Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2014
Barrier Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks, Zhibo Wang
Do Clients Avoid ‘Contaminated’ Offices? The Economic Consequences of Low Quality Audits, Robert Lowell Whited
Deferred Tax Assets and Credit Risk, Scott David White
Integration and management of winter-annual cover crops and herbicides to control glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats), Matthew Scott Wiggins
Nonlocal Polarization Interferometry and Entanglement Detection, Brian P. Williams
A Bayesian Approach to Broad-Area Nuclear and Radiological Search Operations, Samuel James Willmon
Peace Under Pressure: Portraits of Christian Leadership in College Basketball Coaches, Charles Henry Wilson Jr.
Unique Functions of the Ethylene Receptors in Seed Germination, Rebecca Lynn Wilson
Bidirectional Associations between Parenting Behavior and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits: Do Delinquent Peer Affiliations and/or Parental Psychopathology Moderate these Links?, Amber Rochelle Wimsatt
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Development of Expertise in Teaching First-Year Composition, Carolyn Anne Wisniewski
This Humbling River, Ryan Dean Woldruff
Associations of Total Activity Counts and Physical Activity Intensity Levels with the Metabolic Syndrome: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Dana Lizbeth Wolff
Testing Claims of Efficacy and Mechanism of Action for Emotion Focused Couples Therapy: A Dyadic Case Study Using Time-Series Design, Albert Jun-Wei Wong
Atomic and Molecular Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Above a Titanium Target, Alexander Charles Woods
Hospital Competitive Strategies and Performance Outcomes, Wei Wu
Temperature and Alloying Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Equiatomic FCC Solid Solution Alloys, Zhenggang Wu
Cascaded Inverters for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems, Bailu Xiao
INVESTIGATION OF DEFORMATION AND FAILURE MECHANISMS IN NANOINDENTATION MECHANICS, Yuzhi Xia
High Density EMI Filter Design in High Power Three-Phase Motor Drive Systems, Jing Xue
Adaptive Control for Power System Voltage and Frequency Regulation, Yao Xu
Computer Simulations of Enzymes, Jianzhuang Yao
"Game Time is My Time. I Get to Define That:" Gender, Identity, and the National Football League's Female Fans, Traci Yates
Probing the size dependent chemical properties of metals in reduced dimension, Xiangshi Yin
Migrating towards Using Electric Vehicles in Fleets – Proposed Methods for Demand Estimation and Fleet Design, Taekwan Yoon
Modeling, Analysis, and Control of a Mobile Robot for In Vivo Fluoroscopy of Human Joints during Natural Movements, Matthew A. Young
Scalable Hardware Efficient Deep Spatio-Temporal Inference Networks, Steven Robert Young
IN-LINE MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLE PRECONCENTRATOR AND DETECTOR FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW MONITORING, Quan Yuan
3D Robotic Sensing of People: Human Perception, Representation and Activity Recognition, Hao Zhang
Frequency Monitoring Network (FNET) Data Center Development and Data Analysis, Ye Zhang
Deformation of a face-centered cubic FeCoCrMnNi high entropy alloy, Chao Zhu
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