Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2023
Multiphysics Performance and Safety Analysis for Advanced High Temperature Reactors, Edward Matthew Duchnowski
Integration of Raman Spectroscopy and Python-based Data Analysis for Advancing Neurobiological Research, Natalie E. Dunn
Examining the Relationship Between Lignocellulosic Biomass Structural Constituents and Its Flow Behavior, Ekramul Haque Ehite
Who Gave You Permission to Rearrange Me? Certainly Not Me: Examining the Racialized Nature of Beauty vis-a-vis Colorism, Skin Bleaching, and Life Chance, Natasha P. Ellis
Characterization of Antibiotic-Producing Thermophilic Bacteria from Remote Environments, Ola Elsakhawy
Applications of Mathematical and Statistical Modeling to Wildlife Management, Animal Husbandry, and Circadian Physiology, David Christian Elzinga
Firm Transparency of Risk Oversight: An Examination of Cybersecurity Governance Disclosures, Laurie E. Ereddia
Object Detection Models with Limited or Small Labeled Datasets, Fabian Enrique Fallas Moya
MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF TASK-SPECIFIC CONJUGATED POROUS NETWORKS TOWARDS ENHANCED ENERGY STORAGE, Juntian Fan
Heuristics for Lagrangian Relaxation Formulations for the Unit Commitment Problem, Stephen Opeyemi Fatokun
Protection of Grid-Tied and Islanded Systems with High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources, Maximiliano F. Ferrari
Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Instrumentation Addressing Environmental Limitations on Temperature Measurements, Dan C Floyd
Fourier Analysis and Optimization of Inductive Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Charging, Andrew P. Foote
Chromogenic Detection of Mimic Organophosphorus Nerve Agent DCP Mediated by Novel Rhodium(II) Paddlewheel Complexes, Eric D. Fussell
Exploring New Methods for Polymer and Monomer Editing, Nicholas J. Galan
Utilization of Integer Programming for Scheduling Maintenance at Nuclear Power Plants, Timothy Gallacher
IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION FOR DOUBLE-SIDED STRIP DETECTORS USING LITHIUM INDIUM DISELENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS, Jake Alexander Gallagher
Juvenile Probation Officers’ Lived Experiences of Collaboration with Clinical Mental Health Counselors: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis., Henrietta Gantt
Establishing Alliances: Plant and Microbial Drivers of Microbiome Assembly across Community Complexity and Timescale, Alexandra D. Gates
Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Species in Dairy Farms, Benti Deresa Gelalcha
Heimat or Hjemland: National Consciousness, Self-Determination, and the First World War in Schleswig-Holstein, 1864-1920, Ryan J. Gesme
I READ TO YOU, AND YOU RELAX: INTERACTIVE TEACHER READ-ALOUDS OF PICTURE BOOKS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, Mareike Geyer
Evaluation Of SiC Thermomechanical Performance Safety Limits For TRISO With BISON, Carlotta G. Ghezzi
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Experiences of Campus Spaces: A Photovoice Study, Amber Giffin
The Nuclear System-of-Systems Capabilities Analytic Process, Robert Boone Gilbreath
Large-scale volcanism on the terrestrial planets, Keenan Ben Golder
MULTIDIMENSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF TENNESSEE’S URBAN FOREST, Jillian L. Gorrell
OPIOID USE AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER FEATURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR POSTPARTUM MATERNAL SELF-EFFICACY, Andrea Gorrondona
LARGE DEVIATIONS FOR SELF INTERSECTION LOCAL TIMES OF ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK PROCESSES, Apostolos Gournaris
Climatological Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Occurrence Dates and Landfall Characteristics in the North Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific, Nicholas Sava Grondin
An Exploration of Absolute Minimal Degree Lifts of Hyperelliptic Curves, Justin A. Groves
Methods for Analyzing Transit Accessibility and Equity: Case Studies from Tennessee, Jing Guo
Linking structure – dynamics – function in intrinsically disordered regions of multidomain regulatory proteins, Viswanathan Gurumoorthy
Characterizing the Structure and Radiation Resistance of Weberite-Type Complex Oxides, Igor M. Gussev
Mining Crowdsourced Data for Pavement Maintenance, Incident Management, and Traffic Monitoring, Yangsong Gu
Monitoring Additive Manufacturing Machine Health, Jeremy Hale
Synthesizing, Purifying, and Characterizing Molten Chloride Salts, Phillip W. Halstenberg
The Influence of Spectral Quality on Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Hydroponically Grown Basil, Hunter Albright Hammock
Exploring Wellness Behaviors following a Non-Death Loss Experience: A Structural Equation Model, Covington Hanley
Coefficients of modular forms and applications to partition theory, Michael Anthony Hanson
Correlation of Structure to Performance of Soft Materials for Energy Storage Systems Using Neutron Scattering, Md Ashraful Haque
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF BARRIERS EXPERIENCED BY TENNESSEE TRANSFER PATHWAYS STUDENTS, Alexis Hartley
Investigating the Nuclear Safeguards Technology Development Pipeline Through the Research and Development of Fs-LIBS for Uranium Enrichment Facilities, Jonathan Daniel Hartman
The nature and significance of worldwide human dermatoglyphic variation in finger ridge-counts, Kathleen Ann Hauther
Role of kinases and an epigenetically regulated gene in soybean cyst nematode resistance, Tracy Elizabeth Hawk
Neutrino Physics at a Research Reactor: Backgrounds and Analysis, Blaine Alexander Heffron
Novel microbial guilds implicated in N2O reduction, Guang He
Mandated Learning: Administrators' Perceptions of Unfunded Mandates in Online Education, Ronald Aaron Hennen
Generalized Differentiable Neural Architecture Search with Performance and Stability Improvements, Emily J. Herron
Towards Expressive and Versatile Visualization-as-a-Service (VaaS), Tanner C. Hobson
Examining the Impact of Course Modality and Course Content Presentation Modality on Undergraduate Grade Outcomes and Course Evaluations, Valerie E. Hogan-Sandi
Feasibility Study of Fresh Fuel Feed Monitoring for Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards, Karen K. Hogue
Identifying Interactions and Dissemination Pathways of Beauveria bassiana among Kudzu, Kudzu Bug, Soybean, and the Soil, Kassie Lynne Hollabaugh
Precipitation Variability and Predictability over the Arabian Peninsula, Central Southwest Asia, and Southern Africa, Matthew Francis Horan
The Impact of Guaranteed Income on Political Participation, Daniel Horn
Understanding lignin’s fast pyrolysis through examination of the thermolysis mechanisms of model oligomers, Ross Wesley Houston
Medicinal Tea: Global Cultural Transfer and A Vast Early America, Yiyun Huang
Developments in Hardwood Genomics: The Generation and Application of Molecular Resources for Species Preservation, Matthew Huff
A Measurement of Neutron Polarization and Transmission for the nEDM@SNS Experiment, Kavish Imam
Not a Tracing: A Map, Emily Jalloul
A Narrative Inquiry on Chinese International Doctoral Students’ Perspectives on Developing Critical Thinking in the U.S., Shuaipu Jiang
Impacts of High Renewable Power Grids on System Planning and Monitoring, Zhihao Jiang
“Not What I Expected”: A Narrative Inquiry on the Leadership Experiences of Women Campus Recreation Directors in the Power Five Conferences, Emily J. Johnson
The Role of Trait Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, and Impulsivity in Understanding the Relationship between Stress Mindset and Psychological Intimate Partner Aggression, Sarah Joyanna Johnson
Exploring Data-Driven Quantum Chemistry: From Chemical Compound Space to Quantum Chemical Calculations, Grier Jones
Investigating the cellular foundations of breast muscle myopathies in broiler chickens, Usuk Jung
Broker Conflict of Interest Mitigation Efforts and Mutual Funds: Evidence from the 2016 Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Connor Kasten
Pointing Control and Stabilization of the High-Energy UV Laser for Laser-Assisted Charge Exchange, Martin Joseph Kay
Synthesis and Behavior of Amphiphilic pH-Responsive Binary Heterografted Molecular Bottlebrush Polymers at Interfaces, Michael T. Kelly
Spatial Epidemiology of Prediabetes and Diabetes in Florida, Md Marufuzzaman Khan
Assessment of Modeling Capabilities and Transient Performance for High-Temperature Reactors, Robert Forrester Kile
Effects of Maternal Fish Oil on Adipose Development in the Broiler Chick Embryo, Minjeong Kim
Visual Working Memory Encoding and Action: An Investigation using fNIRS and Mouse-tracking, Kaleb Thomas Kinder
Productivity as Social Imperative Automation and Transformations of Labor in the United States and Germany, Anthony Jack Knowles II
Aspects of Topological Quantum Computation, Elias Kokkas
Static and Dynamic State Estimation Applications in Power Systems Protection and Control Engineering, Ibukunoluwa Olayemi Korede
The Use of Response Card Interventions to Increase Active Responding in Students with Disabilities in the Postsecondary Classroom, Jessica D. Kotik
Advanced Air Quality Management with Machine Learning, Cheng-Pin Kuo
Invasion Modeling of Zebra Mussels and COVID-19, Alexanderia Lacy
Characterizing silicate materials via Raman spectroscopy and machine learning: Implications for novel approaches to studying melt dynamics, Blake O. LaDouceur
Spall Characteristics of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel, Kevin Lamb
Insights of International Faculty into the Role of Instructor Factors in Educating Counselors: A Qualitative Study, Paula Carina Lazarim Marques
Toward Generating Efficient Deep Neural Networks, Chengcheng Li
Modeling, Design, and Control of Power Electronic Converters for Unbalanced Load and Grounding of Microgrids, Dingrui Li
Data-Driven Situation Awareness for Power System Frequency Dynamics, Hongyu Li
Optimizing Collective Communication for Scalable Scientific Computing and Deep Learning, Jiali Li
Utilizing Phylogenetic and Geochemical Techniques to Examine Echinoderms Through Time, Maggie Ryan Limbeck
Reducing Communication in the Solution of Linear Systems, Neil S. Lindquist
Development of A Soft Robotic Approach for An Intra-abdominal Wireless Laparoscopic Camera, Hui Liu
Exploring Skyrmions Dynamics and Structure using neutron scattering, W-L-Namila Chandula Liyanage
Geographic Epidemiology of Diabetes-Related Complications and Hospitalizations in Florida, Jennifer Lord
The Dark Age Enlightenment in Late Antique Gaul: Faith, Reason, and Social Tolerance in a Multiconfessional Society, 330-600 CE, Michael Anthony Lovell
Computational Analysis of Microbial Sequence Data Using Statistics and Machine Learning, Zhixiu Lu
Exact Models, Heuristics, and Supervised Learning Approaches for Vehicle Routing Problems, Zefeng Lyu