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Author:

Ochoa Lleras, Nicolas

Title:

Control Systems and Human Factors for the Prevention of Tractor Overturn

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Control systems
Tractor
Rollover
ADAS
Human Factors
Simulated environments

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Dennis Murphy, Committee Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ren, Jerry

Title:

MOUSE BREAST CANCER MODELING: CELL CYCLE ARREST, RADIATION MUTAGENESIS, AND TRANSPOSON-BASED CANCER GENE DISCOVERY

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Transposon
Mutagenesis
Breast Cancer
c-Myc
Radiation Mutagensis
CDK4/6 inhibitor
Ras
Mammary gland development
Cell cycle inhibition
PI3K
AKT
Oncogene
Oncogene Cooperation
Mutagenesis Screen

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Edward Joseph Gunther, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Joseph Gunther, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David James Degraff, Committee Member
George Lucian Moldovan, Committee Member
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Outside Member
Hong-Gang Wang, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ancic, Ivana

Title:

At The Limits of the Human Rights Regime: Perpetrator Perspectives in Contemporary Literatures and Visual Cultures

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature (PHD)

Keywords:

World Literature
Human Rights
Global South
Perpetrator
Race
Global Capitalism

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Committee Members:

Rosemary Jolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Magali Armillas-Tiseyra, Major Field Member
Sarah Townsend, Outside Unit & Field Member
Emmanuel Jean-Francois, Major Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Major Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nolte, Hannah

Title:

Cognitive stress and engineering design: Investigating the effect of state mindfulness-based interventions on the experience of introductory engineering students

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Engineering design
mental stress
mindfulness
mental workload
creativity
Engineering Design
mental stress
mindfulness
mental workload
creativity

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Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Steven Landry, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Menold, Major Field Member

Author:

Ravida, Nigel

Title:

The Effects of Novel Drug Compounds on Glioblastoma As An Indicator For Therapeutic Intervention

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

Glioblastoma
Hypoxia
Cytotoxicity

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
James Robert Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seyed Alireza Mansouri, Committee Member

Author:

Khandare, Sujata

Title:

Mechanical response of tendons to common therapies and the effects of tendon injury progression

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Dry needling
Focused ultrasound
Tendon
Mechanical properties
Mechanical testing
Rotator cuff
Computational model
Glenohumeral joint
Muscle activation
Force couple
Tear severity
Rotator cuff tear

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Committee Members:

Stephen Piazza, Outside Unit & Field Member
Spencer Szczesny, Major Field Member
Meghan Vidt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julianna Simon, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rife, Jared Sorensen

Title:

The Faith That Matters Most: LDS Youth Folklore and Culture in the 21ST Century

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Mormon
LDS
Folklore
Youth
Digital

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Committee Members:

John Haddad, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Simon Bronner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Chris Hollenbeak, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Clares Pastrana, Ana Paula

Title:

Fundamental Understanding into Bimodal Powder Size Distributions in Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Binder Jetting
bimodal distributions

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Committee Members:

Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member

Author:

Patel, Aditya

Title:

Software Support For Offloading off-the-shelf applications to PIM Cores

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

PIM
BLIMP
Compiler
LLVM

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Tongguang

Title:

Hardware Functional Obfuscation With Ferroelectric Active Interconnects

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

FeFET
Hardware Security
Reverse Engineering
Ferroelectric

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Yocum, Rebeka

Title:

Socialization of Safety: An Investigation into the Impact Socioeconomic Factors Have on Crash Frequency, Severity, Risk, and Cost in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

transportation safety
crash frequency
crash severity
crash risk
crash cost
statistical analysis
socioeconomics

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Committee Members:

Eric Donnell, Major Field Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
John Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rathbun, Molly

Title:

Herpes simplex virus 1 ecology and evolution in natural infections

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Herpes simplex virus type 1
genital herpes
virus genomics
transmission
host20 pathogen evolution
oligonucleotide enrichment
within-host diversity
virus transmission
host-pathogen evolution
neurovirulence
comparative transcriptomics
virus evolution

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Committee Members:

Moriah Szpara, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Major Field Member
Kateryna Makova, Outside Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Outside Unit Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Timothy Miyashiro, Major Field Member

Author:

Yanich, Daniel

Title:

POLICE BODY-WORN CAMERAS IN SMALL AND RURAL PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice (MA)

Keywords:

Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWC)

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Abrams, Alyssa

Title:

Comparing Heavy Episodic Drinking and High-Intensity Drinking: Effects on Academic Achievement Across Adolescence

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

alcohol
adolescence
heavy episodic drinking
high-intensity drinking
time varying effect model
academic achievement
time-varying effect model

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Major Field Member
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Turrisi, Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Outside Field Member
Ashley Linden-Carmichael, Outside Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alharbi, Omar

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF OCEANIC WAVES ON LASER PROPAGATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Optical Propagation
FSO
Ocean Waves
Underwater Wireless Optical Communication
IoT
IoUT
Air-Water-Interface

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Tim Kane, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
John Doherty, Major Field Member
Diane Henderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pham, Viet

Title:

An Analysis and Framework for Multi-label Image Classification of Insect Taxonomy with Convolutional Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

multi-label image classification
image classification
computer vision
machine learning
insect taxonomy
convolutional neural networks

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Gertel, Victoria Haley

Title:

Prediction is Production? Exploring the Relationship Between Language Prediction and Production in Younger and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

language prediction
language production
cognitive aging
language processing
self-paced reading

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Committee Members:

Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Michele Diaz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Outside Field Member

Author:

Chang, Yi Ting

Title:

Independence's Others: Decolonial Taiwan in the Transpacific

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

Independence
Taiwan
Transpacific
decolonial
island
Asian America

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Committee Members:

Claire Colebrook, Major Field Member
Shuang Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mariana Ortega, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tina Goudie, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kim, Kyungin

Title:

The experiences of Korean TVET teachers in Professional Learning Communities: A phenomenological study

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Professional Learning Community
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
TVET Teachers
Phenomenology

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Jose, Nikesh

Title:

Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring of a metal target position in the transducer near field

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound testing
Structural health monitoring
Piezo electric transducer
Immersion testing
Near Field

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacques Riviere, Committee Member
Christopher Kube, Committee Member

Author:

Ferland, Troy

Title:

Fire, Climate, and Vegetation in Pleistocene East Africa: Insights from Bulk Organic and Compound Specific Indicators at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

organic geochemistry
PAHs
East Africa
paleoclimate
Olduvai Gorge

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Committee Members:

Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Kate Freeman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foley, Kasey

Title:

Understanding Reception of Advice About Antibiotics by Emerging Adults in Primary Care Settings

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

interpersonal communication
advice
provider-patient communication
clinician-patient communication
antibiotic resistance
antibiotic stewardship
primary care

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Yau, Eric

Title:

Role of Surfactant Protein A and its Receptor SP-R210 in Influenza Responses in Macrophages

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Surfactant Protein
SP-A
Macrophages
Alveolar Macrophages
Influenza
IAV
Trafficking
Pulmonary Immunity
Pulmonary Inflammation
Surfactant Protein
SP-A
Alveolar Macrophage
Macrophage
AM
Influenza
Influenza A
IAV
Pulmonary Immunity
Pulmonary Inflammation
Trafficking
Virus Trafficking
IAV Trafficking
IAV Endocytosis
Surfactant Protein A

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Committee Members:

Jong Yun, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nicholas Buchkovich, Major Field Member
John Wills, Major Field Member
Zissis Chroneos, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eck, Andrew

Title:

Evaluating Dust Suppressant Efficacy and Roadbed Stability of Dirt and Gravel Roads

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

dirt and gravel roads
dust suppression
OGPW
oil and gas produced water
dust
oil and gas wastewater
road spreading
dust palliative
road dust

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan, Arun

Title:

Topics on High-Dimensional Statistical Methods for Compositional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

compositional data analysis
robust statistics
human microbiome
high-dimensional statistics
covariance estimation
knockoff filter
variable selection
tyler's m-estimator
huber's m-estimator

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Zhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Major Field Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Gentile, Kayla

Title:

Transport and Assembly in Active Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

micropumps
fluid motion
catalysis
enzymes
protein aggregation

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Committee Members:

Thomas Mallouk, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Pheeters, Devyn

Title:

Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Matamoros, Cesar Ivan

Title:

Effect of Acetate Supplementation on Milk Fat Production and Mammary Lipogenesis

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

de novo
fatty acids
sodium acetate
de novo
fatty acids
sodium acetate

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Andrew Patterson, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Shearer, Major Field Member
Arlyn Heinrichs, Outside Field Member
Kevin Harvatine, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miller, William

Title:

The Role Of Regulated In Development and DNA Damage Response 1 (REDD1) in Diabetes-Induced Retinal Pathology and Visual Dysfunction

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

antioxidants
diabetes
oxidative stress
retina
vision
glycogen glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3)
hyperglycemia
nuclear factor 2 (erythroid-derived 2-like factor) (NFE2L2) (Nrf2)
oxidative stress; post-translational modification (PTM)
reactive oxygen species (ROS)
retinopathy
chaperone mediated autophagy (CMA)

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Alistair Barber, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Major Field Member
Scot Kimball, Major Field Member
David Waning, Major Field Member
Michael Dennis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williamson, Jason

Title:

WORKPLACE LONELINESS: THE ROLE OF POLITICAL IDENTITY DISSIMILARITY, IDENTITY STRENGTH, AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Workplace Loneliness
Political Ideology
w

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Committee Members:

Christopher Cameron, Major Field Member
Daniel DellaPosta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Weier, Jacklyn

Title:

The Political Economies of U.S. Communes

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

intentional communities
diverse economies
commons
governance
property
geography

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Committee Members:

Melissa Wright, Major Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Sexsmith, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dou, Nan

Title:

FOOD INSECURITY AND MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

food insecurity
Hispanic minorities
depression
stress
social support
longitudinal study
Food insecurity
Mental health
Heart rate variability
Vulnerable populations

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Laura Murray-Kolb, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Major Field Member
Muzi Na, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yoga, Hanif

Title:

Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Relative Permeability

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
relative permeability
hysteresis
equation of state
multiphase flow in porous media

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Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Yashar Mehmani, Committee Member

Author:

Zang, Brian Frederick

Title:

Early Mormon Communities of Practice and Cosmic Curriculum, 1820-1844

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Early Mormonism
communities of practice
curriculum
theology
cosmology

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Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Tolbert, Major Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Hannah Spector, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Rogers Haddad, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kareem, Zainab

Title:

The Pathophysiology of OGF- OGFr axis in Type-2 Diabetic Mice Model of Stroke

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

OGF
OGFr
Ischemic stroke
T2D

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Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Rashmi Kumari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Jiansong

Title:

Reconsidering the czcD (NiCo) riboswitch as iron (II) riboswitch

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Irving-William series
metalloregulation
RNA
iron
metal selectivity
riboswitch
metal sensor
czcD riboswitch
NiCo riboswitch
metal overload

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Xin Zhang, Major Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Freeman, Stephanie

Title:

The Efficacy of Persuasive Communication Strategies for Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Parks and Protected Areas

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (PHD)

Keywords:

human-wildlife conflict
food storage
bear canister
Appalachian Trail
proximity
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
persuasive communication

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Brendan Taff, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Newman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Benfield, Major Field Member
Melissa Kreye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brendan Derrick Taff, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kong, Hyoungee

Title:

Fleshly Japonisme: The Taste for Japan and Women's Bodies in France, 1871–1914

Graduate Program:

Art History (PHD)

Keywords:

France
visual culture
japonisme
Japanism
queer theory
gender
sexuality
advertisement
perfume
kimono
fashion
Yokohama photography
photography
nineteenth century
The Handmaiden
Chan-wook Park
periodical

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Nancy Locke, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Reed, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rich, Major Field Member
Chang Tan, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Mansfield, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gao, Yuyan

Title:

Application of nanomaterials for wearable electronics

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Wearable electronics
Photonic sintering
bioelectronics

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Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Major Field Member
Larry Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Cunjiang Yu, Major Field Member
Reginald Hamilton, Major Field Member

Author:

Song, Eun Hyeon

Title:

The role of Notch signaling in development and function of skin innate lymphocytes

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Notch singlaing
Thymus
Innate lymphoid cells
Skin inflammation
γδT cells

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Na Xiong, Special Member
Melissa Rolls, Outside Unit & Field Member
Margherita Cantorna, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Schmitt, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Xinyuan

Title:

Diet and nutrition in the progression of Parkinson disease

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Diet quality
Nutrition
Metabolomics
Parkinson disease
Epidemiology

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Gregory C Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Penny Kris-Etherton, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laila Al-Shaar, Outside Unit & Field Member
A Ross, Major Field Member
Alberto Ascherio, Special Member

Author:

Sharp, Logan

Title:

Low-Temperature Electron Wind Force Annealing through Electropulsing Treatment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

annealing
electropulsing
EPT
electron wind
electron wind force
EWF
titanium carbide
Ti3C2Tx
MXene
film
NiTi
nitinol
shape memory alloy
SMA
electrical resistivity
thermal microscopy
scanning electron microscopy
SEM
low temperature
Raman spectroscopy

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Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Ding, Yimin

Title:

Three-dimensional Light Field Control With Metasurface Holograms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hologram
Optical Metasurfaces
Integrated Photonics

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Major Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Veenis, Andrew

Title:

Towards a Better Understanding of the Influence of Noncovalent Interactions on RNA Catalysis and the Properties of RNA Moieties

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

RNA
Ribozyme
pKa
Cheminformatics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Dynamics

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Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Song Tan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Isbell, Sarah Abigail

Title:

Ecological management for enhancing nitrogen ecosystem services on agriculture land through crop, soil, and microbiome interactions

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

Ecological intensification
Agroecology
Nitrogen Management
Soil Ecology
Cover crops
Interseeding
Reduced-tillage
Corn
Nitrogen
Soil microbes
Cover crop mixtures
Soil Microbiome
Organic Agriculture
Next-generation sequencing

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Terrence Bell, Major Field Member
Charlie White, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Roth, Outside Field Member
Jason Kaye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dillon, Gabrielle

Title:

Microvascular Function in those with Traditional and Non-traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Cardiovascular Disease
Microvascular Function
Nitric Oxide

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Lacy Alexander, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Kenney, Major Field Member
Sara Ferguson, Major Field Member
Urs Leuenberger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jody Greaney, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Glogovsky, Peter

Title:

A Landscape of "Incalculable Advantage": How the Occupation of Lime Burning was an Integral Agent of Change in Nineteenth-Century Southeastern Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

lime
kiln
ledgers
quarry
agriculture
landscape
business
occupation

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Charles Kupfer, Major Field Member
Anne Verplanck, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Joseph Cecere, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Rogers Haddad, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brown, Kayla

Title:

Parent-Child Coregulation in Early Childhood: Novel Methodological Approaches and Influences of Individual Differences

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

temperament
coregulation
self-regulation
externalizing

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Koraly Perez-Edgar, Major Field Member
Erika Lunkenheimer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Nilam Ram, Special Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Sunny Bai, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sengeh, Joseph

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Carbon Fibers
Carbon-Carbon Composites
Methane Storage
Carbon Precursors
Polymer Precursors
Oxidative Stability
Carbon Yield
Volumetric and Gravimetric Capacity

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Committee Members:

Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Semih Eser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Duane, Tyler

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Waves For Human Health Monitoring: Simulation-Based Analysis Of The Fifth Metatarsal

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Ultrasonic Guided Waves
Guided Waves
Human Health Monitoring
Fifth Metatarsal

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member