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Author:

Dash, Satyakam

Title:

METABOLIC MODELING OF CLOSTRIDIA FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Clostridium thermocellum
Clostridium acetobutylicum
Metabolic engineering
Genome scale metabolic model
Kinetic model
Thermodynamic analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Outside Member

Author:

Mockus, Taryn

Title:

Immune-mediated antiviral defense against polyomavirus infection of the brain

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Polyomavirus
T cells
Immunology
Neuroscience
NeuroImmunology

File:

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Committee Members:

Aron Lukacher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aron Lukacher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ziaur Rahman, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
James Connor, Outside Member

Author:

Parekh, Nikhil

Title:

Interferons in immunity to peripheral vaccinia virus infection

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Immunology
Virology
Innate Immunity
Interferon
Poxvirus

File:

Download Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Charles Norbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Ian Alexander Simpson, Outside Member
Ziaur Rahman, Committee Member

Author:

Carmichael, Jillian

Title:

Viral and cellular factors critically regulate the Syn phenotype and cell-to-cell spreading mechanism of herpes simplex virus type 1

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

HSV-1
Cell-to-cell spread
Syncytia
Tegument proteins
PTP1B
UL16
gE
gI
Glycoproteins

File:

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Committee Members:

John Warren Wills, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Warren Wills, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
Sergei A Grigoryev, Outside Member
Moriah Louise Szpara, Committee Member

Author:

Khoo, Weslie Yu

Title:

PREVENTION OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE BY DECAFFEINATED GREEN TEA EXTRACT IN HIGH FAT-FED MICE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

NAFLD
Non alcoholic fatty liver disease
Decaffeinated green tea extract
Green tea
PPARα
Lipid metabolism
Mitochondrial biogenesis
Inflammation
Toxicity

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua D. Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D. Lambert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ryan J. Elias, Committee Member
Kathleen L. Keller, Committee Member
Donna H. Korzick, Outside Member

Author:

Maynard-Bean, Erynn

Title:

Shedding light on invasive shrubs in eastern deciduous forests of North America

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

phenology
citizen science
leaf traits
leaf onset
leaf senescence
invasive shrubs
Lonicera maackii
deciduous forest
Lindera benzoin
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum dilitatum
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum sieboldii
Berberis thunbergii
Euonymus alatus
leaf economic spectrum
experimental removal
novel shade
leaf mass area
photosynthetic capacity
leaf nitrogen content
leaf life span
extended leaf phenology
photosynthetically active radiation

File:

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Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
David Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Campbell, Quinn Thomas

Title:

Semiconductor-Solution Interfaces From First Principles

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

first principles
semiconductor interfaces
water splitting
high throughput
computational
silicon

File:

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Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Yingyan

Title:

Essays on International Trade and Development

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

International Trade
Information Asymmetry
Location-based Policy
Class Size

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen R. Yeaple, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R. Yeaple, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kala Krishna, Committee Member
James Tybout, Committee Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Member

Author:

Masud, Md Abdulla

Title:

ON THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELD ASSEMBLY OF PARTICULATE POLYMER COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

composites
polymer
barium ferrite
dielectrophoresis

File:

Download Dissertation_Masud_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aman Haque, Committee Member
Paris von Lockette, Committee Member
Seong H. Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Greenquist, Ian

Title:

A Grand Potential Sintering Model: Derivation and Application to UO2 Thermal Sintering, Doped Sintering, and Irradiation-Enhanced Densification

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Phase field
Sintering
Uranium Dioxide
Irradiation-enhanced densification

File:

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Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Nick Brown, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Outside Member

Author:

Safwat, Tahzib

Title:

Modeling and Design of Wearable Transducers for Assistive Technologies

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PVDF
copolymer
P(VDF-TrFE)
terpolymer
haptics
energy harvesting
self-powered
wearable

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher D. Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Member

Author:

Alabbad, Samar

Title:

DOES DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP LEAD TO GREATER TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION? AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP ON SECONDARY TEACHERS JOB SATISFACTION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Distributed Leadership
Job Satisfaction

File:

Download SAMAR_ALABBAD_Final_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward J Fuller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward J Fuller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Kinser, Outside Member
Deborah Lynn Schussler, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member
Edgar Yoder, Special Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ma, Jun

Title:

Multifunctional Li-Ion Battery: Structures, Actuators and Sensors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-Ion battery
multifunctional
Si
structure
actuator
sensor

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher D. Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Outside Member

Author:

Kaur, Jagdeep

Title:

Wind Farms Interfacing Weak AC Grids through HVDC Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Control

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Weak AC grid
Effective short circuit ratio (ESCR)
High Voltage DC (HVDC) systems
Capacitor Commutated Converter (CCC)
Voltage Source Converter (VSC)
Hybrid HVDC
Synchronous Condenser

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Dr. Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Dr. James D. Freihaut, Outside Member

Author:

White, Shannon L

Title:

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRASPECIFIC DIVERSITY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF AN IMPERILED FISH SPECIES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

intraspecific variation
brook trout
riverscape genetics
introgression
fish behavior
fish personality
fisheries conservation

File:

Download White_SL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler Wagner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane Diefenbach, Committee Member
Julian Avery, Committee Member
Ephraim Hanks, Outside Member
Nathaniel Hitt, Special Member

Author:

Kuzu, Gulsum

Title:

SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR IN MODULATING LIPID HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

aryl hydrocarbon receptor
selective ligands
cholesterol
sterol regulatory element binding protein
fatty acid synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary H Perdew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary H Perdew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
Adam Bleier Glick, Committee Member
Frank Dorman, Outside Member

Author:

Munro, Jason

Title:

Discovering Minimum Energy Pathways via Distortion Symmetry Groups

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Symmetry
Minimum Energy Pathways
Nudged Elastic Band
Density Functional Theory
Ferroelectric Switching

File:

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Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Gerald Knizia, Outside Member

Author:

Rountree, John

Title:

Congressional Town Hall Meetings: Rhetoric, Inclusion, and Deliberative Democracy

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Rhetoric
democratic deliberation
congress
town hall meetings

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt H. Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirt H. Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
John Gastil, Committee Member
Amy Allen, Outside Member

Author:

Ravi, Vagisha

Title:

Role of H-ferritin in Glioma Initiating Cells

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

H-ferritin
glioblastoma
glioma inititaing cells
radiation
glioma stem cells
FTH1
liposomes

File:

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Committee Members:

James Robert Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Member
Gail Lynn Matters, Committee Member
David James Degraff, Outside Member
Achuthamangalam B Madhankumar, Committee Member

Author:

Conte, Davide

Title:

Semi-Analytical Solutions for Proximity Operations in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Astrodynamics
Moon
Mars
Phobos
Proximity Operations
Relative Motion
Semi-Analytical

File:

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Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

Author:

Lopez Bencosme, Christian Enmanuel

Title:

PERSONALIZED ADAPTIVE GAMIFICATION SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND MOTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Gamification
Machine Learning
Player type
Perzonalization

File:

Download Dissertation_IME_PhD_ChristianLopez.pdf

Committee Members:

Conrad S. Tucker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Freivalds Andris, Committee Member
Conrad S. Tucker, Committee Member
Thomas A. Litzinger, Outside Member

Author:

Kintner, Jonas

Title:

Relative Seismic Event Location and Size Estimation, Contributions to Earthquake Analysis and Seismic Discrimination at Local Distances

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Iran
Caribbean
Pennsylvania
Wyoming

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Chung Han

Title:

Dynamic Trade, Education and Intergenerational Inequality

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

international trade
inequality

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Eaton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Yeaple, Committee Member
Kim Ruhl, Committee Member
Yizao Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Tan, Ching Wen

Title:

Indirect Manipulation Of Plant Induced Defenses By Parasitoids Of Caterpillars

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

herbivore
parasitoid
tritrophic interaction
host immunigy
plant defense
phytobiome
fitness
saliva
oral secretions

File:

Download Ching-Wen-Tan-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary W. Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary W. Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn Luthe, Committee Member
Jared Gregory Ali, Committee Member
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Yangqingxiang

Title:

NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF INDEFINITE PROBLEMS AND AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MODELING

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Helmholtz equation
iterative method
indefinite system
invasive species modeling

File:

Download Yang-Dissertation-submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Wen Shen, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Outside Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Lixiong

Title:

Essays on Partial Identification in Structural Models

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

partial identification
structural model

File:

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Committee Members:

Marc Albert Henry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marc Albert Henry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joris Pinkse, Committee Member
Paul L E Grieco, Committee Member
Aydin Alptekinoglu, Outside Member

Author:

Miller, Aaron Michael

Title:

TEACHER INTERACTION QUALITY AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES: A COMPARISON OF RATINGS AND COUNT-BASED MEASURES

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

education
schools
elementary
motivation
measurement
teachers
teaching quality

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert William Roeser, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland, III, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Outside Member
Michael Rovine, Special Member

Author:

White, Roisin

Title:

Electrophysiological indices of performance monitoring in children

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Performance monitoring
ERN
N2
Skin conductance
Internalizing

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Roisin_White.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Outside Member

Author:

Weaver, Jamie

Title:

Individual perspectives on how employability can be influenced by study abroad experiences as an undergraduate student at the Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Workforce Education
Experiential Learning
Study Abroad
Employability

File:

Download Jamie_Weaver_Dissertation_-_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D Threeton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D Threeton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ko, Eunbi

Title:

Essays on Frictional Labor Market

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

search and matching
unemployment
labor force participation
skill-biased technology
the Beveridge curve

File:

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Committee Members:

Shouyong Shi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shouyong Shi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Member
Ross Carroll Doppelt, Committee Member
Sarah A Damaske, Outside Member

Author:

Zechmann, Edward Louis

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF NOISE WITH FRACTIONAL-OCTAVE-BAND FILTERS AND THE VARIANCE AND KURTOSIS OF THE SOUND PRESSURE

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence
kurtosis
kurtosis
highest density interval
fractional octave band
impulsive noise
moment
region of practical equivalence

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Allen Russell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member
William Murphy, Special Member
Ingrid Blood, Committee Member

Author:

Rahimi, Sohrab

Title:

Unveiling the Wall: Physical Manifestations of Socio-spatial Boundaries in the US

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Urban Sociology
Urban Culture
GIS
Machine Learning
Social Media
Yelp
Urban Computation
Taste
Bourdieu
Social Boundaries
Segregation
American Cities

File:

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Committee Members:

Mallika Bose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mallika Bose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clio Maria Andris, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Jose M Pinto Duarte, Outside Member

Author:

Beatty-Martinez, Anne Lauren

Title:

REVISITING SPANISH GRAMMATICAL GENDER IN MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL SPEAKERS: EVIDENCE FROM EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS AND EYE-MOVEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Spanish
Bilingualism
Codeswitching
Grammatical Gender
language processing
psycholinguistics

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Committee Members:

Paola Eulalia Dussias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member
Judith F. Kroll, Outside Member
M. Teresa Bajo, Special Member

Author:

Mc Crory, Duane

Title:

Magnetic Resonance in a Wafer Probing Station

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
Semiconductors
Semiconductor Reliability
Rapid Scan EDMR
Spatially Resolved EDMR
Electrically Detected Electron Nuclear Double Resonance

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Van Burns, Emma Nicholson

Title:

Rate enhancement of chemical reactions using nanoscale heating generated by the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal heating
polyurethane
kinetics
gold nanoparticles
localized surface plasmon resonance
plasmonic heating
photothermal effect

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Zewail, Ahmed

Title:

Secrecy Guarantees in Emerging Networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Physical layer security
Information Theory
Caching
Coded Caching
Secure Delivery
Secure Caching
Untrusted Relays
Untrusted Cache
Wiretap Channel
Information Security
Cooperative Networks
Heterogeneous Systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Aylin Yener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Yang, Committee Member
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Alexei Novikov, Outside Member
Aylin Yenner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Juhl, Stephen

Title:

LOW-DOSE HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTHREADS SYNTHESIZED FROM BENZENE DERIVATIVES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Electron Microscopy
TEM
Carbon
Nanothreads
Diamondoid
Low Dose
Nanomaterials

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Outside Member

Author:

Sheehan, James

Title:

Reactions of Proteins in High Temperature Water

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

High temperature water
Biomass Conversion
Hydrothermal Reactions
Proteins
Bio-crude oil

File:

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Committee Members:

Phillip E Savage, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Rioux, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Outside Member

Author:

Lacroix, Evrard

Title:

Modeling zirconium hydride precipitation and dissolution in zirconium alloys

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Zirconium
Zirconium hydride
Nuclear
hydride
nucleation
growth
dissolution
model
simulation
synchrotron
differential scanning calorimetry
DSC
X-ray diffraction
crystallization

File:

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Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Walters, Committee Member
Justin Kyle Watson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Nicholas Brown, Committee Member
Gregory Alan Vetterick, Special Member
Michael R. Tonks, Special Member

Author:

Ibrahim, Abdelrahman

Title:

Data Storage and Energy Management in Emerging Networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Data storage
Caching systems
Energy harvesting

File:

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Committee Members:

Aylin Yener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aylin Yener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Jing Yang, Committee Member
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Jiawei

Title:

UNDERSTANDING COPRODUCTION IN THE INFORMATION AGE: APPLICATIONS IN LOCAL COMMUNITY CONTEXTS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

coproduction
community
information technology

File:

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Committee Members:

John M. Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Aiping Xiong, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Gan, Xiao

Title:

Understanding Signal Transduction in Biological Systems with Network-Based Dynamic Modeling

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Biological networks
Dynamical modeling
attractors
network reduction
Stable motifs
signal transduction

File:

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Committee Members:

Réka Albert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Réka Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carina Curto, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Costas D. Maranas, Outside Member

Author:

Schell, Stephanie

Title:

Multifactorial Regulation of Germinal Center Responses and Autoimmunity

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Autoimmunity
Germinal Center
B Cells
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Apoptotic Cells
TLR7
miRNA
MAVS

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Ziaur Rahman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ziaur Rahman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Todd Schell, Committee Member
Dr. Neil Christensen, Committee Member
Dr. Lisa Shantz, Outside Member

Author:

Ma, Ningxin

Title:

TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF DIRECT ASTROCYTE-TO-NEURON CONVERSION

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

reprogramming
astrocyte
neuron
RNA sequencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member

Author:

Chaumont, Gaston

Title:

Essays on macroeconomics and finance with search frictions and inequality

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Macroeconomics
Labor Markets
Inequality
Sovereign Debt
Default
Search Frictions

File:

Download GastonChaumont-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Shouyong Shi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shouyong Shi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Wallace, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Giang Nguyen, Outside Member

Author:

Das, Anirban

Title:

MODELING AND MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF NEURAL AVALANCHES

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

stochastic processes in random environment
neural avalanches
confidence intervals for statistics
SOC theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Manfred Heinz Denker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carina Pamela Curto, Committee Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Guodong Pang, Outside Member

Author:

Syaripudin, Usep

Title:

FACILITATING EFL TEACHER EDUCATORS’ SELF-STUDY TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM SPACE IN TEACHING TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY OF BUILDING A SELF-STUDY COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE IN A TEACHERS COLLEGE IN INDONESIA

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Self-study
teacher educators
professional development
Indonesia
EFL teacher education
transformative learning
community of practice
interthinking

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rachel Marie Wolkenhauer, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Karen E Johnson, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Jimeng

Title:

DEMETALLATION OF BIOCRUDE FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF MICROALGAE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Demetallation
hydrothermal liquefaction
microalgae
kinetic
modeling
iron
hemin
porphyrin

File:

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Committee Members:

Phillip. E. Savage, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip. E. Savage, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Rioux, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Outside Member

Author:

Klotz, Kristopher S

Title:

Reasonable Agonism: Justification and Dissent in Liberal Democracies

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Reasonableness
Public Reason
Justification
Agonism
Liberalism
Democracy

File:

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Committee Members:

John Philip Christman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Philip Christman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amy Rebekah Allen, Committee Member
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Outside Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gonzales, Gabe Ezekiel

Title:

Fair Prices and Profits Across Channels

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

marketing
consumer behavior
price fairness
retailing

File:

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Committee Members:

Margaret Grace Meloy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Elizabeth Bolton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johanna H Slot, Committee Member
Francis Erin Dardis, Outside Member
Lisa Elizabeth Bolton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Hackett, Timothy Michael

Title:

Applying artificial intelligence to space communications networks: Cognitive real-time link layer adaptations through rapid orbit planning

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

artificial neural networks
neural networks
modulation
encoding
cognitive radio
space communications
machine learning
reinforcement learning
scheduling
block scheduling
demand access scheduling
beacon tone
network simulation
coverage statistics
mean pass time
mean gap time
max gap time
mean passes per day
artificial intelligence
software-defined radio
Deep Space Network

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Committee Member
Mark P Mahon, Outside Member
Alexander M. Wyglinski, Special Member

Author:

Deng, Junfang

Title:

EXPOSURE TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK, HEDGING, AND TAX-MOTIVATED OUTBOUND SHIFTING

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Corporate taxation
Income shifting
Exchange rate exposure
Derivatives

File:

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Committee Members:

Dan Givoly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dan Givoly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl A Muller III, Committee Member
Henock Louis, Committee Member
John Moran, Outside Member

Author:

Lu, Wenzhuo

Title:

TWO ESSAYS ON OFFSHORING AND OUTSOURCING

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

heterogenous labour
matching
sorting
income distribu- tion
international trade
offshoring
taxation.
heterogenous labor
matching
sorting
income distribution
international trade
offshoring
taxation
outsourcing
innovation
trade liberalization

File:

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Committee Members:

James R. Tybout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James R. Tybout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Member
Mark John Roberts, Committee Member
Zhe Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Noel, Vernelle Ayodele

Title:

A FRAMEWORK FOR REPAIRING CRAFT: A CASE STUDY ON WIRE-BENDING IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

CRAFT
DESIGN COMPUTATION
WIRE-BENDING
CARNIVAL
REPAIR
DESIGN
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
CULTURE
ARCHITECTURE

File:

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Committee Members:

Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose M Pinto Duarte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Felecia Ann Davis, Committee Member
daniel cardoso llach, Committee Member
Andrea Tapia, Outside Member

Author:

Schilling, Megan

Title:

Transcriptional Responses of Innate Immune Genes in the Developing Chick Embryo of Inbred and Outbred Lines to Newcastle Disease Virus Infection

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Newcastle disease virus
chick embryo
NDV
Tanzania
innate immunity
ecotypes

File:

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Committee Members:

Vivek Kapur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Kapur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Member
Suresh Varma Kuchipudi, Committee Member
Bhushan M Jayarao, Outside Member

Author:

Michalopoulou, Lito Eleni

Title:

THE PREDICTIVE UTILITY OF TEACHER INFORMATION FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS: FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 3

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

bilingual students
predictive utility
teacher information
special education
clinical diagnosis
Response to Intervention

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer L Frank, Committee Member
Janet Agnes Welsh, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Joo, Min Hyung

Title:

INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION OF REBEL GROUPS AND THE DURATION OF CIVIL CONFLICTS

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

rebel groups
civil conflict
rebel group structure
negotiation
rebel splits
civil war
rebel organization
rebel behavior

File:

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Committee Members:

Bumba Mukherjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bumba Mukherjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn Hunter Palmer, Committee Member
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Outside Member
Xun Cao, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Sungbeen

Title:

GENERALIST CEOS’ EFFECTS ON STRATEGIC AND SOCIAL NOVELTY IN THE RESTARUANT INDUSTRY

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Generalist CEO
Strategic novelty
social novelty
TMT composition
performance extremeness
performance volatility
restaurant industry

File:

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Committee Members:

Seoki Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seoki Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anna S. Mattila, Committee Member
Phillip Jolly, Committee Member
Donald Hambrick, Outside Member

Author:

Schulman, Daniel Scott

Title:

Contact, Interface, and Strain Engineering of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Field Effect Transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-Ablation
Field Effect Transistors
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Steep Slope Transistor
Strain
Contact Resistance

File:

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Committee Members:

Saptarshi Das, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member

Author:

Ferguson, Elissa J

Title:

His Mother, Whom He Loves: The Depiction of Women in the Tombs of their Sons in New Kingdom Egypt

Graduate Program:

Art History

Keywords:

ancient Egypt
Mother
Motherhood
tomb art
mortuary literature

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth J Walters, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth J Walters, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy Elizabeth Locke, Committee Member
Amara Leah Solari, Committee Member
Donald B Redford, Outside Member

Author:

Bai, Yang

Title:

TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION REVISITED: EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF INTERNET USE ON COSMOPOLITANISM, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND TRADE

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Internet
Cosmopolitanism
International online communication
International trade
Generalized Methods of Moments

File:

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Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Anne M Hoag, Committee Member
Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke, Outside Member

Author:

Litofsky, Joshua Harrison

Title:

Reading between the lamellae: Elucidating block copolymer morphology using polarized resonant soft X-ray scattering

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

block copolymers
organic electronics
x-ray scattering
conjugated polymers
organic semiconductors

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Muth, Chelsea

Title:

UNDERSTANDING AND IMPACTING THE PROCESSES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND BAYESIAN METHODS

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

psychological well-being
meditation
intervention
college student mental health
negative affect
Bayesian methods
mHealth

File:

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Committee Members:

Zita Oravecz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert William Roeser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennie G Noll, Committee Member
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Committee Member
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Outside Member

Author:

Armbruster, Krista Marie

Title:

Synthesis of Lyso-form Lipoproteins and Their Implications in Copper Resistance and the Host Immune Response

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

lipoprotein
Firmicutes
copper resistance
Toll-like receptor
acylation
mass spectrometry

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Charles Meredith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Babitzke, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Pei Hsuan

Title:

Understand the link between early exposure to family violence and later involvement in school bullying: How can school connectedness help?

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Family Violence
Domestic Violence
Child Maltreatment
Bullying
Peer Victimization
Trauma
FFCWS
Moderation
Counselor Education
School Connectedness
Trauma-Informed School

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. SeriaShia J. Chatters, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. SeriaShia J. Chatters, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. JoLynn V. Carney, Committee Member
Dr. Carlomagno Panlilio, Committee Member
Dr. Amy Marshall, Outside Member
Dr. Peggy Lorah, Special Member

Author:

Hicks, Veronica

Title:

Exceptional Sistahood: Implications of Representing Identity in Comics for Collaborative Art Education Practices Among Women Students and Teachers of Color with Disabilities

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

art education
women's studies
gender studies
disability studies
comics studies
studio art
intersectionality
K-12

File:

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Committee Members:

B. Stephen Carpenter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
B. Stephen Carpenter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ariane Cruz, Committee Member
Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Committee Member
Joel Douglas Priddy, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Jianxiao

Title:

Quantum Transport in two-dimensional topological systems

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Quantum transport
topological system
topological superconductor
Quantum anomalous Hall
Green's function

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Moses H. W. Chan, Committee Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Olivieri, Margaret Anne

Title:

Talking with Toddlers: Two Studies of Toddlers' Emotions and Parent-Toddler Verbal Communication

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

toddler
emotion
language
parent-child communication

File:

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Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Erika Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Outside Member

Author:

Petersen, Elizabeth

Title:

Architecture and Audience in Donatello's Early Florentine Reliefs

Graduate Program:

Art History

Keywords:

Donatello
architecture
relief
sculpture
Florence
audience
quattrocento

File:

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Committee Members:

Robin Lemuel Thomas II, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Lemuel Thomas II, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Smith, Committee Member
Daniel M Zolli, Committee Member
Sherry Roush, Outside Member

Author:

Le Guelte, Johann

Title:

L’Appareil colonial : Création et subversions photographiques de l'Empire visuel français

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies

Keywords:

Photography
Colonialism
France
Senegal
Anti-imperialism
Resistance
Visual
Propaganda
Representation
Interwar years

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean-Claude Vuillemin, Committee Member
Emmanuel Bruno Jean-Francois, Committee Member
Nancy Elizabeth Locke, Outside Member

Author:

Yi, Zelin

Title:

SPINORS AND THE TANGENT GROUPOID

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Tangent groupoid
Differential Geometry
Index theorem
Hypoelliptic Laplacian

File:

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Committee Members:

Nigel David Higson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nigel David Higson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ping Xu, Committee Member
Nathanial Patrick Brown, Committee Member
Martin Bojowald, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Hyerim

Title:

THE EXPANSION OF SCIENCE PRODUCTION AT KOREAN UNIVERSITIES, 1970–2017

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

South Korea
research university
science production
SCIE journal articles

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Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Member
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Liying Luo, Outside Member

Author:

Gallegos, Jonathan M

Title:

Theoretical and Empirical Evidence for the Relation between Morality and Gender

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Gender
Morality
Person Perception
Stereotypes

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Ness, Kelly

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF SLEEP RESTRICTION AND SUBSEQUENT SLEEP RECOVERY ON GLYCEMIC AND LIPEMIC METABOLISM

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

Sleep restriction
Metabolism
Glycemia
Lipemia
NEFA
Non-esterified fatty acids
Triglycerides
Postprandial metabolism
Interleukin-6
Oxylipins
Adipose tissue
Adipocytes

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory C Shearer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Orfeu M Buxton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Member
Anne-Marie Chang, Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Outside Member
Orfeu M Buxton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Katunich, John

Title:

CONVIVIAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AMID THE CRISIS OF SUSTAINABILITY: RECLAIMING A “LANGUAGE-AS-COMMONS” ORIENTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

commons
convivial
English language teaching
narrative inquiry
sustainability

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Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Haoyun

Title:

EXPLORING THE CONTRIBUTION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TO LANGUAGE PRODUCTION IN OLDER ADULTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language production
Executive functions
Cognitive aging
fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele T. Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele T. Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith F. Kroll, Committee Member
Koraly E. Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Chaleece W. Sandberg, Outside Member

Author:

Park, Jaewoo

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR MODELS WITH INTRACTABLE NORMALIZING FUNCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Markov chain Monte Carlo
doubly intractable distributions
exponen- tial random graph models
Markov point processes
importance sampling
Gaussian processes
non-Gaussian spatial data
dimension reduction
Monte Carlo maximum likelihood

File:

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Committee Members:

Murali Haran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Le Bao, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Committee Member
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Outside Member

Author:

Aviles, Charishma

Title:

Assessing the Real-World Effectiveness of Botvin LifeSkills Training in Public Schools

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Life Skills
substance use prevention
LST
intervention effectiveness
adolescent
school-based prevention
universal prevention
skills training
Life Skills
substance use prevention
LST
intervention effectiveness
adolescent
school based prevention
universal prevention
skills training

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Committee Members:

Jennifer L Frank, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer L Frank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara A Schaefer, Committee Member
Shirley Andrea Woika, Committee Member
Deborah Lynn Schussler, Outside Member

Author:

Grimaldi, Elizabeth Mary

Title:

PERSONALITY & INCENTIVES: THE INTERPLAY AMONG EXECUTIVE PERSONALITY, STOCK OPTIONS, AND FINANCIAL MISREPRESENTATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive personality
implicit personality
stock options
executive compensation
personality
fraud
unethical behavior
financial restatement
bounded rationality

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Committee Members:

James Marshall Lebreton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Xiaotian

Title:

METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional Materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
2D Layered Chalcogenides
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition
Thin Film Deposition
2D Materials
CVD
MOCVD
WSe2
In2Se3

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Committee Members:

Joan M. Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan M. Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua A. Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas N. Jackson, Committee Member
Susan B. Sinnott, Outside Member

Author:

Matenga, Zvikomborero

Title:

The design of electricity markets in developing economies: A Differential Games and Optimal control methods application

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Electricity Markets
Developing Economies
Differential Games
Optimal Control Methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Janis P Terpenny, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Qiushi Chen, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member
Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gavin, Bianca Edith

Title:

LEARNING SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES: DOES NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Second Language Acquisition
Vocabulary
classroom learning

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Committee Members:

Carrie Neal Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Richard Page, Jr., Committee Member
Janet Van Hell, Outside Member

Author:

An, Lin

Title:

UNDERSTANDING GENE REGULATION AT A FINE-SCALE: ZOOMING INTO 3D CHROMATIN CONFORMATION

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

Epigenetics
chromatin conformation
TAD

File:

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Committee Members:

Yu Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yu Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Feng Yue, Committee Member
James Riley Broach, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Outside Member

Author:

Larsen, Ashley Gael

Title:

Gender Disparities among Adolescents in India: The Role of Gender Ideology

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Gender ideology
Gender
India
Adolescence
Adolescents

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Luke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Luke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Valarie King, Committee Member
Jennifer Van Hook, Committee Member
Susan McHale, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Xue

Title:

HIGH DIMENSIONAL STATISTICAL LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

High Dimensional Learning
Statistical Learning
Decision Making
Optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tao Yao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member

Author:

Sell, Nichole Marie

Title:

AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE ALCOHOL-RELATED CONSEQUENCES

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

protective behavioral strategies
college student drinking
alcohol-related consequences

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert J Turrisi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert J Turrisi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura Cousino Klein, Committee Member
Michael A Russell, Committee Member
Jennie G Noll, Outside Member
Pat Koch, Committee Member

Author:

Echagarruga, Christina

Title:

NITRIC OXIDE-PRODUCING INTERNEURONS CONTROL BASAL AND EVOKED BLOOD FLOW IN SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Neurovascular Coupling
2-Photon Microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick James Drew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Outside Member

Author:

Figler, Hillary

Title:

Escherichia coli Strain 0.1229 Amplifies Stx2a production of E. coli O157:H7 through the Release of a Putative Microcin

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Shiga toxin
O157:H7
Bacteriocin
Microcin
Escherichia coli

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward G Dudley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member
Vivek Kapur, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Outside Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member

Author:

Forghani, Anoosha

Title:

FABRICATION OF A QUASI-3D VASCULARIZED BONE LIKE CONSTRUCT

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Cell sheets
Osteogenesis
Bone
Biomaterials
Vascularization

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel J Hayes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Hayes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member
Dino J Ravnic, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Shang-Ti

Title:

THE INFLUENCES OF LEISURE AND UPLIFTING EVENTS ON DAILY EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

Enjoyable activities
daily uplifts
Enjoyable activities
daily uplifts
positive affect; emotional reactivity
Enjoyable activities
daily uplifts
emotional reactivity
Enjoyable activities
daily uplifts
positive affect
emotional reactivity
age-related differences
ecological momentary assessment

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Committee Members:

Alan R. Graefe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan R. Graefe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin J. Sliwinski, Committee Member
Andrew J. Mowen, Committee Member
David M. Almeida, Outside Member
Martin J. Sliwinski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin J. Sliwinski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin J. Sliwinski, Outside Member

Author:

Mohammed, Wunpini Wunpini

Title:

DAGBANLI FILMS: A POLITICAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONVERGENCE OF ORALITY AND FILM IN NORTHERN GHANA

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

indigenous language film
indigenous knowledge systems
film distribution
film production
film reception
Northern Ghana
oral epistemologies
political economy of communications

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Olorunnisola, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Lyn Rodino, Committee Member
Kevin J Hagopian, Committee Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Member

Author:

Asbury-Newsome, Susan

Title:

PARLOR FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: BOARD GAMES AND THE TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE HOME

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Cultural History
Material Culture
Board Games (American)
Victorian Home
Family Studies

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Committee Members:

Simon J. Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon J. Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, Outside Member

Author:

Posteraro, Tano

Title:

The Virtual and the Vital: Bergson's Philosophy of Biology

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Bergson
Virtual
Philosophy of Evolution
Deleuze
Time
Tendency
Novelty
Vitalism

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Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Committee Member
Ted Toadvine, Committee Member
Claire Mary Colebrook, Outside Member

Author:

Blanford, Thomas E

Title:

A Model and Design Approach for a Shallow Water Spatial-Temporal Correlation Velocity Log

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Correlation Velocity Log
seafloor scattering
spatial coherence
acoustic navigation

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Committee Members:

Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel C Brown, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Juli Simon, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Outside Member

Author:

Thai, Nhi Kieu

Title:

TEMPERAMENTAL AND COGNITIVE INFLUENCES ON ANXIETY: A NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

attention bias
behavioral inhibition
social anxiety
ERP
temperament

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Outside Member

Author:

Saetti, Umberto

Title:

Rotorcraft Flight Control Design with Alleviation of Unsteady Rotor Loads

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
flight controls
flight dynamics and control
flight dynamics
simulation
aerospace
aircraft
rotorcraft control
aircraft control
load alleviation
automatica flight control system
AFCS
control systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Outside Member
J.V.R. Prasad, Outside Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Ying

Title:

A MULTI-LEVEL MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL FOR INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT DATA META-ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

meta-analysis
individual participant data
longitudinal data
mixed-effects model
multi-level model
exponential family outcome

File:

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Committee Members:

Vernon M. Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vernon M. Chinchilli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lan Kong, Committee Member
David T. Mauger, Committee Member
Christopher N. Sciamanna, Outside Member

Author:

Cui, Shisheng

Title:

STOCHASTIC VARIATIONAL & HIERARCHICAL PROBLEMS: MODELS, ALGORITHMS, AND APPLICATIONS TO TRANSMISSION EXPANSION PROBLEMS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

variational inequality
generalized equations
transmission expansion
stochastic optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Uday V. Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Uday V. Shanbhag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mort D. Webster, Committee Member
Huanan Zhang, Committee Member
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Member
Benjamin F. Hobbs, Special Member

Author:

Bopp, Gregory

Title:

Statistical Modeling of Extreme Values with Applications in Climatology

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

extreme values
statistics
spatio-temporal modeling
wind speeds
precipitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Adam Shaby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Outside Member

Author:

Carroll, Talia

Title:

Academically Talented Undergraduate Black Women’s Range of Beliefs Regarding Identity and Experience in STEM

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

STEM
Identity
Intersectionality
Black Feminist Thought
Ecological model
Black Women

File:

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Committee Members:

Karly Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karly Ford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeanine Staples, Committee Member
David Guthrie, Committee Member
Kevin Thomas, Outside Member