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5. A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

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Author:
Isaacson, Aaron
Title:
A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing
File:
Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. INTEGRAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT AND CHARGE EXTRACTION BY LINEARLY INCREASING VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CARRIER MOBILITY

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Author:
Berger, Alan
Title:
INTEGRAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT AND CHARGE EXTRACTION BY LINEARLY INCREASING VOLTAGE TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CARRIER MOBILITY
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
organic solar cell
charge carrier mobility
CELIV
time-of-flight
nanocrystal hybrid solar cell
File:
Download ABerger_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. A Composite-Based Retro-Prediction Method for Jet Contrail Outbreaks Over the United States

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Author:
Silva, Armand Daniel
Title:
A Composite-Based Retro-Prediction Method for Jet Contrail Outbreaks Over the United States
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
contrails
regionalization
retro-prediction
upper troposphere
aviation
climate diagnostics
synoptic climatology
File:
Download Silva_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Mark Carleton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Mark Carleton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. A Cartesian Immersed Boundary Method Study of Damaged and Undamaged Airfoil Performance

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Author:
Goss, Adam
Title:
A Cartesian Immersed Boundary Method Study of Damaged and Undamaged Airfoil Performance
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Performance
Damaged Airfoil
Survivability
Immersed Boundary
Cartesian
Computational Aerodynamics
File:
Download GossMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR NEUTRON TRANSPORT ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS USING CUDA

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Author:
Nelson, Adam Gregory
Title:
MONTE CARLO METHODS FOR NEUTRON TRANSPORT ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS USING CUDA
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
gpu
neutron transport
gp-gpu
monte carlo
cuda
File:
Download Adam_Gregory_Nelson_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Mutual Regulation of Parent-Infant Dyadic Interactions: Synchrony, Flexibility, and Relations with Contextual Factors

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Author:
Bass , Anneliese J.
Title:
Mutual Regulation of Parent-Infant Dyadic Interactions: Synchrony, Flexibility, and Relations with Contextual Factors
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
dyadic interactions
parent
infant
synchrony
flexibility
File:
Download AJB_Masters_Final_09.pdf
Committee Members:
Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF ERGOTHIONEINE FROM MUSHROOMS AND THE ACUTE EFFECTS ON ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN HUMAN PARTICIPANTS

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Author:
Weigand, AuBrei Jayne
Title:
THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF ERGOTHIONEINE FROM MUSHROOMS AND THE ACUTE EFFECTS ON ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN HUMAN PARTICIPANTS
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
Bioavalilability
Mushrooms
Ergothioneine
File:
Download 12409_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Bruce Beelman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Bruce Beelman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM TO ANALYZE THE INTERRELATIONSHIP AMONG FIVE ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND DRILLING OF EXTENDED REACH AND COMPLEX WELLS

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Author:
Agbaji, Armstrong Lee
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALGORITHM TO ANALYZE THE INTERRELATIONSHIP AMONG FIVE ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND DRILLING OF EXTENDED REACH AND COMPLEX WELLS
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Extended Reach Drilling
File:
Download Final_Thesis..ARMSTRONG_LEE_AGBAJI.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert William Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert William Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System

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Author:
Greenstein, Adam Lawrence
Title:
Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
driver
behavior
adaptation
safety
roadway departure
crash
File:
Download Adam_Greenstein_PSU_MS_Thesis_-_Civil_Engineering_-_Fall_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Geographies of Learning: Place, Space, and Embodied Experience in Higher Education Field Courses

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Author:
Israel, Andrei Leon
Title:
Geographies of Learning: Place, Space, and Embodied Experience in Higher Education Field Courses
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
fieldwork
geography education
service-learning
place-based education
geography of knowledge
David Livingstone
File:
Download A_Israel_Masters_Thesis_8-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. ENHANCING FLAVOR: UTILIZING HERBS AND SPICES TO PROMOTE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION AMONG CHILDREN

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Author:
Wight, Andrea Lynne
Title:
ENHANCING FLAVOR: UTILIZING HERBS AND SPICES TO PROMOTE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION AMONG CHILDREN
Graduate Program:
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management
Keywords:
herbs and spices
child fruit and vegetable consumption
dips
File:
Download Thesis-Draft_12-8_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Peter Lawrence Bordi Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Lawrence Bordi Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. QUANTIFYING FOREST FIRE ENHANCEMENT OF THE FREE TROPOSPHERIC OZONE COLUMN DURING THE IONS-04, IONS-06, AND ARC-IONS CAMPAIGNS

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Author:
Luzik, Alaina Marie
Title:
QUANTIFYING FOREST FIRE ENHANCEMENT OF THE FREE TROPOSPHERIC OZONE COLUMN DURING THE IONS-04, IONS-06, AND ARC-IONS CAMPAIGNS
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
tropospheric ozone
forest fires
forest fire smoke
laminar identification
File:
Download AlainaLuzik_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Anne Mee Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Mee Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient

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Author:
Scanlan, Andrew Michael
Title:
Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
Diatom Assemblages
Alterante Stable State Hypothesis
Productivity Threshold
File:
Download Scanlan_Thesis_12-9-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. Performance degradation of P3HT:PCBM Polymer/fullerene photovoltaic cells under gamma irradiation

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Author:
Todd, Aaron M
Title:
Performance degradation of P3HT:PCBM Polymer/fullerene photovoltaic cells under gamma irradiation
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
solar cells
gamma irradiation
CELIV
radiation damage
File:
Download Masters-AT.pdf
Committee Members:
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O Awadelkarim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. PFFTC: An Improved Fast Fourier Transform for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine

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Author:
Shaffer, Andrew Paul
Title:
PFFTC: An Improved Fast Fourier Transform for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Cell Broadband Engine
High Performance Computing
Fast Fourier Transform
File:
Download PFFTC_An_Improved_Fast_Fourier_Transform_for_the_IBM_Cell_Broadband_Engine.pdf
Committee Members:
Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. Quantitative Radiographic Investigation of Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Connections

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Author:
Adams, Andrew Ryan
Title:
Quantitative Radiographic Investigation of Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Connections
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
radiography
beam theory
strain
dowel type fastener
wood connection
digital image processing
x-ray
edge extraction
differentiation of discrete data
File:
Download Andrew_Adams_CE_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. BDI Plan Update In Dynamic Environments

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Author:
Fecteau, Anthony Roman
Title:
BDI Plan Update In Dynamic Environments
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
plan abort
plan fail
plan update
multi agent systems
intelligent agents
artificial intelligence
r-cast
BDI
plan task execution
plan step execution
update dispatcher
File:
Download anthonyfecteau.pdf
Committee Members:
John Yen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Mullen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wang Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

31. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA

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Author:
Lashaway, Aubrey Rain
Title:
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
rejuvenation
Lake Erie
hypoxia
diatom
File:
Download Aubrey_Lashaway_Thesis_4-24-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. A GPU based implementation of Center Surround Distribution Distance Algorithm for Feature Recognition

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Author:
Rathi, Aditi
Title:
A GPU based implementation of Center Surround Distribution Distance Algorithm for Feature Recognition
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
HPC
Acceleration
CUDA
CSDD
GPU
File:
Download Aditi_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. Risk and Protective Effects of Sibling Relationships Among African American Adolescents: The Role of Familism Values and Birth Order

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Author:
Solmeyer, Anna Ruth
Title:
Risk and Protective Effects of Sibling Relationships Among African American Adolescents: The Role of Familism Values and Birth Order
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
familism values
African Amiercans
risk and protective effects
sibling relations
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Feinberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Homeschool Geographies: A Case Study of Educational Infrastructure in Virginia

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Author:
Avery-Grubel, Amy S
Title:
Homeschool Geographies: A Case Study of Educational Infrastructure in Virginia
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
space-time mapping
homeschool infrastructure
educational restructur-ing
school choice
homeschooling
educational geography
Social Network Analysis
File:
Download Avery_HS_Geogs_July24.pdf
Committee Members:
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

38. Twentieth Century Vegetation Changes and Wildlife Habitat Suitability in the Eagle Lake Ranger District, Lassen National Forest, California, USA

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Author:
Naito, Adam Takashi
Title:
Twentieth Century Vegetation Changes and Wildlife Habitat Suitability in the Eagle Lake Ranger District, Lassen National Forest, California, USA
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Pine Siskin
Northern Goshawk
northeastern California
Lassen National Forest
California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system
wildlife habitat suitability
vegetation change
Olive-sided Flycatcher
California Spotted Owl
American marten
Fisher
File:
Download NaitoAT_MSThesis_May09.pdf
Committee Members:
Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. Modeling the CO2 Footprint of the U.S. Coal Mining Industry and the Potential Economic Costs of CO2 Legislation

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Author:
Aziz, AbdulMajeed
Title:
Modeling the CO2 Footprint of the U.S. Coal Mining Industry and the Potential Economic Costs of CO2 Legislation
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
cost
legislation
coal
mining
CO2
footprint
File:
Download Aziz_MSc_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Vladislav Kecojevic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Vladislav Kecojevic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor