Dissertation Defense
Development and Optimization of Virus Concentration and Detection Methods for tracking SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants in wastewater
Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Ariful Islam Juel Program: Civil Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2023 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: EPIC 3344 Committee chair’s Name: Mariya Munir Committee Members: Cynthia Gibas, Olya Keen, Jessica Schlueter Abstract: Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has drawn significant attention as an early warning tool to detect and predict the […]
Understanding the impact of corporate expansions, job creation, and wages paid by the firm on small business creation and failure in the United States: A county-level analysis
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kenya Louise Smith Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2023 – 4:00 PM Defense Location: Please contact Dr. Webb for Zoom link at jwebb62@charlotte.edu Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Justin Webb Committee Members: Dr. Franz Kellermanns, Dr. Reginald Silver, Dr. Jen Ames Stuart Abstract: This dissertation proposal examines the […]
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND COOLING STRATEGIES: A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CHARLOTTE, NC AND NATIONAL COMPARISONS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Veronica Westendorff Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: November 1, 2023 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: EPIC conference room 3224 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jy Wu Committee Members: Dr. John Diemer, Dr. Sandra Clinton, Dr. Tricia Malinowski, Dr. Isabelle Nilsson Abstract: The increasing threats posed by climate change and […]
Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Transfer Experience
Doctoral Candidate Name: Lauren E. Slane Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 31, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: COED 259 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Mark D’Amico Committee Members: Dr. Ryan Miller, Dr. Luz del Carmen Serrata, Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx Abstract: As the entry point into higher education for over half of […]
On the infinite divisibility and non infinite divisibility of certain classes of random variables
Doctoral Candidate Name: George M Stukes Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: November 7, 2023 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: Fretwell 116 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Stanislav Molchanov Committee Members: Dr. Michael Grabchak, Dr. Isaac Sonin, Dr. Don Jacobs Abstract: In this dissertation we present new results on the classification of limit distributions of […]
ENGINEERED WATER REPELLENCY FOR FROST HEAVE MITIGATION: DECOUPLING THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF MATRIC AND OSMOTIC SUCTION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Micheal A. Uduebor Program: Civil Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 1, 2023 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: EPIC-3344 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. John L. Daniels Committee Members: Dr. Vincent O. Ogunro, Dr. Milind Khire, Dr. Bora Cetin (MSU), Dr. Yunesh Saulick, Dr. Ron Smelser Abstract: Seasonal cold weather and frost action […]
A Qualitative Multiple Case Study Exploring High-Performing Teacher Agency and Reform of “Low-Performing” Schools in North Carolina
Doctoral Candidate Name: William Kessler Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: November 10, 2023 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/96538654400?pwd=YzZCYWUwMVF1MTVaK3VhM3RwSzRsdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Tina Heafner Committee Members: Dr. Lisa Merriweather, Dr. Drew Polly, and Dr. Tracy Rock Abstract: Since the early 1980s, American educational reformers have tried to improve schools through standards, […]
OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED GENERATION RICH INTEGRATED TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ELECTRIC GRID
Doctoral Candidate Name: Olalekan Ogundairo Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 31, 2023 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: EPIC 1229 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr. Valentina Cecchi Dr. Abasifreke Ebong Dr. Badrul Chowdrury Dr. Srinivas Akella Abstract: Renewable energy resources advancement and offerings are steadily increasing, a […]
Gendered Social Trends: Influencing Factors of Sexual Health Outcomes in Women
Doctoral Candidate Name: Leslie M. McKee Program: Health Services Research Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2023 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: Virtual- https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/96881647926 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yvette Huet Committee Members: Dr. Reuben Howden, Dr. Trudy Moore-Harrison, Dr. Jeanette Bennett Abstract: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect an estimated 347 million people worldwide. These diseases […]
Parenting and Remote Work in the Pandemic: Parents’ Work-Life Boundaries and Boundary Management Strategies in the New Normal
Doctoral Candidate Name: Ashleigh Dickson Program: Organizational Science Defense Date and Time: November 6, 2023 – 9:45 AM Defense Location: CONE 208 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jill Yavorsky Committee Members: Dr. Alyssa McGonagle, Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kronberg, Dr. Linda Shanock Abstract: A significant change that employees in the United States have experienced because of the COVID-19 […]