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Author:

Smith, Hillary

Title:

Exploring the Grayness at the Origin of Life and a Perspective on the Potential Use of Wastewater in Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Origin of life
Astrobiology
Prebiotic evolution
Meteoritic organics
pre-RNAs
Metalloenzymes
Thioesters
Lipids
Evolutionary transitions
Space exploration
Astronaut nutrition
Single cell protein
Microbial co-culture
Wastewater recycling
Agnostic biosignatures

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Mary

Title:

Characterizing the s-type bacteriocin repertoires in Pseudomonas syringae

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

S-type Bacteriocin
Bacteriocin
Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial Competition
phyllosphere

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Loren Hockett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Caeden

Title:

Noninvasive Tracking of Solidification Using Ultrasound

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Mushy Zone
Reflection
Matching Layer
Acoustic
Casting
Solidification
Wax
Metal
Front Tracking

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Committee Members:

Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Kube, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Julianna Simon, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Carli

Title:

The Dependence of Plasma Exposure Conditions on Hydrogen Retention in Dispersion-strengthened Tungsten Materials

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

plasma-facing components
tungsten
deuterium retention
fusion energy
plasma-material interactions
dispersion-strengthened tungsten
thermal desorption spectroscopy
scanning electron microscopy
x-ray photoelectron microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Xing Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Nieto, Committee Member
Dipanjan Pan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Smith, Grace

Title:

Moderate Alcohol Consumption Induces Lasting Impacts on Prefrontal Cortical Signaling

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

prefrontal cortex
alcohol
binge drinking
Alzheimer's Disease
electrophysiology

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Committee Members:

Nikki Crowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Anne Proctor, Committee Member