Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertations from 2023
Understanding host-microbe interactions in maize kernel and sweetpotato leaf metagenomic profiles., Alison K. Adams
FABRICATION, MEASUREMENTS, AND MODELING OF SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION DETECTORS FOR IMAGING AND DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS, Corey David Ahl
Development and Characterization of Stable Low-cost Salt Hydrate-based Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Damilola Olayinka Akamo
The Light from Pisgah, Jeffrey Robert Amos
Investigating the Electrochemical Performance of Biphenyl-Sodium Polysulfide Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Mohammad Bahzad
The Disparate Effects of Non-Reliance Restatements on Retail and Institutional Investor Trading, Jason T. Bangert
A HIERARCHICAL PEOPLE-CENTRIC OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM TO CREATE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, Guilherme Barquete Zuccolotto
Nurse Staffing and Staff Nurse Involvement in Hospital Staffing Governance: Explorations of Policy and Practice, Marissa P. Bartmess
Riding the Wave: How Entrepreneurs Respond to Social Movements’ Indirect Spillover Effects, Adrian M. Beorchia
Explicit Constructions of Canonical and Absolute Minimal Degree Lifts of Twisted Edwards Curves, William Coleman Bitting IV
Translational Models for Advancement of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Kristin Marie Bowers
Multiple Objective Co-Optimization of Switched Reluctance Machine Design and Control, Timothy Burress
An Examination of Trauma-Informed Care in Medical Settings that Serve Mothers with Opioid Use Disorders & their Infants, Shannon Patrick Mee Cain
Induction and Evasion of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps by Campylobacter jejuni and its Implication in Disease, Sean M. Callahan
On Beliefs "Worth Risking" in Plato, Clayton Willis Carden
Counselor Educators’ Engagement in Mental Health Services in Higher Education Institutions, Kristen Anne Carlosh
Methods to Hasten Zoysiagrass Establishment from Sprigs, Tyler Carr
Path Integral Monte Carlo for Entanglement in Bosonic Lattices at T = 0, Emanuel Casiano-Diaz
An Exploratory Study of the Career Mobility Patterns of African American Women Working in Public Parks and Recreation Agencies, Chermaine Cole
Mitigating Space Industry Supply Chain Risk Thru Risk-Based Analysis, Jennifer S. Cooper
Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Mo-106 and Tc-106, Michael Cooper
Increasing Productivity and Biodiversity of Tall Fescue Swards by Intercropping Cool and Warm-Season Forage Species, Michael Dereck Corbin
Sensitivity Analysis of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Salts using a Molten Salt Demonstration Reactor Model in TRANSFORM, Sarah Elizabeth Creasman
The Epistemic Value of Resonance: Intuitive Thinking in Theoretical Understanding, Claire Dartez
DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-DOSE RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE FOR ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, Thomas Heath Davis
Exploiting Symmetry in Linear and Integer Linear Programming, Ethan Jedidiah Deakins
Student Choice-of-Text in an Upper Secondary Independent Reading Program: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Brian M. DeLoach
Computational Aspects of Mixed Characteristic Witt Vectors and Denominators in Canonical Liftings of Elliptic Curves, Jacob Dennerlein
The Role Of Multiple Object Views In Early Word Learning: A Dynamic Process, Abigail Julian DiMercurio
Cell-free Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Accelerated Biomanufacturing, Jaime Lorenzo N. Dinglasan
Leveraging Supply Chain Planning for Improved Supply Chain Performance, Anne Elizabeth Dohmen
Who Gave You Permission to Rearrange Me? Certainly Not Me: Examining the Racialized Nature of Beauty vis-a-vis Colorism, Skin Bleaching, and Life Chance, Natasha P. Ellis
Applications of Mathematical and Statistical Modeling to Wildlife Management, Animal Husbandry, and Circadian Physiology, David Christian Elzinga
Firm Transparency of Risk Oversight: An Examination of Cybersecurity Governance Disclosures, Laurie E. Ereddia
MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF TASK-SPECIFIC CONJUGATED POROUS NETWORKS TOWARDS ENHANCED ENERGY STORAGE, Juntian Fan
Protection of Grid-Tied and Islanded Systems with High Penetration of Inverter-Based Resources, Maximiliano F. Ferrari
Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Instrumentation Addressing Environmental Limitations on Temperature Measurements, Dan C Floyd
IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION FOR DOUBLE-SIDED STRIP DETECTORS USING LITHIUM INDIUM DISELENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS, Jake Alexander Gallagher
Heimat or Hjemland: National Consciousness, Self-Determination, and the First World War in Schleswig-Holstein, 1864-1920, Ryan J. Gesme
Large-scale volcanism on the terrestrial planets, Keenan Ben Golder
MULTIDIMENSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF TENNESSEE’S URBAN FOREST, Jillian L. Gorrell
LARGE DEVIATIONS FOR SELF INTERSECTION LOCAL TIMES OF ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK PROCESSES, Apostolos Gournaris
Climatological Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Occurrence Dates and Landfall Characteristics in the North Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific, Nicholas Sava Grondin
Mining Crowdsourced Data for Pavement Maintenance, Incident Management, and Traffic Monitoring, Yangsong Gu
Monitoring Additive Manufacturing Machine Health, Jeremy Hale
Synthesizing, Purifying, and Characterizing Molten Chloride Salts, Phillip W. Halstenberg
Coefficients of modular forms and applications to partition theory, Michael Anthony Hanson
Role of kinases and an epigenetically regulated gene in soybean cyst nematode resistance, Tracy Elizabeth Hawk
Neutrino Physics at a Research Reactor: Backgrounds and Analysis, Blaine Alexander Heffron
Developments in Hardwood Genomics: The Generation and Application of Molecular Resources for Species Preservation, Matthew Huff
Not a Tracing: A Map, Emily Jalloul
“Not What I Expected”: A Narrative Inquiry on the Leadership Experiences of Women Campus Recreation Directors in the Power Five Conferences, Emily J. Johnson
Broker Conflict of Interest Mitigation Efforts and Mutual Funds: Evidence from the 2016 Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule, Connor Kasten
Pointing Control and Stabilization of the High-Energy UV Laser for Laser-Assisted Charge Exchange, Martin Joseph Kay
Visual Working Memory Encoding and Action: An Investigation using fNIRS and Mouse-tracking, Kaleb Thomas Kinder
Advanced Air Quality Management with Machine Learning, Cheng-Pin Kuo
Invasion Modeling of Zebra Mussels and COVID-19, Alexanderia Lacy
Toward Generating Efficient Deep Neural Networks, Chengcheng Li
Data-Driven Situation Awareness for Power System Frequency Dynamics, Hongyu Li
The Dark Age Enlightenment in Late Antique Gaul: Faith, Reason, and Social Tolerance in a Multiconfessional Society, 330-600 CE, Michael Anthony Lovell
Computational Analysis of Microbial Sequence Data Using Statistics and Machine Learning, Zhixiu Lu
A Study of the Effect of Machine Parameters on Defects Produced in EOS Additive Manufacturing Builds, Tina White Malone
Transforming Harm: The Crises of Opioids, Conjunctural Politics, and Struggles for Care in Southern Appalachia, Kyra A. Martinez
The Developmental Journey of Prelicensed Counselors: An Enhanced Critical Incident (ECIT) Study of Defining Moment Experiences, Lisa Matthews
Adaptive and Topological Deep Learning with applications to Neuroscience, Edward Mitchell
Problems of Professional Competencies and Pre-Licensed Counselors: Licensure Supervisors’ View of Critical Incidents, Jennifer Moralejo
The Development and Validation of an Aspirational Capital Scale Dissertation, Sarah Narvaiz
Development and Implementation of a Computational Modeling Tool for Evaluation of THA Component Position, Thang Dac Nguyen
Airborne transmission of pathogens emerging in the poultry industry, Xuan Dung Nguyen
A Multi-Wavelength Remote Sensing Investigation of Lunar Surface and Crustal Evolution, Cole Nypaver
Unraveling Plant-Microbe-Microbe Interactions: Host and Microbial Colonization Determinants Across Experimental Scales, Bridget O'Banion
Transcriptomic studies of color development and powdery mildew resistance in Cornus dogwood species, Zaklina Pavlovic
Reconstructing the Holocene history of the Tennessee River using paleosols and paleoflood sediments, Paula J. Perilla Castillo
Development of Surface-Modified Liposomes for Drug Delivery Applications, Megan Louise Qualls
SMART WAREHOUSING IMPLEMENTAION AND EDUCATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT LEADERS, David Quintanilla
Sub-Chandrasekhar type Ia supernovae scenarios with increased pathways for neutronization, Fernando Hernan Rivas
The Hospital Won’t Save Us: An Exploration of the Racial Absence of Care and Emergent Radical Care as a Site of Liberation, Christopher L. Rogers
The New Media Frontier: How Social Media Affects Partisan Attachments, Candidate Evaluations, and Political Emotions, Justin Allen Rose
Reducing The Levelized Cost of Energy of Residential PV Inverters Through Dynamic Hardware Allocation, Kamal Sabi
Development of Artificial Lipids for Metal Ion-Responsive Liposomes and Related Medicinal Applications, Ruhani Sagar
Improving Customer Experience throughout the Customer Journey in the Big Data Era, Mohammad Saljoughian
THE ROLE OF PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION, Lucas Santana Souza
COACH EVALUATION: INSIGHT INTO THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF NCAA DIVISION I COACHES, Kelsie Ann Patricia Saxe
ASTROBIOLOGICAL ANALOGS: EXPLORING THE MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF CRYPTIC CRYOSPHERE HABITATS, Caleb Garry Schuler
SUBSTANCE USE AMONGST EMERGING ADULTS: REPERCUSSIONS OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, Ashlyn Nicole Schwartz
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Masking on Individuals with Hearing Loss: Metacognition, Mental Health, and Ableism, Kristel Scoresby
Unlocking the Potential of Machine Learning in the Derivation of Low-Energy Models for Metallic Magnets, Vikram Sharma
APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES TO EMPOWER DRUG DEVELOPMENT, Yue Shen
Intelligent Traffic Control with Connected and Automated Vehicles, Yang Shi
Al-Ce-Mn Solidification Phase Selection and Solid-State Phase Transformations, Kevin Dean Sisco
Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy of domain walls and high pressure phases of multiferroics, Kevin A. Smith Jr
Faith Influences on Health of Rural Appalachian Older Adults in East Tennessee: An Ethnonursing Study, Karina Elizabeth Strange
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
Non-collinear Magnetic Textures Studied by Neutron Scattering, NAN TANG
Understanding and Simulating Wildfire Changes Using Advanced Statical and Process-Oriented Models, Rongyun Tang
Evaluation of Treatment Options and Investigation of Pathogenesis of Chytridiomycosis in North American Salamanders, Anastasia Elaine Towe
Generative Machine Learning Models in Healthcare Applications, Senne Van Steelandt