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Author:

Lord, Robert William

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Nitride and Selenide Nanocrystals and Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

colloidal nanoparticles
inorganic materials
hybrid nanoparticles
synthesis
metastable crystal structure
nanomaterials

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Robert_Lord.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad Delower

Title:

MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory

File:

Download MDHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tise, Joe Christopher

Title:

Adoption of Elaborative Interrogation by Lower-performing Biology Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Self-regulated learning
Elaborative interrogation
Learning strategies
Biology
Intervention

File:

Download Tise_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Sperling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Zappe, Major Field Member
Peggy Van Meter, Major Field Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Davidson-Lowe, Elizabeth

Title:

Cascading Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses - Trends and Applications

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

mycorrhizal fungi
plant resistance
chemical ecology
insect behavior
cover crops
tri-trophic interactions
plant defense

File:

Download DavidsonLowe2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Major Field Member
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Prabhu, Rohan

Title:

Encouraging Creativity through Design for Additive Manufacturing: An Investigation in Engineering Design Education

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
design for additive manufacturing
creativity
design education
engineering design
design tasks
motivation
complexity

File:

Download Prabhu_MEPhD_Dissertation_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Samuel Hunter, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Shrestha, Priyanka

Title:

FAMILY CAREGIVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF DELIRIUM IN CARING FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA: A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

delirium
delirium superimposed on dementia
family caregiving
qualitative descriptive study
experiences
preferences

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_July_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Loeb, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Donna Fick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vural, Tugce

Title:

ESSAYS ON RETAIL OPERATIONS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Rational Inattention
Retail Operations
Assortment Optimization
Home-Try-On Retailers

File:

Download Tugce_Vural_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Acimovic, Major Field Member
V Guide, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Linderman, Major Field Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sergey Naumov, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Xiufan

Title:

Topics on power enhancement in high-dimensional hypothesis tests

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

power enhancement
high-dimensional tests
multi-factor pricing models
two-sample covariance tests
simultaneous tests

File:

Download Xiufan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Jingzhi Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jahn, Kalle He

Title:

Physical and chemical controls on subsurface contaminant fate and transport

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

groundwater
contaminant
transport
PFAS
nitrate
vadoze zone
modeling
Living Filter
Oxisol
perfluoroalkyl

File:

Download KJahn_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kate Freeman (she/her), Co-Chair of Committee
Roman DiBiase, Major Field Member
Demian Saffer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Reimel, Karly

Title:

Leveraging polarimetric radar observations to learn about rain microphysics: An exploration of parameter estimation, uncertainty quantification, and observational information content with BOSS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

meteorology
rain
radar
polarimetric radar
microphysics
Bayesian inference
Markov chain Monte Carlo
BOSS
drop size distribution

File:

Download Dissertation_ReimelKJ_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Greybush, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Kumjian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Didlake, Major Field Member
Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Special Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Amini, Mehrshad

Title:

CFD-Based Probabilistic Framework for Evaluation of Coastal Residential Buildings under Combined Hurricane Wind and Surge Flood

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Residential Buildings
Wind and Surge Flood
Computational Fluid Dynamic
Probabilisitc Framwrok
Monte Carlo Simulation

File:

Download Dissertation-Amini-06-25-2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Field Member
Ali Memari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Lisa Iulo, Outside Unit Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Baniszewski, Julie

Title:

Crop diversity influences arthropod communities and other biotic factors

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

crop diversity
arthropod community
polyculture
silage
wheat
coffee

File:

Download Baniszewski_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
John Tooker, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory Roth, Outside Unit Member
Armen Kemanian, Outside Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zeid, Dana

Title:

Behavioral and Genetic Architecture of Fear Conditioning and Related Phenotypes

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health (PHD)

Keywords:

contextual fear conditioning
BxD
mouse behavior
factor analysis
Ptprd
Hacd4
Post-shock freezing
Pre-CS freezing

File:

Download Dana_Zeid_dissertation_6_24_21_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Gould, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Vandenbergh, Major Field Member
Helen Kamens, Major Field Member
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnson, Martin

Title:

CALCIUM SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN SMOOTH MUSCLE REMODELING DURING HYPERTENSION AND ASTHMA

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Calcium Signaling
Asthma
Hypertension
Smooth Muscle
Remodeling
SOCE
Mitochondria

File:

Download Marty_Johnson_Dissertation_052321_compressed.pdf

Committee Members:

Aron Lukacher, Major Field Member
Charles Lang, Outside Field Member
Mohamed Trebak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zissis Chroneos, Outside Unit Member
Donald Gill, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dhungana, Roshan

Title:

Development of nickel and palladium-catalyzed alkene dicarbofunctionalization reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

alkene dicarbofunctionalization
transition metal
metallcycle contraction
anionic nickel catalysis
cyclization-coupling
lowest catalyst loading

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation-after-correction.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gao, Sihui

Title:

Genetic characterization and mapping late blight resistance genes in the wild tomato accession PI 224710

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Late blight
QTL mapping
Disease resistance
Tomato breeding
Trait-based analysis
Fine-mapping
RNA-sequening

File:

Download Dissertation_Sihui_Gao_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Majid Foolad, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Beth Gugino, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Huff, Major Field Member
Hamid Ashrafi, Special Member
Yinong Yang, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

LaNasa, Jacob

Title:

New Avenues to Hybrid Polymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Materials Using Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Reaction-Induced Phase Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hybrid materials
polymer
nanoparticle
synthesis

File:

Download LaNasa_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

He, Guanwei

Title:

Continuous Low-thrust Strategy for Space-asset Recycle Missions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

low-thrust spacecraft
debris removal
analytic approximation
two-variable expansion
genetic algorithms
fireworks algorithms
trajectory optimization

File:

Download Guanwei_Phd_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Melton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiantao Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Spencer, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Bilén, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Major Field Member

Author:

Park, Yoonsang

Title:

Partial Electrode Configuration for Loss and Physical Parameter Determination of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

loss
mechanical quality factor
piezoelectric device
piezoelectric ceramics
high-power piezoelectrics

File:

Download Final_Ph.D_Thesis_Yoonsang_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Major Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Kenji Uchino, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gonzalez-Valle, Carlos

Title:

Implications of the Interface Modelling approach on the Heat Transfer across Solid-Liquid Interfaces and Thin-Film Evaporation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Solid-liquid interfaces
Nanoscale heat transfer
Molecular dynamics simulations
Surface wettability
Thermal transport

File:

Download Thesis_F_R1.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Karen Thole, Program Head/Chair