Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
Elucidating Fundamental Mechanisms in Focused Electron- and Ion-Beam Induced Synthesis, Carlos M. Gonzalez
Lifetime Estimation of IGBTs in a Grid-connected STATCOM, Lakshmi Reddy Gopi Reddy
Social Fingerprinting: Identifying Users of Social Networks by their Data Footprint, Denise Koessler Gosnell
Going Gothic: Spanish Unity and Blame in The Legend of Rodrigo and Florinda, Sara A. Gottardi
Local Government-Citizen Relationships: Using the coorientation approach to analyze relationship effectivness, Melissa Wooten Graham
How technology interacts with emerging adulthood psychosocial developmental tasks: An examination of online self-presentation and cell phone usage, Samantha Lynn Gray
Structural Dynamics and Charge Transport in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Philip James Griffin
Essays on The Optimality of Delaying Quality Tests and the Reverse Hold-up Problem, Natalia Gritsko
High-Efficiency Three-Phase Current Source Rectifier Using SiC Devices and Delta-Type Topology, Ben Guo
Effective Multi-echelon Inventory Systems for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation, Cong Guo
Essay on Firm Inventory and Innovation Behavior, Ye Gu
Effects of Stimulus Symmetry on Hierarchical Processing in Six-Month-Old Short- and Long-Looking Infants, Margaret Weinel Guy
Exploring Perceptions of Staff Registered Nurse Preceptors for Undergraduate, Pre-licensure Nursing Students, Katherine C. Hall
Impacts of climate change, human land use, and mercury contamination on Southern Appalachian Plethodontid salamanders, Michael Kevin Hamed
Synthesis and Thermodynamic Analysis of Volatile Beta-Diketone Complexes of Select Lanthanides via Gas-Phase Separations, Daniel Hanson
The Structure and Function of Photosystem I and Photosystem I – Hydrogenase Protein Fusions: An Experimental and Computational Study, Bradley Jordan Harris
Applications and Improvements in the Molecular Modeling of Protein and Ligand Interactions, Jason Bret Harris
Automated Doppler Broadening of Cross Sections for Neutron Transport Applications, Shane William Daniel Hart
Flatness-Based Control Methodologies to Improve Frequency Regulation in Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind, Maryam Hassani Variani
Participant Career and Research Outcomes of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, Samuel Held
Ibn Hazm: an Islamic Source of Courtly Love, Daniel Nathan Hickman
Predictors of Heterosexual Siblings’ Acceptance of their Lesbian or Gay Sibling of Origin, Angela Nichole Hilton
Adaptive radiation along a benthic/pelagic ecological axis in North America’s most diverse, endemic clade of freshwater fishes, Phillip Ray Hollingsworth Jr.
Predictors of Casual Sex Participation in Young Adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Rachel M. Holmes
Essays on Fiscal Policies in Open Economies, Ahiteme Nicodeme Houndonougbo
Functional Study of the Suppressor of Hairy-wing Insulator Protein in Drosophila melanogaster, Shih-Jui Hsu
Studies of Economics and Stability with Variable Generation and Controllable Load, Hao Huang
Empirical Analysis on Factors Impacting Mobile Learning Acceptance in Higher Engineering Education, Yu Huang
Examining Perceived Life Stress Factors among Intercollegiate Athletes: A Holistic Perspective, Landon Tyler Huffman
New Remote Sensing Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Forest Disturbance and Regeneration in the Eastern United States, Michael Joseph Hughes
Monte Carlo Modeling of Ion Beam Induced Secondary Electrons, Uk Huh
The Algebraic Thinking of Mathematics Teachers in China and the U.S., Qintong Hu
Growth, Structure, Electronic and Transport Properties of Yttrium Disilicide Nanowires, Saban Mustafa Hus
The economic costs and ecological benefits of protected areas for biodiversity conservation, Gwenllian D. Iacona
Understanding the Plasmonic Properties of Metallic Nanostructures with Correlated Photon- and Electron-Driven Excitations, Vighter Ozezinimize Iberi
Assessing the Impact of United States mass media on Croatian cultural identities, Iveta Imre
Anesthesia Clinical Core Competencies and High Fidelity Human Simulation, Jeffrey Colby James
Stability, Erosion, and Morphology Considerations for Sustainable Slope Design, Isaac Andres Jeldes Halty
Indefinite Knapsack Separable Quadratic Programming: Methods and Applications, Jaehwan Jeong
Secular change in stature and body mass in Korea over the last two millennia, Yangseung Jeong
Study of ferroelectric oxides and field effect in complex oxides heterostructures, Lu Jiang
A Study of Indentation Cracking in Brittle Materials Using Cohesive Zone Finite Elements, Kurt E. Johanns
Computing Approximate Solutions to the Art Gallery Problem and Watchman Route Problem by Means of Photon Mapping, Bruce Andrew Johnson
Innocent Artists: Creativity and Growing Up in Literatures of Maturation, 1850-1920, Whitney Elaine Jones
Linking DNA Polymorphisms and Populations' Evolutionary History, Ivan Juric
NANOLAYER POLYMERIC COATINGS TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE LIFE OF INORGANIC MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE-HIGH PRESSURE BIOMASS PRETREATMENT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS, Vincent C. Kandagor
Single Fiber Mechanical Properties Using Nano-Tensile Testing and Carbon Fiber Structure-Property Relationship, Matthew Erich Kant
Gastrointestinal microbial diversity and diagenetic alteration of bone from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Sarah Wheeler Keenan
Spatial Dynamic Models for Fishery Management and Waterborne Disease Control, Michael Robert Kelly Jr.
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES IN FLAT SPACE AND ANTI-DE SITTER SPACE, Savan Kharel
They Made Us Unrecognizable to Each Other: Human Rights, Truth, and Reconciliation in Canada, Jaymelee Jane Kim
Organic food consumption:Application of the Means-end theory, Yun Hee Kim
A Method to Control Morphology of BHJ OPVs Using End-functionalized Poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) Grafted to SQDs, William Michael Kochemba
Online Store Atmospherics: Development of a Gender-Neutral Measure, Wanmo Koo
Behavioral responses of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) to noctuid moth migrations, Jennifer Joy Krauel
UNDERSTANDING THE MEIOTIC ROLES OF SISTERS UNBOUND IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Badri Krishnan
“The Dictator without a Uniform: Kārlis Ulmanis, Agrarian Nationalism, Transnational Fascism, and Interwar Latvia”, Jordan Tyler Kuck
Impacts and Implications of Co-occurring Invasive Plant Species, Sara Elizabeth Kuebbing
The Role of Channel-Land Architecture, Diffusion Media Transport Properties, and Aging Effects on Water Transport and Storage in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Jacob Michael LaManna
Preparing Preservice Teachers for Inclusive Classrooms: A State-Wide Survey of Teacher Education Faculty, Lucinda Anne Ellenburg Lang
Population dynamics and genetic structure of Louisiana black bears in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Louisiana, Jared Scott Laufenberg
State Space Modelling of Dynamic Choice Behavior with Habit Persistence, Kang Bok Lee
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT OF LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, Mijoo Lee
Effects of Prenatal Stress and Poverty on Fetal Growth, Teresa Anne Lefmann
Photosystem I-Based Applications for the Photo-catalyzed Production of Hydrogen and Electricity, Rosemary Khuu Le
Role of Leucine in Modulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis and SIRT1-AMPK Signaling in C2C12 Myotubes, Chunzi Liang
Regional Assessment of the Relationships of Conservation Practices to Northern Bobwhite and Other Priority Grassland Bird Breeding Populations, Christopher Manuel Lituma
Generation Scheduling for Power Systems with Demand Response and a High Penetration of Wind Energy, Guodong Liu
Neutron Scattering Studies of Cuprates and Iron Pnictides, Mengshu Liu
Atomic Structure of the Vicinal Interface between Silicon Carbide and Silicon Dioxide, Peizhi Liu
Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship, Xiaowen Liu
Phenotypic Modulation of Smooth Muscle Cells on Biodegradable Elastomeric Substrates, Xifeng Liu
Numerical Methods and Algorithms for High Frequency Wave Scattering Problems in Homogeneous and Random Media, Cody Samuel Lorton
Strain-Based Design Methodology of Large Diameter Grade X80 Linepipe, Mark D. Lower
An Analog VLSI Deep Machine Learning Implementation, Junjie Lu
Feature Extraction and Recognition for Human Action Recognition, Jiajia Luo
Some Aspects of Function Theory for Dirichlet-type Spaces, Shuaibing Luo
Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory Integrated, Expanded, and Bounded by Context: An Empirical Investigation of Structure, Behavior, and Performance within Family Firms, Kristen Joie Madison
Reverse Genetics Approach to Examine Myosin XI Functions in Pollen Tube Growth, Stephanie Lin Madison
The prevalence of pathological conditions in a modern skeletal collection – implications for forensic anthropology, Heli Marja Katriina Maijanen
Hi-Fidelity Simulation of the Self-Assembly and Dynamics of Colloids and Polymeric Solutions with Long Range Interactions, Mahdy Malekzadeh Moghani
Geospatial Characterization of Fluvial Wood in a Midwestern, Semi-Confined Alluvial River System, Derek Joseph Martin
Structure, Function and Regulation of Two Isoforms of Glutamine Synthetase from Soybean Root Nodules, Pintu Daulatrao Masalkar
WEARING MANY HATS: ROLE IDENTITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OVER TIME, Blake Dustin Mathias
An Investigation of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmortem Human Remains, Shannon Elizabeth May
Long-Term Impacts of Tillage, Cover Crops, and Nitrogen Rates on Microbial Community Dynamics and Soil Quality Parameters under Continuous Cotton Production in West Tennessee, Lilian Wanjiru Mbuthia
Dynamic Complexity and Causality Analysis of Scalp EEG for Detection of Cognitive Deficits, Joseph Curtis McBride
Proactive model to determine information technologies supporting expansion of air cargo network, Grayson C. McClain
Politically Connected Analysts, Michael B. McDonald
Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices to Improve the Academic Achievement and Independence of Students with Disabilities, Donald Douglas McMahon
Thermodynamic Modeling of Uranium and Oxygen Containing Ternary Systems with Gadolinium, Lanthanum, and Thorium, Jacob Wesley McMurray
Methods for Quantitative Local Structure Analysis of Crystalline Materials Employing High Performance Computing, Tara Marie Michels-Clark
Interest Groups, Political Party Control, Lobbying, and Science Funding: A Population Ecology Approach, Allyn Katherine Milojevich