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Author:

Chernin, Kelly Alissa

Title:

The Role of Technology in Chinese Social Movements: An Exploration of the Technological Communications Apparatus Used During the Tiananmen Incident of 1976, The 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement, and the 2011 Jasmine Revolution

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

China
Social Movements
new technology
Habermas
Bakhtin
1989 Tiananmen Square

File:

Download thesis_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gunsallus, April Lynn

Title:

Neighborly Stripping: Exotic Dance in a Rural Club

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

rural
exotic dance
stripping
strippers
dancers
show club
strip
hustle
informal work
emotion work
women's work

File:

Download Gunsallus2012Thesis_Neighborly_Stripping.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rodriguez, Luna Marie

Title:

Uncertainty Propagation within Source Term Estimation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

uncertainty
source term estimation
genetic algorithm
QUIC
wind
urban
FFT07
adjoint
background error covariance matrix

File:

Download RodzDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sue Ellen Haupt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenni Evans, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Dr Paul Bieringer, Special Member

Author:

Deakyne, Theodore R

Title:

Study of the Relationship between Machine Compliance and Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Grinding

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

grinding force
grinding modelling
specific energy
machine compliance
time constant
Contact
grinding vibration
superabrasives

File:

Download TheodoreRSDeakyneDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member

Author:

Gauthier, Gilles Gerard

Title:

Evaluation of low-temperature fracture properties of asphalt binder

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

asphalt fracture properties

File:

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Committee Members:

David A Anderson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Thermal and Electrochemical Degradation of Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

AEMs
anion exchange membranes
GDLs
Raman spectroscopy
IR spectroscopy
Electrochemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Chao Yang Wang, Special Member

Author:

Mistry, Mihir

Title:

Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
rotor
morphing
smart structure
blade
span
camber
RPM
rotor speed
variation
rotating wing
warping
twist

File:

Download PhD_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Miller, Special Member

Author:

Vayaliparampil, Mary Chandy

Title:

Stakeholder Perceptions of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Effectiveness in Increasing School Enrollment in India

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Education for All
India
school enrollment
stakeholder perceptions
multiple case study

File:

Download Vayaliparampil_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Special Member

Author:

Hartsock, Anna

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLANTABLE CHIP FOR IN-VIVO CORROSION RATE MONITORING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Corrosion monitoring
magnesium
titanium
in vitro

File:

Download Anna_Hartsock_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Shaw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elzbieta Sikora, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rabaa, Maia Anita

Title:

The molecular evolution and phylogeography of dengue viruses in Asia

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

dengue
molecular evolution
phylogeography
virus evolution

File:

Download RabaaMA.Dissertation.FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member

Author:

Yadav, Praveen R

Title:

Feasibility Study Of Dc Power Distribution and chilled Beam System as an energy saving measure

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Net Present Value
Payback
TOPSIS
Lean

File:

Download PS_Thesis_template_Real_Corrected__Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maher, Jaclyn P

Title:

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and satisfaction with life in emerging adults: Untangling their associations using self-report and direct measures of (in)activity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

well-being
exercise
sitting
inactivity
daily diary
intraindividual

File:

Download Maher_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David E Conroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chatterjee, Nivedita

Title:

The FCC's low power FM policy: Station personnel's interpretation of policy objectives and its impact on implementation.

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

LPFMs
media policy evaluation
low power radio

File:

Download Dissertation_Chatterjee_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Schejter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Special Member

Author:

Fang, Qi

Title:

Potential Energy Distance based Image Retrieval

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Image Retrieval
Potential Energy Distance

File:

Download Potential_Energy_Distance_based_Image_Retrieval.pdf

Committee Members:

Jia Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Le Bao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ranganathan, Sridhar

Title:

Using computations to analyze and redesign metabolism

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic Modeling
OptForce
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology

Author:

Okado, Yuko

Title:

The Development of Adolescent Conduct Problems and Borderline Mood Features Among Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

adolescents
conduct problems
borderline personality
externalizing problems
parenting
developmental psychopathology
peer rejection

File:

Download okado_dissertation_eTD_reviewed.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen L. Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra T. Azar, Committee Member
Kenneth N. Levy, Committee Member
Robert Nix, Committee Member

Author:

Haley, Adam Dunnington

Title:

The Speculative Present: The Conceptual Work of Pasts and Futures in Postmodernity

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

contemporary American fiction
speculative fiction
science fiction
history
historical fiction
apocalypse

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Francis Berube, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Francis Berube, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
Brian Lennon, Committee Member
Eric Robert Hayot, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Heather Brook

Title:

Secrets and Silences: Rhetorics of Unwed Pregnancy Since 1960

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

unwed pregnancy
rhetoric
Roe v Wade

File:

Download H_Adams_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John L Selzer, Committee Member
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member

Author:

Mwangi, Margaret

Title:

Effects of Drought on Nomadic Pastoralism: Impacts and Adaptation among the Maasai of Kajiado District, Kenya

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Maasai
Kenya
Drought
Adaptations
Impacts
Climate Change
Africa

File:

Download Mwangi_N_Margaret_PhD_Dissertation_GradSch__Dept_Nov_16_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor & C Gregory Knight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Special Member

Author:

Gandhi, Ujjawal Hitendra

Title:

The Role of Arachidonic Acid - Cyclooxygenase Pathway in the Anti-leukemic Properties of Selenium

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

Selenium
leukemia
15d-prostaglandin J2
gambogic acid
arachidonic acid
inflammation
leukemia stem cell
BCR-ABL
H-PGDS

File:

Download UHG_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Dr Jack Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Shantu G Amin, Committee Member
Dr Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member