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Author:

Zhou, Yunqing

Title:

Biophysical and Functional Regulation of Plant Ion Channels

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Ion channel
Voltage gating
Potassium channel
Anion channel
Regulation
Structure
Alpha subunit
Guard cell
G protein

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Committee Members:

William Hancock, Outside Field Member
Timothy Jegla, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Assmann, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erin Connolly, Outside Unit Member
Charles Anderson, Major Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paik, Ghanghoon

Title:

Multiple Gravity-Assist Trajectory Design with Continuous-Thrust Synergetic Maneuvers

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gravity assist
trajectory optimization
trajectory design
continuous thrust
astrodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Joseph Cusumano, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Melton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Puneet Singla, Major Field Member
David Spencer, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pale, Lindsey

Title:

Identifying Novel Factors Involved in Cancer Therapy Sensitivity and Resistance using Genome-Wide CRISPR Screens

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

CRISPR
DNA Repair
DNA Damage
Cancer
BRCA
Cisplatin
PARP Inhibitor
PRIMPOL

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Committee Members:

James Broach, Major Field Member
Zhonghua Gao, Major Field Member
George Moldovan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Lisa Shantz, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Haynes, Elise

Title:

Feeling Body Neutral? Evaluative Conditioning of Neutral Affect towards Body Figures

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

evaluative conditioning
neutral affect
body shape

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Reg Adams, Major Field Member
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Major Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Gasper, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Heaton, Connor

Title:

Learning to Contextualize the Field of Sports Analytics

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Representation Learning
Sports Analytics
Deep Learning
Sequential Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Andrew Wiesner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Jayasinghe, Kattadige Oshadhi

Title:

Regulation of gene expression by factor-dependent RNA polymerase pausing in Bacillus subtilis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Transcription
RNA polymerase pausing
NusG
NusA
Riboswitches
Gene expression regulation
Post-transcription initiation regulatory mechanisms
Bacterial transcription
RNET-seq
Attenuation
Transcription elongation factors

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Committee Members:

Santhosh Girirajan, Program Head/Chair
Paul Babitzke, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Howard Salis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Major Field Member
Emily Weinert, Major Field Member
Jordan Bisanz, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member

Author:

Cantos, Christian

Title:

Gα subunits impact architecture, yield, and drought response in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Heterotrimeric g protein signaling
OsXLG
RGA1
rice architecture
yield
drought stress response
CRISPR/CpF1
Natural variants
Photosynthesis

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Committee Members:

Sally Mackenzie, Major Field Member
Sarah Assmann, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hong Ma, Major Field Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Adenuga, Iyadunni

Title:

User Agency in AI-infused Systems

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Human Agency
Human-Centric AI-infused Systems
Scale Validation
Explainable AI
User-centered Design

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Hadi Hosseini, Major Field Member
Christopher Dancy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Dodge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Czekaj, Megan

Title:

Multi-tactic weed control and crop rotation diversity for management of multiple-resistant Amaranthus spp.

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science

Keywords:

Integrated Weed Management (IWM)
Cover crop surface mulch
Residual herbicides
No-till soybean production
Soybean planting dates
Alternative crop sequences
Seedbank management
Amaranthus species

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Committee Members:

John M Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniela Carrijo, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Mark VanGessel, Committee Member

Author:

Shahidi Masouleh, Darya

Title:

Application of LWD and DCP for Quality Control/Quality Acceptance of Highway Subbase/Base Compaction

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Lightweight Deflectometers
Dynamic Cone Penetrometers
Compaction Quality
Modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Behnam Jahangiri Koohbanani, Committee Member

Author:

Ferstl, Evan

Title:

Places for Public Discourse: The Impact of Walkability on Protest in the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

walkability
urban design
social movements

File:

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Committee Members:

Corina Antohi Graif, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Seguin, Committee Member
Scott Yabiku, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Louisa Holmes, Committee Member

Author:

Atanga, Barbara

Title:

The timestamp effect: How prior contribution timing shapes future donations

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Prior donation timing
Donations
Hospitality
Prosocial behavior

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Committee Members:

Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Shultz, Nicholas

Title:

Techno-economic Analysis of Carbon Capture Systems for a Natural Gas Power Plant

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon capture
CCUS
Optimization Modeling
Amine Absorption

File:

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Committee Members:

John Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Menefee, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Radler, Jackson

Title:

The Intestinal Epithelial Barrier and Hemodynamic Homeostasis After Spinal Cord Injury

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Spinal Cord Injury
Epithelial Barrier
Gastrointestinal tract

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Committee Members:

Pat Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Pat Mclaughlin, Major Field Member
Amy Arnold, Outside Field Member
Greg Holmes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prashant Nighot, Outside Unit & Major Field Member
Matthew Coates, Special Member

Author:

Nordlander, Josh

Title:

Magnetron Sputtering of III-N Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GaN
III-N
sputter deposition

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Rongming Chu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Stephanie Law, Major Field Member

Author:

Dopp, Isaac

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF SIGNALING FROM THE SENSORY PLASTID GENOME IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

plastid
signaling
epigenetic
reactive oxygen species
plant

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Committee Members:

Sally Mackenzie, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cristina Rosa, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sarah Assmann, Major Field Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sadeghi, Movahhed

Title:

A Comprehensive Study of Quantum circuit execution and size minimization

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Quantum computation
Serial execution
qubit reuse
qubit
NISQ
Quantum compiler optimization

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Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Early, David

Title:

Detecting Rates Of Vegetation Change In Africa From The Last Glacial Maximum To The Present

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Pollen
Rate-of-Change
Database
Paleoecology
Palynology
R
Holocene
Pleistocene
Land Use
Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah J Ivory, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Spychalla, Lydia

Title:

A Toy Model for Monte Carlo Exploration of Hail Growth Physics

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Hail
Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly Lombardo, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member

Author:

Bozeman, Jessica

Title:

Forgiveness in Groups: Illuminating the Role of Third Members

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Groups
Forgiveness
Third Member
Conflict
Communication

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Brian Manata, Major Field Member
John Gastil, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Simkins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rachel Smith, Major Field Member
Brian Manata, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Gastil, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kousa, Moussa

Title:

Evaluating Encoding and Retrieval Advantages of Action Pairs in a Newly Developed Stimulus Set

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Visual Working Memory
Semantic Relatedness
Attentional Blink
Chunking

File:

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Committee Members:

Brad Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Rick Gilmore, Committee Member

Author:

Albright, Carolyn

Title:

Family Cohesion and Parental Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 16-Wave Longitudinal Study

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

COVID-19; meaning in life; parental mental health

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Committee Members:

Gregory M. Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zachary Fisher, Committee Member
Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shimanek, John

Title:

Predictive Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Face-Centered Cubic Metals using Multiscale Computational Techniques

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

crystal plasticity
density functional theory
dislocation dynamics
finite element method
graph theory

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member

Author:

Sloan, Carlie

Title:

Parents' Engagement with a Novel mHealth Intervention for Strengthening Families: A Feasibility Study

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

mHealth
family-based intervention
parenting
adolescents

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Steffany Fredman, Major Field Member
Gregory Fosco, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet Welsh, Major Field Member
Stephanie Lanza, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Ewing, Becca

Title:

Gravitational wave searches towards multi-messenger and multi-band astronomy

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

gravitational waves
multimessenger astronomy
astrophyisics
binary black holes
binary neutron stars
neutron star-black hole binaries
next generation gravitational wave detection
gravitational wave searches

File:

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Committee Members:

Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chad Hanna, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Caryl Gronwall, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Minervini, Mirko

Title:

Precipitation-filtration process as a platform for continuous purification of monoclonal antibody therapeutics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Monoclonal antibody
precipitation
microfiltration
membrane separation
downstream

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Major Field Member
Esther Gomez, Major Field Member

Author:

Paudel, Devendra

Title:

DIETARY FIBER-MEDIATED MODULATION OF INTESTINAL AND LIVER HEALTH: ROLE OF GUT MICROBIOTA

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

dietary fiber
gut microbiome
inflammatory bowel disease
cholemia
digestive health
liver health

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Committee Members:

Meg Bruening, Program Head/Chair
Vishal Singh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Darrell Cockburn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Maria Rita Castro, Major Field Member
Kristina Petersen, Major Field Member

Author:

Wong, Andrew

Title:

Electrocatalysis at the atomic scale: Complexities at the electrode-electrolyte interface

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

DFT
electrocatalysis
heterogeneous catalysis
computational chemistry
electrochemistry
surface science
interfaces
chemical engineering
cations
CO2 reduction
wastewater remediation

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Raymond Schaak, Outside Field Member
Michael Janik, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Manzini, Zinhle

Title:

AN EXISTENTIAL- STANDPOINT READING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKWOMEN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES UNDER APARTHEID

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Apartheid
Blackwomen
Autobiography
South Africa
Black Feminism
Sartre
Fanon
Biko
Ramphele
Makhoere
Collins
existential-standpoint

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Committee Members:

Sarah Miller, Program Head/Chair
Nancy Tuana, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ariane Cruz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Bernasconi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kris Sealey, Major Field Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Special Member

Author:

Sönmez, Semra

Title:

First-generation College Students’ Mental Health Through the Lens of Sense of Belonging and Year in School: Implications for College and School Counselors

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

first-generation college students
sense of belonging
depression
anxiety
loneliness
flourishing
year-in-school

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Committee Members:

Julia Bryan, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Janice Byrd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Li, Wenhao

Title:

Essays in Economic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Consumer Choice
Mismatch
Project Choice Delegation
Full Discretion
Dynamic Interaction
Market Segmentation
Price Discrimination
Information
Oligopoly Competition

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Committee Members:

Barry Ickes, Program Head/Chair
Vijay Krishna, Major Field Member
Chloe Tergiman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nageeb Ali, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nima Haghpanah, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Dillavou, Julia

Title:

Punishment Until Proven Guilty: Uncovering Mechanisms of Racial Disparity in Pretrial Case Processing 

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Racial Disparities
Criminal Justice
Pretrial Justice
Criminology

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Kreager, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abenaa Jones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Chiles, Outside Field Member
Megan Kurlychek, Major Field Member
Pamela Wilcox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Berry, Samantha

Title:

Enhancing Near Native Protein Visualization Using Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

electron microscopy
structural biology
SARS-CoV-2
liquid phase electron microscopy

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Committee Members:

James Adair, Outside Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Unit Member
William Hancock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Douds, Catherine

Title:

Approaches to improve in vivo RNA structure prediction through chemical structure probing

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

RNA
RNA structure
structure probing
E. coli ribosome

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Major Field Member
Sarah Assmann, Outside Field Member
Shaun Mahony, Outside Unit Member
Lu Bai, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bachman, Ridge

Title:

Assessing the Impact of Electrode Oxidation on Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Performance Through Experimentation and Modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Redox Flow Battery
Density Functional Theory
Energy Storage Density
Carbon Electrodes

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Committee Members:

Isaac Gamwo, Special Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Serguei Lvov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Derek Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mcdonald, Ashley

Title:

Can’t Nobody Hold Us Down: Understanding the Role Of Observed Racial Socialization And Engagement Coping In Black Youth’s Adaptation To Racism-Related Stress

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Racial socialization
coping
Black adolescents

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Committee Members:

Dawn Witherspoon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Soto, Major Field Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ginger Moore, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Katona, Anthony

Title:

Spatiotemporal control of silicone properties through photothermal treatment of carbon black nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal pdms carbon black

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Luna, Rainamei

Title:

Exploring the Musical Experiences of Young Autistic Adults: A Multiple Case Study

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Autistic Voices
autism
multiple case study
lived experiences
performing arts
music
music education

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Committee Members:

David Mcnaughton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Linda Thornton, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Nichols, Major Field Member
Jess Mullen, Major Field Member
Ashley Shank, Special Member
Robert Gardner, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Davis, Nathaniel

Title:

Beyond Youth Sports: Family Values in the Young Adult Fiction of Matt Christopher, 1954-1997

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Matt Christopher
Children's Literature
Sports Literature

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Kupfer, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Tolbert, Major Field Member
Mary Napoli, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Haddad, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Buccitelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Calvo, Sebastian

Title:

Waldschmidt constants of complex reflection groups

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Algebraic geometry
Hyperplane configuration
Point configuration
Waldschmidt constant
Resurgence

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Committee Members:

Jack Huizenga, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yuriy Zarkhin, Major Field Member
John Lesieutre, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pan, Tan

Title:

Modeling and Design Optimization of Magnetoactive Elastomer Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Smart material
magnetoactive elastomer
design and optimization
Bayesian Network Classifier
advanced material design
genetic algorithms

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Namiko Yamamoto, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Major Field Member
Carolyn Seepersad, Special Member
Jared Butler, Major Field Member
Paris Von Lockette, Special Member
Mary Frecker, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Moeini, Mohammad

Title:

Computational Analysis and Data-Driven Modeling of Hurricane Effects on Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Hurricane
Residential Buildings
Catastrophe Modeling
Machine Learning
CFD
Recovery Modeling
Wave-Structure Interaction
NFIP Claims Analysis
Business Interruption Modeling
Vulnerability Modeling
Climate Change
Flood Insurance
Hurricane Insurance
Home Insurance

File:

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Field Member
Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Physics-informed Parallel Neural Networks for the Identification of Continuous Structural Systems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Continuous Structural Systems
Identification
Physics-informed Parallel Neural Networks
Neural Tangent Kernel
self-adaptive loss weighting

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Gordon Warn, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Major Field Member
Aleksandra Radli¿ska, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ting He, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Fan, Da

Title:

Explainable deep learning for convective initiation nowcasting

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Deep learning
Satellite
cloud process
convective initiation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerry Harrington, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Steven Greybush, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eugene Clothiaux, Major Field Member
Chaopeng Shen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Guido Cervone, Minor Field Member
David John Gagne II, Special Member
David Stensrud, Major Field Member

Author:

Jones-Greer, Kelsey Rose

Title:

Place-Consciousness and Critical Whiteness Pedagogy: Teacher Perceptions of Antiracist Possibilities in Rural Schools

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

antiracism
whiteness
rural

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Committee Members:

Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kai Schafft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charlotte Land, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amy Crosson, Major Field Member
Anne Whitney, Major Field Member
Samuel Tanner, Special Member

Author:

Phillips, Sarah

Title:

Rapid Polymerization via Photothermal Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal
polymer
polyurethane
polydimethyl siloxane
fouling release

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Knappenberger, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Bellamarie Ludwig, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Vogt, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Beykont, Yasemin

Title:

Commercializing the Memesque: A Critical Look at the Commodification of Memes, Labor, and the Circulation of Convergent Media Culture

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

internet memes
popular culture
commercial culture
political economy of media
commodification
case study
hypersignification

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Jordan, Major Field Member
Russell Frank, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matt McAllister, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Madden, Major Field Member

Author:

Wang, Shan

Title:

Understanding Pain Points of ACT-R Modelers: A Human-Centered Approach

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Cognitive Modeling
Human-Centered Approach
ACT-R
Pain Points
Human-Computer Interaction
Error Modeling
Individual Differences
Cognitive Architectures

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Committee Members:

Carleen Maitland, Program Head/Chair
Farnaz Tehranchi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Frank Ritter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Luke Zhang, Major Field Member
Aiping Xiong, Major Field Member

Author:

Abdelwahab, Karim

Title:

Air Leakage Potential and Failure Behavior of Pressure Sensitive Air Barrier Systems Subjected to In-Plane Seismic Displacements

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Air Leakage
Passive House
Light Framed Walls
Seismic Response
Building Envelope
Air Barriers
Air Barrier Tapes
Building Air Leakage

File:

Download Karim_Abdelwahab_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ali Memari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Outside Field Member
Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Outside Unit Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Special Member

Author:

Mc Knight, Thomas

Title:

Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition and In-Situ Characterization of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
2D Materials
MoS2
WTe2
WS2
In-situ Characterization
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
SE
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Thin Films
TMDs
WSe2

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Douglas Wolfe, Major Field Member
Danielle Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Pillarisetti, Lalith Sai

Title:

Elastodynamic metabarriers to suppress surface waves in homogeneous and heterogeneous half-spaces

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Locally resonant metamaterials
Surface wave suppression
Surface wave-resonator interactions
Heterogeneous granular media
Guided surface acoustic modes
Graded metabarriers

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Committee Members:

Laura Cabrera, Program Head/Chair
Parisa Shokouhi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Outside Field Member
Yun Jing, Outside Unit Member
Cliff Lissenden, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hoque, Nushrat

Title:

Allosteric regulation in globin coupled sensor proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

bacteria
oxygen sensing
pectobacterium
signaling

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Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Emily Weinert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Knappenberger, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Venkatraman, Saranya

Title:

Text Authorship in the Age of Large Language Models

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

authorship detection
deepfake text
authorhsip obfuscation
large language models
collaborative text generation
text analysis

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Committee Members:

Rui Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amulya Yadav, Major Field Member
Kenneth Huang, Major Field Member
Carleen Maitland, Special Signatory

Author:

Kim, Yongwook

Title:

Can National Curricula Foster Global Citizenship?

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

global citizenship education (GCE)
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 4.7
cosmopolitanism
nationalism
national curriculum
human rights education
multicultural education
environmental education
Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM)

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Committee Members:

Adrienne Dixson, Program Head/Chair
Soo-yong Byun, Major Field Member
David Post, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Brennan, Outside Unit Member
Kai Schafft, Outside Field Member

Author:

Mohamed, Mohamed

Title:

Development of An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model for Gait-Based Classification of Neurodegenerative Disorders (NeuroGaitNet)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Keywords: Neural Network
Gait Analysis
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Power Spectral Density (PSD)
Data Augmentation
Deep Learning
Huntington's Disease
Clinical Diagnostics
Artificial Intelligence.

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aldo W Morales, Committee Member
Brian Maicke, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Chia Hao

Title:

Enhancing Page Management In Tiered GPU Memory Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GPGPU
Unified Virtual Memory
Memory Oversubscription
Tiered Memory Systems
Page Management

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Hong Hu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Zhu, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Major Field Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vikram Sharma Mailthody, Special Member

Author:

Norris, Jessica

Title:

Human Replication Protein A (hRPA) Dynamics at Primer-Template Junctions During DNA Synthesis and DNA Damage Response

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

DNA Damage Repair
DNA Damage Tolerance
RPA
DNA Replication

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Kenneth Knappenberger, Program Head/Chair
Mark Hedglin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Dsa, Jonathan

Title:

Design and evaluation of porosity in 3D bone scaffold models-computational insights

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

porosity
3d scaffold designs
finite element analysis

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Committee Members:

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member
Brian Maicke, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ahm E Rahman, Committee Member

Author:

Kaur, Jaspreet

Title:

Development of sprayable bioplastics formulations for agricultural purposes

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bioplastic
Degradability
Sprayable mulches

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Committee Members:

Sibel Irmak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hojae Yi, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Yi Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Liyun

Title:

Population Education Transition Curve and Population Health in China

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

population education transition curve
population health
education

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Committee Members:

Adrienne Dixson, Program Head/Chair
Liying Luo, Outside Unit Member
Mimi Schaub, Major Field Member
David Baker, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Maithreyi Gopalan, Outside Field Member

Author:

Renda, Zachary

Title:

Developing In-Situ Process Monitoring Capabilities for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design

Keywords:

Material Extrusion
Process Monitoring
Additive Manufacturing
Polymer Material Extrusion
Homography
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
Error Tracking

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Committee Members:

Joseph Bartolai, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member
Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Le, Yuan

Title:

Non-equilibrium experiments with nearly integrable 1D Bose gases

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Non-equilibrium
1D gases
Nearly integrable system
Quench dynamics

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
David Weiss, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marcos Rigol, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Stanley, Max

Title:

Superconductivity and Magnetism in Two-Dimensional MBE Grown Chalcogenide Films

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
Two-dimensional materials
Superconductivity
Magnetism
Chalcogenides

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Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vincent Crespi, Major Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Stephanie Law, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Girona, Antonio

Title:

Navigating Trust, Privacy, and Mental Health: Remote Workers’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Textual Analysis of Reddit Data

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Social Media
Covid-19
Remote Work
Workplace Surveillance
Mental Health

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Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lynette Yarger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Priya Kumar, Major Field Member
Fred Fonseca, Major Field Member
Roderick Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Khatib, Jude

Title:

Investigating the role poly-ADP-ribose polymerase 10 (PARP10) in genomic stability

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

PARP10
TLS
CRISPR screens
single-stranded DNA gaps
cellular viability

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Committee Members:

Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
James Broach, Major Field Member
Zhonghua Gao, Outside Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Outside Unit Member
George Moldovan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Claudia Nicolae, Major Field Member

Author:

Leiter, Virginia

Title:

Beyond Late Graduation: Timing of College Initiation and Graduation and Post-College Wages

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

educational timing
late graduation
college wage premium
college graduates
signaling

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Committee Members:

John David Iceland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah A Damaske, Committee Member
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair
Scott Thomas Yabiku, Committee Member

Author:

Ramekar, Shruti

Title:

TRANSFORMING GRADUATE WELL-BEING: ANALYSING THE IMPACT OF ERGONOMIC EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS ON MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH AMONG PENN STATE GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Graduate Program:

Clinical Research

Keywords:

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) Graduate student health Ergonomic education Physical activity interventions Sedentary lifestyle Screen time impact Qualitative research Thematic analysis Ergonomic practices Health barriers (time
financial constraints) Postural awareness Age and gender differences in ergonomics Institutional support Digital resources for health
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
Graduate student health
Ergonomic education
Physical activity interventions
Sedentary lifestyle
Health barriers
Age and gender differences in ergonomics
Digital resources for health

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Heather Lynn Stuckey-Peyrot, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica M Yingst, Committee Member
Li Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Wagner, Becky

Title:

Examining The role of representational recapitulation when rejecting perceptual lures via recollection rejection and novelty rejection

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

encoding-retrieval similarity
fMRI
memory strategies
recollection

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Committee Members:

Nancy Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Rick Gilmore, Committee Member

Author:

Mikkelsen, Dana

Title:

Large-Eddy Simulation of Jet Noise Using the Energy Cascade

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Large Eddy Simulation
LES
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Aeroacoustics
Jet Noise
Turbulent Energy Spectrum
Energy Cascade

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Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daning Huang, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

Author:

Sharmba, Tsunami

Title:

Exploratory Study on Liberation of Glass from Photovoltaic Cells of Solar Panels

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

solar
solar recycling
solar panels
sustainability
glass liberation
material recovery

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Committee Members:

Mohammad Rezaee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara J Arnold, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Program Head/Chair
Nelson Yaw Dzade, Committee Member

Author:

Burkholder, Heather

Title:

Investigation on the mechanical behavior of an alfalfa leaf

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Alfalfa Leaf
Mechanical Properties
Discrete Element Modeling

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Committee Members:

Hojae Yi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jude Liu, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Guojie Wang, Committee Member
David DeChristopher, Committee Member

Author:

Yan, Jie

Title:

White matter integrity indicated age-related changes in language production and other cognitive abilities

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language production
aging-related decline
DTI

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Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Van Hell, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, Chenghan

Title:

Use a polyelectrolyte multilayer coating to reduce chloride crossover during seawater electrolysis

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Green hydrogen production
Seawater electrolysis
Thin-film composite membrane
Polyelectrolyte multilayer
Donnan partition
Reaction-transport process

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Committee Members:

Bruce Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher A Gorski, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Derek M Hall, Committee Member

Author:

Wesdock, Elizabeth

Title:

Race, Income, and Early Childhood Program Participation

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (MA)

Keywords:

Childcare
Early Childhood Education

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Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Adrienne Dixson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Daas, Roua

Title:

Concordance Between Minoritized Status and Identity Importance: Relationship with Life Satisfaction and Depression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

minoritized populations
life satisfaction
depression
concordance
centrality

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Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chardée A. Galan, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member

Author:

Bunyon, Enock

Title:

Evaluating SWAT model uncertainties for crop yield and soil moisture outcomes: Application in a Great Lakes agricultural watershed

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate change
Hydrological modeling
Sensitivity analysis
Crop yield
Soil moisture
nutrient loading

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Committee Members:

Antonia Hadjimichael, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron Richard Parizek, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Cibin Raj, Committee Member

Author:

Aksit, Cagdas

Title:

Oxidation-responsive Polymeric Nanoparticles for Reactive Oxygen Species Targeting Drug Delivery Systems

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Drug delivery systems
Oxidation-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles
Thiomorpholine acrylamide
N-isopropyl acrylamide
Crosslinked nanoparticles

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Committee Members:

Urara Hasegawa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nairiti J. Sinha, Committee Member
Laura Cabrera, Program Head/Chair
Tao Zhou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maul, Ian

Title:

Stabilization of Turbulent Separated Flow Fields for Adjoint Implementation

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Flow Separation
RANS
ILES
Turbulence
Stabilization
Adjoint Methods
Body Force
Eddy Viscosity
NACA 0012

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Committee Members:

James George Coder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Mark A Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Andrewlavage, Eric

Title:

Microstructural And Welding Impacts Of Minor Boron Additions In Austenitic Stainless Steel

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Stainless Steel
Boron
Weld Cracking
Liquation Cracking
Chromium Boride
Kinetics
Microstructural Analysis
Phase Development
Laser Welding

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Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Keist, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jingjing Li, Committee Member

Author:

Hunsberger, Carson

Title:

The Application of L1 Minimization to Lightcurve Inversion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Lightcurve
Lightcurve Inversion
Sparse Approximation
Object Characterization
Shape Estimation

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Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Gelsen

Title:

METHODS FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTION AND DETECTION FROM THE ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

E. coli
M. acetivorans
Toluene
PHB
RNAi
Biofilm

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Committee Members:

Thomas Keith Wood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Gomez, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Zdenek, Ryan

Title:

Studying the Effects of Ion-Membrane Interactions Using Analytical Methods

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Copper
Microfluidics
High-throughput
Supported lipid bilayers
LC-MS
FFluorescence Microscopy

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Program Head/Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Janine Kwapis, Committee Member

Author:

Rodriguez, Ashley

Title:

Economic threat or economic hardship? The role of local socioeconomic conditions on sentencing outcomes

Graduate Program:

Criminology (MA)

Keywords:

Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Sentencing
Multi-Level Models
Courts

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Megan C Kurlychek, Committee Member
Pamela Wilcox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Corina Antohi Graif, Committee Member

Author:

Rashid, Md Rafi

Title:

Forget to Flourish: Leveraging Machine-Unlearning on Pretrained Language Models for Privacy Leakage

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Natural Language Procesing
Privacy
Large Language Models

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Committee Members:

Shagufta Mehnaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shill, Kinsuk

Title:

Spectrin-based tension; A novel contributor in the Hippo Signaling Pathway

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Spectrin Tension
Hippo Signaling Pathway
Drosophila
Ajuba

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Committee Members:

Claire Madison Thomas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhi-Chun Lai, Committee Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member

Author:

Kurian, Mathew

Title:

Dimensionality Reduction of Wing Motion for Roll Stabilization in Hummingbird Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dimensionality Reduction
Hummingbird flight
Aerodynamics
Principal Component Analysis
Canonical Correlation Analysis

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mc Ginley, Megan

Title:

The Role of Cellular Compartments, Host Factors and the Viral Capsid in Hepatitis B Virus Entry

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

HBV
Viral Entry
Viral Trafficking
Membrane
Cytosol

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Committee Members:

Jianming Hu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Wang, Committee Member
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Gregory Steven Yochum, Committee Member

Author:

Finch, Nicholas

Title:

Quantifying Variability in Laser Welding of Stainless-Steel Alloy 304

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Numerical modeling
heat transfer and fluid flow
welding
laser
stainless steel
process control
uncertainty
variability
thermophysical properties
material properties

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Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darren C Pagan, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingjing Li, Committee Member

Author:

Kabir, Ehsanul

Title:

Towards Secure Federated Learning: A Validation-Based Approach to Mitigating Poisoning Attacks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Federated Learning
Poisoning Attacks
Machine Learning

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Committee Members:

Shagufta Mehnaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Trahan, Alec

Title:

Relations Between Adult Attachment and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury In Young Adults: Self-Concept Clarity as an Explanatory Mechanism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Self-Concept Clarity
Attachment Anxiety
Attachment Avoidance
Identity

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Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
James Le Breton, Committee Member

Author:

Poudel, Bharat

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Polyzwitterions as Dielectric Elastomeric Actuators for Soft Robotics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

zwitterions
polyzwitterions
dielectric constant
actuators
dielectric elastomers

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Committee Members:

Robert J. Hickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julie Fenton, Committee Member
John Asbury, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stewart A. Mallory, Committee Member

Author:

Calfee, Kris

Title:

Stressor Frequency, Severity, and Variability in Severity and Their Associations with Daily Memory Lapses

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

stress
memory
cognition
aging
daily stressors

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Committee Members:

Soomi Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marty Sliwinski, Committee Member
Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wu, Yiran

Title:

An Empirical Study on Challenging Math Problem Solving with LLM-based Conversational Agents

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

LLM application
LLM Tool-use
AI for Science

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Committee Members:

Qingyun Wu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lu Lin, Committee Member
Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Fenglong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Rondomanski, Patrick

Title:

Toward the Fabrication of Magnesium Diboride-based Quantum Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

superconductors
graphene
hybrid physical vapor deposition
intercalation
magnesium diboride
nanowires

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Qi Li, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Tian, Joanne

Title:

Older adults' driving exposure during COVID-19 and its relationship with cognition

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Older adults
driving exposure
cognition
EMA
cognitive training
COVID-19

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Committee Members:

Heidemarie Laurent, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David Almeida, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lesley Ross, Special Member
Zachary Fisher, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Jennifer

Title:

Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis on Dietary Resilience Through Time on the Andean Altiplano

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

anthropology
archaeology
South America
Andean Altiplano
stable isotopes
food and culture
cultural identity
diet
diet diversity
dietary resilience
early foragers
hunter gatherers
agropastoralism
Tiwanaku
Soro Mik'aya Patjxa
Wilamaya Patjxa
Archaic Period
Formative Period
Late Intermediate Period
tubers
camelids
breastfeeding and weaning
human behavioral ecology
paleoclimate
Lake Titicaca

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Committee Members:

Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Ivory, Outside Unit & Field Member
Randy Haas, Special Member
Douglas Bird, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz, Major Field Member
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Major Field Member

Author:

Gudukbay Akbulut, Gulsum

Title:

Adaptive Optimization Techniques for High-Performance Computing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Computer architecture
Architectural profiling
Architectural analysis
Architectural characterization
Machine learning
Deep learning
Analysis model
Compiler optimizations
Data recomputation
Dynamic reconfiguration
Phase prediction
Non-volatile processors
Edge devices
High-performance computing
Manycore systems
Parallel computing
Computer architecture
Architectural Profiling
Architectural Analysis
Application characterization
Machine learning
Deep learning
Compiler optimizations
Data recomputation
Dynamic reconfiguration
Phase prediction
Energy harvesting
Non-volatile processors
Edge devices
High-performance computing
Manycore systems
Parallel computing

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Committee Members:

Antonio Blanca, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Major Field Member
Mahmut Kandemir, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Menon, Aravind

Title:

Understanding Vaccine Development and Emergency Use Authorizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

COVID
COVID-19
Vaccine
R&D
Research and Development
Emergency Use
EUA
Emergency Use Authorization
QCA
Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Mixed-Methods
SES Framework
Social-Ecological Systems framework
AstraZeneca
Janssen
Moderna
mRNA
Protein Adjuvant
Viral Vector
Inactivated
Pandemic

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Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sungwoog Choi, Major Field Member
Kristin Sznajder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Odd Stalebrink, Major Field Member
L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Crown, Earl

Title:

Gideon's Gators: Progressive Politics and Student Activism at the University of Florida, 1947-1949

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Henry Wallace campaign
educational segregation
long civil rights movement
Southern Regional Education Board
regional education
desegregation
student activism
progressive politics
Election of 1948
free speech on campus
University of Florida history
James Tracy Crown
Danny Kohl

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Committee Members:

Mary Zaborskis, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Charles Kupfer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Don Hummer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member
Xenia Hadjioannou, Special Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member

Author:

Essington, Erin

Title:

Engineering Autonomous Microbial Sensors in Bacillus subtilis for TNT Detection and Olfactory Signaling in Soil Environments

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

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6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)
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4
6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)
Bacillus subtills
autonomous microbial sensors
olfactory signalling
soil systems
synthetic biology

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Esther Gomez, Major Field Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Outside Unit & Field Member