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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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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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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:

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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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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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:

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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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:

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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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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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:

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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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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