This collection of SBU students' theses and dissertations was migrated here from its former repository. It is closed to submissions. Please use the Electronic Dissertations and Theses collection for current submissions of your thesis or dissertation.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Distinguishing Subcategories within Arboreal Quadrupedalism: Morphological Markers of Slow Climbing, Katherine Marie Slivensky

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Meditations in the Mirror: A Return to the Undetermined Animal, Annie Lynn Smalley

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Long-term Changes of the Tropical Atmospheric Circulations, Hua Song

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Modeling Heterogeneous Chemistry of Air Pollutants: Co-Adsorption of O3, NO2, and H2O on Soot Coated with Benzo[a]pyrene in an Urban Pollution Scenario, Marco Springman

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From ZZ to ZH: How Low Can These Cross Sections Go or Everybody, Let's Cross Section Limbo!, Emanuel Alexandre Strauss

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The Relationship Between Stress and Depression in First Onsets Versus Recurrences, Catherine B. Stroud

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On the Design and Analysis of Freeform Motions Using Subdivision Schemes, Carlos Andres Trujillo Suarez

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Improving Capacity and Connectivity in Wireless Access Networks, Anand Prabhu Subramanian

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Phonological and Phonetic Asymmetries of Cw Combinations, Yunju Suh

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Characterization of MEN ε/β Long Non-coding as Essential Components of Nuclear Paraspeckles, Hongjae Sunwoo

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A Tale of Two Lipids: A Role for Compartmentalized Generation of PIP2 in Yersinia Infection, & Characterization of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of PA Generation by Phospholipase D Enzyme Family Members, Wenjuan Su

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Learning-based Intelligence For Socially Assitive Robots, Junichi Terao

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Categorical and Combinatorial Constructions of A,D,E Root Systems, Jaimal Thind

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Tracking Multiple Moving Objects in Video, Andrei Todor

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Efficient Techniques for Fast Packet Classification, Alok Tongaonkar

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Zinc Finger Nucleases: Custom Enzyme for DNA Engineering, Andriy Tovkach

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Traumatic Memory, Gender Melancholia, and Prospective Multiplicity: Negotiating with the Dead in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Yun-Chu Tsai

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Image based 3D Sensing and Modeling Technology for High-end Digital Cameras, Xue Tu

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Pulsed Amplitude Modulated Ultrasound Increase the Rate of Mineralization in Osteoblast Cells, Sardar Muhammad Zia Uddin

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Tubular Localization and Cytoskeletal Association of Over-Expressed Caveolin-1 Breast Cancer Cells, Prakhar Verma

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Interactions Between Heterotrophic Marine Bacteria and Trace Metals, Catherine Vogel

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The Influence of Disorder on Bloch Oscillations in a System of Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Lattice, Stefan Walter

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Studies on Yeast Transcriptional Silencing: 1. A Sir2 Temperature-Sensitive Mutant 2. Regulation of Sir3 by Ris1, Chia-Lin Wang

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The Self-Scaffold Model of G Protein Signaling, Jingting Wang

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Constraining Composition of Earth Upper Mantle and Mars From Seismic, Mineral Physics and Other Geophysical Data, Yi Wang

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Audience Effects in American Sign Language Interpretation, Julia Weisenberg

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Thermal Spray Process Variability and Methods of Control, Travis Wentz

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An Experimental Analysis of Alarm Calling Behavior in Wild Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus), Brandon Charles Wheeler

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A Journey Toward the Center of the Earth: Iron/Light-Element Alloys at Extreme Conditions and Their Implications for the Earth's Core, Matthew Louis Whitaker

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The Roles of Nitric Oxide and Tuftsin during Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), Muzhou Wu

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Mechanistic Studies of Potential Drug Targets against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hua Xu

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Program Transformation Techniques For Automatic Runtime Detection Of Software Exploits, Wei Xu

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Identification of Nonlinear Properties of Thermal Spray Zirconia under Mechanical Loading, Xi Yang

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Evolution and Genetics of Functionally-Related Traits, Male Wing Pigmentation and Courtship Behavior, in the Oriental Drosophila melanogaster Species Group, Shu-Dan Yeh

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Cortical Representation of Multiple Visual Stimuli in Working Memory, Yuji Yi

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Fabrication of High Performance Nanofiltration Membranes using Ionic Liquids, Lewis Yung

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Human Tragedy and Human Survival: Edwidge Danticat's Response for Haiti Speaking for past, present, and future female storytellers, Jessica Lyn Zalewski

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The Role of Septins in Hyphal Morphogenesis of Candida albicans, Chengda Zhang

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Morphology-Dependent Investigation of 0D and 1D Formulations of Various Classes of Nanomaterials, Hongjun Zhou

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Growth and Characterization of PbTiO3/BaTiO3 Superlattices, Benedikt Ziegler

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Structure-Property Relationships in Polyolefin Blends and Copolymers, Feng Zuo

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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The Neural Basis of Long-term Romantic Love, Bianca P. Acevedo

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Evolution of the One-Quadrupole Phonon Mixed-Symmetry State in the A = 140 Mass Region, Tan Ahn

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Molecular Mechanisms of Rhodopsin Photoactivation, Shivani Ahuja

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The Nexus Between Language and Identity in the Caribbean/Caribbean American Context, Isabelle Airey

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The Culture of Slow Food, Alice Frances Aldous-Worley

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Synthesis of Inhibitors of the Enoyl Reductase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Christopher William am Ende

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Complete Set of Eigenfunctions of the Quantum Periodic Toda Chain, Daniel An

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Undoing Glory: Construction of Gender and Patriotism in Post War US Society, 1917-1972, Annessa Ann Babic

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The Mechanisms of Inhibition of Fertilization and Activation of Development by Fertilin [beta] Derived Oligopeptide Polymers, Keith Alan Baessler

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Development of the Optimal Radiochromic Film Dosimetry System for Measurement of IMRT Radiation Beams, Jameson Todd Baker

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Tolerance to Apical Meristem Damage in Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae): A Closer Look and the Broader Picture, Joshua Alexander Banta

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Exteriorizing The True Face of Man: An Analysis of Contemporary British and American Plays that Intend to Shock, Sujey Altagracia Batista

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The Silent Womb-Stillbirth: A Study of Bio-Psycho-Social Risk, Linda Mae Belsten

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Studies of the Folding and Stability of the Villin Headpiece Subdomain, Yuan Bi

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A Deconvolution Method for Switching Current Histograms as a Fast Diagnosis Tool, Dirk Bluhm

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Effects of Group Collaboration and Repeated Retrieval on Later Individual Memory, Helena Maria Blumen

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Automatic Generation of Deductive Spreadsheets Using Inductive Learning, Marcela Simona Boboila

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Pancreas Specific Ablation of ß1 Integrin in Mouse: Biology of Epithelial Cells in a Model of Chronic Pancreatitis, Lorenzo Bombardelli

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An Examination of a Probation Department's Domestic Violence Unit, Rebecca Marie Bonanno

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Three Essays on Social Security, Temptation and Individual Welfare, Gordon Christopher Boronow

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Measurements of the Double Helicity Asymmetry in Pion Production in Proton Collisions at √s = 200 GeV and the Resulting Constraints on the Polarized Gluon Distribution in the Proton, Kieran Peter Boyle

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Power Analysis of Finite Mixtures of Poisson Distribution, Christine Marie Brady

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Dead End Writing and Standardized Exams: A Deeper Look into Why Our Students Struggle with Writing, Elizabeth Cashin

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Applying Dynamic Bayesian Networks to Infer Functional Connectivity in Event Related Design, Tejo Chalasani

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On The Subject of Birds, Dawn Chambers

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Renormalization and Non-Rigidity, Vasu Venkata Mohana Sarma Chandramouli

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Investigating Downstream Effectors of Yap1 Mediated Tumorigenesis, Cindy Chang

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Investigation of a New Pathway Toward a Viable High-Field MgB2 Conductor by Plasma Spray Synthesis of a Carbon-Doped Boron Precursor, Paul Stephen Chang

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Verification of Extratropical Cyclones Within NCEP Forecast Models Using an Automated Tracking Algorithm, Michael Charles

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Defect Structures and Growth Mechanisms of B12As2 Epilayers Grown on 6H-SiC and 15R-SiC Substrates, Hui Chen

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Three Essays on Pricing and Inequality in Pharmaceutical Market, Jie Chen

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Statistical Analysis of Satellite Date to Investigate Asian Dust Transport to North America, Keyi Chen

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Tumor-targeting Drug Delivery System of Anticancer Agent, Shuyi Chen

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Experimental Constraint on Hydromechanical Properties and Microcrack Fabric of Core Samples From the Taiwan Chelungpu-Fault Drilling Project, Tzu-Mo Chen

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Defects Structures in Silicon Carbide Bulk Crystals, Epilayers and Devices, Yi Chen

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Task Mapping on Supercomputers with Cellular Networks, Yongzhi Chen

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Orphans and Class Anxiety in Nineteenth-century English Novels, Junghan Choi

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Studies on the Synthesis of Gallium Nitride Nanostructures by Chemical Vapor Deposition at Low Temperatures and Stress Analysis for Multicrystalline Silicon for Solar Cells, Christopher Yee Ping Chow

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Synthesis of 2,6-Pyridine-Based Diacetylene Macrocycle and its Possible Formation to a Covalently Bonded Tuber Structure via Topochemical Polymerization, Steven Kit Chow

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Toward Understanding the Biological Role of the Conserved H-NOX Domain in Bacteria, Matthew D. Christiansen

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Self Destruction or Self Promotion? Violence, Sexuality, and Decorum in Caravaggio's Religious Works, Danielle Patrice Cipolla

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Rigidity of Rank-One Factors of Compact Symmetric Spaces, Andrew Clarke

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Street Art and the Splasher: Assimilation and Resistance in Advanced Capitalism, James Easley Cockroft

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Construction and Characterization of Codon-Pair Bias Customized Poliovirus, John Robert Coleman

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Reaching the Unreachable: Predictors for Successfully Linking Chronically and Episodically Homeless Adults to Services, Jo Anne Collins

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The Neurogenetic Basis of Behavioral Inhibition, Eliza Johanna Congdon

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Structure Assignments to Excited States of Heavy Nuclei from Lifetime Information, Alin Vasile Costin

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Dilepton Spectra in p + p and Au + Au Collisions at RHIC, Torsten Dahms

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Megakaryocyte/Platelet-Restricted FVIII Expression Using a Platelet Factor 4 Promoter, Andrea Leigh Damon

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Mero, Mero: Masculinidad en los Narcocorridos y el Cine del Narcotrafico, Roger Domingo De los Santos

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Investigating How Ecology and Demography Influence Folivorous Primate Biomass in the Western Amazon, Abigail Marie Derby

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The Anaphase Promoting Complex Targeting Subunit Ama 1 Links Meiotic Exit to Cytokinesis During Sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aviva Elyse Diamond

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Mountains and Earthquakes: Merleau-Ponty's Cézanne and the Paintings of Laura Owens, Anthony Michael DiPaola

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Toward Innumerable Futures, Joseph Florindo Di Ponio

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Essays on Socioeconomic Disparities in Dental Health, Yanan Di

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Salivary Cortisol and Depression Risk: Relations with Child Temperament, Maternal History of Depression, Parenting, and Life Stress, Lea Rose Dougherty

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The Role of Conserved Small Protein B Amino Acids in trans-Translation, Daniel Patrick Dulebohn

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Hydrodynamic Description of Dilepton Production, Kevin Dusling

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Annual Cycle and Synoptic Variability of Temperature in Great South Bay, NY, Daniel Isaac Duval