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Author:

Xu, Yifan

Title:

Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials

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Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yan, Yaowei

Title:

Fast Local Graph Node Proximity Ranking

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Random Walk
Graph Clustering
Community Detection
Link Prediction
Multi-network Analysis
Social Network
Social Recommendation
Adversarial Attack

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Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member

Author:

Ye, Tian

Title:

The Impact of Resource Scarcity Type on Consumer Responses to CSR-related Activities

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management (PHD)

Keywords:

Resource scarcity
Culture priming
Emotion appeal
Cause scope
Donation intention
Corporate social responsibility

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Committee Members:

Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna S Mattila, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zorn, Jacob

Title:

Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

Author:

Zheng, Boyang

Title:

Theory of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substitutional Doping, Magnetism and Photoemission

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
density functional theory

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Yanmengqian

Title:

On the Processing and Outcomes of Conflicting Advice

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

conflicting advice
decision-making
interpersonal communication
social influence

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Committee Members:

Andrew High, Major Field Member
Denise Solomon, Major Field Member
Karen Gasper, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erina Macgeorge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhao, Ye Alex

Title:

Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

high-dimensional inference
regression coefficient testing
hypothesis testing

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member

Author:

Balaguer Barbosa, Raymond

Title:

Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Anaerobic soil disinfestation
Vegetable Production
Soil health
Lettuce
Tomatoes

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Erin Rosskopf, Committee Member

Author:

Baik, Seung Yeon

Title:

The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

generalized anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
contrast avoidance
worry
rumination

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member

Author:

Barger, David

Title:

"We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

modality switching
imagined interactions
serial arguments
computer-mediated-communication

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Manata, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member
Timothy Worley, Special Signatory

Author:

Beyda, Sophia

Title:

The Impact of the Organizational Structure of Android Third Party Libraries

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Smartphone Privacy

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member

Author:

Amin, Farheen

Title:

FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?

Graduate Program:

Communications (MA)

Keywords:

Social Media
TikTok
Fitness

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Committee Members:

Nakho Kim, Ph.D., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gina M. Brelsford, Ph.D., Committee Member
Craig Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Candace M. Hogue, Ph.D., Committee Member

Author:

Grosswiler, Kate

Title:

A U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS date (230.964 Ma ± 0.077 Ma) for the Maple Creek Gabbro, Wrangellia Large Igneous Province, Kluane Range, the Yukon

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Wrangellia
zircon
CA-IDTIMS
large igneous province
carnian
triassic
extinction

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Committee Members:

Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Jesse R Reimink, Committee Member

Author:

Gonzalez, Cristina

Title:

How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Turnover Intention
Service Work
Safety Climate
Autonomy

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Hanyi Min, Committee Member

Author:

Nettleford, Shaneice Kimarie

Title:

Understanding the Role of Selenium and Selenoproteins during Gut Inflammation

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Selenium
Selenoproteins
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Enteric Infections
Selenoprotein W
Yap1
Egfr
15-PGDH
15d-PGJ2
Gut Inflammation

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Committee Members:

Connie Rogers, Outside Unit & Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Margherita Cantorna, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kumble Prabhu, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mahlobo, Christa

Title:

Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

flourishing
Black youth
development
ethnic-racial socialization
ethnic-racial identity

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Abenaa Jones, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Karen Bierman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan McHale, Major Field Member
Robert Roeser, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Crowley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Alkhatib, Mohamed Redha

Title:

Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Gregorian Sub-Reflector
Gain
Method of Moments
Optimization
Numerical Methods
Linefeed
FEKO
Electric Field

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Breakall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Romo, Nina

Title:

Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)

Keywords:

Transgender
Voice
Satisfaction
Acoustics
Context
Identity

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Committee Members:

Nicole Etter (she/her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Samantha Tornello, Outside Unit & Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Michael Robb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aarthi Madhavan (she/her), Major Field Member

Author:

Tu, Wenyu

Title:

INVESTIGATING RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN RODENTS VIA A MULTIMODAL STRATEGY

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging
DREADDs
default-mode network
respiration
anterior cingulate cortex
resting state network
hub

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Committee Members:

Xiao Liu, Outside Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Ledley, Andrew

Title:

Optimizing the Utilization of Gluten-Free Grains for the Production of Gluten-Free Beer

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

beer
gluten-free beer
brewing
amylases
mashing
fermentable sugars
malt enzymes
starch hydrolysis
starch gelatinization
starch granules

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Elias, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Catchmark, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Major Field Member
Philip Jensen, Special Member
Darrell Cockburn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Barnes, Benjamin

Title:

The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
rare earth elements
paleoceanography
paleoclimate
carbonate chemistry

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Committee Members:

Miquela Ingalls, Major Field Member
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lee Kump, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Firgens, Benjamin Aaron

Title:

Foresight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial: Technology, Memory, and the American Imagination

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Public Memory
Technology
Rhetoric
Social Imagination
Wright Brothers

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Committee Members:

Rosa Eberly, Major Field Member
Michele Kennerly, Major Field Member
Mary Stuckey, Major Field Member
Patrick Parsons, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Browne, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fair, Ryan

Title:

EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Jiang, Xiaoying

Title:

Understanding China’s International Aid to Education Through the Lens of Mutual Benefit in South-South Cooperation: A Study of China’s Educational Aid Programs

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (PHD)

Keywords:

international aid to education
South-South cooperation
mutual benefit
China
gift theory
adult education
working the planning table
international students
program planners

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Committee Members:

David Post, Outside Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Cossa, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Tian, Ye

Title:

Supporting claim-making in democratic deliberation through an information recommendation system

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Information overload
recommendation systems
claim-making
democratic deliberation

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Committee Members:

Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Guoray Cai, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Gastil, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Peppetti, Melissa

Title:

Teacher Quality in Rural Schools Under ESSA: Inequities, Root Causes, and Proposed Solutions

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership (PHD)

Keywords:

rural
Teacher Quality
equity
ESSA

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Committee Members:

Maria Lewis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Eppley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kai Schafft, Major Field Member
Edward Fuller, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Johnson-Vegas, Lori

Title:

The Evolution of the Corporate University: Reasons for Continued Utilization, Operations During A Pandemic, and Connection to Talent Management

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Corporate University
Talent Management
Talent Development
Pandemic
COVID-19
Learning and Development
Human Captial
Qualitative Research

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Co-Chair of Committee
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Swigart, Kristen

Title:

Does Expressing Humility in Teams Help or Harm Leader Emergence?: The Role of Competitive and Safety Climates

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

humility
leadership emergence

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Committee Members:

Jean Phillips, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rustin Meyer, Major Field Member
Rick Jacobs, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Tin

Title:

TOGETHER OR APART?: EFFECTS OF GEOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATIONS AND TEMPORAL DIVERSITY ON TEAM INNOVATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

geographic dispersion
virtual teamwork
teams

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Committee Members:

Stephen Humphrey, Outside Unit & Field Member
James LeBreton, Major Field Member
Samuel T. Hunter, Special Member
Alicia Grandey, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Caffier, Jamie

Title:

Acting on Behalf: The Contributions of American Actresses to the Allied Forces During World War II

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

World War II
American actresses
Espionage
Roles of Women During WWII
Women in Military
War Bonds
Canteens
Beginnings of USO

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Committee Members:

Mary Zaborskis, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Beck, Program Head/Chair
Charles Kupfer, Co-Chair of Committee
Shirley Clark, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Barton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Goodling, Devin

Title:

Compositional Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties in Thin Film Zn1-xMgxO

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ZnO
ferroelectric
ZnMgO
RF sputtering

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mokhtar, Yossra Maged

Title:

Trace Metals Concentrations in Dust from Gravel Roads Treated with Oil and Gas Produced Water

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Oil and gas produced water
Radium
Lead
Dust suppression
Trace metals
Unpaved roads
Beneficial reuse
OGPW
Gravel roads

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Committee Members:

Nathaniel Richard Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khatri, Ashutosh Anand

Title:

EFFECTS OF BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA ON SHOULDER MOMENT GENERATION: A MODEL BASED ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Lymphedema
Biomechanics
WISER Trial
ANSUR2
BCRL
Shoulder Moment
Shoulder Injuries
OpenSim
joint mechanics

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Committee Members:

Meghan Vidt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Matt Parkinson, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Yicheng

Title:

Exploring The Migration of CAR-Jurkat cells Expressing MicroRNA in an In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

In vitro BBB model
Glioblastoma
CAR-Jurkat cell
Cell Migration

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Committee Members:

Cheng Dong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member

Author:

Joshi, Deeksha

Title:

Transformer based semi-supervised learning for misinformation classification

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Transformers
NLP
Semi-supervised learning
Label Propagation
Label Spreading
DistillBERT
Misinformation Classification

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Raghu Sangwan, Program Head/Chair
Youakim Badr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrian Sorin Barb, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Benjamin

Title:

Assessing How Perceptions of Police Closeness Affect Social Distance and Recruitment Efforts

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

police closeness
social distance theory
police recruitment
pennsylvania
gender
race
job satisfaction
law enforcement

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Committee Member
Jennifer Gibbs, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Lee, Committee Member
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Committee Member

Author:

Mishra, Ankush

Title:

mmCaliper: High resolution sensing of distances using mmWave Radars

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

wireless sensing
radars
high-resolution
waves
chirps

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Committee Members:

Mahanth Gowda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abutalib Aghayev, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Niu, Zhenyuan

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF PVA MICRONEEDLE FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND THEIR POSSIBLE INTEGRATION WITH LASER INDUCED GRAPHENE FOR GLUCOSE SENSING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Microneedle
Wearable Device
Electrochemical
PVA
noninvasive glucose sensor

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Committee Members:

Larry Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Hsu, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

Author:

Kannan, Adithya Krishnan

Title:

OPTIMIZING PRIVACY PRESERVING NEURAL NETWORKS EMPLOYING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
Homomorphic Neural Networks

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

Author:

Min, Lujin

Title:

Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum transport
Magnetism
Nonlinear Hall effect
High entropy material

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Krainova, Nina

Title:

Impact of strong coupling on chemical properties and nonlinear response of organic semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

strong coupling
exciton-polaritons
polaron-polaritons
polariton chemistry
electroabsoption
photoluminescence
SHG
photocurrent

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Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Keren

Title:

Design, development, and validation of portable sensors and systems for label-free probing of bacterial phenotypes in real-time

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Biosensor
Electrochemical
Optical
Point-of-care
Bacteria
Phenazines
Biofilm

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Major Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Major Field Member

Author:

Passero, Kristin

Title:

Incorporating Dependent Data into Precision Medicine Research Beyond Genome-Wide Association Studies

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Dependent data
EWAS
Gene-environment interactions
Family data
Longitudinal data
Simulation study
Polygenic risk score

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Major Field Member
Idan Shalev, Major Field Member
Molly Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Lisa Kopp, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Beckman, Minor Field Member

Author:

Smalls, Ashley

Title:

Blerd Lines: An Intersectional Analysis in Media Fandom

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

fandom
social media
race and media

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Major Field Member
Stephanie Madden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sara Liao, Major Field Member

Author:

Grimm, Erika

Title:

Linguistic Rupture, Racialization, and Resistance in Latina/x Feminisms: A Critical Phenomenological Approach

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

linguistic rupture
Latina
Latinx
feminist philosophy
philosophy of race
language
intersectionality
critical phenomenology
Continental philosophy
Anzaldua
Lugones
Ortega
Martinez
Alcoff

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Leonard Lawlor, Program Head/Chair
Ted Toadvine, Major Field Member
Eduardo Mendieta, Major Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Decker, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lu, Jiali

Title:

Modelling Birdsong Syntax with Partially Observed Markov Models

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

birdsong
neuroscience
probabilistic modelling
complex system

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Committee Members:

Yingwei Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dezhe Jin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lu Bai, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

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:

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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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