Dissertation Defense
In and Out: A case study examining adolescent Black girls’ STEM participation and STEM identity in informal education programs.
Doctoral Candidate Name: Deneen S. Dixon-Payne Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: April 4, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Greg Wiggan Committee Members: Dr. Marcia Watson-Vandiver, Dr. Brittany Anderson, Dr. Gloria Campbell-Whatley Abstract: The underrepresentation of Black women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is a […]
Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement: Evaluation of an Alternative Chance-Corrected Agreement Coefficient
Doctoral Candidate Name: Timothy Scott Holcomb Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: April 6, 2022 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Richard Lambert Committee Members: Dr. Stella Kim, Dr. Carl Westine, Dr. Anne Cash Abstract: In this study, the performance of the Lambda Coefficient of Rater-Mediated Agreement was evaluated with […]
Ethics Continuing Professional Education and the Potential Effect on CPAs’ Ethical Behavior and Accountability
Doctoral Candidate Name: DOREEN CARTER Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: March 28, 2022 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/97061745492?pwd=QU1kejB3UW1NMlpTNnhhWGxqT1JpQT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jack Cathey Committee Members: Dr. Hughlene Burton, Dr. Paul Tanyi, Dr. Gary Kohut Abstract: Based on Aristotle’s philosophy that ethics can be taught, this study examines whether the behavior […]
RESILIENCE AND VENTURE PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLE OF CULTURE WITHIN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Doctoral Candidate Name: Oscar Barzuna Hidalgo Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: March 31, 2022 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Laura Stanley Committee Members: Dr. Franz Kellermanns, Dr. Justin Webb, Dr. Jennifer Ames Stuart Abstract: Resilience research within the field of entrepreneurship has increasingly received attention from academia. […]
PV-Battery Series Integration for Residential Solar-plus-Storage Systems
Doctoral Candidate Name: Namwon Kim Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 7, 2022 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2344 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Babak Parkhideh Committee Members: Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Robert Cox, Dr. Maciej Noras Abstract: Solar-plus-storage systems provide efficient energy yield and management, resilience, and more revenue to […]
Feature-Based Automated Tool Path Planning for Discrete Geometry
Doctoral Candidate Name: Fei Shen Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 6, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Duke Hall, Room 308 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Joshua Tarbutton, Dr. Edward Morse Committee Members: Dr. Angela Allen, Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Yuri Godin Abstract: CNC machining is a critical manufacturing technology in effectively all […]
Generalized Coverage Using Multiple Robots: Theory, Algorithms, and Experiments
Doctoral Candidate Name: Saurav Agarwal Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 6, 2022 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/96535666623?pwd=dFM0amhLbVlSWlVXSExDZTZONjVJZz09 Committee chair’s Name: Srinivas Akella Committee Members: Professor Min Shin, Dr. Erik Saule, Dr. Artur Wolek, Dr. Andrew Willis Abstract: Recent technological advances have facilitated the use of mobile robots for a […]
Expectancy-Value Model: Investigating Academic Success and Retention Predictors of First-Year STEM Majors
Doctoral Candidate Name: Nickcoy Findlater Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: April 5, 2022 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Xiaoxia Newton and Dr. Stella Kim Committee Members: Dr. Sandra Dika and Dr. Anne Cash Abstract: The gap in supply (i.e., shortage) and demand of the STEM workforce have prompted […]
NUTRITIVE KNOWLEDGE BASED DISCOVERY: ENHANCING PRECISION NUTRITION HYPOTHESIS GENERATION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Aaron Trautman Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: April 5, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/99382586854?pwd=QUdKZjhNNUxlTDJZMUYraVhiNGI4QT09 Committee chair’s Name: Cory Brouwer Committee Members: Cynthia Gibas, Way Sung, Robert Reid Abstract: Diet-related diseases like obesity and type-2 diabetes are on the rise. Precision nu- trition, a way to tailor […]
Impact of Health Policies and Local Political Ideology on Spatial-temporal Patterns of Public Emotions Towards COVID-19
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jingjing Gao Program: Public Policy Defense Date and Time: March 22, 2022 – 11:15 AM Defense Location: Fretwell Committee chair’s Name: Jason H. Windett Committee Members: Benjamin J. Radford, Eric Delmelle, Abstract: Social media such as Twitter enable people to interact with each other and share health-related concerns in a new and […]