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Introduction - what is this paper about (your topic)?

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Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– )

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Most theses and dissertations in this collection are open access. However, Texas A&M University students have a right to place their work under embargo in certain circumstances. The full-text of theses and dissertations under embargo is restricted until the embargo period has expired.

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Recent Submissions

• Computational Simulation of Dynamical String Based Capturing Methods  Capps, David Edward ( 2021-07-23 ) A novel solution to conditionally tensile member modeling with conditional, comprehensive, body interactions is used to simulate the dynamic interactions of a body with a net made of connected strings. The modeling solution ...
• Phenotypic Analysis and Genomic Analysis of Rhizomatousness in Sorghum  Zheng, Yaojie ( 2021-07-23 ) Increasingly serious greenhouse gas effects and soil erosion have raised demand for crops with robust belowground systems and carbon sequestration ability. Rhizomes are photoassimilate storage plant tissues, and their ...
• Ant-Inspired Innovation Research Strategies  Adsul, Tejas Rajratna ( 2021-07-14 ) Innovations are fundamental for a sustainable growth of science. Studying the process of innovation and understanding how rate of discovering creative and new ideas can be optimized is essential in order to ensure the ...
• Low-Cost Passive Wireless Sensors for Agriculture and Environment Monitoring  Dincel, Onder ( 2021-07-14 ) This research aims to investigate chipless, wireless passive sensors for agriculture and environmental monitoring where commercially available wireless sensors and their fabrication setups are expensive. In most cases, ...
• In Situ Tribochemical Characterization of Nanolubricants  Chen, Yan ( 2021-07-12 ) Lubrication plays important roles in mechanical systems in motion. The challenge in understanding the characteristics of a lubricant under working conditions lies in its dynamic nature, and it is impossible to observe the ...
• Drug Discovery and Kinetics in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Trypanosoma Cruzi, and SARS-CoV-2  Mellott, Drake Michael ( 2021-07-26 ) In the era of high-throughput drug discovery against enzyme targets, the utilization of rational drug design principles has become a path less traveled. This rational approach can provide researchers more intuitive methods ...
• Case Studies on Medical Laboratory Decision Optimization and Grass-fed Beef Market Penetration  Yu, Lizhihan ( 2021-06-29 ) This dissertation involves three essays. The first two essays address operational issues in a genome sequencing laboratory and the last examines market conditions for grass fed beef. Specifically, in the first essay, ...
• Engineering Protein-Based Materials for Neovascularization  Geraldo Mendes, Gabriela ( 2021-06-28 ) Protein-based materials have exceptional biological and mechanical properties, making these materials useful for many biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, drug delivery, enzyme immobilization, and biosensing. ...
• Design and Analysis of a Robotic Tensegrity Dolphin  Plantz, Christopher L ( 2021-07-28 ) This thesis offers an overview of tensegrity systems and the historical and novel research and development of swimming robotics. A robotic dolphin (with two tail designs) was designed and manufactured using a tensegrity ...
• Understanding and Securing Voice Assistant Applications  Zhang, Yangyong ( 2021-07-29 ) Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from a traditional sensor network to an increasingly cloud dependent ecosystem. This transition empowers IoT devices with abundant outsourced computational power. However, securing IoT ...
• Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Chemical Detection on a Paper Substrate  Chi, Ting-Yen ( 2021-06-08 ) Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have become one of the most promising materials for achieving superior performance in detecting numerous biological molecules, chemical compounds, and water pollutants. Integrated with ...
• Investigating the Sire Contribution to Embryonic Mortality in Cattle  Araujo Franco, Gessica ( 2021-07-09 ) First, we characterized the association between sire fertility and pregnancy loss in cattle. Bos Taurus beef cows had a large variance in pregnancy loss between days 24 and 31 of gestation (1.8 to 11.7%) and between days ...
• Development of Stationary Bands During Escherichia Coli Swimming  Hofstetter, Katrina Sierra ( 2021-05-10 ) Bacteria have evolved to have different mechanisms of motility depending on the environment. On surfaces bacteria can locomote by swarming, a phenotype that is cell density dependent and requires cell coordination. As a ...
• Controlled Self-Assembly of 2D Colloidal Liquid Crystals  Huang, Dali ( 2021-04-23 ) This dissertation research investigates two-dimensional (2D) nanoparticles, their synthesis, characteristics, function and performance. The 2D nanoparticles, as a novel class of materials, have attracted significant interest ...
• Self-Fitting Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) Bone Scaffolds with Tunable Properties  Pfau, Michaela R ( 2021-05-04 ) The use of self-fitting scaffolds based on thermoresponsive shape memory polymers (SMPs) offers a potential solution to treat craniomaxillofacial (CMF) bone defects via regenerative healing. Porous SMP scaffolds were ...
• Mineral Transformation, Alkalinity Neutralization and Settling of a Long-Term Storage Bauxite Residue  Lin, Chia-Wei ( 2021-04-19 ) Over 4 billion tonnes of bauxite residue, the by-product of alumina refinery, has been generated globally. High alkalinity and high-water content of the residues are two of the major challenges in dealing with its safe ...
• PIVOT: A Framework for Minimizing Stress Deviations in Structural Form  Yadav, Neeraj ( 2021-04-23 ) Design of efficient structural members is certainly an intricate process that requires a sound explanation, an exact fit of art and science perhaps, to harness the ever-increasing range of solutions assisted by computational ...
• Super-Resolution and Scalable Video Coding  Chen, Yixu ( 2021-05-03 ) Bits on the wire not only impact video quality delivered to customers but also drive the costs of video streaming services. This project aims at building state-of-the-art deep-learning-based video super-resolution (VSR) ...
• In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of Amelogenin Peptides Compared to Emdogain  Worsham, Theresa Adria ( 2021-04-26 ) Objectives: To identify a cost-effective and well-defined alternative to currently available enamel matrix derivatives for periodontal regeneration. Methods and Materials: For in vitro studies, human periodontal ligament ...
• Exploring the Potential Commercial Significance of Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. for the Green Industry  Hopkins, Kaitlin A ( 2021-04-16 ) seed should be harvested as close as possible to when natural dispersement would occur for optimum germination. Conjoint analysis was used to gain insight on consumer preferences for attributes and levels attributed to R. ...

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The process to submit forms to the  Graduate and Professional School at Texas A&M University  has now changed to the Academic Requirements Completion System (ARCS). This is an electronic system located in Howdy.

In ARCS you will be able to submit the following forms:

• Request for Preliminary Exam (PhD Only)
• Upload your Proposal and submit your Proposal Approval Page (PhD and MS-Thesis Only)
• Request for Final exam (PhD and MS-Thesis Only)
• Upload the AAUDE and SED surveys
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Other forms will be added as the system is completed. Information on submitting the forms can be found using the Student Guide . This link will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Graduate student graduation cancellation form:.

The  Graduate Student Graduation Cancellation Form   is not found on DocuSign. It is a paper form that has to be signed by you, your committee chair, and the graduate advising office. The graduation cancellation form is completed when a student wishes to cancel their application for graduation. When this form has been processed, the graduation application will be removed from your Howdy account.

You will not receive a refund for your graduation application. The next semester you wish to graduate, you will need to submit a new graduation application and pay a new application fee. This request is submit to the Graduate and Professional School approval. The request can be denied.

Steps to submit form:

• You will need to initiate the request by sending the completed form to the advising office as a PDF attachment in an email to  [email protected] .
• The advising office will sign for the department head and submit the request to the Graduate and Professional School.
• The Graduate and Professional School will then send an email with approval or denial of the request.

Non-Resident Tuition Waiver:

This form is only submitted by the department that has offered you a GAR/GANT/GAT position. This form is not submitted by you or your current academic department (unless they are providing the employment position).

Please do not contact the graduate advising office requesting information on how you can submit the waiver. Instead, you will want to contact the department that has offered you employment. After the employing department has submitted the request in DocuSign, the advising office will receive an email to sign the form. We will not sign the form unless it has been submitted and signed by the employing department.

For more information on the Non-Resident Tuition Waiver form, visit the  Graduate and Professional School's webpage .

Request a Letter of Completion:

The  Request a Letter of Completion Form  is not found on DocuSign. It is a paper form that has to be signed by you and does not require any signature or approval from the graduate advising office. The Letter of Completion, which states that requirements for the degree have been fulfilled, can only be provided once all degree requirements have been met.

Degree conferral occurs only at the end of each fall, spring and summer semester. This letter cannot be issued once the degree has been conferred. For any questions about the Letter of Completion, you will need to contact the Graduate and Professional School. For any questions on how it will affect your visa, you will need to contact the International Student Services office.