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Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

The Boundary Conditions of Backlash for Black Women: When Black Women Escape Backlash for Agentic and Dominant Behavior in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

stereotypes
gender
race
workplace
intersectionality
backlash
agency
dominance
leadership

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Day, Todd Douglas

Title:

High Pressure Chemical Deposition of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon in Extreme Geometries

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogenated amorphous silicon
high pressure
chemical vapor deposition
optoelectronics
optical fiber

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

Author:

Rohrbacher, Duane Paul

Title:

Examining the role of the student conduct advisor at public institutions within an alternative dispute resolution framework

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

student conduct
alternative dispute resolution
student discipline

File:

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Committee Members:

Dorothy H Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neal H Hutchens, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy A Welsh, Committee Member
R, Special Member

Author:

Levin, Scott M

Title:

Heterogeneous Integration of III-V and II-IV Semiconductor Sheets onto Silicon Substrate through Electric-Field Assisted Assembly for Device Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III-V semiconductors
electric-field assisted assembly
heterogeneous integration
FinFET
GeSe

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Youn, Jhu Hyoung

Title:

EVIDENTIALITY IN INTERACTION: THE ROLE OF KOREAN INFERENTIAL EVIDENTIALS

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Evidentiality
Korean inferential evidentiality
Discourse study
Evidentiality in interaction

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Committee Members:

Susan G Strauss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Das, Debanjan

Title:

Electrochemical Degradation, Kinetics & Performance Studies Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Impedance Spectroscopy
Electrohcemical Degradation
Electrochemical Frequency Modulation
Kinetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Ryndock, Eric Joseph

Title:

A Study of Native Human Papillomavirus Structure and Capsid Stabilty

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

HPV
Virus
Capsid
Stability

File:

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Committee Members:

Craig Matthew Meyers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wouden, Alex Michael

Title:

A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
hydroturbine
CFD
chorochronic
phase-lag
incompressible
openfoam

File:

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Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hile, Michael Lee

Title:

Hydrogen sulfide production in manure storages on Pennsylvania dairy farms using gypsum bedding

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Dairy
manure
bedding
gypsum
hydrogen sulfide
emissions

File:

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Committee Members:

Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Clarence Alan Rotz, Committee Member
Ray B. Bryant, Special Member

Author:

Diaz Almeyda, Erika

Title:

UNDERSTANDING TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATION IN SYMBIODINIUM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Symbiodinium
temperature acclimation
transcriptomics
symbiosis
coral bleaching
global warming
climate change

File:

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Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chuayprakong, Sunanta

Title:

Synthesis, Morphology And Dynamics of Polyureas And Their Lithium Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyureas
Ionomers
Synthesis
Morphology
Dynamics
Nanotechnology

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Reese, Lynsey

Title:

Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
LS-DYNA
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
Numerical Modeling
Expanded Polystyrene Concrete
Full-Scale Testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Siying

Title:

PERK REGULATES CALCIUM DYNAMICS IN COGNITION AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

PERK
calcium dynamics
working memory
Alzheimer's disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foster, Norman F

Title:

Advanced Overset Methods for Vortex Dominated Flows

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Overset Grids
Vortical Flow

File:

Download Norm_Foster_Dissertation_20160302.pdf

Committee Members:

Dean Capone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Bastian, Nathaniel Drew

Title:

Multiple Criteria Decision Engineering to Support Management in Military Healthcare and Logistics Operations

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

multi-criteria decision engineering
resource allocation under uncertainty
performance measurement
healthcare
logistics

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul M Griffin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul M Griffin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Terry Paul Harrison, Committee Member
Lawrence V Fulton, Special Member

Author:

Fungtammasan, Arkarachai

Title:

genome and transcriptome architecture shaped by short tandem repeats: comparison of RNA-DNA differences, reverse transcription errors, and sequencing errors in short tandem repeats

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

microsatellites
common fragile sites
error correction model
sequencing error
reverse transcription error
RNA-DNA difference

File:

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Committee Members:

Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Nikhil N

Title:

Computational Methods and Applications in Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear optics
spectroscopy
ultrafast optics
two dimensional phase retrieval
coherent Raman spectroscopy
compressive sensing
ultrashort pulse characterization

File:

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Woodward, Emily Elizabeth

Title:

Optimization of estrogen analyses and quantification of environmental samples from Pennsylvania water systems

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Estrogen Hormones
Soils
Effluent
Sorption

File:

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Committee Members:

John Earl Watson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Committee Member
Dr Clinton Williams, Special Member

Author:

Jiang, Li

Title:

A Constructability Review Ontology To Support Automated Rule Checking Leveraging Building Information Models

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

constructability
constructability review
ontology
design
construction
integrated
BIM
automated checking
constraints

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Michael Leicht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Michael Leicht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Lan

Title:

Top-down and Bottom-up Integration of Engineered Nanostructures for Metamaterials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Metamaterials
top-down
bottom-up

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Birdwell, Robert Z

Title:

The Radical Novel: Utopian and Scientific. A Study of Genre and Recognition

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

utopian socialism
Marxism
redistribution and recognition
genre theory
hermeneutics

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Walter Anesko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Edmond Marsh, Committee Member
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Special Member

Author:

McIntyre, Sean Michael

Title:

A multi-scale model for geared transmission aero-thermodynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
conjugate heat transfer
gearbox
multi-scale model

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Dutt-mazumder, Aviroop

Title:

COLLECTIVE VARIABLES IN DYNAMIC POSTURAL STABILITY

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

multi-joint coordination
posture
collective variables
kinematics

File:

Download Avi_diss_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Sheldon, Jason Paul

Title:

A Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Method For Modeling Fluid–structure Interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Navier-Stokes
Elastodynamics

File:

Download JasonSheldon-PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan S Pitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Paris R Vonlockette, Special Member

Author:

Sullenberger, Matthew Thomas

Title:

Identification and mapping of new late blight resistance genes in the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

tomato
Solanum pimpinellifolium
quantitative trait locus
marker assisted selection
late blight
Phytophthora infestans

File:

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Committee Members:

Majid R Foolad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Atalla, Mahmoud

Title:

FABRICATION AND MODELING OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Optoelectronic devices
GaN-based devices
solar cells
photodetectors
MESFETs
surface waves

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stager, Sarah J

Title:

Exploring the Relationship Between Culture and Participation In An Introduction To Art MOOC

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Probability
Hofstede
National Culture

File:

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Committee Members:

Kyle Leonard Peck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member

Author:

Shingler, Kristin Leigh

Title:

Structural analysis of capsid maturation and uncoating in Picornaviridae

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

picornavirus
cryo-EM
structure
virology
cryo-electron microscopy
A-particle

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Hafenstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Member
Neil David Christensen, Committee Member
Clare E Sample, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Harouaka, Khadouja

Title:

Experimental and theoretical effects of microorganisms, organic molecules, and atom exchange rates on the Ca isotopic composition of gypsum: Implications for the use of Ca isotopes as a geochemical proxy

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Calcium isotopes
gypsum
surface selective inhibition
exchange rates
morphology

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Scott Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Special Member

Author:

Madan, Himanshu

Title:

Design And Characterization Of Novel Rf Circuits Based On Emerging Material Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Scanning Microwave Microscopy
Vanadium di-oxide
Insulator-to-Metal Transition (IMT)
RF switch
Graphene
Ambipolar Mixer

File:

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Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Special Member

Author:

Hamilton, Holly Laurielle

Title:

Relationships between rainfall characteristics and environmental predictors in the West African Region

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Precipitation
West African Monsoon
topography
African Easterly Waves
African Easterly Jet
rainfall
mesoscale convective systems
regional modeling
Weather and Research Forecasting model
WRF

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenni Evans, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Feng, Ruishu

Title:

Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Corrosion
H2S corrosion
High Pressure High Temperature
Arctic Corrosion
EIS
Tafel slope
Surface Analysis.

File:

Download Feng-Dissertation_0314.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Margaret Ziomek Moroz, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Qingyu

Title:

Evaluation of whole exome sequencing technology in cohort dataset and quantification of phenotypic alterations in a model organism

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Whole Exome Sequencing
low coverage
unevenness
Drosophila melanogaster
eye phenotype
image processing
quantitative assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

Naomi S Altman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Shaun A Mahony, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Committee Member

Author:

Robinson, Michael David

Title:

An Investigation of Fatality-Reducing Pedestrian Avoidance Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling
Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Du, Renzhong

Title:

Electrical Transport Studies Of Topological Insulator Bi2te3 Nanotubes

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Insulator
Quantum Transport
Nanotubes

File:

Download Renzhong_Du-PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qi Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qi Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Kaiming

Title:

Broadband lossy impedance matching of antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Broadband antennas
impedance matching
multi-objective optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Yiqiang

Title:

Aerodynamics and Thermal Physics of Helicopter Ice Accretion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aircraft Icing
Ice Accretion Modelling
Helicopter
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Surface Roughness
Performance Degradation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member

Author:

Tekin, Izel

Title:

Genetic Contributors to Non-Motor Symptoms of Sporadic Parkinson's disease

Graduate Program:

Pharmacology

Keywords:

Parkinson's disease
SNP
Catecholamine
Genetics
Next Generation Sequencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Kent Eugene Vrana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Bernard Mailman, Committee Member
Xuemei Huang, Committee Member
Willard M Freeman, Committee Member
Carla Jean Gallagher, Committee Member

Author:

Glisan, Shannon Lee

Title:

Polyphenol-rich foods as interventions for obesity and fatty liver disease

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Cranberry
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Inflammation
Polyphenols
Digestive enzymes
Gut microbiota

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Jairam Kp Vanamala, Committee Member

Author:

Alzahmi, Rashed

Title:

Managers' perceptions of strategic workforce planning and organizational alignment: A single case analysis

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

strategic workforce planning
organizational alignment
strategic planning
talent
ADNOC and its Group of Companies

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member

Author:

Wale, Nina

Title:

Resource competition and the evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

within-host dynamics
competition
drug resistance
malaria
evolution & ecology of infectious disease

File:

Download Wale_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Manuel Llinas, Committee Member
Troy Day, Special Member

Author:

Nassrallah, Zeinab

Title:

Visual Dysfunction and Impaired Defense against Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Retinopathy

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Nrf2
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
zeaxanthin
optokinetic testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Alistair J Barber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Gregory Michael Holmes, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Jennifer W Baccon, Committee Member
Alistair J Barber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peters, Brian Keith

Title:

Experiencing the Transition from Classroom Teacher Leader to the Designated Leadership Role of Instructional Coach

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher leadership
instructional coaching

File:

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Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Scheinberg, Joshua Adam

Title:

A Comprehensive Food Safety Assessment of Farmers' Markets in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Farmers' markets
needs assessment
E. coli
retail food safety
concealed observations
food safety training

File:

Download Scheinberg_Dissertation_2.8.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member
Luke F Laborde, Committee Member
Stephanie Doores, Committee Member
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Shihui

Title:

Programmable hydrogels for cell catch and release

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Hydrogel
aptamer
restriction endonuclease
cell adhesion
molecular reconfiguration
nondestructive cell release

File:

Download Dissertation-Shihui_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member

Author:

Gafni, Ayla R.

Title:

Asymptotic formulae in analytic number theory

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Partitions into powers
circle method
exponential sums
Diophantine approximation
Khinchin theory
Selberg functions

File:

Download Gafni-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Charles Vaughan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Charles Vaughan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wen Ching W Li, Committee Member
Woodrow Dale Brownawell, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Committee Member

Author:

Jensen, Anders Alstrup

Title:

Modeling ice particle aspect ratio evolution during riming

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice
microphysics
modeling
rime
riming
snowflake

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member

Author:

Sturgis, Nicholas Phillip

Title:

Developing Microfluidic Systems for In Situ Characterization of High Temperature Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

microfluidic
nanoparticle synthesis
in-situ
cation exchange

File:

Download NickSturgisDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Special Member

Author:

Ba, Zhaoyong

Title:

A Study on the Effect of Delivery Vehicles on the Efficacy of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in Humans

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

BB-12
gut microbiota
delivery vehicles
yogurt smoothies
probiotics
Bifidobacterium

File:

Download Bas_Dissertation_010716.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert F Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
Rodolphe Barrangou, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris Etherton, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Moosa, Christina Shaheen

Title:

Care and Responsibility in a Global Context

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

care ethics
global responsibility
climate change

File:

Download MOOSA_Final_Dissertation_Draft_022216.pdf

Committee Members:

John Philip Christman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Jonathan Harold Marks, Special Member

Author:

Kragh-Buetow, Katherine Cora

Title:

Robust Electrical Contacts for Sensors and Electronics in Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon carbide (SiC)
indium nitride (InN)
polar semiconductors
high temperature
ohmic contacts
tungsten
nickel

File:

Download KCKragh-Buetow_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert S Okojie, Special Member

Author:

Binsiddiq, Yasser Abdullah

Title:

Current and Future Perceived Importance of Training and Development Competencies in a Selected Area Identified by Saudi Practitioners

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Training and development competencies
training delivery competency
workplace competencies
ASTD and ATD competencies model.

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Pong, Frances Ying

Title:

Catalytic Systems used for Polymerization, Biomass Conversion, and Enhancing Diffusion

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Organometallic
Diffusion
Catalyst
NMR
Polymer

File:

Download Pong_-_Thesis_-_April_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Sangzi

Title:

Electronic Transport in Functionalized Graphene: from Strong Chemisorption to Weakly Bonded Adsorbates

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
conductivity
functionalization
gas sensor

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Special Member

Author:

Cain, Curtis

Title:

Swimming Upstream: The Case of Black Males in Information Technology (IT) Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Black males
career choice
diversity
digital inequality
ethnicity
race
IT workforce
theory development

File:

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Committee Members:

Eileen M Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Suzanne Adair, Committee Member
Michael Mc Neese, Committee Member
Kshiti (K D ) Joshi, Special Member

Author:

White, Charles Macaulay

Title:

Using Cover Crop Mixtures to Reduce Nitrate Leaching and Supply Nitrogen to Corn: Models to Inform Adaptive Management

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
carbon
models
nitrate leaching
nitrogen mineralization
nitrogen immobilization
decomposition

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Zang, Xiaonan

Title:

Ebus/ct Fusion for Image-guided Bronchoscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

image segmentation
image registration
ultrasound

File:

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Committee Members:

William Evan Higgins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Evan Higgins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Committee Member
Robert Collins, Committee Member

Author:

Gregg, Andrea Rose

Title:

Online graduate students' experiences with asynchronous online course discussions

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

educational dialogue
learners' experiences
online learning
asynchronous discussions
thematic analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Danielle

Title:

local control as resistance: policy and practice of autonomous school boards

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

school boards
superintendents
local control
policy implementation
rural education
educational leadership

File:

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Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Karen Eppley, Committee Member
Richard Ingersoll, Special Member

Author:

Sapelly, Laura Elizabeth

Title:

Pedagogies of Historical and Contemporary American Sewing Circles

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

sewing circle
united states
quilting
sewing
knitting
temperance
abolition
civil war
19th century
intergenerational
quilting bee
knitting group
sanitary commission
activism
textile activism
embroidery
sampler
colonial new england
antebellum
anti-slavery
needlework
social practice
philadelphia female antislavery society
US History
hand sewing
hand quilting
teaching
transformative learning theory
everyday ordinary aesthetics
living aesthetics
interracial
republican motherhood
cult of true womanhood
cult of domesticity
underground railroad
contraband relief association
slave quilting
authenticity
house slaves
gendered task assignment
slave seamstress
self-actualization
activist sewing circle
friendship quilts
american revolution
soldiers aid society
elizabeth keckley
WCTU
crusade quilt

File:

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Committee Members:

Yvonne Madelaine Gaudelius, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lu, Xin

Title:

Visual Characteristics for Computational Prediction of Aesthetics and Evoked Emotions

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Image Aesthetics Assessment
Emotion Prediction
Deep Learning

File:

Download phd_dissertation_xinlu.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member

Author:

Rivers, Ariel N

Title:

Effects of Management on Arthropod Communities in Organic and Conservation Agricultural Systems in Pennsylvania and Mexico

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cover crops
arthropods
organic agriculture
conservation agriculture
biological control
Mexico
reduced tillage
corn

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
William Curran, Committee Member

Author:

Folda, Tamara Sandra

Title:

Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of (-)-gilbertine

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

gilbertine
total synthesis
allenyl azide
cyclization cascade
photochemistry
indole alkaloid
organic

File:

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Committee Members:

Ken S Feldman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Przemyslaw Maslak, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Tianyanxin

Title:

The Roles of Hippo Signaling Pathway in Mouse Ovarian Function

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

Hippo Signaling
Follicular Development
Ovulation
YAP1
LATS1
Mouse

File:

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Committee Members:

Francisco Javier Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Leslie Johnson, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yuchao

Title:

acoustofluidics in biomedical applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Acoustic wave
Microfluidics
Biomedical applications
Cell separation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member

Author:

Poyton, Matthew Forrest

Title:

Metallomembranes: Characterizing Transition Metal Ion-Lipid Complexes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Lipid Bilayers
Microfluidics
Lipid Oxidation
Fluorescence Quenching
Supported Lipid Bilayer Electrophoresis

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member

Author:

Worley, Sarah Clare

Title:

Comparing the Coverage of Virtual Marches and Hacktivism Over Sixteen Years: A Qualitative Frame Analysis of News Discourse

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

hacktivism
virtual march
news discourse
framing
public sphere
public screen
online direct action tactic

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Robert Parsons, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Elavsky, Committee Member
Michelle Rodino Colocino, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Biryukov, Sergei S

Title:

Complement and Antibody-mediated Enhancement of Red Blood Cell Invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

Malaria
Complement
Plasmodium falciparum
Innate immunity
Erythrocytes

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose A Stoute, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Neil David Christensen, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Channe D Gowda, Committee Member

Author:

Chonde, Seifu John

Title:

A Methodology of Machine Learning in Automated Entity Summarization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

text mining
network science
diversity
science of science
entity summarization

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Joey W Storer, Special Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
Paul M, Griffin, Committee Member
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Committee Member

Author:

Ratcliff, Nathaniel John

Title:

Reducing Racial Biases in Leaders' Decisions About To Whom Power is Relinquished

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Relinquishing Power
Social Power
Leadership
Group-Based Biases
Leadership Preferences

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Lisa Elizabeth Bolton, Committee Member
Michael Jason Bernstein, Special Member

Author:

Skocik, Michael Joseph

Title:

Bio-inspired and Neuromorphic Machine Vision System for Analyzing Three-dimensional Data

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Computer Aided Diagnosis
Computer Assisted Radiology
Alzheimer's
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Machine Learning
Machine Vision

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Carina Pamela Curto, Committee Member

Author:

Abaa, Kelvin Nder

Title:

Laboratory Investigation of Multiphase Permeability Evolution due to Fracturing Fluid Filtrate in Tight Gas Sandstones

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase
Filtrate
Fracturing
Permeability
Sandstones

File:

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Committee Members:

Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Special Member

Author:

Dunn, Nicole L

Title:

Development of phosphorus-catalyzed reductions via P(III)/P(V) cycling with strained phosphorus catalysts.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphorus catalysis
main group catalysis
chemistry
reductions
hydridophosphorane

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ken S Feldman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Special Member

Author:

Sun, Yuqi

Title:

OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL AND MACHINE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
dynamic network loading
machine learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pham, Phuong Thi Thu

Title:

The Shaping of Women's Salaried Employment during Economic Reform in Vietnam

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

women's employment
salaried employment
returns to education
gender wage gap
economic reform in Vietnam
multilevel model

File:

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Committee Members:

Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eggebeen, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member
David Shapiro, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Efforts Toward Catalytic Methods Based on P(III)/P(V) Redox Cycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Phosphorus
Redox Catalysis
Molecular Geometry
Atom Transfer
Bond Activation

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Ken S Feldman, Special Member

Author:

Woodruff, Matthew John

Title:

Many Objective Visual Analytics: Decision Aiding Tools for Conceptual Design

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Decision Aiding
Many Objective
Conceptual Design

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member

Author:

Gong, Shushan

Title:

Mechanical Reinforcement and Segmental Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer Nanocomposites
Mechanical Reinforcement
glassy bridge
rheology
dielectric
network

File:

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Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Barnett, Andrew Charles

Title:

Tissue cutting mechanics of dynamic needle insertion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tissue Cutting
Vibration Cutting
Cutting Geometry
Compliant Geometry

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Aditya, Piali Mitil

Title:

Direct fluorination of graphene: A theoretical and computational study of its formation and of the resulting magnetic and electronic properties

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
fluorine
DFT
spin
magnetic moment
adatom
adsorption

File:

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Committee Members:

Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member

Author:

Crowl, Michele Marie

Title:

The Influence of Professional Development on Informal Science Educators' Engagement of Preschool-age Audiences in Science Practices

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

informal science educators
professional development
preschool-age audiences

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Christopher Palma, Special Member

Author:

Al Ghamdi, Bander Nasser

Title:

Examination of Unconventional Phenomena in Naturally Fracture Liquid-rich Gas Reservoirs: Single-block Compositional Model

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Liquid-Rich reservoirs
Diffusion
Naturally fractured systems
Capillary pressure
Unconventional reservoirs
Compositional

File:

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Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member

Author:

Prabhu, Varun Vijay

Title:

Therapeutic targeting of chemotherapy-resistant colorectal cancer stem cells with p73- and TRAIL-based small molecules

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

stem cell
cancer
p73
p53
TRAIL
small molecule
ONC201

File:

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Committee Members:

Wafik S El Deiry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles H Lang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Gang Wang, Committee Member
Edward Joseph Gunther, Special Member

Author:

Bao, Chen

Title:

Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrologic modeling
reactive transport
watershed geochemistry
concentration discharge relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Bufler, Travis Dale

Title:

Radar Signature Analysis of Indoor Clutter and stationary Human Target Classification

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
SVM
FDTD
RCS
Indoor Clutter
Human Scattering
Target Classification

File:

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Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Randy Young, Committee Member

Author:

Maldonado, Rebecca

Title:

Nuclear Interactions of the Rous sarcoma virus Gag Polyprotein with the Unspliced Viral RNA

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Retrovirus assembly
Nuclear Trafficking
RNA packaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Leslie Joan Parent, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Bronson, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Member
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Liang

Title:

Design of New Anion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anion exchange membranes
poly(2
6-dimethyl-1
4-phenylene oxide)s
fuel cells
fluorene side chains
Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Reichl, Kyle David

Title:

Synthetic Methods Based on Organophosphorus Redox Cycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

synthetic methods
redox cycling
phosphorus
pyramidal inversion
regioselective allylic reduction
enediyne

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Kenneth Feldman, Committee Member
RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Sooyeon

Title:

Essential roles of ZnT2 in breast development and function during lactation: Translational studies in cells, mice and humans

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

zinc biology
mammary gland
lactation
nutrigenomic

File:

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Committee Members:

Shannon Leanne Kelleher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Troy Ott, Committee Member
Francisco Javier Diaz, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
David I Soybel, Special Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Gomez Tejeda Zanudo, Jorge

Title:

Network-based dynamic modeling and control strategies in complex diseases

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Systems Biology
Complex Networks
Network models
Cancer

File:

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Committee Members:

Reka Z Albert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Special Member

Author:

Eshleman, John T

Title:

Issues, Resources, Strategies: A Field-level Analysis of National Agrifood Organizations

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

social movements
organizations
alternative agrifood movements

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member

Author:

Ray, Paramita

Title:

Interactions of Nitrogen and Hydrogen with various 1D and 3D carbon materials probed via in-situ vibrational spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nitrogen perturbation
Raman spectroscopy
carbon nanostructures

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angela Lueking, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member

Author:

Caron, Jessica Gosnell

Title:

Effects of Adapted Instruction on the Acquisition of Letter-correspondences and Sight Words by Pre-adolescent/adolescent Learners with Complex Communication Needs and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

literacy
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
letter-sound correspondence
sight words

File:

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Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member
Dr David Mc Naughton, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Watson, Glenn

Title:

Thalamostriatal Circuit Mechanisms for Controlling Sensorimotor Habits and Related Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Habits
superior colliculus
zona incerta
thalamus
Posteromedial nucleus
Parafascicular nucleus
Thalamostriatal
basal ganglia
Parkinson's
Dorsolateral striatum

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Douglas Alloway, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Evans, Michael Morgan

Title:

Somatic Awareness and Self-symptom Recognition in Advanced Heart Failure Patients

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

heart failure
somatic awareness
self-symptom recognition

File:

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Committee Members:

Judith E Hupcey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Ann Kitko, Committee Member
Paula F Milone Nuzzo, Committee Member
Patricia M Hinchey, Committee Member

Author:

Shakespeare, Elizabeth Simpson

Title:

How Female Faculty Negotiate the Tensions between Personal Aspirations and Socio-culturally Based Expectations in Academia

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

female faculty
work-family conflict
work-life balance
socio-culturally based expectations
qualitative case study

File:

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Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Kathy Lou Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Castronovo, Fadi

Title:

Assessing Problem-Solving Skills in Construction Education with the Virtual Construction Simulator

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

construction education
engineering education
serious games
educational games
simulation games
architectural engineering
problem-solving

File:

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Committee Members:

John Messner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kang, Sung Woo

Title:

Bisociative design: concept exploration by mining design associations across multiple products

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

engineering design
product design
new product development process
text mining

File:

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Committee Members:

Conrad S Tucker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member

Author:

Gouge, Michael Fielding

Title:

Advancement in Thermo-material Modeling of Direct Energy Deposition Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Cladding
Finite Element Modeling
Inconel 625
Heat transfer
Material property prediction
Microstructure prediction

File:

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Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member