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Doctoral Dissertations

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Development of Iron Nanoparticles for Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Julie Elizabeth King

The Social Media Decision: Why Some Terrorist Organizations Choose to Build and Utilize a Social Media Presence and Others Do Not, Justin Robert Kinney

Chemical Transformations of Hydrated Uranyl Fluoride, Marie Kirkegaard

Psychometric Validation and Comparison of the Team Development Measure and Learning Community Concepts among High School Professional Learning Community Teams, Michael Kirkland

A Second Skin: Ascetics as Body-Places in Late Antique Christianity, Kathryn Willey Kleinkopf

Identification of the Molecular Features that Facilitate the Thermal Adaptation of Aminoglycoside O-Nucleotidlytransferase 4' and a Novel Kinetic Mechanism for Nucleotidyl Transfer, Seda Kocaman

Investigations into fracture and vein systems in Gale crater, Mars, Rachel Emily Kronyak

Study of spin and charge dynamics in one-dimensional cuprates using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, Umesh Kumar Kumar

The Role of Borderline Personality Features, Social Support, and Perceived Stress on Prescribed and Non-Prescribed Opioid Use during Pregnancy, Gretchen Kurdziel

The Influence of Shared Attention on Product Evaluation, Theresa Kwon

Children's Motivation for Physical Activity, Tyler Kybartas

The Transformation of a Confederate State: War and Politics on the South Carolina Home Front, 1861-1862, Eric Lager

Encapsulation of Vitamin D3 in Gum Arabic to Improve Application in Beverages and Enhance Bioavailability, Mary Ross Lamsen

Application of mechanistic models to separate the effects of mutation, selection, and drift on protein sequence evolution, Cedric Lars Landerer

A SITUATED PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS DILEMMAS AND RESOURCES, Michael Lawson

Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Uranyl-based Semiconductors, Seth Lawson

Characterization of circulating extracellular vesicle content and PAG concentrations in pregnant sheep infected with BVDV, Andrea Sketch Lear

APPRAISING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WELL-BEING AND PERFORMANCE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES, Michael Paul Lerman

Improving the Isotropy of Additively Manufactured Parts by Fused Deposition Modeling: From Polymeric Self-Assembly to Reactive Processing, Neiko Levenhagen

Principals Socially Just Leadership Practices, Charlene Lewis

Determining Potential Invasion of Kudzu Bug (Megacopta cribraria) in North and South America and Estimating Its Invasion Dynamics with Geopolitical-Unit Level Records, Wanwan Liang

The ecology of soil viruses: abundance, distribution, diversity and impact on microbial community structure, Xiaolong Liang

The One-shot Aeroelastic Method: a Highly Efficient Modeling Approach Based on the Harmonic Balance Technique, Hang Li

Source Coding for Controlling Cyber Physical Systems, Liang Li

Understanding soybean root microbiome assembly along its development from both plant and soil perspectives, Fang Liu

Structural and Deformation Heterogeneities of Chemically Complex Multicomponent Alloys, Tingkun Liu

Essays in Health Economics, Yinan Liu

Exploring and tuning microscale reactions and multiphase flow in water splitting and hydrogen production, YIFAN LI

Dynamic Recrystallization of a Mg alloy during Friction Stir Processing: Grain Size Refinement and Texture Evolution, YUAN LI

Empirical Analysis of Factors Impacting Turnover Intention and Termination Intention among Manufacturing Workers, Yuting Li

MATH SKILLS IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION:A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE BIOLOGY FACULTY, Sondra M. LoRe

THE PASSOVER SEDER: THE HISTORY OF A MEMORY, Jacob F. Love

Investigation of Environmental Degradation of Plastic Scintillators, Matthew Loyd

Advances in Big Data Analytics: Algorithmic Stability and Data Cleansing, Yuping Lu

Index-Based Algorithms for Local Query Process in Large-scale Graphs, Zheng Lu

Asteroid Regolith Weathering: A Large-Scale Observational Investigation, Eric Michael MacLennan

PADUA RADIOLOGICAL SEARCH SYSTEM, Benjamin Magocs

Secure Embedded Computer Design using Emerging Technologies, Md Badruddoja Majumder

DATA SHARING PRACTICES AND ATTITUDES OF SCIENTISTS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) COUNTRIES, Jimmy R. Malone

On the Prioritized Processing of Threat in a Dual Implicit Process Model of Evaluation, David Scott March

A Clumsy Method: Ethics and Community in Southern Fiction, 1947-1962, Atsushi Marutani

"The Jacksonian Reformation: Political Patronage and Republican Identity", Max Matherne

Virtual Synchronous Generator Operation of Full Converter Wind Turbine ‒ Control and Testing in a Hardware Based Emulation Platform, Yiwei Ma

Exploring Optimization Techniques for an Existing Microgrid and the Unit Commitment with AC Optimal Power Flow Problem, Amelia McIlvenna

A RELIABILITY-BASED MODEL TO MANAGE HUMAN CAPITAL ASSET-RELATED MISSION RISK, Christopher Mears

Origins of Jacksonian Political Economy in Tennessee, 1768-1830, Matthew Joseph Menarchek

Community College Student Experiences in a Tuition-Free Scholarship Program, Rebecca Murph Milam

The Long-term Effects of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on Neurodevelopmental Health Outcomes, Jennifer Shearer Miller

Potential for oil hydrocarbon biodegradation by microbial communities in marine environments, John Miller

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) pollen-mediated gene flow and transgene bioconfinement strategies, Reginald Millwood

“@ Whoever is Listening”: How Organizations and Its Members Perceive and Use Social Media During Critical Events in the Workplace, Brandy Melissa Mmbaga

FROM PREDATOR TO PREY: THE EDIFICATION OF STIGMA MANAGEMENT IN THE SMALL-DOLLAR LOAN INDUSTRY, Nick Mmbaga Mmbaga

Incorporating The Home Address of Road Users Involved in Traffic Crashes in Road Safety Analysis, Amin Mohamadi Hezaveh

Advancing a systems cell-free metabolic engineering approach to natural product synthesis and discovery, Benjamin Mohr

"I sing of cruelty and compassion together": Reading Thomas Nashe's Religious Rhetoric through Kenneth Burke's Perspective by Incongruity, Charles Jeffrey Moody

Modern Data Acquisition, System Design, and Analysis Techniques and their Impact on the Physics-based Understanding of Neutron Coincidence Counters used for International Safeguards, Angela Moore

High Resolution Neutron Imaging with Li-glass Multicore Scintillating Fiber and Diffusion Studies to Enable Improved Neutron Imaging, Michael Moore

Implementation of Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, Eleftherios Moschandreou

Spectroscopic Studies of Magnetic Properties and Spin-Phonon Couplings in Metal Complexes, Duncan Moseley

Centroid Path Integral Investigations of Zero-Point Motion and Three-Body Interactions in Solid He-4, Paul Mott III

High-throughput multifunctional materials characterization with real-time analytics and feedback, Eric Muckley

The chemical mechanisms of plant-soil interactions, Liam O'Connor Mueller

AWAKENING THE DESIGNER: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF ONE HOMESCHOOL PARENT’S USE OF DESIGN THINKING TO TACKLE THE “WICKED PROBLEM” OF TEACHING-AND-LEARNING READING WITH A STRUGGLING LEARNER, Brenda Katz Murphy

Design, Fabrication, Calibration and Testing of High-Temperature Sensors for Measurement of Surface Heat Flux, Temperature, and Total Heat Transfer, Justin Myrick Jr

Assessment of Professional Development Needs and Satisfaction of Technical College Instructors at Tennessee College of Applied Technology: A Descriptive Research Study, Sarah Nadel

Reproduction in Athletic Education, Society, and Culture: A Bourdieusian Approach to the Career Transition Process of Dropout College Student-Athletes in South Korea, Benjamin Hisung Nam

In vivo and in vitro approaches to studying the effect of osmolytes on enzymes of the folate pathway, Deepika Nambiar

"Education is the Key to Every Door: Narratives of Immigrant Adult Basic Education Learners, Sara Nasrollahian Mojarad

Microstructural-Based Modeling Framework for High Temperature Behavior of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels Using Crystal Plasticity and Grain Boundary Finite Element Approaches, Omar Mohd Nassif

Exploring the feasibility of bioenergy crop production with a multi-analytical approach: a case study from Kentucky, Sandhya Nepal

Design and characterization of a novel pH-sensitive membrane peptide class, Vanessa Nguyen

From Isomorphism Identities to Levy measures of Non-negative Infinitely Divisible Processes, Vy Nguyen

Uncertainty Estimates in Few-Body Physics, Daniel Odell Jr

Using Micrometeorology to Gauge Agriculture's Potential to Sequester Soil Carbon, Debra Blumberg O'Dell

Practices for promoting socially just leadership in rural schools, Alex Nathan Oldham

Mechanics and Design of Stiffness-Modified Continuum Robots and Endoscopic Instruments, Kaitlin Oliver Butler

Azospirillum brasilense Signaling via PilZ-containing Chemotaxis Receptors and Chemotaxis Protein Paralogs, Lindsey Danielle O'Neal

Characterizing Heterogeneous Disorder in Complex Oxides, Eric O'Quinn

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Group Oriented Interventions on Physical Activity for College Age Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD), Carrie Lynn O'Reilly

Development of a smart bio-diagnostic platform for point-of-care detection by multiplexed electrokinetic sensing, Rania Oueslati

Exploring Novel Anti-Obesity Strategies: Nutritional and Pharmacological Interventions to Induce Browning and Brown Adipogenesis, Haley Beth Overby

Understanding and modeling the formation of syngas contaminants during biomass gasification, Oluwafemi Ademola Oyedeji

Preparation and characterization of metal decorated metal oxide materials and study of porous structures, Daniele Paradiso

Improving MPI Threading Support for Current Hardware Architectures, Thananon Patinyasakdikul

Patterns, Prevalence, and Determinants of Chronic Disease Disparities in Sexual Minority Women and Men, Joanne Gayle Patterson

ONLINE WRITING ASSESSMENTS, ESLs, AND THE ONE-TO-ONE INITIATIVE, Christine Kay Patti

Modeling the effects of cognition on cooperation, Logan Perry

Rodent assemblages and rodent associated pathogens in a counter-urbanizing landscape, Anna Christine Peterson

Understanding Cathode Electrolyte Interfaces of Nickel-Rich LiNixMnyCozO2 Electrodes, Nathan Phillip

Organization of genetic and reproductive behavioral diversity in the two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata) species complex, Todd Warren Pierson

The Political Representation of Latinos in the U.S. House of Representatives, Giovanny Daniel Pleites-Hernandez

Mechanistic Insights into Elevated Temperature Photocatalytic Processes via Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach, Samiksha Poudyal

An Investigation of Personality and Satisfaction in Collegiate Swimmers, Cora Marie Powers

Influence of Phase Transformations on the Residual Stress Evolution and Cracking Tendency in CM247LC Nickel-base Superalloy, Avinash Prabhu

Computational modeling of cell mechanics and binding kinetics at T-cell interfaces, Robert Henry Pullen III

Thermo-Mechanical Loading and Multi-Axial Response of Aluminum and Titanium Structural Alloys Using Neutrons and X-Rays, Stephen Buete Puplampu

Non-Contact Human Motion Sensing Using Radar Techniques, Farhan Quaiyum

Attention Mechanism for Recognition in Computer Vision, Alireza Rahimpour

Rethinking the Delivery Architecture of Data-Intensive Visualization, Mohammad Raji

Computational study on biomass fast pyrolysis: Hydrodynamic effects on the performance of a laboratory-scale fluidized bed reactor, Emilio Ramirez