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1051. Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions

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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

1052. APPLICATION OF SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TO ANTHRACITE MINE SOILS: BIOMASS PRODUCTION, SOIL FERTILITY, AND SPATIAL INVENTORY OF SUITABLE MINE SITES

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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

1053. Development of a Cast 50 ksi (345 MPa) Yield Strength Low Alloy Steel with a Low Carbon Equivalent

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Open Access
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

1054. Perceived structural holes and power in organizations

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Open Access
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

1055. The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

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Open Access
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

1056. UPDATED SUBLATTICE MODELS OF TOPOLOGICALLY CLOSE PACKED PHASES WITH A REVISED PHASE DESCRIPTION OF σ PHASE

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Open Access
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

1057. Lithospheric Geodynamics of the Arabian Margin

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Open Access
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

1058. Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education

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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

1059. Multiphase plasmas in medicine: Plasma jet--liquid interaction and the direct generation of plasma in conductive liquids

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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:

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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

1060. MOLECULAR-SCALE CONTROL OVER REACTION RATE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTOTHERMALLY CURED SILICONE

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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:

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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

1061. Gentrification, Interrupted: Place-Based Identity, Vanishing Landscapes, and the War on Gentrification in Urban America

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Author:
Glass-Heffner, Andrea
Title:
Gentrification, Interrupted: Place-Based Identity, Vanishing Landscapes, and the War on Gentrification in Urban America
Graduate Program:
American Studies
Keywords:
American Studies
Urban Studies
Gentrification
digital culture
gender and sexuality
spatial justice
memory
space and place
popular culture
visual culture
folklore
vanishing landscapes
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Committee Members:
Charles David Kupfer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Member
Simon J. Bronner, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Outside Member

1062. INTERPLAY OF NARRATIVES AND SELF-DISCLOSURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS COMMUNICATION

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Author:
Diddi, Pratiti
Title:
INTERPLAY OF NARRATIVES AND SELF-DISCLOSURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Graduate Program:
Mass Communications
Keywords:
Narratives
Stealing Thunder
Organizational crisis
Crisis Communication
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Committee Members:
Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denise Sevick Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ahern, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

1063. INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY IN NOVEL 2D SYSTEMS

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Author:
Pabbi, Lavish
Title:
INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY IN NOVEL 2D SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Atomic Force Microscopy
Active noise cancellation
Doped Graphene
2 dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
Spinodal decomposition
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Committee Members:
Eric W Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric W Hudson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Program Head/Chair

1064. THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF URBANIZATION IN MEDIEVAL DENMARK (AD 1050-1536)

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Author:
Kelmelis, Kirsten
Title:
THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF URBANIZATION IN MEDIEVAL DENMARK (AD 1050-1536)
Graduate Program:
Anthropology
Keywords:
bioarchaeology
urbanization
medieval Denmark
paleodemography
paleoepidemiology
paleopathology
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Committee Members:
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Wood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
George Robert Milner, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Outside Member
Jesper Boldsen, Special Member