UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Behavior of laterally loaded offshore wind monopiles in sands
(2019-04-30)To develop a more rigorous design approach for laterally loaded monopiles of offshore wind turbines under service loading, the conventional design approach needs to be modified and improved. The most commonly used conventional ... -
Broad-based side-channel defenses for modern microprocessors
(2019-06-20)Private or confidential information is used in a wide variety of applications, not just including implementations of cryptographic algorithms but also including machine-learning libraries, databases, and parsers. However, ... -
Data-scalable Hessian preconditioning for distributed parameter PDE-constrained inverse problems
(2019-06-21)Hessian preconditioners are the key to efficient numerical solution of large-scale distributed parameter PDE-constrained inverse problems with highly informative data. Such inverse problems arise in many applications, yet ... -
Retention in care and survival rates in comorbid conditions in persons living with HIV
More than one million people suffer from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the United States. Recently, HIV treatments have been developing and improving steadily. Seeing this, persons living with HIV (PLWH) ... -
The development of a holistic approach to modeling driver behavior : accounting for driver heterogeneity in car-following models
(2019-06-18)Car-following behavior has been studied since the 1940s. However, complex calibration requirements and challenges with collecting high-resolution data have stunted advancements in this domain. Thus, methodologies to ... -
The role of the floor system in the seismic response of steel gravity framing
(2019-05-09)The flexural response of composite clip angle connections to cyclic inter-story drift was experimentally investigated in this test program. Testing was performed on a cruciform sub-assembly with W21x55 girders framing in ... -
Dressing the dead : social practices of clothing and adornment at the historic Head and Adams Cemeteries in central East Texas, 1850 to 1900
(2019-05-09)I explore social identity as mortuary displays of age and gender during the period of 1850 to 1900 in the historic, rural community of Headsville, Texas. I contend that material remains of clothing and adornment aid in the ... -
Multidimensional ethno-racial status in Latin American contexts of mestizaje
(2017-04-25)In this dissertation, I propose a framework to explain ethno-racial status in contexts of mestizaje (Spanish for ethno-racial mixture). Ethno-racial status refers to the combination of socially ranked and individually ... -
Diffused-exit film cooling holes fed by an internal crossflow
(2017-05-02)Film cooling is an essential technology to the operation of modern gas turbine engines, allowing for greater efficiency and part durability. Due to film cooling’s complexity, laboratory studies of film cooling isolate ... -
The role of imagined interaction in individuals' secret revelations : a focus on targets' anticipated reactions
(2019-05-03)Imagined interactions involve internal dialogues and cognitive processes that may help individuals envision contingency plans for managing secret information (Honeycutt, 1999; Richards & Sillars, 2014). As the word ... -
Essays on the determinants of worker productivity and labor market outcomes
(2019-06-20)This dissertation examines determinants of worker productivity, labor market outcomes, and population health. The first chapter, previously published in the Journal of Public Economics, examines the impacts of cash assistance ... -
Least action principles with applications to gradient flows and kinetic equations
(2017-05-16)This thesis introduces a variational formulation for a family of kinetic reaction-diffusion and their connection to Lagrangian dynamical systems. Such a formulation uses a new class of transportation costs between positive ... -
Synthesis, characterization and aggregation behavior of carbon nanotube-metal oxide nanohybrids
Extracting multifunctional benefits by combining multiple nano-scale materials has driven materials science to develop nano-heterostructures, which are known as nanohybrids (NHs). Many such composite materials have been ... -
Rainwater harvesting : the impact of residential-scale treatment and physicochemical conditions in the cistern on microbiological water quality
(2017-06-20)Rainwater harvesting (RWH) at an individual residence is an alternative method of water supply for potable and non-potable uses. However, raw harvested rainwater and household-treated rainwater frequently contain a substantial ... -
Nano-enabled water disinfection technology development that harnesses the power of microwaves
Due to the position of microwave (MW) radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum, it has not yet been successfully utilized to inactivate waterborne microorganisms at a reasonable (energy) cost. Exceptional properties at ... -
Master's thesis recital (clarinet)
(2019-05-10)Sonata for clarinet and piano / Leonard Bernstein -- Bucolique : for clarinet and piano / Eugène Bozza -- Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 120 / Johannes Brahms -- Eight pieces for piano trio / Max Bruch -
Doctoral thesis recital (trumpet)
(2019-05-09)Sonatine for trumpet and piano / Bohuslav Martinů -- Concerto no. 2 / Eric Ewazen -- Chamber music VII / Robert Suderburg -- Simple song : from Mass / Leonard Bernstein -
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Master's thesis recital (guitar)
(2019-05-04)Violin sonata no. 2, BWV 1003 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for guitar -- Theme and variations, op. 77 / Lennox Berkeley -- Tres apuntes / Leo Brouwer -- Sonata romántica / Manuel M. Ponce -
Doctoral thesis recital (voice (baritone))
(2019-04-27)Songs and dances of death / Modest Mussorgsky -- Aleko's cavatina / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Drei Lieder / Robert Owens -- Quatre chansons / Arthur Honegger
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