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Author:

Raygoza Garay, Juan Antonio

Title:

Understanding the Role of a Hypermutator Switch in the Evolution of an Extremely Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
Mutation rate
Phase variation
Genetic switch
Antibiotic Resistance
Vancomycin
endocarditis
microbiology

File:

Download Raygoza_Garay_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Santhosh Girirajan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
itsvan albert, Committee Member
Andrew Read, Committee Member
Jason Rasgon, Outside Member

Author:

Early, Nicholas Joseph

Title:

Combinatorics and Representation Theory for Generalized Permutohedra

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Permutohedra
Worpitzky
Eulerian
Combinatorics
Polyhedra

File:

Download Thesis_Final__12-6-2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrian Ocneanu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Member
Nigel Higson, Committee Member
Murat Gunaydin, Outside Member

Author:

Palomino Alva, Jorge Eduardo

Title:

Ignition of Aluminum Powder with a 2.45-GHz Microwave Plasma Torch

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Plasma Torch
Aluminum Combustion
Steam Plasma
Optical Emission Spectroscopy
OES
Aluminum Ignition
Aluminum Powder

File:

Download JPalomino_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Knecht, Committee Member
Michael Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Thepwatee, Sukanya

Title:

Light-enhanced Oxidative Adsorption Desulfurization Of Dibenzothiophene In Diesel Fuel Over TiO2-ZrO2 Mixed Oxides

Graduate Program:

Fuel Science

Keywords:

Desulfurization
Diesel fuel
Photooxidation
Titanium dioxide
Zirconium dioxide
Adsorption
Dibenzothiophene

File:

Download Dissertation_Sukanya.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

Author:

Stewart, Lindsey Latraille

Title:

The Politics of Joy: Zora Neale Hurston, Spirit Work, and Black Liberation Politics

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Zora Neale Hurston
Liberation
Politics of Joy
Spirit Work
Hoodoo
Voodoo
Kaliedoscopic Modes
Black Feminism

File:

Download L_Stewart_Disseration_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent M Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Lovalerie King, Committee Member
Shannon Wimberley Sullivan, Special Member

Author:

San Martin Vasquez, Angela Paz

Title:

Inter-american Modern and Modernist Poetry: The Poetics of Reimagining the Americas

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

Poesis
freedom
democracy
modernity
modernism
the Americas
ethics
aesthetics
epistemology

File:

Download Dissertation_Angela_San_Martin_Vasquez.pdf

Committee Members:

Djelal Kadir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Committee Member

Author:

Gaddes, Erin Richards

Title:

Programmable Materials for Capturing, Releasing, and Characterizing Cancer Cells

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

polyvalent display
aptamers
CTC capture
signal amplification

File:

Download ErinGaddes_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reimer, Robert Douglas

Title:

It’s just good leadership, or is it? The role of behavioral relevance

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership
adaptive leadership
leader versatility
flexible leadership

File:

Download Reimer_Dissertation_07132016_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Christian Brady, Outside Member

Author:

Abdollahi, Fatemeh A

Title:

Neurocognitive Correlates Of Syntactic Processing In Child And Adult Second Language Learners

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Second Language Learning; Bilingualism; Language Development; Co

File:

Download MastersThesis_Uploaded_Abdollahi_April3.pdf

Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor