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Dissertations from 2021
SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS FOR BLACK BOYS IN AMERICA: A CASE STUDY, Jorriod Moore
GLAZE EPOCHS: EXTERNALIZING MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH TANGIBLE DATA RECORDS IN A CERAMICS STUDIO, Hedieh Moradi
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN GRADUATE STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH ACADEMIC ADVISING AT A PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN TEXAS, Vandana Nandakumar
FLEXURAL STRENGTHENING OF TWO-WAY SLABS USING CFRP EXTERNAL LAMINATES, Shams Abbas Naqvi
EXPEDITIOUS APPROACH TO 3,3’-BIS-SILYL BINOLS, BIPHENOLS, AND 3,3’-BIS-SILYL PHOSPHORAMIDITES ENABLED BY CATALYTIC C–H SILYLATION WITH A TRACELESS ACETAL DIRECTING GROUP, Hiep Hoang Nguyen
CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT/RECYCLED PLASTIC BLENDS MODIFIED BY EXFOLIATED CLAY NANOPLATELETS, Kate A. Nguyen
EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOSED-LOOP INVERSE-KINEMATIC LANDMARK NAVIGATION METHOD ON DRIFTING AND HEADING ERRORS OF IMPRECISE MULTI-LEGGED ROBOTS, Thong Quang Nguyen
TEENAGE CYCLISTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURES, Obiageli Lawrentia Ngwu
EFFECT OF MODIFIED MOISTURE BARRIER IN MITIGATING PAVEMENT DISTRESSES DUE TO EXPANSIVE SUBGRADE, Pratibha Pandey
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM RESTORATION FOR INDUSTRIAL POWER SYSTEMS, Anusha Papasani
REALIZATION OF COMPACT ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING SYSTEMS ON A BOARD AND A CHIP FOR A HIGH-DENSITY SENSOR ARRAY, Hyusim Park
BLACK [OUT]: DISCIPLINE INEQUITY MATTERS FOR BLACK FEMALES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, Oliver K. Patterson
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS REVEALS THE MECHANISMS AND EVOLUTION OF EXTREME PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS IN SNAKES, Blair William Perry
EFFECTS OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON DISTANCE TO WORK IN INDIVIDUAL CAR RIDERS, Raha Pouladi
INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY ON STOCK MARKET LIQUIDITY, FNU Pratima
Metabolic and Electrophysiological Effects of Transcranial Photobiomodulation (PBM) and Multi-wavelength PBM, Tyrell Byrom Pruitt
HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS AND MONITORING TO ENHANCE HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION, Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan
END-USER FRAMEWORK FOR ROBOT CONTROL, Kaustubh Kedar Rajpathak
INVESTIGATION ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POROUS STRUCTURES PROCESSED BY LASER POWDER BED FUSION, Samarth Ramachandra
AN INTELLIGENT FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS EMBODIED COGNITION FROM PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN CHILDREN, Ashwin Ramesh Babu
ELUCIDATING THE EVOLUTION OF SEX CHROMOSOME DOSAGE COMPENSATION USING BEETLES, Balan Ramesh
THE IMPACT OF FRESH EYES: HOW A CHANGE IN THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM IMPACTS THE REPORTING OF INTERNAL CONTROL MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, Hannah Elizabeth Richards
THE IMPACT OF FRESH EYES: HOW A CHANGE IN THE ENGAGEMENT TEAM IMPACTS THE REPORTING OF INTERNAL CONTROL MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, Hannah Elizabeth Richards
LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS TO ADVANCE STUDENT SUCCESS, Kelli Rogers
FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION OF LIQUID ORGANIC FERTILIZER (LOF) FROM FOOD WASTE FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT, Shadman Sakib
BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES OF DEVELOPING ZEBRAFISH HEART IN-VIVO, Nabid Salehin
PHOTOBIOMODULATION OF NEURAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION USING INFRARED (810 NM) LASER STIMULATION, Noemi Salgado Cordova
SHOSTAKOVICH’S STRING QUARTET NO.15 IN E-FLAT MINOR, OP.144: HOW AN IC1 THREAD CONNECTS THE NARRATIVE TO THE MUSIC, Brian Thomas Sanders
THE CASE OF NEMO NOBODY: A LACANIAN STUDY OF THE TRAUMATIC AND NEUROTIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MAN WHO DOESN'T EXIST, Brittany N. Sanders
UNSUPERVISED DATA DRIVEN MACHINE LEARNING IN HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY VIDEOS, Kazi Tanzeem Shahid
NONLINEAR AND QUANTUM OPTICS IN FEW-MODE-FIBERS, Afshin Shamsshooli
STRUCTURE AWARE HUMAN POSE ESTIMATION USING ADVERSARIAL LEARNING, Suryam Sharma
EVOLUTIONARY AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFECTOR CASPASES, Suman Shrestha
SENSITIVITY STUDY OF CALIBRATED DATA CENTER MODELS TO MINIMIZE SITE SURVEY TIME USING CFD, Saurabh Singh
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS FOR DIETARY INTAKE: EXPANDING THE PROTOTYPE WILLINGNESS MODEL IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Shane A. Snyder
THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS URBAN HEAT ISLAND MAGNITUDE AND ITS RELATION TO SEVERE AND EXTREME DROUGHT, Linnea Clarke Standard
THE LATINX STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT AN ELITE COLLEGE IN TEXAS, Jennifer Sutton
RADICALS ON THE MOVE: FRENCH MIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850-1900, Staci L. Swiney
EVALUATING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZED LOW-COST 3D PRINTED HEAT SINK MADE OF COPPER, Bilal Taha
STUDY OF HIERARCHY AND PORE ARCHITECHTURE OF POROUS MATERIALS, Poroshat Taheri
USING SENTIMENT AND EMOTION ANALYSIS OF NEWS ARTICLES TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTS OF LEADER’S STATEMENTS ON COVID-19 SPREAD, Poojitha Thota
ENE REACTIONS OF METHYLIDENE THIAZOLIDINES, Key M. Tse
PERCEPTIONS AND CONTENT OF TRADITIONAL AND ONLINE NEWS: AN ANALYSIS OF BIAS IN INDIAN MEDIA, Sangya Tyagi
THE EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS USING STATIC HEADSPACE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY, VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION, Emmanuel Varona -Torres
A 3D SERS DEVICE FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN LIQUID, Sankgeeth Vennila Sigamani
RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND CAPACITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS, Zikai Wang
JUSTICE FOR THE FALLEN WOMAN, Terri Weaver
THE MICROFOSSIL ASSOCIATION OF THE UPPER PART OF THE SALESVILLE FORMATION (LOWER MISSOURIAN, PENNSYLVANIAN) NEAR MINERAL WELLS, NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, Billy Allen Williams
DIFFERENCES IN DISCIPLINE: ANALYSIS OF TEXAS SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ACTIONS FOR BLACK FEMALES, Norcise LaVette Williams
THE MECHANISM OF ENZYME STABILITY AND SPECIFICITY IN CASPASE-3, Liqi Yao
DYNAMIC EQUIVALENT WIND FARM MODELS FOR PLANNING, OPERATION, AND POST-FAULT ANALYSES, Yuhao Zhou
NEOLIBERAL PARK GOVERNANCE REGIMES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL INCLUSION IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS SIGNATURE PARKS, Nazanin Ghaffari
Theses from 2020
JUDICIAL VOTING IN U.S. DISTRICT COURTS LOCATED IN THE SECOND AND FIFTH CIRCUITS IN FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION CASES INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, Selena Renee Aguirre
A Survey on DDoS Attacks in Edge Servers, Iftakhar Ahmad
HYDROLOGIC & HYDRAULIC ANALYSES TO RE-ESTABLISH TRIGG BRANCH’S JURISDICTIONAL CHANNEL TO PRE-DAM CONDITION USING HEC-HMS & HEC-RAS MODELS, Razak Ahmed Albarqaawee
EVALUATION OF THE USE OF ANCHORAGE SYSTEMS FOR STRENGTHENING CONCRETE MEMBERS REINFORCED BY FIBER-REINFORCED-POLYMER (FRP) LAMINATE, Mai Abd Alrhman alrhman Aljaberi
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ANCHOR GROUP EFFECTS ON CONCRETE BREAKOUT STRENGTH WITHIN FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE, Atheer Alaa Al Khafaji
Road map generation and feature extraction algorithms from GPS trajectories and Trajectories Data warehousing, Tariq Alsahfi
DEVELOPING STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTOR FOR FLEXURAL DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS EXPOSED TO FIRE, Sahar Aradmehr
AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY: ANALYZING PLANNING APPROACHES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, Priscylla Bento
RECOMPILATION OF LITHOLOGICAL PROXIES ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY, Heather Nicole Brauer
SEMI-AUTOMATIC HAND POSE ESTIMATION USING A SINGLE DEPTH CAMERA, Giffy Jerald Chris
LABORATORY STUDY OF HYDRODYNAMICS OF SUBMERGED BRIDGES, Max Thomson Dean
TCHAIKOVSKY: SONATA-FORM STYLE AND TENDENCIES, Lorena Beatriz Ferrer Maldonado
EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY MASTER PLANNING: EXAMINING PLANNERS' PERCEPTIONS, Rhonda E. Fields
ELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF OXIDE AND CHALCOGENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS, Farinaz Firouzan
Stable isotope composition of surface water across central Mexico, Jordan Foote
ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON MIXING IN SUPERSONIC FLOWS, Vijay Gopal
DEVELOPMENT OF DETERIORATION MODELS FOR STREET PAVEMENT IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX, Mladjan John Grujicic
TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS: A SCOPING REVIEW, Joseph David Harwerth
PRINCIPLES, DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBWAVELENGTH PERIODIC RESONANT METASURFACES, Hafez Hemmati
PAID FAMILY LEAVE & THE MEDIA: A NARRATIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK, Nichole Angelic Horn
NANOSCALE MECHANICS OF DISORDERED BIOMOLECULES IN BRAIN, Md Ishak Khan
Determining the molecular events underlying the role of estradiol in mediating sex differences in cocaine reward., Saurabh Sanjeev Kokane
PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS: KEEPING THEMSELVES RICH WHILE GIVING MONEY AWAY, Jessica Leech
ADAPTIVE GRAPH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK AND ITS BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Ruoyu Li
Laboratory tests and numerical model of geothermally heated bridge deck with attached hydronic loop, Teng Li
CAR PLATE DETECTION USING REGION-BASED CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS, Shengyi Luan
Autonomous landing of quadrotor on a moving UGV with the optimal control policies, Suhas Priyatham Manda
HUMILITY AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL: TESTING A MODERATED MODERATED MEDIATION MODEL, Christa Mason
Experimental Assessment of Rack-Level Dynamic Direct to Chip Liquid Cooling for Data Center and IT Equipment Reliability, Amith Mathew
Automating Aerospace Synthesis Code Generation A Tool for Generic Vehicle Design and Technology Forecasting, Thomas Peter Mccall
STOCHASTIC RISK MEASURES FOR THE LUNDBERG MODEL WITH REINSURANCE AND INVESTMENT, Benie Justine N'Gozan
AN EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS, SHOOTER CHARACTERISTICS, AND INCIDENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL MASS SHOOTINGS, Amber Elizabeth O'Dell
THE PAIN IN THE PLEASURE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TAIL REGION OF THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA (tVTA), Akshay Parchure
HEALTH LITERACY, ILLNESS PERCEPTION, AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT IN KOREAN-SPEAKING IMMIGRANTS WITH DIABETES, Su Won Park
Investigation of Clinoptilolite Zeolite as a Candidate System for Study by Positron Annihilation, Edward Perez
Application of the Critical Race and Latino Critical Theories to Explore Social Innovation in Nonprofit Services Addressing HIV/AIDS Issues in Texas, Jack Brandon Philips
SYNTHESIS AND IN VIVO BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASMALL METAL NANOPARTICLES, Shahab Ranjbar Bahadori
El Camino Real, From Old Trails to Modern Highways 1890-1945, Timothy Ross Reed
BUILDING ON SPATIAL MISMATCH: A NEW REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND AN EXAMPLE CASE STUDY, Steven Matthew Reeves
STRONGER THAN FICTION: LITERARY AND CULTURAL MERIT OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FICTION, Shewanda LaRue Riley
GENERATING ADVERSARIAL EXAMPLES FOR RECRUITMENT RANKING ALGORITHMS, Anahita Samadi
INCOMPLETE TIME SERIES FORECASTING USING GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORKS, Harshit Tarun Shah
ADULT LITERACY IN THE UNITED STATES: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF IMMIGRANT AND AMERICAN-BORN ADULTS, Adam Keith Stein