Dissertation Defense
Beyond discrete emotions: An examination of emotional ambivalence in leadership
Doctoral Candidate Name: Betsy Albritton Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: September 10, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Friday 242 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Scott Tonidandel Committee Members: Dr. Janaki Gooty, Dr. George Banks, Dr. Eric Heggestad Abstract: Emotional ambivalence – the experience of dual-valenced emotions – is becoming increasingly relevant to the […]
Probabilistic Generative Neural Priors For Enhanced Generalization and Regularization
Doctoral Candidate Name: Akarsh Pokkunuru Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: August 30, 2024 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: WOODWARD 335 Committee chair’s Name: Razvan Bunescu Committee Members: Amirmohammad Rooshenas, Gabriel Terejanu, Minwoo Lee, Alireza Tabarraei Abstract: Learning continuous functions parameterized by neural networks has become a novel paradigm for representing complex, […]
Design and Fabrication of High-Efficiency Binary-Phase Diffraction Gratings for Spectroscopic and Beam Splitting Applications
Doctoral Candidate Name: Uma Subash Program: Optical Science and Engineering Defense Date and Time: September 3, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: GRIGG 238 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Menelaos K. Poutous Committee Members: Dr. Glenn Boreman, Dr. Tino Hofmann, Dr. Tom Suleski, Dr. Fareena Saqib Abstract: Binary-phase diffraction gratings are optical components that distribute an […]
Perceptions of Advanced Placement Teachers and Dual Enrollment Teachers About Avenues of College Readiness in Rural North Carolina
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kelly Efird Simmons Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: September 19, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/7213332920 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Walter Hart and Dr. Mark D’Amico Committee Members: Dr. Jamie Kudlats, Dr. Scarlett Zhang, and Dr. Heather Coffey Abstract: College readiness has been a primary focus of U.S. […]
Leveraging Domain Knowledge for Enhanced Causal Structure Learning and Out-of-Distribution Generalization in Observational Data
Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Hasan Jawad Chowdhury Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: August 9, 2024 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Woodward 335 and https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/92136445530?pwd=wly8d0M8ZBEuSPACHEgXkvQEH6rRvt.1 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Gabriel Terejanu Committee Members: Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Razvan Bunescu, Dr. Jim Conrad Abstract: Causal modeling provides us with powerful counterfactual reasoning and […]
Beyond Causal Pairs: A Probabilistic Approach to Causal Structure Learning From Cause-Effect Pair Relationships Using Graph Neural Network
Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Rezaur Rashid Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: August 8, 2024 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Woodward-309 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Gabriel Terejanu Committee Members: Dr. Razvan Bunescu, Dr. Siddharth Krishnan, Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Shannon Reid Abstract: Machine learning has risen to the forefront of scientific research […]
Vision Rays in Optical Metrology Applications
Doctoral Candidate Name: Ana Hiza Ramirez-Andrade Program: Optical Science and Engineering Defense Date and Time: August 22, 2024 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Duke 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Rosario Porras-Aguilar, Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis Committee Members: Dr. Thomas J. Suleski, Dr. Matthew A. Davies, Dr. Stuart T. Smith Abstract: Freeform optics offer improved optical systems, […]
“I’M JUST SO BUSY:” THE CREATION OF A BUSYNESS FAÇADE AS AN IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT TACTIC
Doctoral Candidate Name: Amber Greenwood Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: August 22, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Cone 110 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Eric Heggestad and Dr. Amy Canevello Committee Members: Dr. Scott Tonidandel and Dr. Lisa Walker Abstract: Busyness, or how busy someone is, has increasingly become a topic of conversation […]
Advancing Medical Image Registration and Tumor Segmentation with Deep Learning: Design, Implementation and Transfer into Clinical Application
Doctoral Candidate Name: Yaying Shi Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: July 19, 2024 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Woodward 212 and https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/94325931444 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yonghong Yan Committee Members: Dr. Min Shin, Dr. Razvan C. Bunescu, Dr. Srijan Das, Dr. Xiuxia Du Abstract: The advancement of medical imaging has significantly […]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ARC FAULT DETECTION FOR AC AND DC SYSTEMS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kamal Paul Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 25, 2024 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 1332 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Tiefu Zhao Committee Members: Dr. Chen Chen, Dr. Robert Cox, Dr. Shen-En Chen Abstract: Electrical fires caused by arc faults necessitate advanced detection methods for improved safety […]