Environmental Science
Master of Science Graduates
2009
Bethany Baxter, An Oral History Of The American Chestnut In Southern Appalachia
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Thesis Abstract
Lucinda Goolsby, Completion of Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard Certification and Recycled Content Certification for Tandus Commercial Carpet Products, Dalton GA
Faculty Chair: Dr. David Aborn
Internship
Inigo Howlett, Understanding Polycyclic aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation by Soil Microbial Communities: The Concentration and Distribution of Aromatic Dioxygenase Genes
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
Dan Huser, Local Effects of Culverts on Habitat Features and Fish Assemblages in Blue Ridge Streams
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Meredith Jagger, Interactive Environmental Education: An SCA Internship at Crow’s Neck Environmental Education Center, Tishomingo, MS
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Josh Smith, Effects of Urbanization on Instream habitat and Fish Assemblages in the Chattanooga Metropolitan Area, Tennessee-Georgia
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
2008
Meagan Binkley, The Phylogeography of North American Chestnuts and Chinquapins (Castanea Mill., Fagaceae)
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Thesis Abstract
Stacy Huskins, The Vascular Flora of the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area
Faculty Chair: Dr. Joey Shaw
Thesis Abstract
Lisa Hutchings, Air Regulations and Industry Compliance - An Internship with FUJIFILM, Chattanooga,TN
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Internship
Jessica Leet, Assessment Of Exposure And Effects Associated With Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination In South Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Sean Richards
Thesis Abstract
Ryan Miller, Herbarium Infrastructure Development and Ecological Applications of Specimens using Geographic Information Systems
Faculty Chair: Dr. Joey Shaw
Thesis Abstract
Joe Nihill, Jr., The Implications of an Industrial Hygienist Regarding the Anthropogenic Uses and Distribution of Lead – An Internship at Kimura International, Honolulu, HI
Faculty Chair: Dr. Sean Richards
Internship
Troy Pickett, Signal View Animal Clinic, Chattanooga, TN
Dr. Tim Gaudin
Internship
Sarah Rankin, Climate Change Management and Governance: Evaluating the Chattanooga Green Committee. Internship with the Mayor’s Green Committee, Chattanooga, TN
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Carrie Ross, Electrical Current Generation and Organic Matter Degradation in Bacterial Batteries Metabolizing Raw Sewage
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
2007
Kasey Belva, Internal Energy Management of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Justin Conley, Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Pharmaceutical Concentrations and Chitobiase Activity in the Upper Tennessee River
Faculty Chair: Dr. Sean Richards
Thesis Abstract
Rick Gehrke, Effectiveness of Citizen Participation in Governmental Decisions: A Case Study of the Appalachian Development Highway System Corridor K Project- Ocoee Section
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Literature Review Abstract
Mehvish Khan, A Review of Whales, Whaling History and Whaling Regulations: A Literature Review
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Literature Review Abstract
Jessica Lacy, Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Response to Agricultural Land Use
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Internship
Melea Langley, A Study of Avian Nest Predation at Audubon Acres in Chattanooga, TN
Faculty Chair: Dr. David Aborn
Thesis Abstract
Ben Miles, The Cumberland Trail: An Assessment of the Land Acquisitions and Potential Ecological Value of Tennessee’s New Linear Park
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Crystal Sitzer, The Artificial Propagation of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) for Reintroduction in the Tennessee River
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Internship
2006
Nick Cookson, Landscape Influences on Fish Assemblages in a Ridge and Valley Stream in Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Katie Owens, Seasonal Dietary Composition of the Eastern Coyote (Canis Latrans) on the Berry College Campus in Northwestern Georgia
Faculty Chair: Dr. Tim Gaudin
Thesis Abstract
Matt Smith, Mammal Diversity in the North Chickamauga Creek George State Natural Area and the Effects of Internal Fragmentation on the Relative Distributions of Mammalian Carnivores
Faculty Chair: Dr. David Aborn
Thesis Abstract
Carrie Ross, Electrical Current Generation and Organic Matter Degradation in Bacterial Batteries Metabolizing Raw Sewage
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
Steve Barger, Cleveland Utilities Industrial Pretreatment Program
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Internship
Steven Hales, Internship with the Tennessee Valley Authority Bacteriological Sampling and Monitoring Program: Bacteriological Assessments in Tennessee Valley Reservoirs Southeastern Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Cheryl Horn, Sustainable Development or Just Plain Development? An Analysis of Sustainability Indicators for Chattanooga Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Nicole Ruberti, An Internship in Superfund Ecology Risk Assessment
Faculty Chair: Dr. Sean Richards
Internship
Donald J. Seder, Jr., Remediation of PCE in a Downtown Chattanooga Site
Faculty Chair: Dr. Sean Richards
Internship
Pete Thornton, Internship with the Tennessee Department of Environmental and Conservation Division of Water Pollution: Assessment of Stream Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality in Southeastern Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Internship
2005
Mark Alexander, Conservation of Castanea dentata Genetic Resources of the Southeastern United States
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Thesis Abstract
Maya M. Belka, South Chattanooga and Chattanooga Creek Floodplain: A Case Study
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Philip Bennett, Global Positioning System Applications for Transmission Line Placement and the Protection of Sensitive Terrestrial Landscapes: Internship with the Tennessee Valley Authority Department of Transmission Power Supply Survey Division
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Internship
Jason Dees, Environmental Management System Internship at the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Christopher W. Hayes, An Evaluation of Tennessee’s Early Action Compacts to Achieve Compliance With New Ozone Standards: A Dynamic Analysis of Reduction Strategies to Decrease Tropospheric Ozone Formation
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Steve Lampkins, A Comprehensive Comparison of the Growth-Management Programs of Oregon and Florida, and the Possible Implications for Tennessee’s Growth-Management Programs
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Harry Ford Mauney, Using Geographic Information Systems to Examine Red Wolf Home Range and Habitat Use In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Faculty Chair: Dr. Robert Keller
Thesis Abstract
Amy Pennington, Internship with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation in the Division of Water Supply: Water Supply Regulation in the Chattanooga Region
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
John Pinnix, Mycorrhizae of the Genus Castanea and Biological control of Root Pathogens: A Literature Review
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Literature Review Abstract
2004
Christine Johnson Bock, Pollen Study of Castanea dentata and C. mollissima
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Thesis Abstract
Jeffrey Bostick, Taking Downtown to the Next Level: An Assessment of the Downtown Chattanooga Plan For Sustainable Development
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Travis Giles, Converting Paper Soil Maps Into GIS Coverage Data Using ArcInfo 8.1: An Internship With Hamilton County Health Department Division Of Groundwater Protection
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Internship
Christine Greene, Strategies to Protect Groundwater Resources In The Bahamas: A Comparative Analysis of Regulations In Australia, The Bahamas and the United States of America
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Rebecca L. Hallman, An Internship Report: Tennessee Valley Authority Aquatic Monitoring and Management Team’s Fish Heads
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Melanie Keith, Internship Teaching High School Biology in Ringold, GA
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Sabrina Felicitas Novak, Current and Historic Freshwater Mollusk Distributions of the Upper Coosa River Basin
Faculty Chairs: Dr. Mark Schorr (UTC) and Dr. Paul Johnson (Tennessee Aquarium), co-chairs
Thesis Abstract
2003
Stephen Alexander, Host-Pathogen Interactions In a Segregating Population of BC2F2 Hybrid Castanea Dentata and Other Chestnut Hybrids After Exposure To Hypovirus-Containing and Hypovirus-Free Strains of Cyphonectria Parasitica
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Thesis Abstract
Rob Ellis, Internship with Advanced Waste Management Systems, Inc.: ISO 14001, Perspectives on Practical Applications within the Industrial Sector and Registrar Operations
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Jason M. Houck, Assemblages of Salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) In CWA 305(b) Fully-Supporting, Partially-Supporting, and Non-Supporting Streams On Walden’s Ridge, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Thesis Abstract
Connie C. Kennedy, One Hundred Years Of Environmental Pollution At Chattanooga Creek: A Review Of Selected Studies
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Jamie Kay Parris, Development of Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Portions of Fentress, Scott, Morgan, and Pickett Counties in Tennessee; and McCreary County in Kentucky
Internship
Bradley Reynolds, An Examination Of The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, And Liability Act And Cumulative Community Contamination Sites
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
2002
Travis Adams, Industrial Environment Compliance at Chattem Chemicals, Inc.
Faculty Chair: Dr. Hill Craddock
Internship
Jamon Bass, Internship with the Office of Surface Mining at the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Jennifer Backer, Effects Of Acid Mine Drainage On Limnological Conditions And Fish Assemblages In The Cumberland Plateau Region Of The North Chickamauga Creek System, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Jerri Phillips, Effect Of Riparian Land Use On The Biotic Integrity Of Fish Assemblages In Black Creek, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Karen Rennich, Internship at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Forrest Brown Vanderbilt, Examination Of Small Mammal Diversity In The Riparian Areas Of Walden, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Robert Keller
Thesis Abstract
2001
Charles Edge III, Ensafe: The Clean Air Act and the Environmental Consulting Experience
Faculty Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie
Internship
Robert Ryan Evans, Historical And Contemporary Distributions Of Aquatic Mollusks In The Upper Conasauga River System of Georgia And Tennessee
Faculty Chairs: Dr. Mark Schorr (UTC) and Dr. Paul Johnson (Tennessee Aquarium), co-chairs
Thesis Abstract
Natalie Fisher, Internship With The Tennessee Aquarium
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Internship
Ann Hurt, Environmental Compliance Internship: Tennessee Valley Authority Sequoyah Nuclear Plant
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Internship
Jeannie Long, Effects Of Land Use On Biotic Integrity In Ridge And Valley Streams In The Chattanooga Metropolitan Area, Tennessee-Georgia
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Matthew Skilling, Wetland Mitigation Banking In Tennessee: An Assessment Of Three Banks Performance
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
2000
John Beck, The Vascular Flora Of Prentice Cooper State Forest And Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gene Van Horn
Thesis Abstract
Angela Collier, Badlands In Your Classroom: An Educational Approach To Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Internship
Melissa Dickinson, Assessment Of Small Mammal Populations In Two Southeastern Forests Of Big Ridge In Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Timothy Gaudin
Thesis Abstract
Raymond Jennings, Aerial Inventory Of Nonpoint Pollution Sources For Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount County, Tennessee: Internship With Tennessee Valley Authority, Department Of Geographic Information And Engineering
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Reid Sisson, Wetland Mitigation Banking As A Tool For Conservation
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Thesis Abstract
Joel Woodard, Tennessee Water Quality Regulations And Wetlands Conservation: Internship With Tennessee Department Of Environment And Conservation Division of Water Pollution Control, Natural Resources Section
Faculty Chair: Dr. Gary Litchford
Internship
1999
Jaron Bergin, Probing For Atmospheric Bacteria Capable Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
Jennifer L. Conner, Analysis of Miaze Proteins that Bind DNA Lesions
Faculty Chair: Dr. Ann Stapleton
Thesis Abstract
Evan Crews, Evaluation Of Sampling Methodologies For Assessing Fish Species Richness In Ridge And Valley Streams In Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Nick Dobosh, Industrial Waste Management and the Environmental Regulatory Arena at Fuji Hunt Specialty Products Company
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Internship
Paul Freeman, Effects Of Watershed Land Use On The Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages In Ridge And Valley Streams In Chattanooga, Tennessee
Faculty Chair: Dr. Mark Schorr
Thesis Abstract
Jennifer Hooper, Physical And Biological Assessment Of Water Quality In The Sequatchie River Watershed: Internship With The Tennessee Department Of Environment and Conservation Division Of Water Pollution Control
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Internship
Kristen Howerton, The Effect Of Herbicides On Natural Rates Of Lignocellulose Degradation By Indigenous Soil Microflora
Faculty Chair: Dr. Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
Sarah Jennings, Tennessee Aquarium Summer Program for Students: Final Internship Report
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Beverly King, Summary of an Internship at the Tennessee Wildlife Center
Faculty Chair: Dr. John Tucker
Internship
Debra Ressler, Effects Of UV Radiation On The Degradation Capabilities Of Two Strains Of Oil Degrading Bacteria
Faculty Chair: Dr.Henry Spratt
Thesis Abstract
Amber Walker, Assessment of the Hiwassee Watershed: A Look at the Health of Oostanaula Creek and Selected Streams
Faculty Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie
Internship
