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Author:: Yan, Yan
Title:: A Thermal Hydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Pivoted Plane-Pad Thrust Bearings
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: thermal
hydrodynamic lubrication
pivoted slider bearing
File:: Download thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Zheng, Yuebing
Title:: Molecular active plasmonics: Harnessing molecular machines for nanophotonic applications
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: nanophotonics
plasmonics
active plasmonics
molecular plasmonics
surface plasmon
metal nanoparticles
artificial molecular machines
rotaxane
azobenzene
nanophotonics
File:: Download Yuebing_Zheng_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

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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:: violence
nonviolent delinquency
latent class analysis
adolescence
File:: Download Final_Master_Thesis_of_Yao.pdf
Committee Members:: Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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 Filter
Treated wastewater irrigation
Effluent irrigation
File:: Download Zachary_Larson_-_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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 cylin
upstream endwall fences
File:: Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Huang, ZhaoHui
Title:: MATERIALS DESIGN OF SUBSTRATES FOR GAS ADSORPTION AND STORAGE
Graduate Program:: Physics
Keywords:: hydrogen release kinetics
chemical hydrogen storage
metal aggregation
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

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Author:: Sang, Zi
Title:: A Numerical Analysis of the Shear Key Cracking Problem in Adjacent Box Beam Bridges
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: bearing pad
partial depth
full depth
grout
shear key
transverse post-tensioning
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Zi_Sang.pdf
Committee Members:: Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Wang, Zhenqi
Title:: LOCAL RIGIDITY OF PARTIALLY HYPERBOLIC ACTIONS
Graduate Program:: Mathematics
Keywords:: Partially hyperbolic actions
cocycle rigidity
File:: Download mythesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Anatole Katok, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anatole Katok, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Svetlana Katok, Committee Member
Nigel David Higson, Committee Member
Martin Bojowald, Committee Member

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Author:: Yu, Zhiping
Title:: EFFECTS OF OVARIAN HORMONES ON BINGE-TYPE EATING IN RATS
Graduate Program:: Nutrition
Keywords:: binge eating
estradiol
progesterone
rat
File:: Download completed_dissertation-ZY-4-9.pdf
Committee Members:: Rebecca L Corwin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebecca L Corwin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member
Erica Unger, Committee Member
Nori Geary, Committee Member

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Author:: Shi, Zi
Title:: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NON EXPRESSOR OF PR1 (NPR1) AND ITS PARALOG NPR3 IN THEOBROMA CACAO AND ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Graduate Program:: Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: Cacao
Arabidopsis
plant defense
NPR3
File:: Download Thesis_Zi_Shi.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark Guiltinan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siela Maximova, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member

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