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Author:

Jaramillo, Roman

Title:

Thermodynamic Modeling of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Separations: Applications in Method Development and Analyte Identification

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

GCxGC
thermodynamic indices
retention indices
method development
gas chromatography
analytical chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Dorman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Dorman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sperrazza, Tyler

Title:

Defiant: African American Legal and Cultural Responses to Northern White Supremacy, 1865-1915

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

African American
History
Theater
Civil Rights
Legal History
Public Accommodations
Black Actors
Post-bellum
Pre-Harlem
Reconstruction
Gilded Age
Progressive Era

File:

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Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amira Rose Davis, Committee Member
Greg Eghigian, Committee Member
William J Doan, Outside Member
Shirley Moody, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shirley Moody, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Edward Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jairam, Ashley Esther

Title:

Attending to Uncertainty in the Design and Implementation of DGE Tasks to Engage Mathematics Students in Productive Struggle

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Productive Struggle
Uncertainty
Dynamic Geometry Environment
Secondary Mathematics
Mathematical Tasks

File:

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Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Committee Member
Susan Mary Land, Committee Member
Mihran Papikian, Outside Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bell, Kayla

Title:

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Contextual Variables as Predictors of Future College Adjustment and Alcohol Abuse Among First-Year Students

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

ACES
college
adjustment
alcohol
College
Adjustment
Alcohol

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cristin Marie Hall, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Member
Chad Edward Shenk, Outside Member
James Clyde Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Jamie

Title:

A conversation analytic study on what makes students talk: Mobilizing student responses in classroom interaction

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

conversation analysis
student participation
teacher questions
classroom interaction
response mobilization
classroom discourse

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Committee Members:

Joan Kelly Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Daniel Looney, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khubulashvili, Robizon

Title:

Essays on Behavioral Market Design and Applied Microeconomic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Online gaming
online Gambling
Heterogeneity
Belief updating
R&D collaboration
win-stoppers
loss-stoppers

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ran I Shorrer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Edward Schurter, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shin, Ki Eun

Title:

Dynamics of symptom relations in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder: Time-series network analysis approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Anxiety
Depression
Comorbidity
Network analysis

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Outside Member
Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hargrave, Katharine Michelle

Title:

Lyric Tragedy and Libretto Print Culture in Early Modern France

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies

Keywords:

17th and 18th Century
Lyrics
Material culture
Opera
French literature
Performance studies

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Committee Members:

Jean-Claude Vuillemin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Claude Vuillemin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Member
Willa Zahava Silverman, Committee Member
Marica Susan Tacconi, Outside Member
Pierre Saby, Special Member
Benedicte Marie-Christine Monicat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Turcotte, Nathaniel

Title:

Intimate Data In-The-Moment: Embodied Collaborative Pedagogical Encounters of Golf Instructors with Data

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Small data
collaborative teaching and learning
Embodiment

File:

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Committee Members:

Tyler S Hollett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler S Hollett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Simon Richard Hooper, Committee Member
Craig A. Campbell, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Kissling, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mongilio, Jessica

Title:

Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Delinquent Behavior

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

TBI
adolescent delinquency
early-life risk
head injury
criminology

File:

Download JessicaMongilio_MAThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Staff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela K Wilcox, Committee Member
Diana Fishbein, Committee Member
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agarwal, Ankit

Title:

Evaluation of a Commercially Available Visual-Inertial Odometry Solution for Indoor Navigation

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

computer vision
vision based navigation
slam
autonomy

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tang, Xianfeng

Title:

Modeling Spatiotemporality for Multivariate Time Series in Urban Applications

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Machine learning
Data mining
Time series
Spatial-temporal
Smart city

File:

Download Xianfeng_Tang_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suhang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Choi, Inhyuk

Title:

Essays on Temporary Employment

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Temporary Employment
Human Capital
On-the-job Training

File:

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Committee Members:

Russell Wade Cooper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marc Albert Henry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marc Albert Henry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael David Gechter, Committee Member
Mark David Gough, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Conlin, Jeff Dean

Title:

Pig Tales: Strategic Use of Discrete Emotions, Characters and Advocacy Frames in Narrative Persuasion

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

narrative persuasion
discrete emotions
feral pigs
science communication

File:

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Committee Members:

Lee A Ahern, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gall Myrick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member
Christofer J Skurka, Outside Member
James Dillard, Committee Member
Lee A Ahern, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Ford Risley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hernandez, Erik Liet

Title:

EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION IN POST-WORLD WAR II AND THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TYPE 2 DIABETES MORBIDITY DECOMPOSING CHANGE FOR COHORTS BORN BETWEEN 1935-1954

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Education Expansion
Diabetes
Morbidity
Cohort Analysis
Decomposition
Demography
Chronic Disease

File:

Download Full_Text_Dissertation_20200522.pdf

Committee Members:

David P Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David P Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
Maryellen Schaub, Outside Member
John D Iceland, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnson, Brandon

Title:

Remembering Jimmy Carter: The Rhetorical Evocations of Presidential Memories

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

presidential rhetoric
memory
jimmy carter
collective memory
character
iran hostage crisis
U.S. presidency

File:

Download Brandon_Johnson_Final_MA_Thesis_Submission_Remembering_Jimmy_Carter_The_Rhetorical_Evocations_of_Presidential_Memories.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Stuckey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Michael Steudeman, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hahn, Seung Ho

Title:

Atomistic-simulations of Silicate Glasses: Surface Water Reaction and Mechanochemical Wear Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Silicate Glass
Glass Surface
Mechanochemical Wear
Water Reaction

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_Final_SeungHoHAHN.pdf

Committee Members:

Adri C.T. van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri C.T. van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H. Kim, Committee Member
M. Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Susan B. Sinnott, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Chixiang

Title:

Statistical Models for Recovering Dynamic Gene Networks from Static Data

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

The Genotype-Tissue Expression
Disease progression
Network learning
Ordinary differential equations
Quasi-dynamic network

File:

Download CCX_Penn_State_University_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rongling Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rongling Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Member
Joanna Floros, Outside Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Xiang Zhan, Committee Member
Arthur Steven Berg, Program Head/Chair
Ming Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Raup, Matthew

Title:

A Phenomenological Study of the Influence of Teambuilding Activities on Employee Engagement

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

engagement
phenomenology
teambuilding
case study
social exchange theory

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kinsley, Jamie

Title:

The Garden in the Machine: Homesteading, Local Foodways, and Agriculture in York, Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Foodways
Homesteading
agriculture
environmentalism
folklore
food
garden
gardening
vegetables
crops
ethnography
libertarian
communitarian
self-sufficient
York County
Pennsylvania
community gardens
food desert
farm
farmers
chicken
plants
small-scale farming
industrialization
urbanization

File:

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Committee Members:

John Rogers Haddad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deal, Jack

Title:

Modeling the Dynamics of Elk Subfamily Ion Channels for Physiological Modulation

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Elk
Voltage-gated ion channels
Potassium channels
Drosophila melanogaster
Xenopus
Kinetic model
Fluorescent Microscopy
Ankyrin
Axon Initial Segment
Boltzmann
Heme

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Naibin

Title:

Essays on the Economics of the Motion Picture Industry

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Bayesian Learning
Product Quality
Product Reviews
Advertising
Motion Picture Industry
Expert Reviews
Cultural Effect
Product Characteristics

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter William Newberry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter William Newberry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul L E Grieco, Committee Member
Christopher Parker, Outside Member
Mark John Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Murry, Special Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gong, Xi

Title:

Machining Behavior and Material Properties in Additive Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V Parts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Ti-6Al-4V
PSP Linkages
Machine Learning
Microstructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Demeter, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Saurabh Basu, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pan, Yunqi

Title:

association between marital status and mental health among pregnant women in the united states

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

marital status
mental health
pregnant women
risk factors
BRFSS

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas L Leslie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Wang, Committee Member
Guodong Liu, Committee Member
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Arnold, Andrew Joseph

Title:

The Effects of Interface and Surface Charge on Two Dimensional Transistors for Neuromorphic, Radiation, and Doping Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

2D Materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Neuromorphic Computing
Synaptic Device
Radiation Hardness
Surface Charge Transfer Doping
Contact Resistance

File:

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Committee Members:

Saptarshi Das, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Member
Rongming Chu, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Mitchell, Lucas

Title:

Metabolism of Recently Weaned Dairy Calves Utilizing Various Forage and Fiber Feeding Systems

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

Weaned calf
forage
digestibility
growth

File:

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Committee Members:

Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arlyn Judson Heinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tara Louise Felix, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Marvin H Hall, Outside Member
Terry D Etherton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cundiff, Kelsey Lynn

Title:

Reassessing the 1990’s Crime Drop: An Individual Level Approach

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Crime Trends
Longitudinal data analysis

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Committee Members:

Eric P Baumer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric P Baumer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Committee Member
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
Jennifer Lianne Maggs, Outside Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Masters, Samuel Edward

Title:

SOFT TISSUE MOTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN LOCOMOTION DYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Biomechanics
Running
Walking
Joint Kinetics
Joint Moments
Soft Tissue Motion
Stability

File:

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Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yang, Xiao

Title:

Use Boolean Network to Model and Control Within- and Between-Person Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

psychological dynamics
boolean network
network control
emotion regulation
group process

File:

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Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Committee Member
Rachel A. Smith, Outside Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Zhiyuan

Title:

Essays on Innovation and Productivity

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Financial constraints
R&D investment
Total factor productivity (TFP)
Patents
Costs-benefits analysis
Patent surge
China
Patent subsidy
FDI

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Eaton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingting Fan, Committee Member
James R. Tybout, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Eaton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Ma, Ning

Title:

Understanding Ride-Sharing in On-Demand Platforms: Stakes, Dependency, and Sharing

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Sharing
Gig Work
On-demand Platforms
Uber
Stakeholder
Algorithmic Management

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John M Carroll, Committee Member
Daniel Susser, Committee Member
Michael Maffie, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shi, Chao

Title:

Eye-Tracking and Situation Awareness Predicting the Malfunctions in Dynamic Control Tasks with a Mathematical Model for Different Age Groups and Interactive Devices

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Eye-tracking
Mathematical Modeling
Human Factors

File:

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Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ling Rothrock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sandbulte, Jade

Title:

Invisible Sojourners: Second Language Socialization among International Spouses

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

second language socialization
second language acquisition
social network analysis
international spouses
identity
investment

File:

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Jon Litzenberg, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Garai, Sumita

Title:

Endomorphism rings of reductions of Drinfeld modules

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Drinfeld module
Endomorphism ring

File:

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Committee Members:

Mihran Papikian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mihran Papikian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kirsten Eisentraeger, Committee Member
Yuriy G Zarkhin, Committee Member
Martin Furer, Outside Member
Mark Levi, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Jinwen

Title:

essays on educational investment and outcomes

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Parental investment
Child development
Low-stakes exam
College admission

File:

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Committee Members:

Kala Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kala Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Cooper, Committee Member
Keisuke Hirano, Committee Member
Katerina Bodovski, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Panza, Michael

Title:

Mental Health Promotion: The Active and Passive Role of Youth Sport

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

youth sport
mental health
meta-analysis
intervention
systematic review

File:

Download Panza_MastersThesis_July7.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Blair Evans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jen Putnam Agans, Committee Member
Melissa Jean Bopp, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sandbulte, Jomara Mota

Title:

Design and Evaluation of Intergenerational Health Collaboration System within the Family

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human-Computer Interaction
Health Informatics
Design Reseacrh

File:

Download PSU_Final_Dissertation_Sandbulte.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Saeed M Abdullah, Committee Member
Matthew Samuel Kaplan, Outside Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walton, Rebecca

Title:

Direct Writing Crystallographic Orientations to Tailor Properties of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric ceramics
additive manufacturing
direct writing
rheology
dispersion

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yazdandoost Hamedani, Erfan

Title:

Primal-Dual Methods for Saddle-Point Problems with Applications to Decentralized Constrained Convex Optimization

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

saddle-point problem
primal-dual algorithm
decentralized optimization
convex optimization
time-varying network

File:

Download Dissertation_Manuscript_Erfan.pdf

Committee Members:

Necdet S Aybat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Galloway-Long, Hilary Susan

Title:

Ahead of the (ROC) Curve: A Statistical Approach to Utilizing ex-Gaussian Parameters of Reaction Time in Diagnosing ADHD Across Three Developmental Periods

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
neuropsychology
processing speed
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves

File:

Download Galloway-Long_Dissertation_6-12-2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Torres-Cacoullos, Anna

Title:

Writing with Cinema: Facing the Screen and Page in Modernist Spain (1920-1930)

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Spanish Avant-Garde
Cinema
Modernism

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Committee Members:

Nicolas L Fernandez-Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicolas L Fernandez-Medina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew J Marr, Committee Member
Maria Rosa Truglio, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member
Susan Larson, Special Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnson, Nadia

Title:

Obsidian Exchange and Pioneer Farming in the Formative Period Teotihuacan Valley

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Obsidian
exchange
erosion
archaeology
Mesoamerica
Early Formative
Teotihuacan

File:

Download NEJ_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Gale Hirth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Mariano Capriles Flores, Committee Member
Kirk Dow French, Committee Member
Larry James Gorenflo, Outside Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jalilzadeh, Afrooz

Title:

Variance-reduced First-Order Methods for Convex Stochastic Optimization and Monotone Stochastic Variational Inequality Problems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Stochastic Optimization
Convex Optimization
Stochastic Approximation
Nonsmooth Optimization
Stochastic Variational Inequality

File:

Download Afrooz_Jalilzadeh_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vinayak V Shanbhag, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Outside Member
Ling Rothrock, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Coleman, Kathleen Patricia

Title:

Influences of Stress on the Performance of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
thin film
ferroelectric
PZT
stress
electromechanical

File:

Download KColeman_PhDThesis_August2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
Raul Bermejo, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Tiankai

Title:

Mechanics of cell-substrate interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

cell-substrate interaction
traction force
focal adhesion
myosin motor
thermodynamics
phase-field model
finite elements method

File:

Download Tiankai_Zhao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christian Peco, Committee Member
Spencer Szczesny, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agarwal, Amal

Title:

Statistical Network Modeling and its Applications in Complex Large-Scale Systems

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Clustering
Environmental studies
Exponential-family random graphical model
Variational Inference
Dynamic Network
Weighted Network
Pollution Detection

File:

Download Amal-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Committee Member
Xiang Zhan, Outside Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Imani, Farhad

Title:

Sensor-based Modeling and Analysis of Advanced Manufacturing Systems for Quality Improvements

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence
Smart Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Process Monitoring and Control
Quality Control

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Farhad_Imani.pdf

Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hui Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dowgwillo, Emily Ann

Title:

Within Person Covariation of Narcissistic Grandiosity and Vulnerability in Daily Life and the Construct Validity of the Super Brief-Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Narcissism
Covariation
Ecological Momentary Assessment

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Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Abboud, Hafsa Abubaker

Title:

Experimental Studies on the Phase Behavior of an Alcohol-Surfactant Mixture at Varying Conditions of Temperature, Water to Oil Ratio, Cosolvent and Pressure

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

EOR
Surfactant
Microemulsion
Pressure
WOR

File:

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Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Harris, Alexandre

Title:

Improved methods for detecting, quantifying, and classifying genetic diversity in natural populations

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Unbiased estimator
Haplotype
Multilocus genotype
Selective sweep
Maximum likelihood
Soft sweep

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael DeGiorgio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George H Perry, Committee Member
Michael DeGiorgio, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Medvedev, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Christine

Title:

Quality of Coparenting and Infant-mother Attachment: The Mediating Role of Maternal Emotional Availability

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

coparenting
parenting
attachment
transition to parenthood

File:

Download PSU_thesis_6.27.20.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Michael Teti, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steffany Fredman, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Chau Lam

Title:

The role of asymmetric rainband processes in secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

tropical cyclone
secondary eyewall formation
hurricane
atmospheric dynamics

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Ashley Nichol Patterson, Outside Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stimpson, Shannon

Title:

A History of Wartime College English Instruction in the United States, 1941-1945

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

World War II
WWII
scholarly journals
functional literacy
composition history
college English
English teaching
military English

File:

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Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stuart Selber, Committee Member
Debra Hawhee, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member
John L Selzer, Committee Member
David Andrew Loewenstein, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Choi, Gihoon

Title:

MICROFLUIDIC MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR DETECTION OF MALARIA TOWARDS ELIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Point-of-care
Malaria
Resistive pulse sensor
time-division multiple access
multiplexed
Nucleic acid tests
Lab-on-a-disc
Microfluidics
cell deformability
parasitemia quantification
Deformability-activated sorting
time-division multiple access

File:

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Committee Members:

Weihua Guan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Weihua Guan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aida Ebrahimi, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sloan, Carlie

Title:

Utilizing Daily Diary Methods to Test Sensitization to Interparental Conflict

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Sensitization
Interparental Conflict
Conflict Appraisals
Adolescents

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cho, Sinhae

Title:

Motivating Engagement with Social Justice Issues through Compassion Training: A Multi-Method Randomized Controlled Trial

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Compassion Meditation
Empathy
Randomized Controlled Trial
Psychophysiology
Social Resources
Social Justice
Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge and Threat

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
Robert William Roeser, Outside Member
Robert William Roeser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peets, Jerrica

Title:

Coaches’ as Gatekeepers: An Exploration of the mental health literacy of Black male youth football coaches

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

mental health literacy
Black Men
African American Men
Coaches
Sport

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Justin Mowen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Justin Mowen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jen Putnam Agans, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Patreese Donette Ingram, Outside Member
Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Hung Li

Title:

Characterization of microbial dynamics and volatile metabolome changes during fermentation of Chambourcin grapes in two Pennsylvania regions

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Wine
Microbiome
Volatile compound
HS-SPME-GC-MS
Chambourcin

File:

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Committee Members:

Josephine Wee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Darrell William Cockburn, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sun, Yu

Title:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ARCHIVES: CHALLENGES TO DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

Archive
American Sociological Association
History
Partnership
Collaboration
Archives
University Partnership

File:

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Committee Members:

David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Alan M Sica, Outside Member
Leticia Oseguera, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pham, Holly

Title:

Investigation of the Pathway from Interpersonal Stress to Internalizing Problems: Potential Roles of Pubertal Timing and HPA Stress Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

interpersonal stress
pubertal timing
sex difference
HPA stress reactivity
cortisol
adolescence

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Lorah D Dorn, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Doniel, Meghan E

Title:

Direct and Indirect Effects of Early Adverse Childhood Experiences on School Adjustment across Elementary School

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Adverse childhood experiences
Student-teacher relationships
Internalizing problems
School connectedness
Intrinsic motivation to learn

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Ann Buss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Janet Agnes Welsh, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schaffer, Jacob Eric

Title:

Lateralization of Central and Peripheral Influences on Bimanual Coordination

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Motor Control
Handedness
Brain Lateralization
Bimanual Coordination

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Committee Member
Meghan Vidt, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Islam, Md Zahabul

Title:

Multi-stimuli Effects on Thin Films and Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Structure-property
External stimuli
Nanoscale
Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Additive manufacturing
Electron wind force
Two-dimensional materials
Crystallinity
In-situ transmission electron microscope
Advanced manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Daudi Rigenda Waryoba, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Salam, Sajjad

Title:

Cyclic Behavior of Fine Coal Refuse and Seismic Stability of Coal Tailings Dams

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic behavior
coal tailings
liquefaction
physical modeling
PM4Silt
seismic stability
stochastic modeling
aging
strain history

File:

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Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hayes, Lindsay

Title:

Hybrid Networks Of Practice: How Online Spaces Extend Faith-Based Communities Of Practice

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Communities of Practice
Hybrid Networks of Practice
Faith
Christian Communities
Christian
Christian Education
Virtual Communities
Online learning
Hybrid Learning
Learning
Learning theories

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Mary Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mary Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tyler S Hollett, Committee Member
Diandra Janelle Prescod, Committee Member
Annemarie Mingo, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lafreniere, Lucas S

Title:

Upregulating Positive Emotion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the SkillJoy Ecological Momentary Intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

generalized anxiety disorder
savoring
positive valence systems
ecological momentary interventions
worry
cognitive-behavioral therapy
self-monitoring
generalized anxiety disorder
savoring
positive valence systems
ecological momentary interventions
positive emotion
worry
cognitive-behavioral therapy
self-monitoring
ecological momentary assessment

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ho, Chien Hsiu

Title:

INVESTGATION OF BEAMED-MICROWAVE PLASMA GENERATION IN SUPERSONIC FLOW

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Propulsion
Beamed Energy Propulsion
Plasma

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Higgins, Molly

Title:

Learned liking and discrimination of perceptually distinct bitter stimuli

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

bitter taste
psychophysics
personality measures
associative learning
food preference
individual differences

File:

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Committee Members:

John Hayes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Hayes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Outside Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dietrich, Nicholas

Title:

Getting Away With Murder: Information & Accountability in Human Rights

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Human Rights
International Relations
Quantitative Methods
Political Violence
Media
Politics

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas William Lemke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bumba Mukherjee, Committee Member
Christopher Zorn, Committee Member
Carleen Maitland, Outside Member
Christopher Fariss, Special Member
Lee Ann Banaszak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Van Buskirk, Amanda

Title:

Estimating The Effects Of Changes In Harvest Management On White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileous Virginianus) Populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

white-tailed deer
rose-petal hypothesis
population estimation
resource selection function
distance sampling
agent-based model
population model
localized management
Odocoileous Virginianus

File:

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Committee Members:

Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Miller, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mondal, Sudeepta

Title:

Probabilistic Machine Learning for Advanced Engineering Design Optimization and Diagnostics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Machine learning
Combustion
Additive Manufacturing
Multi-Fidelity Modeling
Anomaly Detection

File:

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Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amrita Basak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Special Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Amrita Basak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Yin

Title:

Phase-Field Study of Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Vanadium Dioxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field method
Metal-insulator transition
Strongly correlated material

File:

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Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Olimov, Farhod

Title:

Essays on Empirical Industrial Organization

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Dynamic Pricing
Dynamic Competition
Differentiated and Perishable Goods
Oblivious Equilibrium
Peer-to-peer Platforms
Airbnb
Demand Estimation

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark John Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Edward Schurter, Committee Member
Paul L E Grieco, Committee Member
Brent William Ambrose, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hanna, Rewais

Title:

A Novel NIRS Protocol For Within- and Between-Limb Comparison of Lower Limb Muscle Mitochondrial Capacity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

NIRS
mitochondrial capacity
orthopedics

File:

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Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giampietro Luciano Vairo, Committee Member
Stephen Piazza, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Noh, Jiho

Title:

Topological Photonics in 3D Photonic Structures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Photonics
Higher-Order Topological Insulators
Weyl Points

File:

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Committee Members:

Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Cuizu Chang, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Newman, Kaitlyn Jeanette

Title:

Ethics in the Aftermath: Rethinking Post-Genocide Representations and Remembrance with Lyotard and Levinas

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Levinas
Lyotard
genocide
representation

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Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Claire Mary Colebrook, Outside Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Andersen, Karlin

Title:

Evangelical Erasure?: Digital Communications Technology and the Memory of Rachel Held Evans

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

Rachel Held Evans
evangelical Christianity
digital religion
public memory
digital memory
digital communications technology
evangelical media

File:

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Committee Members:

James Ford Risley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Robert Parsons, Committee Member
Matthew Frank Jordan, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chien, Wen Yu

Title:

Stereo-camera Occupancy Grid Mapping

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

3D occupancy grid mapping
stereo camera
RealSense
SLAM
UAV
inverse sensor model

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Chien_v20.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bacon, Rachel Jeannine

Title:

THREE PAPERS ON DIETARY ACCULTURATION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND TWO EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS TO THE BLACK CARIBBEAN POPULATION

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Dietary acculturation
Caribbean immigrants
Segregation
Race
Health Disparities
Adventist Health Study

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Committee Members:

Stephen Augustus Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Roger Finke, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Outside Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Morey, Tiffany

Title:

Virtual Mentoring in Agricultural Education: Describing Digital Literacy, Technology Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Towards Technology of Pre-Service and In-Service Agricultural Educators

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Virtual Mentoring
Digital Literacy
Technology Self-Efficacy
Attitude Toward Technology

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Douglas Foster, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Douglas Foster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Ewing, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Committee Member
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Outside Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vosburg, Nora

Title:

The syntax and semantics of periphrastic do in Kansas Plautdietsch

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Plautdietsch
do-periphrasis
Mennonites
sociolinguistics
syntax
variation

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Committee Members:

Michael Travis Putnam, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Richard Page, Jr., Committee Member
John Lipski, Outside Member
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Outside Member
Joseph C. Salmons, Special Member
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Guglielmon, Jonathan

Title:

Topology and Aperiodicity in Engineered Photonic Media

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Photonics
Slow Light
Floquet Systems
Localization
Waveguide Arrays
Aperiodic Systems
Photonic Crystals
Pseudomagnetic Fields

File:

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Committee Members:

Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Midya, Vishal

Title:

Frequentist and Bayesian hypothesis testing focusing on meaningful effect sizes

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

Testing of Hypothesis
Bayes Factor
Bayesian Information Criterion
Effect Size
Type 2 Error
Interval Null Hypothesis
Type 1 Error
ROPE

File:

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Committee Members:

Jiangang Liao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jiangang Liao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vonn Andrew Walter, Committee Member
Pritish Mondal, Special Member
Arun Kumar Sharma, Outside Member
Arthur Steven Berg, Program Head/Chair
Arthur Steven Berg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Steven Berg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Feng

Title:

Essays on Contests

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

all-pay contests
uncertainty
information disclosure
experiment
stochastic dominance

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Committee Members:

Ron Siegel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ron Siegel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Syed Nageeb Ali, Committee Member
Ran I Shorrer, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member
Zhe Wang, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Zhouzhou

Title:

active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Slung load
High-speed carriage
Active stabilization
Active cargo hook
Wind-tunnel test
System identification
Feedback control
Dynamic simulation

File:

Download AERSP_MS_Thesis_Zhouzhou_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Enciu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zokaeinikoo, Maryam

Title:

Interpretable Artificial Intelligence Models to Detect Chronic and Infectious Diseases

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Interpretable
Deep learning
Alzheimer's
COVID-19
Attention mechanism

File:

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Committee Members:

Prasenjit Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hui Yang, Committee Member
Qiushi Chen, Committee Member
Akhil Kumar, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Koltun, Kristen

Title:

Physiological Adaptations to Energy Deficiency and Risk Factors for the Female Athlete Triad in Exercising Women

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Female Athlete Triad
menstrual disturbances
energy deficiency
amenorrhea

File:

Download Koltun_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Jane De Souza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Jane De Souza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney, Jr., Committee Member
Nancy Williams, Committee Member
Alison Diane Gernand, Outside Member
Rebecca Jane Mallinson, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pei, Shenli

Title:

Data-driven learning and modeling of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite
micro X-ray Computed Tomography
microstructure informatics
mechanical property

File:

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Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hui Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Outside Member
Danielle Zeng, Special Member
Jingjing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingjing Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hendrick, Christopher

Title:

Applications of Pilot Modelling to Rotorcraft Flight Simulation Development

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Pilot Model
Motion Cueing
Rotorcraft

File:

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Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Weinan

Title:

Heat Transport in Semiconducting Metalattices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Heat transport
Computational Materials Science
First-principles
Phononics

File:

Download submit_version_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Romero, Moniara

Title:

Wireless underwater-to-air communications via water surface modulation and radar detection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
Acoustics
Underwater-to-air communications
Communications
Vibrometry

File:

Download Romero_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Daniel C Brown, Jr., Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiang, Jia

Title:

Essays on Asymmetric Information in Health Care and Consumer Credit Card Lending Markets

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Asymmetric Information
Credit Lending
Health Care
Welfare
Adverse Selection

File:

Download Jia_Xiang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Jose Grodzicki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Jose Grodzicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark John Roberts, Committee Member
Peter William Newberry, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Outside Member
Paul L E Grieco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pytel, Kellie Elizabeth

Title:

Stress, Relationship Satisfaction, Social Support, Formal Support, and Life Satisfaction in Military Spouses and Unmarried Military Significant Others

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

military
military spouses
unmarried military significant others
counseling
stress
formal support
social support
life satisfaction

File:

Download FINAL_Dissertation_KellieForziatPytel_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison R Fleming, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison R Fleming, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
Daniel F Perkins, Outside Member
Jolynn Carney, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Katona, Branden Thomas

Title:

An Investigation of the Influence of Complex Terrain on Severe Storms and Their Environments

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

complex terrain
convective environments
tornadogenesis
severe storms

File:

Download Dissertation_final_Katona.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Guido Cervone, Outside Member
George Bryan, Special Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bergsma, Theodore

Title:

From Presence to Eternity: Time and Timelessness in Deleuze's Early Philosophy of the Unconscious

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Bergson
consciousness
Deleuze
eternity
Freud
Husserl
ontology
phenomenology
presence
psychoanalysis
time
timelessness
unconscious

File:

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Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amy Rebekah Allen, Committee Member
Nicolas J De Warren, Committee Member
Claire Mary Colebrook, Outside Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Miaosi

Title:

Taken from Nature: Sino-British Medical Encounters in the Early Modern Period

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

cultural encounters
exotic remedies
botanical commodities
commodification of medicine
consuming experience
medical knowledge

File:

Download Taken_from_Nature__Miaosi_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Chapin Beaver, Committee Member
Kathlene T Baldanza, Committee Member
Erica Fox Brindley, Outside Member
Michael Edward Kulikowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Watson, Beecher

Title:

Maximizing Strain Behavior and Minimizing Losses in Textured PIN-PMN-PT Piezoelectric ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramic
piezoelectric
dielectric
ferroelectric
sintering
texture

File:

Download Dissertation_Watson_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Kaiming

Title:

DataGuard: Guarded Pages for Augmenting Stack Object Protections

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Stack Protection
Guard Page

File:

Download Master_Thesis_KaimingHuang.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Gang Tan, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiao, Yifei

Title:

Monitoring Sleep Quality Using Smartwatches

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

smartwatch
mobile health
mobile computing
machine learning
sleep quality

File:

Download Thesis_Yifei_Xiao.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair