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Author:

Zhao, Bo

Title:

SUPPORTING NEW SERVICES IN 3G NETWORKS: ENERGY AND SECURITY PERSPECTIVES

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Web Browsing
3G Networks
Energy
Smartphone
Power
Security
Service
Cloud Computing

File:

Download BoZhao-Dissertation_ready_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Heng Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Dalong

Title:

PLASMA-ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION ZINC OIXDE FLEXIBLE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Oxide semiconductor
plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition
thin film transistor
flexible electronics

File:

Download Thesis-final-ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Haiyu

Title:

Passive, Iterative, and Repetitive Control for Flexible Distributed Parameter Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Feedforward control
flexible distributed parameter systems
vibration control
BIBO stability

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Heng

Title:

THE EXPANSION OF NINE-YEAR COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: EFFECTS ON THE EDUCATION MOBILITY, 1970-1997

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

education mobility
education attainment
family background
educational policy

File:

Download zhaohengpaper.pdf

Committee Members:

Suet Ling Pong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Regina Deil Amen, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jing

Title:

Data Dissemination in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

VANET
ad hoc network
wireless network
data dissemination

File:

Download JingZhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jing

Title:

CEO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, MANAGERIAL MYOPIA AND CORPORATE ACQUISITION DECISIONS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Executive employment contracts
executive compensation
mergers and acquisitions
myopia
entrenchment
agency problem
corporate governance

File:

Download Zhao_Jing_PhdDissertation2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Muscarella, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura B Field, Committee Member
Michelle B Lowry, Committee Member
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Juan

Title:

Simulation and Validation of Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Fan Ventilated Confined-space Manure Storages

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Confined-space manure storages
ventilation
hydrogen sulfide
CFD modeling protocols
validation
air exchange rate

File:

Download eTD-JuanZhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Harvey Bright Manbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis J Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Jelena Srebric, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Lei

Title:

FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF POLLEN-EXPRESSED EXPANSINS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

microsporogenesis
Arabidopsis thaliana
Expansins
vascular development

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Cosgrove, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Mingjie

Title:

ASSESSMENT OF SNOW EFFECTS ON HEATING LOADS FOR BUILDINGS WITH GREEN ROOFS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

HEATING LOADS
GREEN ROOFS
HVAC SYSTEMS
SNOW EFFECTS

File:

Download Mingjie_Zhao_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Jelena Srebric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jelena Srebric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Berghage Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Qi

Title:

Mixture Model Learning with Instance-level Constraints

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

semi-supervised learning with instance-level const
mixture modeling with constraints
constrained clustering
image segmentation with background information

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Jonathan Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Siming

Title:

Radar Meteor Trail Detection and Classification

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

detection
meteor trails

File:

Download Siming-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Xinyuan

Title:

Self-Regulatory Focus, Organizational Climate and Training Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management

Keywords:

psychological safety
organizational climate
regulatory focus
training effectiveness
training motivation

File:

Download XinyuanZhaoeTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Anna S Mattila, Committee Member
William L Harkness, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Albert Laurence Bartlett Iii, Committee Member
Karthik Namasivayam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhao, Yanxiang

Title:

Phase Field Modeling on Multicomponent Vesicle Adhesion and Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

phase field model
fusion process
adhesion
prefusion
postfusion

File:

Download Zhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Zhixin

Title:

FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA GUARD CELLS UNCOVERS NEW STOMATAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

PROTEOMICS
CORRELATION BETWEEN TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME
GUARD CELL

File:

Download zhixin_Zhao_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Jiaxuan Li, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Ran

Title:

Ion Transport and Storage in Ionic Electroacive Polymer Membranes

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymer actuator
nonlinear effect
ionic liquid

File:

Download 07232012_master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Jun

Title:

Regulatory role of NKT cells on effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 in mice with EAE

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

1
25(OH)2D3
EAE
NKT cells
IL-4

File:

Download Final_thesis_Jun_Zhao_Format_Checked_.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa Anna Cantorna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Kang

Title:

A multi-level analysis of information and supply flows in social and business networks

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social networks
supply-chain networks
inter-organizational networks
information flow
influence
online health community.

File:

Download Zhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Dejin

Title:

Informal Workplace Communication – What Roles Can Microblogging Play in It?

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Social Media
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Computer-Mediated Communication

File:

Download Dissertation_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guoray Cai, Committee Member
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yu

Title:

QoSn-Based Management for Participatory Sensing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

QoSn-Based
Participatory Sensing

File:

Download master_thesis__final_version_.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Yi

Title:

effects of oxygen transport on performance of microbial fuel cells

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

microbial fuel cells
oxygen transport
ORR
heliox

File:

Download Master_thesis_of_Yi_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

John Michael Regan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Xinyu

Title:

Transported Probability Density Function Methods for Coal Combustion: Toward High Temperature Oxy-coal for Direct Power Extraction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxy-coal combustion
combustion modeling
probability density function method
spectral photon Monte Carlo
finite-rate chemistry

File:

Download xzz105-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yaqi

Title:

Characterization of the PRAME/PRAMEY Gene Family During Spermatogenesis

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

PRAME
spermatogenesis
fertilization
polyspermy
acrosomal granule
cancer/testis antigen

File:

Download Reprint_permission.pdfDownload Thesis_Yaqi_Zhao-12-11-13.pdf

Committee Members:

Wansheng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francisco Javier Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Modeling of Large-format Li-ion Cell Performance and Safety

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion cell
battery
modeling
safety

File:

Download PHD_thesis__Wei_Zhao_.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jishen

Title:

Rethinking the memory hierarchy design with nonvolatile memory technologies

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Memory hierarchy
Nonvolatile memory
Persistence
Memory/storage stack
Energy efficiency
Graphics memory
CMP
GPU

File:

Download jishen-zhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuan Xie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Onur Mutlu, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Na

Title:

Investigation of the molecular genetics of Drosophila synapse assembly

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

synapse development
GluRIIA localization
subsynaptic reticulum
Akt
heparan sulfate proteolycan
autophagy
Acinus
spectrin

File:

Download Dissertation_Thesis-_Na_Zhao_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Brian Selleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Haining

Title:

PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN CO2-BRINE SYSTEM FOR CO2 STORAGE

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 solubility
CO2-brine system
Equation of state
NaCl
CaCl2
Na2SO4
MgCl2
KCl
Pitzer model
activity coefficient
PSUCO2

File:

Download D2014HZ.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Special Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jing

Title:

Resilient and Efficient Data Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cognitive radio network
data access
cache management
channel assignment
data replication

File:

Download JingZhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Hui

Title:

Improving The Reliability And Power-efficiency characteristics Of Emerging Many-core multiprocessors

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Chip Multiprocessors
reliability
power efficiency
program scalability
NoC design

File:

Download HuiZhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Kandemir, Mary Jane Irwin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Kandemir, Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Lee David Coraor, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yanhui

Title:

Engineering Plasmonics: An Engineering Approach to Interdisciplinary Challenges

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Plasmonics
Single-Molecule Techniques
Color Filters
Optical Absorbers
Active and Passive Photonic Devices

File:

Download Yanhui_Zhao_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Mingjie

Title:

Influence of Interactions among Adjacent Buildings on Their Energy Consumption for Sustainable Neighborhood Design

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Building energy
Building interaction
Sustainable neighborhood design
Energy simulation

File:

Download Mingjie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jelena Srebric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jelena Srebric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yu

Title:

The performance of model fit measures by robust weighted least squares estimators in Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

model fit
fit indices
model misspecification
model size
CFA
cut-off
small sample
WLSMV
DWLS
ordinal variables

File:

Download Dissertation-Yu_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui Wa Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Xu

Title:

Investigations of Gas Sorption-induced Strain for Sorptive Rocks Using a New Optical Method

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
Shale
Sorption-induced Strain
New Optical Method

File:

Download Thesis_by_Xu_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Xiujie

Title:

Bayesian Two-stage Accelerated Life Tests under Distribution Misspecification

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Accelerated life testing
Bayesian ALT
Two-Stage Bayesian Design
Accelerated life testing
Bayesian ALT
Two-Stage Bayesian Design

File:

Download 1-Xiujie_Zhao_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Bin

Title:

Identifying Private Data Leakage Threats in Web Browsers

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Browse extensions
dynamic analysis
system calls
private browsing mode
privacy breaches
Android applications

File:

Download Bin_Zhao_Dissertation_Aug_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Carleen Frances Maitland, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Shuo

Title:

Nonlinear Optical Processes In Liquid Crystals And Applications In Optical Switching

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear Optics
Liquid Crystals
Optical Switching

File:

Download Dissertation_Shuo_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Efforts Toward Catalytic Methods Based on P(III)/P(V) Redox Cycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Phosphorus
Redox Catalysis
Molecular Geometry
Atom Transfer
Bond Activation

File:

Download ZHAO_PHD_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Ken S Feldman, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Changkun

Title:

Understanding Human Spatial Navigation Behaviors: A Cognitive Modeling Approach

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cognitive Modeling
ACT-R
Navigation
Spatial
Cognitive Model.

File:

Download Thesis_Zhao_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Jing

Title:

THE RELIABILITY OF SPLIT RING RESONATOR BASED METAMATERIALS IN PLASMA ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metamaterials
split ring resonator
CST simulation
plasma
negative permittivity

File:

Download Master_Thesis_of_Jing_Zhao-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Dinesh K Agrawal, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Mingyi

Title:

Discovering and Mitigating Software Vulnerabilities Through Large-scale Collaboration

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software vulnerability
bug bounty
memory corruption
software diversity
crowdsourcing

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jens Grossklags, Committee Member
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Hanqing

Title:

SUPPORTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF ASSOCIATION RULE WITH VISUALIZATION

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data mining
visualization
association rule mining

File:

Download Thesis_HanqingZhao_MS_IST_2017SP.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Jianshi

Title:

Dynamical Gauge Effects and Holographic Scaling of Non-Equilibrium Motion in a Disordered and Dissipative Atomic Gas

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Gauge Field
Laser Cooling
Disordered Potential
Raman Sideband Cooling
Fractional Quantum Hall
Non-equilibrium
Optial Lattice

File:

Download Dynamical_Gauge_Filed_in_a_Disordered_Potential.pdf

Committee Members:

Nathan Gemelke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathan Gemelke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Weiss, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Kuier

Title:

STRAIN-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS. LACTIS ON IN VITRO MODELS OF GASTROINTESTINAL INFLAMMATION

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Bifidobacterium animalis. lactis
Strain-specificity
Intestinal inflammation
Intestinal epithelial cells
Macrophage cells
Cytokines
SNPs analysis

File:

Download Kuier_Zhao_Thesis_final_10.25.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jianyun

Title:

DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY AND DIFFUSION MONTE CARLO METHOD FOR FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECT

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

fractional quantum Hall effect
diffusion Monte Carlo
density functional theory

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jainendra Jain, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jainendra Jain, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Eric W Hudson, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Yu

Title:

INTERACTION OF LIPOPHILIZED ANTIOXIDANTS WITH A MODEL MEMBRANE SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

phospholipid oxidation
lipophilized antioxidant
Tempolipids
phenolipids
alkyl gallates
wide angle neutron scattering

File:

Download Thesis-Yu_Zhao_final_ready_to_submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Ryan John Elias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Neil Coupland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Peng

Title:

Multiscale Modeling and Mechanics of 2D Layered Crystals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Multiscale Modeling
2D Material
Finite Crystal Elasticity

File:

Download opt_Dissertstion_Peng.pdf

Committee Members:

The Pennsylvania State University, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Rong

Title:

PREDICTION OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF COAL SLURRIES USING CONE PENETRATION TEST

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Coal slurry
liquefaction
correlated shear modulus
preconsolidation
soil classification

File:

Download Rong_Zhao_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Jiehui

Title:

FAMILY BACKGROUND, PARENTAL EXPECTATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS UNDER MAINLAND CHINA’S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Academic achievement
Family background
Parental expectation
China

File:

Download Jiehui_Zhao_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yingyan

Title:

Essays on International Trade and Development

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

International Trade
Information Asymmetry
Location-based Policy
Class Size

File:

Download Yingyan_Zhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen R. Yeaple, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R. Yeaple, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kala Krishna, Committee Member
James Tybout, Committee Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Ge

Title:

Semiparamertic dimension reduction model and applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Survival Analysis
Sufficient Dimension Reduction
Semiparametric
Nonparametric

File:

Download GeZhaoDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yanyuan Ma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yanyuan Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael G Akritas, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
James Z Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Zhenyu

Title:

Material Design and Properties of Geopolymer Mortar for Applications in 3D Printing

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Geopolymer
3D Printing
Regression Model

File:

Download Zhenyu_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aleksandra Radlińska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member
Shelley Stoffels, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Rui

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS FOR BEYOND COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

TMDS: 1T-TaS2; MoS2
phase-FET
copper diffusion barrier
beyond CMOS
nanomaterials

File:

Download Dissertation_Rui_Zhao_August_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua A. Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Roman-Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Nan

Title:

Delivery of growth factors and stem cells for therapeutic angiogenesis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aptamers
hydrogels
angiogenesis
growth factor delivery
cell delivery

File:

Download Delivery_of_growth_factors_and_stem_cells_for_therapeutic_angiogenesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Scott H Medina, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Anthony

Title:

Modeling Prescribed Fire Effects on Vegetation Dynamics in Mid-Atlantic Oak and Pitch Pine Forests

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Prescribed Fire
Oak Forests
Pitch Pine Forests
Mid-Atlantic
Modeling
Forest Management

File:

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Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Xi

Title:

Enzyme Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzyme Diffusion
Enzyme Chemotaxis
Cascade Reaction
Enzyme Assembly
Aggregation
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Microfluidics
Active Matter
Nanoscale Motility

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Igor S Aronson, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Hongfan

Title:

Micro-Scanning Mirror based Eye-tracking Technology

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Eye-tracking
MEMS mirror
Scanning laser

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Hsu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Huanyu Cheng, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Luming

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

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

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhao, Tian

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

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

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhao, Junqi

Title:

Towards a Proactive Real-Time Data-Driven Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevention Approach in Construction

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Construction Safety Management
Proactive Injury Prevention
Wearable Sensing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Ergonomics
Construction Safety Management
Injury Prevention
Wearable Sensing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Ergonomics

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Committee Members:

Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Somayeh Asadi, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Outside Member
Sez Atamturktur, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Hui

Title:

The effects of structure strategy instruction on reading comprehension and self-efficacy: mediation and moderation analysis

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

structure strategy instruction
reading comprehension
self-efficacy
structure equation modeling
mediation
moderation

File:

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Committee Members:

Pui-Wa Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member
David Lee, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Kaixi

Title:

Two Orthotospoviruses Pathosystem: Interaction of Plant- Viruses-Vector

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

mixed infection
orthotospovirus
plant virus
thrips

File:

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Committee Members:

Cristina Rosa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristina Rosa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Christina M Grozinger, Outside Member
Joyce M Sakamoto, Special Member
Carolee Theresa Bull, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Tiankai

Title:

Mechanics of cell-substrate interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

cell-substrate interaction
traction force
focal adhesion
myosin motor
thermodynamics
phase-field model
finite elements method

File:

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Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member
Spencer Szczesny, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Jiayan

Title:

Spatial Learning in Virtual Environments

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

spatial learning
virtual environments
immersive virtual reality
geographic scale
reference frames

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Klippel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Klippel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Michael Downs, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Ping Li, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Xueqi

Title:

Intrinsic Geometrical Methods for Statistical Process Control of Complex Data Objects

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Differential geometry
Laplace-Beltrami operator
Noncontact sensor
Permutation test
Spectral methods
Part localization
Helmholtz equation
Persistent homology

File:

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Committee Members:

Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Enrique Del Castillo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Major Field Member
Ethan Fang, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Guoxiang

Title:

Multi-robot optimal motion planning

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

multi-robot systems
motion planning
optimal control
distributed control

File:

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Tongzhou

Title:

THEORETICAL STUDY OF FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECT UNDER REALISTIC CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

Fractional quantum Hall effects
Composite fermion theory
fixed-phase diffusion Monte Carlo

File:

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Committee Members:

Jainendra Jain, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chad Hanna, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ying Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Shulin

Title:

Optimizing Energy and Performance for Next-Generation Extended Reality Devices

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Extended Reality
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Energy-effiency
Performance

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Wennan

Title:

Planning and Guidance Methods for Peripheral Bronchoscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

lung cancer
virtual bronchoscopy
image-guided bronchoscopy
bronchoscopy
radial probe endobronchial ultrasound
peripheral pulmonary lesion
endobronchial ultrasound
endobronchial ultrasound registration
endobronchial ultrasound simulation
biopsy
navigational bronchoscopy

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Committee Members:

Robert Collins, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Yiran

Title:

A comparison of the creative thinking abilities among urban, migrant, and rural adolescents in Western China

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

urban-rural differences
creative thinking
creativity
China

File:

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Committee Members:

Soo-Yong Byun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Member
Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Xiaoyue

Title:

On the Effects of Material Properties and Parameters on the Triboelectric Output of Filler-Modified Polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Triboelectric effect
Polymer composite
Mechanical property
Electrical property
PDMS
Carbon nanotube
TENG

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Field Member
Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Special Member
Paris Vonlockette, Major Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ola Rashwan, Outside Unit Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zhao, Fanghui

Title:

White Counselors' Exposure to Black Individuals and Their Counseling Effectiveness with Black Clients

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education (PHD)

Keywords:

Counseling Effectiveness
Counselor Effect
Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competence

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Green Bryan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amber O'Shea, Major Field Member
Kristen Nadermann, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Louis Castonguay, Outside Field Member
David Baker, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Zhao, Tianyang

Title:

Dialogue State Tracking with Universal Adversarial Triggers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Dialogue State Tracking

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Rui Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Yifan

Title:

EXPLORATION OF HIGH CHERN NUMBER AND HIGH TEMPERATURE QUANTUM ANOMALOUS HALL EFFECT

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

quantum anomalous Hall effect
topological insulator

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Major Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Ye Alex

Title:

Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

high-dimensional inference
regression coefficient testing
hypothesis testing

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member