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Theses and Dissertations

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

Theses from 2025 2025

FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE POLITICAL: ABORTION SALIENCE AND WOMEN’S VOTING TRENDS OVER THREE DECADES, Danielle N. Myers

Rearchitecting Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin for Script-Driven and Scalable Simulations, Sarath Chandra Viswanadh Nagadevara

Flexing the Frame: Training Abstract, Concrete, and Ambidextrous Thinking to Improve Creativity Across Leadership Styles, Sampoorna Nandi

DEVELOPING GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE (GSI) STRATEGIES TO REDUCE FLOOD RUNOFF AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY FOR THE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, Afiya Narzis

Structure–Property Relationships Mediated by Lone Pairs and Vacancies in Oxychalcogenides: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study, Hoa HN Nguyen

MAIN-GROUP OXYGEN-ATOM TRANSFER REAGENT: INVESTIGATING µ-OXO-BRIDGED BINUCLEAR COMPOUNDS FOR CATALYTIC OXIDATION REACTIONS, Thien Nguyen

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES: PUBLIC SPACES AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, Shadin Nimery

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING UTILIZATION AMONG NON-WHITE INDIVIDUALS WITH HEART DISEASE AND CANCER USING HEALTH RETIREMENT STUDY (HRS) DATA, Trizah M. Njoroge

Balancing Burnout, Quiet Quitting, and Cognitive Turnover: The Quiet Revolution of Gen Z Workers, Mohammed M. Nour

PERCEPTION OF SPIRITUALITY BY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSES, Adejoke Felicia Ogidan

Burnout among nurses in the United States, Faheem Ohri

DIVERSITY-DRIVEN XOR SECRET SHARING: RELIABLE AND SECURE MULTI-PATH TRANSMISSION, Richard M. Olu Jordan

Quantifying and Understanding the Role of Bias in Astrophysical Data, Joshua A. Osborne

GC-MS, GC-FID, and ICP-OES Analysis of Produced Water: Characterization, Method Comparison and Environmental Implications, Anush Pabley

PHASE-FIELD MODELING OF A PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF DENDRITES IN METALLIC ANODE-BASED RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, Bharat R. Pant

Advancing Particle Detection in High-Energy Physics through Simulation and Experimentation, ilker Parmaksiz

Dearomatization reactions of N-methoxy ureas for application toward a total synthesis of KB343 and investigation of fluoride-catalyzed hydroamination reactions, Nazmee Parveen

DEVELOPMENT OF A DRONE-ASSISTED PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK BASED ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX FOR UNIVERSITY PARKING LOTS, Omesh Pasuluru

Analytical, Structural, and Biological Consequences of Peptide Epimerization and Isomerization: A Case Study Using Amyloid-β Peptides from Alzheimer’s Disease, Arzoo Patel

DEVELOPING EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT FLOOD MAPPING CAPABILITIES, Krutikkumar Patel

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IN SITU HEATING METHOD FOR FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION OF TALL THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES USING POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA), Parimal T. Patel

Modeling Trust and Deception in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Using the Werewolf Game, Pathikkumar Dharmeshbhai Patel

EVALUATING SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN FARMER’S DECISION-MAKING: AN AGENT-BASED MODELING APPROACH, Poojan Sanjay Patel

ON THE ORBITAL DYNAMICS OF EXOPLANETS, EXOMOONS, AND SUBMOONS, Shaan Dharmesh Patel

IMMERSIVE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (IEXEC): INTEGRATING EMBODIED COGNITION AND VIRTUAL REALITY, Hamza Reza Pavel

THE ROLE OF HERDING BEHAVIOR, CREDIBILITY, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND INFORMATION DIFFUSION IN SOCIAL MEDIA: INSIGHTS FROM STOCK AND CRYPTO-CURRENCY MARKETS - THREE ESSAYS, Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi

OUT OF INSTITUTIONS, INTO SOCIETY: A QUALITATIVE INTERPRETIVE META-SYNTHESIS EXPLORING THE SHARED EXPERIENCES OF VETERANS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS REINTEGRATING INTO CIVILIAN LIFE, Hannah C. Pederson

Emerging Energy-efficient Scalable Interconnect Design for VLSI Logic and Memory Applications, Zhenlin Pei

Vioken: A DQN powered personalized Adaptive Bitrate Controller for VR Video Streaming, Savan Reddy Poduturi

A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for Sequential Art Creation, Asmin Pothula

AN INTEGRATED EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL AND FRAMEWORK FOR SYSTEM-LEVEL PUMPED TWO-PHASE CHIP-TO-CHILLER ARCHITECTURE THERMAL, RELIABILITY, AND AVAILABILITY ANALYSIS, Sai Abhideep Pundla

Integrating Off-Spec SCMs into PLC Blends, George A. Qubty

Temperature-Tuned Multi-Segment Hybrid HNLF for Enhanced SBS Suppression and Broadband Parametric Amplification, Hamed Rabbani

A DIELECTRIC ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING AND RECYCLING PATHWAYS OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES, Monjur Morshed Rabby

Evaluating a Hybrid Nature-Based Solution to Improve Resilience against Sea-Level Rise in Humboldt Bay, CA, Azizur Rahman

Legal Expertise and the Litigation Risk from Carbon Emissions, Mahmud Rahman

ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING PLASTIC WASTE IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROMOTE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN BANGLADESH, Md Lutfor Rahman

CASE STUDY EXPLORING HOW DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING INFLUENCES CULTURE AT A TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Cameron K. Ramirez

Nature-based Solutions for Urban Climate Resilience: Assessment of Environmental Planning & Policy Perspective in New York City, Padmi R. Ranasinghe

COPPER-BASED OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS: TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS AND TERNARY ALLOYS, Abhishek Rawat

Benchmarking Claim Detection: Dataset Creation, Decoder-Based Language Models, and Bias Analysis, Akshay Kumar Rayapet Madhusudhan

Plasmonic Nanopore Sensing for the Characterization of Viruses and Biomolecules, Scott Renkes

THE COMMUTER STUDENT EXPERIENCE: CHALLENGES AND IMPACTS ON STUDENT SUCCESS, Seth A. Ressl

Associations Between Older Hispanics’ Diabetes Control and Their Caregiver’s Health Literacy, Jorge Rico

Novel Electrophysiological Biomarkers In Pediatric Drug Resistant Epilepsy and Genetic Epilepsy Syndromes, Sakar Rijal

Beyond Filters: Exploring Social Media Effects on Social Physique Anxiety and Physical Activity, Morgan T. Rios

Understanding The Sociodemographic Correlates of Early Social Security Retirement, Erica D. Robinson

A Comparative Analysis of AI-Generated and Subject Matter Expert-Developed Situational Judgment Tests: Implications for Reliability, Validity, and Fairness, Patrick Rolwes

What Does Existing Literature Reveal About How Current WIC Program Policies Effect the Health and Mental Health of Applicants: A Scoping Review, NICHOLA ROWAN

SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM USING IOT AND LSTM FOR OPTIMAL WATER MANAGEMENT, Farley Y. Ruiz

Training Data Privacy in Machine Learning: A Systematization of Attacks and Defenses, Mohammad Sufyaan Saeed

On Interactive Query Building With System-Generated Suggestions for Knowledge Graphs, Mohammed Samiul Saeef

CHANGES OF THE RHEOLOGICAL, THERMAL, AND NUTRIENT PROPERTIES OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGE OVER THERMAL HYDROLYSIS AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESSES, Prachi Rini Saha

SCALABLE APPROACHES TOWARDS CHARACTERIZING AND MITIGATING EMERGING PHISHING SCAMS, Sayak Saha Roy

Enhancing Operational Efficiency of Paratransit Services using Predictive Models, Troyee Saha

Characterizing the Earth's Magnetosheath with In Situ Measurements, Hector A. Salinas

Advancing Machine Learning Approaches Through Robust Methodologies in LLM Code Generation, Adversarial Text Classification, and Unsupervised Learning, Anahita Samadi

Design, Simulation, and Assessment of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategies under Climate and Land Use Change Scenarios Using Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, Mahsa Samadi Darafshani

Blockchain Startups Competitive Ecosystem from the New Entrants’ Point of View: A Network-Based Empirical Analysis, Samaneh Samiee

ESTIMATING VAPOR PRESSURES OF PHEROMONE COMPOUNDS USING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC RETENTION, Bipasha Sarker

CHARACTERIZATION AND PROFILE CONSIDERATIONS OF NICKEL-ZINC ENERGY STORAGE UNDER HIGH-POWER AND PULSED LOADS, Benjamin P. Schmitz

Factors Associated with Residential Treatment Discontinuation for Black Adults with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Diagnoses Living in States with Expanded Medicaid Vs. States Without Expansion, Gabrielle Scott

SMALL-SCALE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN URBAN NETWORKS - TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS A PILOT PROJECT, Selvana Getsy -

STUDY OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED WITH SALIENT, COMPRESSED MEDICAL VIDEO DATA FOR ENHANCED PREDICATION, Aileen Sengupta

Risk-averse and Multi-objective Decision-making Models for Rehabilitating Water Pipeline Networks Subjected to Earthquakes, Sumaya Sharveen

On Large-Scale Knowledge Graph Completion: Dataset Creation, Embedding Model Evaluation, and Prediction Rule Explanation in Natural Language, Nasim Shirvani Mahdavi

Repowering Through Indigenous Research Methodologies: A Case Study of Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Interventions for Native/ Indigenous Men, Stephen Silva-Brave

ON THE INTERACTIONS OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH METAKAOLIN – OPC & PLC BLENDS: EFFECTS ON THE ITZ, MODULUS, TOUGHNESS AND ASR MITIGATION, Rohitashva Kumar Singh

Development and Application of GPU Based Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques in Radiation Medicine, Satzhan Sitmukhambetov

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF DETONATION WAVE PROPAGATION AND PROPELLANT INJECTION IN DETONATION ENGINES, Jayson C. Small

DEEP NEURAL NETWORK MODELS FOR HEATSINK PERFORMANCE PREDICTION AND OPTIMIZATION IN SINGLE PHASE IMMERSION COOLING: Framework for Future Design Tools and Digital Twin Integration, Braxton J. Smith

THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION ON PROCESSING FLUENCY AND HIRING RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACCENTED CANDIDATES, Katrisha M. Smith

DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF BONDLINE FAILURE IN POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS) USING ABAQUS AND THE EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Louis Pierre Sponton

THE SHADOW OF EXCEPTIONALISM: MORALITY, PRAGMATISM, AND COVERT ACTION IN AMERICAN COLD WAR FOREIGN POLICY, Kyle Stacy

EXPLORING BLACK WOMEN'S MEANING MAKING IN PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEADERSHIP ROLES AT A HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION, Philisa Stanford

The Invisible Struggle: Unveiling the Realities of Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Maura A. Stewart

Assessing the Dallas-Fort Worth Urban Microclimate and Surface Ozone Variability Under Differing Drought Conditions, Patrick Sumner

A NOVEL NON-INVASIVE QUEEN BEE TRACKING SYSTEM, Po En Su

Reliability Assessment of Power Modules & Thermal Interface Materials in Single-Phase Immersion Cooling Environment: Thermal, Electrical and Materials Degradation Analysis, Rohit K. Suthar

LIME-CALCINED CLAY BINDER: A DURABLE AND LOW-CARBON CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL FOR MARINE APPLICATION, Adhora Tahsin

Fair and Sustainable Machine Learning: A Holistic Approach to Data Quality, Efficiency, and Resource-Aware Training, Zahidur Rahim Talukder

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO CONDITION RATING OF CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS USING NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND VISUAL INSPECTION, Ibukunoluwa G. Tella

DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING-BASED LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION MODELS FOR COMPARATIVE SEWER SYSTEM REHABILITATION USING OPEN-CUT AND TRENCHLESS CURED-IN-PLACE PIPE METHODS, Gayatri R. Thakre

VIRTUAL FIXTURES FOR TELEOPERATED ROBOTS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, Vishwaak Chandran Thamaraiselvan

Correlating CSR Theory and Soil Texture to Bridge the Gap in Ecological Planting Strategies For Landscape Architecture, James E. Theiss

Frontotemporal Dementia and Suicide: A Scoping Review, Samantha Lee Tinker

EXAMINING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF SERIES CONVERGENCE USING SCRIPT WRITING, Eduardo Torres Manzanarez

ICAM-1 TARGETED NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE BINDING TO ISCHEMIC TISSUES TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE, Vy Ngoc Khanh Tran

Environment and Intention Awareness for Navigation and Collaboration, Bhaskar Chandra Trivedi

Developing a Model to Predict Number of Broken Wires over Time for Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe, Hiader H. Twayej

FEMALE VIRTUE IN THE MALE GAZE: REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE BREASTS AND FACES IN ENGLISH PORTRAITURE AND SATIRICAL PRINTS, 1660-1815, Ashley M. Umphenour and Ashley M. Umphenour

BIOADHESIVE-BASED THERAPEUTIC PLATFORMS FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR IN THE SHOULDER: MECHANISMS, APPLICATIONS, AND REGENERATIVE OUTCOMES, Bhavya Vaish

SYNERGISTIC CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION IN COMPLEX MICROGRIDS, Abhiram Valsala Priyadarsini Premakumar

‘WAVES OF IMAGINATION’ UNCONDITIONAL SPECTOGRAM DIFFUSION USING DIFFUSION ARCHITECTURE., Rahul Vanukuri

SOCIAL DRIVERS OF SUICIDE IN RURAL AND URBAN TEXAS COUNTIES, Maria Y. Vaughan

EXPLORING INSTRUCTION GENERATION FOR UAVS: DATASET ADAPTATION, MODEL BEHAVIOR, AND DIAGNOSTIC INSIGHTS, Seyedarman Vaziri Bozorg

Community-School Partnerships in Action: Exploring Student Needs, Outcomes, and Perceptions in a Communities-In-Schools Program in North Texas, Teresa Vega Uriostegui

IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY OF PARTS PRODUCED VIA LASER POWDER BED FUSION THROUGH A DATA-DRIVEN GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY, federico venturi

BIOADDITIVES FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION IN ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG SYSTEM, NITHYA NAIR VIJAYAKUMARAN NAIR GEETHARANI

FORCE MATTERS: AN EXPLORATION OF MANUAL THERAPIES EFFECTS ON PASSIVE TENSION PROPERTIES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY., Loran D. Wade Jr