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Author:

Zhang, Min

Title:

DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CORN SILAGE-MAKING SYSTEM WITH SHREDDING

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

DAFOSYM.
roll speed
kernel processing
Corn silage
particle length
corrugated rolls
harvester
roll clearance
grain digestibility
dairy cow nutrition
system simulation
shredding
stover digestibility

File:

Download dissertation_minzhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Committee Member
C Alan Rotz, Committee Member
Dr Dennis R Buckmaster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhang, Mimi

Title:

Brands all a Twitter: The influences of Twitter on brands and consumers

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

online word-of-mouth
tweet analysis
social media
Twitter

File:

Download MimiZhangDissertationFile.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernard James Jansen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Shawn Clark, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Abdur Chowdhury, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Peihong

Title:

THEORY OF ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: NOVEL GROUP-IV MATERIALS AND REAL SPACE METHODS

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

multigrid
finite element methods
Electronic structure
real-space methods
carbon nanotubes
ab initio
band structure
semiconductor
planewave
pseudopotential

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Ranran

Title:

Understanding the long-term survival of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and its application in cancer immunotherapy through a modeling approach

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

cytotoxic T lymphocytes
signaling network
large granular lymphocyte leukemia
cancer immunotherapy
dynamic model

File:

Download Thesis_ZhangR_Jul_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Paul Loughran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
"Thomas P Loughran, Jr", Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Carduus acanthoides
biological invasion
climate change
warming
disturbance
Carduus nutans

File:

Download Rui_Zhang_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Ruofang

Title:

GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF PARTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHT IN DIPLOID POTATO

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Potato
Early blight
Resistance
QTL mapping

File:

Download ZhangRDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Ayers, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Kathleen Haynes, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLID-STATE SINTERING OF METAL POWDER COMPACT DOMINATED BY GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sintering simulation
finite element method
viscoelasticity
stainless steel 316L
metallography

File:

Download RuiZhang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Renata S Engel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randall M German, Committee Member
Nicholas John Salamon, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Shihai

Title:

BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS WITH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

broadband dielectric spectroscopy
miscible polymer blends
hydrogen bonding
segmental relaxation
secondary relaxation
dynamic heterogeneity
concentration fluctuations
glass transition temperature
high pressure

File:

Download ThesisShihaiZhang1111.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Shengjun

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
High temperature embrittlement
alkali metal impurities
Al alloys
first-principles
Thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Tao

Title:

PERCEIVED GAINS IN CRITICAL THINKING OF ONLINE LEARNERS: EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

critical thinking
structural equation model
online learning
motivation
learning strategies
survey research

File:

Download ETD_taozhang.pdf

Committee Members:

James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
Rana Arnold, Committee Member