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Author:

Coelho, Chason Joseph

Title:

Constraint Hierarchies for Human Reaching

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

human motor control
cognitive psychology
biomechanics
action selection
handedness
end-state comfort

File:

Download Coelho_Dissertation_Thesis_SP_13__Final__5-30-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Nikki Lynn

Title:

Personality as a Moderator of Cognitive Stimulation Outcomes in Older Adults at High Risk for Cognitive Decline

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

dementia
delirium
personality
moderators
cognitive interventions

File:

Download Hill_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ann Marie Kolanowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna Marie Fick, Committee Member
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Member
Rita Jablonski, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Li

Title:

Life Cycle Assessment and Emergy Analysis in Biomass CHP Environmental Accounting

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Life Cycle Assessment
LCA
Emergy Analysis
Environmental Accounting
Uncertainty Analysis
Sensitivity Analysis
Correlation

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles David Ray Sr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Ray Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judd Harrison Michael, Committee Member
Michael Gerard Messina, Committee Member
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member

Author:

Walden, Justin Andrew

Title:

A Networked Work-life: A Study of Employee Use of Intranet Media and Organizational Communication

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Interactive technology
social media
intranets
organizational communication
public relations

File:

Download Walden_diss_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Hoag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Special Member

Author:

Vakhshouri, Kiarash

Title:

Charge Transport through Inhomogeneous Polymeric Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Charge mobility
X-ray diffraction
Intracrystalline
Intercrystalline
Crystallinity
Morphology
Structure
Miscibility

File:

Download Kiarash_Vakhshouri_PhD_Thesis_2013-07-08.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Special Member

Author:

Wurzbacher, Sarah Jean

Title:

Late-successional oak forest characterization to guide landscape diversification practices in central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

late-succession
old growth
structural complexity enhancement
canopy gap
oak forests
diversification
landscape diversity

File:

Download Wurzbacher_MSThesis_LSOak_PA.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Courty, Olivier Fabrice

Title:

Hydrogen distribution in Zircaloy under a temperature gradient: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Materials
Cladding
Zirconium
Hydrogen
Diffusion
Precipitation
X-Ray
Diffraction
simulation
finite element

File:

Download Olivier_Thesis_vf2.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nordberg, Samuel Schieffelin

Title:

Modeling Heterogeneity In Students Seeking College Counseling

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Latent Profile Modeling
Predicting Psychotherapy Outcomes
College Student Mental Health

File:

Download Dissertation.Final_Formatted_7.03.13.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Benjamin D Locke, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Hongsong

Title:

Three Essays on Firm Productivity in Industrial Organization and International Trade

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

heterogeneous productivity
industrial organization
international trade
import

File:

Download HZhang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Paul L E Grieco, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member

Author:

Ayer, Steve Kenneth

Title:

Sustainability education of engineering students using augmented reality and simulation games

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

ecoCampus
Situated Learning Theory
Augmented Reality
Simulation Games
Engineering Education
Sustainability

File:

Download Ayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Messner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin William Houser, Committee Member
Brian A Orland, Committee Member