Theses/Dissertations from 2021
QUANTIFYING THE SOURCE AND PATHWAY OF DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHATE IN KARST DRAINAGE OF THE INNER-BLUEGRASS, Cory Radcliff
ASSESSING THE USE OF LIDAR AND UAV TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING GROWING ALFALFA, Stuart Tucker Sheffield
MODELING ENERGY FLOWS IN FLOATING IN-POND RACEWAYS UTILIZING SOLAR POWER BACK-UP, Bo Smith
CHARACTERIZATION AND UPGRADE OF ENDOCARP BIOMASS DERIVED LIGNIN TO VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS, Makua Vin-Nnajiofor
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
QUANTIFYING NITROGEN FATE IN KARST AGROECOSYSTEM STREAMS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NUMERICAL MODELING AND INSIGHT FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION SENSORS, Nolan Lewis Bunnell
CHARACTERIZING AND PREDICTING THE ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF LIGNIN DERIVATIVES, Ryan Kalinoski
FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (AS A RAPID METHOD) COUPLED WITH MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GLUTEN CONTAMINATIONS IN GRAIN-BASED FOODS, Abuchi Godswill Okeke
ECOSYSTEM OF BAGGED GRAIN STORED UNDER NATURALLY VENTILATED WAREHOUSE: ANALYSIS AND MODELLING, Michael Ayodele Omodara
AN ASSESSMENT OF 2D AND 3D SPATIAL ACCURACY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY FOR LIVESTOCK HEALTH MONITORING, Luis Felipe Pampolini
EFFECTS OF WATERSHED DISTURBANCES AND RIVER-TRIBUTARY CONFLUENCES ON SEDIMENTATION DYNAMICS IN THE UPPER OHIO RIVER BASIN, Ciara Pickering
SOIL BULK DENSITY EFFECTS ON RUNOFF ESTIMATION, Colton Pugh
CHARACTERIZATION AND ENZYME ENGINEERING OF LACCASES TOWARDS LIGNIN VALORIZATION IN AQUEOUS IONIC LIQUIDS, Joseph Stevens
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
DESIGN AND TESTING OF A WIND ENERGY HARNESSING SYSTEM FOR FORCED CONVECTIVE DRYING OF GRAIN IN LOW WIND SPEED, WARM AND HUMID CLIMATES, Francis Akumabi Agbali
Evaluating the Influence of the Forestry Reclamation Approach on the Hydrology of Appalachian Coal Mined Lands, Morgan F. Gerlitz
LIGNIN-DERIVED CARBON AND NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS, Wenqi Li
EVALUATION OF AIR MOVEMENT IN EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AND ON EQUINE ATHLETES, Staci Elaine McGill
INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES TO DELIVER GLUCOSE DURING ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION, Megan E. Walz
REMOVING VEHICLE SPEED FROM APPARENT WIND VELOCITY, Austin M. Weiss
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
ASSESSING THE SPATIAL ACCURACY AND PRECISION OF LIDAR FOR REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE, Surya Saket Dasika
FRACTIONATION OF LIGNIN DERIVED COMPOUNDS FROM THERMOCHEMICALLY PROCESSED LIGNIN TOWARDS ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES, Luke A. Dodge
EVALUATION OF WHITE ROT FUNGUS AS A PRETREATMENT FOR THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF SWITCHGRASS, Melody Embry
CLASSIFYING SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT USING REFLECTANCE-BASED REMOTE SENSING, Ali Hamidisepehr
PRE-WILTING BURLEY TOBACCO TO ENHANCE MANUAL AND MECHANICAL HARVESTING AND HOUSING, Ben C. Herbener
HIGH RESOLUTION SENSING OF NITRATE DYNAMICS IN A MIXED-USE APPALACHIAN WATERSHED: QUANTIFYING NITRATE FATE AND TRANSPORT AS INFLUENCED BY A BACKWATER RIPARIAN WETLAND, Alexandria Kosoma Jensen