Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2023
EFFECTS OF HEAT STRESS ON INFLAMMATION, INTESTINAL INTEGRITY, MICROBIOTA, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN DAIRY CALVES, Zhantao Yu
From sink bias to void swelling in irradiated structural materials, Ziang Yu
ATOMIC-LEVEL MECHANISMS OF FAST RELAXATION IN METALLIC GLASSES, Leo W. Zella
Investigating Drivers of Algal Bloom Succession in Lake Erie, Brittany Zepernick
Measurement-Based Monitoring and Control in Power Systems with High Renewable Penetrations, Chengwen Zhang
Evaluation of biomass as bio-additive in 3D printing, Shuyang Zhang
Kinetics and phase stability of nano-scale precipitates in Fe-based binary alloys during ion irradiations, Yajie Zhao
DEEP LEARNING BASED POWER SYSTEM STABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR REDUCED WECC SYSTEM, Yinfeng Zhao
The Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors to Candida albicans Phosphatidylserine Synthase, Yue Zhou
MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION AND MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF THERMALLY AGED AND IRRADIATED FE-CR ALLOYS, Pengcheng Zhu
INFORMAL HUMAN MILK SHARING: AWARENESS, ATTITUDES, AND FEASIBILITY OF AT-HOME PASTEURIZATION, Rebecca Zuchowski
Dissertations from 2022
Tethered Axial Coordination as a Control Modality in Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions, Anthony Dean Abshire
Novel Mixed Integer Programming Approaches to Unit Commitment and Tool Switching Problems, Najmaddin Akhundov
IMPROVED AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES OF FIELD CROPS AND FUNGAL DISEASES OF SOYBEAN AND HEMP IN TENNESSEE, Rufus J. Akinrinlola
Model Based Force Estimation and Stiffness Control for Continuum Robots, Vincent A. Aloi
Oscillation Analysis and its Mitigation Using Inverter-Based Resources in Large-Scale Power Grids, Khaled Alshuaibi
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESSORS ON HYPOTHALAMIC REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION USING AN IN VITRO SYSTEM, Lisa L. Amelse
Troya Victa : Empire, Identity, and Apocalypse in the Frankish Chronicles of the Fourth Crusade, Jordan Amspacher
INTRA-SKELETAL VARIATION IN STABLE ISOTOPES THROUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE APPROACHES: APPLICATIONS OF THE PATTERNS OF SKELETAL REMODELING TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Armando Anzellini
Investigation of Fore-Aft Element Connectors for an ultra-efficient Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Aircraft Wing, Corey M. Arndt
Elucidating mammalian cellular responses to the uptake of nanoparticles (NPs), pathogens, and lipoproteins: similarities and differences, Monireh Asoudeh
ANALYSIS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND TERRESTRIAL DYNAMICS OF MECHANICALLY FORMED MICRO-NANO SCALED PARTICLES FROM AGRICULTURAL PLASTIC MULCHES, Anton Friedrich Astner
Bacterial Communities during Heifer Development and their Impact on the Uterine Environment, Taylor Brianne Ault Seay
Resituando El Cuerpo Femenino A Través De La Memoria Histórica Y La Ficción: Carlota De Bélgica Y Eva Perón En Las Novelas Noticias Del Imperio De Fernando Del Paso Y Santa Evita De Tomás Eloy Martínez, Krysheida Ayub - Unzon
Disrupting the Canon with Young Adult Remixes, Arianna Banack
Leader Type and Responses to State-Sponsored Terrorism, Arjun Banerjee
Content Externalism and Self-Knowledge, Donnie Gene Barnett Jr.
Making Sense of Soil Microbiome Complexity for Plant and Ecosystem Function in a Changing World, Kendall K. Beals
Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutron Production in Lead, Brandon J. Becker
Three Essays on the Determinants of Business Activity and Entrepreneurship, Richard H. Beem Jr
Predators in the Petals: How crab spiders affect plants and their pollinators, Amanda D. Benoit
Implantable Medical Devices for Local Drug Delivery and Tissue Regeneration to Combat Chronic Bacterial Infection, Caroline J. Billings
The Lived Experience of Losing Employment After Diagnosis with Dementia: A Phenomenological Analysis, Susan K. Blaine
Principal in Name Only: A Mixed Methods Study of How Catholic School Governance Models Affect Leadership, Davis H. Bodie
Chiral Mesogen-Free Liquid Crystalline Polyethers with Sulfonylated Side Chains and Patchy Brush Nanoparticles, Caleb A. Bohannon
Accelerated Catalyst Diffusion in Chemically Amplified Resists, Christopher M. Bottoms
The Parasocial Relationships in Social Media Survey, Austin T. Boyd
Design and Development of the Urban Population Health Observatory to Improve Disease Surveillance and Response, Whitney Brakefield
Seeing with the Eyes of the Soul: Visionary Women, Meditative Lives of Christ, and Their Readers in Late-Medieval England, Caitlin J. BranumThrash
Expectancy Values and their Interaction with the edTPA, Stephanie L. Brennan
An Archaeological Study of Pit Cellars and Ethnic Identity in Tennessee, Daniel Whitaker Howard Brock
Essays in Experimental Economics and Applied Econometrics, Michael Jacob Brown
Modeling Basal Sprout Production in Vector-Borne Tree Disease, Kelly Buch
HIGHLIGHTING TEACHER VOICES: DISCUSSIONS ON RACE AND RACISM IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM, Carrie Lynn Buckner
The Development of Photoinduced Initiation of Olefin Polymerization and its Applications, Justin M. Burroughs
STABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN RAWLS'S POLITICAL LIBERALISM, Grace Campbell
Task-based Runtime Optimizations Towards High Performance Computing Applications, Qinglei Cao
Predictive Capabilities of Laminar-Turbulent Transition Models for Aerodynamics Applications, Jared Alexander Carnes
Self-Objectification and Alcohol Use in Young Adult College Women, Rachel Carretta
Poa annua: An Annual Species?, Devon E. Carroll
We're all friends here: Examining Transparasocial Interaction on Twitch and its Effects on Strategic Communications, Alexander Edward Carter
Role of temperature, transmission pathways, and pathogen load in Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans epidemiology, Edward Davis Carter
Investigation on the Impact of Property-Microstructure of Spark Plasma Sintered MgB2 Superconducting Bulks in Manufacturing Operations, Fabiano Carvalho de Castro Sene
The Upgraded Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime Using the In-Beam Method, Jimmy P. Caylor
Crowd Control: Regulating the Spatial Organization of Biopolymers and Gene Expression by Macromolecular Crowding, Gaurav Chauhan
Healthcare Service Utilization and Life Satisfaction in South Africa, Tamara Chavez-Lindell
Improving Strength and Stability in Continuum Robots, Jake A Childs
A High Rate Pixelated Neutron Detector for Neutron Reflectometry at the Spallation Neutron Source, Su-Ann Chong
Three Essays in Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Vasudha Chopra
Core-Collapse Supernova Simulations With Spectral Two-Moment Neutrino Transport, Ran Chu
Compositional Effects on the Mechanical Properties and Deformation Mechanisms of Face-Centered Cubic High-Entropy Alloys, Joshua L. Cicotte
Exploring Sleep Quality, Quality of Life, and Seizure Frequency in Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures, Sandra J. Cobb
The Devil Did Not Make Me Do It: Understanding Factors That Influence College Choice of a Faith-Based Institution, Phillip Lowell Cook Jr.
Confinement and Interface Effects in Self Assembly of Functional Block Copolymers, Jonathan P. Coote
Public Health, Community, and the Making of the Modern Morgue in Bavaria, 1855-1914, Alyssa Nicole Culp
USING HEURISTIC METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING TO ENHANCE THE POSITIONAL ACCURACY OF HISTORICAL GEOSPATIAL DATASETS, Pankaj Mani Dahal
Modeling of chromatin architecture: implications in health and disease, Priyojit Das
Enhancing the Performance of the MtCNN for the Classification of Cancer Pathology Reports: From Data Annotation to Model Deployment, Kevin De Angeli
Aroma Chemistry of Mountain Mints in the Incanum Group of Pycnanthemum Michx., Melissa M. Dein
Evaluation of Cotton Management Decisions: Cover Crops, Weed Control, and Injured Stands, Savana D. Denton
Paying Attention: The Lived Experiences of Female ADHD Graduate Students in Higher Education, Tiffany Michelle Devol
Ambivalent Sexism and Condom Use Self-Efficacy Amongst Men Who Bottom: A Serial Mediation Model, Elliott Nolan DeVore
The spatial, temporal, and ecological constraints of plant-host associated microbial communities, Jonathan Dickey
The Literary Fairy: Celtic Folklore’s Influence on Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Joshua Dobbs
Corrosion and Microstructural Characterization of Molybdenum-YSZ Cermets Following Hydrogen Exposure up to 2630 K, Taylor G. Duffin
DETERMINATION OF NEAR-SOL CARBON IMPURITY CONTENT DUE TO DIVERTOR TARGET LEAKAGE USING CARBON-13 TRACERS VIA METHANE INJECTION ON THE DIII-D TOKAMAK, Jonah David Duran
Studying Electron Dynamics for Quantum Materials with Real Space Resolution: A Wannier Orbital Approach to Spectroscopy using High-Performance Supercomputers, Casey J. Eichstaedt
WE HAVE REMAINED PATIENT: FORENSIC HUMAN RIGHTS ANTHROPOLOGY IN POST-SIAD BARRE SOMALILAND, Lucia My Maja Karolina Elgerud Norstrom
Universal Basic Income Favorability: An Examination of Discursive Frames of and Support for UBI Proposals, John Stacy Elliott
Diffusion of Policy Innovations: State Adoption of Value-Added Models in K-12 Education, Kirsten England
Constrained Collective Movement in Human-Robot Teams, Joshua Fagan
An Autoethnographic Study Uncovering Disruptive Events that Impacted a Gay Woman's Transformation into Adulthood, Erin J. Ferris
LATINIDAD IN SUMMER READING: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MULTICULTURAL LITERACY FOR LATINO/A ENGLISH LEARNERS’ SELF-EFFICACY IN TRANSITIONING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, Elizabeth Fincher
Water availability as a cross-scale driver of microbial functions and free viral abundance in soil, Aubrey K. Fine
Elucidating the Importance of Structure, Surfaces, and Interfaces in Polymer Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites, Jacob E. Fischer
Analytical Techniques for the Analysis of Uranium Bearing Materials, Nathaniel D. Fletcher
Characterization and Management of Auxin-Resistant Palmer amaranth in Tennessee, Delaney C. Foster