Dissertations from 2018
Now That I'm Gone, Let Me Tell You How I Feel: Former Employees' Perceptions of Employer Image and Organizational Attraction, Jamie M. Fynes
Chemically Active Rheological Modifiers for the Improved Clinical Use of Cyanoacrylates, Kyle Joseph Garcia
Exploring Destination Image Themes on Twitter, Before, During, and After Terror Attacks in Paris: An Application of Agenda Setting Theory, Zeynep A. Gedikoglu
IAPP Amyloid Aggregation and IAPP-Associated Toxicity Mitigation, Xinwei Ge
Quasi-continuum Non-local Plate and Shell Models of Carbon-Based 2D Nanomaterials, Jixuan Gong
Generalizations of Permutation Statistics to Words and Labeled Forests, Amy Christine Grady
The Effect of Composition on the Structure Symmetry and Stability of Tunnel-Structured Hollandite Ceramics for Nuclear Waste Immobilization, Robert L. Grote
Genomic Data Mining for Functional Annotation of Human Long Noncoding RNAs, Brian L. Gudenas
First Principles-Based Microkinetic Modeling of Ethanol from Syngas on Bimetallic Co-Pd Catalysts, Anuradha Gundamaraju
HBCUs Matter: The Lived Experiences of Involved Student-Athletes Changing the Game, Aris Lane Hall
Equipping Culturally Competent Students: The Development of Cultural Intelligence in the Classroom and Beyond, Melody J. Harper
The Invisible Walls of The 606: An Examination of the Relationship Between an Urban Greenway and Community Change, Brandon Harris
Perception-Action System Calibration in the Presence of Stable and Unstable Perceptual Perturbations, Leah Hartman
Computational Approaches to Understanding Structure-Function Relationships at the Intersection of Cellular Organization, Mechanics, and Electrophysiology, Tyler George Harvey
Health Insurance on Social Welfare, Qiwei He
Selected South Carolina School Leaders' Experiences in Addressing Cyberbullying, Sheila Finley Hilton
Interfacing the Liquid Sampling- Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Ion Source with Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers for High Accuracy High Precision Isotope Ratio Measurements of Uranium, Edward Dexter Hoegg
The Use and Value of Reading Recovery® Teachers' Lesson Records, Anastasia Evangeline Homer
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics with Multiscale Heterogeneous Microstructure, Yuzhe Hong
Building a Model of Black Women's Confidence in Campus Sexual Assault Resources: A Critical Race Feminist Quantitative Study, Jimmy Lee Howard, Jr.
Essays on Skill-Biased Technological Change and Labor Market Inequality, Yiheng Huang
Second Graders' Responses to and Application of Word-Picture Relationships in Picturebooks: A Case Study, Koti Lee Hubbard
Getting Things Done for Life: Long-term Impact of AmeriCorps Service for Diverse Groups of Members, Matthew D. Hudson-Flege
Advanced Manufacturing of Lightweight Porous Carbide Shapes Using Renewable Resources, Monsur Islam
Some Models for Count Time Series, Yisu Jia
Carbon Fibers with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Derived from Lignin-Based Precursors, Jing Jin
The Chronic Toxicity of Ion Mixtures to Freshwater Organisms: Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow), Katherine Anne Johnson-Couch
An Exploration of Employed College Student Experiences in Work and Leisure, Katherine Ann Jordan
Optimization Models for Sustainable Design and Management of Biopower Supply Chains, Hadi Karimi
Bacterial Diversity and Ecology of Two Cryptoendolithic Habitats in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, Sukhpreet Kaur
Cases of Contingent STEM Faculty Who Practice Critical Pedagogies with/in the Neoliberal University, Jeffrey Michael Kenney
Graphene/P(VDF-TrFE) Heterojunction Based Wearable Sensors with Integrated Piezoelectric Energy Harvester, Soaram Kim
Adaptation to Base Latency in a Head-Mounted Display Using a Performance Task to Facilitate Adaptation, Amelia Kinsella
Programming of Retention Capacity and Release Capabilities of Propargyl Acrylate Nanoparticles Decorated with Poloxamer Copolymer, Oleksandr Klep
The Effects of Using an Information Literacy Model on the Information Seeking Behavior of Sixth-Grade Students, Jessica L. Kohout-Tailor
Model Predictive Control of Modern High-Degree-of-Freedom Turbocharged Spark Ignited Engines with External Cooled EGR, Rohit Vishvanath Koli
Traversing the Digital Frontier: Culture's Impact on Faultline Emergence in Virtual Teams, William S. Kramer
Accounting for Uncertainty in Process Optimization Initiatives with Statistical Convolutions and Stochastic Programming Techniques, Russell William Krenek
Simulated Inflammation by Hypochlorous Acid and the Corrosion and Tribocorrosion of Orthopedic Alloys: Feedback Between Corrosion and Inflammation, Gregory Walter Kubacki
Are Cyp2b and Cyp3a Important in Hepatic Lipid Metabolism?, Ramiya Kumar
Discrete Element Modeling of the Grading- and Shape-Dependent Behavior of Granular Materials, Zhengshou Lai
Carbon Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of Optical Properties, Gregory LeCroy
Self Concept Is a Thing: Exploring Title I Middle School Teachers' Alignment to Self-Concept Enhancement Pedagogy for African American Students, Walter Anton Lee
Role of the Physical Environment on Team-Based Primary Care in the Military Health System, William B. Lewis
Essays on Growth, Finance and Inequality, Changshuai Li
On Some Conjectures in Additive Number Theory, Huixi Li
Taxonomic, Genetic and Functional Diversity of Symbionts Associated with the Coastal Bivalve Family Lucinidae, Jean S. Lim
Applications of Adaptive Decision Making Under Risk in Health Contexts, Drew Morgan Link
Modeling and Performance Analysis of A Sloshing Ferrofluid Based Electromagnetic Energy Harvester, Qi Liu
Study on Optical Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Composites, Yamin Liu
The Effects of Various Retort Motions on the Rate of Heat Penetration of a Food Simulant in Pouches, Mollye MacNaughton
Understanding the Interactions of Anions with Lewis Acids and π-Acids to Develop Efficient Ion-Pair Receptors, Krishnendu Maity
High Precision Fret to Study Bimolecular Dynamics with High Temporal Resolution, Junyan Ma
Two-dimensional Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Generation and Sensing Applications, Sai Sunil Kumar Mallineni
A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Cellulose-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: The Interface Effects, Qian Mao
Assessment of the Structural and Thermal Behavior of Concrete Masonry Construction via Experimentally Informed Numerical Models, Marcos Javier Martínez Andino
Evaluation of Pedometer Performance Across Multiple Gait Types Using Video for Ground Truth, Ryan Stephen Mattfeld
Phylogenetic, Genomic and Morphological Investigations of Three Lance Nematode Species (Hoplolaimus spp.), Xinyuan Ma
High-Achieving, Non-First-Generation, Female, Undergraduate Student Views of Family Influence on Career Decisions, Katryna Bower Maxwell
The Functional Significance of Structural Novelty in the Locomotor Apparatus of Turtles, Christopher James Mayerl
Tissue Engineering Platforms for Cardiac Pathology in Diabetes: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies, Laura Elizabeth McCallum
The Awareness and Attitudes of Teachers towards Educational Restrictions for Immigrant Students, William David McCorkle
n-Alkyl Methacrylate Polymeric Memristors for Synaptic Response Modeling: Organic and Biologically Relevant Thin Films, Tucker McFarlane
A Decision Support System for Selecting Between Designs for Dynamic Software Product Lines, Ethan Travis McGee
The Impact of Goal Persistence and Willing to Compete on Community College Student Success in Developmental Math Coursework, Kerri McGuire
Water-Electricity Nexus: Assessing Impacts of Habitat Loss on Freshwater Mussel Assemblages in the Savannah Basin, South Carolina, Snehal Subhash Mhatre
Influence of Consumer Involvement in Tourist Information Search: Application of Economics of Information Theory in a Destination, Peter Judca MKUMBO
Exploring First-Year Teacher Support Within a Support Team Structure in an Alternative Certification Program: A Multi-Case Study, Candice Vanette Moore
Tunneling Transport Phenomena in Topological Systems, Christopher Moore
Evidence for a Perceptual Recalibration of Self-Control during Thermal Stress, Drew Michael Morris
Subventricular Zone Neural Stem Cells Release Extracellular Vesicles During Early Postnatal Neurogenesis, Mary C. Morton
Diversification and Speciation Patterns of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) And Rove Beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) in the Highlands of Ecuador, Sofia Isabel Muñoz Tobar
Complexation of Copper and Iron by Biologically Relevant Sulfur- and Selenium-Containing Small Molecules, Jaime Melissa Murphy
Research Exemplars from an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Genetics Program, Rebecca Leigh Myers
Investigation of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Retardation of Immunosenescence in Caenorhabditis elegans by Royal Jelly, Ojas Natarajan
Understanding the Impact of Racism and Sexism on the Transition Experience of Black Women Principals from the Classroom to the Secondary School Principalship, Brittany Denise Neely
Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Micro-Architectured 3D Scaffolds, Pooya Niksiar
Improving Deep Reinforcement Learning Using Graph Convolution and Visual Domain Transfer, Sufeng Niu
Experimental and Analytical Techniques for Evaluating the Impact of Thermal Barrier Coatings on Low Temperature Combustion, Ryan O'Donnell
Dis/Orienting 'Middle East': A Cart-Rhetorical Rhizomatic Mapping, Eda Ozyesilpinar
Targeted Delivery of Drug Loaded Albumin Nanoparticles to Emphysematous Lungs to Preserve Elastin and Mitigate Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity, Vaideesh Parasaram
Magnolia: Impact of Interspecific Hybridization on Genetic Variation and Ongoing Breeding Initiatives, James Kevin Parris
Precision Medicine: Viable Pathways to Address Existing Research Gaps, Kathryn Kennedy Pegues
Modelling the Effects of Disease-Associated Single Amino Acid Variants and Rescuing the Effects by Small Molecules, Yunhui Peng
Exploring Underrepresented Doctoral Students' Conceptualizations of the Student-Advisor Relationship in Chemistry, Aubrie Lynn Pfirman
Alternative Milling Path Planning Strategies and Force Modeling for Nickel-Based Superalloys, Abram Pleta
High-Throughput Polygenic Biomarker Discovery Using Condition-Specific Gene Coexpression Networks, William Louis Poehlman
Impacts of Thermal Barrier Coating Morphology and Catalytic Properties on Low Temperature Combustion Engine In-Cylinder Processes, Thomas Powell
Experiences of Upstate South Carolina Historical Preservationists: Wisdom for Cultivating Future Advocates, Steven Clay Pruitt