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Author:

Yu, Shuai

Title:

A New Perspective of Understanding Compaction of Particulate Asphalt Mixtures: Mechanism and Automated Assessment

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Asphalt mixture
Particle rotation
Compaction mechanism
Artificial Intelligence
Sensing technology
Density prediction

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_ShuaiYu.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair
Tong Qiu, Major Field Member
Mansour Solaimanian, Major Field Member
Shihui Shen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Tang, Chao

Title:

The Active Influence of Taoism on German Literature at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Graduate Program:

German (PHD)

Keywords:

Taoism
German Orientalism
Image of China
Orientalism
German Modern Literature

File:

Download TANG_CHAO_Updated_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carrie Jackson, Program Head/Chair
Kathlene Baldanza, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bettina Brandt, Major Field Member
Daniel Purdy, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Beebee, Major Field Member

Author:

Ivanovic, Vasilije

Title:

Anthropocene Imaginaries. Science Fiction as Method for Ecological Reading

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature (PHD)

Keywords:

Anthropocene
Environmental Humanities
Environmental Literature
Science Fiction Studies

File:

Download Vasilije_Ivanovic_-_Dissertation_Final_Submission_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair
Eric Hayot, Major Field Member
Jonathan Abel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Purdy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shuang Shen, Major Field Member

Author:

Wu, Chenyan

Title:

Spatial, Temporal, and Morphological Perspectives: Advancing Understanding of Visual Data Depicting Humans

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Bodily Expressed Emotion Understanding
Human Pose Estimation
Human Orientation Estimation
Placenta

File:

Download Chenyan_Thesis_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

James Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Alison Gernand, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Major Field Member

Author:

Bennett, Spencer

Title:

Immersive Incarceration: Perspective-Taking Cues in 360-Degrees Videos to Enhance Empathy for Individuals Currently Incarcerated and Promote Prison Reform

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications (PHD)

Keywords:

virtual reality
360-degree videos
perspective taking
empathy
attitudes towards prisoners
prison reform

File:

Download PRE_AND_POST_TEST_FOR_ANALYSIS_as_of_1slash26_with_all_rev_codes.savDownload excel.xlsxDownload Spencer_McLain_Bennett_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Michael Schmierbach, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Oliver, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Myrick, Major Field Member

Author:

Tautkus, James

Title:

Poverty, Punctuated Equilibrium, and the Un-visionaires: Educational Change in Pennsylvania from 1790 to 1838

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy (PHD)

Keywords:

Common School Movement
Punctuated Equilibrium
educational change
Pennsylvania education
poverty and education

File:

Download final_submission_no_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Kelly, Outside Field Member
Dana Mitra, Major Field Member
David Gamson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Munn, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Khan, Md Fahim

Title:

Constraint Driven Multimodal Edge Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantization
Mixed Precision
Deep Learning
Online Learning
Quantization
Mixed Precision
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Online Learning
ReRAM
Crossbar
Energy Harvesting
Power Predictor
Depth Completion
Generative Adversarial Networks
GAN
Image Compression
Sensor Sampling
Sparse Depth
Multimodal Sensing
Sensor Fusion
Sensor Failure
Robustness

File:

Download PSUThesis_Faysal.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Hadi Hosseini, Outside Unit & Field Member
Siddharth Advani, Special Member

Author:

Jonas, Rebecca

Title:

Intra-Rural Digital Divides in Appalachia: Pathways for Digital Literacy and Inclusion

Graduate Program:

Informatics (PHD)

Keywords:

HCI
digital divides
rural America
Appalachia
digital skills
public libraries

File:

Download Jonas_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Susser, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Kelley Cotter, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Bigalke, Zach

Title:

Humming the Opponent's Anthem: Sporting Citizenships of Convenience and the Nuances of Nationality at the FIFA World Cup

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

soccer
football
FIFA
nationality
national identity
World Cup

File:

Download Bigalke_-_Humming_the_Opponents_Anthem.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mark Dyreson, Major Field Member
Jaime Schultz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michelle Sikes, Major Field Member
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias, Major Field Member
Jacob Lee, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Xiao, Yingtai

Title:

Optimizing Differentially Private Linear Gaussian Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Differential Privacy
Linear Query
Database
Optimization

File:

Download _Dissertation__Optimizing_Differentially_Private_Linear_Gaussian_Mechanisms.pdf

Committee Members:

John Sampson, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Aleksandra Slavkovic, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kiwan Maeng, Special Signatory
Kiwan Maeng, Major Field Member
Daniel Kifer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Danfeng Zhang, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member