421. RELIABLE CONTROL AND ONLINE MONITORING DESIGN FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH IRIS DEMONSTRATION Open Access Author: Guo, Yin Title: RELIABLE CONTROL AND ONLINE MONITORING DESIGN FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH IRIS DEMONSTRATION Graduate Program: Nuclear Engineering Keywords: Reliable ControlOnline MonitoringIRISDissipation File: Download Yin_Guo_yxg141_MS_Thesis_NucE_Final.pdf Committee Members: Robert M Edwards, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorRobert M Edwards, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
422. COMPREHENSION OF SCIENTIFIC TEXTS DURING READING: THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND TEXT STRUCTURE Open Access Author: Lin, Yu-Chu Title: COMPREHENSION OF SCIENTIFIC TEXTS DURING READING: THE EFFECTS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND TEXT STRUCTURE Graduate Program: Educational Psychology Keywords: refutationreading comprehensionmisconception File: Download master_thesis_yuchu_lin_11_18_11.pdf Committee Members: Bonnie J Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBonnie J Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
423. CARBON ADDITION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: MODEL INVERSION OF A NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM SVALBARD Open Access Author: Cui, Ying Title: CARBON ADDITION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: MODEL INVERSION OF A NEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM SVALBARD Graduate Program: Geosciences Keywords: earth system modelPaleocene-Eocene thermal maximumä13Corgcarbonate dissolution File: Download MS_Thesis_Ying_Cui_final.pdf Committee Members: Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
424. A Thermal Hydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Pivoted Plane-Pad Thrust Bearings Open Access Author: Yan, Yan Title: A Thermal Hydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Pivoted Plane-Pad Thrust Bearings Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: thermalhydrodynamic lubricationpivoted slider bearing File: Download thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorLiming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
425. Identifying and Understanding Patterns of Nonviolent Delinquency and Violence from Adolescence to Young Adulthood using Latent Class Analysis Open Access Author: Zheng, Yao Title: Identifying and Understanding Patterns of Nonviolent Delinquency and Violence from Adolescence to Young Adulthood using Latent Class Analysis Graduate Program: Human Development and Family Studies Keywords: violencenonviolent delinquencylatent class analysisadolescence File: Download Final_Master_Thesis_of_Yao.pdf Committee Members: Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
426. Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter Open Access Author: Larson, Zachary Marcus Title: Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter Graduate Program: Soil Science Keywords: Living FilterTreated wastewater irrigationEffluent irrigation File: Download Zachary_Larson_-_MS_thesis.pdf Committee Members: John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
427. COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW Open Access Author: Gokce, Zeki Ozgur Title: COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: horseshoe vortex formation around a vertical cylinupstream endwall fences File: Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorCengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
428. A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges Open Access Author: Sang, Zi Title: A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges Graduate Program: Civil Engineering Keywords: bearing padpartial depthfull depthgroutshear keytransverse post-tensioning File: Download MS_Thesis_Zi_Sang.pdf Committee Members: Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMaria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
429. DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS Open Access Author: Zhang, Zheqian Title: DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: multifunctional transducersPZTpiezoelectricMEMS File: Download DESIGN_FABRICATION_AND_CHARACTERIZATION_OF_MICROMACHINED_PIEZOELECTRIC_T-BEAM_TRANSDUCERS.pdf Committee Members: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorChristopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSrinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDonghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
430. BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LASER FIRED CONTACT Open Access Author: Hua, Zhenyan Title: BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LASER FIRED CONTACT Graduate Program: Electrical Engineering Keywords: Diffractive Beam SplitterDiffractiveDiffractive Optical ElementDBSDOELaser Fired ContactLFCMicroOpticsMicrolens ArrayMicrolensSilicon Solar Cell File: Download MS_Thesis_v.03_040910.pdf Committee Members: Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorTimothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor