Open access to full text UTEP theses and dissertations, 2008-Present.
Find theses and dissertations from 1942 to 2007 in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses . Full text is available to UTEP affiliates or other institutions with a ProQuest subscription.
Authors whose dissertations/theses were completed before 2008 can contact Lisa Weber (lweber@utep.edu) to have the full text of their work added to this collection.
The authors of works in this collection retain copyright; re-use of any work should be accompanied by proper attribution to the author; works should not be re-distributed without direct permission from the author. Embargoes on the distribution of dissertations/theses established upon their submission to the UTEP Graduate School are honored in this collection as well.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Gilbert Ivory: The Key to Atlantis, Traci Lea LaRussa
A Method For Measuring The Spectral Emissivity Of Metal Powders At Different Temperatures And Applications In Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Emmanuel Levario
Nonparametric Estimation of Elliptical Copulas, Panfeng Liang
Structure Study Of Small Heat Shock Protein 27, Zhaobo Li
Design and Customization of 3D Printers for Advanced Materials Printing, Alan Omar Loera Martinez
Metal Additive Microfabrication Of Semiconductor Packages With Inbuilt Thermal Management System, Bhushan Lohani
How Active Rainwater Harvesting may help Reduce Nuisance Flooding: Flood Analysis and Social Barriers to Adoption, Isabel Lopez
Addressing Current Security and Privacy Limitations in IoT Applications with Differential Privacy, Nicholas Anthony Lopez
Geological Mapping Of Ferric And Ferrous Irons In The Apache Hills, New Mexico: Applying Landsat 8 (oli), Spectrometry, And Geographic Information System (gis) Methods, Sergio Gerardo Macias
Robust Penalized Density Power Divergence Regression With Scad Penalty For High Dimensional Data Analysis, Maxwell Kwesi Mac-Ocloo
Heat Transfer OF A 1N THRUSTER IN A 2.5U CUBESAT MODULE, Javier Madrid
Generalized Additive Model Using Marginal Integration Estimation Techniques With Interactions, Tahiru Mahama
Conflict Minerals: 3TG Minerals and Low-Scale Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jesus Tlaloc Maldonado
Continuous Risk Assessment For Large-Scale Cyber Systems, Adeel A. Malik
Tess Of The D'urbervilles -- A Pure Survivor An Analysis Of Thomas Hardy, Victorian Women, & Modern Media, Jesse C. Marin
Sensing Optimization of Thermoplastics and Ceramics Fabricated Through Additive Manufacturing, Cory Marquez
Evaluation Of Inconel 718 Laser Powder Bed Fusion Angled Wall Artifact, Laura Itzel Marquez
Quantifying The Contribution Of Atmospheric And Land Surface Characteristics To The Prediction Of Sub-Pixel Scale Surface Soil Moisture In The Jornada Experimental Range Through Interpretable Machine Learning, Stephanie Nicole Marquez
Linking Decomposition Reactions In Arctic Soils To Microbial Enzyme Production, Jane Karen Martinez
Microscopic and Spectroscopic Analysis of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Effect on Astrocytes, Lizbeth Vanessa Martinez Lopez
Invoking the Holocaust at the Border: Holocaust Museums, Commemoration and Community Activism in the Southwest., Mayra A. Martinez
Carbon Quantum Dots' Effects On The Structure And Function Of Neurodegenerative And Non-Neurodegenerative Associated Proteins, Shima Masoudi Asil
Coffee Black & Melancholy Bright, Lisha Elizabeth McCurry
Essays on REIT Founder CEOs, Michael McGonigle
A DFT Analysis And Simple Hamiltonian Modeling Of A Molecular System Employed For Experimental Evidence Of Quantum Teleportation, Pedro Ulises Medina Gonzalez
Study Of Different Heat Treatments And Aging Conditions For Observing Microstructures And Mechanical Properties Of Lpbf Fabricated F357 Alloy, Victor Adrian Medrano Balderas
Sterically Encumbering Ligands For The Synthesis And Stabilization Of Iron Nitride And Iron Oxo Compounds, Asiel Mena
Synthesis And Characterization Of Acetaminophen-Derived Nanoparticles: A Novel Approach To Inhibit Fibril Formation, Hannia Elena Mendoza-Dickey
The Relative Impact of Anecdotal and Statistical Evidence on COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions., Kiran Misra
Leveraging Agile Software Methodologies Within Software Development To Introduce A Novel Educational Software Methodology, Montserrat Guadalupe Molina
Differentiating Biotic Vs. Abiotic Co2 In The Formation Of Pedogenic Carbonate In Agriculture And Natural Dryland Soils, Valeria Isabel Molina
Isotopic Insights Into Water Of Condensation, Cross-Formation Water Flow, And Natural Hydrocarbon Migration In Sedimentary Basins, Lisa J. Molofsky
Niobate Nanosheet Catalysts For Cationic Dye Intercalation And Solar-Driven Water Photolysis, Cassandra Idona Monárrez-Grendahl
Metal Fused Filament Fabrication: Distortion Compensation & Co2 Electrochemical Reduction, Jean Emmanuel Montes Ramirez
Repositioning Propranolol to Block Mitogenic Signaling in Breast Cancer, Alexa Noel Montoya
Presidents at the Pass: Presidential Visits to El Paso, Texas, William E. Moody
Do As I Say - Natural Gesture Control as an Integral Component in the Progression of Human Computer Interaction, Erasmo Morales
The Intersection Of Urban Heat Islands And The CDC Social Vulnerability Index In Two Border Cities, Ileana Morales
Co2-Dependent Nanoscale Organization In Bulk And Interfacial Carbon Dioxide Capture Liquids Elucidated Using X-Ray Scattering, Daniel Eduardo Moran
Young Adult Novel: Historical Fiction Primer Inning, Ariel Orlando Moreno
Analysis of travel behavior at international border crossings: Application of travel surveys, Jennifer Areli Moreno Escamilla
Translanguaging In Science Emergent Bilingual Classrooms, Maria Fernanda Moya
Field Observations And Stable Isotope Analysis Of Alunite At The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine, Clear Lake, California, David Edward Muller
The Talk, Anthony J. Mungin
A Phenomenological Study Of Disciplinary Alternative Education Program "Enforcers" On The U.S-Mexico Border: Administrators, Teachers, Coaches, Substitutes, And Campus Patrols, Jair Alejandro Munoz
A Psychometric Validation of an Adapted Withdrawal Intolerance Scale for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome, Sarah Nicole Najera
Ultra Wide Band Gap Oxides For Advanced Optoelectronics And Supercapacitor Applications: A Case Study Of Intrinsic And Doped Germanium Dioxide, Paul Gaurav Nalam
Catalytic Water Photolysis For Generating Renewable Hydrogen Fuel, Dr. Niveditha Nanda
Novel Pathways To Tailor Charge And Spin In Materials And Investigating The Impact On Sensing And Electrochemical Energy Applications, Aruna Narayanan Nair
On The Predictability Of Appropriate Prosody Of Dialog Markers Directly From The Local Context, Anindita Nath
Connectional analysis of brain regions associated with feeding, Kenichiro Negishi
Enhancing Damage Tolerance Of The Constituents Of Sandwich Composites, Zackery Nieto
Study Of Human Circadian Protein (hRORy) And Lipid-Protein Interaction In Giant Virus (pbcv-1), Laila Noor
Developing Next-Generation Ecoinformatics Tools for Advancing Global Change Science, Ifeanyi H. Nwigboji
Optimizing Remote Sensing Approaches for Dryland Carbon Flux Estimation, Kamal Nyaupane
A Systematic Compilation of the Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice in Education (DESJE) Program, Cynthia Ochoa
When The Odds are Against You: A Critical Literature Review of the Pedagogical Implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Cynthia Ochoa
Incorporating Community Science In Improving Environmental Data Quality Through Model Based Reasoning Techniques, John Gilbert Olgin
Characterizing Spatial Variability In Soil Co2 Fluxes In The Chihuahuan Desert Using Geostatistical Techniques, Viridiana Orona
Comparative Study Of Supervised Classification Techniques With A Modified Knn Algorithm, Noah Owusu
Studies On Atomic And Molecular Properties Using Locally Scaled And Perdew-Zunger Self-Interaction Corrected Density Functional Approximations, Philip Adeniyi Oyedele
Developing A Risk Assessment Instrument For Immigration Cases Under Federal Supervision, Mayra Eydie Pacheco
Seismicity, Tectonics, And Site Response In The Nepalese Himalayas, Mohan Pant
Electrochemical Approaches To Life-Support Resources In Space Missions And Nuclear Technologies: Hydrogen Peroxide And Uranium Films, Armando Manuel Pena-Duarte
A Screenplay with Critical Preface: 5150 Tarot Canyon, Jacob B. Phillips
Enhancing Our Understanding Of Ancient Oceans Through The Investigation Of Molybdenum Behavior Under Sulfidic Conditions, Rachel Faye Phillips
Umbilical, Iliana Carmen Pichardo Urrutia
A Qualitative Case Study of the Role of Reflective Practices in Pre-Service Dance Teachers' Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Critical Consciousness, Josey Marie Pickett
Characterization Of Developmental Phenotypes In Zebrafish With Mutations In Mmachc, Briana Elise Pinales
From Teacher to Campus Leader: An Autoethnographic Study of an Assistant Principal at a New Mexico Elementary Campus Post COVID-19, Mona E. Plaza
Coastal Frontiers: The Littoral Borderland in Alta California and the Spanish Pacific World, Chantra Vanna Potts
Re-Rhetoricizing Global Souths Contrapuntally: Borderless Transnational Feminist Design Justice, Bibhushana Poudyal
Towards Explaining Neural Networks: Tools For Visualizing Activations and Parameters, Juan Puebla
COVID-19 Prevention, Testing, and Treatment Seeking among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) on the US Mexico Border, Jorge Raul Puentes
Integrating Machine Learning Methods For Medical Diagnosis, Jazmin Quezada
A Novel Approach For Defect Detection Of Wind Turbine Blade Using Virtual Reality And Deep Learning, Md Fazle Rabbi
The Effects Of Process Parameters On The Cyclical Life Of Ti-6al-4v Manufactured Via Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Brandon Ramirez
Addressing the Challenged of DCOP Based Decision-Making Algorithms in Modern Power Systems, Luis Daniel Ramirez Burgueno
A Novel Neuroinvasive Infection Modality For Francisella Tularensis Elicits Neuroinflammation Resulting In Cellular Damage, Mireya Griselle Ramos-Muniz
Secondary Administrators' Perceptions of Truancy Decriminalization in Texas: House Bill 2398, Mae Read
Metrics for Comparison of Complex Networks, Clarissa Reyes
Functional Analysis Of The Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Subunit Alpha-1 (gabra1) Gene During Zebrafish Development., Nayeli Gabriela Reyes-Nava
Analyzing Software Maintenance Through Machine Learning and Mining Software Repositories Approaches, Sayed Mohsin Reza
Geometrical And Surface Texture Characterization For Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process, Jesus Alfredo Rivas
Masculinity Crossing Borders: An Analysis of Acting Like a Man in Chicano Culture, Victoria Rivas
Characterization And Modeling Of Unbound And Cementitiously Stabilized Materials For Structural Analysis Of Multilayer Pavement Systems, Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez
Challenges, Limitations, and Strengths for an Optimal Predictive Maintenance Application, Erick Armando Rosales
Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Evaluation Of Additively Manufactured Polymer-Ceramic Composites, Christian Alexander Ruiz
Assessing How Bilingual Experience Impacts Performance in Stimulus-Stimulus and Stimulus-Response Conflict Tasks, Christian Ruiz-Ortiz
Interdisciplinary approach to understanding stakeholder reasoning and decision-making for water, Katalina Salas
Temporal Trends In Dryland Soil Carbon Fluxes In Response To Artificial And Natural Pulsed Moisture Events, Briana Alyce Salcido
The genetic and non-genetic factors for impulsivity, Erick Benjamin Saldes
Traditional And Emerging Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Behaviors For Non-Communicable Diseases In A Sample Of Hispanic/latino American Adolescents Living In The U.S.-Mexico Border Region, Silvia Salinas Lopez
Rigid Pavement Analysis System (rpas): An Enhanced Graphical User Interface, Samina Samrose
Tracking Emissions In Power Systems, Kenji Santacruz
Meaningfulness, Existentialism, and the Reverse Priority View, Aimee Adriana Santillan