Dissertation Defense
THE INFLUENCE OF LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS: SOCIAL COHESION ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORMALIZATION MODERATED BY FAMILY SUPPORT, RISK PROPENSITY, AND LOCUS OF CONTROL
Doctoral Candidate Name: Janice Wise Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Franz Kellermanns Committee Members: Dr. Justin Webb, Dr. Laura Stanley, & Dr. Chandra Subramaniam Abstract: Poverty is a global problem dating back to the early nineteen hundred. Issues, such […]
The Interactive Effect of Psychological Capital and Gender on Employee Turnover and Promotion Within Entrepreneurial Ventures
Doctoral Candidate Name: John Tuders Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 8, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Torsten Pieper (Co-Chair) Committee Members: Dr. Justin Webb (Co-Chair), Dr. Laura Stanley, Dr. Jennifer Ames Stuart Abstract: Entrepreneurship is of crucial importance in facilitating economic recovery and […]
Rush Hour-Related Road Crashes: Assessing the Social and Environmental Determinants of Fatal and Non-Fatal Road Crash Events
Doctoral Candidate Name: Oluwaseun John Adeyemi Program: Public Health Sciences Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Online Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ahmed Arif, Dr. Rajib Paul, Committee Members: Dr. Charles DiMaggio, De. Eric Delmelle Abstract: Road crashes remain a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The rush-hour period represents […]
“IT SOMETIMES HEALS, BUT IT SOMETIMES HURTS”. EXPLORING THE ISSUES FACING FIRST-GENERATION AND IMMIGRANT STAFF CARING FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM
Doctoral Candidate Name: Claire Cronin Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: April 8, 2021 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Henry Harris Committee Members: Dr. Teresa Scheid, Dr. Taryne Mingo, Dr. Eric Heberlig, Dr. Edward Wierzalis Abstract: Coming from countries across the world, immigrants have chosen to start […]
African American Males’ Perception on Teacher Responsiveness to Cultural Diversity
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kim Reddig Program: Special Education Defense Date and Time: April 15, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley Committee Members: Dr. Erin FitzPatrick, Dr. Christopher O’Brien, Dr. Greg Wiggan, Dr. Keonya Booker, and Dr. Bettie Butler Abstract: Abstract: The overrepresentation of African American males at […]
THERMO-FLUID AND MECHANICAL DESIGN OF AN ADVANCED PRINTED CIRCUIT HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 BRAYTON CYCLES
Doctoral Candidate Name: JAVAD KHALESI Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 15, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual meeting Committee chair’s Name: DR. NENAD SARUNAC Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Russell Keanini, Dr. Yuri Godin, Dr. Wesley Williams Abstract: A supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton power cycle is considered as one […]
MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL ON THERMAL STRESS REDUCTION FOR GRID-CONNECTED INVERTERS RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT
Doctoral Candidate Name: Luocheng Wang Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 13, 2021 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: ZOOM Committee chair’s Name: Dr.Tiefu Zhao Committee Members: Dr.Madhav Manjrekar, Dr.Babak Parkhideh, Dr.Shen-En Chen Abstract: Thermal stress has been identified as one of the major failure causes in the power module. It is […]
FOUNDER SOCIAL IDENTITY AS A PREDICTOR OF CUSTOMER AND COMPETITOR ORIENTATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Doctoral Candidate Name: Austin Rutherford Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92576995981?pwd=NjJVaHYyTldmaG5DZVp3Wi91b01rdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Laura Stanley Committee Members: Abstract: This dissertation explores the association between Founder Social Identity and the two leading component measures of market orientation: customer and competitor orientation. Using the […]
A BreadCrumb Network Framework for Assisting with Robot Localization
Doctoral Candidate Name: David Grabowsky Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 13, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jim Conrad Committee Members: Dr. Chen Chen, Dr. Courtney Smith-Orr, Dr. Aidan Browne Abstract: Localization and communication are critical components for functioning autonomous robots. The infrastructure required for […]
ROLE OF INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS ON THE KINETICS OF HUMAN CARDIAC MYOSIN β -ISOFORM
Doctoral Candidate Name: Akhil Gargey Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: April 15, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/94229252710?pwd=SUpKaHYzcUJMYkVYUitDRzNTSEd3dz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Yuri Nesmelov Committee Members: Dr. Jerry Troutman, Dr. Andrew Truman, Dr. Valery Grdzelishvili, Dr. Kausik Chakrabarti Abstract: Human cardiac myosin has two isoforms, α and β, sharing significant sequence similarity, but […]