Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2019
Optimizing the Implementation of Green Technologies Under Climate Change Uncertainty, Mohammad Ramshani
Assessment of Hydroclimate Responses to Anthropogenic Forcing and Implications for Human Systems, Deeksha Rastogi
A Communication Approach to Exploring Followers’ Influence on Leaders’: A Quantitative Analysis, Cassandra Ray
The Next House: A Fragmented Sequence, Jeremy Michael Reed
Statistical Study of Supply Chain Developmental Training on Original Equipment Manufacturer’s Defect Rates, Lynn Edward Reed
Reservoir Computing in an Evolutionary Neuromorphic Framework, John J. Reynolds
The Role of Heterogeneous Constitutive Properties on Mechanical Behavior of Advanced High Strength Steel Spot Welds, Hassan Rezayat
Automated Problem-Specific Nuclide-Transition Selection for Reduced Order Modeling, Scott Richards
A Multi-Method Measurement of Adolescent Food Environments and Related Health Behaviors and Food Choices: School, Community, and Home Environments, Kristin Ashley Riggsbee
Neutron Studies of Multi-Component Polymer Thin Films: Stratification and Interfacial Structure, Samantha Jae Rinehart
Counsel: A Conversational Outworking of Friendship, Naomi Rinehold
Interpreting Lunar Geochemistry Through Impact Events and Terrestrial Analogues, Sarah Roberts
Tree-Ring Evidence of Climate and Environmental Change, Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A., Maegen Lee Rochner
Mixed Integer Programming Approaches to Novel Vehicle Routing Problems, Tony Kent Rodriguez
Development of Ultrasensitive Analytical Techniques to Detect Trace Elements, Elisa Romero Romero
Impact of Nanoparticles and Fillers in Polymer Nanocomposites and Additive Manufacturing, Sahar Rostom
"But That's Where My Books Are!": Adults Who Read Young Adult Literature, Mary Katharine Rowe
Exploring Students’ Experiences with Expressive Writing, Jeffrey Russell
Food Insecurity among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People in the Southeast United States, Jennifer Russomanno
Rejection Enhanced Off-Lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo, Hamza Mahmoud Ruzayqat
Analysis and Control of Socio-Cultural Opinion Evolution in Complex Social Systems, Farshad Salimi Naneh Karan
An Epidemiologic Study of Antimicrobial Resistance, Ronita Samuels
Mechanisms of Nanomaterial Synthesis by Pulsed Laser Heating Under Fluids (PLHUF), Venkatanarayana Prasad Sandireddy
A Comparative Study of 3d-Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Their Transport, Magnetic, and Electronic Properties, Deepak Sapkota
Toward Critical Consciousness: The Dynamic Consciousness of Adolescent Refugee English Learners, Robin Schell
Elucidating the Role of Physiochemical Properties on Gas Transport in Ionic Liquids and Porous Liquids for Carbon Dioxide Separations, Jennifer Ann Schott
Consumer Behavior and Household Complexity: Households and Consumption in Three Localities of the 18th-Century Atlantic World, Eric Schweickart
The Formation of Diversity - The Role of Environment and Biogeography in Dung Beetle Species Richness, and the Adequacy of Current Diversification Models, Orlando Manuel Schwery
Learning Topologies of Acyclic Networks with Tree Structures, Firoozeh Sepehr
Synthesis and Application of Oil-Soluble Polymer Brush-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles as Lubricant Additives for Friction and Wear Reduction, Bryan Thomas Seymour
An Experimental Study of Particle Crushing in Granular Material and Projectile Penetration, Aashish Sharma
CMOS Silicon Photomultiplier using PerimeterGated Single Photon Avalanche Diode, Mst Shamim Shawkat
The Bridges of Courtland County: Literacy in the Families of Successful Latinx Readers, Emily Ramage Sherwood
Demand side control for power system frequency regulation, Qingxin Shi
An Integrative Healthcare Program for Cancer Patients: Longitudinal Effects on Emotional Health and Immune Function, Rebecca Shorter
On the Thermal Stability of Theta Prime Precipitates in Al-Cu-Mn-Zr alloys, Patrick Shower
A Power Accounting Analysis of the Proto-MPEX Linear Device and Target Heat Flux Extrapolations to MPEX-based on Proto-MPEX discharges, Melissa A. Showers
Energy-Driven Analysis of Electronically-Interfaced Resources for Improving Power System Dynamic Performance, Horacio Silva Saravia
Conceptualizing Organizational Growth by Biomimicking the Growth of Genetically Modified Trees, Magdi Sindi
Gender, Free Will, and Circumscription in Chaucer, Kendra Marie Slayton
Examining the Factor Structure and Validity of a Retrospective Report Measure Assessing Parent Strategies for Responding to School Bullying, Kathryn Francis Smeraglia
Autonomous Multi-Chemistry Secondary-Use Battery Energy Storage, Mitchell Smith
Students’ of Color Experiences in a Service-Learning Program at a Community College: A Critical Study, Shanna Smith
Numerical Evaluation of Research Project Performance, Alexandr Mikhail Sokolov
Genome-enabled analysis of Quercus rubra–ozone and Chenopodium quinoa-Cucumber mosaic virus interactions, Nourolah Soltani
Cross domain Image Transformation and Generation by Deep Learning, Yang Song
Combining Marketing and Behavioral Research to Develop and Evaluate a Healthy Vending Intervention on a College Campus, Morgan Faulk Sowers
Graphene-Based Nanomaterials in the Design of Nerve Conduits for Regenerative Medicine Applications, Richard Steiner
Embodying Mycenaean Cultural Identity in Late Bronze Age Central Greece: A Bioarchaeological Analysis, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Stiles
Appalachian Modernism, Brandon Story
Analysis of Drosophila Insulator Protein Function in Replication Timing and the Osmotic Stress Response, Emily Stow
Enhancing the Macroscopic Properties of Parts Printed via Fused Filament Fabrication by Incorporating Nanoscopic Additives, Dayton Phillip Street
Study of local creep deformation behavior of heterogeneous weld configurations involving ferritic Chrome-Molybdenum steel and austenitic Ni-base alloys, Mohan Subramanian
ROTOR BALANCING VIA AN ENHANCED AUTOMATIC DYNAMIC BALANCER WITH INDUCTIVELY COUPLED SHUNT CIRCUIT, Xiaowen Su
Evaluating Metabolic Stress Response Using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Eric David Tague
Effects of Difficult-to-Read Materials on Learning, Kala Lane Taylor
The Diffusion Phenomenon for Dissipative Wave Equations with Time-Dependent Operators, Montgomery Taylor
A Realist Evaluation Approach to the Study of a K-12 Online Professional Development Course, Stephanie Teague
Growing Up the Military Way (1981-1992): An Autoethnography, Jennifer Thacker
Counselor Educators’ Experiences Negotiating Marginalized Identity during Professional Identity Development, Nancy Elaine Thacker
A CAPACITY MODEL FOR RESEARCH BASED GOVERNMENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, Tomcy Thomas
Chocolate City Way Up South in Appalachia: Black Knoxville at the Intersection of Race, Place, and Region, Enkeshi Thom El-Amin
Defined Adequacy: Developing a Standards-Based Framework for Evaluation of Municipalities and Municipal Services, Steven Terry Thompson
On the Statics, Dynamics, and Stability of Continuum Robots: Model Formulations and Efficient Computational Schemes, John Daniel Till
Faculty and the Governing Board: Shared Governance from a Faculty Perspective, Kellie Toon
Breaking Down Organizational Silos: Marketing Resource Allocations and Firm Performance, Annette Popp Tower
Investigations of the Growth Mechanism of Metal-Organic Nanotubes, Kristina Vailonis
Examining the Impact of Student Choice on Student Performance on Curriculum-Based Measurement of Written Expression, Victoria Gail VanMaaren
Real-Time Prediction and Decision Making in Connected and Automated Vehicles Under Cyber-Security and Safety Uncertainties, Franco van Wyk
A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of Parents' Experiences with Long-Term Filial Therapy, Blair Vincent
ADSORPTION OF CYCLOALKANES ON SURFACES WITH DIFFERENT SYMMETRY AND COMPOSITION, Fatema Wahida
Systematic Analysis of Light Ion Yields and Dose Equivalents from Thick Targets Bombarded by Proton, Helium, and Heavy Ions, Hui-Chen Wang
Novel Creep-resistant Ferritic Alloy Designed by the Concept of Precipitation Hardening with Two Types of Precipitates, Shao-Yu Wang
Modern Power System Dynamic Performance Improvement through Big Data Analysis, Yajun Wang
Data Driven Quickest Detection in Networks and Its Applications in Spectrum Sensing, Yifan Wang
Sub-Saharan African Refugee Mother and Health Care Provider Experiences, Perceptions, and Needs, Jennifer Michelle Ward
Climate mediates geographic patterns in ecoevolutionary plant-soil dynamics, Ian Michael Ware
CORRELATES OF A RAINFOREST MAMMALIAN CARNIVORE COMMUNITY IN THE CHIQUIBUL FOREST RESERVE, Lauren Watine
City Managers, Mayors, and Councilmembers: Local Government Stability in Tennessee, Mark Steven Watson
Network and multi-scale signal analysis for the integration of large omic datasets: applications in Populus trichocarpa, Deborah Ann Weighill
On some coarse geometric notions inspired by topology and category theory, Thomas Weighill
COMPLETING THE CIRCLE: NATIVE AMERICAN ATHLETES GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY, Natalie Michelle Welch
From Ancient DNA to Forensic Genetics: Validation Studies in Degraded DNA, Frankie Lane West
Enumeration, Isolation, and Detection of Campylobacter species from Food Stuffs, Fecal Samples, and River Water of East Tennessee, Molly Albin West
The Use of Intergroup Dialogue to Address Sexism in STEM Fields: A Qualitative Investigation, Brittany White
Examining the Mindset, Attitude Towards Writing, and Writing Achievement of Elementary-Aged Students at an Educational Disadvantage, Beau Whitsett
Multiple Particle Positron Emission Particle Tracking and its Application to Flows in Porous Media, Cody Wiggins
Activism in Unsympathetic Environments: Queer Black Authors’ Responses to Local Histories of Oppression, Jewel Lashelle Williams
Exploring the Meaning Making Process of Black Women's Gendered Racial Identity Development, Marlene Williams
Essays in Analytics and Econometrics, Amil Williamson
A Study of Zn Electrode Operation in Alkaline Electrolytes; First Principles to Battery Electrode, Reed Wittman
Proximal Associations of Alcohol Use with Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors in College Students, Caitlin Wolford-Clevenger
Mindfulness and Principal Leadership in Rural Secondary Schools: An Explanatory, Mixed Methods Study, Jesse Wood
Three Essays in the Economics of Vaccination, Yancheng Xiao
Dynamics and viscoelastic properties of Hydrogen-bonding telechelic associating polymers, Kunyue Xing