Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2023
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Masking on Individuals with Hearing Loss: Metacognition, Mental Health, and Ableism, Kristel Scoresby
Characterization of radiotolerance in potato and development of a gamma radiation phytosensor., Robert Graham Sears
Unlocking the Potential of Machine Learning in the Derivation of Low-Energy Models for Metallic Magnets, Vikram Sharma
Enhancing Microgrid Flexibility, Stability, and Economy with Inverter-based Resources, Buxin She
APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES TO EMPOWER DRUG DEVELOPMENT, Yue Shen
Intelligent Traffic Control with Connected and Automated Vehicles, Yang Shi
Additively Manufactured Nature Inspired Morphology for Redesign: Advancing Next Generation Energy Systems, Vanshika Singh
Al-Ce-Mn Solidification Phase Selection and Solid-State Phase Transformations, Kevin Dean Sisco
Evaluating Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): Construct Validity and Correlates, Rebecca Mills Skadberg
Factors Associated with the Success of an African American College President, Tyvi T. Small
Insights into the Application of Deep Reinforcement Learning in Healthcare and Materials Science, Benjamin R. Smith
An Electronic Validation of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), Bonnie M. Smith
Adapting Romance’s Semantic and Syntactic Structures in 21st Century Young Adult Literature, Film, and Television, Jennifer Anne Smith
Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy of domain walls and high pressure phases of multiferroics, Kevin A. Smith Jr
Investigating Metastable Phases in Ion-Irradiated Binary Oxides, Alexandre Paul Solomon
A Feminist Ethnography of Care in the Infant/Toddler Classroom, Chesley Anne Sorrells
APPLYING DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION TO CHARACTERIZE ADVANCED COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND MATERIALS, Ryan J. Spencer
Faith Influences on Health of Rural Appalachian Older Adults in East Tennessee: An Ethnonursing Study, Karina Elizabeth Strange
Sexual Violence and Psychological Distress: The Roles of Coping Self-efficacy, Self-blame, Shame, Activism, and Feminism, Charlotte Strauss Swanson
Reading the Rainbow: Exploring the Educational Experiences of LGBTQ+ Students, Ashley R. Stroud
Saudi Women's Abuse and Help-Seeking Experiences: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis, Shahad Ahmed Subiani
Heat Pump Integrated Thermal Storage for Building Demand Response and Decarbonization, Sara Sultan
Roles of soil pores in determining water retention and microbial dynamics, Huihui Sun
MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSES OF PALEOZOIC RHOMBIFERAN ECHINODERM STEMS, Aidan R. Sweeney
Diversity, taxonomy, and systematics of chanterelles and allies (Cantharellales), Rachel A. Swenie
Segmenting the Thin Blue Line: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Myth and Ritual in Contemporary U.S. Police Film, Alexandra Szmutko
Non-collinear Magnetic Textures Studied by Neutron Scattering, NAN TANG
Understanding and Simulating Wildfire Changes Using Advanced Statical and Process-Oriented Models, Rongyun Tang
Experiences with Student Loan Debt: A Phenomenological Study of First-Generation, Low-Income College Graduates, Sarah Leigh Gardner Thomas
Impact of Renewables on Grid Strength, Transient Stability, and Grid Operation Characterization, Abigail E. Till
Comprehensive Studies of Magnetic Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Molecular Compounds, Pagnareach Tin
Whiteness and Racial (Non)Knowing In a Historically Sundown Town, Abigail Christine Tobias-Lauerman
Evaluation of Treatment Options and Investigation of Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis in North American Salamanders, Anastasia Elaine Towe
Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Arabidopsis Thaliana through a Bioinformatic and Mathematical Lens, Ricardo Andres Urquidi Camacho
Generative Machine Learning Models in Healthcare Applications, Senne Van Steelandt
Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Novel Powder-Extruded Al-Ce-Mg Alloys, Mairym Vazquez
The Novel Chlorination of Zirconium Metal and Its Application to a Recycling Protocol for Zircaloy Cladding from Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods, Breanna K. Vestal
(Un)Grading as Institutional Ecology: How (Alternative) Assessment Choices Shape Writing Classrooms, Megan Von Bergen
TREATMENT ACCESSIBILITY DURING COVID-19: INDIVIDUAL AND TREATMENT CENTER PERSPECTIVES USING GELBERG—ANDERSEN’S BEHAVIORAL MODEL FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, Dorothy A. Wallis
Space-Angle Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Radiative Transfer Equation, Hang Wang
Additive Manufacturing of Magnetic Materials for Electric Motor and Generator Applications, Haobo Wang
Distribution Locational Marginal Price in the Distribution Level Electricity Market, Xiaofei Wang
A Quantitative and Spatial Analysis of Pancreatic Cancer in South Central Appalachia, Andrew Joseph Ward
Machine Learning and Decision Making to Optimize Treatment Planning in Parkinson’s Disease, Jeremy Watts
Resource Use and Success in Life Science Graduate Education, Maryrose Weatherton
Evaluating Sekakawon/Wicocomico Persistence Throughout the Potomac and Rappahannock River Valleys Through the Identification of Communities of Practice, Rebecca J. Webster
Purpose in Place: Discerning and Forefronting Forgotten Landscapes using the Methodological Lens of Augmented Reality, Lindy Westenhoff
Mentor Teacher Positioning during Pedagogical Documentation with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers, Melissa Renee Westfall
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE CUTTING FORCE DYNAMOMETER FOR HYBRID MANUFACTURING, Justin West
Dinitrogen Functionalization Using a Molybdenum Atom: Bridging the Gap Between Small and Coordination Complexes via Quantum Mechanical Methods, Maria Virginia White
Probing Gas Transport Structure-Property Relationships in Vinyl-Addition Polynorbornenes, Trevor Jonas Wilson
Characterization of Residual Stress and Precipitate Evolution in Aluminum 2xxx Self-Reacting Friction Stir Welds, Benjamin Joe Wing
Effects of a Movement-based Curriculum on the Motor and Cognitive Development of Preschool-aged Children, Aaron Wood
Utilizing ultra-performance chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry to investigate fatty acid mediated antibiotic tolerance, Brittni Woodall
The Development of Tailored Amphiphilic Copolymers for Detergent-Free Integral Membrane Protein Extraction, Cameron Edward Workman
Exploring the Role of Family Emotional Climate and Trait Mindfulness on Gendered Racism and Anxiety Among African American Women, LaTrice Nicole Wright
Three Essays on the Economics of Education, Ge Wu
Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance and Growth Defense Trade-off, Christopher Robert Wyman
Exploring Rural Appalachian LGBTQ+ Wellness: Conceptualizing Through the IS-WEL Wellness Lens and Narrative Inquiry, Mary K. Wynn
Generalized Participation Factors on Nonlinear Power System Oscillations, Tianwei Xia
Physics-Augmented Modeling and Optimization of Complex Systems: Healthcare Applications, Jianxin Xie
INTEGRATED MODELING AND MONITORING FOR A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ENVIRONMENT, Yifang Xu
Assessing the Landscape of Relationship Help and a Pilot Adaptation of Relationship Checkups for Christian Churches, Adam W. York
Development of a Portable, Tileable, Dual-Particle Radiography System, Christian Xavier Young
A Qualitative Analysis of a Playground Mentoring Intervention for Bullied Elementary School Children, Sydney T. Younginer
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