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Author:

Mirshani, Ardalan

Title:

Regularization Methods In Functional Data Analysis

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Functional Data
Differential Privacy
Hilbert Space
Variable Selection
Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space
Oracle Property
Elastic Net
Smooth Estimate
Density Estimation

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Logan Reimherr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Outside Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Xuan

Title:

USE OF SEMI-CIRCULAR BEND TEST TO CHARACTERIZE FRACTURE PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT CONCRETE WITH VIRGIN AND RECYCLED MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Asphalt
Cracking
Fracture
Semi-Circular Bend
Recycled Materials
Asphalt Concrete
Performance Test
Balanced Mix Design

File:

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Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shihui Shen, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

Author:

May, Sara

Title:

Celery leaf curl disease: Unraveling the causal agent, population genetics, symptomology and fungicide performance for improved diagnostics and management

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

celery
Colletotrichum
leaf curl
fioriniae
population genetics
management

File:

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Committee Members:

Beth Krueger Gugino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Outside Member
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member

Author:

Henry, Joseph

Title:

Initial public offerings and rival firm performance

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

IPO
product market competition

File:

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Committee Members:

David Haushalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Haushalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Iliev, Committee Member
Jess Cornaggia, Committee Member
Guojin Gong, Outside Member

Author:

Dong, Fengping

Title:

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PSYCHIATRIC RISK GENES UNDERLYING NEURODEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIORS

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

psychiatric disease
schizophrenia
autism spectrum disorder
ZNF804A
CTNNB1

File:

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Committee Members:

Yingwei Mao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhi-Chun Lai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Outside Member

Author:

Kibuye, Faith Awino

Title:

EFFECTS OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC DRIVERS ON EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WASTEWATER AND DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS: OCCURRENCE AND REMOVAL

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

emerging contaminants groundwater quality
wastewater irrigation
wastewater treatment
water reuse
emerging contaminants
groundwater quality
wastewater treatment
water reuse
wastewater irrigation
private wells
septic tanks
pharmaceuticals
pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)
surface water quality
seasonal variations
concentration-discharge
drinking water treatment
drinking water
ecological risk
human health risk
risk assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather E. Gall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather E. Gall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herschel A. Elliott, Committee Member
John E. Watson, Committee Member
Rachel A. Brennan, Outside Member

Author:

Adams, Elizabeth

Title:

Exploring patterns of parental soothing strategies on sleep and feeding during infancy

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

obesity prevention
responsive parenting
infant cry
infant fuss
infant feed
soothing strategies
pediatric sleep
actigraphy
objective sleep measure
parent reported infant sleep
sleep duration

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Savage Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Savage Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alison Diane Gernand, Committee Member
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Outside Member
Orfeu M Buxton, Outside Member

Author:

Hoshino, Tetsuya

Title:

Essays in Economic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Economic theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Syed Nageeb Ali, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member

Author:

He, Zhongyang

Title:

Quantifying science and innovation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Innovation
Patent
Econometrics
Computational Social Science
Novelty

File:

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Committee Members:

Zhen Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Joel Reid Landry, Committee Member
Zhongyi Yuan, Outside Member

Author:

Ewara, Eyo

Title:

The World's Ends: Standpoint, Comportment, and Ethics in Wilderson, Edelman, and Heidegger

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Heidegger
Lee Edelman
Frank Wilderson III
Phenomenology
Anti-social Queer Theory
Afro-pessimism
Ethics
Feminist Standpoint Theory

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Committee Members:

Nancy Tuana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Tuana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leonard Lawlor, Committee Member
Amy Allen, Committee Member
Clarie Colebrook, Outside Member

Author:

Boggs, Saskia

Title:

A Person-Centered Approach to Understand Black Students’ Racial-Academic Identities: An Examination of Predictors and Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

african-americans
identity development
positive black psychology
racial identity
academic identity
adolescence
school transitions
school racial climate
school academic climate
middle school
high school
academic outcomes
academic attainment
psychosocial wellbeing
self-esteem
optimism
black youth
youth of color
students of color
socioeconomic diversity

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn P. Witherspoon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn P. Witherspoon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johnathan E. Cook, Committee Member
K. Suzy Scherf, Committee Member
Mayra Y. Bámaca-Colbert, Outside Member

Author:

Walker, Rachel

Title:

Using Compartmental Modeling to Describe the Effect of Inflammation on the Regulation of Circulating Fatty Acids and Oxylipins by the Liver and Adipose Tissue

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Metabolic Syndrome
Inflammation
Oxylipins
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Insulin Resistance
Lipid Metabolism
Adipose Tissue
Liver
Compartmental Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory C Shearer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory C Shearer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Outside Member
William Harris, Special Member

Author:

Aguree, Sixtus

Title:

VARIATIONS IN PLASMA VOLUME AND MICRONUTRIENT BIOMARKERS ACROSS THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

estrogen and blood volume
progesterone and blood volume
blood volume
ovarian cycle
ovarian hormones
nutritional biomarkers
indocyanine green
reproductive hormones and nutrition
intravascular volume
hemodilution and biomarkers

File:

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Committee Members:

Alison D. Gernand, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison D. Gernand, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Committee Member
Lacy M. Alexander, Committee Member
Francisco J. Diaz, Outside Member
Matthew L. Reimherr, Special Member

Author:

Bendezu, Jason

Title:

A MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS EXAMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE GOAL ORIENTATION MODEL OF DEPRESSION VULNERABILITY IN PREADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

performance goal orientation
coping
attachment
cortisol
alpha-amylase
skin conductance level
stress

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Sy-Miin Chow, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Rui

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS FOR BEYOND COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

TMDS: 1T-TaS2; MoS2
phase-FET
copper diffusion barrier
beyond CMOS
nanomaterials

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua A. Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Roman-Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

O'Byrn, Edward Elliott

Title:

Black Existential Transformative Power: The Dialectic of Alienation and Enfranchisement In Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, and Ida B. Wells

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Black Existential
Black
Philosophy
Davis
Transformative
Wells
Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Ida B. Wells
Angela Y. Davis
American Philosophy
Africana
Reconstruction
Existentialism
Dialectic
Empowerment
Enfranchisement
Freedom Struggle
Master
Slave
Enslaved
Lynching
Constitution
Alienation
Praxis
Black Feminism
African-American Philosophy
Politics

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathryn Sophia Belle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Sophia Belle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Jennifer Boittin, Outside Member

Author:

Field, Meredith

Title:

Power and Injustice: Exploring the Factors that Limit Women's Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

healthcare
access
rural
childbirth
maternal
women
power
Gramsci
SisterSong
Foucault
feminist
health care
hegemony

File:

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Committee Members:

Carolyn Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member
Jill Wood, Outside Member
Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Committee Member

Author:

Mcallister, Alexander

Title:

PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IN BILINGUAL SPANISH-ENGLISH POPULATIONS DOES EXPERIENCE MATTER?

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

perceptual learning
speech perception
speaker generalization
phonetic variation

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Committee Members:

Matthew T. Carlson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew T. Carlson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rena Torres-Cacoullos, Committee Member
Janet Van Hell, Committee Member
Katharina Sophie Schuhmann, Outside Member
Navin Viswanathan, Committee Member
Abby Walker, Special Member

Author:

Mac Neill, Leigha Alexandra

Title:

ATTENTION PROCESSES IN CONTEXT: A MULTI-METHOD ASSESSMENT OF HOW PARENTING AND TEMPERAMENT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Attention
Temperament
Parenting
Eye-Tracking
EEG
Individual Differences
Development

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Outside Member

Author:

Abdollahi, Fatemeh A

Title:

Processing Foreign-accented and Native-accented speech: An Electrophysiological Study on the Role of Exposure and Age

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language Processing; Language and Aging; Psycholinguistics; Neurolinguistics; Audiology

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Committee Members:

Janet Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ping Li, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Blanda, Stephanie

Title:

Interfacial Waves Between Two Fluids With a Shear Flow

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Wind waves
Fluid dynamics
Interfacial current
Surface current
Base flow
Unsteady wind
Growth rate

File:

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Committee Members:

Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Jenni Evans, Outside Member
Vishal Vasan, Special Member

Author:

Indukuri, Vijaya Varma

Title:

MITIGATION OF INTESTINAL TUMORIGENESIS AND CANCER CACHEXIA IN APCMIN/+ MICE BY TABLE GRAPES (VITIS VINIFERA)

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Colon cancer
cancer prevention
β-catenin

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua D. Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D. Lambert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jairam K.P. Vanamala, Committee Member
Gregory R. Ziegler, Committee Member
Mary J. Kennett, Outside Member

Author:

Amory, Michael D

Title:

A process of becoming: A longitudinal analysis of pre-service teacher development through an MA TESL program

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Second Language Teacher Education
Sociocultural Theory
Teacher/teaching expertise
Development
Language Teacher Cognition
Praxis

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Karen E. Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Karen E. Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. James P. Lantolf, Committee Member
Dr. Deryn P. Verity, Committee Member
Dr. Mari Haneda, Outside Member

Author:

Hughes, David Rhodri

Title:

Entropy of the Lorentz Gas and Other Results

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Dynamical Systems
Blliards
Entropy

File:

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Committee Members:

Dmitri Yu Burago, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Levi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Martin Bojowald, Outside Member

Author:

Keilbart, Nathan Daniel

Title:

Understanding the pseudocapacitive response of transition metal oxide and carbide electrodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Pseudocapacitor
DFT
Monte Carlo
First-principles
Energy Storage

File:

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Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Member
Kwadwo Asare Osseo-Asare, Outside Member

Author:

Ahmed, Nabeel

Title:

Physical Bioinformatics Methods to Understand Causes and Consequences of Variable Codon Translation Rates

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

translation
kinetics
Ribo-Seq
Ribosome profiling
co-translational process

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Outside Member

Author:

Bird, John Joseph

Title:

Atmospherically Aware Aircraft Guidance Using In Situ Observations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

UAV
drone
atmospherically aware
autonomy
reinforcement learning
flight planning
soaring

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member

Author:

Xie, Hongchao

Title:

Probing excitonic mechanics in suspended and strained transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

2D semiconductors
Transition metal dichalcogenides
optomechanics
Valley
Exciton
strain
suspended monolayers

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kin Fai Mak, Committee Member
Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Dudek, Jaclyn

Title:

Creative Placemaking with a University Arboretum

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

place-based learning
placemaking
meshworking

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marcela Borge, Committee Member
Tyler S Hollett, Committee Member
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Outside Member

Author:

Halse, Shane

Title:

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CRISIS RESPONSE: FILTERING, MEASURING AND IMPROVING DATA

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social Media
Crisis Response
Filtering
Crisis Responders

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrea Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nick Giacobe, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Bu Zhong, Outside Member
Frederick Benaben, Special Member
Aurélie Montarnal, Special Member

Author:

Herbert, Patrick John

Title:

STRUCTURE-CORRELATED OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MONOLAYER-PROTECTED METAL CLUSTERS STUDIED THROUGH MAGNETO-OPTICAL AND TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy
Nanomaterials
Clusters

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth L. Knappenberger Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth L. Knappenberger Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Neal, Matthew Todd

Title:

A Spherical Microphone and Compact Loudspeaker Array Measurement Database for the Study of Concert Hall Preference

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

concert hall
acoustics
architecture
spherical microphone array
loudspeaker array
virtual acoustics
auralization
room acoustics
architectural acoustics
instrument directivity
preference
proximity
listener envelopment

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Celine Vigeant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Outside Member

Author:

Bajraj, Gent

Title:

Essays in monetary economics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

market games
phillips curve
directed search

File:

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Committee Members:

Neil Wallace, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil Wallace, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shouyong Shi, Committee Member
James Jordan, Committee Member
Joel Matthew Vanden, Outside Member

Author:

Wright, William C

Title:

An Algebraic Perspective on Computing with Data

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Mathematics
Statistics
Sheaf Theory
Category Theory
Giry Monad
Algebraic Statistics
Topos Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Ryder Morton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir Itskov, Committee Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Hsu, Shih Jung

Title:

Experimental Investigation of Insect Flight Aerodynamics and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

MAGLEV
Speed Control
Insect Flight
Visual Control

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lemmon, Megan Elaine

Title:

The Consequences of Structural Stigma For Employment, Marriage, and Independent Living Among Deaf Individuals in 19th Century America

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

stigma
disability
employment
marriage

File:

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Committee Members:

Molly Ann Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Molly Ann Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Outside Member

Author:

Morgart, Erin Coleen

Title:

DEVELOPING ELEMENTARY PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING: ENGAGING IN AN ADAPTED LESSON STUDY CYCLE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Mathematics Education
Lesson Study
Teacher Education
Elementary Pre-Service Teachers
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

File:

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Committee Members:

Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fran Arbaugh, Committee Member
Rachel Marie Wolkenhauer, Committee Member
Andrew Michael Baxter, Outside Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member

Author:

Prasad, Chitrarth

Title:

SIMULATION OF SUPERSONIC JET NOISE REDUCTION USING FLUID INSERTS FOR LOW BYPASS RATIO TURBOFANS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

supersonic
noise reduction
Large eddy simulation
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Doak's Momentum Potential Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Smith, Cory

Title:

MEASUREMENT OF TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER UNSTEADY WALL PRESSURES BENEATH ELASTOMER LAYERS OF VARIOUS THICKNESSES ON A PLATE

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

turbulent boundary layer
flow induced noise
elastomer attenuation

File:

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Committee Members:

Dean Capone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis McLaughlin, Committee Member
William Bonness, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Outside Member

Author:

Potts, Cory A

Title:

RELATING THE EXPERIENCE OF AGENCY TO THE LEVEL OF ACTION IDENTIFICATION IN A HIERARCHICAL TASK

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Agency
Hierarchical Representation
Cognition
Action

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Alan Carlson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Outside Member

Author:

Pettus, Mudiwa Mpho

Title:

African-American Rhetorical Education in the Age of Booker T. Washington

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Booker T. Washington
African-American rhetorical education
African-American rhetorical theory
post-Reconstruction
interracial communication
W.E.B. Du Bois
Pauline Hopkins
Sutton Griggs
democratic deliberation
rhetoric
rhetorical education
compromise
nineteenth-century rhetoric

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Committee Members:

Raymond Keith Gilyard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Moody, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Outside Member

Author:

Kunin, Alexander

Title:

Properties and Applications of Convex Neural Codes

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

combinatorics
mathematical neuroscience
convex geometry
convex coding

File:

Download alexkunin-diss-v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir Itskov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir Itskov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carina Pamela Curto, Committee Member
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Outside Member

Author:

Cohick, Zane W

Title:

A Materials Approach to Resonant Microwave Microplasma Generators

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Plasma
Microwave
Microplasma
Resonator
Split-Ring Resonator
Materials
Breakdown
Weibull
Dielectric
Plasma Generator
Plasma Breakdown
Ring Resonator
Metamaterial
Laser Ablation
Microfabrication
Q-factor
Microwave Breakdown
Microwave Plasma
Microwave Materials
Dielectric Resonator
Microwave Properties
Microwave Conductivity
Ultra High Frequency
UHF
UHF Plasma
Microwave Microplasma
UHF Microplasma

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Abdalla Ramadan Nassar, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Outside Member

Author:

Behrens, Liza

Title:

NURSING STAFF PERCEPTIONS OF RISK WHEN HONORING NURSING HOME RESIDENTS’ PREFERENCES: A SEQUENTIAL FOCUS GROUP STUDY

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

Nursing Home
Risk Management
Nursing Staff
Preferences
Person-Centered Care

File:

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Sue Van Haitsma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Sue Van Haitsma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Marie Kolanowski, Committee Member
Marie P Boltz, Committee Member
Mark Sciegaj, Outside Member

Author:

Wham, Briana Danielle

Title:

Evolutionary and ecological patterns in bumble bees (Bombus spp.): from mimetic coloration to epidemiological dynamics

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Bumble bees
Mullerian mimicry
Epidemiology
Viral Persistence

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather M Hines, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diana Cox-Foster, Committee Member
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Qiyuan

Title:

Examining the Effects of Learners’ Background and Social Network Position on Content-Related Interaction via the MOOC Platform

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

MOOCs
Interaction
Machine Learning
SEM
Social Network Analysis
Online Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Simon Hooper, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Na

Title:

Promoting Student Community with Increased Information Visibility In Distance Education

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Online Community
Community Building
CSCW
CSCL
Distance Learning
Visual Analytics
CMC
Education Technology

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Carroll, Committee Member
Ting-Hao (Kenneth) Huang, Committee Member
Kyle Peck, Outside Member

Author:

Dai, Yaoyao

Title:

Beloved Governments: Authoritarian Regimes' Toolkit for Building Popular Support

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Authoritarian Regimes
Public Opinion
Preference Falsification
Information Manipulation
Propaganda
Anti-Corruption Campaigns

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Richard Golder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Richard Golder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Boliang Zhu, Committee Member
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Committee Member
Jonathan Eran Abel, Outside Member
Wenfang Tang, Special Member

Author:

Sadeghi, Seyedali

Title:

EVALUATION OF MUSCLE FUNCTION AND PATHOLOGIES USING ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrasound shear wave elastography
muscle force production
posterior lumbar fusion
radiofrequency neurotomy
compartment syndrome
shear modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Meghan Elise Vidt, Outside Member

Author:

Sanchez Farran, Maria Antonieta

Title:

MODELING NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORY AND COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA IN ACTIVE COLLOIDAL ASSEMBLIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

autocatalysis
colloids
diffusiophoresis
nanomotors
oscillations

File:

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Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Ted Hsuan

Title:

Multilayer Networks in Political Science: Development and Applications of Novel Methods to International Cooperation and Conflict

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

multilayer networks
network analysis
international cooperation
informal diplomacy
transnational relations

File:

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Committee Members:

Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xun Cao, Committee Member
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Member
Diane Helen Felmlee, Outside Member

Author:

Gur, Shlomit

Title:

Machine-learning-based functional connectivity analyses: challenges and opportunities

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

machine learning
functional connectivity
fMRI
network neuroscience
longitudinal
multi-site

File:

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Committee Members:

Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Yen, Committee Member
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Outside Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Nan

Title:

Delivery of growth factors and stem cells for therapeutic angiogenesis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aptamers
hydrogels
angiogenesis
growth factor delivery
cell delivery

File:

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Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Scott H Medina, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Outside Member

Author:

Pobee, Ruth

Title:

IRON STATUS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN CAPE COAST- GHANA

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Iron status
psychosocial outcomes
pregnancy
Ghana

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alison Diane Gernand, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Chow Mosuk, Outside Member

Author:

Itoga, Takaaki

Title:

ESSAYS ON MULTI-PRODUCT FIRMS

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Multi-product firms
Reallocation
Factor market imperfection
Trade liberalization
Production function estimation

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Yeaple, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Yeaple, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Tybout, Committee Member
Paul Grieco, Committee Member
Aydin Alptekinoglu, Outside Member

Author:

Atrianfar, Hamed

Title:

TWO ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND MACROECONOMICS

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Import Competition
Quality Upgrading
Markup Reduction
Efficiency Wage
Directed Search
Adverse Selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Eaton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Douglas Harvey Wrenn, II, Outside Member

Author:

Firooz, Hamid

Title:

Trade-Induced Job Turnover and Unemployment

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Trade liberalization
job turnover
unemployment
variable demand elasticity
Colombia

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Committee Members:

James R. Tybout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Wade Cooper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Committee Member
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Member
Douglas Harvey Wrenn, II, Outside Member

Author:

Mitchell, Stacey

Title:

Moving through Modern Spain (1888-1923): Revelatory Darkness as Critical Medium

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Spanish modernism
Spanish literature
Revelatory Darkness
Space
Movement
Black Spain

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Rosa Truglio, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Barnard, Committee Member
Nancy Elizabeth Locke, Outside Member
William R. Blue, Special Member
Leslie Harkema, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Chuying

Title:

Bioinspired Citrate-based Metabonegenic Biomaterials for Bone Regenerative Engineering

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

citrate-based materials
metabonegenic regulation
bone regenerative engineering
phosphoserine
citrate
degradation product

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yong Wang, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member
Xingjie Ni, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fagan, Jonathan

Title:

THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN INSPECTING SURFACES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

CESR
solvent dielectric
gold

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Member

Author:

Tang, Xulong

Title:

Irregularity-aware Computation and Data Management in Manycore Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GPGPUs
Manycore architecture
Data locality
Irregular applications

File:

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Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chita R. Das, Committee Member
John (Jack) Sampson, Committee Member
Dinghao Wu, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Jue

Title:

QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND PROXIMITY EFFECT IN FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRES

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Quantum anomalous Hall effect
Topological insulator
Physical vapor deposition
Dilution refrigerator
Nanolithography
Heterostructures

File:

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Committee Members:

Moses H. W. Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moses H. W. Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cui-zu Chang, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

Author:

Bucior, Christine Ann

Title:

Ghosts and the Imagined Past

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

collective memory
ghost stories
ghosts
the past

File:

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Committee Members:

Alan Sica, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Sica, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Adler, Committee Member
Jeffrey Ulmer, Committee Member
Stephen Browne, Outside Member

Author:

Braymiller, Jessica

Title:

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NICOTINE USE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: FINDINGS FROM THE PATH STUDY

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Adolescence
Young Adulthood
Nicotine
Marijuana
Time-Varying Effect Modeling
Latent Class Analysis
Latent Transition Analysis
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie T. Lanza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie T. Lanza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven A. Branstetter, Committee Member
Thomas J. Gould, Committee Member
Martin J. Sliwinski, Outside Member
Michael Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Arva, Bryan Joseph

Title:

Understanding the Effects of New Information and Communication Technologies on Political Mobilization and Violence

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Terrorism
Information and Communication Technologies
ICTs
Protests
Social Media
Political Mobilization
Political Violence

File:

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Committee Members:

James A Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James A Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Member
Zaryab Iqbal, Committee Member
Richard B Felson, Outside Member

Author:

Aydemir Doke, Deniz

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ABLEIST MICROAGGRESSIONS IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Ableist microaggressions
disability
ableism
Scale development

File:

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Committee Members:

James Taylor Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Taylor Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlos P Zalaquett, Committee Member
Allison R Fleming, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Outside Member

Author:

Loughlin-Presnal, John Edward

Title:

Do Gains in Executive Functions Support Sustained Intervention Effects in a Home and Preschool-Based Schoool Readiness Intervention?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

School readiness
Executive function
Self-regulation
Preschool
Intervention
Early childhood

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Scott David Gest, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Hui

Title:

SLIPS-LAB for urinary stone diagnostics

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Urinary stone; Urinalysis; SLIPS; Point of care; Biomimicry
Microfluidics
Urinary stone
Urinalysis
SLIPS
Point of care
Biomimicry

File:

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Committee Members:

Pak Kin Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Outside Member

Author:

Scott, Julie

Title:

MATERNAL SENSITIVITY TO INFANT DISTRESS: EXAMINING POTENTIAL PREDICTORS IN A LOW-INCOME SAMPLE

Graduate Program:

Counseling Psychology

Keywords:

sensitivity to distress
maternal sensitivity
attachment theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen Bieschke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Benjamin D Locke, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Outside Member
Susan S Woodhouse, Special Member

Author:

Daniels, Aubrey

Title:

A Retrospective Study on the Relationships between Complex Trauma, Family Environment, Family Cohesion, Resilience, and Depression in Young Adults

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Complex Trauma
Resilience
Depression
Family
Cohesion
Family Environment
Family Cohesion
Counseling
Counselor Education
Mental Health
School Counselors
Higher Education
Trauma
Counselor Supervision

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia A Green Bryan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jolynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diandra Janelle Prescod, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Outside Member

Author:

Fernandez, Carla Beatriz

Title:

THE ROLE OF SPEAKER IDENTITY ON THE PROCESSING OF NATIVE AND FOREIGN-ACCENTED SPEECH

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language
perception
EEG

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Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adriana Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Katharina Sophie Schuhmann, Outside Member
Kathryn Suzanne Scherf, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Tao

Title:

THEORY OF NANOTHREADS: ENUMERATION, STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION, AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Density Functional Theory
Enumeration
Structure Identification
Solid State NMR

File:

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Committee Members:

Vincent H.Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member

Author:

Erol, Anil

Title:

Studies of Dipole-Driven Active Materials: Multifield Processing Simulations, Microstructure-Based Constitutive Modeling, and Macroscopic Active Composite Optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-active polymers
magneto-active elastomers
nonlinear elasticity
smart materials
optimization
modeling
mechanics of materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

Author:

Denny, Matthew

Title:

Three Essays on Legislative Text Analysis

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Text Analysis
Congress
American Politics
Bureaucracy
Legislation

File:

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Committee Members:

Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Burt Monroe III, Committee Member
Michael J Nelson, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Outside Member

Author:

Roman, Cristina Flores-almeida

Title:

EXAMINING THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THROUGH LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRUCTURAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
structural connectivity
depression
connectometry
graph theory

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Committee Members:

Peter A. Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Kathryn Suzanne Scherf, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Outside Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member

Author:

Liendo, Elizabeth

Title:

Pain and Pleasure: Fictions of Erotic Violence from Ovid to Spenser

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

medieval
early modern
erotic violence
Ovid
Amores
mastery

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Robert R. Edwards, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert R. Edwards, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Eckhardt, Committee Member
Garrett Sullivan, Committee Member
Maria Truglio, Outside Member

Author:

Zaballero, Aileen

Title:

A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF CONDITIONS THAT INFLUENCE THE RETURN-MIGRATION OF FILIPINO NURSES IN NORTH AMERICA AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Return migration
push/pull
Filipino Nurses
Philippines
Healthcare Workforce

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. William J. Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Edgar Yoder, Committee Member
Dr. Wesley E. Donahue, Committee Member
Dr. Hyung Joon Yoon, Outside Member
Dr. Ladislaus M. Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Henry, Shannon Lee

Title:

EXAMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PEER CONTEXT, SOCIAL ANXIETY, AND ALCOHOL EXPECTANCIES IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

alcohol
peers
social anxiety
anxiety
alcohol expectancies
undergraduates
peer familiarity
peer context

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland, III, Outside Member

Author:

Guo, Di

Title:

DO FIRMS MANAGE EARNINGS TO GAIN RUSSELL 1000 MEMBERSHIP?

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Earnings Management
Russell 1000 Index
Accruals Management
Real Earnings Manipulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Dan Givoly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dan Givoly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guojin Gong, Committee Member
Biqin Xie, Committee Member
David Haushalter, Outside Member

Author:

Gatzemeyer, Jace Patrick

Title:

FROM THE HINTERLANDS: MODERNISM AND REGIONALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1918-1941

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

modernism
regionalism
american literature
american modernism
literary regionalism
new regionalism

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean X Goudie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean X Goudie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janet Wynne Lyon, Committee Member
Robert L. Caserio, Committee Member
Daniel L Letwin, Outside Member

Author:

Regan, Karly

Title:

Arthropod Response to Cover Crop-Based Reduced-Tillage Organic Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

agroecology
biological control
cover crops
tillage
organic agriculture
arthropod community composition
conservation biological control
pest management
Carabidae
Araneae
Opiliones
Staphylinidae
Delia
Lepidoptera
interseeding
intercropping

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Outside Member
William Curran, Outside Member

Author:

Ricks, Paul

Title:

Taking Read-Alouds Seriously: An Examination of Picturebook Read-Aloud Discussions with Teacher Candidates and Their Instructor

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

read-alouds
teacher candidates
picturebooks
picture books
critical multicultural
reader response
preservice teachers

File:

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Committee Members:

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Shannon, Committee Member
Jason J Griffith, Committee Member
Shuang Shen, Outside Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Member

Author:

Messick, Cody

Title:

Detecting Gravitational Waves for Multi-Messenger Astronomy

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

gravitational waves
compact binary
compact binary coalescence
binary black hole
binary neutron star
LIGO
Virgo
general relativity
multi-messenger astronomy
multi-messenger astrophysics
multi-messenger
GW170817
GW150914
GW151226
GW170104
GW170814

File:

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Committee Members:

Chad Hanna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chad Hanna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Doug Cowen, Committee Member
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member
Derek Fox, Outside Member

Author:

Crowe, Sean Thomas

Title:

Faithful realizations and semi-classical physics

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

semi-classical physics
quantum tunneling
quantum cosmology
poisson algebras
Casimirs
Darboux coordinates

File:

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Committee Members:

Martin Bojowald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugenio Bianchi, Committee Member
Kenneth O'Hara, Committee Member
Ping Xu, Outside Member

Author:

Norris, Jackson

Title:

Multi-Phase Modeling of Intervening Quasar Absorption Line Systems at z < 1

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Astronomy
Quasar Absorption Lines
Circumgalactic Medium
Galaxies
Spectroscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Jane Camilla Charlton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Outside Member

Author:

Nchare Fogam, Abdoul Karim

Title:

ESSAYS ON NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIORAL MODELS OF CONSUMER CHOICE

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Discrete Choice Models
Finite Mixtures
Inattention
Inertia
Panel Data
Partial identification
Difference in Differences
Quantile Treatment Effects
SNAP

File:

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Committee Members:

Marc Albert Henry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marc Albert Henry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sung Jae Jun, Committee Member
Daniel Jose Grodzicki, Committee Member
Scott J. Colby, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Xi

Title:

Quantifying cities through user-generated geosocial content with GeoAI

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

GIScience
GeoAI
Cities
Computational Social Science
Machine Learning
Data Mining

File:

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Committee Members:

Clio Maria Andris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clio Maria Andris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan M Mac Eachren, Committee Member
Donna Peuquet, Committee Member
Bruce A Desmarais, Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Morris, Jared

Title:

EFFECTS OF AN EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION AND VIDEO MODELING INTERVENTION WITH AUGMENTED REALITY ON THE RATIONAL NUMBER MATHEMATICS OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

explicit instruction
video modeling
augmented reality
rational numbers
computer assisted instruction
educational technology
effective instruction
mathematics
mathematics instruction
mathematics disability
dyscalculia
specific learning disability
fractions
explicit instruction
video modeling
augmented reality
rational numbers
computer assisted instruction
educational technology
effective instruction
mathematics
mathematics instruction
mathematics disability
dyscalculia
specific learning disability
fractions
explicit instruction
video modeling
augmented reality
rational numbers
computer assisted instruction
educational technology
effective instruction
mathematics
mathematics instruction
mathematics disability
dyscalculia
specific learning disability
fractions
explicit instruction
video modeling
augmented reality
rational numbers
computer assisted instruction
educational technology
effective instruction
mathematics
mathematics instruction
mathematics disability
dyscalculia
specific learning disability
fractions

File:

Download Dissertation__Final__Jared_R._Morris.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth M. Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer L Frank, Committee Member
Mary Catherine Scheeler, Committee Member
Amy C Crosson, Outside Member

Author:

Savonen, Benjamin Lyle

Title:

A METHODOLOGY FOR TRIAGING PRODUCT NEEDS FOR LOCALIZED MANUFACTURING WITH 3D PRINTING IN LOW-RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

3D printing
Humanitarian Engineering
International Development
Low-Resource Contexts

File:

Download Dissertation_Savonen.pdf

Committee Members:

John Gershenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Gershenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Committee Member
Jason Andrew Acimovic, Outside Member

Author:

Gormley, Jessica

Title:

Supporting Children with Complex Communication Needs to Communicate Choices During an Inpatient Stay: Effect of a Partner Training on Health Care Professionals

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

augmentative and alternative communication
health care training
just-in-time training
inpatient
communicating choices
children

File:

Download Gormley_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica Gosnell Caron, Committee Member
Nicole Michele Etter, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Doucette, Grayson S

Title:

COARSE TO FINE: TUNING MOLECULAR PACKING TO PINPOINT TRIPLET PAIR SEPARATION MECHANISMS AND THE ROLE OF MOLECULAR COUPLING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Singlet Fission
High Pressure
Intermolecular Coupling
Photophysics
Pentacene
Polymorph

File:

Download Doucette_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

He, Yuting

Title:

Understanding the Carbon Cycle in the Complex Terrain at Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

terrestrial carbon cycle
complex terrain
critical zone observatory
Biome-BGC
ecosystem modeling

File:

Download Dissertation_YutingHE_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Outside Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
Yuning Shi, Special Member
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foster, Albert

Title:

Polyvinyl Toluene and Lithium Glass Composites for Neutron Detection

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Composite
Neutron
Detection
Pulse Shape Discrimination
Polymer
Glass

File:

Download Polyvinyle_Toluene_and_Lithium_Glass_Composites_for_Neutron_Detector.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member
Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Special Member

Author:

Klee, Sara

Title:

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE GENETIC BASIS OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA VIRULENCE

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Erwinia amylovora
plant pathogen
polysaccharide
virulence
fire blight
translation
auxotrophy

File:

Download Klee_PhD_Dissertation_real_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy W Mcnellis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member

Author:

Meister, Alissa

Title:

VAGAL DYSFUNCTION IN NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

vagus
cytokines
heart rate variability
NEC
immunohistochemistry
preterm

File:

Download ALM_Dissertation_Compiled_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Renato A Travagli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Renato A Travagli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kim Kopenhaver Doheny, Committee Member
Kirsteen Nairn Browning, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Outside Member

Author:

Banan, Zoya

Title:

Residential Air Quality Changes Due to Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania Mapping the Implications

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Setback Policy
Health Impact
Fine Particulate Matter
Gaussian Plume Model
Air Quality Regulation
Aerosol Dispersion

File:

Download Zoya_Banan_-_PhD_Dissertation__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Michael Gernand, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Outside Member

Author:

Alhusaini, Badryah Y

Title:

Peer Information and Managerial Myopia

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Managerial Myopia
Peer Information

File:

Download Alhusaini_-_Dissertation_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Muller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl A Muller, III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dan Givoly, Committee Member
Hal Derric White, Committee Member
Peter G Iliev, Outside Member

Author:

Bove, Cecilia

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL PARKINSON’S DISEASE: PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES ON THE FUNCTION OF THE DORSAL MOTOR NUCLEUS OF THE VAGUS NEURONS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Vagus nerve
Parkinson's disease
gastrointestinal

File:

Download CB_-_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

R. Alberto Travagli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
R. Alberto Travagli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kirsteen N. Browning, Committee Member
Yuval Silberman, Committee Member
Robert Levenson, Outside Member
Thyagarajan Subramanian, Committee Member

Author:

Tyagi, Ankit

Title:

Dynamics of Interacting Turbulent Flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Interacting Flames
Turbulent Flames
Image Processing
Laser Diagnostics
Flame Physics
Flame-Flame Interactions

File:

Download Tyagi_Ankit-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O’Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline O’Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Haworth, Committee Member
Stephen Lynch, Committee Member
Michael Krane, Outside Member
Isaac Boxx, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Peng

Title:

Monostatic and Bistatic Ice-Penetrating Radars Based on Software-Defined Radio Technology

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Bistatic Ice-Penetrating Radar
Software-Defined Radio

File:

Download PengLiu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
John Mathews, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair