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Author:

Tan, Ryan

Title:

Manipulating Game Design Elements To Explore The Influence Of Difficulty On Videogame Experiences

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

videogame
difficulty
dynamic difficulty adjustment
flow
enjoyment
meaningfulness
feedback
game design

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Schmierbach, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Oliver, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Major Field Member
Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Yubo Kou, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Zexi

Title:

Improvements on the Electrochemical and Pulsed Electrochemical Machining Processes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electrochemical Machining
Pulsed Electrochemical Machining

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Outside Unit Member
Saurabh Basu, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Ed De Meter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Outside Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhou, Shuai

Title:

Environmental Migration in the United States: A Spatio-temporal Perspective, 1970-2020

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

environmental variability
environmental migration
spatio-temporal
multilevel method
United States

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Committee Members:

Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ashton Verdery, Outside Unit & Field Member
Guangqing Chi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Randell, Major Field Member
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

Author:

Rahman, Amatur

Title:

Compression Algorithms for de Bruijn Graphs and Uncovering Hidden Assembly Artifacts

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

de Bruijn graph
compression
k-mer set
colored de Bruijn graph
assembly
unitig
unitig algorithm
assembly artifact
bidirected de Bruijn graph
palindromic unitig

File:

Download psu_phd_amatur.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
David Koslicki, Major Field Member
Paul Medvedev, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mingfu Shao, Major Field Member

Author:

Elmasri, Zeinab

Title:

Investigating Alphavirus-Induced Membrane Modulations During Virus Assembly and Egress

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Alphavirus
RNA viruses
membrane modifications
cytoskeleton
viral ion channels
viral replication
viral assembly

File:

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Committee Members:

Lorraine Santy, Major Field Member
Anthony Schmitt, Outside Unit & Field Member
Melissa Rolls, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

O'Donnell, Ryan

Title:

Mental Operationalization in Visual Search

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

visual attention
visual search
selection history
bayesian inference
visual working memory
operationalization

File:

Download odonnell_dissertation_vRevision_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Collins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bradley Wyble, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Carlson, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wen, Tong

Title:

Effects of Air Pollution on Blood Pressure and Sickle Cell Disease

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

Air pollution
Particulate matter
Nitrogen dioxide
Elemental Carbon
Traffic-related air pollution
Blood pressure
Sickle cell disease

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Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Lan Kong, Outside Field Member
Donghyun Rim, Outside Unit Member
Jeffrey Yanosky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Duanping Liao, Major Field Member

Author:

Huston, Macy

Title:

Needles in the Milky Way Haystack: Searching for Dim Stars, Distant Planets, and Extraterrestrial Technology

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)

Keywords:

astronomy
astrophysics
seti
technosignatures
stars
planets
brown dwarfs
microlensing

File:

Download Thesis__4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ian Czekala, Major Field Member
Sarah Shandera, Outside Unit & Field Member
Caryl Gronwall, Major Field Member
Randy McEntaffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jason Wright, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Luhman, Major Field Member

Author:

Featherston, Emily

Title:

Biochemical and structural factors governing metal selectivity in lanthanide-binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Lanthanide
Rare earth element
Protein
Protein structure
Luminescence

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Committee Members:

Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Scott Lindner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amie Boal, Major Field Member

Author:

Mulligan, Ashley

Title:

Wordsworth's Sacrificial Poetics: Rhetoric and Self-Formation, 1791-1801

Graduate Program:

English (PHD)

Keywords:

William Wordsworth
Romanticism
Poetry
Rhetoric

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Committee Members:

Daniel Purdy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cheryl Glenn, Major Field Member
Robert Edwards, Major Field Member
Mark Stewart Morrisson, Program Head/Chair
Claire Colebrook, Chair & Dissertation Advisor