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Author:

Davaasuren, Dolzodmaa

Title:

Automated Plant Cell Morphology through Volumetric Image Segmentation and Placenta Pathology Analysis from Photos

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Segmentation
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Medical Imaging
Data Science
Placenta
Plant Cell
Cell Morphology

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Committee Members:

James Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Alison Gernand, Outside Unit & Field Member
Justin Silverman, Major Field Member
Dongwon Lee, Program Head/Chair
Charles Anderson, Outside Field Member

Author:

Basu, Aditya

Title:

Your Name is My Name: Attacking and Defending Programs from Name Collisions

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

file system
systems security
UTF-8
canonicalization
computer security
case collision
name collision
computer science
Unicode
copying programs
software
attack
vulnerability
Linux
Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF or BPF)
case preserving
case insensitive
defense

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Trent Jaeger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ruslan Nikolaev, Major Field Member
John Sampson, Major Field Member
Abutalib Aghayev, Major Field Member

Author:

Munoz, Esther

Title:

Position-specific stable carbon isotope analysis of pyrimidines

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Position-specific stable carbon isotope analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
synthetic pyrimidine stable isotopes
pyrimidine degradation
uracil
uridine
cytosine
cytidine
RNA stable isotopes
E. coli stable isotopes

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Allison Baczynski, Major Field Member
Christopher House, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kate Freeman, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chia, Liu Ee

Title:

ESSAYS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, AND HOUSING MARKETS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Real Estate
Housing Market
Housing Prices
Air Pollution
Environmental Monitoring
Weather Shock
Credit Constraint
Small-dollar Mortgage
Credit Supply
Cash Discount

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Committee Members:

Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Liang Peng, Major Field Member
Eva Steiner, Major Field Member
Daniel Brent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jiro Yoshida, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lawrence, Shamara

Title:

Role of IFNγ/JAK1/STAT1 Pathway in FOXA1 Repression and the Basal/Squamous State in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Bladder Cancer
Lineage Plasticity
Tumor Heterogenity
FOXA1
Molecular Subtype
IFNγ/JAK/STAT1 Signaling

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Committee Members:

Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Hobbs, Major Field Member
Lisa Shantz, Outside Unit Member
Vonn Walter, Outside Field Member
Gregory Yochum, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David DeGraff, Outside Unit Member
David De Graff, Special Member

Author:

Al Qadeeri, Dalal

Title:

Essays on Technology Commercialization in Business Markets

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Marketing Strategy
B2B Marketing
Digitalization
B2B Offerings Design
Technology Licensing
Interorganizational Relationships
Marketing Strategy
B2B Marketing
Offering Design
Modularity
Digitalization
Technology Licensing
Financial Event Study

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Committee Members:

Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
J. Andrew Petersen, Major Field Member
Stefan Wuyts, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Lilien, Major Field Member
Bruce Desmarais, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Bai, Wushuang

Title:

Defining the region of influence in traffic systems: methodology and implications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Traffic Simulation
Traffic Dynamics
SUMO
Region of Influence

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Herschel Pangborn, Major Field Member
Satadru Dey, Major Field Member
Kshitij Jerath, Special Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

White, Jesse

Title:

Regulation of the selective autophagy receptor TAX1BP1 by phosphorylation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

TAX1BP1
Autophagy
Selective autophagy
SLR
RLR
Immunology

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Committee Members:

Hong-Gang Wang, Co-Chair of Committee
Hyun Jin Kwun, Major Field Member
Ryan Hobbs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zissis Chroneos, Major Field Member
Edward Harhaj, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Shantz, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Huang, Youran

Title:

Arabidopsis FRO8 Is Involved In Iron Remobilization And Mitochondrial Iron Homeostasis During Senescence

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Arabidopsis
Iron Remobilization
Mitochondrial Iron Homeostasis
Senescence

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Mcnellis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hong Ma, Major Field Member
Surinder Chopra, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lu, Yang

Title:

Development and testing of a sensor for assessment of postural stability in pregnant women

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

IMU sensor
Postural stability
Pendant IMU
Pregnant women
balance

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Committee Members:

Saurabh Basu, Program Head/Chair
Jason Moore, Outside Unit Member
Stephen Piazza, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Danielle Downs, Outside Field Member
Andris Freivalds, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

Author:

Kovacevic, Branko

Title:

Machine Learning Models for Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Molten salt reactors
Machine learning
safeguards
gamma-ray modeling
neutron modeling
alpha spectra modeling

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Amanda Johnsen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
William Walters, Special Member

Author:

Chang, Qi

Title:

Methods for Bronchoscopic Video Analysis and Synchronization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Lung Cancer
Bronchoscopy
Early Detection
Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
Bronchial Lesion
Lesion Detection and Segmentation
Multimodal Video Synchronization
Image-Guided Intervention

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Robert Collins, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Necdet Aybat, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vishal Monga, Major Field Member

Author:

Arribas Colmenar, Sara

Title:

Constelaciones de artistas: estudio de los espacios de creación colaborativa y análisis de redes en espectáculos y circuitos españoles (1909-1936)

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Social Network Analysis
Ballets Espagnols
Residencia de Señoritas
Café Pombo
Teatro de Arte
Concurso de Cante Jondo 1921
Lorca
dance
Ramón Gómez de la Serna
María Lejárraga
Antonia Mercé
Manuel de Falla
Humanidades Digitales
Digital Humanities
danza española
20th Century
Análisis de Redes Sociales

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Committee Members:

Judith Sierra-Rivera, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Melissa Wright, Outside Unit & Field Member
Krista Brune, Major Field Member
Juan Udaondo Alegre, Major Field Member
Matthew Marr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marco Martinez, Major Field Member
Nicolás Fernandez Medina, Special Member

Author:

Song, Jianan

Title:

Gallium nitride super-heterojunction device design and single event effect response

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

GaN
Superjunction
Radiation
TCAD
Single event effect
Dielectric

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Rongming Chu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member

Author:

Geronimo-Lopez, Kamil

Title:

Designing as Emancipation: A Participatory Design-Based Case Study in Popular Education Game Design

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Popular Education
Participatory Game Design
Board Games
Systemic Literacy
Conscientization
Adult Education

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Committee Members:

Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
Pamela VanHaitsma, Outside Unit Member
Craig Campbell, Major Field Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Mcdonald, Outside Field Member
Gabriela Richard, Special Member

Author:

Umer, Muhammad

Title:

Investigation of Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Dilute Particle Clouds for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle heat exchangers
Thermochemical energy storage
Particle cloud heating
Heat transfer in particles under sub-atmospheric pressure
Heat transfer coefficient
Wall convection
Free-falling particle system
Convection and radiation in dilute particle flow.
Sub-atmospheric pressure
Dilute particle flow

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Committee Members:

Linxiao Zhu, Major Field Member
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Brian Fronk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saya Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Anbarasu, Saranya

Title:

MULTI-DOMAIN MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Decarbonization
Decentralization
Smart Communities
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced order modelingOptimization
Reinforcement Learning
Sustainability.
Decarbonization
Decentralization
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced-order models
Optimization
Reinforcement learning
Sustainability
Real-world case study
Smart communities
Neural networks
Interdependencies

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Committee Members:

Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wangda Zuo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Jiazhen Ling, Special Member
Sen Huang, Special Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fansler, Joshua

Title:

Mental Health and Readiness in the United States Military

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

military
mental health
military readiness
suicidal ideation
residential treatment
depression
PTSD
homophily

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Committee Members:

John Dattilo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joel Segel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Major Field Member
Charleen Hsuan, Major Field Member
David Vanness, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lee, Kyungsene

Title:

Cell surface engineering for conformal encapsulation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Cell surface engineering
Cell encapsulation
Conformal coating
Type 1 diabetes

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Major Field Member
Yong Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sala, Christopher

Title:

Land and Ocean Contributions to United States Summertime Precipitation Variability

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Midwest United States
Southeast United States
Precipitation
North Atlantic Subtropical High
Wave Trains
Great Plains Low-Level Jet
Asia–North America Teleconnection
Summer

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Committee Members:

Sukyoung Lee, Major Field Member
Pengfei Zhang, Major Field Member
Shujie Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laifang Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair