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Author:

Hanford, Amanda Danforth

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF ACOUSTICS PROBLEMS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Direct simulation monte carlo
knudsen number
relaxation
absorption
dispersion

File:

Download ADHanford-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Feri Farassat, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member

Author:

Dere, Ashlee Laura

Title:

Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Mine Soils Reclaimed with Poultry Manure

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

compost
switchgrass
revegetation
C:N ratios
phosphorus

File:

Download thesis_final_ashlee_dere.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jackson, Audrey L.

Title:

Let the Corporation Say Amen?: Role Definition and Negotiation of Chaplains in Corporate America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

corporate chaplaincy
religion in workplace
establishing presence
chaplains

File:

Download AJackson_CChapThesis_Master_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffery Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

May, Ashleigh L.

Title:

Individual and Family Level Correlates of Obesity Among African American Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

obesity
african american
adolescents
parents
feeding practices
time use
activities

File:

Download Dissertation_Graduate_School_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan M Mc Hale, Committee Member
Leann L Birch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emilie Smith, Committee Member
Dr. Molly A. Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Alissa Lynn

Title:

Farming Fuels: Searching for Rural Revitalization in an Agricultural Bioeconomy

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

public good
switchgrass
rural sociology
social impacts

File:

Download AM_DissertationFinal_11_21_08.pdf

Committee Members:

C Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Clare Hinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanoindentation
platinum

File:

Download Thesis_ARomasco_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coughlin, Andrew M

Title:

Contact Charge Blast Performance of Fiber Reinforced and Polyurea Coated Concrete Vehicle Barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fiber reinforced concrete
barrier
blast
concrete
polyurea

File:

Download CoughlinThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Schokker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kisselev, Alexei M.

Title:

Theoretical and Computer Simulation Insights into Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

solution thermodynamics
aqueous polymer solutions
copolymers
polymer systems
light-responsive
temperature-responsive
stimuli-responsive
phase diagrams
equation of state
hydrogen bonding
molecular dynamics

File:

Download Kisselev-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Leonid Berlyand, Committee Member

Author:

Mandell, Avram M.

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF CIRCUMSTELLAR GAS ON TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION: THEORY AND OBSERVATION

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

planet formation
habitable planets
astrobiology
circumstellar disks

File:

Download Mandell_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Mumma, Committee Member
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Amanda Michelle

Title:

Creating and Probing Molecular Assemblies for Single-Molecule Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy
single-molecule devices
oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)
molecular switch
capture surfaces

File:

Download Moore_thesis08.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member

Author:

REDDING, ADAM MICHAEL

Title:

EXAMINING GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER: ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS / PHARMACEUTICALS, METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER, AND BENZENE

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

benzene
MTBE
endocrine disruptors
activated carbon

File:

Download Master_Document_Final_July_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenbaum, Aaron Michael

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CONCUSSION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
mild Traumatic Brain Injury
adolescent risk behavior
concussion knowledge
concussion attitude
concussion attitudes
high school coaches

File:

Download Rosenbaum_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan

Title:

LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals

File:

Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sbaraglia, Andrew Michael

Title:

Accrual Information and Insider Trading: An Empirical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

insider trading
disclosure

File:

Download Sbaraglia_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven J Huddart, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven J Huddart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dan Givoly, Committee Member
Bin Ke, Committee Member
Herman J Bierens, Committee Member

Author:

Sims, Ashley

Title:

Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

consumer culture
Black identity
commodity fetishism
BET
television

File:

Download Fetishizing_Blackness_final_thesis_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Mc Allister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tannous, Albert

Title:

Side Channel Attack for Keystroke Logging

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

without root access
unprivileged
user level
xlookupstring
linux
keylogger
keylogging
password cracking
password guessing
timing attack
timing
side channel attack
side channel
keyboard mapping
keycode
keysym
keystroke
brute force

File:

Download Albert_Tannous_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Walker, Amber Marie

Title:

Convergence Communication Scale: Instrument Development and Theory Testing

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

meaning in communication
convergence communication

File:

Download Amber_Walker_Dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Miller Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Yake, Allison Mary

Title:

Assembly of Colloidal Particles via Site-Specific Functionalizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

aggregation
colloidal particle
functionalization
self-assembly

File:

Download yake_thesis_11-13-07_high_bw.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Dang Do, An Ngoc

Title:

The eIF2 alpha Kinases GCN2 and PERK Regulate Phosphorylation of TOR Target Proteins and Differential Translation of mRNAs

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

2
cycloheximide
4-di-tert-butylhydroquinone
translation initiation
translation elongation
eIF2
eIF2B
4E-BP1
GCN2
p70S6K1
PERK
TOR
methionine deprivation
leucine deprivation
polysome
microarray
QRT-PCR
histidinol
leucinol
sucrose gradient
atf4
atf5
slc3a2
slc3a3
trfr
ldlr
stch
hspa5
igfbp-2

File:

Download An_Do_thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Leonard Shelton Jefferson Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scot R Kimball, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Robert A Gabbay, Committee Member

Author:

Cirdi, Ayse Pamir

Title:

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

aquifer
reservoir
tarmat

File:

Download Ayse_Pamir_Cirdi_Master_of_Science_Thesis_PME.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor