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Doctoral Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

FAT IN THE ACADEMY: REIMAGINING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FAT ACADEMIC, Danielle Marie Lavendier

Becoming ‘We’: Disembodied Trauma and a Community of Globalized Reading in Contemporary Asian American Novels and Graphic Narratives, Jin Lee

The Effects Of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation During Conflict on Partner-Directed State Aggression, Katherine Debra Marjorie Lee

Magnetoelastic Excitations in Chiral Magnets, Christopher Libby

Isospin dependence of Nucleon-Nucleon Short-range Correlations in Inclusive Scattering with Tritium and Helium-3, Shujie Li

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF SMALL MOLECULE TRANSPORT AND BINDING, Yong Liu

The Trophic Ecology of Coral Reef Sponges in Caribbean Mesophotic Ecosystems, Keir John Macartney

Am I a Math or Science Person? How High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Science Influence Their Decision to Major in STEM, Dalton Dayne Marsh

THE ROLE OF GLI3 IN INFLAMMATION, Stephan Josef Matissek

Search for an A' Resonance in the Heavy Photon Search 2.3 GeV Data Set, Samantha Katherine McCarty

EFFECTS OF NEARSHORE PROCESSES ON CARBONATE CHEMISTRY DYNAMICS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, Melissa Melendez

An Asymptotic Self-Sustaining Process Theory for Uniform Momentum Zones and Internal Interfaces in Unbounded Couette Flow, Brandon Montemuro

DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF PARTIALLY SATURATED AND UNSATURATED SOILS, Sayedmasoud Mousavi

UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE PROCESSES: INSIGHTS FROM MID-OCEAN RIDGE TRANSFORM FAULTS AND SUBMARINE VOLCANOES, Pamela Moyer

Element-Based Multi-Objective Optimization Methodology Supporting a Transportation Asset Management Framework for Bridge Planning and Programming, Karim Naji

STRATEGIES IN LIGAND DESIGN FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYSTS, Sebastian Andrew Pantovich

Bacterial Genome and Population Dynamics with Implications for Public Health, Cooper John Park

Synthesis and Characterization of Biomimetic Model Systems for the Study of Diiron Hydrogenase and Porphyrin Enzymes, Brian Francis Patenaude

A Longer Day in Head Start: An Ethnographic Case Study of How Staff and Parents Navigated Extended Service Duration at a Local Center, Carrie L. Portrie

NUTRIENT CYCLING ALONG MICROBIAL AND LITHOLOGIC GRADIENTS AND FOSTERING STUDENT SELF-CONFIDENCE IN SCIENCE, Kiley Remiszewski

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in fluvial systems across biomes, Bianca Rodriguez-Cardona

Behavioral and Genetic Mechanisms of Social Evolution: Insights from Incipiently and Facultatively Social Bees, Wyatt Abram Shell

Full Disclosure: Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition Discuss Transparency in Religious-Based Research, Lauren Short

Modeling and Assessing the Sustainability of Dams in the United States, Cuihong Song

Utilizing Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) and Ocean Exploration Mapping Data for Standardized Marine Ecological Classification of the U.S. Atlantic Margin, Derek C. Sowers

Responses of Bats to White-Nose Syndrome and Implications for Conservation, Meghan Stark

IMPROVED CATALYSIS VIA PENDANT AMINES IN THE SECONDARY COORDINATION SPHERE, Zane Robert Thistleford

Broadband radio mapping and imaging of lightning processes, Julia Napolin Tilles

Data Analysis for a Balloon Borne Compton Polarimeter, Sambid Kumar Wasti

ESSAYS ON MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: NEW EVIDENCE FROM CHINA, Meng Yan

Effects of Rumen-protected Amino Acids and Levels and Sources of Energy on Milk Production and Nutrient Utilization in Dairy Cattle Fed Metabolizable Protein-deficient Diets, Yu Zang

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL FAILURE ANALYSIS OF DEEP STEEL COLUMN SECTIONS, Shokoufeh zargar Zargar Shoushtari

Evaluation and Identification of Cracking Susceptibility of Asphalt Binders and Mixtures by Incorporation of Effects of Aging on Performance, Runhua Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Interdependence of Flow and Shape Morphological Dynamics For Flow-Induced Erosion of Bluff Bodies, Michael Paul Allard

FUNGAL COMMUNITY AND SOIL RESPONSES TO INVASIVE ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD), SOIL WARMING, AND NITROGEN DEPOSITION, Mark Alan Anthony

Simulation and Balloon-Borne Observation of Energetic Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields from Thunderstorms and Lightning, Mahdi Bagheri

Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Multilayers, Tyler Paul Bennett

Experimental Investigations Of Thermal Pulsatile Boundary Layer Flow, Drummond Biles

The Storm Time Response of the Inner Magnetosphere During Coronal Mass Ejection and Corotating Interaction Region Driven Storms, Samuel Bingham

Seismic response of soil-foundation systems on unsaturated ground, Seyed Amin Borghei

ATRC PROCESSES AND ARCHITECTURES AS TOOLS FOR ADVANCING THE COMPLEXITY OF SINGLE-CHAIN POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES, Elizabeth Bright

DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC LAND USE ON BOBCATS (Lynx rufus) IN NEW ENGLAND, Rory Patrick Carroll

Dare to Care? An Exploration of Student-Teacher Caring Relationships, Te-Hsin Chang

ADVANCING THE TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGICAL UNIT INVENTORY WITHIN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST USING LiDAR, Robert Andrew Colter

EFFECTS OF WAVES, TIDES, AND VEGETATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF BED SHEAR STRESS IN THE GREAT BAY ESTUARY, NH, Salme Cook

MULES, FUELS, AND FUSION: ENERGY, ENTROPY, AND THE CROSSING OF THE PANAMANIAN TRANSIT ZONE, 1848-1990, Jordan T. Coulombe

Real-time Planning For Robots, Bence Cserna

Physics and modeling of turbulent advective transport in turbulent boundary layers, Juan Carlos Cuevas Bautista

WHAT STEPMOTHERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT CONTEMPORARY FAMILY LIFE, THE INSTITUTION OF MOTHERHOOD, AND THE REPRODUCTION OF GENDER INEQUALITY, Melissa Day

Rebel Rebels: Race, Resistance, and Remembrance in "The Free State of Winston", Susan Neelly Deily-Swearingen

EVALUATION OF NEW ENGLAND SALT MARSH SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN EEL, ANGUILLA ROSTRATA, AND THE IMPACTS OF HYDROLOGIC RESTRICTION, Alyson L. Eberhardt

EMIC VIEWS OF A READING INTERVENTION: A QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY OF MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT, Joy Dangora Erickson

THE ROLE OF REPLICATION PROTEIN A LARGE SUBUNIT FAMILY IN PATHOGEN-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Nancy Lynn Fernandes

LONG-TERM FOREST GROWTH AND DECADAL SOIL CHEMISTRY CHANGE ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST, Olivia L. Fraser

I. THE BINDING OF Cu(II) and Zn(II) TO POLY-N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PHASE TRANSITION and II. THE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKELALACTONES CHELATED BY P-N-P PINCER LIGANDS, Luke Aaron Fulton

Ecohydrology of aspen and eucalyptus plantations: considerations for management, Jose Antonio Gutierrez Lopez

ASSESSING POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AMERICAN LOBSTERS (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) WITH NOVEL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, Benjamin C. Gutzler

THE ROLE OF THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT IN WALDENSTRÖM MACROGLOBULINEMIA, Weiguo Han

FORECASTING VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE, Meghan Ann Hartwick

Perspectives On Change: The Coeducational Transition of Saint Anselm College 1969-1979, Benjamin Matthew Horton

INFORMAL CAREGIVER IDENTITY: VOLUNTARY JOB FIT, TEAMWORK, AND TOOLS, Erica Spunt Jablonski

Dish it up! THE INFLUENCE OF KIND DININGTM& GREEN HOUSE MODEL FOOD AND FOOD SERVICE INNOVATIONS ON THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES., Mary E. Jensen

DESIGN, MECHANICAL EXPERIMENTS AND MODELING ON A NEW FAMILY OF 3D PRINTED HYBRID CHIRAL MECHANICAL METAMATERIALS WITH NEGATIVE POISSON’S RATIO, Yunyao Jiang

Assessing the agronomic and ecological relevance of mineral-associated organic matter, Andrea Jilling

Pseudometrics, The Complex of Ultrametrics, and Iterated Cycle Structures, Eric Robert Kehoe

Generalized Quasilinear Simulation of Turbulent Channel Flow, Colleen B. Kellam

STRIPED BASS STRAIN EFFECTS ON AQUACULTURE PERFORMANCE TRAITS, STRESS RESPONSIVENESS AND HYBRID OFFSPRING GROWTH, Linas Kenter

Asymptotic and Spectral Analysis of the Bending-Torsion Vibration Model with Nondissipative Boundary Conditions, Laszlo Peter Kindrat

CLIMATE ADAPTATION FOR COASTAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NORTHEAST, Jayne Fifield Knott

Study of post-necking hardening identification and deformation-induced surface roughening of metals, Pavlo Knysh

MAMMALS ON MOUNTAINSIDES REVISITED: ANALYZING MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF DIVERSITY TO GAIN NEW INSIGHT ON COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, Brooks Kohli

General Reflexivity For Absolutely Convex Sets, Mahtab Lak

Essays on Behavioral and Cognitive Anomalies: Implications for Stated Preference Valuation and Economic Pedagogy, Scott Lemos

BEURLING THEOREMS AND APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENCE IN VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS, Wenjing Liu

ACOUSTIC DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF CRUDE OIL, Scott Christopher Loranger

Microchannel Plates in Mass Spectrometer Instruments for Spacecraft, Nicholas Kenneth Lubinsky

Workplace creativity and motivation among counselors in a residential summer camp setting, Myles L. Lynch

A Fully Userspace Remote Storage Access Stack, Patrick Ian MacArthur

ESTIMATION OF MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY OF SEAFLOOR ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER, Mashkoor Malik

FATIGUE ASSESSMENT OF COMPLEX STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF STEEL BRIDGES INTEGRATING FINITE ELEMENT MODELS AND FIELD-COLLECTED DATA, Maryam Mashayekhizadeh

Ring Current Transport and Acceleration in the Inner Magnetosphere, Andrew Menz

Computational Studies of Protein-Inhibitor Interactions, Mohammadjavad Mohammadi

THE BIOACCUMULATION OF CYANOTOXINS IN AQUATIC FOOD WEBS, Amanda Lee Murby McQuaid

Evaluation of Structural Contribution of Asphalt Mixtures Through Improved Performance Indices, RASOOL NEMATI

ACOUSTIC METHODS FOR MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZING SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION USING A MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER, Ashley Rose Norton

MOLECULAR DIET ANALYSES OF NORTH AMERICAN BATS, Devon O'Rourke

Effects of the Solar Cycles and Longer-Term Solar Variations: Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Radiation and Filtration of Neutral Atoms from the Local Interstellar Medium, Fatemeh Rahmanifard

NO LACK OF BEDS: SANITATIONISM, GENDER, AND HOSPITAL SPACES IN THE VICTORIAN NOVEL, Elizabeth Sheckler

NAVIGATING THE PATH TO PRESENCE: IDEOLOGY, POLITICS, AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR GENDER BALANCED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN IOWA, Ezra Joseph Temko

Development and Testing of Positron Identification by Coincident Annihilation Photons (PICAP), Dan Lam Tran

Investigation into the flow physics of large experimental offshore wind farms in a turbulent boundary layer wind tunnel, John James Turner

On Non-Commutative Continuous Functions and Asymptotic Symmetric Gauge Norms, Shayathorn Wanasawat

Coastal Conflicts and Cross-Sectoral Engagement: Learning from Disputes Over Science in Coastal and Ocean Systems, Lindsey C. Williams

The Purpose and Value of Agricultural Experiment Stations Today: A Perception Study of the Directors of State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Lori Wright

ACCURACIES, ERRORS, AND UNCERTAINTIES OF GLOBAL CROPLAND PRODUCTS, Kamini Yadav

INVARIANT OPERATOR RANGES AND SIMILARITY DOMINANCE IN BANACH AND VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS, Ali zarringhalam

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MAGNETRON SPUTTER DEPOSITION OF STAINLES-STEEL NITRIDE AND CARBIDE THIN FILMS WITH TRANSITION METAL ADDITIVES, Faisal Alresheedi

Improved Seismic Design of Non-structural Components (NSCs) and Development of Innovative Control Approaches to Enhance the Seismic Performance of Buildings and NSCs, Hamidreza Anajafimarzijarani

GENETIC DISSECTION OF NON-HOST RESISTANCE TO THE WHEAT STEM RUST PATHOGEN, USING AN INTERSPECIFIC BARBERRY HYBRID, Radhika Bartaula

Can you hear me now? The moderating effects of procedural justice within consumer-brand relationships, Alexander Blandina