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Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Afzal, Sayed Amin

Title:

Leaf thickness and electrical capacitance as measures of plant water status

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

plant-based sensor
irrigation scheduling
leaf sensor
water stress
photosynthesis
soil water
leaf water

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_AminAfzal.pdf

Committee Members:

Sjoerd W. Duiker, Jack Watson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd W. Duiker, Jack Watson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Watson, Committee Member
Dawn Luthe, Committee Member
Paul Heinemann, Outside Member

Author:

Koubek, Emily Jean

Title:

The Role of an ARF1 and ARF6 Signaling Pathway in HGF-Stimulated Epithelial Cell Migration

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

ARF6
ARF1
Cytohesin
Rac1
HGF Signaling
Cell Migration

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Emily_Koubek.pdf

Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lorraine Santy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Outside Member
Ying Gu, Committee Member

Author:

Abdalla, Reham Mohamed

Title:

THE USE OF GRAFTING FOR IMPROVING SALINITY TOLERANCE IN TOMATO PLANTS

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Salinity
Tomato
Grafting
Xylem sap
Salt tolerance
Sodium
Potassium

File:

Download Reham_Abdalla_PhD_Dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Orzolek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Brown, Committee Member
Elsa Sánchez, Committee Member
Jack Watson, Outside Member

Author:

Ricketts, Amy Rene

Title:

Conversations Around Practice: Mediating Opportunities to Learn About Teaching Science

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Professional Learning Communities
Professional Development
Teacher Education
Discourse Analysis
Microethnography
Science Education

File:

Download Ricketts_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jim Nolan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Greg Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jim Nolan, Committee Member
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
Stephanie Knight, Outside Member

Author:

Fost, Brooks Ashley

Title:

PH PREFERENCE AND AVOIDANCE OF ADULT BROOK TROUT AND BROWN TROUT: INFLUENCE ON MOVEMENTS AND INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

pH
brook trout
brown trout
distribution
interactions

File:

Download Fost_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

C. Paola Ferreri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Paola Ferreri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member
Victoria Braithwaite, Committee Member
Rachel Brennan, Outside Member

Author:

Yorke, April M

Title:

The Effects of Explicit Instruction in Letter-sound Correspondences with Children with Complex Communication Needs in Pairs with Peers

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

complex communication needs
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
reading
ALL curriculum
explicit instruction
letter-sound correspondences
literacy
intellectual disability
developmental delay
cortical visual impairment

File:

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Committee Members:

Janice C. Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice C. Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn D.R. Drager, Committee Member
Carol A. Miller, Committee Member
David B. McNaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Hubbard, Troy David

Title:

Ligand Selectivity and Evolutionary Divergence of the Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AHR
Evolution
Ligand selectivity
PAHs
Toxicity

File:

Download Troy_Hubbard_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Gary Perdew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Andrew Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jeffrey Peters, Committee Member
Dr. Ming Tien, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Outside Member

Author:

McCarthy, Sean M

Title:

Bond Activation by Geometrically Distorted P(III) Compounds

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Bond Activation
Main group chemistry
Organophosphorus chemistry
Physical organic chemistry
Mechanistic chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond L. Funk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond L. Funk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven M. Weinreb, Committee Member
Scott T. Phillips, Committee Member
Robert M. Rioux, Outside Member
Alexander T. Radosevich, Special Member

Author:

Brawner, Thomas W

Title:

The Diffusion of Instability in Authoritarian Regimes

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Diffusion
Authoritarian Regimes
Democratic Transition
Regularization
Machine Learning
Prediction
Coups

File:

Download brawner_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna Bahry, Committee Member
Bumba Mukherjee, Committee Member
Johannes Fedderke, Outside Member