Dissertation Defense
An Exploratory Study of Barriers and Supports Faced by Women Superintendents
Doctoral Candidate Name: Emily Shaw Program: Defense Date and Time: September 21, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/my/whhart Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Walter Hart Committee Members: Dr. James Watts, Dr. Debra Morris, Dr. Joan LaChance Abstract:
An Investigation of the Mental Health Literacy of High School Advanced Placement Teachers
Doctoral Candidate Name: Emily Kraftson Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: August 30, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/97023646631 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Rebecca Shore Committee Members: Dr. Walter Hart, Dr. Hank Harris, Dr. Amy Good Abstract: With adolescent mental health problems on the rise, secondary school teachers are in a prime […]
Online Robot Exploration and Perceptual Coverage of Large-Scale Unknown Environments: Scalable Optimization and Generalized Software Framework
Doctoral Candidate Name: David Vutetakis Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: September 8, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: 338 Woodward Hall Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jing Xiao Committee Members: Dr. Min Shin, Dr. Srinivas Akella, Dr. Aidan Browne Abstract: This dissertation addresses the problem of non-myopic online exploration and visual sensor […]
DE NOVO ASSEMBLIES OF GENOMES OF FOUR INDIGENOUS CHICKENS AND A WHITE EARED PHEASANT REVEAL GENETIC BASIS OF CHICKEN DOMESTICATION AND ALTITUDE ADAPTATION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Siwen Wu Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: August 30, 2023 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Bioinformatics building Room 105 Committee chair’s Name: Zhengchang Su Committee Members: Juntao Guo, Way Sung, Baohua Song Abstract: High-quality assembly and annotation of the genome of a species are critical in understanding the […]
Communal Coping in the Context of Filial Caregiving
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kirby Magid Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: September 1, 2023 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: 4126 Colvard Committee chair’s Name: Amy Canevello Committee Members: Dr. Erin Basinger, Dr. Lisa Walker, Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling Abstract: In the U.S., there has been a steady increase in the number of adult children (i.e., […]
When Life Deals ACEs: The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Reproductive, Prenatal, and Perinatal Health Outcomes among Women
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tasha L. Gill Program: Public Health Sciences Defense Date and Time: August 31, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Meeting ID: 999 5871 3991 Passcode: 547844 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Larissa R. Brunner Huber Committee Members: Dr. Laura Marie Armstrong, Dr. JaneDiane Smith, and Dr. Margaret M. Quinlan Abstract: Nearly 65% of […]
Upstream Factors: The Association Between County Intergenerational Deprivation, State Income Inequality, State Minimum Wage and Hypertension among Young Adults
Doctoral Candidate Name: Anne N Mbugua Program: Health Services Research Defense Date and Time: August 28, 2023 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91801544424?pwd=a01MYXRxdi84YUw3bkl2cUt4MlFxUT09 Committee chair’s Name: DR. LARISSA BRUNNER HUBER Committee Members: Dr. Rajib Paul, Dr. Mark DeHaven, Dr. Willie Mae Abel, Dr. Lyndon Abrams Abstract: While hypertension is largely preventable, its rates have been […]
TST-IOC: A Text Style Transfer-based Approach to Automatic Intervention of Online Offensive Content on Social Media to Improve Online Safety
Doctoral Candidate Name: Zhihui Liu Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: August 16, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/93454160043?pwd=WkQvSkp4dWcxaXNLa05sRDZDNEFiQT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Dongsong Zhang Committee Members: Dr. Lina Zhou, Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Shaoyu Li Abstract: Social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Instagram have witnessed increasing use of […]
CAPTURING PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE CONFLICTS USING COMPUTER VISION: PREDICTING THE SEVERITY OF CONFLICTS AND EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF PEDESTRIAN, VEHICLE AND SIGNAL TIMING-RELATED FACTORS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Panick Kalambay Ilunga Program: Civil Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 31, 2023 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: EPIC 3344 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Srinivas S. Pulugurtha Committee Members: Dr. Martin R. Kane, Dr. Rajaram Janardhanam, Dr. Monica S. Johar Abstract: According to crash statistics, the United States witnessed 6,205 pedestrian fatalities […]
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF PVDF-TRFE PIEZO- AND PYROELECTRIC SENSORS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Rafi Marandi Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 25, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: DCH 106A – CPM Conference room Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Stuart Smith, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. Maciej Noras Abstract: Additive manufacturing, specifically the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method, has emerged […]