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Author:

Xiong, Yu

Title:

Vibroacoustics of Lightweight Structures with Embedded Acoustic Black Holes

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Vibroacoustics
Noise and Vibration Control
Acoustic Black Holes
Noise Reduction
Sound Transmission Loss
Structural Acoustics

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Major Field Member
John Fahnline, Outside Field Member
Edward Smith, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Conlon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Dan Russell, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Zhu, Jia

Title:

STRETCHABLE ANTENNAS AND RECTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND AMBIENT RF ENERGY HARVESTING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Stretchable wideband dipole antennas
Stretchable wideband rectennas
RF energy harvesting
Self-powered systems
Laser-induced graphene-based electronics
Structural design
Wavy serpentine networks

File:

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Committee Members:

Larry Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Jian Hsu, Committee Member

Author:

Mwangi, Margaret

Title:

Effects of Drought on Nomadic Pastoralism: Impacts and Adaptation among the Maasai of Kajiado District, Kenya

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Maasai
Kenya
Drought
Adaptations
Impacts
Climate Change
Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor & C Gregory Knight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Haoyang

Title:

Migration Status and Parent-Child Discrepancies in Educational Expectations: Does social capital matter?

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Educational Expectations
Parent-child Discrepancies
Social Capital
China
Urban-rural disparity

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Elyse Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Tirsch, Jonathan

Title:

Characterization of novel lanthanide binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

lanthanide
metallo protein
lanthanide binding protein

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Mingyao

Title:

Roles of Pramex1 and Pramel1 during spermatogenesis

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Transgenic mouse
Single/double Knockout
Spermatogenesis
Prame gene family
Synergistic genetic enhancement
Sertoli cell-only phenotype
Retinoic acid signaling

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Joy Pate, Major Field Member
Francisco Diaz, Major Field Member
Jon Oatley, Special Member
Wansheng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margherita Cantorna, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Schrecengost, Jonathon

Title:

Magneto-Optics of Plasmas, Bipolarons in Organic Semiconductors, and Electro-Optics of 2D Metals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Faraday Rotation
Magneto-Optic
Transparent Conducting Oxides
Plasmonics
Organic Electronics
Bipolarons
Magnetoresistance
OLED
2D Polar Metals
Confinement Heteroepitaxy
Electric-Double-Layer Gating

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chung, Taejung

Title:

Comparative Genomic and Phenotypic Analyses of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis and Non-Thuringiensis

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Food Microbiology
Food Safety
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus thuringiensis
Food borne pathogen

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Committee Members:

Jasna Kovac, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Istvan Albert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward Dudley, Major Field Member
Josephine Wee, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Daily, Richard

Title:

Locked In: Intimacy, Incarceration, and HIV/AIDS in the Black Gay Arts Movement During the Long 1980’s

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Black Studies
Carceral Studies
Queer Studies
Queer of Color Critique
Affect Theory
U.S. History
HIV/AIDS
incarceration
Black Gay Men
Black Gay Artist
Joseph Beam

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Committee Members:

Lori Ginzberg, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hil Malatino, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cathleen Cahill, Major Field Member
Ellen Stroud, Major Field Member
Michael West, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Zhilong

Title:

Deep Learning for Security-oriented Program Analysis

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Software Security
Program Analysis
Binary Analysis

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amulya Yadav, Major Field Member

Author:

Liang, Di

Title:

Reconceptualizing the "world" in World Language Education: Mediating student teacher's learning to teach World Languages through the lens of social justice.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

World Languages
Social Justice
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher Education

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member

Author:

Pearce, Victoria

Title:

Elucidating the Consequences of Dietary Sugar on Human Gut Commensal Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Bacteria
Gut Microbiota
Bacteroides
Bacterial Metabolism
Carbon Catabolite Repression

File:

Download Pearce_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Pontes, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Yochum, Outside Field Member
Amanda Nelson, Co-Chair of Committee
Guy Townsend, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prashant Nighot, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kotikot, Susan

Title:

Investigating Climate and Human Induced Landscape Change for Improving Social-ecological System Resilience

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Land use
land cover
land policy
land use pattern
ecosystem services
Land use
Landscape pattern
Climate change
Rainfall variability
Climatic vulnerability
Climate change perceptions
Climate adaptation
Land policy

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Committee Members:

David Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Helen Greatrex, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Sarah Gergel, Special Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wan, Wan

Title:

A COMBINED VARIATIONAL-PHASE FIELD METHOD FOR FULLY COUPLED THERMOMECHANICAL INTERFACE CONTACT AND DEBONDING PROBLEMS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Phase Field
Crack Propagation
Fracture/Failure
Variational Multiscale method
Frictional contact
Debonding
Coupled Thermomechanical problem
Finite Element method

File:

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Committee Members:

Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Pinlei Chen, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member

Author:

Alioglu, Mecit Altan

Title:

Utilization of embedded printing for fabrication of 3D complex-shaped microfluidic devices in hydrogels and silicone composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Bioprinting
Cancer-on-a-chip
Embedded Printing
Microfluidics
Silicone composite
Photocrosslinkable silicone
Organ Model Printing

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Committee Members:

Jing Du, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ibrahim Ozbolat, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Major Field Member
Larry Cheng, Major Field Member
Francesco Costanzo, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kirk, Gerald

Title:

3D Printing of a Thermoset, Citrate Base Polymer

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Citrate Base Polymers
Thermoset
Skin Scaffold
Tissue Engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kuhn, Madison

Title:

The contribution of dynamic neuroinflammatory states in Alzheimer’s disease

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Systems Biology
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroinflammation
Immunometabolism
Cytokine Signaling
Cerebral Organoids

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
James Connor, Outside Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Unit Member
Irina Elcheva, Outside Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Wenhui

Title:

Studying the Performance and Security Trade-offs in Modern Linux Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Linux
Container
Security

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Committee Members:

Trent Jaeger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aiping Xiong, Major Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Adil, Nosherwan

Title:

Rational design process for gas turbine exhaust to supercritical CO2 waste heat recovery heat exchanger using topology optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Topology Optimization
Heat Exhanger
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Additive Manufacturing
Waste Heat Recovery

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Arya, Aditi

Title:

CELF LIGNIN INCORPORATION IN STEREOLITHOGRAPHY RESIN TO ENHANCE MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED MATERIAL TO PRODUCE PHOTOACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

CELF Lignin
SLA
Stereolithography
Petroleum
Lignin Modification
Soy-based Oligomer
Acetylation of Lignin
Environmental Impact Analysis
Resin Formulations
31P NMR
E-factor analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen C Chmely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Christine Costello, Committee Member
Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Committee Member

Author:

Bujala, Bhanu Prakash

Title:

COMPRESSED-SENSING BASED MIMO-NOMA

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

SCMA
MIMO
Grant-free communications
Massive connectivity
Compressed-sensing

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark P Mahon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

Tomatoes for sale: An examination of online higher education decision makers' perceptions of online offerings

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Diehl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Schussheim, Daniel

Title:

A many-channel FPGA control system for laser stabilization and other applications

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

Field-programmable gate array
laser
atomic physics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mikael Rechtsman, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Weiss, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Esmailian, Maryam

Title:

A Study Of Daylight Modeling Approaches Applied In LEED

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Daylight
LEED Daylight Credit
Simulation
Shading Devices

File:

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Committee Members:

Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Committee Member

Author:

Dannenberg, Samuel

Title:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mc Dill, Committee Member

Author:

Contreras, Kaelie

Title:

Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa from a Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Group Velocities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

receiver functions
joint inversion
Rayleigh wave group velocities
bushveld complex
south africa
shear wave velocity models

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Dobry, Emily

Title:

Implications of the emerging pathogen Gnomoniopsis castaneae for domestic Fagaceae species

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (MS)

Keywords:

emerging pathogen
Gnomoniopsis castaneae
nut rot
canker
American chestnut
Fagaceae
Red oak

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Michael A Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Rutter, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member

Author:

Colin, Anthony

Title:

Advancing A Tool For Cover Crop And Soil Organic Matter Adjusted Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations In Agronomic And Horticultural Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
adaptive N management
corn
maize
cabbage
winter cover crop
fertilizer
mineralization
immobilization
manure

File:

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Committee Members:

Charlie White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis Dell, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Banagere Manjunatha, Srikanth

Title:

Extreme Point Approach to Subset Selection and Data Augmentation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Data Augmentation
Convex hull
Isometric property
Classification task

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Member

Author:

Kania, Sarah

Title:

From the Ground Up: Evaluating Abiotic and Biotic Factors Affecting Floral Resources for Pollinator Habitat Restoration

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Pollinators
Ornamental Plants
Lamiaceae
Brassica rapa
Habitat restoration
Plant-pollinator
Soil nitrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Harland Martin Patch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hsieh-Feng, Vicki

Title:

CRISPR/Cas9-Enabled Promoter Editing to Improve Rice Yield and Disease Resistance

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (MS)

Keywords:

CRISPR/Cas9
promoter editing
Oryza sativa
rice breeding
grain yield
disease resistance
IPA1
Bsr-d1
CRISPR/Cas9
promoter editing
Oryza sativa
rice breeding
grain yield
disease resistance
IPA1
Bsr-d1

File:

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Committee Members:

Yinong Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jiaxi

Title:

Temperature and pH Effect on the Contact Angle in Quartz/Water/N-decane System

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Quartz
Contact Angle
Temperature
pH
Wettability

File:

Download Jiaxi_Li-Ms_thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Serguei Lvov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Phillip

Title:

The Biology and Management of Bitter Rot of Apple in The Mid-Atlantic United States

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

integrated disease management
disease triangle
conducive conditions triangle
spore dispersal
latent infection
necrotrophic infection
ecology
Colletotrichum fioriniae
Yeast
Pichia
Kregervanrija
[Candida]
Groenewaldozyma
Tausonia
Papiliotrema
Metschnikowia
plant pathogen
Fungicide resistance
EC₅₀
EC₂₅
C. chrysophilum
C. noveboracense
C. siamense
Benzovindiflupyr
Boscalid
Cyprodinil
Difenoconazole
Fenbuconazole
Fluazinam
Fludioxonil
Fluopyram
Flutriafol
Fluxapyroxad
Inpyrfluxam
Isofetamid
Kresoxim-Methyl
Mefentrifluconazole
Myclobutanil
Penthiopyrad
Pydiflumetofen
Pyraclostrobin
Pyrimethanil
Thiophanate-methyl
Trifloxystrobin
Triflumizole
C. nymphaeae
C. fructicola
C. henanense
C. gloeosporioides sensu stricto

File:

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Committee Members:

Kari Anne Peter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terrence H. Bell, Co-Chair of Committee
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Outside Member
Srđan Aćimović, Special Signatory
Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Purushothaman, Indira

Title:

Dysregulation of the OGF-OGFr Axis Determines Onset and Severity of Ocular Surface Complications in Type 1 Diabetes

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

Diabetes
Ocular Surface Complications
Diabetic Keratopathy
OGF-OGFr Axis
Naltrexone

File:

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Committee Members:

Alistair Barber, Major Field Member
Scot Kimball, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joseph Sassani, Major Field Member
Ian Zagon, Major Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carter, Cam

Title:

Domain Contributions to TDP43 Aggregation and Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TDP43
Aggregation
Liquid-liquid Phase Separation
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Oligomerization
Hsp90

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Outside Field Member
David Scott Gilmour, Outside Unit Member
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Committee Member
Scott E. Lindner, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ott, Emily Jean

Title:

Factors that Influence Aerosol Particle Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Polymers
Size dependent morphology

File:

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member

Author:

Ssentongo, Paddy

Title:

Intersection of Childhood Undernutrition and Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology

Keywords:

Postinfectious hydrocephalus
Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
Childhood undernutrition
Global health
Remote sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica E. Ericson, Outside Field Member
Laila Al-Shaar, Committee Member
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Outside Unit Member
Steven Schiff, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas L Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Ming Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kwon, Hyunguk

Title:

Multi-scale Modeling of High-temperature Chemistry and Soot Formation of Bio-fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Soot
Combustion
Pyrolysis
Biofuels
Computational fluid dynamics
ReaxFF molecular dynamics
Multi-scale modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristen Fichthorn, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rodriguez, Rene

Title:

They're here and they're queer: Conversations about LGBT-themed books with pre-service teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

teacher education
LGBT children's literature
LGBT young adult literature
sexuality
multicultural education

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xue, Yuan

Title:

Deep Generative Models for Medical Images and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Generative Models
Medical Image Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Robert Collins, Outside Member
James Duncan, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvatochromism
brightness
excited state
non-radiative decay
internal conversion
external conversion
twisted intramolecular charge transfer
rhodamine
proteostasis
cell imaging
protein misfolding
aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily E Weinert, Outside Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lord, Robert William

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Nitride and Selenide Nanocrystals and Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

colloidal nanoparticles
inorganic materials
hybrid nanoparticles
synthesis
metastable crystal structure
nanomaterials

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad Delower

Title:

MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory

File:

Download MDHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tise, Joe Christopher

Title:

Adoption of Elaborative Interrogation by Lower-performing Biology Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Self-regulated learning
Elaborative interrogation
Learning strategies
Biology
Intervention

File:

Download Tise_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Sperling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Zappe, Major Field Member
Peggy Van Meter, Major Field Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Davidson-Lowe, Elizabeth

Title:

Cascading Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses - Trends and Applications

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

mycorrhizal fungi
plant resistance
chemical ecology
insect behavior
cover crops
tri-trophic interactions
plant defense

File:

Download DavidsonLowe2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Major Field Member
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Prabhu, Rohan

Title:

Encouraging Creativity through Design for Additive Manufacturing: An Investigation in Engineering Design Education

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
design for additive manufacturing
creativity
design education
engineering design
design tasks
motivation
complexity

File:

Download Prabhu_MEPhD_Dissertation_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Samuel Hunter, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Shrestha, Priyanka

Title:

FAMILY CAREGIVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF DELIRIUM IN CARING FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA: A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

delirium
delirium superimposed on dementia
family caregiving
qualitative descriptive study
experiences
preferences

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_July_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Loeb, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Donna Fick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vural, Tugce

Title:

ESSAYS ON RETAIL OPERATIONS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Rational Inattention
Retail Operations
Assortment Optimization
Home-Try-On Retailers

File:

Download Tugce_Vural_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Acimovic, Major Field Member
V Guide, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Linderman, Major Field Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sergey Naumov, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Xiufan

Title:

Topics on power enhancement in high-dimensional hypothesis tests

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

power enhancement
high-dimensional tests
multi-factor pricing models
two-sample covariance tests
simultaneous tests

File:

Download Xiufan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Jingzhi Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jahn, Kalle He

Title:

Physical and chemical controls on subsurface contaminant fate and transport

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

groundwater
contaminant
transport
PFAS
nitrate
vadoze zone
modeling
Living Filter
Oxisol
perfluoroalkyl

File:

Download KJahn_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kate Freeman (she/her), Co-Chair of Committee
Roman DiBiase, Major Field Member
Demian Saffer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair