Dissertation Defense

Comprehensive Assessment Of Different BIPV Typologies In Addressing The Duck Curve Problems

Doctoral Candidate Name: Hamideh Hossei Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: June 24, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Storrs building room 122 and Zoom https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91614556640?pwd=SmdWOVFQLzZZcnZseG9uMmRzcG5Gdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Kyoung Hee Kim Committee Members: Dr. Chengde Wu, Dr. Jaewon Oh, Dr. Suzanne Boyd Abstract: The need to supply electricity to the […]

UNDERSTANDING TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CUES IN MODEL ORGANISMS USING FULL-LENGTH SINGLE CELL RNA-SEQ

Doctoral Candidate Name: Yangqi Su Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: June 26, 2024 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: Bioinformatics Building, room 105 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Zhengchang Su Committee Members: Dr. Juntao Guo, Dr. Way Sung, Dr. Shan Yan Abstract: Recent advancements in single-cell RNA sequencing have revolutionized our understanding of […]

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT BIPV TYPOLOGIES IN ADDRESSING THE DUCK CURVE PROBLEMS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Seyedehhamideh Hosseiniirani Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: June 24, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Storrs 122 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Kyoung Hee Kim Committee Members: Dr. Jaewon Oh, Dr. Chengde Wu, Dr. Suzanne Boyd Abstract: The need to supply electricity to the building sector is growing worldwide. […]

Landscape and Architecture of cis-regulatory Modules and Prediction of Their Functional Types, States and Target Genes

Doctoral Candidate Name: Sisi Yuan Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: June 25, 2024 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Bioinformatics 408 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Zhengchang Su Committee Members: Dr. Abbe LaBella, Dr. Jun-tao Guo, Dr. Bao-Hua Song Abstract: Cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) can function as enhancers and/or silencers to promote and repress, […]

Dynamic Speed Harmonization and Synergistic Performance Evaluation in A Connected and Automated Vehicle Environment

Doctoral Candidate Name: Chengying Hua Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: July 5, 2024 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: EPIC 3344, Zoom ID: 918 9672 4029 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wei Fan Committee Members: Dr. Don Chen, Dr. Jay Wu, Dr. Mei Sun, Dr. Wei Fan, Dr. Wenwu Tang Abstract: Due to […]

Impact of Evidence-Based Teaching Practices on SVSM Nanoscale Science Course and Transforming STEM Teaching and Learning Academy

Doctoral Candidate Name: Jennifer Kant Program: Nanoscale Science Defense Date and Time: June 19, 2024 – 3:30 PM Defense Location: Burson 118 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. David Pugalee and Dr. Jordan Poler Committee Members: Dr. Kathryn Asala, Dr. Elise Demeter, and Dr. Steven Schmid Abstract: Quality STEM education in secondary and post-secondary schools is vital […]

The Strategic Ambiguity of Leadership: Implications for the Science and Practice of Leadership Development

Doctoral Candidate Name: Andrew McBride Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: June 10, 2024 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: Dubois Center Room 501 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Janaki Gooty Committee Members: Dr. George C. Banks, Dr. Jill Yavorsky, Dr. Heather C. Vough Abstract: Leadership is a conceptually ambiguous term, which creates a challenge for […]

Executive Functioning and Anterior Cingulate Cortex Volume as Potential Moderators of the Combat Exposure-PTSD Relationship

Doctoral Candidate Name: Lena Etzel Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: June 4, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://zoom.us/j/98196152929?pwd=NkJveXN0ejZ4VlZWcDUwNkxhWkNxZz09 Meeting ID: 981 9615 2929 Passcode: 687968 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jennifer Webb, Dr. George Demakis Committee Members: Dr. Holly Miskey, Dr. Jared Rowland, Dr. Henry Harris Abstract: Combat, a common source of trauma […]

Genomic Epidemiology for Malaria: Novel application of geospatial methods, new genomic markers, and population-level insights

Doctoral Candidate Name: Alfred Hubbard Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: May 21, 2024 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: Bioinformatics 408 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Daniel Janies Committee Members: Dr. Elizabeth Cooper, Dr. Alex Dornburg, Dr. Jean-Claude Thill Abstract: Genomic epidemiology is the use of genetic data to characterize and explain disease […]

MECHANISMS OF MINDFULNESS ON ACUTE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS REACTIVITY IN STRESSED YOUNG ADULTS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Maria G Alessi Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: May 22, 2024 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Colvard 4078 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jeanette M. Bennett Committee Members: Dr. Reuben Howden, Dr. Jennifer Webb, Dr. Susan Johnson Abstract: Stressed young adults are at greater risk of lifetime higher morbidity and mortality, […]