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Author:

Wei, Hongxu

Title:

Equilibrium Models of the Limit Order Book

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Limit Order Book
Nash equilibrium
Repeated game
Infinite time horizon
Informed agents

File:

Download HongxuWei-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Iouri Soukhov, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Program Head/Chair
Alberto Bressan, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Miller, Jennifer Renee

Title:

Directed Self-Assembly of Disordered Media Towards Optical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Particle assembly
Lensless imaging
Random laser
Scattering
Electric fields
Particle synthesis
Directed self-assembly
Electrodeposition
Dielectrophoresis
Electro-orientation
Polarization
Disordered optics
Hybrid particles
Quantum dots
Tunable materials
Switchable functionality

File:

Download Thesis_JRM_7.14.21_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Blanke, Emily

Title:

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels and the Disruption of Gastric Vagal Afferent Signaling after Spinal Cord Injury

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

Spinal Cord Injury
Gastric neurons
Whole-cell patch-clamp
Voltage-gated Na+ channels
SCI
NaV
visceral afferent
vagus
vagal afferent
nodose ganglia
NG

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Arnold, Major Field Member
Salvatore Stella, Major Field Member
Andras Hajnal, Major Field Member
Gregory Holmes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Benson, Lizbeth Erin

Title:

Affect and physical activity dynamics in daily life and development across the adult life span

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

regulatory strength
wearable device
intensive longitudinal data analysis
daily diary
intraindividual change
emotion regulation
healthy aging

File:

Download BensonDissertationRevisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
David Conroy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair
Nilam Ram, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Darling, Albert

Title:

Engineering Nanostructured Inorganic Materials and Nanoscale Stabilized Structural Features for Heterogeneous Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Nitroarene Hydrogenation
Catalysis
High Entropy Alloys
Bulk-Immiscible Alloys
Heterogeneous Catalysis

File:

Download Albert_Darling_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Henderson, Cory

Title:

Arboviral Infection Dynamics and Evolutionary Genetics of Mosquito Vectors

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Mosquito
Virus
Mayaro
Zika
Anopheles
Aedes
Genomes
Transcriptomics
RNAi
siRNA
piRNA
Toll Pathway
Apoptosis

File:

Download thesis-submissionVersion-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair of Committee
Jason Rasgon, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Erickson, Emily

Title:

The interactions between ornamental flowering plants and pollinator communities

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

Pollinators
Ornamental Flowers
Plant-Pollinator
Floral Traits
Plant-Pollinator Networks

File:

Download Erickson_dissertation_final061021PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Major Field Member
Harland Patch, Major Field Member
Christina Grozinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Claude Depamphilis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jared Ali, Major Field Member

Author:

Wang, Jue

Title:

Rural Girls' Performances through Literacy: Reconceptualizing Rural Chinese Literate Girlhoods

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

ethnic minority
literacy
rurality
girlhood
emerging identities

File:

Download JueWang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zerbe, Ellen

Title:

Investigating the Formation of Engineers and the Future Professoriate: Linking Writing Approaches and Attitudes to Doctoral Thriving, Persistence, and Attrition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Engineering Education
Graduate Students
Qualitative
Quantititative
Writing
Professional Skills
Thriving

File:

Download Ellen_Zerbe_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris McComb, Outside Field Member
Eric Marsh, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Menold, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Cheng Yu

Title:

Light scattering for optical and photonic applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

scattering
ultrafast imaging
random laser
lensless imaging
metasurface
droplet laser

File:

Download thesisV6_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Outside Unit & Field Member
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cloutier, Mara

Title:

Toward Understanding the Impact of Management Practices on Soil Microbial Nitrogen Dynamics in Agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

microbial ecology
denitrification
tillage
residue management
soil health
conservation management
microbiomes
nitrogen cycle
denitrifier
rhizosphere

File:

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Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Jay Regan, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Outside Unit Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Song, Fan

Title:

Unveiling Structural Variation: Detection, Characterization, Phasing, and Its Role In 3D Genome Reorganization in Cancer

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Structural Variation
Chromatin Structure
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Epigenomics
Hi-C
DNA methylation
Histone modification

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_May_2021_Fan_Song_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhonghua Gao, Major Field Member
Sinisa Dovat, Outside Unit & Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair
Shaun Mahony, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ross Hardison, Major Field Member
Feng Yue, Special Member

Author:

Biswas, Arani

Title:

Mechanocmicheal Pathways Towards Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanothreads

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nanothreads
high pressure
solid state chemistry
high pressure chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Heaney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Miriam Freedman, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Pan

Title:

Rapid maneuvers in insects and hummingbirds and their applications to robots

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

inverted landing
visual mediation
rotational maneuvers
neural delay
biomechanics
bio-inspired robotics
neural delays
biomechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Pan_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Choi, Junghee Hee

Title:

The Impact of State Appropriations on Curricular Change at Public Colleges and Universities

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Higher education finance
State appropriations
Curricular change

File:

Download Choi_dissertation_rv1.pdf

Committee Members:

John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Karly Ford, Major Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Wrenn, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Alqahtani, Mona A

Title:

Collaborative Creativity and the Development of Ideas

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Collaboration
creativity
design education
collaborative learning
socioemotional
sociocognitive
learning design
CSCL
idea development

File:

Download M_AlQahtani_Collaborative_Creativity_and_the_Development_of_Ideas_8-5-2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcela Borge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Major Field Member
Tyler Hollett, Major Field Member
Susan Mohammed, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, He

Title:

Parameter Estimation Using Linear Response Statistics

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Parameter Estimation
Linear Response Theory
Kernel Embedding
Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Missing Dynamics

File:

Download thesis_with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Carina Curto, Program Head/Chair
William Noid, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Harlim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anna Mazzucato, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Penrod, Katheryn Anne

Title:

Developing eReaxFF Force Fields for Peroxide and Radical Chemistry in the Contexts of Polymer Dielectric Breakdown and Oxidative Damage Induced by Reactive Oxygen Species

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
eReaxFF
MD
polymer
dielectric
power cable
ROS
DNA
oxidation
redox
radical
peroxide
chemistry
simulation

File:

Download KAP_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Gerald Knizia, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Ryan, Patrick

Title:

Examining between and within-person relationships between parasympathetic nervous system activity and cognitive regulation: Effects of task type and range correction

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Parasympathetic nervous system
heart rate variability
cognitive regulation
anagrams task

File:

Download Ryan_Patrick_Dissertation_HDFS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Outside Field Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Unit Member
Nilam Ram, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gravener, Michelle

Title:

The Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Grapheme-Color Synesthesia

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

multisensory
grapheme-color
cross-activation
disinhibited feedback
conceptual mediation
multivariate pattern analysis
representational similarity analysis
repetition suppression
perceptual dissimilarity
functional magnetic resonance imaging

File:

Download Dissertation_MG2.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishnankutty Sathian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasanna Karunanayaka, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Eslinger, Major Field Member
Patricia Grigson Kennedy, Major Field Member
Andrew Geronimo, Major Field Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Van Every, Hannah Leigh

Title:

Dietary and metabolic factors and rheumatoid arthritis risk

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

rheumatoid arthritis
epidemiology
nutrition
inflammation

File:

Download VanEvery_PhD_thesis_draft_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Singh, Major Field Member
Penny Kris-Etherton, Major Field Member
Xiang Gao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Le Bao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nancy Olsen, Special Member
Gregory C Shearer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

McGuire, Daniel

Title:

Methods for assessing replicability in GWAS and analyzing large-scale Electronic Health Record datasets.

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics (PHD)

Keywords:

replicability
GWAMA
GWAS
EHR
mixed-model
mixture-model
spatial random effects
pollution
PheWAS
heritability
family study
meta-analysis
variance components
two-level mixture model
random effects

File:

Download DanMcGuire_dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Berg, Program Head/Chair
Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qunhua Li, Outside Unit Member
Arthur Berg, Major Field Member
John Elfar, Outside Field Member

Author:

Tsuji, Kosuke

Title:

Exploration of the Cold Sintering Process for the Functional Metal Oxide Electroceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Sintering
Ceramics
Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectrics

File:

Download PhD_dissartation_final_KT_20211104.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Garza, Angela

Title:

INTEGRATING OPTIMIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AGENT BASED MODELING FOR OPTIMAL WORKFORCE PLANNING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

agent-based modeling
workforce planning
system dynamics
multi-objective mathematical programming
artificial intelligence
optimization

File:

Download Garza_Final_Dissertation_20191205.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Dean Martin, Special Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Outside Member
Daniel A. Finke, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Anand, Priya

Title:

Leveraging Security Patterns To Address Security Vulnerabilities In Software Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Security Patterns
Vulnerability Scanning
Architectural Analysis

File:

Download dissertationReport_versionFinal_July72021.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Jungwoo Ryoo, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Rick Kazman, Special Member
Phillip Laplante, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Member Committee, Committee Member & Special Represent

Author:

Hu, Hanxiong

Title:

Multiple Electromagnetic Scattering within and Electrical Characterization of 3D-Printed Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electromagnetic scattering
additive manufacturing
microwave components
dielectric characterization

File:

Download Multiple_Electromagnetic_Scattering_within_and_Electrical_Characterization_of_3D_Printed_Dielectrics.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Sven Bilén, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Julaiti, Juxihong

Title:

Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Analysis

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

stochastic scheduling
job shop scheduling
optimal control
reinforcement learning

File:

Download Dissertation_Juxihong_Julaiti.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guodong Pang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Outside Member
Bicheng Chen, Special Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guodong Pang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bunn, Kevin

Title:

The Multi-Product Dynamic Lot Sizing Problem with Capacity Constraints

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Supply Chain
Optimization
Dynamic Programming
Lot Sizing
Lagrangian Relaxation

File:

Download Kevin_Bunn_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Jose Ventura, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saurabh Bansal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Vittaldas Prabhu, Major Field Member

Author:

Bansal, Anushka

Title:

METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF 3D AND 2D GROUP-III NITRIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
group III nitrides
2D materials
gallium nitride
boron nitride
2-dimensional gallium nitride
thin film deposition
semiconductor thin films

File:

Download Bansal_dissertation_08242021.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yehl, Christopher

Title:

The Novel Exploration And Development of Single-use, Single-pass Continuous Downstream Bioprocessing Technologies Using Hollow Fiber Membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Biotherapeutics
Downstream Processing
Hollow Fibers
Continuous Processing
Single-use
Single-Pass
Ultrafiltration
Diafiltration
Countercurrent Dialysis
Monoclonal Antibodies
High Performance Countercurrent Membrane Purification
Hollow Fiber Characterization
Hollow Fiber Modification

File:

Download Dissertation_2021_11_05_CJY.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Esther Gomez, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Jensen, Matthew

Title:

Complex genetic interaction patterns determine the phenotypic trajectory of neurodevelopmental disorders

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Neurodevelopmental disorders
Copy-number variants
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Drosophila melanogaster
Whole genome sequencing
Network analysis

File:

Download Matthew_Jensen_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ross Hardison, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reka Albert, Major Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sessions, Deanna

Title:

Leveraging Data-Science and Convolutional Neural Networks for Active Feedback in Additive Manufacturing Processes for Electromagnetic Component Fabrication

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
origami
Machine learning
cross-domain analysis
manifold learning
Convolutional Neural Network

File:

Download SessionsDissertation2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Huff, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ram Narayanan, Major Field Member
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Philip Buskohl, Special Member

Author:

Chen, Yintong

Title:

Cell wall-related and biomechanics mechanisms in stomatal function and development

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Guard cell
Stomata
Plant cell wall
Cell biomechanics

File:

Download Yintong_Chen_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Assmann, Major Field Member
Daniel Cosgrove, Major Field Member
Charles Anderson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gabriele Monshausen, Major Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pravitra, Jintasit

Title:

Shipboard UAS Operations with Optimized Landing Trajectories

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

UAS
EiLQR
iLQR
DDP
shipboard landing
shipboard helicopter
GPU

File:

Download Ep_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Horn, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Major Field Member
Eric Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zarmehri, Sahar

Title:

Advances of Spatio-Temporal Models in Ecology: Applications in Landscape Genetics, Disease Spread, and Animal Movement

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Spatial statistics
Ecology
Landscape genetics
Spatiotemporal models
Disease spread
Bayesian non-parametric
Animal movement

File:

Download Zarmehri-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Ferrari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lin Lin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Murali Haran, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lee, Lu

Title:

Numerical Study on Fracture Sealing Capability of Lost Circulation Materials

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lost Circulation
Drilling
Particulate Flow
Numerical Simulation
Fracture Sealing

File:

Download Lu_LEE_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Cetnar, Daniel

Title:

Predicting Gene Expression For Robust Genetic System Design

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

mRNA
RNA Decay
NGS
Synthetic Biology
Gene Expression
RNase
Machine Learning
Modeling

File:

Download Daniel_Cetnar_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fagan, Abigail

Title:

Controlling Post-Synthetic Modifications of Nanoparticle Reagents Towards Increasing Material Complexity

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
post-synthetic modifications
hybrid nanoparticles
heterostructures
nanoparticle synthesis
cation exchange
seeded growth
phase transformation

File:

Download Abigail_M_Fagan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brown, Allison

Title:

UNDERSTANDING FLAVOR IN FINE OR FLAVOR THEOBROMA CACAO: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

fine or flavor cocoa
craft chocolate
Theobroma cacao
consumer choice
descriptive analysis
international development
human subjects
agriculture
chocolate
Honduras
value chain
supply chain
sensory evaluation
focus group
interview
qualitative

File:

Download Brown_Allison_Understanding_Flavor_in_Fine_or_Flavor_Theobroma_cacao_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Lambert, Major Field Member
Greg Ziegler, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Naz, Syeda

Title:

ESSAYS ON BIRTH SPACING AND FERTILITY IN SOUTH ASIA

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Fertility
Birth Spacing
Birth Interval
Family Planning
Reproductive Health
Demographic Methods
Causal Inference

File:

Download Dissertation_SN_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Shenk, Outside Field Member
Jeannette Rogowski, Major Field Member
Nancy Luke, Outside Unit Member
Yubraj Acharya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chris Hollenbeak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rork, Adam

Title:

Defensive Chemical Evolution in the Carabidae with an Emphasis on Formic Acid, Methacrylic Acid, and Benzoquinone-producing Taxa

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

Carabidae
Semiochemistry
Chemical defense
Morphology
Evolution
Exocrine glands

File:

Download Adam_M_Rork_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julie Urban, Major Field Member
Etya Amsalem, Major Field Member
Tanya Renner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Teng

Title:

Fast Charging of High-energy Lithium-ion Batteries via Thermal Stimulation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Li-ion battereis
fast charging
numerical model
heat transfer
lithium plating

File:

Download Dissertation_final_format_.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Serguei Lvov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christopher Rahn, Major Field Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Guo, Bin

Title:

Regulation of Ribosome Biogenesis and Skeletal Muscle Size Control

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

skeletal muscle
ribosome biogenesis

File:

Download Bin_Guo_963760487_Dissertation_20211116_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Gustavo Nader, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhi-Chun Lai, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nancy Williams, Major Field Member
David Proctor, Major Field Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peterson, Mallory

Title:

Leveraging Neural Imaging for the Management of Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

hydrocephalus
brain volume
machine learning
neural imaging

File:

Download Mallory_Peterson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Xuemei Huang, Major Field Member
Judith Todd Copley, Major Field Member
James Broach, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Harbaugh, Major Field Member
Steven Schiff, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vishal Monga, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Snyder, Angela

Title:

The Role of the BNST in Stress and Alcohol-Related Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

norepinephrine
CRF
corticotropin releasing factor
CRH
beta-adrenergic receptor
beta2-adrenergic receptor
alcohol use disorder
substance use disorder
stress
AUD
relapse
alcohol
alcohol use
corticotropin releasing hormone

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Graziane, Major Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Blaise Peterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair
Yuval Silberman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Soleymani, Sina

Title:

Physics and Applications of Exceptional Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

Exceptional Surfaces
Exceptional Points
Non-Hermitian Optics
Parity-Time symmetric Photonics

File:

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Committee Members:

Melik Demirel, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Field Member
Shengxi Huang, Outside Unit Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kate, Emily

Title:

BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS OF EPICLASSIC (A.D. 550-900) HILLTOP SETTLEMENTS FROM THE TULA REGION OF HIDALGO, MEXICO

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Cerro Magoni
La Mesa
Tula
Tula Grande
Isotope
Radiocarbon
Diet
Paleodiet
Coyotlatelco

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Gale Hirth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Robert Milner, Committee Member
Douglas Kennett, Special Member
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Outside Member
Mary Katherine Shenk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

He, Jingyang

Title:

Design and Discovery of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Crystals for Laser Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

nonlinear optics
second harmonic generation
nonlinear optical crystal
crystal synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

Author:

Yu, Mingzhao

Title:

Discriminative brain image analysis via geometrically inspired deep networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

neuroimaging
AI
hydrocephalus
attention regularization
brain volume estimation
ultrasound
CT
MRI
classification

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Mahanth Gowda, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Steven J. Schiff, Special Member
Vishal Monga, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Gudapati, Hemanth

Title:

Droplet-based bioprinting for craniomaxillofacial skin reconstruction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Protein Rheology
Protein Inkjet
Rodent Skin Reconstruction
Droplet-based Bioprinting
Microvalve-based Bioprinting
Collagen
Fibrinogen
Thrombin
Interfacial Rheology
3D Bioprinting
Craniomaxillofacial Tissue Reconstruction
Interfacial Protein Aggregation

File:

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Committee Members:

Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Larry Cheng, Committee Member
Justin Lee Brown, Outside Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiong, Yu

Title:

Vibroacoustics of Lightweight Structures with Embedded Acoustic Black Holes

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Vibroacoustics
Noise and Vibration Control
Acoustic Black Holes
Noise Reduction
Sound Transmission Loss
Structural Acoustics

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Major Field Member
John Fahnline, Outside Field Member
Edward Smith, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Conlon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Dan Russell, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Zhu, Jia

Title:

STRETCHABLE ANTENNAS AND RECTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND AMBIENT RF ENERGY HARVESTING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Stretchable wideband dipole antennas
Stretchable wideband rectennas
RF energy harvesting
Self-powered systems
Laser-induced graphene-based electronics
Structural design
Wavy serpentine networks

File:

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Committee Members:

Larry Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Jian Hsu, Committee Member

Author:

Mwangi, Margaret

Title:

Effects of Drought on Nomadic Pastoralism: Impacts and Adaptation among the Maasai of Kajiado District, Kenya

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Maasai
Kenya
Drought
Adaptations
Impacts
Climate Change
Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor & C Gregory Knight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Haoyang

Title:

Migration Status and Parent-Child Discrepancies in Educational Expectations: Does social capital matter?

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Educational Expectations
Parent-child Discrepancies
Social Capital
China
Urban-rural disparity

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Elyse Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Tirsch, Jonathan

Title:

Characterization of novel lanthanide binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

lanthanide
metallo protein
lanthanide binding protein

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Mingyao

Title:

Roles of Pramex1 and Pramel1 during spermatogenesis

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Schrecengost, Jonathon

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Chung, Taejung

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Food Microbiology
Food Safety
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus thuringiensis
Food borne pathogen

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Daily, Richard

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wang, Zhilong

Title:

Deep Learning for Security-oriented Program Analysis

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Software Security
Program Analysis
Binary Analysis

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Liang, Di

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

World Languages
Social Justice
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher Education

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Pearce, Victoria

Title:

Elucidating the Consequences of Dietary Sugar on Human Gut Commensal Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Bacteria
Gut Microbiota
Bacteroides
Bacterial Metabolism
Carbon Catabolite Repression

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kotikot, Susan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wan, Wan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Alioglu, Mecit Altan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kirk, Gerald

Title:

3D Printing of a Thermoset, Citrate Base Polymer

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kuhn, Madison

Title:

The contribution of dynamic neuroinflammatory states in Alzheimer’s disease

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhang, Wenhui

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Linux
Container
Security

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Adil, Nosherwan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Arya, Aditi

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Bujala, Bhanu Prakash

Title:

COMPRESSED-SENSING BASED MIMO-NOMA

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

SCMA
MIMO
Grant-free communications
Massive connectivity
Compressed-sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Chichester, Steven Andrew

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

online education
higher education
online learning
educational access
tuition revenue

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Schussheim, Daniel

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

Field-programmable gate array
laser
atomic physics

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Esmailian, Maryam

Title:

A Study Of Daylight Modeling Approaches Applied In LEED

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Daylight
LEED Daylight Credit
Simulation
Shading Devices

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Dannenberg, Samuel

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Contreras, Kaelie

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Dobry, Emily

Title:

Implications of the emerging pathogen Gnomoniopsis castaneae for domestic Fagaceae species

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (MS)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Colin, Anthony

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Banagere Manjunatha, Srikanth

Title:

Extreme Point Approach to Subset Selection and Data Augmentation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Data Augmentation
Convex hull
Isometric property
Classification task

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kania, Sarah

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hsieh-Feng, Vicki

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (MS)

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Li, Jiaxi

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Quartz
Contact Angle
Temperature
pH
Wettability

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Martin, Phillip

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Purushothaman, Indira

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

Diabetes
Ocular Surface Complications
Diabetic Keratopathy
OGF-OGFr Axis
Naltrexone

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Carter, Cam

Title:

Domain Contributions to TDP43 Aggregation and Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ott, Emily Jean

Title:

Factors that Influence Aerosol Particle Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Polymers
Size dependent morphology

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ssentongo, Paddy

Title:

Intersection of Childhood Undernutrition and Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology

Keywords:

Postinfectious hydrocephalus
Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
Childhood undernutrition
Global health
Remote sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kwon, Hyunguk

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

Download Dissertation_Hyunguk_Kwon.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Rodriguez, Rene

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

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

File:

Download RodriguezAstacio_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Xue, Yuan

Title:

Deep Generative Models for Medical Images and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Generative Models
Medical Image Analysis

File:

Download Deep_Generative_Models_for_Medical_Images_and_Beyond.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Lord, Robert William

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Nitride and Selenide Nanocrystals and Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

colloidal nanoparticles
inorganic materials
hybrid nanoparticles
synthesis
metastable crystal structure
nanomaterials

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad Delower

Title:

MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory

File:

Download MDHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tise, Joe Christopher

Title:

Adoption of Elaborative Interrogation by Lower-performing Biology Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Self-regulated learning
Elaborative interrogation
Learning strategies
Biology
Intervention

File:

Download Tise_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rayne Sperling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Zappe, Major Field Member
Peggy Van Meter, Major Field Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Davidson-Lowe, Elizabeth

Title:

Cascading Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses - Trends and Applications

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

mycorrhizal fungi
plant resistance
chemical ecology
insect behavior
cover crops
tri-trophic interactions
plant defense

File:

Download DavidsonLowe2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Major Field Member
John Tooker, Major Field Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Jared Ali, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Prabhu, Rohan

Title:

Encouraging Creativity through Design for Additive Manufacturing: An Investigation in Engineering Design Education

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
design for additive manufacturing
creativity
design education
engineering design
design tasks
motivation
complexity

File:

Download Prabhu_MEPhD_Dissertation_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Samuel Hunter, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Shrestha, Priyanka

Title:

FAMILY CAREGIVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF DELIRIUM IN CARING FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA: A QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

delirium
delirium superimposed on dementia
family caregiving
qualitative descriptive study
experiences
preferences

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_July_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Loeb, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Donna Fick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vural, Tugce

Title:

ESSAYS ON RETAIL OPERATIONS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Rational Inattention
Retail Operations
Assortment Optimization
Home-Try-On Retailers

File:

Download Tugce_Vural_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Acimovic, Major Field Member
V Guide, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Linderman, Major Field Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sergey Naumov, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Xiufan

Title:

Topics on power enhancement in high-dimensional hypothesis tests

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

power enhancement
high-dimensional tests
multi-factor pricing models
two-sample covariance tests
simultaneous tests

File:

Download Xiufan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Jingzhi Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jahn, Kalle He

Title:

Physical and chemical controls on subsurface contaminant fate and transport

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

groundwater
contaminant
transport
PFAS
nitrate
vadoze zone
modeling
Living Filter
Oxisol
perfluoroalkyl

File:

Download KJahn_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kate Freeman (she/her), Co-Chair of Committee
Roman DiBiase, Major Field Member
Demian Saffer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair