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Author:

Saal, James Edward

Title:

Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Transformations and Defects: from Cobalt to Doped Cobaltate Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ceramics
thermodynamic modeling
defect chemistry
perovskites
CALPHAD
density functional theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive Randall, Committee Member
Jorge Sofo, Committee Member
Michael Carolan, Committee Member

Author:

Bittner, Jennifer Lee

Title:

Dynamic Representations in Visual Face Processing

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

face
vision
learning
dynamic systems
general recognition theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael J. Wenger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick O. Gilmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginal B. Adams, Committee Member
Frank E. Ritter, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Jian

Title:

A Tale of Two Paradigms: Disambiguating Extracted Entities with Applications to a Digital Library and the Web

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

entity resolution
cross document coreference
author name disambiguation
clustering
social network analysis

File:

Download JianHuang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

C. Lee Giles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member
Qi He, Committee Member

Author:

Jomaa, Lamis Hassan

Title:

Implementation of Local Wellness Policies in Pennsylvania School Districts: Student Involvement and Process Factors Associated with Positive Changes in the School Wellness Environment

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

student involvement
schools
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 200
local wellness policies
childhood obesity
nutrition education
physical activity
competitive foods and beverages

File:

Download Dissertation_7_14_LJomaa.pdf

Committee Members:

Claudia Probart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terryl Hartman, Committee Member
Katarzyna Kordas, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Liang

Title:

Error Corrections for Quantitative Thermal Neutron Computed Tomography

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

High Spatial Resolution
Quantitative Neutron Computed Tomography
Background Neutron Scattering Correction
Geometric Unsharpness
Cupping Artifacts
Water/Ice Mass Evaluation
Fuel Cell

File:

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Committee Members:

Professor Jack Brenizer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Professor Matthew Mench, Committee Member
Professor William Higgins, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Lu

Title:

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE REGIME SWITCHING COVARIANCE MODEL

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

dynamic covariance
state space model
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
bayesian analysis
stochastic volatility
time series analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

John Liechty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Timothy Simin, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Rigdon, Matthew Alden

Title:

Dual Time Scale Dynamic User Equilibria with Demand Growth: Formulation and a Convergent Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

dynamic user equilibrium
dynamic games
traffic equilibria
algorithm

File:

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Committee Members:

Terry Friesz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom Cavalier, Committee Member
Venky Shankar, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member

Author:

Feng, Yijia

Title:

Robust Nonparametric Function Estimation with Serially Correlated Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

autoregressive process
local linear regression
robust regression

File:

Download Yijia_Feng_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Damla Senturk, Committee Member
Dr. Fuqing Zhang, Committee Member
Dr. Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Bryan R.

Title:

Social Capital In the Marketplace: The Implications of Using Social Relationships for Consumption Purposes

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Social Capital
Marketing Relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Bill Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William T Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Member
Barbara Louise Gray, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Committee Member