The one-stop shop for all UTA theses and dissertations written by masters and PhD students for their degree requirements!
Theses from 2019
The Journey of a Hero: Musical Evocations of the Hero’s Experience in The Legend of Zelda, Jillian Wyatt
BLOCKHOLDER HETEROGENEITY AND CORPORATE TEXTUAL DISCLOSURE QUALITY, Xiaoxiao Yu
N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE AND BIS(PYRAZOLYL)METHANE SUPPORTED COPPER(I) AND SILVER(I) COMPLEXES OF ORGANOTRIFLUOROBORATES, Adway Ouseph Zacharias
Sustainable Ground Improvement Method using Recycled Plastic Pins, Md Nur Basit Zaman
TRANSIT, WALKABILITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EXPLORATIONS FROM THE U.S. SPECIALIZED HIGH-TECH ZONES, PIVOTAL INDUSTRIES, AND INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESSES, Ahoura Zandiatashbar
TRANSIT, WALKABILITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EXPLORATIONS FROM THE U.S. SPECIALIZED HIGH-TECH ZONES, PIVOTAL INDUSTRIES, AND INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESSES, Ahoura Zandiatashbar
Investigation of petrophysical properties and fluid migration in unconventional oil/gas reservoirs, Yuxiang Zhang
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL OPEN-AIR MUSEUM (AOAM) DESIGN: A FRAMEWORK FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION, Reza Paziresh
DIMENSIONS OF DISSENT: THE URBAN LANDSCAPES OF THE 2017 WOMEN’S MARCH IN THE UNITED STATES, Camille L. Wildburger
Theses from 2018
ASSESSING ELEMENTS OF URBAN PUBLIC SPACE UNDER ELEVATED FREEWAYS: APPLICATION TO THE WEST END’S DALLAS, Adrianna E. Tobias
STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE UTILIZATION OF UNDEVELOPED LANDS WITHIN DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOUNDARY: AIRPORT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, Ali Khoshkar
THE ECONOMICS OF LANDSCAPES: WHY INVEST IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS/CENTERS IN TEXAS, Ann Bridget Podeszwa
POST-DISASTER CONSTRUCTION LABOR COST FLUCTUATIONS: MEASUREMENT AND MODELING, Navid Ahmadi Esfahani
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF REFUGEES ON A HOST COUNTRY, Zaid Ghaleb-Sharari-Al-Bakhit Alfayez
REACHABLE SET COMPUTATION AND ANALYSIS FOR PERTURBED LINEAR SYSTEMS, Prabhjeet Singh Arora
PEER RELATIONSHIPS, GUT MICROBIOTA, AND HEALTH IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD, Erin Quinn Austin
ONLINE BIOANALYTICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF SMALL AND LARGE BIOMOLECULES USING ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, Yehia Zakaria Baghdady
HEALTH MONITORING OF ATLAS DATA CENTER CLUSTERS AND FAILURE ANALYSIS, Meenakshi Balasubramanian
SURFACE ROUGHNESS FORMATION DURING TENSILE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF NICKEL POLYCRYSTALS, Kranthi Balusu
A PARAMETRIC PROCESS-BASED COST ESTIMATION FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT CONCEPTUAL PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, Zahra Banakar
Pros and Cons: Anime Conventions and Cosplayers, Angela N. Barajas
Defending Neural Networks Against Adversarial Examples, Armon Barton
Observation of the Interaction Between a Transonic Shock Wave and a Wingtip Vortex||, Troy T. Bushmire
GENERATING AN ADAPTIVE PATH USING RRT SAMPLING AND POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS WITH DIRECTIONAL NEAREST NEIGHBORS, Sandeep Chahal
HPFRC and RC Slab-Beam-Column Connections under Extreme Earthquake Loading and Further Improvement of Novel Double-Beam-Coupling Beams, Youngjae Choi
NOVEL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING USING MULTIFACETED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS - CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY (UAV - CRP) DATA ANALYSIS, Surya Sarat Chandra Congress
FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND THE IMPACT OF INTELLIGENT TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ITIS) - Case Study of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Ahmed Ismail Daqrouq
FACTORS AFFECTING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND THE IMPACT OF INTELLIGENT TRANSIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ITIS) - Case Study of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Ahmed Ismail Daqrouq
STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF BRIDGE DECKS WITH VARIABLE REBAR COVER, Prem Egade
Truth and Strength in Vulnerability: Using Topoanalysis to Reveal the Need for Expanding the Modernist Literary Canon, Misty DawnMarie Falkenstein
PARENT INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT LEAD TO INCREASED PARENT PARTICIPATION: A CASE STUDY, Sandra Patricia Fernandez
THE EFFECTS OF PRIMING PATRIOTISM ON ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRANTS: DO ALL AMERICANS RESPOND TO PATRIOTIC IMAGES THE SAME WAY?, Norma Elizabeth Garza Reyes
Simulation Of Climate Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary with a Focus on Phytogeographical Data Analysis, Mitali Dinesh Gautam
LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDY OF A LIQUID IONIC SOIL STABILIZER, Sandesh Gautam
Evaluating the Impact of Age and Time on Sensory and Affective Levels of Pain Processing, Maxine Kaylen Geltmeier
UTILIZATION OF GEOCELL-REINFORCED RAP MATERIAL BASE LAYER IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES, Anu Muthumala George
Motivators of Prostitution Desistance, Shawn Nicole Guy
A Dynamic Policing Simulation Framework, Khan Md Ariful Haque
Thermodynamic and phase-field analysis of domain structures and switching kinetics of bismuth ferrite thin films, Ryan T. Hart
Inducing vibro-tactile sensation at mesoscale, Sudip Hazra
Development of the Urban Passenger Transportation Life Cycle Inventory for Comparison Across Modes Model (TransportLifeCAMM), Alma Angelica Hernandez Ruiz
ACCELERATED AGING OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE, Michael J. Hibbard
Direct Numerical Simulation of Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence - A Methodology and Applications, Sarah Moussa Hussein
Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles for treatment of lung cancer, Roshni Iyer
UNDERDAMPED MOTION OF A MICROBEAD IN OPTICAL TWEEZER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REYNOLDS NUMBER, Vatsal Asitkumar Joshi
Predicting Academic Success of MSN Students, Cynthia L. Koomey
Deep Learning based Fast Mode Decision in HEVC Intra Prediction using Region Wise Feature Classification, Shiba Prasad Kuanar
FOIL THRUST BEARING WITH POCKET GROOVES AND TAILORED BUMP STIFFNESS DISTRIBUTION FOR IMPROVED STATIC PERFORMANCE, Nguyen Thao LaTray
Development of Particle Platforms for Delivery of Angiogenic Reagents to Treat Peripheral Arterial Diseases, Duong Quang Le
CLASSIFICATION OF CLINICAL NARRATIVES USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK, Nikit Rajiv Lonari
THE RESPONSE OF IONOSPHERE AND THERMOSPHERE TO THE HIGH LATITUDE ENERGY DEPOSITION, Yang Lu
Italian American Literature and Food: A Match Made in the Kitchen A Handbook, Monica Marchi
Process Calibration for Elastically Scaled 3D Printed Models using Fused Deposition Modeling, Edgar Bernardo Mares
MINDSET AS IT RELATES TO IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILE DEVICES FOR INSTRUCTION, Mark Anthony Martinez
Optimal Control Methods for Chagas Disease, Francis Mastrome
Sensor Tasking for Satellite Tracking Utilizing Observability Measures, Mitchel T. McDonald
PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR FEAR OF BIRTH IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES, Whitney Gray Mildren
Performance Modeling and Experimental Investigations of Rotating Detonation Engines, Andrew Ryan Mizener
TOPOLOGICAL AND FEATURE BASED IDENTIFICATION OF HOLE BOUNDARIES IN POINT CLOUD DATA AND DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN SURFACE AND PHYSICAL HOLES, Aaqif Muhtasim
Smartphone and Social Media use and its Health Associations, Cory Newell
TEXT MINING ON TWITTER DATA TO EVALUATE SENTIMENT, Srijanee Niyogi
Polarization and Nuclear Fear: How Partisan Message Processing Affects Public Trust in Government, Ian Trevor Owens
Meming and Enthymeming: Persuasion in the Age of Social Media, Taylor R. Parrish
Designing thermally stable ionic liquid stationary phases for gas chromatography and examining their structure-property relationships, Rahul A. Patil
ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE USING FERROFLUIDS SLUGS IN MICROCHANNELS, Omkar Amar Pawar
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE MEMS-BASED pH SENSOR FOR AGRICULTURAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Shardul Sonu Pawar
A CMOS SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTER BASED POTENTIOMETRIC READOUT CIRCUIT FOR CHEMFET SENSOR, Revathy Perumalsamy
AN ANALYTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS METHOD FOR FATIGUE CONSTRAINED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF A 3D PRINTED STRUCTURE, Ashish Pokharel
Design principles for large foil bearings based on scaling laws: Analyses and Experiment, Srikanth Honavara Prasad
DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH AN SOCIAL CARE, Maryuri Ariela Quintero
METHANE OXIDATION POTENTIAL OF UNCOMPOSTED YARD WASTE AS A LANDFILL BIOCOVER, Gomathy Radhakrishna Iyer
The Making of An Engineer: Examining the Planning Process and Educational Outcomes, Richard L. Raleigh
Enhancing Tensile Strength of FDM parts using Thermal Annealing and Uniaxial Pressure, Rhugdhrivya Rane
MONITORING OF SWT2 DATA CLUSTERS FOR THE ATLAS EXPERIMENT, Antara Ray
Fusulinid and conodont biostratigraphy of the Upper Pennsylvanian–Cisuralian Riepe Spring Limestone, Spruce Mountain Ridge, Elko County, Nevada, U.S.A., Michael Taylor Read
SOCIETY DOES NOT R-E-S-P-E-C-T BLACK MOTHERS: HISTORICALLY RACIALIZED REPRESENTATIONS AND BLACK WOMEN’S COMPROMISED OBSTETRICAL CARE, Ashleigh Riley
A Staring Contest with the Self: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, and Explanatory Style, Colton Tyler Royle
A QUALITATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS FOR NON-INTIMATE PARTER, Scott Sainato
SUB-SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL INTERACTION – MODELING AND DETECTION, Farshid Salehi
FIELD SWCC MODELING AND SOIL WATER STORAGE EVALUATION THROUGH GEOPHYSICAL TESTING, Linkan Sarker
MINIMIZING STRUCTURAL JITTER IN OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEMS USING PARAMETRIC DYNAMIC RESPONSE OPTIMIZATION, Richard Lynn Scott
Multiple Coulomb Scattering In the LArIAT Detector, Dalton Sessumes
DEEPSIGN: A DEEP-LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE, Jai Amrish Shah
TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL CULTURE AFTER THE CHANGE FROM A SEMESTER SCHEDULE TO A TRIMESTER SCHEDULE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY, Joseph Showell
Father Involvement: Conceptualizing, Synthesizing, and Testing the Effects on Children’s Behavioral, Socioemotional, and Educational Outcomes at Middle Childhood, Jamel T. Slaughter
BEHAVIORAL AND LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE THALAMUS AND ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX OF BEHAVING RATS EXPERIENCING POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA, Jennifer Strand
A City in Crisis: Communication Network, Ethics, and Power in the City of Dallas, Sana Salma Syed
A City in Crisis: Communication Network, Ethics, and Power in the City of Dallas, Sana Salma Syed
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY POLAR STRUCTURALLY-TUNED IONIC LIQUIDS WITH UNIQUE SELECTIVITY FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, Mohsen Talebi
A Dynamic Multiple Stage, Multiple Objective Optimization Model With An Application To A Wastewater Treatment System, Prashant Tarun
EXAMINING HOW RACE MEDIATES TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS, Christa Tillman-Young
DWRELU : DOUBLE WEIGHTED RECTIFIER LINEAR UNIT AN ACTIVATION FUNCTION WITH TRAINABLE SCALING PARAMETER, Bhaskar Chandra Trivedi
MECHANISTIC STUDY OF THE INHIBITION OF RHO GTPASE-MEDIATED METASTASIS, Hope Gloria Umutesi
NONUPDATING METHODS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF NONLINEAR STRESS-STRAIN AND DELAMINATION FRACTURE PROPERTIES OF FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES, Bastiaan Corstiaan Van der vossen