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Author:

Gomez Sanchez, Michael Josue

Title:

Resilience, Vulnerability, and Fragility of the United States Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Resilience
Supply chain
Food systems
Network cascade model
Input-Output model
Food security

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Outside Field Member
James Shortle, Outside Unit Member
Alfonso Mejia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Caitlin Grady, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Fangcao

Title:

Multi-Geometry Atmospheric Correction and Target Spectra Retrieval from Hyperspectral Images via Deep Learning

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

hyperspectral image
Longwave Infrared
Visible and Near Infrared
Atmospheric Correctioin
Target Detection
Deep Learning
Convolutional Neural Network

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Miller, Major Field Member
Guido Cervone, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Carleton, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cruz, Santina

Title:

Conduction Electron Spin Resonance of Small Metallic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

metallic nanoparticles
electron spin resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance
magnetic susceptibility
plasmon
morphology
ligands
electron paramagnetic resonance
Evans Method
conduction electron spin resonance
surface chemistry
solvent
electronic properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Mallouk, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Raymond Schaak, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
John Golbeck, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ye, Songtao

Title:

Developing and Employing the Environmental Sensitive Fluorophores for Protein Aggregation and Phase Separation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Environmental Sensitive Fluorophores
Protein Aggregation
Protein Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Multi-Layered Protein Droplets

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ying Gu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ganeshan, Karthik

Title:

Modeling and understanding surface/electrolyte interactions in MXene supercapacitors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Energy storage
Supercapacitors
ReaxFF
Atomic-scale simulations
Finite Element Method
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Rarefied flow
MXene
Birnessite
Nuclear Quantum Effects
Path-Integral Molecular Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
David Williams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Noor Elahi, Asim

Title:

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL STUDIES ON MODELING AND FABRICATION OF GALLIUM NITRIDE (GaN) BASED OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

GaN Optoelectronic devices
GaN microLED
Colorful microLED
GaN based Schottky Diode
GaN based MESFFET
Colloidal Quantum Dots
Nanoporous
Vertical GaN based MESFET
MESFET on LEDs
Schottky diodes on LEDs

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerzy Ruzyllo, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian hsu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Osama Awadelkarim, Major Field Member
Wenwu Cao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Garrett, Grant Robert

Title:

Experimental and Numerical Studies of the Droplet Sizes and Velocities near the Quench Front for Transient Reflood Conditions

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermal Hydraulics
Core Reflood
TRACE
Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis
Entrained Droplet Size Measurements
Entrained Droplet Velocity Measurements
Two-Phase Thermal Non-Equilibrium
Post-CHF Flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Justin Watson, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Outside Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elia Merzari, Outside Unit Member
Stphen Bajorek, Special Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan

Title:

MOCVD Synthesis and Doping of FRONT-END-OF-LINE (FEOL) and BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) Compatible Two-Dimensional WSe2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
2D materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
TMDCs
Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVD
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
Doping
WSe2
Rhenium doping
Vanadium doping
Front-end-of-line compatible
Back-end-of-line compatible
Re-WSe2
V-WSe2

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Duan, Qiuhua

Title:

Energy Performance Analysis of Photothermal Building Windows

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

building windows
solar infrared radiation
thermodynamics
condensation
low-e coating
energy performance

File:

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Committee Members:

Ali Memari, Major Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Major Field Member
Julian Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sez Atamturktur, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Huaibin

Title:

Different layered materials for anion or cation uptake by ion exchange

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Layered double hydroxide
Nickel-Zinc layered phase
SnP
ZrP

File:

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Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Dinesh Agrawal, Outside Field Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yin, Xinyang

Title:

Hierarchical metal-organic frameworks and membranes for energy-related separations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hierarchical MOF
MOF
morphology control
gas separation
liquid separation
pore environment

File:

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Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

ON COUPLED FLUID FLOW AND GEOMECHANICS MODELING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL WELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Flowback
dfit
diagonostic fracture injection test
infill well
parent well
Fracture driven interaction
FDI
Fracture closure

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major & Minor Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Boghossian, Mirna

Title:

The Economic Consequences of Supplier of the Year Awards

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

supplier awards
best suppliers
supplier of the year
proprietary costs
economic consequences of voluntary disclosures
proprietary information
supplier identity
supply chain
costs and benefits
costs and benefits of proprietary information

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura Wellman, Major Field Member
Samuel Bonsall, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Saltarella, Michael

Title:

From Industrial Wasteland to Italian Garden: Peter and Anneliese Latzes' Approach to Postindustrial Landscapes and the Grotesque Language of Bomarzo

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Peter Latz
Bomarzo
Postindustrial Landscapes
Grotesque
Italian Gardens
Anneliese Latz

File:

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Committee Members:

Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair
Paul Daniel Marriott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Rae Costanzo, Committee Member
Peter Aeschbacher, Committee Member

Author:

Murphy, Sam

Title:

Simulating Complex CO2 Background Conditions for Indianapolis, IN, with a Simple Ecosystem CO2 Flux Model

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

land-atmosphere interactions
ecosystem modeling
atmospheric boundary layer
eddy covariance
carbon cycle
urban greenhouse gas
carbon dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth James Davis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Natasha Lynn Miles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member

Author:

Crouch, Uma

Title:

Hidden in the Weeds: Verticillium dahliae Kleb. molecular detection in the symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts of potato agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

Verticillium dahliae
Potato
Weeds
Endophyte
Clonal Lineages
VCGs

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Committee Members:

Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
Sharifa G Crandall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Lowry, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member

Author:

Bashir, Aamer

Title:

Conceptual Study of a Calibrated Radon Source and a Portable Radon Detector

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Radon Detection
Alpha Particle Detector
Photodiode Amplifier

File:

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Committee Members:

Dipanjan Pan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Marek Flaska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member

Author:

Spearly, Katie

Title:

Doing Fine or In Decline? A Look at Housing in the Historic Rust Belt Region

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

housing
rust belt
socioeconomic status
wealth inequality
housing inequality
population decline
economic decline

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Yabiku, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member

Author:

Sizer, Jackson

Title:

RoachRunner: A Design Methodology For A Novel Insect-Scale Instrumented Treadmill

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

force treadmill
hexapod
cockroach
adaptive control
terrestrial locomotion
mechatronics
Insect Gait
Force Treadmill
Hexapod
Cockroach
Adaptive Control
Terrestrial Locomotion
Robotics
Mechatronics

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Committee Members:

Jean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Boynton, Karen

Title:

LGBTQ+ Identity Disclosures in the Workplace: Exploring the Relationships Between Organizational Support, Interpersonal Justice, and Intention to Quit

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

self disclosure
workplace
LGBTQ+ identity
identity disclosure
organizational support

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Brian Manata, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Dillard, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member

Author:

Chidekel, Philip

Title:

The Performance of a Competition Sailplane with Variable-Toe Winglets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sailplane
winglets
variable geometry

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James George Coder, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Gobel, Trenton

Title:

An Explicit Construction of Optimized Interpolation Points on the 4-Simplex

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Interpolation
space-time
four dimensions
finite element methods
Lebesgue constant
symmetry
Interpolation
Spacetime
four dimensions
finite element methods
Lebesgue Constant
Symmetry

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Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
David M Williams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Grauer, Committee Member

Author:

Houston, Ezra

Title:

HABITAT MODELING OF GOLDENSEAL (HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L.) AND RAMPS (ALLIUM TRICOCCUM AIT.): IMPLICATIONS FOR IN SITU CONSERVATION AND GUIDANCE FOR FOREST CULTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Species distribution modeling
Maxent
habitat suitability
indicator species
forest community types

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Paul Burkhart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member
Patrick Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xin Chen, Committee Member
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Walz, Kirstin

Title:

Study of Utilizing Induction Heating to Modulate the Burning Rate of Solid Fuels and Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Burning Rate
Induction Heating
Sold Fuel
Solid Propellant

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Karli, Geoffrey

Title:

Development and Testing of a Full Scale eVTOL Rotor Test Stand

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

eVTOL
icing
rotorcraft
helicopter
wind tunnel
experimental
AERTS

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Miller, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

Author:

Russ, Chelsea

Title:

Barriers and Opportunities in Implementing Natural and Nature-based Features for Adaptive Coastal Resilience

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Natural and Nature-Based Features
Nature-Based Solutions
Coastal Resilience
Adaptation
Climate Change
Mitigation

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Committee Members:

Peter Stempel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andy Cole, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Paul Mainzer, Committee Member
Trevor Birkenholtz, Committee Member

Author:

Crognale, Michael

Title:

Formation and Transport of Large Oil-Mineral Aggregates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

oil-mineral aggregate
particle-laden flow
aggregation

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Committee Members:

Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Grauer, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Arguijo, Juan

Title:

Vision system for the detection of apples in the green fruit stage

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

apple
green fruit
vision system
machine learning
detections

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Heinz Heinemann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long He, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Shirin Ghatrehsamani, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member

Author:

Vogel, Elisa

Title:

'Hears' the thing: A meta-analytic systematic review of the effects perceived listening

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

listening
meta-analysis
attitude change
organizational behavior

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Committee Members:

John W Gastil, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Dillard, Committee Member
Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Shannon Cruz, Committee Member

Author:

Brundage, Amanda

Title:

The Effects of Incubation, Presented Examples, and Working Memory Capacity on Design Fixation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Engineering Design
Fixation
Fixation Stimuli
Working Memory Capacity
Incubation

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Committee Members:

Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jablokow, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Perkinson, Kyle

Title:

Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Applications to Capture the Flag-Style Scenarios

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Roan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfred Scott Lewis, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Sara B Noss, Committee Member

Author:

Nachnani, Rahul

Title:

Weeding out the truth: Cannabinoid Pharmacology, Risks and Benefits

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

THC
CBD
CBG
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
cannabinoid
cannabis
clinical pharmacology
chronic use
physiology
pharmacokinetics
pharmacodynamics
drug-drug interactions
cisplatin-induced neuropathy
analgesia
cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
CHS
hypophosphatemia
cannabigerol
cannabidiol
delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol

File:

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Committee Members:

Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Andras Hajnal, Outside Unit Member
Erika F H Saunders, Outside Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Major Field Member
Kent Vrana, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patricia Grigson Kennedy, Major Field Member

Author:

Park, Mingean

Title:

POLICY AND POPULATION: INSTITUTIONS AND FERTILITY BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Public Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Population Policy
Family Policy
Fertility Behavior
Birth Rate
Pregnancy
Abortion Bans
Policy Bundles
Polycentricity
Causal Inference
Spatiotemporal Models

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Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Shugo Shinohara, Special Member
Lilliard Richardson, Outside Unit Member
Sungwoog Choi, Outside Field Member
Younhee Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dan Mallinson, Major Field Member

Author:

Baxter, Ryan

Title:

Multi-Scalar Drivers and Patterns of Abandoned Cropland in the United States: Implications for Renewable Energy

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

Energy
Landuse
Landscape
GIS
Cropland
Landscape Ecology
Agriculture
Geography
Spatial Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Tom Richard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Miller, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Helen Greatrex, Major Field Member

Author:

Sadique, Farhan

Title:

Exploration of salesperson competencies for customer engagement in selected home improvement retail organizations in the USA

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Salesperson
Competencies
Delphi
Customer Engagement
USA
Home Improvement
competency framework for salesperson
competency inventory
Retail Organization
Workforce Education and Development

File:

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Committee Members:

Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
William Rothwell, Major Field Member
Mark Threeton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Parasrampuria, Harshita

Title:

Developing a Scheduling System for a Shared Resource for a Synchronous Line using Discrete Event Simulation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Synchronous Lines
Discrete Event Simulation
Resource Scheduling
Downtime
Crane
Scheduling System
Statistical Analysis
Simio
Failures

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Committee Members:

Russell Richard Barton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Harmonosky, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rademacher, Emily

Title:

Enhancing Pellet Quality and Return on Investment for Small Hop Enterprises in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

hops
pellet
techno-economic analysis
TEA
pelleting

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Committee Members:

Juliana Vasco-Correa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member

Author:

Fickett, Meghan

Title:

Monitoring Across Human-Autonomy Teams in Advanced Air Mobility Operations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Human Factors
Human-Autonomy Teaming
Monitoring
Advanced Air Mobility
Automation
Aviation
Distributed Team

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Committee Members:

Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Saxena, Manan

Title:

Scalable Bayesian Inference for Generalized Multivariate Dynamic Linear Models

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Bayesian Statistics
Multinomial Time Series
Generalized Multivariate Dynamic Linear Models
Optimization
Microbiome

File:

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Committee Members:

Justin Silverman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Romit Maulik, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Aron Laszka, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Jiwoo

Title:

Modal Analysis of Spatiotemporal Data via Multivariate Gaussian Process Regression

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Modal analysis
Gaussian process
System identification
Correlation

File:

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Committee Members:

Daning Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Aguilar, Morris

Title:

“Omics of Disease”: Automation, Weaving, and Capturing

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Multi-Omic Analysis
Genomics
Metabolomics
Small RNA
Precision Medicine
Bioinformatics
Disease Pathogenesis
Biomarker Discovery
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Computational Biology
Cardiovascular Disease

File:

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Committee Members:

David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Patterson, Major Field Member
Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Broach, Major Field Member
Dokyoon Kim, Special Member
Molly Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rusk, Zane

Title:

Perceptual and Quantitative Comparison of Headphone-Based Spatial Audio Techniques With Applications in Spatial Enhancement of Music and Binaural Panning

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

virtual acoustics
acoustics
spatial audio
3D audio
3D sound
surround sound
audio
audio signal processing
binaural rendering
panning
perceptual evaluation
listening tests

File:

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Dorukalp Durmus, Major Field Member
John Messner, Major Field Member
Michelle Vigeant-Haas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Victor Sparrow, Minor Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Roths, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Sankhe, Chinmay

Title:

Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition via Matrix Stiffness and Histone Methyltransferases

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hyaluronic acid
atomic force microscopy
cytoskeleton
integrin-linked kinase
apoptosis
hydrogels
Hyaluronic Acid
Atomic Force Microscopy
Cytoskeleton
Apoptosis
Hydrogels
epigenetics
H3K9Me2
chromatin
Hippo Signaling
nuclear localization
biosensor

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Esther Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Major Field Member
Sergei Grigoryev, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hernandez Bejarano, Manuel

Title:

Density estimation for some semiparametric models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Density estimation
Functional convergence
Nonparametric kernel den- sity estimator
Nonparametric regression
Specification testing
Density estimation
Functional convergence
Nonparametric kernel density estimator
Nonparametric regression
Specification testing
ARCH models
Quantile regression

File:

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lingzhou Xue, Major Field Member
Andres Aradillas-Lopez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Major Field Member

Author:

Jiang, Panwei

Title:

Multi-scale computational modeling of the effects of defects and microstructural anomalies on mechanical response of parts resulting from additive manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Crystal plasticity model
Fatigue Indicator Parameter
DAMASK
Microstructure-sensitive
Lattice strutcture
Gibson-Ashby model
Texture
Grain morphology

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Saurabh Basu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Major Field Member
Darren Pagan, Major Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit Member
Ed De Meter, Outside Field Member

Author:

Xu, Cheng

Title:

Systematic dissection of sequence features affecting the binding spcificity of a pioneer factor

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Gene regulation
Transcription factor
Pioneer factor
Binding specificity
synthetic oligonucleotide library
FOXA1
AP-1
TF cooperativity
ChIP-ISO

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
Shaun Mahony, Major Field Member
Lu Bai, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kumar, Pavan

Title:

SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SINGLE-PHASE THERMAL CONDUCTION AND STRESS PROBLEMS OF FINITE-DOMAIN SLAB AND CYLINDER WITH A GROWING OR RECEDING BOUNDARY

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Moving Boundary Problem
Thermal Conduction
Semi-Analytical Solution
Finite Element Analysis
Laplace Transform
Inverse Problems
Additive Manufacturing

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Kube, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alok Sinha, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Kennedy, Megan

Title:

Gender, Identity and Candidate Quality in Statewide Elections

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Gender
Statewide Elections
Executive Office
Legislative Office
Judicial Office

File:

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Committee Members:

Lee Banaszak, Program Head/Chair
Michael Nelson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lee Banaszak, Co-Chair of Committee
Melissa Wright, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Major Field Member

Author:

Andersen Tuttle, Karlin

Title:

Your Trusted Friend: Untold Histories of Five Christian Women's Magazines, 1974-2023

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Christian women's magazines
women's magazines
Brio Magazine
Daughters of Sarah
Just Between Us
Christian Womanhood

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
James Risley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matt Tierney, Outside Field Member
Cathleen Cahill, Outside Unit Member
Matt McAllister, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Sara Liao, Major Field Member

Author:

Gharpure, Akshay Pradip

Title:

GRAPHITIZATION SYNERGIES BETWEEN COAL TAR PITCH, WASTE PLASTICS AND GRAPHENE FORMS: A STUDY OF MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS CONDITIONS AND CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Graphitization
Carbon Materials
Characterization
Pitch
Waste Plastics
Upcycling
Graphene
Graphene Oxide
TEM
XRD
Raman Spectroscopy
FTIR
Crystallite Size
Nanostructure
TGA DSC
Mesophase

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Sarma Pisupati, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Barbara Arnold, Major Field Member