Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Primary Avian Tracheal Cell Models for the Isolation of Emerging Avian Metapneumovirus Strains, Tricia Serrao
Development of a Cybersecure Post-Quantum IoT System for Real-Time Monitoring and Precision Water and Nutrient Management in Sustainable Agriculture, Manish Man Shrestha
How Do the Number and Type of SNAP-Authorized Retailers Affect SNAP Participation at the County Level in the United States?, Naeema Siddika
Detecting and Characterizing Latent Subpopulations of Classes via Mixture Models, Andrew Simpson
The Monstrosity of “Deor”: Apophasis in Character and Form, Ada Smith
Numerical Investigation of Injector Location and Equivalence Ratio in a Flame‐Holder Cavity Scramjet, Matthew Sorenson
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Steroidal Analogs Targeting Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Kakan Sutradhar
Optimization of Treatment Conditions to Minimize the Formation of Toxic Iodinated Disinfection By-Products during Novel Ferrate (VI)-Based Drinking Water Treatment, Rahul Kumar Sutradhar
The Fate and Removal of E. coli Across Liquid and Sludge Treatment Stages in an Activated -Sludge Water Resource Recovery Facility, Shrawan Tandukar
Data-Driven Optimization of Memory Effects and Critical Components in Cascading Failure Interaction Networks, Md Farhan Tanvir
Transcriptomic And Epigenetic Analysis of Dormant Grape Buds During Chilling Fulfillment, Imasha Thilakarathna
Demographic Impact and Diagnostic Evaluation of Mycoplasma Ovipneumoniae in Bighorn Sheep of the Pine Ridge Badlands, Jeffrey Tillery
Development of a Biodegradable and Edible Net Wrap Alternative Derived from Soybean Oil, Jordan Traub
Development of Growth Stage-Aware and Physics-Guided Deep Learning Models for Foliar Nitrogen Estimation in Corn Using Hyperspectral Imaging, Zain ul Abideen Usmani
The Fertilization President: A Rhetorical Analysis of the United States’ Rebirth of Pronatalism, Kara Vetch
Winter-feeding High Forage vs. High Concentrate Diets to Beef Cows: Effects on Placental Transcriptomics, Lactation Capacity, and Enteric Methane Emissions, Megan Ann Wehrbein
Bridging Language and Game Worlds: Semantic Representations and Text-Driven Terrain Generation for Procedural Content, Zhongyu Xie
Towards Optimal and Resilient AC/DC Microgrids: Control Design, Analysis, and Implementation, Jun Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Effect of Six-Day Germination on Chemical Composition, Functional, and Nutritional Properties of Pea Varieties, Hojjat Abdollahikhamene
Effect of Seed Orientation and Starter Fertilizer Placement in Corn Development, Indu Acharya
Pressure-Related Discrepancies in Landsat 8 Level 2 Collection 2 Surface Reflectance Products and Their Correction, Santosh Adhikari
Integrative Computational Approaches to Protein Structure, Dynamics, and Function: Insights Into Weak Interactions and Their Biological Implications, Maral Afshinpour
CFRP Rod Panels (CRPs) for Structural Retrofits: Bond Characteristics with Steel Substrate and Flexural Behavior of RC T-beams with Variable Finger Joint Length, Hussein Talal Faroq Ahmed
Modeling Fluid Flow in Complex Biological Systems: Implications for Dense Tumor Microenvironments, Metastasis, and Bone Cancer, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Akash
Impact of Laccase on the Functionality of Milk Protein Concentrate and Micellar Casein Concentrate, Mahmuda Akter
Discovery, Genomic Diversity, and Pathogenicity of the Bacterial Leaf Streak Causing Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans in Wheat, Ahmed Alhusays
Climate Variability Study for Arid Regions, Faisal Almutairi
Enhancing Alfalfa Persistence in Rangelands: Evaluating Morphological Traits of Medicago Sativa Subsp. Falcata Germplasm, Abdulallah Mohammed Alomair
Effects of Storage Conditions on the Composition, Physical Properties, and Functionalities of Peas and Lentils, Fatimah Alsaeed
A Framework for Fair and Trustworthy Multimodal Video Anomaly Detection: Fusion, Dataset Quality Auditing, Explainability, and Fairness, Omeshamisu Judith Anigala
Data-Driven Modeling and Estimation of Frequency Dynamics in Power Systems Using Neural Odes, Tara Aryal
Machine Learning Applications for Bridge Inspection and Rehabilitation, Amr Mamdoush Elsayed Ashmawi
Cover Cropping Strategies for Improving Weed Suppression, Yashar Askarzadeh
Fast Frequency Response in Power System Frequency Dynamics with Reinforcement Learning, Pooja Aslami
A Multifactorial Approach To Improve Piglet Health And Survival, Aryeri Stephanie Bardales Castellanos
An Integrated Wetland Condition Index and Environmental Metric Framework for the Prairie Pothole Region, Mercedes L. Batalla
Optimizing Hypersonic Scramjets: A Numerical Study of Fuel Type and Cavity Flameholder Design Impacts on Supersonic Combustion, Delaney Baumberger
Impact of Automated Controlled Tile Drainage on Field Discharge Water, Soil Moisture, and Crop Yield in Southeastern South Dakota, Joshua Becker
Biotransformation of Camelina Meal via Pretreatment and Fermentation for Functional and Nutritional Upgrading, Ram Kumar Bhattarai
Comparative Evaluation of Fungal Strains for the Bioprocessing of Soybean Hulls Using Cheese Whey as Fermentation Medium, Ruchita Bhattarai
Evaluation of Two Stem Boring Insects in South Dakota: A Survey of Wheat Stem Sawfly and Determining the Impact of Planting Date on Dectes Stem Borer Infestations in Sunflowers, Khuma Kumari Bhusal
Biopolymer-Induced Soil Ductility Enhancement: Mitigating the Effects of Desiccation Cracks, Rabindra Prasad Bohara
Effects of Essential Oils Alone or in Combination with Monensin in an In Vitro Model of Ruminal Acidosis, Jorge L. Bonilla Urbina
Programming Carcass Composition Through Gestational Nutrition, Sydni Elise Borders
Association Between Water Pollution and Other Environmental Factor Exposures with Preterm Births and Potential Subsequent Birth Defects, Emma Brookman
Remote Sensing - Based Mapping and Analysis of Winter Cover Crop Adoption for Sustainable Agriculture, Minnehaha County, Belinda Buechler
An Extension of the Spatiotemporal Change of Support Model to Skew-Gaussian Distributions, Eleanor Cain
The Role of Inflammation and Nutrition in Periparturient Dairy Cows, Andrea Celemin Sarmiento
Ecological Genomics of Soil Seedbank Longevity of Weedy Rice in Till and No-Till Cropping Systems, Ahmed Charif
Development of Food Preservative Hydrogel Using Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Canola Meal, Kayla Christopherson
Testing the Effect of Source and Environment on Native Seed Germination to Inform Seed-Based Restoration of Grasslands, Brandon Clark
Functional Data Analysis and Spatial Analysis for On-Farm Strip Trials, Peter Claussen
Shifting Waters: A 41-Year Time-Series Analysis of Surface Water Change in the Prairie Pothole Region, Madison DeJarlais
Structural and Interfacial Engineering of MXenes for High-Performance Gas Sensing and Energy Storage, Wei Ding
Thinking in Ink: How Notetaking Adapts in a Thinking Classroom, Annamarie Dobbs
Spatiotemporal Habitat Use, Sex-Specific Movement, and Site Fidelity of Walleye in Lake Sharpe, SD, Carter S. Dollen
Video Comprehension Score (VCS): A Metric for Long-Form Video Description Evaluation, Harsh Dubey
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Composite Steel Concrete Beams Strengthened With CFRP Rod Panels (CRP), Braden Allen Dybdahl
Integrating Invasion Risk and Habitat Suitability to Guide Invasive Species Management in Wetlands, Lakes, And Rivers, Brenden M. Elwer
Global Spectral Clustering of Temporally Stable Pixels for Epics Identification, Validation, and Hyperspectral Assignment for Satellite Calibration, Juliana Maria Fajardo Rueda
Design and Optimization of the Injection Molding Process of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Car Fender Using Computational Simulation, Synthia Ferdouse
Investigating the Ruminal Metagenome of Grass and Forage-Fed Bison to Uncover Metabolic Activities that Impact the Efficiency of Plant Fiber Utilization, Anlly Fresno Rueda
Deep Learning Approaches for Predicting Strain Energy in Heterogeneous Materials, Junesh Gautam
Effects of Peel Angle and Strain Rate on the Bond Between FRCM Composite and Concrete Substrate, Lucas Robert Gervais
Characterizing a Free-Roaming Cat Population to Predict Predation of Threatened Species in an Island Ecosystem, Sarah Gheida
Exploring the Viability of Late-Season Split N Application in Corn Production in Eastern South Dakota, Cody Gilliland
The Effects of Flaxseed Oil-Based Supplementation on Feeding Behavior, Performance, Follicular Dynamics, and Embryo Production in Beef Cattle, Kendal Lynn Green
Management Strategies to Improve Gastrointestinal Health and Productivity of Native And Dairy-Derived Steers Fed in Confinement, Becca B. Grimes Francis
Physiological and Genetic Studies of Hydrotropism in the Maize Primary Root, Muyu Gu
Ovarian Response, Endocrine Environment, And Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins in Beef Cows Using the 7 & 7 Synchronization Protocol, Hunter Haberman
Computation-Efficient Deep Learning Models for Computer Vision and Multimodal Vision-Language Tasks via Network Pruning, Abir Mohammad Hadi
Modification of Milk Components Functionality Using Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Mahmoud Hamouda
Determining the Susceptibility Status of Red Sunflower Seed Weevil, Smicronyx fulvus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Pyrethroid Insecticides, Aaron Lee Hargens
Development and Functionalization of Laser-Induced Graphene Sensor with MXene-Co₃O₄ Nanocomposite for the Detection of H2O2 in Food Samples, Muhammad Ikram
Impact of Nanobubble Carbonation on Milk Protein Ingredients in the Manufacture of Greek-Style Yogurt, Shafeeqa Irfan
Satellite and UAS Synergy for Large-Scale Crop Canopy Cover Mapping with Deep Learning, Muhammad Ali Irshad
Metal Organic Frameworks-Based Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors for Environmental and Agricultural Monitoring, Laxmi Raj Jaishi
The Formation and Degradation of Carboxysomes During Heterocyst Development in Filamentous Cyanobacteria, Maxwell Anton Jakubiak
Phytogenic Feed Additives Pre- and Post-Calving and Effects of Substituting DDGs with Soybean Meal on Protein Metabolism in Beef Cattle, Grace H. Jardon
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Properties of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Shiv Nath Jha
Impacts of Early/Mid-Gestation Shearing on Umbilical Blood Flow and Lamb Birth Weight, Mara Johnson
Soil Biochemical Properties Under Living Mulch Integration in Organic Vegetable Systems in South Dakota, Nitish Joshi
Role Of Obesity/ Aberrant Metabolism in Breast Cancer Growth and Progression, Md Imtiazul Kabir
Impact of Parental Involvement on Children’s Mental Health, Syeda Tasnime Kabir
Evolution Of Bed Shear Stress in Open Channel Flow Over a Rough-To-Smooth Transition, Monika Kafle
Epidemiological and Diagnostic Approaches for Soybean Cyst Nematode in South Dakota, Nabina Karki
Enhancing the Biopreservative Effect of Non-Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria (NSLAB) by Soluble Fiber During Cheese Ripening, Rakesh Kaushik
Fungal Biotransformation of Thin Stillage and Soybean Hulls and Bacterial Production of Lysine in Ethanol Industry Co-Products, Bhawana Khadka
LoRaWAN-enabled IoT Solution for Smart Farming, Talha Khan
Characterization and Optimization of Auger Dryer Discharge Plug Formation Across Planetary Environments, Allea Klauenberg