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22. Phase field model for the nucleation in solid state phase transformations: Theories, Algorithms and Applications

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Author:
Zhang, Lei
Title:
Phase field model for the nucleation in solid state phase transformations: Theories, Algorithms and Applications
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
Phase field
nucleation
critical nucleus
solid state
File:
Download Lei-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member

24. FLOW DYNAMICS AND SCALAR MIXING OF TRANSVERSE JETS INTO CROSSFLOWS

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Liwei
Title:
FLOW DYNAMICS AND SCALAR MIXING OF TRANSVERSE JETS INTO CROSSFLOWS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
large eddy simulation
jet in crossflow
turbulent mixing
jet stability
external excitations
supersonic flow
File:
Download LiweiZhang_PhDthesis_2011.pdf
Committee Members:
Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

25. ANGEL: A HYBRID CONTENT-BASED FILTERING TOOL FOR PROTECTING TEENS’ SAFETY IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK

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Author:
Zhang, Lei
Title:
ANGEL: A HYBRID CONTENT-BASED FILTERING TOOL FOR PROTECTING TEENS’ SAFETY IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Teens　
Social network
Filtering
Machine Learning
File:
Download Theis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Knifer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. INTERCOMPARISON AND COUPLING OF ENSEMBLE-BASED AND VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SCHEMES

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Author:
Zhang, Meng
Title:
INTERCOMPARISON AND COUPLING OF ENSEMBLE-BASED AND VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION SCHEMES
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Data assimilation
EnKF
4DVar
Hybrid
File:
Download Meng_thesis_PSU_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Chris Snyder, Committee Member

27. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CORN SILAGE-MAKING SYSTEM WITH SHREDDING

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Author:
Zhang, Min
Title:
DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A CORN SILAGE-MAKING SYSTEM WITH SHREDDING
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
DAFOSYM.
roll speed
kernel processing
Corn silage
particle length
corrugated rolls
harvester
roll clearance
grain digestibility
dairy cow nutrition
system simulation
shredding
stover digestibility
File:
Download dissertation_minzhang.pdf
Committee Members:
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Committee Member
C Alan Rotz, Committee Member
Dr Dennis R Buckmaster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

28. Brands all a Twitter: The influences of Twitter on brands and consumers

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Author:
Zhang, Mimi
Title:
Brands all a Twitter: The influences of Twitter on brands and consumers
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
online word-of-mouth
tweet analysis
social media
Twitter
File:
Download MimiZhangDissertationFile.pdf
Committee Members:
Bernard James Jansen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard James Jansen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Shawn Clark, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Abdur Chowdhury, Committee Member

30. THEORY OF ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: NOVEL GROUP-IV MATERIALS AND REAL SPACE METHODS

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Peihong
Title:
THEORY OF ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: NOVEL GROUP-IV MATERIALS AND REAL SPACE METHODS
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
multigrid
finite element methods
Electronic structure
real-space methods
carbon nanotubes
ab initio
band structure
semiconductor
planewave
pseudopotential
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member

31. Understanding the long-term survival of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and its application in cancer immunotherapy through a modeling approach

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Author:
Zhang, Ranran
Title:
Understanding the long-term survival of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and its application in cancer immunotherapy through a modeling approach
Graduate Program:
Molecular Medicine
Keywords:
cytotoxic T lymphocytes
signaling network
large granular lymphocyte leukemia
cancer immunotherapy
dynamic model
File:
Download Thesis_ZhangR_Jul_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Paul Loughran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
"Thomas P Loughran, Jr", Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member

32. Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change

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Author:
Zhang, Rui
Title:
Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change
Graduate Program:
Biology
Keywords:
Carduus acanthoides
biological invasion
climate change
warming
disturbance
Carduus nutans
File:
Download Rui_Zhang_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

33. GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF PARTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHT IN DIPLOID POTATO

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Author:
Zhang, Ruofang
Title:
GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF PARTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHT IN DIPLOID POTATO
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
Potato
Early blight
Resistance
QTL mapping
File:
Download ZhangRDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Barbara Jane Christ, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Ayers, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Kathleen Haynes, Committee Member

34. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLID-STATE SINTERING OF METAL POWDER COMPACT DOMINATED BY GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION

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Author:
Zhang, Rui
Title:
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLID-STATE SINTERING OF METAL POWDER COMPACT DOMINATED BY GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
sintering simulation
finite element method
viscoelasticity
stainless steel 316L
metallography
File:
Download RuiZhang-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Renata S Engel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randall M German, Committee Member
Nicholas John Salamon, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

37. BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS WITH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING

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Author:
Zhang, Shihai
Title:
BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS WITH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
broadband dielectric spectroscopy
miscible polymer blends
hydrogen bonding
segmental relaxation
secondary relaxation
dynamic heterogeneity
concentration fluctuations
glass transition temperature
high pressure
File:
Download ThesisShihaiZhang1111.pdf
Committee Members:
James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

38. THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS

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Author:
Zhang, Shengjun
Title:
THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Mg alloys
High temperature embrittlement
alkali metal impurities
Al alloys
first-principles
Thermodynamics
File:
Download Zhang-Thesis-04.pdfDownload Corrected_Title_Page_S_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

39. PERCEIVED GAINS IN CRITICAL THINKING OF ONLINE LEARNERS: EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

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Author:
Zhang, Tao
Title:
PERCEIVED GAINS IN CRITICAL THINKING OF ONLINE LEARNERS: EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
critical thinking
structural equation model
online learning
motivation
learning strategies
survey research
File:
Download ETD_taozhang.pdf
Committee Members:
James Fredericks Volkwein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Colbeck, Committee Member
Lisa Lattuca, Committee Member
Rana Arnold, Committee Member