Dissertation Defense

Doctoral Candidate Name: Emma Lloyd Best Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: January 25, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. George Banks Committee Members: Dr. Janaki Gooty, Dr. Jill Yavorsky, Dr. Jennifer Stuart Abstract: This meta-analytic review integrates the micro perspective theory of coping responses with the macro […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Rose Aucoin Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: December 16, 2020 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom Platform Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Taryne M. Mingo Committee Members: Dr.Clare Merlin-Knoblick, Dr. Lisa Merriweather, Dr. Lyndon Abrams, Dr. Hank Harris Abstract: Research indicates that the substance use of a family member […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Lina Lee Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: December 3, 2020 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/99244756271 Committee chair’s Name: Mary Lou Maher Committee Members: John Gero, David Wilson, Nicholas Davis, Min Shin Abstract: Population aging in the twenty-first century is one of the most significant social transformations. Technology […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Abhisek Manikonda Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: December 7, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92679678819 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Vincent O. Ogunro Committee Members: Dr. John L. Daniels, Dr. James D. Bowen, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. John M. Stogner Abstract: Hypersaline brines like flue gas desulfurization […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Setareh Torabzadeh Program: Defense Date and Time: December 4, 2020 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Meeting (Please contact me at storabza@charlotte.edu for more details) Committee chair’s Name: Committee Members: Abstract: Aggregate production planning generally deals with configuration of an aggregate plan in advance of 6 to 18 periods (e.g. months) to […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas E. Sizemore Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 30, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Committee in person and stream via Google Meet Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew A. Davies Committee Members: Dr. Christopher Evans, Dr. Youxing Chen, and Dr. Thomas Suleski Abstract: Ultra-precision manufacturing is a deterministic method […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas Sizemore Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 30, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Committee in person and stream via Google Meet Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew A. Davies Committee Members: Dr. Christopher Evans, Dr. Youxing Chen, and Dr. Thomas Suleski Abstract: Ultra-precision manufacturing is a deterministic method of […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Camilo Moreno Program: Optical Science and Engineering Defense Date and Time: December 3, 2020 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: Webex. Link: https://uncc.webex.com/meet/cmorenoc Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Glenn Boreman Committee Members: Dr. Tino Hofmann, Dr. Vasily Astratov, Dr. Kathryn Smith Abstract: In this study, we used scattering-scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) to experimentally […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Jacqueline M. Tynan Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: November 25, 2020 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/93189267858?pwd=THRhTFFzSnBPeFZCNGRoV2oxNnJHUT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. James R. Cook Committee Members: Dr. Ryan P. Kilmer, Dr. Joanne G. Carman, Dr. Michael Dulin Abstract: Decades of discriminatory housing policies have resulted in geographic segregation, forcing […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Weina Ke Program: Nanoscale Science Defense Date and Time: December 2, 2020 – 4:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom meeting Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Kirill Afonin Committee Members: Dr. Didier Dreau, Dr. Joanna Krueger, Dr. Swarnapali Indrasekara, Dr. Faramarz Farahi Abstract: Nucleic acid biopolymers are essential to all living organisms. The chemical makeup […]