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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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Final_Submission_Alec_Trahan.pdf

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

File:

Download Final_thesis_report_D.pdf

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

File:

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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

File:

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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

File:

Download Chen2024DissertationFINAL.pdf

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

File:

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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

File:

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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:

2
24
6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)
2
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

Author:

Valenti, Justin D

Title:

Rapid Aerostructural Design with Direct Toolpath Generation for Wings built with Fused Filament Fabrication

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

UAV
Additive Manufacturing
DfAM
Lifting-Line
Digital Engineering
Aircraft Design
3D Printing

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Committee Members:

Michael Yukish, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Maughmer, Major Field Member
Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Simon Miller, Outside Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Joseph Bartolai, Special Member

Author:

Correa Duran, Ignacio

Title:

Existence and Regularity of Solutions for Cohomological Equations Over Partially Hyperbolic Systems

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

dynamical systems
partial hyperbolicity
cohomological equations

File:

Download tesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair
Jairo Bochi, Major Field Member
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
scott schmieding, Major Field Member

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Leveraging Mechanical Compliance in the Design of Orthopaedic Fracture Fixation Plates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fracture fixation
compliant mechanisms
analytical modeling
finite element analysis
orthopaedic implant design
orthopaedic biomechanics
bone healing
bridge plating

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Committee Members:

April Armstrong, Outside Field Member
Gary F Updegrove, Special Member
Gregory Lewis, Outside Unit Member
Jared Butler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Brickey, Kaitlyn

Title:

Elucidating the 3D microstructure of virus filtration membranes and its impact on membrane performance

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

virus filtration
virus filter
LRV
filter fouling
pore morphology
membranes

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member
Bruce Logan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Howells, Alessandro

Title:

Genetic Engineering of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: Approaches and Applications in Regenerative Medicine

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Human pluripotent stem cells
Genetic engineering
Focused ultrasound
CRISPR
Heat shock promoters
Acoustic reporter genes
modRNA
Immune rejection

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Committee Members:

Xiaojun Lian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Yuguo Lei, Major Field Member

Author:

Klimoff, Jessica

Title:

Ecologies of the Present: Time, the Body, and the Environment in Contemporary U.S. Literature

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Environmental humanities
temporality
contemporary U.S. literature

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Committee Members:

Nancy Tuana, Outside Unit & Field Member
Claire Colebrook, Major Field Member
Christian Haines, Major Field Member
Hester Blum, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiaoye You, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kulkarni, Tanmay Dinesh

Title:

Bipolar Membrane Capacitive Deionization for pH-Assisted Ionic Separations at Electrode Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Bipolar membrane
Membrane capacitive deionization
Selective ionic separations

File:

Download Tanmay_Kulkarni_Ph.D._dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member
Christopher Arges, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Christopher Gorski, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shen, Junzhu

Title:

Monitoring environmental dynamics using seismic ambient noise recorded by a fiber-optic das array: applications to human mobility, severe weather events and subsurface water content

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismic noise characterization
Ambient noise interferometry
Environmental monitoring
Vadose zone
Fiber-optic sensing

File:

Download Dissertation_Junzhu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roberto Fernández, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Eileen Martin, Special Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liao, Wentian

Title:

The manipulation of bacteria and mammalian cells through viscoelasticity and acoustofluidics

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Active matter
Viscoelasticity
Collective motion
Acoustofluidics
Cell manipulation

File:

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Committee Members:

William Hancock, Major Field Member
Pak Kin Wong, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ilham, Sheikh Jawad

Title:

Ultrasound Phased Array Systems for Neuromodulation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Phased Array
Beamforming
Crossed-Beam
Software-Hardware Co-Design Platform
Multi-Channel HV Driver

File:

Download Thesis_Sheikh.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mehdi Kiani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

De Vault, Jordan

Title:

Evaluating Cognitive Radar Technique Performance in a 5G-NR Environment

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

cognitive radio
spectrum sharing
dynamic spectrum access
cognitive radar
machine learning
5G-NR
4G/LTE
radio frequency interference generation

File:

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Committee Members:

Ludmil Zikatanov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Anthony Martone, Special Member
Jing Yang, Major Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Clure, Catherine

Title:

The spatiotemporal dynamics of organic contaminants in surface water and their potential accumulation in riverine smallmouth bass of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Ecotoxicology
Bayesian Statistics
Fish Health
Organic Contaminants

File:

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Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Megan Kepler Schall, Committee Member

Author:

Ojha, Amit

Title:

Heat Strain Risk Assessment of Field Workers: Integrating Wearable Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Data-driven health monitoring
Construction workers' safety
Occupational heat strain risk
Wearable biosensors
Physiological sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Houtan Jebelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Committee Member
Somayeh Asadi, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member

Author:

Lawrence, Brooke

Title:

The Role of Beekeeping Management Systems on Microbes, Pathogens, and Immunity in Honey Bees

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

honey bees
microbiome
bee bread
virus
beekeeping
immune genes

File:

Download LawrenceBrooke_Thesis2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell William Cockburn, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member

Author:

Ngoutane, Raphia

Title:

A comparative analysis of women’s nutrition decision-making autonomy during pregnancy in Burkina Faso and Madagascar

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Women's autonomy
Decision-making
Food choice process model
Maternal nutrition/diet/supplementation

File:

Download RaphiaNgoutane_MasterThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen R Kodish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Apsley, Hannah

Title:

Grit among Cambodian adolescents: Validity and reliability of the original and short forms of the grit scale

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Cambodia
Adolescent
Grit
Validity
Reliability
Factor Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Hobart H Cleveland, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Essington, Erin

Title:

Rational Engineering of Explosive-Sensing Soil Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

buried explosives
Bacillus subtilis
genetic circuits

File:

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Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Gomez, Committee Member
Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Amir Sheikhi, Committee Member

Author:

Du, Weihang

Title:

Digital Image Correlation Analysis for Functionally Graded Material SS316L/Inconel 625

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

DIC
FGM
SS316L/Inconel625

File:

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Committee Members:

Jingjing Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hongtao Sun, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chahl, Avery

Title:

Examining the Effects of School Connectedness on Social Emotional Learning Technique Use in Middle Childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

peer relationships
social emotional learning
SEL
social network analysis
network analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Manuscript_Final_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Sunny Bai, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly Rulison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Agarwala, Vandana

Title:

Cross-Species Prediction of Transcription Factor Binding

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Gene Regulation
Domain Adaptation
Transfer Learning
Computational Biology
Machine Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qunhua Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xiang Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Benn, Alana

Title:

Testing Chandelier Cell Abnormalities in the 16p11.2 Microdeletion Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

chandelier cells
autism spectrum disorder
parvalbumin expressing
GABAergic interneurons
16p11.2 deletion
mouse model
copy number variant

File:

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Committee Members:

Anirban Paul, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alistair Barber, Committee Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Sergei Grigoryev, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A

Title:

PHYLOTRANSCRIPTOMICS, TAXONOMY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN-ENDEMIC MISTLETOES DENDROPEMON (LORANTHACEAE)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Loranthaceae
Viscaceae
Santalaceae
Arceuthobium
Phoradendron
Dendrophthora
Psittacanthus
Oryctanthus
Passovia
Dendropemon
Endemism
West Indies
Phylogenetics
Transcriptome
Antilles
Fruit Dispersal
Parasitic Plants
Caribbean Islands
Caribbean Flora
Endemic Plants

File:

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Committee Members:

Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Jimin P

Title:

DESIGNING NEW SENSORS FROM CITRATE-BASED FLUORESCENT MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

fluorescence
chloride
sensors
antimicrobial
polymers

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Wu, Fan

Title:

Downstream Hydroclimatic Impacts and Forcing Mechanisms of Marine Heatwaves in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Marine heatwaves
US hydroclimate
Atmospheric circulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Laifang Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhicheng William

Title:

PORE-SCALE STUDY ON PARTIALLY MISCIBLE MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS USING THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase Flow Behaviors
Pseudopotential Lattice Boltzmann Method
Simulation Framwork
Partially Miscible Multi-component Fluids

File:

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Committee Members:

Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Orlando M. Ayala, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member

Author:

Ahmad, Aiman

Title:

INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Induction Heating of Metal Implants

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew R. Garner, Committee Member
Ma'Moun A. Abu Ayyad, Committee Member
Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Committee Member

Author:

Jangam, Avesh Avinash

Title:

Treatment Planning for Thermal Therapies to Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GBM
LITT
magnetic nanoparticles hyperthermia
simulation model
treatment planning
thermal therapies
medical tool
simulation tool

File:

Download Avesh_Jangam_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Anirudh Sharma, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

File:

Download dissertation_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member

Author:

Alharbi, Nawaf

Title:

IN-SITU FORMING GRANULAR GELMA HYDROGELS FROM THERMOSTABLE MICROGEL BUILDING BLOCKS

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

GelMA
Microgel
Glutaraldehyde

File:

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Committee Members:

Amir Sheikhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spencer Szczesny, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Yong Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Litcofsky, Kaitlyn Ann

Title:

Effect of Discourse Context on Sentence Comprehension and Production Using Cross-Modality Structural Priming: Evidence from Monologue and Dialogue with Native- and Foreign-Accented Speakers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Dialogue
Comprehension and Production
Foreign-Accented Speech
Cross-Modal Structural Priming
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology

File:

Download Dissertation_Litcofsky.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet G Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet G Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith F Kroll, Committee Member
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Carrie N Jackson, Outside Member

Author:

VanderKolk, Jacob Allan

Title:

THE SELF-DESTRUCTING TEXT: HERMANN BROCH'S DER TOD DES VERGIL AND THE LIMITS OF AVANT-GARDE NARRATIVE

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German Studies
Hermann Broch
Der Tod des Vergil
The Death of Virgil
Reader Response
Avant-Garde

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Mark Frederick, Committee Member
Sabine Doran, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member

Author:

Mensah, Shaeeda

Title:

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Philosophical Examination of the Invisibility of Black Women in Analyses of State Violence

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

State violence
philosophy of punishment
feminism
racism
mass incarceration
police brutality
black women

File:

Download Diss_for_Submission_1210.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Clark Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Sophia Belle, Committee Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Outside Member

Author:

Nuckols, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

On Beauty and Ambivalence: The Complexity of Aesthetic Experience

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Semiotics
Aesthetics
Beauty
Ambivalence
Ethics
Justice
Peirce
Pragmatism
Psychoanalytic Theory

File:

Download Nuckols-Dissertation_Final_12_17.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Colapietro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Anne Carver Rose, Outside Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Windon, Nathaniel Arthur

Title:

Gilded Old Age: Superannuation and the Making of Old Age in Nineteenth-Century America

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

American literature
African American literature
old age
political economy
superannuation

File:

Download Windon.PSU.PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Dean Castiglia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hester Blum, Committee Member
Shirley Moody, Committee Member
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Outside Member

Author:

Hosie, Michael Patrick

Title:

Emotional immunity? Emotion recognition, empathic concern, and leadership

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership
Emotion recognition
Empathy
Empathic Concern
Wellbeing

File:

Download Hosie_Dissertation_22OCT18.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Outside Member

Author:

Webb, Christina Eileen

Title:

Are false memories universal? Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories in older adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

aging
cognition
memory
false memory

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Formatted2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Theresa Diaz, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Ludwig-Dehm, Sarah Marie

Title:

Ethnic Diversity and Its Effects on Social Capital in Germany and the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Ethnic Diversity
Social Capital
Generalized Trust
Segregation
Germany
United States

File:

Download Dissertation_20181010.pdf

Committee Members:

John David Iceland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Iceland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Christopher Stiles Fowler, Outside Member