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Author:

Zhang, Huaibin

Title:

Different layered materials for anion or cation uptake by ion exchange

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Layered double hydroxide
Nickel-Zinc layered phase
SnP
ZrP

File:

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Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Dinesh Agrawal, Outside Field Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yin, Xinyang

Title:

Hierarchical metal-organic frameworks and membranes for energy-related separations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hierarchical MOF
MOF
morphology control
gas separation
liquid separation
pore environment

File:

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Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

ON COUPLED FLUID FLOW AND GEOMECHANICS MODELING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL WELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Flowback
dfit
diagonostic fracture injection test
infill well
parent well
Fracture driven interaction
FDI
Fracture closure

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major & Minor Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Boghossian, Mirna

Title:

The Economic Consequences of Supplier of the Year Awards

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

supplier awards
best suppliers
supplier of the year
proprietary costs
economic consequences of voluntary disclosures
proprietary information
supplier identity
supply chain
costs and benefits
costs and benefits of proprietary information

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura Wellman, Major Field Member
Samuel Bonsall, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deane, Chanel

Title:

Analysis of Seismic Source Characteristics Across A Broad Range Of Spatial Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Pennsylvania
Southwest Indian Ridge
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Charles Ammon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Major Field Member

Author:

Shesh, Bhavyata B

Title:

Iron profiling in Glioblastoma

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Glioblastoma
Iron
invasion
sex differences
T cells
CD8+ T cells

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Sundstrom, Major Field Member
James Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dhimant Desai, Outside Field Member
Mohammad Ali, Outside Unit Member
Alicia McDonald, Special Member
Rhoda Joseph, Special Member
Lisa M Shantz, Special Signatory

Author:

Leonard, Samantha

Title:

Parametrically-Informed Early-Design Guidance for Mass Timber Floors for Embodied Carbon and Structural Design

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mass Timber
Embodied Carbon
Parametric Analysis
Design Space Exploration
Floors
Structural Design
Timber
Wood Design
Sustainability
Design Guidance
Early Design
Performance Objectives

File:

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Committee Members:

Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Major Field Member
M Parfitt, Special Member
Ryan Solnosky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roy, Anubhav

Title:

Elastic Wave Propagation and Scattering in Polycrystals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

scattering
elastodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Bourjaily, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christopher Kube, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Major Field Member

Author:

Huang, Chieh Yang

Title:

Toward Intelligent Writing Support Beyond Completing Sentences

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Writing Support
Story Generation
Novel Writing
Large Language Model
Crowd Writing
Language Generation
Story Understanding
Creative Writing

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Syed Billah, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Rebecca Passonneau, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Wu, Sikai

Title:

Design and Selective Synthesis of Carbon Nanothreads and Their Exfoliation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

high-pressure chemistry
carbon nanothreads
precursor design
exfoliation

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Nasim Alem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor
Vincent Crespi, Chair of Committee

Author:

Maenza, Candice Marie

Title:

Moderators and Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Ipsilesional Motor Deficits in Chronic Unilateral Stroke Survivors

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

stroke
ipsilesional deficits
motor deficits
rehabilitation
apraxia

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Sainburg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Mark Latash, Major Field Member
Nancy Williams, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Salomone, Cecilia

Title:

"No elegy needed:" Representations of the Appalachian region in Appodlachia

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

appalachia
podcasts
stereotypes
alternative media

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Kevin Hagopian, Major Field Member
Russell Frank, Major Field Member
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Bronson, Mark

Title:

Improving the Accuracy and Efficiency of Atomistic Electrodynamics Models for the Simulation of Large Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

chemistry
electrodynamics
DFT

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Park, Mi Hee

Title:

Mitigating the leaky pipeline: Women engineers' professional identity development as engineers in the field

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

women engineers
engineering identity
professional identity
career development

File:

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
William Rothwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Song, Yang

Title:

Modeling and Managing Electric Vehicle Drivers’ Travel Behavior in a Demand-Supply-Coupled Transportation System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electric vehicles
travel behaviors
demand-supply-coupled
transportation system

File:

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Committee Members:

Andisheh Ranjbari, Major Field Member
Xianbiao Hu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Major Field Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Aljuhani, Abdulrahman Eid

Title:

APPLYING DAYLIGHT GLARE PROBABILITY (DGP) SIMULATIONS TO WINDOWS WITH FABRIC SHADES AND AUTO-SHADE POSITION CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Daylight Glare Probability
DGP
Daylight Simulations
Automated Shading Control
Fabric Shades
Radiance
Spatial Daylight Autonomy
sDA
frads
Glare source
Glare protection
DGP calculation
Vertical illuminance

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Mistrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julian Wang, Major Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
Ute Poerschke, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Sun Hyoung

Title:

Practical Static Binary Analysis with Block Memory Model

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Static Analysis
Binary Analysis
Control Flow Graph
Pointer Analysis
Type Inference

File:

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Committee Members:

G. Tan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Major Field Member
Danfeng Zhang, Major Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hannah, Thomas

Title:

Development of Kolsky Bar Techniques and the Experimental Characterization of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Kolsky Bars
High Rate Strain Analysis
Composite Analysis
Miniature Kolsky Bars
Finite Element Analysis
Solid Mechanics
Experimental Design
Composite Failure Analysis
High Resolution Imaging
Orthogonal Arrays

File:

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Committee Members:

Reuben Kraft, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Bakis, Outside Unit Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Outside Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Schirmer, Jonathan

Title:

Exotic Phases of Quantum Hall Superconductors

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

superconductivity
topological superconductivity
Majorana modes
quantum Hall effect
skyrmions
spin-orbit coupling
vortex lattice
Chern number
Berry curvature
non-uniform
magnetic field
graphene
Landau levels
p-wave
s-wave
superlattice

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carmen Carmona Benitez, Major Field Member
Jainendra Jain, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Padilla, Cesar

Title:

The effect of humanistic values expressed by supervisors as perceived by sailors, on sailor work engagement

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Humanistic Values
Work Engagement
Organization Development
Leadership
Hopeful Career State (HCS)
Work Engagement (WKE)
Organization Development (OD)
Human Agency

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
John Ewing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Major Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Primka, Corynne

Title:

Classroom Effects of a Tier 2 Social Skills Training Intervention for Peer-Rejected Students

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Skills Training
Tier 2
MTSS
Daily Behavior Ratings
Social Skills Intervention
Peer-Rejected
Peer-Rejected Students
Friendship Connection Project
Teacher-Student Relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Janet Welsh, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Diperna, Major Field Member

Author:

Drissel, Jennifer

Title:

Apocalypse Maina: American Fasincation with the End of the World in the 21st Century

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

apocalypse
disaster
social media
reality television
popular cutlure
masculinity
gender roles
heteronormative

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Committee Members:

Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Mary Zaborskis, Major Field Member
Anthony Buccitelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Clarke, Jerome

Title:

Digital Colorline: Race, Machine Learning, and the Critique of Technology

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

Digital Ethics
Du Bois
Adorno
Critical Theory

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Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Young, Co-Chair of Committee
Amy Allen, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leonard Lawlor, Major Field Member
Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gandhi, Ujjawal Hitendra

Title:

The Role of Arachidonic Acid - Cyclooxygenase Pathway in the Anti-leukemic Properties of Selenium

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

Selenium
leukemia
15d-prostaglandin J2
gambogic acid
arachidonic acid
inflammation
leukemia stem cell
BCR-ABL
H-PGDS

File:

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Committee Members:

Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Dr Jack Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Shantu G Amin, Committee Member
Dr Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member

Author:

Yao, Zhu

Title:

A Statistically based Observation Operator for Mapping Columns of Atmospheric Variables to Microwave Radiances

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

observation operator; microwave data assimilation; canonical correlation analysis; Gaussian mixture model; mapping

File:

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Committee Member
Xingchao (XC) Chen, Committee Member
Jeff Steward, Special Signatory

Author:

Bradson, Megan Lynn

Title:

Coping Style Moderates the Effects of Pain on Depression in Multiple Sclerosis: A Possible Target for Intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
pain
depression
coping

File:

Download MLB_MastersThesis_Final_10-16-2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Committee Member

Author:

Belt, Michael

Title:

Protestant Megachurch Growth: The Role of Congregant-Focused and Public-Focused Social Services

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Religion
Megachurches
Institutions
Social Services
Congregations
Complete Institutions

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary J Adler, Jr., Committee Member
Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Link, Allison

Title:

Acquiring Grammatical Classes from Distributional Properties of the Input: The Challenge of Bilingual Acquisition

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
distributional learning
categorization
grammatical classes
grammar
artificial language
bilingual
bilingualism
language
language acquisition

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wenting

Title:

oxazine-caged bodipys for mapping viscosity at a super-resolution level

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Super-Resolution
Bioimaging
Protein Aggeration
Photocage

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member

Author:

Wasson, Derek

Title:

Screening of Macroalgae Species for Enteric Methane Mitigation Effect in vitro

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

macroalgae
methane
ruminants

File:

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Alexander Nikolov Hristov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Tara L Felix, Committee Member

Author:

Gillis, Ash Jade

Title:

THE ROLES OF ATTITUDES AND SITUATIONAL STRENGTH IN PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Attitudes
Social norms
Situational strength
Native plants

File:

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Committee Members:

Janet Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin Meyer, Committee Member
Melvin Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roberts, Mary

Title:

Exploring the Veteran-Civilian Health Crossover: A Matching Estimator Approach

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

veterans
depression
physical health
biomarkers
institutions
military

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Daniel F Perkins, Committee Member

Author:

Akbarian, Dooman

Title:

Development and application of the ReaxFF reactive force field method to ferroelectrics and crosslinked polyethylene

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Ferroelectrics
Crosslinked polyethylene

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Minor Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Yetter, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chatterjee, Debamalya

Title:

Functional Characterization of Rice MPK6 and Maize ufo1 Genes During Gametophyte and Seed Development

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (PHD)

Keywords:

Maize
Rice
Gametophyte
Seed development
Carbohydrate
Gene regulation
Endosperm development
Basal endosperm transfer layer
Kinase
Oryza sativa L.
Zea mays L.

File:

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Committee Members:

Majid Foolad, Major Field Member
Marvin Hall, Major Field Member
Charles Anderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Surinder Chopra, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yinong Yang, Dissertation Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Jiarui

Title:

Stabilized meshfree methods for material failure and composite analysis

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

meshfree method
stabilization
hybrid Lagrangian/semi-Lagrangian
immersed volumetric
energy conserving time integration

File:

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Committee Members:

Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Hillman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member
John Regan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Steimle, Benjamin Colby

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticle Heterostructures Using Cation Exchange Transformations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Colloidal synthesis
Nanoparticles
Cation exchange
Solid-state interfaces
Inorganic materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member

Author:

Baumann, Megan Dwyer

Title:

IRRIGATION MEGAPROJECTS AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY: THE REMAKING OF LAND-WATER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MEGAPROJECTS OF TOLIMA, COLOMBIA

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

human environment geography
irrigation
megaproject
Colombia
political ecology
feminist methodology
environmental governance
agrobiodiversity
water
seed diversity
land use
land rental market
infrastructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Leland Glenna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Major Field Member
Trevor Birkenholtz, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian King, Major Field Member
Cynthia Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhu, Rui

Title:

Data-driven Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Sensor-integrated Complex Systems - Healthcare and Virtual Reality Applications

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Data-driven modeling
Sensor-integrated complex systems
Healthcare
Virtual Reality
Cardiovascular systems
Engineering problem solving

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Faisal Aqlan, Special Member

Author:

Loeffler, Scott David

Title:

An assessment of polarimetric radar signatures associated with hydrometeor size sorting in convective storms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Severe storms
Weather radar
Numerical modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Major Field Member
Timothy Eden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Markowski, Major Field Member
Matthew Kumjian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paudel Timilsena, Bipana

Title:

Reducing crop loss to herbivore pests: From modeling risk of herbivore invasion and establishment to harnessing plant defenses via priming

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

plant defense priming
herbivore specificity
modeling
CLIMEX
plant-insect interactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Tumlinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sarraga-Lopez, Yamil

Title:

Teaching after Hurricane María: Exploring teacher leaders’ experiences in the Puerto Rican school system.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
Puerto Rico
School Change
School Reform
Crisis Management
Teacher Leadership
Complexity Theory
Systemic Trauma
Natural Disasters
Schools

File:

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Program Head/Chair
David Gamson, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lee, Sora

Title:

TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS FOR FLEXIBLE, BEOL, AND 3D APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Back end of line
Flexible electronics
Atomic layer deposition
Two-dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
3D fabrication
Metal oxides
High-temperature-capable lift-off

File:

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Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xie, Haochen

Title:

MODELING THE EVOLUTION OF DEGREE OF CONVERSION AND POLYMERIC NETWORK DURING PHOTO-INDUCED FREE RADICAL POLYMERZATION

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Free Radical Polymerization
FDTD
Monte Carlo Light Propagation
Molecular Dynamic Simulation
Curing Kinetic
UV-curable Composite
PAAW fixture

File:

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Committee Members:

Saurabh Basu, Major Field Member
Ed De Meter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Snow, Zackary K

Title:

Flaws in Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Formation Mechanisms, Detection Methods, and Effect on Fatigue

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
qualification
process monitoring
fatigue
titanium
machine learning

File:

Download Dissertation_-_final_07232021.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jayme Keist, Outside Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Outside Unit Member
Abdalla Nassar, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Damirchi, Behzad

Title:

Development and Application of the ReaxFF Reactive Force Field in Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF Reactive Force Field
Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Material
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Flattened Carbon Nanotube
Polyaramid-Carbon Nanotube

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Behzad_Damirchi_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Son, Jeongin

Title:

Role of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Sensor IRE1 alpha in Ultraviolet B Radiation-Induced Damage Response

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

unfolded protein response
UPR
ER stress
IRE1α
Calcium homeostasis
CIB1
UVB
Apoptosis
DNA Damage Repair
ROS
NRF2
Oxidative stress
Inflammation
Angiogenesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Major Field Member
Adam Glick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Major Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Simonson, Nicholas

Title:

Low-Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic-Grade Molybdenum Disulfide on Multicomponent Glass Substrates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
MoS2
molybdenum disulfide
MOCVD
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
electronic and photonic materials
materials synthesis
two-dimensional materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
glass
multicomponent glass
alkali aluminosilicate
alkaline earth boroaluminosilicate
low-temperature CVD
low-temperature synthesis
transparent electronics
flexible electronics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Todd St.Clair, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kenney, Ana

Title:

Mixed Integer Programming, Whitening, and Functional Data Analysis: Improving Feature Selection in “Omics” Research

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Functional Data Analysis
Mixed Integer Programming
Second Order Conic Programming
Whitening
Statistical Genomics
Robust Regression
Oracle Properties
Feature Screening
Differential Privacy
Human Microbiome
Feature Selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Kateryna Makova, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

Appalachian pasts, Arctic futures: permafrost landscape response to warming

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

geomorphology
permafrost
periglacial
cosmogenic
radiocarbon
morphometry
Arctic
Alaska
Appalachia
Last Glacial Maximum

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Roman DiBiase, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Jia

Title:

Topics on Variable Selection in High-Dimensional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Bayesian variable selection
High-dimensional data
Network analysis
Partially linear model
Time-varying network model

File:

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Major Field Member
David Hunter, Major Field Member
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair