Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
Five Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood: A Comparison Between Students, Nonstudents, and College Graduates, Jennifer Renée Zorotovich
Dissertations from 2013
Plasmonics Resonance Enhanced Active Photothermal Effects in Aluminum Nanoenergetics for Propulsion Applications, Jacques Abboud
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED PROTEOMICS TO GENERATE AND NAVIGATE THE PROTEOMES OF THE GENUS POPULUS, Paul Edward Abraham
Development and Integration of Informatic Tools for Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization of Proteomic Datasets Generated by Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Rachel Michelle Adams
Control of Solar Photovoltaic (PhV) Power Generation In Grid-connected and Islanded Microgrids, Sarina Adhikari
Factors That Affect the Ability of Novice Science Teachers to Teach for NOS Understanding, Bennett Alexander Adkinson
Multidimensional Compressible Framework for Modeling Biglobal Stability in Rocket Motors, Michel Henry Akiki
Insights Into the Beliefs and Practices of Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teacher Educators: A Naturalistic Inquiry, Linda Ann Arnold
An Investigation of Markov Random Fields for Bayesian Reconstruction of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Lloyd Fredrick Arrowood
SPECIES DISCRIMINATION, SYSTEMATICS, AND ONTOGENY OF BLASTOIDEA, James William Atwood
Wood decomposition in a warmer world, Emily Elizabeth Austin
The Development of Lithium Tetraborate Compounds for Thermal Neutron Detection, John David Auxier II
Automobile Races and the Marketing of Places: A Geographic and Marketing Exploration of IndyCar Racing in the United States, Andrew James Baker
Semi-Implicit Direct Kinetics Methodology for Deterministic, Time-Dependent, Three-Dimensional, and Fine-Energy Neutron Transport Solutions, James Ernest Banfield
Analysis, Prototyping, and Design of an Ionization Profile Monitor for the Spallation Neutron Source Accumulator Ring, Dirk A. Bartkoski
Developing 16- and 18-Atom Ringed Macrocyclic Tetracarbene Complexes, Heather Marie Bass
Supportive Leadership, Employee Engagement and Occupational Safety: A Field Study, Lauren Elizabeth Baxter
The Impact of Motivations and Enduring Involvement in an Adventure Tourism Setting, Eric Beckman
The Bioarchaeology of Inka Resettlement Practices: Insight from Biological Distance Analysis, Jonathan Daniel Bethard
Toward Message Passing Failure Management, Wesley B. Bland
Nobel Women: Readers' Theater for Global Education, Dorothy Elizabeth Blanks
Early Identification and Improvement of Variables Related to Course Success, Carolyn Anne Blondin
Investigation of Asphalt Pavement Mixture Blending Utilizing Analytical Chemistry Techniques, Benjamin Frank Bowers
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Heteroepitaxial Boron Phosphide Thin Films, John Daniel Brasfield
Using the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-70 (CCAPS-70) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to Predict Treatment Duration and Premature Termination, Marci Michelle Breedlove
The revolution before the Revolution? A Material Culture Approach to Consumerism at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA, Eleanor E. Breen
Mechanisms Contributing to the Emergence of Ranavirus in Ectothermic Vertebrate Communities, Roberto M. Brenes
Be a Man, Comrade! Construction of the ‘Socialist Male Personality’ in the GDR Youth Literature of the 1950s and 1960s., Joanna Broda-Schunck
The Impact of Biodiesel-based Na on the Durability of Cu-Zeolite SCR Catalysts and Other Diesel Aftertreatment Devices, Daniel William Brookshear
REAL-TIME ORDER TRACKING FOR SUPPLY SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSPORTATION STAGES, Nana Bryan
Indigenous Women, the State, and Policy Change: Evidence from Bolivia, 1994-2012, Melissa Camille Buice
Searching for Consensus: Shared Decision Making and Clinical Ethics, Meghan Estell Bungo
Is There a Relationship between Teams-Games-Tournaments and Changes in Communication and Attitude about Substance Abuse?, Michael Lee Burford
Just War and Human Rights: Fighting with Right Intention, Todd Allan Burkhardt
The Dixie Plantation State: Antebellum Fiction and Global Capitalism, Katharine Aileen Burnett
A Story of Change: Adult Learners’ Experiences of Questioning their Beliefs and Assumptions in a Graduate Course in Reflective Practice, Megumu Doi Burress
A Viscous Flow Analog to Prandtl’s Optimized Lifting Line Theory Utilizing Rotating Biquadratic Bodies of Revolution, Mark Nathaniel Callender
Characterization of uncultured, human oral microbiota using a targeted, single-cell genomics approach, Alisha Gail Campbell
Understanding Meaning and Existence: Toward the Development of a Measure of Existential Authenticity, Patrick Charles Carmody
Collaborative Tenure, Audit Committee Chair Changes, and Earnings Management, Nelson Milan Carrasco Abarca
Development of a Computational Methodology for Evaluating In Vivo Vertebral Mechanics in Subjects Having Various Conditions of the Lumbar Spine, Christopher Brian Carr
Quantitative Integration of Multiple Near-Surface Geophysical Techniques for Improved Subsurface Imaging and Reducing Uncertainty in Discrete Anomaly Detection, Megan Estelle Carr
Overseeing Supervisees Treating Clients Exhibiting Suicidal Behaviors: Its Impact on Clinical Supervisors, Michael Girard Catalana
Investigation of Time and Position Resolved Alpha Transducers for Multi-Modal Imaging with a D-T Neutron Generator, Joshua William Cates
Rawls, Religion and the Ethics of Citizenship: Toward a Liberal Reconciliation, Jeffrey Michael Cervantez
Magneto-Optical Properties of Complex Oxides, Peng Chen
Human Motion Analysis with Wearable Inertial Sensors, Xi Chen
Does Industry-Specific Expertise Improve Board Functioning? Evidence from Forced Bank CEO Turnovers, Zhongdong Chen
Martian Dune Fields: Aeolian Activity, Morphology, Sediment Pathways, and Provenance, Matthew Chojnacki
Experimental and Computational Analysis of Chloroplast Transit Peptide Domain Architecture and Function, Prakitchai Chotewutmontri
Creating and Maintaining Social Presence via Computer-Mediated Communication: Measuring the Self-Rated Behaviors that Lead to Social Presence, Scott A. Christen
High Energy Synchrotron X-ray Study of Fatigue Damage in Amorphous and Polycrystalline Engineering Alloys, Chih-Pin Chuang
Comparing Their Stories: A Narrative Inquiry of African American Women of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1960-1966) and Contemporary Student Activists (2002-2012), Tracia Nikole Cloud
Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry of Organotrifluoroborates, Vitali Ilia Coltuclu
Immigrant Rights in the Nuevo South: Enforcement and Resistance at the Borderlands of Illegality, Meghan Elizabeth Conley
Time Travel, Hannah F. Cook
Mitigation of Catastrophic Interference in Neural Networks and Ensembles using a Fixed Expansion Layer, Robert Austin Coop
ENRICHMENT DETERMINATION OF URANIUM METAL IN SHIELDED CONFIGURATIONS WITHOUT CALIBRATION STANDARDS, Jason Michael Crye
Genetic and Ecological Characterization of Indigoidine Production by Phaeobacter sp. strain Y4I, William Nathan Cude
SEC Football Away Game Consumption: The Roles of Motives, Subcultural Identification, Contextual Dimensions and Destination Image in Sport Tourism, Robert Bruce Daniell
Living with the Choice: A Grounded Theory of Iraqi Refugee Resettlement to the U.S., Lisa Ann Davenport
Three Dimensional Equation of State for Core-Collapse Supernova Matter, Helena Sofia de Castro Felga Ramos Pais
Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences of Family Engagement: A Phenomenological Investigation, Tiffany JaNise Dellard
Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli Responsive Polymer Brushes, Chaitra Vasant Deodhar
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of variation in aristolochic acids, a chemical resource, for sequestering specialist Troidini butterflies, Romina Daniela Dimarco
Hybridization as a stimulus for adaptation to a novel environment, Dylan Robert Dittrich-Reed
Narratives of Former Foster Youth in Higher Education, Kathleen Brien Douthat
Modeling the Genetic Consequences of Mutualism on Communities, Carrie E. Eaton
Automating Large-Scale Simulation Calibration to Real-World Sensor Data, Richard Everett Edwards
AASP-Certified Consultants’ Experiences of Spirituality within Sport Psychology Consultation, Trevor Jonas Egli
Reconstruction of Patient-Specific Bone Models from X-Ray Radiography, Hatem Amin Abdel Fattah El Dakhakhni
The TVA Coal Ash Disaster and the Coal Calamity Continuum in Southern Appalachia, Erin Rae Eldridge
THE INTERACTION OF MECHANICAL LOADING AND METABOLIC STRESS ON HUMAN CORTICAL BONE: TESTING ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS USING CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY AND HISTOMORPHOLOGY, Courtney Dianne Eleazer
ENHANCING THE VIRTUES OF STUDENTS, Gavin Gearhart Enck
Activating Parents’ Persuasion Knowledge in Children’s Advergames: Testing the Effects of Advertising Disclosures and Cognitive Load, Nathaniel Joseph Evans
Structural and Kinetic Studies of Structure I Gas Hydrates via Low Temperature X-Ray Diffraction and High Resolution Neutron Diffraction, Susan Michelle Everett
How Can Teachers and Students Prepare for Effective Field Trips to Historic Sites and Museums?, William Mark Finchum
Individual Differences in Emotional Response to Music, Sarah Kathleen N. Fischer
Association between Iliotibial Band Syndrome Status and Running Biomechanics in Women, Eric Henri Foch
Processing, Structure, and Properties of Nanoparticle Reinforced Nonwoven Sandwich Composites, Josh Griffith Fogle
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BROAD AND NARROW PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CHANGE OF ACADEMIC MAJOR, Nancy A. Foster
Perceptions of Political, Academic, and Corporate Leaders: Higher Education Accountability in Georgia, Leslie Gene Fout
Conversations with a Phenomenologist: A Phenomenologically Oriented Case Study of Instructional Planning, Karen Anne Franklin
Evaluating Predictability in the Community Earth System Model in Response to the Eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Abigail Laurel Gaddis
Analysis of the Role of Homework in Predicting and Improving Exam Performance, Charles E. Galyon
A Holographic model of Striped Superconductors, Suman Ganguli
Effects of Lateral Shoe Wedges and Toe-in Foot Progression Angles on the Biomechanics of Knee Osteoarthritis during Stationary Cycling, Jacob Kale Gardner
Composing, Remembering, and Performing Identity at Charles Towne Landing, 1966 through 1971: Rhetorical Identification as Defensive and Antagonistic Strategies, Deidre Anne Evans Garriott
Tracking Real-Time Nanoparticle Positions and Measuring Three-Dimensional Solution Flow with a Four-Focus Confocal Microscope, James Andrew Germann
Complex magnetism in noncentrosymmetric magnets, Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire
Stratigraphic and Geochemical Investigation of the Mesoproterozoic Atar and El Mreiti Groups, Mauritania: Insights into Carbon Cycling and Ocean Redox Stratification in a Low Oxygen World, Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau
The Concept of Supply Chain Agility: Conceptualization, Antecedents, and the Impact on Firm Performance, David Marius Gligor
Decoding the `Nature Encoded' Messages for Wireless Networked Control Systems, Shuping Gong