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Author:

Smith, Sonny

Title:

Design, Analysis and Performance of an Ultra-wide S-band, Through-wall Noise Radar

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultra-wide Band
Noise Radar
Helical Antenna
Through-Wall Detection
Correlation
micro-Doppler
Human Activity Recognition

File:

Download 1-SonnySmith-Thesis.pdfDownload SonnySmith-Thesis__erratum_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Benjamin David

Title:

The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle

File:

Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Charles Allen

Title:

Optical Optimization of the Light and Carrier Collection Management Solar Cell Architecture

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

nanoscale device
numerical simulation
photovoltaic cell
silicon
thin films
light management
LCCM

File:

Download Charles_A._Smith_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Fonash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wook Jun Nam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Jared Brent

Title:

Functional Organization of Neural Circuits in Rodent Motor Cortex

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

motor cortex
claustrum
sensorimotor
whisker
neuroanatomical tracing
neurophysiology

File:

Download Jared_B_Smith_Doctoral_Dissertation_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Douglas Alloway, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph Norgren, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Uhnoh Kim, Special Member
Bruce Gluckman, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Lauren Ashley

Title:

Aboveground Carbon Distribution across a Temperate Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Aboveground net primary production
carbon budget
carbon distribution
temperate watershed
aboveground biomass
litterfall

File:

Download Smith_MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Tammy Buckley

Title:

Development of Business Standards for Improving Service Quality for Consumers with Disabilities within the U.S. Service Industry: A Modified Delphi Study

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Disability
Disabilities
Customer Service
Consumers
Standards
Best Practices
Quality
Americans with Disabilities Act

File:

Download TammySmithFinalDissertationSubmittedOctober252013.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Andrew Justin Mowen, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Maria C

Title:

Testing the Factor Structure of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) Parent Form Using a Mixed Clinical Sample of Youth

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

executive function
measurement
confirmatory factor analysis
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function

File:

Download FINAL_DRAFT_12_4_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Beverly Vandiver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Lynn Susan Liben, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Karen Elizabeth

Title:

Exogenous and Endogenous Sources of Organic Compounds on the Early Earth: Investigating Carbonaceous Meteorites and Plausibly Prebiotic Complex Mixtures by Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

analytical chemistry
meteorites
mass spectrometry
liquid chromatography
geochemistry

File:

Download Smith_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Lori A

Title:

Seasonal Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis and Brown Trout Salmo trutta in North Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
brown trout
movement
habitat use
genetics
spawning
winter

File:

Download 1-Smith_Lori_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Hiram L

Title:

Patterns of variable tense-aspect marking in Palenquero creole

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

creole languages
grammaticalization
Palenquero
San Basilio de Palenque
Spanish-based creoles
tense and aspect marking

File:

Download 2-Dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Lipski, Committee Member
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member