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Author:

Rai, Abhishek

Title:

Essays in Trade and Migration

Graduate Program:

Economics (PHD)

Keywords:

Spatial economics
Internal migration
mobility frictions

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Committee Members:

Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kala Krishna, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair
Fernando Parro, Major Field Member
Shoumitro Chatterjee, Major Field Member

Author:

Rincon, Guadalupe

Title:

Graduate Student Academic Socialization through Mentored Writing Interactions: Between Empowerment and Marginalization

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

academic socialization
interthinking
identity development
agency
academic writing

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mari Haneda, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Johnson, Major Field Member
Sinfree Makoni, Major Field Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Dodda, Akhil

Title:

Novel materials and devices for sensing and security applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Sensing
Security
2D Materials
Internet of Things
In-sensor Compute

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Saha, Arghajeet

Title:

Nutrient Management and Control Strategies in the Susquehanna River Basin Towards Meeting Chesapeake Bay TMDL Goals

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Manureshed
SWAT
Nutrient Management
Soil Taxonomy
Manure Timing

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Committee Members:

Tameria Veith, Major Field Member
Cibin Raj, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charlie White, Outside Field Member
Patrick Drohan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Leaym-Fernandez, Melissa

Title:

A Study of How Three Women Find Empowerment Through Art After Adverse CHildhood Experiences

Graduate Program:

Art Education (PHD)

Keywords:

ACEs
Art Education
Women of Color
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Art Making Processes
The Four Loves
Familial Love
Personal Love
Professional Love
Protections Love
Neurodiversity
Singularity Influencers

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Committee Members:

Wanda Knight, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yvonne Gaudelius, Major Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Doan, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Malley, Grace

Title:

Exploring the Intersection Between Land Use Dynamics, Habitat Connectivity and Human-Elephant Interactions in Shared Landscapes

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Land Use/Land Cover Change
Land Use Dynamics
Land Change Modeling
Land Change Analysis
Social-Ecological Systems
Human-Wildlife Interactions
Human-Elephant Conflicts
Conflict-Coexistence Continuum
Habitat Connectivity
Wildlife Corridors
Least-Cost theory
Linkage MappingShared Landscapes
Subsistence Farmers; Livelihoods
Morogoro
Tanzania.
Linkage Mapping
Shared Landscapes
Subsistence Farmers
Livelihoods
Tanzania

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Committee Members:

Larry Gorenflo, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Miller, Major Field Member
Douglas Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Rob Crane, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hohl, Cody

Title:

Essays on intermittent renewable integration in electricity market design

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electricity market design
Wind energy
Intraday
Capacity
Energy-only
Experiment
Uplift

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mort Webster, Major Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Major Field Member
Chiara Lo Prete, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Kwasnica, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sant'Anna Garcez Nobrega, Jonathan

Title:

Integral solution-based modeling of gas transport in unconventional reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Production data analysis
Unconventional Reservoirs
Gas transport
Green's Function Method
Multifractured Horizontal Wells

File:

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Committee Members:

Mathieu Stienon, Outside Field Member
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Li

Title:

Studies of Berries and Health

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

Berries
Flavonoids
Mortality
Sleep
Diet Quality
Allostatic Load
Stress
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Overall Health
Nutritional Epidemiology

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Committee Members:

Penny Kris-Etherton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
Joshua Muscat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Richie, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Duanping Liao, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bang, Sun Hwi

Title:

Investigation of the cold sintering densification kinetics and microstructural evolution

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Cold sintering process
Zinc oxide
Densification
Sintering kinetics
Grain growth

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Dawei

Title:

Does social capital affect risk taking in corporate pensions?

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Corporation pension
Risk taking
Social capital

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Committee Members:

Matthew Gustafson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Samuel Bonsall, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Biqin Xie, Major Field Member

Author:

Choi, Saehyun

Title:

COMPLEX COACERVATES AS EXPERIMENTAL MODEL SYSTEMS FOR PREBIOTIC COMPARTMENTS AND CELLULAR BIOCONDENSATES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Coacervates
liquid-liquid phase separation
origin of life
protocell
biocondensates
RNA chemistry
thermodynamics

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Christopher House, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Aung, Toe

Title:

Sexual Selection on Human Voice Pitch: Cross-species, Cross-cultural, Experimental, and Naturalistic Investigations

Graduate Program:

Anthropology (PHD)

Keywords:

cross-species
cross-cultural
formidability
fundamental frequency
voice pitch
attractiveness
cross-species
cross-cultural
formidability
fundamental frequency
voice pitch
attractiveness
cross-species
cross-cultural
formidability
fundamental frequency
voice pitch
attractiveness
sexual selection

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Committee Members:

David Puts, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Katherine Shenk, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mark Shriver, Major Field Member
Mary Shenk, Major Field Member
Reginald Adams, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Doebler, Scott

Title:

Arboreal Apogees: Maya, Spanish, and English Ecologies in Lowland Yucatán and Guatemala, 1517-1717

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Maya history
Spanish history
English history
early modern history
forest history
ethnohistory
tropical forests
Yucatán
Guatemala
environmental history
Southern Maya Lowlands
Laguna de Términos

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Committee Members:

Kathlene Baldanza, Major Field Member
Amara Solari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ronnie Hsia, Major Field Member
Michael Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Restall, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Few, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Yusko, Brandon Allen

Title:

The Role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Mediating the Migration and Survival of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

cancer
toxicology

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Major Field Member
Adam Glick, Major Field Member
Gary Perdew, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Lambert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hickox, Lauren

Title:

Mechanisms Underlying Plantarflexor Structure-Function Relationships and Implications for Locomotor Function

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

biomechanics
plantarflexor
achilles tendon moment arm
gait
simulations
gear ratio
musculoskeletal model
ankle
plantarflexion

File:

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Committee Members:

Henry Sommer, Major Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Meghan Vidt, Outside Unit Member
Jonas Rubenson, Outside Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sanchez, Jesus

Title:

Local Index Theory and Cyclic Cohomology

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Differential Geometry
Cyclic Cohomology
Index Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Radu Roiban, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nigel Higson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alberto Bressan, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Case, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Griggs, Robert

Title:

Factors that Affect the Alignment of Performance Management of Leaders to Achieve Organizational Objectives

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Organizational Leadership
Leadership
Performance
Strategic Performance Management

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tanner Vea, Outside Field Member
Peter Newman, Outside Unit Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Elmquist, Jon

Title:

Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

neonicotinoid
insecticide
spotted lanternfly
imidacloprid
dinotefuran
pollinator
red maple
tree-of-heaven
Acer rubrum
Ailanthus altissima
Lycorma delicatula
non-target
risk assessment

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chaemchuen, Piyaphat

Title:

Suspended Sediment Concentration prediction using Deep Learning across the Contiguous United States

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Suspended Sediment Concentration prediction
Deep Learning
Long Short-Term memory model
The Contiguous United States
Large-scale modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Chaopeng Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Delgado, Luis

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, EXPOSURE, AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK DISRUPTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

social vulnerability
food
energy
and water security
food security
disruption exposure
freight transportation network
vulnerable communities
emergency response planning
inequality
network vulnerability analysis

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Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Vikash V. Gayah, Committee Member

Author:

Dyer, William

Title:

Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube yarn
Epoxy-impregnated carbon nanotube yarn
CNT yarn
Mechanical testing
Dynamic mechanical analysis

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Caroline

Title:

The Role of Glutathione Peroxidase 3 in Ovarian Cancer

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine (MS)

Keywords:

Glutathione Peroxidase 3
GPX3
Ovarian Cancer

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Committee Members:

Ronald Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Nadine Hempel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tiffany Lynn Whitcomb, Committee Member
Rebecca Phaeton, Committee Member

Author:

Fallon, Brandon

Title:

Dirt Mitigation Techniques in Double-Walled Combustor Liners

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dirt Deposition
Film Cooling
Combustor
computational fluid dynamics
particle laden flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dominguez Zambrano, Dorian

Title:

EFFECTS OF WOOD DUST AND ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA ON THE PERFORMANCE AND RESPIRATORY INTEGRITY OF BROILERS

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

Broiler
wood dust
atmospheric ammonia
performance
respiratory integrity

File:

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Alberto Gino Lorenzoni Calvo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Fabian, Committee Member
John Boney, Committee Member

Author:

Ellner, Samantha

Title:

Developmental Trends In Reading and Language Skills for Welfare-Involved Children

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

maltreatment
reading
reading development
language
disability

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Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy N. Van Meter, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Faimon, Lillyanna

Title:

Interest and family making: Exploring the bidirectional influence of family and material interactions on youth’s situational interest

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (MS)

Keywords:

situational interest
family learning
making
interaction analysis
engineering workshops

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Committee Members:

Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gabriela T Richard, Committee Member
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kumar, Abhijeet

Title:

Deepfake Video Detection in the compressed domain

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

compressed domain
i frames
deepfake videos detection
convolutional networks

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rui Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Leapaldt, Hanna

Title:

Seasonal lacustrine carbonate early diagenesis driven by microbial metabolisms in Green Lake, New York

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

carbonate
early diagensis
thrombolite
sedimentology

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Miquela Ingalls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Kimberly Lau, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Abhishek

Title:

ARCHITECTURAL SUPPORT FOR IN-CACHE DATA MOVEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

cache
data movements
memory system
zsim
computer architecture

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Kucenski, Andrew

Title:

Miyazaki's Peace: The Role of Pacifism and the Soundscape in the Films of Studio Ghibli

Graduate Program:

Music (MA)

Keywords:

musicology
music theory
film music
film studies
music
pacifism
soundscape
Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli
Anime
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle

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Committee Members:

R J David Frego, Program Head/Chair
Eric John Mckee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Dowell Youmans, Committee Member
Sarah Marian Schouten, Committee Member

Author:

Konzel, Nicholas

Title:

Ground Based Measurements and Acoustic Characterization of Small Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
UAV
Data Collection
Noise Characterization
Multirotor

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Lakshmidevi, Harieasswar

Title:

Accelerating Sparse LU Factorization

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

LU Factorization
GPU Acceleration
Sparse linear algebra
Symbolic factorization
Sparse linear solvers

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Kamesh Madduri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Member

Author:

Lebel, Luke

Title:

An Analysis of the Impact of Vertical Wind Shear on Convection Initiation Using Large-Eddy Simulations: Importance of Wake Entrainment

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

convection initiation
wind shear
large-eddy simulation
convection

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member

Author:

Khan, Taha

Title:

Evaluation of AeroAggregates in the lightweight self - consolidated precast concrete: An assessment of Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Resistivity

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Foamed Glass Aggregates
Concrete
Durability

File:

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Committee Members:

Grady F Mathews, IV, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Committee Member
Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rick Ciocci, Committee Member

Author:

Robotham, Daniel

Title:

Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (MS)

Keywords:

student commitment
emotional support
academic support
family influence
agricultural career
relevant skill acquisition
university experience
undergraduate students

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Committee Members:

Suzanna R. Windon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

Author:

Riccardi, Peter

Title:

Modeling and Characterization of an Air Motion Transformer

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

AMT
Air Motion Transformer
Air Motion Transformer Technology
Air Motion Tweeter
tweeter
ESS AMT
LTspice
equivalent circuit modeling
equivalent circuits
electroacoustic modeling
electroacoustics
transducer modeling
transduction
in air tweeter
acoustics

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Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Dan Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Member
Dave Swanson, Committee Member
Tom Blanford, Special Signatory

Author:

Pugh, Cathryn

Title:

Ramp/Leek "Culture" in Northern Appalachia: A Study of Attitudes, Behaviors, and Knowledge Surrounding a Non-Timber Forest Product

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Non-timber forest product
Ramp
Allium tricoccum
Agroforestry
Wild leek

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Committee Member
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Elsa Sánchez, Committee Member

Author:

Pippin, James

Title:

Relative Source Time Functions, Spectral Ratios, and Spall for the Source Physics Experiment Phase I Explosions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Source Physics Experiment
Relative Source Time Functions
Spectral Ratios

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Purzak, Jake

Title:

Structural Design of a Rigid Coaxial Rotor System for Wind Tunnel Testing

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

rotorcraft
coaxial
structural design
structural analysis
dragonfly
rotor design
rigid rotor
coaxial test system
wind tunnel test system

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Risi, Joseph

Title:

Is Institutional Representation Enough? Evidence from Chicago Concerning the Relationship Between Racial Congruence, Diversification, and Police Stopping Behavior

Graduate Program:

Criminology (MA)

Keywords:

Policing
Diversity
Criminology

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Committee Members:

Corina Antohi Graif, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
David M Ramey, Committee Member

Author:

Polek-Davis, Noah

Title:

Comparative Analysis of Martian Global Dust Storm Genesis and Progression

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Mars
Dust Storms
Atmospheric Science
EMARS
Data Assimilation

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, Committee Member
Tim Kane, Committee Member

Author:

Robbins, Jackson

Title:

Data Trends in Solution-Gated Monolayer Graphene Field-Effect Transistors

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Graphene
FET
Salinity
Sensor
Electrolyte Gating

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

Author:

Reyes, Alexia

Title:

Dynamic Modeling of a Power Profile for SmallSat Cognitive Agents

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Small Satellite
Cognitive Agents
Power Profile

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Velasco Palacios, Hazel

Title:

Assesing the Effectiveness of Participatory Gender-Responsive Development Projects in Rural Honduras

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

gender and development
participatory extension approaches
gender responsive design
rural development

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Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Brasier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paige Castellanos, Committee Member

Author:

Villa, Amber

Title:

Computational Modeling of Monitoring within Human-Autonomy Teams with Novel Delegations of Authority and Responsibility

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

human-autonomy teams
computational modelling
Work Models that Compute
Advanced Air Mobility
Authority/Responsibility

File:

Download A._Villa_Revised_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

Author:

Vavra, Joseph

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DESATURATION OF AN ALIPHATIC SUBSTRATE BY CLAVAMINATE SYNTHASE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (MS)

Keywords:

Iron
2-oxoglutarate
clavaminic acid
ferryl
hydroxylation
desaturation
oxacyclization
hydrogen atom transfer

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Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ken Keiler, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Carsten Krebs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Varley, Ashley

Title:

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OF THE BRAIN-GUT AXIS IN THE VALPROIC ACID INDUCED MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN THE RAT (RATTUS NORVEGICUS)

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine (MS)

Keywords:

Autism
Gatrointestinal Dysfunction
Vaproic Acid
ASD
Austism Specturm Disorder

File:

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Committee Members:

Ronald Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tiffany Whitcomb, Committee Member
Andras Hajnal, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Kaitlin

Title:

EARLY TRIASSIC WEATHERING INTENSITY AND CLIMATE RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
weathering
permian triassic extinction
lithium
isotopes
modeling
diagenesis
climate
climate stability

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Stow, Justin

Title:

Analyzing the Structural Variability of Eyewall Replacement Cycles in WRF Ensemble Simulations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

tropical cyclone
secondary eyewall formation
ensemble modeling
numerical weather prediction
rainbands

File:

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member

Author:

Tariq, Tasneem

Title:

Impact of Vegetated infrastructure to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effects in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Urban Heat Island effect
Mitigation
Vegetated infrastructure
ENVI-met simulation
Thermal comfort

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Slotkin, Becca

Title:

Impact of a School-Based Social Skills Intervention on Parent-Child and Parent-School Relationships

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Peer rejection
Parent-Child Relationships
Parent-School Relationships
Social Skills Training
Intervention

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Janet Agnes Welsh, Committee Member

Author:

Tsang, Bryan

Title:

Classification and Discrimination of Drones and Birds Using micro-Doppler Images

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

micro-Doppler
UAV
Drone
Bird
Classification
SVM
Radar

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tim Kane, Committee Member
Ramesh Bharadwaj, Special Signatory

Author:

Yuan, Alex

Title:

Antenna Radiation Pattern Mapping with an Unmanned Aerial System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
UAV
SDR
drone
quadcopter
antenna
radiation pattern
RF
HackRF
Pixhawk
Ardupilot
Mission Planner
GRC
GNU Radio
Python
MATLAB

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik H. Lenzing, Special Signatory

Author:

Zhao, Tianyang

Title:

Dialogue State Tracking with Universal Adversarial Triggers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Dialogue State Tracking

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Rui Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhiyu

Title:

Underwater wall detection using robotic flapping wing and Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Robotic Wing
Underwater Perception

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Qing

Title:

Game streaming as pandemic relief: how might gratifications of viewing gameplay combat mental stress

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

Game streaming
COVID-19
Stress
Twitch
YouTube gaming
Uses and gratification
Recovery

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Committee Member

Author:

Yoon, Min Young

Title:

THE APPLE DOESN’T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: THE EFFECTS OF PATERNAL NURTURANT IMPRINT ON WORK-FAMILY FUNCTIONING

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Gender
Work-Family Interface

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Committee Members:

Karen Winterich, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carolyn Dang, Major Field Member
Forrest Briscoe, Major Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Humphrey, Major Field Member

Author:

Mukka, Shravya

Title:

Aligned Electrospun Starch-Pullulan-Protein Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

starch
WPI
GMP
electrospinning
biodegradable
biocompatible
bioactive
cultivated meat
edible
OSA starch
pullulan
nanofibers
aligned nanofibers
scaffold
GRAS

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Greg Ziegler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Josephine Wee, Committee Member

Author:

Moser, Eric

Title:

Development of a Computational Model of a High Temperature Lithium-Carbon Dioxide Reactor for Space Power Generation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CFD Modeling
Lithium-CO2 Combustion
Power Generation
Multiphase Flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph John Cor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J. Leonard, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Michael Manahan, Committee Member

Author:

Majumder, Sanjay

Title:

Audio Source Separation using Bi-directional Gated Recurrent Unit

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Audio Source Separation
Bi-GRU

File:

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Committee Members:

Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Tyler Patrick Dare, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Weilin

Title:

Examining the Relationship Between Home Food Environment and Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

EAH
Childhood Obesity
Eating Behavior
Home Food Environment

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Lukac, Meghan

Title:

Longitudinal Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Gait Parameters for ALS Patients Using Remotely Collected Foot-Worn IMU Data

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ALS
Gait
Longitudinal Analysis
Walking Speed
Remote Monitoring
IMU

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Michael Geronimo, Committee Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Lellan, James

Title:

Engineering a Neural Network-Like Genetic Circuit In Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CRISPRi
Genetic Circuits
Synthetic Biology

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Committee Members:

Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Luque, Miranda

Title:

THE EFFECT OF pH ON THE INTERACTIONS OF KINESIN-1 AND KINESIN-2 WITH THEIR MICROTUBULE TRACK

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (MS)

Keywords:

pH
microtubule
kinesin-1
kineisn-2

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zhiran

Title:

Minimizing the Cost for Charging Plug-in Electric Vehicles Using BFGS Quasi-Newton Method

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Minimizing the cost of charging
Optimization methods
Quasi- Newton method
Newton’s method
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS)
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs).
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Yan Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald E Ebeigbe, Committee Member

Author:

Murali, Mayank

Title:

Analyzing the performance of de novo metagenome assemblers for long-read HiFi data

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Metagenome
assembly
long-reads

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mingfu Shao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Koslicki, Committee Member

Author:

Rodrigues Do Amaral, Bruna

Title:

Using big data to answer big questions: how are birds dealing with the challenges of living in the Anthropocene?

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

hemlock woolly adelgid
bird population decline
invasive species
regional decline
bird demography
population biology
climate change
human impact
migration speed
spring migration
bird
bird population
phenology
vegetation green-up

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frances E. Buderman, Committee Member
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Andy Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Sao, Zacharia

Title:

Strategies for Improving the Early Age Strength of High Volume Fly Ash Cementitious Mixtures for Precast Concrete Applications and In-situ Stiffening and Upgrading of Ballasted Rail Track Beds via Cement Grout Injection

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supplementary cementitious materials
High volume fly ash
Precast industry
Hybrid concrete track beds
Preplaced aggregate concrete

File:

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Committee Members:

Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Shihui Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Selinsky, Peter

Title:

A Flow Study of the Effects of Outlet Valve Angle in the Right Side of the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Total Artificial Heart

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

particle image velocimetry (PIV)
pediatric ventricular assist device (PVAD)
pediatric total artificial heart (pTAH)
fluid dynamics
mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSDs)
total artificial heart (TAH)
ventricular assist device (VAD)
Penn State
outlet valve
flow study
2D PIV
rotational flow
thrombosis
shear rate
blood analog
flow loop
3D flow
right side of pediatric total artificial heart (RpTAH)

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Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Shepherd, Garrett

Title:

Tropical Temperatures during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Proxy Fidelity in Pennsylvanian to Permian Carbonates of the US Midcontinent Sea, Eastern Kansas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Oxygen Isotope Paleothermometry
Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry
US Midcontinent
Midcontinent Sea
Eastern Kansas

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miquela Ingalls, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Saritepe, Emre

Title:

A Thesis in the Reliability of Anatomical Measurements Used in Structural Covariance Networks Within the Context of Executive Dysfunctions Induced by Moderate-Severe TBI

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (MS)

Keywords:

structural covariance network
traumatic brain injury
tbi
scn
executive functions
graph theory

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Committee Members:

Paul Bartell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Gilmore, Committee Member
Chaleece Sandberg (She/Her), Committee Member
Paul Allen Bartell, Committee Member

Author:

Shakeel, Yusuf

Title:

Diffusion-based Modeling of Binary Gas Transport in Organic-rich Ultratight Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Adsorption
Binary gas
Gas transport
Ultratight rock
Surface diffusion
Knudsen diffusion
Molecular diffusion

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Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member

Author:

Savla, Aditya

Title:

Dimensional Interchangeability in Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Additive Manufacturing
Dimensional Interchangeability
Assemblability
Fused Deposition Modeling

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Committee Members:

Jose Ventura, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
El-Amine Lehtihet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenau, Joshua

Title:

Using Neural Networks for Crosstalk Compensation in High Speed, MIMO, Single Ended DDR5 Channels

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Far end crosstalk
DDR5
Neural Networks
High Speed
Single Ended
Multi-input Multi-output
MIMO
Transmission Lines

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Committee Members:

Rafic Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Truong Xuan Tran, Committee Member
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schillinger, David

Title:

I Can't Work Like This: The Effects of Action-State Orientation Diversity on Relationship Conflict in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

action-state orientation
relationship conflict
interpersonal processes
process conflict
transition processes

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Gioia, Sarah

Title:

Perceived Healthcare Discrimination: Examining Measurement and Associations with Health Among a Racially Diverse Sample of Sexual Minority Adults

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health (PHD)

Keywords:

LGBTQ
sexual minorities
discrimination
healthcare discrimination
perceived discrimination

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Committee Members:

Joshua Rosenberger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Soto, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Russell, Major Field Member
Linda Wray, Major Field Member
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bolte, Brandon Lee

Title:

Organizing Inter-Insurgent Cooperation in Multiparty Civil Conflicts

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

civil conflict
rebel groups
cooperation
alliances
peace processes

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Lemke, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Piazza, Major Field Member
Bumba Mukherjee, Major Field Member
Kidane Mengisteab, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael J Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Liu, Lu

Title:

Understanding the dynamical patterns and hot streaks for creative careers

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

the science of science
hot streaks
creative careers
exploration and exploitation

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Committee Members:

David Hunter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dashun Wang, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member

Author:

Roy, Tanushree

Title:

Towards Safe and Secure Cyber-Physical-Social systems: Theory and Application to Smart City Transportation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cyberattack
anomaly-resilience
distributed parameter systems
stealthy attack
transportation
smart city
socio-technical system
fault diagnostics
human-centric
Cumulative Prospect Theory
route choice
social data
traffic model

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amrita Basak, Outside Field Member
Satadru Dey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member

Author:

Wei, Qian Grace

Title:

Understanding the Impact of Counselor Attitudes Toward the Use of Routine Outcome Monitoring on Treatment Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Routine Outcome Monitoring
Feedback-Informed Treatment
Client-Focused Research
Outcome Research
Counselor Training
Counselor Education
Counselor Attitudes
Therapeutic Alliance

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Levy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carlos Zalaquett, Major Field Member
Kristen Nadermann, Major Field Member
Jolynn Carney, Chair of Committee
Julia Green Bryan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hagerty, Alyssa

Title:

Sources of Relative Bargaining Power and its Effect on Corporate Tax Enforcement

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

tax enforcement
tax avoidance
legal power
litigation
political connections
bargaining power
internal revenue service

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Committee Members:

Laura Wellman, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Major Field Member
Henock Louis, Major Field Member
John Moran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dan Givoly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liao, Yujie

Title:

Varying Coefficient Mediation Model

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Mediation analysis
Varying coefficient model
Indirect effect
Generalized linear model

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Helen Kamens, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Quach, Harris

Title:

Advances in Forward Sufficient Dimension Reduction Methods for Statistical Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

ordinal data
functional data
classification
outer product of canonical gradients
tensor product of gradients
local linear function on function regression
k-means tuning

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sankararaman, Vishnupriya

Title:

A framework for amphibian habitat conservation across spatial scales using community occupancy models

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

Agroforest
Amphibians
Beta Diversity
Community Occupancy Models
Habitat Conservation
Life-history traits
Species Richness

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Committee Members:

Julian Avery, Major Field Member
Katherine Zipp, Outside Unit Member
David Miller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Outside Field Member
Jared Gregory Ali, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rozum, Jordan

Title:

Attractor identification and control of Boolean and ODE network models in systems biology

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

systems biology
network science
discrete dynamics
Boolean networks
gene regulatory networks
ordinary differential equations
control theory
stable motifs

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Committee Members:

Dezhe Jin, Major Field Member
Lu Bai, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Reluga, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ruud, Christian John

Title:

Microconcentrators for Space Photovoltaics and Sputtered Nanoporous SiO2 Antireflection Coatings

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

CPV
photovoltaics
non-imaging optics
antireflection

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Committee Members:

Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Sven Bilén, Outside Unit & Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sanchez, Julie M

Title:

Investigating the Causes of Arctic Amplification: Interactions of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Arctic Amplification
local forcing
remote forcing

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Committee Members:

Sukyoung Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Guido Cervone, Major Field Member
Andrew Carleton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Luke Trusel, Major Field Member

Author:

Sarma, Anup

Title:

Optimizing Deep Learning for Memory and Compute : A joint Algorithm-Architecture Exploration

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Computer Architecture
Main Memory
CNN and RNN-LSTM
Inference and Training
Sparsity
Performance and Energy Efficiency

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Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Asit K Mishra, Special Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mahmut Kandemir, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

Author:

Ramos, Eduardo

Title:

Narratives of Invasion in Medieval England

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

Old English
Old Norse
Layamon
Scandinavia
England
Brunanburh
Capture of the Five Boroughs
Maldon
Ælfric
Wulfstan
Cnut
Encomium Emmae Reginae
Æthelred
Æthelstan
Laȝamon
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Emma of Normandy
Sigvatr
Battle of Brunanburh
Battle of Maldon
Middle English
Invasion
Pagan
Latin
Viking
Old Norse-Icelandic
Chronicle
Denmark
Medieval
Middle Ages
Arthur
King Arthur

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Committee Members:

Scott Smith, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Edwards, Major Field Member
Ármann Jakobsson, Special Member
Benjamin Hudson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Caroline Eckhardt, Major Field Member
Janet Wynne Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Potter, Marina Kate Haddock

Title:

Abortion Access and Underage Fertility, Poverty, and Child Maltreatment

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

abortion access
fertility
underage births
poverty
social safety net
foster care
child maltreatment

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Committee Members:

Léa Pessin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexis Santos, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Font, Co-Chair of Committee
Thomas Loughran, Major Field Member
David P Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sadat Mohammadi, Milad

Title:

Human-Centric Digital Twin Model of Electric System Maintenance Technicians for Near Real-Time Health and Ergonomic Postural Risk Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Human Centric Digital Twin Model
Health Monitoring
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Ergonomic Risk Assessment

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Committee Members:

Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Somayeh Asadi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Messner, Major Field Member
Houtan Jebelli, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chan, Man Yau

Title:

Improving the analysis and forecast of tropical mesoscale convective systems through advancing the ensemble data assimilation of geostationary satellite infrared radiance observations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Meteorology
Tropical Meteorology
Mesoscale Convective Systems
Data Assimilation
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Satellites
Satellite Infrared Observations
Numerical Weather Prediction
Nonlinear Statistics
Non-Gaussian Data Assimilation
Remote Sensing
Gaussian Mixture Models

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Eugene Clothiaux, Major Field Member
Helen Greatrex, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey L. Anderson, Special Member
Xingchao Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Stensrud, Major Field Member

Author:

Harsch, Brian

Title:

HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN TRANSPORT OF OXYLIPINS REGULATES CELLULAR INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Oxylipins
HDL
Lipoproteins
Inflammation

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Connie Rogers, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Proctor, Major Field Member
Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Guo, Zixuan

Title:

Understanding the morphology at donor-acceptor interfaces in organic semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic semiconductors
Heterojunction
Interface morphology

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Benjamin Lear, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chung, Kyung Sun

Title:

A Comparison of Different Methods for Determining Cutoff Values in Person-fit Research Using Polytomous Data

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Person-fit research
Polytomous data
Person-fit statistics
determining cutoff values

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Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mosuk Chow, Outside Field Member
Carlomagno Panlilio, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew McCrudden, Major Field Member

Author:

Parker, Lauren

Title:

Evaluation of a Community-Based Intervention Program on the Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Substance Use Among Court-Referred College Students

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

alcohol
college
protective behavioral strategy
expectancy
attitude
alcohol-skill training
prevention
court-referred
self-efficacy
coping motive

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Julia A Green Bryan, Program Head/Chair
Amber O'Shea, Major Field Member
Jennifer Maggs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Liza Conyers (she/her), Major Field Member
Deirdre O'Sullivan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Douglass, Scott

Title:

Commonwealth of Jazz: A Community History of Jazz Musician Educators as Agents of Social Change in Richmond, Virginia

Graduate Program:

Music Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Jazz education
integration
Richmond
Virginia
oral history
culturally relevant pedagogy
public schools

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Linda Thornton, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Gardner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Watts, Major Field Member
Bryan Nichols, Outside Field Member
Raymond Gilyard, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Cohron, Nikki

Title:

Exploring the potential of teacher policy engagement though the experiences of teachers of the year

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

teacher policy
teachers’ work
teacher voice
policy engagement
teachers' work
teacher policy engagement

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Dana Mitra, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Gamson, Major Field Member
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Unit Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ndoun Tangmo, Marlene Carla

Title:

COTTON GIN WASTE AND WALNUT SHELLS DERIVED BIOCHAR FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND HUMIC ACIDS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Pharmaceuticals
cotton gin waste
walnut shells
agricultural waste
biochar
adsorption
fixed-bed columns
humic acids
wastewater treatment
binary system

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Heather Preisendanz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tameria Veith, Major Field Member
Michael Mashtare, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member
Herschel A. Elliott, Special Member
Clinton Williams, Special Member