Treasures at UTD: Recent submissions
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Micro-earthquake Source Characterization With Full-wavefield Imaging, Uncertainty Analysis, and Deep-learning
(2022-12-01)Microseismic events are very weak earthquakes that occur at very small spatial scales, either natural or induced by man-made changes to the in-situ stress conditions of the earth’s interior. This induced seismicity or ... -
Extraction of Seismic Properties and Models From, and Full Waveform Inversion of, Dispersed Seismic Waves
(2022-12-01)Surface waves, which propagate along boundaries between two different media, play an important role in resolving geological structures of different scales targeted from global seismology, exploration seismology, geotechnical ... -
Constraining Tidal Quality Factor in Low-mass Eclipsing Binaries Using Tidal Synchronization
(2022-12-01)Tides play a crucial role in shaping the evolution of the bodies in binary systems. With the discovery of close-in hot Jupiter systems from exoplanet missions such as Kepler and TESS, it has become imperative to understand ... -
The Offering Plate is Off the Table: the Impact of COVID-19 on Church Fundraising
(2022-12-01)In the spring of 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused many churches in the United States to cease in-person services for an unknown period of time. Unfortunately, numerous methods of appeal used by churches relied ... -
Fault Handling for Medium-voltage (MV) Grids
(2022-12-01)This thesis provides an overview of the fault detection and protection methods for medium- voltage grids. First, it discusses and review the evolving direct-current medium-voltage (MVDC) grids and their application for ... -
Data Transport in an Integrated NGSO Satellite Communication and Radio Astronomy System
(2022-12-01)An integrated mega-constellation non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite communication and radio astronomy system (ISCRAS), was recently proposed in the literature as a new coexistence paradigm. We consider ISCRAS and ... -
A Transdisciplinary Framework to Analyze Interactive and Participatory Experiences in Public Settings
(2022-12-01)This dissertation presents a transdisciplinary framework to analyze interactive and participatory experiences in public settings. This type of experience is constructed through the use of different media and technological ... -
Theoretical Study of Electronic Transport in Two-dimensional Materials
(2022-12-01)Theoretical methods are critical for evaluating two-dimensional materials as possible channel materials in future field-effect transistors (FETs). The majority of modeling attempts concentrate on electronic transport in ... -
Three Essays on Adoption and Consumption of Entertainment Products
(2022-12-01)We study users’ adoption and consumption of entertainment products in three chapters. Using unique data collected from online video gaming platforms on users’ playing times, we study how consumers make decisions to adopt ... -
Machine Learning-based Solutions for Comprehending and Mitigating Imperfections of Semiconductor Manufacturing and Testing
(2022-12-01)In recent years, significant technological advancements have been made in the semiconductor industry; However, with these advancements, comes a lot of manufacturing and testing challenges that have a direct impact on the ... -
Essays on Electric Vehicles Ecosystem Development
(2022-12-01)This dissertation consists of three essays which study government subsidies, manufacturer decisions, and innovative business models motivated by problems in electric vehicle and other green product markets. In Chapter 2, ... -
Advances in Methodologies Using EEG to Characterize the Cortical Processing of Speech and Its Perceived Sound Quality
(2022-12-01)Speech perception is dependent on access to the amplitude, spectral and temporal information in speech. This dissertation focuses on the temporal structure of speech, which consists of a slow- varying amplitude (temporal ... -
Pharmacological Regulation of Protein Translation in Fragile X Syndrome
(2022-12-01)The behavioral hallmarks of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are driven by molecular mechanisms that remain largely unknown. One model of ASD involves the deletion of the Fmr1 gene. Mutations in Fmr1 cause Fragile X Syndrome ... -
Worldly Goods Made Intimate: Interpreting Andrea Mantegna’s Adoration of the Magi
(2022-12-01)In 1985, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California purchased at auction a painting on canvas attributed to Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. It sparked attention in the press as the most expensive ... -
Time-varying Sources and Vascular Contributions to Age-accompanied Functional Brain Network Re-organization
(2022-12-01)The brain is a complex network of interacting brain areas that can be further divided into segregated functional systems. Resting-state system segregation is a feature of brain network organization that has relevance to ... -
Control and Diagnosis of Permanent Magnet Motors
(2022-12-01)Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) have been deployed widely in recent years due to their inherent features such as high efficiency and high power density. Thanks to these merits, they are used in various ... -
Paleomagnetism, Rock Magnetism, and Magnetic Fabric of Upper Permian Sedimentary Rocks and Early Jurassic Intrusions, Karoo Basin, South Africa, and of a Highly Distorted Oligocene Ignimbrite, East-central New Mexico
(2022-12-01)This dissertation includes three different projects that utilize paleomagnetic and rock magnetic techniques and principles to understand the thermal effect of magmatism on an older, host sedimentary rock sequence, its ... -
The Effects of First Impressions on Predicting Honesty Outcomes Using Audiovisual Integration
(2022-12-01)People automatically and unconsciously process first impressions of faces and voices during social interactions. There are consequences to our first impressions because they can influence and predict a variety of societal ... -
Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Aging: a Comparative Analysis of Structure and Function
(2022-12-01)The relationship between healthy, normal aging and the neurodegenerative disease Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a subject of ongoing debate. Parallels between the two include vascular and metabolic decline in addition to ... -
Development of Probe-based Devices and Methods for Applications in Micro/Nano Characterization and Fabrication
(2022-12-01)The ability to investigate mechanical and material properties of micro- and nano-sized devices and surfaces is of significance in many fields of science and technology. Scanning tunneling microscope (STM), atomic force ...