Dissertations from 2016
The case of the "innocuous" middle-class migrant employee: English language use and attitudes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Suneeta Thomas
Data driven low-bandwidth intelligent control of a jet engine combustor, Nathan L. Toner
Essays in labor economics and panel data analysis, Evan S. Totty
Optical sub-diffraction limited focusing for confined heating and lithography, Luis M. Traverso
Evaluating the prevalence and effectiveness of breed-specific legislation, Felicia E. Trembath
The search for dark matter annihilation in galaxy clusters at VERITAS, James V. Tucci
Understanding the formation of American mental health policy preferences, 1952-1981, Andrew D. Tuholski
Complex glycan utilization preferences of human gut bacteria, Yunus Emre Tuncil
Immune modulating functions by soypeptide lunasin in cancer immunotherapy, Chun-Yu Tung
Racism and conceptual analysis: A defense of the Wittgensteinian approach, Alberto G. Urquidez
Nanoparticle-based electrochemical sensors for the detection of lactate and hydrogen peroxide, Aytekin Uzunoglu
Exploring animacy as a mnemonic dimension, Joshua Edward VanArsdall
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE TEACHING ASSISTANT IN PHYSICS: THE CITA ON CHIP PROJECT, Cyrus Marazban Vandrevala
Markov-based ranking methods, Baback Vaziri
Storytelling failure in the Vale of Leven: How a bacterial outbreak became a wicked problem, Kyle P. Vealey
Approximate computing: An integrated cross-layer framework, Swagath Venkataramani
Optical dosimetry tools and Monte Carlo based methods for applications in image guided optical therapy in the brain, Akshay N Prabhu Verleker
After the honeymoon: The Obama effect on political attitudes and participation, Laurent W. Vesely
On the grain refinement of aluminum alloys, Wei Dai Vian
Students' explanations in complex learning of disciplinary programming, Camilo Vieira
Motivational Orientations of American and Russian Learners of French as a Foreign Language, Zoia Vinogradova
Modeling the impact of battery degradation within lifecycle cost based design optimization of heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles, Ashish P. Vora
A cross-sectional and mixed-method assessment of safety culture and safety climate at a regional airline, Micah S. Walala
Factors influencing teacher instructional practice in mathematics when participating in professional development, William S. Walker III
Simulation of conservation practice effects on water quality under current and future climate scenarios, Carlington W. Wallace
An Ecology of Place in Composition Studies, Jonathan Scott Wallin
Single-conformation spectroscopy of hydrogen bonding networks: Solvation, synthetic foldamers, and neurodegenerative diseases, Patrick S. Walsh
Unraveling the fingerprints of NOx using stable isotopes: Implications for NOx source partitioning and oxidation chemistry, Wendell William Walters
The application of the Hadoop software framework in Bioinformatics programs, Dan Wang
THE MECHANISM OF VITAMIN D MEIDATED PROTECTION FROM EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS, Fa Wang
Investigation of climate variability and climate change impacts on corn yield in the Eastern Corn Belt, USA, Ruoyu Wang
Ultracold quantum scattering in the presence of synthetic spin-orbit coupling, Su-Ju Wang
Tail risk in international markets, Yanchu Wang
Fundamental studies of flame propagation in lean-burn natural gas engines, Zhiyan Wang
The role of mechanical loading in chondrocyte signaling pathways, Qiaoqiao Wan
Exploring problematic online gaming: A qualitative approach, Joseph M. Waters
Packet filter performance monitor (anti-DDOS algorithm for hybrid topologies), Ibrahim M. Waziri
THE ROLE OF NADPH OXIDASE IN NEURITE OUTGROWTH AND ZEBRAFISH NEURODEVELOPMENT, Cory J. Weaver
CENTRIFUGALLY TENSIONED METASTABLE FLUID DETECTORS FOR DETECTION OF ALPHA, NEUTRON, AND OTHER SIGNATURES OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN NUCLEAR WASTE REPROCESSING FACILITIES, Jeffrey Alexander Webster
Design of Mixed-Solvent Extraction and Size-Exclusion Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography to Recover Valuable Compounds from Electronic Waste, George S. Weeden Jr.
Parental Educational Involvement in High School: Practice, Policy, and Implications for Low-Income and Minority Youth, Elizabeth Wehrspann
The epistemology of enculturation, Joshua D. White
An examination of geographic patterns of soil climate and its classification in the U.S. system of soil taxonomy, Hans Edwin Winzeler
Preparative mass spectrometry applications in nanomaterials and organic synthesis, Michael Wleklinski
Energy transfer and localization in molecular crystals, Mitchell A. Wood
Improving the resilience of cyber-physical systems under strategic adversaries, Paul Wood
On the use of mechanical and acoustical excitations for selective heat generation in polymer-bonded energetic materials, Daniel C. Woods
Synthesis and performance of novel supramolecular tools for single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy and drug and gene delivery, Kyle J. Wright
Learning from data: Plant breeding applications of machine learning, Alencar Xavier
CONTINUUM DISLOCATION DYNAMICS MODELING OF THE DEFORMATION OF FCC SINGLE CRYSTALS, Shengxu Xia
Phase field modeling of the defect evolution and failure, Yuesong Xie
The relationship between protein and phosphorus digestion and retention in growing pigs and broiler chickens, Pengcheng Xue
Two-particle correlation studies in heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, Lingshan Xu
Information overload in structured data, Pinar Yanardag Delul
The effects of dietary probiotic inclusion on skeletal health of poultry and its possible mechanisms, Feifei Yan
Visual Clutter Study for Pedestrian Using Large Scale Naturalistic Driving Data, Kai Yang
Improving the Eco-system of Passwords, Weining Yang
China Twenty Years After: Substance Use Under Rapid Social Changes, Xiaozhao Y. Yang
EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES OF COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION STABILITY OF HIGH-DENSITY PARTICLES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, YUNG-JIH YANG
Matrix-free time-domain methods for general electromagnetic analysis, Jin Yan
Computer vision-based structural assessment exploiting large volumes of images, Chul Min Yeum
Homological properties of determinantal arrangements, Arnold H. Yim
Physiological Bases and a Novel Genetic Determinant of Water-Use Efficiency (WUE), Jie Yin
Connecting through smartphones: Cognitive, social, emotional motivations, and the experience of value perceptions, Song-Yi Youn
Affinity cryo-electron microscopy: Methods development and applications, Guimei Yu
High Dimensional Inference for Semiparametric Models, Zhuqing Yu
Flow Shop Scheduling for Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
Flow Shop Scheduling for Energy Efficient Manufacturing, Hao Zhang
Selective Influences, Mental Architectures, and Contextuality, Ru Zhang
Protein LC-MS Using Slip Flow Chromatography, Ximo Zhang
Extreme-Strike and Small-time Asymptotics for Gaussian Stochastic Volatility Models, Xin Zhang
Quantum Coherence and Entanglement in Open Quantum Systems, Yiteng Zhang
The Role of the Set1 RNA Polymerase II Interacting Motif (SRIM) in Set1 Recruitment and Histone H3K4 Methylation, Yueping Zhang
Developing Condition-Based Triggers for Bridge Deck Maintenance and Rehabilitation Treatments, Zhibo Zhang
COMBINING MARKOV RANDOM FIELD AND MARKED POINT PROCESS FOR MICROSCOPY IMAGE MODELING, Huixi Zhao
INFLUENCE OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTIES OF COMPLEMENTARY SEMICONDUCTING POLYMER BLENDS, Xikang Zhao
Reactions of graphene oxide and buckminsterfullerene in the aquatic environment, Yingcan Zhao
The design and statistical analysis of single-cell RNA-sequencing experiments, Faye H. Zheng
Mathematical Models of Ebola Virus Disease and Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Yinqiang Zheng
Modeling, Control, and Impact Analysis of The Next Generation Transportation System, Feng Zhu
Learning Program Specifications from Sample Runs, He Zhu
FINITE ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPROACHES TO ANALYZE MULTISCALE ELECTROTHERMAL PHENOMENA, Amir Koushyar Ziabari
Efficient Sparse Bayesian Learning using Spike-and-Slab Priors, Syed Abbas Zilqurnain Naqvi Zilqurnain Naqvi
CHARACTERIZATION OF WATER MEDIATED HYDROPHOBIC AND IONIC INTERACTIONS USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY, Samual Robert Zukowski
Dissertations from 2015
Elastic Waves Along a Fracture Intersection, Bradley C. Abell
Phase Field Modeling of Grain Growth in Porous Polycrystalline Solids, Karim Ahmed
Scaling Up Network Analysis and Mining: Statistical Sampling, Estimation, and Pattern Discovery, Nesreen Kamel Ahmed
Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors via Polymeric Nanoparticles, Sara Ahmed
Modeling, Empirics and Policy Implications of Firm Heterogeneity in International Trade, Zeynep Akgul
Technology Use of Online Instructors with High Self-Efficacy: A Multiple Case Study, Barbara L. Albee