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Author:

Li, Xuefei

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal oxides
metal-insulator transition
vanadium dioxide
nanostructures
hybrid particles
interfaces

File:

Download Xuefei_Li_dissertation_xul125_20190109.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond E. Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond E. Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine D. Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Jacinda Changhui

Title:

HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS DYSREGULATION, BODY MASS INDEX GROWTH TRAJECTORIES, AND OBESITY IN FEMALES WITH HISTORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE AND NONABUSED COMPARISONS

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

obesity
childhood sexual abuse
stress physiology
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
cortisol
female
adolescence
body mass index
stress
child maltreatment
multilevel modeling

File:

Download HDFS_Dissertation_Li_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennie G Noll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennie G Noll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chad Edward Shenk, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Lori Anne Francis, Outside Member
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Special Member

Author:

Li, Rui

Title:

A qualitative study on Chinese tourists in Grand Teton National Park

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

Chinese tourists
Grand Teton National Park
decision-making process
expectation
experience
satisfaction
future revisiting intentions
cultures

File:

Download Rui_Li_Thesis_A_qualitative_study_on_Chinese_tourists_in_Grand_Teton_National_Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Pan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member
B. Derrick Taff, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Changcheng

Title:

Topics in High-dimensional Statistical Inference

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Hotelling T2 test
Multiple sample mean test
Projection test
Two-sample mean test
Causal structural learning
Causal discovery
Causal graphical models
D-separation set
Generalized Method of Moments

File:

Download ChangchengLi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bing Li, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Tao Yao, 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:

Li, Qiyuan

Title:

Examining the Effects of Learners’ Background and Social Network Position on Content-Related Interaction via the MOOC Platform

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

MOOCs
Interaction
Machine Learning
SEM
Social Network Analysis
Online Learning

File:

Download QL_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Simon Hooper, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yuwei

Title:

The Influences of Advice Argumentation on Advice Evaluations and Outcomes: A Construal Level Perspective

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Advice response theory
Construal level theory
Temporal distance
Interpersonal communication
Advice

File:

Download YLi_MA_Thesis_Summer19.pdf

Committee Members:

Erina Lynne Macgeorge, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
James Dillard, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Hui

Title:

SLIPS-LAB for urinary stone diagnostics

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Urinary stone; Urinalysis; SLIPS; Point of care; Biomimicry
Microfluidics
Urinary stone
Urinalysis
SLIPS
Point of care
Biomimicry

File:

Download Phd_thesis-Hui_Li__957731372_-Bioengineering.pdf

Committee Members:

Pak Kin Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Xuanchi

Title:

Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jihang

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Effect of a Pilot Flame on Combustion Instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion Instability
Gas Turbine
Combustion
Pilot Flame
Flame Transfer Function

File:

Download Dissertation_Jihang_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Daniel Haworth, Committee Member
Dr. Jacqueline O'connor, Committee Member
Dr. Michel Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Shuo

Title:

MULTISTAGE BREAST CARCINOGENESIS MODELING USING TRANSGENIC MICE: BIOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

breast cancer
transgenic mouse model
chemical carcinogenesis
DMBA
targeted therapy
mechanisms of resistance

File:

Download Shuo_Li_Final_Dissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Joseph Gunther, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Joseph Gunther, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member
Douglas B Stairs, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Outside Member
Wafik El-Deiry, Special Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zilong

Title:

DYNAMICS OF COUPLED FLOW-OBJECT-SEDIMENT SYSTEMS WITH SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS (SPH) SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-object-sediment interaction
multi-phase
SPH
visco-elastoplastic model

File:

Download ZilongLi-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zhi

Title:

Perceived structural holes and power in organizations

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power
Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Daiwei

Title:

To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation

File:

Download Daiwei_Li_Thesis_Final_0322.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zhenda

Title:

Parameterized Trajectory Planning for Dynamic Soaring

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Dynamic Soaring
Trajectory Planning
Reinforcement Learning
Wind Field Estimation

File:

Download MS_Thesis_updated_format__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Daning Huang, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Special Signatory

Author:

Li, Yijie

Title:

An Extended Musket Differential Mass Balance Equation Applied to Declined Curve Analysis For Wells Undergoing Combined Drived Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Material Balance
Decline Curve Analysis
Combined Drive
boundary-dominated flow
Segereated flow
Aquifer Modeling
Dispersed flow
Forchheimer
gas injection
water injection
primary gas cap

File:

Download Thesis_v13.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory R King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
John Wang, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Anke

Title:

Chinese Undergraduate Students' College Choices of Canada and the U.S.A. as a Strategy for Social Mobility

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

international students
student mobility
college choice
comparative study
qualitative study
social mobility
Chinese students

File:

Download Dissertation_Li_0707.pdf

Committee Members:

David Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Joseph M Valente, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xiaogu

Title:

Three Essays on Conservation Practices, Agricultural Land Uses and Environmental Benefits

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Land Use
Conservation
Best Management Practices
Water
Riparian Buffer
Environmental Policy

File:

Download Li_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Yoder Zipp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Daniel Brent, Committee Member
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Outside Member
Edward C Jaenicke, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Peixuan

Title:

Towards Practical Information Flow Security

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Information Flow
Dependent Label Inference
Dynamic Policy

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Jaeger, Major Field Member
G. Tan, Major Field Member
Danfeng Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xiaoting

Title:

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Exploring the Robustness and Applicability of Adversarial Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Adversarial machine learning
Attribute privacy
Social good
Defense
Adversarial attacks

File:

Download PSU_thesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ting Wang, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member
Dinghao Wu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zhitai

Title:

Linked partition ideals, q-difference equations and difference conditions

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Integer Paritions
Linked Parition Ideals
q-Difference Equations

File:

Download Zhitai_Li-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Andrews, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Richards, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ae Ja Yee, Major Field Member
Wen-Ching Li, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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:

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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:

Li, Bing

Title:

Model development and application on coupled hyporheic exchange flux in river-hyporheic zones

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hydrology
hyporheicFoam
Hyporheic exchange flux
OpenFOAM
Transient storage model
mass transfer coefficient
hyporheic zone
heterogeneous

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Committee Members:

Li Li, Major Field Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ying Pan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren McPhillips, Major Field Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Houxiang

Title:

carbon fiber precursors based on polyethylene graft pitch copolymer

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Fiber Precursors
Polyolefins

File:

Download Houxiang_Li_Dissertation_Format_Review_.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze-Chiang Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tze-Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Jia

Title:

Mark Dictators' Calendars: An Informational Theory of Election Schedules in Autocracies

Graduate Program:

Political Science (PHD)

Keywords:

dictators
autocratic regimes
election schedules
regime stability
voter turnout
dictators
autocratic regimes
election schedules
regime stability
voter turnout

File:

Download Li-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vineeta Yadav, Major Field Member
Joseph Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nageeb Ali, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bumba Mukherjee, Major Field Member
Boliang Zhu, Major Field Member
Michael Nelson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Li, Yanlin

Title:

Investigation of meteors and their impact on the sodium layer in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

meteor
atmospheric sodium layer
atmosphere chemistry
radar
radar signal processing
deep learning

File:

Download Thesis_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
William Bristow, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qihou Zhou, Special Member
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Tai-Yin Huang, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Li, Cong

Title:

Essays on Applied Microeconomics

Graduate Program:

Economics (PHD)

Keywords:

Ability Tracking
Regression Discontinuity
Applied Micro
Causal Inference
Skill Formation Function

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Committee Members:

Barry Ickes, Program Head/Chair
John Cheslock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Roberts, Major Field Member
Ewout Verriest, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Tybout, Major Field Member

Author:

Li, Yanan

Title:

Superconductivity and bosonic metal states of FeSe/SrTiO3

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

anomalous metal
bosonic strange metal
FeSe/SrTiO3
two-dimensional superconductivity

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_Yanan_Li_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jainendra Jain, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Shaochun

Title:

relational turbulence and couples’ convergence and divergence in weekly highs and lows across three months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

COVID-19
marital relationship
relational turbulence theory
interpersonal emotion dynamics
longitudinal dyadic diary study

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew High, Committee Member
Brian Manata, Committee Member
Kellie St.Cyr Brisini, Special Signatory

Author:

Li, Fangxiao

Title:

A Schema for Planning Robotics Operations in Construction

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

construction
robotics operations
data schema
systematic literature review

File:

Download Revised_Submission_for_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Rob Leicht, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Messner, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zhao

Title:

Development of an Integrated Precipitation-filtration Process for Initial Purification of Recombinant Proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Precipitation
Microfiltration
Continuous Processing
Feed and Bleed
Protein Purification
Antibody Capture

File:

Download Zhao-Thesis_07-23-2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Scott H Medina, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Mengyan

Title:

Statistical Inference with Corrupted Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Measurement error model
Efficient score method
Semiparametric regression
High dimensional inference
Nonignorable missing data
Statistical inference

File:

Download Dissertation_Mengyan_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yanyuan Ma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yanyuan Ma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael G Akritas, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Outside Member
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Ming Yang

Title:

Algorithmic randomness and complexity for continuous measures

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Algorithmic randomness
Continuous measures
Never continuously random
Turing degree
Algorithmic complexity
Descriptive set theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Jan S Reimann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jan S Reimann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manfred Denker, Committee Member
Linda Brown Westrick, Committee Member
Viveck Ramesh Cadambe, Outside Member
Alexei Novikov, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Yiming

Title:

Measurement and Characterization of Pressure and Temperature In the Biomass Pelletization Process

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Biomass Densification
Pelletizer Instrumentation Pelletizing
Pressure
Temperature.
Pelletizer Instrumentation
Keywords. Biomass Densification
Pelletizing
Die Pressure
Die Temperature
Wood pellets
Pelletization

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Boney, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Hojae Yi, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zehua

Title:

Nonlinear Chiroptical Responses from Plasmonic Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nonlinear optics
Plasmonic
Nanostructures
Chirality

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xiang

Title:

Bridging Paired-end RNA-seq reads

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

RNA-seq
transcript assembly
de Bruijn graph

File:

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Committee Members:

Mingfu Shao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Paul Medvedev, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Yanling

Title:

Modeling Individual Differences in Structural Changes in Psychological Processes

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Regime-switching
Structural changes
Zero-inflation
Model selection
Individual differences
Alcohol use
Psychological well-being

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Committee Members:

Heidemarie Laurent, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sy-Miin Chow, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Smyth, Outside Unit Member
Zita Oravecz, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Hunter, Major Field Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Outside Field Member

Author:

Li, Weilin

Title:

Examining the Relationship Between Home Food Environment and Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

EAH
Childhood Obesity
Eating Behavior
Home Food Environment

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zhiran

Title:

Minimizing the Cost for Charging Plug-in Electric Vehicles Using BFGS Quasi-Newton Method

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Minimizing the cost of charging
Optimization methods
Quasi- Newton method
Newton’s method
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS)
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs).
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Yan Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald E Ebeigbe, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Shu

Title:

Talking about Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Investigating the Role of Campaign-Induced Interpersonal Communication in Obesity Prevention

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)

Keywords:

health campaigns
campaign-induced interpersonal communication
sugar-sweetened beverages
obesity prevention
coding scheme
discussion prompt
talk turns
turn sequences
dyadic interaction
health campaigns
campaign-induced interpersonal communication
sugar-sweetened beverages
obesity prevention
coding scheme
discussion prompt
talk turns
turn sequences
dyadic interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Jessica Myrick, Outside Field Member
James Dillard, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rachel Smith, Major Field Member
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Williams, Outside Unit Member
Denise Solomon, Major Field Member

Author:

Li, Zhaoran

Title:

Optimization of Hot Water Pretreatment of Switchgrass for Acidogenic and Anaerobic Digestion

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Switchgrass
Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment
Acidogenic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion

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Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Junde

Title:

Machine Learning and Optimization Applications on Near-term Quantum Computers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Quantum Computing
Computer Vision
Optimization
Variational Quantum Algorithms
Generative Models
Quantum Computation Advantages

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Nikolay Dokholyan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chunhao Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Li, Xinru

Title:

Large-scale Discrete Optimization via Simulation Using Gaussian Markov Random Field

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Gaussian Markov random field
discrete optimization via simulation
linear algebraic
high-dimensional
parallelization

File:

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Committee Members:

Eunhye Song, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Del Castillo, Major Field Member
Russell Barton, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Andreas Waechter, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member

Author:

Li, Mingxiao

Title:

Surface modification with polymer brushes via light-mediated polymerizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

surface modification
polymer brush
surface-initiated polymerization
light-mediated polymerization

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong H. Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Xiaoxiao

Title:

Space-time Models for Inferring Infectious Disease Risk and Burden

Graduate Program:

Statistics (PHD)

Keywords:

infectious disease
space-time model
disease transmission

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Committee Members:

Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Matthew Ferrari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Berg, Major Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Murali Haran, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Li, Hang

Title:

On Active Learning Methods for Manifold Data

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Active Learning
Manifold Learning
Design of Experiment
High-Dimensional Data Analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Qiushi Chen, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Qiyao

Title:

Syntheses And Characterization Of Citrate-Based Biodegradable Materials And Their Applications

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

biomaterial
citric acid
polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Jiaxi

Title:

Temperature and pH Effect on the Contact Angle in Quartz/Water/N-decane System

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Quartz
Contact Angle
Temperature
pH
Wettability

File:

Download Jiaxi_Li-Ms_thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Serguei Lvov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xinyue

Title:

Account for Rater Effects with Bayesian Rater IRT Model in Disjoint Rating Design

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Rater Effect
Rater IRT Model
Bayesian Estimation
Nested Rating Desgin

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_XL_formatted_10.28.2021_-converted__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Diperna, Outside Field Member
Scott Roths, Outside Unit & Minor Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonna Kulikowich, Major Field Member
Matthew McCrudden, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Ziyan

Title:

Predicting Induced Seismicity and Permeability Evolution through Laboratory Experiments and Machine Learning Methods

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

induced seismicity
permeability evolution
machine learning method
frictional behavior of fractures

File:

Download Ziyan-Dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair