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Author:

Dinunno, Nadia

Title:

overcoming limitations of Icosahedral reconstructions of viruses

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

structural biology

File:

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Committee Members:

Jianming Hu, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Aron Lukacher, Major Field Member
Matthew Swulius, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lynch, Danielle Monique

Title:

THE EXPLORATION OF BLACK MALE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS 2013-2023

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

critical race theory
public pedagogy
intersectionality
Black male professional athletes
social justice
activism
narrative
storytelling
qualitative
adult education
lifelong learning

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Committee Members:

Karin Sprow Forte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Zaborskis, Outside Field Member
Charles Kupfer, General Studies & Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kelly, Colin

Title:

NONUNIFORM APERTURE SAMPLING AND CENTER FREQUENCY RANDOMIZATION FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL RADAR IMAGING WITH SPARSE APERTURES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Synthetic Aperture Radar
3-D Radar Imaging
Sparse Apertures
Recursive Sidelobe Minimization
RSM-ACF
RSM
Ultra-Wideband Radar
Grating Lobe Suppression
Sidelobe Suppression

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven Bilén, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Phelan, Special Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Traian Dogaru, Special Member
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gencavage, Lisabeth Eames

Title:

Navigating Complexity: The Military Veteran Re-entry Experience into a Satisfying Civilian Career

Graduate Program:

Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

Veterans
Military Transition
Complexity Theory
Systems Theory
Successful Military Transitions
Adult Education
Self-directed Learning
Civilian Re-entry
Civilian Transition
Military Veterans
Post-911
Successful Veterans

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Kupfer, General Studies & Outside Field Member
Triparna Vasavada, Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karin Sprow Forte, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Tisdell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fernandez Flores, Miguel

Title:

Cosmic veiling and pre-inflationary initial conditions in R+R2 gravity

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

quantum gravity
inflation
cosmology

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Pang, Ren

Title:

Understanding and Mitigating Neural Backdoors

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

backdoor attack
deep learning
backdoor defense
AutoML
Neural Architecture Search

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiang Zhang, Major Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Ting Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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