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Author:

Ororbia, Maximilian Edward

Title:

Discrete structural optimization as a sequential decision process solved using deep reinforcement learning

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Discrete structural optimization
Sequential decision process
Markov decision process
Deep reinforcement learning

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Outside Unit Member
Gordon Warn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Outside Field Member

Author:

Doshi, Mitansh Sharad

Title:

Studying, Tailoring, and Harnessing Structural Instability for Advanced Thin-Walled and Architected Structures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

buckling
instability
aerospace
mechanical
thin-walled
composites
machine-learning
FEA
CAD
flexible structures
spherical shells
cylindrical shells
metamaterials
architected structures
soft structures

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Major Field Member
Charles Bakis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xin Ning, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stagner, Forrest

Title:

Shifting smallholder livestock ownership for climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

socio-ecological resilience
livestock
Sub-Saharan Africa
climate change
smallholder agriculture
Zambia

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Ransom, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Clare Hinrichs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Thiede, Program Head/Chair
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

Author:

Reynolds, Christopher

Title:

Copper (II) Interactions with Phosphatidylserine in Membranes: Biophysical Insights, Binding Mechanisms, and Physiological Consequences

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

biophysical chemistry
transition metal ions
membranes
copper (II)
oxidative damage
supported lipid bilayer
microfluidic systems
binding
phosphatidylserine
lipids
stepwise
constants
stoichiometry
densities
concentrations
Gouy-Chapman theory
ionic strength
surface charge density
chelation
complexes
buffer molecules
physiological implications
HeLa cells
plasma membrane
necrotic cell death
hydrogen peroxide
harmful effects
mechanistic explanation
future experiments.
hrmful effects
Phospholipid membranes
oxidation
copper
membrane oxidation
membrane binding model
bivalent binding
Debye-Hukel Theory
Electrostatic screening
electric double layer
Necrotic cell death
copper induced cell death
Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration
microfluidic devices
high-throughput microfluidics

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sierra Audivert, Ibis

Title:

Desplazamientos Culturales: Genealogías Intelectuales en el Neobarroco Cuir Latinoamericano (1950-1990)

Graduate Program:

Spanish (PHD)

Keywords:

Neobaroque
transatlantic studies
queer
homosexuality
Latin American studies
Ramos Otero
Piñera
Silviano Santiago
Sarduy
Pedro Lemebel
Deleuze
Guattari
Copi
displacement
exiles
sexiles
migration
nomadism
neobarroco
Caribe
Haroldo de Campos
Latinoamérica
homosexualidad
exilios
immigracion
dissidence
cuir

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Committee Members:

Krista Brune, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marco Martinez, Major Field Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mariana Ortega, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Whittle, Clayton

Title:

Designing Pro-Environmental Games: Emergent Processes and Inclusion of Foundational Theory

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

climate psychology
serious games
environmental game design
environmental education
design-based research
climate education

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Committee Members:

Ty Hollett, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yubo Kou, Outside Unit Member
Mark Kissling, Outside Field Member
Tanner Vea, Major Field Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kincheloe, Gregory

Title:

Amino Acid-Induced mTORC1 Signaling in the Maintenance of Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

mTORC1
Muscle Atrophy
Protein Balance
Muscle Metabolism
4E-BP1/2
Rag GTPases

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Scot Kimball, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Outside Unit Member
Charles Lang, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Major Field Member
Michael Dennis, Outside Field Member

Author:

Gerthoffer, Margaret

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Monomers toward Sequence-Controlled Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Ar/ArF Co-Crystals
ROMP
phenylene(arylene)vinylenes
cyclophanes
polymers

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Hickey, Outside Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Berntsen, Lisa

Title:

Tissue Engineering Strategies for Regeneration of the Tendon-Bone Interface

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Tissue Engineering
Tendon
Bone
Enthesis
miRNA
Osteogenesis
Cell Sheets

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Committee Members:

Justin Brown, Major Field Member
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
Jian Yang, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Julianna Simon, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

García Suárez, Jacqueline

Title:

El cuerpo (des)enritmado: Rompiendo con la habituación a la violencia en Cuba y Puerto Rico

Graduate Program:

Spanish (PHD)

Keywords:

Caribbean Studies
Cuban Studies
Puerto Rican Studies
Rhythm
Political violence
Trauma
Body politics
Sensorial aesthetics
Artivism
Caribbean performance and film
Caribbean diaspora
Latina literature

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Committee Members:

Krista Brune, Major Field Member
Marco Martinez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ochoa, Major Field Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eduardo Mendieta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Program Head/Chair