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Author:

Agyapong, Ama Duffie

Title:

A Study of Metal Interactions with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

TMDS
physical vapor deposition
2D materials
MoS2
WS2
contact metals
Raman spectroscopy
intermetallics
alloys
interfacial reactions
monolayer

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Outside Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sleem, Omar

Title:

Non-convex Approaches to Sparsity: Algorithms and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Non-Convex Optimization
Sparsity
System Identification
5G NR
Overhead Reduction
Wireless Communications
Manifold Optimization

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jing Yang, Major Field Member

Author:

Castro Baldivieso, Stephanie

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemical recovery
electromotive force measurements
Gd-Bi alloys
oxide reduction
recovery efficiency of rare earth elements
Gd-Bi kinetic properties

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member

Author:

Dashner, Zachary

Title:

Novel Biotechnological Approaches to Understand And Reduce Cadmium in the Iron Uptake Pathway of Theobroma Cacao

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (PHD)

Keywords:

Cadmium
Heavy metal accumulation
cacao
chocolate
Theobroma cacao
transporters
Hairy roots transformation
Fe (Iron) transport
ZIP/IRT1-like
R. rhizogenes
Altered selectivity of transporters

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Siela Maximova, Major Field Member
Erin Connolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ruairidh Sawers, Major Field Member

Author:

Herrera, Alex

Title:

Female Prostitution in Guatemala City and the Transnational Surveillance of Venereal Diseases, 1880s-1950s

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Guatemala
Latin American History
Women's Studies
History of Medicine
History of Public Health
Guatemala City

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Committee Members:

Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair
Alicia Decker, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cathleen Cahill, Outside Field Member
Christopher Heaney, Major Field Member
Martha Few, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Leibelsperger, Kelsey

Title:

Sentencing outcomes for drug offenders in Pennsylvania: examining gender disparities, gender moderation, and county effects

Graduate Program:

Criminology (PHD)

Keywords:

sentencing outcomes
gender
drug offenses
alternative sentencing outcomes
gender moderation

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Committee Members:

Pamela Wilcox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Abenaa Jones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pamela Wilcox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Megan Kurlychek, Major Field Member
David Ramey, Major Field Member

Author:

Lin, Dan

Title:

The effect of pre-diagnosis physical activity on breast cancer outcomes

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

breast cancer
physical activity
recurrence
window of susceptibility
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
pathological complete response
white blood cell

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Committee Members:

Duanping Liao, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Joshua Muscat, Major Field Member
Shouhao Zhou, Outside Field Member
Kathleen Sturgeon, Special Member
Cheryl Thompson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Hobkirk, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Nassif, Majda

Title:

Exploring Social Capital and Volunteering Across Contexts

Graduate Program:

Public Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Capital
Volunteering
Scoping review
College Volunteering
COVID-19 Pandemic

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Committee Members:

Glenn McGuigan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Goktug Morcol, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bing Ran, Major Field Member
Michele Tantardini, Major Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Davis, Samantha

Title:

Social Fibers: Race, Gender, and Fabrics of Identity in Colonial Yucatán

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Yucatán
Mexico
gender
race

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Committee Members:

Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair
Jyoti Balachandran, Outside Field Member
Cathleen Cahill, Major Field Member
Amara Solari, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Matthew Restall, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Few, Major Field Member

Author:

Schwendler, Teresa

Title:

A mixed methods research study to understand infant feeding practices and inform strategies to improve maternal, infant, and child nutrition in Guinea – a biocultural perspective

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

infant and young child
nutrition
Guinea
responsive feeding
dietary diversity
direct observation
biocultural
feeding behavior
policy
pregnant women

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Committee Members:

Kristina Petersen, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Kodish, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Keller, Major Field Member
Muzi Na, Major Field Member