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13501. Exploring the Musical Experiences of Young Autistic Adults: A Multiple Case Study

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Author:
Luna, Rainamei
Title:
Exploring the Musical Experiences of Young Autistic Adults: A Multiple Case Study
Graduate Program:
Music Education
Keywords:
Autistic Voices
autism
multiple case study
lived experiences
performing arts
music
music education
File:
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Committee Members:
David Mcnaughton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Linda Thornton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Nichols, Major Field Member
Jess Mullen, Major Field Member
Ashley Shank, Special Member
Robert Gardner, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13502. Beyond Youth Sports: Family Values in the Young Adult Fiction of Matt Christopher, 1954-1997

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Author:
Davis, Nathaniel
Title:
Beyond Youth Sports: Family Values in the Young Adult Fiction of Matt Christopher, 1954-1997
Graduate Program:
American Studies
Keywords:
Matt Christopher
Children's Literature
Sports Literature
File:
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Committee Members:
Charles Kupfer, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Tolbert, Major Field Member
Mary Napoli, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Haddad, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13503. Waldschmidt constants of complex reflection groups

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Author:
Calvo, Sebastian
Title:
Waldschmidt constants of complex reflection groups
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Algebraic geometry
Hyperplane configuration
Point configuration
Waldschmidt constant
Resurgence
File:
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Committee Members:
Jack Huizenga, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yuriy Zarkhin, Major Field Member
John Lesieutre, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair

13504. Evaluation of corn silage quality and its effects on dairy cow performance

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Author:
Cueva Welchez, Sergio
Title:
Evaluation of corn silage quality and its effects on dairy cow performance
Graduate Program:
Animal Science
Keywords:
dairy cow
corn silage
amylase enabled corn silage
rumen fermentable organic matter
File:
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Committee Members:
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Christopher Canale, Special Member
Alexander Hristov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tara Felix, Major Field Member
Guojie Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin Harvatine, Major Field Member

13505. Effectiveness of Microfinance, Nutrition Education, and Couples Strengthening on Maternal and Child Diets in Rural Niger: Evidence From a Program Evaluation Project

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Author:
Shakya, Evaniya
Title:
Effectiveness of Microfinance, Nutrition Education, and Couples Strengthening on Maternal and Child Diets in Rural Niger: Evidence From a Program Evaluation Project
Graduate Program:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
Niger
Dietary diversity
Program evaluation
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Committee Members:
Kristina Petersen, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Kodish, Major Field Member
Muzi Na, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alison Gernand, Major Field Member
Stephanie Lanza, Outside Unit & Field Member

13506. Tuning Structure and Properties of Porous Hydrogels Exhibiting Properties Reminiscent of Natural Tissues from the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers

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Author:
Lloyd, Elisabeth
Title:
Tuning Structure and Properties of Porous Hydrogels Exhibiting Properties Reminiscent of Natural Tissues from the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Hydrogels
Porous Hydrogels
Biomimicry
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hee Jeung Oh, Outside Unit & Field Member
Urara Hasegawa, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member

13507. Cotreatment-Assisted Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Manure and Switchgrass

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Author:
Mc Vey, Thomas Matthew
Title:
Cotreatment-Assisted Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Manure and Switchgrass
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion
poultry litter
poultry manure
switchgrass
biogas
renewable natural gas
technoeconomic analysis
TEA
ADM1
methane
cotreatment
intermittent milling
Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1
MATLAB
SuperPro
ruminant
File:
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Committee Members:
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Paul Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ali Demirci, Major Field Member
Tom Richard, Major Field Member
Daniel Ciolkosz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13508. Investigating the Role of Mechanobiology in ACL Injury and Reconstruction

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Author:
Paschall, Lauren
Title:
Investigating the Role of Mechanobiology in ACL Injury and Reconstruction
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
ACL
ACL reconstruction
Mechanobiology
Sex-Differences
Estrogen
Immune cells
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Committee Members:
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Esther Gomez, Outside Field Member
Justin Brown, Major Field Member
Spencer Szczesny, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Braden Fleming, Special Member
Erdem Tabdanov, Outside Unit Member

13509. THE POTENTIAL OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM FOR CLIMATE RISK MITIGATION: A MIXED METHODS INVESTIGATION

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Author:
Troy, Cassandra
Title:
THE POTENTIAL OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM FOR CLIMATE RISK MITIGATION: A MIXED METHODS INVESTIGATION
Graduate Program:
Mass Communications
Keywords:
climate change
environmental communication
solutions journalism
social cognitive theory
exemplification theory
efficacy
mixed methods
self-efficacy
collective efficacy
response efficacy
climate action
File:
Download dissertation_clct_5.20.2024.pdf
Committee Members:
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Juliet Pinto, Major Field Member
Christofer Skurka, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Myrick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet Swim, Outside Unit & Field Member

13510. Sex differences in dorsal striatal volume and interest in quitting smoking

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Author:
Huang, Siyuan Siyuan
Title:
Sex differences in dorsal striatal volume and interest in quitting smoking
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Cigarette smoking
Sex-related differences
Voxel-based morphometry
Drosal striatum
Gray matter volume
File:
Download VBM_dissertation_paper_cleaned_Huang_20240520.pdf
Committee Members:
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Stephen Wilson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Steven Branstetter, Outside Unit & Field Member

13511. Coparenting as a Predictor and Outcome of Infant Developmental Processes: The Role of Socioeconomic Risk

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Author:
Kim, Christine
Title:
Coparenting as a Predictor and Outcome of Infant Developmental Processes: The Role of Socioeconomic Risk
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Coparenting
Socioemotional Development
Infancy
Sleep
Transition to Parenthood
File:
Download Dissertation_ChristineKim_FINAL_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Douglas Teti, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heidemarie Laurent, Major Field Member
Rina Eiden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Damon Jones, Major Field Member

13512. Misfit Memory Work: Challenges to K-12 Self-Portraiture Lessons Stigmatizing Female Students with Scars and Illnesses

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Author:
Hwang, Eunkyung
Title:
Misfit Memory Work: Challenges to K-12 Self-Portraiture Lessons Stigmatizing Female Students with Scars and Illnesses
Graduate Program:
Art Education
Keywords:
Misfit Memory Work
Women with Scars and Illnesses
Misfit
Feminist Disability Studies
Stigmatization of Scars
Memory Work
Arts-based Research
Self-Portraits
K-12 Self-Portraiture Lessons
South Korean Art Education
File:
Download Eunkyung_Hwang_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair
Aaron Knochel, Major Field Member
Wanda Knight, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13513. Production and Process Planning in Agribusiness

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Author:
Li, Dongsheng
Title:
Production and Process Planning in Agribusiness
Graduate Program:
Business Administration
Keywords:
Agribusiness
Production Planning
Harvesting Operations
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Committee Members:
Saurabh Bansal, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yue Zhang, Major Field Member
Jason Acimovic, Major Field Member
Phillip Coles, Special Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
John Pecchia, Outside Unit & Field Member

13514. Application of Partial-Pressure Fields as a Means of Accounting for Aircraft Drag Sources

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Author:
Hart, Pierce
Title:
Application of Partial-Pressure Fields as a Means of Accounting for Aircraft Drag Sources
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aerospace
aerodynamics
CFD
fluid dynamics
fluid mechanics
File:
Download PierceHart-PhD-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Maughmer, Major Field Member
Sven Schmitz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Campbell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daning Huang, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

13515. Examining the Effects of Discrimination and Microaggressions on Alcohol Use Behaviors among Latino/a/x College Students at a Predominantly White Institution

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Author:
Waldron, Katja
Title:
Examining the Effects of Discrimination and Microaggressions on Alcohol Use Behaviors among Latino/a/x College Students at a Predominantly White Institution
Graduate Program:
Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:
Discrimination
Microaggressions
Alcohol Use
Latino/a/x
College Students
Predominantly White Institution
File:
Download Katja_A._Waldron_Dissertation_6.18.2024.pdf
Committee Members:
Emily Ansell, Major Field Member
Robert Turrisi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Damon Jones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Thomas Gould, Program Head/Chair
Michael Russell, Major Field Member

13516. Advancing Biomedical Exploration: Leveraging Biomedical Knowledge Graphs with Computational Methods

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Author:
Ma, Chunyu
Title:
Advancing Biomedical Exploration: Leveraging Biomedical Knowledge Graphs with Computational Methods
Graduate Program:
Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)
Keywords:
Knowledge Graph
Computational Method
Biomedical Exploration
File:
Download Ma__Chunyu_-_Final_Submission_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:
David Koslicki, Program Head/Chair
Suhang Wang, Outside Unit Member
David Koslicki, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Outside Field Member
Reka Albert, Major Field Member

13517. Resource Constrained Transformer Architectures

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Author:
Lee, Chonghan
Title:
Resource Constrained Transformer Architectures
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
AutoML
Transformer
HW-SW Codesign
NLP
Computer Vision
NAS
PIM
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Committee Members:
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Guoray Cai, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting He, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member

13518. Nuclear data uncertainty reduction for advanced reactor modeling and simulation through Bayesian data assimilation

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Author:
Vidal Soares, Andre
Title:
Nuclear data uncertainty reduction for advanced reactor modeling and simulation through Bayesian data assimilation
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
molten salt reactor; nuclear data uncertainty; data assimilation; Bayesian Monte Carlo; nuclear material control and accountability; safeguards
File:
Download PhD_thesis_6-26-2024.pdf
Committee Members:
Dipanjan Pan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amanda Johnsen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arthur Motta, Major Field Member
Elia Merzari, Major Field Member
William Walters, Special Member
Mauricio Nascimento, Outside Unit & Field Member

13519. Deep Learning for Visual Data Analysis and Synthesis in Healthcare and Beyond

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Author:
Ni, Haomiao
Title:
Deep Learning for Visual Data Analysis and Synthesis in Healthcare and Beyond
Graduate Program:
Informatics
Keywords:
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Healthcare AI
Generative AI
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Committee Members:
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
James Wang, Major Field Member
Sharon Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Ying Sun, Outside Unit & Field Member

13520. Investigating the use of untargeted metabolomics for herbal product applications

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Author:
Abraham, Ellie
Title:
Investigating the use of untargeted metabolomics for herbal product applications
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
Metabolomics
predictive modeling
herbal products
Herbal prodects
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Committee Members:
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Kellogg, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Lambert, Outside Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Major Field Member
Justin Silverman, Outside Unit Member

13521. Multi-Parameter Phenotype-Based Investigations of Attenuation in Herpes Simplex Virus

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Author:
Dweikat, Sarah
Title:
Multi-Parameter Phenotype-Based Investigations of Attenuation in Herpes Simplex Virus
Graduate Program:
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
hsv
neonatal
genomics
phenotypic diversity
minor variants
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Committee Members:
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
David Kennedy, Major Field Member
Moriah Szpara, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Akhtar, Special Member
Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares, Outside Unit Member
Troy Sutton, Outside Field Member

13522. Sensory plastid-localized proteins trigger epigenetic reprogramming as a component of environmental sensing in plants

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Author:
Jeh, Ha Eun
Title:
Sensory plastid-localized proteins trigger epigenetic reprogramming as a component of environmental sensing in plants
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
epigenetics
sensory plastid
retrograde signaling
plant stress response
transgenerational memory
File:
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Committee Members:
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Sally Mackenzie, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erin Connolly, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hong Ma, Major Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Major Field Member

13523. Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Decision-Making Frameworks for Infrastructure Management Under Uncertainty

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Author:
Saifullah, Mohammad
Title:
Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Decision-Making Frameworks for Infrastructure Management Under Uncertainty
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)
Multi-Agent Systems
POMDPs
Decision-Making Frameworks
Infrastructure Management
Value of Information
Structural Health Monitoring
Life-Cycle Costs Optimization
Stochastic Modeling
Traffic
Transportation networks
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Committee Members:
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Shelley Stoffels, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Outside Field Member
Hadi Hosseini, Outside Unit Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13524. A Design Optimization Workflow for 3D Concrete Printing of Vaults with a Robotic Arm

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Author:
Duarte, Goncalo
Title:
A Design Optimization Workflow for 3D Concrete Printing of Vaults with a Robotic Arm
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
3D concrete printing
3DCP
optimization
computational design
vaults
workflow
structural performance
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Committee Members:
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shadi Nazarian, Outside Field Member
Jose Pinto Duarte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Juan Pablo Gevaudan Burgos, Major Field Member

13525. Everyday Employee Resistance and Disapproval of Leadership: Essays on Their Origins Within Organizations and Their Consequences for Business Leaders

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Author:
Zhang, Muhan
Title:
Everyday Employee Resistance and Disapproval of Leadership: Essays on Their Origins Within Organizations and Their Consequences for Business Leaders
Graduate Program:
Business Administration
Keywords:
Everyday forms of resistance
Employee
Corporate governance
Managerial discretion
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Committee Members:
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Donald Hambrick, Major Field Member
Charles Seguin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jue Wang, Major Field Member
Forrest Briscoe, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark DesJardine, Special Member

13526. Analytics and Modeling for Optimizing Screening and Early Diagnosis in Children with Developmental Disorders

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Author:
Chen, Yu Hsin
Title:
Analytics and Modeling for Optimizing Screening and Early Diagnosis in Children with Developmental Disorders
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Screening
Health policy
Operations Research
Simulation
Optimization
Machine learning
Prediction
Clinical decision making
Health service capacity
File:
Download Yu_Hsin_s_thesis_project_240620_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Ling Rothrock, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Guodong Liu, Outside Field Member
Hui Zhao, Outside Unit Member
Qiushi Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prakash Chakraborty, Major Field Member

13527. Distributed Inference for Nonparametric Regression Models: Optimal Weighted Averaging and Bandwidth Selection

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Author:
Cheng, Vivian
Title:
Distributed Inference for Nonparametric Regression Models: Optimal Weighted Averaging and Bandwidth Selection
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
Distributed Learning
Nonparametric Regression Models
Semiparametric Models
Varying Coefficient Model
Partial Linear Varying Coefficient Model
Parkinson's Disease
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Committee Members:
Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lan Kong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13528. Flexible, Data-Driven Parametric Design for Building Façades

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Author:
Hinkle, Laura
Title:
Flexible, Data-Driven Parametric Design for Building Façades
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
building facades
parametric design
surrogate modeling
dynamic facades
File:
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Committee Members:
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
James Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nathan Brown, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julian Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member

13529. Climate and Health: Understanding the Interconnected Challenges of Coupled Human Natural Systems

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Author:
Yang, Hui
Title:
Climate and Health: Understanding the Interconnected Challenges of Coupled Human Natural Systems
Graduate Program:
Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
air pollution
co-benefits
climate policy
electricity market
health damage
RGGI
developing world
environmental impact
risk factors
coupled human natural systems
climate and health
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Committee Members:
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Li Li, Major Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Outside Field Member
Wei Peng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit Member

13530. Relating Synthesis, Structure, and Performance in Polyamide Thin-Film Composite Membranes

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Author:
Geitner, Michael
Title:
Relating Synthesis, Structure, and Performance in Polyamide Thin-Film Composite Membranes
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
reverse osmosis
nanofiltration
membrane
fouling
tomography
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Committee Members:
Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Vogt, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13531. Social Determinants of Immigrant’s Health: Immigrant health paradox, State policy contents, and Access to care

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Author:
Kim, Gunah
Title:
Social Determinants of Immigrant’s Health: Immigrant health paradox, State policy contents, and Access to care
Graduate Program:
Public Administration
Keywords:
Immigrant health
Immigrant policy
Health equity
Maternal and infant health
Prenatal care initiation
Social determinants of health
Access to care
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Committee Members:
Goktug Morcol, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Ivy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Major Field Member
Younhee Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sungwoog Choi, Major Field Member

13532. MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMERS FOR APPLICATION IN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES

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Author:
Saikia, Nayan
Title:
MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMERS FOR APPLICATION IN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Morphology
Ion exchange membranes
Electron Microscopy
Membranes
small angle x-ray scattering
Nafion
File:
Download Thesis_final_edited_7122024.pdf
Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Rioux, Program Head/Chair

13533. Data-driven condition assessment of track substructure

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Author:
Nazari, Saharnaz
Title:
Data-driven condition assessment of track substructure
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
SmartRock
Track substructure
track health monitoring
damage detection
Smartgrid
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Committee Members:
Tong Qiu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair

13534. CUE INTEGRATION OF FACE CUE AND NATIVE- AND NONNATIVE-ACCENTED SPEECH DURING SPEECH PROCESSING

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Author:
Lei, Daisy
Title:
CUE INTEGRATION OF FACE CUE AND NATIVE- AND NONNATIVE-ACCENTED SPEECH DURING SPEECH PROCESSING
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
speech processing
language processing
accent
ERP
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Committee Members:
Carrie Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Janet van Hell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

13535. From the provinces to the capital: Geographic and sociocultural transitions for Korean learners of English

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Author:
Cho, Eunhae
Title:
From the provinces to the capital: Geographic and sociocultural transitions for Korean learners of English
Graduate Program:
Applied Linguistics
Keywords:
upward educational mobility
provincial exodus
educational inequality
regional disparity
language learning experience
cultural-historical theoretical framework
ethics
narrative ethnography
narrative inquiry
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Committee Members:
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Karen Johnson, Major Field Member
Ning Yu, Major Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Celeste Kinginger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13536. Exploring Dark Matter through Gravitational-Wave Observations

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Author:
Singh, Divya
Title:
Exploring Dark Matter through Gravitational-Wave Observations
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
gravitational wave searches
dark matter
gstlal
File:
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Committee Members:
Cindy Gulis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kohta Murase, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chad Hanna, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13537. The Biogeography and Genomics of Vocalizations in North American Passerines

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Author:
Phung, Lan Nhi
Title:
The Biogeography and Genomics of Vocalizations in North American Passerines
Graduate Program:
Biology
Keywords:
Vocalization
New World warblers
Biogeography
Genomics
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Setophaga coronata
Glacial refugia
Avian evolution
Song variation
Call variation
Reproductive barrier
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Committee Members:
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Julian Avery, Outside Unit Member
David Toews, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Hines, Chair of Committee
Emily Davenport, Outside Field Member

13538. Elucidating the Relationship between Neuroinflammation and Functional Connectivity over the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Author:
Chan, Dennis
Title:
Elucidating the Relationship between Neuroinflammation and Functional Connectivity over the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease
Neuroimaging
Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation
Network Analysis
File:
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Committee Members:
Elizabeth Proctor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member

13539. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE: ANALYZING FLOOD RISK, SALINITY VULNERABILITIES, AND URBAN WATER QUALITY

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Author:
Lara, Gabriel
Title:
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE: ANALYZING FLOOD RISK, SALINITY VULNERABILITIES, AND URBAN WATER QUALITY
Graduate Program:
Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)
Keywords:
Flood risk
environmental justice
environmental economics
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Committee Members:
Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Gustafson, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Brent, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Field Member
Douglas Wrenn, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor

13540. General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers: From Quarks to Gravitational Waves

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Open Access
Author:
Prakash, Aviral
Title:
General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers: From Quarks to Gravitational Waves
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Neutron Stars
Equation of State
QCD
Phase Transitions
Gravitational Waves
File:
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Committee Members:
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Radice, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Zoltan Fodor, Major Field Member

13541. Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Computational Thinking Practices in an Engineering Content Course

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Open Access
Author:
McLaughlin, Gozde
Title:
Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Computational Thinking Practices in an Engineering Content Course
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
computational thinking
preservice teachers
science and engineering practices
science education
engineering education
File:
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Committee Members:
Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Scott Mcdonald, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Major Field Member
Amy Farris, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13542. Central and Local Government Fiscal Behavior under Fiscal Federalism---Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence

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Open Access
Author:
Hao, Yan
Title:
Central and Local Government Fiscal Behavior under Fiscal Federalism---Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence
Graduate Program:
Public Administration
Keywords:
intergovernmental transfer
game theory inference
decision making mechanism
political party influence
partisan alignment
fiscal federalism
principal components analysis (PCA)
panel data analysis
grant allocation
mechanisms
tax collection effort
Ramsey model
kalman filter
grant allocation mechanism
File:
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Committee Members:
L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair
David Argente, Outside Unit & Field Member
Younhee Kim, Major Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Major Field Member
Odd Stalebrink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13543. Synergistic Effects of Radiation and Stress Localization on Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices

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Open Access
Author:
Rasel, Md Abu
Title:
Synergistic Effects of Radiation and Stress Localization on Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
GaN HEMT
Heavy Ion Irradiation
Proton Irradiation
Gamma Irradiation
In situ Irradiation
In situ Heating
TEM
Electron Wind Force Annealing
File:
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Committee Members:
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Mia Jin, Outside Unit & Field Member

13544. Multiple Rotor Acoustic Control

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Open Access
Author:
Tumelero Valente, Vitor
Title:
Multiple Rotor Acoustic Control
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Synchrophasing
Phase control
Noise control
Acoustic control
File:
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Committee Members:
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Simon Miller, Major Field Member
Eric Greenwood, Outside Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Major Field Member
Eric Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit Member

13545. Energetics in Athletes and Exercising Individuals: Relationship to Health and Performance and the Impacts of Sex, Stress and Time of Season

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Author:
Lundstrom, Emily
Title:
Energetics in Athletes and Exercising Individuals: Relationship to Health and Performance and the Impacts of Sex, Stress and Time of Season
Graduate Program:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
Energy
Metabolism
Sport Performance
Sport Training
Endurance Athletes
Energy Balance
Stress
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Committee Members:
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mary Jane De Souza, Major Field Member
Nancy Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebecca Mallinson, Special Member
Alison Gernand, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Proctor, Major Field Member

13546. Non-volatile Memory Technology-based Solutions for Hardware Security and Data-intensive Accelerations

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Author:
Xu, Yixin
Title:
Non-volatile Memory Technology-based Solutions for Hardware Security and Data-intensive Accelerations
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
non-volatile memory
ferroelectric device
compute in memory
FPGA
hardware security
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Committee Members:
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Kai Ni, Special Member

13547. Disabled Democracy: Figuring Disability in Early Nineteenth-Century Literary and Political Discourses

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Author:
Erlandson, Andrew
Title:
Disabled Democracy: Figuring Disability in Early Nineteenth-Century Literary and Political Discourses
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
disability
democracy
literature
nineteenth-century
American
United States
figure
figurative
figuration
participatory democracy
democratic citizenship
citizen
institutional
institution
debility
revolution
revolutionary
Charles Brockden Brown
Francis Lieber
Benjamin B. Bowen
Mary L. Day
Hannah Crafts
William Wells Brown
James Fenimore Cooper
Walt Whitman
temperance
Hannah Arendt
antebellum reform
abolition reform
temperance reform
reformers
crip
crip theory
cripping
cripped
radical
radicalism
embodiment
novel
fiction
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Committee Members:
Carla Mulford, Major Field Member
Christopher Castiglia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Greenberg, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Bérubé, Major Field Member
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13548. Characterization of X-Ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for the BlackCAT CubeSat

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Open Access
Author:
Colosimo, Joseph
Title:
Characterization of X-Ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors for the BlackCAT CubeSat
Graduate Program:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:
CMOS Sensors
Hybrid CMOS Detectors
Gamma-Ray Bursts
CubeSats
Astronomical Transients
Coded-Aperture Telescopes
X-ray Telescopes
High-Energy Astronomy
X-Ray Detectors
File:
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Committee Members:
Abe Falcone, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephane Coutu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Major Field Member
Derek Fox, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13549. Modelling Lighting and Spatial Characteristics of Indoor Environments for Adaptive Building Systems

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Author:
Wang, Yuwei
Title:
Modelling Lighting and Spatial Characteristics of Indoor Environments for Adaptive Building Systems
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
visual perception;
indoor lighting;
image quality metrics;
intelligent building systems;
autonomous lighting;
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Committee Members:
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Dorukalp Durmus, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hui Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julian Wang, Major Field Member
Yuqing Hu, Major Field Member

13550. Thermal Characterization of Modern Microsystem Technologies from Materials to Devices

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Open Access
Author:
Song, Yiwen
Title:
Thermal Characterization of Modern Microsystem Technologies from Materials to Devices
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
thermal characterization
TDTR
FDTR
thermal management
power electronics
wide bandgap
Ga2O3
AlN
aluminum nitride
scandium aluminum nitride
thermal transport
phonon scattering
thermal property
thermal conductivity
File:
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Committee Members:
Md Haque, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Sukwon Choi, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Wooram Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member

13551. "I am who I am, or am I?": Predictors of AR beautification filter use

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Open Access
Author:
Goke, Maranda
Title:
"I am who I am, or am I?": Predictors of AR beautification filter use
Graduate Program:
Mass Communications
Keywords:
AR filter
self-discrepancy
beautification filters
media effects
File:
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Committee Members:
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Mary Oliver, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christofer Skurka, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
Heather Shoenberger, Outside Unit & Field Member

13552. Ultrasound Guided Needle Insertion Simulation Systems for The Training of Central Venous Catheterization Procedures

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Author:
Brown, Dailen
Title:
Ultrasound Guided Needle Insertion Simulation Systems for The Training of Central Venous Catheterization Procedures
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Medical Simulation
Catheterization
Ultrasound
Needle Insertion
Computer Vision
Sensors
Feedback
Training
Compliant Mechanisms
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Committee Members:
Jason Moore, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scarlett Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13553. Investigation of a Dilute Flow Particle Reactor for Coupling Thermochemical Energy Storage to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles

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Open Access
Author:
Siefering, Bryan
Title:
Investigation of a Dilute Flow Particle Reactor for Coupling Thermochemical Energy Storage to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
particle heat exchanger
thermochemical energy storage
sCO2 Brayton Cycle
particle to sCO2
File:
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Committee Members:
Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Brian Fronk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13554. Drawn-on-skin bioelectronics to seamlessly interface with the body

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Author:
Ershad, Faheem
Title:
Drawn-on-skin bioelectronics to seamlessly interface with the body
Graduate Program:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
bioelectronics
direct writing
drawn-on-skin
wearable electronics
stretchable/flexible electronics
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Committee Members:
Cunjiang Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
Mark Horn, Outside Field Member
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13555. Bio-inspired Imaging Systems Based on Curved Image Sensors and Soft Neuromorphic Optoelectronic Devices

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Author:
Lu, Yuntao
Title:
Bio-inspired Imaging Systems Based on Curved Image Sensors and Soft Neuromorphic Optoelectronic Devices
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Bio-inspired imaging
Curved image sensors
Neuromorphic image sensors
Optoelectronic synapses
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Committee Members:
Cunjiang Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Lanagan, Major Field Member
Mark Horn, Outside Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

13556. DEVELOPMENT OF STRETCHABLE RUBBERY DIODES AND INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS

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Author:
Jang, Seonmin
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF STRETCHABLE RUBBERY DIODES AND INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Soft electronics
Stretchable electronics
Wearable electronics
Organic diodes
Organic transistors
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Committee Members:
Cunjiang Yu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Horn, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair

13557. Developing Conversational User Interfaces To Deliver Evidence-Based Health Interventions

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Author:
Mendu, Sanjana
Title:
Developing Conversational User Interfaces To Deliver Evidence-Based Health Interventions
Graduate Program:
Informatics
Keywords:
healthcare
human-computer interaction
mixed-methods
conversational user interface
generative AI
smart speaker
chronic pain
physical activity
health intervention
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Committee Members:
Xinning Gui, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13558. The Role of Light Source Spectra in Quantifying Spatial Brightness

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Author:
Song, Wangyang
Title:
The Role of Light Source Spectra in Quantifying Spatial Brightness
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
spatial brightness
photopic luminous efficiency function
color gamut
melanopsin
sustainability
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Committee Members:
Dorukalp Durmus, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Major Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

13559. AM-driven design innovation: DfAM constraints in adjoint shape optimization for gas turbine applications

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Author:
Jalui, Sagar
Title:
AM-driven design innovation: DfAM constraints in adjoint shape optimization for gas turbine applications
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing
DfAM
gas turbine
L-PBF
fuel-flexibility
fuel injector
adjoint
shape optimization
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Committee Members:
Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacqueline O'Connor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13560. Large scale behavior of graph dynamics

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Datong
Title:
Large scale behavior of graph dynamics
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
many-particle systems
multi-agent systems
biological neural networks
numerical analysis
File:
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Committee Members:
Anna Mazzucato, Major Field Member
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Leonid Berlyand, Major Field Member
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair

13561. Separation of critical element Germanium using novel catechol-based adsorbents

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Author:
Patel, Madhav
Title:
Separation of critical element Germanium using novel catechol-based adsorbents
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Germanium
Solid-Phase Extraction
Critical element
Catechol
Linear Free-Energy Relationship
Microwave-based synthesis
Solid-Phase Extraction
Catechol
Linear Free-Energy Relationship
Microwave-based synthesis
Fixed-bed column adsorption
Aqueous complexation modeling
Critical Elements
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Committee Members:
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Sarma Pisupati, Major Field Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Major Field Member
Athanasios Karamalidis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

13562. Analysis of Extremist and Terrorist Groups on Twitter

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Open Access
Author:
Karimi, Younes
Title:
Analysis of Extremist and Terrorist Groups on Twitter
Graduate Program:
Informatics
Keywords:
ISIS
Iran
Extremism
Terrorism
Twitter
X
Social Media
Large Language Model
LLM
User Classification
Propaganda
Islamic Regime
Authoritarian Regime
Islamic State
Extremist Groups
Dataset
Behavior Modeling
Social Network Mining
Image Classification
File:
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Committee Members:
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Rajtmajer, Major Field Member
Shomir Wilson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Tavana, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna Squicciarini, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13563. Learning about and over Networks: Optimized Designs for Network Tomography and Decentralized Learning 

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Open Access
Author:
Chiu, Cho Chun
Title:
Learning about and over Networks: Optimized Designs for Network Tomography and Decentralized Learning 
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Decentralized learning
D-PSGD
convergence analysis
Laplacian matrix sampling
communication cost
Convergence analysis
Active learning
WBAN
Network tomography
Combinatorial optimization
Coreset
File:
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Committee Members:
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Major Field Member
Fenglong Ma, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting He, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member

13564. Exploration of New Magnetic Quantum Materials

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Author:
Guan, Yingdong
Title:
Exploration of New Magnetic Quantum Materials
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Bi2Se3
Weyl semimetal
Magnetic topological insulator
Ferrovalley material
Single crystal
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Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Major Field Member
Jun Zhu, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

13565. Below the Surface: Exploring Gender Dynamics in Marine Protected Area Management in the Mesoamerican Reef Region

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Author:
Bonilla Anariba, Sara
Title:
Below the Surface: Exploring Gender Dynamics in Marine Protected Area Management in the Mesoamerican Reef Region
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
Gender
Marine governance
Marine protected areas
Mesoamerican Reef
Honduras
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Committee Members:
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kathryn Brasier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kathleen Sexsmith, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Canty, Special Member
Leif Jensen, Major Field Member

13566. Active Vibration Control Using Electric Rotor Torques In eVTOL Aircraft

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Open Access
Author:
Cho, Changik
Title:
Active Vibration Control Using Electric Rotor Torques In eVTOL Aircraft
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
EVTOL
Active Vibration Control
Structural Dynamics
Electric Motor Torque
File:
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Committee Members:
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Satadru Dey, Major Field Member
Edward Smith, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joseph Cusumano, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chris Rahn, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

13567. Recurrence Analysis of Stochastic Data Under Uncertainty

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Author:
Buqammaz, Mohammed Khaled
Title:
Recurrence Analysis of Stochastic Data Under Uncertainty
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Nonlinear dynamical systems
Nonlinear analysis
Recurrence Analysis
Uncertainty factors
Healthcare systems
Unsupervised machine learning
Cluster analysis
Cardiac signals
Recurrence quantification analysis
Helathcare systems analytics
Cross recurrence plots
Joint recurrence analysis
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Committee Members:
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Hui Zhao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Voigt, Major Field Member

13568. On exploring strategies to prevent spring freeze damage and elucidating the mechanisms of cold acclimation in Vitis

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Author:
Persico, Meredith
Title:
On exploring strategies to prevent spring freeze damage and elucidating the mechanisms of cold acclimation in Vitis
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
Vitis
cold tolerance
ecophysiology
budbreak
freeze damage
wine quality
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Committee Members:
Surinder Chopra, Program Head/Chair
Kathy Kelley, Major Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Outside Field Member
Jason Londo, Special Member
Michela Centinari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Misha Kwasniewski, Outside Unit Member

13569. Fluctuations in Bulk and Thin Film Glasses

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Open Access
Author:
Kirchner, Katelyn
Title:
Fluctuations in Bulk and Thin Film Glasses
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Statistical mechanics
Glass
Thin film silica
Structure
Fluctuations
Ion exchange
File:
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Sushmit Goyal, Special Member

13570. Does Conversationality and Verifiability Affect Trust in Content Generated by ChatGPT?

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Author:
Liao, Meng Qi
Title:
Does Conversationality and Verifiability Affect Trust in Content Generated by ChatGPT?
Graduate Program:
Mass Communications
Keywords:
Generative AI
Trust
Artificial Intelligence
Verification
Misinformation
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Committee Members:
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Major Field Member
Aiping Xiong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13571. Investigation of the Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyolefins with Zeolite Catalysts

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Author:
Okonsky, Sean
Title:
Investigation of the Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyolefins with Zeolite Catalysts
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Catalytic Pyrolysis
Polyolefins
Polyethylene Terephthalate
Zeolite Catalysts
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Committee Members:
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Stephen Chmely, Outside Unit & Field Member
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13572. Acute and Longitudinal Effects of High-density Theta Burst Stimulation on Rat Brain

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Author:
Li, Qiong
Title:
Acute and Longitudinal Effects of High-density Theta Burst Stimulation on Rat Brain
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
TMS
fMRI
EMG
Animal models
Sex differences
Brain stimulation
File:
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Committee Members:
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Hanbing Lu, Special Member
Tao Zhou, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yihong Yang, Special Member

13573. Becoming Mother: An Ethnography Examining Mothers of Biracial/Multiracial Children in New York City

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Author:
Roop Miheretu, Kara
Title:
Becoming Mother: An Ethnography Examining Mothers of Biracial/Multiracial Children in New York City
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:
Mothering
Biracial/Multiracial Motherhood
Critical Race Theory
Intersectioality
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Committee Members:
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Gail Boldt, Major Field Member
Shedra Snipes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13574. Unsteady Lift Measurement and Reconstruction Methodologies

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Author:
Jones, Zachary
Title:
Unsteady Lift Measurement and Reconstruction Methodologies
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
force reconstruction
unsteady lift
force measurement
reduced-order model
distributed forces
File:
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Committee Members:
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Alok Sinha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dan Russell, Major Field Member
Andrew Barnard, Major Field Member
Nicholas Vlajic, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tyler Dare, Major Field Member

13575. Multiparametric Brain Hemodynamics and Molecular Imaging Using Novel Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Strategies

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Author:
Chen, Haoyang
Title:
Multiparametric Brain Hemodynamics and Molecular Imaging Using Novel Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Strategies
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Neuroimaging
Neurological disorders
Ultrasound
Photoacoustic
Transducers
Transparent transducers
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Committee Members:
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Bruce Gluckman, Major Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member
Julianna Simon, Outside Unit & Field Member

13576. Detection of Scuffing Faults Using the Squared Envelope Spectrum

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Author:
Watson, Daniel
Title:
Detection of Scuffing Faults Using the Squared Envelope Spectrum
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
a. Scuffing
Vibration
Acoustic
Acoustics
Accelerometers
Bearings
Cepstrum
TSA
MEMS
Binary Classification
Precision Recall Characteristic
PRC
Receiver Operating Characteristic
ROC
Prognostic Health Management
PHM
Common Rail Diesel Engine
Tribology
Squared Envelope Spectrum
SES
Scuffing
Vibration
Acoustic
Acoustics
Accelerometers
MEMS
Bearings
Cepstrum
TSA
OT
Binary Classification
Precision Recall Characteristic
PRC
Receiver Operating Characteristic
ROC
Prognostic Health Management
PHM
Common Rail Diesel Engine
Tribology
Squared Envelope Spectrum
SES
File:
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Committee Members:
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Karl Reichard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Thompson, Major Field Member
David Swanson, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Outside Unit & Field Member

13577. Amnesty's Origins: Peace, Federal Power, and the Public Good in the Long Civil War Era

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Author:
Walser, Heather
Title:
Amnesty's Origins: Peace, Federal Power, and the Public Good in the Long Civil War Era
Graduate Program:
History
Keywords:
Amnesty
Federalism
Civil War
Constitutional History
Federal power
Whiskey Rebellion
Fries Rebellion
Dorr War
Bleeding Kansas
Utah Expedition
Reconstruction
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Committee Members:
Christina Snyder, Outside Field Member
Michael Nelson, Outside Unit Member
Amy Greenberg, Major Field Member
Rachel Shelden, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Greenberg, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Lee, Major Field Member

13578. Integrand Basis Building for Supersymmetric Theories Using Prescriptive Unitarity

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Author:
Patatoukos, Kokkimidis
Title:
Integrand Basis Building for Supersymmetric Theories Using Prescriptive Unitarity
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
sYM
BCFW
unitarity
elliptic
ratio function
supersymmetry
scattering amplitudes
perturbation theory
File:
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Committee Members:
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Murat Gunaydin, Major Field Member
Radu Roiban, Major Field Member
Nigel Higson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacob Bourjaily, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13579. Transport Studies of the Topological States in Bernal-stacked Bilayer Graphene

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Author:
Huang, Ke
Title:
Transport Studies of the Topological States in Bernal-stacked Bilayer Graphene
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene
Quantum Hall effect
Fractional quantum Hall effect
Quantum valley Hall kink state
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Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jainendra Jain, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Major Field Member
Jun Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

13580. Engineering Hole Injection and Transport in Low-dimensional Material Transistors

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Author:
Oberoi, Aaryan
Title:
Engineering Hole Injection and Transport in Low-dimensional Material Transistors
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
p-Type 2D FET
Contact Engineering
Interface Engineering
Charge Transfer Doping
p-Type Doping
Low-dimensional Materials
2D materials
Strain
Scaling
Channel Length Scaling
Tungsten Diselenide
Molybdenum Diselenide
WSe2 p-Type FETs
Work-function Engineering
p-Type 2D Transistors
Capacitance-Voltage Measurements
Carbon Nanotubes
Interface Trap Density
Interface Traps
Conductance Frequency Measurements
Defect Density Analysis
CNT FETs
Annealing
Trap Density Reduction
Oxide Capping
Hole Injection
Hole Transport
File:
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Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Osama Awadelkarim, Major Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Major Field Member
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13581. Nanoscale insights into sustainable alloy production: understanding corrosion in advanced alloys and optimizing iron ore reduction processes

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Author:
Lodhi, Muhammad Jahangir
Title:
Nanoscale insights into sustainable alloy production: understanding corrosion in advanced alloys and optimizing iron ore reduction processes
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Metallic Materials
Sustainability
Additive Manufacturing
Localized Corrosion
Electrochemical Analysis
Iron oxide reduction
4D-STEM
Sluggish Kinetics
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Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Elzbieta Sikora, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yang Yang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Liang Qi, Special Member
Reginald Hamilton, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Outside Unit & Field Member

13582. Education in the Korean labor movement, 1980-2023: Institutionalizing education, democratizing pedagogy

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Author:
Kim, Jaeung
Title:
Education in the Korean labor movement, 1980-2023: Institutionalizing education, democratizing pedagogy
Graduate Program:
Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
Keywords:
workers' education
labor movement
South Korea
democratic pedagogy
social movement education
political ethnography
popular education
labor unions
adult education
organizational strategy
institutionalization of education
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Committee Members:
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Esther Prins, Major Field Member
Elaine Hui, Outside Unit Member
Jose Cossa, Major Field Member
John Holst, Co-Chair, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Rebecca Tarlau, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13583. Agent-based Modeling of Biological Active Matter

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Author:
Li, Changhao
Title:
Agent-based Modeling of Biological Active Matter
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Biophysics
Applied Mechanics
Morphogenesis
Self-patterning
Scientific Machine Learning
Agent-based Modeling
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Committee Members:
Sulin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qing Wang, Outside Unit Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Field Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Amir Sheikhi, Outside Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member

13584. Essays in Estimation of Discrete Choice Demand Models

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Open Access
Author:
Sagl, Stephan
Title:
Essays in Estimation of Discrete Choice Demand Models
Graduate Program:
Economics
Keywords:
demand estimation
personalized pricing
price discrimination
automobile market
pickup trucks
demand estimation
personalized pricing
price discrimination
automobile market
price dispersion
File:
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Committee Members:
Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joris Pinkse, Major Field Member
Mark Roberts, Major Field Member
Paul Grieco, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13585. Development of Structural Capacity Relations for 3D Printed Lightweight Concrete with Mixtures Including Expanded Polystyrene

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Author:
Aminpour, Nima
Title:
Development of Structural Capacity Relations for 3D Printed Lightweight Concrete with Mixtures Including Expanded Polystyrene
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
3D concrete printing
structural analysis
concrete
atoumated construction
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Committee Members:
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jose Pinto Duarte, Outside Field Member
Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aleksandra Radli¿ska, Outside Unit Member

13586. The Moralization-Polarization Nexus: Unraveling the Dynamic Relationship Between Elite Politics and Public Opinion

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Author:
Davoodi, Marjan
Title:
The Moralization-Polarization Nexus: Unraveling the Dynamic Relationship Between Elite Politics and Public Opinion
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Elite Moralization
Public Polarization
Word Embeddings
American Politics
Politics of Abortion
Mixed-Method Research
Computational Social Science
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Committee Members:
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Gary Adler, Major Field Member
Daniel DellaPosta, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Charles Seguin, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Kevin Munger, Outside Unit & Field Member

13587. Beyond Accommodation: Access Problems and Responsibilities

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Author:
Lajoie, Corinne
Title:
Beyond Accommodation: Access Problems and Responsibilities
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Keywords:
disability
accessibility
inclusion
higher education
responsibility
File:
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Committee Members:
Nancy Tuana, Major Field Member
Sarah Miller, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ted Toadvine, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ami Harbin, Special Member
Michael Bérubé, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair

13588. Differentiation of Continental Crust: insights from the Variscan Orogeny and the Global Array of Terrigenous Sediments

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Author:
Connop, Charlotte
Title:
Differentiation of Continental Crust: insights from the Variscan Orogeny and the Global Array of Terrigenous Sediments
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
metamorphic petrology
Variscan Orogeny
partial melting
metamorphism
s-type granites
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Committee Members:
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Smye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Outside Unit Member
Mark Caddick, Special Member
Tanya Furman, Outside Field Member
Jesse Reimink, Major Field Member

13589. Identification of Structural Variation in Pediatric B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and its Role in Health Disparity

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Author:
Budurlean, Laura
Title:
Identification of Structural Variation in Pediatric B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and its Role in Health Disparity
Graduate Program:
Biomedical Sciences
Keywords:
B-ALL
structural variation
bionano
optical genome mapping
wgs
SVs
b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Committee Members:
James Broach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amanda Nelson, Outside Field Member
Todd Schell, Outside Unit Member
Joshua I Warrick, Special Member
Sinisa Dovat, Major Field Member
Joshua I Warrick, Special Member
Lisa M Shantz, Program Head/Chair

13590. Data-Driven Scene Reconstruction, Understanding and Generation

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Author:
Liu, Jiachen
Title:
Data-Driven Scene Reconstruction, Understanding and Generation
Graduate Program:
Informatics
Keywords:
data-driven
3D scene reconstruction
plane reconstruction
generalizability
scene layout generation
floorplan
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Committee Members:
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
James Wang, Major Field Member
Sharon Huang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fenglong Ma, Major Field Member
Huijuan Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member

13591. Cross-language transfer in voice onset time: A window into perceptual adaptation in brain and behavior

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Author:
Zaharchuk, Holly
Title:
Cross-language transfer in voice onset time: A window into perceptual adaptation in brain and behavior
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
psycholinguistics
adaptation
accent
EEG
ERP
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Committee Members:
Michele Diaz, Major Field Member
Janet van Hell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Navin Viswanathan, Outside Field Member
Matthew Carlson, Outside Unit Member

13592. Effects of toxin sequestration in spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) on predator-prey interactions in North America

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Author:
Johnson, Anne
Title:
Effects of toxin sequestration in spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) on predator-prey interactions in North America
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
Spotted lanternfly
Predation
Toxin sequestration
Quassinoids
Lycorma delicatula
Invasive species
File:
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Committee Members:
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Fang Zhu, Major Field Member
Allison Cornell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sara Hermann, Major Field Member

13593. Prospective Teachers’ Reasoning While Pair Programming Geometric Patterns

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Author:
Dinc, Emre
Title:
Prospective Teachers’ Reasoning While Pair Programming Geometric Patterns
Graduate Program:
Learning, Design, and Technology
Keywords:
mathematical reasoning
block-based programming
algebraic thinking
prospective teachers
cognitive mechanisms
constructionism
instrumental sociogenesis
pattern generalization
visual cues
rule generation
pair programming
geometric patterns
dynamic objects
pattern recognition
visualization
colalboration
recursive reasoning
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Committee Members:
Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
Susan Land, Major Field Member
Xiangquan Yao, Outside Unit Member
Rose Zbiek, Outside Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13594. The Economic Benefits of Forested Riparian Buffers: An Empirical Evaluation

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Author:
Pohlman, Max
Title:
The Economic Benefits of Forested Riparian Buffers: An Empirical Evaluation
Graduate Program:
Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)
Keywords:
Nonmarket valuation
Water quality
Non-point source pollution
Recreation Demand
Best Management Practices
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Committee Members:
Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Brent, Major Field Member
Martina Vecchi, Outside Field Member
Katherine Zipp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Outside Unit Member

13595. The Romantic Bower

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Author:
Le Blanc, David
Title:
The Romantic Bower
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
Romanticism
Poetry
Poetics
Anthropocene
Pastoral
Bower
Edmund Spenser
Mary Robinson
John Clare
Felicia Hemans
Charlotte Smith
The Faerie Queene
Post Humanism
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Timothy Morton
Manuel Arias-Maldonado
Heather Sullivan
Jacques Khalip
Andreas Malm
Anahid Nersessian
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Committee Members:
Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shara McCallum, Major Field Member
Daniel Purdy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hester Blum, Major Field Member
Janet Lyon, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

13596. Towards Co-creation: Exploring Modalities of Vision-augmented Robotic Fabrication for Automation and Beyond

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Author:
Capunaman, Ozguc
Title:
Towards Co-creation: Exploring Modalities of Vision-augmented Robotic Fabrication for Automation and Beyond
Graduate Program:
Architecture
Keywords:
Computer Vision
Robotic Fabrication
Additive Manufacturing
Digital Twin
3D Scanning
Conformal 3D Printing
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Committee Members:
Frank Jacobus, Program Head/Chair
Jose Pinto Duarte, Major Field Member
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chris McComb, Special Member
Loukas Kalisperis, Major Field Member
Onur Yuce Gun, Special Member
Katie Fitzsimons, Outside Unit & Field Member

13597. Minimax Optimal Spectral Regularized Kernel Hypothesis Tests

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Author:
Hagrass, Omar
Title:
Minimax Optimal Spectral Regularized Kernel Hypothesis Tests
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
maximum mean discrepancy
Two-sample test
reproducing kernel Hilbert space
reproducing kernel Hilbert space
covariance operator
U-statistic
Bernstein’s inequality
minimax separation
permutation test
spectral regularization
Goodness-of-fit test
kernel Stein discrepancy
adaptivity
adaptivity
wild bootstrap
File:
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Committee Members:
Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yanyuan Ma, Major Field Member
Bing Li, Major Field Member
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Krishnakumar Balasubramanian, Special Member
Zoltan Szabo, Special Member

13598. A Concept- and Corpus-Based Instruction to Promote Effective Communication in Disciplinary Research Writing: Development of Sentence-Level Linguistic Knowledge in ESL/EFL Graduate Students

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Author:
Qiu, Xixin
Title:
A Concept- and Corpus-Based Instruction to Promote Effective Communication in Disciplinary Research Writing: Development of Sentence-Level Linguistic Knowledge in ESL/EFL Graduate Students
Graduate Program:
Applied Linguistics
Keywords:
concept-based language instruction
data-driven learning
engineering writing
L2 writing pedagogy
multilingual graduate students
subordination
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Committee Members:
Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Meredith Doran, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kevin McManus, Major Field Member
Xiaofei Lu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

13599. Essays on Non-Linear Pricing

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Author:
Rojas Echeverri, Manuel
Title:
Essays on Non-Linear Pricing
Graduate Program:
Economics
Keywords:
Water demand
nonlinear pricing
developing countries
Non-Linear Pricing
Developing Countries
Distributional Effects
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Committee Members:
Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Karl Schurter, Major Field Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joris Pinkse, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Gechter, Major Field Member

13600. Queering Video Gameplay as a Critical and Affective Praxis in Art Education

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Author:
Gezeroglu, Munire
Title:
Queering Video Gameplay as a Critical and Affective Praxis in Art Education
Graduate Program:
Art Education
Keywords:
Agential Realism
Art Education
Posthuman
Queering
Video Gameplay
Visual/Digital Culture
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Committee Members:
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair
Aaron Knochel, Major Field Member
Joseph Valente, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Wanda Knight, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Major Field Member