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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
BL(u)E CRAB: Bluetooth Low Energy Connection Risk Assessment Benchmarking, Dylan Christopher Conklin
Examining Data Access Gaps for Tribal Epidemiology Centers: Qualitative Interviews and a 50-State Syphilis Data Audit, Kathleen P. Conte, Ashley Hoover, Levi Mattoon, Brigg Reilley, and Jessica Leston
Developing a High-Resolution Off-Axis Common-Mode Digital Holographic Microscope, Lucy Cook
Group Operations for Concurrent Binary Search Trees, Theodora R. Cooper
The Kraken Wakes: Myth, Science, and the Rise of a Maritime Sensation, from 1750-1900, Leif G. Crockett
The Educational Gender Gap Explored Through the Lens of Hegemonic Masculinity, Marcell V. Csikos
Flexible Load Communication Protocol Mapping Guide: IEEE 2030.5 to ANSI/CTA-2045, Joseph D'Ambrosia
Strategic Anti-Transgender Policy Diffusion: Interest Groups, Courts, and the Two-Track Politics of Gender Regulation, Henry Danford
Intersectionality and Insurgent Citizenship: Women of Color Feminism in 1970s New York City, Genevieve Bonner Davis
Custom SBC GPS Tracking and Geocaching Carputer Software Development and Implementation, Joshua A. Davis
Effects of Fine Sediment on the Productivity of Stream Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, Veena I. Davis
Carver, Kafka, and Woolf on Re-enchanting Modernity, Zachary Davis
Navigating Filipino-American Identity Through Philippine Foodways, Jenelle Kirsten De Leon
Relational Histories: Exploring the Transmission of Ceramic Technology in the Norton Sound Region Through Petrographic Analysis, Laurel Michelle Diciuccio
Open-Ended Development in Role Systems: An ALife Approach, Shane Michael Dicks
Development of a Downwind Wind Turbine: Encouraging Faster Wake Recovery Through Coned Rotors, Taiga Naomi Drucker-Boisvert
Pieces of the Pathway: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Support for Individuals Navigating Houselessness, Desiree' Jane DuBoise
How Does Communication Breakdown Impact Group Cohesion Over the Lifespan of a Team?, Hannah Dyche
Wildfire-Derived pm2.5 as a Neuroinflammatory Amplifier of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Pathology: A Narrative Review, Erik Ellefson
You Burn With Us: How Fire Functions in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy, Lucy Evans
Familial Roles in Grief With a Focus on Eldest Daughters in Latinx Communities, Julianna Falcon
Agile in the Age of AI: Considerations and Improvements for Streamlining Developer Workflows, Stephen Feng
Singed Wing at the Edge of Sky, Steven Paul Fredrickson
Reconfiguring Dependency: China's Belt and Road Initiative and Development in Ethiopia and Nigeria, Alexander Freund