Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2019
Magneto-optical Effects in Multifunctional Materials, Hengxing Xu
Assessing Interactions of Future Climate Change, Wildfires, and Terrestrial Biogeochemical Feedbacks, Cheng-En Yang
User Behavior-Based Implicit Authentication, Yingyuan Yang
Development of An In Vivo Robotic Camera for Dexterous Manipulation and Clear Imaging, Reza Yazdanpanah Abdolmalaki
ENDOPHYTIC BEAUVERIA BASSIANA: A TOOL FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANT PROTECTION, Shalini Yerukala
THE OVERLOOKED MODULATING ROLE OF NITROUS OXIDE FOR CORRINOID-DEPENDENT MICROBIAL PROCESSES, Yongchao Yin
Biomechanical Evaluations of Bilateral and Unilateral TKR Patients During Level Walking and Stair Negotiation, Derek Yocum
Magnetically-driven phase transitions in multiferroics, Michael Yokosuk
Protective Factors Against Suicidal Ideation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Sukyung Yoon
Additive Manufacturing and Laser Processing of Conductive Nanomaterial - Fundamentals and Applications, Yongchao Yu
Cybersecurity Solutions for Industrial Control Systems and Key Equipment, Fan Zhang
ELUCIDATING THE MECHANISM OF ER-FAMILY RECEPTORS IN REGULATION OF STOMATAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM, Liang Zhang
Power Electronics Converter Interfaced Power System Emulation Platform Development and Research Demonstration, Shuoting Zhang
Boronic Acid Materials for Glycoprotein Recognition and Enhanced Cellular Delivery, Xiaoyu Zhang
INTRINSIC STRENGTH, PRECIPITATION HARDENING AND TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOYS, Yangyang Zhao
Transition-metal catalysts for the conversion of Lignin and Lignin Models to High Value Chemicals., Ernesto Camilo Zuleta Suarez
Dissertations from 2018
Capturing the role of the co-play of land use and rainfall on water and sediment flux dynamics across different spatiotemporal scales in intensively managed landscapes, Benjamin Kobina Abban
Construction Dispute Mitigation: Quantitative and Qualitative Analytic Approach with a Focus on Bidding, Out-of-Sequence Work, and Contract Analysis, Ibrahim Salah Abotaleb
Studies on High-Performance Sustainable Blends from Lignin, a Low- Cost Renewable Feedstock, Kokouvi Mawuko Akato
Advanced Time-of-Flight Diamond Detection Systems, Ahmed Ali Alghamdi
Solar Power Integration into the Saudi Arabian Power Grid, Abdulelah Yousef Alharbi
TRADITIONAL VS. WIKI: SAUDI STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN AND PERCEPTIONS OF COLLABORATIVE WRITING IN A WIKI, Bandar Saleh Aljafen
The Past That Never Was and Always Will Be: Feelings of Nostalgia Exhibited by Theme Park Guests, Andrew David Anglin
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF POWER IN INTERDISCIPLINARY, UNDERGRADUATE, STUDENT TEAMS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, Andrea Lucia Arce-Trigatti
A Cluster Based Model to Enhance Acceptance of New Energy Driven Technologies, Mohammad Ali Asudegi
Essays in network theory applications for transportation planning, Jeremy David Auerbach
The Adoption of Children's Mathematics Education in Public Libraries for Underserved Communities in the United States: An Exploratory Qualitative Study from a Critical Perspective, Frank Pancho Aviles
Taming and Leveraging Directionality and Blockage in Millimeter Wave Communications, Jingchao Bao
Roots of Stability: Arab Civil-Military Relations During Times of Political Crisis, Jonathan Andrew Barsness
The effect of observation on motor learning in a self-controlled feedback protocol, Andrew Duvier Bass
Respiratory Structure Morphology, Group Origins, and Phylogeny of Eublastoidea (Echinodermata), Jennifer Elizabeth Bauer
An Investigation of the Relationships between Self-directedness in Learning and Resilience Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Lynn Marie Beeler
Determining the Nature of Super Fluidity and Superconductivity in Dense Matter from Neutron Star Observations, Spencer Terry Beloin
Preservation of Proterozoic Microbial Mats, Ashley Rene Berg
Children and Transitional Justice in Nepal: Entrenched Violence and Marginalized Perspectives, Krista Elizabeth Billingsley
Classifications of Real Conic and Cubic Curves, Mark Bly
Expanding the Metabolome with Applications in Neuroscience and Bioremediation, Allen Bourdon
Evaluation of novel optical imaging and therapeutic agents for the detection and treatment of bladder cancer., Jennifer Rose Bourn
Does Protest Matter? The Impact of Rights-Related Protest on the Legislative Agenda, Alexandra Tieke Brewer
White Teachers of Diverse STEM Students: Learning Progressions Towards or Away From Culturally Relevant STEM Education, Amelia Adams Brown
Microbial Communities and Biogeochemistry in Marine Sediments of the Baltic Sea and the High Arctic, Svalbard, Joy Buongiorno
When patients attack: The experience of inpatient mental health counselors after a physical attack from a patient, Evan Montgomery Burns
Environmental impacts of biocides used in hydraulic fracturing, Maria Fernanda Campa Ayala
STUDY OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF A PEMFC CATALYST LAYER, Nelly Margareth Cantillo Cuello
Executive Functioning Abilities and Social Competence in Undergraduates, Megan Carl
Synthesis and Application of Biomimetic Probes for Investigating Protein-Lipid Interactions and Lipid Metabolism, Adam Judson Carr
Life history and contemporary evolution: Implications for managing a hybrid salamander invasion, Evin Timothy Carter
Computational simulations in materials for energy applications 1. Crystal and electronic structure in Ln-U-O compounds. 2. Dynamics of point defect interaction with dislocations in bcc iron., Luis Alberto Casillas Trujillo
Crowdsourcing the Reputation of Martin Luther King: Twitter as a Place of Memory, Janna Ruth Caspersen
Effective Art Education Practices: Evaluation, Policy, and Discourse, Heather Romaine Casteel
Thick-Target Measurements of Light Ion Yields Relevant to Radiation Transport Calculations, Luis Antonio Castellanos
An Inquiry into Supply Chain Strategy Implications of the Sharing Economy for Last Mile Logistics, Vincent Emanuel Castillo
First Full Six-Dimensional Phase Space Measurement of a Hadron Beam, Brandon Lee Cathey
Valuing Non-market Goods: Three Essays on Outdoor Recreation, Binod Prashad Chapagain
Two Essays on Sell Side Equity Analysts, Haosi Chen
Web-based Computational Tools for Exploration, Analysis, and Visualization of Genomic Data, Ming Chen
Functional Ionic Liquids and Related Porous Materials for Gas Capture and Catalysis, Nanqing Chen
MICROBIAL PARTNERS IN HEALTH: BROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOST-MICROBIOME RELATIONSHIPS, Sarah Stuart Chewning
Genomic and Physiological Characterization of Lignin-Derived Aromatic Catabolism Pathways in Roseobacters, Michelle June Chua
The Impact of Technology Access, Attitudes, and Use on Student Typing and Writing Performance, Carly Ann Chwat
Shortleaf Pine-Hardwood Mixture Establishment and Release in Two Physiographic Regions of Tennessee, David Charles Clabo
A statistical approach for fracture property realization and macroscopic failure analysis of brittle materials, Philip Clarke
To shift or not to shift: Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 and the plasminogen activators gate phase shifting in the mammalian circadian clock, Joanna Marie Cooper
Influence of Exogenous Beta-hydroxybutyrate on Metabolic Efficiency, Luteinizing Hormone, and Hypothalamic and Pituitary Gene Expression in Sheep, Emily Rebecca Cope
Characterization and Management of PPO and Glyphosate Resistant Palmer amaranth, Joseph Drake Copeland
Evolutionary patterns of alternative life histories in fishes: assessing marine-freshwater and aquatic-terrestrial movement, Joel Benjamin Corush
Mesoscopic Organization and Dynamics in Structured Liquids, James Tyler Cosby
The Anxiety and the Ecstasy of Technical Vertigo: Psychological and Sociological Foundations of Critical Socioanalysis from the Italian Renaissance to the 21st Century, Joel Michael Crombez
Large-Scale Simulation of Modern Electric Power Systems, Hantao Cui
Fluid Structure Interaction of Involute Fuel Plates in the High Flux Isotope Reactor Using a Fully-coupled Numerical Approach, Franklin Guthrie Curtis
Discovering Key Unknowns for Tungsten-Hydrogen-Helium Plasma Material Interactions Using Molecular Dynamics, Mary Alice Cusentino
Methodologies for Evaluating Security Risk and Safeguards for HEU to LEU conversion of a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) using SCALE and ORIGEN, Stephen Olumuyiwa Dahunsi
Genetic Diversity, Genetic Variation and Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Associated with Biomass Yield and Establishment-Related Traits in Lowland Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), Cheryl Ontolan Dalid
Language Education Policy: Mother Tongue Instruction in a Postcolonial World, Amanda Ellen Dascomb
A Comparison of Human and Domestic Pig Decomposition Using Multivariate Methods, Angela Madeleine Dautartas
Essays on Energy Economics and Market Structure: Investigating Catalysts for Entry and Exit, Rebecca Jade Davis
Using Twitter and Network Analysis to Assess the Sophistication of Learners' Thinking In Studio Physics: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study, Deepa Rajiv Deshpande
Sparse Reconstruction Techniques for Solutions of High-Dimensional Parametric PDEs, Nicholas Calvin Dexter
Computational Infrared Spectroscopy of HNO Beyond the Double Harmonic Approximation, Harkiran Kaur Dhah
Blending and Diffusion of Recycled Asphalt Pavement and New Approach to Recycling Asphalt Shingle, Yongjie Ding
Software Support for Dynamic Adaptive Neural Network Arrays, Adam W. Disney
Storage of Organic Matter and Transport of Fluids in the Eagle Ford Shale, Victoria Hart DiStefano
Configurable Low Power Analog Multilayer Perceptron, Jeffery M. Dix
Essays on Short Selling, Peter Nephi Dixon
Towards Adaptive and Grid-Transparent Adjoint-Based Design Optimization Frameworks, Seyedreza Djeddi
UNDERSTANDING INSTRUCTORS' SYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE DESIGN ACTIVITY, Jaewoo Do
ISRAEL'S USE OF SPORTS FOR NATION BRANDING AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, Yoav Dubinsky
Bridge to Formal Education, Bridge to Gentrification: A Narrative History Examining the Link Between Property Ownership and Education in Hilton Head, South Carolina from 1865 to Present, Sheryse Noelle DuBose
The Neurochemistry and Neural Circuitry of Stress Resilience, Brooke Nichole Dulka