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Dissertations from 2018
Development of Mussel Inspired Nanocomposite Adhesives for Biomedical Applications, Nikhil Pandey
An Enhancement of Light Reflectance Spectroscopy as A Modality for the Detection of Positive Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy, Zengxing Pang
Hyper-optimized Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods For Geo-spatial and Temporal Function Estimation, Neelabh Pant
EXPLORING THE PREDICTORS OF WELL-BEING AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AMONG ELDER ORPHANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Rupal M. Parekh
Inverse Analysis of Heat Generating Body for Safety Applications, Sandeep Patil
A community assessment of food resources available to college students in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Katelyn Frances Pearson
Insertion Mechanism of Long Interspersed Elements (LINEs) and the role of the Linker Domain, Monika Pradhan
The effect of midsole cushioning on the kinetics, kinematics, and control of running, Brian Joseph Prejean
Supervised Sparse Learning with Applications in Bioinformatics, Kin Ming Puk
A Framework for Optimal Path Planning and Nonlinear Guidance for Autonomous Mobile Robots, Paul A. Quillen
MALWARE EARLY-STAGE DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING ON HARDWARE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS, Anchal Raheja
Algorithms for Exploratory Queries over Web Database, Md Farhadur Rahman
MULTI-PHYSICS DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF 2D AND ADVANCED HETEROGENOUS 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, Pavan Rajmane
DEVELOPING SELF-EFFICACY: MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES AFTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Aleisha Reid
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT, Christian W. Rewoldt
A Multiphysics Study of Interfacial Properties of 3D Printed Filaments, Alireza Rezaee
DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK TO OPTIMIZE THE OPERATIONS OF AN INTERMODAL UNDERGROUND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL USING SIMULATION, Fatemeh Rezaeifar
Marketing Ploy or Strategic Initiative? An Investigation of Deceptive Advertising, Pamela A. Richardson-Greenfield
BEYOND BRIBERY: AN EXPLORATION INTO LOBBYING AND INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Polly D. Roark
STUDIES TOWARDS THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF IMIDAZOLE-CONTAINING NATURAL PRODUCTS, Lawton Anthony II Seal
A NEW APPROACH FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE USING TERRESTRIAL LIDAR AND ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL MODELING, Ali Shafikhani
CHARACTERIZING CONTAMINATION TO EXPAND ASHRAE ENVELOPE IN AIRSIDE ECONOMIZATION AND THERMAL AND RELIABILITY IN IMMERSION COOLING OF DATA CENTERS, Jimil Manojbhai Shah
PLANNING, DESIGN, AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF UNDERGROUND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WITH INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, Sirwan Shahooei
Teaching Elsewhere: Curating↔Calibrating Posthumanist Possibilities, Sarah Alice Shelton
Finding Representative Entities From Entity Graph By Using Neighborhood Based Entity Similarity, Ankit Anil Shingavi
Effects of Emotion and Social Desirability on Intuitive, Gist-Based Decisions, Wyn E. Taylor
Wireless Antenna Sensors for Boiler Condition Monitoring, Franck Tchafa
SEPARATION, DETECTION, AND QUANTITATION OF UNDERIVATIZED CARBOHYDRATES USING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY- ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE- TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY, Jonathan B. Thacker
In-Service Performance Evaluation of Fire and Impact Damaged Bridges with CFRP Laminate Strengthening, Santosh Timilsina
A META-ANALYTIC INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND CONSUMERS’ RESPONSES: EFFECTS, MECHANISM, AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, Franklin G. Velasco
LiFePO4 BATTERIES: IMPACT OF HIGHLY PARALLEL PACKS ON LOAD DISTRIBUTION AND CYCLE LIFE, Caroline Storm Westenhover
Organizational Socialization: The Role of Onboarding in Employee Longevity, Jaclyn T. West
Group heterogeneity influences complex and novel outcomes, Belinda Williams
SUPPORTING EFFICIENT LARGE-SCALE KEY-VALUE SYSTEMS WITH AN OPTIMIZED STORAGE HIERARCHY, Xingbo Wu
Optimizing Krylov Subspace Methods for Linear Systems and Least Squares Problems, Mei Yang
Three Essays on Adoption and Continuous Improvement of Information Security Management in Organizations, Fereshteh Ghahramani
ASSESSMENT OF EXPANDING LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS VERSUS HIGHWAY SYSTEMS: INFLUENCE ON LAND USE CHANGE AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION, Behnoud Aghapour
A New Screening Procedure to Identify Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders, Carrie Deer
Heart Failure Education Bundle to Improve Self-Care And Reduce Hospital Readmission, Vicki D. Myers-Griffin
DEVICES TO STUDY CANCER CELL BEHAVIOR, Mohammad G. Abdallah
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN THUMB TRACKING DEVICE FOR TELEMANIPULATION, Abdul Hafiz Abdul Rahaman
A TWO STAGE EVENT BASED DATA DRIVEN CONTROLLER FOR IMPROVED GRASPING OF AN ARTIFICIAL HAND, Christopher Abrego
Emerging Grassroots Energy Communities: An Assemblage Theory Analysis, Ali Mohammed Adil
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTICALLY SPLIT DISTRIBUTION WET- COOLING MEDIA USED IN DIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF DATA CENTER, Ahmed Al Khazraji
STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HUMIDITY ON THERMAL CYCLING OF A BALL GRID ARRAY (BGA) PACKAGE, Samuel Terrence Ambosta
MavVStream: Expressing and Processing Situations on Videos Using the Stream Processing Paradigm, Mayur Arora
COMPARISON OF GROUND MOVEMENTS DURING TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS FOR PIPE AND BOX INSTALLATIONS BY NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, Taha Ashoori
MEASUREMENT OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A SINGLE-PHASE IMMERSION COOLED SERVER AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES FOR PROLONGED TIME, Pratik Vithoba Bansode
Gentrification in Washington D.C.: A Tug-of-War Between Development and Displacement, Aabiya Noman Baqai
A study on the rotational b-family of equations, Emel Bolat
A STUDY OF THE GEOSPACE RESPONSE TO DYNAMIC SOLAR WIND USING THE LYON-FEDDER-MOBARRY GLOBAL MHD SIMULATION, Richard E. F. Bonde
Experimental investigation of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis with a modified catalyst support, Pawarat Bootpakdeetam
Sensitivity Study for Low Mass Dark Matter Search at DUNE, Garrett Brown
Sallie Brooke Capps: Education Trailblazer in North Texas, Joshua Vincent Chanin
OPTIMIZING A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, Ukesh Chawal
DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF MIXED IONIC-ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR USE IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL UTILIZING CARBON NANOTUBES, Shiuan Duo Chiang
Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Capacity in the Elderly, Susie Chung
Social Network and Black Students: Relative Effects of Member Expectations on Academic Achievement, Lester Robert Collins Jr
CROSSOVER YOUTH PREVENTION: PREDICTORS OF YOUTH CROSSOVER FROM CHILD WELFARE TO JUVENILE JUSTICE, Marcus R. Crawford
Monitoring Calcification in Rigid Wet Cooling Media Used in Direct Evaporative Cooling of Data Centers., Hemanth Narayan Dakshinamurthy
TRUST BASED TIME-VARYING NETWORK TOPOLOGY FOR DISTRIBUTED CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL OF MULTI-CLASS MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS, Ankur Vipulkumar Dalal
CFD Analysis of Thermal Shadowing and Optimization of Heat sinks in 3rd generation Open compute server for single phase immersion cooling applications, Ravya Dandamudi
Assessment of Sustainability and Resilience in Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnics, Jasaswee T. Das
The Negative Impacts of Lead- Contaminated Superfund Sites and the Toxicological Effects on Children in Dallas County, Amber Davis
Mental Health Screening for Prisoners Upon Entrance to State Prisons, Illandra Denysschen
WIRELESS POWERED FLEXIBLE GASTROSTIMULATOR, Souvik Dubey
ENABLING THIRD PARTY SERVICES OVER DEEP WEB DATABASES AND LOCATION BASED SERVICES, Yeshwanth Durairaj Gunasekaran
Accelerated Thermal Cycling of Printed Circuit Board for Single Phase Immersion Cooling systems, Surya Duraisamy Asokan
Scattering and Inverse Scattering on the Line for a First-Order System with Energy-Dependent Potentials, Ramazan Ercan
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ENHANCED NITRATE SALT NANOFLUIDS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES) IN CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER (CSP) SYSTEMS, Vamsi Kiran Eruvaram
RECONFIGURABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR ENABLED BY DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES, Ali Farzbod
Indexing, Querying, Prediction, and Integration for Network-constrained Moving Objects Databases, Mohammadhani Fouladgar
Disease in a Changing Ocean: Ecoimmunological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology, Lauren Elizabeth Fuess
Reliability of a 2.5D TSV package, Neha Vinayak Gaikwad
Comparison of steel and composite leaf springs using FEA, Prashik Sunil Gaikwad
Deep Learning for Recognition of Objects, Activities, Faces, and Spatio-Temporal Patterns, Amir Ghaderi
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE WATER BUFFER DRUM, Chinmay Shrikrishna S Godbole
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICS, Michael Alan Greene
A New Adaptive Multiscale Approach for the Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems, Ashley Chase Guy
IDENTIFICATION OF PHASE-BASED KEY PERFORMANCE FACTORS AND THEIR BEST PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, Mohammadreza Habibi
FROM TEXT CLASSIFICATION TO IMAGE CLUSTERING, PROBLEMS LESS OPTIMIZED, Amirhossein Herandi
Approaches Toward the Total Synthesis of Oroidin Alkaloids:Nagelamide A, C and Ageliferin, Apsara Herath
EVALUATION OF THE SEASONAL VARIATION IN HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FOR AN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION COVER SYSTEM, Lucas Hoyos Cadavid
Firm-Specific Information Environment and Analyst Forecast, Wei Hsu
PROSPECTS FOR OBSERVING DYNAMICALLY FORMED BINARY BLACK HOLES IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE WITH GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, Dongming Jin
Three Essays on Expanded Relationship Marketing, Ashish Kalra
IMPACT OF THERMAL AGING ON CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR OF LEAD FREE SOLDER INTERCONNECTS, Anuraag Girish Karnik