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Dissertations from 2021
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL CONDUCTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL AND LATENT HEAT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, Amirhossein Mostafavi
DECOUPLING-BASED APPROACH TO CENTRALITY DETECTION IN HETEROGENEOUS MULTILAYER NETWORKS, Kiran Mukunda
HOW DOES GLOBAL-LOCAL IDENTITY IMPACT CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING, Xiaodong Nie
LIUTEX AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR FLUID TRANSITION, Charles Matthew Nehemiah Nottage
A MULTIFACETED VIEW OF CAREER CHOICE AND WORK OUTCOMES OF NURSES IN HEALTHCARE, Ifeyimika Oluwadamilola Ogunyomi
DECONVOLVING KERNEL REGRESSION FUNCTION ESTIMATION BASED ON RIGHT CENSORED DATA, Erol Ozkan
LOCALIZED BANDS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN THE STRONGLY CORRELATED d AND f ELECTRON SYSTEMS: A FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY, Hori Pada Sarker
DESIGNING REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCING MATERIALS FOR CANCER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS, Nil Kanatha Pandey
PORCINE NEONATAL HEART EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AS A REGENERATION PLATFORM, Karla Perez
Mediating Effect of Cognitive Function on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease in the United States, Julie K. Peterson-Newman
MODELING THE EFFECT OF IN SITU NOZZLE-INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ROLLING ON THE MECHANICAL AND FRACTURE BEHAVIOR OF FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION (FFF) 3D PRINTED PARTS, Momen Mohammad Qasaimeh
CHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE, Mustafi Raisa Amin
ADAPTIVE ACTIVATIONS AND SHIFT INVARIANCE IN SHALLOW CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Chinmay Appa Rane
CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IN THERMOPLASTIC FFF PARTS USING IN-SITU ANNEALING, Rhugdhrivya Rane
Machine Learning Framework for Nonlinear and Interaction Relationships Involving Categorical and Numerical Features, Shirish Mohan Rao
TARGETED AND UNTARGETED CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY METHODS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ANALYSIS, Hailee Elizabeth Ratcliffe
TUNING THE SOLUBILITY, CELLULAR-UPTAKE AND ACTIVITY OF MICROTUBULE STABILIZING RUTHENIUM POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES, Melissa Marie Reardon
GENOMIC STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY IN NEOTROPICAL HERPETOFAUNA: THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY AND GENE FLOW, Danielle George Rivera
THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERGROUP CONTACT WITH ATHEISTS AND OUTGROUP ATTITUDES, Brock C. Rozich
Ontological (Free) Agency: the Erasure, Commodification, and Autonomy of Black Athletes, Abraham Yabar Salinas
LAMINAR SWEPT AND CROSS SHOCKWAVE/BOUNDARY-LAYER INTERACTIONS, Jiss Jacob Sebastian
DEVELOPMENT OF NON-PRESTRESSED UHP-FRC GIRDERS FOR LONG-SPAN BRIDGES WITH DCSR DESIGN CONCEPT AND COLLAPSE ASSESSMENT OF SMFS WITH CALIBRATED RC AND UHP-FRC COLUMNS BASED ON FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENTS, Seyed Missagh Shamshiri Guilvayi
LIUTEX-BASED VORTEX IDENTIFICATION METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DNS STUDY OF FLAT PLATE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION, Pushpa Shrestha
DESIGN, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS IN DATA CENTER THERMAL MANAGEMENT, Ashwin Siddarth
A NOVEL SUPERVISED DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION METHOD: INTEGRATING PCA WITH SVM, Faezeh Soleimani
Computational Investigation of Energy Dissipation through Progressive Failure in Tailored Composite Structures via Explicit Finite Element Analysis, Anirudh Srinivas
GLUCOSE GEL AS A TREATMENT FOR NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA, Karen Christine Stanzo
A BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STUDY OF MARKET POWER AND FUZZY RETURN, Jingjie Su
Crip Mothering: Representation of Disability and Motherhood in Post-1980 American Films, Mohammed Ali H. Sumili
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, SKILLS, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY: EXPERIENCES OF SOCIAL WORK FACULTY IN MANAGING CONTROVERSIAL CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS, Tiara Anice Thomas
POSTHUMAN NURTURING IN AMERICAN LITERARY FUTURITIES, Andrew Ryan Tolle
EVALUATION OF A PERSONAL MOBILE TRAINER SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR FACILITATING EXERCISE THERAPY FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS, Ahmad Fawzi G Turki
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SILVER AND COPPER VANADATES, Abbas Vali
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF MINE TAILING-BASED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES: CURRENT PRACTICES AND WAYS FORWARD, Jose Raul Velasquez Vasquez
ON DIFFERENT COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS FOR BOX-COX TRANSFORMATION CURE RATE MODEL, Pei Wang
TOP LEGAL EXECUTIVES AND MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS PROCESS AND OUTCOMES, Suye Wang
FROM HUMBLE BRAGS TO INSINCERE FLATTERY: AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT, Julia Hylton Whitaker
CONTINUOUSLY RENEWED COPPER ELECTRODE FOR AMPEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF CARBOHYDRATES, Shane R. Wilson
MACROMODELING AND ACCELERATED SIMULATIONS OF ELECTRIC MACHINES, Ajay Pratap Yadav
SHAPE-BASED TIME SERIES MINING FOR PROCESS MONITORING AND ANOMALY DETECTION, Li Zhang
TREATMENTS OF CONTAMINANTS FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS THE USE OF PHYTOREMEDIATION METHODS IN TARRANT COUNTY, Melissa Rubi Lemuz
EVALUATING DALLAS COUNTY LANDFILLS FOR PUBLIC AMENITY: REPURPOSING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE LANDFILL THROUGH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, Elena E. Naccari
CLASSIFYING DESIRE PATHS UTILIZING A CAMPUS MASTER PLAN STUDY: A METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING URBAN DESIGN FLAWS, Michael Shuey
CULTIVATING A SENSE OF PLACE THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LANDSCAPES: THE REDESIGN OF DOWNTOWN PROSPER, TEXAS, Nicole Palmer Simonini
TRANSFORMING A TYPICAL FLEA MARKET INTO A MORE VITAL THIRD PLACE THROUGH EXPRESSIONS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY, Nusrat Jahan Nipu
PREDICT BEHAVIOURAL SCORES IN SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS FROM RESTING STATE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (fNIRS), Amnah Abdelrahman
THERMAL DESIGN ANALYSIS OF SERVER CHASSIS MANIFOLDS FOR LIQUID COOLED SERVERS USING CFD, Kaustubh Kantilal Adsul
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VACCINATION AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE ON OUTBREAKS OF EMERGING RESPIRATORY DISEASES, Mohammed Hameed Alharbi
DEEP LEARNING METHODS FOR IMAGE RESTORATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, Zahra Anvari
METAL NANODENDRITES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS AS 3D SURFACE ENHANCED SCATTERING (SERS) SUBSTRATES, Aseem Athavale
CHARACTERIZATION OF MSW AND PLASTIC WASTE VOLUME ESTIMATION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Sehneela Sara Aurpa
FLUORINATED ALCOHOL INDUCED SUPRAMOLECULAR BIPBASIC SYSTEMS IN PROTEOMICS AND LIPIDOMICS, Mohammadmehdi Azizi
NON-INVASIVE PROFILING OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN BRAIN GLIOMAS USING DEEP LEARNING AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES, Chandan Ganesh Bangalore Yogananda
EVALUATION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC PINS AS SHEAR KEYS IN MSE WALL BASE, Prabesh Bhandari
DEVELOPMENT OF A TEST METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING AN INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING MODULE FOR DATA CENTER COOLING APPLICATION, Abhijit Rajendra Bhosale
RACE AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE: THE REPRESENTATIONS IN CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS, 2016-2020, Brittany Boisvert
A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK TO MITIGATE SURFICIAL SLOPE FAILURES, Burak Boluk
EFFECTS OF ASSESSMENT AND ASSIGNMENT REGIMES ON CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS IN HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE EMERGING FROM HOMELESSNESS, Flora Alexandra Brewer
DECENTERING WHITE SPACE IN THE TWO-YEAR COLLEGE ENGLISH CLASSROOM: A PERSPECTIVE THROUGH CRT, TRIBALCRIT, AND LATCRIT, Kassandra Angela Ramirez Buck
“STYLE WITHIN STYLE”: CHOPIN’S USE OF SMALLER-FORM STYLES USED IN HIS SONATA-FORM WORKS, Isis Victoria Cabrera
SCHOOL CHOICE AND UNIVERSITY-MODEL SCHOOLS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Kelly Sakzenian Cagle
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ANCHOR GROUP EFFECTS ON CONCRETE BREAKOUT STRENGTH WITHIN STEEL FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE, Harjasdeep Singh Chauhan
IMPACT OF MATERIAL MODELS ON IMMERSION COOLED ELECTRONICS PACKAGES AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR CHIP-PACKAGE INTERACTION, Tushar Jashvantbhai Chauhan
COOLING EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF A DATA CENTER USING OPTIMIZED CABINET DESIGN AND HYBRID COOLING WITH HIGH INLET CONDITIONS OF SINGLE-PHASE COOLANT AND AIR, Uschas Chowdhury
FISH WORTH FIGHTING FOR: THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES (1500-1800), Laura Perry Cohen
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SUZUKI METHOD AS IT PERTAINS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING MUSIC USING THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH; THE COMPARISON OF THE SUZUKI METHOD TO TRADITIONAL METHODS; AND HOW THE NATIVE LANGUAGE APPROACH AIDS IN TEACHING MUSIC TO STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA, Christine Nicole Collins-Davis
THE COMMISSIONING OF THE LOW FREQUENCY ALL SKY MONITOR, THE FIRST DISTRIBUTED PHASED ARRAY TELESCOPE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SEARCH FOR RADIO TRANSIENTS AT LONG WAVELENGTHS, Louis Percy Dartez
MACHINE LEARNING WITH GRAPHS, Jianjin Deng
ROLE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN FINANCIAL LITERACY AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal
PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE RESPONSE TO COLD FRONTS: A MODEL COLUMN STUDY IN A FREEZER BOX, Taryn DiLorenzo
THE INFLUENCE OF DARK TRIAD TRAITS AND FRAMING EFFECTS ON COOPERATION IN NON-ZERO-SUM GAMES, Stephen M. Doerfler
VISTAS: VOCATIONAL IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR AUGMENTING WORK PERFORMANCE, Sanika Doolani
ADVANCED ALGORITHMS FOR COMBINATORIAL AND SEQUENTIAL TEST GENERATION WITH CONSTRAINTS, Feng Duan
EVALUATION AND RETROFITTING OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDER BRIDGE WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION, Ikram Hasan Efaz
REAL-TIME MATERIAL STATE ASSESSMENT OF COMPOSITES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS CHALLENGES, Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian
LEARNING HIERARCHICAL TRAVERSABILITY REPRESENTATION FOR EFFICIENT MULTI-RESOLUTION PATH PLANNING, Reza Etemadi Idgahi
USING EMPIRICAL DATA TO DESIGN AND VALIDATE HYBRID SIMULATION MODELS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN SERVICE OPERATIONS, Mohammed Farhan
TOWARDS EFFICIENT TESTING AND DEBUGGING OF EMERGING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS, Huadong Feng
SERMONIC FUGUES EVALUATED IN A THEMATIC COLLECTION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOMILETICAL RESPONSES TO THE 9/11 TRAGEDY USING DISTANT READING ANALYTICS, Terrance Andrew Ford
CONTINUOUS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WITH ENGLISH SPEECH SYNTHESIS USING ENCODER-DECODER APPROACH, Preetham Ganesh
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN AND PROSPECTIVE MEMORY, Maxine Kaylen Geltmeier
BEAMFORMING USING QUASI OPTICAL APPROACH FOR 5G BACKHAUL, Pratik Ghate
OPTION PRICING WITH INVESTMENT STRATEGY UNDER STOCHASTIC INTEREST RATES, Niloofar Ghorbani
ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORM DISTORTIONS PRODUCED BY INTERFEROMETER RESPONSE FUNCTIONS FOR FUTURE SEARCHES OF GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SIGNALS FROM CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE, Anton Gribovskiy
INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SELECTIVELY LASER MELTED IN718 OVERHANGS FABRICATED WITHOUT SUPPORT STRUCTURES, Manjunath Hanumantha
EFFECTS OF pH SHOCK AND HEAT STRESS ON THE GROWTH OF NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA AND THEIR PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION, Ishanka Udayangi Hemachandra
APPLICATION OF INTERPRETABLE MACHINE LEARNING IN FLIGHT DELAY DETECTION, Afroza Hossain
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC COOLING LIQUID-COOLED SERVERS, Hardik Yashwant Hurnekar
A SCOPING REVIEW OF INTERVENTIONS CONDUCTED FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA, Grace Akomu Amenawon Inegbenehi
AN IN VITRO MODEL TO STUDY THE ROLE OF IOL: LENS CAPSULE INTERACTIONS IN POSTERIOR CAPSULE OPACIFICATION, Arjun Jaitli
EXTEND THE SENSING BOUNDARY OF MOBILE SYSTEMS: SECURITY AND NEW APPLICATIONS, Wenqiang Jin
STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS 3D IC PACKAGES AND ANALYSIS OF RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLE BASED THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS, Mehzabeen Binte Kabir
ROBUST TRAINING METHODS FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS WITH A VARIETY OF LABEL NOISE, Sree Ram Kamabattula