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Dissertations from 2013
Mesostructural Characterization and Probabilistic Modeling of the Design Limit States of Parallel Strand Lumber, Alireza Amini, Civil Engineering
Lactic Acid Bacteria Mediated Phenolic Bioactive Modulation From Fruit Systems For Health Benefits, Chandrakant Ankolekar, Food Science
Impact Resistant Glassy Polymers: Pre-Stress And Mode Ii Fracture, Jared Steven Archer, Polymer Science and Engineering
Effect of Colloidal Interactions on Formation of Glasses, Gels, Stable Clusters and Structured Films, Anand Kumar Atmuri, Chemical Engineering
Particle-Collector Interactions In Nanoscale Heterogeneous Systems, Marina Bendersky, Chemical Engineering
Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Localization of Mitochondrial DNA Polymerases of Trypanosoma brucei, Jeniffer Concepcón-Acevedo, Microbiology
Evaluating the Validity of Mcas Scores as an Indicator of Teacher Effectiveness, Jenna M. Copella, Education (also CAGS)
Investigation Of The Orientation Dependence On Chiroptical Properties Of Single Molecules, Austin Joseph Cyphersmith, Chemistry
Ecology and Conservation of the Montane Forest Avian Community in Northeastern North America, William V. DeLuca, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Regulation and Action of Skp2 and Rhoa in Cell and Tumor Models: Investigation into the Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for the Aggressive Phenotype of Triplenegative Breast Cancer, Katrina D. Fagan-Solis, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Investigations of Surface-Tension Effects Due to Small-Scale Complex Boundaries, Jiansheng Feng, Physics
Accurate and Robust Mechanical Modeling of Proteins, Naomi Fox, Computer Science
Concept-Based Teaching and Spanish Modality in Heritage Language Learners: A Vygotskyan Approach, Elena Guillermina Garcia Frazier, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
Data Combination from Multiple Sources Under Measurement Error, Hugo Gasca-Aragon, Mathematics
Enhanced Detection Strategies Accomplished Through Metal Binding and Miniature Mass Spectrometry, Adam Graichen, Chemistry
The Parsing and Interpretation of Comparatives: More than Meets the Eye, Margaret Ann Grant, Linguistics
Intellectual Constellations in the Postsocialist Era: Four Essays, Li Gu, Communication
Critical Rhetoric in the Age of Neuroscience, Brett Ingram, Communication
Continuity in the Face of Change: Mashantucket Pequot Plant Use From 1675-1800 A.D., Kimberly Carol Kasper, Anthropology
Pattern Formation in Floating Sheets, Hunter King, Physics
Determining Detailed Reaction Kinetics for Nitrogen-and Oxygen-Containing Fuels, Nicole Jeanne Labbe, Chemical Engineering
Multiscale Modeling of Human Addiction: a Computational Hypothesis for Allostasis and Healing, Yariv Z. Levy, Computer Science
Determination of Arsenic in Water by Potentially Portable Methodology, Chengbei Li, Chemistry
Characterization of Self-Assembled Functional Polymeric Nanostructures: I. Magnetic Nanostructures from Metallopolymers II. Zwitterionic Polymer Vesicles in Ionic Liquid, Raghavendra Raj Maddikeri, Polymer Science and Engineering
Measuring Proton Spin Polarizabilities with Polarized Compton Scattering, Philippe Paul Martel, Physics
Reca Dynamics & the SOS Response in Escherichia Coli: Cellular Limitation of Inducing Filaments, Shawn Christopher Massoni, Microbiology
Privacy-Aware Collaboration Among Untrusted Resource Constrained Devices, Andres David Molina-Markham, Computer Science
Techno-Economic Feasibility Study of Ammonia Plants Powered by Offshore Wind, Eric R. Morgan, Mechanical Engineering
Nasics: A `Fabric-Centric' Approach Towards Integrated Nanosystems, Pritish Narayanan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Interplay of Geometry, Communications, and Traffic, Mohammad Nekoui, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Development and Characterization of Caspase Activatable GFP and a Family of Fluorescent Reporters, Samantha Elizabeth Bernard Nicholls, Chemistry
Evidence of an Infectious Asthma Phenotype: Chlamydia Driven Allergy and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Pediatric Asthma, Katir Kirit Patel, Microbiology
Molecular and Population Level Approaches to Understand Taxus Metabolism in Cell Suspension Cultures, Rohan Anil Patil, Chemical Engineering
New Insights into Corruption: Paradoxical Effects of Approach-Orientation for Powerholders, Mindi Sara Rock, Psychology
Coaching the Self: Identity Work(Ing) and the Self-Employed Professional, Sinéad Grace Ruane, Management
Software Techniques to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Low-Power Devices at the Limits of Digital Abstractions, Mastooreh Salajegheh, Computer Science
Circles and Lines: Complexities of Learning in Community, Sara Lynne Schupack, Education (also CAGS)
Bridging The Gap Between Autonomous Skill Learning And Task-Specific Planning, Shiraj Sen, Computer Science
The Role of Capabilities in Innovation Adoption Decisions, Kevin Snyder, Management
Interactions between floral mutualists and antagonists, and consequences for plant reproduction, Nicole Leland Soper Gorden, Plant Biology
Remember Where We Came From: Globalization And Environmental Discourse In The Araucania Region Of Chile, Niall Stephens, Communication
Interactions between a Gall Making Fly, Dasineura Oxycoccana (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), And Its Host Plant, Cultivated Cranberry (Vaccinium Macrocarpon), Sunil Tewari, Entomology
Fan Communities and Subgroups: Exploring Individuals' Supporter Group Experiences, Bruce David Tyler, Sport Management
Racialized Spaces In Teacher Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Place-Based Identities In Roche Bois, Mauritius, Elsa Marie Wiehe, Education (also CAGS)
Bayesian Anatomy of Galaxy Structure, Ilsang Yoon, Astronomy
Assembly Of Surface Engineered Nanoparticles For Functional Materials, Xi Yu, Chemistry
Helical Ordering in Chiral Block Copolymers, Wei Zhao, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2012
Modeling Material Transformations in Biorefinement, Vishal Agarwal, Chemical Engineering
Accuracy of Biomass and Structure Estimates from Radar and Lidar, Razi Uddin Ahmed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sleep Disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregiver Mood: A Diary Study, Anna Maria Katarina Akerstedt, Psychology
A Study on Small Scale Intermittency Using Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence, Saba Almalkie, Mechanical Engineering
Organizing Markets: The Structuring of Neoliberalism in the U.S. Airline Industry, Dustin Robert Avent-Holt, Sociology
Goals, Principles, and Practices for Community-Based Adult Education Through the Lens of A Hatcher-Assagioli Synthesis, Andrea Shepard Ayvazian, Education (also CAGS)
The Guerilla Tongue": The Politics of Resistance in Puerto Rican Poetry, Natasha Azank, English
Knowledge, Gender, and Production Relations in India's Informal Economy, Amit Basole, Economics
The Rise Up and Leadership in Community Service Classes and Their Impact on the Relationships, School Retention and Persistence of Marginalized Students at One Level Four School, Heather A. Batchelor, Education (also CAGS)
Woodrow Wilson's Conversion Experience: The President and the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment, Beth Behn, History
Information Retrieval with Query Hypergraphs, Michael Bendersky, Computer Science
Determination and Speciation of Arsenic in Environmental and Biological Samples, Tiffany Berg, Chemistry
Quantum Corrections to the Gravitational Interaction of Massless Particles, Thomas J. Blackburn Jr., Physics
On the Effect of Elasticity on Drag Reduction Due to Polymer Additives Using a Hybrid D.N.S. and Langevin Dynamics Approach, Arnout Boelens, Chemical Engineering
An Investigation of the Efficacy of Speech and Language Interventions with Students with ASD Using Telepractice, Michelle Kathleen Boisvert, Communication Disorders
Rebranding Diversity: Colorblind Racism Inside The U.S. Advertising Industry, Christopher Boulton, Communication
Controlling Morphology in Swelling-Induced Wrinkled Surfaces, Derek Breid, Polymer Science and Engineering
Gradients and Ranges of Visually Selective Attention Based on Location, Objects, Color, and Size: Gradients are Universal, but Range is Uniquely Spatial, William S. Bush, Neuroscience and Behavior
Diatoms as Recorders of Sea Ice in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: Proxy Development and Application, Beth A. Caisse, Geosciences
A Comprehensive Model of Human Neuromuscular Function During Repeated Isometric Contractions: Predicting the Effect of Age on Fatigue, Damien Mark Callahan, Kinesiology
Decision-Theoretic Meta-reasoning in Partially Observable and Decentralized Settings, Alan Scott Carlin, Computer Science
Security Issues in Networked Embedded Devices, Danai Chasaki Sr, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor Components and Their Roles on Lipid Oxidation in Bulk Oil That Contains Association Colloids, Bingcan Chen, Food Science
Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Furan Over Zsm-5 Catalysts: A Model Biomass Conversion Reaction, Yu-Ting Cheng, Chemical Engineering
Functional Polymers for Anhydrous Proton Transport, Nagamani Chikkannagari, Chemistry
Risk Quantification of Maple Trees Subjected to Wind Loading, Cihan Ciftci, Civil Engineering
Self-Knowledge in a Natural World, Jeremy Cushing, Philosophy
Understanding Hard Interaction in QCD and the Search for the Gluon Spin Contribution to the Spin of the Proton, Amaresh Datta, Physics
Surface Instabilities for Adhesion Control, Chelsea Simone Davis, Polymer Science and Engineering
Towards a posthumanist reenchantment: Poetry, science and new technologies, Marta del Pozo Ortea, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
In Pursuit of a Balanced System of Educational Assessment: An Evaluation of the Pre-Kindergarten Through 8th Grade Math Assessment System in One Massachusetts Regional School District, Rita Joyce Detweiler, Education (also CAGS)
The Relationship Between Mass Incarceration and Crime in the Neoliberal Period in the United States, Geert Leo Dhondt, Economics
Swelling and Folding as Mechanisms of 3D Shape Formation in Thin Elastic Sheets, Marcelo A. Dias, Physics
Technologies of Racial Formation: Asian-American Online Identities, Linh Dich, English
The Intersectionality of Race, Adoption and Parenting: How White Adoptive Parents of Asian Born Children Talk About Race Within the Family, Janette Hollowood Dolan, Education (also CAGS)
Biocultural Perspectives on Gender, Transitions, Stress, and Immune Function, Leo Zachary DuBois, Anthropology
Modeling the Relaxation Dynamics of Fluids in Nanoporous Materials, John R. Edison, Chemical Engineering
Syntax-Prosody Interactions in Irish, Emily Elfner, Linguistics
Theory of Interacting Polyelectrolytes Under Confinement, Alexander Eliseev, Physics
Fair Trade, Agrarian Cooperatives, and Rural Livelihoods in Peru, Noah Enelow, Economics
Identification and Functional Characterization of the Zebrafish Gene Quetschkommode (que), Timo Friedrich, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Theory of Compromised Eating Behavior, Ellen Frances Furman, Nursing
Local Torsion on Abelian Surfaces, Adam Gamzon, Mathematics
Verbalizing in the Second Language Classroom: The Development of the Grammatical Concept of Aspect, Prospero N. Garcia, Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics
How Should I Act?: Shakespeare and the Theatrical Code of Conduct, Ann E. Garner, English
Breaking the Barriers of All-Polymer Solar Cells: Solving Electron Transporter And Morphology Problems, Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli, Chemistry
Maternal and Fetal Factors Associated with Labor and Delivery Complications, Prasad L. Gawade, Public Health
Management of Switchgrass for the Production Of Biofuel, Leryn Elise Gorlitsky, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Leveraging Marketing Resources to Strengthen Stakeholder Company Identification, Mark David Groza, Management
Mechanics and Energetics of Footfall Patterns in Running, Allison H. Gruber, Kinesiology
The Assembly of Galaxies Over Cosmic Time, Yicheng Guo, Astronomy
Production of Third Spaces for Immigrant English Language Learners: (Re)Negotiating Identity and Discourse in the Secondary Classroom, Andrew W. Habana Hafner, Education (also CAGS)
Supporting Public High School Teachers in a Context of Multiple Mandates: A Social Justice Approach to Professional Learning Communities, Philip J. Harak, Education (also CAGS)