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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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

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

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

Author:

Trautman, Elizabeth

Title:

Elastic Wave Propagation through Polycrystalline Ice With and Without Embedded Spherical Particle Inclusions

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Cryoultrasound
Analytical Attenuation

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Kube, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kiara

Title:

Food Insecurity As A Longitudinal Predictor Of Diet, Sleep, Mental Health And College Academics

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

food insecurity
nutrition
diet quality
mental health
sleep
academic performance
college student

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Committee Members:

A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Muzi Na, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison D Gernand, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage-Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Roggenbaum, Morgan

Title:

Engineering transcriptional logic within bacteria using complex, modular CRISPRi circuit arrays

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

synthetic biology
genetic circuits
CRISPRi
transcriptional read-through

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Fegley, Jessica

Title:

Improving Non-Point Source Pollutant Capture: Exploring the Potential of Off-line and On-line Green Stormwater Infrastructure Designs

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

green stormwater infrastructure
stormwater
water quality
off-line
flow bypass
non-point source pollution
bioretention

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Committee Members:

Stuart Patton Echols, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Royer, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kahiu, Maureen

Title:

Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Demethylation inhibitor fungicides
phytotoxicity
DMIs
dollar spot

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

Author:

Morehouse, Jessica

Title:

Diet-Induced Modulation of Brainstem Perineuronal Net Development

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

Perinatal high fat diet (PNHFD)
Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV)
Obesity
Brainstem
Neuroplasticity

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anirban Paul, Committee Member

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Towards the Integration of Compliant Mechanisms in Orthopedic Implant Design

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

orthopedic implants
compliant mechanisms
implant design
medical devices
flexure modeling
arthroplasty

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Pant, Divya

Title:

Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member

Author:

Fornini, Robert

Title:

The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Concussion
Depression
EEG
Virtual Reality
Asymmetry

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member

Author:

Stebbins, Ryan

Title:

Investigation into Novel Runner Extension Designs for Sand Casting Utilizing 3D Sand-Printing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Sand Casting
Hybrid Manufacturing
3D Sand Printing

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Lor, Jim

Title:

Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Seasonality
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
temperature
host density
infection intensity
infection prevalence
Infectious disease
interpatch movement
Notophthalmus viridescens

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David A Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Chammas, Sari

Title:

states transportation agencies in tackling reflective cracking

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Reflective cracking
Cracks
SAMI
Interlayer
Asphalt pavement

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Committee Members:

Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rajarajan Subramanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Committee Member
Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Committee Member

Author:

Battisto, Evan

Title:

Use of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils to Enhance the Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Biocomposites

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

cellulose
3D-printing
biocomposites

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen C Chmely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Committee Member

Author:

Nicastro, Jackson

Title:

Utilization of WGM Resonators Operating on Exceptional Surfaces for Sensing-Based Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

WGM-Resonators
Non-Hermitian
Thermal Broadening
Exceptional Surfaces
Particle Sensing

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Sahin K Ozdemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Larry Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Mohammad, Umar Farooq

Title:

Ultrasound image classification and segmentation using deep learning applications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Medical Image Segmentation
Medical Image Classification

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Purushartha

Title:

Extending an Automated Content Assessment Method and Improving its Robustness for Classroom Use

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

natural language processing
automated summary content assessment
automated feedback generation
content assessment
educational use of artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Rebecca Jane Passonneau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rui Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Campbell, Natalie

Title:

A Design Intervention Opportunity Utilizing Artful Rainwater Design (ARD) in Theme Park Design

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Stormwater
Artful Rainwater Design
Theme Park
Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Research Through Design

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Committee Members:

Stuart Patton Echols, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eliza Pennypacker, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair
Hong Wu, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Shangbin

Title:

Non-enzymatic Glucose Sensors based on Laser-induced Graphene integrated with Skin-interfaced Microfluidic component for On-body measurement

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

biosensor
glucose
mircofludic

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Erdely, Daniel

Title:

Crumpled Laser Induced Graphene Silver Nanowire Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

triboelectric
laser-induced-graphene
AgNW

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Larry Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David W Snyder, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

Author:

Walker, Jasmine

Title:

Backwater Hydrodynamic Influence on Avulsion Style and Floodplain Character: Case Study From Mungaroo Formation, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Seismic
Geomorphology
Channel
Interpretation
Floodplain
Paleo
Delta
Paleo-Deltaic
3D Seismic Data

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Di Biase, Committee Member

Author:

Sgarrella, Joseph

Title:

Biomimetic Computational Techniques for the Simulation of Fungi Networks

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Fungal Infection
Growth Mechanics
Meshing
Phase-Field
Geometric Constraints

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Christian Peco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Michael Hillman, Committee Member

Author:

Barie, Katherine

Title:

Environmental and social factors affecting gyne and brood physiology in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Bombus
Carbon dioxide
Social environment
Physiology
Bumble bee

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Etya Amsalem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member

Author:

Di Monte, Kristin

Title:

Morphology Dependent Optical Properties of Mixed Organic/Inorganic Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Aerosol
Optical Growth Factor
fRH
Hygroscopicity
Hygroscopicity Parameter
Water Soluble Organic Compounds
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
CRDS
Multicomponent
Inorganic Salt

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member

Author:

Perez Holguin, Rolfy

Title:

Outcomes after Sublobar Resection versus Lobectomy in Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma In Situ

Graduate Program:

Clinical Research (MS)

Keywords:

Non-small cell lung cancer
Carcinoma In Situ
Sublobar resection
lobectomy

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Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Chan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vonn Andrew Walter, Committee Member
Tonya Sharp King, Committee Member

Author:

Abrams, Samuel

Title:

Extending Video Action Recognition in the Compressed Domain

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Action Recognition
Neural Networks
Video Compression

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Chai, Jiaming

Title:

Graph-based Methods For Zero-shot Learning In Image Classifications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Zero-shot Learning
Image Classification

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Committee Members:

Wang-Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Soares, Nicholas

Title:

Incorporating Novel Sprue Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques to Improve Nickel Aluminum Bronze Castings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

metal casting
sand casting
3D sand printing
additive manufacturing
nickel aluminum bronze

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Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhu, Lizhen

Title:

Contrastive Visual Learning from Spatiotemporal Information

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Contrastive learning
computer vision
perception

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Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maereg, Tiyobista

Title:

The Interactive Relationship between Ethnic-Racial Identity, Academic Expectations, and Neighborhood Ethnic-Racial Concentration: Variation by Gender and Ethnicity-Race

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

ethnic-racial identity
neighborhood ethnic-racial concentration
gender differences
academic expectations
ethnic-racial differences

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Mayra Bamaca, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Catherine

Title:

Memory Processes as we Age: A Dissociation of Unitization, Association and Item Memory Over Time

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

psychology
memory
aging
associative memory
unitization

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Du, Weihang

Title:

Digital Image Correlation Analysis for Functionally Graded Material SS316L/Inconel 625

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

DIC
FGM
SS316L/Inconel625

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Committee Members:

Jingjing Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hongtao Sun, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Essington, Erin

Title:

Rational Engineering of Explosive-Sensing Soil Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

buried explosives
Bacillus subtilis
genetic circuits

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Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Gomez, Committee Member
Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Amir Sheikhi, Committee Member

Author:

Ngoutane, Raphia

Title:

A comparative analysis of women’s nutrition decision-making autonomy during pregnancy in Burkina Faso and Madagascar

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

Women's autonomy
Decision-making
Food choice process model
Maternal nutrition/diet/supplementation

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Committee Members:

Stephen R Kodish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Agarwala, Vandana

Title:

Cross-Species Prediction of Transcription Factor Binding

Graduate Program:

Statistics (MS)

Keywords:

Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Gene Regulation
Domain Adaptation
Transfer Learning
Computational Biology
Machine Learning

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Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qunhua Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiang Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Lawrence, Brooke

Title:

The Role of Beekeeping Management Systems on Microbes, Pathogens, and Immunity in Honey Bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

honey bees
microbiome
bee bread
virus
beekeeping
immune genes

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Committee Members:

Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell William Cockburn, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member

Author:

Chahl, Avery

Title:

Examining the Effects of School Connectedness on Social Emotional Learning Technique Use in Middle Childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

peer relationships
social emotional learning
SEL
social network analysis
network analysis

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Committee Members:

Sunny Bai, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly Rulison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Apsley, Hannah

Title:

Grit among Cambodian adolescents: Validity and reliability of the original and short forms of the grit scale

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Cambodia
Adolescent
Grit
Validity
Reliability
Factor Analysis

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Committee Members:

Hobart H Cleveland, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ojha, Amit

Title:

Heat Strain Risk Assessment of Field Workers: Integrating Wearable Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Data-driven health monitoring
Construction workers' safety
Occupational heat strain risk
Wearable biosensors
Physiological sensing

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Committee Members:

Houtan Jebelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Committee Member
Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Clure, Catherine

Title:

The spatiotemporal dynamics of organic contaminants in surface water and their potential accumulation in riverine smallmouth bass of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Ecotoxicology
Bayesian Statistics
Fish Health
Organic Contaminants

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Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Megan Kepler Schall, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Tiffany

Title:

Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Taste Preferences and Underlying Neural Signaling in an Obese Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

spinal cord injury
vertical sleeve gastrectomy
neural mechanisms
obesity
taste preference

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Committee Members:

Andras Hajnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuval Silberman, Committee Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Ziaur Rahman, Committee Member

Author:

Cha, Joonyoung

Title:

SECURITY PATTERN DETECTION IN SOFTWARE CODE USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS

Graduate Program:

Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations (MS)

Keywords:

Security Pattern
Software Code
Machine Learning
Security Pattern Detection (SPD)
Convolutional Neural Network
Long Short-Term Memory
Security
vulnerability

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Committee Members:

Jungwoo Ryoo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Joseph Fusco, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Philip Laplante, Committee Member

Author:

Jose, Sethu

Title:

A Scheduling Framework for Decomposable Kernels on Energy Harvesting IoT Edge Nodes

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Internet of Things
Non-Volatile Processors
Energy Harvesting
Approximate Computing
Scheduling.
Internet Of Things
Scheduling

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Bird, Sydney

Title:

Developing Molecular and Analytical Tools For the Evaluation of Mating Frequency in Social and Solitary Bees

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

mating frequency
bombus impatiens
eucera pruinosa
monandry

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Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Jill Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Becker, Chelsea

Title:

Evaluating the impact of pigs and pasture-based housing on growth, pork quality, and welfare of finishing hogs

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

Pork quality
Pasture management
Outdoor-based swine
Slaughter day stress

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Elizabeth A Hines, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Kathy Soder, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Alexander

Title:

Impacts of Sodium Chloride on Nutrient, Heavy Metals, and Total Suspended Solids Removal by Bioretention Mesocosms with Varied Vegetation and Saturation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioretention
deicing salt
stormwater
green infrastructure
bioinfiltration
heavy metals
nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
copper
zinc
stormwater control measure
best management practice
sediment
internal water storage
vegetation
removal efficiency
water quality
loading
urban
runoff
nonpoint pollution

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Committee Member

Author:

Beck-Horton, Cordelia

Title:

Photochemical C–H Heteroarylation of Unfunctionalized Aromatic N–Heterocycles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Photochemistry
C-H functionalization
Heterobiaryl

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Eric Nacsa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kuo, Committee Member

Author:

Giraldo Ceron, Luis

Title:

Insect-feeding traces in Eucalyptus leaves from the Eocene of Patagonia and their biogeographic connections to modern-day Australia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
leaf mining
Patagonia
Myrtaceae

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Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Yilu

Title:

Deviant Behavior Analysis of 5G Core Network Implementations

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
Core Network
Cellular
Software Testing
Security

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Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
G. Gary Tan, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Tao Wan, Special Signatory

Author:

Lesko, Elizabeth

Title:

An Investigation of the Spontaneous Regression of Chemically-Induced Neoplastic Skin Lesions in Mice Lacking Autoimmune Regulator

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

Autoimmune Regulator
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Mouse model
Cancer
Regression
Chemical carcinogenesis

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Ryan Hobbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Marie Nelson, Committee Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Lisa M Shantz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Member

Author:

Lai, Clin Yuue

Title:

How Does Prior Knowledge Affect Statistical learning in a Complex Auditory Scene

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
prior knowledge
environmental sound

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Janet Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Navin Viswanathan, Committee Member

Author:

La Chat, Grant

Title:

Identification of Rossby Wave Breaking Flavors using Self-Organizing Maps

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
self-organizing maps
anticyclones
cyclogenesis
Potential vorticity
Rossby waves
Wave breaking
Synoptic meteorology
moisture transport

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David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member
Kevin Andrew Bowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colin M. Zarzycki, Committee Member

Author:

Nguyen, Duc

Title:

Statistical Leanring Applied to Climate-Water-Energy Nexus for Quantification and Characterization of Severe Drought Risks in Adaptation Models

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Climate
Energy
water
power systems
statistical learning

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Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Renee Obringer, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Parra Rodriguez, Flor

Title:

Use of Supervised Learning for the Characterization of Pediatric Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

hydrocephalus
pediatric hydrocephalus
brain calcifications

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Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Andrea P. Arguelles, Committee Member

Author:

Padmanabhan, Adhithya

Title:

Assessing driving risks for teen drivers: Cognitive impairments and adverse weather

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Driver performance
Teenage drivers
Weather
Cognitive impairments

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Yiqi Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Palacios, Christopher

Title:

Zero Waste in Sports: The Role of Compostable Packaging and Consumer Disposal Behavior

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

zero waste
waste
sports
packaging
compostable packaging
recyclable packaging
composting
recycling
trash
waste management
stadiums
landfill
consumer behavior
disposal accuracy
disposal behavior

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Judd Harrison Michael, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Costello, Committee Member
Mark A Gagnon, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pan, Ying

Title:

Mesenchymal stem cell size engineering as an innovative therapeutic tool

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Mesenchymal stem cell
Cell size
3D culture

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Committee Members:

Yuguo Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Hongjun

Title:

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLEGE COUNSELING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

college counseling
college students
mental health
international students
social support
family support

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas, Evelyn

Title:

Predicting the Performance of Flexible Multi-material Additively Manufactured Beam Structures Under Small and Large Deflections

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Compliant Beams
Design
Finite Element Analysis
ABAQUS
Additive Manufacturing
Compliant Beams
Design
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

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David Mazyck, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swaminathan, Ashwath Raghav

Title:

Optimizing Existing NLP Tasks by Leveraging Knowledge Graphs

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Graphs
Knowledge Graph Embeddings
Transformers
Computational Complexity
Memory Usage Optimization
Reducing FLOPs
Token Pruning

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Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rui Zhang, Committee Member
Abhinav Verma, Committee Member

Author:

Jimenez Arrieta, Esteban

Title:

Prepartum Modulation of Systemic Inflammation in High-Priority Dairy Cow Groups

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology (MS)

Keywords:

Acetylsalicylic Acid
Metabolic Status
Systemic Inflammation
Milk production
Reproductive Performance

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Committee Members:

Adrian A Barragan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ernest Hovingh, Committee Member
Anthony Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Troy Ott, Committee Member

Author:

Harrison, Eric

Title:

Social Determinants of Health Throughout the Continuum of Active Substance Use, Treatment, And Recovery: Perspectives from Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Criminal Justice and Treatment Professionals

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Social Determinants of Health
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Criminal Justice
Qualitative
Substance Use Disorder

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Committee Members:

Abenaa Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristina Brant, Committee Member
Hobart Cleveland, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jacob, Benson

Title:

Flow-Induced Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Polymer Crystallization
Rheology
Isotactic Polypropylene

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Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member

Author:

Lovell-Smith, Nathaniel

Title:

An Accelerated Assessment of Reflective Functioning: Validating the Use of Computerized Reflective Functioning (CRF) Within Sessions of Psychotherapy for BPD

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Mentalization
Reflective Functinoing
Borderline Personality Disorder

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Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khan, Mohd Ahmed

Title:

Size and Temperature Dependent Shapes of Copper Nanocrystals using Replica-Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

copper
replica exchange molecular dynamics
common neighbor analysis
embedded atom method

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kristen Fichthorn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Qian

Title:

Using Openhydroqual to Model a Rain Garden and Assess the Impact of Internal Water Storage on Hydrologic Function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rain Garden
IWS
Sustainability

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Committee Members:

Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member

Author:

Yamaguchi-Pedroza, Katsumi

Title:

Perceptions of Sexual Violence as a Function of Women's Race and Occupation

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality
sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality

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Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member

Author:

Tu, Kai

Title:

A Conformance Checker for the Control Plane Protocols of 5G Basebands

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
security
Conformance Testing

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Committee Members:

Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Young Kun Ko, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stoian, Cristy

Title:

A New Eoarchean Terrane in Arctic Canada: How Extensive is Acasta-like Crust?

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Slave Province
Eokuk Uplift
U-Pb-Hf
Zircon
Crustal Evolution
Hadean
Archean
Acasta Gneiss Complex

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Jesse R Reimink, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew James Smye, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member

Author:

Richardson, Marcus

Title:

A Reduced Order Model of Residual Moisture on Vertical Surfaces Resulting from the Condensation Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dropwise Condensation
Surface Tension
Zonal Modeling
Humid Air
Modelica
Hydrophilic
Aircraft Insulation

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mechling, Russell

Title:

Streamflow Variation Over 30 Years at the Leading Ridge Watershed in the Appalachian Forest of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Streamflow
Watershed
Hydrology
Experimental watershed
Headwater stream
Forested catchment

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Beth Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler A Groh, Committee Member
Jonathan M Duncan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sevil, Gurur

Title:

acoustic emission behavior and physical damage assessment of concrete with recycled glass aggregate under compression and bending

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustic emission
foam glass aggregate
recycled glass aggregate
compressive strength

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Committee Members:

Shirley Clark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Grady F. Mathews IV, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Issam Abu-Mahfouz, Committee Member
Shashi Marikunte, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Farland, Patrick

Title:

Observations of Corona Discharges on Trees Under Thunderstorms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Electrical Discharges
Corona
Atmospheric Chemistry
Hydroxyl
Forest Ecology

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member

Author:

Toth, Hana

Title:

Modeling and Evaluating Switchgrass Harvesting Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

switchgrass
harvesting
energy grass harvesting
switchgrass harvesting
round baling
square baling
system balancing
machine productivity
cost model
agriculture
field testing
modeling
baling

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Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Jude Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Charles David Ray, Sr., Committee Member
Jingxin Wang, Special Signatory

Author:

Reinoso, David

Title:

Analysis of Influential Objects In Smart Home Platforms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

IoT
Smart Home
Security
Flow Graph
Property Analysis

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Torquato, Thomas

Title:

Development of the Concept of High-Rise Hybrid Modular Construction for Vertical Mobile Home Parks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Vertical Mobile Home Park
Mobile Home Units
Lift Process
Model
Analyzing
Prescribed Load Conditions
Unit Lift Process
Improve Building Plot

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benay Gürsoy Toykoç, Committee Member
Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Sadik, Mohamed Raeez

Title:

Advanced Extrusion Systems for Concrete 3D Printing

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3DCP
Nozzle geometry
Admixture Injection
Layer dimensions
3D Printing of Concrete
Bond strength
Mortar
Extrusion

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Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Timothy W. Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose M Pinto Duarte, Committee Member
Sven G Bilén, Committee Member

Author:

Angadi, Manoj Kumar

Title:

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A MULTI-STAGE PIPELINE FOR LARGE SCALE EXTRACTING, CLUSTERING AND INGESTION OF ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS FOR CITESEERX

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CiteSeer
Extraction
Clustering
Ingestion
LSH
BM25
NGX
Elasticsearch
Python
Pipeline
EIS
Citation
index
PDF
Document
Server

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Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member

Author:

Kalagi, Vishwas

Title:

CO-LOCATING COMPUTE AND MEMORY ACCESS IN DEEP LEARNING RECOMMENDATION MODEL INFERENCE

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Deep Learning Recommendation Models
hyperthreading
colocation
CPU
Inference
compute intensive
memory intensive
memory bottleneck

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member

Author:

George, Haruka

Title:

Adaptable Conversational Chatbot Based on Reinforcement Learning

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Reinforcement Learning
Chatbot
Seq2seq
LSTM
Deep Reinforcement Learning
NLP

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

Author:

Harlan, Kaitlin

Title:

Everyone Deserves Coverage: A Scope on Support for Transgender Coverage and Benefits for Companies

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations (MS)

Keywords:

transgender
cost coverage
talent
recruitment
general attraction
intention to pursue
reputation
person-organization fit

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Paul Clark, Program Head/Chair
Dorothea Roumpi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hee Man Park, Committee Member
Kathryn Dlugos, Committee Member

Author:

Mohammed El Husaini, Mohammed

Title:

Measurement and Validation of User-Perceived Comfort of an Ankle Exoskeleton

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Pneumatic
Exoskeleton
Ankle
1 DOF
Actuated
Comfort
VAS
Visual Analogue Scale
Likert
Survey
Perception
Impedance Control
Stiffness
Gait
Walking
Repeatability
Modeling
Subjective Feelings
Validation
Measurement
Rehabilitation

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Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Katie Fitzsimons, Committee Member

Author:

Rosoff-Verbit, Brett

Title:

Liberation of Graphene-like Nanoplatelets and Sub-micron Particles from Anthracite Coal through Chemically Aided Attrition Milling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Graphene
anthracite
coal
nanomaterial
nano
attrition
milling

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James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
John C Mauro, Committee Member

Author:

Gandy, Katrin

Title:

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α and Synthetic Agonist WY14643 Alter Gut Microbiome Composition and Metabolism

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (MS)

Keywords:

PPAR
PPARα
gut microbiome
WY14643
metabolomics
trimethylamine

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Andrew Patterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jordan Bisanz, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kanyak, Jenna

Title:

Topochemical Construction of Catalytic Active Sites with Atomic-Level Control

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

catalysis
synthesis
nanoparticles
CO2 reduction
cation exchange
topochemistry

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Zhiqiang Mao, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Balaji

Title:

Characterizing Nuclear genes of Mitochdonrial origin in avian clades

Graduate Program:

Biology (MS)

Keywords:

Nuclear genes of mitochondrial origin
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Bioinformatics

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Committee Members:

David Toews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zachary A Szpiech, Committee Member
Stephen Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fan, Yifei

Title:

The mechanisms of the North Atlantic Cold Blob in the past century

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

climate change
ocean circulation
global warming
AMOC
cloud radiative forcing

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Committee Members:

Laifang Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Committee Member
Melissa Marie Gervais, Committee Member

Author:

Gagne, Emily

Title:

Delivering bioinformatics and genetics workshops to hybrid and synchronous audiences using Google Classroom

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

bioinformatics
genetics
workshopping
education
outreach

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Committee Members:

George H Perry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Toews, Committee Member
Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennelle Malcos, Special Signatory

Author:

Cintron Rodriguez, Nicohl

Title:

Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties and Surface Chemistry of Cesium Lead Bromide using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Cesium Lead Bromide
Lead Halide Perovskites
TRIR
Surface Chemistry
Polarons

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member