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Author:

Huang, Yudi

Title:

Towards Secure and Performant Cyber-Physical Systems: Estimation, Optimization, and Control

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Cyber-physical systems
Smart Grid
Attack recovery
System resilience
Overlay routing
Cross-path attack
PMU placement

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Thomas La Porta, Major Field Member
Ting He, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Uday Shanbhag, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member

Author:

Shih, Justin

Title:

Precise Genome Editing in Oryza Sativa and Magnaporthe Oryzae

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (PHD)

Keywords:

genome editing
CRISPR
plant genetics
crop improvement
rice
HDR
base editing
prime editing
rice blast

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Committee Members:

Cristina Rosa, Major Field Member
Timothy Mcnellis, Major Field Member
Claude Depamphilis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yinong Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mainzer, Emily

Title:

Preservice Elementary Teachers' Engagement with Open Mathematics Tasks

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

open mathematics tasks
preservice teacher education
instructional practice
elementary mathematics methods courses
engagement

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gwen Lloyd, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Wang, Rui

Title:

Coupled processes in wellbore stimulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Wellbore stimulation
Coupled processes
Flowback rate
Pump-in/flowback test
Fracture closure
Sandstone acidizing
Post-flush period
Breakdown pressure
High-porosity channels

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hyde, Andrew

Title:

Chemical energy sources for Enceladus and early Earth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

prebiotic chemistry
Enceladus
thioamide
thioformamide

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Christopher House, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kate Freeman, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Outside Field Member

Author:

Albawardi, Abdulaziz

Title:

EXPLORING LEARNERS’ MOTIVATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD LEARNING PROGRAMS IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Adult learner
literacy
motivating factors
participation
persistence
success

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Committee Members:

Esther Prins, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ty Hollett, Outside Field Member
Clemente Abrokwaa, Outside Unit Member
Jose Cossa, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Behoora, Ishan

Title:

Line of sight sensors: Applications and related 1.5D terrain guarding problem variants

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

machine learning
algorithms
computational geometry
approximation
hardness
line of sight sensors

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Martin Fürer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Major Field Member
Kamesh Madduri, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Piotr Berman, Special Member

Author:

Katen, Jeffrey

Title:

Explicit Algorithms for Drinfeld Modules

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Drinfeld Modules
Algebraic number theory
Algorithms

File:

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Committee Members:

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair
Mihran Papikian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kirsten Eisentraeger, Major Field Member
Wen-Ching Li, Major Field Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Linscott, Maryknoll

Title:

Evolution in mammary cancer: Using Mouse models to investigate the selective pressures driving the progression of distinct mutant clones

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

cancer evolution
breast cancer
premalignancy
oncogenic signaling level
PIK3CA
Ras
Myc

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Committee Members:

Edward Gunther, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vonn Walter, Major Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Major Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Yongsoo Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Katherine Aird, Special Member

Author:

Jayachandran, Darsith

Title:

Optoelectronic Applications using Two-Dimensional (2D) Semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
Optoelectronics
semiconductors
sensors

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Mark Horn, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Larry Cheng, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member