Dissertations from 2016
A standards-based grading model to predict students' success in a first-year engineering course, Farshid Marbouti
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF COLLISION-ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION (CAD) OF DEPROTONATED MODEL COMPOUNDS RELEVANT TO LIGNIN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS, Christopher Louis Marcum
Energy localization and heat generation in composite energetic systems under high-frequency mechanical excitation, Jesus O. Mares
Knitting rebellion: Elizabeth Zimmermann, identity, and craftsmanship in post war America, Maureen Lilly Marsh
Being and Literature: The Disclosure of Place in Modernity, Donovan Irven Martin
Evolutionary potential of a dispersal-restricted species in response to climate change, Lorena Torres Martinez
Thermal neutron analysis for improvised explosive device detection, Matthew David Marziale
Encounters beyond the interface: Data structures, material feminisms, and composition, Christine L. Masters
EXILES OF HETERONORMATIVITY: QUEER REPRODUCTION AND FEMALE SAME-SEX FAMILIES IN SINGAPORE, NUR ADLINA B. MAULOD
Toward a genre writing curriculum: Schooling genres in the Common Core State Standards, Michael J. Maune
STRUGGLING STUDENTS BECOME SUCCESSFUL ART MENTORS: A MIXED METHOD MULTI-CASE STUDY, Amanda Mayes
Methods to facilitate community participation in humanitarian engineering projects: Laying the foundation for a learning platform, Andrea Mazzurco
Annual forage cropping-systems for midwestern ruminant livestock production, John Ernest McMillan
TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF GRAPHENE IN ADVANCED CMOS INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY, Ruchit Mehta
Measurement of the Upsilon(nS) cross section at CDF, Michael D. Meier
Coupled resonator based wireless power transfer for bioelectronics, Henry Mei
A phenomenographic study of the ability to address complex socio-technical systems via variation theory, John A. Mendoza Garcia
Investigation of cellular microenvironments and heterogeneity with biodynamic imaging, Daniel Alexander Merrill
Studies of Novel Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling Reactions, Jinmin Miao
Security techniques for sensor systems and the Internet of Things, Daniele Midi
Rhetoric and feminism in the Americanization Era: The YWCA's rhetorical education program for immigrant women, Gracemarie Mike
Kernels of adjoints of composition operators on Hilbert spaces of analytic functions, Brittney Rachele Miller
Using information technology to model hand-washing behavior and to improve policies impacting elementary school absenteeism due to influenza, Galina V. Miller
The Thermomechanical Response of Composite Energetic Materials Under High- and Low-frequency Mechanical Excitations, Jacob Kress Miller
The acquisition of bare nominals by three populations of Spanish-English bilingual adults, Lauren Elizabeth Miller
Ribozymes of the RNA World: Investigating Ancient Enzymes through Modern Self-Cleaving Ribozymes., Aamir Mir
Gap analysis identifying the current state of information security within organizations working with victims of violence, Kelley K. Misata
Solution-Processed Solar Cells via Nanocrystal Inks and Molecular Solutions, Caleb Miskin
What broke where for distributed and parallel applications — a whodunit story, Subrata Mitra
Africa is Always Bringing forth Something New: African Worlds and Worldviews in British Enlightenment Literature, 1660-1780, Rebekah Kurtz Mitsein
Best matching processes in distributed systems, Mohsen Moghaddam
Analytical and experimental investigation of microstructural alterations in bearing steel in rolling contact fatigue, Sina Mobasher Moghaddam
A Cost-Effective Cloud-Based System for Analyzing Big Real-Time Visual Data From Thousands of Network Cameras, Ahmed Mohamed
TARGETING MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PATHOGENS WITH NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES, Mohamed F. Mohamed
Managing bacterial wilt, caused by Erwinia tracheiphila, on muskmelon with early control of striped cucumber beetle ( Acalymma vittatum (F)), and through varietal selection, Ahmad Shah Mohammadi
Cell Type-specific Analysis of Human Interactome and Transcriptome, Shahin Mohammadi
Neural activity reveals effects of aging on inhibitory processes during word retrieval, Ranjini Mohan
Analysis of scientific argumentation in two physical chemistry classrooms using the POGIL approach, Alena C. Moon
Bridge maintenance to enhance corrosion resistance and performance of steel girder bridges, Luis M. Moran Yanez
The things they carried: The biological residue of childhood misfortune, Patricia M. Morton
Influence of dietary polyphenols on carbohydrate intestinal digestion and absorption, Sydney E. Moser
Rees algebras and iterated Jacobian duals, Vivek Mukundan
Size and chemistry selective membranes from block polymer templates, Ryan A. Mulvenna
Collaboration in scientific digital ecosystems: A socio-technical network analysis, Philip Mutuma Munyua
COLLABORATION IN SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS: A SOCIO-TECHNICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS, Philip Mutuma Munyua
Understanding the mechanism for response selection in compatibility tasks: Referential coding contrasted with biological properties of the hands, Nicole M. Murchison
A Methodology to Determine Non-Fixed Performance Based Thresholds for Infrastructure Rehabilitation Scheduling, Jackeline Murillo Hoyos Murillo Hoyos
Mechanistic characterization of acetic acid resistance enzymes of Acetobacer aceti, Jesse R. Murphy
Decentering the writing program archive: How composition instructors save and share their teaching materials, Stacy Olivia Nall
Laser direct written silicon nanowires for electronic and sensing applications, Woongsik Nam
A Holistic Approach to Lowering Latency in Geo-distributed Web Applications, Shankaranarayanan Puzhavakath Narayanan
Impact of RFID information-sharing coordination over a supply chain with reverse logistics, Juan Jose Nativi Nicolau
MULTI AGENT SYSTEM APPROACH TO SOLVE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM TO INCREASE THE STABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, Uditha Sudheera Navaratne
DISCOVERY AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES OF HESSIAN FLY EFFECTOR-ENCODING GENES, Lucio Navarro Escalante
Energy efficiency in data collection wireless sensor networks, Miquel Andres Navarro Patino
Bayesian causal inference of cell signal transduction from proteomics experiments, Robert D. O. Ness
Intelligent control of a class of nonlinear systems, Phuong D. Ngo
ACID-BASE REACTIONS IN DIFFERENT SOLID-STATE FORMS, Haichen Nie
Functional and structural analysis of FST1 in Fusarium verticillioides, Chenxing Niu
UNDERWATER BONDING WITH POLYMER MIMICS OF MUSSEL ADHESIVE PROTEINS, Michael A. North
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS ON ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, Leila M. Nyberg
Laser-processed parchment paper for fabrication of chronic wound dressings with selective oxygenation, Manuel Ochoa
Development of inverse methods for reconstruction of flight environments on ablators, A. Brandon Oliver
ASSOCIATION MAPPING OF GENE REGIONS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN SORGHUM, Patrick Obia Ongom
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE NANOSTRUCTURES, Noah Felix Ochieng Opondo
Robust Hybrid Simulation with Improved Fidelity: Theory, Methodology and Implementation, Ge Ou
Poetry matters: Radical politics in postmodern American poetry, Christopher J. Padgett
Understanding Plant Response to Stress Using Gene Model Quality Evaluation and Transcriptome Analysis, Karthik Ramaswamy Padmanabhan
Investigation of Novel Displacement-Controlled Hydraulic Architectures for Railway Construction and Maintenance Machines, Damiano Padovani
Towards Single-Chip Nano-Systems, Hossein Pajouhi
Exploring Spin-transfer-torque devices and memristors for logic and memory applications, Zoha Pajouhi
Group transformation and identification with kernel methods and big data mixed logistic regression, Chao Pan
Parametric approaches to fractional programs: Analytical and empirical study, Chong Hyun Park
L2 Effect on Bilingual Spanish/English Encoding of Motion Events: Does Manner Salience Transfer?, Heidi E. Parker
It is "broken" and "accented": Non-native English-speaking (NNES) Graduate Students' Perceptions toward NNES Instructors' English, Hyo Jung Keira Park
Representation and control of coordinated-motion tasks for human-robot systems, Hyungju Andy Park
REGULATION OF T CELLS AND TISSUE INFLAMMATION BY SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS, Jeong Ho Park
Measuring fluency: Temporal variables and pausing patterns in L2 English speech, Soohwan Park
Towards building a prototype spin-logic device, Ashish Verma Penumatcha
Advancing multiple model-based control of complex biological systems: Applications in T cell biology, Jeffrey P. Perley
Martingales, Singular Integrals, and Fourier Multipliers, Michael A. Perlmutter
Electric power and the global economy: Advances in database construction and sector representation, Jeffrey C. Peters
Investigating physiological collaborations between a lower termite and its symbionts, Brittany F. Peterson
Race, class and gender in engineering education: A quantitative investigation of first year enrollment, Canek Moises Luna Phillips
The Gas-Phase Oxidation of Cationic Bioanalytes via Ion/Ion Reactions, Alice Lindsay Pilo
Violence, Militarism and the Environment in Contemporary South Asian Literature, Saba Pirzadeh
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Amine Bis-phenolate Polymerization Catalysts Featuring Titanium, Zirconium, or Hafnium Centers, Paul Daniel Pletcher
The Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide: Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students and Their Heterosexual Peers, Rachel Ann Ploskonka
Modeling fluid interactions with the rigid mush in alloy solidification, Alexander J. Plotkowski
The Time of Liberation: Angela Davis's Prison Abolition and Giorgio Agamben's Coming Community, Amy M. Pommerening
INVESTIGATING RHEOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES TO MODEL AND PREDICT OPERATING CONDITIONS OF A SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER WITH INTERNAL RESTRICTIONS, Amudhan Ponrajan
Microstructural evolution during the homogenization heat treatment of 6XXX and 7XXX aluminum alloys, Pikee Priya
Experimentally validated 3D MD model for AFM-based tip-based nanomanufacturing, Rapeepan Promyoo
A phenomenological inquiry into sacred time in Hinduism, Netty Provost