The Graduate School is pleased to announce new dissertations are now available in the J.R. van Pelt and Opie Library from the following programs:
- Chemistry
- Engineering Physics
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Physics
- Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Amalia Anderson
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Advisor: Alexander B Kostinski
Dissertation title: Development of Record-Breaking Statistics for Climatological Time-Series Analysis
David Clark
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences
Advisor: Vladimir Tonchev
Dissertation title: Applications of Finite Geometries to Designs and Codes
Roxane Gay
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Advisor: M Ann Brady
Dissertation title: Subverting the Subject Position: Toward a New Discourse about Students as Writers and Engineering Students as Technical Communicators
Jorge Kurita Nagasawa
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Advisor: Amitabh Narain
Dissertation title: Experimental Results on Gravity Driven Fully Condensing Flows in Vertical Tubes, their Agreement with Theory, and their Differences with Shear Driven Flows’ Boundary-Condition Sensitivities
Jiang Lu
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Advisor: Raymond A Shaw
Dissertation title: Dynamics of Settling Charged Particles in Turbulence: Theory and Experiments
Adan Niu
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences
Advisor: Qiuying Sha
Dissertation title: Statistical Methods for Identifying Gene-Gene Interactions
Archana Pandey
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
Dissertation title: PMMA-CNT Matrices for Vacuum Electronic, Biosensing and Energy Applications
Abhishek Prasad
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics
Advisor: Yoke Khin Yap
Dissertation title: Functional ZnO Nanostructures for Electronic and Energy Applications
Xiang Zhang
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
Advisor: Shiyue Fang
Dissertation title: Synthesis of Chiral Ferrosalen Ligands and their Applications in Asymmetric Catalysis