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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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