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1051. MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE

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Open Access
Author:
Prakash, Keerti
Title:
MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

1052. OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION

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Open Access
Author:
Fortiz, Victoria
Title:
OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
OAE2; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoclimate; Paleoceanography
File:
Download VF_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy J. Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Michael A. Arthur, Committee Member

1053. Understanding Lithium Plating in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Exploring Mitigation Strategies by Self-Heating

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Open Access
Author:
Marple, Daniel Robert
Title:
Understanding Lithium Plating in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Exploring Mitigation Strategies by Self-Heating
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Lithium ion battery
lithium plating
self-heating
low temperature
cycle life
pulse heating
large-format battery
File:
Download Marple_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

1055. EXPLORING NOVEL GLASS MICROFABRICATION TECHNIQUES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Chenchen
Title:
EXPLORING NOVEL GLASS MICROFABRICATION TECHNIQUES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
glass etching
on-chip glass microspherical shell
WGM resonator
glass microbubble ensulation
File:
Download Ph.D_thesis_Chenchen_Zhang_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Weihua Guan, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

1056. Contagious Texts Embodied: Melancholy Hermeneutics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Literature

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Open Access
Author:
Bubash, Connie Kathleen
Title:
Contagious Texts Embodied: Melancholy Hermeneutics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
melancholy
contagion
self-help book
embodiment
the passions
medieval literature
early modern literature
Sidney
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Gower
therapeutic reading
vernacular medical treatise
File:
Download Bubash_Complete_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert R. Edwards, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Cheney, Committee Member
Mary Floyd-Wilson, Committee Member
Bradford Bouley, Outside Member

1057. On Beauty and Ambivalence: The Complexity of Aesthetic Experience

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Author:
Nuckols, Lauren Elizabeth
Title:
On Beauty and Ambivalence: The Complexity of Aesthetic Experience
Graduate Program:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Semiotics
Aesthetics
Beauty
Ambivalence
Ethics
Justice
Peirce
Pragmatism
Psychoanalytic Theory
File:
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Committee Members:
Vincent Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Colapietro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Anne Carver Rose, Outside Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

1058. Understanding Family and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Risk for Internalizing and Externalizing in Adolescents: A Person-Centered Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Mcdonald, Ashley
Title:
Understanding Family and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Risk for Internalizing and Externalizing in Adolescents: A Person-Centered Approach
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
socioeconomic disadvantage
adolescents
internalizing
externalizing
File:
Download McDonald_Thesis_FINAL_Dec.pdf
Committee Members:
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Committee Member

1059. CITRATE-BASED BIOMATERIALS FOR NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING AND BRAIN DRUG DELIVERY

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Gloria Bora
Title:
CITRATE-BASED BIOMATERIALS FOR NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING AND BRAIN DRUG DELIVERY
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
citric acid
biomaterials
nerve tissue engineering
brain cancer
drug delivery
File:
Download Thesis-final_eTD_upload.pdf
Committee Members:
Jian Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheng Dong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Outside Member

1060. Coarse Woody Debris in Riparian Corridors of Central Pennsylvania: How Abundance, Characteristics, and Dynamics Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance

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Open Access
Author:
Gould, Timothy Walker
Title:
Coarse Woody Debris in Riparian Corridors of Central Pennsylvania: How Abundance, Characteristics, and Dynamics Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
ecology
coarse woody debris
riparian
disturbance
habitat quality
File:
Download TWG_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Michael Quinn Nassry, Committee Member

1062. A New Metric to Predict Listener Envelopment Based On Spherical Microphone Array Measurements and Higher Order Ambisonic Reproductions

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Open Access
Author:
Dick, David Avi
Title:
A New Metric to Predict Listener Envelopment Based On Spherical Microphone Array Measurements and Higher Order Ambisonic Reproductions
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
Concert hall acoustics
Architectural acoustics
Ambisonics
Spherical microphone array
Loudspeaker array
Listener envelopment
File:
Download Dave_Dick_-_Dissertation_-_Dec_2017.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Outside Member
Bill Rabinowitz, Special Member

1063. Discovery of endogenous plant small RNAs and their role in trans-species gene regulation

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Open Access
Author:
Shahid, Saima
Title:
Discovery of endogenous plant small RNAs and their role in trans-species gene regulation
Graduate Program:
Plant Biology
Keywords:
miRNA
siRNA
plant small RNAs
Amborella
Physcomitrella
Triphysaria
Cuscuta
Parasitic plants
trans-species gene regulation
File:
Download Dissertation_Saima_Shahid_final_111717.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Axtell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Axtell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Outside Member

1064. TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNAS AND COMPONENTS USING ARTIFICIALLY ENGINEERED MATERIALS AND METASURFACES

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Open Access
Author:
Pandey, Shaileshachandra V
Title:
TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNAS AND COMPONENTS USING ARTIFICIALLY ENGINEERED MATERIALS AND METASURFACES
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
FSS
Artificial Engineered material
Lens
Variable phase-shifter
Space-qualifiable Lens
Metal-only Reflectarray
Dielectric-only Reflectarray
DaD Lens
Dual-band Metal-only reflectarray
File:
Download Final_Thesis_SP.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ram Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Jim Breakall, Committee Member
Dr. MICHAEL T LANAGAN, Committee Member
Dr. MICHAEL T LANAGAN, Outside Member

1067. Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade

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Open Access
Author:
Chittlangia, Vedant Rajiv
Title:
Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
turbulence
high FST
OpenFOAM
C3X
turbine blade
heat transfer
low reynolds number model
Launder Sharma model
diffusion
File:
Download Chittlangia_Vedant_MasterThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1068. Reasoning motivated by prejudice as a determinant of top-down influences on the face-processing system: An unexplored channel leading to outgroup bias

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Author:
Garrido, Carlos Oswaldo
Title:
Reasoning motivated by prejudice as a determinant of top-down influences on the face-processing system: An unexplored channel leading to outgroup bias
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
top-down influences
face-processing
cross-group impressions
visual perception
prejudice
stereotyping
categorization
File:
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Committee Members:
Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald B. Adams, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie A. Shields, Committee Member
Jose A. Soto, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member

1069. Electron Microscopy and Analytical Spectroscopy of Silicon and Germanium Metalattices

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Open Access
Author:
Yu, Shih Ying
Title:
Electron Microscopy and Analytical Spectroscopy of Silicon and Germanium Metalattices
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
3D artificial lattices
Inverse opal
Ordered nanostructures
Silicon
Germanium
Metalattice
Transmission electron microscopy
Electron energy loss spectroscopy
Electron tomography
Quantum confinement
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_ShihYingYu_Finalv5.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanne E. Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E. Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V. Badding, Committee Member
Chris Giebink, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Outside Member

1070. The Evolution of the Legal Relationship between Penn State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Moran, Peter L
Title:
The Evolution of the Legal Relationship between Penn State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
higher education
governance
legal
File:
Download Moran_Dissert_1116_2017_1.pdf
Committee Members:
Neal Hutchens, Special Member
Dorothy Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Loomis, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Hopsicker, Outside Member

1071. Swift/UVOT Observations of Star Formation and Dust Attenuation in both Local and High Redshift Galaxies

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Open Access
Author:
Hagen, Lea May
Title:
Swift/UVOT Observations of Star Formation and Dust Attenuation in both Local and High Redshift Galaxies
Graduate Program:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:
star formation
dust
Swift
ultraviolet
UVOT
galaxies
astronomy
Small Magellanic Cloud
M33
M31
File:
Download Lea_Hagen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Hiram Siegel, Committee Member
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Member
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Outside Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member

1072. A Study in Lyman-alpha

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Open Access
Author:
Hagen, Alex Richard
Title:
A Study in Lyman-alpha
Graduate Program:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:
Astronomy
Astrophysics
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Bruce Ciardullo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caryl Ann Gronwall, Committee Member
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Committee Member
Donald P Schneider, Outside Member

1075. CARBONATE DISSOLUTION IN POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIA

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Open Access
Author:
Wen, Hang
Title:
CARBONATE DISSOLUTION IN POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIA
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Upscaling
Mineral dissolution kinetics
Chemical weathering
Heterogeneous media
Reactive transport
Carbonate
File:
Download PhDdissertation_HangWen.pdf
Committee Members:
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member

1076. MORE THAN JUST MONEY: HOW THE BAIL PROCESS CREATES UNINTENDED RACIAL DISPARITY

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Open Access
Author:
Hanrath, Lily Savannah
Title:
MORE THAN JUST MONEY: HOW THE BAIL PROCESS CREATES UNINTENDED RACIAL DISPARITY
Graduate Program:
Criminology
Keywords:
Bail
Focal Concerns
Race
Pennsylvania
Judges
Disparity
File:
Download Hanrath_Lily_Final_Thesis_Formatting_11.28.2017.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric P Baumer, Committee Member
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member

1077. States of Insensibility: The Uncommon Sense of Perceptual Disorders in Antebellum Literature and Medicine

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Open Access
Author:
Vallee, Eric James
Title:
States of Insensibility: The Uncommon Sense of Perceptual Disorders in Antebellum Literature and Medicine
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
American Literature
African American Literature
Disability Studies
Literature and Science
History of Medicine
Insensibility
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Martin Delany
Oliver Wendell Holmes
File:
Download States_of_Insensibility_Dissertation_Vallee_Final_Format_Review_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carla Mulford Conklin, Committee Member
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member

1079. HIDDEN RNA CODES REVEALED FROM THE PLANT IN VIVO RNA STRUCTUROME

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Author:
Tang, Yin
Title:
HIDDEN RNA CODES REVEALED FROM THE PLANT IN VIVO RNA STRUCTUROME
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
RNA structure
Arabidopsis thaliana
oryza sativa
high-throughput sequencing
File:

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Committee Members:
Sarah M. Assmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah M. Assmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Anton Nekrutenko, Committee Member
Yu Zhang, Outside Member

1080. FIGHTING FOR AN ORGANIZATION’S HEART: SELF-TRANSCENDENCE VALUES, MORAL EMOTIONS, AND COLLECTIVE VOICE

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Open Access
Author:
Bishop, Derron Gary
Title:
FIGHTING FOR AN ORGANIZATION’S HEART: SELF-TRANSCENDENCE VALUES, MORAL EMOTIONS, AND COLLECTIVE VOICE
Graduate Program:
Business Administration
Keywords:
self-transcendence values
moral pride
moral elevation
gratitude
voice
collective action
grounded theory
self-transcendence values
moral pride
moral elevation
gratitude
voice
collective action
grounded theory
File:
Download Dissertation_v19.pdf
Committee Members:
Linda Klebe Treviño, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Klebe Treviño, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis A. Gioia, Committee Member
Glen E. Kreiner, Committee Member
Margaret (Meg) Meloy, Outside Member