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Author:

Moore, Amy JoAnna

Title:

Latino/as with Disabilities: Do gender and race influence vocational rehabilitation?

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

hispanic
latino
latina
disability
gender
race
vocation
rehabilitation

File:

Download RC_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Brandon Hunt (Thesis: Keith Wilson), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keith B Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lind, Amanda Blair

Title:

Modeling specular reflections and post boom noise to augment synthesized outdoor sonic boom signatures

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

synthesized sonic boom specular reflections terrai

File:

Download Lind_Thesis_Final_ETD_Uploaded.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barreto, Alejandro César

Title:

ASSOCIATION CONTROL IN VEHICULAR WIRELESS NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cross-layer interaction
vehicular ad-hoc networks
wireless networking

File:

Download Association_Control_in_Vehicular_Wireless_Networks.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guohong Cao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rau, Andrew Charles

Title:

Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools

File:

Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Colletti, Alexander E.

Title:

IGNITION PROCESSES AND FLAME SPREADING IN A GRANULAR SOLID PROPELLANT BED

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

granular bed
flame spreading
interior ballistics
solid propellant

File:

Download colletti_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kaintz, Anne Elizabeth

Title:

Mechanistic Studies in Water Splitting Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogen reduction catalysts
RDE
niobium electrodes
fabrication
homemade
UME
ultramicroelectrodes
photodeposition
degradation
hexaniobate nanoscrolls

File:

Download masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallouk/Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wray, Amanda Ellen

Title:

LIFE-LONG VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION HAS NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON TRABECULAR AND CORTICAL BONE OR BONE STIFFNESS

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

Bone
Vitamin A
VA
Mechanical Testing
Longitudinal
Murine
Trabecular
Cortical
Bone Mineral Density
BMD
Physiology

File:

Download Amanda_Wray_MS_Thesis_May_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

A Catharine Ross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Catharine Ross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Caporuscio, Abby

Title:

THE ROAD TO BROOK TROUT RECOVERY: CRAB-SHELL RESTORES ALKALINITY TO WATERSHEDS IMPACTED BY ACID DEPOSITION

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

acid deposition; acid rain; crab shell; chitin; br

File:

Download Caporuscio_MS_Thesis_Nov_30_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Butler, Allison Jane

Title:

A Case Study of Body Image and Aspirational Identity in Girlhood

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

body image
adolescence
tweens
pre-teens
girlhood
clothing
clothing styles

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Copy-Allison_Butler.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine M Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kramer, Angela J

Title:

Modeling the Behavior of the Dielectric Properties in Low Formation Voltage Electrolytic Tantalum Capacitors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electric field
Poole-Frenkel effect
specific charge
dielectric
tantalum pentoxide
tantalum
electrolytic capacitors
Schottky emission

File:

Download Kramer-Thesis-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choudhary, Abhinav Krishna

Title:

AUTOMATED CONCEPT GENERATION USING BRANCHED FUNCTIONAL MODELS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conceptual design
functional models
design tools
design repository

File:

Download Abhinav_thesis_07202010_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cari R Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barnette, Anna Lorraine

Title:

ADSORPTION ISOTHERM AND AVERAGE ORIENTATION OF ADSORBED ALCOHOL AND WATER LAYERS ON SiO2 IN AMBIENT CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

orientation
adsorption isotherm
water
alcohols

File:

Download Barnette_Final_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong H Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schwartzberg, Audrey L.

Title:

Practices and Perspectives in Farm Labor Management: A Qualitative Study of Small-Scale Growers in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

qualitative research
small farms
farm labor

File:

Download Schwartzberg_Final_Thesis_Nov22_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hyde, Amanda L.

Title:

Experimentally-manipulated achievement goal states regulate self-conscious emotional responses to feedback

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

motivation
pride
intraindividual
shame
achievement goals

File:

Download Hyde_thesis_11222010_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David E Conroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wisse, Ashley L

Title:

PROCESS-BASED POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION ON PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY RENEWAL PROJECTS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Sustainability
Design
Construction
Renewal Projects
Renovation
LEED
Policy Development
OPP

File:

Download Ashley_Wisse_Final_Thesis_07.2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bobuk, Aaron Michael

Title:

A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
product
family
trade studies
GVI
generational variety index
PFPF
product family penalty function
robot
robotic
ground
vehicle
ATSV
genetic algorithm
Simulink
Matlab
mathematical model
commonality
platform
optimization

File:

Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fields, Allison Michelle

Title:

THE ROLE OF THE POLLEN S-LOCUS F-BOX GENE IN S-RNASE-MEDIATED SELF- INCOMPATIBILITY IN PETUNIA INFLATA

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Petunia inflata
Self-incompatibility
PiSLF

File:

Download Fields_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Teh Hui Kao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Teh Hui Kao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jain, Avanti

Title:

A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCT FAMILY DISSECTION AND BENCHMARKING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Product Line Commonality Index (PCI)
Design Structure Matrix (DSM)
Bill of Materials (BOM)
Benchmarking
Dissection
Product Family
Generational Variety Index (GVI)
Market Segmentation Grid

File:

Download MS_thesis_IE_Avanti_.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lancos, Allison

Title:

ANALYSIS OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BEST PRACTICES THROUGH SIMULATION MODELING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

emergency department
simulation
best practices

File:

Download AllisonLancos_MastersThesis_12_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Valadez, Angela

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI SEROGROUPS O103, O91, O113, O145, O111, O157, AND O26 IN BEEF CARCASS SWABS, BEEF TRIM, AND GROUND BEEF

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

beef products
Escherichia coli O-antigen serogroups
Shiga toxins
detection

File:

Download Final_MS_thesis_Angela_Valadez_Penn_State_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor