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Author:

Park, Yoonsang

Title:

Partial Electrode Configuration for Loss and Physical Parameter Determination of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

loss
mechanical quality factor
piezoelectric device
piezoelectric ceramics
high-power piezoelectrics

File:

Download Final_Ph.D_Thesis_Yoonsang_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Major Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Kenji Uchino, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gonzalez-Valle, Carlos

Title:

Implications of the Interface Modelling approach on the Heat Transfer across Solid-Liquid Interfaces and Thin-Film Evaporation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Solid-liquid interfaces
Nanoscale heat transfer
Molecular dynamics simulations
Surface wettability
Thermal transport

File:

Download Thesis_F_R1.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Karen Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ditty, Mackenzie

Title:

Nanomaterial-Integrated Devices, Systems, and Platforms for Extracellular Vesicle Enrichment and Clinical Applications

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

extracellular vesicles
carbon nantoubes
lipid nanoprobes
devices
nanomaterials

File:

Download M.Maurer_Ditty_Dissertation_FINAL_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit Member
Jian Yang, Major Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Outside Field Member

Author:

Roitman, Sofia

Title:

The microbiome and coral health: resilience and susceptibility in the face of a changing ocean

Graduate Program:

Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

microbiome
coral reef
NGS
metagenomics
amplicon
sequencing
bioinformatics
bioindicators

File:

Download SRoitman_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Schaeffer, Major Field Member
Carolee Bull, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Chair of Committee
Monica Medina, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dedeoglu, Yasar Nur

Title:

The Role of Nonfamilial Factors in Predicting Academic Performance Among Maltreated and At-risk Teens

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

child maltreatment
LONGSCAN
nonfamilial factors
academic performance

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Levy, Outside Unit Member
Jolynn Carney, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Liza Conyers (she/her), Major Field Member
Jonna Kulikowich, Outside Field Member
Jolynn Carney, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Matthews, Stephen

Title:

Investigating the Wnt/MYC axis in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Wnt
rs6651252
MYC
IBD
Crohn's Disease
WRE
Enhancer

File:

Download MatthewsDissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Degraff, Major Field Member
Vladimir Spiegelman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory Yochum, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Walter Koltun, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khademi, Aria

Title:

Excursions in Causal Data Science: Fairness, Causal Attribution, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Causal Inference
Interpretable Machine Learning
Fairness
Health Care
Causal Attribution

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Aria_Khademi.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
Vasant Honavar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Binion, John

Title:

Optimization of Metamaterial-enabled Antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Metamaterials
Metasurface
Antenna
Global Optimization

File:

Download Binion_dissertation_vsubmit4.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yang, Bi

Title:

"I like it but cannot have it": desired yet unavailable products lead to negative WOM

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management (PHD)

Keywords:

product unavailability
defense mechanisms
self-esteem
negative WOM
ownership

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Tews, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna Mattila, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Hongshen

Title:

Surface analysis of silicate glass in understanding mechanochemical wear process, corrosion behavior and vibrational properties

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Silicate glass
Mechanochemical wear
Vibrational properties
Corrosion behavior

File:

Download Liu__Hongshen_Dissertation_final_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nigl, Thomas

Title:

Measurements of Thermochemical Properties of Alloys for Applications in Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermodynamics
Electromotive force measurements
Electrochemical separation
Electrorefining
Sr-Pb
Alkaline-earth metals
Ni-Al
Hot corrosion
Combustion

File:

Download Dissertation_ThomasNigl_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Arthur Motta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Ruimin

Title:

Data-driven Service Optimization and Quality Management in Cyber-physical Manufacturing Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Quality Management
Machine Learning
Service Optimization

File:

Download Ruimin_Dissertation_FINAL_0730.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Yan Lu, Special Member

Author:

Neupane, Bikalpa

Title:

HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE IN AI AND MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED TALENT ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

algorithmic justice
algorithmic equity
underprivileged
marginalized
AI bias
AI fairness
video based hiring systems
HRTech
hiring
interviewing
perceptions of AI
human-in-the-loop
diversity in hiring
equity in hiring
DEI

File:

Download BikalpaNeupane_FinalDissertation_Aug5_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Timothy Brick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lynette Yarger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Fred Fonseca, Major Field Member
Jordan Beck, Special Member

Author:

Cai, Zhanrui

Title:

New Statistical Tools for Independence and Conditional Independence

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Online leaerning
dimension reduction
test of independence
test of conditional independence
causal discovery

File:

Download Zhanrui.pdf

Committee Members:

Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Major Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Ming Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bhang, In Young

Title:

Self-Reported Memory Problems, Depressive Symptoms, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and Age of Depression Onset in Older Adults with a History of Depression

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

MCI
mild cognitive impairment
self-reported memory problems
age of depression onset
history of depression
depressive symptoms
older adults
cognitive impairment

File:

Download In_Young_Bhang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Sillner, Major Field Member
Jacqueline Mogle, Outside Unit Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Outside Field Member
Nikki Hill, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jao, Nicholas

Title:

Non-Volatile Memory Design Based On Crossbar Architecture Towards Low Power Systems and Processing In-Memory

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Emerging Non-Volatile Memory
Computing In-Memory
Modelling
in-situ computing
ferroelectric tunnel junction
magnetic tunnel junction
device-circuit codesign
circuit-architecture codesign
phase change memory

File:

Download Dissertation_Jao_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Major Field Member
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Outside Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Prabhu, Sudheer Sudhakaran

Title:

Mechanical behavior of sand subjected to impact loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Impact Loading
Sand
DEM
Particle Crushing
Equation of State
SHPB

File:

Download Dissertation_Sudheer_S_Prabhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Outside Field Member
Tong Qiu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Outside Unit Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peeler, Jamie

Title:

The Role of Landscape Context in Forests Recovering from Fire

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

regeneration
stand-replacing fire
scale
pattern
dispersal
forest
resilience

File:

Download Peeler_Dissertation_28May21.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Taylor, Major Field Member
Laura Leites, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Miller, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cynthia Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Zihao

Title:

Computational Investigations into the Shape-Controlled Syntheses of Copper and Silver Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

density functional theory
interfacial phenomena
nanocrystal growth
halides
capping agents

File:

Download thesis-Zihao-Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kristen Fichthorn, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Idriss, Zacharie

Title:

Statistical and Computational Electromagnetic Approaches for the Feature Extraction of Buried Targets in Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Radar
Radar Imaging
Ground Penetrating Radar
Computational Electromagnetics
Feature Extraction
Waveform Design
Mutual Information
Matched Illumination
Compound Gaussian

File:

Download PhD_Disseration_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Raghu Raj, Special Member
Jesse Barlow, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gu, Yameng

Title:

Investigating the role of brain arousal fluctuations in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

resting-state fMRI
arousal modulations
functional connectivity
head motion
cortical hierarchy
infra-slow propagating activity
multimodal neuroimaging
global signal
autonomic activity

File:

Download Dissertation-Yameng-Gu-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Rick Gilmore, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiao Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xinyue

Title:

Account for Rater Effects with Bayesian Rater IRT Model in Disjoint Rating Design

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Rater Effect
Rater IRT Model
Bayesian Estimation
Nested Rating Desgin

File:

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Committee Members:

James Diperna, Outside Field Member
Scott Roths, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonna Kulikowich, Major Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Ying

Title:

Supporting college students' metacognitive monitoring in a biology course through practice and timely monitoring feedback

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

self-regulated learning
metacognitive monitoring
timely feedback

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_YingWang.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexandra List, Major Field Member
Rayne Sperling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Simon Hooper, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Major Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Singh, Roopali

Title:

Statistical Methods in Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Single cell
Spatial Transcriptomics
Missing Data
Reproducibility
Bayesian NMF
Variational Inference
EM Algorithm

File:

Download RoopaliSingh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dajiang Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiang Zhu, Major Field Member
Qunhua Li, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Chair of Committee
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cui, Mingkun

Title:

Escaper, Fighter and Exam-taking Master: An Educational Autoethnography of A Rural Student in China

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership (PHD)

Keywords:

rural education
China
rural student
educational journey
autoethnography

File:

Download Final_Draft_Dissertation_Mingkun_11-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Valente, Outside Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit Member
Kai Schafft, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gerald Letendre, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ryoo, Jihyun

Title:

Architecture-Centric Bottleneck Analysis for Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computer architecture
Architecture profiling
Machine learning
Deep learning
Analysis model
High performance computing
Manycore systems
Parallel computing

File:

Download Jihyun_Ryoo_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kamesh Madduri, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kauffman, Joshua

Title:

Understanding and Controlling Motion at Small Scales

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Active Matter
Microfluidics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Enzymes
Nanoparticles
Colloids
Nanomotors
Micropumps

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Mallouk, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cheng, Christopher

Title:

Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

PMUT
Piezoelectrics
Acoustics
Ultrasound
Transducers
MEMS
Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-Mckinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Outside Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Frieben, Emily

Title:

Dopamine D1-like receptors: Structure, function, and role in cancer therapeutics

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

dopamine receptors
dopamine
GPCRs
neuropharmacology
functional selectivity
biased agonism
Parkinson's disease
cancer
chemotherapy
drug discovery

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Mailman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Proctor, Outside Unit Member
Kent Vrana, Major Field Member
Daniel Morgan, Special Member
Nikolay Dokholyan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Outside Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Freed, Sara Ann

Title:

Person-Environment Interactions and Older Adult Mobility

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
development
transportation
mobility
driving
older adults
environment
gerontology

File:

Download Freed_Dissertation_Final_3Nov2021_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lesley Ross, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jung, Kwan Ho

Title:

Fluorescence Imaging Methods to Probe Folding States of RNA-Binding Proteins with Prion-Like Domains in Nuclear Bodies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

TDP-43
FUS
TAF15
PML nuclear bodies
Nucleolus
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Molecular rotor
Solvatochromic fluorophore
SNAP-tag
BODIPY

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yong Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hsiung, Chia Heng

Title:

The Investigation of Biophysical Properties of Biomolecular Condensates and Aggregates in Live Cells

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

Biomolecular Condensates
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Polarity
Viscosity
AggTag

File:

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Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Major Field Member
Xin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Moriah Szpara, Major Field Member
Ken Keiler, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lauren Zarzar, Outside Field Member
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Gomez Sanchez, Michael Josue

Title:

Resilience, Vulnerability, and Fragility of the United States Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Resilience
Supply chain
Food systems
Network cascade model
Input-Output model
Food security

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Outside Field Member
James Shortle, Outside Unit Member
Alfonso Mejia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Caitlin Grady, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Fangcao

Title:

Multi-Geometry Atmospheric Correction and Target Spectra Retrieval from Hyperspectral Images via Deep Learning

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

hyperspectral image
Longwave Infrared
Visible and Near Infrared
Atmospheric Correctioin
Target Detection
Deep Learning
Convolutional Neural Network

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Miller, Major Field Member
Guido Cervone, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew Carleton, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cruz, Santina

Title:

Conduction Electron Spin Resonance of Small Metallic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

metallic nanoparticles
electron spin resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance
magnetic susceptibility
plasmon
morphology
ligands
electron paramagnetic resonance
Evans Method
conduction electron spin resonance
surface chemistry
solvent
electronic properties

File:

Download SCruz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Mallouk, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Raymond Schaak, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
John Golbeck, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ye, Songtao

Title:

Developing and Employing the Environmental Sensitive Fluorophores for Protein Aggregation and Phase Separation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Environmental Sensitive Fluorophores
Protein Aggregation
Protein Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Multi-Layered Protein Droplets

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ying Gu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ganeshan, Karthik

Title:

Modeling and understanding surface/electrolyte interactions in MXene supercapacitors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Energy storage
Supercapacitors
ReaxFF
Atomic-scale simulations
Finite Element Method
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Rarefied flow
MXene
Birnessite
Nuclear Quantum Effects
Path-Integral Molecular Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
David Williams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Noor Elahi, Asim

Title:

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL STUDIES ON MODELING AND FABRICATION OF GALLIUM NITRIDE (GaN) BASED OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

GaN Optoelectronic devices
GaN microLED
Colorful microLED
GaN based Schottky Diode
GaN based MESFFET
Colloidal Quantum Dots
Nanoporous
Vertical GaN based MESFET
MESFET on LEDs
Schottky diodes on LEDs

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerzy Ruzyllo, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian hsu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Osama Awadelkarim, Major Field Member
Wenwu Cao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Garrett, Grant Robert

Title:

Experimental and Numerical Studies of the Droplet Sizes and Velocities near the Quench Front for Transient Reflood Conditions

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermal Hydraulics
Core Reflood
TRACE
Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis
Entrained Droplet Size Measurements
Entrained Droplet Velocity Measurements
Two-Phase Thermal Non-Equilibrium
Post-CHF Flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Justin Watson, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Outside Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elia Merzari, Outside Unit Member
Stphen Bajorek, Special Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan

Title:

MOCVD Synthesis and Doping of FRONT-END-OF-LINE (FEOL) and BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) Compatible Two-Dimensional WSe2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
2D materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
TMDCs
Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVD
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
Doping
WSe2
Rhenium doping
Vanadium doping
Front-end-of-line compatible
Back-end-of-line compatible
Re-WSe2
V-WSe2

File:

Download Azimkhan_Kozhakhmetov_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Duan, Qiuhua

Title:

Energy Performance Analysis of Photothermal Building Windows

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

building windows
solar infrared radiation
thermodynamics
condensation
low-e coating
energy performance

File:

Download Energy_Performance_Analysis_of_Photothermal_Building_Windows.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Memari, Major Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Major Field Member
Julian Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sez Atamturktur, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Huaibin

Title:

Different layered materials for anion or cation uptake by ion exchange

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Layered double hydroxide
Nickel-Zinc layered phase
SnP
ZrP

File:

Download Huaibin_Zhang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Dinesh Agrawal, Outside Field Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yin, Xinyang

Title:

Hierarchical metal-organic frameworks and membranes for energy-related separations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hierarchical MOF
MOF
morphology control
gas separation
liquid separation
pore environment

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Xinyang_Yin_final_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jian Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

ON COUPLED FLUID FLOW AND GEOMECHANICS MODELING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL WELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Flowback
dfit
diagonostic fracture injection test
infill well
parent well
Fracture driven interaction
FDI
Fracture closure

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major & Minor Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Boghossian, Mirna

Title:

The Economic Consequences of Supplier of the Year Awards

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

supplier awards
best suppliers
supplier of the year
proprietary costs
economic consequences of voluntary disclosures
proprietary information
supplier identity
supply chain
costs and benefits
costs and benefits of proprietary information

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura Wellman, Major Field Member
Samuel Bonsall, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deane, Chanel

Title:

Analysis of Seismic Source Characteristics Across A Broad Range Of Spatial Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Pennsylvania
Southwest Indian Ridge
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Charles Ammon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Major Field Member

Author:

Shesh, Bhavyata B

Title:

Iron profiling in Glioblastoma

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Glioblastoma
Iron
invasion
sex differences
T cells
CD8+ T cells

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Sundstrom, Major Field Member
James Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dhimant Desai, Outside Field Member
Mohammad Ali, Outside Unit Member
Alicia McDonald, Special Member
Rhoda Joseph, Special Member
Lisa M Shantz, Special Signatory

Author:

Leonard, Samantha

Title:

Parametrically-Informed Early-Design Guidance for Mass Timber Floors for Embodied Carbon and Structural Design

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mass Timber
Embodied Carbon
Parametric Analysis
Design Space Exploration
Floors
Structural Design
Timber
Wood Design
Sustainability
Design Guidance
Early Design
Performance Objectives

File:

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Committee Members:

Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Major Field Member
M Parfitt, Special Member
Ryan Solnosky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roy, Anubhav

Title:

Elastic Wave Propagation and Scattering in Polycrystals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

scattering
elastodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Bourjaily, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christopher Kube, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Major Field Member

Author:

Huang, Chieh Yang

Title:

Toward Intelligent Writing Support Beyond Completing Sentences

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Writing Support
Story Generation
Novel Writing
Large Language Model
Crowd Writing
Language Generation
Story Understanding
Creative Writing

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Syed Billah, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Rebecca Passonneau, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Wu, Sikai

Title:

Design and Selective Synthesis of Carbon Nanothreads and Their Exfoliation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

high-pressure chemistry
carbon nanothreads
precursor design
exfoliation

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Nasim Alem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor
Vincent Crespi, Chair of Committee

Author:

Maenza, Candice Marie

Title:

Moderators and Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Ipsilesional Motor Deficits in Chronic Unilateral Stroke Survivors

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

stroke
ipsilesional deficits
motor deficits
rehabilitation
apraxia

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Sainburg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarkeshwar Singh, Major Field Member
Mark Latash, Major Field Member
Nancy Williams, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Salomone, Cecilia

Title:

"No elegy needed:" Representations of the Appalachian region in Appodlachia

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

appalachia
podcasts
stereotypes
alternative media

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Kevin Hagopian, Major Field Member
Russell Frank, Major Field Member
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Bronson, Mark

Title:

Improving the Accuracy and Efficiency of Atomistic Electrodynamics Models for the Simulation of Large Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

chemistry
electrodynamics
DFT

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Park, Mi Hee

Title:

Mitigating the leaky pipeline: Women engineers' professional identity development as engineers in the field

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

women engineers
engineering identity
professional identity
career development

File:

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Committee Members:

Wesley Donahue, Major Field Member
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
William Rothwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Song, Yang

Title:

Modeling and Managing Electric Vehicle Drivers’ Travel Behavior in a Demand-Supply-Coupled Transportation System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electric vehicles
travel behaviors
demand-supply-coupled
transportation system

File:

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Committee Members:

Andisheh Ranjbari, Major Field Member
Xianbiao Hu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Major Field Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Aljuhani, Abdulrahman Eid

Title:

APPLYING DAYLIGHT GLARE PROBABILITY (DGP) SIMULATIONS TO WINDOWS WITH FABRIC SHADES AND AUTO-SHADE POSITION CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Daylight Glare Probability
DGP
Daylight Simulations
Automated Shading Control
Fabric Shades
Radiance
Spatial Daylight Autonomy
sDA
frads
Glare source
Glare protection
DGP calculation
Vertical illuminance

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Mistrick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julian Wang, Major Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
Ute Poerschke, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Sun Hyoung

Title:

Practical Static Binary Analysis with Block Memory Model

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Static Analysis
Binary Analysis
Control Flow Graph
Pointer Analysis
Type Inference

File:

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Committee Members:

G. Tan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Major Field Member
Danfeng Zhang, Major Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hannah, Thomas

Title:

Development of Kolsky Bar Techniques and the Experimental Characterization of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Kolsky Bars
High Rate Strain Analysis
Composite Analysis
Miniature Kolsky Bars
Finite Element Analysis
Solid Mechanics
Experimental Design
Composite Failure Analysis
High Resolution Imaging
Orthogonal Arrays

File:

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Committee Members:

Reuben Kraft, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Bakis, Outside Unit Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Outside Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Schirmer, Jonathan

Title:

Exotic Phases of Quantum Hall Superconductors

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

superconductivity
topological superconductivity
Majorana modes
quantum Hall effect
skyrmions
spin-orbit coupling
vortex lattice
Chern number
Berry curvature
non-uniform
magnetic field
graphene
Landau levels
p-wave
s-wave
superlattice

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carmen Carmona Benitez, Major Field Member
Jainendra Jain, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Padilla, Cesar

Title:

The effect of humanistic values expressed by supervisors as perceived by sailors, on sailor work engagement

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development (PHD)

Keywords:

Humanistic Values
Work Engagement
Organization Development
Leadership
Hopeful Career State (HCS)
Work Engagement (WKE)
Organization Development (OD)
Human Agency

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
John Ewing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Pellock, Major Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Primka, Corynne

Title:

Classroom Effects of a Tier 2 Social Skills Training Intervention for Peer-Rejected Students

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Social Skills Training
Tier 2
MTSS
Daily Behavior Ratings
Social Skills Intervention
Peer-Rejected
Peer-Rejected Students
Friendship Connection Project
Teacher-Student Relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Janet Welsh, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Diperna, Major Field Member

Author:

Drissel, Jennifer

Title:

Apocalypse Maina: American Fasincation with the End of the World in the 21st Century

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

apocalypse
disaster
social media
reality television
popular cutlure
masculinity
gender roles
heteronormative

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Committee Members:

Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Mary Zaborskis, Major Field Member
Anthony Buccitelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Clarke, Jerome

Title:

Digital Colorline: Race, Machine Learning, and the Critique of Technology

Graduate Program:

Philosophy (PHD)

Keywords:

Digital Ethics
Du Bois
Adorno
Critical Theory

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Committee Members:

Daniel Susser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Young, Co-Chair of Committee
Amy Allen, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leonard Lawlor, Major Field Member
Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gandhi, Ujjawal Hitendra

Title:

The Role of Arachidonic Acid - Cyclooxygenase Pathway in the Anti-leukemic Properties of Selenium

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

Selenium
leukemia
15d-prostaglandin J2
gambogic acid
arachidonic acid
inflammation
leukemia stem cell
BCR-ABL
H-PGDS

File:

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Committee Members:

Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Dr Jack Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Shantu G Amin, Committee Member
Dr Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member

Author:

Yao, Zhu

Title:

A Statistically based Observation Operator for Mapping Columns of Atmospheric Variables to Microwave Radiances

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

observation operator; microwave data assimilation; canonical correlation analysis; Gaussian mixture model; mapping

File:

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Committee Member
Xingchao (XC) Chen, Committee Member
Jeff Steward, Special Signatory

Author:

Bradson, Megan Lynn

Title:

Coping Style Moderates the Effects of Pain on Depression in Multiple Sclerosis: A Possible Target for Intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
pain
depression
coping

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Committee Member

Author:

Belt, Michael

Title:

Protestant Megachurch Growth: The Role of Congregant-Focused and Public-Focused Social Services

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Religion
Megachurches
Institutions
Social Services
Congregations
Complete Institutions

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary J Adler, Jr., Committee Member
Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member

Author:

Link, Allison

Title:

Acquiring Grammatical Classes from Distributional Properties of the Input: The Challenge of Bilingual Acquisition

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
distributional learning
categorization
grammatical classes
grammar
artificial language
bilingual
bilingualism
language
language acquisition

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wenting

Title:

oxazine-caged bodipys for mapping viscosity at a super-resolution level

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Super-Resolution
Bioimaging
Protein Aggeration
Photocage

File:

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member

Author:

Wasson, Derek

Title:

Screening of Macroalgae Species for Enteric Methane Mitigation Effect in vitro

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

macroalgae
methane
ruminants

File:

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Alexander Nikolov Hristov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Tara L Felix, Committee Member

Author:

Gillis, Ash Jade

Title:

THE ROLES OF ATTITUDES AND SITUATIONAL STRENGTH IN PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Attitudes
Social norms
Situational strength
Native plants

File:

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Committee Members:

Janet Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin Meyer, Committee Member
Melvin Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roberts, Mary

Title:

Exploring the Veteran-Civilian Health Crossover: A Matching Estimator Approach

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

veterans
depression
physical health
biomarkers
institutions
military

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Baumer, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kyle Daw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Daniel F Perkins, Committee Member

Author:

Akbarian, Dooman

Title:

Development and application of the ReaxFF reactive force field method to ferroelectrics and crosslinked polyethylene

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Ferroelectrics
Crosslinked polyethylene

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Minor Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Yetter, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chatterjee, Debamalya

Title:

Functional Characterization of Rice MPK6 and Maize ufo1 Genes During Gametophyte and Seed Development

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (PHD)

Keywords:

Maize
Rice
Gametophyte
Seed development
Carbohydrate
Gene regulation
Endosperm development
Basal endosperm transfer layer
Kinase
Oryza sativa L.
Zea mays L.

File:

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Committee Members:

Majid Foolad, Major Field Member
Marvin Hall, Major Field Member
Charles Anderson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Surinder Chopra, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yinong Yang, Dissertation Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Jiarui

Title:

Stabilized meshfree methods for material failure and composite analysis

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

meshfree method
stabilization
hybrid Lagrangian/semi-Lagrangian
immersed volumetric
energy conserving time integration

File:

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Committee Members:

Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Hillman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member
John Regan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Steimle, Benjamin Colby

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticle Heterostructures Using Cation Exchange Transformations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Colloidal synthesis
Nanoparticles
Cation exchange
Solid-state interfaces
Inorganic materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member

Author:

Baumann, Megan Dwyer

Title:

IRRIGATION MEGAPROJECTS AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY: THE REMAKING OF LAND-WATER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MEGAPROJECTS OF TOLIMA, COLOMBIA

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

human environment geography
irrigation
megaproject
Colombia
political ecology
feminist methodology
environmental governance
agrobiodiversity
water
seed diversity
land use
land rental market
infrastructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Leland Glenna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lorraine Dowler, Major Field Member
Trevor Birkenholtz, Major Field Member
Karl Zimmerer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian King, Major Field Member
Cynthia Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhu, Rui

Title:

Data-driven Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Sensor-integrated Complex Systems - Healthcare and Virtual Reality Applications

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Data-driven modeling
Sensor-integrated complex systems
Healthcare
Virtual Reality
Cardiovascular systems
Engineering problem solving

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Faisal Aqlan, Special Member

Author:

Loeffler, Scott David

Title:

An assessment of polarimetric radar signatures associated with hydrometeor size sorting in convective storms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Severe storms
Weather radar
Numerical modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Major Field Member
Timothy Eden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Markowski, Major Field Member
Matthew Kumjian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paudel Timilsena, Bipana

Title:

Reducing crop loss to herbivore pests: From modeling risk of herbivore invasion and establishment to harnessing plant defenses via priming

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

plant defense priming
herbivore specificity
modeling
CLIMEX
plant-insect interactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Tumlinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sarraga-Lopez, Yamil

Title:

Teaching after Hurricane María: Exploring teacher leaders’ experiences in the Puerto Rican school system.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Education
Puerto Rico
School Change
School Reform
Crisis Management
Teacher Leadership
Complexity Theory
Systemic Trauma
Natural Disasters
Schools

File:

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Committee Members:

Rachel Wolkenhauer, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fran Arbaugh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Program Head/Chair
David Gamson, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lee, Sora

Title:

TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS FOR FLEXIBLE, BEOL, AND 3D APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Back end of line
Flexible electronics
Atomic layer deposition
Two-dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
3D fabrication
Metal oxides
High-temperature-capable lift-off

File:

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Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xie, Haochen

Title:

MODELING THE EVOLUTION OF DEGREE OF CONVERSION AND POLYMERIC NETWORK DURING PHOTO-INDUCED FREE RADICAL POLYMERZATION

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Free Radical Polymerization
FDTD
Monte Carlo Light Propagation
Molecular Dynamic Simulation
Curing Kinetic
UV-curable Composite
PAAW fixture

File:

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Committee Members:

Saurabh Basu, Major Field Member
Ed De Meter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Snow, Zackary K

Title:

Flaws in Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Formation Mechanisms, Detection Methods, and Effect on Fatigue

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
qualification
process monitoring
fatigue
titanium
machine learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jayme Keist, Outside Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Outside Unit Member
Abdalla Nassar, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Damirchi, Behzad

Title:

Development and Application of the ReaxFF Reactive Force Field in Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF Reactive Force Field
Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Material
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Flattened Carbon Nanotube
Polyaramid-Carbon Nanotube

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Son, Jeongin

Title:

Role of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Sensor IRE1 alpha in Ultraviolet B Radiation-Induced Damage Response

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

unfolded protein response
UPR
ER stress
IRE1α
Calcium homeostasis
CIB1
UVB
Apoptosis
DNA Damage Repair
ROS
NRF2
Oxidative stress
Inflammation
Angiogenesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Major Field Member
Adam Glick, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Major Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Simonson, Nicholas

Title:

Low-Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic-Grade Molybdenum Disulfide on Multicomponent Glass Substrates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
MoS2
molybdenum disulfide
MOCVD
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
electronic and photonic materials
materials synthesis
two-dimensional materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
glass
multicomponent glass
alkali aluminosilicate
alkaline earth boroaluminosilicate
low-temperature CVD
low-temperature synthesis
transparent electronics
flexible electronics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Todd St.Clair, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kenney, Ana

Title:

Mixed Integer Programming, Whitening, and Functional Data Analysis: Improving Feature Selection in “Omics” Research

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Functional Data Analysis
Mixed Integer Programming
Second Order Conic Programming
Whitening
Statistical Genomics
Robust Regression
Oracle Properties
Feature Screening
Differential Privacy
Human Microbiome
Feature Selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Kateryna Makova, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

Appalachian pasts, Arctic futures: permafrost landscape response to warming

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

geomorphology
permafrost
periglacial
cosmogenic
radiocarbon
morphometry
Arctic
Alaska
Appalachia
Last Glacial Maximum

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Roman DiBiase, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Jia

Title:

Topics on Variable Selection in High-Dimensional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Bayesian variable selection
High-dimensional data
Network analysis
Partially linear model
Time-varying network model

File:

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Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Major Field Member
David Hunter, Major Field Member
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stephens, Kirsten

Title:

Eyes from the Sky: Using Radar Satellites to Image Surface Displacements in Volcanic Regions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

InSAR
volcano geodesy
remote sensing
surface displacements
Nicaragua
Natron Basin
geodetic modeling
time-series analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Peter La Femina, Major Field Member
Guido Cervone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bratlee-Whitaker, Emily

Title:

Affective Reactivity to Daily Memory Lapses in Middle-aged and Older Adults without Cognitive Impairment: Examining the Moderating Effects of Personality and Control Beliefs about Cognitive Aging

Graduate Program:

Nursing (PHD)

Keywords:

Daily memory lapses
Affective reactivity
Aging
Personality
Control beliefs

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Outside Field Member
Aaron Pincus, Outside Unit Member
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Nikki Hill, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Kitko, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jones, Emily

Title:

An examination of factors associated with cardiovascular disease risk markers among first- versus continuing-generation college students

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health (PHD)

Keywords:

inflammation
emotional support
perceived social status
first-generation college students
college transition
cardiovascular disease risk markers

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Engeland, Major Field Member
Hannah Schreier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joshua Smyth, Major Field Member
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ghosh, Trinetri

Title:

Semiparametric Approaches for Average Causal Effect and Precision Medicine

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Causal effect
dimension reduction
precision medicine
robustness
semiparametric
value function

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenny Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yanyuan Ma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Kari Morgan, Major Field Member
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Special Member

Author:

Whittington, Nakisha Darlene

Title:

Exploring the Digital Literacy Practices of Black Elementary Students in a New Orleans Charter School

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

Literacies
Digital Literacy
Black Students
Elementary Education
Urban Education
Technology
Multiliteracies
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

File:

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Committee Members:

Gabriela Richard, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Leon, Kelly

Title:

The Epigenetic Regulation of the Senescence Microenvironment in Oncogene-Induced Senescence

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Senescence
Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
IL1A
DOT1L

File:

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Committee Members:

David Degraff, Outside Unit Member
Hong-Gang Wang, Outside Field Member
Charles Lang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shengyu Yang, Major Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Katherine Aird, Special Member

Author:

Almadih, Mustafa

Title:

Acoustic Analysis and Detection of the Effects of Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Morphology on Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer for Different Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Pool Boiling
Acoustic Analysis
Digital Signal Processing Tools
Boiling Regimes Identification
Deep Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen M. Bajorek, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Srivastava, Divyanshi

Title:

Computational Methods For Characterizing The Sequence And Chromatin Determinants Of Transcription Factor Binding

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

Transcription Factors
Gene Regulation
Chromatin
Neural Networks
Neural Networks for Biological Sequences
Interpretable Models For DNA Sequences
Protein-DNA Binding

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Pugh, Major Field Member
Shaun Mahony, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ross Hardison, Outside Field Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Unit Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gogar, Apoorv

Title:

Frequency of Financial Reporting and Bank Loan Contracting

Graduate Program:

Business Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

financial reporting frequency
quarterly reporting
debt contracting
private information

File:

Download Ph.D._Dissertation_Apoorv_Gogar_Jun26_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Bonsall, Major Field Member
Karl Muller, Major Field Member
David Haushalter, Outside Unit & Field Member
Henock Louis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair