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Author:

Xiong, Yu

Title:

Vibroacoustics of Lightweight Structures with Embedded Acoustic Black Holes

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhu, Jia

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Mwangi, Margaret

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Maasai
Kenya
Drought
Adaptations
Impacts
Climate Change
Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhang, Haoyang

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Tirsch, Jonathan

Title:

Characterization of novel lanthanide binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

lanthanide
metallo protein
lanthanide binding protein

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Chapman, Brittany

Title:

Evaluation of CRISPR-Based Approaches for Precision Poultry Gene Modulation and Delivery

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

CRISPR
Gene Editing
ReMOT
CRISPRa/i
dCas9
QVtg

File:

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Committee Members:

Tae Hyun Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Francisco Javier Diaz, Committee Member

Author:

Rice, Danielle

Title:

Developmental Changes in Basal Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Predicting Peer Success: From an Index of Environmental Susceptibility in Kindergarten to Emotion Regulation in First Grade

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia
Teacher-child relationships
Peer relationships

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Committee Members:

Lisa Michelle Kopp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chad Edward Shenk, Committee Member
Heidemarie Laurent, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lad, Yash

Title:

DESIGN OF FEEDBACK CONTROL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THERMAL THERAPIES FOR RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

rGBM
LITT
MNHT
Heat Sink
CSF
Feedback Control
PID
MPC

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Committee Members:

Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ma'Moun Abdel Abu-Ayyad, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebecca Vincelette, Committee Member

Author:

Self, Ian

Title:

Parametric Design and Optimization of Roller Coaster Support Structures Considering Sustainability and Maintenance

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Optimization
Parametric Design
Structural Engineering
Structures
Roller Coaster

File:

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Committee Members:

Nathan Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Boothby, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Rebecca Napolitano, Committee Member

Author:

Chop, Hannah

Title:

Investigation of Coal Combustion Residuals for Ceramic Applications and Production

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Coal
fly ash
bottom ash
ceramics
coal waste
waste management
coal reject
sustainability

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara J Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mohammad Rezaee, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamurthy, Aaditya

Title:

Blood-Sheady Player One - How Indiscriminate Violence is Framed in Narrative-Driven Action Video Games

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

Video Games
Violence
Ludonarrative Dissonance
Moral Disengagement
Action-Adventure
Narratives
Ludic Structure
Narrative Structure.
Narrative Structure

File:

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Committee Members:

Nakho Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie Leigh Morrow, Committee Member
Yonatan Tewelde, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Taylor, Eric

Title:

Integrating Fragility Curves in Joint Power and Gas Transmission Models.

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Fragility Curves
Joint Infrastructure Systems
Resilience Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chiara Lo Prete, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mort D Webster, Committee Member

Author:

Budur, Sushanth Reddy

Title:

Artificial neural network driven fault tolerance for redundant wheeled mecanum robots: Ensuring navigation despite wheel(s) failure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
Fault Tolerance (FT)

File:

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Committee Members:

Amit Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member
Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Zhezhen Fu, Committee Member

Author:

Sharan, Abhimanyu

Title:

Near-Field Electroluminescent Cooling using Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Near-field radiation
Electroluminescent cooling
Light emitting diodes
Solid-state refrigeration

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Committee Members:

Linxiao Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukwon Choi, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Agyapong, Ama Duffie

Title:

A Study of Metal Interactions with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

TMDS
physical vapor deposition
2D materials
MoS2
WS2
contact metals
Raman spectroscopy
intermetallics
alloys
interfacial reactions
monolayer

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Outside Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sleem, Omar

Title:

Non-convex Approaches to Sparsity: Algorithms and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Non-Convex Optimization
Sparsity
System Identification
5G NR
Overhead Reduction
Wireless Communications
Manifold Optimization

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Major Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jing Yang, Major Field Member

Author:

Castro Baldivieso, Stephanie

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemical recovery
electromotive force measurements
Gd-Bi alloys
oxide reduction
recovery efficiency of rare earth elements
Gd-Bi kinetic properties

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member

Author:

Dashner, Zachary

Title:

Novel Biotechnological Approaches to Understand And Reduce Cadmium in the Iron Uptake Pathway of Theobroma Cacao

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (PHD)

Keywords:

Cadmium
Heavy metal accumulation
cacao
chocolate
Theobroma cacao
transporters
Hairy roots transformation
Fe (Iron) transport
ZIP/IRT1-like
R. rhizogenes
Altered selectivity of transporters

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Siela Maximova, Major Field Member
Erin Connolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ruairidh Sawers, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Cen

Title:

Mining Social Media to Unveil Emotional Contagion and Perceptions of Personal Fitness Information (PFI) Among mHealth App Users Over the Past Decades

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Mobile Health
Social Informatics
Personal Fitness Information
Emotional Contagion

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Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Aiping Xiong, Committee Member
Nicole Kreisberg, Committee Member

Author:

Herrera, Alex

Title:

Female Prostitution in Guatemala City and the Transnational Surveillance of Venereal Diseases, 1880s-1950s

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Guatemala
Latin American History
Women's Studies
History of Medicine
History of Public Health
Guatemala City

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Committee Members:

Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair
Alicia Decker, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cathleen Cahill, Outside Field Member
Christopher Heaney, Major Field Member
Martha Few, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Jahagirdar, Devayani

Title:

Developing a Graph-Based Virtual Replica of In-Progress Construction of Structural Steel Using IFC Data

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

IFC (Industry Foundation Classes)
Automation in Construction
Construction Schedule Planning
Construction Progress Monitoring
Network Graphs

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert M. Leicht, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Messner, Committee Member

Author:

Leibelsperger, Kelsey

Title:

Sentencing outcomes for drug offenders in Pennsylvania: examining gender disparities, gender moderation, and county effects

Graduate Program:

Criminology (PHD)

Keywords:

sentencing outcomes
gender
drug offenses
alternative sentencing outcomes
gender moderation

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Committee Members:

Pamela Wilcox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Abenaa Jones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pamela Wilcox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Megan Kurlychek, Major Field Member
David Ramey, Major Field Member

Author:

Lin, Dan

Title:

The effect of pre-diagnosis physical activity on breast cancer outcomes

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

breast cancer
physical activity
recurrence
window of susceptibility
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
pathological complete response
white blood cell

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Committee Members:

Duanping Liao, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Joshua Muscat, Major Field Member
Shouhao Zhou, Outside Field Member
Kathleen Sturgeon, Special Member
Cheryl Thompson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Hobkirk, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Dinsmore, Lawrence

Title:

Semi-coherent Ionospheric Pulsing Structures (SCIPS): The Ionosphere’s Steady State

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

SCIPS
delta-vTEC
TEC
LSTIDs
TIDs
magnetosphere
ionosphere
magnetic reconnection
polar cusp
geomagnetically quiet
keogram

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Major Field Member
John Matthews, Special Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Robert Robinson, Special Signatory
Member CommitteeII, Special Member

Author:

Nassif, Majda

Title:

Exploring Social Capital and Volunteering Across Contexts

Graduate Program:

Public Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Capital
Volunteering
Scoping review
College Volunteering
COVID-19 Pandemic

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Committee Members:

Glenn McGuigan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Goktug Morcol, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bing Ran, Major Field Member
Michele Tantardini, Major Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Davis, Samantha

Title:

Social Fibers: Race, Gender, and Fabrics of Identity in Colonial Yucatán

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Yucatán
Mexico
gender
race

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Committee Members:

Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair
Jyoti Balachandran, Outside Field Member
Cathleen Cahill, Major Field Member
Amara Solari, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Matthew Restall, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Few, Major Field Member

Author:

Gray, Joy

Title:

Developing Clinically Relevant Vignettes from Empirical Data as Teaching Tools for Counselors-in-Training in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

mental health counseling
vignette construction
multicultural and social justice counseling
cluster analysis
Ecosocial
Counselor Education
Client Conceptualization
Pennsylvania

File:

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Committee Members:

P Murphy, Program Head/Chair
Abenaa Jones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brandy Henry, Major Field Member
Deirdre O'Sullivan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carlomagno Panlilio, Outside Field Member

Author:

Brass, Amy

Title:

Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Citizenship: Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Conceptions and Views

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Citizenship
Mathematics Teacher Educators
Mathematics Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephanie Schroeder, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rose Zbiek, Major Field Member

Author:

Xi, Zhaohan

Title:

Beyond Images: Robustifying Representation Learning against Trojaning Attacks

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Representation Learning
Graph Learning
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning Security

File:

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Ting Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jinghui Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Sha, Congzhou

Title:

Manifold Learning in Structural Biology: Docking, Folding, and Simulation

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

differentiable programming
machine learning
neural networks
structural biology
Lie group
statistical mechanics
molecular dynamics
RNA structure
differential geometry

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Proctor, Major Field Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Outside Field Member
Nikolay Dokholyan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Hohl, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Liang, Zhigao

Title:

Evaluation of Online Training on Pre-service General Education Teachers’ Case Application of Visual Schedules for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Graduate Program:

Special Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online training
pre-service teacher
visual schedules
intellectual and developmental disability

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonte Taylor, Major Field Member
David Mcnaughton, Major Field Member
David Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janice Light, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Basiel, Bailey

Title:

Efficacy of beef × dairy breed across production systems

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

beef × dairy
sire selection

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Chad Dechow, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Tara Felix, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adrian Barragan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Harvatine, Major Field Member

Author:

Schwendler, Teresa

Title:

A mixed methods research study to understand infant feeding practices and inform strategies to improve maternal, infant, and child nutrition in Guinea – a biocultural perspective

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

infant and young child
nutrition
Guinea
responsive feeding
dietary diversity
direct observation
biocultural
feeding behavior
policy
pregnant women

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Committee Members:

Kristina Petersen, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Kodish, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Keller, Major Field Member
Muzi Na, Major Field Member

Author:

Shang, Annan

Title:

Domain and Ultraviolet Engineered Device Development of Potassium Tantalate Niobate Single Crystal Electro Optic Modulators and Deflectors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

KTN
PNR
polar nano regions
permittivity
interferometry
electrostriction
potassium tantalate niobate
electro optic
polarization
domain
beam deflector
beam modulation
niobate
ferroelectrics
relaxor ferroelectrics
dielectrics

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jian hsu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Du, Zhuoshi

Title:

Sterile filtration process for glycoconjugate vaccine drug substances and drug product

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Glycoconjugate Vaccine
Drug Substances
Drug Product
Sterile Filtration
Membrane Fouling
Prefiltration
Scale-up
Sterile Filters Screening

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Esther Gomez, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member

Author:

Delgado, Jocelyn

Title:

A nutraceutical timing hypothesis: Does supplementation with nitrate-rich beetroot juice provide vascular protection across postmenopausal stages?

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Menopause
Endothelium
Dietary Nitrate
Vascular
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Nitric Oxide

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Kellogg, Outside Unit Member
Mary Jane De Souza, Major Field Member
David Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristina Petersen, Outside Field Member

Author:

Sanei, Sanam

Title:

Essays in HIV: Mapping the distribution of marginalized groups and analysis of ART treatment effectiveness across patient groups

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
Key Population
Size Estimation
Generalized Linear Mixed-Effect Models (GLMM)
Bayesian Modeling
Mapping HIV Prevalence
Case-Control Sampling
Hidden Markov Models (HMM)

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Le Bao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Major Field Member
Lingzhou Xue, Major Field Member
Qiushi Chen, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Bhuyan, Sandeepa

Title:

Optimizing Emerging Game Streaming Applications for Mobile Platforms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Game Streaming
Cloud Gaming
Video Game Processing
Mobile platforms
Performance
Energy-efficiency

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Mahmut Kandemir, Dissertation Co-Advisor
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member

Author:

Melkumyan, Mariam

Title:

The role of central amygdala neuroinflammation in alcohol use and alcohol withdrawal-induced anxiety

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

Central Amygdala
Alcohol
Astrocyte
Microglia
Glutamatergic transmission
Neurotransmission
Binge Drinking
Calcium Transients
Alcohol Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety
Cannabinoids
Cannabidiol (CBD)
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
Neuroimmune Activity
Neuroinflammation

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Graziane, Major Field Member
Salvatore Stella, Major Field Member
Yuval Silberman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Nyland, Major Field Member
Aron Lukacher, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Paukett, Michelle

Title:

Agricultural Sustainability in the Local Context

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (PHD)

Keywords:

Mortierella spp.
sustainable agriculture
soil microbiome
content analysis
Fusarium solani
on-farm networks
soybean
biocontrol
local knowledge
disease-suppressive soils

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Committee Members:

Sharifa Crandall, Major Field Member
Alyssa Anne Collins, Special Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
John Pecchia, Major Field Member
Paul Esker, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charlie White, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Massenburg, Lynnicia

Title:

Putting the Pieces Together: Structural Exploration of Plant Cellulose Synthase Oligomerization and Function

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Physcomitrium patens
structural biology
cryo-electron microscopy
protein oligomerization
CesA
cellulose synthesis
CSC
rosette
protein flexibility

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Committee Members:

Claire Thomas, Major Field Member
Manish Kumar, Special Member
B Nixon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Deb Kelly, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Paul Armache, Major Field Member
Ying Gu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ye, Muchao

Title:

Evaluating and Certifying the Adversarial Robustness of Neural Language Models

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Adversarial Robustness
Neural Language Models

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fenglong Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rui Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting Wang, Major Field Member
Jinghui Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Do, Seonmi

Title:

THE IMPACT OF A UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VISIONS OF HIGH-QUALITY MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Teacher Education – Preservice; Teacher Educators

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Committee Members:

Gwen Lloyd, Major Field Member
Andrea Mccloskey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Baxter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fran Arbaugh, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hu, Jeremy

Title:

Selective hydrogenation on anatase TiO2-supported single atom catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
density functional theory
hydrogenation
single atom catalysts
metal oxides
titania

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Minor Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Tarantino, Danielle

Title:

APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE THEORY TO ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: EXPLORING THE MOTIVE TO AGGRESS AND POLITICIZED THREATS

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

psychological reactance
implicit aggression
counterproductive work behaviors
political ideology
personality

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
James LeBreton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Levy, Major Field Member
Hanyi Min, Major Field Member
Lijiang Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Hyatt, Lance

Title:

Intelligence in Soft Mechanical Material Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Intelligent Materials
Mechanical Metamaterials
Mechanical Computing
Soft Mechanical Materials

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Zoubeida Ounaies, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Yun Jing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jared Butler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Conrath, Brandin

Title:

Sensemaking with Digital Models & Data: A Multi-Study Investigation of Learning Across the Geosciences

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

science education
geoscience
digital tools
models

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Farris, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Xie, Tian

Title:

Resilient Cache Network Management: Algorithms, Analysis, Experiments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cache inference
denial of service attack
Software defined networking
cache replacement policy
access delay
attack resilience
TTL approximation
overlay routing
online routing
flow table size inference
adversarial reconnaissance
joint caching and routing
approximation algorithm

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting He, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mingfu Shao, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Major Field Member

Author:

Pulido, Gabriel

Title:

Queer and Trans Drag Artists of Color on College Campus(es): A Black feminist Woven Ethnography

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Drag Artists
Queer and Trans Collegians
Queer and Trans Communities of Color
Black Feminist Thought
Ethnography
Higher Education

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sam Tenorio, Minor Field Member
Royel Johnson, Special Member
Wilson Okello, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
LaWanda Ward, Major Field Member

Author:

Im, Sanghyeok

Title:

Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of Neodymium Alloys in Molten Salts for Their Recovery

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molten Salt Electrochemistry
Neodymium
Nd alloy
Thermodynamic Property
Emf Measurement
Rare-Earth Recovery

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Feifei Shi, Outside Field Member