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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Precision Landing of a Quadcopter Drone by Smartphone Video Guidance Sensor, Nicolas Bautista Holguin

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The Impact of Arrest History and Unemployment on Depression and Anxiety, Jennifer Alexis Beard

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Relaxation of Variational Principles for Z-problems in Effective Media Theory, Kenneth Beard

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Intersections of Gender and Age: Identification and Attributional Processes on Leadership Effectiveness, Kayla Lynne Bigerton

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Asynchronous Messaging in a P2P System: Defending Against a Storage Exhaustion Attack on Kademlia DHT, Maxim Biro

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Propellant Optimization for a Pulsed Solid Propellant Thruster System for Small Satellites, Timothy Aaron Blackman

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An Examination of the Effects of the Presentation of Preferred Items on Frequency of Stereotypy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Shauna Blady

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Stress-Based Topology Optimization of Pi Preform-Bonded Composite Laminate Structure, Iwan Broodryk

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Low-Cost Carriers Versus Legacy Carriers: Passenger Preference During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Aaron Bushelle

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychological Stress and Academic Motivation on Psychology Graduate Students, Symone Kierra Calhoun

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A Data Driven Approach for Energy Assessment of Industrial Facilities, Alex Martin Callinan

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The Effect of Level of Immersion on Learning in a Virtual Maintenance Training Task, Kendall Anne Carmody

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Brief and Extended Effects of Modified Competing Stimulus Assessments, Soray Nicole Castro

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Multiscale Optimization via Multilevel PCA-based Control Space Reduction in Applications to Electrical Impedance Tomography, Maria Minhee Felicia Monica Chun

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Effects of Cumulative Trauma, Discrimination, and Racial Trauma among African Americans, Brittany Renee Clayton

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The Interactive Effects of Cross-Cultural Competence, Political Skill, and Cultural Distance on Trust and Cohesion, Allyson Clubb

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A Co-Evolutionary Approach to Test Case Generation for Safety-Critical Systems, Brad Thomas Costa

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Cloud Image Classification Using Machine Learning, Marcus Peter Cote

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Development of Simulation Framework for Impact Analysis of Launch Delays on Lunar Base Station, Giulio Cristello

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Employment Transitions from Active-Duty Army Officer to Civilian: An Exploration of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Possessed by Combat-Experienced, Army Field-Grade Officers, James Daniel Crook

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Comparison of the GAD-7 and ImPACT symptom cluster scores in measuring anxiety among college athletes, Robert Steven Cruz

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Call the Doctor! A Study of Parental Medical Nonadherence within Child Custody Proceedings, Karissa Lynn Cummons

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Use of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global to Evaluate the Impact of Parental Divorce on College Students’ Interpersonal Functioning, Rachel Davenport

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Combined Effects of Depression and Sport-Related Concussion on Neuropsychological Test Performance, Morgan Amanda Davies

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Changes in Drought Characteristics Under Future Climate Projections, Diogo Stalin de Alcantara Araujo

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Nanomechanical Characterization of Vascular Tissue Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Ana Isabel Delgado Peralta

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Trait Anxiety in the Workplace: A Job Demands-Resources Perspective, Tessly Ann Dieguez

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A Compact Natural Gas Pyrolysis Reactor for Hydrogen Fueling Stations, Andrew Richard Earls

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The Effect of Zonation, Biofouling, and Corrosion Products on Cathodic Protection Design for Offshore Monopiles, Caglar Erdogan

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Unified Model of Lightning & Electrostatic Discharges Across the Solar System, Annelisa Blackwell Esparza

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Internal Waves of Port Everglades: Experimental and Numerical Studies to Characterize Ambient Magnetic Signals, Johanna Riley Evans

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Diversity Term Accuracy: A Comparison of SAFMEDS and Computer-Based Instruction Training Models, Candace Renae Fay

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Was This Part of the Plan? Examining Planning as a Mechanism to Mitigate Workplace Intrusions, Dominic Fedele

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Interpersonal Violence Survivors, Melissa Fernandez

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Accelerated Aging of Adhesively Bonded Composite Joints for use in Material Screening and Selection During Development: A Review and Case Study, Marie Danielle Flanigan

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An Exploratory Study of General Aviation Aircraft Magneto Ignition System Failures, Gregory Alexander Damien Fox

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Hiring Now Versus Later: The Impact of Psychological Distance on Personnel Selection Decisions, Emily Ann Frye

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Evaluating NAS Delay Impacts from Orbital Launch Operations at Cape Canaveral and Optimizing Launch Windows, Tanner Jordin Furr

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Residual Strength Estimation of Degraded Bonded Joints based on Non-Destructive Evaluations, Guilherme Garcia Momm

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Differences in List Learning Performance on the MoCA wordlist and Shepherd Verbal Learning Test in Cognitively Normal, MCI, and AD Individuals, Gabrielle Montgomery Gavitt

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Increasing Practical Verbal Behavior in Esports Players, Victoria Perry German

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Testing the Efficacy of UVC LEDs for Biofouling Control, Margaret Jeannette Giggie

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A Comparative Assessment of TAGteach® and Video Self-Evaluation on Increasing Fluency of Dance Movements, Eliza Jane Goben

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Headache Disorders and Neurocognitive Performance Pre- and Post-Concussive Injury, Kaci Gorres

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Comparison of Stability and Control Characteristics of the Pipistrel Virus SW and Pipistrel Velis Electro, Sean Gregory Gunther

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Investigating Counterproductive Work Behavior Motives —— An Attempt to Reveal Underlying Processes of Counterproductive Behaviors at Work, Siqi Gu

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The Effects of Guided Notes in an Online Behavior Analysis Graduate Course, Natalya Theresa Gutierrez

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Importance of light activation for plant Cryptochrome and antibacterial drug delivery strategies, Merfat Ahmed Hammad

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The Effects of Teaching Children to Tact their Emotions on Problem Behavior, Haley Nicole Harber

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Revealing the Dark Core Behind the Dark Triad, Cody Eric Harrell

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On Clinical Use of Infrared Cameras for Video-Based Estimation of 3D Facial Kinematics, William Mackenzie Harrington

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Deep Learning Approach to Speech Recognition: A Signal Extractor & Producer for Artificial General Intelligence, Ahmad Zuhair S. Hasanain

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Detecting Cybersecurity and Behavioral Anomalies in Smart Grid Substation, Anfal Yahya Hathah

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Computational Speed Improvement of the Well Optimized Linear Finder (WOLF) Transfer Function Estimation Methodology for Phase-diverse Atmospheric Turbulence Compensation (ATC) Applications using Pre-calculated, Parallel Complex Exponential Phase Difference Chains, Erlin He

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Quantifying Responsiveness in the Vaccine Industry to Evaluate and Improve Pandemic Response, Connor Hill

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Organizational Digital Agility: Strategic Imperative for Digital Transformation and Firm Performance, John Willard Hill

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The Development of a New All-in-one Allsky Camera and Radiometer System, Ashley Suzanne Hughes

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Carbon Fiber Interleaved Polyester Laminate Strength Testing with Correlation in Finite Element Simulations, Hieu Le Huynh

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Hydrothermal Preprocessing of Waste Corn Stover into Advanced Biorefinery Feedstock, Md Tahmid Islam

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A Spatiotemporal Bayesian Model for Population Analysis, Mohamed Jaber

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Computer Vision of Analog Gauges as an Alternative to Digital Flight Test Instrumentation, Michael William James

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Tympanostomy Tubes in Children: A FEM Study of Adverse Effects, Manuel Nicolas Jaramillo Bucheli

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Representation Learning for Open Set Recognition and Novel Category Discovery, Jingyun Jia

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Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services 1.1, Sebastian Jimenez

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Thermal Design and Energy Analysis of a Greenhouse in Microgravity Conditions, Nivedha Karigiri Madhusudhan

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A Mixed Methods Approach to Investigating Adjourning Phase Behavior in a Sample of the Product Development Teams in the Light Metal Forming Industry, Pawel Kazanowski

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Marital Satisfaction, Parental Stress, & Perceived Social Support of Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Miriam Khiari Millan

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Predicting the Impact of IoT Data Gathering on User’s Privacy Preferences, Ghassen Kilani

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Characterization of the Responses to Chronic Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans, Amy Laura Knight

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Investigating the O’Connell Effect in Kepler Eclipsing Binaries, Matthew Frederick Knote

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Non-negative Matrix Factorization in the Identification of Co-mutations, Michael Robert Kolar

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Utilizing a Themed Workbook to Capture Insights to Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM/STEM) Using the Internet of Things (IoT), Systems Engineering, and Data Science, Robert John Konczynski Jr.

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Flight Test of a Floatplane Modification to the C-130J Aircraft, Daniel Jacob Kulp

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Infrared Electric Field Enhancement via a Hyperbolic-Metalens-Coupled Nanoantenna, Mohamed Jebril Kyamo

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The Effects of Presession Conditions on Behavior During a Brief Functional Analysis, Dung Haylie Le

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An Examination of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) Profiles of International Saudi Arabian College Students, Emily Alyssa Leonard

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Efficient and Scalable Algorithms for Estimating Structural Properties of Large Graphs, Shiju Li

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The Role of Internalized Homophobia on Conflict Resolution in Same-Sex Couples, Micaela Dawn Magee

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Control of Irradiation Wavelength and Quantum Yield of Photocleavable Cages, Jingxuan Ma

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Developmental Evaluation of the B-1B Aircraft, Jonathon Malycke

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Optimizing Left Ventricular Assist Device Hemodynamics via Patient Specific Computational Analysis, Jasmine Josefina Martinez

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Careless Responding in Survey Research: An Examination of Individual, Situational, and Cultural Characteristics, Michael William McFerran

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The Effect of Video Model Dosage and Self-Monitoring on Parent's Use of Language-Promoting Behavior, Kacie Marie McGarry

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Understanding the Reaction Kinetics of Polyurethane Flexible Foam, Caitlin Alma McKinnon

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Analysis of Proposed Active Radiation Shielding Design Concept for Spacecraft, Claire Mechmann

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Modeling, Verification, and Simulation of a UAV Swarm Consensus Protocol, Rohit Martin Menghani

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Towards Orchestration in the Cloud-Fog Continuum, Xavier Jesus Merino Aguilera

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Drawing the Line: Exploring the After-work Recovery Process Using a Latent Profile Analysis, Alyssa Michels

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MillimeterWave and MIMO Antenna Beamforming for Next-GenerationWireless Communications, Ahmed Nadhim Mohammed

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Development of diagnostic tools and analysis of the density functional theory zoo, Pierpaolo Morgante

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The When, Why, and How: Antecedents of Illegitimate Task Perceptions, Patricia Jewel Emily Morrison

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Water-soluble Porphyrin Complexes for the Biological Inactivation of Fentanyl, Anneli Nina

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Framework for the Utilization of the Agile Methodology in Engineering Consulting Services, Cristian Daniel Nuñez

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Holocene Human Influence in the Ecuadorean Amazon, Meghan Mary O'Connor

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Toward a Labeled Dataset of IoT Malware Features, Stian Hagboe Olsen

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Examining the Effects of Payload Type and Framing on Weather-Related Decision-Making in A Simulated Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Environment, Maria Chaparro Osman

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Comparison of Traditional and Eye-Gaze Preference and Reinforcer Assessments, Zhihao Ou

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Model-Based Operational Performance Evaluation of Augmented Reality Applications in Supported Employment Training, Ruo Lun Pan

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The Form and Function of Cranial Spines in Fishes, Louis Michael Penrod

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The Influence of Language on Thematic Apperception Test Assessment of Defenses in International Spanish-speaking College Students, Ilenia Perez-Palen