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Dissertations from 2021 2021

Teachers' Conceptualizations and Experiences with STEAM Instruction in the Early Childhood Classroom in Connection with Children's Social Emotional Competencies, Amanda Elizabeth Bennett

Developing Design and Analysis Framework for Hybrid Mechanical-Digital Control of Soft Robots: from Mechanics-Based Motion Sequencing to Physical Reservoir Computing, Priyanka B. Bhovad

Selected Topics in Network Optimization: Aligning Binary Decision Diagrams for a Facility Location Problem and a Search Method for Dynamic Shortest Path Interdiction, Alexey Bochkarev

None But Ourselves: An Afrocentric Case Study Examining Emancipatory Practices Within Three African-Centered Schools, Lashia Bowers

Effects of Food-Grade Nonionic Surfactants on the Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Stability of Lycopene in Oil-in-Water Emulsions, Jeffrey Allen Bowles

Investigating Visuo-Haptic Interaction Fidelity and Display Metaphors on Near-Field Fine Motor Selection and Manipulation Tasks in Virtual Reality, David Brickler

Educating Black Collegians: Examining the Influence of Blackness on Educational Outcomes Related to Life and Career Perspectives, DeOnte Teaon Brown

Development of a Tissue Engineered Pulmonary Heart Valve for Pediatric Patients, Maria Margarita Rodriguez Bruce

Princesses, Divas, and Mother Runners: Gendered Institutional and Vernacular Rhetorics in Running Events, Stacy Cacciatore

Large-Scale Optimization Models with Applications in Biological and Emergency Response Networks, Mustafa Can Camur

“You Can’t Hide Behind Being a House”: Examining the Policy Process, Design, and Implementation of Short-Term Rental Regulations, a Case Study of Nashville, TN, Jamie L. Cathey

Human-Robot Collaboration in Automotive Assembly, Yi Chen

Examining Religious and Spiritual Commitment Across Late-Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Thomas Ray Clanton

The Community of Inquiry Effect on Learning for an Online Course, Robert Dawson Coffey

Building Leadership Capacity in an Instructional Coach: A Principal’s Contribution to the Growth of a Leader Through the Lens of Complexity Leadership Theory, Lori Corley

Soulful Leadership: How Black Presidents Engage Critical Spirituality in their Leadership of Historically Black Theological Institutions, Sharad H. Creasman

Reinforcement Learning Based Design Methodology for Building Performance: A Case of Building Facades with Kinetic Elements, Sida Dai

Development of a Hybrid Hydrogel Drug Delivery System for Treatment of Ischemic Injury, Andrew DeMaria

Efficient Automated Driving Strategies Leveraging Anticipation and Optimal Control, Robert Austin Dollar

The Effectiveness of a Diversity and Inclusion Intervention in Higher Education in the Context Of COVID-19, Katherine Brown D'Souza

Science Teacher Identity Development Throughout a Yearlong Clinical Placement and into the First Year of Teaching, Laura C. Eicher

Spatial Planning to Examine Regional Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Diabetes by Analyzing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Retail Environment: Applying a Machine Learning Approach, Michelle Eichinger

Synthesis of Nanoparticles in a Silicate Matrix, Tatiana Alexandra Estrada-Mendoza

A Human-Centric System for Symbolic Reasoning About Code, Megan Fowler

A Qualitative Study of Connected Middle and High School Broadcast Journalism Programs and Their Relationship to Career Broadcast Journalism, Michelle Fowler

Three Essays in Applied Banking and Finance, Tyler Francis

Comparing Faculty Perceptions of Importance and Perceived Competencies of Online Best Practices Through the Encore Components, Karen Bunch Franklin

Continuum Robots: Interfacing, Modeling, and Automation, Chase Gilbert Frazelle

Enabling DNA-Informed Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peach, Wanfang Fu

The Development of High-Performance Protonic Ceramic Conducting Membranes by Interfacial Engineering, Jun Gao

Promoting Dual Language Learners’ Social and Emotional Development Through Creative Drama: A Case Study, Qianyi Gao

Minimal Differential Graded Resolutions of Fiber Products, Hugh Roberts Geller

Influencing the Inflammatory Response Through Multi-Scale Geometry, Antibiotic Release, and Fluid Management in a Textile-Based Biomaterial Wound Dressing, Elizabeth Gianino

Bayesian Poisson Mortality Projections with Incomplete Data, Rui Gong

Characterizing Unmixed Trees with Respect to Total Domination and PMU Covers, James Gossell

A Critical Analysis of the Discourse of Culturally Responsive Curriculum Within South Carolina’s Secondary U.S. History and Constitution Standards, James L. Goude

Essays on Law Enforcement Incentives, Shannon R. Graham

Spatial Distributions of Arthropods in Soybean and Implications for Pest Management, Anthony Daniel Greene

Carbon Rich Polymer-Derived Ceramics: Processing, Characterization, and Properties, Michelle Greenough

Stochastic Optimization for Renewable Energy System Design and Operation, Berkay Eren Gulcan

Human-Automated Vehicle Interactions, Longxiang Guo

Identification of Best Practices to Aid Streamline the Transportation Project Development Process: A Study of the States Department of Transportation, Tanin Haidary

Optimization of the Liquid Sampling-Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge for Varied Spectrochemical Applications, Katja Hall

Revolutions of Virtues: Revisiting the Underpinnings of Rhetorical Education, Eric Reid Hamilton

360-Degree Analysis of the Produce Prescription (Rx) Program, Joel Hamilton

Identification of Biomarker Systems in the Human Brain and Lung, Yuqing Hang

Interventions to Increase Prospective Teacher Candidates' Praxis II Content Exam Scores, Takara Hart

Personalized Professional Development Using Improvement Science: Induction Teachers’ Sense of Teacher Self-Efficacy, Natasha Yvette Harvin-Wright

The Economic Value of Electricity Reliability, Seyedmajid Hashemi

“I Thought I was Going to War”: Experiences of Health-Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic – An Exploration of ProjectCOPE, Smith F. Heavner

Bayesian Framework for Causal Inference in Complex Data Structure, Li He

Advancing Waterfowl Ecology and Management: Assessments of an Online Course, Professional Credentials, and Graduate Student Publication Performance, Lauren Hernandez-Rubio

Identification of Biomarker Systems of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Uterine Cancer, Allison Hickman

Towards Understanding Protein Immobilization Rules Through Site-Specific Covalent Immobilization of T4 Lysozyme, Maxwell Hilbert

Integrating Degradation Forecasting and Abatement Framework Into Advanced Distribution Management System, Huu Phuong Hoang

Altared Bodies: Evangelical Purity Rhetorics in the Age of Sexual Politics, Victoria G. Houser

Secure Data Collection and Analysis in Smart Health Monitoring, Pei Huang

Rapid Isolation and Quantification of Exosome and Lentivirus by Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography on a Polyester Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fiber Stationary Phase, Sisi Huang

Improving the Security and Safety of Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems, Md Mhafuzul Islam

Lifting as We Climb: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology on How Black Women Administrators Develop Their Leader Identity at Predominantly White Institutions, Jameka Jackson

The Impact of Daylight and Window Views on Health and Recovery: A Quash-Experimental Study of Patients with Heart Disease in a Cardiac ICU, Roxana Jafarifiroozabadi

Recapture and Reuse of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Rendered Animal Materials to Enhance Nutrient Use Efficiency and Produce Quality in Agricultural Crop, Bhupinder Jatana

An Algorithm for Biobjective Mixed Integer Quadratic Programs, Pubudu Jayasekara Merenchige

Arbitrage among Stablecoins, Peiyun Jin

Risk-Based Freeway Merging and Lane-Changing Decisions for Autonomous Vehicles, Weimin Jin

Flexible Molecular Dynamics for Simulating Ion-Surface Scattering Trajectories, Patrick Roy Johnson

Exploring the Role of AMPK in Nutrient Sensing and Signaling in the Human Parasite Trypanosoma brucei, Jessica Jones

A Multifunctional Tool for the Electrokinetic Manipulation and Characterization of Cells, Devin Monroe Keck

Power and Agency in Teachers' Digital Writing Feedback: A Virtual Education Environment, Alicia Kelley

Plasmon Enhanced GaN MEMS Photoacoustic Sensors, Digangana Khan

Security and Reliability of Vehicular Networks and Autonomous Vehicle Applications Using Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing in a Cyber-Physical Systems Environment, MD Zadid Khan

Stimuli-Responsive and Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks, Amina Khatun

Mechanical Interfacial Locking and Multiscale Modeling Of Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Structural Applications, Anmol Kothari

Short-Term Variability of Atmospheric Tides in Earth’s Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Region, Komal Kumari

Exact Controllability and Inverse Problem for the Mindlin-Timoshenko System, Jason Alexander Kurz

The Use of Improvement Science by a Principal to Increase Teacher Satisfaction and Teacher Retention Rates in an Elementary School Setting, Melissa Lynn LaBerge

Toxicity and Effects of Tire Crumb Rubber in the Aquatic Environment, Stephanie LaPlaca

The Effects of Composition on the Structural Symmetry, Ionic Conductivity, and Stability of Garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12, Changlong Li

Personality Style Clusters Using Unsupervised Machine Learning, Joseph Ligato

Deep Learning Based Speech Enhancement and Its Application to Speech Recognition, Ju Lin

A Critical Evaluation of China’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plans for Economic and Social Development, Shaobo Li

Bayesian Poisson Log-normal Model with Regularized Time Structure and Spatial Framework for Mortality Projection of Multi-population, Zhen Liu

Generation and Manipulation of Higher Order Fractional and Integer Bessel Gaussian Beams, Wenzhe Li

Essays on the Housing Market in China and Some Evidence on Inflation Targeting, Yanchao Li

Experimental Evaluation of System Identification Techniques and Development of a Bayesian Damage Detection Strategy for Drive-By Health Monitoring, William Robert Locke

Interaction Techniques for In-the-Moment Privacy Control Over Data Generated by Wearable Technologies, Byron M. Lowens

Intersections of Ageism and Gender Stigma: Exploring Long-Term Care Employees’ Attitudes Towards Aging, Tarah Loy

Visually Guided Action for the Person-Plus-Object System: Generalizing the Optic Flow Equalization Control Law to Asymmetrical Bodies, Kathryn Lucaites

Seismic Performance Assessment of Building Contents: Monetary Losses and Injuries, Sereen Majdalaweyh

Fabrication of Cerium- and Uranium-Based Ceramic Microspheres Using the Sol-Gel Process with Polymer Additives, Jianxing Ma

New Strategies to Combat Fouling in Membrane-Based Water Treatment Applications, Anna Malakian

A Youthful Metaverse: Towards Designing Safe, Equitable, and Emotionally Fulfilling Social Virtual Reality Spaces for Younger Users, Divine Maloney

Chasing Supermassive Black Holes at the Dawn of the Universe, Lea Marcotulli

Optimization Models and Algorithms for Vehicle Routing and Target Surveillance, Joshua Taylor Margolis

An Investigation of Engineering Majors: Graduates' Enrollment Timelines and First-Year Students' Perceptions and Exploration, Baker A. Martin

Effects of Exogenous Glucocorticoid Infusion at Birth on Appetitic Center Brain Development During Early Postnatal Life and Its Impact on Voluntary Feed Intake in Beef Cattle, Keelee Jae McCarty

The Genetics of Kidney Disorders in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, Megan McCoy

Examining the Everyday Life of Child Care Workers: How Low Wages and the Lack of Benefits Affect Their Lives and Decisions About Employment, Amanda Megan McDougald Scott

The Development of the Adaptable Self-Disclosure Scale (ASDS): A Multidimensional Approach to Disclosure Assessment, Brandon McIntyre

First Principles Methods for Calculating Thermoelectric Transport Properties, Fanchen Meng