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Author:: Nicholas, Jennifer Mary
Title:: The Employability Narratives of Liberal Arts Undergraduates: A Grounded Theory Study
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: empoyability
liberal arts
narrative
File:: Download jennifer_nicholas_dissertation_finalApril2017.pdf
Committee Members:: David Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Threeton, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Outside Member

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Author:: Gobert, Christian J
Title:: ONLINE DISCONTINUITY DETECTION IN METALLIC POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES USING VISUAL INSPECTION SENSORS AND SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Additive Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Powder Bed Fusion
Flaw Detection
Image Processing
File:: Download Gobert_Thesis-2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Edward Reutzel, Committee Member
Guha Manogharan, Committee Member
Jan Petrich, Committee Member

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Author:: Mueser, Ashlyn S
Title:: RELATIONSHIP OF PLATELET ADHESION WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: PVAD
Platelet Adhesion
Surface Topography
Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device
File:: Download Grad_Thesis_Ashlyn_Mueser.pdf
Committee Members:: Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Siedlecki, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member

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Author:: Snyder, Ashley H
Title:: THE IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND COSTS AMONG PRIVATELY INSURED WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Public Health Sciences
Keywords:: Affordable Care Act (ACA)
out-of-pocket cost
cost-sharing
intrauterine device (IUD)
contraception
long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC)
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Ashley_Snyder_FINAL__revised_.pdf
Committee Members:: Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, MSc, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Mirkin, Katelin A
Title:: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches Offer Earlier Time to Adjuvant Chemotherapy but Not Improved Survival in Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Graduate Program:: Public Health Sciences
Keywords:: MIS
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
File:: Download PS-Mirkin-Thesis_3_23_17.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Douglas Leslie, Committee Member

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Author:: Roemer, Michael Richard
Title:: Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Statistical Classifiers for the Detection and Classification of Control Valve Blockages
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: neural network
fuzzy logic
statistical classifier
condition-based maintenance
cbm
support vector machines
discriminant analysis
k-nearest-neighbor
vibration
diagnostics
rotary valve
process control valve
control valve
blockage
valve blockage
File:: Download Roemer_ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Grijalva, Ashley Nichole
Title:: P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: seismology
crust
mantle
east african rift zone
velocity
tomography
rift
File:: Download Grijalva_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member

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Author:: Mao, Zhangming
Title:: Acoustophoresis and fluid dynamics in surface acoustic wave-based acoustofluidics
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: Acoustophoresis
Acoustofluidics
Fluid dynamics
Surface acoustic wave
File:: Download Zhangming_Mao_PhD_Dissertation_F.pdf
Committee Members:: Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R. Tittmann, Committee Member
Corina Drapaca, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member
Tony Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cai, Yuzhe
Title:: PREDICTION OF BOUNDARY-DOMINATED FLOW FOR LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS USING EARLY-TRANSIENT DATA
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: unconventional gas
shale gas
tight gas
linear flow;
well performance
File:: Download Thesis_YUZHE.pdf
Committee Members:: Luis F. Ayala H., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Johnson, Benjamin Norman
Title:: Understanding Dimensions and Types of Borderline Personality Disorder Through Factor Mixture Modeling
Graduate Program:: Psychology
Keywords:: latent variable modeling
factor analysis
latent class analysis
assessment
diagnosis
File:: Download BNJOHNSON_THESIS_FINAL_4_3_17.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N. Hallquist, Committee Member
James M. LeBreton, Committee Member

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