Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2020
A Study of Aging in Male Cortical Bone Using Nanoindentation, Robert Christopher Singleton
The Role of the Academic Dean in Higher Education in the United States, Jason Daniel Smethers
Characterization of a Digital Holography Diagnostic for In Situ Erosion Measurement of Plasma-Facing Components in Fusion Devices, Cary Dean Smith
Leveraging Conventional Internet Routing Protocol Behavior to Defeat DDoS and Adverse Networking Conditions, Jared M. Smith
Digitally Mediated Marketing Relationships, Leah Malyn Smith
Exploring Structural and Electronic Properties of Triangular Adatom Layers on the Silicon Surface Through Adsorbate Doping, Tyler S. Smith
"For God's Sake, FIGHT": Carnal Ethnography, Christian Mixed Martial Arts, and a Military Definition of Reality, Zachary Taylor Smith
The Lived Experiences of Graduate Student Veterans Enrolled in CACREP-Accredited Counseling Programs: A Transcendental Phenomenological Study, Gerald Spangler
Advanced Statistical Methods for Atomic-Level Quantification of Multi-Component Alloys, Adam Spannaus
Relationships and characteristics of patients with sepsis in the emergency department and 24-Hour mortality, Marcia Spurgeon
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Readers and Science Comics: A Mixed Methods Investigation on Process, Kelsey Kaylene Spurgin
Toward More Predictive Models by Leveraging Multimodal Data, Sudarshan Srinivasan
Understanding the Fundamentals of Ionic Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes, Eric Wayne Stacy
Investigating transmembrane-lipid interactions of EphA2 and pH responsive peptides, Katherine M. Stefanski
Distributed Sensor Network Data Fusion for Nuclear Security Applications, Ian Robert Stewart
Exploring Uranium Hexafluoride Material Distributions in 30B Cylinders with Center of Gravity Measurements, Scott Stewart
A Review of Horticultural Therapy and Horticultural Therapy Education in the United States: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities, Derrick R. Stowell
Digital Edition of the Luzero de la vida christiana by el ilustrísimo maestro Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo, Matthew Stephen Stuckwisch
Essays in Behavioral Public Economics, Adrienne Sudbury
Dynamic Neuromechanical Sets for Locomotion, Aravind Sundararajan
Development of Large-Scale Models and HVDC Control Strategies to Improve Resiliency of North American Power System, Lakshmi Sundaresh
Development of a Robust Wideband GNSS RF Frontend With Resilient Interference Blocking, Farshid Tamjid
A high resolution study of long-term vertebrate decomposition in human and animal model systems, Lois S. Taylor
Salvatore, Elizabeth Danielle Thompson
Endometrial tissue cryopreservation and organoid culture from domestic and endangered equids, Riley Elise Thompson
Unifying Chemistry and Machine Learning for the Study of Noncovalent Interactions, Jacob A. Townsend
DISPOSITIONS OF SHAME: THE CASE FOR TRANSFER PEDAGOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S GRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMS, Kimberly A. Turner
A PUF based Lightweight Hardware Security Architecture for IoT, Mesbah Uddin
Phylogenetics and association analyses illustrate substantial cryptic diversity of a newly isolated collection of Cenococcum geophilum, Jessica Velez
Needles in a haystack of protein diversity: Interrogation of complex biological samples through specialized strategies in bottom-up proteomics uncover peptides of interest for diverse applications, Manuel I. Villalobos Solis
Microemulsions of cinnamon and orange oils as an antimicrobial delivery system for Salmonella biofilms on stainless steel, Jennifer Vuia-Riser
ARC FLASH IN SINGLE-PHASE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, John Francis Wade
Tour guides as place-makers:Emotional labor, plantation aesthetics, andinterpretations of slavery in South Carolina, Emma Walcott-Wilson
In vivo Microscopic Studies of FtsZ Self-Assembly Dynamics in Escherichia coli, Bryant Edward Walker
Development of Approximate Entropy as a Prognostic Parameter for Rotating Equipment, Cody McBroom Walker
Collaboration, Community, and Engagement: A Case Study Examining the Relationship between March for Our Lives on Twitter and Shoaling Rhizomes, Paige Elizabeth Walker
Principals’ Roles in Supporting and Evaluating Teacher Use of Technology in Nonpublic Secondary Schools, Susan Byrkit Wallis
Examining Organizational Capacity of Nonprofits in Persistently Poor, Rural Counties in the Southern Region of the United States, Jayme Elizabeth Walters
Phase Stability of Precipitates After Ion Irradiation and Creep Deformation in Cu Alloys, Ling Wang
Three chapters on Environmental Regulation, Pollution, and Trade Liberalization, Tingsi Wang
Mechanics of the solid-state bonding under severe thermomechanical processes, Xue Wang
Structure and Adsorption at the Bastnäsite-Water Interface: Fundamental Investigations toward Rare Earth Mineral Recovery, Anna K. Wanhala
Structure and Adsorption at the Bastnäsite-Water Interface: Fundamental Investigations toward Rare Earth Mineral Recovery, Anna Kristiina Wanhala
Social-Ecological Systems Considerations for Wildlife Reintroduction and Conservation, Cristina Elisa Watkins
Bifunctional peptides: targeting acidity and receptor transmembrane domains, Justin Michael Westerfield
Deep Learning in Positron Emission Tomography Image Reconstruction, William James Whiteley
Discovering Dimensionality: Factor Analysis of Personality Disorder Spectra Scales for the MMPI-2, Marisa L. Whitley
Natural Products Chemistry of Ischnoderma resinosum (P. Karst), Purni Chalukya Wickramasinghe
The Crippled Aesthetics of Modernism, Hannah Widdifield
Modular forms, partitions, and q-series, Margaret Anne Wieczorek
The Relationship between Hepatitis C Virus Status and Medication Adherence for Adults with Cardiac Issues, Sheila Ann Williams
Warping the Wall: Representations of Gender in American Ninja Warrior, Samuel Paul Winemiller
(In)Voluntary: How Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Became Mechanisms of Reproductive Control in the Volunteer State, Della Jean Winters
Finite element methods for nonlinear, dispersive equations, Michael Morgan Wise
Exploring the effects of traditional and expert-derived attentional focus cue structures on complex skill learning, Kaylee Woodard
Stability Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Power System Oscillations, Xin Xu
Essays on Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty, Dong Yan
Escherichia coli Chromosomes in the Crowded Cellular Environment, Da Yang
Learning From the Crowd: Quantitative Analysis for Cooperative and Competitive Cases, Wangcheng Yan
FDI Inflows, FDI Policy Liberalization, and Income Inequality in East Asia, Yu Yan
THERMOPLASTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR COMPOSITES AND MOLDS, Pritesh S. Yeole
Mechanical behavior of body-centered cubic high-entropy alloys, Youxiong Ye
Topological Data Analysis in Sub-cellular Motion Reconstruction and Filament Networks Classification, Le Yin
SNACC: The Scaled-up Neuromorphic Array Communications Controller, Aaron Reed Young
MONTE CARLO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NUCLEAR RADIATION EMITTED BY THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, Fahad Zaman
Exploring the Potentials of Using Crowdsourced Waze Data in Traffic Management: Characteristics and Reliability, Zhihua Zhang
Three essays on behavioral economics and mechanism design, Na Zuo
Dissertations from 2019
Molecular and Functional Characterization of Key Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Virulence Proteins: Paving the Way for Vaccine Development, Mohamed Abouelkhair
Teaching Trauma Theory and Practice to Master’s Level Counselors-in-Training: A Multiple Case Study, Charmayne Adams
PREDICTORS OF HEALTH CARE ACCESS AMONG FOREIGN-BORN ADULTS IN THE U.S.: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, Shade F. Adigun
A Variational Numerical Framework for Dynamic Damage and Nonlinear Material Interfacial Mechanics, Sunday Christopher Aduloju
The Evolution of the Primate Shoulder: Assessing Constraint and Evolvability, Elizabeth Rose Agosto
The Terrorism Trap: The Hidden Impact of America's War on Terror, John Akins
A Flexible Packing Optimization Approach to Improve Product Quality and Worker Training, Roshanak Akram
Developing the Lowcountry: Intra-regional Variability of Rice Culture Landscapes in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Kendanne M. Altizer
ENGLISH WRITING ANXIETY IN SAUDI UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENTS, Raja Altukruni
Device Modeling and Circuit Design of Neuromorphic Memory Structures, Sherif Amer
Transmission and ecology of Toxoplasma gondii in various wild bird species, Sawsan Ammar
Methods of Disambiguating and De-anonymizing Authorship in Large Scale Operational Data, Sadika Amreen
The Influence of Metabolic State on Targeted Drug Delivery, Biodistribution and Efficacy of Nanoparticles, Uchechukwu Chamberlin Anozie
Electrochemical Engineering of All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries for Reduced Ionic and Water Crossover via Experimental Diagnostics and Multiscale Modeling, Yasser Ashraf Gandomi
Leptospirosis models: vaccination of cattle and early detection in humans, Ibrahim Aslan
Custom-engineered micro-habitats for characterizing rhizosphere interactions, Jayde Aufrecht
Nonhuman Agency in Speculative Ecofiction, Melinda Backer
Conformational Sub-states and Dynamics in Human Ribonuclease Family, Khushboo Bafna
Action as Essential Metaphysical Dependence, Jordan Timothy Baker
Microbial Degradation and Ecological Impacts of Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films in Agricultural Soils, Sreejata Bandopadhyay
The EMC Effect in A=3 Nuclei, Jason Bane