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Danielle Mutiara Pandika Psychology
Dissertation: Re-Conceptualizing Genetic
Influence in GxE Studies: Does Inherited Sensitivity
to Environmental Influence Moderate the Indirect
Effect of Parent Knowledge on Future Drinking?
Chair: Laurie Chassin, Psychology
Robert William Poe Justice Studies
Dissertation: Subvert City: The Interventions
of an Anarchist in Occupy Phoenix, 2011-2012
Chair: Helen Lan Quan, School of Social
Transformation
Charlene Renee Poola Social Work
Dissertation: A Journey: American Indian
Behavioral Health Programs Building
Culturally Competent Clinical Skills and
Adapting Evidence-Based Treatments
Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Segal, School of Social Work;
Felicia Marie Mitchell, School of Social Work
Marziye Rahimitouranposhti Mechanical
Engineering
Dissertation: Exploring the Utilization of Startle
as a Therapy Tool in Individuals with Stroke
Chair: Claire Honeycutt, School of Biological
and Health Systems Engineering
Raksha Ramakrishna Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Model-Based Machine Learning for
the Power Grid
Chair: Anna Scaglione, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering
Hannah Grace Ray Civil, Environmental
and Sustainable Engineering
Dissertation: Nitrogen Recovery from Human
Urine by Membrane Processes
Chair: Treavor H. Boyer, School of Sustainable
Engineering and the Built Environment
Karie Elizabeth Robertson Chemistry
Dissertation: Membrane-Directed Expression of
BBA57 and Other Virulence Targets from Borrelia
burgdorferi Reveals Structural Evidence of an Outer
Membrane Oligomer in the Lyme Disease Pathogen
Co-Chairs: Debra Tumbula Hansen, Biodesign
Institute; Petra Fromme, School of Molecular
Sciences
Jose Benito Rosales Chavez Global Health
(Evolutionary Global Health Sciences)
Dissertation: Availability, Density, Variety, and
Distribution of Street Food Stands and Street
Foods Across a Mexican City: An Assessment
Using the Street Food Stand Assessment Tool
Co-Chairs: Megan L. Jehn, School of
Human Evolution and Social Change;
Meredith Margaret Bruening, College
of Health Solutions
Stephen Thomas Schaefer Electrical
Engineering
Dissertation: MBE Growth and Characterization
of III-V Bismide Semiconductor Alloys for
Mid- and Long-Wave Infrared Applications
Chair: Shane Richard Johnson, Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering
David Duncan Schlinkert Transborder
Studies
Dissertation: Central America Asylum Seekers'
Health, Self-Sufficiency, and Integration
Outcomes During the Asylum Claim Process
Phase in Phoenix, Arizona
Co-Chairs: Carlos Velez-Ibanez, School of
Transborder Studies; Francisco Lara-Valencia,
School of Transborder Studies
Sailik Sengupta Computer Science
Dissertation: The What, When, and How of
Strategic Movement in Adversarial Settings:
A Syncretic View of AI and Security
Chair: Subbarao Kambhampati, School
of Computing, Informatics, and Decision
Systems Engineering
Michael Scott Sheppard, Jr. Engineering
Education Systems and Design
Dissertation: Discovering the Unique Assets
of Veterans in Engineering: A Strengths-Based
Thematic Analysis of Veterans' Narratives
Chair: Nadia Nicole Kellam, Ira A. Fulton
Schools of Engineering
Samuel Xiang-Yu Shi Neuroscience
Dissertation: Focal and Systemic Immune
Responses Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Chair: Yung Chang, Biodesign Institute
César S. Silva Transborder Studies
Dissertation: Arizona’s Anti-immigration
Legislation and Latino Political Participation:
An Examination of the Latino Response
Chair: Lisa Lorraine Magana, School of
Transborder Studies
Skaidra Maria Smith-Heisters
Environmental Social Science
Dissertation: Self-Governance from Above:
Principles of Polycentric Governance in
Large-Scale Water Infrastructure
Chair: Marcus Alexander Janssen, School
of Sustainability
Anirudh Som Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Building Invariant, Robust
and Stable Machine Learning Systems Using
Geometry and Topology
Chair: Pavan Kumar Turaga, School of Arts,
Media and Engineering
Sharanya Srinivas Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Communications and High-Precision
Positioning (CHP2) System: Enabling Distributed
Coherence and Precise Positioning for
Resource-Limited Air Transport Systems
Chair: Daniel Wesley Bliss, School of Electrical,
Computer, and Energy Engineering
Eric Warren Stallcup Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation: Accuracy and Computational
Stability of Tensorally-Correct Subgrid Stress
and Scalar Flux Representations in Autonomic
Closure of LES
Chair: Werner J. Dahm, School for Engineering
of Matter, Transport and Energy