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Author:

Zhang, Jianan

Title:

Optical wireless communication and positioning systems applying imaging techniques

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Optical wireless communication
Image recognition
Visible light positioning
Sensor fusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Joseph Kane, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jing Yang, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Outside Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Fan

Title:

Transport in reconfigurable multiterminal graphene-based Josephson junctions

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

multiterminal Josephson effect
Andreev processes
multi-port noneciprocity
graphene

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Genggeng

Title:

Authorial Stance in Research Articles: An intertextual perspective

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics (PHD)

Keywords:

citation
academic writing
research writing
English for Academic Purposes
stance
engineering writing

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Committee Members:

Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Susan Strauss, Major Field Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Unit & Field Member
Deryn Verity, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Xiang

Title:

Experimental investigation on multiscale interactions in intermittent flow boiling and a new hybrid VOF-Lagrangian modeling approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Multiscale simulation
Intermittent flow boiling
Hybrid VOF-Lagrangian

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alexander Rattner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Major Field Member
Matthew Rau, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhe

Title:

Inference Methods for High-Dimensional Data: A Focus On Different Hypothesis Testing Problems

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

statistical inference
high dimension
marginal coordinate hypothesis
sufficient dimension reduction
partial linear model
power enhancement
linear hypothesis

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Committee Members:

Murali Haran, Program Head/Chair
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Ming Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Zexi

Title:

Improvements on the Electrochemical and Pulsed Electrochemical Machining Processes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electrochemical Machining
Pulsed Electrochemical Machining

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Outside Unit Member
Saurabh Basu, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Ed De Meter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Outside Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Qi

Title:

Dimension Reduction and Graphical Models using Optimal Transport

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Sufficient dimension reduction;
Metric space-valued data;
Graphical model;
Optimal transport;

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lingzhou Xue, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ting He, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bing Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Runze Li, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Ruoxi

Title:

Exploring the three-dimensional quantum anomalous Hall effect and topological superconductivity in topological insulator heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

quantum anomalous Hall effect
topological superconductivity
molecular-beam epitaxy
Josephson junction

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Chair of Committee
Moses Chan, Dissertation Advisor
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Qian

Title:

Using Openhydroqual to Model a Rain Garden and Assess the Impact of Internal Water Storage on Hydrologic Function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rain Garden
IWS
Sustainability

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Committee Members:

Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tyrone

Title:

Tropical Cyclone changes in Pseudo Global Warming scenarios

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

tropicalcyclone
globalwarming
meteorology

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Colin M. Zarzycki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Committee Member
Laifang Li, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Minyan

Title:

Traveling waves arising in the approximation and control of PDEs

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Traveling wave
diffusion equation
control theory
conservation laws
Backward Euler method

File:

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Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wen Shen, Major Field Member
Yuxi Zheng, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhuomin

Title:

Cross-Domain Image Analysis Approaches towards Segmentation of Placenta Photos and Pictorial Realism Study of Paintings

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Cross-domain image analysis
Placenta
Domain adaptation
Constable
Pictorial realism evaluation

File:

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Committee Members:

James Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Jia Li, Co-Chair, Dissertation Advisor and Minor Member
Elizabeth Mansfield, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Anna Yinqi

Title:

Understanding Pre-service Teachers Perspectives on STEM and Robotics Classroom Integration: A Critical Feminist Perspective

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

educational robot
critical feminism
feminism
teacher education
early childhood education

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian R Belland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Li

Title:

Studies of Berries and Health

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

Berries
Flavonoids
Mortality
Sleep
Diet Quality
Allostatic Load
Stress
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Overall Health
Nutritional Epidemiology

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Committee Members:

Penny Kris-Etherton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Major Field Member
Joshua Muscat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Richie, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Duanping Liao, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Bingbing

Title:

Can narrative inoculation immunize people against science misinformation? Testing the role of affect on conferring resistance to misinformation

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

misinformation
inoculation
narrative
affect
perceived threat
persuasion

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Fuyuan Shen, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Dillard, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Hong

Title:

Feature Clustering For Recurring Pattern Detection

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

recurring pattern detection
hierarchical clustering method
vanishing point detection
deep feature clustering

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Collins, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xiaolong

Title:

Development of semi-synthetic tissue using decellularized intestine and aptamer-functionalized hydrogel

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Decellularization; Aptamer; Hydrogel; Growth factor; Tissue rege

File:

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Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Lan

Title:

Applying machine learning and NLP techniques to Cyber Security: three selected studies

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

Malware detection
firmware emulation
deep learning

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Taegyu Kim, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhiyu

Title:

Underwater wall detection using robotic flapping wing and Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Robotic Wing
Underwater Perception

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Jiasheng

Title:

Modeling and Influencing Online User Behavior with Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Online User Behavior
Modeling and Influencing
Machine Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dongwon Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhenhui Li, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Yifan

Title:

MARKETING ANALYTICS MODELS IN THE NEW DATA ERA

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Marketing Analytics
Market Segmentation
Consumer Decision Process
Optimal Design
Robust Estimation
Decision Aids

File:

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Committee Members:

Duncan King-Hoi Fong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duncan King-Hoi Fong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arvind Rangaswamy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wayne Desarbo, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member
Margaret Grace Meloy, Program Head/Chair
Arvind Rangaswamy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Le

Title:

“I want to know more about the world”: A case study of international-mindedness as a means of music teachers’ professional development in China

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

nternational-mindedness
music teachers’ professional development
Chinese xiaowai music teachers
teachers’ experience
international curriculum and assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Callistro Clements, Committee Member
Sarah H Watts, Committee Member
Christopher A Kiver, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member
Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Kunyan

Title:

Understanding Light-Matter Interactions in Low-Dimensional and Quantum Materials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
Optical spectroscopy
Light-matter interaction
Sensing
Weyl semimetals

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shengxi Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Qingqing

Title:

Neuronal correlates of the BOLD signal during visual stimulations

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Unanesthetized rat fMRI
visual stimulation
BOLD signal
neuronal signal

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Neuberger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Yiwen

Title:

The Impact of Prison Opening on Employment in Rural America

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

mass incarceration
prison expansion
rural economy
employment

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Allen Kreager, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric P Baumer, Committee Member
Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Lixiang

Title:

Trustworthy Unsupervised and Supervised Learning

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Trustworthy Machine Learning
Clustering Uncertainty Assessment
Multi-view Stability-based Clustering
Enhancing Interpretability of DNN
Robust Surrogate Model for Uncertainty Quantification

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Committee Members:

Lin Lin, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jia Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Emily Davenport, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Muzi

Title:

Study of Interval Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

interval data
symbolic data
segment plot
dandelion plot
response surface methodology
visualization
correlation measure

File:

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Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Matthew Reimherr, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Chair of Committee
Dennis Lin, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yiming

Title:

ANALYSIS OF ORIFICE METERING AND PERFORATION EROSION FOR SHALE GAS WELLS VIA COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) MODELING

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

CFD
EROSION
PERFORATION EROSION
GAS METERING
ORIFICE METER

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Xutong

Title:

Mapping maternal emotion regulation in the context of challenging child behaviors

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

parental emotion regulation
parenting
psychophysiology
RSA
dynamic systems approach

File:

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Committee Members:

Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Outside Unit Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Field Member
Nilam Ram, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Fengyuan

Title:

flowback rate transient analysis of multi-fractured horizontal wells in tight and ultratight reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

flowback analysis
rate transient analysis
multiphase flow
tight and ultratight reservoir
fracture characterization

File:

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Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Zhenyu

Title:

The Impact of the Developmental Timing of Trauma Exposure on Psychopathological Processes and Aggression

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Trauma exposure
Developmental timing
PTSD
Depression
Anxiety
Aggression

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Chad Edward Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tianyi

Title:

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: additive-mediated synthesis, doping and related applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
chemical vapor deposition
doping
van der Waals heterostructures

File:

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Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, He

Title:

Parameter Estimation Using Linear Response Statistics

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Parameter Estimation
Linear Response Theory
Kernel Embedding
Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Missing Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Carina Curto, Program Head/Chair
William Noid, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Harlim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anna Mazzucato, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Haoyang

Title:

Migration Status and Parent-Child Discrepancies in Educational Expectations: Does social capital matter?

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Educational Expectations
Parent-child Discrepancies
Social Capital
China
Urban-rural disparity

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Elyse Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Wenhui

Title:

Studying the Performance and Security Trade-offs in Modern Linux Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Linux
Container
Security

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Committee Members:

Trent Jaeger, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aiping Xiong, Major Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Huaibin

Title:

Different layered materials for anion or cation uptake by ion exchange

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Layered double hydroxide
Nickel-Zinc layered phase
SnP
ZrP

File:

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Committee Members:

John Watson, Major Field Member
Dinesh Agrawal, Outside Field Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhang, Amy

Title:

Novel methods and application of Bayesian hierarchical regression models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

Bayesian models
Bayesian hierarchical regression
Approximate cross-validation
Information pooling
Statistics

File:

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Committee Members:

David Hunter, Major Field Member
Xiaoyue Niu, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair
Michael J. Daniels, Special Member