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Author:: Rogers, Bradley Allen
Title:: Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Ion-Specific Effects
Interfacial Water Structure
Protein-Protein Interactions
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Hydrophobicity
Thermoresponsive Polymers
Temperature Gradient Microfluidics
File:: Download Dissertation_Rogers_v11.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Banfill, James Steven
Title:: APPLICATION OF SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TO ANTHRACITE MINE SOILS: BIOMASS PRODUCTION, SOIL FERTILITY, AND SPATIAL INVENTORY OF SUITABLE MINE SITES
Graduate Program:: Soil Science
Keywords:: coal mine reclamation
spent mushroom compost
warm-season grass
biomass
switchgrass
landscape fragmentation
File:: Download Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Snyder, Cody
Title:: Development of a Cast 50 ksi (345 MPa) Yield Strength Low Alloy Steel with a Low Carbon Equivalent
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: cast steel
HSLA cast steel
HSLA steel
File:: Download Snyder_Master_s_Thesis__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Jingjing Li, Committee Member
Amy Carol Robinson, Special Signatory

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Author:: Li, Zhi
Title:: Perceived structural holes and power in organizations
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power
Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power
File:: Download Perceived_structural_holes_and_power_in_organizations_Zhi_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Akkopru Akgun, Betul
Title:: The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation
File:: Download BetulAkkopruAkgun_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Feurer, Matthew
Title:: UPDATED SUBLATTICE MODELS OF TOPOLOGICALLY CLOSE PACKED PHASES WITH A REVISED PHASE DESCRIPTION OF σ PHASE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: CALPHAD
First Principles
Topologically close packed phases
TCP phases
Sigma phase
File:: Download Thesis-v9.pdf
Committee Members:: Zi-Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Alotaibi, Thamer
Title:: Lithospheric Geodynamics of the Arabian Margin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Lithospheric geodyanmics
Arabian Margin deformation
Red Sea rifting evolution
File:: Download PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Rocco Malservisi, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Kafle, Madhav Prasad
Title:: Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education
Graduate Program:: Applied Linguistics
Keywords:: academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation
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Committee Members:: Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Brubaker, Timothy Ryan
Title:: Multiphase plasmas in medicine: Plasma jet--liquid interaction and the direct generation of plasma in conductive liquids
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: plasma medicine
atmospheric pressure plasma jet
plasma-liquid interaction
reactive oxygen species
blood
inactivation of bacteria
File:: No files available due to restrictions.
Committee Members:: Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Outside Member
Sean David Knecht, Committee Member

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Author:: Fortenbaugh, Robert
Title:: MOLECULAR-SCALE CONTROL OVER REACTION RATE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTOTHERMALLY CURED SILICONE
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Photothermal
photothermal effect
nanoparticles
silicone
photothermal heat
PDMS
polymer
3D printing
paints and coatings
thermoset polymer
File:: No files available due to restrictions.
Committee Members:: Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

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