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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Library Characterization and Static Timing Analysis of Single-Track Circuits in GasP, Swetha Mettala Gilla
The Function of an Alternate TFB from Pyrococus furiosus and the Orientation of the TFB B-reader within Archaeal Transcription Initiation Complexes, Michael Micorescu
Fundamental Studies in Selective Wet Etching and Corrosion Processes for High-Performance Semiconductor Devices, Nabil George Mistkawi
Scalable event tracking on high-end parallel systems, Kathryn Marie Mohror
S-Nitrosothiols: Formation, Decomposition, Reactivity and Possible Physiological Effects, Moshood Kayode Morakinyo
The Multicultural Family Learning Gardens at the Learning Gardens Laboratory: An Investigation of Community Collaboration, Madelyn Mickelberry Morris
Public opinion and public engagement with genetically modified foods : a qualitative study, Celeste Laurana Moser
Participatory Action Research with Dignity Village: an Action Tool for Empowerment within a Homeless Community, Heather Irene Mosher
Booster Shaker Elixir Dispensing Machine, Richard Mosier, Ibrahim Iskin, Nuancharas Phopoonsak, and Yu-Hsiang Lin
Google's Technology Strategy, Mamatha Murthy, Priti Maheshwari, Aarthi Neethirajan, Jubin Upadhyay, Dinesh Soysa, and Neb Tadesse
Why Teams Fail? And How to Prevent It, Jamshid Nafisi, Shahrokh Eshghi, Nick Wallace, Shahin Alijany, and Ori Wolman
Modeling Terahertz Diffuse Scattering from Granular Media Using Radiative Transfer Theory, Kyung Moon Nam
Coal to Oil in China: Scientific Development or Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones?, Joseph John Narus
The MicroPIVOT : an Integrated Particle Image Velocimeter and Optical Tweezers Instrument for Microscale Investigations, Nathalie Neve de Mevergnies
The Imprint of Foucault’s The Order of Things on the Works of François Jacob, Harry Newcomb
Mobile 3D- “3D Development Growth & Integration”, Stephen Noble and Akhilesh Dwivedi
3D Technology Roadmap, Stephen Noble, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, and Angie Baltz
Understanding & Managing Project Group Dynamics, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Arne Schwarz, Trevor Combs, James Eastham, and Joe Smith
Group Project -- OIA: “Employee Utilization Model”, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Arne Schwarz, Tung-Lung Li, and Jiting Yang
Meditation in an Emergency, Wendy Lynn Noonan
The Design of a Novel Tip Enhanced Near-field Scanning Probe Microscope for Ultra-High Resolution Optical Imaging, Derek Brant Nowak
Globalization of Human Resource Management in a Medical Device Manufacturing Company, Sevket Can Nuhisi, Faisal Al Fayez, Maher Almasri, Badr Alyamani, and Casey Zielsdorff
Personal Photography Experience, Neil O'Connell, Chih-Hsun Lin, N. Boemo-Mokhawa, and Maria Schenk
Extraction of Small Boat Harmonic Signatures From Passive Sonar, George Lloyd Ogden
Investigation of Speech Samples from Typically Developing Preschool Age Children: A Comparison of Single Words and Imitated Sentences Elicited with the PABA-E, Matthew William Olsen