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Author:

Yan, Tianyu

Title:

Shape control and shape transformations of metal nanocrystals: insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

shape control
metal nanocrystal growth
molecular dynamics simulation
solution-phase synthesis

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Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Nalubwama Kaweesa, Dorcas Vivian

Title:

Predicting and Validating Composite Mechanical Behavior Resulting from Voxel-based Microstructural Design and Macroscopic Interfacial Analysis

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Multi-material Additive Manufacturing
PolyJet process
Material design
Composites
Composite laminates
Functionally Graded Materials
Voxel-based design
voxels
Mechanical properties

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Towards the Integration of Compliant Mechanisms in Orthopedic Implant Design

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

orthopedic implants
compliant mechanisms
implant design
medical devices
flexure modeling
arthroplasty

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Program Head/Chair
Jared Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Qicheng

Title:

lithologic control on ecohydrology of oak-maple forests

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

preferential flow
stable isotope
catchment hydrology
tree water use

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Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buda, Major Field Member
Jonathan Duncan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Usher, Emery

Title:

Examination of the many regulatory roles of intrinsically disordered proteins

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

intrinsically disordered proteins
nuclear magnetic resonance
NMR
thermodynamics
biochemistry
biophysics
transcription
regulation
phosphorylation
proteins

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Committee Members:

David Gilmour, Major Field Member
Scott Showalter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Song Tan, Major Field Member
Scott Lindner, Outside Unit Member
Amie Boal, Outside Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pant, Divya

Title:

Management intensive grazing of cover crops for soil health and profitability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

Management intensive grazing
soil health
cover crop
corn silage
wheat

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray B. Bryant, Committee Member
Charles M. White, Committee Member

Author:

Patil, Padmavathi

Title:

Searching for President 'Right': Evaluating a Typology of Research University Leaders

Graduate Program:

Higher Education (PHD)

Keywords:

higher education
presidents
leadership
human capital theory
upper echelons theory
organizational theory
typology
institutional outcomes

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kelly Rosinger, Major Field Member
Donald Hambrick, Minor & Outside Field Member
Aparna Joshi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Judd, Kenneth Duane

Title:

Investigating Specific Cation Interactions with Anionic Surfactant Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ion pairing
ion specific effects
monolayers
spectroscopy
nonlinear optics
vibrational spectroscopy
thermodynamics
surfactants

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pastor, Aaren

Title:

Writing Gender, Race, and Disability Through the Gurdjieffian Bodymind

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

literary modernism
gender studies
disability studies
Katherine Mansfield
Leonora Carrington
G.I. Gurdjieff
Jean Toomer
bodymind

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Committee Members:

Matt Tierney, Major Field Member
Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Eburne, Outside Unit & Field Member
Janet Lyon, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shakerian, Shahrad

Title:

Digital Twin Enabled Facilities Maintenance Management through the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Sensory-Level Data

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Facility maintenance
digital twins
machine learning
signal processing
failure prediction
early failure detection
anomaly detection

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Committee Members:

Bill Sitzabee, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Major Field Member
Houtan Jebelli, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Asok Ray, Outside Unit & Field Member
Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies