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Author:

Zhang, Yu

Title:

discrete distribution clustering in big data and a method for storm prediction leveraging large historical archives

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

discrete distribution
clustering
parallel computing
image annotation
protein clustering
storm prediction

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jia Li, Committee Member
C Lee Giles, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member

Author:

Qvarnstrom, Marie Yvonne

Title:

The Impact of Societal Changes and Attitudes on the Maintenance and Shift of Pennsylvania German among the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN
LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE
SHIFT
ATTITUDE
SOCIOECONOMIC
SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGES / LANCASTER COUNTY

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Committee_Copy_Sept._14_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member

Author:

Gordin, Mikhail

Title:

Surface Control in Pursuit of Next-generation Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

battery
energy storage
lithium-ion
lithium-sulfur
sodium-ion
electrolyte
solid-electrolyte interphase
surface analysis

File:

Download Mikhail_L_Gordin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Gultekin, Pelin

Title:

An Integrated Process Model And Decision Support System For Energy Efficient Retrofits

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Efficiency
Retrofits
Decision Support System
Construction Management

File:

Download Gultekin_PhD_Text_combined.pdf

Committee Members:

Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Michael Leicht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Special Member

Author:

Trail, Jessica Brooke

Title:

Dynamic Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data: New Models, Statistical Procedures, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

intensive longitudinal data
dynamic systems
time-varying effects

File:

Download JessicaTrailDissertation3.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Marie Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Fricks, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

O'hora, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Understanding the Role of Organizational Culture in Organizational Change: The Case of the Patient-centered Medical Home Implementation

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Organizational culture
Organizational Change
Patient-Centered Medical Home

File:

Download OHora_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Mittler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Rogers Clark, Committee Member
Susan Diane Brannon, Committee Member
Linda K Trevino, Committee Member

Author:

Sikarwar, Nidhi

Title:

The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.

File:

Download Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Nawaz, Ahmad Ahsan

Title:

Development Of An Acoustofluidic Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (facs)

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Microfluidic flow cytometry
3D focusing
cell sorter
hydrodynamic
aerosol free sorting.

File:

Download Thesis_-_A_A_Nawaz.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Mccauley Rench, Rebecca Louise

Title:

Metabolic Potential and Diversity of the Microbial Communities in a Sulfidic Cave System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Frasassi cave system
Astrobiology
Geomicrobiology
Beggiatoa
rope-like biofilms

File:

Download McCauleyRenchDissertation_final_v1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Li

Title:

Gallium Nitride-based Electronic and Optoelectronic devices

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

gallium nitride
schottky barrier diodes
high electron mobility transistors
light emitting diodes

File:

Download Li_Wang_phd_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member