Girls and underrepresented ethnic groups tend to disengage from STEM subjects throughout middle and high school. In order to increase their participation in STEM fields, something has to change before they're deterred. ...

What does it mean for software to be socially conscious? How can developers make software that avoids negative social consequences? This thesis seeks to answer these questions. Technology does not usually grapple with ...

As an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP), the Aß monomer is unsuitable for traditional, experimental structure determination methods. This has excluded Aß from molecular docking studies that are routinely performed ...

In this dissertation, we build upon the fundamental principles behind structure learning, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, and group testing to analyze different problems in network models that arise in practical ...

In the first approach, a multiscale platform for the discovery of peptide affinity chromatography ligands was developed and applied for the purification of human growth hormone (hGH) from yeast cultures. A high-throughput ...

The thesis is about the synthesis, characterization, development, and application of epoxy resins derived from sustainable feedstocks such as lingo-cellulose, plant oils, and other non-food feedstocks. The thesis can be ...