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Author:

Chanthapan, Sinthu

Title:

Sintering of refractory metal based materials by field assisted sintering technology (FAST)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tungsten
tantalum
field
assisted
sintering
TiC
WC
grain growth
inhibition
refractory
metals
nano
submicron
strengthening

File:

Download Dissertation_Sinthu.Chanthapan_Final_10-11-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas

Title:

Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength

File:

Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Sirandas, Sai Ram

Title:

A RANDOM PARAMTERS FRAMEWORK FOR FREEWAY LANE USE MODELING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Lane Changing
VISSIM
Micro-simulation
Random Parameters

File:

Download Sirandas_MSCE.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkataraman Shankar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Seung Pil

Title:

Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

station change
Legendre pseudospectral methods
low-thrust

File:

Download 1-Seunp_P_Final_2012.pdfDownload Errata_Ph_d__Thesis_Aerospace_Engineering_Aug_2012_Seung_Pil_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Lim, Seung-Hwan

Title:

Managing Performance And Energy In Large Scale data Centers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Data Center
Performance
Energy
Cloud Computing

File:

Download SeungHwan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Ji Woong Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Shan

Title:

An examination of Petromyzontidae in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Petromyzontidae
ammocoete
substrate
backpack electrofishing
distribution
PA

File:

Download Shan_Li_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donna Jean Peuquet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lovell, Terrance Daniel

Title:

Time-domain Parameter Estimation for Fault Identification in a Current-source Push-pull Parallel Resonant Inverter

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Parameter estimation
Inverter
Current-Source
Push-Pull

File:

Download Lovell_thesis_20120430.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hipper, Thomas John

Title:

Adolescent perceptions of messages about drugs and drug use from supportive others

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

ATOD
Social Support
Communication
Rural

File:

Download Hipper_Thesis_Final_Approved.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle E Day, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keiffer, Timothy

Title:

Meprin Metalloproteases Cleave and Inactivate Interleukin-6

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Meprin
Interleukin-6
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mannose Binding Lectin
Wound Healing

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Document_Tim_Keiffer_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith S Bond, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith S Bond, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Channe D Gowda, Committee Member
Christopher Charles Norbury, Committee Member
Ira Joseph Ropson, Committee Member
Cara Lynne Schengrund, Committee Member
Gavin Peter Robertson, Committee Member

Author:

Nagarmat, Tejas

Title:

Interferometric techniques using Software Defined Radars

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Software Defined Radar
Interferometry

File:

Download Tejas_Nagarmat_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

TUTAR, TOLGA

Title:

Validating the Impact of Plug Load Reduction on Achieving Deep Energy Retrofits

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

plug load
energy-efficiency
deep energy retrofit
energy audit

File:

Download MS_Thesis-Tolga_Tutar.pdf

Committee Members:

David R Riley Ii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Narayanan, Udit

Title:

Investigation of Hydrologic Remote Sensing Techniques at Spring Creek, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Remote Sensing
Hydrology
Spring Creek
Thermal Imaging
Ground penetrating radar
Image processing
thermography.

File:

Download Thesis-UditNarayanan-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Srinivasan KariyaMaanikam, Varadhan

Title:

DISCRETE AND CYCLICAL FORCE PRODUCTION IN MULTI-FINGER PRESSING AND PREHENSION TASKS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Discrete
Cyclic
Finger
Force
Pressing
Prehension

File:

Download Varadhan_SKM_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Valderrama, Wladir

Title:

Effect of environmental factors on biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Listeria
Ecology
Niche
Fitness

File:

Download WBValderrama_Dissertation_2012_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Catherine Nettles Cutter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member
Nancy M Ostiguy, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member

Author:

Shang, Xia

Title:

Membrane Filtration and Polymer Coagulation for Water Reuse in Laundry Wastewater Treatment: from Bench Scale to Full Scale Operation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

water reuse
laundry wastewater
micro-filtration
cationic polymer
coagulation
RO fouling

File:

Download Thesis_Xia_Shang_0423.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Dempsey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Scott Cannon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Yazhou

Title:

DNA sequence analysis: new applications with high throughput sequencing and new methods in studying gene families and human haplogroups

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

DNA sequence analysis
DNA sequence analysis methods
DNA sequence analysis applications

File:

Download SunThesis3.pdf

Committee Members:

Hong Ma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Naomi S Altman, Special Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yanping

Title:

POPULATION DYNAMICS MODELING OF HETEROTYPIC CELL AGGREGATIONS AND RELATED PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Population dynamics
Bayesian framework
inverse problem
cell coagulation
cancer metastasis

File:

Download Ma_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheng Dong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheng Dong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member
Qiang Du; Cheng Dong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Yanxiang

Title:

Phase Field Modeling on Multicomponent Vesicle Adhesion and Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

phase field model
fusion process
adhesion
prefusion
postfusion

File:

Download Zhao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Jia, Zheng

Title:

Essays on Auctions and Remanufacturing Strategies

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

inventory management
auctions
auctioneers
remanufacturing

File:

Download Jia_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan H Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Terry Paul Harrison, Committee Member
Elena Katok, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Mei, Zhigang

Title:

First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3

File:

Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member