181. Longitudinal Changes in Parental Involvement in Adolescents’ Education and the Effects of Neighborhood Context on Parental Involvement Open Access Author: Bhargava, Sakshi Title: Longitudinal Changes in Parental Involvement in Adolescents’ Education and the Effects of Neighborhood Context on Parental Involvement Graduate Program: Psychology Keywords: home involvementschool involvementacademic socializationracesocioeconomic statusgenderneighborhood context File: Download Thesis_Final_Submission_SB041714.pdf Committee Members: Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
182. RDF3X-MPI: A Partitioned RDF engine for Data-Parallel SPARQL Querying Open Access Author: Chirravuri, Sai Krishnan Title: RDF3X-MPI: A Partitioned RDF engine for Data-Parallel SPARQL Querying Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: RDF3xMPIRDFSPARQLDISTRIBUTEDIN-MEMORY File: Download SaiChirravuri-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Kamesh Madduri, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorPiotr Berman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
183. Portfolio Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics: Quantifying the Contribution of Locational Marginal Pricing and Solar Irradiation Power on Overall Revenue and Investment Risk Open Access Author: Kumpf, Katrina Heidi Title: Portfolio Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics: Quantifying the Contribution of Locational Marginal Pricing and Solar Irradiation Power on Overall Revenue and Investment Risk Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: solar photovoltaicssolar irradiationbeta valueslocational marginal pricinginvestmentportfolio riskportfolio analysis File: Download KatrinaKumpf_-_MSThesis.pdf Committee Members: Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
184. Laser Deposition of Stainless Steel – Titanium Carbide Composites for Repair of Critical Aerospace Components Open Access Author: Lia, Frederick Title: Laser Deposition of Stainless Steel – Titanium Carbide Composites for Repair of Critical Aerospace Components Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: Additive ManufacturingDirected Energy Depositionlaser depositionMetal Matrix Compositecarburized surfaceSS 431and TiC File: Download Master_Thesis_-_Final_-_Fred_Lia.pdf Committee Members: Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
185. The Effect of Aligning Business Strategy and Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Outcomes Open Access Author: Krone, Samantha A Title: The Effect of Aligning Business Strategy and Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Outcomes Graduate Program: Human Resources and Employment Relations Keywords: strategic human resource managementcontingency theorytrainingjob discretioncustomer satisfactionemployee turnover File: Download Samantha_Krone_Masters_Thesis_May_2014.pdf Committee Members: Xiangmin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
186. An In Depth Analysis of Sudoku with Focus in Integer and Constraint Programming Open Access Author: Thein, Michael William Title: An In Depth Analysis of Sudoku with Focus in Integer and Constraint Programming Graduate Program: Industrial Engineering Keywords: SudokuInteger ProgrammingConstraint Programming File: Download MWT-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
187. An EM Based Tagging SNP Selection Algorithm Incorporating Genotyping Errors Open Access Author: Yang, Tao Title: An EM Based Tagging SNP Selection Algorithm Incorporating Genotyping Errors Graduate Program: Statistics Keywords: tagging SNP selectionEM algorithmgenotyping errors File: Download Thesis_TaoYang.pdf Committee Members: Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
188. The Role of Leaf Traits in Determining Flammability in Southern Amazon Forests Open Access Author: Thissell, Amoreena Lynne Title: The Role of Leaf Traits in Determining Flammability in Southern Amazon Forests Graduate Program: Geography Keywords: AmazoniaBrazilfire ecologyflammabilitycombustion experimentstropical forestsforest fragmentation File: Download Thissell_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Jennifer Balch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
189. Crude Oil And Fuel Spill Clean Up By Using Exfoliated Graphite Enveloped In Spun Polyolefin Open Access Author: Temiz, Fatih Title: Crude Oil And Fuel Spill Clean Up By Using Exfoliated Graphite Enveloped In Spun Polyolefin Graduate Program: Environmental Engineering Keywords: exfoliated graphitespun polyolefinoil spill clean up File: Download Fatih_Temiz_Thesis_MSc.pdf Committee Members: Fred Scott Cannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
190. Application of Reactive Molecular Dynamics in Biomaterial Science and Computational Biology Open Access Author: Golkaram, Mahdi Title: Application of Reactive Molecular Dynamics in Biomaterial Science and Computational Biology Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Reactive Molecular DynamicsComputational BiologyProtein DenaturationGraphene Oxide Toxicity File: Download LKGO.movDownload MY_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor