Dissertations from 2018
Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Network Flow Problems Arising in Wireless Sensor Network Applications, Robert M. Curry
Investigation of Bonding between Open Graded Friction Courses and Underlying Asphalt Pavement Layers, Behrooz Danish
Engineering Soft Tissue Replacements and the Development of Novel Technologies to Heal these Wounds, Sarah Grace Dennis
Tight Representations of Specially-Structured 0-1 Linear, Quadratic, and Polynomial Programs, Audrey N. DeVries
Evaluation of Animal Manure-based Compost as an Environmental Source of Clostridium difficile, Muthu Dharmasena
Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in Emerging Low-dimensional Materials, Yongchang Dong
Detection and Characterization of the Newly Described Species Botrytis fragariae Causing Gray Mold on Strawberries in the United States, Madeline Elizabeth Dowling
Robust Solutions to Uncertain Multiobjective Programs, Garrett M. Dranichak
Women's Career in the U. S. Federal Government: Wage, Promotion, Leave and Fertility, Maria Droganova
Effects of LMX and External Environmental Factors on Creativity Among Faculty in Higher Education, Timothy Allen DuPont
Peripheral Biomarkers of Inflammation Following Blast Exposure in a Clinical Population, Katie Edwards
Cultivating Head Start Children's Approaches to Learning by Promoting In-home Play: A Reason to Squeeze in Some Play, Andrea Miller Emerson
Factors that Protect Children from Violence: Findings from a Community-based Sample of South African Children, Nancy Suzanne Falconer
Essays on Firm Pricing Behaviors in the U.S. Airline Industry, Haobin Fan
Caring for Caregivers: Mentoring and Its Effects on Affective and Behavioral Outcomes, Pamela Farago
Polymer Injection Forming: A New Age Technology for Manufacturing Polymer-Metal Hybrids, Saeed Farahani
Molten Core Fabrication of Bismuth-Containing Optical Fibers, Benoit Faugas
Molten core fabrication of bismuth-containing optical fibers, Benoit Faugas
Using Motion Perception to Improve the Nighttime Conspicuity of Bicyclists at Street Crossings, Drea Kevin Fekety
Synthesis, Biofunctionalization, and Application of Magnetic Nanomaterials, Benjamin David Fellows
Microworld Writing: Making Spaces for Collaboration, Construction, Creativity, and Community in the Composition Classroom, Daniel Frank
Investigation of single drop particle scavenging using an ultrasonically levitated drop, Steven Fredericks
Modding the Apocalypse: (Re)Making Videogames as Post-Structuralist Free Play, Samuel Jackson Fuller
Now That I'm Gone, Let Me Tell You How I Feel: Former Employees' Perceptions of Employer Image and Organizational Attraction, Jamie M. Fynes
Chemically Active Rheological Modifiers for the Improved Clinical Use of Cyanoacrylates, Kyle Joseph Garcia
Exploring Destination Image Themes on Twitter, Before, During, and After Terror Attacks in Paris: An Application of Agenda Setting Theory, Zeynep A. Gedikoglu
IAPP Amyloid Aggregation and IAPP-Associated Toxicity Mitigation, Xinwei Ge
Quasi-continuum Non-local Plate and Shell Models of Carbon-Based 2D Nanomaterials, Jixuan Gong
Generalizations of Permutation Statistics to Words and Labeled Forests, Amy Christine Grady
The Effect of Composition on the Structure Symmetry and Stability of Tunnel-Structured Hollandite Ceramics for Nuclear Waste Immobilization, Robert L. Grote
Genomic Data Mining for Functional Annotation of Human Long Noncoding RNAs, Brian L. Gudenas
First Principles-Based Microkinetic Modeling of Ethanol from Syngas on Bimetallic Co-Pd Catalysts, Anuradha Gundamaraju
HBCUs Matter: The Lived Experiences of Involved Student-Athletes Changing the Game, Aris Lane Hall
Equipping Culturally Competent Students: The Development of Cultural Intelligence in the Classroom and Beyond, Melody J. Harper
The Invisible Walls of The 606: An Examination of the Relationship Between an Urban Greenway and Community Change, Brandon Harris
Perception-Action System Calibration in the Presence of Stable and Unstable Perceptual Perturbations, Leah Hartman
Computational Approaches to Understanding Structure-Function Relationships at the Intersection of Cellular Organization, Mechanics, and Electrophysiology, Tyler George Harvey
Health Insurance on Social Welfare, Qiwei He
Selected South Carolina School Leaders' Experiences in Addressing Cyberbullying, Sheila Finley Hilton
Interfacing the Liquid Sampling- Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Ion Source with Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers for High Accuracy High Precision Isotope Ratio Measurements of Uranium, Edward Dexter Hoegg
The Use and Value of Reading Recovery® Teachers' Lesson Records, Anastasia Evangeline Homer
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics with Multiscale Heterogeneous Microstructure, Yuzhe Hong
Building a Model of Black Women's Confidence in Campus Sexual Assault Resources: A Critical Race Feminist Quantitative Study, Jimmy Lee Howard, Jr.
Essays on Skill-Biased Technological Change and Labor Market Inequality, Yiheng Huang
Second Graders' Responses to and Application of Word-Picture Relationships in Picturebooks: A Case Study, Koti Lee Hubbard
Getting Things Done for Life: Long-term Impact of AmeriCorps Service for Diverse Groups of Members, Matthew D. Hudson-Flege
Advanced Manufacturing of Lightweight Porous Carbide Shapes Using Renewable Resources, Monsur Islam
Some Models for Count Time Series, Yisu Jia
Carbon Fibers with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Derived from Lignin-Based Precursors, Jing Jin
The Chronic Toxicity of Ion Mixtures to Freshwater Organisms: Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow), Katherine Anne Johnson-Couch
An Exploration of Employed College Student Experiences in Work and Leisure, Katherine Ann Jordan
Optimization Models for Sustainable Design and Management of Biopower Supply Chains, Hadi Karimi
Bacterial Diversity and Ecology of Two Cryptoendolithic Habitats in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, Sukhpreet Kaur
Cases of Contingent STEM Faculty Who Practice Critical Pedagogies with/in the Neoliberal University, Jeffrey Michael Kenney
Graphene/P(VDF-TrFE) Heterojunction Based Wearable Sensors with Integrated Piezoelectric Energy Harvester, Soaram Kim
Adaptation to Base Latency in a Head-Mounted Display Using a Performance Task to Facilitate Adaptation, Amelia Kinsella
Programming of Retention Capacity and Release Capabilities of Propargyl Acrylate Nanoparticles Decorated with Poloxamer Copolymer, Oleksandr Klep
The Effects of Using an Information Literacy Model on the Information Seeking Behavior of Sixth-Grade Students, Jessica L. Kohout-Tailor
Model Predictive Control of Modern High-Degree-of-Freedom Turbocharged Spark Ignited Engines with External Cooled EGR, Rohit Vishvanath Koli
Traversing the Digital Frontier: Culture's Impact on Faultline Emergence in Virtual Teams, William S. Kramer
Accounting for Uncertainty in Process Optimization Initiatives with Statistical Convolutions and Stochastic Programming Techniques, Russell William Krenek
Simulated Inflammation by Hypochlorous Acid and the Corrosion and Tribocorrosion of Orthopedic Alloys: Feedback Between Corrosion and Inflammation, Gregory Walter Kubacki
Are Cyp2b and Cyp3a Important in Hepatic Lipid Metabolism?, Ramiya Kumar
Discrete Element Modeling of the Grading- and Shape-Dependent Behavior of Granular Materials, Zhengshou Lai
Carbon Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of Optical Properties, Gregory LeCroy
Self Concept Is a Thing: Exploring Title I Middle School Teachers' Alignment to Self-Concept Enhancement Pedagogy for African American Students, Walter Anton Lee
Role of the Physical Environment on Team-Based Primary Care in the Military Health System, William B. Lewis
Essays on Growth, Finance and Inequality, Changshuai Li
On Some Conjectures in Additive Number Theory, Huixi Li
Taxonomic, Genetic and Functional Diversity of Symbionts Associated with the Coastal Bivalve Family Lucinidae, Jean S. Lim
Applications of Adaptive Decision Making Under Risk in Health Contexts, Drew Morgan Link
Modeling and Performance Analysis of A Sloshing Ferrofluid Based Electromagnetic Energy Harvester, Qi Liu
Study on Optical Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Composites, Yamin Liu
The Effects of Various Retort Motions on the Rate of Heat Penetration of a Food Simulant in Pouches, Mollye MacNaughton
Understanding the Interactions of Anions with Lewis Acids and π-Acids to Develop Efficient Ion-Pair Receptors, Krishnendu Maity
High Precision Fret to Study Bimolecular Dynamics with High Temporal Resolution, Junyan Ma
Two-dimensional Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy Generation and Sensing Applications, Sai Sunil Kumar Mallineni
A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Cellulose-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: The Interface Effects, Qian Mao
Assessment of the Structural and Thermal Behavior of Concrete Masonry Construction via Experimentally Informed Numerical Models, Marcos Javier Martínez Andino
Evaluation of Pedometer Performance Across Multiple Gait Types Using Video for Ground Truth, Ryan Stephen Mattfeld
Phylogenetic, Genomic and Morphological Investigations of Three Lance Nematode Species (Hoplolaimus spp.), Xinyuan Ma
High-Achieving, Non-First-Generation, Female, Undergraduate Student Views of Family Influence on Career Decisions, Katryna Bower Maxwell
The Functional Significance of Structural Novelty in the Locomotor Apparatus of Turtles, Christopher James Mayerl
Tissue Engineering Platforms for Cardiac Pathology in Diabetes: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies, Laura Elizabeth McCallum
The Awareness and Attitudes of Teachers towards Educational Restrictions for Immigrant Students, William David McCorkle
n-Alkyl Methacrylate Polymeric Memristors for Synaptic Response Modeling: Organic and Biologically Relevant Thin Films, Tucker McFarlane
A Decision Support System for Selecting Between Designs for Dynamic Software Product Lines, Ethan Travis McGee
The Impact of Goal Persistence and Willing to Compete on Community College Student Success in Developmental Math Coursework, Kerri McGuire
Water-Electricity Nexus: Assessing Impacts of Habitat Loss on Freshwater Mussel Assemblages in the Savannah Basin, South Carolina, Snehal Subhash Mhatre
Influence of Consumer Involvement in Tourist Information Search: Application of Economics of Information Theory in a Destination, Peter Judca MKUMBO