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Author:

Ryan, Caillin

Title:

Investigating the effects of configurational entropy on the hardening of transition metal-based carbonitride ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hardness
Ceramics
High Entropy Carbonitrides (HECNs)
TiCN
Configurational Entropy
Microindentation
Nanoindentation
Entropy-Hardening
Alloys
FAST
Single-phase
Multiphase
Cations
Anions
Synthesizability
Hardness-Standardization
Physiochemical
Elastoplasticity

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Eden, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Abu AlRub, Ayah

Title:

Understanding the effects of occupational, organizational, and cultural stressors on mental health in the construction industry

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Construction industry
Electricians
Mental health
Occupational stress
Organizational stressors
Cultural stressors
Suicide prevention
Substance use
Male-dominated industries
Job Demands-Resources model
Social Ecological Model
Narrative inquiry
Gender lens
Workplace stigma
Help-seeking behavior
Union labor
Apprenticeship programs
Construction
Suicide
JD-R
Occupational stressors
organizational stressors
Unions
alcoholoism
safety
social ecological model
apprentices
journeyperson
foreperson
trainers
mentorship
bullying
support systems

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Committee Members:

Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Craig Richard Dubler, Special Member
W. Oliver Baker, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rob Leicht, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justine Lindemann, Outside Field Member
John Messner, Major Field Member

Author:

Apsley, Abner

Title:

A Critical Analysis of the Biomolecular Variation of Immune Cells Across Time and Stressful Environmental Exposures Using Multiomic Methods

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

genomics
multiomics
multiomic integration
stress
early-life adversity
immune system
immune cells
epigenomics
DNA methylation
transcriptomics
metabolomics
NMR
RNA-seq

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Committee Members:

Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
David Almeida, Outside Unit Member
Yogasudha Veturi, Major Field Member
Idan Shalev, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Molly Hall, Outside Field Member

Author:

Tan, Yinong

Title:

Essays on International Trade and Supply Chain Risks

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Supply Chain Disruption Risks
Trade Barriers
Inventories
Delivery Delays
Multi-Country
Multi-Sector General Equilibrium Trade Model
Domestic Transportation Infrastructure
Shipment Dynamics

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Committee Members:

Marc Henry, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fernando Parro, Major Field Member
Jingting Fan, Major Field Member
Jingzhi Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Yeaple, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kabbara, Zouheir

Title:

Identifying an alternative to the classic presentation of autism: the ISM autism presentation

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

Autism Diagnostics
Autistic Females
Autism
ISM Presentation

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Committee Members:

Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair
Krista Wilkinson, Major Field Member
Kathryn Drager, Major Field Member
Diane Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzy Scherf, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Wang, Lida

Title:

Integrating single cell expression quantitative trait loci to dissect complex disease genes and identify novel drugs for treatment

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

sc-eQTL
TWAS
GWAS
Colocalization
scRNAseq

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Committee Members:

Shouhao Zhou, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dajiang Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Laura Carrel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dave Mauger, Major Field Member
Arthur Berg, Major Field Member

Author:

Bhatt, Jishnu

Title:

Enhancing the Efficiency of Somatic Embryogenesis and Genetic Transformation in Theobroma cacao L.

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Plant
Transformation
Somatic Embryo
Biotechnology
Binary Vector
Cacao
Plant Tissue Culture
Genetic Engineering

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Committee Members:

Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
Siela Maximova, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Howard Salis, Outside Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Messerian, Kevork Oliver

Title:

Sterile Filtration of Lipid Nanoparticles for mRNA Vaccines and Therapeutics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Sterile filtration
mRNA
Lipid nanoparticles
fouling
membrane
bioprocessing
modeling
vaccines
mRNA vaccines

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Esther Gomez, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Davaasuren, Dolzodmaa

Title:

Automated Plant Cell Morphology through Volumetric Image Segmentation and Placenta Pathology Analysis from Photos

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Segmentation
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Medical Imaging
Data Science
Placenta
Plant Cell
Cell Morphology

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Committee Members:

James Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Alison Gernand, Outside Unit & Field Member
Justin Silverman, Major Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Program Head/Chair
Charles Anderson, Outside Field Member

Author:

Basu, Aditya

Title:

Your Name is My Name: Attacking and Defending Programs from Name Collisions

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

file system
systems security
UTF-8
canonicalization
computer security
case collision
name collision
computer science
Unicode
copying programs
software
attack
vulnerability
Linux
Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF or BPF)
case preserving
case insensitive
defense

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Trent Jaeger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ruslan Nikolaev, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Abutalib Aghayev, Major Field Member

Author:

Munoz, Esther

Title:

Position-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of pyrimidines

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Position-specific stable carbon isotope analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
synthetic pyrimidine stable isotopes
pyrimidine degradation
uracil
uridine
cytosine
cytidine
RNA stable isotopes
E. coli stable isotopes

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Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Allison Baczynski, Major Field Member
Christopher House, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kate Freeman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chia, Liu Ee

Title:

ESSAYS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, AND HOUSING MARKETS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Real Estate
Housing Market
Housing Prices
Air Pollution
Environmental Monitoring
Weather Shock
Credit Constraint
Small-dollar Mortgage
Credit Supply
Cash Discount

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Committee Members:

Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Liang Peng, Major Field Member
Eva Steiner, Major Field Member
Daniel Brent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jiro Yoshida, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lawrence, Shamara

Title:

Role of IFNγ/JAK1/STAT1 Pathway in FOXA1 Repression and the Basal/Squamous State in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Bladder Cancer
Lineage Plasticity
Tumor Heterogenity
FOXA1
Molecular Subtype
IFNγ/JAK/STAT1 Signaling

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Committee Members:

Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Hobbs, Major Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Outside Unit Member
Vonn Walter, Outside Field Member
Gregory Yochum, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David DeGraff, Outside Unit Member
David De Graff, Special Member

Author:

Al Qadeeri, Dalal

Title:

Essays on Technology Commercialization in Business Markets

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Marketing Strategy
B2B Marketing
Digitalization
B2B Offerings Design
Technology Licensing
Interorganizational Relationships
Marketing Strategy
B2B Marketing
Offering Design
Modularity
Digitalization
Technology Licensing
Financial Event Study

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Committee Members:

Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
J. Andrew Petersen, Major Field Member
Stefan Wuyts, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Lilien, Major Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Bai, Wushuang

Title:

Defining the region of influence in traffic systems: methodology and implications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Traffic Simulation
Traffic Dynamics
SUMO
Region of Influence

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Herschel Pangborn, Major Field Member
Satadru Dey, Major Field Member
Kshitij Jerath, Special Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

White, Jesse

Title:

Regulation of the selective autophagy receptor TAX1BP1 by phosphorylation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

TAX1BP1
Autophagy
Selective autophagy
SLR
RLR
Immunology

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Committee Members:

Hong-Gang Wang, Co-Chair of Committee
Hyun Jin Kwun, Major Field Member
Ryan Hobbs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zissis Chroneos, Major Field Member
Edward Harhaj, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Huang, Youran

Title:

Arabidopsis FRO8 Is Involved In Iron Remobilization And Mitochondrial Iron Homeostasis During Senescence

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Arabidopsis
Iron Remobilization
Mitochondrial Iron Homeostasis
Senescence

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Mcnellis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hong Ma, Major Field Member
Surinder Chopra, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lu, Yang

Title:

Development and testing of a sensor for assessment of postural stability in pregnant women

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

IMU sensor
Postural stability
Pendant IMU
Pregnant women
balance

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Committee Members:

Saurabh Basu, Program Head/Chair
Jason Moore, Outside Unit Member
Stephen Piazza, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Danielle Downs, Outside Field Member
Andris Freivalds, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

Author:

Kovacevic, Branko

Title:

Machine Learning Models for Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Molten salt reactors
Machine learning
safeguards
gamma-ray modeling
neutron modeling
alpha spectra modeling

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Amanda Johnsen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
William Walters, Special Member

Author:

Chang, Qi

Title:

Methods for Bronchoscopic Video Analysis and Synchronization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Lung Cancer
Bronchoscopy
Early Detection
Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
Bronchial Lesion
Lesion Detection and Segmentation
Multimodal Video Synchronization
Image-Guided Intervention

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Robert Collins, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member

Author:

Arribas Colmenar, Sara

Title:

Constelaciones de artistas: estudio de los espacios de creación colaborativa y análisis de redes en espectáculos y circuitos españoles (1909-1936)

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Social Network Analysis
Ballets Espagnols
Residencia de Señoritas
Café Pombo
Teatro de Arte
Concurso de Cante Jondo 1921
Lorca
dance
Ramón Gómez de la Serna
María Lejárraga
Antonia Mercé
Manuel de Falla
Humanidades Digitales
Digital Humanities
danza española
20th Century
Análisis de Redes Sociales

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Committee Members:

Judith Sierra-Rivera, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Melissa Wright, Outside Unit & Field Member
Krista Brune, Major Field Member
Juan Udaondo Alegre, Major Field Member
Matthew Marr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marco Martinez, Major Field Member
Nicolás Fernandez Medina, Special Member

Author:

Song, Jianan

Title:

Gallium nitride super-heterojunction device design and single event effect response

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

GaN
Superjunction
Radiation
TCAD
Single event effect
Dielectric

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Rongming Chu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member

Author:

Geronimo-Lopez, Kamil

Title:

Designing as Emancipation: A Participatory Design-Based Case Study in Popular Education Game Design

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Popular Education
Participatory Game Design
Board Games
Systemic Literacy
Conscientization
Adult Education

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Committee Members:

Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
Pamela VanHaitsma, Outside Unit Member
Craig Campbell, Major Field Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Mcdonald, Outside Field Member
Gabriela Richard, Special Member

Author:

Umer, Muhammad

Title:

Investigation of Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Dilute Particle Clouds for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle heat exchangers
Thermochemical energy storage
Particle cloud heating
Heat transfer in particles under sub-atmospheric pressure
Heat transfer coefficient
Wall convection
Free-falling particle system
Convection and radiation in dilute particle flow.
Sub-atmospheric pressure
Dilute particle flow

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Committee Members:

Linxiao Zhu, Major Field Member
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Brian Fronk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saya Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Anbarasu, Saranya

Title:

MULTI-DOMAIN MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Decarbonization
Decentralization
Smart Communities
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced order modelingOptimization
Reinforcement Learning
Sustainability.
Decarbonization
Decentralization
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced-order models
Optimization
Reinforcement learning
Sustainability
Real-world case study
Smart communities
Neural networks
Interdependencies

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Committee Members:

Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wangda Zuo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Jiazhen Ling, Special Member
Sen Huang, Special Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fansler, Joshua

Title:

Mental Health and Readiness in the United States Military

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

military
mental health
military readiness
suicidal ideation
residential treatment
depression
PTSD
homophily

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Committee Members:

John Dattilo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joel Segel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Major Field Member
Charleen Hsuan, Major Field Member
David Vanness, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lee, Kyungsene

Title:

Cell surface engineering for conformal encapsulation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Cell surface engineering
Cell encapsulation
Conformal coating
Type 1 diabetes

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Major Field Member
Yong Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sala, Christopher

Title:

Land and Ocean Contributions to United States Summertime Precipitation Variability

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Midwest United States
Southeast United States
Precipitation
North Atlantic Subtropical High
Wave Trains
Great Plains Low-Level Jet
Asia–North America Teleconnection
Summer

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Committee Members:

Sukyoung Lee, Major Field Member
Pengfei Zhang, Major Field Member
Shujie Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laifang Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swann, Mitchell

Title:

Time Domain Source Separation Methods for Impulsive Aeroacoustic Sources

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

source separation
aeroacoustics
vortex/edge noise
statistical inversion
PCA
RPCA
maximum likelihood estimation
Bayesian estimation
array processing

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Committee Members:

Daniel Brown, Major Field Member
Michael Krane, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Samuel Grauer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adam S Nickels, Special Member
Jeff Harris, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Tyler Dare, Major Field Member
Julianna Simon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Delcid, Giselle

Title:

A Homeplace to bELong: Critical Ethnographic Analysis of Sense of Belonging for English Learners in Equity Focused Courses

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

belonging
English Learners
ethnic studies
culturally responsive
language affirmation
segregation
Proposition 203
Arizona
LatCrit
Critical Race Theory
sense of belonging
critical ethnography
testimonios

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Committee Members:

Gilberto Conchas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Ricardo Martinez, Major Field Member
Francesca Lopez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kelly, Jon

Title:

Structural and Functional Integrity of the Visual System Following Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Repetitive Head Impacts
Concussion
Brain Injury
Vision
Visual System
Macular Pigment Carotenoids
Rugby
Collision Sports

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Committee Members:

John Challis, Major Field Member
Lacy Alexander, Major Field Member
Semyon Slobounov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Arnett, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Norrid, Austin

Title:

I Continue to Teach: The Life and Careers of Paula Grossman (1919–2003), a Trans Music Educator

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Music Education
Trans
Transsexual
Biography
Transgender
Queer Studies
Trans Studies
LGBTQ
LGBT
Trans Rights
Trans Activism
Music
Music Teacher

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Committee Members:

Sarah Watts, Chair of Committee
Christopher Kiver, Outside Field Member
Charles Youmans, Outside Field Member
Linda Thornton, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
C. Libby, Outside Unit Member
Robert Gardner, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies