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Author:

Tong, Zhaoxue

Title:

Robust Techniques for High-dimensional Data: Modern Approaches and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

feature screening
false discovery rate control
robust regression
and precision matrix estimation
feature screening
false discovery rate control
robust regression
precision matrix estimation
heavy-tailed data
model-free
strong oracle property
winsorization

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Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Ming Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Choedup, Ugyan

Title:

TIBET’S WINDING ROAD: MODERNITY, NATIONALISM, AND UNSETTLED EXILE

Graduate Program:

History (PHD)

Keywords:

Tibet
Nationalism
Exile Tibetan
Colonialism
Colonial Modernity
Nation-building
China
The Dalai Lama

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Committee Members:

David Atwill, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jyoti Balachandran, Major Field Member
Greg Eghigian, Major Field Member
Shuang Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Dong Wan

Title:

Mechanisms of the Boreal Summer Circulation Trend Pattern and Extreme Surface Temperature

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Summer Circulation Dynamics
Extreme Surface Temperature
Long-term Trend

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Sukyoung Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Feldstein, Major Field Member
Andrew Carleton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laifang Li, Major Field Member

Author:

Agrawal, Sidharth

Title:

Longitudinal Analysis of Safety Performance in the Mining Industry at the intersection of Health and Safety Management System and Financial Performance

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mining
Health and Safety
Longitudinal analysis
Safety and Financial performance

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Major Field Member
Thomas Loughran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Special Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Major Field Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Ashish Kumar, Major Field Member

Author:

Stevens, Samantha

Title:

A Longitudinal Inquiry into Ph.D. Student Psychological Experiences: Threat Profiles, Social-Psychological Interventions, and Their Interactive Effects on Performance and Psychological Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

social belonging intervention
values affirmation intervention
latent class analysis
doctoral students
attrition
controlled field experiment

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Committee Members:

Jes Matsick, Major Field Member
Jonathan Cook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Dowd, Outside Unit & Field Member
James LeBreton, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dennis, Lauren

Title:

Systems-Level Analyses of Water and Energy Security in a Changing Climate

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Water Security
Energy Security
Hydropower
Network Science
Decision-Relevant Analysis
Climate Change
Systems Analysis

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit Member
Hannah Wiseman, Outside Field Member
Alfonso Mejia, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Caitlin Grady, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Bird, Sydney

Title:

Developing Molecular and Analytical Tools For the Evaluation of Mating Frequency in Social and Solitary Bees

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

mating frequency
bombus impatiens
eucera pruinosa
monandry

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Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Jill Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Becker, Chelsea

Title:

Evaluating the impact of pigs and pasture-based housing on growth, pork quality, and welfare of finishing hogs

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

Pork quality
Pasture management
Outdoor-based swine
Slaughter day stress

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Hines, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Kathy Soder, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Alexander

Title:

Impacts of Sodium Chloride on Nutrient, Heavy Metals, and Total Suspended Solids Removal by Bioretention Mesocosms with Varied Vegetation and Saturation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioretention
deicing salt
stormwater
green infrastructure
bioinfiltration
heavy metals
nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
copper
zinc
stormwater control measure
best management practice
sediment
internal water storage
vegetation
removal efficiency
water quality
loading
urban
runoff
nonpoint pollution

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Committee Member

Author:

Beck-Horton, Cordelia

Title:

Photochemical C–H Heteroarylation of Unfunctionalized Aromatic N–Heterocycles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Photochemistry
C-H functionalization
Heterobiaryl

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Committee Members:

Eric Nacsa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kuo, Committee Member

Author:

Giraldo Ceron, Luis

Title:

Insect-feeding traces in Eucalyptus leaves from the Eocene of Patagonia and their biogeographic connections to modern-day Australia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
leaf mining
Patagonia
Myrtaceae

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Yilu

Title:

Deviant Behavior Analysis of 5G Core Network Implementations

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
Core Network
Cellular
Software Testing
Security

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Committee Members:

Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
G. Gary Tan, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Tao Wan, Special Signatory

Author:

Lesko, Elizabeth

Title:

An Investigation of the Spontaneous Regression of Chemically-Induced Neoplastic Skin Lesions in Mice Lacking Autoimmune Regulator

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

Autoimmune Regulator
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Mouse model
Cancer
Regression
Chemical carcinogenesis

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Committee Members:

Ryan Hobbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Marie Nelson, Committee Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Lisa M Shantz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Member

Author:

Lai, Clin Yuue

Title:

How Does Prior Knowledge Affect Statistical learning in a Complex Auditory Scene

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
prior knowledge
environmental sound

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Committee Members:

Janet Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Navin Viswanathan, Committee Member

Author:

La Chat, Grant

Title:

Identification of Rossby Wave Breaking Flavors using Self-Organizing Maps

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
self-organizing maps
anticyclones
cyclogenesis
Potential vorticity
Rossby waves
Wave breaking
Synoptic meteorology
moisture transport

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member
Kevin Andrew Bowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colin M. Zarzycki, Committee Member

Author:

Nguyen, Duc

Title:

Statistical Leanring Applied to Climate-Water-Energy Nexus for Quantification and Characterization of Severe Drought Risks in Adaptation Models

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Climate
Energy
water
power systems
statistical learning

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Renee Obringer, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Parra Rodriguez, Flor

Title:

Use of Supervised Learning for the Characterization of Pediatric Postinfectious Hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

hydrocephalus
pediatric hydrocephalus
brain calcifications

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Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Andrea P. Arguelles, Committee Member

Author:

Padmanabhan, Adhithya

Title:

Assessing driving risks for teen drivers: Cognitive impairments and adverse weather

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Driver performance
Teenage drivers
Weather
Cognitive impairments

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Committee Members:

Yiqi Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Palacios, Christopher

Title:

Zero Waste in Sports: The Role of Compostable Packaging and Consumer Disposal Behavior

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

zero waste
waste
sports
packaging
compostable packaging
recyclable packaging
composting
recycling
trash
waste management
stadiums
landfill
consumer behavior
disposal accuracy
disposal behavior

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Judd Harrison Michael, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Costello, Committee Member
Mark A Gagnon, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pan, Ying

Title:

Mesenchymal stem cell size engineering as an innovative therapeutic tool

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Mesenchymal stem cell
Cell size
3D culture

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Committee Members:

Yuguo Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Hongjun

Title:

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLEGE COUNSELING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

college counseling
college students
mental health
international students
social support
family support

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas, Evelyn

Title:

Predicting the Performance of Flexible Multi-material Additively Manufactured Beam Structures Under Small and Large Deflections

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Compliant Beams
Design
Finite Element Analysis
ABAQUS
Additive Manufacturing
Compliant Beams
Design
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

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Committee Members:

David Mazyck, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swaminathan, Ashwath Raghav

Title:

Optimizing Existing NLP Tasks by Leveraging Knowledge Graphs

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Graphs
Knowledge Graph Embeddings
Transformers
Computational Complexity
Memory Usage Optimization
Reducing FLOPs
Token Pruning

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rui Zhang, Committee Member
Abhinav Verma, Committee Member

Author:

Jimenez Arrieta, Esteban

Title:

Prepartum Modulation of Systemic Inflammation in High-Priority Dairy Cow Groups

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology (MS)

Keywords:

Acetylsalicylic Acid
Metabolic Status
Systemic Inflammation
Milk production
Reproductive Performance

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Committee Members:

Adrian A Barragan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ernest Hovingh, Committee Member
Anthony Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Troy Ott, Committee Member

Author:

Harrison, Eric

Title:

Social Determinants of Health Throughout the Continuum of Active Substance Use, Treatment, And Recovery: Perspectives from Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Criminal Justice and Treatment Professionals

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Social Determinants of Health
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Criminal Justice
Qualitative
Substance Use Disorder

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Committee Members:

Abenaa Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristina Brant, Committee Member
Hobart Cleveland, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jacob, Benson

Title:

Flow-Induced Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Polymer Crystallization
Rheology
Isotactic Polypropylene

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Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member

Author:

Lovell-Smith, Nathaniel

Title:

An Accelerated Assessment of Reflective Functioning: Validating the Use of Computerized Reflective Functioning (CRF) Within Sessions of Psychotherapy for BPD

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Mentalization
Reflective Functinoing
Borderline Personality Disorder

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Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khan, Mohd Ahmed

Title:

Size and Temperature Dependent Shapes of Copper Nanocrystals using Replica-Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

copper
replica exchange molecular dynamics
common neighbor analysis
embedded atom method

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kristen Fichthorn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member

Author:

Jupina, Madeline

Title:

Parental Incarceration as a Factor Impacting Child Wellbeing

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

incarceration
family communication
wellbeing

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel A. Smith, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Qian

Title:

Using Openhydroqual to Model a Rain Garden and Assess the Impact of Internal Water Storage on Hydrologic Function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rain Garden
IWS
Sustainability

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Committee Members:

Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member

Author:

Yamaguchi-Pedroza, Katsumi

Title:

Perceptions of Sexual Violence as a Function of Women's Race and Occupation

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality
sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member

Author:

Tu, Kai

Title:

A Conformance Checker for the Control Plane Protocols of 5G Basebands

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

5G
security
Conformance Testing

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Committee Members:

Syed Rafiul Hussain, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Young Kun Ko, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agarwal, Prawal

Title:

Nanoengineering and Synthesis of Metal-Based Materials for Enhanced Energetic Performance

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

nanoenergetics
nonthermal plasma
PECVD
self-propagating high-temperature synthesis reactions
thermal oxidation
hydrogen plasma
solid-state reactions
surface chemistry
material synthesis
material characterization
thermite reactions
intermetallic reactions
metal nanoparticles
boron
magnesium
aluminum

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Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Rioux, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Borhan, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Richard A Yetter, Special Member
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Al Balushi, Faras

Title:

Particle-scale Simulations for Geothermal Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Particle-Scale Modeling
Geothermal Energy
Thermal Breakthrough
Closed-Loop Geothermal System

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Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit & Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Russell Johns, Major Field Member

Author:

Ko, Minhyeok

Title:

The Quadratic Point Estimate Method for Probabilistic Moment and Distribution Estimation for Uncertainty Quantification: Applications in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Uncertainty Quantification
Quadratic Point Estimate Method
Moment Estimation
Vine-copula
Polynomial Chaos Expansion
Point Estimate Method
Unscented Transformation
Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Uncertainty Propagation

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Puneet Singla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member
Gregory Banyay, Special Member

Author:

Gesualdi, Jarrod

Title:

Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemistry
metallurgy
corrosion
microstructure
thermodynamics

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Amanda Johnsen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shin, Hehyoun

Title:

Foreign wives' learning through transitions: Constructing migrant selves in Korean society and its labor market

Graduate Program:

Adult Education (PHD)

Keywords:

transnational migration
multiculturalism
damunwha
marriage migrants
biographical learning
care
adult learning

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Committee Members:

Esther Prins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gail Boldt, Outside Field Member

Author:

Crawford, Lataijah

Title:

Characterization Of Decursinol Efficacy, Tolerance, And Mechanism In Models Of Pain

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

AGN; Angelica gigas Nakai
DOH; Decursinol
CENP; Chemotherapy-evoked neuropathic pain
MOR; Morphine
NXO; Naloxone
TRPA1; Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1
TRPV1
Transient receptor vanilloid receptor 1
TRPV1; Transient receptor vanilloid receptor 1
5-HT2; Serotonin receptor 2
5-HT2A; Serotonin receptor 2A
5-HT2C; Serotonin receptor 2C
CB1; Cannabinoid receptor type 1
CB2; Cannabinoid receptor type 2
WT; Wild-type mouse

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Junxuan Lu, Outside Field Member
Patricia Grigson Kennedy, Outside Unit Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
John Ellis, Major Field Member
Daniel Morgan, Special Member
Lisa Shantz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhou, Pei

Title:

Three Essays on Food Safety, Health, and Food Marketing

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Food recall
Meat market
Number of recalls
Volume of food recalled
Healthfulness of food purchases
Diet quality
Online grocery shopping
Food environment
Nutrition inequality
Food reformulation
“Better for You” beverage
Nutrient intake
Health claim

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Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Edward Jaenicke, Major Field Member
Yizao Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Linlin Fan, Major Field Member
Paul Grieco, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Hakimi, Zeinab

Title:

Efficient Deep Neural Networks Architectures for Video Analytics Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Deep Neural Networks
Object Recognition
Convolutional Neural Networks
Edge Computing
Distributed Camera Intelligence System

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Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jack Carroll, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rui Zhang, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member

Author:

Huang, Yu Sheng

Title:

Characterization and Synthesis of BiSb Thin Films: MBE Growth, Pole Figures, Raman Spectroscopy, and Other Characterization Techniques

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

BiSb
spin-orbit-torque devices
molecular beam epitaxy
X-ray diffraction
pole figure measurement
Raman spectroscopy

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Hudson, Major Field Member

Author:

Espinola Lopez, Jose

Title:

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Histone Acetyltransferase Complexes on the Nucleosome

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Nucleosome
Chromatin
cryoEM
Nanobody
Acetyltransferase
HAT

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Andrey Krasilnikov, Major Field Member
Song Tan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Hafenstein, Major Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Masucci, Ashley

Title:

Platform to graft conjugated polymers for optoelectronic applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

conjugated polymer
polymer nanoparticles
fluorescent polymers
photocatalysts
photocatalysis
charge transfer

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Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Vogt, Major Field Member
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Seth, Ravij

Title:

A QUALITATIVE MULTI-CASE STUDY OF THE PARTICIPATIVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

Graduate Program:

Public Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

public-private partnership
collaborative governance
networking
trust
collaborative leadership

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Richard Young, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Beckett-Camarata, Major Field Member
L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair
Triparna Vasavada, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Goktug Morcol, Major Field Member

Author:

Liu, Shiqi

Title:

Contributions to the analytic theory of the Hypoelliptic Laplacian

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

hypoelliptic
nilpotent groups
elliptic regularity

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Committee Members:

Ping Xu, Major Field Member
Nigel Higson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hussain, Magni Stentoft

Title:

Robotic Green Fruit Thinning for Apple Production

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Apples
Robotic Green Fruit Thinning
End-Effector
Fruit Removal Dynamics
Machine Vision
Deep Learning
Instance Segmentation
Orientation Estimation
3D Orientation Estimation
Fruit and Stem Pairing
Fruit Clustering
Collision-Free Path Planning
Path Sequencing
Agricultural Robotics
Crop Load Management

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Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Long He, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Lyons, Major Field Member
James Schupp, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Heinemann, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kang, Soyoung

Title:

Hydrogen migration and mechanical behavior of hydrided zirconium alloys

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Zirconium hydride
hydrogen migration
Cladding
Mechanical behavior
Ring compression Test
Zirconium alloy
Ductility of zirconium alloy

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Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
Arthur Motta, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mia Jin, Major Field Member
Michael Billone, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Heting

Title:

Machine Learning in Mobile Edge Computing: Enhancing Efficiency in Inference and Training

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Edge Computing
Resource Allocation
Machine Learning
Federated Learning

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Committee Members:

Fenglong Ma, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting He, Major Field Member
Jing Yang, Major Field Member
Guohong Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mitra, Semontee

Title:

Puja at the Crossroads: A Transnational Ethnography of Hindu Festivals in the United States

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

South Asian Indians
Diaspora
Hindu Religion
Religious Festivals
Women
Goddesses
Durga Puja
Diwali
Kali Puja
Navratri
Folk Traditions
Indian Americans
Commercialization of Religion

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Simon J. Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Triparna B Vasavada, Outside Member

Author:

Reigh, Nicole

Title:

Factors Influencing Children's Short-Term Energy Compensation

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

childhood obesity
energy self-regulation
energy compensation
eating behavior
satiety
individual differences
pediatric nutrition

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Penny Kris-Etherton, Co-Chair of Committee
Barbara Rolls, Major Field Member
Jennifer Williams, Major Field Member
Kathleen Keller, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Hayes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tanja Kral, Special Member
Meg Bruening, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jo, Jihyun

Title:

Vehicle Routing Problems in a Megacity

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Vehicle routing problem
Markov Decision Process
Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
Genetic Algorithm
Approximate Backward Induction
Heuristics
Megacity logistics

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Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hui Yang, Committee Member
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lin, Wei Shu

Title:

Sustainable adhesives based on polysaccharide polyelectrolyte complexes

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (PHD)

Keywords:

Polysaccharide
Polyelectrolyte complex
Adhesive
Packaging

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Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Hojae Yi, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Catchmark, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Chmely, Major Field Member
Federico Harte, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Evans, Sabrina

Title:

Constant Agitation: Black Clubwomen's Literary, Intellectual, and Public Activism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

constant agitation
Black clubwomen
politics of publishing
Nineteenth-century Black women's archives
Black print culture
Black women intellectuals

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Aldon Nielsen, Major Field Member
AnneMarie Mingo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shirley Moody, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Pier Gabrielle Foreman, Major Field Member
Mark Morrisson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Junxiu

Title:

Information Exchange in a Group Mapping Activity: A Comparative Mixed Methods Case Study of Jigsaw and Traditional Learning

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

group learning
jigsaw learning
information exchange
concept map

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Gabriela Richard, Major Field Member
Craig Campbell, Outside Field Member
Ravinder Koul, Outside Unit Member
Roy Clariana, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sanders, Zachary

Title:

Using Field and Model Data to Improve Sustainable Management of Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur in Agroecosystems of Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

precision agriculture
variable rate fertilizer
soil carbon
soil organic matter
ecosystem modeling
soil nitrogen
sulfur
phosphorus
corn
soybeans

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John Spargo, Major Field Member
Cibin Raj, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charlie White, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Soomro, Muzammil

Title:

Pore-scale modeling of multicomponent, multiphase geofluids exhibiting partial miscibility – a fugacity-based lattice Boltzmann approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lattice Boltzmann Method
Thermodynamics
Phase Behavior
Black Oil
Fugacity
Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm
Adsorption
Multicomponent
Multiphase

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Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yashar Mehmani, Major Field Member
Russell Johns, Major Field Member

Author:

Seto, Christopher

Title:

Ecologies of Belief: Implications for Crime and Deviance in the Contemporary United States

Graduate Program:

Criminology (PHD)

Keywords:

Violence
Mortality
Beliefs
Religion
Spatial
Big Data
Hate Crime

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Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Jeremy Staff, Major Field Member
Corina Antohi Graif, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Roger Finke, Major Field Member
Selena Ortiz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Ulmer, Major Field Member

Author:

Bachu, Saiphaneendra

Title:

Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
vertical heterostructures
in-plane heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
cathodoluminescence

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Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ponnaluri, Sailahari Venkatasri

Title:

Evaluation of Accelerated Wear Tester Fluid Mechanics on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Motion

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Accelerated Wear Tester
Transcatheter Heart Valves
Particle Image Velocimetry

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Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Keefe Manning, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Campbell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Francesco Costanzo, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Junseok

Title:

The role of halides in the anisotropic growth of fcc nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

fcc nanocrystals
anisotropic growth
density functional theory (DFT)
multi-scale theory
halide
solution-phase

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Kristen Fichthorn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yeung, Cheuk Fung

Title:

Democracy and its Doubles: Representing the People in Sinophone and Francophone Extraterritoriality

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature (PHD)

Keywords:

Sinophone studies
Francophone studies
Extraterritoriality
Literary democracy
postcolonial studies

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David Atwill, Outside Unit & Field Member
Magali Armillas-Tiseyra, Major Field Member
Jonathan Eburne, Major Field Member
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair
Nicolai Volland, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shuang Shen, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Surendran, Vidullan

Title:

The Role of Surface Cues in Human Intent Recognition

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

HRI
surface cues
human intent recognition
computer vision
human robot interaction
human computer interface
gesture recognition

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Alan Wagner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Susan Simkins, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Eng, Nicholas

Title:

Testing the Effectiveness of Emotional Appeals on Self- and Others-Focused Mental Health Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

mental health
mental illness
depression
emotions
appraisal theories of emotion
compassion
hope
humor
emotional appeal
experiment
quantitative
persuasion
strategic communication
cognitive elaboration
health communication

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Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Denise Bortree, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Rolon, Maria Laura

Title:

The role of environmental microbiota in the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes in food processing facilities

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Listeria monocytogenes
food processing facilities
microbiome
lactic acid bacteria
biological control
cleaning and sanitizing
biofilm
microbiota
amplicon sequencing
environmental microbiota
food safety

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Robert Roberts, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jasna Kovac, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Terrence Bell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luke Laborde, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Kerry Kaylegian, Major Field Member

Author:

Salem, Wael

Title:

Adaptive Control Mechanisms in Fly Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Insect flight
adaptive flight
control theory
Bioinspired

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Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Darrah, Adrienne

Title:

The role of relationships in effecting outcomes as related to the impact of nonprofit financial misconduct

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

Fundraising
Philanthropy
Uncertainty
Relationship Management
Nonprofit
Organizational Behavior

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Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Frank Dardis, Major Field Member
Shannon Cruz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Denise Bortree, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member

Author:

Etz, Karly

Title:

Inked Encounters and Expanded Narratives: Exploring the Tattoo Medium in Contemporary Art

Graduate Program:

Art History (PHD)

Keywords:

Tattoo
Body Art
Art History

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Nancy Locke, Major Field Member
Nina Jablonski, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Rich, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Dewey, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Mansfield, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Xiaoming

Title:

Mechanisms of resistance to anti-GD2 immunotherapy in neuroblastoma

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Neuroblastoma
Small extracellular vesicles
Tumor microenvironment
NK cells
anti-GD2 immunotherapy
CRISPR screen

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Vladimir Spiegelman, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Outside Unit Member
Hong-Gang Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Schell, Major Field Member
Edward Harhaj, Outside Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Krishnakumar, Sandeep

Title:

A Study of the Relationship Between Prototyping and Communication in Engineering Design

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Prototyping
Communication
Design Education
Sketches
Cognitive Load
Shared Understanding

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Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
matt parkinson, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Major Field Member
Carlye Lauff, Special Member
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Menold, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Evans, Megan

Title:

Racialized Place-Making: An Investigation of Race, Place, and Value

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Institutional Racism
Redlining
Segregation
Institutional Gatekeepers
Place-making
Racial Bias
Perceptions of Place
Perceptions of Crime

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John Iceland, Major Field Member
Stephen Matthews, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Barrett Alan Lee, Special Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Guangqing Chi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Corina Antohi Graif, Chair of Committee

Author:

Xiao, Han

Title:

Essays on Fund Management

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
corporate bonds
redemption
authorized participant
price pressure
liquidity mismatch
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
corporate bonds
mutual funds
work from home

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Mihail Velikov, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Gustafson, Major Field Member
Quanwei Cao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Dulaney, Katie

Title:

Equity as Synergistic Reform: Preparing Equitable School Districts in an Era of COVID-19, Racial Reckoning, and Political Polarization

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

public school districts
equity policies
district reform
equity reforms

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Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
Erica Frankenberg, Outside Field Member
David Gamson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Castonguay, Alexander

Title:

Tunable and Responsive Systems: From Direct Laser Writing to Active Emulsions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

direct laser writing
active matter
laser synthesis
gas sensing
active emulsions
emulsions

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

Author:

Tackman, Emma

Title:

Advances in Measurements of the Properties of Aerosol Particles: Acidity, Phase State, and Surface Interactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

aerosol
microscopy
nanoparticle
acidity
transmission electron microscopy

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Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schermerhorn, Nathaniel

Title:

Waxing Nostalgic as a Status Quo Maintaining Practice

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

nostalgia
hegemonic masculinity
status quo
social identity
practice theory

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Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Theresa Vescio, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Claire Colebrook, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lynn Liben, Major Field Member
Christopher Cameron, Major Field Member

Author:

Kang, Jiyeon

Title:

INCUMBENT CEOS AS DIRECTORS OF OTHER COMPANIES: DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF CEO OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

CEO outside directorship
Director labor market
Executive job demands

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Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aparna Joshi, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Mark Desjardine, Major Field Member

Author:

Peng, Xinyun

Title:

The Development of Professional Vision in An Embodied Learning Environment: An Empirical Study on Youth Ballet Learners

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Professional Vision
Reflective Practices
Embodied Learning
Ballet Learning

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Ty Hollett, Major Field Member
Susan Land, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roy Clariana, Major Field Member
Amy Farris, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Huaiyu

Title:

Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Structural perturbation
Phonons
Ultrafast
X-ray Diffraction
Raman spectroscopy
Quantum Materials
Ferroelectric Nanotextures
Phase Transition

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Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Haidan Wen, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Xinwei

Title:

Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling of Arabidopsis flower and leaf under sufficient or limited water conditions

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Drought
Proteomics
Transcriptomics
Plant reproduction

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Michael Axtell, Chair of Committee
Hong Ma, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jesse Lasky, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Slapikas, Robert

Title:

Atomistic Simulations: Atomistic level investigation of the dissolution, precipitation, and surface diffusion dynamics at the aqueous metal interface for renewable energy applications and the oxidation of silicon carbide for aero-propulsion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molecular Dnamics
Pt
Platinum nanoparticles
ultra-high temperature ceramics

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Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Special Signatory

Author:

Walston, Joshua

Title:

Epstein-Barr virus Glycoproteins BDLF2 and BMRF2 are Important for Efficient Infection and Spread in Oral Epithelia

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

EBV
BDLF2
BMRF2
Cell-to-cell
Stratified Epithelium
Herpesvirus

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Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Neil Christensen, Major Field Member
Gregory Yochum, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jianming Hu, Major Field Member
Jeffery Sample, Major Field Member
Clare Sample, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lou, Xuanqing

Title:

Investigation of Rock Properties Governing Gas Storage Capacity in Nanoporous Shales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Unconventional reservoirs
shale gas
storage capacity
X-ray CT
Digital rock analysis

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Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Zuleima Karpyn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Dhingra, Radha

Title:

Understanding the Bi-directional Relationship between Mental Illness and Cardiovascular Disease

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

epidemiology
mental illness
depression
PHQ-9
PHQ-9 trajectory
cardiovascular disease
hypertension
diabetes
dyslipidemia
electronic health record
measurement-based care

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Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Erika F H Saunders, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Yanosky, Major Field Member
Duanping Liao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laila Al-Shaar, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member

Author:

Traore, Abdelmoumine

Title:

Essays on the Mitigation of Climate-Related Stochastic Losses through Investment and Insurance

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Crops(Corn and Soybeans)
Crop Insurance
typical risk
short-term risk
weather
factors
heterogeneity
discrete choice
panel data
fixed effects
unit structure level
Investment
insurance
expected utility
robust optimization
long (short)-term risk vs. long (short)-term uncertainty
risk aversion
climate change
prosocial
green bond
conventional bond utility
optimization
risk aversion
environmental regulation
green default

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Douglas Wrenn, Program Head/Chair
Robert Weaver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Katherine Zipp, Major Field Member
Uday Shanbhag, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Wrenn, Major Field Member

Author:

Torres Cruz, Terry

Title:

From fungus to flower: Pseudoflower formation by a novel Fusarium species from Guyana and its dispersal by insects

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (PHD)

Keywords:

Fusarium xyrophilum
Xyris surinamensis
Coleophora
katydids
sesquiterpene
Methylobacterium

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Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
David Geiser, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Esker, Major Field Member
Tanya Renner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gretchen Kuldau, Major Field Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Bennett, Hannah

Title:

Regional heterogeneity of the mural and vascular network in the adult mouse brain and associated vulnerability and anatomical remodeling in aging

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (PHD)

Keywords:

brain
pericyte
vascular
aging
serial two photon tomography
light sheet fluorescent microscopy
iDISCO
mural
mouse

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Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anirban Paul, Major Field Member
Kirsteen Browning, Major Field Member
Yongsoo Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mueller, Sara Jaye

Title:

A Morphological Assessment of Salvelinus sp. (Subgenus Baione)

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Brook Trout
Auto3dgm
Morphometrics
Computed Tomography
Color and Pattern
Phenotypic Variation

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Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Boyer, Major Field Member
Andrew Wiesner, Outside Field Member
Jay Stauffer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tim Ryan, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Yang, Hyun

Title:

AI Anxiety: An Explication and Exploration of Its Effect on State Anxiety When Interacting with AI Doctors

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

AI Anxiety
State Anxiety
Explainable AI
AI in Healthcare

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Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Major Field Member

Author:

Boualavong, Jonathan

Title:

Energy-Rate Trade-offs in Electrochemical Carbon Capture

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemistry
carbon capture
separations
absorption
Gaussian process
adaptive sampling

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Li Li, Outside Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Bruce Logan, Major Field Member
Christopher Gorski, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Shannon, Tammy

Title:

Adult, First-Generation College Students' Perceptions of Belonging: Connections Through Communities of Practice

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (DED)

Keywords:

Adult student
communities of practice
first-generation student
higher education
persistence
sense of belonging

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Craig Campbell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ewing, General Studies & Outside Field Member
Rama Radhakrishna, Outside Unit Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Tarlau, Major Field Member
Esther Prins, Major Field Member

Author:

Oswald, Flora

Title:

Perception, Experience, and Body Identity in Intergroup Relations: How Body Size Shapes Visual Subjects and Perceivers

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

body size
stigmatization
social vision
ensemble coding
fatness
feminist standpoint

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Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Jill Wood, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Cook, Major Field Member
Reginald Adams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jes Matsick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Shao, Ruosi

Title:

Bridging the Paradigm Gap Between CASA and Uncanny Valley: Proposing A Motivated Cognition Approach for Human-Agent Social

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

human-computer interaction
mental health
social support
empathy
health intervention

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Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member

Author:

Mc Gee, Shannon

Title:

A SINGLE-STEP LASER DIRECT WRITING METHOD FOR CATALYSIS APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

laser direct writing
water electrolysis
catalysis
oxygen evolution reaction
hydrogen evolution reaction
transition metal materials

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Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohammadpour, Paniz

Title:

Maximizing Human-Environmental Security by Analyzing the Food, Energy and Water Interconnections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Food security
Water security
Energy security
Sustainable development goals
food production chain
food trade
nitrogen footprint
nitrogen budget
nitrogen loss
substance flow analysis
Nitrogen loss
Scenario analysis
Nitrogen management

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Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Cibin Raj, Major Field Member
David Abler, Outside Field Member
Caitlin Grady, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Yazdani, Amirsaeed

Title:

Training-Robust Design of Deep Neural Networks for Imaging and Vision

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Photoacoustic Target Localization
Image Relighting
Active Learning
Semantic Segmentation

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Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Robert Collins, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Major Field Member
Houtan Jebelli, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ayhan, Ismail Alperen

Title:

High-Performance Multi-Component Organic Solar Cells: Morphology and Device Performance

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Solar Cells
Binary Blends
Ternary Blends
Organic Semiconductors
Fullerene
Nonfullerene
Morphology
Crystallinity
EF-TEM
GIWAXS

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Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Field Member
Christian Pester, Major Field Member

Author:

Li, Cong

Title:

Essays on Applied Microeconomics

Graduate Program:

Economics (PHD)

Keywords:

Ability Tracking
Regression Discontinuity
Applied Micro
Causal Inference
Skill Formation Function

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Committee Members:

Barry Ickes, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Roberts, Major Field Member
Ewout Verriest, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Tybout, Major Field Member

Author:

Nieves Sanabria, Cesar

Title:

Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

glass
ion migration
thermal poling
tsdc
comsol
dielectric breakdown
acid leaching
polymer coating
electrical properties

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

Author:

Diaz, Ashley

Title:

A Narrative Inquiry of School Counselors’ Experiences in Navigating Difficult Dialogues in Schools

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Difficult Dialogues
School Counselors
Social Justice
Advocacy
Emotions
Self Efficacy
Competencies

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Prosek, Major Field Member
Carlos Zalaquett, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jolynn Carney, Major Field Member

Author:

Reed, Olivia

Title:

A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Social Media Influencer Well-Being

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

social media influencers
self-determination theory
well-being
content creators
influencer motivations
content creator motivations
social media influencer well-being

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Heather Shoenberger, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member