Dissertations from 2021
Progress Toward the Development of Inhibitory Small Molecules for the Bacteroides and Toxoplasma Microorganisms, Kerrick Connor Rees
Systems Modeling to Predict Mechano-Chemo Interactions In Cardiac Fibrosis, Jesse Daniel Rogers
Pediatric Asthma Management: Navigating Child, Family, Healthcare, and Community Factors, Laura Rolke
An Assessment of the Needs of School-Based Agricultural Educators and Other Professionals in Agricultural Service Agencies for a Professional Online Master’s Degree in Agricultural Education, Maria Mercedes Rossi
Uncovering the Nonlinear Dynamics of Origami Folding, Sahand Sadeghi
Novel Peptide Biomaterials for Enhanced Delivery of siRNA Cargo for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer, Timothy Samec
Exploring the Role of Youth-Adult Relationships in Promoting Positive Outcomes of Youth: An Application of the Rhodes’ Mentoring Model, Alexandra Sandoval
Small Molecule Disruption of Starch Utilization in Bacteroides as a Non-Bactericidal Therapeutic Method, Anthony Daniel Santilli
Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Grain Yield and Composition in Sorghum, Sirjan Kumar Sapkota
“We are girls. We are warriors. We are writers”: Middle School Girls and Gender Identity Construction in an After-School Writing Workshop, Mary-Celeste Schreuder
Exploring Alternatives to Quantum Nonlocality, Indrajit Sen
Intelligent Resource Prediction for HPC and Scientific Workflows, Benjamin Shealy
Essays on Response to Entry Threats, Jaejeong Shin
Innovative Thermal Management Systems for Autonomous Vehicles — Design, Model, and Test, Shervin Shoai Naini
Multistage Stochastic Programming: Algorithms, Modelling and Applications, Murwan Siddig
Multistage Stochastic Programming: Algorithms, Modelling and Applications, Murwan Siddig
Negotiating Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in Secondary Science: A Multi-Case Study, Arsenio Silva
Development of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Repair and Replacement in Pediatric Patients, Dipasha Sinha
Cultivation 2.0: The Mediated Environment as Message in the 21st Century, Chelsea Slack
BREAKING NEWS: Professional Participatory Journalism, Charmayne Lavone Smalls Brown
Regulation of Neuron Development by Slc7a5-mTOR-Ulk1, Aidan Mikkel Sokolov
Genetic Contribution to Growth of Cryptococcus neoformans in the Environment of the Human Host, Piotr Ryszard Stempinski
The Problematic Myth of Student Affairs Attrition: A Regression Analysis, Myles Surrett
Capillary Driven Transport in Soft Solids, Saiful Islam Tamim
Mapping Middle School Mathematics Teachers' Curriculum Assemblages: A Post-Qualitative Inquiry, Hilary Rene Tanck
Deep Learning-Guided Prediction of Material’s Microstructures and Applications to Advanced Manufacturing, Jianan Tang
The Future of Humankind: Comparative Cross-Cultural Study of Youth Environmental Engagement and Environmental Outcomes, Lyudmyla Tsykalova
Approachable Error Bounded Lossy Compression, Robert Raymond Underwood
Choosing Between Pathways Towards the Life Well-Lived, Natalie Vanelli
Effects of Virtual Human in Dyadic and Crowd Settings on Emotion, Visual Attention and Task Performance in Interactive Simulations, Matias Volonte
Computational Study of Catalytic Activity of a H-D-Pro-Pro-Glu-NH2 Derivatives in an Emulsion, Lisi Wang
Engineering of Robust Enzymes and Their Production in the Non-Conventional Oleaginous Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, Weigao Wang
Developing a Novel Neutron Spectrometer Using the Inverse Bonner Sphere Concept for International Safeguards, Mara Watson
The Causal Effects of Growing up in a Two-Parent Household: Evidence from the PSID on Schooling, Earnings, and Labor Force Participation, Bob Shihao Wen
Ecological Outcomes of Movement Behavior in Brown Pelicans from the South Atlantic Bight, Bradley Wilkinson
Glycosome Heterogeneity, Import Complex, and Metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei, Christina L. Wilkinson
"It Comes with the Job": A Mixed Methods Study on Teacher Mental Health, the School Environment, and School Leader Practices, Jacquelyn N. Williams
Diverse Mass Spectrometric Couplings and Applications of the Liquid Sampling–Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge as a Combined Atomic and Molecular Ionization Source, Tyler J. Williams
Comparing Cyberincivility and Cyberbullying in the Workplace: Measurement, Outcomes, and the Power Imbalance, Annie Wilson
Trauma or Trapped: Conceptualizing Moral Suffering and the Impact of Occupational Stigma, Chloe A. Wilson
Essays on Urban and Rural Economic Growth, Adam M. Witham
Deep Learning Frameworks to Improve Inter-Observer Variability in CT Measurement of Solid Tumor, MinJae Woo
Understanding and Modulating Amyloid Aggregation, Yanting Xing
Comparison of Missing Data Imputation Techniques and Analysis with Multilevel Data, Tiantian Yang
An Assessment of Thermal Barrier Coatings for The Low-Temperature Combustion Family: From HCCI To GCI, Ziming Yan
Cooperative Perception for Social Driving in Connected Vehicle Traffic, Daniel Yoon
Investigation of Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Jets and Flames, Mengyuan Yuan
Numerical and Experimental Study of Machining Process of High Strength Lightweight Materials, Chao Zhang
Pretreatment of Cellulosic Biomass Through Bioleaching to Reduce Inorganic Ingredients, Ning Zhang
Consumer Welfare Analysis of Bike Renting System and Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on It, Shen Zhang
An Investigation of Structure, Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Stability of Tunnel Structured Hollandite Materials, Mingyang Zhao
Heavily Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei in the NuSTAR Era, Xiurui Zhao
Mixed Conducting Composite Materials for Intermediate-Temperature Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells, Zeyu Zhao
The Fundamentals of Fretting Crevice Corrosion of Metallic Biomaterials for Orthopedic Implants, Dongkai Zhu
Dissertations from 2020
Psychological, Social and Political Correlates of Youth Civic Engagement in Kosovo, Linda Abazi-Morina
Battery Integration to the Power Grid and Frequency Regulation, Roghieh Abdollahi Biroon
The Impact of Self-Regulated Strategy Development on the Expository Writing Performance of High School Students At-Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Simone Elyse Adams
A Rhetoric of Resentment: Dismantling White Supremacy Through Definition, Scholarship, and Action, Whitney Jordan Adams
Production and Characterization of Uranium Sol Gel Surrogates Produced with Cerium Acetate and Cerium Nitrate, Matthew Brett Alford
Making Pandora’s Box: The Politics of Science Funding, Grant A. Allard
Functional Attributes of Post-Disturbance Regeneration in Puerto Rican Tropical Dry Forest, Tristan Alan Pierre Allerton
Microbiological Safety of Halal Beef in the United States, Omar Ahmed Al-Mahmood
Considering Disaster Volunteer Behavior and the Work Environment in Managerial Decision Making, Abdelwahab B. Ali Alwahishie
Development and Application of Sustainable Binders Comprising of Fly Ash and Ground Glass Fibers in Portland Cement and Geopolymer Concrete, Omar Alsanusi Amer
Essays on Economic Conditions and the Living Arrangements of Young Adults, Khundkar Mohammad Arefin Kamal
Engineered Porous Electrodes for High Performance Li-Ion Batteries, Milad Azami Ghadkolai
“How Do I Shrink Myself?” A Veteran Assistant Principal’s Micropolitical Experiences in an Unfamiliar Rural School, Jason Michael Bailey
Essays on State Agency and Higher Education Appropriation, Sulaiman Balogun
Codes and Sequences for Information Retrieval and Stream Ciphers, Travis Alan Baumbaugh
A Computational Framework for Axisymmetric Linear Elasticity and Parallel Iterative Solvers for Two-Phase Navier–Stokes, Alistair R. Bentley
Reading with Daddy: Parent Gender, Joint Book Reading, and Emergent Literacy Growth, Julia Kate Bentley
Illuminating Perceptions of Social-Ecological Complexity for More Holistic Management of Parks and Protected Areas, Michael Patrick Blacketer
A Channel-Access Framework for Scheduling Transmission Assignments in Ad Hoc Networks with Rate Adaptive Radios, Vikas Bollapragada Subrahmanya
Girls' Construction of Mathematical Discourse in Single-Sex and Coeducational Classroom Environments, McKenzie Hoxit Brittain
Atomic Data Needs in Laboratory Astrophysics: Experimental Methods for Spectroscopy and Charge Exchange with Ions, Steven James Bromley
Guanidinium Sulfation Crystallization: Strategy for Enantiomeric Identification and Diastereomeric Resolution, Beau Ryan Brummel
Student Journalists and Mass Communication Ethics – Attitudes and Pedagogy, Karyn S. Campbell
Homomorphic Encryption and Cryptanalysis of Lattice Cryptography, Benjamin M. Case
Contraceptive Provision and Initiation Among Women With and Without Substance Use Disorders: Trends, Patterns and Practices, Elizabeth Charron
Genetic and miRNA Transcriptomic Analysis of Autoregulation of Nodulation Signaling in Medicago truncatula, Diptee Chauligain
Three Papers in Applied Macroeconomics, Jeremy Worthington Choquette
Let There Be Dragons! Towards Designing an Engaging Quest that Enhances Curiosity and Learning About Genetics, Karen Rebecca Clark
“Lost in the Sauce”: How Early Childhood Educators Navigate the Process of Reporting Child Sexual Abuse, Amaris Josephine Cordero
Nano-Scintillators as Next Generation Tools for Optogenetics, Ashley Dickey
Multi-point Monin–Obukhov Similarity Theory in the Convective Atmospheric Surface Layer Using Matched Asymptotic Expansions, Mengjie Ding
Investigating the Presence of Culture in Engineering Design: A Case Study on Culture in Design Methods, Perception, and Outcomes, Malena Ataa Durowaah Agyemang
Essays on the Industrial Organization of Internet Markets, Ahmed Eddhir
The Daytime Conspicuity Benefits of Rear-Facing Bike Lights, Darlene Edewaard
Student Perceptions of Learning in Cooperative Education Experiences, An Embedded Mixed Methods Study, Katherine Ehlert
A Bayesian Approach to Computer Model Calibration and Model-Assisted Design, Carl Ehrett