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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!

Dissertations from 2022 2022

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Evolution of Coastal Flooding in Texas and Louisiana for Application in Risk Assessment, Joshua Pulcinella

ENERGY ANALYSIS OF REAR DOOR HEAT EXCHANGERS IN DATA CENTERS WITH DYNAMIC WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION, Sai Abhideep Pundla

Postpartum Depression and COVID-19: A Special Emphasis on Military Women, Lacey R. Quiￃﾱones

IMPROVING THE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF COASTAL FLOODING DURING HURRICANE LANDFALLS THROUGH COUPLED AND INTEGRATED MODELING, Md Arifur Rahman

TARGETED DRUG-LOADED NANOPARTICLE SYSTEM (TDNPS) TO AMELIORATE AND TREAT IDIOPATHIC LUNG FIBROSIS, Harish Ramachandramoorthy

FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH ON MINIMIZATION OF CRACKS AT I-GIRDER ENDS INDUCED BY PRESTRESS, Sangit Rauniyar

An In vitro 3D Model to Investigate IOL: Posterior Lens Capsule Interactions on Lens Epithelial Cell Responses, Joyita Roy

The COVID Classroom: An Examination of the Effect of Distance Learning on College Students Impacted by COVID-19, Eric Paul Salas

Spare the Rod: African American Students’ Experience of Postsecondary Student Conduct Processes, Melissa Sanders

Understanding human actions: Cognitive assessment and action segmentation using human object interaction, Saif Sayed

Data Discovery Analysis on Complex Time Series Data, Peter Lawrence Severynen

Additive Manufacturing of Stretchable Piezo-Resistive Sensors: Fabrication and Performance Evaluation, Mohammad Ahnaf Shahriar

MICROPLASTIC RISK CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASTIC ROAD, Md Shams Razi Shopnil

Effects of Graphene in High-Density Polyethylene Microfibers, Ashish Lal Sivadas Anilal

Investigating the frictional properties of organic matter and pore structure of organic-rich shales with atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, Farnood Sobhbidari

Robust Synthesis Methods for Cooperative Systems, Baris Taner

The Mechanisms of Peer Support in an Online Support Group for Veterans, Zachary William Tarbet

Reuse of Recycled Plastic for Subgrade Treatment, Jerin Tasnim

CONCEPTUAL GAS TURBINE HYBRID ENGINE DESIGN FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL LOCOMOTIVE PROPULSION, Frank Roger Tennyson

Study of the Impact of Atmospheric Variability on Subsurface Methane Emissions: Application to Leak Detection and Quantification for Underground Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks, Shanru Tian

Intuitive Robot Integration via Virtual Reality Workspaces, Minh Tram

Graph Representation Learning for Heterogeneous Multimodal Biomedical Data, Nhat Chau Tran

The Influence of African American Women's Values and Beliefs on Moderate Intensity Physical Activity: A Qualitative Study, Shannon Whitehead

Machine Learning-based Methods for the Segmentation of Scanning Electron Microscopy Images of Fine-Grained Shale Samples, Binqian Yin

PHYSICAL MODELING OF FILAMENT GROWTH AND RESISTIVE SWITCHING IN METAL OXIDE-BASED RRAM, Kena Zhang

Designing Cemeteries for Personal Expressions in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jodwin Surio

CARDIAC SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT) SIMULATION USING THE XCAT PHANTOM AND THE SIMIND PACKAGE, Akolade Adebayo

HIGHER-ORDER NONSTANDARD FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL ECOLOGY, Fawaz Karhan R Alalhareth

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND RETROFITTING OPTIONS OF A PRECAST PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE WITH DECK PANEL FAILURE, Ahmed Abdullah Alateeq

THE HIGH COST OF LEAVING: VETERAN TEACHERS IN ISLAMIC SCHOOLS, Hanan Almasri

MANAGERS’ POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND DEBT, Abdulaziz Alshamrani

Empathy: The Unspoken Language of Humanity: A Systematic Review Protocol, Yasmin Khaled Al-Zubi

Synthetic studies on oxidative dearomatization reactions and applications in synthesis of the KB343 core structure, and investigation of bioactive thiazolidines, Marian Awadalla

DEVELOPING A LAGRANGIAN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL FOR NATURAL STREAMS, Saman Baharvand

Identifying the Optimal Combination of Critical Roadside Slope Segments Susceptible to Rainfall-induced Failures for Minimizing Vulnerability of Highway Networks, Anil Baral

Fixed Wing Aircraft Collision Avoidance Using Collision Cone Theory, Andrew T. III Beary

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR A LATE TRIASSIC CLIMATE SIMULATION USING CESM1.2-SOM, James Alden Breen

MULTISORB: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO REMOVE MULTIPLE METALS AND ORGANICS FROM LEACHATE AND WASTEWATER, Mithila Chakraborty

Meaning-Mating And Hyphenated Actualizing In Individual-Organization Units: Lived Experiences Of Organization Development Practitioners Learning And Carrying Out The Philosophy Of Organization Development, Brian Lee Chapman

Meaning-Mating And Hyphenated Actualizing In Individual-Organization Units: Lived Experiences Of Organization Development Practitioners Learning And Carrying Out The Philosophy Of Organization Development, Brian Lee Chapman

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Employee Selection: How Algorithm-Based Decision Aids Influence Recruiters’ Decision-Making in Resume Screening, Dan Chen

Earnings management strategy of pension plan changing firms, Wei Chen

SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES: FROM FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN TO THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, Weike Chen

A Sustainable and Equitable Transportation System Design Under Connected Vehicle and Big Data Driven Environment, Farzana Rahman Chowdhury

CHARGE TRANSFER AND BUILT-IN FIELDS AT A SEMICONDUCTOR-CRYSTALLINE OXIDE INTERFACE: EFFECTS OF THE INTERFACE DIPOLE AND SURFACE TERMINATION, Matthew Dennis Chrysler

LnCrTeO6 (Ln= La, Pr, Nd) octahedral distortions and optical characterization, Katheryn R. Cruz

Microbial Diversity and Immunogenetics of Whiptail Lizards (Aspidoscelis), Kathleen Currie

Three Essays on Political Contributions and Firm Performance, Ankita Damani

Reactive Motion Planning of Autonomous Vehicles in 3-Dimensional Environments using Collision and Rendezvous Cones, Kashish Dhal

How do social work students demographic identities impact ally behavior?, Jayme Dooley

A Real-time Activity Recognition in a Congested Wireless Environment, Israel Oludayo Elujide

GAN-Based Domain Translation for Hand Pose Estimation and Face Reconstruction, Farnaz Farahanipad

Semi Automatic Hand Pose Annotation using a Single Depth Camera, Marnim Galib

NANOPETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE UPPER MANCOS SHALE IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO, U.S.A., Ann Kiat Gan

CEO CHARACTERISTICS, INDUSTRY 4.0 CAPABILITIES, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE, Vidya Laxmanrao Ganji

Study of Electron Energy Filtering for Cold Electron Transport at Room Temperature, Pushkar Kiran Gothe

DEEP LEARNING FOR PROTEIN PROPERTY AND STRUCTURE PREDICTION, Yuzhi Guo

ON SOME PROBLEMS IN SPARSE HYBRID IMAGING, NON-STANDARD FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS, AND FOKKER-PLANCK FRAMEWORKS IN ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, Madhu Gupta

Adventurers and Autocrats: The Role of Authority in the Making of the English West Indies, 1595-1655, John Clinton Harris

Decomposition of Modules and Tensor Products over Principal Subalgebras of Truncated Polynomial Rings, Kevin Steine Jr. Harris

Computational materials chemistry: from polymer precursors to ceramics and high-pressure materials, Shariq Haseen

An Experimental Investigation Of Icephobicity And Hydrophobicity Of Concrete Surface Treated With PAVIX, Hussein Hashemi Senejani

ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR GENETIC BASIS OF BEHAVIORS RELATED TO THE LOSER EFFECT, Marquerite Alizabeth Herzog

In-situ Observation of Extrusion Process in Thermoplastic Material Extrusion Based Additive Manufacturing, Ye Hong

How Word Choice Influences Collegiate Recovery: A Quantitative Analysis on the Impact of Identifying Terms on Self-Compassion, Stigma, and Recovery Capital, Morgan Humberger

THREE ESSAYS EXAMINING ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES ON EMPLOYEE IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION, Esther Lamarre Jean

REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED DUMPSITE SOIL: AN EVALUATION OF SOIL AMENDMENTS IN COMBINATION WITH PHYTOREMEDIATION, Sasha Shanda Karen Jones

Physical and Mental Health Challenges of Construction Workforce Active in Extreme Weather Conditions, Sanjgna Karthick

OPTOFLUIDIC DROPLET LASERS ENABLED BY FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER, Fariba Kenarangi

Chemically Modified Cyclofructans for Sub/supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography, Sepideh Khaki Firooz

Piloting an Index of Segregation at the Census Tract Level: Associations with Place and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Life Expectancies, Katherine F. Kitchens

A Behavioral Study of Supply Chain Inventory Management, Yan Lang

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF WATER REPELLENT SANDS: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL EVALUATION, Gang Lei

TOWARDS ON-CHIP INTEGRATED SENSORS: PHOTONIC CRYSTAL OPTICAL SENSORS AND LASERS, Zhonghe Liu

Hierarchical microstructures to overcome the conflict between strength and toughness of hard coatings: TiN/Ni as a model system, Ignacio Lopez Cabanas

Identifying Loss, Animating Melancholy: Asian-American Narratives in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Spirited Away, and Bao, Jered Connery Mabaquiao

Signatures of Genome Evolution in Two Divergent Lizard Species from Texas, Jose A. Maldonado

ELEVATED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN BLACK FEMALES: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND NOVEL PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES, Zachary Thomas Martin

The effects of digital civic engagement training on the political knowledge and internal political efficacy of social work students, Christian Andrew Mason

Data Fusion for Non-motorized Volume Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach, Md. Mintu Miah

What is the state of the literature about robotic animal use among older adults receiving hospice or palliative care?, Allyson Miles

CHANDRA EJECTA KINEMATICS STUDIES AND AN ISO SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SUPERNOVA REMNANTS, Matthew James Millard

Characterization of Fatigue Strength of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V with Recoater Blade Interference Flaws and Residual Stresses Towards an Enhanced Fatigue Substantiation Methodology for Aerospace Structures Applications, Joshua Manyara Mochache

Asian Modernities: The Historical Unconscious in Asian and Asian American Literatures, Amanda Brooke Monteleone

Reducing Disparities in Physical Activity and Early Child Development: A Systematic and Observational Approach, Samantha Moss

Experimental Study of Flow Characteristics and Geometry of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject to Wave and Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla

Experimental Study of Flow Characteristics and Geometry of Scour Hole Around Cylindrical Piers Subject to Wave and Current, Qazi Ashique E Mowla

Niche and dispersal effects on biodiversity, community composition and species co-occurrences in stream ecosystems, Joseph Leonardo Mruzek

Interactions of Vortices with Differing Creation Mechanisms in the Wake of a Normal Flat Plate-Delta Flat Plate Couple: A Numerical Study., Cheruvateth Vivek Nair

Investigating the Short-term and Long-term Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Health, Damsara Nandadeva

System Identification of Linear and Non-Linear Dynamical Systems using Semi-definite Programming via Penalized Parabolic Relaxation Method, Adnan Nasir

Three essays on international mutual fund flows, Anh Tuan Nguyen

NOVEL NANOPARTICLES TO STIMULATE THERAPEUTIC ANGIOGENESIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASES, Tam Phung Nguyen

Designing Better Experiences Through Storytelling: Two Essays Examining the Application of Storytelling in Service Design and its Impact on Customer and Service Offering-Related Outcomes, Olamide Temitope Olajuwon Ige

Positive Ageing and Death or Dying: A Scoping Review, Robin Otto

Model Development for User Behavior While Adopting Autonomous Vehicles as Their On-Demand Transportation Mode, Ronik Ketankumar Patel

Abrading the enigma of the wound healing process: Modeling the inflammation, proliferation, and maturation stage, Amanda Patrick

Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors Associated with Level of Paralysis in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: Analysis of the National Spinal Cord Injury Database, DonnaLee Pollack

Towards high performance cancer staging from histology images, Ashwin Raju

HAND ANALYSIS FROM DEPTH IMAGES, Mohammad Rezaei