Dissertation Defense
Pragmatic approaches toward automated extraction and understanding of large scale health-related texts
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tianyi Xie Program: Defense Date and Time: August 19, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Committee Members: Abstract:
PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO ENGLISH LEARNERS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tuba Gezer Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: August 18, 2021 – 10:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Claudia Flowers Committee Members: Dr. Richard Lambert, Dr. Stella Kim & Dr. Valerie Mazzotti Abstract: This three-article format dissertation examined fairness in testing English Learners (EL) in K-12 schools in […]
Controlling force and displacement: Instrumentation design and application in thermal actuation and nanoindentation
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chunjie Fan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: August 10, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Duke centennial hall 345 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Stuart Smith Committee Members: Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Joshua Tarbutton, Dr. Qiuming Wei, Dr. Tom Suleski Abstract: The motivation of this research is to build systems that […]
Dynamic and Conditionally Activated Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
Doctoral Candidate Name: Morgan Chandler Program: Nanoscale Science Defense Date and Time: August 6, 2021 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: Online (Zoom) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Kirill Afonin Committee Members: Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto, Dr. Joanna Krueger, Dr. Kausik Chakrabarti, Dr. Craig Allan Abstract:
Conceptual Refinement of the Phenomenon of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Doctoral Candidate Name: Lisa Maria Krinner Program: Public Health Sciences Defense Date and Time: August 17, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: 9201 University City Blvd., CHHS 332 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jan Warren-Findlow Committee Members: Dr. Michele Issel, Dr. Jessamyn Bowling, Dr. Charlie Reeve Abstract:
An Athlete’s Humble Beginnings: A Place-Based Narrative in Need of Repair
Doctoral Candidate Name: Barbara Lash Program: Geography and Urban Regional Analysis Defense Date and Time: August 2, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom https://uncc.zoom.us/j/95376758002?pwd=MExGMnFpbzQ5Zk56ZVZLSUttR3IrQT09 Meeting ID: 953 7675 8002 Passcode: 675580 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Colleen Hammelman Committee Members: Dr. Heather Smith, Dr. Harrison Campbell, Dr. Chance Lewis Abstract: Sports plays a unique role […]
EFFECT OF CONFINED ROLLING ON STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF Mg-Al ALLOYS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Pavitra Krishnan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 22, 2021 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: Duke centennial hall 308 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Qiuming Wei Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Laszlo Kecskes, Dr. Don Chen Abstract: High performance, light weight alloys are need-of-the particularly in the […]
Design, Simulation, and Performance Analysis of Multifunctional Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems for Residential Buildings
Doctoral Candidate Name: Amirahmad Zare Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 28, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Online (Zoom) https://uncc.zoom.us/j/98901182430?pwd=Mk5SNU9jcDhiYnhSVVpmMnpJV05zdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Weimin Wang Committee Members: Dr. Nenad Sarunac, Dr. Russell Keanini, Dr. Mona Azarbayjani Abstract: Residential buildings contribute about 22% of the national energy use in the U.S. Space […]
A 360° View of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department
Doctoral Candidate Name: Shelby Veri Program: Health Services Research Defense Date and Time: August 4, 2021 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Robert Cramer Committee Members: Dr. Franck Diaz-Garelli, Dr. Jessamyn Bowling, Dr. Jane Neese Abstract: This dissertation utilizes a three article approach to examine the current status of psychiatric boarding […]
An Integrative Algorithm/Architecture Co-Design Of Deep Spatial and Temporal Separable Convolutional Neural Networks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Mohammadreza Baharani Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 26, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Google Meeting: https://meet.google.com/bfd-vwvb-tor Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Hamed Tabkhi Committee Members: Dr. Andrew Willis, Dr. Babak Parkhideh, and Dr. Gary Teng Teng Abstract: This dissertation presents my research on algorithm/architecture co-design of deep […]