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Author:

Smith, Justin Alec

Title:

Racial Paraconstructions: Black Political Identities in Literature, 1892-1931

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

African American Literature
Black Studies
Realism
Modernism
Print Culture
Critical Race Theory
Identity Politics

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Committee Members:

Tina Goudie, Major Field Member
Aldon Nielsen, Major Field Member
Shirley Moody, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Morrisson, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn Belle, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Smith, Jesse

Title:

Secularization, Autonomization, and Polarization: Linking Trends in 21st Century American Religion, Family, and Politics

Graduate Program:

Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Religion
Family
Politics
Polarization
Life course
Quantitative
Morality

File:

Download smith_dissertation_edited_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Shenk, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gary Adler, Major Field Member
Valarie King, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roger Finke, Major Field Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Smith, Christopher

Title:

Dynamics and Control of Flexible Quadrotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quadrotor
Flexible Structure
Optimal Sliding Gaussian
Flight Control
Flight Simulation

File:

Download ChristopherSmith-DissertationV1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Cimbala, Major Field Member
Simon Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alfred Lewis, Major Field Member

Author:

Smith, Hillary

Title:

Exploring the Grayness at the Origin of Life and a Perspective on the Potential Use of Wastewater in Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Origin of life
Astrobiology
Prebiotic evolution
Meteoritic organics
pre-RNAs
Metalloenzymes
Thioesters
Lipids
Evolutionary transitions
Space exploration
Astronaut nutrition
Single cell protein
Microbial co-culture
Wastewater recycling
Agnostic biosignatures

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Mary

Title:

Characterizing the s-type bacteriocin repertoires in Pseudomonas syringae

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

S-type Bacteriocin
Bacteriocin
Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial Competition
phyllosphere

File:

Download MJS_Thesis_2023R5.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Loren Hockett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Caeden

Title:

Noninvasive Tracking of Solidification Using Ultrasound

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Mushy Zone
Reflection
Matching Layer
Acoustic
Casting
Solidification
Wax
Metal
Front Tracking

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Committee Members:

Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Kube, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Julianna Simon, Committee Member