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Author:

Isaacson, Ashley

Title:

Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

open-top chambers
climate change
perennial forage
forage production
weed seedbank
seedbank longevity
increased temperatures
weed seed mortality
alfalfa productivity
temperature fluctuations
winter injury

File:

Download Isaacson_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Carolyn Lowry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Richard Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Torhan, Sarah

Title:

A Global Characterization of Adaptations Addressing Vulnerabilities Across the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

climate change
adaptation
food-energy-water nexus
food security
water security
energy security

File:

Download Torhan_Masters_Thesis_Fall_2021.pdfDownload Table_B-1.xlsx

Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member

Author:

Horisk, Kaitlyn

Title:

Plants, Precipitation, and People in Dhofar, Oman: Dryland Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Paleoecology
climate change
vegetation
Arabia
pastoralism
taxonomic turnover
isotopes
pollen
Agent-based model

File:

Download Horisk_DoctoralDissertation.2024.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Erin DiMaggio, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Ivory, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joy McCorriston, Special Member
Kate Freeman, Major Field Member

Author:

Doebler, William J

Title:

Global Variability in Sonic Boom Exposure due to Macroscopic Effects

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (PHD)

Keywords:

sonic boom
X-59
sonic thump
Perceived Level
BSEL
DSEL
perception
dose-response
climate change
Concorde
B-58
Quesst
NASA

File:

Download W_Doebler_Dissertation_20240402.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Thompson, Major Field Member
Eric Greenwood, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Swanson, Major Field Member
Alexandra Loubeau, Special Member
Victor Sparrow, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ritchie, Michelle

Title:

A Novel Framework for the Development of a Spatial Social-Ecological Systems Model of Climate Change Adaptation: An Arctic Case Study Application in North Central Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

human-environment geography
social-ecological systems
Arctic
climate change
adaptation

File:

Download Ritchie_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

William Easterling, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Co-Chair of Committee
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Richard Alley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair