Dissertation Defense
A Phenomenological Case Study of Faculty and Staff Experiences in Green Zone Training to Support Student Veteran Transition into Higher Education
Doctoral Candidate Name: Christine Reed Davis Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jae Hoon Lim Committee Members: Dr. Mark D’Amico, Dr. Ryan Miller, Dr. Hank Harris Abstract: The enactment of the federal G.I. Bill in […]
Does Planning Build Resilience in Hydraulic Fracturing Communities?
Doctoral Candidate Name: Catherine Wolf underwood Program: Infrastructure and Environmental Systems Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Webex Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Robert H. Boyer and Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang Committee Members: Dr. Owen Furuseth, Dr. Brett Tempest, Dr. Nicole Peterson Abstract: Despite its long history in the United States […]
MORE THAN PIZZA: EXPLORING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF AFTERSCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chiquita P. Miller Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2020 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual: Contact chowel22@charlotte.edu for the Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Lisa R. Merriweather Committee Members: Dr. Jae Hoon Lim, Dr. Ryan Miller, Dr. Tehia Starker-Glass Abstract: Afterschool programs play a significant role in […]
A Dynamic Approach to Optimizing Interventions and Mitigating Contagion Impacts in Financial Networks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Christopher Farthing Program: Mathematics (Applied) Defense Date and Time: November 6, 2020 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92461311365?pwd=bGFjOStuTjZoOHA2R1RMenltNUZUQT09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Isaac Sonin Committee Members: Dr. Michael Grabchak, Dr. Aziz Issaka, Dr. Weidong Tian Abstract: We review prior research and mathematical models examining the clearing of liabilities within financial networks, the […]
Design and Analysis of Active Isolation in Power Converter Systems
Doctoral Candidate Name: Clint Halsted Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 13, 2020 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2344 Committee chair’s Name: Madhav Manjrekar Committee Members: Babak Parkhideh, Robert Cox, Brigid Mullany Abstract: This dissertation presents a new class of power converter topologies that realize galvanic isolation by utilizing active […]
STAYING THE COURSE: THE PERSISTENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOLOGY MAJORS AT A PREDOMINATLY WHITE INSTITUTION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Michelle B. Pass Program: Curriculum and Instruction Defense Date and Time: November 5, 2020 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Chance Lewis Committee Members: Dr. Greg Wiggan, Dr. Lisa Merriweather, Dr. Banita Brown Abstract: MICHELLE B. PASS. Staying the course: the persistence of African American biology majors at […]
Distributed Messaging System for the IoT Edge
Doctoral Candidate Name: Anjus George Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 5, 2020 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Arun Ravindran Committee Members: Dr. Hamed Tabkhi, Dr. Chen Chen, Dr. Asis Nasipuri, Dr. Nenad Sarunac Abstract: Recent advances in Deep Learning have made possible distributed multi-camera IoT […]
Detecting Discrete Emotions In Text Using Neural Networks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Seyed Armin Seyeditabari Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: November 10, 2020 – 3:30 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/92944927204 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Wlodek Zadrozny Committee Members: Dr. Samira Shaikh, Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Xi Niu, Dr. James Walsh Abstract: In recent years, emotion detection in text has become more […]
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of essential oils on human health
Doctoral Candidate Name: Aneeta Uppal Program: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2020 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/98077416255 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Cory Brouwer Committee Members: Dr. Jeremy Jay, Dr. Wei Sha, Dr. Weijun Luo, Dr. Matthew Parrow Abstract: The essential oil (EO) industry continues to grow as consumers search […]
A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Beginning PK-12 Public Education Teachers on Defined Benefit Retirement Plans
Doctoral Candidate Name: Rex A. Mangiaracina Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: October 28, 2020 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.webex.com/meet/whhart Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Walter Hart Committee Members: Dr. Hilary Dack, Dr. Rebecca Shore, Dr. Jimmy Watson, Dr. Lan Kolano Abstract: ABSTRACT REX A. MANGIARACINA. A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BEGINNING […]