Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2017
Success of Twice-Exceptional College Students Screened by ACT versus SAT Scores and Major Declaration in Line with Academic Strength, Kelly Harrington Smyth
Transition to Electric Vehicles In the California Automobile Industry, Jinglu Song
MODELING THE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF RETAIL SERVICE ROBOTS, So Young Song
Capitals of Punk: Paris, DC, and the Circulation of Urban Counternarratives, Tyler William Sonnichsen
Exploring Workplace Connections of Employees with Multiple Role Expectations: Accommodating Communication Behaviors of Hospital Chaplains, Stephen Spates
Advanced Focused Beam-Induced Processing for Nanoscale Synthesis and 2D Materials Device Architectures, Michael Garrison Stanford
Lords of Retinue: Middle English Romance and Noblemen in Need, James Trevor Stewart
The Impact of Non-cognitive Factors on First-Year College GPA for University-eligible Students from Low-performing High Schools, Eric Michael Stokes
Examining the Sense of Belonging of First-Generation Students and their College Persistence: An Exploratory Interview Study, Jamia Wiley Stokes
Prediction of Host-Microbe Interactions from Community High-Throughput Sequencing Data, Joshua Michael Stough
Thermodynamic Characterization and Isothermal Separability of Heavy Fission Product Chelates for Post-Detonation Nuclear Forensic Analysis, Steven Adam Stratz
Hostility after Social Rejection and Borderline Features: The Influence of Rejection Sensitivity in Parents and their Young Adult Offspring, Jennifer Marie Strimpfel
Feasibility, and Resiliency, and Economic Impacts of Energy Storage in Urban Water Systems: Case Study of Cleveland, Tennessee, Susanna Hannah Sutherland
Learning Multimodal Structures in Computer Vision, Ali Taalimi
Remote Neutron Spectroscopy on Mars, Christopher Gayle Tate
The Effect of Adolescent-Parent Congruence on the College-Decision Making Process of Rural Appalachian Youth, Anna Lora Taylor
"What does sexual harassment education have to do with sport management courses?": An analysis of sexual harassment and sexual assault education in sport management curriculum, Elizabeth Ann Taylor
Expanding Secondary Science Teachers' Instructional Practice to Include English Learners through Professional Learning Communities, Betty R. Thomason
Targeting Difficult Multiplication Problems: Increasing Multiplication Fact Fluency Through a Learning Trials Intervention, Kelly McCullough Thompson
Musculoskeletal Loads during Stationary Cycling and the Effects of Pedal Modifications for Knee Osteoarthritis, Rachel Lynn Thompson
Infant Locomotor Skill Development in the Context of Mother-Infant Interactions, Sabrina Lynn Thurman
A Wide-area Analysis of Shifts in Electric Power System Generation Profiles and High-impact Event Scenarios, Micah Joel Till
The Net Generation at Work: Younger Employees’ Understanding of Productive/ Counter-productive Information across Communication Channels, Whitney Lauren Tipton
Dependence structures in Lévy-type Markov processes, Eddie Brendan Tu
Can Text Analysis of TAT Protocols Differentiate Patients Operating at Neurotic, Borderline, and Psychotic Levels of Personality Organization?, Paul H. Tullis
Extending Research on the Comparative Efficacy of Computer Flashcard Reading Interventions in Elementary-School Students with Intellectual Disability, Samantha Sue Turnbull
Response of Glyphosate Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Inhibiting Herbicides in Tennessee, Alinna Marie Umphres
A Model for Sustaining New Technology Based on Government Incentives, Girish Upreti
Influence of Patient Satisfaction of Total Knee Replacement Patients on Stair Negotiation and Walking Biomechanics, Strength, and Balance, Kevin Alan Valenzuela
ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACKS: INFLUENCES ON EVOLUTION AND RANGE DYNAMICS, Michael E. Van Nuland
"There’s Nothing Standardized About Being Human": The Impact of Education Policy Reform on Experienced English Teachers in a Rural High School, Allison Leigh-Ann Varnes
Computational Imaging Approach to Recovery of Target Coordinates Using Orbital Sensor Data, Michael D. Vaughan
A Deep Breathing Intervention for Stress Reduction in 5-Year-Old Children, Tara Jean Veerman
Model for Prioritization of High Variation Elements in Discrete Production Systems, Bharadwaj Venkatesan
Characterization and manipulation of lipid self-assembly to construct stable, portable synthetic lipid bilayers, Guru Anand Venkatesan
Improving Predictive Capabilities of Classical Cascade Theory for Nonproliferation Analysis, David Allen Vermillion
Self-control effect during a reduction of feedback availability, Aaron Dean von Lindern
Habitat and Population Assessments of the Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Reintroduced to the Upper Tennessee River, Daniel James Walker
Low-Order Multiphysics Coupling Techniques for Nuclear Reactor Applications, Erik Daniel Walker
Utilizing Nanostructures and Nano-Mechanics for Sensitive Analyte Detection via Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Micro-Cantilever Sensing Platforms, Ryan Andrew Wallace
A SITUATED PERSPECTIVE OF RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PLANNING PRACTICES, Ashley Paige Walther
Nonlinear Oscillation Analysis and Modal Decoupling for Power Systems, Bin Wang
Experiment and simulation of single-molecule recycling, Bo Wang
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ROUSSEAU’S CONCEPT OF AMOUR-PROPRE IN RAWLS, Xinghua Wang
THREE ESSAYS OF NEGATIVE SOCIAL EVALUATIONS AND IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA, Xinran Wang
The Use of ELL Specific Assessment Accommodations: A Comparative Case Study of Classroom Practices, Natalia Yeremina Ward
A Phenomenological Study of Adolescent Pregnancy Loss, Jenny Stout Webb
Various Topics on Graphical Structures Placed on Commutative Rings, Darrin Weber
Conservation Biology of Bats: Invasive Threats, Research Effort, and Extinction Risk, Jessica Nicole Welch
Discovering the Impact of Diet, Genetic, and Sex Effects on Adipose, Skeletal Muscle, and Liver Metabolomes in Mice Using Untargeted Liquid-Chromatography Mass-Spectrometry, Ann Elizabeth Wells
Integrating Disparate Nuclear Data Sources for Improved Predictive Maintenance Modeling: Maintenance-Based Prognostics for Long-Term Equipment Operation, Zachary Allen Welz
America’s Imperfect War: The Ethics, Law, and Strategy of Drone Warfare, Treston Lashawn Wheat
The Role of Family Endorsement in Venture Creation and Sustainability, Thomas Daniel White
Tactics, Strategies, Spaces, and Places: The Spatial Constructions of Race and Class on Virginia Plantations, Andrew Philip Wilkins
South African Homes: The Spatial Politics of Belonging in Post-Apartheid Novels, Heather Price Williams
Ion Separations: Achieving Selectivity Through Rational Design in Solvent Extraction and Crystallization Systems, Neil Justin Williams
A Contribution to the Critique of Labor Share Analyses, Shannon D. Williams
Electrochemical Hydrogen Separation via the Solid Acid Electrolyte Cesium Dihydrogen Phosphate, David Leon Wilson
Properties and Manipulation of Ionic Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Complex Oxide Materials, Anthony Thomas Wong
The microbial ecology of bacterial lignocellulosic degradation in the ocean, Hannah Laing Yee Woo
Construction and Classification Results for Commuting Squares of Finite Dimensional *-Algebras, Chase Thomas Worley
The Effects of Racialization on European American Stress in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Kimberly T. Wren
Analysis of Supportive Campus Environments and First-Generations-Student Learning Outcomes, Brian Michael Wright
Advanced Radiation Detection Devices: 3D Diamond Detectors and KSr2I5:Eu Scintillating Crystals, Thomas Greogry Wulz
Programming Models' Support for Heterogeneous Architecture, Wei Wu
Drivers of Stormwater Runoff Characteristics from Non-Point Source Urban Pollution, Kristen Nicole Wyckoff
Search for the decays of 113Ba, Yongchi Xiao
First-Principles Study of Point Defect Behavior at Interfaces and In-Plane Strain Fields, Jianqi Xi
A Probabilistic Software Framework for Scalable Data Storage and Integrity Check, Sisi Xiong
Exploring a Semi-Virtual Reality System Impacting Learning Curves of College Students, Hongbiao Yang
Approximation of Invariant Subspaces, Faruk Yilmaz
Electromechanical Dynamics of High Photovoltaic Power Grids, Shutang You
The Longitudinal Relationship between Power Processes and Intimate Partner Violence in Dating College Students, Heather Christine Zapor
Robot Learning from Human Demonstration: Interpretation, Adaptation, and Interaction, Chi Zhang
Efficient Algorithms for Solving Facility Problems with Disruptions, Kaike Zhang
Electric Power System Operations with a Variable Series Reactor, Xiaohu Zhang
FLIGHT RISK MANAGEMENT AND CREW RESERVE OPTIMIZATION, Ying Zhang
Natural Ventilation Models and Production Management in an Experimental High Tunnel, Muzi Zheng
Wide-Area Synchrophasor Data Server System and Data Analytics Platform, Dao Zhou
Understanding Mercury Transport and Transformation by Computational Simulations, Jing Zhou
Dissertations from 2016
The Tasks of Elected Officials within the Policy Process of Interlocal Cooperation, Stephen Matthew Adkins
High Reliability Organizational Suggestions to Reduce the Risk of Hospital-Associated Infections, Sandra Catrice Affare
INVESTIGATION OF LANGMUIR PROBES IN NON-MAXWELLIAN PLASMA USING PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) MODELING, Densu Aktas Lister
Development of New Methods for Liposomal Drug Delivery and the Labeling of Cellular Lipids, Shahrina Alam
Targeted Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanostructured Titanosilicates for Epoxidation and Hydrogen Storage, Austin Alan Albert
A Quantitative Measure of Mono-Componentness for Time-Frequency Analysis, Austin P. Albright
CONSTRAINED MULTI-GROUP PROJECT ALLOCATION USING MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE, Abdulaziz Saud Alkabaa
LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES AMONG SAUDI EFL COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENTS’ PERCEPTUAL LEARNING STYLE, GENDER, ACADEMIC MAJOR AND PROFICIENCY LEVEL, Saeed Saleh Alkahtani
Non-Compact Solutions to Inverse Mean Curvature Flow in Hyperbolic Space, Brian Daniel Allen
Estimating the Effects of Arizona-Style Omnibus Immigration Policies on Latino Children’s Access to Health Care, Chenoa Dawn Allen
“It’s Like a Mountain”: The Lived Experience of Homeless College Students, Valerie Karen Ambrose
EVALUATING DIFFERENTIAL NUCLEAR DNA YIELD RATES AMONG HUMAN BONE TISSUE TYPES: A SYNCHROTRON MICRO-CT APPROACH, Janna Michelle Andronowski
Insulators: A “Safety Guard” for Genome Stability in Drosophila melanogaster, Ran An
Experiences of Anti-Bisexual Prejudice in a Bisexual Adult Sample and the Impact on Mental and Physical Health, James Edward Arnett