Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2012
Turbulent Gas Breakup Modeling and Acoustic Void-Fraction Determination Studies in Support of Cavitation Damage Mitigation of the Spallation Neutron Source Target Vessel, Stuart Alexander Walker
Growth and Characterization of Hexagonal Lu-Fe-O Multiferroic Thin Films, Wenbin Wang
Synthesis, Characterization and Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers, Xiaojun Wang
UWB Pulse Radar for Human Imaging and Doppler Detection Applications, Yazhou Wang
Influences of sample preparation on the indentation size effect and nanoindentation pop-in on nickel, Zhigang Wang
Parallel For Loops on Heterogeneous Resources, Frederick Edward Weber
Improving analytical utility of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy through unique lithographic substrate development, Sabrina Marie Wells
Measurement of Theta-13 Neutrino Mixing Angle from the Disappearance of Electron Antineutrinos at the Double Chooz Experiment, Brandon Reed White
Ownership Structure and Monitoring around Secondary Offerings, Joshua Tyler White
Unit Cohesion, Attachment, Personality Factors, and Mental Health in Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Allison Adrienne Whitesell
Social Structure, Non-market Valuation, and Bargaining, Bruno Moreira Wichmann
On the Same Page: The Experience of Instructors and Students as They Give and Receive Written Feedback in Higher Education, Michele Heide Williams
The Principal's Role in Developing the Classroom Management Skills of the Novice Elementary Teacher, Nicole L. Wilson
Public Libraries and Homeless LGBTQ Youth: Creating Safe Spaces Through Cultural Competence, Julie Ann Winkelstein
Foreign Direct Investment and Local Firm Productivity: Evidence from Thailand, Sasima Wongseree
Computer modeling and signal analysis of cardiovascular physiology, Henian Xia
Characteristics and Functionalities of Natural and Bioinspired Nanomaterials, Lijin Xia
Analysis of solvability and applications of stochastic optimal control problems through systems of forward-backward stochastic differential equations., Kirill Yevgenyevich Yakovlev
Studies of Driver Behaviors and Traffic Flow Characteristics at Roadway Intersections, Qiang Yang
Dynamic Task Execution on Shared and Distributed Memory Architectures, Asim YarKhan
Functional Characterization of Microbial Symbiotic Associations by Metaproteomics, Jacque Caprio Young
Magnetic, Optical and Dielectric Effects on Photovoltaic Processes in Organic Solar Cells, HUIDONG ZANG
Theoretical Study on Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Strongly Correlated Electrons, Xiaotian Zhang
Microbial Community Dynamics and Assembly: Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution, Yan Zhang
Coalition Formation and Execution in Multi-robot Tasks, Yu Zhang
Optimization and Learning in Energy Efficient Cognitive Radio System, Kun Zheng
At the Frontline of Shopper Marketing: A Multi-Method Study of In-Store Shopper Marketing Execution, Marcellis Maria Zondag
Low-Voltage Bulk-Driven Amplifier Design and Its Application in Implantable Biomedical Sensors, Liang Zuo
Dissertations from 2011
Dynamics of polymeric solutions in complex kinematics bulk and free surface flows: Multiscale/Continuum simulations and experimental studies, Arash Abedijaberi
Development of a Glycoconjugate Tool Set for the Assembly and Presentation of Carbohydrate Ligands on Surfaces, Irene Esah Abia
A MULTI-COMMODITY NETWORK FLOW APPROACH FOR SEQUENCING REFINED PRODUCTS IN PIPELINE SYSTEMS, Rolando José Acosta Amado
Calculation of Physical Processes at the LHC, Usama Adnan Al-Binni
NMR Structural Studies of Endotoxin Receptor CD14 in Complex with Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Endotoxin, Seth Andrew Albright
The Role of Computer Mediated Technologies (CMTs) in Scientific Collaboration in Kuwait, Abdalaziz Aldaihani
Power and Identity in Three Gothic Novels: The Mysteries of Udolpho, Caleb Williams, and Melmoth the Wanderer., Jerry Jennings Alexander
If and How Many 'Races'? The Application of Mixture Modeling to World-Wide Human Craniometric Variation, Bridget Frances Beatrice Algee-Hewitt
Three Macroeconomic Essays: Budget Stabilization Funds, Terms of Trade, Durability and the Small Open Economy Business Cycle, Ali Mohammad Al-Nadi
The Enduring Effects of Early Literacy Experiences: A Retrospective Interview Study, Karen Suzanne Sigmon Anderson
The Professional Quality of Life of Counselors in the U.S. Gulf State of Mississippi Following Multiple Traumatic Events, Deirdre Juanita Anderson-White
Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for a Diffuse Interface Model of Biological Growth, Andreas C Aristotelous
Behavioral Activation of Religious Behaviors: Treating Depressed College Students with a Randomized Controlled Trial, Maria Elizabeth Anne Armento
Effects of Random and Delayed Participation Credit on Participation Levels in Large College Courses, Kathleen Briana Aspiranti
From Parlor to Forest Temple: An Historical Anthropology of the Early Landscapes of the National Camp-Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness, 1867-1871., Samuel John Avery-Quinn
Complex adaptive systems theory applied to virtual scientific collaborations: The case of DataONE, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu
An Eating Frequency Prescription for a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention, Jessica Lynne Bachman
Using Transformative Learning Theory to Investigate Ways to Enrich University Teaching: Focus on the Implementation of Student-Centered Teaching in Large Introductory Science Courses, Ioana Alexandra Badara
Feature-based Image Comparison and Its Application in Wireless Visual Sensor Networks, Yang Bai
Functional Diversity in the Hyper-diverse Mangrove Communities in Papua New Guinea, Lawong Balun
Houses of Hospitality: The Material Rhetoric of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker, Sean Michael Barnette
The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on Adriatic Islands: impact, evolution, and control, Arijana Barun
The Biglobal Instability of the Bidirectional Vortex, Joshua Will Batterson
The Personality Profiles of Pre-service Teachers: An Examination of Discipline Differences and Predictive Validity on Future Job Satisfaction, Amy S. Beavers
Petrology and Geochemistry of Olivine-Bearing Diogenites and a Group of Paired Howardites, Andrew William Beck
Energy Functional for Nuclear Masses, Michael Giovanni Bertolli
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: Substrate Development and Applications in Analytical Detection, Deepak Bhandari
Assessing Effectiveness of Multicultural Readings in Increasing Ethnocultural Empathy for Undergraduate Students, Tripti Bhaskar
Exploring the Concerns of Teachers and Principals Implementing Response to Intervention in a Pilot Project: Where Policy and Practice Collide, Lisa Michele Bilton
Wind Regimes in Complex Terrain of the Great Valley of Eastern Tennessee, Kevin Ray Birdwell
Immunologic Risk Prediction Model for Kidney Graft Function, Christina Diane Bishop
Vortex Driven Acoustic Flow Instability, Lutz Blaette
Testing the Fit of a Model of Faculty Departure Intentions for Women Faculty in STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines, Amanda Marie Blakewood
A Body Politic to Govern: The Political Humanism of Elizabeth I, Teddy W. Booth II
Multiple responses by Cerulean Warblers to experimental forest disturbance in the Appalachian Mountains, Than James Boves
Cultural Competence and its Impact on Student Academic Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools, Amy Louise Brace
A Comparative Analysis of School Counselors' and School Principals' Perceptions of School Counselors' Activities, Deborah K Buchanan
The Pleasure and Participation Sports Model as Reflected Through an Advanced Physical Education Course, Rebecca R Buchanan
Bounded Geometry and Property A for Nonmetrizable Coarse Spaces, Jared R Bunn
“This is me. I like who I am”: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Using Photo Elicitation to Examine the World of the School-Age Child With Cystic Fibrosis, Renee Carol Burk
Antimicrobial activity of aqueous Yerba Mate extracts, Kellie Parks Burris
Holocene Climate and Environmental History of Laguna Saladilla, Dominican Republic, Maria Anne Caffrey
LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD PURCHASING THROUGH RETAIL GROCERY CHANNELS: AN EVALUATION OF RELEVANT CUSTOMER AND STORE ENVIRONMENT ATTRIBUTES, Jeffrey Michael Campbell
Behavior of Externally Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete Beams, Qi Cao
Sexual Objectification and Substance Abuse in Young Adult Women, Erika Ann Carr
Avoidance and Depression: Evidence for Reinforcement as a Mediating Factor, John Paul Carvalho
Comparing the midgut regenerative responses in Bacillus thuringiensis-susceptible and resistant Heliothis virescens larvae, Anais Severiana Castagnola
The Relationship Between Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Principal Ethical Leadership and Organizational Health, Jessica H Chambers
Spatially-Dependent Reactor Kinetics and Supporting Physics Validation Studies at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, David Chandler
Discrete Element Method (DEM) Analyses for Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixture Compaction, Jingsong Chen
Wide-Area Measurement Application and Power System Dynamics, Lang Chen
Development of an Autonomous Mammalian lux Reporter System, Daniel Michael Close
"Is This the Fruit of Freedom?" Black Civil War Veterans in Tennessee, Paul E. Coker
Designated Directors in the Boardroom: Their Impact on Governance and Performance and Shareholder Wealth Effects, Laura Seery Cole
Physical Activity Assessment in Wheelchair Users, Scott Alexander Conger
The Relation between Globalization and Personal Values across 53 Countries and 28 Years, Irina Florentina Cozma
Improving Facilitation Through Levelising: Reflecting In and On Practice, Willard Donald Creekmore
Adaptation and Stochasticity of Natural Complex Systems, Roy David Dar
The Role of "Sense of Place:" A Theoretical Framework to Aid Urban Forest Policy Decision-Making, Kimberly Louise Davis
Experimental Investigations of Fluid–Mineral Interactions in Olivine and Dolomite, Michael Thomas DeAngelis
A Rawlsian Case for Public Judgment, Justin Matthew Deaton
A Comparison of Four Frameworks of Teacher Leadership for Model Fit, Corey Alan DeHart
Relationships Between Externalization Behaviors and Team Cognition Variables in Distributed Teams, Lisa Ann Delise
A Survey of Tennessee Extension Agents’ Perceptions of the Tennessee Extension Agent Performance Appraisal System, Joseph Leonard Donaldson
Developing Students’ First Language through a Second Language Writing Intervention: A Simultaneous Approach, Hannah Marie Dostal
Fluorescent Receptors for Biomolecules, Chi-Linh Do-Thanh
Geographies of Competitive Advantage: An Examination of the US Farm Machinery Industry, Dawn M. Drake