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Author:

Enomoto, Laura M

Title:

Impact of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Morality, Length of Stay, and Cost of Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Volume
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Mortality
Length of Stay
Cost

File:

Download Enomoto_Thesis_032414.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Hollenbeak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Niraj J Gusani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas L Leslie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meng, Peter Shun-long

Title:

Where's that smell? Trapping and sensory biology of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Trapping
pheromone
kairomone
plant volatile
invasive species
cerambycidae
sensilla
sensory biology
chemical ecology

File:

Download Meng_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kachingwe, Marsella Kashenya

Title:

Crustal structure in eastern and southern Africa with implications for secular variation in Precambrian crustal genesis

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal structure
eastern and southern africa
receiver functions

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kachingwe_r.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Armold, Derrick Michael

Title:

Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Swirl Inducing Grain Geometry And/or Energetic Additives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

swirl injection
3-D printing
regression rate
combustion efficiency
port modeling

File:

Download 1-Thesis_4-13-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Adi, Mohammad

Title:

Using Ants to Find Communities in Complex Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

ant-algorithms
complex-networks
community-detection

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Thang Nguyen Bui, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karal, Muhammed Akif

Title:

A Comparative Investigation Of Differences Between Special And General Education Teachers` Perception About Student With Autism In Educational Center Of Children With Autism (ocem)

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

Special Education
General Education
Special Education Teachers
Perceptions
Students with Autism
Autism
Ocem

File:

Download THESIS_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul J Riccomini, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butsick, Andrew Joseph

Title:

Modeling safety effects of geometric design consistency on two-lane rural roadways using mixed effects negative binomial regression

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geometric design consistency
SPFs
mixed effects negative binomial regression
Sites with Potential (SWiPs)

File:

Download Butsick_Andrew_J._-_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Samperi, Matthew T

Title:

Development of Design Guidelines for Metal Additive Manufacturing and Process Selection

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Design for Manufacturing
Process Selection
Rapid Prototyping

File:

Download Thesis-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay B Joshi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oz, Sinan

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS IN FAULTED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

artificial neural networks
hydraulic fracture
horizontal well
shale gas reservoir

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Sinan_OZ_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tsao, Leah Emily

Title:

Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Thiobacillus baregensis
Sulfuricurvum kujiense
sulfuric acid speleogenesis
Frasassi Caves

File:

Download Tsao2014_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor