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Characterization of Rutting in Asphalt Pavements using Laboratory Testing
(2019)
In asphalt pavements, rutting is one of the main concerns at high in-service temperature, which can occur either through plastic flow or shear in structural layers. Rutting depends on several factors, such as asphalt binder ...
Learning to Lead: How Leaders in Higher Education Learn to Lead
(2012)
Learning leadership in higher education has historically not been a structured process. The purpose of this research is to understand how leaders in higher education learn to lead and the influence experience, professional ...
Confronting and Defending Unethical Behavior: Communication and Ethical Sensegiving
(2011)
The purpose of this two-study dissertation was to investigate the role of communication in confronting and defending unethical organizational behavior. Utilizing two language production experimental designs, results reveal ...
GROWTH OF WIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS USING PULSED ELECTRON BEAM DEPOSITION (PED) PROCESS
(2015)
Wide bandgap materials hold a great potential in solid state lighting, power electronics, and radio frequency (RF) device applications. The cumulative market for all these applications is forecasted to be approximately $75 ...
Analysis of Leadership Behaviors Among Top Commissioned and Top Noncommissioned Officers in Key Leadership Positions
(2010)
Since the inception of the USAF leadership, unit level leadership has been function of officers, particularly senior commissioned officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel (Lt Col.) and colonel (Col.). The NCO corps was ...
An Exploration of the Transition to Graduate School in Mathematics
(2011)
This purpose of this research was to explore the transition to graduate school in mathematics--the struggles students face, the expectations they must meet, and the strategies they use to deal with this new chapter in their ...
A Multilevel Investigation of the Social Aspects of Self-Regulation in the Context of Collaborative Ill-Structured Problem Solving
(2012)
This study investigated the effect of the social aspects of self-regulation on students' ill-structured problem-solving performance in a collaborative learning environment. Specifically, two components of the social aspects ...
III-V and Thin Film Photovoltaics for Extraterrestrial Application
(2019)
Photovoltaic power is one of the few options available for electrical devices stationed outside of our atmosphere. As the satellite market turns to smaller satellites based on the CubeSat and SmallSat form factor, these ...
Integrated diagenetic, structural and paleomagnetic study of remagnetized folded Mississippian-Triassic units from the Southern Canadian Cordillera, Alberta and British Columbia
(2010)
Determining the timing and origin of fluid-related diagenetic events relative to orogenesis is crucial for understanding the interaction between orogenesis and diagenesis. Two folds in Mississippian carbonates (Line Creek ...
AUTONOMY SUPPORT, COMPETENCE SUPPORT, AND RELATIONAL SUPPORT CAN FOSTER SELF-EFFICACY FOR SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN URBAN SCHOOLS
(2014)
Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between school conditions (namely: autonomy support, competence support, and relational support) and student self-efficacy for self-regulated learning ...