Justina Mason
Exploring the Impact of New Student Orientation at Two Year Colleges: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jennifer Adams
Committee Members: Jose Chavez, Karen Wheel-Carter
Date and Time: September 18, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jha46@drexel.edu for link.
Anthony Miller
Leadership, Trust, Grit, and the Blended Family: A Phenomenological Study of Educational Leaders and the Impact of the Blended Family Experience
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Salvatore Falletta
Committee Members: Jose Chavez, Wendy Combs
Date and Time: September 17, 2020 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact sf394@drexel.edu for link.
Joseph Glaser
Exploring the Evolution of Planetary Systems with Stellar Open Clusters
Major: Physics
Chair: Stephen McMillan
Committee Members: Aaron Geller, Gordon Richards, Russell Neilson, Eric Brewe
Date and Time: September 17, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Asya Johnson
A Case Study: Exploring the Self-Efficacy of Untenured Teachers Enrolled in Non-traditional Teacher Education Programs in Title I Low-achieving Urban Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Amanda Lanine, Dante Tawfeeq
Date and Time: September 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Yehudit Freudenberger
The Social, Emotional, and Educational Needs of Military Children in the U.S. Public School System: A Narrative Inquiry
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: James Connell
Committee Members: Bridget Blakely, Rebecca Weidensaul
Date and Time: September 16, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jec338@drexel.edu for link.
Catherine Stines
The It Factor: A Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Exceptional Teachers in Independent Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Amy Defibaugh
Date and Time: September 14, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Nancy Young
Supporting Teachers in a Full-Time Special Education Program:A Qualitative Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Susan Mateka
Date and Time: September 10, 2020 3:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Thomas Mosca
A Phenomenological Study of Space and Entertainment on the Teaching and Leading Processes in Green Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: John Gould
Committee Members: William Lynch, Sean O'Donnell, Bruce Levine
Date and Time: September 08, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jmg97@drexel.edu for link.
Rosemary DeLuccia Dall
The Effect of Vitamin D and Magnesium Supplementation on Bone Turnover Markers and Glycemic Indices in Overweight and Obese Individuals
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Deeptha Sukumar
Committee Members: Patricia Shewokis, Stella Volpe, Renee Amori, Harpreet Singh
Date and Time: September 04, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Vahideh Abdolazimi
pH Dependent Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Characteristics for Optical pH Sensing at Nanoscales
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair:
Committee Members: Adam Fontecchio, Jennifer Stanford, Gary Friedman, Youngmoo Kim
Date and Time: September 04, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Layla Batejan
Exploring Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding Their Training and Needs When Incorporating Social and Emotional Learning Strategies into Their Teaching: A Narrative Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Jeffrey Rhodes
Date and Time: September 03, 2020 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Shuting Zhang
Molecular Dynamics of Amyloid Beta-Protein Assembly under Oxidative Conditions and Short Peptides in Aqueous Solutions
Major: Physics
Chair: Brigita Urbanc
Committee Members: Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner, Luis Cruz Cruz, Michelle Dolinski, Jian-Min Yuan
Date and Time: September 03, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact sz394@drexel.edu for link.
Donald Hall
Rational Design and Experimental Characterization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Bacterial Stringent Response Activating Enzyme RelA
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Ezra Wood
Committee Members: Jun Xi, Dionicio Martinez, Garth Ehrlich, Michael Givskov, Jarosław Król
Date and Time: September 03, 2020 9:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dch66@drexel.edu for link.
Gregory Lang
(Re)Defining Space: Cycling Practice, Risk and Agency in Philadelphia
Major: Community, Culture & Media
Chair: Mary Ebeling
Committee Members: Wesley Shumar, Mimi Sheller, Harris Steinberg, Zach Furness
Date and Time: September 01, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact nmp39@drexel.edu for link.
Sarah Gleeson
Directing Biomimetic Morphology and Mineralization of Nanofiber Shish-Kebabs
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Caroline Schauer
Committee Members: Christopher Li, Michele Marcolongo, Andrew Magenau, Lin Han
Date and Time: September 01, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact seg85@drexel.edu for link.
Shaun Murphy
Temperature Dependent Transmission Line Modeling and Power Flow
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Karen Miu
Committee Members: Dagmar Niebur, Emanuel Bernabeu, Tom Chmielewski, Gary Friedman
Date and Time: August 31, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact srm329@drexel.edu for link.
Michelle Efthimiadou
Perceptions of Cyber Students with High Incidence Disabilities on the Impact of Self-Determination on Post-Secondary Transition: A Descriptive Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Amanda Lannie
Committee Members: Toni Sondergeld, Chris Hardin
Date and Time: August 28, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact all354@drexel.edu for link.
Elizabeth Adedokun
Relationships Between Paternal Attachment, Fathers' Participation Levels in Family Therapy, and Adolescent Depression and Suicide Risk Symptoms
Major: Couple and Family Therapy
Chair: Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing
Committee Members: Guy Diamond, Robert Palisano, Joanna Herress, Alisha Rorer
Date and Time: August 28, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ek469@drexel.edu for link.
Sarah Heidel
Examining the Effect of Occupational Socialization on Principals' Leadership of Physical Education Programs: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Kathleen Provinzano, Maureen Smith
Date and Time: August 26, 2020 6:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmk385@drexel.edu for link.
Pedro Edson Martins Amaral
Nanoscale Applications of Red Phosphorus Allotropes and Polyphosphides
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Joe Foley
Committee Members: Aaron Fafarman, Daniel Strongin, Lee Hoffman, Vibha Kalra, Karl Sohlberg
Date and Time: August 25, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Brian Clouse
An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study: Examining the Effects of an Onboarding Training Program on Organizational Socialization and Commitment in a Middle Eastern Energy Company.
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Sheila Vaidya, Tonette Rocco
Date and Time: August 25, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
James Shoopack
Exploring the Effects of Learning Behavioral Therapy Techniques on Coaching: An Intrinsic Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Ellen Staurowsky, Bruce Levine
Date and Time: August 24, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kdg39@drexel.edu for link.
Ashley Adams
Paleoenvironment of the Morrison Formation in the Bighorn Basin of Montana, USA
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Amanda Lough
Committee Members: Ted Daeschler, Loyc Vanderkluysen, Dennis Terry, Peter Dodson
Date and Time: August 24, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ala97@drexel.edu for link.
Kenneth Bricker
Student Athletes Perceptions of Academic Support Programs on Academic Success
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Cameron Kiosoglous, Michael McFarland
Date and Time: August 21, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Daniel Smith
A Collective Case Study: Exploring Undergraduate Student Veterans’ Perceptions of Social and Psychological Support Needs During Transition from Military to Higher Education
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Manlyn Howe
Date and Time: August 20, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Victoria Dolceamore
The Influence of Music and Performing Arts Education in K-12: A Qualitative Case Study Analysis
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Michelle Carneyray-Yoder
Date and Time: August 19, 2020 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mt623@drexel.edu for link.
Shaikha BuAli
A Qualitative Case Study on Instructional Practices in a Pennsylvania Online Middle School
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kareem Edouard
Committee Members: James Connell, Dona Fabrizio
Date and Time: August 19, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ke388@drexel.edu for link.
Steve Dissinger
Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions and Lived Experiences in the One-to-One Laptop Computer Environment: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Nancy Songer, John Sanville
Date and Time: August 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Alicia Lippert
Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Case Study: Examining and Exploring Teacher's Global Competence Including Perceptions and Preparedness at a South-Central Pennsylvania High School
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Jennifer Adams, Nikki Wishard
Date and Time: August 14, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
David Keller
Predictors of fish occurrence and scale dependence in wadeable streams
Major: Environmental Science
Chair: Susan Kilham, Richard Horwitz
Committee Members: Michael O'Connor, Marina Potopova, Loni Tabb
Date and Time: August 14, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Zhengtao Chen
Engineering Non-Planar Polymers via Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Maureen Tang
Committee Members: Kenneth Lau, Vibha Kalra, Christopher Li, Moses Noh
Date and Time: August 12, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jix@email.chop.edu for link.
Latasha Shears
Looking Within: Social Networks and Organizational Social Capital in PDPs for University Employees
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Rajashi Ghosh
Committee Members: Sheila Vaidya, Eric Brunner
Date and Time: August 10, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Katherine Vaughan
Perceived Attachment with Mother and Father in a Sample of Youth with Suicidal Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors
Major: Couple and Family Therapy
Chair: Stephanie Brooks
Committee Members: Jesse Smith, Jessica Chou, Jody Russon, Christina Young
Date and Time: August 10, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dsd67@drexel.edu for link.
Donna Sandfort
Medical Student Stress and Wellness Programs: An Explanatory, Sequential, Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Cameron Kiosoglous, Edward Gracely
Date and Time: August 07, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
David McDeavitt
Identifying Elements Critical to the Successful Implementation of an Employee Wellness Program
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: James Connell, Brian Mortimer
Date and Time: August 05, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Angela Bassani
Exploring the Experiences of Accounting Graduates who have Participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program in Northeast Pennsylvania: A Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Christopher Finnin
Date and Time: July 29, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Kyle Juretus
Enhancing the Cybersecurity Root of Trust Through Hardware Layer Logic Obfuscation
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Baris Taskin
Committee Members: Ioannis Savidis, Nagarajan Kandasamy, Kapil Dandekar, Jeremy Johnson
Date and Time: July 29, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact kjj39@drexel.edu for link.
Scott Kyper
A Multi-Site Case Study: Alternative Educational Programming High School Students in Central Pennsylvania
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Ryan Axe
Date and Time: July 27, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmk385@drexel.edu for link.
Xiaobo Li
Fundamentals of the Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polyaniline and its Applications in Supercapacitors
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Giuseppe Palmese
Committee Members: Kenneth Lau, Vibha Kalra, Maureen Tang, Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Date and Time: July 23, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact sjp365@drexel.edu for link.
Michael Cimorelli
Developing an Electrically Sensitive Ultrasound Enhancing Agent
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Nicolas Alvarez
Committee Members: Steven Wrenn, Aaron Fafarman, Brett Angel, Andrew Kohut
Date and Time: July 21, 2020 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Guillermo Ibarrola Recalde
A Quantitative Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of Integrating Climate Change and Environmental Context into Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Curricula and their Effects in a First-Year University Level Chemistry Classroom
Major: Education
Chair: Toni Sondergeld
Committee Members: Alonzo Flowers, Daniel King, Susan Rutkowsky, Nancy Songer
Date and Time: July 13, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact gdi25@drexel.edu for link.
Mohammad Nozari
Investigation of Ruthenium Complexes
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Lynn Penn
Committee Members: Karl Sohlberg, Michael Zdilla, Daniel King, Aaron Fafarman, Lee Hoffman
Date and Time: June 25, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mn468@drexel.edu for link.
Anthony Batts II
A Mixed Methods Study: Exploring Non Academic Factors That Impact Literacy Development for Minority Students Enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses in an Urban School
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Vera Lee, Damien Robinson
Date and Time: June 22, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Christine Delahanty
Creative Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Women Engineering Majors: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jason Silverman
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Vladimir Genis
Date and Time: June 18, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact js657@drexel.edu for link.
Heidi Rochlin
Growth in Practice: Measuring Change in Teachers' Instructional Practice, Knowledge, and Buy-in
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Fredricka Reisman
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Teresa Carboy
Date and Time: June 18, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact reismafk@drexel.edu for link.
Christian Boniforti
Using Mobile Learning to Advance Innovation in Small Private Universities: A Multi-Site Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: William Lynch
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Jennifer Lesh
Date and Time: June 17, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact wfl27@drexel.edu for link.
Matthew Newcomb
The Lived Experiences of Educationally Underserved African American Students in Predominantly White, Wealthy, Independent Schools: An Exploration of Belonging, Identity, and School Culture
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Erin Horvat
Committee Members: Ayana Allen-Handy, Tehama Lopez Bunyasi
Date and Time: June 17, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact emh346@drexel.edu for link.
Elizabeth Ayayi-Bridges
Public Urban Boarding (PUB) Program: A School Choice for At-Promise Urban Youth
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Vera Lee, Olubusayo Olojo-Adeoye
Date and Time: June 17, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
Aleksandr Yaroslavskiy
Cental Limit Theorems for Tableaux Related to the Partially Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Pawel Hitczenko
Committee Members: J. Douglas Wright, Eric Schmutz, Cecilia Mondaini, Hosam Mahmoud
Date and Time: June 16, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Megan Reed
Addressing Overdose Risk among Recently Incarcerated People Living with HIV/AIDS
Major: Community Health & Prevention
Chair: Stephen Lankenau
Committee Members: Loni Tabb, Alexis Roth, Ali Groves, Florence Momplaisir, Anne Siegler
Date and Time: June 16, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mr925@drexel.edu for link.
Felix Jones
High and Infinite Dimensional Filtering Methods
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Gideon Simpson
Committee Members: David Aristoff, J. Douglas Wright, Robert Boyer, Cecilia Mondaini
Date and Time: June 16, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Jiayi Wang
Processing of Epitaxial Oxyfluoride Films and Characterization of Their Physical Properties
Major: Materials Sciences and Engineering
Chair: Wei-Heng Shih
Committee Members: Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Karl Sohlberg, James M. Rondinelli, Steven May
Date and Time: June 16, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jw3338@drexel.edu for link.
Yuqiao Liu
Novel Antenna Technology for Internet of Things Applications
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Adam Fontecchio
Committee Members: Kapil Dandekar, Ahmad Hoorfar, Baris Taskin, Genevieve Dion
Date and Time: June 12, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Allyce Barron
Examining an Organization's Learning Ecosystem through the Perspectives of Learning & Development Professionals
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: William Lynch
Committee Members: Toni Sondergeld, Eric Bruner
Date and Time: June 12, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact wfl27@drexel.edu for link.
Joseph Stanzione
The Dietary Influence on Substrate Utilization During a Submaximal Oxygen Consumption Test in Male Combat Sport Athletes and Runners
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Stella Volpe
Committee Members: Jennifer Nasser, Michael Bruneau Jr, Sinclair Smith, Duncan French, George Brooks
Date and Time: June 11, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jrs484@drexel.edu for link.
Edwin Dauber
Stylometric Authorship Attribution Techniques and Analysis for Collaborative Platforms
Major: Computer Science
Chair: Rachel Greenstadt
Committee Members: Spiros Mancoridis, Yuanfang Cai, Richard Harang, Michael Weisman
Date and Time: June 11, 2020 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact edg34@drexel.edu for link.
Ann Berrios
Social Media Usage and its Relationship to Self-Esteem among Female Adolescents: A Qualitative Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kareem Edouard
Committee Members: Christine Vorndran, Ojoma Edeh Herr
Date and Time: June 09, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ke388@drexel.edu for link.
Claudia Galvan
Voices of the Women Who Stayed. A Case Study of Women Leaders with Computer Science and Engineering Degrees in High-Tech Companies in Silicon Valley
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Salvatore Falletta, Ceal Craig
Date and Time: June 09, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kdg39@drexel.edu for link.
Joshua Jackson
Determinantal Representations of Bivariate Polynomials Without Roots on the Bitorus
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Hugo Woerdeman
Committee Members: Anatoli Grinshpan, Thomas Yu, Ron Perline, Kelly Bickel
Date and Time: June 08, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Elias Ali
Functionally Graded Thin-walled Structural Systems Under Extreme Loading
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Aspasia Zerva
Committee Members: Ivan Bartoli, Michael Ryan, Abieyuwa Aghayere, Alan Lau
Date and Time: June 05, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Alissa Sweigart
Exploring the Lived Experiences of AEDY Completers in Pennsylvania: A Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Ryan Giffing
Date and Time: June 05, 2020 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Krystal Brown
Daddy's Girl: A Phenomenological Study of the Impact of Father Abandonment on Young Women
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Sarah Reynolds Ulrich, Homer Johnson Jr.
Date and Time: June 04, 2020 7:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact kdg39@drexel.edu for link.
Steven Gossert
Study of HIV-1 Viral Engagement of a Novel Virocidal Molecule using Molecular Dynamics
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Kenneth Lau
Committee Members: Cameron Abrams, Steven Wrenn, Irwin Chaiken, Luis Cruz Cruz
Date and Time: June 04, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact stg39@drexel.edu for link.
Ann-Marie Raphail
Improving Visual Attention with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Individuals with Right Parietal Disorders due to Stroke
Major: Psychology
Chair: Maria Schultheis
Committee Members: John Medaglia, Fengqing Zhang, Roy Hamilton, Branch Coslett
Date and Time: June 04, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ar3223@drexel.edu for link.
Rachel Peters
Reasons for Uninsurance Among ACA Eligible Adults in an Urban Safety Net Setting
Major: Health Policy & Social Justice
Chair: Robert Field
Committee Members: Jonathan Purtle, Brent Langellier, Esther Chernak, Yvonne Claudio
Date and Time: June 03, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact rmm77@drexel.edu for link.
Amanda Atkinson
A Feminist Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Women Senior Student Affairs Officers at Women's Colleges
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Kathy Geller, Patricia Whitely
Date and Time: June 02, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Bo Song
Knowledge Discovery from Multi-source Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Large-scale Data Sets in Biomedical Research
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohau Hu
Committee Members: Weimao Ke, Yuan An, Erjia Yan, Li Sheng
Date and Time: June 02, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Catherine Van Vooren
A Phenomenological Study: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Superintendents' Professional Development
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: John Gould
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Noreen O'Neil
Date and Time: June 02, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jmg97@drexel.edu for link.
Leah Kulp
Towards an Adaptive Context-aware Checklist for Concurrent use in Dynamic Medical Settings
Major: Information Science
Chair: Aleksandra Sarcevic
Committee Members: Andrea Forte, Erin Solovey, Helena Mentis, Nadir Weibel
Date and Time: June 02, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
Graceann Platukus
The Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Information Literacy in Community College Students
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Valerie Klein, Janis Wilson Seeley
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Tayler Pangburn
The Effect of Boundary Correctors on Scattering by a Periodic Obstacle
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Shari Moskow
Committee Members: J Douglas Wright, David Ambrose, Gideon Simpson, Fioralba Cakoni
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact tap54@drexel for link.
Cinthya Alberto
The Association of Maternal Characteristics, Immigrant Policies, and Maternal-Provider Ethnic Concordance on Health Care Access and Receipt of Family Centered Care among US-Born Latino Youth
Major: Health Services Research and Policy
Chair: Jim Stimpson
Committee Members: Jessie Kemmick Pintor, Brent Langellier, Loni Philip Tabb, Ana Martinez-Donate
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 12:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ca529@drexel.edu for link.
Ariana Levitt
Manufacturing of MXene-based Fibers, Yarns, and Knitted Electrochemical Capacitors
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Ekaterina Pomerantseva
Committee Members: Yury Gogotsi, Genevieve Dion, Christopher Li, Vibha Kalra
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact asl95@drexel.edu for link.
Ishan Ghosh
Essays in Empirical International Trade and Entrepreneurship
Major: Economics
Chair: Andre Kurmann
Committee Members: Konstantinos Serfes, Yoto Yotov, Mian Dai, Philip Luck
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact idg23@drexel.edu for link.
Giovanni Calvarese
A Mixed Methods Exploration of Academic Literacy Engagement and Social Emotional Learning With High School Students
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jennifer Adams
Committee Members: Bridget Blakely, Joseph Cifelli
Date and Time: May 29, 2020 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact jha46@drexel.edu for link.
Matthew Breazeale
Understanding the Influence of Secondary Classical Christian Education on Faith Adherence Experiences of High School Alumni: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Bridget Blakely, Keith Whitfield
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact mb3697@drexel.edu for link.
Erika McDowell
Exploring Teachers Perceptions and Decisions in Urban School Discipline
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathleen Provinzano
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Laura Rutherford
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ktp37@drexel.edu for link.
Joshua Carmichael
Long Wave Approximations of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou Lattice under Planar Motion
Major: Mathematics
Chair: J. Douglas Wright
Committee Members: Shari Moskow, Yixin Guo, Ronald Perline, David Goldberg
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jdw66@drexel.edu for link.
Jillian Hawkins
Biopsychosocial Responses to 30 Minutes of Walking in Emerging Adult Women with Different Physical Activity Habits
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Clare Milner
Committee Members: Stella Volpe, Glenn Williams, Sinclair Smith, Dixie Thompson
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jh3266@drexel.edu for link.
Minakshi Ratkalkar
Effects of Trauma and Child Welfare History on Potential Sentencing Jurors' Decisions for Youth Prosecuted in Criminal Court
Major: Psychology
Chair: Naomi Goldstein
Committee Members: David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Karen Lindell, Lauren Fine
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Andrea Farro
A Multilevel Examination of Leader Emergence: A Dyadic Approach to Understanding Gendered Leader Dynamics in Teams
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Lauren D'Innocenzo
Committee Members: Daan van Knippenberg, Wendy van Ginkel, Daniel Tzabbar, Michael Kukenberger
Date and Time: May 28, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact acf84@drexel.edu for link.
Summer Bukeavich
Exploring Undergraduate Management Student Perceptions of Mindfulness at a College of Technology: A Mixed Methods Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Joy Phillips, Tammy Rich
Date and Time: May 27, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Haeyoung Jeong
The Influence of Selfie on Variety Seeking Behavior
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Chen Wang, Rajneesh Suri
Committee Members: Trina Larsen Andras, Daniel Korschun, Yanliu Huang, Rashmi Adaval
Date and Time: May 27, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact hj325@drexel for link.
Sungjoung Kwon
Essays on Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Michelle Lowry
Committee Members: David Becher, Jie Cai, Gregori Nini, Laura Field
Date and Time: May 27, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ps664@drexel.edu for link.
Kai Li
Research instrument in citation contexts: A quantitative examination based on full-text psychological pap
Major: Information Science
Chair: Erjia Yan
Committee Members: Jane Greenberg, Chaomei Chen, Jake Williams, Ali Kenner, Cassidy Sugimoto
Date and Time: May 27, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Mariah Rackley
Exploring Student Agency and Motivation in Personalized Learning Environments: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Kareem Edouard, Wilbur Stout
Date and Time: May 27, 2020 12:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact dh385@drexel.edu for link.
Stuart Hirstein
The Characteristics of a High-Performing Independent School in the United States
Major: Educational Leadership and Management
Chair: Joy Phillips
Committee Members: Amanda Lannie, Louise Dunn
Date and Time: May 26, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jp3467@drexel.edu for link.
John J. Davis Jr
A Qualitative Case Study: Exploring Teacher and Administrator Perceptions on Teacher Morale and the Potential Influence on Retention in a Southeastern PA Middle School
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Ellen Staurowsky
Date and Time: May 22, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Eram Albajri
Modulation of Cognitive Restraint Mediated Effects on the Prefrontal Cortex Response During Eating of Preferred High Fat/High Sugar Foods in Women as Measured by fNIR
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Jennifer Nasser
Committee Members: Hasan Ayaz, Jennifer Quinlan, Patricia Shewokis, Sinclair Smith, Angelo Del Parigi
Date and Time: May 22, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact eaa48@drexel.edu for link.
Yang Li
Decision Making with Social Media Platforms: The Effect of Peer Opinions on Investment and Product Adoption
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Chuanren Liu
Committee Members: Hande Benson, Jinwook Lee, Jade Lo, Wenjin Shen
Date and Time: May 21, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact yl837@drexel.edu for link.
Keisha April
Let's "Talk" About the Police: The Role of Race and Intergenerational Transmission of Police Legitimacy Attitudes in the Legal Socialization of Youth
Major: Psychology
Chair: Naomi Goldstein
Committee Members: David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Rhonda McKitten, Abigail Gray
Date and Time: May 20, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact ka586@drexel.edu for link.
May Cheung
The Role of Magnesium and Vitamin D on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Adults
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Deeptha Sukumar
Committee Members: Stella Volpe, Patricia Shewokis, Renee Amori, Harpreet Singh
Date and Time: May 19, 2020 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Jennifer Furness
A Quantitative, Cross-Sectional Study: Investigating Staff Morale of Early Intervention Teachers in Eastern and Southeastern Pennsylvania Intermediate Units
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Brenda Robertson
Date and Time: May 18, 2020 5:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jap386@drexel.edu for link.
Rasheda Likely
An Exploration of the Science Learning & Perceptions of Black Middle School Girls Using a Hair Care Curriculum
Major: Educational Leadership & Learning Technology
Chair: Christopher Wright
Committee Members: Ayana Allen-Handy, Alonzo Flowers, Brian Smith, Chonika Coleman-King
Date and Time: May 15, 2020 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Bipasha Dey
Humanizing Academic Advising: Perception of Student Success Through the Experiences of Community College Academic Advisors - An Instrumental Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Christina Vorndran
Committee Members: Jennifer Adams, Reine Sarmiento
Date and Time: May 13, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmv69@drexel.edu for link.
Yizhou Zhang
Incorporating Domain Information with Collaborative Filtering
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua Hu
Committee Members: Weimao Ke, Yuan An, Erjia Yan, Li Sheng
Date and Time: May 11, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Kenneth Jones
Broken Chains: Non-traditional Aged Black Men Experiences in the College Admissions Process, A study in Portraiture
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Alonzo Flowers
Committee Members: Bruce Levine, Lisa Calvano
Date and Time: May 11, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact amf422@drexel.edu for link.
James Lynch
Scholastic Athletics in Urban Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Larry Keiser, Gareth Jones
Date and Time: May 08, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact cmk385@drexel.edu for the link.
Tony Lin
Applying Deep Learning to Examine Tax Footnotes: A Study of Emotions and Tax Outcomes
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Anthony Curatola
Committee Members: Helen Choy, Hsihui Chang, Xin Dai, Vadake Narayanan
Date and Time: May 08, 2020 10:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Hanyong Chung
The Effect of Product Market Competition on Mandatory Disclosure Strategy
Major: Business Administration
Chair: Helen Choy
Committee Members: Anthony Curatola, Hsihui Chang, Xin Dai, Bang Nam Jeon
Date and Time: May 08, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Room 939
Zheng Chen
Community-Based Methods for Large-Scale Relational Data Analysis
Major: Information Science
Chair: Xiaohua Tony Hu
Committee Members: Yuan An, Erjia Yan, Weimao Ke, Li Sheng
Date and Time: May 01, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact bcp29@drexel.edu for link.
Travis Pollen
A Multifactorial Model of Risk Factors for Non-Contact Musculoskeletal Injury in Collegiate Swimmers: A Prospective Study
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Sheri Silfies
Committee Members: David Ebaugh, Clare Milner, Jennifer Taylor, Meghan Warren
Date and Time: April 30, 2020 11:00 AM
Location: Parkway 742
Martin Walsh
Bilayer Alteration From Ultrasound-Induced Microbubble Cavitation
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Nicolas Alvarez
Committee Members: Steven Wrenn, Guiseppe Palmese, Peter Lewin, Steve Dicker
Date and Time: April 30, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact mpw57@drexel.edu for link.
Alexa Hays
The Veteran Problem Inventory: Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity
Major: Psychology
Chair: Arthur Nezu
Committee Members: Christine Maguth Nezu, Pamela Geller, Elaine Boland, Bryan Batien
Date and Time: April 28, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Hamideh Talafian
Tracking Perceived STEM Career Identity in Minoritized Middle Schoolers in an Informal Learning Environment: A Mixed-Methods Study With Quantitative Ethnographic Techniques
Major: Educational Leadership & Learning Technologies
Chair: Penny Hammrich
Committee Members: Aroutis Foster, Toni Sondergeld, Brian Smith, David Shaffer
Date and Time: April 28, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Oliver Harris
Mechanisms and Consequences of SEI Failure in Advanced Li-ion Batteries
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Joshua Snyder
Committee Members: Maureen Tang, Vibha Kalra, Steven Wrenn, Moses Noh
Date and Time: April 27, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact sl3385@drexel.edu for the link.
Robert Swan
Constitutive Mechanical Behavior of Unbound Conventional and Light Weight Coarse Aggregate
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Joseph Martin
Committee Members: Jonathan Cheng, Miguel Pando, TImothy Stark, Theresa Loux
Date and Time: April 24, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Marisa Felsher
A Dyadic Analysis of Prep-Related Interpersonal Communication Among Women who Inject Drugs in Philadelphia
Major: Community Health and Prevention
Chair: Alexis Roth
Committee Members: Kathleen Brady, Scarlett Bellamy, Emmanuel Koku, Stephen Lankenau
Date and Time: April 22, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact maf385@drexel.edu for the link.
Kripa Dholakia
Uncovering Ethical Dilemmas in International Service-Learning (ISL): A Grounded Theory
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Dave Ebaugh
Committee Members: Patricia Rubertone, Annette Willgens
Date and Time: April 22, 2020 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Lauren Johnson
The Impact of Moral Injury on Depression and Suicide in U.S. Military Veterans: The Role of Internalizing Behaviors
Major: Psychology
Chair: Arthur Nezu
Committee Members: Christine Maguth Nezu, C. Virginia O'Hayer, Bryan Batien, Tracy Neal-Walden
Date and Time: April 14, 2020 11:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Helen Murray
A Pilot Development Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Gastroparesis
Major: Psychology
Chair: Adrienne Juarascio
Committee Members: Stephanie Manasse, Fengqing Zhang, Braden Kuo, Robert Edwards
Date and Time: April 10, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Stratton Hall
Manal Naseeb
Dietary Magnesium Intake in Relation to Fasting Blood Glucose and Insulin Concentrations and Body Mass Index in Middle School Students from the HEALTHY Study
Major: Nutrition Sciences
Chair: Stella Volpe
Committee Members: Brandy-Joe Milliron, Deeptha Sukumar, Michael Bruneau Jr., Sinclair Smith, Gary Foster
Date and Time: April 09, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Rebecca Schiedel
The Role of Psychosocial Maturity and Race in Juvenile Transfer Decisions: An Examination through Statistical Models
Major: Psychology
Chair: Kirk Heilbrun
Committee Members: Naomi Goldstein, Adam Benfoarado, David DeMateeo, Zoe Zhang
Date and Time: April 08, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Barbara McPhail
The Great Divide: A Phenomenological Study on Leadership Development Among Part Time California National Guard Commissioned Officers
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kathy Geller
Committee Members: Salvatore Falletta, Jeff Weston
Date and Time: April 03, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Adam Regnier
Automated Fault Diagnostics for AHU-VAV Systems: A Novel Pattern Matching Approach
Major: Architectural Engineering
Chair: Jin Wen
Committee Members: Michael Waring, James Lo, Teresa Wu, Srinivas Katipamula
Date and Time: March 24, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Butsie Weinstein
An Examination of the Relationship Between Parents' Attitudes and Actions Pertaining to Mathematics and their First-Grade Private School Children's Attitudes Toward Mathematics
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Mary Jo Grdina
Committee Members: Jason Silverman, Michael Hardisky
Date and Time: March 23, 2020 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Israel Eledan
Exploring the Lived Experiences of Servant Leaders who Model Altruism to Motivate Young Adult Proteges for Altruistic Service in a Non-Profit Humanitarian Organization: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Kathy Geller, Mohamed Nur-Awaleh
Date and Time: March 23, 2020 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Marianne Velma Weitz
Stress, Anxiety, and Self-Reported Health Among Breast Cancer Survivors Who Practice Yoga
Major: Nursing
Chair: Joan Bloch
Committee Members: Al Rundio, Kathleen Fisher, Linda Guerra, Sharon Byrne
Date and Time: March 03, 2020 8:00 AM
Location:
Yosefa Birati
The Relationship of Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Characteristics and Gestational Diabetes Self Management
Major: Nursing
Chair: Joan Rosen Bloch
Committee Members: Beth Dezaretz Chiatti, Edward Joseph Gracely, Amy McKeever, Brandy-Joe Milliron
Date and Time: February 28, 2020 10:30 AM
Location: 3 Parkway Building, 1601 Cherry Street
William Clifton Green II
A Phenomenological Study: Exploring Chinese Junior High School Students’ Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Using Game-based Technology to Learn English in an English as Foreign Language Classroom in Shanghai, China (EFL-C)
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Jason Silverman, Mei Wensheng
Date and Time: February 22, 2020 9:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Jackie Murphy
Exploring the Effects of an Open Access Mindfulness Course on Online Graduate Student Persistence, Stress, and Mind Wandering: A Mixed Methods Explanatory Sequential Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristen Betts
Committee Members: Michael Haslip, Annette Willgens
Date and Time: February 12, 2020 3:00 PM
Location: 3401 Market Street, Room 3003
Jennifer Brilmyer
Relationships Among Chronic Pain, Obesity, and Participation Intensity
Major: Rehabilitation Sciences
Chair: Robert Palisano
Committee Members: Maggie O'Neil, Katie Shroyer
Date and Time: February 10, 2020 1:00 PM
Location: Parkway 742
Jocelyn Remmert
A Feasibility and Acceptability Study of a Patient-Centered Approach to Increasing Weight-Related Communication in Primary Care
Major: Psychology
Chair: Meghan Butryn
Committee Members: Pamela Geller, Leon McCrea, Rebecca Pearl, Adam Tsia
Date and Time: January 23, 2020 1:30 PM
Location: Stratton Hall
Carey Manifold
Relationships Matter: Improving Student Engagement and Retention with Marketing Strategies
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: John Gould
Committee Members: James Connell, Danielle Insalaco-Egan
Date and Time: January 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Stephanie M. Winemiller
Exploring the Principal-Assistant Principal Relationship to Discover Practices Influencing the Assistant Principal's Instructional Leadership: A Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Deanna Hill
Committee Members: Mary Jo Grdina, Robert Bryson
Date and Time: December 18, 2019 2:30 PM
Location: Zoom
Eliza Raquel Arata
Data-Informed Decision Making in a Community College Context
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Jose Luis Chavez
Committee Members: Salvatore Falleta, Marybeth Buechner
Date and Time: December 18, 2019 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Patricia A. Feichtel
A Phenomenology Study into How Parents Understand and Perceive the Effect of Reading Aloud on Children's Emergent Literacy Skill Development and Reading Readiness
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Jason Silverman, Donna Koval
Date and Time: December 17, 2019 6:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Christopher Henry
Processing-Structure-Property Relationships in Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibers
Major: Chemical Engineering
Chair: Cameron Abrams
Committee Members: Nicolas Alvarez, Ken Lau, Giuseppe Palmese, Antonio Kontsos
Date and Time: December 17, 2019 10:00 AM
Location: CAT 288, Conference Room
Nicholas Grodsky
Night-mares On Screens: Sleep Paralysis, Communication, Mediation
Major: Communication, Culture & Media
Chair: Brent Luvaas
Committee Members: Ernest Hakanen, Dominic Pettman, Rachel Reynolds, Asta Zelenkauskaite
Date and Time: December 13, 2019 11:00 AM
Location: 3401 Market Street, Room 110-U
Molly E. Mitchell
Distribution and Regulation of Fragile X Granules in the Spinal Cord
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Daniel Marenda
Committee Members: Denise Garcia, Veronica Tom, Ramesh Raghupathi, Michael Akins
Date and Time: December 10, 2019 11:00 AM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building (PISB), Room 112
Kaho Long
The effect of insulin on self-assembly and toxicity of amyloid B-protein: Implications to type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease
Major: Physics
Chair: Brigita Urbanc
Committee Members: Frank Ferrone, Naoko Kurhashi Neilson, Daniel Marenda, Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner
Date and Time: December 09, 2019 12:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 919
Mengnan Zhao
Accelerating Drug Development with Health-Consumer-Contributed Data and Heterogeneous Network Mining
Major: Information Science
Chair: Christopher Yang
Committee Members: Weimao Ke, Erjia Yan, Muge Capan, Chuanren Liu
Date and Time: December 06, 2019 2:00 PM
Location:
Song Han
Piezoelectric Plate Sensor for Isolation-free and Amplification-free Detection through an Innovative Combustion-Free Aqueous Materials Synthesis Route
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Chair: Kambiz Pourrezaei
Committee Members: Wan Y. Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, Kara Spiller, Yinghui Zhong
Date and Time: December 06, 2019 12:00 PM
Location: Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 709
Venola Mae Rolle
Perceptions of How Literacy and Numeracy Instructions Influence the Lives of Adult Learners: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study of Learners with Low Literacy Skills
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Dominic Gullo
Committee Members: Rajashi Ghosh, Kellee Jenkins
Date and Time: December 04, 2019 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Sijie Ran
Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robotic Systems for Bio-Medical Application
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Gennady Friedman
Committee Members: Adam Fontecchio, Allon Guez, Steven Weber, James Tangorra
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 3:00 PM
Location: Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302, ECE Seminar Room
Qing Ping
Incorporating Textual Information with Recommender Systems
Major: Information Science
Chair: Chaomei Chen
Committee Members: Weimao Ke, Erjia Yan, Pak Cung Wong, Yi Fang
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 2:30 PM
Location: TBD
Kimberly M. Daniels
Associations of built and social neighborhood environment variables with pediatric BMI z-score and changes in BMI z-score
Major: Epidemiology
Chair: Ana Diez-Roux
Committee Members: Amy Auchincloss, Felice Le-Scherban, Loni Tabb, Leah Schinasi
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 2:00 PM
Location: Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
Owen Mayer
Image Forgery Detection: Signal Processing and Deep Learning Methods
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: John Walsh
Committee Members: Matthew Stamm, Steven Weber, Nagarajan Kandasamy, Spiros Mancoridis
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 1:00 PM
Location: Hill Conference Room
Cathy Muste
Cell-Free Identification of S. cerevisiae Strains by Analysis of Extracellular Matrices using Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Joe Foley
Committee Members: Daniel Kind, Ezra Wood, Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner, Matthew Farber
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 12:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 109
Jody Beth Bloom
Exploring the Impact of Comprehensive Civic Engagement on Adolescent Growth: A Quantitative Case Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Bruce Levine, Rebecca Katsh-Singer
Date and Time: December 02, 2019 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Erin V. Hansen
Radon Injection for Light Response Calibration of the nEXO Detector
Major: Physics
Chair: Michelle Dolinski
Committee Members: Dave Moore, Naoko Kurahashi Neilson, Brigita Urbanc, Steve McMillan
Date and Time: November 21, 2019 11:00 AM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 919
Kayla Murphy
Investigating Pathophysiology and Developing Therapies for EAE, a Mouse Model of MS: The Role of Sex Differences and TNFRZ
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Daniel Marenda
Committee Members: John Bethea, Michael Akins, Felice Elefant, Megan Detloff
Date and Time: November 20, 2019 1:00 PM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building (PISB), Room 103
Carrie Garippa
An Exploratory Correlational Study Examining the Relationship Between the Teacher's Perception of School Community Leadership and Student Success in Selected Title I High Schools
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Joyce Pittman
Committee Members: Mary Jo Grdina, Floyd Beachum
Date and Time: November 19, 2019 11:00 AM
Location: Zoom
Shnecia Lenise Walker
The Art of Being Unseen: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Alienation as Experienced by LGBT US Military Service Members who Served Before and After the Repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Kristine S. Lewis Grant
Committee Members: Jose Chavez, Carolyn Gustason
Date and Time: November 04, 2019 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Scott Haag
Geometric and Combinatorial Methods for Digital Elevation Models
Major: Computer Science
Chair: Ali Shokoufandeh
Committee Members: Elizabeth Watson, Dario Salvucci, Jeremy Johnson, Barry Evans
Date and Time: October 28, 2019 10:00 AM
Location: 3675 Market Street
Michelle Piotrowski
Investigation of Changes in Initial Position of Ion Formation and the Exploration of Sample Preparation Parameters in Synthetic Polymer Analysis using MALDI TOFMS
Major: Chemistry
Chair: Joe Foley
Committee Members: Anthony Addison, Ezra Wood, Cathy Bentzley, Frank Ji
Date and Time: October 03, 2019 12:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall, Room 109
Joseph Erickson
The Zero Attractor of Perturbed Chebyshev Polynomials and Sums of Taylor Polynomials for the Exponential
Major: Mathematics
Chair: Robert Boyer
Committee Members: Anatolii Grinshpan, Dmitry Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi, Jay Douglas Wright, Kris Novak
Date and Time: September 20, 2019 10:00 AM
Location: Korman 245
Arjun Rajasekar
Detection of Hypoxia in Humans
Major: Electrical Engineering
Chair: Matthew Stamm
Committee Members: Leonid Hrebien, Moshe Kam, Tom Chmielewski, Bor-Chin Chang, Richard Hamilton
Date and Time: September 19, 2019 2:30 PM
Location: Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302, ECE Seminar Room
Jackeline Moreno
AGN Variability: A Probe of Supermassive Black Hole Physics
Major: Physics
Chair: Michael Vogeley
Committee Members: Gordon Richards, Michel Dolinski, Andrej Prsa, Adam Lidz
Date and Time: September 16, 2019 2:00 PM
Location: Disque Hall
Edward Waddell
Extramacrochaetae Promotes Branch and Bouton Number via the Sequestration of Daughterless in the Cytoplasm Neurons
Major: Biological Sciences
Chair: Felice Elefant
Committee Members: Daniel Marenda, Jennifer Stanford, Michael Akins, Faith Liebl
Date and Time: September 13, 2019 12:00 PM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Science Building (PISB), Room 103