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Master of Science Graduates

2006

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

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