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201. INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF OCEANIC WAVES ON LASER PROPAGATION

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Author:: Alharbi, Omar
Title:: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF OCEANIC WAVES ON LASER PROPAGATION
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Optical Propagation
FSO
Ocean Waves
Underwater Wireless Optical Communication
IoT
IoUT
Air-Water-Interface
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Committee Members:: Tim Kane, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
John Doherty, Major Field Member
Diane Henderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

202. An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks

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Author:: Pham, Viet
Title:: An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: multi-label image classification
image classification
computer vision
machine learning
insect taxonomy
convolutional neural networks
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Committee Members:: Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

203. Prediction is Production? Exploring the Relationship Between Language Prediction and Production in Younger and Older Adults

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Author:: Gertel, Victoria Haley
Title:: Prediction is Production? Exploring the Relationship Between Language Prediction and Production in Younger and Older Adults
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: language prediction
language production
cognitive aging
language processing
self-paced reading
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Committee Members:: Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Michele Diaz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Outside Field Member

204. An Aerothermal Study of Ejector-Based, Coandă-Surface-Driven, Gas Turbine Tip Leakage Mitigation Schemes: A Computational and Experimental Approach

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Author:: Khokhar, Gohar
Title:: An Aerothermal Study of Ejector-Based, Coandă-Surface-Driven, Gas Turbine Tip Leakage Mitigation Schemes: A Computational and Experimental Approach
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Ejector-Based
Coandă-Surface-Driven
Gas Turbine Tip Leakage Mitigation
Gas Turbine
Tip Leakage
Ejector
Coanda Surface
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Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Major Field Member
Michael Krane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jose Palacios, Major Field Member
Cengiz Camci, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

205. Independence's Others: Decolonial Taiwan in the Transpacific

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Author:: Chang, Yi Ting
Title:: Independence's Others: Decolonial Taiwan in the Transpacific
Graduate Program:: English (PHD)
Keywords:: Independence
Taiwan
Transpacific
decolonial
island
Asian America
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Committee Members:: Claire Colebrook, Major Field Member
Shuang Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tina Goudie, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

206. The experiences of Korean TVET teachers in Professional Learning Communities: A phenomenological study

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Author:: Kim, Kyungin
Title:: The experiences of Korean TVET teachers in Professional Learning Communities: A phenomenological study
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development (PHD)
Keywords:: Professional Learning Community
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
TVET Teachers
Phenomenology
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Committee Members:: Mark Threeton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ewing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Joey Fleck, Major Field Member

207. Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of a metal target position in the transducer near field

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Author:: Jose, Nikesh
Title:: Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of a metal target position in the transducer near field
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)
Keywords:: Ultrasound testing
Structural health monitoring
Piezo electric transducer
Immersion testing
Near Field
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Committee Members:: Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacques Riviere, Committee Member
Christopher Kube, Committee Member

208. Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

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Author:: Ferland, Troy
Title:: Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Graduate Program:: Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:: organic geochemistry
PAHs
East Africa
paleoclimate
Olduvai Gorge
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Committee Members:: Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Kate Freeman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

209. Understanding Reception of Advice About Antibiotics by Emerging Adults in Primary Care Settings

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Author:: Foley, Kasey
Title:: Understanding Reception of Advice About Antibiotics by Emerging Adults in Primary Care Settings
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: interpersonal communication
advice
provider-patient communication
clinician-patient communication
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic stewardship
primary care
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Committee Members:: Denise Solomon, Major Field Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erina Macgeorge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Smith, Major Field Member

210. Role of Surfactant Protein A and its Receptor SP-R210 in Influenza Responses in Macrophages

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Author:: Yau, Eric
Title:: Role of Surfactant Protein A and its Receptor SP-R210 in Influenza Responses in Macrophages
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Surfactant Protein
SP-A
Macrophages
Alveolar Macrophages
Influenza
IAV
Trafficking
Pulmonary Immunity
Pulmonary Inflammation
Surfactant Protein
SP-A
Alveolar Macrophage
Macrophage
AM
Influenza
Influenza A
IAV
Pulmonary Immunity
Pulmonary Inflammation
Trafficking
Virus Trafficking
IAV Trafficking
IAV Endocytosis
Surfactant Protein A
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Committee Members:: Jong Yun, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nicholas Buchkovich, Major Field Member
John Wills, Major Field Member
Zissis Chroneos, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

211. Evaluating Dust Suppressant Efficacy and Roadbed Stability of Dirt and Gravel Roads

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Author:: Eck, Andrew
Title:: Evaluating Dust Suppressant Efficacy and Roadbed Stability of Dirt and Gravel Roads
Graduate Program:: Environmental Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: dirt and gravel roads
dust suppression
OGPW
oil and gas produced water
dust
oil and gas wastewater
road spreading
dust palliative
road dust
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Committee Members:: Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member

212. Topics on High-Dimensional Statistical Methods for Compositional Data

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Author:: Srinivasan, Arun
Title:: Topics on High-Dimensional Statistical Methods for Compositional Data
Graduate Program:: Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:: compositional data analysis
robust statistics
human microbiome
high-dimensional statistics
covariance estimation
knockoff filter
variable selection
tyler's m-estimator
huber's m-estimator
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Committee Members:: Lingzhou Xue, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Zhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Major Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

213. Transport and Assembly in Active Systems

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Author:: Gentile, Kayla
Title:: Transport and Assembly in Active Systems
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: micropumps
fluid motion
catalysis
enzymes
protein aggregation
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Committee Members:: Thomas Mallouk, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

214. Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

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Author:: Mc Pheeters, Devyn
Title:: Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance
Graduate Program:: Ecology (MS)
Keywords:: disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health
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Committee Members:: Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

215. Effect of Acetate Supplementation on Milk Fat Production and Mammary Lipogenesis

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Author:: Matamoros, Cesar Ivan
Title:: Effect of Acetate Supplementation on Milk Fat Production and Mammary Lipogenesis
Graduate Program:: Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)
Keywords:: de novo
fatty acids
sodium acetate
de novo
fatty acids
sodium acetate
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Committee Members:: Andrew Patterson, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Shearer, Major Field Member
Arlyn Heinrichs, Outside Field Member
Kevin Harvatine, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair

216. The Role Of Regulated In Development and DNA Damage Response 1 (REDD1) in Diabetes-Induced Retinal Pathology and Visual Dysfunction

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Author:: Miller, William
Title:: The Role Of Regulated In Development and DNA Damage Response 1 (REDD1) in Diabetes-Induced Retinal Pathology and Visual Dysfunction
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: antioxidants
diabetes
oxidative stress
retina
vision
glycogen glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3)
hyperglycemia
nuclear factor 2 (erythroid-derived 2-like factor) (NFE2L2) (Nrf2)
oxidative stress; post-translational modification (PTM)
reactive oxygen species (ROS)
retinopathy
chaperone mediated autophagy (CMA)
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Committee Members:: Alistair Barber, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Major Field Member
Scot Kimball, Major Field Member
David Waning, Major Field Member
Michael Dennis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

217. WORKPLACE LONELINESS: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL IDENTITY DISSIMILARITY, IDENTITY STRENGTH, AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION

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Author:: Williamson, Jason
Title:: WORKPLACE LONELINESS: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL IDENTITY DISSIMILARITY, IDENTITY STRENGTH, AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: Workplace Loneliness
Political Ideology
w
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Committee Members:: Christopher Cameron, Major Field Member
Daniel DellaPosta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

218. The Political Economies of U.S. Communes

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Author:: Weier, Jacklyn
Title:: The Political Economies of U.S. Communes
Graduate Program:: Geography (PHD)
Keywords:: intentional communities
diverse economies
commons
governance
property
geography
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Committee Members:: Melissa Wright, Major Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Sexsmith, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

219. FOOD INSECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

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Author:: Dou, Nan
Title:: FOOD INSECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Graduate Program:: Nutritional Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: food insecurity
Hispanic minorities
depression
stress
social support
longitudinal study
Food insecurity
Mental health
Heart rate variability
Vulnerable populations
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Committee Members:: Laura Murray-Kolb, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Major Field Member
Muzi Na, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

220. Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Relative Permeability

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Author:: Yoga, Hanif
Title:: Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Relative Permeability
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: machine learning
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
relative permeability
hysteresis
equation of state
multiphase flow in porous media
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Committee Members:: Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Yashar Mehmani, Committee Member

221. Early Mormon Communities of Practice and Cosmic Curriculum, 1820-1844

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Author:: Zang, Brian Frederick
Title:: Early Mormon Communities of Practice and Cosmic Curriculum, 1820-1844
Graduate Program:: American Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: Early Mormonism
communities of practice
curriculum
theology
cosmology
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Committee Members:: Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Tolbert, Major Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Hannah Spector, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Rogers Haddad, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

222. The Pathophysiology of OGF- OGFr axis in Type-2 Diabetic Mice Model of Stroke

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Author:: Kareem, Zainab
Title:: The Pathophysiology of OGF- OGFr axis in Type-2 Diabetic Mice Model of Stroke
Graduate Program:: Anatomy (MS)
Keywords:: OGF
OGFr
Ischemic stroke
T2D
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Committee Members:: Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Rashmi Kumari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Member

223. Reconsidering the czcD (NiCo) riboswitch as iron (II) riboswitch

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Author:: Xu, Jiansong
Title:: Reconsidering the czcD (NiCo) riboswitch as iron (II) riboswitch
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: Irving-William series
metalloregulation
RNA
iron
metal selectivity
riboswitch
metal sensor
czcD riboswitch
NiCo riboswitch
metal overload
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Committee Members:: Xin Zhang, Major Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member

224. The Efficacy of Persuasive Communication Strategies for Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Parks and Protected Areas

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Author:: Freeman, Stephanie
Title:: The Efficacy of Persuasive Communication Strategies for Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Parks and Protected Areas
Graduate Program:: Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (PHD)
Keywords:: human-wildlife conflict
food storage
bear canister
Appalachian Trail
proximity
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
persuasive communication
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Committee Members:: Brendan Taff, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Newman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Benfield, Major Field Member
Melissa Kreye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brendan Derrick Taff, Program Head/Chair

225. Fleshly Japonisme: The Taste for Japan and Women's Bodies in France, 1871–1914

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Author:: Kong, Hyoungee
Title:: Fleshly Japonisme: The Taste for Japan and Women's Bodies in France, 1871–1914
Graduate Program:: Art History (PHD)
Keywords:: France
visual culture
japonisme
Japanism
queer theory
gender
sexuality
advertisement
perfume
kimono
fashion
Yokohama photography
photography
nineteenth century
The Handmaiden
Chan-wook Park
periodical
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Committee Members:: Nancy Locke, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Reed, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rich, Major Field Member
Chang Tan, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Mansfield, Program Head/Chair

226. Application of nanomaterials for wearable electronics

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Author:: Gao, Yuyan
Title:: Application of nanomaterials for wearable electronics
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)
Keywords:: Wearable electronics
Photonic sintering
bioelectronics
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Committee Members:: Sulin Zhang, Major Field Member
Larry Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Cunjiang Yu, Major Field Member
Reginald Hamilton, Major Field Member

227. The role of Notch signaling in development and function of skin innate lymphocytes

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Author:: Song, Eun Hyeon
Title:: The role of Notch signaling in development and function of skin innate lymphocytes
Graduate Program:: Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Notch singlaing
Thymus
Innate lymphoid cells
Skin inflammation
γδT cells
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Committee Members:: Na Xiong, Special Member
Melissa Rolls, Outside Unit & Field Member
Margherita Cantorna, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Schmitt, Major Field Member

228. Diet and nutrition in the progression of Parkinson disease

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Author:: Zhang, Xinyuan
Title:: Diet and nutrition in the progression of Parkinson disease
Graduate Program:: Nutritional Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Diet quality
Nutrition
Metabolomics
Parkinson disease
Epidemiology
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Committee Members:: Gregory C Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Penny Kris-Etherton, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laila Al-Shaar, Outside Unit & Field Member
A Ross, Major Field Member
Alberto Ascherio, Special Member

229. Low-Temperature Electron Wind Force Annealing through Electropulsing Treatment

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Author:: Sharp, Logan
Title:: Low-Temperature Electron Wind Force Annealing through Electropulsing Treatment
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: annealing
electropulsing
EPT
electron wind
electron wind force
EWF
titanium carbide
Ti3C2Tx
MXene
film
NiTi
nitinol
shape memory alloy
SMA
electrical resistivity
thermal microscopy
scanning electron microscopy
SEM
low temperature
Raman spectroscopy
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Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

230. Three-dimensional Light Field Control With Metasurface Holograms

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Author:: Ding, Yimin
Title:: Three-dimensional Light Field Control With Metasurface Holograms
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Hologram
Optical Metasurfaces
Integrated Photonics
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Committee Members:: Zhiwen Liu, Major Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member

231. Towards a Better Understanding of the Influence of Noncovalent Interactions on RNA Catalysis and the Properties of RNA Moieties

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Author:: Veenis, Andrew
Title:: Towards a Better Understanding of the Influence of Noncovalent Interactions on RNA Catalysis and the Properties of RNA Moieties
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: RNA
Ribozyme
pKa
Cheminformatics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Dynamics
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Committee Members:: Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Song Tan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

232. Ecological management for enhancing nitrogen ecosystem services on agriculture land through crop, soil, and microbiome interactions

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Author:: Isbell, Sarah Abigail
Title:: Ecological management for enhancing nitrogen ecosystem services on agriculture land through crop, soil, and microbiome interactions
Graduate Program:: Ecology (PHD)
Keywords:: Ecological intensification
Agroecology
Nitrogen Management
Soil Ecology
Cover crops
Interseeding
Reduced-tillage
Corn
Nitrogen
Soil microbes
Cover crop mixtures
Soil Microbiome
Organic Agriculture
Next-generation sequencing
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Committee Members:: Terrence Bell, Major Field Member
Charlie White, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Roth, Outside Field Member
Jason Kaye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair

233. Microvascular Function in those with Traditional and Non-traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

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Author:: Dillon, Gabrielle
Title:: Microvascular Function in those with Traditional and Non-traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology (PHD)
Keywords:: Cardiovascular Disease
Microvascular Function
Nitric Oxide
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Committee Members:: Lacy Alexander, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Kenney, Major Field Member
Sara Ferguson, Major Field Member
Urs Leuenberger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jody Greaney, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

234. A Landscape of "Incalculable Advantage": How the Occupation of Lime Burning was an Integral Agent of Change in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Pennsylvania

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Author:: Glogovsky, Peter
Title:: A Landscape of "Incalculable Advantage": How the Occupation of Lime Burning was an Integral Agent of Change in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: American Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: lime
kiln
ledgers
quarry
agriculture
landscape
business
occupation
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Committee Members:: Charles Kupfer, Major Field Member
Anne Verplanck, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Joseph Cecere, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Rogers Haddad, Program Head/Chair

235. Parent-Child Coregulation in Early Childhood: Novel Methodological Approaches and Influences of Individual Differences

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Author:: Brown, Kayla
Title:: Parent-Child Coregulation in Early Childhood: Novel Methodological Approaches and Influences of Individual Differences
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: temperament
coregulation
self-regulation
externalizing
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Committee Members:: Koraly Perez-Edgar, Major Field Member
Erika Lunkenheimer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Nilam Ram, Special Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Sunny Bai, Outside Unit & Field Member

236. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS

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Author:: Sengeh, Joseph
Title:: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Carbon Fibers
Carbon-Carbon Composites
Methane Storage
Carbon Precursors
Polymer Precursors
Oxidative Stability
Carbon Yield
Volumetric and Gravimetric Capacity
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Committee Members:: Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Semih Eser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

237. Ultrasonic Guided Waves For Human Health Monitoring: Simulation-Based Analysis Of The Fifth Metatarsal

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Author:: Duane, Tyler
Title:: Ultrasonic Guided Waves For Human Health Monitoring: Simulation-Based Analysis Of The Fifth Metatarsal
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)
Keywords:: Ultrasound
Ultrasonic Guided Waves
Guided Waves
Human Health Monitoring
Fifth Metatarsal
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Committee Members:: Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member

238. Hydraulic infrastructure development, irrigation governance, and climate change adaptation in the engineered Colca-Siguas watershed, Peru

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Author:: Tubbeh Sierralta, Ramzi Michel
Title:: Hydraulic infrastructure development, irrigation governance, and climate change adaptation in the engineered Colca-Siguas watershed, Peru
Graduate Program:: Geography (PHD)
Keywords:: Water governance
Political ecology
Environmental justice
Sociotechnical assemblages
Hydraulic mission
Actor-network theory
State construction
State as effect
Polycentric governance
Latin America
Customary water governance
Glacial retreat
Water rights formalization
Majes-Siguas Special Project
Proyecto Especial Majes-Siguas
Social-ecological systems
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Committee Members:: Larry Gorenflo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Helen Greatrex, Major Field Member
Trevor Birkenholtz, Major Field Member
Kimberley Anh Thomas, Special Member

239. Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image

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Author:: Drivas, Magdalayna
Title:: Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image
Graduate Program:: Media Studies (MA)
Keywords:: video games
avatars
Proteus effect
social comparison theory
customization
body image
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Committee Members:: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

240. Ravings: Reading, Writing, and Psychiatry in the American Asylum

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Author:: Glew, Liana
Title:: Ravings: Reading, Writing, and Psychiatry in the American Asylum
Graduate Program:: English (PHD)
Keywords:: American Literature
Disability Studies
History of Psychiatry
Madness
Disability
Literature
Asylums
Institutions
Patient Narratives
Medical Humanities
Archives
Paperwork
Patient Art
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Committee Members:: Ebony Coletu, Major Field Member
Greg Eghigian, Outside Unit & Field Member
Janet Lyon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Bérubé, Major Field Member
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

241. Elastic Wave Propagation through Polycrystalline Ice With and Without Embedded Spherical Particle Inclusions

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Author:: Trautman, Elizabeth
Title:: Elastic Wave Propagation through Polycrystalline Ice With and Without Embedded Spherical Particle Inclusions
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)
Keywords:: Cryoultrasound
Analytical Attenuation
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Committee Members:: Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Kube, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member

242. The Supply Chain Cash-Flow Bullwhip Effect

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Author:: Patil, Chintan S
Title:: The Supply Chain Cash-Flow Bullwhip Effect
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Working Capital
Bullwhip Effect
Supply Chain
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Committee Members:: Suvrat Dhanorkar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hui Yang, Major Field Member
Vittaldas Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member

243. DESIGN OF PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY ARCHITECTURES FOR DEEP LEARNING AND GRAPH APPLICATIONS

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Author:: Challapalle, Nagadastagiri Reddy
Title:: DESIGN OF PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY ARCHITECTURES FOR DEEP LEARNING AND GRAPH APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Hardware Accelerator
Deep Learning Architecture
Deep Learning Hardware
Processing in Memory
Memory Augmented Neural Networks
Graph Convolution Neural Networks
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Committee Members:: Chitaranjan Das, Major Field Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

244. Optimizing Energy and Performance for Next-Generation Extended Reality Devices

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Author:: Zhao, Shulin
Title:: Optimizing Energy and Performance for Next-Generation Extended Reality Devices
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Extended Reality
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Energy-effiency
Performance
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Committee Members:: Chitaranjan Das, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

245. Nonadditive Effects of Cosolvent Mixtures on Protein Stability in Aqueous Solutions

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Author:: Bui, Pho
Title:: Nonadditive Effects of Cosolvent Mixtures on Protein Stability in Aqueous Solutions
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: nonadditivity
ion specific effects
ion-pairing
cosolvent
protein stability
complex solutions
vibrational spectroscopy
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Committee Members:: Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Noid, Major Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member

246. Physiological ecology and functional genomics of symbiotic corals: The effect of light exposure

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Author:: Gomez Campo, Kelly
Title:: Physiological ecology and functional genomics of symbiotic corals: The effect of light exposure
Graduate Program:: Biology (PHD)
Keywords:: Symbiotic corals
Photoacclimation
Light-stress
Coral bleaching
Heat-stress
Phenotypic plasticity
DNA methylation
Gene expression
Biological networks
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Committee Members:: Sally Mackenzie, Major Field Member
James Marden, Major Field Member
David Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Iliana Baums, Chair of Committee
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair

247. Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys

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Author:: Iams, Andrew
Title:: Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: additive manufacturing
duplex stainless steel
microstructure
mechanical properties
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Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lucille Giannuzzi, Special Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

248. Disentangling News Story Effects on Public Opinion

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Author:: Cohen, Olivia
Title:: Disentangling News Story Effects on Public Opinion
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications (PHD)
Keywords:: news framing
public opinion
health communication
opioid use disorder
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Committee Members:: Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

249. hydraulics and performance evaluations of fish passages based on computational fluid dynamics and individual-based methods

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Author:: Zeng, Yi Xuan
Title:: hydraulics and performance evaluations of fish passages based on computational fluid dynamics and individual-based methods
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: fish passage design
fish behavior
individual-based model (IBM)
biased random walk model.
rock weirs
realistic rock weir modeling
numerical modeling
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Committee Members:: Xiaofeng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margaret Byron, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peggy Johnson, Major Field Member
Lauren McPhillips, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

250. Food Insecurity As A Longitudinal Predictor Of Diet, Sleep, Mental Health And College Academics

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Author:: Smith, Kiara
Title:: Food Insecurity As A Longitudinal Predictor Of Diet, Sleep, Mental Health And College Academics
Graduate Program:: Nutritional Sciences (MS)
Keywords:: food insecurity
nutrition
diet quality
mental health
sleep
academic performance
college student
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Committee Members:: A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Muzi Na, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison D Gernand, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage-Williams, Committee Member

251. Consumer Response to Marketplace Practices: A Moral Perspective

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Author:: Xu, Haiyue
Title:: Consumer Response to Marketplace Practices: A Moral Perspective
Graduate Program:: Business Administration (PHD)
Keywords:: marketplace morality
moral transgression
company waste
profitability
cross-cultural consumer behavior
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Committee Members:: Karen Winterich, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hans Baumgartner, Major Field Member
Lisa Bolton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

252. Engineering transcriptional logic within bacteria using complex, modular CRISPRi circuit arrays

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Author:: Roggenbaum, Morgan
Title:: Engineering transcriptional logic within bacteria using complex, modular CRISPRi circuit arrays
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: synthetic biology
genetic circuits
CRISPRi
transcriptional read-through
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Committee Members:: Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

253. Improving Non-Point Source Pollutant Capture: Exploring the Potential of Off-line and On-line Green Stormwater Infrastructure Designs

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Author:: Fegley, Jessica
Title:: Improving Non-Point Source Pollutant Capture: Exploring the Potential of Off-line and On-line Green Stormwater Infrastructure Designs
Graduate Program:: Landscape Architecture (MS)
Keywords:: green stormwater infrastructure
stormwater
water quality
off-line
flow bypass
non-point source pollution
bioretention
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Committee Members:: Stuart Patton Echols, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Royer, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair

254. Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides

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Author:: Kahiu, Maureen
Title:: Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides
Graduate Program:: Agronomy (MS)
Keywords:: Demethylation inhibitor fungicides
phytotoxicity
DMIs
dollar spot
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Committee Members:: Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

255. Persuasion, Coercion, and Force: How Rebel Groups Recruit

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Author:: Soules, Michael
Title:: Persuasion, Coercion, and Force: How Rebel Groups Recruit
Graduate Program:: Political Science (PHD)
Keywords:: Political Science
Civil Wars
Terrorism
Rebel Groups
Rebel Recruitment
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Committee Members:: Douglas Lemke, Major Field Member
James Piazza, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bumba Mukherjee, Major Field Member
James Dillard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

256. Diet-Induced Modulation of Brainstem Perineuronal Net Development

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Author:: Morehouse, Jessica
Title:: Diet-Induced Modulation of Brainstem Perineuronal Net Development
Graduate Program:: Anatomy (MS)
Keywords:: Perinatal high fat diet (PNHFD)
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV)
Obesity
Brainstem
Neuroplasticity
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Committee Members:: Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anirban Paul, Committee Member

257. Experimental Prediction of Material Deformation and Toolpath Design Compensation in Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Concrete

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Author:: Ashrafi, Negar
Title:: Experimental Prediction of Material Deformation and Toolpath Design Compensation in Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Concrete
Graduate Program:: Architecture (PHD)
Keywords:: Additive Manufacturing of Concrete
Robotic Fabrication
3D printing concrete
Toolpath Design
Toolpath Compensation
Shape Grammar
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Committee Members:: Jose Pinto Duarte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sven Bilén, Outside Unit Member
Ali Memari, Outside Field Member
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Special Member
Aleksandra Radlinska, Outside Field Member
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Shadi Nazarian, Dissertation Co-Advisor

258. Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles

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Author:: Hall, Nicole
Title:: Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Density-functional theory
Photocatalyst
DFT+U
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

259. Shape control and shape transformations of metal nanocrystals: insights from molecular dynamics simulations

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Author:: Yan, Tianyu
Title:: Shape control and shape transformations of metal nanocrystals: insights from molecular dynamics simulations
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: shape control
metal nanocrystal growth
molecular dynamics simulation
solution-phase synthesis
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Committee Members:: Xueyi Zhang, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

260. Predicting and Validating Composite Mechanical Behavior Resulting from Voxel-based Microstructural Design and Macroscopic Interfacial Analysis

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Author:: Nalubwama Kaweesa, Dorcas Vivian
Title:: Predicting and Validating Composite Mechanical Behavior Resulting from Voxel-based Microstructural Design and Macroscopic Interfacial Analysis
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Multi-material Additive Manufacturing
PolyJet process
Material design
Composites
Composite laminates
Functionally Graded Materials
Voxel-based design
voxels
Mechanical properties
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Committee Members:: Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

261. Towards the Integration of Compliant Mechanisms in Orthopedic Implant Design

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Author:: Huxman, Connor
Title:: Towards the Integration of Compliant Mechanisms in Orthopedic Implant Design
Graduate Program:: Engineering Design (MS)
Keywords:: orthopedic implants
compliant mechanisms
implant design
medical devices
flexure modeling
arthroplasty
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Committee Members:: Timothy Simpson, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

262. lithologic control on ecohydrology of oak-maple forests

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Author:: Tang, Qicheng
Title:: lithologic control on ecohydrology of oak-maple forests
Graduate Program:: Soil Science (PHD)
Keywords:: preferential flow
stable isotope
catchment hydrology
tree water use
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Committee Members:: David Eissenstat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buda, Major Field Member
Jonathan Duncan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

263. Examination of the many regulatory roles of intrinsically disordered proteins

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Author:: Usher, Emery
Title:: Examination of the many regulatory roles of intrinsically disordered proteins
Graduate Program:: Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)
Keywords:: intrinsically disordered proteins
nuclear magnetic resonance
NMR
thermodynamics
biochemistry
biophysics
transcription
regulation
phosphorylation
proteins
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Committee Members:: David Gilmour, Major Field Member
Scott Showalter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Song Tan, Major Field Member
Scott Lindner, Outside Unit Member
Amie Boal, Outside Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

264. Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

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Author:: Pant, Divya
Title:: Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability
Graduate Program:: Agronomy (MS)
Keywords:: Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat
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Committee Members:: Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member

265. Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders

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Author:: Patil, Padmavathi
Title:: Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders
Graduate Program:: Higher Education (PHD)
Keywords:: higher education
presidents
leadership
human capital theory
upper echelons theory
organizational theory
typology
institutional outcomes
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Committee Members:: Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Minor & Outside Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit Member

266. Investigating Specific Cation Interactions with Anionic Surfactant Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics

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Author:: Judd, Kenneth Duane
Title:: Investigating Specific Cation Interactions with Anionic Surfactant Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics
Graduate Program:: Chemistry (PHD)
Keywords:: ion pairing
ion specific effects
monolayers
spectroscopy
nonlinear optics
vibrational spectroscopy
thermodynamics
surfactants
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Committee Members:: Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

267. Writing Gender, Race, and Disability Through the Gurdjieffian Bodymind

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Author:: Pastor, Aaren
Title:: Writing Gender, Race, and Disability Through the Gurdjieffian Bodymind
Graduate Program:: English (PHD)
Keywords:: literary modernism
gender studies
disability studies
Katherine Mansfield
Leonora Carrington
G.I. Gurdjieff
Jean Toomer
bodymind
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Committee Members:: Matt Tierney, Major Field Member
Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Eburne, Outside Unit & Field Member
Janet Lyon, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

268. Digital Twin Enabled Facilities Maintenance Management through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Sensory-Level Data

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Author:: Shakerian, Shahrad
Title:: Digital Twin Enabled Facilities Maintenance Management through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Sensory-Level Data
Graduate Program:: Architectural Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Facility maintenance
digital twins
machine learning
signal processing
failure prediction
early failure detection
anomaly detection
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Committee Members:: Bill Sitzabee, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Major Field Member
Houtan Jebelli, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Asok Ray, Outside Unit & Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

269. The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both

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Author:: Fornini, Robert
Title:: The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology (MS)
Keywords:: Concussion
Depression
EEG
Virtual Reality
Asymmetry
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Committee Members:: Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member

270. Energy and Quality Aware Video Streaming on Mobile Devices

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Author:: Chen, Xianda
Title:: Energy and Quality Aware Video Streaming on Mobile Devices
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Video Streaming
Mobile Device
Energy Efficiency
Quality of Experience (QoE)
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Committee Members:: Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Major Field Member
Guohong Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

271. Pathologic Substrates of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Parkinsonisms

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Author:: Wang, Ernest Weider
Title:: Pathologic Substrates of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Parkinsonisms
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: MRI
parkinsonisms
pathology
neuropathology
gene-environment
pesticides
paraquat
HFE
susceptibility MRI
DTI
substantia nigra
iron
Parkinson's disease
progressive supranuclear palsy
multiple system atrophy
corticobasal degeneration
dopamine
movement disorders
neurology
brain
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Committee Members:: Xuemei Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Guangwei Du, Major Field Member
Gary Perdew, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Connor, Major Field Member
Matthew Coates, Special Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

272. Efficiency trade-offs in scleractinian corals

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Author:: Galindo Martinez, Claudia Tatiana
Title:: Efficiency trade-offs in scleractinian corals
Graduate Program:: Biology (PHD)
Keywords:: coral bleaching
coral bleaching recovery
Orbicella faveolata
endolithic algae
heat stress
Ostreobium spp.
positive optical feedback loop
animal chromoproteins
light environment in hospite
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Committee Members:: James Marden, Chair of Committee
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
David Eissenstat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Monica Medina, Major Field Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

273. Investigation into Novel Runner Extension Designs for Sand Casting Utilizing 3D Sand-Printing

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Author:: Stebbins, Ryan
Title:: Investigation into Novel Runner Extension Designs for Sand Casting Utilizing 3D Sand-Printing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Sand Casting
Hybrid Manufacturing
3D Sand Printing
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Committee Members:: Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

274. Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations

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Author:: Lor, Jim
Title:: Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations
Graduate Program:: Ecology (MS)
Keywords:: Seasonality
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
temperature
host density
infection intensity
infection prevalence
Infectious disease
interpatch movement
Notophthalmus viridescens
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Committee Members:: Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David A Kennedy, Committee Member

275. IMAGING BIOMARKERS OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE

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Author:: Brown, Gregory
Title:: IMAGING BIOMARKERS OF COGNITIVE DECLINE IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)
Keywords:: Cognition
MRI
Parkinson's Disease
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
penalized regression
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Committee Members:: Xuemei Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Corina Drapaca, Major Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Major Field Member
James Broach, Outside Unit Member
Xiao Liu, Outside Field Member
Charles Duffy, Special Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

276. Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts

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Author:: Hossain, Ayaan
Title:: Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts
Graduate Program:: Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)
Keywords:: automated
design
synthetic
genetic
parts
combinatorial
optimization
machine
learning
algorithm
promoter
mRNA
transcription
translation
decay
repression
CRISPR
repeats
interference
graph
theory
path
finding
nonrepetitive
repetitive
gene
synthesis
assembly
oligopool
discovery
barcodes
primers
counting
NGS
reads
classifier
classification
regressor
regression
random
forest
LASSO
ridge
homologous
recombination
instability
tuning
efficiency
plasmids
genome
engineering
degenerate
IUPAC
vertex
cover
independent
set
initiation
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Committee Members:: Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Costas Maranas, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Outside Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

277. Training of Bayesian Network model using Fusion-Learning and Engineering Models for Improved Fault Diagnostics

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Author:: Ademujimi, Toyosi
Title:: Training of Bayesian Network model using Fusion-Learning and Engineering Models for Improved Fault Diagnostics
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Smart Manufacturing
Bayesian Network
Machine Learning
Fault Diagnostics
Small Dataset
Digital Twin
Structure Learning
Parameter Learning
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Committee Members:: Dennis Lin, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Vittaldas Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Daniel Finke, Major Field Member

278. states transportation agencies in tackling reflective cracking

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Author:: Chammas, Sari
Title:: states transportation agencies in tackling reflective cracking
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: Reflective cracking
Cracks
SAMI
Interlayer
Asphalt pavement
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Committee Members:: Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rajarajan Subramanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Committee Member
Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Committee Member

279. Linkages Between Black Americans’ Relationship Adjustment and Emotional Well-Being Over Time: The Role of Socio-Ecological Context and Gender

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Author:: Jenkins, August Ida
Title:: Linkages Between Black Americans’ Relationship Adjustment and Emotional Well-Being Over Time: The Role of Socio-Ecological Context and Gender
Graduate Program:: Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: emotional well-being
romantic relationship
African Americans
neighborhood context
discrimination
multiple timescales
gender
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Committee Members:: Steffany Fredman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Almeida, Major Field Member
Amy Marshall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

280. Use of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils to Enhance the Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Biocomposites

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Author:: Battisto, Evan
Title:: Use of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils to Enhance the Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Biocomposites
Graduate Program:: Biorenewable Systems (MS)
Keywords:: cellulose
3D-printing
biocomposites
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Committee Members:: Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen C Chmely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Committee Member

281. Evaluating Eye Gaze Perception Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using a Computational Modeling Approach

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Author:: Griffin, Jason
Title:: Evaluating Eye Gaze Perception Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using a Computational Modeling Approach
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: eye-tracking
eye gaze perception
hidden Markov model
Autism Intervention
Serious game intervention
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Committee Members:: Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Diane Williams, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pamela Cole, Major Field Member
Suzy Scherf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Janet Hsiao, Special Member

282. Robust and Efficient Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulose

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Author:: Hirl, Katharine
Title:: Robust and Efficient Anaerobic Digestion of Lignocellulose
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: anaerobic digestion
switchgrass
bioenergy
robustness
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Committee Members:: Jay Regan, Co-Chair of Committee
Juliana Vasco-Correa, Major Field Member
Tom Richard, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Costas Maranas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

283. Forms of Shame: Gower, Chaucer, Hoccleve

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Author:: Chelis, Theodore
Title:: Forms of Shame: Gower, Chaucer, Hoccleve
Graduate Program:: English (PHD)
Keywords:: shame
history of emotions
subjectivity
middle english literature
gower
chaucer
hoccleve
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Committee Members:: Janet Wynne Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Scott Smith, Major Field Member
Robert Edwards, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Cheney, Major Field Member
Caroline Eckhardt, Outside Unit & Field Member

284. A Profile Approach to the CIP Model of Leadership

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Author:: Walters, Kayla
Title:: A Profile Approach to the CIP Model of Leadership
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: CIP
leadership
person centered
LPA
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Committee Members:: Samuel Hunter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Hambrick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Simkins, Major Field Member
James LeBreton, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

285. Negotiating the Middle: A Promotion-Prevention Explanation of Midlife Identity Negotiation and Leadership

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Author:: Burke, Vanessa
Title:: Negotiating the Middle: A Promotion-Prevention Explanation of Midlife Identity Negotiation and Leadership
Graduate Program:: Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: Midlife
leadership
generativity
disengagement
acceptance
successful aging
Aging workforce
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Committee Members:: Jes Matsick, Major Field Member
Samuel Hunter, Major Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
David Almeida, Outside Field Member

286. Atomistic-level Study of Additive Manufacturing Processes and of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Condensed-phase Behavior

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Author:: Gao, Yawei
Title:: Atomistic-level Study of Additive Manufacturing Processes and of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Condensed-phase Behavior
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: ReaxFF
Additive Manufacturing
PVDF
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Committee Members:: Zi-Kui Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Yetter, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

287. Novel Therapeutic Thermogels as Local Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Systems for Peripheral Nerve Injury

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Author:: Manto, Kristen
Title:: Novel Therapeutic Thermogels as Local Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Systems for Peripheral Nerve Injury
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: thermogel
hydrogel
PLGA
PEG
4-AP
EPO
peripheral nerve
nerve regeneration
controlled-release
local drug delivery
myelin
axonal continuity
nerve injury
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Committee Members:: Marc Kaufman, Major Field Member
James Connor, Co-Chair of Committee
David Waning, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly S Harbaugh, Special Member
John Elfar, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

288. Electrical Transport and Tunneling Measurements on Two-Dimensional Electron System at SrTiO3 Interface

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Author:: Wang, Ziqiao
Title:: Electrical Transport and Tunneling Measurements on Two-Dimensional Electron System at SrTiO3 Interface
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Two-dimensional electron system
Oxide interface
Electrical transport measurement
Tunneling measurement
Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation
Spin-orbit coupling
Strongly correlated electrons
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Committee Members:: Eric Hudson, Major Field Member
Qi Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Major Field Member
Richard Robinett, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

289. The Origins of Segregation Academies in Mississippi: 1954 to 1976

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Author:: Kemp, Kayla
Title:: The Origins of Segregation Academies in Mississippi: 1954 to 1976
Graduate Program:: Sociology (MA)
Keywords:: segregation academies
social movements
civil rights movement
private schools
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Committee Members:: David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David P Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Charles Seguin, Committee Member

290. Predicting molecular structure-property relationship using molecular dynamic simulations

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Author:: Shetty, Shreya
Title:: Predicting molecular structure-property relationship using molecular dynamic simulations
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: MD simulations
Nematic Coupling
Flory Huggins Interaction parameter
SCFT
Mutual Ghosting
Morphing
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Committee Members:: Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

291. REVEALING THE ORAI-STIM BINDING INTERFACE THROUGH THE USE OF NOVEL PEPTIDES

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Author:: Baraniak, James
Title:: REVEALING THE ORAI-STIM BINDING INTERFACE THROUGH THE USE OF NOVEL PEPTIDES
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:: calcium
store-operated calcium entry
soce
calcium homeostasis
STIM
Orai
Calcium channels
M4x peptide
peptide modulation
Orai binding interface
SOAR
stormorken
signal transduction
NFAT
pan-specific inhibition
stim-orai interacting interface
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Committee Members:: Salvatore Stella, Outside Unit Member
Thomas Spratt, Outside Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Major Field Member
Donald Gill, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

292. Contending over Capitalism: Henry K. Webster and Individualism in the Progressive Era

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Author:: Lehman, Peter
Title:: Contending over Capitalism: Henry K. Webster and Individualism in the Progressive Era
Graduate Program:: American Studies (PHD)
Keywords:: capitalism
literature
Progressive Era
labor
webster
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Committee Members:: Charles Kupfer, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Melvin Blumberg, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Simon Bronner, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
John Haddad, Chair & Major Field Represnt
John Rogers Haddad, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

293. Spatio-temporally Interpretable Geo-AI Approaches for Predictive Modeling of Geographic Events

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Author:: Masrur, Arif
Title:: Spatio-temporally Interpretable Geo-AI Approaches for Predictive Modeling of Geographic Events
Graduate Program:: Geography (PHD)
Keywords:: Machine learning interpretability
Geographic artificial intelligence
Wildfire ecology
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Committee Members:: Alan Taylor, Major Field Member
Manzhu Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Robinson, Major Field Member

294. Utilization of WGM Resonators Operating on Exceptional Surfaces for Sensing-Based Applications

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Author:: Nicastro, Jackson
Title:: Utilization of WGM Resonators Operating on Exceptional Surfaces for Sensing-Based Applications
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)
Keywords:: WGM-Resonators
Non-Hermitian
Thermal Broadening
Exceptional Surfaces
Particle Sensing
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Committee Members:: Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Sahin K Ozdemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Larry Cheng, Committee Member

295. Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes

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Author:: Molina, Alex
Title:: Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Schottky diodes
contacts
transition metals
semiconductor structures
gallium nitride
rhenium
molybdenum carbonitride
atomic layer deposition
energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
hydrobromic acid
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
electron beam evaporation
sputtering
surface passivation
metallization
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Committee Members:: Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rongming Chu, Outside Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

296. Response/Able Funding: Mapping Faculty-Foundation Relations and the Pursuit of Grant Funding for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and/or Racial Justice Projects

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Author:: Watts, Alison Page
Title:: Response/Able Funding: Mapping Faculty-Foundation Relations and the Pursuit of Grant Funding for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and/or Racial Justice Projects
Graduate Program:: Higher Education (PHD)
Keywords:: philanthropy
racial equity
cultural historical activity theory
phenomenology
cartography
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Committee Members:: Ebony Coletu, Outside Unit & Field Member
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member
Alicia Dowd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Royel Johnson, Major Field Member
Gerald K Letendre, Program Head/Chair

297. Nonlinear Poroelastic Solutions for the Pore Fluid Flow and Sorption in Deformable Rocks

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Author:: Zhang, Wei
Title:: Nonlinear Poroelastic Solutions for the Pore Fluid Flow and Sorption in Deformable Rocks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Adsorption
Poroelasticity
Nonlinear solution
Constitutive modeling
Geomechanics
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Committee Members:: Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amin Mehrabian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

298. The use of pulse waves to increase carbon nanotube thin-film thermophone efficiency

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Author:: Chatterley, James
Title:: The use of pulse waves to increase carbon nanotube thin-film thermophone efficiency
Graduate Program:: Acoustics (PHD)
Keywords:: Carbon nanotube thin-film thermophone
CNT thin-film thermophone
Pulse Wave
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Committee Members:: Thomas Gabrielson, Major Field Member
Dan Russell, Major Field Member
David Jenkins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Benjamin Beck, Special Member
Timothy Brungart, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair

299. Investigation of mechanical signal transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana, including processing of the plasma membrane receptor-like kinase FERONIA and the role of MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS O 1 (MLO1), MLO13, and MLO15

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Author:: Cornblatt, Cassidy
Title:: Investigation of mechanical signal transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana, including processing of the plasma membrane receptor-like kinase FERONIA and the role of MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS O 1 (MLO1), MLO13, and MLO15
Graduate Program:: Plant Biology (PHD)
Keywords:: FERONIA
mechanical signal transduction
RALF signaling
MILDEW RESISTANCE LOCUS O
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Committee Members:: Cristina Rosa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ying Gu, Major Field Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Teh-Hui Kao, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

300. Examining Students' Help-Seeking When Learning From Multiple Texts

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Author:: Lee, Hyeyeon
Title:: Examining Students' Help-Seeking When Learning From Multiple Texts
Graduate Program:: Educational Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:: Informational Help-Seeking
Self-Regulation
Multiple Text Comprehension
Behavioral Indicators
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Committee Members:: Alexandra List, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rayne Sperling, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peggy Van Meter, Major Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Byeong-Young Cho, Special Member

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