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Theses from 2021
ADAPTIVE HUMAN-ROBOT MOTION TRANSFER FOR COMPLETE BODY IMITATION, Francisco Villa
CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, Dravid Sabarish Villavan Kothai
Multi-Parametric and Multi-Objective Optimization of Heatsinks for Forced and Natural Convection Based Single-Phase Immersion Cooling of Server, Tushar Rohidas Wagh
Is It a Boy or a Girl? Constructing a Gendered Identity for our Companion Animals, Jennifer Ann Wellman
Empowering Artists Who Have Experienced Homelessness in the City of Dallas, Texas through Temporary Public Art in Urban Spaces, Angeles Marina Margarida-De Guzman
A STUDY OF BEHAVIORS IN PROCUREMENT, SUPPLY CHAIN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Xianghua (Jason) Wu
AUDITORS’ PUBLIC OFFERING EXPERIENCE AND LAWSUITS, Nargiz Abdullayeva
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA-HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (UHP-FRC): 3D PRINTING, SIFCON, ALTERNATIVE FIBERS, SHRINKAGE CRACK CONTROL, HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND LIGHTWEIGHT, Bhupendra Raj Acharya
The Natural Middle of a Complete Resolution, Rebekah J. Aduddell
SEX DIFFERENCES AND VASCULAR MECHANISMS OF ELEVATED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN NON-HISPANIC BLACK INDIVIDUALS, John David Akins
On the Efficacy of Knowledge Graph Completion Methods, Accuracy Measures and Evaluation Protocols, Farahnaz Akrami
ON A CUBIC NONLINEAR EQUATION MODEL ARISING IN SHALLOW WATER THEORY, Osama Salameh Alkhazaleh
SIMULATION OF A SOFT BODY NON-GRASP MANIPULATOR USING A SPRING-MASS-DAMPER CLOTH MODEL, Cristian Almendariz
MATHEMATICAL APPROACH OF LIUTEX CORE LINE AND LIUTEX CORE TUBE FOR VORTEX STRUCTURE VISUALIZATION, Dalal Khalid B Almutairi
DIABETES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG SAUDI WOMEN, Zainab Mohammed H Alyousef
EMPLOYING A PARALLEL CORPUS-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING SEMANTIC PROSODY AND COLLOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR TO ARABIC EFL LEARNERS, Alhassan Abdullah J Alzahrani
MULTI-PLAYER H1 DIFFERENTIAL GAME USING ON-POLICY AND OFF-POLICY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Peiliang An
A Study on Approximations of Totally Acyclic Complexes, Tyler Dean Anway
MODELING FACTUAL CLAIMS WITH SEMANTIC FRAMES: DEFINITIONS, DATASETS, TOOLS, AND FACT-CHECKING APPLICATIONS, Fatma Arslan
MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF CHEMICALLY TREATED SULFATE-RICH CLAY UNDER MULTIPLE TRIAXIAL STRESS PATH, Azadeh Asghariastaneh
DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARISON OF PREDICTION MODELS FOR SANITARY SEWER PIPES CONDITION ASSESSMENT USING MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK., Daniel Ogaro Atambo
AMORPHOUS SILICA BASED BIOMATERIALS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL TISSUE REGENERATION APPLICATIONS, Kamal Awad
PERFORMANCE OF RECYCLED PLASTIC PINS FOR INCREASING BEARING CAPACITY OF FOUNDATION SOIL, Faria Fahim Badhon
SHAPE MODELING, ATTITUDE ESTIMATION, AND CLASSIFICATION OF ARTIFICIAL RESIDENT SPACE OBJECTS (RSO) USING PHOTOMETRIC LIGHT CURVES, Katiyayni Balachandran
ROTOR PERFORMANCE MODEL (RPM), Chadwick Scott Balfantz
UN-MAKING THE GRADE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES AND PROPERTY VALUES, Staci L. Barker
THE BLACK CHURCH AND GUNS: ASSESSING THE LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION AND RACE IN THE UNITED STATES, LaDarius Beck
SUPERCRITIAL FLUID EXTRACTION - SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRY (SFE-SFC-MS) METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR ONLINE EXTRACTION OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES, Blair Kristen Berger
SET-THEORETIC FRAMEWORKS FOR ONLINE OPTIMIZATION, ESTIMATION, AND CONTROL, Dignata Bhattacharjee
UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION, CONTROL, AND ESTIMATION OF STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC SYSTEMS USING GENERALIZED POLYNOMIAL CHAOS EXPANSION, Rajnish Bhusal
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SENSORS, Priyanka Biswas
FOOT-BALL! TURNING COLOMBIAN BOYS INTO PATRIOTIC MEN: HOW SPORT AND EDUCATION DEVELOPED WITH EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY COLOMBIAN NATIONALISM, Brandon Todd Blakeslee
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF TITANIUM BY ELECTROLYTIC PLASMA PROCESSING AND IN-VITRO STUDIES, Wisanu Boonrawd
THE OVERLOOKED MAJORITY: THE SOCIALIZATION OF NEW FIELD-TRAINED COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONALS, Ke'ana Bradley
DESIGN OF STREAMLINE-TRACED INLETS AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITH ROTATING DETONATION ENGINES, Malcolm Lee Branch
HOW LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT CAN DECREASE POVERTY, Abigayle Brianna Brooks
INVESTIGATING A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL UPDATING METHODOLOGY FOR CHARACTERIZING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NCF COMPOSITES, Pasworn Chanchai
TESTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran
STUDIES ON ENANTIOSELECTIVE DESYMMETRIZING ALKYNE HYDROSILYLATION, Yao Chung Chang
PHOTOCATALYTIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF VARIOUS PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN WATER, Nusrat Chowdhury
MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF F420-DEPENDENT ENZYMES BY KINETIC ANALYSIS, Lindsay A. Davis
DESIGN AND CFD ANALYSIS OF BIMETALLIC BASED PASSIVE DYNAMIC COLD PLATE FOR HIGH POWER DIRECT-TO-CHIP LIQUID COOLING, Apurv Pravin Deshmukh
PARENT ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: PRE-COVID AND PERI-COVID PERSPECTIVES OF SCHOOL EFFORTS, Arin D. Dixon
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF SELF-INCORPORATION AS A SOLUTION TO ROADWAY MAINTENANCE IN TEXAS COLONIAS, Moise Dzogolo
INVESTIGATING THE MICROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY AND TRAIT NOVELTY, Thomas Joseph Firneno
AGENT-BASED MODEL SIMULATION FOR POLICE DEPLOYMENT DECISION-MAKING IN PATROL OPERATIONS, Yasaman Ghasemi
EFFECT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, REYNOLDS NUMBER, ASPECT RATIO AND PACKING ARRANGEMENT ON RADIAL HEAT TRANSFER IN PACKED BEDS, Nishith Gorla
DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL SIMULATION FOR EVALUATION OF ROBOTIC ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENT, Shubham Raosaheb Gunjal
STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF DISTRESSED CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE BRIDGE RETAINING WALL, Karzan MS Habeeb
A NEW GEOTHERMAL BRIDGE DE-ICING SYSTEM WITH ATTACHED HYDRONIC HEATING LOOPS: FIELD TESTS, NUMERICAL MODELING, AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT, Omid Habibzadeh Bigdarvish
Modeling of hydrogen sulfide generation and rates of microbial induced concrete corrosion in manhole shafts, Sunakshi Hada
A STUDY OF DISPROPORTIONALITY IN DISCIPLINE FOR BLACK GIRLS IN TEXAS: DOES DISTRICT TYPE MATTER?, Tonelli L. Hatley
MICROPOLITAN VS METROPOLITAN: AN EXAMINATION OF CITY SIZE AND POLICE FUNDING IN TEXAS, William Casey Heath
DETERMINATION OF THE KINETIC ROLES OF THE MEMBRANE IN THE CATALYSIS OF RASGEFS BY USING AN ENGINEERED MODEL PROTEIN, Hanh My Hoang
REPRESENTATION AND STRATEGY LEARNING FOR VARIABLE-SIZE TREE TRANSFORMATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING, Shirin Hosseini Shirvani
FORMATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACT: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT, Lei Hua
HAPTIC INTERFACE OPTIMIZATION FOR VIRTUAL ANASTOMOSIS SURGERY TRAINING, Kangji Huang
WORKING COLLEGE STUDENTS: HOW WORK DEMANDS, PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND HEALTH IMPACT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, Ryan Paul Hulla
SELF-REGULATION OF BOUNDARIES FOR THRIVING, ENRICHMENT, AND BALANCE ACROSS THE WORK-NONWORK INTERFACE, Shelia A. Hyde
WI-FI-BASED INDOOR LOCALIZATION USING MODEL-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES, Ayoub Idelhaj
DOMAIN ADAPTIVE TRANSFER LEARNING FOR VISUAL CLASSIFICATION, Ashiq Imran
REUSING OF RECYCLED PLASTIC AS PAVEMENT BASE AND SUB-BASE MATERIALS, Tanvir Imtiaz
EFFECTIVENESS OF RECYCLED PLASTIC PIN FOR IMPROVING BEARING CAPACITY OF EMBANKMENT OVER SOFT SOIL, Md Azijul Islam
IMPROVED FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS BY THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CATALYST, Seyed Amir Jafari Ghoreshi
MACHINE LEARNING METHODS TO IMPROVE FAIRNESS AND PREDICTION ACCURACY ON LARGESOCIALLY RELEVANT DATASETS, Bhanu Chaturvedi Jain
PRINCIPAL RETENTION: THE PERCEPTIONS OF VETERAN SECONDARY PRINCIPALS WHO REMAIN IN THEIR ROLES AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, Coletha Tucker Johnson
THE VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILLENNIALS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY, Kapreta J. Johnson
COMPRESSIVE DECONVOLUTION OF MRI IMAGING VIA ℓ1 − ℓ2 REGULARIZATION, Talon Johnson
MODELING CAPACITY: MULTIPLE WEAVING AREAS, Sheida Khademi
OPTIMIZING THE DEMAND AND DISTRIBUTION OF POWER IN SMART GRIDS, Saifullah Khalid
STRESS ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS, Nilabh Krishna
Causes of Driver Distraction and Incidents at Signalized Intersections, Zannatulferdous Labony
HEALING THE TRAUMA OF SEX TRAFFICKED WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES: A SCOPING REVIEW, Erin Marie Laney
Development of a Model to Prioritize Inspection and Condition Assessment of Gravity Sanitary Sewer Systems, Karthikeyan Loganathan
SCHUBERT AND HIS ILLUSTRIOUS REPETITIVE NATURE, Nathan Edward Lowe
NEW FLEXIBLE MOLDABLE ION-EXCHANGE POLYMERS AND THEIR ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS, Fereshteh Maleki
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTS THAT HELP BRIDGE THE SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Monica Esquivel Manning
URBAN HOMICIDE IN GLOBAL SOUTH: A STUDY ON HOMICIDE CHANGES OF CAPITAL DHAKA OF BANGLADESH, Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan
OBJECT CLASSICATION, DETECTION AND STATE ESTIMATION USING YOLO V3 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK AND SENSOR FUSION OF STEREO CAMERA AND LIDAR, Kamalkumar Bharatkumar Mehta
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticle Delivery of Notch Intracellular Domain Plasmid to Restore Notch Signaling, Victoria L. Messerschmidt
GENETIC INNOVATION THROUGH GENE DUPLICATION IN DROSOPHILA, Seyedeh Mirsalehi
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