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Author:

Batista, Juan

Title:

Analysis and Robust Preconditioning for Numerical Implementations of Richards' Equations in Groundwater Flow

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Hydrology
Numerical Simulation
Porous Media
Nonlinear PDE
Applied Mathematics
Preconditioners
Auxiliary Space Method

File:

Download JB_Diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Outside Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Thweatt, Jennifer

Title:

Characterization of Pigment Biosynthesis and Light-Harvesting Complexes of Selected Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

photosynthesis
chlorophyll
light-harvesting
green sulfur bacteria
carotenoid
astrobiology
GSB
purple sulfur bacteria
PSB

File:

Download ThweattETD1.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Outside Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Livada, Jovan

Title:

Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductases: Expansion of the Subclass and Insight into the Multi-Step Inter-Subunit Radical Translocation Mechanism

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

EPR
ribonucleotide reductase
DFT
Bioinorganic

File:

Download Livada_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Du, Manyu

Title:

MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF LONG-DISTANCE GENE REGULATION IN BUDDING YEAST

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

gene expression
3D genome organization
long-distance chromosomal interactions
3D gene clustering

File:

Download Thesis_ManyuDu_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lu Bai, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lu Bai, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manuel Llinas, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member
Ken Keiler, Program Head/Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wenjia

Title:

Iron-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Direct Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Higher Hydrocarbons

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 hydrogenation
bimetallic catalyst
hydrocarbon

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Wenjia_Wang_111419_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rowland, Andrew

Title:

BIO-INSPIRED LIPOSOME-STABILIZED MULTI-PHASE ALL-AQUEOUS EMULSIONS FOR DIRECTED MINERAL SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial mineralizing vescile
amorphous calcium carbonate
bioinspired
liquid-liquid phase separation
coacervate
aqueous two phase separation
stabilized emulsion

File:

Download Rowland_Andrew_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Colancecco, Elise Marie

Title:

Gender Differences in Predictive Factors of Older Adults’ Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Recovery Following Hip Fracture

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

hip fracture
recovery
IADL
older adult

File:

Download ColanceccoE_dissert_FINAL11.12.19.pdf

Committee Members:

Ann Marie Kolanowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Marie Kolanowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marie P Boltz, Committee Member
Susan Jayne Loeb, Committee Member
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Outside Member
Judith E Hupcey, Program Head/Chair
Nikki Lynn Hill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Papalia, Zack

Title:

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMON WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION COMPONENTS, SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR, AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

employee health
employee wellness
worksite health
health promotion
kinesiology
worksite
employee
wellness
public health
assessment
biometrics
sedentary
sedentary behavior

File:

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Committee Members:

Melissa Jean Bopp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Max Crowley, Outside Member
Scherezade Kelly Mama, Committee Member
Meg Leavy Small, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hart, Michael

Title:

Glass Canon: The Cambridge School of English and the Academic Formalization of Literary Studies

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Cambridge
critical university studies
history of literary criticism

File:

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Committee Members:

Janet Wynne Lyon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Wynne Lyon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lawrence Caserio, Jr., Committee Member
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Outside Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hepler, Nathan Kent

Title:

INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF EXPANSIN FUNCTION USING IN VITRO, IN VIVO, AND PHYLOGENETIC METHODOLOGIES

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

expansin
plant cell wall
gene family evolution
Spirodela polyrhiza
Zostera marina
Utricularia gibba
CRISPR/Cas9
root hair
in vitro evolution

File:

Download Hepler-dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carr, Jacob Lawrence

Title:

An Investigation into the Factors that Govern Success for New Safety and Health Technologies in the Mining Industry and the Efficacy of those Factors to Predict the Likelihood of Success for Emerging Technologies

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

mining
health and safety
safety and health
emerging technologies

File:

Download JCarr-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffery L Kohler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffery L Kohler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Committee Member
Michael Pate, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bast, Ruth

Title:

THE MODERATING ROLE OF A HOPEFUL CAREER STATE AND THE MEDIATING ROLE OF WORK ENGAGEMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB DEMANDS AND TURNOVER INTENTIONS OF HOTEL FRONT OFFICE EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

turnover
work engagement
hopeful career state
hospitality

File:

Download RA_jackson_Corrected_Dissertation__12-4-2019.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hyung Joon Yoon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Hubert Van Hoof, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hyung Joon Yoon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Xiao, Di

Title:

Quantum Transport in 2 and 3 Dimensional Topological Insulators

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Insulators
Quantum Transport
InAs/GaSb
Axion Insulator
Quantum Spin Hall
Quantum Anomalous Hall
Molecular Beam Epitaxy

File:

Download DiXiao-Dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nabil, Mahdi

Title:

Computational Investigation of High-Flux Heating of Supercritical Fluids in Microscale Geometries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical fluid
Carbon dioxide
Microchannels
Heat exchanger
Large eddy simulation
Mixed convection
Supercritical Fluid
Carbon Dioxide
Micro-pin-fins
Heat Exchanger
Large Eddy Simulation
Mixed Convection

File:

Download PhDDissertation_MNabil.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yan, Yu

Title:

THE EFFECT OF GAMIFICATION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS’ PARTICIPATION IN AND SATISFACTION WITH A CURRICULUM-BASED MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

gamification
participation
performance
curriculum-based measurement
assessment

File:

Download Yu_Yan_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Simon Richard Hooper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roy Clariana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tyler S Hollett, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair
Simon Richard Hooper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Collopy, Alex

Title:

Jumpin’ with Jubilee: An ethnographic case study of Inclusion and the Emotional Lives of a Bilingual Pre-Kindergarten Classroom in Washington, D.C.

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

inclusion
early childhood education
universal pre-kindergarten
disability studies in education
preschool
ethnography

File:

Download Collopy_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Valente, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Valente, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Christopher Schulte, Outside Member
Scot Danforth, Special Member
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

THE STATIC CO-OCCURRENCE AND DYNAMIC CO-DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN EXTERNALIZING AND INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS FROM AGES 1.5 TO 8 YEARS AT BETWEEN-PERSON AND WITHIN-PERSON LEVELS: DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES AND HERITABLE AND REARING ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

externalizing and internalizing behaviors
between-person and within-person perspectives
co-occurrence
dynamic co-development
parent-offspring adoption design
integrative data-analytic techniques
heritable and rearing environmental influences

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Sy-Miin Chow, Outside Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peacock, Jayme

Title:

The Dead Beloved in English Petrarchism

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Renaissance
Authorship
Petrarchism
Genre

File:

Download Peacock_Dissertation_Final_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick G Cheney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick G Cheney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Garrett Sullivan, Jr., Committee Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Committee Member
Sherry Roush, Outside Member
Marcy Lynne North, Committee Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yoon, Eunjung

Title:

Ensuring Service Integrity in Cloud Computing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Security
Cloud Computing
Big Data
Intrusion Recovery
Computation Integrity
MapReduce

File:

Download EunjungYoon-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gang Tan, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Jia Li, Outside Member
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kirshtein, Arkadz

Title:

Energetic variational approaches and numerical analysis in complex fluids

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Mathematical Modeling
Complex Fluids
Fluid mechanics
Phase Field
Energetic Variational Approach
Numerical Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Diffusive Interface Method
Sintering

File:

Download thesis-main.pdf

Committee Members:

Chun Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chun Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
James Joseph Brannick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Levi, Program Head/Chair
James J. Brannick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chai, Zhi

Title:

TRANSCRIPTOMICS APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF VITAMIN A IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM INFECTION IN THE MOUSE SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

RNAseq
Transcriptome
Intestine
Vitamin A
Citrobacter rodentium
mouse

File:

Download ZhiDissertationAfterDefense.pdf

Committee Members:

A Catharine Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gregory C Shearer, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Outside Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Xu

Title:

Authoritarian Control in the Age of Digital Surveillance

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Digital Surveillance
Repression
Co-optation
Dictatorship
Civic Participation
Social Credit System

File:

Download Xu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Richard Golder, Committee Member
Boliang Zhu, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Outside Member
Luke Keele, Special Member
Glenn Hunter Palmer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Logan, Paul

Title:

The Association Between APRN Intensity and Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

advanced practice registered nurse
nurse-sensitive outcome
APRN intensity
pressure injury
fall injury
CLABSI
CAUTI

File:

Download Logan_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie P Boltz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marie P Boltz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Christopher Samuel Hollenbeak, Committee Member
Jacqueline Ann Mogle, Outside Member
Judith E Hupcey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Azim, Shahinshah

Title:

BUILT ENVIRONMENT'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIETARY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LIFESTYLES AND OBESITY PREVALENCE

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

obesity
obesogenic environment
physical inactivity
dietary-intake patterns
built environment
transportation
commuting environment
smart growth
strategies
public policy
population health
public health
public administration
healthy living communities

File:

Download SHAHINSHAH_FAISAL_AZIM_OCT_5_REVISED_DISSERTATION_FOR_ETDA_GRAD_SCHOOL__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Goktug Morcol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Sungwoog Choi, Outside Member
Jeah Jung, Outside Member
Alexander Siedschlag, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barzegari, Saman

Title:

Application of Bio-Binders as Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Asphalt Binders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bio-binder
asphalt binder
rheology
sustainability
alternate binders
asphalt pavements

File:

Download Saman_Barzegari_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cho, Chloe Jin

Title:

The Color Variety Effect: When Colorful Foods Enhance Consumer Perceptions

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

colorful food
consumer behavior
food consumption experience
hedonic escalation
food evaluation
food presentation
color variety

File:

Download Dissertation_CHO_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anna S Mattila, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna S Mattila, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Lawrence Bordi, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip Michael Jolly, Committee Member
Lisa Elizabeth Bolton, Outside Member
Peter Lawrence Bordi, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna S Mattila, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akbarpour, Hamed

Title:

FIRE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE: ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Fire Following Earthquake
Fire
Multi-hazard
Seismic Design
Earthquake
Analytical Assessment

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Michael Charles Hillman, Committee Member
Somayeh Asadi, Outside Member
Amr S. Elnashai, Special Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnson, Nathan

Title:

Function and maintenance of trans-species small RNAs in the Cuscuta genus of parasitic plants

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Small RNAs
Parasitic plants
Small RNA alignment
Trans-species small RNAs
Cuscuta

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Axtell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Axtell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tuttle, Elizabeth

Title:

Distributing Dissidence: The Material Culture of Feminism and Anti-Imperialism in Interwar France

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies

Keywords:

French Feminism
Colonial history
Material Culture Studies
Political Activism
Interwar France
French Anti-Imperialism

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benedicte Marie-Christine Monicat, Committee Member
Tracy Leanne Rutler, Committee Member
Sophie C De Schaepdrijver, Outside Member
Carolyn Eichner, Special Member
Benedicte Marie-Christine Monicat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Terechshenko, Zhanna

Title:

What They Say and What They Do: Hawkishness, Hostility, and Conflict Escalation

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Conflict escalation
Hostility
Hawkishness

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Committee Members:

Glenn Hunter Palmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glenn Hunter Palmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Member
Zita Oravecz, Outside Member
Burt Monroe, III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marie Hojnacki, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Parajuli, Jyotsana

Title:

Oncology Nurses' Confidence in Providing Palliative Care

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

oncology nurses
confidence
knowledge
educational needs

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Parajuli.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith E Hupcey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Ann Kitko, Committee Member
Barbara Ann Birriel, Committee Member
Robert William Schrauf, Outside Member
Judith E Hupcey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Acosta, Monica

Title:

WITHIN-HOST ECOLOGY, DRUG PRESSURE AND THE EVOLUTION OF DRUG RESISTANCE

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

drug resistance
in vivo
evolution of drug resistance
antimicrobials
pathogen evolution
antimicrobial pressure
within host evolution
atovaquone
malaria
pathogen competition

File:

Download Acosta_DissertationFINAL_CORRECTIONS_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Manuel Llinas, Outside Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Luming

Title:

CCR10-MEDIATED COORDINATED MIGRATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS AND T CELLS FOR COLONIC HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

colonic homeostasis
chemokine receptor CCR10
coordinated cell migration
IgA antibody-secreting B cells
CD4+ helper T cells

File:

Download Thesis__Luming_Zhao__Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Na Xiong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Na Xiong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member
Troy Ott, Outside Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xi, Hao

Title:

Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Sensor System For Direct Detection of Organ Iron Profile

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Magnetoelectric
Sensor
piezoelectric
SQUID
Liver Iron
Tissue Iron
Biomagnetics
Biomedical Application

File:

Download Dissertation_HX_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Xingjie Ni, Committee Member
Qing X Yang, Outside Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Zhe

Title:

MULTISCALE MODELING OF LITHIUM METAL ANODE FOR NEXT-GENERATION BATTERY DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion battery
Lithium metal anode
Dendrite growth
Phase-field modeling
Electrodeposition
Density functional theory

File:

Download Zhe_Liu_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Wenlong

Title:

Carbon Nanotube Integrated Microdevices for Virus Enrichment And Detection

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Infectious disease
Carbon nanotubes
Influenza
microdevice
nano martierials

File:

Download Dissertation_Wenlong_Zhang_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Huaguang Lu, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Garza, Angela

Title:

INTEGRATING OPTIMIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AGENT BASED MODELING FOR OPTIMAL WORKFORCE PLANNING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

agent-based modeling
workforce planning
system dynamics
multi-objective mathematical programming
artificial intelligence
optimization

File:

Download Garza_Final_Dissertation_20191205.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Dean Martin, Special Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Outside Member
Daniel A. Finke, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hu, Kai

Title:

Bioinformatics discovery of chemical diversity in enzyme superfamilies

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Ribonucleotide Reductase (RNR)
Bioinformatics
Radical chemistry
Class Ie RNR
Deep Mutational Scanning (DMS) strategy

File:

Download Kai_Hu_dissertation_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin D Allen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amie Kathleen Boal, Outside Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Cheng Bang

Title:

RECURRENCE ANALYSIS OF HIGH-DIMENSIONAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Recurrence Analysis
Nonlinear Dynamics
Pattern-Frequency Tree
Network Science
Space-Filling Curve
Complex system
Healthcare
Manufacturing

File:

Download phd_thesis_chengbang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Outside Member
Hui Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hui Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khan, Haris Ali

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO FRICTION STIR BLIND RIVETING FOR MULTILAYER THIN DISSIMILAR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

multilayer thin sheets joining
mechanical behavior
microstructure characterization
process-structure-property linkage
online quality monitoring
grain boundary engineering

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_Haris_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingjing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingjing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Jing Du, Outside Member
Scott Miller, Special Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brooks, Allan

Title:

Programming the Dynamics of Active Colloids via Shape

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

micromotors
active matter
colloids

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Andichamy, Veerandra Chakkarava

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF USING TIP LEAKAGE INTERRUPTER AND BLADE SLIT TO MITIGATE AERODYNAMIC LOSSES IN AXIAL TURBINE STAGE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Axial Turbines
Tip Leakage Flow
Blade Slit
TLI
Turbomachinery

File:

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Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Yong W Kim, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walter, Timothy Noah

Title:

Processing of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfdie: oxidation, etching, and deposition on the basal plane for novel nanofabrication processes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MoS2
contact engineering
oxidation
ALD
nanofabrication

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Runion, Megan

Title:

Teacher Emotion Regulation and Professional Quality of Life as Predictors of Responses to Students

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion regulation
Professional quality of life
Teacher-student relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Cristin Marie Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristin Marie Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Andrea Woika, Committee Member
Daniel Francis Perkins, Outside Member
James Clyde Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Tian

Title:

Single Nanostructure Nonliear Behavior of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles Studied Using Ultrafast Correlated Light and Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanostructure
Plasmonic
3D imaging
electronic dynamic
Ultrafast Microscopy
Super-resolution

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Dr. Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yoxtheimer, David

Title:

UTILIZATION OF THE SQUARE ARRAY EARTH RESISTIVITY METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ANISOTROPY IN FRACTURED SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earth resistivity
square array
anisotropy
fractured bedrock
karst
hydrogeology
paradox of anisotropy

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher La Femina, Committee Member
Anthony Robert Buda, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Skoranski, Amanda

Title:

Modeling Profiles of Mothers' and Fathers' Mental Health and Stress Physiology and Physiological Coregulation with Preschool-Aged Children

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parenting
mental health
anxiety
depression
respiratory sinus arrhythmia
latent profile analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Robert William Roeser, Outside Member
J. Douglas Coatsworth, Special Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hromisin, Scott Michael

Title:

Aeroacoustic Characterization of Dual-Stream, Supersonic, Rectangular Exhaust Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aeroacoustics
Jet Noise
Supersonic jets
Multi-stream jets

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sieron, Scott Buku

Title:

Passive Microwave Forward Modeling and Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation within a Regional-Scale Tropical Cyclone Model

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
hurricanes
tropical cyclones
data assimilation
microwave
infrared
satellite

File:

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Committee Members:

Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member
Xingchao Chen, Committee Member
Jia Li, Outside Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chandler, Raeven

Title:

Latinx Health and Health Care in the United States: Comparing Rural and Urban Adults in New versus Established Destinations

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Rural Health
Healthcare Access
Healthcare Satisfaction
Latino Health
Hispanic Health
Patient Satisfaction
New Destinations

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Outside Member
Shannon Monnat, Special Member
Kathryn J. Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schroeder, Kingsley Manning

Title:

Components of Gender-Conformity Pressure: Measurement and Consequences of Awareness, Feelings, and Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender development
parent socialization
felt pressure to conform to gender roles

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Committee Members:

Lynn S. Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn S. Liben, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Margaret L. Signorella, Committee Member
Mayra Y Bamaca, Outside Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Boyu

Title:

ON THE ROBUSTNESS, EFFICIENCY AND INFORMATION FRESHNESS IN NETWORKED SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

cyber physical systems
robustness
efficiency
information freshness

File:

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Committee Members:

Jing Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Committee Member
Aylin Yener, Committee Member
Hui Yang, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marcon, Virginia Margaret

Title:

THE EFFECT OF LITHOLOGY ON (BIO)GEOCHEMICAL WEATHERING: SANDSTONE TO SERPENTINITE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeochemical weathering
critical zone
Shale Hills
87Sr/86Sr
mineral biosignatures
δ13C
porosity

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wafula, Eric

Title:

Computational methods for comparative genomics of non-model species: a case study in the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Computational biology
Evolutionary biology
Bioinformatics
Comparative genomics
Next-generation sequencing
de novo assembly
Genome annotation
Gene expression
Whole genome duplication
Gene duplication
Phylogenomics
Ancestral reconstruction
Transcriptomics
Orthogroups
Gene family evolution
Parasitic plants
Orobanchaceae
Striga

File:

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Committee Members:

Claude Walker Depamphilis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Istvan Albert, Outside Member
Naomi S Altman, Outside Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roth, Paul

Title:

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS FOR ENHANCING PRIVATE FOREST LEGACY DECISIONS

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

forest legacy planning
estate planning
conservation based estate planning
forest land planning
forest land estate planning process
private forest landowner
Pennsylvania private forests
stewardship
conservation
values

File:

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Committee Members:

James Craig Finley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Craig Finley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William F. Elmendorf, Committee Member
Allyson Muth, Committee Member
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Outside Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clemente-Harding, Laura

Title:

Extension of the Analog Ensemble Technique to the Spatial Domain

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Analog Ensemble
uncertainty quantification
Search Space Extension
Schaake Shuffle
ensemble prediction
spatio-temporal consistency
computationally efficient
spatial optimization
optimal predictor weighting

File:

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Committee Members:

Guido Cervone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guido Cervone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rotella, Christopher

Title:

Harnessing the Properties of Carbon Nanotubes to Increase Applicability

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Doping
Increasing applicability
Biomedical applications
Li-ion Batteries

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rogers, Bradley Allen

Title:

Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ion-Specific Effects
Interfacial Water Structure
Protein-Protein Interactions
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Hydrophobicity
Thermoresponsive Polymers
Temperature Gradient Microfluidics

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akkopru Akgun, Betul

Title:

The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Alotaibi, Thamer

Title:

Lithospheric Geodynamics of the Arabian Margin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lithospheric geodyanmics
Arabian Margin deformation
Red Sea rifting evolution

File:

Download PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Rocco Malservisi, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kafle, Madhav Prasad

Title:

Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Glass-Heffner, Andrea

Title:

Gentrification, Interrupted: Place-Based Identity, Vanishing Landscapes, and the War on Gentrification in Urban America

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

American Studies
Urban Studies
Gentrification
digital culture
gender and sexuality
spatial justice
memory
space and place
popular culture
visual culture
folklore
vanishing landscapes

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Committee Members:

Charles David Kupfer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Member
Simon J. Bronner, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Outside Member

Author:

Diddi, Pratiti

Title:

INTERPLAY OF NARRATIVES AND SELF-DISCLOSURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS COMMUNICATION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Narratives
Stealing Thunder
Organizational crisis
Crisis Communication

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Committee Members:

Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denise Sevick Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ahern, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Pabbi, Lavish

Title:

INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY IN NOVEL 2D SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Atomic Force Microscopy
Active noise cancellation
Doped Graphene
2 dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
Spinodal decomposition

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Committee Members:

Eric W Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric W Hudson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kelmelis, Kirsten

Title:

THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF URBANIZATION IN MEDIEVAL DENMARK (AD 1050-1536)

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

bioarchaeology
urbanization
medieval Denmark
paleodemography
paleoepidemiology
paleopathology

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Committee Members:

Stephen Augustus Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Wood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
George Robert Milner, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Outside Member
Jesper Boldsen, Special Member

Author:

Brubaker, Timothy Ryan

Title:

Multiphase plasmas in medicine: Plasma jet--liquid interaction and the direct generation of plasma in conductive liquids

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma medicine
atmospheric pressure plasma jet
plasma-liquid interaction
reactive oxygen species
blood
inactivation of bacteria

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Outside Member
Sean David Knecht, Committee Member

Author:

Fortenbaugh, Robert

Title:

MOLECULAR-SCALE CONTROL OVER REACTION RATE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTOTHERMALLY CURED SILICONE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photothermal
photothermal effect
nanoparticles
silicone
photothermal heat
PDMS
polymer
3D printing
paints and coatings
thermoset polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member