Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2015
Energy-efficient and Power-dense DC-DC Converters in Data Center and Electric Vehicle Applications Using Wide Bandgap Devices, Weimin Zhang
Characterization and Realization of High Switching-speed Capability of SiC Power Devices in Voltage Source Converter, Zheyu Zhang
Accuracy and Reliability Improvement of Wide-Area Power Grid Monitoring, Lingwei Zhan
Investigation of Zyflamend on AMPK signaling and potential interactions of its components, Yi Zhao
Cell Towers as Urban Sensors: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Mobile Phone Location Data, Ziliang Zhao
In Vivo Mechanics of Cam-Post Engagement in Fixed and Mobile Bearing TKA and Vibroarthrography of the Knee Joint, Sumesh M. Zingde
Military Virtue in Roman Rhetorical Education, Anthony Edward Zupancic
Dissertations from 2014
Dissociation and Sexual Trauma: The Moderating Role of Somatization, Amineh Abbas
Citizen Confidence in the Public Service: An Examination of Established and Emerging Democracies in North America and Eurasia, Nurgul Ryskulovna Aitalieva
A Multi-University Examination of College Student-Athlete & Coach Fit, Amanda Celeste Alexander
Planting a "Community of Gentlemen and Ladies" on the Cumberland Plateau: Thomas Hughes and the East Tennessee Rugby, Brenda Louise Alexander
Impacts of Climate Change on the Evolution of the Electrical Grid, Melissa Ree Allen
Neutron Scattering Studies of Phosphate Proton Conductors, Amal Bajes Al-Wahish
Teach For America Corps Maintenance Practices and Long-term Educational Change, Ashlee Brook Anderson
Effect of Small Interfering RNAs on in Vitro Replication and Gene Expression of Feline Coronavirus, Eman Ahmed Mohamed Anis
Critical Social Justice in Teacher Education: Beginning Teachers' Pedagogy and Practice, Brittany Alexis Aronson
Absorption and Utilization of Choline and Vitamin B12 in Lactating Dairy Cows using Different Delivery Methods, Virginia Maria Artegoitia Etcheverry
A Study of the Structure of Light Tin Isotopes via Single-Neutron Knockout Reactions, Andrew Franklin Ayres
Exploring Coping Mediators between Heterosexist Oppression and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Persons, Kyle M. Bandermann
Helical Models of the Bidirectional Vortex in a Conical Geometry, Timothy Andrew Barber
The Effect of Abscisic Acid on Tomato Calcium Partitioning and Fruit Quality, Thomas Casey Barickman
Development of the Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Skills Assessment for Medical Residents, Patrick Brian Barlow
Photo-Switchable Control of Membrane Properties of Liposomes and Biochemical Processes, Andrew Michael Bayer
Light-Ion Production From Intermediate-Energy Heavy-Ion Interactions, Matthew Randall Beach
The Georgia School Improvement Specialists: A Qualitative Study Exploring Their Roles with Principals of Middle Schools Identified as Focus Schools, Jessie Adelaide Beaumont
Should feedback confirm success, correct errors, or both? An empirical test of the sandwich approach to delivering feedback, Kevin Allan Becker
Procedural-Reasoning Architecture for Applied Behavior Analysis-based Instructions, Edmon Begoli
The Sensual, the Monstrous, and the Everyday in the Cinemas of Claire Denis and François Ozon, Amy E. Bertram
The Importance of Executive Effort, Lee Edward Biggerstaff
THE WESTERN TENNESSEE SHELL MOUND ARCHAIC: PREHISTORIC OCCUPATION IN THE LOWER TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY BETWEEN 9000 AND 2500 CAL YR BP, Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett
Cyberbullying, Bullying, and Victimization among Adolescents: Rates of Occurrence, Internet Use and Relationship to Parenting Styles, Michelle Pearl Black
THE EFFECTS OF NCLB AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE: A MODIFIED DELPHI STUDY OF PRINCIPALS' PERCEPTIONS, Melissa Henry Blalock
SPEAKING VOLUMES: PROFESSIONAL GROWTH IN BOOK STUDIES, Elizabeth Smith Blanton
Supramolecular Association of Hydrogen-bonded Polybutadienes Functionalized with Ureidopyrimidone, Sachin Laxman Bobade
Thermal Hydraulic Characteristics of Fuel Defects in Plate Type Nuclear Research Reactors, Isaac Thomas Bodey
"I Saved the Iguana": A Mixed Methods Study Examining Responder Mental Health after Major Disasters and Humanitarian Relief Events, Suzanne Marie Boswell
Thermal Inactivation of Human Norovirus Surrogates and Hepatitis A Virus in Foods, Hayriye Bozkurt Cekmer
Development of a FLUKA-Based Lookup Tool for Rapid Analysis of Radiation Exposures in Space Environments, John Macdougall Brittingham
Critical Teacher Inquiry: Collaborative Action Research Using Post-Structuralist and Cross-National Provocations, Robyn Anne Brookshire
Calcium and Leucine Modulation of Airway Inflammation, Patricia Louise Brown
A Study of Espoused Corporate Cultural Factors and Their Relationship with Business Success, Tonya Denise Brown
Neutron Diffraction Study of Engineering Materials Subjected to Complex Loadings, Jeffrey R. Bunn
Characterization of the Fine-Scale Weld Deposit Microstructure and its Influence on the Elevated Temperature Properties of 2.25Cr - 1Mo - 0.25V Weldments in Heavy Wall Pressure Vessels, Dewey Joshua Burgess
Essays on Resource Allocation Efficiency and Behavior, Julianna Marie Butler
Behavior of Larger-Diameter Strands in the Disturbed Region of Prestressed Concrete Girders, John Verlin Cabage Jr.
Investigation of the Phase Transformation Kinetics and Texture Evolution in a TRIP Steel under Complex Loads, Ercan Cakmak
From Foraging to Food Production on the Southern Cumberland Plateau of Alabama and Tennessee, U.S.A., Stephen Byrnes Carmody
Relationships among Prochlorococcus ecotypes across oceanic temperature ranges, Jeremy Werner Chandler
Fabrication of Zein Nanoparticle-Biopolymer Complexes to Deliver Essential Oils in Aqueous Dispersions, Huaiqiong Chen
Theoretical Studies of the Growth and Functionality of Layered Materials, Wei Chen
Client Attachment as a Predictor of Therapy Outcome and Premature Termination, Gahee Choi
Multistep Kinetic Monte Carlo, Holly Nichole Johnson Clark
Ab Initio Studies of Proton Transport in Proton Exchange Membranes, Jeffrey Keith Clark
Strategic Technology Maturation and Insertion (STMI): a requirements guided, technology development optimization process, James Brill Clegern
Compositions in Black and Brown: Manifestations of Afro-Latinity in U.S. Black Latino/a Literary Discourse, Janelle Chevon Coleman
Predicting High-Stakes Tests of Math Achievement using a Group-Administered RTI Instrument: Validating Skills Measured by the Monitoring Instructional Responsiveness: Math, Jeremy Thomas Coles
The Effects of Group Personality Composition on Project Team Performance: Operationalizations and Outcomes, Mark Collins
Social Justice in Mathematics Education, Renee Lenise Colquitt
News and the Public Sphere: The Boston Marathon Bombing in The New York Times and Le Figaro, Ioana Alexandra Coman
Uncovering Latino Sex Trafficking in a New Destination Area: A Case Study, Lauren Kimberlee Copley
Synthesizing Strong Donor Macrocyclic Tetracarbene Metal Complexes for Catalytic Aziridination, Steven Alan Cramer
COMPARISONS OF POINT AND AVERAGE CAPILLARY PRESSURE - SATURATION FUNCTIONS FOR POROUS MEDIA, Samuel Clark Cropper
The Effects of Social Support on At-Risk Youth, Christi LaNet Culpepper
The Effects of Leucine and Dairy Products on Adipose Tissue Inflammation: The Role of Adipocyte Derived Microvesicles, Benjamin Jones Curry
Online Social Networking Sites: Meaning of SNS's to Gay Men From Non-Accepting Families, Richard Tazz Curry
Communication, Control, and Time: The Lived Experience of Uncertainty in Adolescent Pregnancy, Elizabeth Dortch Dalton
Characterizing the mechanical behavior of single and polycrystalline silicon carbide using nanoindentation., Amit Datye
Describing the Cognitive Complexity of Counselors-in-Training Enrolled in a Group Dynamics and Methods Course, John Lester Davison
Assessing the genetic diversity of the genus Viburnum using simple sequence repeats, Deborah Dean
The Role of Social Media Editors in Television Newsrooms: An Exploratory Study, Allyson Beutke DeVito
BIODEGRADATION AND PHOTODEGRADATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYLACTIC ACID/ POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE BLENDS NONWOVEN AGRICULTURAL MULCHES IN AMBIENT SOIL CONDITIONS, Sathiskumar Dharmalingam
The Relationship between Hope and Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace, Vicki Martin Dieffenderfer
A Study of Energy Resolution and Non-proportionality of YAlO3:Ce and Gd3Ga3Al2O12:Ce, Samuel Bradley Donnald
Biogeographical patterns, ecological drivers, and evolutionary mechanisms of plant invasions, Rafael Dudeque Zenni
Inherited Masculinities?: Noble Fathers and Sons and Aspects of Masculinity in Early Modern England, 1530-1630, Joshua Lane Durbin
The "Vast and Terrible" Trauma: American Literary Naturalism, Ethics, and Levinas, Tyler Joseph Efird
Intimacy Uncertainty and Identity in Gay Male Couples Dealing with a Serodiscordant HIV Status, Scott Allen Eldredge
UWB Precise Indoor Localization System Performance, Limitations and its Integration, Essam Abdelkadir Elkhouly
Acceleration and Verification of Virtual High-throughput Multiconformer Docking, Sally Rose Ellingson
Stability of Particle-Mean Flow Interactions in Solid and Hybrid Rockets, Trevor Sterling Elliott
Alternative Strategies for Weed Control in Creeping Bentgrass, Matthew Thomas Elmore
Interaction Privacy: A Study of Threats and Consequences, Carol Lee Esmark
Asymptotic Behavior of a Class of SPDEs, Parisa Fatheddin
Engineering Bacterial Cellulose Scaffold and its Biomimetic Composites for Bone and Cartilage Tissue Regeneration, Pelagie Marlene Favi
Living with Hypertension: Experiences of Black Men Related to Their Perceptions of the Clinical Encounter at Diagnosis, Glenda McCartney Feild
The Green Staff of Asclepius: Envisioning Sustainable Medicine, Jason Lee Fishel
Investigating the Role of a Reduced-Instruction Approach in Implicit and Explicit Motor Learning Strategies, Kevin Michael Fisher
Comparative Genomics of Microbial Chemoreceptor Sequence, Structure, and Function, Aaron Daniel Fleetwood
Active Families in the Great Outdoors: A family-centered program to increase physical activity levels, perceptions, and behaviors, Jennifer Irene Flynn
Development of Optical Sensors for Chemical Detection, Jonathan Kelly Fong
The Effects of Prompts and Comprehension Assessment on Oral Reading: Moderating Effect of Reading Skills, Bethany Evelyn Forbes
Improving GPU Shared Memory Access Efficiency, Shuang Gao
The Auchinleck Manuscript: A Study in Manuscript Production, Scribal Innovation, and Literary Value in the Early 14th Century, Tricia Kelly George
Talk to Me: An Apology for Poetry, Christian Anton Gerard
Challenging the State: Evaluating the Effects of Uneven Distribution of Public Goods, Economic Globalization and Political Openness on Domestic Terrorism, Sambuddha Ghatak
Investigations into Ambient Ionization Mechanisms: Electrospray Ionization and Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry, Stephen Colin Gibson
Using Mindful Self-Compassion to Improve Self-Criticism, Self-Soothing, Cravings, and Relapse in Substance Abusers in an Intensive Outpatient Program, Sarah Elizabeth Gilbert