Dissertation Defense Schedule

Thursday, September 24, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “The Relationship between Cultural Orientation and Job Satisfaction of African Americans in the Workplace”
Student Name: Debna Hunt
Program: Ph.D. in Leadership Students
Major Professor: Dr. Comfort Okpala
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
1:00pm
Dissertation Title: “An Exploration of the Path for African American Women to and the Diversification of the Corporate Boardroom”
Student Name: Don Kirk Beatty
Program: Ph.D. in Leadership Studies
Major Professors: Dr. Geleana Alston and Dr. Comfort Okpala
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Friday, October 9, 2020
11:00am
Dissertation Title: “Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Collagen Mimetic Proteins (Synthetic Collagen) for Biomedical Applications”
Student Name: Atul Rawal
Program: Ph.D. in Nanoengineering
Major Professor: Dr. Ram Mohan
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Friday, October 9, 2020
2:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Human-Centered Design of a Food Bank Smart Service System”
Student Name: Ritson K Delpish
Program: Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Steven Jiang
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Thursday, October 15, 2020
1:30pm
Dissertation Title: “The Non-traditional Pathway to the Presidency: Pastor to President A Narrative Inquiry”
Student Name: Gary L. Brown
Program: Ph.D. in Leadership Studies
Major Professors: Dr. Yvonne Hunter-Johnson and Dr. Comfort Okpala
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Friday, October 16, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “Development of Catalyst and Microreader for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”
Student Name: Nafeezuddin Mohammad
Program: Ph.D. in Nanoengineering
Major Professor: Dr. Debasish Kuila
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Monday, October 19, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “Electrical, Magnetic, and Magnetocaloric Properties of Fe-Ta Thin Films”
Student Name: Surabhi Shaji
Program: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Dhananjay Kumar
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Monday, October 19, 2020
12:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Orographic Impacts on Extreme Weather Events Associated with Strong Wings”
Student Name: William Agyakwah
Program: Ph.D. in Energy & Environmental Systems
Major Professor: Dr. Yuh-Lang Lin
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “An Ontology-Driven Recommender System for Identifying Security Concerns and Attack Patterns”
Student Name: Imano Williams
Program: Ph.D. in Computer Science
Major Professor: Dr. Xiaohong Yuan
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “Machine Learning-Based Mobility Assistance for Elderly Road Users”
Student Name: Devi Mounika Chilukuri
Program: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Sun Yi
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
12:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Subjectivity and Sentiment Analysis of Political Text Using Deep Learning”
Student Name: Ahmed Al Hamoud
Program: Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Kaushik Roy
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
12:00pm
Dissertation Title: “The Influence of Areas of Worklife on Burnout in State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors”
Student Name: Shakeerrah D. Lawrence
Program: Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling and Rehabilitation Counselor Education
Major Professor: Dr. Tyra Turner Whittaker
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
1:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Adaptive Methods for Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Unknown Systems”
Student Name: Ira Wendell Bates, II
Program: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Ali Karimoddini
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “Hyperspectral Imaging System as Rapid Characterization Tool for Nanomaterials used in Semiconductor Manufacturing”
Student Name: Sahil Tahiliani
Program: Ph.D. in Nanoengineering
Major Professor: Dr. Shyam Aravamudhan
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
4:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Health Implications of Indium Compounds”
Student Name: Sharmista Prattipati
Program: Ph.D. in Nanoengineering
Major Professor: Dr. Shyam Aravamudhan
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Monday, October 26, 2020
1:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Improving Resource Allocation in Response to Disaster Relief Efforts”
Student Name: Hussain Abualkhair
Program: Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Major Professor: Dr. Lauren Davis
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Monday, October 26 2020
2:00pm
Dissertation Title: “Exploring the Academic Advisor as a Servant Leader: A descriptive Analysis of Servant Leadership in the Academic Advising Process”
Student Name: Michelle Koenig
Program: Ph.D. in Leadership Studies
Major Professor: Dr. Comfort Okpala
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
10:00am
Dissertation Title: “The Rise of Women Business-OwnHERS: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Adaptive Leadership and the Development Experience of Women Entrepreneurs”
Student Name: Shinika McKiever
Program: Ph.D. in Leadership Studies
Major Professors: Dr. Geleana Alston and Dr. Comfort Okpala
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Thursday, October 27, 2020
2:00pm
Dissertation Title: “A Different Angle on Wellness: Exploring the Experiences of Former African American Doctoral Counselor Education Students Who Had White Faculty Mentoring”
Student Name: Sadell Guess
Program: Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling & Counselor Education
Major Professor: Dr. Michael Brooks
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