Dissertations from 2017
Damage, Tension/Compression Asymmetry and Inferred Crack Growth in Fatigue title of Aluminum Alloys, Colin Young
Defining Replication-Coupled Chromatin Assembly Pathways and their Effect on Silencing and Responses to DNA Damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tiffany J. Young
Towards Name Disambiguation: Relational, Streaming, and Privacy-Preserving Text Data, Baichuan Zhang
Digestibility of calcium in feed ingredients and digestible calcium requirements for pigs, Fengrui Zhang
The Regulation of Calcium Oscillations in Porcine Eggs at Fertilization, Lu Zhang
A Manifestation of Chinese Tourists: Chinese Values and Touristic Behavior, Yunzi Zhang
Cloning and Characterization of the Maize Lesion Mimic Mutant les23 and its Suppressor slml, Ross Zhan
Scalable Bayesian Nonparametrics and Sparse Learning for Hidden Relationship Discovery, Shandian Zhe
The study of atomic quasi-stable states, decoherence and cooling of mesoscale particles, Changchun Zhong
Formative Research on an Instructional Design Theory for Fostering Self-Efficacy Through Gamification, Stacey Zurek
Using Multiple Ways to Investigate Cognitive Load Theory in the Context of Physics Instruction, Tianlong Zu
Dissertations from 2016
Evaluation of Negative Energy and Mineral Balance in Periparturient Holstein-Friesian Cattle, Ameer Ahmed Abdelhameed
Gonadal intersex in teleosts: Mechanisms, molecular biomarkers and diagnostic assays, Ahmed M.E. Abdel-moneim Mohamed
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF LARGE-SCALE CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION DEPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM BOUNDARIES - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, Mohammed Abotalib
Enhancing Bioethanol Fermentation through Removal of Acetic Acid Using Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Mahdieh Aghazadeh
Design, Implementation and Experiments for Moving Target Defense Framework, Norman Ahmed
Oscillation of quenched slowdown asymptotics of random walks in random environment in Z, Sung Won Ahn
Language, culture, and identity negotiation: perspectives of adolescent Japanese sojourner students in the Midwest, USA, Reiko Akiyama
Designing prenatal m-Health interventions through transmigrants reflection on their pregnancy ecology, Hana AlJaberi
The Impact of the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Pathway on Milk Production in India, Benjamin Allen
Macronutrient-Flavonoid Interactions, Effects in Model Food Matrices, Jennifer Louise Allen
Developing L2 reading fluency: Implementation of an assisted repeated reading program with adult ESL learners, Matthew C. Allen
Subsidies, aquaculture technology adoption, and welfare impacts in Ghana and Kenya, Akuffo Amankwah
Controlling electronics for the formation of high valent uranium imido complexes, Nickolas H. Anderson
Understanding, Evaluating, and Diagnosing Undergraduate Student Difficulties with Graph Choice and Construction, Aakanksha Angra
The role of the Picuris orogeny in the tectonic evolution of Proterozoic North America, Ruth Frances Aronoff
Utilization of ferrioxamine microarrays for the rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria, Nigam Bir Arora
Privacy, Access Control, and Integrity for Large Graph Databases, Muhammad Umer Arshad
Incorporation of GNSS multipath to improve autonomous rendezvous, docking and proximity operations in space, Benjamin W. Ashman
Deciphering the role of Hsp31 as a multitasking chaperone, Kiran Aslam
End-to-end security in service-oriented architecture, Mehdi Azarmi
Regularity of solutions and the free boundary for a class of Bernoulli-type parabolic free boundary problems with variable coefficients, Thomas H. Backing
RUNNING FOR INTEGRATION: CCNY AND THE PROMISE OF INTERRACIAL COOPERATION THROUGH BASKETBALL, Arthur Banton
Socioeconomic Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure at Different Spatial Scales, Eleni Bardaka
Learning in vision and robotics, Daniel P. Barrett
Computational environment for modeling and analysing network traffic behaviour using the divide and recombine framework, Ashrith Barthur
Modifying burning rate and agglomeration size in aluminized composite solid propellants using mechanically activated metals, Hatem Mohamed Belal
Influence of stormwater control measures on watershed hydrology and biogeochemical cycling, Colin D. Bell
A framework for the statistical analysis of mass spectrometry imaging experiments, Kyle Bemis
Perceval's sister and Juliet Capulet as disruptive guides in spiritual quests, Joanna Benskin
Improving the mechanistic study of neuromuscular diseases through the development of a fully wireless and implantable recording device, Rebecca A. Bercich
Learning the language of academic engineering: Sociocognitive writing in graduate students, Catherine G. P. Berdanier
GENERIC FRAMEWORKS FOR INTERACTIVE PERSONALIZED INTERESTING PATTERN DISCOVERY, Md Mansurul Alam Bhuiyan
Examining law enforcement officer job satisfaction and burnout through the lens of empowerment theory, Bruce A. Biggs
Three essays in economics, James R. Bland
FEA methodology for system-level redundancy evaluation: Application to non-composite steel bridges, Francisco Javier Bonachera Martin
Role of DeltaC and DeltaD in Zebrafish Retinal Development, Sylvia Imelda Bonilla
Lateral Load Behavior and Capacity of Structures Composed of Steel-Plate Composite (SC) Walls, Peter N. Booth
Sounding sacred: The adoption of biblical archaisms in the Book of Mormon and other 19th century texts, Gregory A. Bowen
Modeling for thermal resistance of non-O157 shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in ground beef, Jagpinder S. Brar
Three essays analyzing the role of social capital on individual and firm decision making, Ariana P Torres Bravo
Investigation of digital pump/motor control strategies, Farid El Breidi
Essays in experimental economics on contract design, Jacob A. Brindley
Grounding robot motion in natural language and visual perception, Scott Alan Bronikowski
Globalization and state: Factors contributing to the contemporary food security crisis, Christopher A. Bunka
A unique perspective on the demand for livestock product attributes, Elizabeth S. Byrd
Creativity in organizations: Antecedents and outcomes of individual creativity, Goran Calic
Combinatorial algorithms for perturbation theory and application on quantum computing, Yudong Cao
A transfer network linking Earth, Moon, and the triangular libration point regions in the Earth-Moon system, Lucia R. Capdevila
Conceptual understanding of threshold concepts of electrical phenomena: Mental models of senior undergraduates in electrical engineering, Mark T. Carnes
Post-transition human rights performance in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea, Nusta Pitushca Carranza Ko
RESILIENCE, SUICIDE, AND ENROLLMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THREE ESSAYS ON IMPACTS OF RECESSION, Danielle Elizabeth Carriere
CHD Chromatin Remodelers Promote Epigenetic Control of Development in Arabidopsis thaliana, Benjamin Carter
Essays in international migration, Marcelo J. Castillo
Thematic analysis of influencers on continuing professional learning of tenure track engineering faculty as assistant professors at an RU/VH institution, James Edwin Cawthorne
A study of security issues of mobile apps in the android platform using machine learning approaches, Lei Cen
Visual analytics of location-based social networks for decision support, Junghoon Chae
Supervised learning-based explicit nonlinear model predictive control and unknown input estimation in biomedical systems, Ankush Chakrabarty
Tools and Methods to Analyze Multimodal Data in Collaborative Design Ideation, Ramaswamy Senthil Kumaran Chandrasegaran
On the 3D point cloud for human-pose estimation, Kai-Chi Chan
Hybrid STM/HTM for nested transactions in Java, Keith G. Chapman
Authentic science in education: Studies in course-based research at the United States Military Academy, Anthony M. Chase
Cosmic ray muons for spent nuclear fuel monitoring, Stylianos Chatzidakis
Systemic risk in financial networks, Peng-Chu Chen
Impact of dietary modification on aflatoxicosis in poultry, Xi Chen
Local polynomial chaos expansion method for high dimensional stochastic differential equations, Yi Chen
Exploring the potential impacts of climate change on North America's Laurentian Great Lakes tourism sector, Natalie Chin
The effects of chloride-based deicing chemicals on degradation of portland cement mortars with alkali reactive aggregate, Charles Yicheng Chiu
Light localization in biological media, Seung Ho Choi
UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING CRYSTAL POLYMORPHISM BY SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION MICROSCOPY, Azhad Chowdhury Chowdhury
Development and evaluation of a watershed-scale hybrid hydrologic model, Younghyun Cho
Dissecting the Multifaceted Relationship Between Maize and Cochliobolus carbonum race 1, Kevin Chu
Data mining Twitter for cancer, diabetes, and asthma insights, Kimberly Chulis
Essays on health insurance, Amanda C. Cook
A descriptive case study: Investigating the implementation of web based, automated grading and tutorial software in a freshman computer literacy course, Glen J. Coulthard
The role of African leafy vegetables in food security, Marcia M. Croft
INFLUENCES OF INTERFACES AND PROMOTERS ON THE WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTION OVER SUPPORTED NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS, Yanran Cui
APPROACHING DNA METHYLATION AT THE NANOSCALE, Yi Cui
Modeling and Fundamental Design Considerations for Portable, Wearable and Implantable Electronic Biosensors, Piyush Dak
LINEAR AND NONLINEAR FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS, Nur Pradani Damayanti
Intestinal cytoplasmic lipid droplets, associated proteins, and the regulation of dietary fat absorption, Theresa M. D'Aquila
Essays on Malawian agriculture: Micro-level welfare impacts of agricultural productivity; profitability of fertilizer use; and targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs, Francis Addeah Darko
The development and evaluation of a lean six sigma advanced manufacturing methodologies course for aeronautical engineering technology curriculum, John Michael Davis
Mechanical dispersion of semi-solid binders in high-shear granulation, Nathan J. Davis