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Author:: Wang, Xi
Title:: Analysis of Crossover Designs with Nonignorable Dropout
Graduate Program:: Biostatistics (PHD)
Keywords:: crossover trials
ignorable missing
nonignorable missing
controlled multiple imputation
longitudinal data
repeated measures
intensive longitudinal data
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Committee Members:: Vernon Chinchilli, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Mauger, Major Field Member
Judie Ann Howrylak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ming Wang, Major Field Member
Shouhao Zhou, Major Field Member
Arthur Berg, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Chu
Title:: Modeling Heat Transfer in Saturated Soil
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Heat transfer
Thermal conductivity
Thermal dispersion
Effective porosity
Thermal nonequilibrium
Numerical modeling
Layered soil
Local thermal equilibrium
File:: Download Final_Phd_Dissertation_Chu_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:: Yuan Xuan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Fox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Minor Field Member

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Rui
Title:: ESSAYS IN SEMIPARAMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION
Graduate Program:: Economics (PHD)
Keywords:: Identification
Estimation
Semiparametric
Treatment Effects
Misreporting
Substitution Patterns
File:: Download Rui_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Keisuke Hirano, Major Field Member
Joris Pinkse, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sung Jae Jun, Co-Chair of Committee
Runze Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Marc Albert Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Lin
Title:: Static and Dynamic Wetting on Bio-inspired Compact Nano-Textured Surfaces
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: hydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
water-repellent insects
high solid fraction
contact time
bouncing droplets
reentrant pillars
hoodoo pillars
pressure stability
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation-Lin_Wang-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Wang, Dingbowen
Title:: Photoluminescent Materials Development and Applications
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Photoluminescent materials
Fluorescence
Halide sensing
Encryption
Anti-counterfeiting
Excitation-wavelength-dependent emission
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Committee Members:: Pak Kin Wong, Major Field Member
Jian Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Medina, Major Field Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Tianfang Sally
Title:: The concept of conceptual metaphor as a psychological tool for L2 development: A conceptual metaphor theory-informed concept-based language instruction
Graduate Program:: Applied Linguistics (PHD)
Keywords:: Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Concept-based Language Instruction
L2 pedagogy
Micro-genetic analysis
File:: Download Wang_Dissertation_CMT_CBLI.pdf
Committee Members:: Ning Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Deryn Verity, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Major Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Celeste Kinginger, Major Field Member

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Author:: Wang, Chen
Title:: Statistical methods for replicability assessment of genotype-phenotype associations and polygenic risk score modeling in large-scale multi-ancestry consortium studies and electronic health record-based biobanks
Graduate Program:: Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)
Keywords:: GWAS meta-analysis
Replicability Assessment
Polygenic Risk Score
Electronic Health Record
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Committee Members:: David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair
Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qunhua Li, Major Field Member
Helen Kamens, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yifei Huang, Major Field Member

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Hang
Title:: Defense against test-time evasion attacks and backdoor attacks
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: adversarial machine learning
backdoor attack
Trojan
maximum margin
adversarial examples
GANs
activation clipping
File:: Download Hang-Wang-Dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
George Kesidis, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
David Miller, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jia Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Jue
Title:: Rural Girls' Performances through Literacy: Reconceptualizing Rural Chinese Literate Girlhoods
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)
Keywords:: ethnic minority
literacy
rurality
girlhood
emerging identities
File:: Download JueWang_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gail Boldt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Open Access

Author:: Wang, Cheng Yu
Title:: Light scattering for optical and photonic applications
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: scattering
ultrafast imaging
random laser
lensless imaging
metasurface
droplet laser
File:: Download thesisV6_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Zhiwen Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Outside Unit & Field Member
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

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