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Author:

Sengupta, Agnimitra

Title:

Evaluating the Reliability of Automatically Generated Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Surrogates

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

traffic safety
transportation engineering
vulnerable road user
pedestrian safety
bicycle safety
machine learning
statistical modeling
imbalanced data
surrogate safety measures
traffic conflict analysis
Bayesian optimization

File:

Download PSU_MS_Agnimitra_Sengupta.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash V. Gayah, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Xianbiao Hu, Committee Member

Author:

Cramer, Madeline

Title:

Defining a Taxonomy for Construction Digital Twin Use Cases

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Construction
Digital Twin
Technology
Cyber-Physical System

File:

Download Cramer_Final_GradEdits.pdf

Committee Members:

John Messner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Rob Leicht, Committee Member

Author:

Walter, Natalie

Title:

Mycelium-Based Composites as Acoustic Architectural Components

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Biodesign
Biofabrication
Mycelium-Based Composites
Sound Absorption Materials
Shape Grammars
Acoustic Simulation

File:

Download Natalie_Walter_MS_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andrew Pecchia, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Nathan Brown, Committee Member
Rahman Azari, Committee Member

Author:

Gupta, Shantanu

Title:

Predicting Driver's Takeover Decisions in a Conditionally Automated Vehicle with Gaze Based Deep Learning Architectures

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Conditionally Automated Vehicles
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Situational Awareness
Takeover Performance

File:

Download Shantanu_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yiqi Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vittaldas V Prabhu, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhuang, John

Title:

An Exploratory Study of the Information Security Behavior of Gamers

Graduate Program:

Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations (MS)

Keywords:

security behavior
video games
protection motivation theory
cybersecurity
gamers

File:

Download Zhuang_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Yubo Kou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ting Wang, Committee Member
Edward Glantz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Xinning Gui, Committee Member
Michael Keith Hills, Special Signatory

Author:

Bello, Nicholas

Title:

Comparative Review Of 3D Printed Walls and the Methods Used by Companies in the Industry

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Concrete
Structural Analysis
Thermal Analysis

File:

Download Nick_Bello_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Yuqing Hu, Committee Member

Author:

White, Keith

Title:

Comparative Studies of α- & δ- Plutonium Allotropes & Plutonium Oxidation Mechanisms by Photoemission Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

XPS
photoemission
surface science
plutonium
surface
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Auger
f-electron
actinide
oxide

File:

Download KWhite-MS-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Amanda M. Johnsen, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cunningham, Devin Marie

Title:

EFFECTS OF AN EXTRUDED FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENT ON PLASMA HAPTOGLOBIN, NON-ESTERIFIED FATTY ACIDS, BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE, AND COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT IN TRANSITION DAIRY COWS AND HEIFERS

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

Dairy
Omega-3
Immune
Health
Inflammation
Flaxseed
Energy Balance
Nutrition

File:

Download Cunningham_Devin_Thesis_Final_Copy_4.1.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Adele Marie Turzillo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bolotsky, Adam

Title:

Development and Application of a Novel Organic Crystal for Reagent-Free, In-Situ Electrochemical Sensing of Bacterial Viability

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Biosensor
Bacterial viability
Electrochemical sensor
Redox-active
Organic crystal
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing
Reagent-free
Metabolic activity

File:

Download Adam_Bolotsky_s_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Morteza Kayyalha, Committee Member
Larry Cheng, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

La Salle, Richard

Title:

Advanced Shape Memory Metal-Matrix Composites: Relating Nano-fiber Reinforcement Structure to Bulk Composite Shape Memory Properties

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

NiTiNb
Shape memory alloy
Martensitic phase transformation
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Pre-strain deformation
Deformation Processing
Microstructure Characterization
Thermo-mechanical Characterization
Stress-induced Martensite

File:

Download LaSalle_MS_Thesis_May2021_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Richard Gordon, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member