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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

CFRP–Steel Bond Joints: Data-Driven Models for Laminates, and Experimental Study for Rod Panels Under Varying Strain Rates, Farabi Bin Ahmed

Imaging-Based Colorimetric Gas Sensing for Wearable Applications, Syed Saad Ahmed

Cyber Security Related to Agricultural Data Encryption Using Edge Computing Devices, Mohammad Ashik Alahe

Multi-Scale Mechanisms of Nano‑Silica Stabilization in Clayey and Sandy Soils, Abdulaziz Alhawiti

Semantic Discovery of Genomic Datasets with AI, Lawrence Allibah

Optimizing Corn Performance: Seed Orientation Ratios Impact on Growth and Yield, Francisco Javier Alvarado Alvarado

Fast and Sustainable Video Anomaly Detection with Continual Learning, Preethi Amasa

Development of Laser-Induced Graphene Electrochemical Biosensors for Real-time Detection of Nitrate and Nitrite from Water and Soil, Sikander Ameer

Design of Magnetohydrodynamic Pump Body, Matthew Anderson

Essays on Agricultural Risk, Weather Extremes, and Public Investment in U.S. Agricultural R&D, Isaac Arkoh

Import Tariffs and Firm-Level Efficiency, Wilberforce Arthur

Integration of DERs Volt-Var Dynamic Constraint into Time-Coupled Optimal Power Flow for System Stability, Shadrack T. Asiedu

A Framework for Reliable Domain AI: Knowledge-Grounded Data and Logic-Graph Reasoning, Yangxiao Bai

A Study of Lost PLA Investment Casting for A356 Aluminum in Resource Constrained Manufacturing Environments, Maverick Beckmann

Evaluating Supplementation Strategies Using Precision Livestock Technologies and Energy Based Models in Developing Beef Heifers Grazing Dormant Rangeland, Kali-Jo Bentz

Effect of Female Employment on Household Expenditure in Bangladesh, Fatima Binte Sharif

Robust Methods for Likelihood-Based Decisions with Application to the Forensic Identification of Source Problems, Dylan Borchert

Inactivation of Salmonella in Water by Bubble-Spark Discharge and Dielectric Barrier Discharge Cold Plasma, Tejaswi Boyapati

Chemopreventive Effects of Momordica charantia Juice on Pancreatic Cancer, Lakshmi Sai Pratyusha Bugata

Effect of Corn Processing Methods on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Gastrointestinal Health in Ruminants Fed Finishing Diets, Reanna Rae Byrnes-Schoen

Plant-Insect Interactions in Great Plains Restoration and Invasion Ecology, Joseph H. Cammarano

Assessing the Impact of Local–State Revenue Shares and Property Tax Structure on Effective Farmland Tax Rates: Panel Evidence from Seven Midwestern States, 2009–2022, Imtiaz Amin Chy

Valorizing Post-Consumer PET and Lignin through Electrospun Microfibers for Asphalt Pavements: A Multiscale Study from Binder Rheology to Mixture Performance, Debbrata Datta

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of In-Situ Plasma- Assisted Cold Spray, Lucas Degen

The Influence of Controlled Intake and Anabolic Implant Timing on Growth Performance and Carcass Traits in Feedlot Ruminants, Justin J. Delver

Floodwater Salinity and Flood Duration Regulate Greenhouse Gas Production in High- Latitude Coastal Wetland and Tundra Soils, Mia J. DiCianna

Evaluating Planting Methods for Native Seed Production and Exploring Granivory in the Northern Great Plains, Allison Dollen

Enzyme Susceptibility and Functionality of High Protein Retentates and Reconstituted Ingredients, Khushi Dubey

Page Evidence Promotion for Open-Domain Multimodal Document Question Answering, Abdolhossein Erfanshekooh

Ecological Effects of Invasive Fish Species Removals, Kassidy R. Frame

Chemical Load: An Unseen Herbicide Filter in Restored Prairies?, Rylie Franklin

Seeds, Systems, and Values: Enhancing Resilience and Rethinking Scarcity in the Northern Great Plains Native Seed System, Elena Friedman

Impacts of Management Practices and Soil Properties on Free-Living Nitrogen Fixation in Eastern South Dakota, Laura Galvan Nuevo

A Systematic Review: Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Waste Management Practices in Kenya and in the United States, Esther Nyokabi Gathungu

Competitive and Priority Effects of Native Cool-Season Grasses on Invasive Bromus Species in the Northern Great Plains, Tyler Michael Geltmacher

AI-assisted Wheat Spike and Spikelet Detection and Density Mapping Using Multiscale Remote Sensing Data to Support Wheat Grain Yield Forecasting, Hillson Ghimire

The Impact of Communication Satisfaction on Division I Student Athletes, Gabriella Gnewuch

Advancing OOD Generalization with Foundation Models for Stomata Perception, Sainath Reddy Gummi

Production, Characterization, And Diagnostic Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against The N-Protein of Avian Metapneumovirus Subgroup B, Ravi Gupta

Evaluating Local LLMs for Severity Classification for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Chemo/Radiation Treatments and Association with Clinical Biomarkers, Matthew Halberg

The Price of Alfalfa: Estimating the Cost to Desalinate Irrigation Water in Arizona, Clifford Hall IV

Investigation of Perennial Clover Living Mulch and Reduced Tillage Effects on Weed Suppression, Crop Metrics, and Yield of Organic Cabbage and Sweet Corn in the Northern Great Plains, Kristina Harms

Facilitated Transport And Multifunctional Separation In Pebax–MOC Membranes For Sustainable Carbon Capture, Shabi Ul Hassan

Finite Mixture Modeling Towards Applications in Material Science and Biomedical Data, Jason Hasse

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of RC Beams Strengthened using a Novel Grouted GFRP Stay-in-Place Form System, Behnam Hooshyari

Computational Modeling of Biophysical Transport: Respiratory Drug Delivery and Tissue-Level Physics, Md Tariqul Hossain

Interaction Models for Cascading Failure Analysis and Intervention, Shuchen Huang

Improving Human Dimensions of Conservation Planning: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Conservation Outcomes, Vivian Hulugh

Evaluating Methodologies for Estimating Enteric Emissions and Modeling Greenfeed Technology Utilization in Extensive Beef and Bison Grazing Systems, Aletta Laura Husmann

Application of Fast Extremum-Seeking Control for Frequency Support in Low-Inertia Microgrids, Ahsan Iqbal

Towards Energy Access for All: Developing the Lived Energy Experience Index (LEEI), Kentina Annie Ishimwe

A Multiscale Computational Framework Bridging Molecular Dyanmics, Phase-Field, and Elasto–Viscoplstic Fast Fourier Transform: Applications to Process–Structure–Property Relationships in Metallic Materials, Chaimae Jouhari

Investigating the Cumulative Effect of Nutrition Education and Nutrition Assistance on Measures of Participant Health, Adity Chowdhury Kankon

Feasibility Study for Lithium Mining in South Dakota, Neha Karna

Soil Health and Root Fungal Dynamics in Regenerative Winter Wheat Production Systems, Romandeep Kaur

Integrating UAV-Based High-Throughput Phenotyping, Genomics, and Deep Learning to Improve Prediction of Complex Traits in Winter Wheat, Swas Kaushal

Data-Driven Decision-Making Frameworks for Energy Procurement and Dynamic Pricing in Electric Vehicle Charging Networks, Pallavi Khanal

Task-Aligned Knowledge Transfer for Vision-Language Models Across Diverse Visual Challenges, Dongyoun Kim

Interseeded Cover Crops: Yield, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Soil Health in Corn-Soybean Rotations, Srinadh Kodali

Evaluating the Potential of Genomic Selection for Grain Yield and Yield Component Traits in South Dakota Winter Wheat, Dante Koupal

Investigation of Bioaerosol Size Distribution and Particulate Matter Source Attribution in and Around Swine Production Facilities, Pradeep Kumar

Sustainable State: A Location-Based Analysis of Recycling Habits on a University Campus, Valentyna LaBrie

Interpretive Machine Learning Reveals Hydrological Drivers of Sub-Field-Scale Dryland Wheat Yield Variability, Manoj Lamichhane

Microbial Characterization of Chickpeas, Lentils, and Peas Cultivated in the United States and Food Product Innovation, Nolan Lee

Quantifying Flood-Induced Connectivity and Invasion Risk in Aquatic Habitats to Inform Conservation Management, Natalie C. Liberati

Optimizing High-Speed 3D Printing: An Experimental Analysis of PLA and High-Speed PLA at Varied Flow Rates, Rylan Lipetzky

Traversing the Gaps: Revealing the Experiences of Hispanic Young Adults Exploring the Profession of Nursing, Katherine R. Luecke

Development and Application of LC-MS/MS Methods for the Determination of Environmental Contaminants, Mawuli Wilson-Cee MacDonald

Applications of Predictive Modeling for Increasing the Speed of Phenotyping in Oats, Komal Mahajan

Towards Operational Monitoring of Crop Progress and Growth Condition from MODIS and VIIRS Time Series and Phenology across the United States, Naeem Abbas Malik

Non-covalent Interactions of Berry Polyphenols with Various Milk Proteins: From Binding to In Vitro Bioactivities, Ting Mao

Assessment of Micronutrient Status and Evaluation of Nutritional Strategies in Prolific Sows and Effects on Maternal and Progeny Micronutrient Status, Reproductive Performance, Progeny Development, and Sow Retention, Katlyn A. McClellan

Applying Community and Habitat Metrics to Inform the Management of Invasive Carps in Rivers and Riverine Wetlands, Charles Wayne McDunn

Modeling Heterogeneous Trajectories of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression with Finite Mixture Models Using the All of Us Dataset, Yahaya Mumuni Musah

Continuous Authentication using Keystroke Dynamics via Finite Mixture Models and Likelihood Ratio, Matthew Nartey

Spatio-Temporal Demand Forecasting for Optimizing Electric Vehicle Charging Network Operations, Subhamyu Mani Nepal

Production of Fungal Biomass And Crude Chitin From Cheese Whey: Effects of Whey Type and Lactose Hydrolysis on Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei, Anye Catharine Nora Drum

Managing the Mood: How Managerial Communication Shapes the Experience of Emotional Labor Among Restaurant Employees, Brynn Olverson

Detecting Poisoning Attacks in the RAG Systems Using Multi-Tier Anomaly Detection, Somtochukwu Orizu

Investigation of Suitable Biochar to Improve Production of Biochar-Based Fertilizer for Sustainable Crop Production, Tochukwu Anthony Ozor

Strip-Till Adoption for Soybean Production in Eastern South Dakota: Plant Development, Seed Quality, and Economic Analysis, Nicolas Passone

Regenerative Farming Practices Effects on Invertebrates in Wheat Systems, Daniel J. Pecenka

Effect of Increasing Potency of Steroidal Implants in Beef Steers at Weaning from Dry-Lot to Finish, Weston Joseph Peschel

Defending Darnassus: Self-Disclosure Between Characters in World of Warcraft, Molly Peterson

Evaluating Seasonal Riparian Area Management as a Nature-Based Solution for Protecting Stream Water Quality Using Remote Sensing, Time-Series Analysis, and Hydrologic Modeling, Tulsi Ram Pokhrel

Economic Analysis of Phosphorus Management Practices for Corn-Soybean farmer in High Soil pH Fields, Evelyn Prempeh

Securing Smart Agriculture with Communication-efficient Federated Unlearning, Ujjwal Pudasaini

Development of a Bio-based Midsole for Athletic Performance Derived from Sunflower OIl, Andrea Rarick

Biodegradable Films from Agro-Industrial Byproduct Soyhulls for Sustainable Packaging, Sumi Regmi

An Integrated Evaluation of Trace Mineral Status, Regional Variation, and Supplementation Effects on Circulating Mineral and Reproductive Performance in American Plains Bison, Bailey M. Rodriguez

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Vision-Based Detection of Nitrate and Nitrite in Water Samples and Hyperspectral Modeling of Soil Nutrients, Muhammad Roman

Butting Heads with Respiratory Disease: Post-Epizootic Demography and Movement-Driven Spillover Risk in a Badland’s Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Meta-Population, Sean P. Ryder

A Taxonomy-Driven Modular Defense Against Non-Canonical Language in Vision-Language-Action Models, Viraj Samson

Impact of Water Level Fluctuations on Fish Populations in Eastern South Dakota Rivers, Benjamin Schall

Tending Vulnerable Blossoms while Navigating Growth in Unpredictable Soil: Exploring the Experience of Foster Parents Caring for a Child in Foster Care with a Behavioral Health Condition using Photo Elicitation, Rachel M. Schickling

New Era of Academic Advising: Integration of Artificial Intelligence Within Academic Advising By, Rachel Elaine Schmitz

Using Host Fish Data to Determine Habitat Suitability for Freshwater Mussels, Kelsey Schroeder

The Process of Recovery for Male Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors, Lauri L. Sells

Deciphering the Wall-Associated Kinases Mediated Immunity in Barley Spot Blotch Pathosystem, Meenu Singh Sengar

Primary Avian Tracheal Cell Models for the Isolation of Emerging Avian Metapneumovirus Strains, Tricia Serrao