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Creating Industry-Ready Ph.D. Graduates
… a national lab. Yet, the majority of engineering Ph.D. graduates are being employed in industry. This phenomena leads to the question of how well are doctoral programs preparing students to meet industry’s needs. The broad research objective of this work is to contribute to our understanding of …
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Tom Stirzaker's Ph.D. Recital
Composers in the first Ph.D. recital: W. A. Mozart; Igor Stravinsky; Gioacchino Rossini
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Redford Charles Hazlewood Jr.'s Ph.D. Recital
Composers in the first Ph.D. recital: Gabriel Pierne; Christoph Schaffrath; John Russo; Carl Maria Von Weber; Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Refinement of reduced protein models with all-atom force fields - Ph.D. Defense
… Extensive tests of the contemporary all-atom physics-based force fields were conducted to assess their applicability for refinement. The tests revealed flatness of such potentials and enabled the identification of the key problems in the current approaches. Guided by these results, the …
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Social Support during the Academic Transition of International Students in Ph.D. Programs
… of social support for international students in Ph.D. programs during an academic transition. Purposive sampling was used to identify participants, two each from the People's Republic of China, India, and Africa. This study employed a phenomenological research method to explore the social support …
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DUAL-THIN MARRIAGE AND LABOR MARKETS: LOCATION CHOICES AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR PH.D. WORKERS
… the employment outcomes and location choices of Ph.D.-trained individuals that often face dual-thin marriage and labor markets. The first paper investigates the degree to which single Ph.D.-trained workers, both domestic and foreign-born, face trade-offs between marriage and labor market …
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The Attraction of China's Deep Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Chinese STEM Ph.D. Students Studying in The United States to Start Their Own Businesses Back Home
In today's era, the innovation capability of deeptech has increasingly become an important competitiveness of a country. Against the background of geopolitical competition between China and the United States, emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, Biotech, and semiconductors have become the …
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The virtualMe : a knowledge acquisition framework : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Systems at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Throughout life, we continuously accumulate data, information and knowledge. The ability to recall much of this accumulated knowledge commonly deteriorates with time, though some forms part of what is referred to as tacit knowledge. In the context of education, students access and interact with a …
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Failure is not an option: The stories of mothering and fathering Ph.D. students seeking their doctoral degrees at a Midwestern predominately white institution as individuals with racially diverse intersecting identities and family responsibilities
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Growth of pasture species in the shade in relation to alder silvo-pastoral systems : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pastoral Science, Institute of Natural Resources at Massey University, New Zealand
… a linear increase (P<0.0001) with % ambient photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Highest shoot dry weight was at 73% and lowest was at 14% PAR (heavy shade). Shade also affected the tillering ability of pasture species. Under heavy shade, cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) produced more …
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Strategic factors for implementing a multiple career path construction doctoral program: a mixed methods study
… academia. There is limited training available to Ph.D. students related to their training for non-academic career paths. Construction Ph.D. programs are designated as STEM programs and are no exception to this changing career preferences of Ph.D. graduates. Given the changing career landscape of …
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Essays in volatility research
This thesis has been written during my time as a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at Lancaster University and as a visiting Ph.D. scholar at the Econometrics Department of the University of Amsterdam. This Ph.D. thesis starts with an introduction to finance for a general audience. Followed by an …
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Development and Implementation of A Dynamic Heterogeneous Proton Equivalent Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom For The Assessment of Scanned Proton Beam Therapy
… HETEROGENEOUS PROTON EQUIVALENT ANTHROPOMORPHIC THORAX PHANTOM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SCANNED PROTON BEAM THERAPY</p> <p>by</p> <p><em>James Leroy Neihart, B.S.</em></p> <p>APPROVED:</p> <p><br />______________________________<br />David Followill, Ph.D.<br /><br /></p> <p><br …
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Fractional Order Systems:PID Controller Design and Fractional Order Element Modeling
This research thesis within the XXVI Ph.D. Course in Systems Engineering is centered on Fractional, or also noticed as Non-Integer Order, Systems. The Ph.D. Thesis' purpose is to present the auto-tuning procedure of Fractional Order PID Controllers PID proposing also a future implementation via …
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