Dissertations from 2012
PROPAGATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN LIGHT-FRAME WOOD BUILDINGS, Seyed masood Hassanzadehshirazi
Algebraic Approaches to Stochastic Optimization, Katherine Hastings
Resource Allocation Framework: Validation of Numerical Models of Complex Engineering Systems against Physical Experiments, Joshua Hegenderfer
Updated Force Model for Milling Nickel-based Superalloys, Andrew Henderson
EFFECTS OF RED RASPBERRY ON DOXORUBICIN CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY, Ran He
Managing Elective and Non-elective Case Assignments for an Operating Room Suite, Narges Hosseini
TRANSNATIONAL LEISURE AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE OF SECOND-GENERATION CHINESE-AMERICANS, Wei-jue Huang
CUPRATE MEDIATED ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTIONS ON VINYLEPOXIDES AND CONJUGATE ADDITIONS ON 2-PYRIDONES, Yaxin Huang
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE GAME AND GOLF'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT, David Hueber
Measurement Error and the Black-White Wage Differential, Jared Huff
Horizontal Subcontracting in Procurement Auctions, Nancy Huff
A COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS OF OFF-DUTY MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, Rebecca Iden
Mass Latex Balloon Releases and the Potential Effects on Wildlife, Stephan Irwin
A Collection of Problems in Combinatorics, Janine Janoski
Fast and Efficient Classification, Tracking, and Simulation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Hao Jiang
Essays on Product Recall Strategies and Effectiveness in the FDA-Regulated Food Sector, Tracy Johnson-hall
An Investigation of Trypanosoma brucei Hexokinases: Localization, Oligomerization, and Inhibition, April Joice
Flow Behavior Modeling and Process Control of Electrically-Assisted Forming (EAF) for Sheet Metals in Uniaxial Tension, Joshua Jones
ESSAYS ON PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION AND BEHAVIOR OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRICES, Liudmila Kashcheeva
Working 5 to 9, What a Way to Make a Livin'! An Investigation into the Relationship between Shift and Turnover, Christie Kelley
New Algorithms for High-Throughput Decoding with Low-Density Parity-Check Codes using Fixed-Point SIMD Processors, Jawone Kennedy
Developing silvicultural protocols for longleaf pine (Pinuspalustris) restoration in loblolly pine (P. taeda ) stands, Benjamin Knapp
BIOENGINEERING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TMJ PATHOBIOLOGY, Jonathan Kuo
Prediction of the Wear & Evolution of Cutting Tools in a Carbide / Ti-6Al-4V Machining Tribosystem by Volumetric Tool Wear Characterization & Modeling, Mathew Kuttolamadom
SERIOUS TOURISM AND CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CERTIFICATIONS, Richard Lacher
MODELING ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHALLOW WATER FLOWS WITH DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD, Wencong Lai
Highly charged ion interactions with ultrathin dielectric films, Russell Lake
Navigating the World of Academia as a Mother and Contingent Faculty Member: A Narrative Inquiry, Kathryn Ledford
A COMPUTATIONAL PIPELINE FOR MCI DETECTION FROM HETEROGENEOUS BRAIN IMAGES, Lin Li
SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURE FOR BUNDLING, EDGE STATES AND IMPURITIES IN 1D AND 0D MATERIALS, Kiran kumar Lingam
Planet Formation in Transition Disks: Modeling, Spectroscopy, and Theory, Joseph Liskowsky
Assembly and Disassembly of Myofibrils in Dissociated Cardiomyocytes, Honghai Liu
LABORATORY CHARACTERIZATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF CONTAMINANT MASS TRANSFER, Xiaoling Liu
Integrated Production and Distribution Problem with Single Perishable Product, Wennian Li
Towards Trustworthy, Efficient and Scalable Distributed Wireless Systems, Ze Li
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT IN DEVELOPING THE OPTIMAL FORMULATIONS FOR NEW TABLET DRUGS, Zhe Li
Network Traffic Analysis Using Stochastic Grammars, Chen Lu
SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK DESIGN: RISK-AVERSE VS. RISK-NEUTRAL DECISION MAKING, Alireza Madadi
Exploring Group Cohesion in a Higher Education Field Experience, Brian Malcarne
Coaching Equestrian Vaulting: The Motivation Behind Volunteer Coaching, Amy Mccune
A Dynamic Network Analysis of Innovation and Leadership in Two-Year Colleges, Melissa Mcfarland
The Racial Rhetoric of Cuteness as Decorative Decorum, Nicole Mcfarlane
APPLYING VISUAL ATTENTION THEORY TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY RESEARCH AND DESIGN: EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE AUTOMOBILE REAR LIGHTING SYSTEMS, Scott Mcintyre
FOLIAR APPLIED UREA NITROGEN METABOLISM IN WARM-SEASON TURFGRASS UNDER SALINITY STRESS, Nicholas Menchyk
Understanding the Relative Attentional Demands of the Dimensions of Interface Consistency, Jeremy Mendel
GRAIN BOUNDARIES STRUCTURES AND WETTING IN DOPED SILICON, NICKEL AND COPPER, Kaveh Meshinchi asl
SENSOR BASED IRRIGATION EFFECTS ON ROOT DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF GRAFTED AND NON-GRAFTED WATERMELONS, Gilbert Miller
Application of Carbon Dioxide Towards the Development of Smart Materials, Green Reaction Schemes and Metallic Nanoparticle Synthesis, Fiaz Mohammed
ELASTO-CAPILLARITY IN FIBROUS MATERIALS, Daria Monaenkova
Computational Representation And Reasoning Support For Requirements Change Management In Complex System Design, Beshoy Morkos
Polyhedral Approximations of Quadratic Semi-Assignment Problems, Disjunctive Programs, and Base-2 Expansions of Integer Variables, Frank Muldoon
THE BEHAVIOR AND TOXICITY OF METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION, Phenny Mwaanga
Ambiguous Science and the Visual Representation of the Real, Curtis Newbold
Investigating the Role of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels in Urothelial Cell Pressure Mechanotransduction, Shawn Olsen
Essays on Effects of Illness and Supplemental Security Income on Employment, Sarmistha Pal
THE NUTRITIONAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EQUOL-ENRICHED TABLE EGG PRODUCED IN A FREE-RANGE OR CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM, Michelle Parisi
ASSESSING THE NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT: A FRAMEWORK AND EVIDENCE FROM THAILAND, Maleena Parkey
The Effects of Drought on the Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, in the ACE Basin NERR in South Carolina, Kirk Parmenter
An Optimization Approach to a Geometric Packing Problem, Bradley Paynter
SURFACE MODIFICATIONS OF CAPILLARY-CHANNELED POLYMER (C-CP) FIBERS FOR APPLICATIONS IN HIGHLY SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS, Jennifer Pittman
Essays in Public Economics, Kathleen Player
Preventing Misuse and Disuse of Automated Systems: Effects of System Confidence Display on Trust and Decision Performance, Margaux Price
EXTENDING ORIGAMI TECHNIQUE TO FOLD FORMING OF SHEET METAL PRODUCTS, Ala Qattawi
SELF-ASSEMBLED AND FLOW INDUCED NANO-STRUCTURES IN POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, Dilru Ratnaweera
FACTORS THAT PREDICT HISPANIC/LATINO ENTREPRENEURS' INTENTIONS TO USE THIRTEEN ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIORS, Rosanna Saladin-subero
Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of the Electrically-Assisted Manufacturing (EAM) Technique During Open Die Forging, Wesley Salandro
Analysis of Genotype, Phenotype, and Age Progression in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, Sara Sarasua
The Influence of Land Use on Fish Health and Fish Communities in Wadeable Steams in South Carolina, Andrew Sayer
Clustering and Classification of Multivariate Stochastic Time Series in the Time and Frequency Domains, Ryan Schkoda
They were Framed! The Development and Validation of Context-Specific Measures of Individual Culture, Amber Schroeder
Sources of Variance in Bite Count, Jenna Scisco
Financial Liberalization and the Severity of Systemic Banking Crises, Michael Scott
Essays on Service Improvisation Competence: Empirical Evidence from The Hospitality Industry, Enrico Secchi
UPTAKE AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF SURFACE MODIFIED NANOMATERIALS IN FRESHWATER AQUATIC ORGANISMS, Brandon Seda
DEVELOP NOVEL FRAP TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING ANISOTROPIC SOLUTE DIFFUSION IN CARTILAGINOUS TISSUES, Changcheng Shi
DEMOCRATIC ORIENTATIONS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN ASPIRING AND ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES, Natallia Sianko
First Generation College Students In Engineering: A Grounded Theory Study Of Family Influence On Academic Decision Making, Denise Simmons
A Novel Haptic Simulator for Evaluating and Training Salient Force-Based Skills for Laparoscopic Surgery, Ravikiran Singapogu
THE INFLUENCE OF FLAGSHIP SPECIES ON IN SITU AND EX SITU WILDLIFE TOURISTS' CONNECTION TO WILDLIFE AND PRO-CONSERVATION BEHAVIORS, Jeffrey Skibins
The effects of accountability on leniency reduction in self- and peer ratings on team-based performance appraisals, Brettney Smith
Toward A Theory of Media Reconciliation: An Exploratory Study of Closed Captioning, Nicole Snell
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES IN BUSINESS STRUCTURE AND TOURISM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1899-1999, Katharine Sparks
ANALYSES OF CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS, FARMER CHALLENGES, POLYAMINE, AND AMINO ACID CONTENT OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FRESH PRODUCE GROWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Emily Steinberg
THE EFFECTS OF 0.2 HZ VARYING LATENCY WITH 20-100 MS VARYING AMPLITUDE ON SIMULATOR SICKNESS IN A HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAY, Matthew St. pierre
Applying Chaotic Advection to Rheology: an In Situ Structuring Rheometer, Ramaswami Subrahmanian
New Results in Multivariate Time Series with Applications, Nan Su
A Study of Environment Noise in Ultra-Wideband Indoor Position Tracking, William Suski
Ecology and Phylogeny of the Biting-Midge Genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Dustin Swanson
CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO TYPE IV COLLAGENS INVOLVED IN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE HEREDITARY NEPHROPATHY, Keri Tabb
Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Germanium: An In-depth Study to the Reduction of Lattice Thermal Conductivity, Daniel Thompson
Compressive Strength of Continuous Fiber Unidirectional Composites, Ronald Thompson
PROBING AND CONTROLLING FLUID RHEOLOGY AT MICROSCALE WITH MAGNETIC NANORODS, Alexander Tokarev