Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2018
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Cascading Outages in Power Systems, Wenyun Ju
INTEGRATING AND ANALYZING DRIVER, VEHICLE AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE VOLATILITIES USING CONNECTED AND INSTRUMENTED VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY, Mohsen Kamrani
Development of Novel Thin Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) for High-Efficiency Energy Storage, Zhenye Kang
Incorporating Memory Processes in the Study of Early Language Acquisition, Ferhat Karaman
Experiences of Muslim Female Students in Knoxville: At the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Religion, Nuray Karaman
Mapping the Rhetorical Tectonics of Place in Local Discourses of Hydraulic Fracturing, Jacqueline Nicole Kerr
De l’indigène au banlieusard : figures de l’altérité dans le roman africain francophone., Jacques Gérard Keubeung Fokou
Sex, Love, and Mindfulness: Examining the Longitudinal Effects of Mindfulness on Young Adult Dating Relationship Outcomes, Alexander Malik Khaddouma
THE DRIVERS AND IMPACTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS: THE ROLE OF MIMICRY, Chung-Wha Ki
Field Notes for the Magician, Rosemary Suzann Kitchen
Elucidating the role of receptor like kinases ERf in plant development, Pawel Zbigniew Kosentka
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FACTORS CONSTRAINING THE SUCCESS AND TOXICITY OF MICROCYSTIS BLOOMS, Lauren Elisabeth Krausfeldt
House Prices and Household Behavior: Essays in Household Valuations, Price Cointegration, Residential Location Choice, and Neighborhood Resiliency, Kevin Russell Krivacsy
Digging deeper: Development and application of an untargeted exometabolomics approach to identify biogeochemical hotspots of dissolved organic matter vulnerability in Arctic soils, Mallory Paige Ladd
Pre-Brides and Independent Heroines: Evolving Representations of Female Teen Protagonists in American Film, 1982-2015, Kierstyn Gaye Lamour
Sensitivity of Neutrino-Driven Core-Collapse Supernova Models to the Microphysical Equation of State, Ryan Elliott Landfield
Removing the Colonizer’s Coat in Deaf Education: Exploring the Curriculum of Colonization and the Field of Deaf Education, Gloshanda La’Kenda Lawyer
Managing Customers and Motivating Employees for Success in the Frontlines, Na Young Lee
sCAM: An Untethered Insertable Laparoscopic Surgical Camera Robot, Ning Li
Behavioral mechanisms of reproductive isolation in avian hybrid zones, Sara Elizabeth Lipshutz
Knowledge Sharing Matters: A Mixed Methods Study on Knowledge Practices Among University Presses, Pui-Yi Judy Li
Numerical study of the electron-phonon interaction in multiorbital materials, Shaozhi Li
Binary Representation Learning for Large Scale Visual Data, Liu Liu
METHODOLOGIES FOR IMAGING A USED NUCLEAR FUEL DRY STORAGE CASK WITH COSMIC RAY MUON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, Zhengzhi Liu
ANALYSIS OF LARGE-SCALE TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AND EN ROUTE DIVERSIONS DUE TO CONGESTION ON FREEWAYS, Xiaobing Li
Enhancing Mobile Capacity through Generic and Efficient Resource Sharing, Yong Li
Understanding the influence of synchronization of ovulation on steroid bioavailability and its association with the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the bovine reproductive tract, Sierra Ashley Lockwood
The Law of Justice and Peace and the Disappeared: a Critical Evaluation of Forensic Intervention as a Tool of Transitional Justice in Colombia, María Alexandra López Cerquera
Textual Influence Modeling Through Non-Negative Tensor Decomposition, Robert Earl Lowe
Sediment Dynamics and Channel Connectivity on Hillslopes, Xiaoyu Lu
Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: A Quantitative Lexical Analysis of Rorschach Responses, Gyrid Lyon
Empirical Research to Integrate National Culture in the Design of Lean Systems, Enrique Macias de Anda
Extending Research on Self-Monitoring Interventions using Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities, Laura Ann Mahany
Artificial Intelligence in Materials Science: Applications of Machine Learning to Extraction of Physically Meaningful Information from Atomic Resolution Microscopy Imaging, Artem Borisovich Maksov
Biochemical and transcriptomic characterization of glycoside hydrolases in Thermobia domestica and Ctenolepisma longicaudata, Ratnasri Mallipeddi
Identifying and Overcoming the Factors Limiting Growth and Substrate Utilization in Caldicellulosiruptor bescii, Punita Manga
The Bullying Attribution Scale: An initial examination of factor structure and construct validity, Samantha Manring
The Impact of Chemical Additives and Chemical Transformations on Water Quality in Hydraulic Fracturing, Katherine Elizabeth Manz
Parent Perceptions of Parental Involvement Contracts, Amy Lynn Maples
Counselor Educators' Wellness Levels' Impact on How They Promote Wellness, Rachael Camille Marshall
A Semantic Unsupervised Learning Approach to Word Sense Disambiguation, Dian I. Martin
Neutron Scattering Studies of Nanoscale in Functional Polymeric Materials, Halie Jill Martin
Ecological Constraints of Toxic Cyanobacterial Blooms, Robbie Matthew Martin
Multiscale Investigations of Nanoprecipitate Nucleation, Growth, Multiscale Investigations of Nanoprecipitate Nucleation, Growth, Optimizing Sink Strength for Nuclear Applications, Caleb Patrick Massey
Liposomal discovery of diacylglycerol (DAG)-binding proteins and the use of signaling lipids to improve nanodrug delivery, Samuel Isaac Mattern-Schain
Electrochemically Activated Persulfate for Ciprofloxacin Degradation, Laura Whitaker Matzek
India’s Portrayal In The U.S. Press During And After The Cold War, Abhijit Mazumdar
School Principals and the Child Welfare System: An Exploratory Study of Interviews Conducted on School Grounds, Jeffrey Maurice McCabe
Tripping Without Falling: Poems, Benjamin Alan McClendon
History Spacebook: A Constructive Use of Wikis in Social Studies, Lance Heath McConkey
Identity Discounts, Heath Evan McCullough
Planetary Ball Mill and Solution Combustion Approaches for the Production and Size Control of Nanophosphors, Kaitlyn Angela McDonald
Low-Input Heifer Development Using Stockpiled Native Forages and Protein Supplementation, Zachary David McFarlane
The State of the Union? Transnational Manufacturing and the US Labor Movement, Zachary Joseph McKenney
Development of Late Transition Metal Catalysts and Advanced Polyolefins, Nolan Evan Mitchell
Spatiotemporal Effects of Transport and Network Topology in Biological Systems, Paul John Mlynarczyk
Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Applications of Two-Dimensional Materials, Ali Mohsin
Development of Raman Spectroscopic Techniques for the Detection of Biomarkers of Neurological Disease, Amber Shea Moody
What Is Patient’s Experience of Team-Based Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: A Concurrent Mixed Methods Study in Two Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Rural Appalachia, Katherine Hope Morgan
Nurse-Navigated Mobile Messaging Support and Primiparous Women's Postpartum Symptom Experience Following Unplanned Cesarean Birth, Melanie Hall Morris
Dissecting Circadian Rhythm in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi, a Model Species for Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Research, Robert C. Moseley
A Multidimensional Approach to Understand Chemotaxis and Motility in Azospirillum brasilense, Tanmoy Mukherjee
"From One Human to Another": A Phenomenological Study of Intergroup Dialogue, Joel Timothy Muller
NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS OF ENTANGLED POLYMERIC FLUIDS, Mohammad Hadi Nafar Sefiddashti
Theoretical Studies on Control and Synchronization of Coupled Nonlinear Systems, Niketh Shyam Nair
Low Energy Quasiparticle Excitations in Cuprates and Iron-based Superconductors, Ken Nakatsukasa
Fuelwood Collection from Community Forests in Nepal: Time Allocation, Resource Dependency and the Role of Women, Santosh Neupane
The Intersection of Gender, Role and Identity: Rural Women Superintendents Redefine Work-life Balance, Cedelle Angela Niles
Attorney Stories of Environmental Crime: Harms, Agents, and Ideal Cases, Holly Ningard
Vulnerability Assessment and Privacy-preserving Computations in Smart Grid, Xiangyu Niu
Breakups and Betrayals in Emerging Adulthood: A Developmental Perspective of Relationship Dissolution and Infidelity, Jerika C. Norona
Spatial Synthetic Cell-Free Biology, Sarah Elizabeth Norred
Two teachers' experience of whole(hearted) teacher development: Developing the person and the professional, Cassie Kay Norvell
Analysis of Chemical Modifications of Ecosystems by Means of Microalgae, Zachary Lewis Ogburn
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY HARVESTING CIRCUITS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, Taeho Oh
An Exploration into the Relationship between Indices of Autonomic Nervous System Health and Wellness, Michael Darnell Oliver II
From Faking It to Making It: The Art of Cultural Adaptation in the Caribbean, Haley Lee Osborn
ADAPTIVE NONLINEAR MODEL REDUCTION FOR FAST POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION, Denis Osipov
Electronic Functionalities in Two-Dimensional Layered Materials for Device Applications, Akinola David Oyedele
Probing Point Defects in Fluorite-Structured Actinide and Analogue Oxides, Raul Irvin Palomares
Asymptotics for dynamical systems driven by jump noise, Xiaoyang Pan
Three Essays in Public Economics, Jinseong Park
Essay in Environmental Spillover of US Crop Insurance on Surface Water, Agricultural and Geographical Effects on Surface Water Impairment, and A Hypothetical Irrigation Game in Madison Co., TN, Katryn Noritha Pasaribu
Numerical Studies of Models for Strongly Correlated Electrons Using Monte Carlo Mean Field and Density Matrix Renormalization Group Methods, Niravkumar D. Patel
Oak and Yellow-Poplar Response to Pre-Commercial Chemical Applications After Clearcutting A High-Graded Hardwood Stand on the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee, Stephen Eric Peairs
THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND THE LATIN EAST: WILLIAM OF TRIPOLI AND HIS SYRIAN CONTEXT, Jeremy Daniel Pearson
Optimal Control of Two Models of Invasive Species, Rebecca Pettit
TWO MURDERS AND A CORONATION: CRUSADE, CRISIS, AND THE COUNTS OF FLANDERS, 1071-1204, Bradley James Phillis
Molecular systematics of Thaumaleidae (Insecta: Diptera): The first phylogeny depicting intergeneric relationships and other taxonomic discoveries, Robert John Pivar
Violent Media Exposure and Bullying Behaviors: The Moderating Roles of Parental Monitoring, Emotion Regulation, and Gender, Brianna Elizabeth Pollock
UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERACTIVE INNOVATION ADOPTION IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE, Danielle Elaine Pollock
Response of nematode food webs to human induced disturbances, Satyendra Kumar Pothula
Molecular determinants of ligand specificity of aminoglycoside acetyltransferases, FNU Prashasti