Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2017
Wide-Area Measurement-Driven Approaches for Power System Modeling and Analytics, Hesen Liu
Novel Sustainable Anode Materials and Interfacial Chemistry for Improved Rechargeable Batteries, Yunchao Li
Systematics, diversification, and functional diversity of Russulaceae (Russulales), Brian Patrick Looney
Re-Writing English Identity: Medieval Historians of Anglo-Norman Britain, Teresa Marie Lopez
Determining 235U Enrichment Using a Dual-Energy Approach for Delayed Neutron Measurements, Angela Lynn Lousteau
Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS): Establishing Asteroid-Meteorite Connections Between Hungaria Asteroids and Meteorites of the Acapulcoite-Lodranite Clan, Michael Peter Lucas
Sensitivity of VVER-1000 Spent Fuel Pin Nuclide Inventory to Operational Parameters, Nicholas Patrick Luciano
All Acrylic Based Thermoplastic Elastomers: Design and Synthesis for Improved Mechanical Performance, Wei Lu
Effect of Crosslinking on Carbon Nanotube Materials through Chemical Treatment and Irradiation, Xinyi Lu
A Wide Area Hierarchical Voltage Control for Systems with High Wind Penetration and an HVDC Overlay, Yidan Lu
The Effects of Motivational Interviewing on Heart Failure Self-Care during Transitional Care in an Appalachian Population, Jennifer Lynn Mabry
Design and Implementation of a Low‐Power Wireless Respiration Monitoring Sensor, Ifana Mahbub
Wide-Area Control Schemes to Improve Small Signal Stability in Power Systems, Meimanat Mahmoudi
Data Analysis Methods using Persistence Diagrams, Andrew Marchese
Analysis of a Market for Tradable Credits, Policy Uncertainty Effects on Investment Decisions, and the Potential to Supply a Renewable Aviation Fuel Industry with an Experimental Industrial Oilseed, Evan Lawrence Markel
Understanding Implementation of Developmental Education Delivery Models in a Community College Setting, Sherry Ann Marlow Ormsby
DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL EXPERIMENT CORRELATIONS VIA THE MONTE CARLO SAMPLING TECHNIQUE, William Jay Marshall
Using Phylogenetic Comparative Methods To Understand Diversification and Geographic Range Evolution, Kathryn Aurora Massana
Jet-hadron correlations relative to the event plane Pb--Pb collisions at the LHC in ALICE, Joel Anthony Mazer
Generalizations and Variations of the Zero-Divisor Graph, Grace Elizabeth McClurkin
Unique Roles for ISE2 in Chloroplast RNA Metabolism and Regulation of Plasmodesmata-mediated Intercellular Trafficking, Tyra Nadine McCray
Double Differential Neutron Yields Produced by Proton, Helium, and Iron Interactions in Thick Aluminum Targets, Natalie Ann McGirl
The Effect of Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder and Child Temperament on Mother-Child Synchrony, Christina Gabriela Mena
Economic Forecasting with Many Predictors, Fanning Meng
Statistical Computational Topology and Geometry for Understanding Data, Joshua Lee Mike
Preferences for Employment in the Government Workforce, Michael Christopher Moltz
Modeling as Teaching: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Implement Universal Design for Learning, Eric Jordan Moore
The Separation of Bismuth-213 from Actinium-225 and the Ion Exchange Properties of the Alkali Metal Cations with an Inorganic Resin, Mark Alan Moore
Distress during Cancer Treatment and its Relation to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Matthew Robert Moore
Effects of rodents on ecosystem structure and function, Leigh Courtney Moorhead
Printed Sensors for Energy Applications: Challenges and Implications, Marissa Enid Morales Rodríguez
Crafting Nanostructured Neural Interfaces with Hydrogel Particles, Emily Ann Morin
Cracking in Fused Quartz During Nanoindentation, Brittnee Mound
High-Throughput Functional System for Encapsulated Networks of Model Cell Membranes, Mary-Anne Kim Anh Nguyen
Development of a Mathematical Model for the Estimation of Required Maintenance for a Homogenous Facilities Portfolio Using Multiple Linear Regression, Timothy Jay Nipp
Morphological and Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Membrane Reconstituted Photosystem I (PSI), Seyedeh Hanieh Niroomand
LONG-TERM IMPACT OF TILLAGE AND CROPPING MANAGEMENTS ON SOIL HYDRO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND YIELD, Amin Nouri Gharahassanlou
Electronic and Magnetic Materials Under External Stimuli, Kenneth Robert O'Neal
Complete Denitrification by the Non-Denitrifier Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans: The Role of Coupled Biotic-Abiotic Reactions, Jenny Rae Onley
Multiscale Modeling Approach to Understand Active sites in Non-Conventional Catalyst Layers for Fuel Cell Applications, Diana Constanza Orozco Gallo
"Living It In The Day To Day": Narratives of Advanced Martial Artists, Michael Duncan Overton
Therapeutic Aspects of Tattoo Acquisition: A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Connection Between Psychological Trauma and the Writing of Stories into Flesh, Everett W. Painter
The Three Dimensions of Political Action in United States Democracy: Corporations as Political Actors and "Franchise Governments", Steven Alfonso Panageotou
Uses and Gratifications of Digital Media: The Case of Live Blogs, Mirjana Pantic
Memory Response: Exposure history dependence of microbial mediated transformations of substrates in groundwater, Charles Joseph Paradis
Investigating the Sustainability of Southeastern United States' Wood Pellet Production for Use in European Biopower Facilities, Esther Sullivan Parish
Scope and Influence of Enhanced Triazine Degradation in U.S. Soils, Ethan Trent Parker
THE ACCURACY OF THE BIOLOGICAL PROFILE IN CASEWORK: AN ANALYSIS OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY REPORTS IN THREE MEDICAL EXAMINERS’ OFFICES, Hillary Renee Parsons
Diversidad y comunidad: la propuesta del Grupo de Guayaquil en tensión perenne frente a la modernidad, Patricio Paúl Peñaherrera Cevallos
Desaprendiendo las múltiples significaciones de Emiliano Zapata: Hacia una lectura decolonial., Andrea Perales Fernández De Gamboa
Low Energy Recoil Simulations in MgO, LiNbO3, and LiTaO3 Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics, Benjamin Aaron Petersen
The Role of Mentoring for Women in Upper Management in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Manuela Picariello
Mediation and Moderation of Intergenerational Epigenetic Effects of Trauma, Stefanie Renee Pilkay
Role of Hormonal and Developmental Signaling in Plant-Cyst Nematode Interaction, Sarbottam Piya
Exploration of Equal Tune Transverse Coupling in the Spallation Neutron Source Accumulator Ring, Robert Edward Potts III
Unveiling Quantum Critical Phenomena in Selected Rare Earth Intermetallic Compounds, Lekhanath Poudel
Metal oxyhalides and halides for use as electrode materials in Li-ion batteries, Jonathan Mark Powell
Railways and Regret: Revising Mobility Myths in Victorian Literature and Culture, 1857-1891, Kathryn Winslow Powell
Using the Electronic Patient Portal to Engage Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Kimberly Ryan Powell
The Discovery, Synthesis, and Characterization of Biological Signaling Molecules and Signaling Disruptors, Carson Wayne Prevatte
Understanding Process-Structure Relationship For Site-Specific Microstructure Control in Electron Beam Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Process Using Numerical Modeling, Narendran Raghavan
Direct-to-Physician Advertising, Depression, and the Advertised Female Patient, Alicia Burnett Ransom
Evaluation of Off-Type Grasses in Interspecific Hybrid Bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. x C. transvaalensis Burtt-Davy] Putting Greens, Eric Hall Reasor
Noncontact Vital Signs Detection, Lingyun Ren
Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925, Robert William Rennie
Development and Characterization of a Plate Fuel Hotspot Model in COMSOL, Michael Joseph Richards
Design and Synthesis of Analogs of myo-Inositol, Serine, and Cysteine to Enable Chemical Biology Studies, Tanei J. Ricks
Measurement of the Prompt J/Psi Pair Production Cross Section in pp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV with CMS, Grant Valentine Riley
Modeling the evolution of visual sexual signaling, receptivity, and sexual signal reliability among female primates, Kelly Anne Rooker
Description and Practical Application of the Physiologic Distribution of 3’-Deoxy-3’-[18F]Fluorothymidine in Companion Animals, Joshua Alan Rowe
Control Oriented Nonlinear Model Reduction for Distributed Parameter Systems, Samir Sahyoun
Evaluation of Inveon Pre-Clinical Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanner Geant4 Application for Tomographic Imaging (GATE) Model for Multi-Positron Emission Particle Tracking (M-PEPT), Roque Antonio Santos Torres
Transmission pattern of major clonal lineages of Toxoplasma gondii, Pooja Saraf
An Exploration of the Effects of Taphonomy on Isotope Ratios of Human Hair, Tiffany Bivens Saul
Secondary Teachers’ Perspectives on Response to Intervention: A National Study, Rachelle Sarah Savitz
Improvements to the Predictive Capability of FCM Fuel Performance Modeling, Daniel Philip Schappel
DYNAMIC SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF GAIT MODIFICATION FOR TREATING KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS, Taylor Elyse Schlotman
Supply Chain-Driven Innovation: The Influence of Supply Chain Resource Orchestration on Organizational Performance, Ulrich Schmelzle
Measurement of Heavy Flavor Yield and Azimuthal Anisotropy at Forward Angles in Cu + Au Collisions at a Center-of-Mass Collision Energy Per Nucleon of 200 GeV, Brandon Kyle Schmoll
Numerical Methods for Non-divergence Form Second Order Linear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations and Discontinuous Ritz Methods for Problems from the Calculus of Variations, Stefan Raymond Schnake
Comparing Group Contingencies: An Investigation of the Role of Group Size in a First-Grade Classroom, Katelyn Crabtree Scott
Production of electrons from heavy flavor decays in proton-lead collisions measured with ALICE at the LHC, Rebecca Michelle Scott
An Examination of Music Majors' Perceived Barriers to Complying with an Exercise Program, Matthew William Seitz
A Study of Lignin and Lignin Models in Chemical and Electrochemical Systems, Luke Thomas Servedio
The Homology and Phylogeny of the Diploporita (Blastozoa: Echinodermata), Sarah Lynne Sheffield
An Exploration of US NCAA Division I (DI) Female Soccer Players’ Perceptions Regarding Morality in Sport, Terilyn Chiemi Shigeno
Genetic analysis of field populations of the plant pathogens Cercospora sojina, Corynespora cassiicola and Phytophthora colocasiae, Sandesh Kumar Shrestha
Identifying genome associations with unique mastitis phenotypes in response to intramammary Streptococcus uberis challenge, Lydia Jean Siebert
A Framework for Reconciling Expert Opinions and Empirical Data for Hydropower Asset Management Decision-Making, Stephen Robert Signore
Generalizations of Coarse Properties in Large Scale Spaces, Kevin Michael Sinclair
Local Moments and Itinerant Electrons: Gaining New Insights through Investigating Electronic and Dynamical Properties, Nicholas Steven Sirica
The Lived Experiences of Position Specialists in a Team Sport Environment, Allison Brooke Smith
Implicit Taxes in Imperfect Markets, Hannah Elizabeth Smith
Adorned Identities: An Archaeological Perspective on Race and Self-Presentation in 18th-Century Virginia, Johanna Hope Smith
Translating Chopin's Parrot: Local Color Louisiana and the Limits of Literary Interpretation, 1865-1914, Matthew Paul Smith