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Author:

Williams, Archie Lamar

Title:

PREDICTION OF ODOR PLEASANTNESS USING ELECTRONIC NOSE TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Electronic Nose
Human Olfaction
Mushroom Substrate Odors
Neural Networks
Biological Simulation
Agricultural Engineering
Artificial Neural Networks
Odor Assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

David Meigs Beyer, Committee Member
Robert Edwin Graves, Committee Member
Dr Charles Wysocki, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eileen Wheeler, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Cara Yaa Asantewaa

Title:

'Living in the Light': Examining Contemporary Homeplace Narratives

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

african american rhetoric
memoirs
autobiographies

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Keith Gilyard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Keith Gilyard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member
Deborah Frances Atwater, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, F. Christopher

Title:

HUMOR AND THE RETENTION OF LECTURE MATERIAL BY STUDENT-ATHLETES IN A MENTOR INFORMATION SESSION

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

SESSION
HUMOR
MATERIAL

File:

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Committee Members:

Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Judith J Goetz, Committee Member
Dan Salter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Janice

Title:

DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF bHEAVY-SPECTRIN AND ITS INTERACTION WITH ANNEXIN B9 DURING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

dynamin

File:

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Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Richard Cyr, Committee Member
Andrew Paul Han, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Jennifer Savage

Title:

Patterns and predictors of weight change among women

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

energy density
disinhibition
restraint
dieting
eating behavior
weight change
weight control
longitudinal

File:

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Committee Members:

Leann L Birch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Committee Member
Cynthia J Bartok, Committee Member
Michael J Rovine, Committee Member
Nancy Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Jason Reid

Title:

UNIVERSAL FEW-BODY PHYSICS IN A THREE-COMPONENT FERMI GAS

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

ultracold Fermi gas
Efimov
6Li
Few Body
atomic color superfluid

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth O'hara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth O Hara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Weiss, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Jonathan

Title:

Multi-Objective Optimization for Unmanned Surveillance Networks Using Evolutionary Algorithms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

evolutionary strategies
differential evolution
evolutionary algorithms
underwater vehicles
sensor networks
optimization
search path generation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kwang Yun Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Jennifer Zan

Title:

The Effect of Temperature and Precipitation on Sodium Depletion Fronts in Soils Developed on Peoria Loess

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

mathematical modeling
sodium depletion
activation energy of dissolution
albite weathering
climosequence
soils
Global Climate Model

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Krystaufeux Dormas

Title:

Transmission Electron Microscopy of ZnSe/CdSe Heterostructure Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

transmission electron microscopy
ZnSe
CdSe
heterostructures
nanowires
molecular beam epitaxy

File:

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Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Marlyse K.

Title:

Modeling the Interaction of Transport Mechanisms through Bedded Manure to Evaluate the Effects on Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

greenhouse gas
gas emissions
bedded manure
diffusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Eileen Wheeler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
Robert Edwin Graves, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Mark Robert

Title:

Manure Application under Winter Conditions

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

manure
lysimeter
winter
water quality
frozen soil

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert David Shannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert David Shannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Michael

Title:

Temporal and Spatial Variations in Varroa Mite Levels, Influence of Apiary Density on Mite Fall Rate, Exploring New Methods to Measure Honey Bee Drifting for a Two-Concentric Circle Apiary Design.

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Drifting
Varroa Mites
Honey Bees
Spatial Statistics

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy M Ostiguy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Phillip S

Title:

A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM OIL SANDS AND OTHER SAND CONTAINING MATERIALS USING IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FTIR
tar sands
oil sands
bitumen extraction
ionic liquids

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Patrick

Title:

Using Numerical Optimization Techniques and General Perturbation Equations to Find Optimal Near-Earth Orbit Transfers

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Low-thrust
Optimization
Molniya Orbits
Evolutionary Comuptation
Satellite Toolkit

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Ryan Kendall

Title:

DISAGGREGATING DELINQUENCY TRENDS IN ARRESTS AND SELF-REPORTED ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Crime, Law and Justice

Keywords:

general theory of crime
offending trends
juvenile delinquency
moral poverty
arrest rates

File:

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Committee Members:

D Wayne Osgood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas J. Bernard, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member
John Philip Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Robert L

Title:

A Case Study in Clinical Supervision: Moving from an Evaluation to a Supervision Mode

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

supervision
teacher supervision
clinical supervision

File:

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Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Dr John Tippeconnic, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Rachel Lynn

Title:

WOMEN TRANSLATORS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE: GENRE,GENDER,AND LITERARY CREATIVITY

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Madame Lesbazeilles-Souvestre
Victorine de Chastenay
Therese Bentzon
women translators
French women writers

File:

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Committee Members:

Benedicte Marie Christine Monicat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benedicte Marie Christine Monicat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Claude Vuillemin, Committee Member
Kathryn Marie Grossman, Committee Member
Adrian Johannes Wanner, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Rahima A

Title:

Media and the Construction of the Arab-American Women's Identity

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Identity
Arab American
Woman
Critical Media Literacy
Culture
Islam

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Ilhan Kucukaydin, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Patrick

Title:

Coupling of Nonlinear Estimation and Dynamic Sensor Tasking Applied to Satellite Tracking

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear Estimation
Sensor Tasking
Space Situational Awareness
Satellite Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Special Member
Richard Lee Erwin, Special Member

Author:

Williams, Mark Robert

Title:

Spatial and temporal variability of nitrogen transport in riparian zone seeps

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Nitrate
Fragipan
Seep
Groundwater flow
Hydrology
Riparian zone
Agriculture

File:

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Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member
James Michael Hamlett, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Anthony Buda, Special Member

Author:

Williams, Rachel Ann

Title:

Investigating satiating properties of foods

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

energy intake
adults
weight management
energy density
food intake
satiety

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara Jean Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Committee Member
Sharon Nickols Richardson, Committee Member
Leann L Birch, Committee Member
John E Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Marlon L

Title:

Essays on Two Sources of Market Imperfections: Consumer Search Costs and Consumer Myopia.

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Consumer search cost
advertising
non-informative advertising
dynamic advertising
overdraft services
myopic consumers

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward James Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Committee Member
Edward James Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Williams, Krystaufeux Dormas

Title:

Spatially Resolved, In-situ Monitoring of Crack Growth via the Coupling Current in Aluminum Alloy 5083

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

coupling current
stress corrosion cracking
aluminum alloy 5083
scanning vibrating probe
electrochemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Richard J

Title:

Validation of Cobra-tf Using the Monde Critical Heat Flux Experiments

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

COBRA-TF

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Kyle Mark

Title:

Similarity Search and Satisfaction

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Information retrieval
near duplicate detection
similarity search
good abandonment
search satisfaction

File:

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Committee Members:

C. Lee Giles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Lee Giles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhenhui Li, Committee Member
David T Reitter, Committee Member
Daniel Kifer, Outside Member

Author:

Williams, Justin Stephen

Title:

Biochemical Recognition Specificity and Evolution of S-locus F-box Genes in Petunia Based Self-Incompatibility

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

self-incompatibility
petunia
SI
SLF
transcriptome
self/non-self recognition
solanaceae
genome assembly
S-ribonuclease
S-RNase
S-locus F-box
F-box

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Teh-hui Kao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Dr. Ross C. Hardison, Committee Member
Dr. Claude W. dePamphilis, Outside Member

Author:

Williams, Kezi Malcolm

Title:

FATE OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ON INTACT AND WOUNDED APPLES DURING STORAGE AND IN A SIMULATED DUMP TANK

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Food Science
Food Microbiology
Food Safety

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Luke LaBorde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Catherine Cutter, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Danielle Paige

Title:

Effects of shale gas compressor noise on songbird reproduction and behavior

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

eastern bluebird
incubation
hatching success
noise
shale gas extraction
sound disturbance
reproductive success
Sialia sialis
Tachycineta bicolor
eastern bluebird
corticosterone
stress hormones
incubation
hatching success
noise
shale gas extraction
sound disturbance
reproductive sucess
sialia sialis
tachycineta bicolor
tree swallow

File:

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Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Matthew

Title:

Causes and Impacts of Sea Ice Variability in the Sea of Okhotsk Using CESM-LE

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

CESM
Okhotsk
sea ice
interannual variability
atmospheric dynamics
CESM-LE
thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Daniel

Title:

Investigating How the Double Support Period Affects Fall Risk in Bipedal Gait

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bipedal gait
double support period
fall risk
gait simulation
hybrid zero dynamics
gait optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williams, Anthony

Title:

The Distance Education Organization: Considerations for Success

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Distance Education
Social Structure
Online Administration
Organizational Structure

File:

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Committee Members:

William Calvin Diehl, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Calvin Diehl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Cossa, Committee Member
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Member
Karly Sarita Ford, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williams, Colin

Title:

Ultrasonic Methods for Characterization of Additively Manufactured Materials: Experiments and Numerical Simulations

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

ultrasonic testing
numerical modeling
additive manufacturing
materials characterization
nondestructive evaluation
finite element simulations

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy M. Shreiber, Committee Member
Matt Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Allison

Title:

Understanding RNA structure as a function of biological context, metabolites, and cellular influence

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

G-quadruplex
Stress response
Archaea
Polyamines

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Major Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Assmann, Outside Field Member
Timothy Meredith, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Williams, Brittany

Title:

The Effect of Visual Speech Information on Linguistic Release from Masking

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)

Keywords:

Speech Perception
Masking
Bilingual
Audiovisual

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Outside Field Member
Anne Olmstead, Major Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Outside Unit & Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Robb, Major Field Member
Nicole Etter (She/Her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Williams, Glen

Title:

Towards the Next-Generation of Engineering Design Artificial Intelligence: A Framework for Additive Manufacturing Machine Learning Development

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
machine learning
artificial intelligence
design
manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Major Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies