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Author:

Matyas, Corene J.

Title:

Geographical Techniques to Quantify the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation in U.S. Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

rainfall
hurricane
geographic information systems
tropical cyclone
precipitation
shape analysis

File:

Download matyasdiss.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Member
Donna Jean Peuquet, Committee Member
Jenni Evans, Committee Member

Author:

Tzilkowski, Caleb J

Title:

Native brook trout and naturalized brown trout effects on two Pennsylvania headwater stream food chains

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

food chains
indigenous species
introduced species
streams
predator-prey interactions
trophic cascade

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Galindo, Claudia Lucia

Title:

LATINO STUDENTS’ MATH LEARNING TRAJECTORIES IN THE EARLY SCHOOL YEARS: THE ROLE OF ENGLISH ABILITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Longitudinal Study
Hispanics
Math achievement
ECLS-K
Immigration

File:

Download thesis_cgalindo.pdf

Committee Members:

Suet Ling Pong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sean Reardon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miryam Espinosa Dulanto, Committee Member
Salvador Oropesa, Committee Member

Author:

Randow, Charles Louis

Title:

A Directed Continuum Model of a Columnar Thin Film

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Cosserat
micromorphic

File:

Download Randow-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary L Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Saunders, Christopher L.

Title:

FLOER HOMOLOGY FOR ALMOST HAMILTONIAN ISOTOPIES

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

symplectic geometry
Seidel representation
Floer homology

File:

Download final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Augustin Banyaga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ping Xu, Committee Member
Sergei Tabachnikov, Committee Member
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Member
Nigel David Higson, Committee Member

Author:

Mummert, Carl

Title:

On the Reverse Mathematics of General Topology

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Reverse Mathematics
poset space
general topology
second-order arithmetic

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen George Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John D Clemens, Committee Member
Alexander Nabutovsky, Committee Member
Martin Furer, Committee Member
Dmitri Yu Burago, Committee Member

Author:

Yood, Charles Nelson

Title:

Argonne National Laboratory and the Emergence of Computer and Computational Science, 1946-1992

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

computational science
computer science
history of computing
Argonne National Laboratory
History of Computers
Applied Mathematics
High Performance Computing and Communications

File:

Download Yood_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Proctor, Committee Member

Author:

KHANG, CHANG HYUN

Title:

Molecular Characterization of the MgMEP Avirulence Gene Family in the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Targeted gene replacement
Transposable element
Telomere
Molecular evolution
Genetic variability
Gene-for-gene interaction
AVR-Pita
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation
Positive-negative dual selection

File:

Download CK-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary William Moorman, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Farrell, Chad R.

Title:

Urban Mosaics: Multiracial Diversity and Segregation in the American Metropolis

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

suburban
race
housing
segregation
neighborhoods
urban

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn A Firebaugh, Committee Member
Susan Welch, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member
Mark Hill, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chuan

Title:

Entry Strategies for International Construction Markets

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

entry
construction
international
market

File:

Download PHD_Disseration_CUC131_Chuan_Chen_AE.pdf

Committee Members:

John Messner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann E Echols, Committee Member
Michael J Horman, Committee Member
David R Riley Ii, Committee Member
Horace Randolph Thomas Jr., Committee Member
Richard A Behr, Committee Member