Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2021
A Study of Systematic Uncertainties for a Photon-like Low Energy Excess Search at MicroBooNE, Gray Yarbrough
Reproductive biology of flowering plants on Pohnpei, Viann Marie H. Yomai
Collector Probe Measurements of SOL Impurity Accumulation and the Implications of SOL Flows on the Accumulation Amount, Shawn Zamperini
Manipulation of excited states in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite optoelectronic devices, Jia Zhang
Modeling, Measurement and Mitigation of Fast Switching Issues in Voltage Source Inverters, Wen Zhang
Application of Single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes (SICPEs), Sheng Zhao
Toward Reliable and Efficient Message Passing Software for HPC Systems: Fault Tolerance and Vector Extension, Dong Zhong
The Redistribution of Soil Organic Carbon in Low-gradient Systems Resulting from the Interplay of Aggregate Dynamics and Erosion, Shengnan Zhou
Dissertations from 2020
Developing Supply Chain Agility for the High-Volume and High-Variety Industry, Wolday Desta Abrha
Disaster triage: An inquiry among first responder health professionals, Brenna M. Adelman
Computer simulations of biological systems: from protein dynamics to drug discovery, Rupesh Agarwal
Providing Insight to Enable the Design of Tailored, Nano-Structured Polymeric Surfaces and Interfaces, Onome J. Agori-Iwe
Nonparametric Bayesian Deep Learning for Scientific Data Analysis, Devanshu Agrawal
Rheological evaluation and guidelines of high-performance amorphous thermoplastics and carbon fiber reinforced composites for additive manufacturing, Christine Ajinjeru
Did Public Organizations in Saudi Arabia Increase Openness When They Implemented New Public Management (NPM)?, Bader Alabdulkarim
Like Wildfire in a Drought: The Power of Parent Perspectives in a Phenomenological Study of a Rural Community School, Janine Amina Al-Aseer
Multi-layer Utilization of Beamforming in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems, Mustafa S. Aljumaily
Hope or Fear? Residents’ Mixed Perceptions of Tourism Development in Saudi Arabia, Thamer Abdulhadi Alqahtani
The Quality of Life for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults in Saudi Arabia, Alaa Mohammad Alsabei
The Nexus of Biogeography and GIScience: Utilizing Emerging Big Data Sources and Multiscale Analysis for Species Distribution Models, Adam Alsamadisi
Saudi Arabian Entrepreneurs at Festivals for Women: Roles of Empowerment and Social Support, Faten Salem Alshammari
3D Characterization of Force Transmission Structures and the Effect of Particle Scale Properties on the Force Chains in Sand, Siavash Amirrahmat
Portrayals of Hashtag Activism in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of #NOVATONEDUCATION Citizen Movement in Bangladesh, Umana Anjalin
CHANGES IN PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIODEGRADABLE MULCH DUE TO WEATHERING AND AGEING AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON BIODEGRADATION, Marife Betinol Anunciado
Integrated DC-DC Charger Powertrain Converter Design for Electric Vehicles Using Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Saeed Anwar
“It’s as political a choice as you’ll ever make”: A Qualitative Case Study of Middle-Class, White Parents Navigating School Choice, David Andrew Appleton
Advances and Applications in Deep Learning, Mustafa Murat Arat
A Survey Assessment of Pediatric Nurses’ Disaster Preparedness, Erin Kathleen Arcipowski
Application of big data in transportation safety analysis using statistical and deep learning methods, Ramin Arvin
Design and Implementation of an ISFET Sensor with Integration of an on-Chip Processor, Shaghayegh Aslanzadeh
Nonhuman Agency in Speculative Ecofiction, Melinda Backer
Teaching Stories in Online Police Firearms Training Videos: Analysis of Content and Messages Carried, Alan Alfred James Bailey
A Phenomenological Study of Uninsured Individuals’ Primary Healthcare Experiences at Nurse-Managed Clinics in Mississippi, Linda Hale Banks
Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Soil Aggregates and Carbon Footprint after Long-term Bio-cover, Crop Sequence, and Phosphorus Management under No-tillage, Sangeeta Bansal
Discontinuous Recycled and Repurposed Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Organosheet Composites, Philip R. Barnett
The Design Discourse of Professional Instructional Designers, Katherine L. Bevins
Advanced Analysis of Plutonium: Pre- and Post-Detonation Scenarios, Jessica L. Bishop
Extracting detailed metabolic information and connections from mammalian gut microbiomes via metaproteomics, Jose A. Blakeley-Ruiz
Data-Driven Analytics for High-Throughput Biological Applications, Carissa Robyn Bleker
Exploring Online Opinion Leadership: An Analysis of the Influential Users on Twitter During the Online Conversation Around Anthem Protests by Prominent Athletes, Brandon Boatwright
Fire-Vegetation-Climate Interactions Across the Holocene on the U.S. Southeastern Coastal Plain, Mathew S. Boehm
Exploration of Thin Films for Neuromorphic, Electrofluidic, and Magneto-Plasmonic Applications, Walker L. Boldman University of Tennessee Knoxville
Exploration of Mid to Late Paleozoic Tectonics along the Cincinnati Arch using GIS and Python to Automate Geologic Data Extraction from Disparate Sources, Kenneth Steven Boling
Principal Response to Title III: A Narrative Inquiry of the Agency and Support of English Learner Education, Byron Ashley Booker
Analysis and Enhancement of Human Cognitive Control using Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interfaces, Soheil Borhani
The “Green Book” and a Black Sense of Movement: Black Mobilities and Motilities During the Jim Crow Era, Ethan McKenzie Bottone
Characterizing Late Pre-Contact Mississippian Paint Recipes in the Southeastern United States., Sierra May Bow
From South of the Mason-Dixon Line to South of the Equator: A Critical Exploration of the Transnational Contours of Confederate Memory, Jordan P. Brasher
Caregiver-infant Bed-sharing Experiences, Marissa Garmon Bunch
Applications with Discrete and Continuous Models: Harvesting and Contact Tracing, Danielle L. Burton
Connecting the social and spatial behaviors of a territorial species (Anolis carolinensis), Jordan M. Bush
Root Phosphomonoesterase as a Vital Component of Increasing Phosphorus Availability in Tropical Forests, Kristine Grace Manno Cabugao
Three Essays on International Trade and Informal Employment, Duc Minh Cao
Yaupon Drink: A Medicine Bundle in the Atlantic World, Steven P. Carriger Jr
Molecular Orbital Effects in Heavy Transition Metal Compounds, Qiang Chen
Local Structure and Dynamic Studies of mixed CH4-CO2 Gas Hydrates via Computational Simulation and Neutron Scattering, Bernadette Rita Cladek
Microbial and Metabolomic Biomarkers of Feed Efficiency in Angus Cattle, Brooke Ashley Clemmons
Economic Feasibility of Adopting Additive Manufacturing for Low-volume Demand, Taner Cokyasar
Face and Feeling: An Examination of the Role of Facial Feedback in Emotion, Nicholas Alvaro Coles
Exploration of binary metallic systems for plasmonic applications and stimulated electron energy gain spectroscopy of plasmonic nanostructures, Robyn Collette
Regulator of Gene Silencing Calmodulins: Components of RNA granules and autophagy during plant stress, W. Craig Conner
Promoting Personally Relevant Access to the General Mathematics Curriculum for Students With Intellectual Disability, Jennifer Elizabeth Cook
Not Accepting the Status Quo: Southern White Student Activists in the Civil Rights Movement, Ashton Ryan Cooper
Computational Approaches to Understanding the Structure, Dynamics, Functions, and Mechanisms of Various Bacterial Proteins, Connor Cooper
Vibration behavior in modulated tool path (MTP) turning, Ryan William Copenhaver
Becoming a Mom: Intersectionality and Fashion Consumption for Millennial Latinas and the Role of Social Media Influencers, Leslie M. Cuevas
Mapping and Identification of QTL Associated with Soybean Seed Protein, Oil, and Yield in 5601T × U99-310255 RIL Population Using SNP Genotyping, Mia Justina Cunicelli
Understanding Students’ Typing Skills: Evaluating the Effects and Efficiency of a Typing Intervention for Elementary School Students, Stephanie Daniels
Enhanced kinetics and modeling of PAN-based carbon felt anodes in vanadium redox flow batteries, Michael Cyrus Daugherty
Applications of nonlinear approximation for problems in learning theory and applied mathematics, Joseph Douglas Daws Jr
Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens at the Human-Wildlife Interface in Protected Areas: Game in the Southeastern United States and Bushmeat in Northern Uganda, BreeAnna M. Dell
Synchronized measurement data conditioning and real-time applications, Xianda Deng
Am I in a healthy relationship? Exploring emotional consequences of young women’s relationships with social media influencers, Betsy Byrne DeSimone
Modeling User-Affected Software Properties for Open Source Software Supply Chains, Tapajit Dey
A Method for Developing and Testing Nuclear Reactor Systems with Space Applications and Improving Performance of Heat Pipe Reactor Systems, David Duff Dixon
An Exploratory Study of Varying Phenotypes of Posttraumatic Stress Among a Comorbid Substance Misuse Population, Dennis Allen Donahue
Determinants and Consequences of Management Forecasts of Key Performance Indicators: Evidence from the Airline Industry, Andrew Joseph Doucet
Evaluation of the Hydrothermal Corrosion of SiC and the Viability of Mitigation Coatings to Protect SiC Across Typical LWR Chemistry and Temperature Regimes, Peter James Doyle
You’ve Got to be Two, Three Times Better Than Anybody Else: Experiences of Black Nurse Anesthetists in Nurse Anesthesia Education, Terrica M. Durbin
A Method for Determining the Realizability of Tropical Curves in R^3, Gabriel John Dusing
Probability Distribution of Equations of State for Astrophysical Simulations, Xingfu Du
Deep Learning Techniques for Power System Operation: Modeling and Implementation, Yan Du
Providing Insight into the Performance of Distributed Applications Through Low-Level Metrics, David Eberius
Using Applications to Guide Data Management for Emerging Memory Technologies, Timothy C. Effler
Effect of Ambient Oxidation on Chemical Composition and Structural Properties of Iron Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia and Medical Imaging, Adam Wesley Evans
Lithium-Aluminum Layered Double Hydroxide Chlorides: Structural and Thermodynamic Studies to Understand Dynamics, Functionality, and Applications in Lithium Adsorption, Samuel Frederi Evans
State Estimation for VSC-MTDC Power Systems Considering Droop Control and Operating Limits, Wei Feng
Mobile Location Data Analytics, Privacy, and Security, Yunhe Feng
Development and Applications of the Rapid Analysis of Post-Irradiation Debris (RAPID) Method to Nuclear Materials, Emilie Fenske
Processing-Structure-Performance Relationships in Fused Filament Fabricated Fiber Reinforced ABS for Material Qualification, William Howard Ferrell
A Compact Neutron Scatter Camera Using Optical Coded-Aperture Imaging, Micah Folsom
“Living in the Bubble with Black Minds and Eyes”: Experiences of Black/African American Journalism Students at Predominantly White Institutional Journalism Programs, Monique N. Freemon
Recategorization Threat, Fear of Fat, and Antifat Prejudice, Katherine Fritzlen
An Exploration of the Gendered Racial Microaggression Experiences of Black Girls, Cecile Gadson
Graphene Formation using the PFC Model with a Vapor Phase, Stephen Galloway