Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2017
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
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