and Performance in Major League Baseball Teams: Conflict's Mediating Effect, Michelle Maureen Campion
Overlapping Mornings, Joshua Andrew Cembellin
Remembering Latina Maternal Migration to the Silicon Valley: Performance and Poetics, Brittany Danielle Chávez
Visual Articulation of Modernism: Self-portraiture in Colonial Korea, 1915-1932, Julie Chun
Exploring the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and organizational climates for creativity, Michael Joseph Cilla
An Existential Phenomenological Examination of Parkour and Freerunning, Jennifer L. Clegg
WRF-Model Performance for Wind Power Forecasting in the Coast Ranges of Central California, Kevin Thomas Clifford
Academic Writing Development Through Dialogues Between Tutors and Second-language Learners, Fabio de Oliveira Coelho
Trembler ou Pleurer: La Révolution Française, Le Théatre et L'Image de la Femme, Tracy Anne Cone
No Little Plans: Envisioning the Bay Area Rapid Transit System and the Renewal of Rapid Transit in the United States, Jake Coolidge
Getting by at the Benjamin Mays Black Branch: Library Access for African Americans in Jim Crow South Carolina, 1940-1971, Jamie Irene Cutter
Fabrication and Characterization of Hafnium Oxide Films for Interfacing to a Neuron, Janet Thao Davis
For All Time: An Examination of Romantic Love Through Curse Tablets, Alicia Deadrick
Tourist in the Red Light District, Darrell Joshua Dela Cruz
The Environmental Impact Of The Retail Photoprocessing Industry In Santa Clara County: 1996 Vs. 2006, Benoit Delaveau
Teaching and learning of proof in the college curriculum, Maja Derek
Preparation and characterization of a novel thin film composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane for water desalination, Jacquana Diep
Situation Awareness in Multiple UAV Control, Naveen Durga
Crossing Borders and Boundaries: An Analysis of the Coyote in U.S.-Mexico Immigration Film, Elizabeth Engelman
The Effects of Kettlebell Training on Aerobic Capacity, Jonathan Asher Falatic
Mastermind is Ubiquitinated and Degraded: Functional Consequence for Notch Signaling, Mozhgan Farshbaf
Regional Identification Methods and Extratropical Dynamical Linkages to Surge Events in the North American Monsoon System, James Elda Favors
Creating an Agent-based Model to Examine Spatial Behavior of Eriocheir Sinensis, Michelle Fong
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast Libraries and Their Disaster Planning, Jeffrey Frank
Synthesis of Hybrid Inositol Glycan Analogues, Smita Fulzele
The Reluctant Family Man, Nigel Funge
The synthesis and characterization of endcapped silica hydride stationary phase, Prema Gangadhara
Empathic Embarrassment Responses While Viewing Romantic-Rejection and General Embarrassment Situations, Giuliana Louise Garbini
The Impact of Instructor-Provided Lecture Notes and Learning Interventions on Student Note Taking and Generative Processing, Karen Lynn Gee
Million Dollar Red, Jennifer Marie Ghastin
Food habits of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in San Francisco Bay, California, Corinne Michele Gibble
Social Support and Gender Effects on Academic Confidence in Foster Youth, Carolyn Suzanne Gillard
Nessa 1944, Ellen Christine Glass
The Body Dysmorphic, Nicholas Grant Goodwin
The Effects of Mere Exposure on Responses to Foreign-Accented Speech, Lea Grossman
Reducing Disturbances to Marine Mammals by Kayakers in the Monterey Bay, Megan Maye Gunvalson
"Flex Your Power:" A Rhetorical Analysis of California's Energy Crisis, Karl P. Haase
Assessing the Dimensionality of Active Listening in the Workplace, Trevor Wayde Hanna
Construction and Simplicity of the Large Mathieu Groups, Robert Peter Hansen
Design of a Small Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Christopher Hartney
Happily Ever After: Construction of Family in Disney Princess Collection Films, Jennifer Hecht
Effects of wearing a mouth guard and movement complexity on simple reaction time, Taijiro Hide
Problem solving with geographic networks in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Steven Hong
H2O and O2 Line Emission from Star-Forming Molecular Gas: Photodissociation Regions and Shocks, Paul Houck
The Ability of Youth Soccer Coaches to Recognize and Manage a Concussion, Henry John House III
Nearshore Fish Assemblage Patterns with Respect to Landscape-Scale Habitats in Central California, Kristin Irene Hunter-Thomson
Life History Characteristics of the Starry Skate, Raja stellulata, from California waters, Kelsey James
The Production and Planning Process of the Book of Kells, Roxanne V. Jones
Dangerous Decor: Consumer Knowledge of Health Risks within Interior Spaces, Kaitlin Keith
Rust Stains, David Eugene Kern
Effects of Kettlebell Training on Metabolic Syndrome in Women, Karen Inez (Kieffer) Moreno
Residence, Nikolina Kulidzan
Jshield: A Java Anti-Reversing Tool, Deepti Kundu
Design and Optimization of an Active Magnetic Thrust Bearing for Flywheel Energy Storage Systems, Siu Kiong Lam
Monitoring Ankle Rehabilitation With Wii Fit, Ryan Laperle
Post-fire analysis of Sequoia sempervirens forests on the central coast of California, Rachel Anne Lazzeri-Aerts
Development of a Chemically Reacting Flow Solver on the Graphic Processing Units, Hai Le
Mythology of Love, Samantha Le
Halogenation Enzymes in Bacteria Associated with the Red-banded Acorn Worm, Ptychodera jamaicensis, Milena May Lilles
Integration and Convergence of Mobile and Cloud Computing, Howard Liu
An Investigation of the Natural Products of Some Eremophila Species, Ke Liu
Composition and Provenance of Sand from Wells, Santa Clara Valley, California, Karen Marie Locke
Rock the Field, Laura Long
Diet of the Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Inside and Outside of Marine Protected Areas in Central California, Erin Kimberly Loury
Stung, Elizabeth MacDonald
Understanding the Relationship Between Hyper-Violence and Educational Disparity: Listening to the Voices of Latina Youth From Oakland, Yanira Madrigal-Garcia
Modeling of the impact of electrical stressors on the degradation process of Power MOSFETs, Shompa Shohiny Mahiuddin
Examination of the Relationship between User Participation and Technology Acceptance in Post-Implementation, Ekta Menghrajani Makhijani
Laboratory Studies of Water Ice Nucleation and Growth at Conditions Relevant to Martian Cloud Formation, Brendan Douglas Mar
Tools of Engagement: The Potential of Theatre Web Sites for Fostering Active Audience Participation, Elizabeth Lynn McClelland
Energy and Exergy Analysis of Data Center Economizer Systems, Michael Elery Meakins
Synthesis and Studies of Polymers Crosslinked with Electrochemically Degradable Crosslinking Reagents, Anuradha Meenakshisundaram
The Effects of Self-Referencing on Mood and Information Processing, Michael Mehler
Land Use Interpretation in Flood Damage Estimation, Sharon Michelle Metzler
Brockett's necessary conditions and the stabilization of nonlinear control systems, Marc Michot
Dynamics of Bottom Boundary Layer Thickness in Monterey Bay Canyon, Katherine Jane Morrice
Can the Fear of Death Inspire Creativity?, Michelle Murphy
Emancipatory Pedagogy Through Serialized Heuristic Reflection: Fostering Self-Awareness of Dental Students' Prejudicial Beliefs, Deborah Narcisso
Numerical Investigation of Fundamental Physics for Flows over Expansion and Compression Corners, Freddy Ngo
Integrability vs Non-Integrability of Distributions : Frobenius vs Chow, Khanh Quoc Ngo
A Survey of Female Characters as Flâneuses and Their Interactions with Modernity in Early Modern British Literature, Thao Thi Nguyen
Expression of Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein in Bacillus methanolicus, Dewi Nilasari
Dialectical tensions: Drunk driving-related loss among emerging adult siblings, Krista Nilsen
Capillary Electrochromatography for Analysis of Small Polar Molecules Using Etched Chemically Modified Capillaries, Michael Nshanian
Best Man, Erik Russell Olson
Analysis of Three Types of Sources to Determine the Existence of Native Bees in Historical San Francisco, East Bay Area, Sharon Lee Ordeman
Comparison of GIS-Based Land Use Suitability Analysis Tools: A Case Study in Coyote Valley, California, Perihan Sezisli Ozdemir
