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Dissertations from 2013
Bayesian Anatomy of Galaxy Structure, Ilsang Yoon, Astronomy
Replica Exchange Monte Carlo Simulations of the Ising Spin Glass: Static and Dynamic Properties, Burcu Yucesoy, Physics
Assembly Of Surface Engineered Nanoparticles For Functional Materials, Xi Yu, Chemistry
Hybrid Radio Frequency and Video Framework for Identity-Aware Augmented Perception in Disaster Management and Assistive Technologies, Xunyi Yu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Everyday Feast: Recreational Consumption and Social Status in Early Modern English Drama, Timothy W Zajac, English
R&D Portfolio Analysis of Low Carbon Technologies to Reduce Climate Change Mitigation Costs, Rose M Zdybel, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
The Local Production Of Welfare Humanitarianism In Neoliberal Turkey, F. Gizem Zencirci, Political Science
Helical Ordering in Chiral Block Copolymers, Wei Zhao, Polymer Science and Engineering
Inhabiting Spaces, Making Places: Creating a Spatial and Material Biography of David Ruggles, Linda M Ziegenbein, Anthropology
Dynamic Factor Analysis For Panel Data: A Generalized Model, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Resource Economics
Sensory Processing and the Self Care Task of Eating in Children with Autism, Jeanne Zobel-Lachiusa, Education (also CAGS)
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
Teachers' Development Of Global Awareness and Its Influence On Their Teaching Practice in The 21st Century Classroom, Therese M Ajtum-Roberts, Education; Teacher Education & School Improvement
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
Understanding Maternal Health–Care Seeking Behavior In Low-Income Communities In Accra, Ghana, Patricia Anafi, Public Health
Organizing Markets: The Structuring of Neoliberalism in the U.S. Airline Industry, Dustin Robert Avent-Holt, Sociology
Topics in High Energy Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Ufuk Aydemir, Physics
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
The Role Of The Upper Body In Human Locomotion, Jennifer L Baird, Kinesiology
Proton Transfer in Organic Scaffolds, Dipankar Basak, Chemistry
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
Journey From Islamism To Conservative Democracy: The Politics Of Religious Party Moderation In Turkey, Guliz Dinc Belcher, Political Science
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
The Importance of Relationship Quality in Informal HIV Caregiving: A Dyadic Process, Allison Casta Mercado Branch, Psychology
Controlling Morphology in Swelling-Induced Wrinkled Surfaces, Derek Breid, Polymer Science and Engineering
Calcareous Nannofossil Records Of Miocene Sea Level At The Marion Plateau (Northeastern Australia); And Pliocenepleistocene Formation Of Cold Water Carbonate Mounds (North Eastern Atlantic Continental Margin), Emily Browning, Geosciences
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
Characterization of Bovine ɣδ T Cell WC1 Coreceptors: Sequence, Expression, and Function, Chuang Chen, Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
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
Investigation Of Excess Sludge Reduction By An Anaerobic Side-Stream Reactor (ASSR): The Role Of EPS And Enzymes In Sludge Floc, Dong-Hyun Chon, Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Poems of Lady Hester Pulter (1605?-1678): An Annotated Edition, Stefan Graham Christian, English
Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Conjugated Molecules for Potential Solar Cell Uses, John Matthew Chudomel, Chemistry
Risk Quantification of Maple Trees Subjected to Wind Loading, Cihan Ciftci, Civil Engineering
Structure, Function, and Pharmacological Chaperones for Human α-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase, Nathaniel E Clark, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Determinants of Informal Employment: The Case of Clothing Traders in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jennifer E Cohen, Economics
Norbornene Based Polybetaines: Synthesis And Biological Applications, Semra Colak, Polymer Science and Engineering
In the Heart of the Beast: Masculinity and Fatherhood on the Inside, Anna M Curtis, Sociology
Self-Knowledge in a Natural World, Jeremy Cushing, Philosophy
A comprehensive fifty-one jurisdiction review of statutes mandating and encouraging the teaching of history in K-12 schools., A. Edward Cutting, Education
Malleable Racial Identity In Multiracial Individuals: A New Paradigm For Integrating Race And Identity In The United States, Mamta Banu Dadlani, Clinical Psychology
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
Hacia un Reencantamiento Posthumanista: Poesía, Ciencia y Nuevas Tecnologías, Marta del Pozo Ortea, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
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
Molecular Interactions of the Tick Salivary Protein Salp15, Cassidy Dobson, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Intersectionality of Race, Adoption and Parenting: How White Adoptive Parents of Asian Born Children Talk About Race Within the Family, Jen H. Dolan, Education (also CAGS)
Biocultural Perspectives on Gender, Transitions, Stress, and Immune Function, Leo Zachary DuBois, Anthropology
Essays on Variance Risk, Jump Risk and Options Information, Jian Du, Isenberg School of Management
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
Making Something Of It: The Untold Stories Of Promising Black Males At A Predominately White Institution Of Higher Education, Michael Sean Funk, Social Justice Education
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
In Search Of The Fraternal: Salvific Manhood And Male Intimacy In The Novels Of James Baldwin, Ernest L. Gibson III, Afro-American Studies
Individual Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Congeners Interact to Disrupt Thyroid Hormone Action During Development, Stefanie Giera, Molecular and Cellular Biology
The Viroporin Activity of VP2, VP3 and VP4 Contribute to the SV40 Viral Life Cycle, Kristina M Giorda, Molecular and Cellular Biology
A Social History of Power and Struggle in Turkey: State, Memory, Movements, and Identity of Outsiderness in Dersim, Ozlem Goner, Sociology
Management of Switchgrass for the Production Of Biofuel, Leryn Elise Gorlitsky, Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences
Irony & Ideology: Oppositional Politics And Cultural Engagement In Post-September 11th America, Viveca S Greene, Communication
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)
Studies in Consumer Procrastination, Shabnam Haj Azim Zanjani, Isenberg School of Management
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)
Processing Perspectives, Jesse Aron Harris, Linguistics
Studies in the Atomic Spectrometric Determination of Selenium, Mercury, and Rare Earth Elements, Lindsay Rhae Harris, Chemistry
Enabling Easy Consumer Access to Services and Products, Baris Hasdemir, Isenberg School of Management
Fundamental Studies on Elastin-Like Oligo- and Polypeptides, Adam P Hathorne, Polymer Science and Engineering
Molecular mechanisms regulating Complement Receptor 3-mediated phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi, Kelly Lynn Hawley, Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Exhaustivity In Questions & Clefts; And The Quantifier Connection: A Study In German And English, Tanja Heizmann, Linguistics
Tuning the Properties of Metal-Ligand Complexes to Modify the Properties of Supramolecular Materials, Ian Henderson, Polymer Science and Engineering
Porous Metal Oxide Materials Through Novel Fabrication Procedures, Nicholas Hendricks, Polymer Science and Engineering