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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
“Lovely is the Hillside” An Ecocritical Analysis of the Narrative Function of Setting Elements in Njal’s Saga, Michelle Fae Jones
An Exploration of Learning Hybrid Dynamical Models from Observations, Ezgi Kaya
Online Trolling, Harassment, Misinformation: The Psychological Predictors of Dark Participation, Randy Kim
Reinforcement Learning Based Planning and Control for Robotic Source Seeking Inspired by Fruit Flies, Gauravkumar Koradiya
Methodology Development for Producing Robust Nuclear Targets Using Physical Vapor Deposition, Luca Le
A Novel Reinforcement Learning Method for Efficient Cross-Training Between Real and Simulated Robots, Zhonglin Liang
Synthetic Data Generation for Accurate, Fair, and Private Recommender Systems, Derek B. Lilienthal
UnrealVision: A Synthetic Dataset Generator for Human-Pose Estimation and Behavior Analysis, Thinh Lu
Extraction, Preparation, and Characterization of Alginate Biopolymer Films from Natural Seaweed, David Ly
Justice and Equity in Urban Water Allocations and Conservation Solutions: a Case Study of Non-traditional Housing Dwellers, Matthew J. Mangoni
The Relationship Between Communication With Coworkers and Job Satisfaction Among Teleworkers: The Moderating Role of Communication Modality, Madison L. Mariano
Refinement and Execution of a Clinical Trial on Biofeedback for Gait Retraining for People With Unilateral Transfemoral Amputation, Alexander P. Martin-Ginnold
The Impacts of Recreational Infrastructure on Mammal Use of Riparian Zones in Northern California Regional Parks, Emily A. Matthews
Construction, Emplacement, and Structure of Cretaceous Plutons in the Ebbetts Pass Region, North-Central Sierra Nevada Batholith, California, Hollianne C. McClure
Into the Deep: Effects of Natural and Artificial Substrates in the Deep Sea, Sydney E. McDermott
The Effects of Full-Body Photo-Editing on Female Body Image, Claire E. McElhern
An Exploration of Information Processing In Diffusion Models, Paul Mello
Remote Work and the Desire for Meaningful Work: The Unexpected Moderating Effects of Age and Childrearing, Adriana Rae Meredith
Comparing Shade and Impervious Surface Area with Extreme Heat and Environmental Equity: An Analysis of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Santa Clara County, California, Jamsheed R. Mistry
Deep-Learning Approaches to Predict Remaining Useful Life of Hard Disks, Rohan Mohapatra
Electron-Induced Chemical Transformations in Polymer Films: Understanding the Role of Electrons in EUV Lithography, Maximillian Mueller
Enhancing the Security Infrastructure of IoT-Enabled Smart Parking Networks, Bao G. Nguyen
Use of a California Wetland: Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina) Haul-out Patterns in Elkhorn Slough, Emma Nicholson
An Exploration of The Efficient Empowerment Calculation With Differentiable Sensors, Ankit Pal
Decentralized Traffic Congestion Control Using Intrinsically Motivated AI Agents, Himaja Papala
Quantification of Platelet-Fibrin Interactions and Expansion Microscopy of Platelet Receptor Distribution, Maya Papez
Information About a Racial Demographic Shift May Influence Tolerance for Outgroup Contact, Yvonne N. Phan
The Impact of Video Game Play on Attention and Perception, Krish Pradhan
Pentamode Metamaterial Design Via Wave Simulation And Machine Learning, Cheng Qiu
Assessing the Effectiveness of Non-traditional Climate Change Communication Tools in the City of Santa Cruz, Saara Ranabhat
Anomaly Detection & Classification Using Machine Learning for Campus Surveillance, Shakshi Richhariya
No Change in Functional Ecology or Body Size in Response to a Global Climate Event in the Late Maastrichtian Owl Creek Formation, William T. Rizza
Controllable Physics-Informed Latent Space for Acoustic Wave Manipulation, Tristan Shah
Black Author Representation in Environmental Curricula at Three California State Universities, Mya R. Shiloh
Extension of Directed Information Neural Estimation With Transformers, Enosh Shrestha
Thermal Runaway Analysis and Cooling Strategies for Nmc 523 Li-ion Battery Packs Using Pcm, Heat Pipes, and Air Cooling, Vijethvardhan Singh
Overnight Rice Fermentation: An Analysis of the Physicochemical Changes in White, Brown, and Enriched Rice Varieties, Kavin Sivakumar
Data-driven Control of Acoustic Waves Using Movable and Flexible Scatterers, Noam Smilovich
Domain Specific Aspect Extraction For Product Design, Divyam Sobti
A Good Day to Sell Out, Ryan C. Steel
Effect of Specimen Size on the Tensile Properties of Selective Laser Melted Ti-6AI-4V, Timothy L. Tan
Creatine and Depression in Rodents: A Meta-Analysis, Ruchika S. Tirupachur
Determining Best Diet and Temperature Regime of Monkeyface Pricklebacks (Cebidichthys Violaceus) for Aquaculture, Luke C. Townsend
Self-Efficacy’s Mediating Role on the Relationship Between Personality and Depression in the Unemployed, Christina Tran
Relationship between Depression, Rumination, and Emotionally Valenced Working Memory Performance, Dewey Tran
Using Moss as an Inexpensive Air Pollution Bioindicator for Environmental Equity in Santa Clara Country, California, Tam Dan Tran
Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication in Low-Resource Language Conversational Agents, Hardi V. Trivedi
The Effects of Stress on Attentional Networks, Alice Tsvinev
Habitat Characterization of American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) of Northern California, Mitchell Victoria
Structure of the South-Central Skagit Gneiss Complex: Implications for Rheological Response to Magmatic Flare-Ups, Jeffery Wegener
Kinetic Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ArnA, Keely N. White
Win-Win Ecology: Can Mosses Promote Dudleya Germination to Restore California Quarries?, Kate L. Worrell
Active Tectonics, Erosion Rates, and Topographic Metrics in the Hayword-Calaveras Fault Zone, Simone I. Yeager
An Assessment of Anthropogenic Injuries on White Sharks (Carcharodon Carcharias) in Central California, Kaitlyn Yee
A Simulation Framework to Understand the Error Generation and Propagation of Quantum Algorithms, Anika Zaman
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Common Pattern Generation for the Detection of LOLBin Attacks, Alaa AbuShqeir
Impact of Family Assistance on Latinx College Students' School Engagement, Alma N. Acosta Sanchez
The Debate on NIL: Progress for Female Collegiate Sports?, Stephanie Andrada
Sustainable Roots: The Environmental Genealogies of Chicanas and Latinas, Marlene Andrade
Qualifying Quantifiers: A Usage-Based, Diachronic Analysis of Quantifier Constructions, Danielle Miles Angier
Homelessness and Taphonomy: A Multidisciplinary Study, Chloë Angst
Group-Invariant Reinforcement Learning, Fnu Ankur
Structure, Construction, and Emplacement of the Northern Margin of the Late Cretaceous Sonora Pass Intrusive Suite: North-Central Sierra Nevada Batholith, California, Victoria A. Arnold
Prediction of Thrombin Inhibitor Peptides from Various Habitats Using Machine Learning, Nivedha Balakrishnan
Impacts of Synoptic-Scale Dynamics on Cloud Properties and Radiation in High Southern Latitudes, Tyler R. Barone
Examining the Role of MPA Signage in Helping Provide Protection for Marine Environments of Monterey Bay MPAs, Gwendolyn A. Barry
The Moderating Effects of Sleep Quantity and Quality on the Relationship between Job Stressors and Job Satisfaction, Olga A. Baryshnikova
Analysis of Fire-Induced Circulations During the Fireflux2 Experimental Burn and Operational Rate of Spread Models, Jeremy Tyler Benik
Electronic and Optical Properties of 2d Materials and Their Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using Density Functional Theory, Paridhi Bisht
The Inverse Association between Prebiotic Consumption and Depression Status in American Adult Females, but not the Greater Population or in Males: NHANES 2015-2018, Cassandra L. Boyd
Habitat Value of Stormwater Retention Basins for Avian Species in the South San Francisco Bay, Maya D. Briones
Queering Fitness: Experiences of Transgender/Non-binary Personal Trainers Implementing Inclusive Training Practices, Kendra R. Campbell
Aerial View of the Labyrinth, Alexandra L. Carrillo
Numerical Modeling of Firebrand Transport, Antonio Q. Cervantes
Decentralizing the Electric Grid: Giving Power Back to the People, Nicole Chen
Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Biogeochemical Responses in a Tidally Restricted Moro Cojo Slough, Ryan Chiu
A New Fire Initialization Method for Operational Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Models: Assimilation of Infrared Perimeters and Satellite Detections, Kathleen Nicole Clough
Thinking Styles, Conspiracist Belief, and the Mediating Role of the Dunning-Kruger Effect in Modeling Belief Change, Lucas C. Cusano
The U.S. Invasion of the Dominican Republic: From Cooperation to Conquest, Andrew DeFabio
All the Cars I Drove Off Cliffs, Tyler Brett Eveland
Examining the Role of Echo-Chambers within Online Incel Communities Using Sentiment Analysis and Group Based Trajectory Modeling, Francesca Florine Fanucchi
Motivated Reasoning in Technology Workers, Kory Feath
Predicting Lower Millennial Turnover Intentions: Examining Work Benefits Factors and Organizational Environment Factors as Sets, Lyric W. Fortson
Crawling the Dark Web: Structural Attributes of Child Sexual Abuse Websites on the Dark Web, Enrique Guerra
Automatic Presentation Slide Generation Using LLMs, Tanya Gupta
Deep Learning in AI Medical Imaging for Stroke Diagnosis, James Mario Guzman
Western Snowy Plover Dispersal in Response to Repeated Nest Loss in Monterey Bay, California, Esther A. Haile
Examining the Plasticity of the Dive Response in Relation to Dive Behavior of Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga Angustirostris), Shawn M. Hannah
Emotions Recognition Using Multimodal Spontaneous Emotion Database and Deep Learning Technology, Shruthi Hassan Sathish
An Analysis of Fire-Induced Conditions During Large Wildfires and Within Steep Canyons, Justin Mirabilis Haw
Evaluating the Effect of Resveratrol on SIRT1 with Different Peptide Substrates, Yujin Hur
Procedural Parity in U.S. Lithium Mining Developments, Padmaja K. Iyer
