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Author:

Chernin, Kelly Alissa

Title:

The Role of Technology in Chinese Social Movements: An Exploration of the Technological Communications Apparatus Used During the Tiananmen Incident of 1976, The 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement, and the 2011 Jasmine Revolution

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

China
Social Movements
new technology
Habermas
Bakhtin
1989 Tiananmen Square

File:

Download thesis_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Frank Jordan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gunsallus, April Lynn

Title:

Neighborly Stripping: Exotic Dance in a Rural Club

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

rural
exotic dance
stripping
strippers
dancers
show club
strip
hustle
informal work
emotion work
women's work

File:

Download Gunsallus2012Thesis_Neighborly_Stripping.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rodriguez, Luna Marie

Title:

Uncertainty Propagation within Source Term Estimation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

uncertainty
source term estimation
genetic algorithm
QUIC
wind
urban
FFT07
adjoint
background error covariance matrix

File:

Download RodzDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sue Ellen Haupt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenni Evans, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Dr Paul Bieringer, Special Member

Author:

Deakyne, Theodore R

Title:

Study of the Relationship between Machine Compliance and Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Grinding

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

grinding force
grinding modelling
specific energy
machine compliance
time constant
Contact
grinding vibration
superabrasives

File:

Download TheodoreRSDeakyneDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member

Author:

Gauthier, Gilles Gerard

Title:

Evaluation of low-temperature fracture properties of asphalt binder

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

asphalt fracture properties

File:

Download Thesis_Formatted_November_2012_final_4.pdf

Committee Members:

David A Anderson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Thermal and Electrochemical Degradation of Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

AEMs
anion exchange membranes
GDLs
Raman spectroscopy
IR spectroscopy
Electrochemistry

File:

Download Mendoza_withCorrections_Nov192012_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Chao Yang Wang, Special Member

Author:

Mistry, Mihir

Title:

Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
rotor
morphing
smart structure
blade
span
camber
RPM
rotor speed
variation
rotating wing
warping
twist

File:

Download PhD_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Miller, Special Member

Author:

Vayaliparampil, Mary Chandy

Title:

Stakeholder Perceptions of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Effectiveness in Increasing School Enrollment in India

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Education for All
India
school enrollment
stakeholder perceptions
multiple case study

File:

Download Vayaliparampil_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Special Member

Author:

Hartsock, Anna

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLANTABLE CHIP FOR IN-VIVO CORROSION RATE MONITORING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Corrosion monitoring
magnesium
titanium
in vitro

File:

Download Anna_Hartsock_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Shaw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elzbieta Sikora, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rabaa, Maia Anita

Title:

The molecular evolution and phylogeography of dengue viruses in Asia

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

dengue
molecular evolution
phylogeography
virus evolution

File:

Download RabaaMA.Dissertation.FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Holmes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Member
Timothy Reluga, Committee Member