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Author:

Caffier, Jamie

Title:

Acting on Behalf: The Contributions of American Actresses to the Allied Forces During World War II

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

World War II
American actresses
Espionage
Roles of Women During WWII
Women in Military
War Bonds
Canteens
Beginnings of USO

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Committee Members:

Mary Zaborskis, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Beck, Program Head/Chair
Charles Kupfer, Co-Chair of Committee
Shirley Clark, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Barton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Jones, Gretchen

Title:

Generalizing Mindfulness Skills in Adolescence

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

: mindfulness
adolescence
generalization
mental health
mindfulness
adolescence
generalization
mental health

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonte Taylor, Outside Field Member
Deb Schussler, Outside Unit Member
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Cristin Hall, Co-Chair of Committee
Jennifer Frank, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Goodling, Devin

Title:

Compositional Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties in Thin Film Zn1-xMgxO

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ZnO
ferroelectric
ZnMgO
RF sputtering

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mokhtar, Yossra Maged

Title:

Trace Metals Concentrations in Dust from Gravel Roads Treated with Oil and Gas Produced Water

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Oil and gas produced water
Radium
Lead
Dust suppression
Trace metals
Unpaved roads
Beneficial reuse
OGPW
Gravel roads

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Committee Members:

Nathaniel Richard Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khatri, Ashutosh Anand

Title:

EFFECTS OF BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA ON SHOULDER MOMENT GENERATION: A MODEL BASED ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Lymphedema
Biomechanics
WISER Trial
ANSUR2
BCRL
Shoulder Moment
Shoulder Injuries
OpenSim
joint mechanics

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Committee Members:

Meghan Vidt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Matt Parkinson, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Yicheng

Title:

Exploring The Migration of CAR-Jurkat cells Expressing MicroRNA in an In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

In vitro BBB model
Glioblastoma
CAR-Jurkat cell
Cell Migration

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Committee Members:

Cheng Dong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member

Author:

Joshi, Deeksha

Title:

Transformer based semi-supervised learning for misinformation classification

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Transformers
NLP
Semi-supervised learning
Label Propagation
Label Spreading
DistillBERT
Misinformation Classification

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Committee Members:

Raghu Sangwan, Program Head/Chair
Youakim Badr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrian Sorin Barb, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Benjamin

Title:

Assessing How Perceptions of Police Closeness Affect Social Distance and Recruitment Efforts

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

police closeness
social distance theory
police recruitment
pennsylvania
gender
race
job satisfaction
law enforcement

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Committee Member
Jennifer Gibbs, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Lee, Committee Member
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Committee Member

Author:

Mishra, Ankush

Title:

mmCaliper: High resolution sensing of distances using mmWave Radars

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

wireless sensing
radars
high-resolution
waves
chirps

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Committee Members:

Mahanth Gowda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abutalib Aghayev, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Niu, Zhenyuan

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF PVA MICRONEEDLE FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND THEIR POSSIBLE INTEGRATION WITH LASER INDUCED GRAPHENE FOR GLUCOSE SENSING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Microneedle
Wearable Device
Electrochemical
PVA
noninvasive glucose sensor

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Committee Members:

Larry Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Hsu, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

Author:

Kannan, Adithya Krishnan

Title:

OPTIMIZING PRIVACY PRESERVING NEURAL NETWORKS EMPLOYING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
Homomorphic Neural Networks

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Alves, Joelson

Title:

Recovery of Base and Precious Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

E-Waste
Recycling
Physical Separation
WPCB
Metals
Liberation
Characterization

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mohammad Rezaee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara J Arnold, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Hur, Keon Wong

Title:

Studies on the acoustic far-field distance of urban air mobility aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Multirotor
UAM
sUAS
eVTOL
Aeroacoustic
Far-field
OpenVSP
VSP2WOPWOP
CHARM
PSU-WOPWOP
Noise prediction

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
James George Coder, Committee Member

Author:

Ibasitas, Matthew

Title:

Application of Thrust-Drag and Power Balance Accounting to a Canonical Boundary Layer Ingesting Configuration

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Boundary Layer
Boundary Layer Ingestion
Ingestion
CFD
Fluid Dynamics
Canonical
Canonical Configuration
Power balance
Performance accounting
Thrust
drag
bookkeeping
performance bookkeeping
accounting
exergy
exergy analysis
exergy accounting
accounting system
performance accounting system
interference drag
dissipation
propulsion system integration
propulsion airframe interaction
interaction effects
BLI
ingestion

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Mark A Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Ostasz, Mateusz

Title:

Computational Design Approach for Microchannel Cold Plate cooled with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Carbon Dioxide
Cold Plate
Optimization
Heat Transfer
Thermal Management

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Committee Member

Author:

Stimson, Emily

Title:

An Experimental Exploration Study of Acoustic Black Holes in Thick Plates

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustic Black Holes
Thick plates
Multi-grid panels
Inherent damping
Structural acoustics
Embedded Structures
Local modes
Global modes
Mixed modes
Mode classification

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Amanda D Hanford, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler Patrick Dare, Committee Member
Micah Shepherd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hillstrom, Alexander

Title:

Study of Solid Propellant Combustion and Aluminum Particles at High Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Solid Propellant
Ammonium Perchlorate
Composite Propellant
High Pressure
Combustion
High Pressure Combustion
Aluminum
Aluminum Particles
Aluminum Combustion
AP
APCP

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Grauer, Committee Member

Author:

Petrie, Daniel

Title:

Associations Between Early Nicotine Exposure and Household Chaos on Effort Tolerance During Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

household chaos
nicotine exposure
effort tolerance
adolescence

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Charles Geier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member

Author:

Shaw, Emma

Title:

Using High-Fidelity Weather Data to Improve Impedance and Absorption Adjustment Values in Airport Noise Level Predictions

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

noise propagation
aedt
atmospheric absorption
acoustic impedance
outdoor noise
aviation noise

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Committee Member
Dan Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Klinger, Grant

Title:

A SPLINE-BASED METHOD FOR SOLVING THE INVERSE HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEM IN SLABS AND THICK-WALLED CYLINDERS UNDER COMPLEX THERMAL LOADING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Inverse Heat Conduction Problem
Spline
Piecewise
Plate/Slab
Cylinder

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Matt Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member

Author:

Marchhart, Trevor

Title:

Developments Towards Hybrid Liquid Metal Plasma-Facing Components for Future Long-Pulse Fusion Energy Reactors

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Nuclear fusion
Plasma-facing components
Liquid metals
Spark plasma sintering
Porous tungsten
UHV instrumentation

File:

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Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jean Paul Allain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mr. Martin De Jesus Nieto-Perez, Committee Member
Xing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Bradley, Lawrence

Title:

Improving residual stress and heat transfer in shape memory alloy actuation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

shape memory alloy
residual stress
actuation
recoverable strain
NiTi

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Du, Committee Member

Author:

Gonzalez, Karen

Title:

The Role of Phonological Skills in Nonword Repetition and Reading Tasks in Children Diagnosed with Developmental Learning Disorders

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (MS)

Keywords:

phonological processing
Exploratory study
nonword reading
phonemic awareness
remote administration

File:

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Committee Members:

Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Etter (She/Her), Committee Member

Author:

Beyer, Jessica

Title:

Individual Blade Pitch Control (IBC) for Vibration Reduction of Lift-offset Coaxial Rotor Vehicles with Auxiliary Propulsion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

individual blade pitch control
compound rotor vehicle
rotorcraft
vibration reduction
XH-59
lift-offset coaxial rotor

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Rogers, Kristina

Title:

Does smoking buffer against stress-induced reduction in cognitive performance?

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

stress
smoking
cigarette cravings

File:

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Andrea Hobkirk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Committee Member

Author:

Crump, Morgan

Title:

Understanding Visitor Perception of Artificial Light at Night in Natural Areas: A Study of Visitor Experience in Determining a Light Level Threshold

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (MS)

Keywords:

artificial light at night
visitor experience
protected areas
lighting levels

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair
Brendan Derrick Taff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member
Peter Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boon, Olivia

Title:

Pathways for Just Indigenous Futures: Exploring Indigenous-Based Collaboration Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Indigenous
Climate change
Justice
Collective Capacity
Framework
Community Engagement
Adaptation

File:

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Committee Members:

Stuart Echols, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Paul Mainzer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Stempel, Committee Member
Leann Andrews, Committee Member

Author:

Rothermel, Samuel

Title:

Minimalism in the Twenty-First Century: An Analysis of Max Richter's "The Blue Notebooks"

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

Minimalism
String Quintet
Piano
Richter
Max Richter
Postminimalism
Electronic Music
Living Composer
Contemporary Classical Music
Popular Music
Concept Album
Protest
The Blue Notebooks

File:

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Committee Members:

Rachel Copeland, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Taylor Aitken Greer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric John Mckee, Committee Member

Author:

Hedrick, Sally

Title:

How Support Affects the Risk-Taking Behaviors of Graduate Women in STEM

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations (MS)

Keywords:

STEM
Risk-taking
Risk
Women
Support
Graduate Student

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Clark, Program Head/Chair
Dorothea Roumpi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hee Man Park, Committee Member
Mark David Gough, Committee Member

Author:

Frost, Joshua

Title:

BOKO HARAM – A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF A TERRORIST GROUP USING SPATIAL DATA SCIENCE AND GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

Graduate Program:

Spatial Data Science (MS)

Keywords:

Boko Haram
Geospatial Intelligence
Spatial Data Science
Terrorism
Geospatial
GIS
G function
Africa
West
Central
Nigeria
Niger
Cameroon
Chad
Lake Chad
Distance-based functions
Descriptive spatial statistics
terrorist
Global Terrorism Database
START
RStudio
GeoDa
ArcGIS
proximity
Islamic State of West Africa
ISWA
al-Qaeda
Taliban
ISIS

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fritz Connor Kessler, Committee Member
Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Martin, Leigh

Title:

Measuring plasma volume in women of reproductive age – a comparison study of hydroxyethyl starch to other methods of plasma volume measurements

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

plasma volume
women's health
nutrition
biomarkers
hydroxyethyl starch
indocyanine green

File:

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Committee Members:

Alison D Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Meg Bruening, Program Head/Chair
Maria Rita Castro, Committee Member

Author:

Reed, Bridget

Title:

The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wine Consumer Behavior in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Region

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

wine
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania wine
COVID-19
pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic
consumer ethnocentrism

File:

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Committee Members:

John Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Kirkmeyer, Committee Member

Author:

Sengupta, Agnimitra

Title:

Evaluating the Reliability of Automatically Generated Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Surrogates

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

traffic safety
transportation engineering
vulnerable road user
pedestrian safety
bicycle safety
machine learning
statistical modeling
imbalanced data
surrogate safety measures
traffic conflict analysis
Bayesian optimization

File:

Download PSU_MS_Agnimitra_Sengupta.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash V. Gayah, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Xianbiao Hu, Committee Member

Author:

Cramer, Madeline

Title:

Defining a Taxonomy for Construction Digital Twin Use Cases

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Construction
Digital Twin
Technology
Cyber-Physical System

File:

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Committee Members:

John Messner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Rob Leicht, Committee Member

Author:

Walter, Natalie

Title:

Mycelium-Based Composites as Acoustic Architectural Components

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Biodesign
Biofabrication
Mycelium-Based Composites
Sound Absorption Materials
Shape Grammars
Acoustic Simulation

File:

Download Natalie_Walter_MS_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andrew Pecchia, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Nathan Brown, Committee Member
Rahman Azari, Committee Member

Author:

Gupta, Shantanu

Title:

Predicting Driver's Takeover Decisions in a Conditionally Automated Vehicle with Gaze Based Deep Learning Architectures

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Conditionally Automated Vehicles
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Situational Awareness
Takeover Performance

File:

Download Shantanu_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yiqi Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhuang, John

Title:

An Exploratory Study of the Information Security Behavior of Gamers

Graduate Program:

Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations (MS)

Keywords:

security behavior
video games
protection motivation theory
cybersecurity
gamers

File:

Download Zhuang_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Yubo Kou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Edward Glantz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xinning Gui, Committee Member
Michael Keith Hills, Special Signatory

Author:

Bello, Nicholas

Title:

Comparative Review Of 3D Printed Walls and the Methods Used by Companies in the Industry

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Concrete
Structural Analysis
Thermal Analysis

File:

Download Nick_Bello_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member

Author:

White, Keith

Title:

Comparative Studies of α- & δ- Plutonium Allotropes & Plutonium Oxidation Mechanisms by Photoemission Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

XPS
photoemission
surface science
plutonium
surface
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Auger
f-electron
actinide
oxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Amanda M. Johnsen, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cunningham, Devin Marie

Title:

EFFECTS OF AN EXTRUDED FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENT ON PLASMA HAPTOGLOBIN, NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACIDS, BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE, AND COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT IN TRANSITION DAIRY COWS AND HEIFERS

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

Dairy
Omega-3
Immune
Health
Inflammation
Flaxseed
Energy Balance
Nutrition

File:

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Committee Members:

Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Adele Marie Turzillo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bolotsky, Adam

Title:

Development and Application of a Novel Organic Crystal for Reagent-Free, In-Situ Electrochemical Sensing of Bacterial Viability

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Biosensor
Bacterial viability
Electrochemical sensor
Redox-active
Organic crystal
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing
Reagent-free
Metabolic activity

File:

Download Adam_Bolotsky_s_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Morteza Kayyalha, Committee Member
Larry Cheng, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

La Salle, Richard

Title:

Advanced Shape Memory Metal-Matrix Composites: Relating Nano-fiber Reinforcement Structure to Bulk Composite Shape Memory Properties

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

NiTiNb
Shape memory alloy
Martensitic phase transformation
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Pre-strain deformation
Deformation Processing
Microstructure Characterization
Thermo-mechanical Characterization
Stress-induced Martensite

File:

Download LaSalle_MS_Thesis_May2021_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Richard Gordon, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Jacques, Leonard

Title:

CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF POTASSIUM SODIUM NIOBATE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Solution Deposition
Thin Film
KNN
Processing
Metal Oxide
Activation Energy
Nucleation
Composition Segregation
Kinetics

File:

Download Jacques_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Veronika Kovacova, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Taha, Ahmad

Title:

In vivo reprogramming of astrocytes to neurons in tauopathy mouse model and circuit mapping of reprogrammed neurons

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Tauopathy
NeuroD1
In vivo Reprogramming
Hippocampus
Astrocytes
Circuit Mapping
Optogenetics

File:

Download MS_Thesis_in_Neuroscience_Ahmad_B._Taha.pdf

Committee Members:

Aimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mellissa Rolls, Committee Member
Paul Allen Bartell, Committee Member
Paul Allen Bartell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Handel, Clark

Title:

target size estimation using forward scattering in a passive bistatic radar system

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Passive radar
FM radio
Bistatic radar
Long-Term Evolution
target detection

File:

Download ClarkHandel-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Signatory
Muralidhar Rangaswamy, Special Signatory

Author:

Nieves, Jen

Title:

The Contribution of Dormant-Bud Stump Sprouts to Forest Regeneration

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Forest Regeneration
Stump Sprouting
Forest Ecology

File:

Download Thesis__final_2021-03-22.pdf

Committee Members:

Kim C Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura P Leites, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mcdill, Committee Member
Jesse K Kreye, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miller, Sara

Title:

Familial Predictors of Alcohol and Drug Use-Related Problems

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Alcohol
Problem Drinking
Partner
Parent
Child
Prescription Drug
Illicit Drug

File:

Download Sara_Miller_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Manuel Almeida, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dahl, Erika

Title:

The Metabolic-Epigenetic Role of IDH1 In The Initiation And Progression Of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Ovarian cancer
Metabolism
Senescence
Epigenetics
DNA repair

File:

Download Dahl_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Aird, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Aird, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nadine Hempel, Committee Member
Shengyu Yang, Committee Member
George Lucian Moldovan, Outside Member
Edward Joseph Gunther, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathaniel Snyder, Special Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair
Edward Joseph Gunther, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Buchan, Jennifer

Title:

Rhetoric, Gender, and Myth in the Age of the Technoapocalypse

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

artificial intelligence
gender
rhetoric
communication
myth

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele Jean Kennerly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Ekaterina Haskins, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Abdollahi, Fatemeh A

Title:

Neurocognitive Correlates Of Syntactic Processing In Child And Adult Second Language Learners

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Second Language Learning; Bilingualism; Language Development; Co

File:

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Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khan, Amanda

Title:

Adenosine Protects Zebrafish Photoreceptors from Damage and Apoptosis in a Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Retina
Age-related macular degeneration
Adenosine
Photoreceptor
Retinal degeneration
Zebrafish

File:

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Committee Members:

Salvatore Lucia Stella, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Salvatore Lucia Stella, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Yuval Silberman, Committee Member
Nadine Hempel, Outside Member
Jeffrey M Sundstrom, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bishop, Derron Gary

Title:

FIGHTING FOR AN ORGANIZATION’S HEART: SELF-TRANSCENDENCE VALUES, MORAL EMOTIONS, AND COLLECTIVE VOICE

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

self-transcendence values
moral pride
moral elevation
gratitude
voice
collective action
grounded theory
self-transcendence values
moral pride
moral elevation
gratitude
voice
collective action
grounded theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Linda Klebe Treviño, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Klebe Treviño, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis A. Gioia, Committee Member
Glen E. Kreiner, Committee Member
Margaret (Meg) Meloy, Outside Member

Author:

Kemmerling, Jesse

Title:

Effects of Low-Mobility Holes in TCAD Simulated GaN/AlGaN/GaN Super-Heterojunction HEMT for RF and High-Power Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

gallium nitride
HEMT
super-heterojunction
field plate
RF amplifier
hole mobility
TCAD
microwave amplifier

File:

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Committee Members:

Rongming Chu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Jackson, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cai, Menglan

Title:

The relationship between High-Commitment HRM and employee engagement while moderated by HR attribution

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

High-Commitment HRM
Employee Engagement
Well-Being Attribution
Exploitation Attribution

File:

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Committee Members:

Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hee Man Park, Committee Member
Kathryn Dlugos, Committee Member

Author:

Gillespie, Jared

Title:

Ultrasonic Non-destructive Evaluation of Metallic Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

ultrasound
additive manufacturing
melt pools
texture
residual stress
resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Kube, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Paola Arguelles, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bottai, Auriane

Title:

Development of an unsteady aero-elastic framework for the study of a slotted, natural laminar flow airfoil

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Slotted
Natural-Laminar Flow
Unsteady flow
aeroelasticity
Component Mode Synthesis
strut-braced wing
flutter
aerodynamic stability
modal analysis
singularity-based method
potential flow
oscillating airfoil
linear-varying strength vortex
high-aspect-ratio wing
Theodorsen theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Outside Unit Member
Robert Campbell, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Michael Jonson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Min, Lujin

Title:

Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum transport
Magnetism
Nonlinear Hall effect
High entropy material

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Krainova, Nina

Title:

Impact of strong coupling on chemical properties and nonlinear response of organic semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

strong coupling
exciton-polaritons
polaron-polaritons
polariton chemistry
electroabsoption
photoluminescence
SHG
photocurrent

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Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Keren

Title:

Design, development, and validation of portable sensors and systems for label-free probing of bacterial phenotypes in real-time

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Biosensor
Electrochemical
Optical
Point-of-care
Bacteria
Phenazines
Biofilm

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Major Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Major Field Member

Author:

Wang, Tianfang Sally

Title:

The concept of conceptual metaphor as a psychological tool for L2 development: A conceptual metaphor theory-informed concept-based language instruction

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Concept-based Language Instruction
L2 pedagogy
Micro-genetic analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Ning Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Deryn Verity, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Major Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Celeste Kinginger, Major Field Member

Author:

Passero, Kristin

Title:

Incorporating Dependent Data into Precision Medicine Research Beyond Genome-Wide Association Studies

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Dependent data
EWAS
Gene-environment interactions
Family data
Longitudinal data
Simulation study
Polygenic risk score

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Major Field Member
Idan Shalev, Major Field Member
Molly Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Lisa Kopp, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Beckman, Minor Field Member

Author:

Smalls, Ashley

Title:

Blerd Lines: An Intersectional Analysis in Media Fandom

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

fandom
social media
race and media

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Major Field Member
Stephanie Madden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sara Liao, Major Field Member

Author:

Grimm, Erika

Title:

Linguistic Rupture, Racialization, and Resistance in Latina/x Feminisms: A Critical Phenomenological Approach

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

linguistic rupture
Latina
Latinx
feminist philosophy
philosophy of race
language
intersectionality
critical phenomenology
Continental philosophy
Anzaldua
Lugones
Ortega
Martinez
Alcoff

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Committee Members:

Leonard Lawlor, Program Head/Chair
Ted Toadvine, Major Field Member
Eduardo Mendieta, Major Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Decker, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Martin, Valerie

Title:

Multiscale Modeling Of Fiber Reinforced Material Under Dynamics Loading Using The Embedded Finite Element Method

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Fiber reinforced composite
Multi-scale modeling
Embedded elements
Finite Element Analysis
Impact modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reuben Kraft, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Field Member
Charles Bakis, Outside Unit Member
Francesco Costanzo, Major Field Member

Author:

Lu, Jiali

Title:

Modelling Birdsong Syntax with Partially Observed Markov Models

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

birdsong
neuroscience
probabilistic modelling
complex system

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Committee Members:

Yingwei Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dezhe Jin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lu Bai, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Chen

Title:

Statistical methods for replicability assessment of genotype-phenotype associations and polygenic risk score modeling in large-scale multi-ancestry consortium studies and electronic health record-based biobanks

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

GWAS meta-analysis
Replicability Assessment
Polygenic Risk Score
Electronic Health Record

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Committee Members:

David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair
Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qunhua Li, Major Field Member
Helen Kamens, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yifei Huang, Major Field Member

Author:

Du, Hongcui

Title:

Improving Students’ Evidence-Based Reasoning: Two Studies Demonstrating the Promise of An Intervention

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

evidence-based reasoning
evidence identification
evidence evaluation
critical thinking

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexandra List, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Crosson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Major Field Member
Peggy Van Meter, Major Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bhide, Ashlesha

Title:

Protein Aggregation, Fragmentation and its role in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Protein Aggregation
Protein Fragmentation
Alzheimer's disease
Liposome Aggregation
Alkaline Phosphatase

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Major Field Member
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alkhadhr, Shaikhah

Title:

Modeling a Clinical Acoustic Information System Using Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

physics-informed neural networks
wave equation
ultrasound therapeutics
numerical modeling
information systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mohamed Almekkawy, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Major Field Member
David Koslicki, Major Field Member
Yun Jing, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Shen, Hua

Title:

Towards Useful AI Interpretability for Humans via Interactive AI Explanations

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Interactive AI Explanations
Conversational AI Explanations
Human-centered Explainable AI
XAI Human Evaluation
Useful AI Explanations
XAI Usefulness

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Sherry Tongshuang Wu, Special Member
Kenneth Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Wang, Hang

Title:

Defense against test-time evasion attacks and backdoor attacks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

adversarial machine learning
backdoor attack
Trojan
maximum margin
adversarial examples
GANs
activation clipping

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
George Kesidis, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
David Miller, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jia Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member

Author:

Charnesky, Andrew

Title:

Epitope Mapping of Small Non-Enveloped Icosahedral Viruses

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Cryo EM
Poliovirus
Canine Parvovirus
Antibody
Fab
Epitope
Subparticle

File:

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Committee Members:

Troy Sutton, Major Field Member
Jean-Paul Armache, Major Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Neil Christensen, Outside Unit Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Field Member
Anthony Schmitt, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Hafenstein, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

He, Yingliang Elvin

Title:

Managing progressivity in small group discussions on zoom

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Progressivity
Conversation Analysis
ITA
Group discussion

File:

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Outside Unit Member
Ning Yu, Outside Field Member
Joan Kelly Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Looney, Major Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cikovic, Matthew

Title:

"I think it's a way of just making us feel like a part of the thing that we love" The evolving relationship between fan filmmakers and media owners

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

fandom
fanfilms
fan films
fan filmmaking
Henry Jenkins
media studies
media culture
media
film

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Major Field Member
Ekaterina Haskins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member

Author:

Torhan, Sarah

Title:

A Global Characterization of Adaptations Addressing Vulnerabilities Across the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

climate change
adaptation
food-energy-water nexus
food security
water security
energy security

File:

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Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member

Author:

Sawale, Shantanu

Title:

Supplier pre-selection framework: A criteria to evaluate suppliers in early stage.

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supplier pre-selection
strategic purchasing
automobile

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member

Author:

Wadley, Myriah

Title:

The Effect of Urbanization, Seasonality, and Storm Events On Stream Metabolism at Watershed Scale

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

metabolism
land-use
urban
watershed
gross primary production
ecosystem respiration
Dead Run 5
ecosystem function
urbanization
restoration

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan M Duncan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Yuqi

Title:

Polarity Disparity Governs Hierarchical Arrangements in Multiphase Condensates

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Phase Separation
Multilayered Condensates
Elastin-like Polypeptides
Tau protein

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ruobo Zhou, Committee Member

Author:

Sato, Masahiro

Title:

autonomous approach to a moving ship's mast via motion prediction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAV
motion prediction
image processing
AR model
Burg's Method
System Design
Target Detection
SCONE
IARC
D435
model predictive control
MPC

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Suresh, Aakarshitha

Title:

LOGIC OBFUSCATION OF QUANTUM CIRCUITS FOR SECURITY

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Quantum Computing
Obfuscation
Dummy gates
Hardware security
quantum circuit

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Morteza Kayyalha, Committee Member

Author:

Qu, Yan

Title:

Who Spoke out During COVID-19 Pandemic in China? A Content Analysis About Chinese Coverages During the Outbreak

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

KEY WORDS: Media censorship; Content analysis; News source; Emotional tendency

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Jones Kareithi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Robert Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nakho Kim, Committee Member
Stephanie Leigh Morrow, Committee Member

Author:

Poitras, Haley

Title:

Measuring the water activity of ternary aerosol systems and generating phase diagrams for sub micron aerosol particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Water activity
phase separation

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Zhenpeng

Title:

Increasing Exploitability via Elastic Kernel Objects

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

kernel
exploitation
static analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Linhai Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Ting Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Goetschius, Daniel

Title:

Icosahedral Subparticle Extraction & Correlated Classification: Characterizing Heterogeneities in Icosahedral Viruses

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

human papillomavirus
polyomavirus
parvovirus
virology
electron microscopy
zika virus
structural biology
structural virology
cryo electron microscopy
cryoEM

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Committee Members:

Susan Hafenstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Hafenstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Song Tan, Committee Member
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Committee Member
Matthew T Swulius, Outside Member
Joyce Jose, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ayanoglu, Muhammet

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF 21Cr32Ni AUSTENITIC MODEL ALLOY UNDER HEAVY-ION IRRADIATION AS A SURROGATE FOR REACTOR IRRADIATION

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

austenitic stainless steels
helium
in-situ irradiation
faulted loop
cavity
RIS
BOR60
21Cr32Ni model alloy
800H
dual-ion irradiation

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Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Marek Flaska, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Outside Member
Jean Paul Allain, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hospodiuk, Monika

Title:

ENGINEERING OF NEOVASCULARIZED-PANCREAS-ON-A-CHIP MODEL

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

pancreas
vascularization
organ on a chip
tissue engineering
ECM
perfusion
hydrogel
3D bioprinting

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Nicole Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Yin, Jiuchao

Title:

CHEMICAL REPROGRAMMING OF HUMAN ASTROCYTES TO MULTI-TYPES OF FUNCTIONAL NEURONS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

astrocyte-to-neuron conversion
small molecule
chemical conversion
reprogramming
glutamatergic neuron
GABAergic neuron

File:

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Outside Member

Author:

Maleki, Feizollah

Title:

Stomatal Aperture Regulates the Uptake and Transport of Green Leaf Alcohols in Maize

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Green leaf volatiles
Climate change
stomatal aperture
vasculature
Maize
ٓXylem vessels
transport of green leaf volatiles
terpenoids
sesquiterpenes
green leaf alcohol
uptake of green leaf volatiles

File:

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Committee Members:

James Homer Tumlinson, III, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Homer Tumlinson, III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Outside Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Gary Felton, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Jiayang

Title:

Tissue Oxygenation Dynamics During Seizure to Spreading Depression Transition in Rat Brain

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Tissue oxygenation
spontaneous seizure
spreading depolarization
extracellular space volume
effective diffusion coefficient

File:

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Committee Members:

Bruce Gluckman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Zhenyu

Title:

The Impact of the Developmental Timing of Trauma Exposure on Psychopathological Processes and Aggression

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Trauma exposure
Developmental timing
PTSD
Depression
Anxiety
Aggression

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Chad Edward Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Zeng, Hui

Title:

Causal inference with a mediated proportional hazards regression model and a mediated accelerated failure time model

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

mediation
direct and indirect effects
survival analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Theodore Mauger, Committee Member
Ming Wang, Committee Member
Chad Edward Shenk, Outside Member
Arthur Berg, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Qiyao

Title:

Syntheses And Characterization Of Citrate-Based Biodegradable Materials And Their Applications

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

biomaterial
citric acid
polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mocniak, Leanne

Title:

Progress Towards Understanding the Mechanisms of Specifier Proteins in the Glucosinolate-Myrosinase Defense System of Brassicas

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Glucosinolate
Specifier Protein
Myrosinase
Aglycone

File:

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Committee Members:

Danny Sykes, Major Field Member
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Marvin Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ray Bryant, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Carsten Krebs, Major Field Member
Joseph Bollinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kyle Elkin, Special Signatory

Author:

Zhang, Tianyi

Title:

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: additive-mediated synthesis, doping and related applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
chemical vapor deposition
doping
van der Waals heterostructures

File:

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Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roth, Joseph Dennis

Title:

Correlated Metals as Visible and Ultraviolet Transparent Conductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Transparent conductor
Correlated metal
Molecular beam epitaxy
Thin film
Perovskite oxide

File:

Download J_Roth_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rongming Chu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Katz, Spencer Ridgway

Title:

Silver Linings: Applications of Silver Staining for Micro-CT-based Computational Phenomics

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

zebrafish
Danio rerio
X-ray microtomography
micro-CT
silver staining
melanin
pigmentation
pigment development
skin color
3D imaging
computational phenomics
phenomics
histotomography

File:

Download Spencer_Katz_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Gunther, Major Field Member
Neil Christensen, Major Field Member
David Grunwald, Special Member
Keith Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Seo, Jooyoung

Title:

Discovering Informal Learning Cultures of Blind Individuals Pursuing STEM Disciplines: A Computational Ethnography Using Public Listserv Archives

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

STEM
Computational Ethnography
Accessibility
Blind Learners
Visual Impairments
Machine Learning
Structural Topic Modeling
Data Science
Mailing List
Tidy Data
R
Mailing Lists
Python

File:

Download J.Seo_Dissertation_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roy Clariana, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Major Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shell, Laura Jean

Title:

Working and Living in Student Crisis: The Emotional Labor of a Live-in Residence Life Professional

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Student affairs professional
residence life professional
emotional labor
crisis
Student affairs professional
Residence life professional
Emotional labor
Crisis
Trauma

File:

Download Working_and_Living_in_Student_Crisis_The_Emotional_Labor_of_a_Live-in_Residence_Life_Professional_.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Major Field Member
Alicia Dowd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Royel Johnson, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wikle, Nathan

Title:

Mechanistic models for spatial and spatio-temporal data.

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

spatial statistics
spatio-temporal statistics
mechanistic models
COVID-19
air pollution
ant trophallaxis

File:

Download Wikle-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Hunter, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Murali Haran, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Park, Hye Joon

Title:

Individual Generalism and Inter-organizational mobility: Evidence from the context of knowledge-intensive organizations

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

individual generalism
inter-organizational mobility
individual-job matching process

File:

Download Hye_Joon_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vilmos Misangyi, Major Field Member
Forrest Briscoe, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aparna Joshi, Major Field Member
Wenpin Tsai, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair