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Author:

Grisewood, Matthew Jeffery

Title:

Development and Applications of Computational Enzyme Engineering Tools

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Iterative Protein Redesign and Optimization
IPRO
Computational
Enzyme
Redesign
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase
acyl-ACP thioesterase
Mcr
'TesA
OptZyme
Optimization
beta-glucuronidase
Protein engineering
Specificity
Activity

File:

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Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Outside Member

Author:

Lee, Jae Young

Title:

KOREAN KNOWLEDGE WORKERS’ JOB AUTONOMY AND WORKPLACE OUTCOMES: THE ROLE OF JOB CRAFTING AND LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

job autonomy
LMX
job crafting
performance
work engagement

File:

Download JaeYoungDissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

William J. Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith A. Kolb, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Outside Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Special Member

Author:

Hermitt, Elijah Jude

Title:

THE PALENQUE POOL PROJECT: AN ENERGETIC ANALYSIS OF MONUMENTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF AN ANCIENT MAYA STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

archaeology
hydrology
ancient maya
maya
palenque
pool
energetics
monumental construction

File:

Download Elijah_Hermitt_Graduate_school_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kirk Dow French, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Madeline

Title:

Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District clarifies how schools are to provide Free Appropriate Public Education

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
free appropriate public education
FAPE
amicus curiae briefs analysis

File:

Download Madeline_E._Smith_-_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria M Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Greeley, Sarah A

Title:

MENTORING EXPATRIATES: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT ON PROJECT SUCCESS

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

mentoring
affective commitment
project success
expatriate

File:

Download thesis_2018_final_greeley.pdf

Committee Members:

Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hee Man Park, Committee Member
Jean Marie Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Dalvi, Sourabh Prabhakar

Title:

THE VALUE OF FLEXIBILITY IN ELECTRICITY MARKETS FROM GAS TURBINE UPGRADES: A STOCHASTIC MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Stochastic Optimization
Power System
Electricity Markets
Unit Commitment
Flexibility

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Sourabh.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Ni, Jun

Title:

THREE ESSAYS ON QUANTITATIVE FINANCE

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

VIX modeling
Bond premia prediction
Asset allocation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingzhi Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Brennan, Jennifer Bracken

Title:

THE C+C DSM METHOD: MANAGING CHANGE PROPAGATION WHILE PROTOTYPING A ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR DRY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE CASKS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
change propagation
nuclear storage cask
robotic inspection system
prototyping

File:

Download finalpdf_2018_03_29_Bracken_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wilson, Tomorrow Danielle

Title:

Psychological Factors Associated with Risky Drinking in Later Life

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Alcohol use
older adults
stress
alcohol outcome expectancies
drinking norms
drinking motives
late life

File:

Download Wilson_Dissertation_4-2-18_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Ann Wray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Ann Wray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert J Turrisi, Committee Member
Laura Klein, Committee Member
Lisa Ann Kitko, Outside Member

Author:

Jayne, Bradley Steven

Title:

A Measure of Leader Adaptive Self-Efficacy

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Adaptive Leadership
Leadership
Scale Development

File:

Download Jayne__Dissertation_04-01-18.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kisha Shannon Jones, Committee Member
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Outside Member

Author:

Van Doren, Natalia

Title:

PAYING THE PRICE FOR ANGER: DO WOMEN BEAR GREATER COSTS?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
emotion
anger expression
depression
relational interdependent self-construal

File:

Download VanDorenN_Thesis_4.6.18_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Thakuria, Niharika

Title:

2D ELECTROSTRICTIVE FET BASED CIRCUITS: COMPACT MODELING AND DEVICE-CIRCUIT CO-DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

2D FET
bandgap modulation
memory
piezoelectric
SRAM
steep switching

File:

Download Niharika_Thakuria_MS_Thesis_August2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Sumeet Kr. Gupta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

Author:

Metaxas, Luke Richard

Title:

Impacts of User Sentiment on Information Recall, Intrinsic Motivation, and Engagement in the Context of Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

sentiment
motivation
engagement
flow
emotion and learning
computer-based instruction
intelligent tutoring systems
affect

File:

Download Metaxas_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Derek Paul

Title:

Parascience and Revolution: The Paranormal Mind in Twentieth-Century Literature and Science

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

occult
paranormal
science studies
speculative fiction
ethnic fiction
pseudoscience
modernism

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Committee Members:

Susan Squier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Squier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Morrisson, Committee Member
Tina Chen, Committee Member
Jonathan Eburne, Outside Member

Author:

Zydney, Adam J

Title:

Boundary maps and their natural extensions associated with Fuchsian and Kleinian groups

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

geodesic flow
symbolic dynamics
continued fractions
complex numbers
reduction theory
Fuchsian groups

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Svetlana Katok, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Svetlana Katok, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Member
Antole Katok, Committee Member
Kyusun Choi, Outside Member

Author:

Kermani, Elnaz

Title:

SIMULATIONS OF GRANULAR COLUMN COLLAPSE USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS AND DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Discrete Element Method
Dynamic Collapse
Energy Dissipation
Granular Flow
Quasi-Static Collapse
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

File:

Download Elnaz_Kermani.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member

Author:

Acosta, Jennifer Diamond

Title:

Compassion at Work: Are in-role compassion displays beneficial or costly to the provider?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Compassion
Self Determination Theory
Prosocial Motives
Display Rules
Compassion Displays

File:

Download Diss_Final_Paper_for_Formatting.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Lance Ferris, Outside Member

Author:

Joo, Hyoun A

Title:

Clausal architecture in naturally acquired German: Korean immigrants in Germany

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Syntax
L2 German
Feature Reassembly
Organic Grammar
Second Language Acquisition
L1 Korean L2 German acquirers

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Travis Putnam, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B. Richard Page, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
John Lipski, Outside Member

Author:

Armistead, Matthew James

Title:

CORE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND BODY SEGMENT KINEMATICS FOLLOWING KNEE JOINT LOADING AMONG FEMALE COLLEGIATE ATHLETES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

ACL
Core
Trunk
Women's Ice Hockey
Women's Lacrosse
Field Hockey
Single-Leg Landing
Core Fatigue
Core Strength
Core Endurance
Lateral Trunk Lean
Knee Valgus
Body Segment Kinematics

File:

Download Armistead-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Giampietro Luciano Vairo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sayers John Miller III, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member

Author:

Sodawala, Shivani H

Title:

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION OF NON-IONIZED WATER MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Electromagnetic Propulsion
Non-ionized Propellant
Water Propellant
Molecular dynamics simulations
Electric Propulsion

File:

Download ShivaniSodawala_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael M Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Clause, Patrick O

Title:

KEYSTONES TO OPPORTUNITY: A STUDY OF LITERACY SKILL IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON SCIENCE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Literacy
Science Learning
Keystones to Opportunity
Literacy Skills
Literacy Teaching
Teacher Autonomy
State Intervention Design
Aggregate Data Concerns
Educational Reporting

File:

Download Patrick_Clause_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

William S. Carlsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William S. Carlsen, Committee Member
Gregory J. Kelly, Committee Member

Author:

Ying, Yue

Title:

Ensemble Data Assimilation for the Analysis and Prediction of Multiscale Tropical Weather Systems

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

tropical weather
multiscale
predictability
data assimilation

File:

Download dissertation_Ying.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Jeffrey L Anderson, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Yunsoo

Title:

THE MODERATING EFFECT OF CHRONIC JOB DISCRIMINATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB DEMANDS, JOB RESOURCES, PERSONAL RESOURCES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF AGED WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Chronic job discrimination
Psychological well-being
Job Demands and Resources model
Personal resources
Aged workers

File:

Download Dissertation_Yunsoo_Lee_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith A Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith A Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member
Rama B Radhakrishna, Outside Member

Author:

Baumann, Douglas G

Title:

CORE PROMOTER FUNCTION IN TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF CONSTITUTIVELY EXPRESSED GENES IN DROSOPHILA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Promoter
Transcription
Drosophila
Initiation
Glutathione
Motif 1
Pausing
GST
Housekeeping
TRF2
TBP-related factors
TBP
TFIID
DREF
M1BP
DRE
Motif 6
TADs
GFZF

File:

Download Dissertation_Baumann__Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Outside Member
Shaun A Mahony, Committee Member

Author:

Joshi, Prachi

Title:

Kinetics and mechanisms of Fe2+-catalyzed recrystallization of iron oxides

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Iron oxides
Iron chemistry
Geochemistry
Mineral processes
Nanoparticles

File:

Download PUJ_Dissertation_Mar_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Aaron Gorski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Outside Member

Author:

Cai, Qiheng

Title:

Lightning Initiation Due to Hydrometeor Collisions in Thunderclouds

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

lightning initiation
similarity law
avalanche-to-streamer transition

File:

Download Cai_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor P. Pasko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jim Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
David B. Spencer, Committee Member
Jaroslav Jansky, Outside Member

Author:

Lumley-Sapanski, Audrey Jane

Title:

Evaluating the Success of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: Refugee Resettlement Experiences in Chicago

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Refugees
Urban Studies
Integration
Forced Migration
Race and ethnicity

File:

Download LumleySapanski_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Stiles Fowler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Stiles Fowler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Michael Downs, Committee Member
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
Barrett Alan Lee, Outside Member

Author:

Masangu, Joyce Ndala

Title:

STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

resource curse
Democratic Republic of Congo
mining
mineral resources
resource-rich
artisanal mining
guidance
strategic considerations
mining sector
ministry of mines
ASM
political will
good governance
economic discipline
development
sustainability
economic growth
poverty reduction
poverty alleviation
Africa Mining Vision
Dutch Disease

File:

Download FinalThesisJM.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr.Kohler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jimenez, Martin Matthew

Title:

CONTROLS ON SANDSTONE DITRIBUTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SHALLOW-MARINE FOX HILLS SANDSTONE AND LANCE FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS, GREAT DIVIDE BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sequence Stratigraphy
Mixed-Process Variability
Shallow-marine
Sandbody Continuity

File:

Download Jimenez_Martin_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A. Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chuan-Sheng

Title:

SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE FOR CONDITIONAL VALUE-AT-RISK AND EXPECTED SHORTFALL

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Bootstrap
Conditional expected shortfall
Conditional Value-at-Risk
Nonlinear time series
Quantile regression
Semiparametric methods

File:

Download Chuan-Sheng_s_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhibiao Zhao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Sciaudone, Kyra Tatiana

Title:

IMPACTS OF VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND WINTER CROPS ON WATER QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Energy Crops
Profitability
Crop Budgets
Water Quality
Switchgrass
Willow
Agroecosystem Model
Mahantango Creek
Pennsylvania
Flood Frequency

File:

Download Final_Thesis_KTS_Spring_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zheng

Title:

Joint Modeling Recurrent Events and a Terminal Event with Frailty-copula Models

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

Joint Frailty-copula Models
Bayesian Augmentation
Recurrent Events
Joint Frailty Model

File:

Download zheng_li.pdf

Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Nasrollah Ghahramani, Committee Member
Feng Yue, Outside Member

Author:

Steuck, Jonathan William

Title:

THE PROSODIC-SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF INTRA-SENTENTIAL MULTI-WORD CODE-SWITCHING IN THE NEW MEXICO SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL COMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

codeswitching
prosody
syntax
variation
bilingualism
Intonation Unit
prosodic-syntactic interface
linguistics
sociolinguistics
cognitive psychology
functional linguistics
usage-based linguistics
New Mexican Spanish
Spanish in the US
corpus linguistics
Spanish
English
Prosodic sentence
Benefits of bilingualism
community norms
discourse analysis
variationist comparative method
prosody-syntax interface
Spanish of New Mexico
language in context
variationist linguistics
constraints of code-switching

File:

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Committee Members:

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Melinda Fricke, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yuting

Title:

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL CLIMATE AND TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION: A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Teacher Job Satisfaction
Teacher Attrition
TALIS 2013
School Climate
Multilevel Modeling

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Yuting_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L. Kornhaber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Krempa, Jennifer Katherine

Title:

Re-imaging and Re-imagining Curriculum Through the Theater Rehearsal Process

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Curriculum
Theater
Rehearsal

File:

Download Krempa_Thesis_Reimaging_Curriculum_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Marmé Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Marmé Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Jong Gyu

Title:

SHARED LEADERSHIP IN PROJECT TEAMS: A QUALITATIVE EXAMINATION OF THEORETICAL THEMES, ANTECEDENTS, AND OUTCOMES

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

shared leadership
qualitative research
consulting teams
project teams

File:

Download Dissertation_JONG_GYU_PARK.pdf

Committee Members:

William J. Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J. Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Weichun Zhu, Committee Member
Wesley E. Donahue, Committee Member
Edgar P. Yoder, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Zhuqing

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF MULTIAXIAL PLASTICITY BEHAVIOR OF 304L AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL 304L PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing;
Austenitic stainless steel
Martensitic transformation
Austenitic stainless steel
Martensitic transformation
Multiaxial stress state
Constitutive modeling

File:

Download ZhuqingWangThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Michelle Beese, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Outside Member

Author:

Baik, Sohye

Title:

Evaluating Health Policies Aimed at Improving Health Care Access of Underserved Populations

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Health Policy
Underserved Populations
ACA
Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid DSH
CHC
Health Center
Safety Net
Insurance Expansion

File:

Download SBaik_PhD_Dissertation_May_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Joel E Segel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joel E Segel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caprice A Knapp, Committee Member
Margaret Susan Winchester, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Outside Member

Author:

Lai, Hui Wen

Title:

An observation and modeling study of Arctic multilayered mixed-phase boundary layer clouds

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Arctic
Boundary layer meteorology
Large eddy simulation
Mixed-phase clouds
Roll clouds

File:

Download MSthesis_final_Lai.pdf

Committee Members:

Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kaul, Chaitanya

Title:

An agent based and ant colony metaheuristic approach to the last mile logistics problem

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Antcolony
agentbasedmodelling
metaheuristics
optimization
simulation
lastmilelogistics

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Chaitanya.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Antion Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kermani, Behnoud

Title:

Experimental and Numerical Study of Subgrade Soil Migration into Pavement Subbase and Mitigation Using Geotextile

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Cyclic loading; Faulting; Flexible pavement; Geosynthetics; Geotextiles; MMLS3; Particle transport; Pore water pressure; Pumping; Rigid pavement; Rutting; Subgrade fines migration; Traffic loading

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Behnoud_Kermani__bzk5102_.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels & Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Huang, Kuan

Title:

IMPACTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WASTEWATER ON DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT FORMATION DURING WATER CHLORINATION

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Shale gas production wastewater
disinfection byproducts
bromide
metal complexation

File:

Download Kuan_Huang_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuefeng F Xie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Trieu, Quang Thanh

Title:

ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION IN VIETNAM

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Educational Disparities
Family Background
Socioeconomic Transformations
Education Resilience
Vietnam
Ethnic Minorities

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_QuangTrieu.pdf

Committee Members:

Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott David Gest, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member

Author:

Dower, Christopher Micheal

Title:

AUTOPHAGY AND CANCER: THE ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN THE HYPOXIC TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT AND TRANSLATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF TARGETING ULK1 IN NEUROBLASTOMA

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

Autophagy
Cancer Metastasis
Hypoxia
Tumor Microenviroment
Neuroblastoma
ULK1

File:

Download Dower_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hong-Gang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hong-Gang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rosalyn Bryson Irby, Committee Member
Scot R Kimball, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Outside Member

Author:

Wood, Julie Katharine

Title:

Integrating Multiple Timescales and Process Models: An Illustrative Application to Affect Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Process modeling
Multiple Timescales
Intensive longitudinal data
Affect Dynamics

File:

Download Wood_MastersSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member

Author:

Conti, Angelina Maria

Title:

Incorporating Handling Qualities Assessment into the Design of Compound Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Flight Controls
Helicopters
Rotorcraft
ADS-33
Flight Handling Qualities

File:

Download Angelina_Conti_Updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Joseph F. Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wilkerson, Megan Michaela

Title:

LIMITING INSECT-RELATED COCOA DECLINE IN GHANA; INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL, COMPUTATIONAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Ghana
Cocoa
Entomology
International Agriculture

File:

Download Wilkerson_Final_Dissertaion_Final.MW.pdf

Committee Members:

David Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Outside Member

Author:

Lee, Gangchea

Title:

Fabrication of Radio Frequency Resonators in High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Radio Frequency Coil

File:

Download Gangchea_Lee_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Neuberger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Al Khadhuri, Jamal Eid

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PREDICTORS OF WORK ENGAGEMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE IN OMAN AND THE UAE

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

work engagement
JD-R model
job demands
job resources

File:

Download Jamal_Alkhadhuri_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith A. Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith A. Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J. Rothwell, Committee Member
Mark D. Threeton, Committee Member
Edgar P. Yoder, Outside Member

Author:

Dong, Yi

Title:

Generalized method of moments approach for hyperparameter estimation for Gaussian Markov random fields

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Generalized method of moments
Gaussian Markov Random Field
Discrete Optimization via Simulation
Maximum Likelihood Estimation

File:

Download Yi_Dong_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eunhye Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cai, Jingwei

Title:

METABOLOMICS REVEALS THE IMPACT OF XENOBIOTICS ON THE HOST-METABOLITES-MICROBIOME INTERACTION

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

microbiome
metabolomics
short chain fatty acid
bile acid
xenobiotics
LC-MS
GC-MS
NMR
TEMPOL
in vitro

File:

Download Jingwei_Cai_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew D. Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew D. Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary H. Perdew, Committee Member
Curtis J. Omiecinski, Committee Member
Matam Vijay-Kumar, Outside Member

Author:

Jain, Karan Rishabhkumar

Title:

EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE ROAD SALTS ON SOIL LEACHATE QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Deicing salts
Road Salts
Alternative road salts
road salt and soil
deicing salt and soil
deicing salt and groundwater

File:

Download Karan_Jain_Thesis_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stoner, Brant Edward

Title:

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTION TOOL FOR LARGE ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC COMPONENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nondestructive inspection
Additive manufacturing
directed energy deposition
multi-meter components
qualification
digital radiography

File:

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Committee Members:

Sanjay B Joshi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

Author:

Trivedi, Shreya Shailesh

Title:

IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNETIC CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION BY SURFACE TREATMENT WITH DIAZONIUM SALT FOR AEROSPACE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
Materials
Composites
Carbon nanotubes
Polymer nanocomposites
Magnetic Assembly
Covalent functionalization
Diazonium salt

File:

Download ShreyaTrivedi_MSThesis_Spring2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saravanan, Pratima

Title:

THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY, HEMODYNAMICS, AND TISSUE FACTOR ON CLOT FORMATION IN ANEURYSM MODELS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aneurysm
hemodynamics
tissue factor
thrombus
wall shear stress
poly (1
8 - octane diol citrate)

File:

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Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamoorthy, Vijayaragavan

Title:

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CO2 REACTIVITY OF PARTIALLY GASIFIED PITTSBRUGH NO. 8 COAL CHARS GENERATED IN A HIGH-PRESSURE, HIGH-TEMPERATURE FLOW REACTOR

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gasification
IGCC
High pressure Kinetics

File:

Download Dissertation_Finaldraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V. Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V. Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P. Mathews, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Outside Member

Author:

Golhar, Abhijeet Dagdu

Title:

PRODUCIBILITY OF COMPOSITE POSITION TOLERANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR PATTERNS OF HOLES AND EVALUATION OF MACHINE ACCURACY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Composite position tolerance
Producibility of composite position tolerance variants
Machine Accuracy

File:

Download Abhijeet_Golhar_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

El-Amine Lehtihet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Demeter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Qiu, Li

Title:

Improving Capacity and Robustness of Wireless Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Cache
Network capacity
Popularity-aware caching
Social links
Amplify-and-forward
Direct link placement

File:

Download dissertation_li.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Outside Member

Author:

Elango, Dinakaran

Title:

GENETIC DIVERSITY AND GENOME WIDE MAPPING OF STRESS INDUCED SECONDARY METABOLITES IN SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

GWAS
Sorghum anthracnose
Frost stress
Epi-cuticular wax
Brown mid-rib
Forage sorghum yield and quality
Flavonoid secondary metabolite
3-deoxyanthocyanidin
Anti-oxidant activity

File:

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Committee Members:

Surinder Chopra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Majid R Foolad, Committee Member
Lavanya Reddivari, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhang, Jin

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FEATURES FOR SUPPORTING REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Synchronous Collaborative Programming
Collaborative Learning
Computer Mediated Communication
Real-time Collaborative Editing

File:

Download Jin_THESIS_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Hanrahan, Committee Member
Rosalie Ocker, Committee Member

Author:

Armwald, Bruin Craig

Title:

The Influence of Sleep and Heart Rate Variability on the Occurrence of Injuries, Illnesses, and Missed Participation Days in NCAA Collegiate Swimmers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Sleep
Heart Rate Variability
Athlete
Swimming
Injuries
Illnesses
Missed Time

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Formatted_Manuscript_Final_Draft_For_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Sayers John Miller III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giampietro Luciano Vairo, Committee Member
William M. Adams, Committee Member
David Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Xu

Title:

IMPROVING THE LOCATION OF TEMPORARY PARKING SPOTS FOR TOURIST BUSES IN DOWNTOWN BEIJING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

PARKING SPOTS
TOURIST BUSES
LOCATION
IMPROVEMENT
SIMULATION
VISSIM
ATTRACTIONS

File:

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Committee Members:

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Vikash Varun Gayah, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yuetan

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF FLUID’S PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON PIPING EROSION PROGRESSION OF A SILTY SAND

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Piping erosion
Viscosity
pH
Ionic strength
Hole erosion test
Erosion rate index
Physicochemical effect

File:

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Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ma, Kaisheng

Title:

Self-powered Internet-of-Things Nonvolatile Processor and System Exploration and Optimization

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nonvolatile Processor
Self-powered
Internet-of-Things
Architecture Exploration
Energy Harvesting
Fog Computing

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John (Jack) Sampson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Yuan Xie, Outside Member

Author:

Eden, Jake T

Title:

Location Extraction from Text Features in Practical Environments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Text
text extraction
localization
classification
text features

File:

Download Eden_Jake_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ansaripour, Afrooz

Title:

Multi-leader-follower games of freight service pricing

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Freight service pricing
Oligopoly
Stackelberg game
bi-level optimization
revenue management
equilibrium problem with equilibrium constraints

File:

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Committee Members:

Terry L. Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tao Yao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Uday V. Shanbhag, Committee Member
Terry L. Friesz, Committee Member
Mort D. Webster, Outside Member

Author:

Domeier, Phillip Patrick

Title:

Differential roles of type 1 and type 2 interferons in the regulation of spontaneous germinal centers and autoimmune responses

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Germinal Center
B cell
Autoimmunity
Interferon
Type 1 interferon
Type 2 interferon
immune system

File:

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Committee Members:

Ziaur Rahman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ziaur Rahman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Committee Member
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Member
Sarah Bronson, Outside Member

Author:

Harner, Michael Jason

Title:

Development of a Dynamic Calibration Target for Through-Wall and Through-Rubble Motion Sensing Doppler Radar

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

RCS
calibration
through-wall
through-rubble
human
respiration

File:

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Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Turrigiano, Antonino Vincent

Title:

A QUANTIFIED METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING PATTERNS IN SESSILE DROPLETS OF WHOLE HUMAN BLOOD

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Sessile drop
Blood
Desiccation
Quantitative analysis
Medical
Diagnostic

File:

Download Final_Thesis.AVT.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member

Author:

Cadely, Farlah Antonia

Title:

EXAMINING OROFACIAL SOMATOSENSATION DIFFERENCES IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT ADHD

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
orofacial somatosensation
sensory processing
sensory under-responsivity
sensory over-responsivity

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicole Michele Etter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Pawlikowski, Natalie Carmen

Title:

Post-Fire Forest Succession, Group-Gap Dynamics, and Implications for Fire Resilience in an Old-Growth Pinus ponderosa Forest

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Forest structure
Group-Gap
Forest Development
Wildfire Resilience
Pinus ponderosa
Quercus kelloggii

File:

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Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member

Author:

Hutton, John

Title:

Extended Safe Contigs in the Face of Incomplete Coverage

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

contig assembly
bioinformatics
non-ideal
linear genome

File:

Download hutton_thesis_20180325.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Medvedev, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Straub, Benjamin Marshall

Title:

A STUDY OF APPROXIMATIONS AND DATA REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR KERNEL REGULARIZED LEAST SQUARES

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Kernel Methods
Machine-Learning
Ridge
Regularization
Random Projections
Clustering
Least-Squares

File:

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Committee Members:

Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Richards, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Styles Michael

Title:

Complementarity in the Coral Holobiont: A Genomic Analysis of Bacterial Isolates of Orbicella faveolata and Symbiodinium spp.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

coral holobiont
nutrient cycling
DMSP
cobalamin
denitrification

File:

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Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Kevin Loren Hockett, Committee Member

Author:

Shaw, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Design of Interplanetary Trajectories with Multiple Synergetic Gravitational Assist Maneuvers via Particle Swarm Optimization

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

orbital mechanics
interplanetary trajectory design
interplanetary travel
astrodynamics
space mission design
Particle Swarm Optimization
gravitational assist
multiple gravitational assist
gravity assist
multiple gravity assist
synergetic flyby
powered flyby
synergetic gravitational assist
synergetic gravity assist
powered gravitational assist
powered gravity assist
trajectory design

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Machnicki, Allison Leah

Title:

Evolution and Development of Hominoid Vertebral Transitions

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

hominid evolution
vertebral development
hox9
hox11
primate locomotion
primate vertebral anatomy

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Reno, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Outside Member

Author:

Caliskan Aydogan, Oznur

Title:

CHANGES IN THERMAL PROPERTIES DURING THE GROWING SEASON TO PREDICT THE APPLE HARVEST TIME AND MONITOR THE QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

thermal conductivity
DNHP
Malus x domestica (Borkh.)
fruit maturity
harvest time

File:

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Committee Members:

Virendra M. Puri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daeun Dana Choi, Committee Member
James Schupp, Committee Member
Paul Heinemann, Committee Member
Hojae Yi, Committee Member

Author:

Booth, Kayla M

Title:

Youth and Information Quality: An Intersectional Exploration of How Teens Assess Fitness Information on Social Media

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Information Quality
Youth
Intersectionality
Social Media
Information Behavior
Teens

File:

Download KBooth_Dissertation_Final_4_16_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen Trauth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Trauth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Yarger, Committee Member
Michael McNeese, Committee Member
Karen Treat Keifer-Boyd, Outside Member

Author:

Williamson, David Ross

Title:

Host adaptation, T cell immunity, and transmission ecology of Francisella tularensis

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Francisella
tularemia
pH
mechanosensitive channel
T Cell
CD8

File:

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Committee Members:

Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Outside Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member

Author:

Kabir, Humayun

Title:

HIERARCHICAL SPARSE GRAPH COMPUTATIONS ON MULTICORE PLATFORMS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

k-core
k-truss
multicore
sparse matrix
network analysis
graph analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Kamesh Madduri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut T. Kandemir, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Vasant Honavar, Outside Member

Author:

Lieberman, Jay Leonard

Title:

The role of energy availability in the induction and reversal of menstrual disturbances in exercising women

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Energy Availability
Menstrual Disturbances
Estrogen
Female Athlete Triad
Exercising Women

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane De Souza, Committee Member
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Karsten Koehler, Outside Member
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Yunmei

Title:

Socio-demographic Change and Age-Crime Patterns in Taiwan and the United States, 1976-2015

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Age-crime Relations
Cross-cultural Comparison
Age-period-cohort Analysis
Social Change
Life Course
Asian Criminology

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Committee Members:

Darrell J Steffensmeier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Committee Member
Guangqing Chi, Outside Member

Author:

Carney, Dever Marie

Title:

The effect of counseling center characteristics and policies on psychotherapy outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multilevel modeling
center effects
psychotherapy outcomes
college counseling
Center for Collegiate Mental Health

File:

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Committee Members:

Louis G. Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Hallquist, Committee Member
Jeffrey A. Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Bischof, Jesse Lee

Title:

High Pressure Enabled Synthesis of Ultrahigh Aspect Ratio Materials for Superconductive and Optoelectronic Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

1D Superconductivity
Superconducting nanowires
Ultralong nanowires
High pressure materials
Pressure assisted melt filling
gallium-indium eutectic
High pressure chemical vapor deposition

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Moses HW Chan, Outside Member

Author:

Deckman, Joshua Ryan

Title:

THE POETICS AND POLITICS OF PAIN: DECOLONIAL SPIRITUALITY IN THE AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND ITS DIASPORA

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Haiti

File:

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Committee Members:

Judith Sierra-Rivera, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julia Cuervo-Hewitt, Committee Member
John Andres Ochoa, Committee Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Member

Author:

Ye, Jianbo

Title:

Computational Modeling of Compositional and Relational Data Using Optimal Transport and Probabilistic Models

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

machine learning
optimal transport
optimization

File:

Download jianbo-ye-thesis_fix.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z. Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z. Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C. Lee Giles, Committee Member
Zhenhui Jessie Li, Committee Member
Reginald B. Adams, Outside Member
Jia Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Garner, Ana Esther

Title:

The Impact of the Gilman Scholarship on Underrepresented Students Studying Abroad: A Qualitative Exploration of Psychosocial Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Study abroad
underrepresented students
psychosocial outcomes

File:

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Committee Members:

David Post, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member

Author:

Berry, Grant Michael

Title:

Liminal voices, central constraints: Minority adoption of majority sound change

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Language Variation and Change
Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Accommodation
Minority Populations

File:

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Committee Members:

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Lipski, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Committee Member
Judith F. Kroll, Outside Member

Author:

Ranade, Sukanya Satish

Title:

URBAN FREEWAY REMOVAL: Design Intervention Based on Analysis of Urban Design and Socio-Cultural Effects of I-5 in Seattle

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Urban freeways
Neighborhoods
Urban Design Perspective
Socio-cultural Perspective

File:

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Committee Members:

Frans J G Padt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil Philip Korostoff, Committee Member
Kelleann Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Huhman, Ashley Briane

Title:

Binary-Level Type Inference using Datalog

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Datalog
Control Flow Graph construction
Type Inference analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Gang Tan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Danfeng Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Valdez, Robert Dennis

Title:

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY FAULT SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS INTO THE STRESS STATE OF THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION-ACCRETION COMPLEX OFFSHORE SW JAPAN AND SLIP STABILITY OF THE ALPINE FAULT ZONE IN NEW ZEALAND

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Consolidation state
Nankai Trough
In situ stress state
Friction
Slip stability
Scientific drilling
Alpine Fault
Accretionary prism
Rate and state friction

File:

Download RD_Valdez_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Outside Member

Author:

Freelin, Brittany Nicole

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL READINESS ON SUSPENSION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

School Readiness
Suspension
Exclusionary Discipline

File:

Download Freelin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Corina Antohi Graif, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David M Ramey, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Committee Member

Author:

Ruan, Tianchen

Title:

Indoor Air Pollution in Office Buildings in Mega-cities

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

indoor air pollution
PM2.5
ozone
filter efficiency
office building
indoor air pollution
PM2.5
ozone
filter efficiency
office building

File:

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Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shahriari, Mehdi

Title:

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Renewable Power Generation Portfolios

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Renewable Energy
Electricity Market
Portfolio Optimization

File:

Download Dissertation_MehdiShahriari_Final_04142018.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guido Cervone, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member

Author:

Pokrifka, Gwenore Flora

Title:

Using laboratory measurements of vapor-grown ice crystals to infer surface kinetics and estimate deposition coefficients

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

deposition coefficient
surface transitions
ice crystals
surface kinetics
vapor growth
laboratory

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leong Mattern, Alexandra Christine

Title:

The Influence of Trauma on Threat-Reactive Aggression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Trauma
PTSD
IPV
threat sensitivity

File:

Download Mattern_4.4.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James LeBreton, Committee Member
Ginger Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Troutman, Sara B

Title:

The Role of White Matter Integrity in Age-Related Language Production Differences

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Aging
Language
white matter

File:

Download Winter_Thesis_Revised_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Theresa Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Lesley Ross, Committee Member

Author:

Maxson, James David

Title:

Rhetorical Burials: Memorial Practices of New Orleans

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Jazz Funerals
Second Lines
Public Memory
Commemoration
Confederate Monuments
New Orleans
Rhetoric

File:

Download Maxson.FullDiss.v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Debra Hawhee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debra Hawhee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Jean Kennerly, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Matthew Frank Jordan, Outside Member

Author:

Karri, Kashyap

Title:

THE INTERACTION OF SYNTHETIC PETCOKE SLAGS WITH ALUMINA CRUCIBLES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

petcoke
slags
refractory
refractory depletion
slag interaction
high-temperature viscometry

File:

Download Thesis_Kashyap_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chiara Lo Prete, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Chandler, Paige Nicole

Title:

Proteasomal regulation of rDNA transcription and skeletal muscle hypertrophy

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

proteasome
ribosome
rDNA transcription
hypertrophy

File:

Download 20180403_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gustavo Alberto Nader, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Leonard Jefferson, Committee Member