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Author:

Oli, Neha

Title:

Effects of the estrous cycle and early pregnancy on proportions and functions of peripheral immune cells in dairy cows and heifers

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

early pregnancy
immunomodulatory proteins
nulliparous heifers
multiparous lactating cows
conceptus

File:

Download Thesis_Document_Neha_Oli.pdf

Committee Members:

Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cintron, Vincent

Title:

HIGH HEAT FLUX DAMAGE SIMULATIONS WITH AN ELECTROTHERMAL DISCHARGE DEVICE UNDERGOING INCREASING CURRENT AND PULSE LENGTH TIMES

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

electrothermal discharge device
High heat flux damage
PFCs
tokamak first wall
ETFLOW

File:

Download Cintron_Vincent_NUCE_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Leigh Winfrey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elia Merzari, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Suryadevara, Raja

Title:

Intelligent Operation and Control of Microgrids Using Multiple Reinforcement Learning Agents

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Reinforcement Learning
DDPG
DQN
Microgrids
Frequency Control
Excitation Control

File:

Download Raja_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Idowu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rafic A Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Wolfram Bettermann, Committee Member

Author:

Suvarna, Shubham

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Thermally Modulated Li-ion Batteries for Electric Aircrafts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Thermal Modulation
Electric Aircrafts
Li-ion Batteries
Modelling
Simulation
Electrochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_SuvarnaShubham.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chao-Yang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Zachos, Damaris

Title:

Noise Prediction of Rotorcraft Acoustics for a Conceptual eVTOL Design and Conventional Helicopters

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Helicopter
Acoustics
eVTOL
Noise Abatement

File:

Download Zachos-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Bozek, Evan

Title:

Contact and Noncontact Nonlinear/Linear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy (N/RUS) of Additively Manufactured and Wrought 316L Stainless Steel Samples

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
NRUS
Additive Manufacturing
Resonance
Non-contact

File:

Download EBozekMastersThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Justin

Title:

Universal Micro-credential Certifications Powered By the Blockchain: An Extension For eAsel

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

blockchain
micro-credentials
eAsel
competency-based education
smart contracts
ethereum
blockchain certificates
ERC-721
Non-Fungible Tokens
digital badges
blockchain credentials

File:

Download JustinWu-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Steven R. Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Lauren

Title:

Exploring The Existence of Melody in Infant Pain Cries

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (MS)

Keywords:

infant cry
melody
early language
acoustics
speech science
cry melody

File:

Download Lee_FINALThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Etter (She/Her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Michael Robb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ji Min Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Cloward, Michael

Title:

Dynamic Overset CFD Analysis of Biomedical Microrobot Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Microrobotics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Overset Mesh
Biomedicine
Magnetic Actuation

File:

Download MBC_Thesis_Final_Rev1.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Catherine G P Berdanier, Committee Member

Author:

Leung, Tiffanie

Title:

Re-crafting the Earthbag Wall: Addressing Safety, Labor, Construction, and Aesthetics Through Novel Machine-Sewn Bags

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

earthbag construction
flexible-form rammed earth
sewing craft
machine-facilitated craft
earthbag construction process
modifying earthbag geometry
earthbag craft
cinched earthbag
accessible craft

File:

Download Tiffanie_Leung_MSArch_Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Marcus Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dk Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Felecia Ann Davis, Committee Member
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Committee Member

Author:

Weir, Elisabeth

Title:

Measuring Olfactory And Chemosensory Function In Healthy Controls And COVID-19 Positive Individuals

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Olfaction
Smell
Taste
Detection Threshold
Chemesthesis
Anosmia
Chemosensory Function

File:

Download ElisabethWeir_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
John Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Cara L Exten, Committee Member

Author:

Kazandjian, Vahan

Title:

Template-Based Feature Map Creation Using GPS and 2D LIDAR Scan Intensity and Height Extrema

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Feature Templates
LIDAR
Autonomous Vehicles
Mapping
GPS
Lane Detection
Vehicle
Road Detection
Data Clustering
Sensor Fusion

File:

Download Vahan_Kazandjian_MS_Thesis_Template-Based_Feature_Map_Creation_Using_GPS_and_2D_LIDAR_Scan_Intensity_and_Height_Extrema.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Mallett, Cam

Title:

Congregation Loss: The Black Colleges, Clubs, and Sportswriters Who Desegregated Atlanta Track and Field

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Sporting Congregations
Integration
Desegregation
Track and Field
Atlanta
HBCUs
Sportswriters

File:

Download Congregation_Loss_-_Formatted_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mark Dyreson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Sikes, Committee Member
Jaime Schultz, Committee Member
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias, Committee Member

Author:

Decerio, Dalton

Title:

Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hybrid
electric
aircraft
rotorcraft
conceptual design
optimization
propulsion

File:

Download Decerio_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Pagnucco, Max

Title:

Modeling Acoustical Horns as a Cascade of Conical Transmission Line Segments Terminated with a Spherical Radiator

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Transmission Line
Horns
Lumped Elements
Musical Instruments
Benade
Simscape
Propagation
Radiation
Equivalent Circuits

File:

Download Pagnucco_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Dan Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Guanzhou

Title:

Sand Screen Performance Prediction Using Numerical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sand screen
CFD-DEM
sand screen performance prediction
numerical simulation
permeability change prediction
gravel pack

File:

Download Thesis_Guanzhou_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Geer, Connor

Title:

Anomaly Detection of Test-Time Evasion Attacks in the Audio Domain

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Adversarial Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Audio
Anomaly Detection

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Member
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member

Author:

Messinger, Steve

Title:

Modeling, Adaptive Control, and Flight Testing of a Lighter-than-Air Vehicle Validated Using System Identification

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Model Reference Adaptive Control
System Identification
Adaptive Control
Lighter-than-Air Vehicle
Vehicle Design
Sparse System Identification
Flight Testing
Modeling
Simulation
Control
Aerospace

File:

Download Messinger_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Springer, Renaldo

Title:

Development of an all aqueous thermally regenerative ammonia battery using Cu(I,II) redox reactions

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Thermally Regenerative ammonia battery
TRAB
energy storage
all aqueous TRAB

File:

Download SpringerR_MSc_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Derek M Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member
Christopher A Gorski, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Elwain, Brody

Title:

exploring the utility of monocentric imagers for astronomy

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Optics
Aberration correction
Astronomical survey

File:

Download McElwain-Brody-MS-Thesis_2022-04-04_.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Suvrath Mahadevan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Hsu, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Topper, Evan

Title:

Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Multirotor
NDARC
Simulation
Validation
eVTOL
Rotorcraft

File:

Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Hebert, Hannah

Title:

Predictors of Sentence Repetition: Phonological Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Long-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (MS)

Keywords:

working memory
cognition
language
sentence recall
nonword repetition
pSTM
Phonological short-term memory
WM

File:

Download Hebert_MSThesis_SP22.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Robb, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Cong

Title:

Quantifying and Mitigating Cache Side Channel Leakage with Differential Set

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

cache side-channel
cybersecurity
language-based security
program analysis

File:

Download Cong_Ma_Thesis-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gang Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Bozek, Andrew

Title:

Shape Memory Alloy Films for Increasing Amplitude of Photoacoustic Signals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Thin Films
Shape Memory Alloy

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Final-_Andrew_Bozek.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Reginald F Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Tucker

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND SIMULATION OF MICROWAVE STRIPLINE DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

microwave
5G
transmission lines
microstrip

File:

Download brown_ms_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Edward Perini, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Cheng Yi

Title:

Applications of Analytics in Disease Prediction Types

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Landmark Gens
Cancer Types
Disease Type Prediction
Machine Learning
Analytics Model

File:

Download APPLICATIONS_OF_ANALYTICS_IN_DISEASE_PREDICTION_TYPES.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raghu Sangwan, Committee Member
Youakim Badr, Committee Member
Colin Neill, Committee Member
Partha Mukherjee, Committee Member

Author:

Flood, Kendra

Title:

Principals' Perceptions and the Decision-Making Process on Implementing Extended Contracts for School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (MS)

Keywords:

principals' decision-making
agricultural education
extended contracts

File:

Download FinalThesis2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kevin Wylie Curry, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Committee Member
Ericka S Weathers, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Qingyuan

Title:

Application of lot-for-lot and order frequency policies for supplier selection and order quantity allocation in two‑stage supply chains

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supplier selection
Lot-for-lot policy
Order frequency policy
Finite production rates

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Qingyuan_Lu.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Voigt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jose A. Ventura, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yue Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Olamoyegun, Olusegun

Title:

3D filament production unit using plastic waste and pellets

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
3D Filament
Plastic waste
Pellets
PLA
ABS
Waste recycling
3D Printing
Filament Production

File:

Download 3D_filament_production_unit_using_plastic_waste_and_pellets.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair
John Gershenson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Joshi, Committee Member
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

Author:

Anthony, Mitchel

Title:

The Effectiveness of Pumice as a Supplementary Cementitious Material within High Performance Self-Consolidating Concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Pumice
High Strength Concrete
Self-Consolidating Concrete
Metakaolin

File:

Download Mitchel_Anthony_Thesis_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rajarajan Subramanian, Committee Member

Author:

Taglieri, David

Title:

Urban Traffic Network Operations: Roundabouts vs. Signalized Intersections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

traffic
traffic control
roundabout
roundabouts
macroscopic fundamental diagram
network exit function
transportation
engineering
MFD
NEF

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Yadav, Rupesh Ramchandra

Title:

Evaluation of the performance of CLT tornado shelters

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CLT
tornado
tornado shelter
sap2000

File:

Download Thesis_Rupesh_Yadav.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Fox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mike Hillman, Committee Member
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Committee Member
Aly Marei Said, Committee Member

Author:

Tirrell, Bruce

Title:

Challenging Veteran Stereotypes: An Investigation Around Veteran Status and Its Influence on Aggression, Ostracism, Stress, and Counterproductive Work Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations (MS)

Keywords:

Veterans
Military
Veteran Stereotypes
Aggression
Stress
Counterproductive Work Behaviors
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Ostracism
Emotional Stability
Military Identity
Military Culture

File:

Download Bruce_K_Tirrell_HRER_MS_Thesis_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Clark, Program Head/Chair
Kameron Carter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothea Roumpi, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Nowparvar, Mahgol

Title:

IMMERSIVE SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING (ISBL): EFFICACY AND EFFECT OF NAVIGATION IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Simulation
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Human-computer interface
Data science applications in education

File:

Download Data_Analytics_Thesis_-_Mahgol_Nowparvar.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Ashkan Negahban, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parhum Delgoshaei, Committee Member
Robin Guanghua Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

O'Connell, Abby

Title:

Can I Get a Word In? The Impact of Turn-Taking and Gender Engineering Design Students' Psychological Safety

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

psychological safety
design teams
design theory
creativity and concept generation decision theory

File:

Download AbbyOConnellGraduateThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Joshi, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Varaksa Jr, Alexander

Title:

Assessing Grapevine Leafroll Disease Impact in Commercial Vineyards throughout Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

grapevine leafroll disease
GLD
grapevines
Cabernet Franc
vineyards
virus
impact
yield
juice chemistry
growth
weather

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Alexander_Varaksa.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member
Flor E Acevedo, Committee Member

Author:

Stark, Cassie

Title:

Habitat and flora associated with two ramp/leek species (Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii) in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

ramps
Allium tricoccum
Allium burdickii
Forest farming
Soil moisture
Population discovery

File:

Download Thesis_CS_Ramp_Habitat.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Sarah E Nilson, Committee Member

Author:

Garcia, Miguel

Title:

Insights on the use of Machine Learning to Predict Retention of Career Soldiers in the United States Army

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
AI
Deep Learning
Decision Tree
Logistic Regression
Random Forest
XGBoost
Artificial Neural Network
Deep Neural Network
U.S. Army
Military
Attrition
Retention
Person-Event Data Environment
PDE
Department of Defense
DoD
Army Analytics Group
AAG
Naive Bayes
Active Duty
Enlistment
Commissioned Officers
Soldiers
Area Under the Curve
AUC
Data Analytics
Retirement
MEDPROS
PHA
MEPCOM
DTMS
ATMS
ROC Curve
Variable Importance
Preprocessing
Data Quality

File:

Download Insights_on_the_use_of_AI_to_Predict_Retention_of_Career_Soldiers_in_the_US_Army.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Partha Mukherjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guanghua Qiu, Committee Member
Youakim Badr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roessler, Arya

Title:

Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

carbon fiber reinforced plastics
OOA
out-of-autoclave
B-staging
epoxy
short beam shear
ILSS
DSC
carbon fiber
composites

File:

Download Roessler_MS_Thesis_May_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Committee Member

Author:

Weitsman, Daniel

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of the effects of cyclic pitch variations on rotor noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

eVTOL Noise
eVTOL
Helicopter Noise
Acoustics
Cyclic Pitch
Rotorcraft

File:

Download Weitsman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Coleman, Kiana

Title:

Anti-inflammatory effects of cocoa supplementation in a mice model of inflammatory bowel disease

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ulcerative colitis
Inflammation
Dose-response
Cocoa
In vivo

File:

Download KianaColeman_FinalVersion_Thesis_Spring22.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Greg Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Traub, Julia

Title:

How Schoolyard Renewal Can Impact Wellness in Elementary Schools: an analysis of post-2000s literature

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Well-being
Youth
Green-space
Cognitive development

File:

Download TraubJulia_THESIS_FINAL_corr.pdf

Committee Members:

Stuart Echols, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Paul Mainzer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leann Andrews, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Committee Member

Author:

Mejia, Austin

Title:

Wolbachia densities in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
artificial selection
inbreeding
biocontrol

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Austin.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member

Author:

Leng, Rui

Title:

DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD ACTUATED MULTILAYERED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Smart materials
Magneto-active elastomers
Magneto-active polymer-based materials
Shape memory polymers
Polymer actuation
Polymer Characterization
Additive manufacturing
Printability
Unimorph
Biomedical field

File:

Download Thesis_RuiLeng.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Agnihotri, Devanshi

Title:

Assessing mHealth Motivational Pathways Among Hispanic Individuals Through Technological Affordances

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Technological affordances
self determination theory
motivational technology model

File:

Download FINALAgnihotri_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Saeed M Abdullah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunfeng Shi, Committee Member
Xinning Gui, Committee Member

Author:

Mcfeaters, Tyler

Title:

Field-Scale Spatial Distribution and Genotypic Diversity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Soybeans

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
white mold
soybean
field-scale
spatial distribution
genotypic diversity

File:

Download TylerMcFeaters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair
Paul David Esker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Tallon, Aubrey

Title:

Parks in Praxis: Perspectives on the Frontlines of the Racial Justice Movement in America

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (MS)

Keywords:

race
justice
racial justice
parks
recreation
protests

File:

Download Parks_in_Praxis_Final_Draft_-_APRIL_7_Appendix_Edit.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair
Alan R Graefe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew J. Mowan, Committee Member
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member

Author:

Werkheiser, Nathan

Title:

Backpropagation Analysis of Swirling Isothermal Dump Combustor Data

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Neural Networks
Backpropagation
fluid flow
CFD
Swirling Flow
Activation Functions

File:

Download Thesis_Werkheiser_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Brian Allen Maicke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member

Author:

Koehle, Allison

Title:

Smart Tillage and the Regulation of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Organic Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

nitrous oxide
cover crop
manure
organic agriculture
denitrification
tillage

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Armen R. Kemanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member

Author:

Millward, Andrew

Title:

L2-UniFrac

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UniFrac
Bioinformatics
Comparative Metagenomics
Representative Microbiome
Distance Metric
Differential Abundance

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
David Koslicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Medvedev, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Colin

Title:

Ultrasonic Methods for Characterization of Additively Manufactured Materials: Experiments and Numerical Simulations

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

ultrasonic testing
numerical modeling
additive manufacturing
materials characterization
nondestructive evaluation
finite element simulations

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy M. Shreiber, Committee Member
Matt Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Emani, Rahul

Title:

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Detection and Classification Using IEEE 802.11 Signals

Graduate Program:

Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations (MS)

Keywords:

sUAS
UAVs
Cybersecurity
Drones
IEEE 802.11
Signals
Network Traffic Analysis
Drone Detection
Drone Classification

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Glantz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nick Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member
Timothy E. Kohler, Special Signatory

Author:

Caudill, Hannah

Title:

Conceptualizations of Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation: A Case Study of the Daniel Boone National Forest

Graduate Program:

Geography (MS)

Keywords:

Appalachia
Eastern Kentucky
Coal Mining
Abandoned Mine Land
Reclamation
Daniel Boone National Forest

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian H. King, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer E Baka, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Zimmerer, Committee Member
Trevor Birkenholtz, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Connell, Ryan

Title:

Acoustic Analysis of an Ultra-Efficient Commercial Transport Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Noise
SNLF
Commercial Aircraft
ANOPP

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Winslow, Joshua

Title:

Design and Implementation of an FPGA-based OFDM System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

OFDM
FPGA
QAM

File:

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Committee Members:

Rafic Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nashwa Nabil Elaraby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xinwei Niu, Committee Member
Aldo W Morales, Committee Member

Author:

Pannebaker, Jeremy

Title:

Development of Empirically-Driven Axisymmetric Turbulence Models Using a Symmetry-Based Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

symmetry scaling
turbulence
axisymmetric turbulence
Lie theory
PIV
symmetries

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lester Jonson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David K Hall, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Zachary P Berger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan Murray, Special Signatory

Author:

Oyama, Kohei

Title:

COMSOL simulation of CNT assembly in an epoxy matrix under static magnetic fields for polymer nanocomposite applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube
Composites
Epoxy
FEM
COMSOL
MATLAB
Magnetic field
Nickel

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Ning, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Kwan, Jamie

Title:

a study on the effect of inflammatory cytokines on platelet-endothelial adhesion and activation in the parallel plate flow chamber

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (MS)

Keywords:

platelet
endothelial cell
endothelium
inflammation
cytokine
flow chamber
thrombosis

File:

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Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Peter Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Cottle, Rachel

Title:

The Progressive Heat Stress Protocol

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
heat balance
psychrometric limits
repeatability
uncompensable heat stress

File:

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Committee Members:

William Lawrence Kenney, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gwendolyn A Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Cummings, Christine

Title:

Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioplastic
gaussian process
regression
optimization
seaweed
mechanical property
water absorption
elastic modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

James, Derek

Title:

Why Ag Sci

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (MS)

Keywords:

Agricultural Science
diversity
underrepresented students
influence

File:

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Committee Members:

Patreese Donette Ingram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Julia A Green Bryan, Committee Member

Author:

Drewniak, David

Title:

Study of Piezoelectricity Applications in Solid Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

piezoelectric
energetic composite
PVDF
nanoaluminum

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cholakis-Kolysko, Kate

Title:

One Neighbor's Curb Garden, Another's Weedy Pit: Municipal and Designer Perspectives on Public Perception of Green Street Rain Garden Appearance

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

green stormwater infrastructure
aesthetics
rain garden
ecological literacy
yard norm
social values
green street
streetscape
residential yard
environmental behavior

File:

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Committee Members:

Eliza Pennypacker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stuart Patton Echols, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair
Matthew B Royer, Committee Member

Author:

Strong, Emily

Title:

A Joint Model for Total and Age-Structured Negative Binomial Counts with Application to the COVID-19 Epidemic in Rhode Island

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Negative Binomial Counts

File:

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Berg, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eason, Jessica

Title:

Genetic Regulation of Qrr1 in the Marine Symbiont Vibrio Fischeri While Inside its Host the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Quorum Sensing
Symbiosis
Quorum Regulated RNA

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Monica Medina, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Chung, Dongyoun

Title:

Changes in crystal structures of metal oxide/ hydroxide minerals during dissolution and heating: An In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction study

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Time-resolved X-ray diffraction
Mineral dissolution
Hematite
Goethite
Thermal expansion
Heating
Rutile structure
Pyrolusite
Rutile

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member

Author:

La Fond, Julia

Title:

Efficient Maintenance and Distribution of the Comprehensive SETI Bibliography on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

SETI
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
NASA ADS
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Comprehensive SETI Bibliography
Database Curation

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kate Freeman, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Jason Wright, Committee Member
Julie Cosmidis, Special Signatory

Author:

Nicholson, Duncan

Title:

Scaled Experiments in Vision-Based Approach and Landing in High Sea States

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Ship
Deck
Landing
UAV
UAS
Fiducial
Control
Estimation
Precision Landing
shipboard
sUAS

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Shy, Sarah

Title:

Assessing Classification Uncertainty On Astronomical Objects With Measurement Error

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

Bayesian posterior predictive distribution
catalog data
quasar
random forest
support vector machine

File:

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Committee Members:

Hyungsuk Tak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
G. Jogesh Babu, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Kelvey, Kyle

Title:

The Prediction of Steady-State Vibration Due to Rhythmic Activity in a Multi-Story Structure

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rhythmic Activity
Vibrations
FEM
ETABS
Multi-Story Vibrational Response
Servicability
Modeling
Human Induced Excitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Linda Morley Hanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan Levi Solnosky, Committee Member
Somayeh Asadi, Program Head/Chair
Thomas E Boothby, Committee Member

Author:

De Priest, Miranda

Title:

The effect of environmental heterogeneity on bacteria within an agricultural soil community

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

environmental heterogeneity
generalist
specialist
microbe
microbiome
biodiversity
bacteria
soil

File:

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Committee Members:

Terrence Hugh Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Emily R Davenport, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member

Author:

Wade, Lucas

Title:

Investigation of 3-Dimensional Caustic Generation with Application to Off-track Sonic Boom Focusing

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Sonic Boom
Sonic Boom Focusing
Acoustics
Supersonic Aircraft
Geometrical Acoustics
Boundary Layer Theory
Caustics
Tricomi Equation
Nonlinear Tricomi Equation
Superboom

File:

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Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Member
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Yun Jing, Committee Member
Alexandra Loubeau, Special Signatory

Author:

Troncoso Aldas, Nelson Daniel

Title:

AIGuide: An Augmented Reality Hand Guidance Application for People with Visual Impairments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

assistive technology augmented reality
mixed reality
mobile computing
assistive technology
augmented reality

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Taylor, Samuel

Title:

The Effect of Thickness and Surface Roughness on Ferroelectric Behavior of Lead Magnesium Niobate-Titanate and Lead Indium Niobate-Magnesium Niobate-Titanate Single Crystal

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
Piezoelectric
Ultrasound
Characterization
Single Crystal
PMN-PT
PIN-PMN-PT

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Runa, Ferdousy

Title:

Relationship Between Green and Red Occupancy Ratios and Pedestrian Delays

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

High-resolution Data
Pedestrian Delay
Split Failure
Traffic Operation
ATSPM

File:

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Committee Members:

Vikash V. Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Fox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xianbiao Hu, Committee Member

Author:

Vargas Venegas, Carlos

Title:

Physics-Infused Reduced-Order Modeling of Aerothermal Loads for Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hypersonic
fluid-thermal-structural
aerothermoelasticity
data-driven
physics-driven
physics-based
reduced-order modeling
machine learning
field inversion
aerothermal
turbulent viscous-inviscid interactions
neural ordinary differential equations
direct collocation
optimization
kriging
proper-orthogonal decomposition
latin hypercube sampling
thermoelastic
hypersonic vehicle
RANS
skin-panel
two-dimensional
gaussian process regression
computational fluid dynamics
supported panel
augmentation
augmented
model augmentation
surrogate
POD-kriging
POD
algebraic
differential
algebraic augmentation
differential augmentation
NODE
PIROM
analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Daning Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Ravida, Nigel

Title:

The Effects of Novel Drug Compounds on Glioblastoma As An Indicator For Therapeutic Intervention

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

Glioblastoma
Hypoxia
Cytotoxicity

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
James Robert Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seyed Alireza Mansouri, Committee Member

Author:

Clares Pastrana, Ana Paula

Title:

Fundamental Understanding into Bimodal Powder Size Distributions in Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Binder Jetting
bimodal distributions

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Committee Members:

Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member

Author:

Patel, Aditya

Title:

Software Support For Offloading off-the-shelf applications to PIM Cores

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

PIM
BLIMP
Compiler
LLVM

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Tongguang

Title:

Hardware Functional Obfuscation With Ferroelectric Active Interconnects

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

FeFET
Hardware Security
Reverse Engineering
Ferroelectric

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Pham, Viet

Title:

An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

multi-label image classification
image classification
computer vision
machine learning
insect taxonomy
convolutional 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:

Jose, Nikesh

Title:

Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of a metal target position in the transducer near field

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound testing
Structural health monitoring
Piezo electric transducer
Immersion testing
Near Field

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacques Riviere, Committee Member
Christopher Kube, Committee Member

Author:

Eck, Andrew

Title:

Evaluating Dust Suppressant Efficacy and Roadbed Stability of Dirt and Gravel Roads

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

dirt and gravel roads
dust suppression
OGPW
oil and gas produced water
dust
oil and gas wastewater
road spreading
dust palliative
road dust

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Pheeters, Devyn

Title:

Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Yoga, Hanif

Title:

Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Relative Permeability

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
relative permeability
hysteresis
equation of state
multiphase flow in porous media

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Committee Members:

Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Yashar Mehmani, Committee Member

Author:

Kareem, Zainab

Title:

The Pathophysiology of OGF- OGFr axis in Type-2 Diabetic Mice Model of Stroke

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

OGF
OGFr
Ischemic stroke
T2D

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Rashmi Kumari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Sharp, Logan

Title:

Low-Temperature Electron Wind Force Annealing through Electropulsing Treatment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

annealing
electropulsing
EPT
electron wind
electron wind force
EWF
titanium carbide
Ti3C2Tx
MXene
film
NiTi
nitinol
shape memory alloy
SMA
electrical resistivity
thermal microscopy
scanning electron microscopy
SEM
low temperature
Raman spectroscopy

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Duane, Tyler

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Waves For Human Health Monitoring: Simulation-Based Analysis Of The Fifth Metatarsal

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Ultrasonic Guided Waves
Guided Waves
Human Health Monitoring
Fifth Metatarsal

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member

Author:

Trautman, Elizabeth

Title:

Elastic Wave Propagation through Polycrystalline Ice With and Without Embedded Spherical Particle Inclusions

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Cryoultrasound
Analytical Attenuation

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Kube, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kiara

Title:

Food Insecurity As A Longitudinal Predictor Of Diet, Sleep, Mental Health And College Academics

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

food insecurity
nutrition
diet quality
mental health
sleep
academic performance
college student

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Committee Members:

A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Muzi Na, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison D Gernand, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage-Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Roggenbaum, Morgan

Title:

Engineering transcriptional logic within bacteria using complex, modular CRISPRi circuit arrays

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

synthetic biology
genetic circuits
CRISPRi
transcriptional read-through

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Fegley, Jessica

Title:

Improving Non-Point Source Pollutant Capture: Exploring the Potential of Off-line and On-line Green Stormwater Infrastructure Designs

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

green stormwater infrastructure
stormwater
water quality
off-line
flow bypass
non-point source pollution
bioretention

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Committee Members:

Stuart Patton Echols, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Royer, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kahiu, Maureen

Title:

Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Demethylation inhibitor fungicides
phytotoxicity
DMIs
dollar spot

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

Author:

Morehouse, Jessica

Title:

Diet-Induced Modulation of Brainstem Perineuronal Net Development

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

Perinatal high fat diet (PNHFD)
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV)
Obesity
Brainstem
Neuroplasticity

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anirban Paul, Committee Member

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Towards the Integration of Compliant Mechanisms in Orthopedic Implant Design

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

orthopedic implants
compliant mechanisms
implant design
medical devices
flexure modeling
arthroplasty

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Pant, Divya

Title:

Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member

Author:

Fornini, Robert

Title:

The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Concussion
Depression
EEG
Virtual Reality
Asymmetry

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member

Author:

Stebbins, Ryan

Title:

Investigation into Novel Runner Extension Designs for Sand Casting Utilizing 3D Sand-Printing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Sand Casting
Hybrid Manufacturing
3D Sand Printing

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Lor, Jim

Title:

Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Seasonality
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
temperature
host density
infection intensity
infection prevalence
Infectious disease
interpatch movement
Notophthalmus viridescens

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David A Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Chammas, Sari

Title:

states transportation agencies in tackling reflective cracking

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Reflective cracking
Cracks
SAMI
Interlayer
Asphalt pavement

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Committee Members:

Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rajarajan Subramanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Committee Member
Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Committee Member