The following are just a few examples of students who leveraged Bass Connections participation for their thesis or dissertation.
The information below each name includes major/program, the thesis or dissertation title, Bass Connections project.
Theses and Dissertations
Nia Christian, M.S.
Biomedical Engineering
Efficacy of “Thresholding Method” in Identifying On-field Impacts with DASHR Device
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Pediatric Population (2016-2017) Danielle Colson
Mechanical Engineering
Solar Hydrogen Production
Project Team
Energy and the Environment: Design and Innovation (2014-2015) Mark Cullen
Evolutionary Anthropology
Look Out! A Study of Vision in Human Running
Project Team
Look Before You Leap! Using Eye Tracking to Understand the Evolution of Locomotor Decision-making (2015-2016) Nicholas Czarnek, M.S.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Physically Motivated Feature Development for Machine Learning Applications
Project Team
The University as a Laboratory for Smart Grid Data Analytics (2014-2015) Kathy Dai
Neuroscience
Genomic Instability in Alzheimer's Disease: TOMM40 Poly-T Variations
Project Team
Brain-immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease (2016-2017) Mercy DeMenno, Ph.D.
Public Policy
The Politics of the Regulatory Policymaking Process: Three Essays on Governments, Markets, and Effective Regulatory Governance
Project Team
Reviewing Retrospective Regulatory Review (2015-2016) Sarah Diringer, Ph.D.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Distribution, Transport, and Control of Mercury Released from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America (2014-2015) Kelly Dobroski, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Unoccupied Aircraft System Application for Salt Marsh Shorelines: A Handbook
Project Team
Developing Rapid, Cost-effective Methods for Evaluating Coastal Biodiversity and Resilience (2018-2019) John D’Angelo
Biomedical Engineering
Baseline Drift Removal with an Electrooculography Headset
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Pediatric Population (2016-2017) Leena El-Sadek
Cultural Anthropology
Living with Faith for Now: Journey of Iraqi Refugees between Homes
Project Team
Displacement, Resettlement and Global Mental Health (2013-2014) Matthew Farnitano
Biology
One Gene or Many? Different Genetic Mechanisms Drive Convergent Evolution in Monkey Flowers
Project Team
International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) (2015-2016) Luke Farrell and Jake Shulman
Computer Science
Detecting Partisan Gerrymandering: Stratified Sampling the Space of Possible North Carolina Congressional Redistrictings
Project Team
Gerrymandering and the Extent of Democracy in America (2018-2019) Ryan Fitzgerald
Global Health
Ecological Modeling for Public Health: Predicting Hotspots of Human and Vector Contact in Rural Madagascar
Project Team
How Do People Affect Zoonotic Disease Dynamics in Madagascar? (2018-2019) Jonathon Free, Ph.D.
History
Redistributing Risk: The Political Ecology of Coal in Late-Twentieth Century Appalachia
Project Team
Regulatory Disaster Scene Investigation (2014-2015) Sonal Gagrani
Neuroscience
The Effect of a TOMM40 Poly-T Variant on Mitochondrial Stress Responses in Alzheimer’s Disease
Project Team
Brain-immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease (2014-2015) Elle Gault
Global Health
Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Task-Shifting in Two Post-Earthquake Humanitarian Crisis Sites: Haiti and Nepal
Project Team
Exploring the Intersection of Energy and Peace-building through Film (2013-2014) Jacqueline Gerson, Ph.D.
Ecology
The Fate and Transport of Mercury and Selenium across Mining-impacted Landscapes
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America: Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon (2018-2019) Gabriela Gomez
Neuroscience
Effects of Personalized Music Intervention Among Older Adults with Dementia
Project Team
Music and Memory in the Aging Brain (2015-2016) Elizabeth Griffin
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Environmental Justice and Groundwater Impacts of Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina
Project Team
ACRE-Duke Partnership to Improve Sanitation Access in Lowndes County, Alabama (2018-2019) Joshua Grubbs
Chemistry
Evaluation of a Dietary Intervention for Chronic Methylmercury Exposure Among Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America: Research and Policy Development to Reduce Chemical Exposures (2016-2017) Jordan Hashemi, Ph.D.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Automatic Behavioral Analysis from Faces and Applications to Risk Marker Quantification for Autism
Project Team
Information, Child Mental Health and Society (2014-2015) Connor Hile
Neuroscience
Utilizing a Multi-methodological Approach to Examine the Effects of Subconcussive Loading in American Football
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild TBI in the Pediatric Population (2017-2018) Anna Johns Hrom, Ph.D.
History
Between Fraud Heaven and Tort Hell: The Business, Politics, and Law of Lawsuits
Project Team
Reviewing Retrospective Regulatory Review (2015-2016)