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Author:

Zhang, Xian

Title:

The Teachability Hypothesis and Concept-based Instruction: topicalization in Chinese as a Second Language

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Processability Theory
Teachability Theory
Sociocultural Theory
Concept-based teaching

File:

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Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ning Yu, Committee Member
Ping Li, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Meng

Title:

Self-assemblies of Metal Cross-Linked Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Hydroxyquinoline Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

inorganic chemistry
self-assembly
metallic oligopeptide
electron and energy transfer
cooperativity
heterometallic complex

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Yu

Title:

discrete distribution clustering in big data and a method for storm prediction leveraging large historical archives

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

discrete distribution
clustering
parallel computing
image annotation
protein clustering
storm prediction

File:

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Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jia Li, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Dongmei

Title:

CONTROL PROBLEMS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

control theory
PDE
infectious disease management
economic epidemiology
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Reluga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alberto Bressan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Reluga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jinchao Xu, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Special Member
Yuxi Zheng, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Yufan

Title:

Functional Genomics Of Theobroma Cacao Fatty Acid Biosynthesis: convergence Of Fatty Acid Desaturation, Embryo Development, And Defense Signaling Responses

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

cacao
fatty acid biosynthesis
fatty acid desaturation
embryo development
defense responses

File:

Download Final_Ph.D._Thesis_Yufan.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Guiltinan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siela Maximova, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Haowei

Title:

A Study of the Crystal Structure of Y3cd9zn2 Using X-ray Powder Diffraction

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Rare-earth intermetallic
crystal structure determination
synchrotron radiation

File:

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Committee Members:

Earle Richard Ryba, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Tian

Title:

From Structure to Dynamics: Direct Visualization of Primary Plant Cell Walls by Atomic Force Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

plant cell walls
AFM
dynamics
biomechanics
loosening
growth

File:

Download Tian_Zhang_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xuan

Title:

Studies on the weak convergence of partial sums in Gibbs-Markov dynamical systems

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

weak convergence
Gibbs-Markov
dynamical systems
Poisson limit theorem
central limit theorem
first return times

File:

Download XZ-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Manfred Heinz Denker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yakov B Pesin, Committee Member
Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Member
Guodong Pang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

An Optimization Protocol Applicable To Water Flooding Flow Rates On Pattern Based Field Development Studies

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
water flooding
flow rates
well patteren

File:

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Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Shuyi

Title:

Exploring the metabolic diversity of cyanobacteria for green energy production

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TCA cycle
glyoxylate cycle
GABA shunt
PHB
VIPP1

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member