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Author:

Cummings, Christine

Title:

Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bioplastic
gaussian process
regression
optimization
seaweed
mechanical property
water absorption
elastic modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Wertz, Andrew

Title:

Design of a Shape-Memory Alloy-Based Pectoral Fin and an Electromagnetic Dorsal Fin for a Modular, Robotic Fish

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Robotics
Bio-Inspired
Aquatic Robotics
SMA
Electromagnetic

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Reginald F Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ying, Shaowei

Title:

Beyond Words: Evaluating Large Language Models in Transport Planning

Graduate Program:

Spatial Data Science

Keywords:

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Transport Planning
Evaluation of Large Language Models
GPT-4 and Phi-3-mini

File:

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Committee Members:

Li Zhenlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yu Manzhu, Committee Member
Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tillotson, Shea

Title:

The Effects of Tillage Intensities on Biological Control Potential in Organic Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Reduced-tillage
agroecology
tillage
entomopathogenic fungi
insect pest
biological control
predation

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sara Hermann, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Committee Member

Author:

Adam, Jared

Title:

Evaluating Agroecosystem Quality through Arthropod Interactions in Pennsylvanian Cash Crop Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cover crop
no-till
QBS-ar
spiders
pest control
conservation biological control
slugs
agroecosystem

File:

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Committee Members:

John Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sara Hermann, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Committee Member

Author:

Saifullah, Mohammad

Title:

Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Decision-Making Frameworks for Infrastructure Management Under Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)
Multi-Agent Systems
POMDPs
Decision-Making Frameworks
Infrastructure Management
Value of Information
Structural Health Monitoring
Life-Cycle Costs Optimization
Stochastic Modeling
Traffic
Transportation networks

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Shelley Stoffels, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Outside Field Member
Hadi Hosseini, Outside Unit Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Feng, Jie

Title:

Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7: The Role of ariR in Biofilm Formation and Acid Resistance

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

E. coli O157:H7
Whole-genome sequencing
ariR

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jasna Kovac, Committee Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Josephine Wee, Committee Member

Author:

Do, Ella

Title:

Boron Loss and Fractionation During Sediment Subduction in Southwest Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction
shikoku
boron
southwest Japan
slab dehydration
fractionation
isotopes
geochemistry
metamorphic
Sanbagawa
Shimanto

File:

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Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew James Smye, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Duarte, Goncalo

Title:

A Design Optimization Workflow for 3D Concrete Printing of Vaults with a Robotic Arm

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

3D concrete printing
3DCP
optimization
computational design
vaults
workflow
structural performance

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Committee Members:

Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shadi Nazarian, Outside Field Member
Jose Pinto Duarte, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Juan Pablo Gevaudan Burgos, Major Field Member

Author:

Perovich, Marcus

Title:

The Environmental Impact on Graphene-Silica Superlubricity: A ReaxFF Study

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics Friction
Superlubricity in Graphite
Nanoscale Friction
Reactive (ReaxFF) Simulations

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Chiluveru, Vijay

Title:

Towards a geo-agnostic, source-agnostic modeling of climate influences on renewable power plant-level generation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

geo-agnostic
climate change
renewable energy systems
predictive modeling
resilience

File:

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Committee Members:

Renee Obringer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mort D Webster, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Muhan

Title:

Everyday Employee Resistance and Disapproval of Leadership: Essays on Their Origins Within Organizations and Their Consequences for Business Leaders

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Everyday forms of resistance
Employee
Corporate governance
Managerial discretion

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Committee Members:

Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair
Donald Hambrick, Major Field Member
Charles Seguin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jue Wang, Major Field Member
Forrest Briscoe, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark DesJardine, Special Member

Author:

Chen, Yu Hsin

Title:

Analytics and Modeling for Optimizing Screening and Early Diagnosis in Children with Developmental Disorders

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Screening
Health policy
Operations Research
Simulation
Optimization
Machine learning
Prediction
Clinical decision making
Health service capacity

File:

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Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Guodong Liu, Outside Field Member
Hui Zhao, Outside Unit Member
Qiushi Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prakash Chakraborty, Major Field Member

Author:

Cheng, Vivian

Title:

Distributed Inference for Nonparametric Regression Models: Optimal Weighted Averaging and Bandwidth Selection

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Distributed Learning
Nonparametric Regression Models
Semiparametric Models
Varying Coefficient Model
Partial Linear Varying Coefficient Model
Parkinson's Disease

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lan Kong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hinkle, Laura

Title:

Flexible, Data-Driven Parametric Design for Building Façades

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

building facades
parametric design
surrogate modeling
dynamic facades

File:

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
James Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nathan Brown, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julian Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member

Author:

Yang, Hui

Title:

Climate and Health: Understanding the Interconnected Challenges of Coupled Human Natural Systems

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

air pollution
co-benefits
climate policy
electricity market
health damage
RGGI
developing world
environmental impact
risk factors
coupled human natural systems
climate and health

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Li Li, Major Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Outside Field Member
Wei Peng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Johnston, Ruby

Title:

Enchanted Realms and Transcendent Narratives: Unveiling the Transformative Potential of Afro-Indigenous Young Adult Fantasy Literature

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

World Making
Power
Fantasy
Literature
Imagination
Magic
Potential

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele Jean Kennerly, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradford James Vivian, Committee Member
Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Ekaterina Haskins, Committee Member

Author:

Geitner, Michael

Title:

Relating Synthesis, Structure, and Performance in Polyamide Thin-Film Composite Membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

reverse osmosis
nanofiltration
membrane
fouling
tomography

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bryan Vogt, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sappa Veena Venkata, Niveditha

Title:

Assessment and Improvement of Flow Quality in a Small Footprint Additively Manufactured Wind Tunnel

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Optimal flow quality
Low-speed wind tunnel
Flow uniformity
Aerodynamic testing
Additive Manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Tamy Guimarães, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Emler, Casey

Title:

Towards Reduced Order Modeling of Multiphysics Analysis of Molten Salt Reactors

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal-Hydraulics
Neutronics
Reduced Order Models
Multiphysics
CFD
Monte Carlo
POD
Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Molten Salt Reactors

File:

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Committee Members:

Elia Merzari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Saya Lee, Committee Member
Dipanjan Pan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kundrat, John

Title:

The Axon Initial Segment and its Role in Neuropathology

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Axon Initial Segment
Neuropathology

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Committee Members:

Anirban Paul, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer E Nyland, Committee Member
Alistair Barber, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Gunah

Title:

Social Determinants of Immigrant’s Health: Immigrant health paradox, State policy contents, and Access to care

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Immigrant health
Immigrant policy
Health equity
Maternal and infant health
Prenatal care initiation
Social determinants of health
Access to care

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Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jonathan Ivy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Major Field Member
Younhee Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sungwoog Choi, Major Field Member

Author:

Saikia, Nayan

Title:

MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMERS FOR APPLICATION IN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Morphology
Ion exchange membranes
Electron Microscopy
Membranes
small angle x-ray scattering
Nafion

File:

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Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Rioux, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nazari, Saharnaz

Title:

Data-driven condition assessment of track substructure

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

SmartRock
Track substructure
track health monitoring
damage detection
Smartgrid

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Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ming Xiao, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lei, Daisy

Title:

CUE INTEGRATION OF FACE CUE AND NATIVE- AND NONNATIVE-ACCENTED SPEECH DURING SPEECH PROCESSING

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

speech processing
language processing
accent
ERP

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Committee Members:

Carrie Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Janet van Hell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cho, Eunhae

Title:

From the provinces to the capital: Geographic and sociocultural transitions for Korean learners of English

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

upward educational mobility
provincial exodus
educational inequality
regional disparity
language learning experience
cultural-historical theoretical framework
ethics
narrative ethnography
narrative inquiry

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Committee Members:

Tommaso Milani, Program Head/Chair
Karen Johnson, Major Field Member
Ning Yu, Major Field Member
Matthew Poehner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tommaso Milani, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Celeste Kinginger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Singh, Divya

Title:

Exploring Dark Matter through Gravitational-Wave Observations

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

gravitational wave searches
dark matter
gstlal

File:

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Committee Members:

Cindy Gulis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kohta Murase, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chad Hanna, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Phung, Lan Nhi

Title:

The Biogeography and Genomics of Vocalizations in North American Passerines

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Vocalization
New World warblers
Biogeography
Genomics
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Setophaga coronata
Glacial refugia
Avian evolution
Song variation
Call variation
Reproductive barrier

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Julian Avery, Outside Unit Member
David Toews, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Hines, Chair of Committee
Emily Davenport, Outside Field Member

Author:

Chan, Dennis

Title:

Elucidating the Relationship between Neuroinflammation and Functional Connectivity over the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
Neuroimaging
Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation
Network Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Proctor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Justin Pritchard, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lara, Gabriel

Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE: ANALYZING FLOOD RISK, SALINITY VULNERABILITIES, AND URBAN WATER QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics (PhD)

Keywords:

Flood risk
environmental justice
environmental economics

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Committee Members:

Katherine Zipp, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Gustafson, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Brent, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Field Member
Douglas Wrenn, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Blume, Zachary

Title:

Implementation of High-Volume Fly Ash Binders for High Early Age Strength Self-Consolidating Concrete in Precast Applications and Machine Learning-Driven Optimization of Binary Concrete Mix Designs for Reduced Embodied Carbon

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Low-carbon concrete
Supplementary Cementitious Materials
Bayesian Optimization
Machine Learning
High-Volume Fly Ash
Self-Consolidating Concrete

File:

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Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aleksandra Radlińska, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Sayed M Soleimani, Committee Member

Author:

Asghari Bareh Kheil, Nima

Title:

Study of Effective Experimental Approaches to Improve Hempcrete's Compressive Strength

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

hempcrete
sustainable material
magnesium oxide
fly ash
metakaolin
nano-silica
compaction
mechanical properties.
nano silica
mechanical properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Committee Member
Hojae Yi, Committee Member

Author:

Prakash, Aviral

Title:

General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers: From Quarks to Gravitational Waves

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Neutron Stars
Equation of State
QCD
Phase Transitions
Gravitational Waves

File:

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Committee Members:

Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Radice, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Zoltan Fodor, Major Field Member

Author:

McLaughlin, Gozde

Title:

Supporting Preservice Teachers’ Computational Thinking Practices in an Engineering Content Course

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

computational thinking
preservice teachers
science and engineering practices
science education
engineering education

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott Mcdonald, Program Head/Chair
Scott Mcdonald, Major Field Member
ChanMin Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Major Field Member
Amy Farris, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Isgate, Sara

Title:

Uncovering Effects Of Noise Pollution on Learning Performance and Reproductive Success Using an Operant Conditioning Device in Wild Songbirds

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

cognition
wildlife
songbirds
bluebirds
operant conditioning
behavioral ecology
noise pollution
fitness
reproductive success
problem solving

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason C Keagy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
Patrick Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member

Author:

Marakovits, Michael

Title:

High Frequency Material Property Characterization of Dielectrics for 5G/6G Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

5G
6G
temperature-dependence
material characterization
dielectrics
permittivity
loss tangent
temperature coefficient
microwaves
electronic packaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Edward Perini, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Samia Suliman, Committee Member

Author:

Bennink, James

Title:

Design and Construction of a Compound Coaxial Tilting-Head Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

compound helicopter
rotorcraft
tilt-head
coaxial

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Siddharth

Title:

Human tracking in 3D space through monocular vision

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Object tracking
Computer Vision
Segmentation
Vanishing points
Perspective views

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Committee Members:

Hien Nguyen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Faisal Kabir, Committee Member
Sukmoon Chang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Littmann, Tyler

Title:

Cold spray deposition behavior, characterization, and erosion performance of polyetheretherketone-nickel composites using ball milling for deposition on fiber reinforced plastics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Spray
Erosion Resistance
Composite Coatings
Ball Milling

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member

Author:

Hao, Yan

Title:

Central and Local Government Fiscal Behavior under Fiscal Federalism---Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

intergovernmental transfer
game theory inference
decision making mechanism
political party influence
partisan alignment
fiscal federalism
principal components analysis (PCA)
panel data analysis
grant allocation
mechanisms
tax collection effort
Ramsey model
kalman filter
grant allocation mechanism

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Committee Members:

L. Marvin Overby, Program Head/Chair
David Argente, Outside Unit & Field Member
Younhee Kim, Major Field Member
Dan Mallinson, Major Field Member
Odd Stalebrink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Camero, Dabis

Title:

DIABETES PREDICTION USING ANFIS WITH AUTOENCODING AND KALMAN FILTER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Diabetes
predictive models
early diagnosis
World Health Organization (WHO)
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS)
Autoencoding
Kalman filtering
hybrid model
dimensionality reduction
feature extraction
BRFSS dataset
medical informatics
healthcare analytics
Explainable AI
chronic diseases
model generalizability
Computational Complexity
Outliers
Interpretability

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Committee Members:

Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Truong Xuan Tran, Committee Member
Rafic Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Martis, Committee Member
Sannidhan M S, Committee Member

Author:

Orzolek, Megan

Title:

Investigating Lubricated Friction Forces with a Singing Wineglass

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
Wineglass
Friction
Stick-slip
Structural vibrations

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Committee Members:

Michael Lester Jonson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander M Mertz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Dan Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Dunning, Emily

Title:

Child Maltreatment and Psychopathology Symptoms: The Impact of Developmental Timing and Contamination

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

child maltreatment
psychopathology
child development
developmental timing
chronicity
early childhood
contamination
human development
psychology

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Committee Members:

Chad Edward Shenk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steffany Fredman, Committee Member
Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Zachary Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Azarmi, Farzad

Title:

MARGINAL BRAIN FUNCTION DISRUPTION CAUSED BY RAT ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX PERTURBATION

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

fMRI
Rat
Muscimol
Seed-map
Anterior cingulate cortex

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Committee Members:

Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member

Author:

Allred, Gracelyne

Title:

Mission-driven Rotor Conceptual Design for Future Multi-rotor Vehicles - Application to NASA Dragonfly

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Rotorcraft
Helicopter
Coaxial Rotor
Multirotor
RotCFD
URANS
Rotor Design
Blade Element Momentum Theory
Urban Air Mobility
Rotor Performance

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Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Ashwin Renganathan, Committee Member

Author:

Lane, Nicole

Title:

A Geochemical Modeling Approach to Evaluating Radium Mobilization Propagated by Salinization

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Radium
Salinity
PHREEQC

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Committee Members:

Rachel Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Li Li, Committee Member
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Falcon, Lilli

Title:

Early Childhood Abuse and Adolescent Emotion Regulation: Exploring the Mediating Role of Emotional Security

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

emotion regulation
maltreatment
emotional security

File:

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Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jimena Coso, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Rasel, Md Abu

Title:

Synergistic Effects of Radiation and Stress Localization on Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GaN HEMT
Heavy Ion Irradiation
Proton Irradiation
Gamma Irradiation
In situ Irradiation
In situ Heating
TEM
Electron Wind Force Annealing

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Mia Jin, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Tumelero Valente, Vitor

Title:

Multiple Rotor Acoustic Control

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Synchrophasing
Phase control
Noise control
Acoustic control

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Simon Miller, Major Field Member
Eric Greenwood, Outside Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Major Field Member
Eric Johnson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sean Brennan, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Lundstrom, Emily

Title:

Energetics in Athletes and Exercising Individuals: Relationship to Health and Performance and the Impacts of Sex, Stress and Time of Season

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Energy
Metabolism
Sport Performance
Sport Training
Endurance Athletes
Energy Balance
Stress

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mary Jane De Souza, Major Field Member
Nancy Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebecca Mallinson, Special Member
Alison Gernand, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Proctor, Major Field Member