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Author:

Tzamaras, Haroula

Title:

Transforming medical education through simulation design: The development and validation of a central line training system

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

medical simulation
central venous catheterization
gender-confidence gap
medical education
simulation-based training
simulator validation

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Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Jason Moore, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Major Field Member
Lisa Sinz, Special Member

Author:

Field, Cassandra

Title:

Evaluation of Coronavirus Re-infection and the Transmissibility of Emerging Influenza Viruses

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

virology
influenza virus
coronavirus
pandemic
respiratory virus
viral transmission
ferret
hamster
emerging viruses

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Schmitt, Major Field Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Troy Sutton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Gao, Linying

Title:

Microphysical Mechanisms Behind the Nonlinear Elastic Response of Granular Media

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Nonlinear acoustics
granular media
ultrasonics
DAET
geophysics
relative humidity
grain shape

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Major Field Member
Clifford Lissenden, Major Field Member
Jacques Riviere, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Luo, Junyu

Title:

Advancing Predictive Models in Healthcare: From Single to Multi-Modality

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Healthcare Data
Predictive Model
Deep Learning

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rui Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lu Lin, Major Field Member

Author:

Asson, Sarah

Title:

Rezoning educational opportunities: A mixed methods study of school attendance zone boundaries, racial segregation, and educational inequality in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership (PHD)

Keywords:

school attendance zones
rezoning
racial segregation
access to educational opportunity
metropolitan segregation

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Kelly, Major Field Member
Erica Frankenberg, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Fowler, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Kai Schafft, Major Field Member

Author:

Flanagan, Caitlin

Title:

Moving without a Care in the World: A Care Approach to Migration Studies

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Migration
Care
Skilled Migrants
Gender
Iran
Feminist Demography

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Committee Members:

Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Bronwen Powell, Major Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Major Field Member
Stephen Matthews, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Christopher Fowler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lacopo, Francesco

Title:

The Papal States in the Mediterranean World: Conversion to Catholicism in Rome and Ancona

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Papal States
conversion
missions
Jesuits
Mediterranean World
Rome
Ancona
Adriatic
Jewish History
Religious History
Social History
Cultural History
Urban History
Papacy
Catholic Church

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Committee Members:

Faisal Husain, Major Field Member
Matthew Restall, Major Field Member
Ronnie Hsia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robin Thomas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kathryn Merkel-Hess Mcdonald, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amanda Scott, Major Field Member

Author:

Reger, David

Title:

On the Use of Large Eddy Simulation and Direct Numerical Simulation to Improve Near-Wall Modeling in Porous Media Models of Pebble Bed Reactors

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Pebble Bed Reactor
Wall Chanelling
Porous Media
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Large Eddy Simulation
Direct Numerical Simulation
Correlation Devleopment
Pressure Drop
Interphase Heat Transfer

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Elia Merzari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paolo Balestra, Special Member
Saya Lee, Major Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Outside Unit & Field Member
William Walters, Special Member
Xing Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Ying, Ziyu

Title:

Improving Performance and Energy Efficiency for Visual Computing on Resource-Constrained Devices

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Visual Computing
Resource-Constrained Device
Optimization
Energy-Efficiency

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member

Author:

Yan, Yue

Title:

Personalized Intravesical Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cancer
bladder cancer
immunotherapy
cancer immunotherapy
personalized medicine

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Committee Members:

Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
David Degraff, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yong Wang, Major Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Major Field Member

Author:

Matu, Jeffrey

Title:

An exploratory comparative case study on the effectiveness of multi-level governance frameworks in promoting inclusive and equitable practices in technical and vocational education and training

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

sustainability education
cultural diversity
lived experience
identity
culturally relevant pedagogy
thematic analysis
community college
African Philosophies
CBET
TVET
Leadership
Teacher Preparedness
Sustainable Development Goals
Kenya
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Voluntary Local Reviews
Voluntary National Reviews
Governance Frameworks
Comparative Analysis
Community College
Competency-based Education and Training (CBET)
Cultural Diversity
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP)
Identity
Lived Experience
Sustainability Education
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Thematic Analysis
United States

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Committee Members:

William Rothwell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Brennan, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Cynthia Pellock, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mark Threeton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joey Fleck, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Ruoheng

Title:

Schweinfurthins And Immunogenic Cell Death

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Schweinfurthins
Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD)
calreticulin (CRT)
ER stress
apoptosis

File:

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Committee Members:

Jong Yun, Major Field Member
Hong Zheng, Major Field Member
Todd Schell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Hohl, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jeffrey Neighbors, Major Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kurpiel, Allison

Title:

Hate At School: Assessing The Role of Bias Motivation In Adolescent Peer Victimization

Graduate Program:

Criminology (PHD)

Keywords:

Bias
School Violence
Bullying
Victimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Frank, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pamela Wilcox, Major Field Member
David Ramey, Major Field Member
Jeremy Staff, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

Microstructural Evolution Under Loss of Lubriction Conditions in Aerospace Gear Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Aerospace Gear Steel Failure
Friction
Surface Oxidation
Hot Hardness
Loss of Lubrication Gear Failure
Microstructural Evolution
Scuffing

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Boyer, Katy

Title:

“Fair Creature of an Hour”: Romantic Ballet and Its Affects of Disfigurement

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

Romanticism
British Romanticism
European Romanticism
ballet
Romantic ballet
second-generation Romantics
second-generation British Romantics
2nd-generation British Romantics
2nd-generation Romantics
Gautier
Lord Byron
Byron
Marie Taglioni
Fanny Elssler
Fanny Cerrito
Emma Livry
ballerina
ballerino
Romantic poetry
sublime
embodiment
affect
affect theory
Paul de Man
de Man
deconstruction
French deconstruction
affect studies
visual studies
visual culture
disfigurement
inscription
mourning
death
loss
Sara Ahmed
disfiguration
Clara Webster
Livry
Cerrito
Elssler
Taglioni
spectatorship
empathy
speculative
imaginative
The Rhetoric of Romanticism
rhetoric
anatomy
body
bodies

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Committee Members:

Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Kadetsky, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Major Field Member
Sabine Doran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hua, Weiyun

Title:

Development of a precision heating strategy for smart frost management in apple orchards

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Frost management
Heating
Numerical simulation
Path planning
Cyber-physical systems

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long He, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Heinemann, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Major & Minor Field Member

Author:

Zhou, Dongqin

Title:

Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches to Perimeter Metering Control Problems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Macroscopic fundamental diagram
Perimeter metering control
Deep reinforcement learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member

Author:

Eckert, Scott

Title:

Studying risk factors for antibiotic resistance from population-scale microbiome data and machine learning

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Microbiome
bioinformatics
antibiotic resistance
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
statistical genetics
machine learning

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Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Broach, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Leslie Parent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Emily Davenport, Major Field Member
David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xinyi

Title:

Application of sSNOM and Multidimensional Characterization to Reveal Nanoscale Properties of 2D Materials and Their van der Waals Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

sSNOM
multidimensional imaging
2D materials
van der Waals Heterostructures
polaritons

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Major Field Member
Slava Rotkin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member
Tetyana Ignatova, Special Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Gerhard, Ethan M

Title:

Development of Citrate – Based Biomaterials for Orthopedic Tissue Regeneration and Ocular Drug Delivery

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

citrate
citric acid
biomaterials
ophthamology
fluorescent biomaterials
ocular biomaterials
metabonegenesis
orthopedic biomaterials

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Committee Members:

Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Major Field Member
Yong Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian Yang, Special Member

Author:

Ahn, Hannah

Title:

Three Essays in Population Health, Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

systematic review
alcohol use disorder
oral health disparity
dental services use
population health
health economics
health outcomes research
Bayesian multivariate network meta-analysis
Bayesian network meta-analysis
natural unit cost-effectiveness analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Chris Hollenbeak, Program Head/Chair
David Vanness, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joel Segel, Major Field Member
Sarah Kawasaki, Outside Unit Member
Stephen Matthews, Outside Field Member

Author:

Sahraei Joubani, Ali

Title:

Development of a new fatigue performance test using the Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Asphalt Mixture
Fatigue Performance
Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shihui Shen, Major Field Member
Aleksandra Radli¿ska, Major Field Member
Behnam Jahangiri Koohbanani, Special Member

Author:

Cirilo, Joseph

Title:

The Role of Class III Myosins in Actin Protrusion Length Regulation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

myosin
actin
actin cytoskeleton
actin protrusion
filopodia
stereocilia
molecular motor
MYO3A
cell biology

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Committee Members:

Thomas Spratt, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Maria Bewley, Outside Unit Member
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Nikolay Dokholyan, Outside Field Member

Author:

Jurgensen, Marius

Title:

Emergent Quantization in Interacting Thouless Pumps

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

Topology
Thouless Pump
Quantization
Interactions
Nonlinearity
Solitons
Fractional
Integer

File:

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Committee Members:

Mikael Rechtsman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kidder, Katie

Title:

Investigations of Coarse-Grained Representations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Coarse-graining
Information loss
Representations

File:

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Committee Members:

William Noid, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yuan, Zhenyuan

Title:

Safe machine learning for intelligent multi-robot systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Multi-robot systems
distributed learning
reinforcement learning
safe machine learning
Gaussian process regression
motion planning
generalization
learning and control

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Minghui Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Ying Sun, Major Field Member

Author:

Vajjiravelu Baskaran, Saambhavi

Title:

Distributed execution model for near-data accelerators

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

near-data accelerator
execution model
accelerator abstraction
accelerator interfaces

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Major Field Member
Linhai Song, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Liu, Yilin

Title:

Finger Motion Analysis for Interactive Applications using Wearable and Wireless IoT devices

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Finger motion tracking
Machine learning
Deep learning
Wearable sensing
Human behavior sensing
Wireless sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Bin Li, Major Field Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Major Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amulya Yadav, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Mc Clymonds, Austin

Title:

Facilitating the Information Exchange Between A BIM and Construction Robot

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Robots
Information Exchange
Parametric Modeling
Computational Modeling
Masonry
Construction
Robotic Construction
System Architecture
Photogrammetry
Reality Capture

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Jose Pinto Duarte, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rob Leicht, Major Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Messner, Major Field Member

Author:

Lundburg, Evan

Title:

Heat Transfer Augmentation in the Entry Region of Circular Channels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Heat Transfer
Pin Fin
Fin
Turbulator
Entry Region
Circular Channel
Pipe
Inlet
Flow-field
Boundary layer development
Distortion
Inlet distortion
Thermal Performance
Total pressure loss
Infrared thermography
Heat transfer augmentation

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tamy Guimaraes, Major Field Member
Karen Thole, Major Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
M Eric Lyall, Special Member

Author:

Lowrey, Kendal

Title:

Intergenerational Poverty, Public Assistance Use, and Earnings Among Second Generation Immigrants

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

socioeconomic status
poverty
public assistance
earnings
second generation
immigrants
intergenerational mobility

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
John Iceland, Major Field Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michelle Frisco, Major Field Member

Author:

Horisk, Kaitlyn

Title:

Plants, Precipitation, and People in Dhofar, Oman: Dryland Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Paleoecology
climate change
vegetation
Arabia
pastoralism
taxonomic turnover
isotopes
pollen
Agent-based model

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Ivory, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joy McCorriston, Special Member
Kate Freeman, Major Field Member

Author:

Cong, Weilin

Title:

Fundamental problems in graph learning: optimization, generalization, privacy, and model design

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Graph representation learning
Optimization
Generalization

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Kamesh Madduri, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Chache, Frederick

Title:

Implementation of an Age of Information Aware Wireless Sensor Networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Age of Information
Wireless Sensor Networks
LoRa
Internet of Things

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Karl Reichard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Cullina, Major Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member
Ramesh Bharadwaj, Special Member

Author:

Lentes, Julie

Title:

Seeds of Empathy, Rooted in Critical Reflection: Nurturing Cultural Humility in Global Health Trainees

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

cultural humility
critical reflection
transformative learning
global health
adult education
health professions education

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Committee Members:

Karin Sprow Forte, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Betsy Aumiller, Outside Field Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Major Field Member
Kristin Sznajder, General Studies & Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Petty, Raya

Title:

"I said what I said": Black women narratives on identity, communication, and refusal at historically white institutions

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Black women
Black girlhood
Higher education
Refusal

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Tiffany Nyachae, Outside Field Member
Janice Byrd, Outside Unit Member
Wilson Okello, Major Field Member
LaWanda Ward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Li, Zheyu

Title:

Accelerating Data-intensive Bioinformatic Workloads

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Bioinformatic
Genome sequencing
FPGA
In-memory computing
Whole Silde Imaging
Max Cut
Nanopore Sequencing
Sorting

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Mathur, Jayant

Title:

The role of immersive virtual reality in developing design and process intuition for additive manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
virtual reality
immersive user experiences
design for additive manufacturing
engineering education
digital simulation

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
John Messner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sebastian, Aswathy

Title:

Advancing Genomic and Transcriptomic Knowledge Through Reproducible Bioinformatics Workflows

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Bioinformatics
Workflows
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Metabarcoding

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Major Field Member
Shaun Mahony, Chair of Committee
Istvan Albert, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Reka Albert, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Siefert, Jacob

Title:

Reachability Analysis of Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems Using Hybrid Zonotopes and Graphs of Functions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Verification
Control
Set-Theoretic Methods
Reachability Analysis
Estimation
Hybrid Zonotopes

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Committee Members:

Herschel Pangborn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Field Member
Jacob Langelaan, Outside Unit Member
Brandon Hencey, Special Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Dinunno, Nadia

Title:

overcoming limitations of Icosahedral reconstructions of viruses

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

structural biology

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Committee Members:

Jianming Hu, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Aron Lukacher, Major Field Member
Matthew Swulius, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lynch, Danielle Monique

Title:

THE EXPLORATION OF BLACK MALE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS 2013-2023

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

critical race theory
public pedagogy
intersectionality
Black male professional athletes
social justice
activism
narrative
storytelling
qualitative
adult education
lifelong learning

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Committee Members:

Karin Sprow Forte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Zaborskis, Outside Field Member
Charles Kupfer, General Studies & Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kelly, Colin

Title:

NONUNIFORM APERTURE SAMPLING AND CENTER FREQUENCY RANDOMIZATION FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL RADAR IMAGING WITH SPARSE APERTURES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Synthetic Aperture Radar
3-D Radar Imaging
Sparse Apertures
Recursive Sidelobe Minimization
RSM-ACF
RSM
Ultra-Wideband Radar
Grating Lobe Suppression
Sidelobe Suppression

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Committee Members:

Sven Bilén, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Phelan, Special Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Traian Dogaru, Special Member
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gencavage, Lisabeth Eames

Title:

Navigating Complexity: The Military Veteran Re-entry Experience into a Satisfying Civilian Career

Graduate Program:

Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

Veterans
Military Transition
Complexity Theory
Systems Theory
Successful Military Transitions
Adult Education
Self-directed Learning
Civilian Re-entry
Civilian Transition
Military Veterans
Post-911
Successful Veterans

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Committee Members:

Charles Kupfer, General Studies & Outside Field Member
Triparna Vasavada, Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karin Sprow Forte, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fernandez Flores, Miguel

Title:

Cosmic veiling and pre-inflationary initial conditions in R+R2 gravity

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

quantum gravity
inflation
cosmology

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Pang, Ren

Title:

Understanding and Mitigating Neural Backdoors

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

backdoor attack
deep learning
backdoor defense
AutoML
Neural Architecture Search

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Major Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Ting Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yang, Mingyao

Title:

Roles of Pramex1 and Pramel1 during spermatogenesis

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Transgenic mouse
Single/double Knockout
Spermatogenesis
Prame gene family
Synergistic genetic enhancement
Sertoli cell-only phenotype
Retinoic acid signaling

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Joy Pate, Major Field Member
Francisco Diaz, Major Field Member
Jon Oatley, Special Member
Wansheng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margherita Cantorna, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Schrecengost, Jonathon

Title:

Magneto-Optics of Plasmas, Bipolarons in Organic Semiconductors, and Electro-Optics of 2D Metals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Faraday Rotation
Magneto-Optic
Transparent Conducting Oxides
Plasmonics
Organic Electronics
Bipolarons
Magnetoresistance
OLED
2D Polar Metals
Confinement Heteroepitaxy
Electric-Double-Layer Gating

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chung, Taejung

Title:

Comparative Genomic and Phenotypic Analyses of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto biovar Thuringiensis and Non-Thuringiensis

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Food Microbiology
Food Safety
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus thuringiensis
Food borne pathogen

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Committee Members:

Jasna Kovac, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Istvan Albert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward Dudley, Major Field Member
Josephine Wee, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Daily, Richard

Title:

Locked In: Intimacy, Incarceration, and HIV/AIDS in the Black Gay Arts Movement During the Long 1980’s

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Black Studies
Carceral Studies
Queer Studies
Queer of Color Critique
Affect Theory
U.S. History
HIV/AIDS
incarceration
Black Gay Men
Black Gay Artist
Joseph Beam

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Committee Members:

Lori Ginzberg, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hil Malatino, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cathleen Cahill, Major Field Member
Ellen Stroud, Major Field Member
Michael West, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Zhilong

Title:

Deep Learning for Security-oriented Program Analysis

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Software Security
Program Analysis
Binary Analysis

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amulya Yadav, Major Field Member

Author:

Liang, Di

Title:

Reconceptualizing the "world" in World Language Education: Mediating student teacher's learning to teach World Languages through the lens of social justice.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

World Languages
Social Justice
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher Education

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member

Author:

Pearce, Victoria

Title:

Elucidating the Consequences of Dietary Sugar on Human Gut Commensal Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Bacteria
Gut Microbiota
Bacteroides
Bacterial Metabolism
Carbon Catabolite Repression

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Pontes, Outside Unit Member
Gregory Yochum, Outside Field Member
Amanda Nelson, Co-Chair of Committee
Guy Townsend, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prashant Nighot, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kotikot, Susan

Title:

Investigating Climate and Human Induced Landscape Change for Improving Social-ecological System Resilience

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Land use
land cover
land policy
land use pattern
ecosystem services
Land use
Landscape pattern
Climate change
Rainfall variability
Climatic vulnerability
Climate change perceptions
Climate adaptation
Land policy

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Committee Members:

David Hughes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Helen Greatrex, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Sarah Gergel, Special Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wan, Wan

Title:

A COMBINED VARIATIONAL-PHASE FIELD METHOD FOR FULLY COUPLED THERMOMECHANICAL INTERFACE CONTACT AND DEBONDING PROBLEMS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Phase Field
Crack Propagation
Fracture/Failure
Variational Multiscale method
Frictional contact
Debonding
Coupled Thermomechanical problem
Finite Element method

File:

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Committee Members:

Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Pinlei Chen, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member

Author:

Alioglu, Mecit Altan

Title:

Utilization of embedded printing for fabrication of 3D complex-shaped microfluidic devices in hydrogels and silicone composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Bioprinting
Cancer-on-a-chip
Embedded Printing
Microfluidics
Silicone composite
Photocrosslinkable silicone
Organ Model Printing

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Committee Members:

Jing Du, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ibrahim Ozbolat, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Major Field Member
Larry Cheng, Major Field Member
Francesco Costanzo, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kirk, Gerald

Title:

3D Printing of a Thermoset, Citrate Base Polymer

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Citrate Base Polymers
Thermoset
Skin Scaffold
Tissue Engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kuhn, Madison

Title:

The contribution of dynamic neuroinflammatory states in Alzheimer’s disease

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Systems Biology
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroinflammation
Immunometabolism
Cytokine Signaling
Cerebral Organoids

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
James Connor, Outside Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Unit Member
Irina Elcheva, Outside Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Wenhui

Title:

Studying the Performance and Security Trade-offs in Modern Linux Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Linux
Container
Security

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Committee Members:

Trent Jaeger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aiping Xiong, Major Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Adil, Nosherwan

Title:

Rational design process for gas turbine exhaust to supercritical CO2 waste heat recovery heat exchanger using topology optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Topology Optimization
Heat Exhanger
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Additive Manufacturing
Waste Heat Recovery

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Arya, Aditi

Title:

CELF LIGNIN INCORPORATION IN STEREOLITHOGRAPHY RESIN TO ENHANCE MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED MATERIAL TO PRODUCE PHOTOACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

CELF Lignin
SLA
Stereolithography
Petroleum
Lignin Modification
Soy-based Oligomer
Acetylation of Lignin
Environmental Impact Analysis
Resin Formulations
31P NMR
E-factor analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen C Chmely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Christine Costello, Committee Member
Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Committee Member

Author:

Bujala, Bhanu Prakash

Title:

COMPRESSED-SENSING BASED MIMO-NOMA

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

SCMA
MIMO
Grant-free communications
Massive connectivity
Compressed-sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark P Mahon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

Tomatoes for sale: An examination of online higher education decision makers' perceptions of online offerings

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Diehl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Paulson, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Kelly Rosinger, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Schussheim, Daniel

Title:

A many-channel FPGA control system for laser stabilization and other applications

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

Field-programmable gate array
laser
atomic physics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mikael Rechtsman, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Weiss, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Esmailian, Maryam

Title:

A Study Of Daylight Modeling Approaches Applied In LEED

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Daylight
LEED Daylight Credit
Simulation
Shading Devices

File:

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Committee Members:

Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Committee Member

Author:

Dannenberg, Samuel

Title:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mc Dill, Committee Member

Author:

Contreras, Kaelie

Title:

Shear Wave Velocity Structure of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa from a Joint Inversion of Receiver Functions and Rayleigh Wave Group Velocities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

receiver functions
joint inversion
Rayleigh wave group velocities
bushveld complex
south africa
shear wave velocity models

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Dobry, Emily

Title:

Implications of the emerging pathogen Gnomoniopsis castaneae for domestic Fagaceae species

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (MS)

Keywords:

emerging pathogen
Gnomoniopsis castaneae
nut rot
canker
American chestnut
Fagaceae
Red oak

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Michael A Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Rutter, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member

Author:

Colin, Anthony

Title:

Advancing A Tool For Cover Crop And Soil Organic Matter Adjusted Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations In Agronomic And Horticultural Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
adaptive N management
corn
maize
cabbage
winter cover crop
fertilizer
mineralization
immobilization
manure

File:

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Committee Members:

Charlie White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis Dell, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Banagere Manjunatha, Srikanth

Title:

Extreme Point Approach to Subset Selection and Data Augmentation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Data Augmentation
Convex hull
Isometric property
Classification task

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Member

Author:

Kania, Sarah

Title:

From the Ground Up: Evaluating Abiotic and Biotic Factors Affecting Floral Resources for Pollinator Habitat Restoration

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Pollinators
Ornamental Plants
Lamiaceae
Brassica rapa
Habitat restoration
Plant-pollinator
Soil nitrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Harland Martin Patch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hsieh-Feng, Vicki

Title:

CRISPR/Cas9-Enabled Promoter Editing to Improve Rice Yield and Disease Resistance

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (MS)

Keywords:

CRISPR/Cas9
promoter editing
Oryza sativa
rice breeding
grain yield
disease resistance
IPA1
Bsr-d1
CRISPR/Cas9
promoter editing
Oryza sativa
rice breeding
grain yield
disease resistance
IPA1
Bsr-d1

File:

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Committee Members:

Yinong Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jiaxi

Title:

Temperature and pH Effect on the Contact Angle in Quartz/Water/N-decane System

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Quartz
Contact Angle
Temperature
pH
Wettability

File:

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Serguei Lvov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Phillip

Title:

The Biology and Management of Bitter Rot of Apple in The Mid-Atlantic United States

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

integrated disease management
disease triangle
conducive conditions triangle
spore dispersal
latent infection
necrotrophic infection
ecology
Colletotrichum fioriniae
Yeast
Pichia
Kregervanrija
[Candida]
Groenewaldozyma
Tausonia
Papiliotrema
Metschnikowia
plant pathogen
Fungicide resistance
EC₅₀
EC₂₅
C. chrysophilum
C. noveboracense
C. siamense
Benzovindiflupyr
Boscalid
Cyprodinil
Difenoconazole
Fenbuconazole
Fluazinam
Fludioxonil
Fluopyram
Flutriafol
Fluxapyroxad
Inpyrfluxam
Isofetamid
Kresoxim-Methyl
Mefentrifluconazole
Myclobutanil
Penthiopyrad
Pydiflumetofen
Pyraclostrobin
Pyrimethanil
Thiophanate-methyl
Trifloxystrobin
Triflumizole
C. nymphaeae
C. fructicola
C. henanense
C. gloeosporioides sensu stricto

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Committee Members:

Kari Anne Peter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terrence H. Bell, Co-Chair of Committee
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Outside Member
Srđan Aćimović, Special Signatory
Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Purushothaman, Indira

Title:

Dysregulation of the OGF-OGFr Axis Determines Onset and Severity of Ocular Surface Complications in Type 1 Diabetes

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

Diabetes
Ocular Surface Complications
Diabetic Keratopathy
OGF-OGFr Axis
Naltrexone

File:

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Committee Members:

Alistair Barber, Major Field Member
Scot Kimball, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joseph Sassani, Major Field Member
Ian Zagon, Major Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carter, Cam

Title:

Domain Contributions to TDP43 Aggregation and Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TDP43
Aggregation
Liquid-liquid Phase Separation
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Oligomerization
Hsp90

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Outside Field Member
David Scott Gilmour, Outside Unit Member
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Committee Member
Scott E. Lindner, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ott, Emily Jean

Title:

Factors that Influence Aerosol Particle Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Polymers
Size dependent morphology

File:

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member

Author:

Ssentongo, Paddy

Title:

Intersection of Childhood Undernutrition and Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology

Keywords:

Postinfectious hydrocephalus
Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
Childhood undernutrition
Global health
Remote sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica E. Ericson, Outside Field Member
Laila Al-Shaar, Committee Member
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Outside Unit Member
Steven Schiff, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas L Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Ming Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kwon, Hyunguk

Title:

Multi-scale Modeling of High-temperature Chemistry and Soot Formation of Bio-fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Soot
Combustion
Pyrolysis
Biofuels
Computational fluid dynamics
ReaxFF molecular dynamics
Multi-scale modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristen Fichthorn, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rodriguez, Rene

Title:

They're here and they're queer: Conversations about LGBT-themed books with pre-service teachers

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

teacher education
LGBT children's literature
LGBT young adult literature
sexuality
multicultural education

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Griffith, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xue, Yuan

Title:

Deep Generative Models for Medical Images and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Generative Models
Medical Image Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Robert Collins, Outside Member
James Duncan, Special Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvatochromism
brightness
excited state
non-radiative decay
internal conversion
external conversion
twisted intramolecular charge transfer
rhodamine
proteostasis
cell imaging
protein misfolding
aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily E Weinert, Outside Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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