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Author:

Fares, Matthew

Title:

Fluorogenic Quantification of Proteome Stress

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Fluorogenic
Proteome Stress
Protien
Protein folding
Protein misfolding
Fluorescence

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Feng, Jinglin

Title:

Three Essays on Food Assistance, Environmental Stressor, and Food Choices

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

dietary quality
SNAP
instrumental variables unconditional quantile regression
caloric acquisitions
charitable food assistance
SNAP benefit month
Healthy Eating Index
air pollution
wildfire smoke exposure
food purchases

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Committee Members:

Daniel Brent, Outside Field Member
Paul Grieco, Outside Unit Member
Douglas Wrenn, Program Head/Chair
Edward Jaenicke, Major Field Member
Linlin Fan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Himes, Hilleary

Title:

Academic Advising Outcomes Across Advising Structures and Student Socioeconomic Status

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

Academic advising
Socioeconomic status
higher education

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Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Outside Unit Member
David Post, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Smith, Special Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
Allie Goldstein, Outside Field Member

Author:

Schamis, Hanna

Title:

Behavior of tungsten-based redeposited materials and composite alloys under fusion-relevant conditions

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

plasma material interactions
tungsten composites
plasma facing materials
tungsten thin films

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Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
Jean Paul Allain, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Outside Unit & Field Member
Martin de Jesus Nieto-Perez, Major Field Member

Author:

King, Philip

Title:

Bridging the Oldest and Newest Manufacturing Technologies: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Casting, and Internet of Things

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Hybrid Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Metal Casting

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Arguelles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Voigt, Major Field Member

Author:

Healey, Izzy

Title:

Replacing White Noise Through Seeing, Sustaining & Resisting: Listening to Hear the Voices of 2nd Generation Latino/a/x Immigrants in a Digital Storytelling Workshop

Graduate Program:

Art Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Critical Whiteness
Whiteness
Mestiza Consciousness
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Digital Storytelling Workshop
asset-based pedagogy
Latino
Latina
Latinx
Testimonio
Borderlands
2nd generation immigrant

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Committee Members:

Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair
Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis, Major Field Member
Steven Rubin, Special Member
Kimberly Powell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
A K Sandoval-Strausz, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Eduardo Navas, Major Field Member

Author:

Collins, Stephanie

Title:

The Gall of It All: Bacterial Bile Acid Amidation Facilitates Host-Microbiota Communication

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

gut microbiome
bile acids
receptors
bile salt hydrolase
PXR
metabolomics

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Perdew, Major Field Member
Istvan Albert, Major Field Member
Emily Weinert, Major Field Member
Darrell Cockburn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohan, Ashwin

Title:

Socialization of graduate students into epistemic cultures: The Nature of Science and the Nature of Scientists

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Nature of Science
DBER
Post-secondary education
STEM education
Ethnography

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Committee Members:

Carlomagno Panlilio, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Mcdonald, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Greg Kelly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Levchenko, Yuliana

Title:

EXPLORING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF NURSING HOME ADMISSION

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
nursing homes
disability
health

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Committee Members:

Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashton Verdery, Major Field Member
Andrew Fenelon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Van Hook, Major Field Member

Author:

Chapman, Alexander

Title:

Three Essays on Family, Health, and Opioid Misuse Trajectories in the Transition to Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Substance use
Opioid
Health and Wellbeing
Family Formation
Cohort Analysis

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Committee Members:

Ashton Verdery, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Iceland, Major Field Member
Shannon Monnat, Special Member
Hobart Cleveland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Baumer, Major Field Member
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vanalli, Chiara

Title:

Toward a mechanistic understanding of helminth coinfections: Disentangling the within- and between-host processes of infection and the role of climate

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Gastrointestinal helminths
Antibody attack rate
Cross-immunity
Free-living stages
Seasonality
Temperature
Humidity
Spatial distribution

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Committee Members:

Matthew Ferrari, Chair of Committee
Isabella Cattadori, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Hudson, Major Field Member
Jessica Conway, Outside Unit & Field Member
Marino Gatto, Special Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rifat, Mustafa

Title:

Surface finishing of Additively Manufactured metallic components- effect of prior surface condition and post-processing routes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Indentation
Surface Roughness
Additive Manufacturing
Microstructure
Electron Beam Melting
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
Bead-blasting
Residual Stress
Nano-scratch test
Pile-up Behavior
Hardening
Centrifugal Disc Finishing
Surface Finishing

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Committee Members:

Saurabh Basu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ed De Meter, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Voigt, Major Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gu, Qinxue

Title:

Exploring North Atlantic decadal variability using machine learning

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Decadal variability
Machine learning
Self-organizing map
Atlantic Multidecadal Variability
North Atlantic Oscillation
Internal variability
Climate change
Atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions
North Atlantic Ocean
Decadal variability
North Atlantic Ocean
Machine learning
Self-organizing map
Atlantic Multidecadal Variability
North Atlantic Oscillation
Internal variability
Climate change
Atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions
Decadal variabilityachine learning×Self-organizing map×Atlantic Multidecadal Variability×North Atlantic Oscillation×Internal variability×Climate change×Atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions×North Atlantic OceanDecadal variability
Machine learning
Self-organizing map
Atlantic Multidecadal Variability
North Atlantic Oscillation
Internal variability
Climate change
Atmosphere-ocean-sea ice interactions
North Atlantic OceanDecadal variabilityNorth Atlantic OceanMachine learningSelf-organizing mapAtlantic Multidecadal Variability

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Carleton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Gervais, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laifang Li, Major Field Member
Raymond Najjar, Major Field Member

Author:

Su, Xing

Title:

Geomechanics of disturbances in pore fluid pressure of the subsurface rocks with applications in stability analysis of infill wells in depleted reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Poromechanics
Analytical solution
Stress path
Wellbore stability
Drilling margin

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Amin Mehrabian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Gilbertson, Christian

Title:

Using Data-driven Methods to Find Planets Around Stars With Magnetic Activity

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exoplanets
Astrobiology
Astrostatistics
Machine Learning
Gaussian Process
Open Source Software
Radial Velocity
Spectroscopy
Stellar Variability
Planet Detection
Telluric Variability
Astronomy
Astrophysics

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Committee Members:

Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Co-Chair of Committee
Eric Ford, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Kasting, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robin Ciardullo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Fan

Title:

Transport in reconfigurable multiterminal graphene-based Josephson junctions

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

multiterminal Josephson effect
Andreev processes
multi-port noneciprocity
graphene

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Kim, Sang Yeon

Title:

Networks in Political Communication, Advocacy, and Conflict

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Political Communication
Network Science
Political Science
Political Methodology
Social Media

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Cyanne Loyle, Major Field Member
Charles Seguin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Munger, Major Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Shear related reactivation of fractures/faults and the effects on permeability evolution and induced seismicity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Induced seismicity
Unconventional shale reservoir
Fracture-proppant conductivity evolution

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member

Author:

Jones, Laura

Title:

Climate Variation and Pathogen Pressure Impact the Ecology and Evolution of Bees in Agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

solitary bee
pollinator
agroecosystem
thermal tolerance
climate
pathogen

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Committee Members:

Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Kennedy, Major Field Member
Rudolf Schilder, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tracy Langkilde, Major Field Member
Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Douglas Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Van Syoc, Emily

Title:

Modulating the gut microbiome in metabolic disease: towards a "whole microbiome" perspective

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

microbiome
type 2 diabetes
metabolic syndrome
probiotics
metformin
mycobiome
fungi
bacteria
bioinformatics
computational biology
physiology

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Erika Ganda, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Connie Rogers, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Istvan Albert, Major Field Member
Laura Weyrich, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Torres, Vincent

Title:

Polymer grafting of unsaturated polymers to provide new material properties: A new avenue for polymer upcycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymer upcycling
Grafted polymers
Polymer chemistry
Tensile properties
Nanostructure
Allylic radical
Post-polymerization functionalization

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Boehr, Co-Chair of Committee
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Julie Fenton, Major Field Member

Author:

Suzuki, Kensuke

Title:

Essays on the Economic Implications of Globalization

Graduate Program:

Economics (PHD)

Keywords:

Globalization
International trade
Spatial economics
Foreign employment
Japan
Migration
Trade liberalization
Import
General equilibrium

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Committee Members:

Fernando Parro, Major Field Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kala Krishna, Major Field Member
Jonathan Eaton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Xie, Lola

Title:

Digital Media as a Self-management Tool for Young Women at Risk of Eating Disorders: A Dissertation on Patient Narratives of Eating Disorder on Social Media

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Media
Self-management
Health management
Patient Narratives
Narrative Persuasion
Eating Disorders

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Committee Members:

Juliet Pinto, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bu Zhong, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schoppelrei, Elizabeth Mae

Title:

Speculative Formations: Queer and Trans Communities in the Long Twentieth Century

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature (PHD)

Keywords:

Transgender
Queer
Community building
Literature
Poetry
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Speculative Formations
German queer culture
transgender poetry
transvestites
kinship
Black feminist thought
queer ecologies

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Committee Members:

Magali Armillas-Tiseyra, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hil Malatino, Major Field Member
Daniel Purdy, Minor & Outside Field Member
Jonathan Eburne, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Outside Unit Member
Tracy Rutler, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Oh, Nawon

Title:

The "dark-side" of customer oriented efficiency: injuries and illnesses in order fulfillment services

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

workplace safety
injuries and illnesses
fulfillment centers

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Committee Members:

Daniel DellaPosta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Tessa Recendes, Major Field Member
Vilmos Misangyi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Forrest Briscoe, Major Field Member

Author:

O'Brien, Terrence

Title:

Essays on Cryptocurrency Exchange Volume Manipulation and Volatility

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

cryptocurrency exchange volatility manipulation fraud fintech asset pricing regulation

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Committee Members:

Mehmet Canayaz, Major Field Member
Quanwei Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Karl Muller, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Haushalter, Major Field Member

Author:

Rizk, Elias

Title:

Purified Neuronal Populations of Regenerating Ganglion Cells reveal DNA methylation-mediated Role of Na+/K+ ATPase in Axon Regeneration

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

IR Injured regenerated INR Non-injured regenerated UA Adult cells UE Embryonic cells RT PCR Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction TBS Tris-buffered saline SEM Standard error of the mean DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide ELF5 ets domain transcription factor 5 DAPI 4'
6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
IGF1 Insulin-like growth factor-1 DDR1 Discoidin domain receptor NSPC Neural stem/progenitor cells RhoA Ras homolog family member A ROCK Rho-associated protein kinas Na+ Sodium K+ Potassium ATPase adenosine triphosphatase Ca2+ Calsium FXYD FXYD protein family ATP adenosine triphosphate SRC SRC protein ER Endoplasmic reticulum mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid ROS Reactive oxygen species PKC Protein kinase C Mg2+ Magnesium Cl- Chloride AQP4 Aquaporin 4 PLC Phospholipase C GLT Glutamine PBS Phosphate buffered saline DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid RNA Ribonucleic acid CpGs Cytosine guanine sites
CNS Central nervous system RGC Retinal ganglion cell FACS Fluorescence activated cell sorting DML Differentially methylated loci DMR Differentially methylated regions PNS Peripheral nervous system WD Wallerian degeneration SARM Sterile alpha and TIR motif CCL2 The chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 CCL3 The chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3 CCL4 The chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 4 FOS Fos Proto-Oncogene
AP-1 Transcription Factor Subunit JUN Jun Proto-Oncogene
AP-1 Transcription Factor Subunit Camp Cyclic adenosine monophosphate GAP43 Growth associated protein 43 ATF3 Activating transcription factor 3 STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 CR3 Macrophage-1 antigen is a complement receptor LIF Leukemia inhibitory factor CXCR2 . C-X-C chemokine receptor type 2 CCN cysteine-rich
connective tissue growth
protein
AND factor (CTGF) and nephroblastoma overexpressed KDa kilo Dalton

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Committee Members:

James Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Robert Connor, Special Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Proctor, Major Field Member
Jian Yang, Outside Field Member
Ibrahim Ozbolat, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Cross, Nicholas

Title:

Characterization and Development of the All-Aqueous Copper Thermally Regenerative Ammonia Battery

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electrochemical engineering
Waste heat
Flow battery
Energy efficiency

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Matthew Rau, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bruce Logan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Christopher Arges, Major Field Member

Author:

Keller, Bailey

Title:

Alcohol and Diet-Induced Disruptions to Vagal Circuits Regulating Insulin Function

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

Dorsal vagal complex
Alcohol use disorder
binge
GABA
pancreas
insulin
serotonin
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
high-fat diet

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Graziane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Major Field Member
Yuval Silberman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andras Hajnal, Major Field Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Piotti, Anna

Title:

Evaluating the influence of professional development programming on German language instructors' engagement with and understanding of social justice pedagogy

Graduate Program:

German (PHD)

Keywords:

German language instruction
social justice pedagogy
instructor professional development

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Committee Members:

Carrie Jackson, Program Head/Chair
Carrie Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julia Goetze, Major Field Member
Beate Brunow, Special Member
Celeste Kinginger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Richard Page, Major Field Member
Katharina Schuhmann, Special Member

Author:

Gao, Mingze

Title:

Defect Formation during High Power Laser Welding of A Creep Resistant Nickel Alloy

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Solidification cracking
Deep penetration
Keyhole mode laser welding
Heat transfer and fluid flow
Finite element model
Nickel alloys

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jingjing Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Todd Palmer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Albert Segall, Major Field Member
Reginald Hamilton, Major Field Member

Author:

Matangos, Hannah

Title:

Light/Play: Art, Vision, and Futures since 1920

Graduate Program:

German (PHD)

Keywords:

art history
media studies
video game studies
visual studies
german

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Committee Members:

Carrie Jackson, Program Head/Chair
Matt Tierney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bettina Brandt, Major Field Member
Samuel Frederick, Major Field Member
Daniel Purdy, Major Field Member
Sabine Doran, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Feldman, Jason Scot

Title:

A Tri-Factor Approach to ADHD Assessment: Integrating Multi-Rater Consensus, Situational Specificity, and Symptom-Level Prognostics of Impairment and Diagnostic Status

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

ADHD
Trifactor Model
Informant Discrepancies
Assessment
ADHD
Trifactor Model
Informant Discrepancies
Assessment

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Committee Members:

Lisa Kopp, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradley Wyble, Major Field Member
Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Arnett, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ingram, Peter

Title:

Improvements to Temperature Predictions of Film Cooled Solids Using Iterative Conjugate Heat Transfer and Reduced Order Film Modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

film cooling
ICHT
ROFM

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Anil Kulkarni, Major Field Member
David Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Bloch, Chase

Title:

Implausible Denials: How Leaders Use Revealed Covert Actions to Achieve Foreign Policy Goals

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

International Relations
Conflict Studies
Covert Actions
Text Classification

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Committee Members:

Lee Banaszak, Program Head/Chair
Glenn Palmer, Major Field Member
Roseanne McManus, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shomir Wilson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Burt Monroe, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Lee, Seong Ho

Title:

Contributions to semiparametric inference and its applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

robustness
semiparametrics
semiparametric efficiency

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Wu, Yuhao

Title:

TOPOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC METASURFACE AND WEARABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Metasurface
Topological Photonics
wearable antenna
PT-symmetry

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Sawyer Campbell, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Kim, Haedong

Title:

Data-driven Integration of Biological and In-silico Experiments for Precision Cardiology

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computational cardiology
Data assimilation
Ion channels
Virtual reality
Behavioral modeling

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Committee Members:

Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Keefe Manning, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Bennett, Special Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hajesmaeili Nooghi, Elham

Title:

A Feminist Arts-based Research Methodology: Augmented Reality (AR) Portrait painting in Dialogue

Graduate Program:

Art Education (PHD)

Keywords:

augmented reality
portrait painting
AR art
woman life freedom
feminist knowledge
Iranian women
democratic knowledge
research methodology

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Committee Members:

Aaron Knochel, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Genggeng

Title:

Authorial Stance in Research Articles: An intertextual perspective

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

citation
academic writing
research writing
English for Academic Purposes
stance
engineering writing

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Committee Members:

Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Susan Strauss, Major Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Deryn Verity, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Elibox, Shernell

Title:

Nou Tout Pa Menm: An Exploration of Suicidality Among College Students of Color

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Suicide among college students of color
suicide predictors among college students
suicide and culture
suicide and race

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Prosek, Major Field Member
Abenaa Jones, Outside Unit Member
Kristen Nadermann, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Belland, Outside Field Member

Author:

Benavides Bolanos, Jhony Armando

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING HYDROLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AND CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Hydrologically sensitive area
critical source area
concentrated flow pathways
remotely piloted aircraft system
drone
unmanned aerial vehicle
uncrewed aerial vehicle
unmanned aircraft system
photogrammetry
structrure from motion
remote sensing
soil phosphorus
fragipan
international agriculture and development
digital elevation model
water quality
eutrophication
soil moisture
google earth engine
RADAR
thermal infrared imagery
multispectral imagery
NDVI

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Heather Preisendanz, Outside Field Member
Dimitrios Bolkas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Major Field Member
Patrick Drohan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tyler Groh, Major Field Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Major Field Member

Author:

Alden, Nicholas

Title:

Nanoparticle-Enhanced Drug Delivery: Delivering Small Nucleic Acid Therapeutics to Combat Disease at the Gene Expression Level

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Plasmonic Nanoparticles
Near-Infrared
Diels-Alder
Synthetic miRNA Mimics
Head & Neck Cancer
Lung Cancer
Poly-Beta(Amino Esters)
Nanoparticles
Drug Delivery Systems

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Committee Members:

Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Adam Glick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Major Field Member
Yong Wang, Major Field Member
Scott Medina, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zheng, Yi

Title:

Video Analytics with In-SSD Processing Approaches

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

In-Storage-Processing
SSD
Firmware
FTL
Wear-Leveling
ORAM
Non-Volatile Memory

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Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Huijuan Xu, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
John Messner, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Jiang, Zhouqian

Title:

Automated Construction Progress Monitoring using Image Segmentation and Building Information Models

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Construction Progress Monitoring
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Computer Vision
Image Segmentation
Deep Learning

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Committee Members:

Rob Leicht, Major Field Member
John Messner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Yuqing Hu, Major Field Member
Yanxi Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Yen, Yun Chen

Title:

A Case Analysis of Collective Teacher Efficacy in a Practitioner Inquiry Community

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

collective teacher efficacy
collective efficacy
practitioner inquiry
action research
teacher inquiry
teacher research
practitioner research
teacher education

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Wolkenhauer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Deb Schussler, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Dollinger, Roberta

Title:

The role of Spt5-nucleic acid contacts in promoter proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

RNA polymerase II
DSIF
NELF
transcription
promoter proximal pausing
RNA
DNA
NGN
NusG
KOW
elongation factors
Spt5

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Melissa Rolls, Major Field Member
David Gilmour, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Showalter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Song Tan, Major Field Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Major Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bridges, D Angelo

Title:

Written in Black: Rhetoric, Prophecy, and Visions of Collective Freedom

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

African American rhetoric
collective freedom
Charles Chesnutt
Zora Neale Hurston
James Baldwin
Christian discourse
prophecy

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Cynthia Young, Outside Unit Member
Shirley Moody, Major Field Member
Cheryl Glenn, Major Field Member
Kirt Wilson, Outside Field Member
Raymond Gilyard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Morrisson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Newmyer, Lauren

Title:

A Social Network Approach to Modern Fertility Trends

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Fertility
Social Networks
Contraception

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Ashton Verdery, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Shenk, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Major Field Member
Diane Felmlee, Major Field Member
David P Baker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Werner, Claire

Title:

Pathophysiology of the Colonic Enteric Nervous System in Male and Female Rats Following Spinal Cord Injury

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

spinal cord injury
neurogenic bowel
prokinetic
sex differences

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Gregory Yochum, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andras Hajnal, Major Field Member
Gregory Holmes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prashant Nighot, Major Field Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Patricia Mclaughlin, Major Field Member

Author:

Sheffield, Sarah

Title:

Using Single-Ion Conductors as Dielectrics in Organic Transistors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Semiconductor
Organic Single Crystals
Single-Ion Conductors
Polymer Dielectric
Organic Transistor
Polymer Thin Films
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rubrene
Nafion
Ionomers

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Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Larry Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Biggs, Heidi

Title:

Mapping new Terrains in Sustainable HCI: Land/Body Doubling and Justice-Oriented Critical Posthuman Subjectivities

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Interaction Design
Design Research
Sustainable Human Computer Interaction
Climate Change
Anthropocene Era
Wetlands
Design Fiction
Climate Justice

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Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Audrey Desjardins, Special Member
Eduardo Navas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shaowen Bardzell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yubo Kou, Major Field Member

Author:

Katugam-Dechene, Kavya

Title:

Developmental Plasticity of Locomotion: Energetics, Mechanics, and Muscle

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Biomechanics
Energetics
Mechanics
Muscle
Developmental Plasticity
Locomotion
Kinematics
Comparative Biomechanics
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Muscle Mechanics

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gustavo Nader, Outside Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Major Field Member
Meghan Vidt, Outside Unit Member
Jonas Rubenson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Simsek, Caner

Title:

And I Took That Personally: Explaining The Differing Routes to Personalist Dictatorships

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

authoritarian regimes
personalist regimes
security personalization
purges

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Lee Banaszak, Program Head/Chair
Vineeta Yadav, Major Field Member
Joseph Wright, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Stradtman, Megan

Title:

Older Adult Participation in a Vocal Fitness Group: Effects on Objective and Subjective Voice Measures

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)

Keywords:

vocal function
voice disorders
presbyphonia
older adults
therapy adherence
leisure

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Committee Members:

Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair
Krista Wilkinson, Major Field Member
David Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nicole Etter (she/her), Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Robb, Major Field Member

Author:

Liu, Shuo Shuo

Title:

Statistical Learning on High-Dimensional Multi-Source Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Transfer Learning
Multi-View Clustering
High-Dimensional Data
Machine Learning

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Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiang Zhu, Major Field Member
Lan Kong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Waldhier, Michael

Title:

Innovation-focused leadership: A grounded theory model to enhance creative idea generation, evaluation, and adoption competencies through arts-based training in theatrical improvisation

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

improvisation
creativity
leadership
innovation
grounded theory
improvisation
creativity
leadership
innovation
grounded theory
idea evaluation

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
William Brendel, Major Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Glen Kreiner, Special Member
Brian Cameron, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Santos, Alyssa

Title:

An Exploration of Potential Energy Surfaces with an Application in N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Metal Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Potential Energy Surface
Geometry Optimization
Density Functional Theory
N-heterocyclic Carbenes
Metal Nanoparticles
Sigma Donation
Pi Backbonding
Graduate Education

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Committee Members:

Gerald Knizia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Willis, Christopher

Title:

Constraining Sexual Violence: The Impact of Institutions, Norms, and Legitimacy

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Sexual Violence
Civil War
Security Forces
Rebel Groups
Civilian Victimization

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Committee Members:

Richard Felson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Lemke, Major Field Member
James Piazza, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cyanne Loyle, Major Field Member
Michael J Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Xiao, Xue

Title:

Essays on Commercial Real Estate

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Commercial Real Estate
Climate Risk
Mortgage
Lease
Space Market

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Liang Peng, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Brent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jiro Yoshida, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Navare, Sawali

Title:

Investigation of the impact of roasting conditions on in vitro phospholipase A2 enzyme inhibitory activity and content and profile of procyanidins in cocoa beans

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Cocoa
Proanthocyanidins
Superheated steam
LCMS
Vacuum roasting
cocoa roasting
Phospholipase A2

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Ryan Elias, Major Field Member
Ramaswamy Anantheswaran, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Demirci, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Major Field Member
Joshua Lambert, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Howerton, Emily

Title:

Quantitative Approaches to Improve the Management of Invasive Species and Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

uncertainty
outbreak management
multiple models

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Committee Members:

Ottar Bjornstad, Major Field Member
Tracy Langkilde, Chair of Committee
David Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Katriona Shea, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stewart, Bryn

Title:

From above and below: controls of external climate drivers and internal subsurface structure on catchment hydro-biogeochemistry

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

water quality
catchment
hydrology
biogeochemistry
reactive transport modeling
climate change
solute export
dissolved organic carbon
dissolved inorganic carbon

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Elizabeth Boyer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Li Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Major Field Member
Nathaniel Warner, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

A Fluorescence-Based Investigation into the Mechanisms of Biomimetic-Membrane Component Translocation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

chemotaxis
lipid flip-flop
membrane component translocation
microfluidics
lipid bilayer

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Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gilhuber, Christina

Title:

Home Literacy Experiences of Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum Growing up in Multilingual Contexts

Graduate Program:

Special Education (PHD)

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
multilingualism
literacy
preschool

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Committee Members:

P Murphy, Program Head/Chair
David Mcnaughton, Major Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mildred Boveda, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Geathers, Jasmine

Title:

Development of a Rapid and Clinically Relevant Model of AMD

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Hyperreflective Foci
AMD
R345W fibulin-3
Sodium Iodate
Retinal Degeneration

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Salvatore Stella, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
John Hulleman, Special Member
Vladimir Spiegelman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Connor, Dissertation Co-Advisor

Author:

Nagaraj, Gautam

Title:

The Stellar, Gas, and Dust Properties of 0.5 < z < 3 Emission-Line Galaxies

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

Galaxy evolution
Dust
SED Fitting
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling

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Committee Members:

Robin Ciardullo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Radice, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Major Field Member
William Brandt, Major Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Rieker, Jacob

Title:

Provoking the Genesis of a Teaching as Dialogic Mediation Instructional Stance: A Vygotskian Concept-Based Language Instructional Intervention

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Language Teacher Education
Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory
Concept-based Language Instruction
Perezhivanie
Language Teacher Cognition

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Committee Members:

Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Meredith Doran, Major Field Member
Karen Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Celeste Kinginger, Major Field Member

Author:

Somers, Alex

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Plasma Facing Component Wall Effects Using the Particle-Mesh, Material-Interaction Particle-In-Cell Code Package (PEMMICAN)

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computational Plasma Physics
Modeling and Simulation
PIC
Plasma-Material Interaction
Plasma Vapor Shielding
Particle-In-Cell

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Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William Walters, Major Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elia Merzari, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
George Larsen, Special Member
Holly Flynn, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Zheng

Title:

Understanding and Modeling of Drivers’ Decision-Making and Driving Performance under Driver-Automated Vehicle Interaction in Mixed Traffic

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Autonomous driving
Driver behavior
Human-automation interaction
Aggressive and risky driving

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Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Steven Landry, Major Field Member
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Yiqi Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Xue, Joanne

Title:

True or Performative CRM Initiative: A Matter of Perception in Search of CRM Authenticity

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management (PHD)

Keywords:

cause-related marketing
celebrity endorsement
hospitality management

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Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hubert Van Hoof, Major Field Member
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Broyles, Lauren

Title:

Hydroclimatic Risks for Household Water Insecurity and the Household Water-Food Nexus

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

household water insecurity
environmental seasonality
climate change
Bangladesh
extreme weather events

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Field Member
Emily Pakhtigian, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Asher Rosinger, Outside Field Member
Rachel Brennan, Co-Chair of Committee
Alfonso Mejia, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Swartzfager, John

Title:

Understanding how the Local Environment Influences the Optoelectronic Properties of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Organic Optoelectronics
Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Molecular Conformation

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Parsons, Matthew

Title:

The Impact of Low-Z Impurities on Tungsten Transport in the DIII-D Plasma Boundary

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Tungsten Transport
Tokamak Plasma
Scrape-off-Layer Physics

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Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jean Paul Allain, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Unit & Field Member
William Walters, Major Field Member
Federico Scurti, Major Field Member

Author:

Derstine, Nathan

Title:

The role and evolution of reproductive signals in bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

chemical ecology
signal evolution
Dufour's gland

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Stephen Schaeffer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Etya Amsalem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tanya Renner, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yan, Zetian

Title:

Functional inequalities on the Heisenberg group

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

CR Sobolev inequalities
CR trace Sobolev inequalities

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Committee Members:

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair
Alexei Novikov, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Case, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuxi Zheng, Major Field Member

Author:

Subbakrishna Adishesha, Amogh

Title:

Improving Usability of Noisy and Unstructured Biomedical Imaging and Healthcare Text Data Modalities

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Data Usability
Noise Removal
CT imaging
Histotomography
Micro CT
Angular Upsampling
Healthcare Text data
Healthcare topic modeling
Language Models

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Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
James Wang, Major Field Member
Sharon Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
Keith Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick La Riviere, Special Member

Author:

Han, Zhubing

Title:

Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Ferroelectric polymers
Piezoelectric polymers
PVDF
Dielectrics

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Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Qing Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Thiede, Elizabeth Ray

Title:

End-of-Life Health Disparities: Examining County-Level and Individual-Level Correlates of Hospice Care Availability and Quality

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

hospice quality
end-of-life care quality
palliative care
health disparities
healthcare disparities

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Committee Members:

Lisa Kitko, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Joel Segel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sheridan Miyamoto, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Judith E Hupcey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cifci, Muhammed

Title:

Large Language Models and the Political Economy of Globalization

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

political economy
economic globalization
political communication
text analysis

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Michael Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bumba Mukherjee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Burt Monroe, Major Field Member
Charles Seguin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Major Field Member

Author:

Valverde, Nancy

Title:

PROTEGIENDO LA RAZA: PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR LATINX EMERGING ADULTS WITH A HISTORY OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

ACEs
Latinx emerging adults
perceived stress
perceived social support
resiliency
depression
anxiety.

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Julia Green Bryan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Prosek, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristen Nadermann, Major Field Member
Alexis Santos, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Major Field Member

Author:

Kelliher, Julia

Title:

The Role of High-Density Lipoprotein Oxylipins in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Neuroinflammation

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Oxylipin
oxylipins
HDL
high density lipoprotein
MCI
mild cognitive impairment
dementia
Alzheimer's
AD
Alzheimers
Lipids
PUFA
Oxidized lipids
Cognitive Impairment
Inflammation
Neuroinflammation
Systemic inflammation
Acute inflammatory challenge

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Gregory Shearer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karolina Skibicka, Major Field Member
Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
Christopher Engeland, Outside Unit Member
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Field Member

Author:

Gupta, Arvind

Title:

Harnessing the Potential of Radial Velocity Exoplanet Surveys

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

exoplanets
radial velocity
spectrograph
fisher information
oscillations
stellar variability
survey

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Committee Members:

Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Ford, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bradford Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ian Czekala, Major Field Member

Author:

Rokni, Eric

Title:

The color Doppler ultrasound twinkling artifact on pathological mineralizations

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

Doppler ultrasound
twinkling artifact
pathological mineralizations
microbubbles
kidney stones

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Scott Medina, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julianna Simon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Richard Meyer, Major Field Member
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kalyanapuram, Nikhil

Title:

Prescriptive Unitarity and Rigidity at Two Loops

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

scattering amplitudes
quantum field theory
mathematical physics
elliptic functions

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Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Radu Roiban, Major Field Member
Nigel Higson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacob Bourjaily, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anna Stasto, Major Field Member

Author:

Gonzalez Santana, Judit

Title:

Remote Sensing Observations and Modeling of Volcano Flank Instability

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

InSAR
Time-series analysis
Numerical modeling
Volcano deformation
Flank instability
Satellite remote sensing

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Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Shaffer, Derek

Title:

Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Frasca, Terri

Title:

Can Women of Color "Just Say No"?: Reactions to Their Refusals of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Related Service Requests in Nonacademic Workplaces

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

diversity
equity
inclusion
service
gender
race
organization
culture
diversity
equity
inclusion
service
gender
race
organizations
cultures

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Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Stephanie A Shields, Special Member & Co-Dissertation Advisor
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Cook, Major Field Member
Jes Matsick, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Outside Field Member

Author:

Yu, Wan

Title:

The Collaboration Network of American and Korean Universities and Its Impact as A Case of the Globalization of Research Production, 1980-2011

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

South Korea
science production
research university
network analysis
STEM fields

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Committee Members:

Kelly Rosinger, Outside Field Member
Mimi Schaub, Major Field Member
David Baker, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonna Kulikowich, Outside Unit Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Quinones Valdivia, Fernando Ismael

Title:

Undocumented Times: Rhetorics of a Colonial Moment

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Pluriversal
Speech
Writing
Language
Immigration
Chihuahua
Modernity
Decolonial
Postcolonial
Anticolonial
Confinement
Solitude
Labyrinth
Tree
Bird
Aftertimes

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Committee Members:

Michele Kennerly, Major Field Member
Jeremy Engels, Major Field Member
Matthew Restall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Debbie Hawhee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fry, Aubrey

Title:

Field Strength Effect on the Elastoplastic and Mechanical Properties of Single Modifier Aluminoborosilicate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Glass
field strength
mechanical properties
elastoplastic properties
crack resistance
structure
aluminoborosilicate
glasses
compositional design
strength
toughness
fracture toughness
Young's modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cornelius, Jason

Title:

Mid-Fidelity Performance Analysis for Fixed-Pitch Speed-Controlled Multirotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Helicopter
Multirotor
CFD
Rotorcraft
High Performance Computing
GPU
Coaxial
Coaxial Rotor
Machine Learning
Surrogate Models
Dragonfly
Drone
UAS
Urban Air Mobility
Unmanned Aerial Systems
BEMT
Aerodynamics
Aircraft
C81 Tables
OVERFLOW
ARC2D
Airfoil Performance
NASA
Langley TDT
Langley 14-by 22-ft. Subsonic Tunnel Facility
Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel
Hybrid BEMT-URANS CFD
Linux Bash Scripting
GPU CFD Acceleration
Gaussian Process Regression
Neural Networks
Conceptual Design
Preliminary Design

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Haworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sven Schmitz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Jose Palacios, Major Field Member
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Larry Young, Special Signatory

Author:

Chen, Jin

Title:

Exemplifying Risks in Health News: The Interplay of Social Identity and Objective Risk

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

emotions
identification
stereotype content model
risk perception
mental health
exemplars

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Shannon Cruz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Major Field Member

Author:

Fernández, Margarita

Title:

Impacts of anthropic disturbance on microarthropods: implications for sustainable management in Patagonian woodlands

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

Patagonia
microarthropods
woodlands
sustainable management
anthropic disturbance

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Committee Members:

Jared Gregory Ali, Program Head/Chair
Margot Kaye, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laura Leites, Major Field Member
David Eissenstat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Tooker, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi, Special Member

Author:

Giri, Sagun

Title:

Supporting Novice Youth Learners’ Coding and Computational Thinking through Productive Failure-Based Debugging and Troubleshooting Activities

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Productive Failure
Debugging
Computational Concepts
Coding
Remote Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ty Hollett, Major Field Member
Craig Campbell, Outside Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Safsten, Clarke

Title:

Stability in Deep Learning and Cell Motion

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

free boundary
deep neural network
stability
partial differential equations
keratocyte

File:

Download Alex_Safsten_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Major Field Member
Leonid Berlyand, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Field Member

Author:

Hao, Qiang

Title:

Three Essays on the Health Economics of Overtreatment of Thyroid Cancer

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Overtreatment
Hemithyroidectomy
Total thyroidectomy
Surgical Outcomes
Cost-effectiveness

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Committee Members:

Chris Hollenbeak, Program Head/Chair
David Vanness, Major Field Member
Chan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chris Hollenbeak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joel Segel, Major Field Member

Author:

Oh, Soojin

Title:

DO THEY SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE? AN OBSERVER-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE FEMALE LEADERSHIP (DIS)ADVANTAGE

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Gender
Leadership
Stereotype
Motivated Cognition

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Committee Members:

Vilmos Misangyi, Major Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Humphrey, Major Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carolyn Dang, Major Field Member

Author:

Cosgrove, Abigail

Title:

How Aging Shapes Semantic Memory: Exploring the Relationships between Language Abilities, Network Construction, and Word Characteristics on the Structure of Semantic Networks in Younger and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Aging
Semantic Memory
Network Science

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Roger Beaty, Major Field Member
Michele Diaz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet van Hell, Major Field Member

Author:

Kang, Jee Eun

Title:

Short-term and Long-term Associations between Loneliness and Cognitive Functioning across the Adult Life Span

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Loneliness
cognition
Ecological momentary assessment
Cognitive aging
Chronic loneliness
State loneliness

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Committee Members:

David Almeida, Major Field Member
Lynn Martire, Major Field Member
Marty Sliwinski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heidemarie Laurent, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies