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Author:

Falcone, Jay

Title:

The Etrusco-Italic Temple and Its Roman Legacy

Graduate Program:

Anthropology (MA)

Keywords:

Etruscan
Italy
Rome
Roman History
Etruscan History
Classical Studies
Classics
Architecture
Architectural History
Roman Architecture

File:

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Committee Members:

Jake Nabel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Doyle, Committee Member
Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaswal, Anshul

Title:

Conventional and Non-Conventional Control Systems Embedded in Programmable Logic Controllers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

PID
MPC
PLC
Stepper motor
Industrial automation
Position control

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Committee Members:

Ma'Moun Abdel Abu-Ayyad, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Banerjee, Committee Member
Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member

Author:

Findlay, Tristin

Title:

Experimental Equipment for Cement Plug Leakage and Proppant Transport

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Experimental Equipment
Construction
Petroleum Engineering
Proppant Transport
Oil Well Cement
Cement Leakage
Low Carbon Cement Evaluation
Deviated Gravel Pack
Slot Flow Apparatus
Cement Sulfate Resistance

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Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Wang, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Nerio, Seelan

Title:

Australian Nuclear Stewardship and Nuclear Powered Submarines

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Australian submarines
nuclear submarines
AUKUS
nuclear stewardship

File:

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Committee Members:

Marek Flaska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew David Zerphy, Committee Member
Dipanjan Pan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mannweiler, Morgan

Title:

Parent interactions during stem play linked with preschooler’s stem skills: direct and indirect pathways

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Preschool
Parenting
Early STEM Skills
Early Math Skills
Early Spatial Skills
Parent-child Relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn S. Liben, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Kristin Buss, Committee Member

Author:

Rohi Gal, Mostafa

Title:

Application of Unbleached and bleached modified low molecular weight kraft lignin as a biorenewable polymer for improving mechanical properties of 3D printing resin

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3D printing
Mechanical strength
Kraft lignin
Chemical modification

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Committee Members:

Stephen C Chmely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Go-Maro, Muriel

Title:

Positive Youth Development (PYD) in Africa: ​ A Case Study of 4-H Programming in Ghana and Liberia​

Graduate Program:

Education, Development, and Community Engagement (MS)

Keywords:

Positive Youth Development
Youth Engagement
African Youth
4-H
Global South
International Education
Ghana
Liberia
4-H Global Network

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lewis Bayly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Program Head/Chair
Nicole Webster, Committee Member

Author:

Khadirsharbiyani, Soheil

Title:

A Comprehensive Study of Thermal-Aware Data Placement in 3D DRAMs: The Role of Data Convection and GPU Integration

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3D Integrated Circuits
Temperature Optimization
Temperature Modelling
3D DRAM
Graphics processors
Data Placement
Thermal Issues

File:

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Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Loughran, Andrew

Title:

Development of a Validated Design Methodology for VTOL sUAS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

VTOL sUAS
VTOL
sUAS
Flight Testing
Design Methodology
Motor Testing
Design
Conceptual Design
Design Models

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chisale, Virginia Kapachika

Title:

Common bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.) Root traits as a tool for developing bean genotypes with superior adaptCOMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) ROOT PHENOTYPES AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPING BEAN GENOTYPES WITH SUPERIOR ADAPTATION TO LOW PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY AND DROUGHT

Graduate Program:

Horticulture (MS)

Keywords:

Phosphorus
Drought
common bean
Root phenotypes

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Program Head/Chair
David Robert Huff, Committee Member

Author:

Rendon, Jordan

Title:

Impact of Microphysical Parameterizations on Satellite All-Sky Infrared Data Assimilation and Practical Predictability of Hurricane Harvey (2017)

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Data Assimilation
Tropical Cyclone
Cloud Microphysics
Remote Sensing
Numerical Weather Prediction
Predictability
Meteorology
Infrared

File:

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Committee Members:

Yunji Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Xingchao Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Savaroliya, Mina

Title:

DATA-DRIVEN PRESERVATION: A VULNERABILITY AND STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AT FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rammed Earth Heritage Structures
Data-Driven Structural Assessment
Fort Union National Monument (FOUN)

File:

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Committee Members:

Rebecca Napolitano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan Levi Solnosky, Committee Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Thomas E Boothby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sarker, Md Arifur

Title:

Design and Implementation of an Optically Powered Ultrasonic Node for Structural Health Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Structural health monitoring
smart ultrasonic node
wavelength multiplexing
piezoelectric transducers
fiber optic sensors
discrete SHM

File:

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Committee Members:

Mehdi Kiani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Committee Member
John Doherty, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Subedi, Vijay

Title:

Influence of concept or semantic relation of items in remembering perceptual details

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Visual working memory
Chunking
Object Grouping
Visual details

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, 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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

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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:

Download Carter_Thesis_Final_Final.pdf

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:

Download Dissertation_Paddy_Ssentongo.pdf

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:

Download Hoelzel_Thesis-Final_V2.pdf

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