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The one-stop shop for all UTA theses and dissertations written by masters and PhD students for their degree requirements!

Theses from 2026 2026

DEVELOPMENT OF A DEEP LEARNING-ENABLED COMPUTER VISION FRAMEWORK FOR PAVEMENT CRACK ASSESSMENT ON PLASTIC-MODIFIED ASPHALT SECTION: SH 205, DALLAS DISTRICT, Garima Maharjan

Enhancing the performance of disk-based key-value stores: From learned index acceleration to I/O-efficient hybrid caching, Sujit Maharjan

Applications of Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy for the Characterization of the Surface and Near Surface of Two-Dimensional Heterostructures, Hany M. Mahdy

Buckling analysis of auxetic composite laminates and optimal design using lamination parameters and machine learning, Hans Bendon Maria Tamil Selvan

On An Asymptotic Two-Dimensional Shallow Water Model, Christina M. Martinez

Voice and Student Engagement with Writing: Integrating Perspective, Personality, and Style, Sara S. Martin

Investigating the Viability of Fully Online Asynchronous Physics Instruction in Formal Education, Clifton W. Massey-Noel

Synthetic Contact Zones: Meeting Nature and Animals in Video Games, Sarah C. McPherson

(Trans*)gressing discourse: Producing and disrupting normativity in education for trans* students with dis/abilities, Meagan Meredith

DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING TRANSFER LEARNING FOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF SANITARY SEWER PIPES, Mohsen Mohammadagha

Effects of Fermented Soybean Products on the Human Gut Microbiome, Microbial Metabolism, and Host Physiology, Shannon Moncier

Preliminary Investigation of the Carbon Storage Potential in the Fort Worth Basin: Reservoir Characterization and Modeling of the Lower Atoka Grant South Sand in Tarrant County, Texas, Mary Ann M. Moody

Personal Strength as a Core Dimension of Posttraumatic Growth: A Multi-Method Study of U.S. Military Veterans, Steven Moore

Evaluating and Advancing the Robustness and Fairness of Face Obfuscation Systems, Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Moosavi Khorzooghi

Protecting Wetlands in the State of Texas: Assessing Gaps in Regulations, Knowledge, and Professional Roles and Responsibilities, Grace A. Moy

LEADERSHIP AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: THREE ESSAY DISSERTATION ON GENDER, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE, Siddhi Ramanand Nair

CONSTRAINING THE TECTONO-CLIMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: INSIGHTS FROM VOLCANIC GLASS, LEAF WATER, AND LEAF WAX HYDROGEN ISOTOPES, Rijumon Nandy

Multimodal Deep Learning for Biological Data Understanding, Saiyang Na

Occurrence of Microplastics in the Urban Air and Water Systems and Associated Exposure Risks, Jenny K. Nguyen

Application of MATLAB Simulation for Quantum Wells and Absorption Modelling, Mohamed Nur

Towards comprehensive strategies for promoting physical activity in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): Exploring program effectiveness, eHealth interventions, and practical recommendations for parents and children, Mary Luz Ocampo-Plazas

Fabrication Processes for InP Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers, Joungkook Oh

CHARACTERIZATION OF TOMOGRAPHIC PIV SYSTEM FOR SINGLE-PHASE IMMERSION COOLING APPLICATIONS, JOEL JOSHUA OOMMEN

STRUCTURED SPARSE DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES FORECASTING: FROM INTERPRETABLE FEATURE SELECTION TO ENTERPRISE DECISION SUPPORT, Dervis Ozay

Autonomous UAV Mission Planning Under Threat Using Model Predictive Control with Proportional-Navigation Pursuers, Mehmet B. Ozcelik

End-to-End Development and Experimental Validation of a 1/10-Scale Autonomous Vehicle, Rikkin Pankaj Panchal

THE ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF SYMBIONTS, Bibek Singh Parajuli

Universal Sound Separation: Distance-Aware Mixture Simulation, Co-occurrence Conditioning, and Chain-of-Inference, Wonjun Park

Set-theoretic Reachability-informed Model Predictive Control for Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Jinaykumar Nitinkumar Patel

Dosage Sensitivity and the Evolution of Dosage Compensation: Tests of the Insensitive Sex Chromosome Hypothesis in Flour Beetles, Shana Pau

PEPTIDE SEQUENCING VIA PROTEIN LANGUAGE MODELS, Thuong Le Hoai Pham

FROM DESIGN TO FUNCTION: LATE d-BLOCK METAL COMPLEXES SUPPORTED BY FLUORINATED PYRIDYL AND PYRAZOLYL LIGAND FRAMEWORKS, Vo Quang Huy Phan

ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING IN 5G/6G NETWORKS, Roopesh Kumar Polaganga

Gas Dynamic Modeling of Blowdown Supersonic Wind Tunnel and Multimode Control System Development, Harshwardhan Prasad

NEIGHBORHOOD EMBEDDINGS AND SCALABLE LEARNING FOR OPTIMAL TRANSPORT AND UNBALANCED OPTIMAL TRANSPORT, Muhammad S. Rana

Status Anxiety and Public Support for Reactionary Political Movements, Timothy E. Randall

The Regulatory Evolution of Epidermal Signaling Glands in Lizards: Regulatory Architecture, Deep Homology, and Environmental Modulation, Joshua O. Rivera

An Automated Compliance Checker for AI Agent Logging and Record-Keeping under the EU AI Act Using a Domain-Specific Language, Lamia Hasan Rodoshi

A Bayesian Late-Fusion Supportability Framework for Rare-Disease Severity Prediction in GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome, Jordan M. Rodriguez

Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Digital Dating Abuse Through Social Media: A Scoping Review, Kiara E. Rodriguez

Amorphous Selenium Photodetectors for Liquid Noble Detectors, Michael Rooks

Development of Multimodal Measurements and Analysis for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease, Fiza Saeed

FLUORESCENT TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVES FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Mandira Saha

Coordinating the Layers: Regulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Cell Wall Assembly in Mycobacterium smegmatis by MurJ and PgfA, Karen Emmanuella Samaga-de-Tembiwa

Deep Learning Frameworks for Functional Genomics: lncRNA–miRNA Interactions, Dose-Specific Graph Modeling, and Complete Graph-Based lncRNA Functional Annotation Using Cross-Layer Attention, Sachit Satyal

Generative Imaging for Computational Pathology, Md Jillur Rahman Saurav

DATA-DRIVEN PREDICTION OF CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK CORROSION USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR), Nafisa Shafiullah

Performance Evaluation of Modified Moisture Barrier for Subgrade Stabilization of Pavements on Expansive Soils, MD Tamim Shahriar

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Multistage Triaxial Behavior of Reconstituted Kaolin Clay, Kushal Sharma

Mitochondria in Local Control of Programmed Cell Killing & Resilience, Rashna Sharmin

COASTLINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM, Aref Shiran

BEYOND PERMISSIONS: A PRIVACY AND SECURITY ANALYSIS OF SENSOR AND NETWORK ACTIVITY ON XR DEVICES USING XRMONITOR, Gayatri Sravya Siripurapu

Thermal Management in Data Centers: A Study of Hybrid-Cooled Servers and Single-Phase Immersion Systems, Akiilessh Sivakumar

Exploring the Landscape of Global Social Work Education in the United States: A Mixed-Method Study, Shamila Sivakumaran

Phonetic Attrition as an Outcome of L1-L2 Phonetic Interaction: Effects of L2 Exposure in Arabic-English Bilinguals, Dema Smadi

Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Workplace. An Exploration of Augmentation, Oyinkansola O. Sodiya

Surrogate Optimization for Analytical Chemistry, Jaivardhan Vinodkumar Sood

Family Factors and Adolescent Behavior: How Parenting Practices and Parent-Child Relationships Shape Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors, Angela J. Spikes

Understanding Culpability Factors in Traffic Crashes: Analyzing Causes and Policy Impacts Across the NCTCOG Region and a Comparative State-Level Evaluation, Jessica T. Suma

Navigating Academic Accommodations for Students with Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education: A Scoping Review, Lauren M. Sutton

Modeling, Analysis and Testing of Insect-like Wing Structure, Rui Suzuki

RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CEREBRAL VASCULAR RESPONSIVITY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, Ziba Taherzadeh

Developing Design Principles for Multimodal Connection: A Case Study of the Commerce Bridge Corridor in Dallas, Texas, Panisa Thanpaisarnsamut

Adversarial Robustness in Biomedical Time-Series Models, Rohan Tiwari

Can Feedback Framing Improve Creative Problem-Solving? Examining the Effects of Valence and Format, Ellie H. Tran

NUMERICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING BASED RECREATION OF DAMAGE MORPHOLOGIES OF BARELY VISIBLE IMPACT DAMAGE, Oscar A. Valdez

Trustworthy Multimodal AI for Medical Imaging: Enhancing Diagnosis, Reasoning, and Human-Agent Interaction in Extended Reality, Jai Prakash Veerla

LINKING STRATEGY, CAPABILITIES AND VALUE CREATION IN AIRLINES: A MULTI-METHOD ESSAY-BASED DISSERTATION, Abhilash Vimal

NOVEL METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FLUORIDE MEASUREMENT, Cable Warren

A STUDY OF ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A DECOMMISSIONED GOLF COURSE THROUGH A NATURE-BASED APPROACH: WOODHAVEN GOLF COURSE, FORT WORT TEXAS., Justin B. Watson Mr.

PINKY EXTENSION IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: EVIDENCE FOR A LEXICALLY RESTRICTED MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS, Laurel Whitsett

Multi-Modal Modeling of Preterm Birth Risk in an African-Ancestry Cohort, Budhachandra Singh Yumkhaibam

A PRODUCTIVITY RATE-BASED COMPARATIVE CARBON FOOTPRINT COST ANALYSIS OF SMALL TO LARGE-SIZED OPEN-CUT PIPELINE INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES FOR SANITARY SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION: A SYSTEM BOUNDARY CONCEPT, Amir Reza Zakeri

Adaptive Synchronization in Digital Twin–Enabled IoT Systems: A Unified Framework for Energy, Fidelity, and Latency Trade-offs, Uzma Zehra

TOWARDS MULTIMODAL GUIDELINE-ALIGNED AGENTIC SYSTEMS, Wenliang Zhong

Flow Injection Determination of Fluoride for Total Organic Fluorine Analysis, Memona Zulafiqar

Dissertations from 2025 2025

ENHANCING WORKER SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IN MANUAL ORDER PICKING WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND IMMERSIVE TRAINING, Md Abdullah

ANIMAL TRIANGULATION – EXPANDING THE OPPRESSED/OPPRESSOR BINARY TO A TRIADIC CONSTITUENCY: THE OPPRESSOR, THE PROXY, AND THE OPPRESSED, Katherine A. Abelanet

Optimal Control Problems with Linear and Non-linear Damped Viscous Wave Equations, NAIF ABU QARNAYN

EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF RECYCLABILITY OF THE PLASTIC MODIFIED RAP IN HOT MIX ASPHALT, Aashish Acharya

ENSEMBLE OF PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK COUPLED WITH CAPACITANCE RESISTANCE MODEL FOR OIL PRODUCTION FORECAST AND INTER-WELL CONNECTIVITY – AN APPLICATION TO AN OFFSHORE GHANA FIELD, Steve K. Adjorlolo

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL EQUITY GAP: ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING GENERATION Z EMPLOYEES IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. A MULTIPLE EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY, Amuche L. Agu

ENGINEERED BIOMIMETIC MUSCLE GRAFT FOR SKELETAL MUSCLE REGENERATION, Julia O. Aguirre

USING CHATGPT TO GENERATE AND VALIDATE SYSTEMVERILOG CODE, Khaled H. Ahmed

Self-Tor Persistence of Modules over Determinantal Rings, Tatheer F. Ajani

Quantity Over Quality? What Pupil Dilations Tell Us About Cognitive Effort At Learning., Durna Alakbarova

Resilience and Reality: Exploring the Lived Experiences of People Living with HIV in Texas During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Qualitative Study., Ahmed F. Alanazi

MODIFIED CORE-LINE TECHNIQUES FOR VORTEX IDENTIFICATION USING LIUTEX, Bassam Albalawi

DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY OF CIPP BY USING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL, Ghassan M. Al Khayyat

Therapeutic Strategies to Restore Vascular Function in Brain Injury and Cancer, Anne M. Alsup

SPATIAL TAILORING AND OPTIMIZATION OF BUCKLING PERFORMANCE IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED AND FIBER-PLACED STRUCTURES, Sandesh Amgai

MONITORING EARLY AGE CEMENT HYDRATION USING STATISTICAL APPROACH THROUGH RHEOLOGICAL AND ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS, Ramya Anandhan

Data-Driven Techniques For Dynamical Systems With Applications To Neuroscience, Khitam Zuhair Bader Aqel

Neurovascular Coupling Impairments in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: An EEG-NIRS Analysis, Zachary Armstrong

Data-Driven Forecasting of Power Demand via Convex Optimization, Mersedeh Ashraphijuo

Distance-Based Statistical Methods and Outlier Detection in Large-Scale Electrophysiology Data, Zahra Asiri

STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED MEG DATA ANALYSIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND EMERGING FRONTIERS, Pegah Askari

pH-Responsive Peptide Nanostructures Incorporating Non-Natural Amino Acids: Design, Self-Assembly, and Functional Evaluation, Haritha Asokan Sheeja

Topology-Driven Performance Analyses in Consensus Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems, Brandon Ayala

Centrality Algorithms For Weighted Homogeneous Multilayer Networks, Ayomide Ayowole-Obi