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Dissertations from 2019
Towards Location Free Movement Recognition with Channel State Information, Chunhai Feng
IT’S NOT ALL PARTISAN POLITICS: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TOWARD ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA, Gary J. Fitzsimmons
ApproxML: Efficient Approximate Ad-Hoc ML Models Through Materialization and Reuse, Faezeh Ghaderi
IMPROVING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF HIGH MODULUS CARBON-FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE WITH VARYING MODULUS FIBERS, Sarvenaz Ghaffari
A Critical State Approach to the Mechanical Behavior of Early-Age Cemented Paste Backfill, Amin B. Ghorbanpour
DEVELOPING APPROACHES THAT LEVERAGE NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING TO STUDY BROAD BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, Nicole Hales
DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND APPLICATION OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT STRATEGIES, Garrett Hellinghausen
EFFECT OF CHICKEN MANURE ON METHANE PRODUCTION FROM MSW IN LAB SCALE ANAEROBIC REACTORS, Md Tauhidul Islam
Nanopetrophysical Characterization of the Wolfcamp A Shale Formation in the Permian Basin of Southeastern New Mexico, U.S.A., Ryan Z. Jones
ENHANCEMENTS OF SHEAR TESTS FOR ASPHALT CONCRETE, Yazeed Suleiman Jweihan
Physical characterization and evaluation of energy potential for mined waste from Irving landfill, Vijay Kakara
BACKSTEPPING APPROACH FOR DESIGN OF CASCADED PID CONTROLLER WITH GUARANTEED TRAJECTORY TRACKING PERFORMANCE FOR MICRO-AIR UAV, Yusuf Kartal
Are smarter neighborhoods, more walkable?, Golnaz Keshavarzihaghighi
Deep Representation Learning for Clustering and Domain Adaptation, Mohsen Kheirandishfard
At the Nexus of Dallas' Neighborhood Arts Districts and Tax Incremental Financing Zones: the Question of Affordable Housing in a Socially Just Economy, Katherine M. Kosut
Static Response Calibration of 3D Printed Thin Walled Structures Using Fused Deposition Modelling, Akhilesh Ravindra Kulkarni
Pulsed Detonation Engine Nozzle Design and Analysis, Rahul Kumar
AUTONOMOUS CARRIER LANDING OF A FIXED-WING UAV WITH AIRBORNE DECK MOTION ESTIMATION, Metin Kus
I, Gamer: Addressing Toxic Ludology and Narratology in the Gamer Discourse Community Through Reinterpreting Video Games as Hypertexts, Andrew S. Latham
Mathematical Modeling of a Network of Neurons Regarding Glucose Transport Deficiency Induced Epileptic Seizures, Ariel N. Leslie
AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULARIZED EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD IN ABAQUS, Yu-Jui Liang
PERFORMANCE MODELING AND RESOURCE PROVISIONING FOR DATA-INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS, Zhongwei Li
PERFORMANCE MODELING AND RESOURCE PROVISIONING FOR DATA-INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS, Zhongwei Li
ANALYSIS OF LAMINATED CURVED BEAM WITH AND WITHOUT DEFECTS AND IMPERFECTIONS, Wei-Tsen Lu
KERNELS AND BEYOND FOR DATA SIMILARITY LEARNING IN DATA MINING, Akshay Malhotra
DESIGN OF A CLC TESTBED TO STUDY HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITORS, Christopher Francisco Martinez
Some Quadratic Regular Algebras on Four Generators Wtih A 1-Dimensional Nonreduced Line Scheme, Anthony IV Mastriania
Planning Practices for the Public Mental Health, Kaitlin A. Mcbride
Evaluation of the Structural Performance of Bridge MSE Retaining Walls, Zaid SM Momani
SEISMIC RESPONSE AND DEFORMATION ANALYSES OF EARTHEN DAMS, Leila Mosadegh
Nano-petrophysical study of the Dean, Wolfcamp, and Canyon formations of the Midland Basin, Texas, USA., Benton M. Mowrey
Assessing the impact of Principal Component Analysis on accurately predicting melanoma diagnosis applied on different classification models, Juan Cristobal Olmedo Rivera
A ROBUST CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR A TAILLESS UAV WITH EFFECTIVE CONTROL ALLOCATION, Ethem Hakan Orhan
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT? THE IMPACT OF FACE RECOGNITION SERVICES ON PRIVACY, James Richard Ortega
Leveraging the dynamic repeat element landscape of squamate reptile genomes to understand broad patterns of Vertebrate genome evolution and transposable element biology, Giulia IM Pasquesi
DROPLET-BASED MICROEXTRACTION OF DNA ENABLED BY ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS, Shubhodeep Paul
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS YOUTHS CONVICTED OF SERIOUS OFFENSES TO SUBSEQUENT CRIMINAL OFFENDING AS ADULTS, Nicolette Perez
Social Media Text Analysis using Multi-kernel Convolutional Neural Network, Anna Philips
DIRECT FUNCTIONALIZATION OF INERT C-H AND C=C BONDS USING COPPER AND ZINC CATALYSTS SUPPORTED BY FLUORINATED LIGANDS, AND THE CHEMISTRY OF Fe(CO)5 AND ITS ANALOGS WITH COINAGE METAL IONS, Tharun Teja Ponduru
PARSING CODE-SWITCHED TAGLISH LANGUAGE BY CREATING CONSTITUENTS, Fadiah Qudah
Development and Testing of a Control strategy for dynamic cooling at Rack level in Data centers, Amrutha Valli Rachakonda
Distributed Deep Neural Networks Training For Brain Imaging Applications, Sudheer Raja
Hypertension Self-Management Intervention: Text Messages to Improve Blood Pressure and Medication Adherence Among African American Older Adults, Elesha R. Roberts
EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE OXYGEN METABOLISM ON MICROVASCULAR REPERFUSION IN RESPONSE TO ACUTE ISCHEMIA, Ryan Phillip Rosenberry
Identification and Characterization of Gate Oxide Defects Responsible for Low Frequency Noise in MOSFETs, A. S. M. Shamsur Rouf
The Impact of Toxic Replies on Twitter Conversations, Nazanin Salehabadi
SYNTHESIS OF METAKAOLIN-BASED GEOPOLYMER AND ITS PERFORMANCE AS SOLE STABILIZER OF EXPANSIVE SOILS, Rinu Ann Samuel
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF LOOPING IN RELATION TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Staci Sellers
Development of a Machine Learning-based Prediction Model for Construction and Environmental Costs of Trenchless Spray-applied Pipe Linings, Cured-in-place Pipe, and Sliplining Methods in Large Diameter Culverts, Ramtin Serajiantehrani
Lost in Translation? Assessing the Intercultural Sensitivity Levels of Planners in the Dallas- Fort Worth Area, Eihua Corinne Olivia Shaw
Material Characterization and Fracture Prediction of FDM Printed Parts, Sanchita Sheth
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Asthma Hospitalizations and Associated Factors in Eastern Texas, 2005-2012, Sadananda Silwal
CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER NANO-PARTICLES INFUSED ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE (ABS)- 3D PRINTED SPECIMENS, Viswajit Talluru
I May be Slightly Broken: Experiences of Children of Parents with Personality Disorders, Miriam Tepper
USE OF WORD EMBEDDING TO GENERATE SIMILAR WORDS AND MISSPELLINGS FOR TRAINING PURPOSE IN CHATBOT DEVELOPMENT, Sanjay Thapa
LEARNING ROBOT MANIPULATION TASKS VIA OBSERVATION, Michail Theofanidis
ELECTROWETTING-ON-DIELECTRIC (EWOD) DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Matin Torabinia
EVALUATION OF FIRE-AFFECTED CONCRETE STRUCTURES BY NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING METHODS, Upal Mohammad Towfiqul Quadir
ASSESSMENT OF MATERIAL STATE IN COMPOSITES USING GLOBAL DIELECTRIC STATE VARIABLE, Vamsee Vadlamundi
Case Study Analysis of Shared Visual Arguments and Propaganda Techniques of Russian Propaganda Posters and Russian Internet Memes, Cindy D. Vasquez
BUDGETING IN TIMES OF FISCAL STRESS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN A LARGE URBAN COUNTY FROM 2006-2017, Ronica L. Watkins Babers
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO ON-LINE SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION – SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY – TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD DEVELOPMENT, Alison Paige Wicker
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF GENERATIVE METHODS ON DRUG DISCOVERY, Siyu Xiu
NUMERICAL STUDY OF HIGH–FREQUENCY FLUIDIC VALVE INJECTORS FOR DETONATION ENGINE APPLICATIONS, Sushma Yalavarthi
ESSAYS OF THE VISUAL EFFECTS ON ONLINE HUMAN DECISION-MAKING AND DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, Jian-Ren Hou
Three Essays on Text Analytics & Behavioral Operations Management, George Kurian
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS AND DENSE SILICON OXYCARBIDE (SiCO) MATERIALS, Susana Isabel Aguirre-Medel
Evaluation and Prediction of Energy Potential of Landfill Mined Solid Waste, Rakib Ahmed
Improving Post Processing of Ensemble Streamflow Forecast for Short-to-long Ranges: A Multiscale Approach, Babak Alizadeh
Performance of Precast Concrete Bridge Girders with Externally Bonded Anchored CFRP, Tariq Tariq Al jaafreh
A NEW DESIGN METHODOLOGY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SQUAT SHEAR WALLS FOR DUCTILE SEISMIC BEHAVIOR AND PREDICTABLE SHEAR STRENGTH, Ghassan S. Almasabha
User Syndication Using Speech Rhythm, Faisal Z H Alnahhas
User Syndication Using Speech Rhythm, Faisal Z H Alnahhas
FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF THE LOW DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL OXIDES, Jiao An
Catalytic C-C silylation Reactions, Thirupataiah Avullala
Investigating the Effects of Varying Levels of Autonomy in an eLancing Environment, Traci M. Bricka
KEY TO SUCCESS? RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND COURSE PERFORMANCE IN FIRST-YEAR, CREDIT-BEARING ENGLISH AND MATH CLASSES, Ashley F. Carter
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF CONTACT AND IMPACT DYNAMICS IN MULTIBODY SYSTEMS, Abhishek Chatterjee
LABORATORY TESTING AND FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF INVERT REMOVED CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT BURIED UNDER SHALLOW COVER, Hiramani Raj Chimauriya
Analytical and numerical modeling of externally heated geothermal bridge deck, Mandakini Chowdhury
Color Lightness and Inter-Item Hierarchy: When People Associate Darker Colors with Higher Hierarchical Items, Myungjin Chung
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND VALIDATION OF A NOVEL OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Ashley Christine Dacy
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF CAVITATING FLOWS BASED ON PLIC-VOF METHOD FOR ARBITRARY UNSTRUCTURED MESHES, Dezhi Dai
The Balancing Act: An Empirical Study Introducing and Removing Constraints in Idea Generation, Adam Damadzic
Ethical Decision-Makers: How Student Affairs Staff Make Moral Choices in the Face of Sexual Assault Cases on Campus, Veronica Daryl Davis
Molecular dynamics (MD) thermal simulations of molecular bridging across the cathode-separator interface in Li-ion cell, Abhijeet Sundarrao Dhakane
EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ON ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, Gaubriella M. Drollinger
ON THE CONCEPT OF SYNTHETIC FIBER REINFORCED THIN-WALLED CONCRETE PIPES, Arash Emami Saleh
Functional Analysis of Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Gene Duplicates with Testis-Biased Expression in Drosophila melanogaster, Mohammadmehdi M. Eslamieh
A MULTI-AGENT DEMAND RESPONSE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK, Alireza Fallahi
Uncovering Underlying Features for State Transition Modeling, Ashkan Farahani
THE IMPACT OF ENDREW F. V. DOUGLAS COUNTY AND JUDICIAL IDEOLOGY ON INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT FAPE DETERMINATIONS IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS, Chrishawn Sontia Finister
“‘WELL I DON’T LIKE ABORTION’ WELL THEN DON’T HAVE ONE”: A CORPUS-ASSISTED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE STANCE FUNCTIONS OF SOME DISCOURSE MARKERS IN MEDIATED ABORTION DEBATE, Kristen Fleckenstein
COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES FOR FINDING DISEASE RELATED GENES AND RNAS, Negin Fraidouni
Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Heat Sink and Heat Spreader for Microelectronics Cooling, Aditya Krishna Ganesh Ram