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Author:

Zhang, Yiming

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS WITH STIMULATED RESERVOIR VOLUME: AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

SRV
ANN
Characterization
Tight gas reservoir
Stimulated reservoir volume
artificial intelligence network

File:

Download Zhang_Yiming_Master_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Program Head/Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Benjamin T.

Title:

Experimental and Analytical Investigations of the Relative and Interactive Effects of Physicochemical Fluid Characteristics on the Incipient Motion of Granular Particles Under Laminar Flow Conditions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

soil erosion
incipient motion
pH
ionic strength
viscosity
laminar
granular

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation__Benjamin_T._Adams__-_Post_Defense.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Pyzdek, Andrew Thomas

Title:

Centered Coprime Array Performance in the Shallow Water Environment

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

array signal processing
shallow water acoustics
underwater acoustics
coprime arrays
sparse arrays

File:

Download AndrewPyzdek-Dissertation-rc8.pdf

Committee Members:

David Carl Swanson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Holland, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Outside Member
Thomas W Hilands, Special Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Munoz, Elyse Elaine

Title:

Cue the stress: Malaria parasites employ canonical and novel stress granules as a developmental mechanism

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

Malaria
Plasmodium yoelii
Plasmodium
stress response
ALBA4

File:

Download 20200125_EM_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manuel Llinas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
David Scott Gilmour, Outside Member
Robert Paulson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Estrada, Jennifer A

Title:

Effects of evaporation, mineral precipitation, and brine evolution on the distribution of calcium isotopes in the Salar de Atacama, Chile

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Effects of evaporation
mineral precipitation
and brine evolution on the distribution of calcium isotopes in the Salar de Atacama
Chile
mineral precipitation
brine evolution
calcium isotopes
Salar de Atacama

File:

Download Open_Estrada_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew S Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tess Russo, Committee Member
Timothy Stapler White, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Van Wert, Stephen

Title:

Modeling and Control of Cortical Spreading Depression at the Cellular Level

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

computational model
spreading depression
neural model
cellular model

File:

Download StephenVanWert-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Member

Author:

Coble, Joel Leonard

Title:

Studying Diverticular Disease Using Familial Based Next-Generation Sequencing to Identify Potential Causative Variants

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Genetics
Diverticulitis
diverticular disease
Next-Generation Sequencing
Familial based sequencing
LAMB4
Laminin
Collagen
COL1A1

File:

Download JoelLeonardCobleThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Riley Broach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Glenn Stephen Gerhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Steven Yochum, Committee Member
Walter Alex Koltun, Committee Member
Milena Bogunovic, Outside Member
James Riley Broach, Program Head/Chair
James Riley Broach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Ojha, Ashutosh Kumar

Title:

EFFECTS OF KEY DESIGN AND CONTROL PARAMETERS ON PERFORMANCE OF VARIABLE PRIMARY FLOW CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

VPF
P-S
CHWS
Variable Primary Flow
tube velocity
chiller plant
flow limit

File:

Download Ojha_Ashutosh_MS_Thesis_Spring_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

William P Bahnfleth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Sez Atamturktur, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bowman, Joshua Samuel

Title:

Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Zircaloy-4 Subjected to Ion Irradiation

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Zircaloy
Zirconium
Irradiation
Ion
Cladding
Corrosion
Proton
MUZIC
TEM
Precipitate
Amorphous

File:

Download Bowman_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xing Wang, Committee Member
Jean Paul Allain, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ruiz-Plancarte, Jesus

Title:

Carbon dioxide exchange between the atmosphere and a temperate salt marsh

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Carbon
salt marsh
coastal
inundation
tides
Virginia
Salt marsh
Coastal
Inundation
Gross Primary Productivity
Wetland
Remote sensing
Light use efficiency

File:

Download Jesus_Ruiz-Plancarte-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Dolores Fuentes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Robert P. Brooks, Outside Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Weaver, Jamie

Title:

Individual perspectives on how employability can be influenced by study abroad experiences as an undergraduate student at the Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Workforce Education
Experiential Learning
Study Abroad
Employability

File:

Download Jamie_Weaver_Dissertation_-_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D Threeton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D Threeton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Felber, Angeline

Title:

COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES: COMPARING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA PERCEPTION AND SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

help-seeking behavior
college
stigma
disability
counseling

File:

Download AFelber_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

JoLynn Carney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
JoLynn Carney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Hazler, Committee Member
Wendy Coduti, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Outside Member
Jolynn Carney, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clees, William

Title:

Suitability of Penn State’s Biosolids for Land-Based Recycling: A Greenhouse Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Biosolids
Land application
sustainability
Copper
Phosphorus
Wastewater

File:

Download Clees_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shotyk, Olivia

Title:

Exploring Landscape Architecture on Turtle Island through a Two-Eyed Seeing Lens

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Indigenous
cultural landscape
landscape architecture
two-eyed seeing
traditional ecological knowledge
spatial narratives
storytelling
place-based
cultural heritage

File:

Download Shotyk_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter John Aeschbacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mallika Bose, Committee Member
Denise Rae Costanzo, Committee Member
Eliza Pennypacker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dell, Kristine

Title:

Examining Headache and Postural Control Variability During Explosive Breacher Training

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

blast
breacher
headache
postural control
ApEn

File:

Download Dell_Format_for_Review.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank G. Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter S. Carr, Committee Member
John H. Challis, Committee Member
Peter A. Arnett, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Qu

Title:

Effects of Individualist and Collectivist Culture on Emotional Empathy in Counselor Trainees

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Counselor Education
Individualism
Collectivism
Emotional Empathy
Culture

File:

Download Chen_Q_2020_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Hazler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Hazler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jolynn Carney, Committee Member
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Outside Member
Carlos P Zalaquett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hancock, Matthew

Title:

Armed Conflict and Childhood Food Security: The Association between Exposure to Conflict and Childhood Nutrition in West Africa: 1998-2008

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Conflict
Food Security
West Africa

File:

Download Thesis_Final_ETD_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Clemens Thiede, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Jeremy Michael

Title:

Education Budgeting During a Crisis: A Multiple Case Study of School District Budget Reductions in California and Texas During the Great Recession

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

School Finance
Great Recession
Education Funding
School Budgeting

File:

Download Anderson_Dissertation_To_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

David Alexander Gamson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Outside Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tilden, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Working Memory and Electronic Cigarettes: Do Flameless Cigarettes Light Up the Brain?

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

working memory
nicotine
electronic cigarettes
fMRI

File:

Download Sarah_E_Tilden_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott C Bunce, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott C Bunce, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Sue Grigson-Kennedy, Committee Member
Paul Joseph Eslinger, Committee Member
Mark David Meadowcroft, Outside Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez Canas, Maria Jose

Title:

The Perceived Long-Term Influence of Youth Expeditions on Participants' Lives

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

youth development
Self-determination theory
adventure education
outdoor adventure education
experiential education
retrospective study
long-term influence
outcomes
processes
youth expedition
expedition
perceived learning
critical elements
personal development
SDT
global citizenship
relatedness
competence
autonomy
contact with nature
course components
overseas youth expeditions

File:

Download Dissertation_MJRamirez_121819.pdf

Committee Members:

Pete Allison, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pete Allison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brendan Derrick Taff, Committee Member
Peter Newman, Committee Member
Robert William Roeser, Outside Member
Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pioltine Anseloni, Erika

Title:

THE BRAZILIAN SOCIAL MOBILIZATION FOR EDUCATION PLAN - FACTORS AFFECTING LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE ESTREITO HYDROELECTRIC REGION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

mobilization
Social Mobilization for Education Plan
community
Plano de Mobili
power
social participation
leadership actvism
public education
democracy
community development

File:

Download Dissertation_Erika_Anseloni_16Apr2020_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tracy Scheidt Hoover, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kebede, Maraki

Title:

Transnational Educational Leadership of International Organizations Working in Ethiopia: Walking the Local-Global Development Tightrope

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

educational leadership
global ethnography
international organizations
education for development

File:

Download Kebede_2020_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Outside Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Carthy, Erin Lynn

Title:

Destruction and Reformation of an Iron-Sulfur Cluster During Catalysis by Lipoyl Synthase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Lipoyl Synthase
Lipoic Acid
Radical SAM
NfuA
Iron-sulfur cluster
S-adenosylmethionine

File:

Download McCarthy_thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Outside Member
Xin Zhang, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gawali, Sumeet

Title:

Effects of perturbations on the reverberant sound field of a room

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Reverberant sound field
perturbations
sound field
room acoustics
diffuse field
room modes

File:

Download Sumeet_Gawali_-_MS_Acoustics_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steve Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member
Robert William Smith, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cronin, Michael

Title:

CYCLIC SOLVENT INJECTION IN ULTRATIGHT RESERVOIRS BASED ON THE DIFFUSION PROCESS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

diffusion
shale
unconventional
phase behavior
enhanced oil recovery
EOR
hydrocarbon
ultratight
solvent
huff'n'puff
HnP
Eagle Ford
confinement
ultimate recovery
enhanced gas recovery
EGR
gas injection
cyclic injection

File:

Download Michael_Cronin_PennState_PhD_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Outside Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brooker, Jane Diane

Title:

An Investigation Of Interpersonal And Emotional Intelligence Competencies For Early-Career Insurance Professionals Across Mutual Insurance Companies

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

emotional intelligence
soft skills
interpersonal competency
employability skills
competence
critical thinking

File:

Download The_PSU_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D Threeton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D Threeton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Jong Gyu Park, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sutherland, Catherine

Title:

Developments in Structure Based Drug Design: A Promising Method for Targeting Rifampicin Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA Polymerase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Rifampicin
Rifampin
Resistance

File:

Download Sutherland_MSThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Jean-Paul Armache, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Joyce Jose, Committee Member

Author:

Huot, Sovanneary

Title:

GENDER AND LEADERSHIP OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: THE CASE OF CAMBODIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Gender
leadership
agriculture
women’s empowerment
cooperatives
Cambodia

File:

Download Huot-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann R. Tickamyer, Committee Member
Ricky M. Bates, Committee Member
David R. Ader, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mainello, Amanda

Title:

Determining the pathogens associated with blackleg and soft rot in select Pennsylvania potato fields

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

bacteria
plant pathogens
potatoes
plant disease
blackleg
soft rot
agriculture
bacterial isolation
bacterial identification
whole genome sequencing
multi-locus sequence analysis
shotgun metagenomics

File:

Download 20200408_Mainello_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Beth Krueger Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolee Theresa Bull, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Jasna Kovac, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Carolee Theresa Bull, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Hongfan

Title:

Micro-Scanning Mirror based Eye-tracking Technology

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Eye-tracking
MEMS mirror
Scanning laser

File:

Download MICRO-SCANNING_MIRROR_BASED_EYE-TRACKING_TECHNOLOGY.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Hsu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Huanyu Cheng, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Xiao

Title:

Neural Program Synthesis for Compiler Fuzzing

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

compiler testing
fuzz testing
neural program synthesis

File:

Download phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Danfeng Zhang, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fox, Maxine Rebecca

Title:

Quantization and Adaptivity of Wavelet Scattering Networks for Classification Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

wavelet scattering networks
quantization
machine learning
backpropagation
convolutional neural networks

File:

Download MaxineFox_MS-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Dr. Raghu G. Raj, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Keru

Title:

Permeability and Capillary Pressure Relationship in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Capillary Pressure
Correlation

File:

Download Liu_Elswoth_2019_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member

Author:

Pothanamkandathil, Vineeth

Title:

Comparing Intercalation Electrodes for Energy Efficient Brackish Water Desalination

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Desalination
Intercalation Electrodes
Energy Demand
Desalination Rate
Electrode Stability

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Vineeth_Pothanamkandathil.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher A Gorski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Logan, Committee Member
Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Chi Phuong

Title:

Education in the reform era: How policy and politics transformed Vietnamese students, school leaders, and communities

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Vietnam
Vietnamese education
rural education
international education
comparative education
education reform
education policy
college expectation
college access
politics
educational leadership
principal

File:

Download NGUYEN__CHI_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kai Arthur Schafft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair
Soo-Yong Byun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sadroleslami, Sohail

Title:

Seeing Noise: the Correlations between Urban Configuration and Spatial Perception of Noise in NYC

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Spatial perception
Noise
Urban Configuartion
Trees

File:

Download 2nd_Grad_School_Revision_of_the_Complete_Thesis__7-20-20_.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel E Willis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehrdad Hadighi, Program Head/Chair
Peter Aeschbacher, Committee Member
Loukas N. Kalisperis, Committee Member

Author:

Yuan, Mengxue

Title:

Development of High Reliability Glass-Polymer Laminates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Low-alkali Boroaluminosilicate Glass
Laminate
Energy Storage

File:

Download Dissertation_MengxueYuan_final_revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rothrock, Elizabeth

Title:

A Documentation, Analysis, and Optimization of the Woodworking Workbench as Tool, Appendage, and Work Plane for an Architectural Craftswoman

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Woodworking
architecture
human scale
ergonomics
workbench
woodworking bench
human form
design for the body
industrial design
furniture design
craft
craftswoman
making
fabrication
making and design

File:

Download MS_Operations_Movie.mp4Download New_Workbench_Tables.pdfDownload Drawing_Keys.pdfDownload MS_THESIS_ROTHROCK.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yasmine Abbas, Committee Member
Mehrdad Hadighi, Program Head/Chair
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member

Author:

Cunningham, James

Title:

Ultrasound Medical Image Processing with Improved Segmentation of Substantia Nigra Hyperechogenicity using Deep Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ultrasound
image processing
neural network
deep learning
substantia nigra

File:

Download Cunningham_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member

Author:

Ravichandran, Bharadwaj

Title:

BioPose-3D and PressNet-KL: A Path to Understanding Human Pose Stability from Video

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Foot Pressure Estimation
Pose Estimation
Human Stability
Deep Learning
Computer Vision

File:

Download BioPose3D_and_PressNet_KL__A_Path_to_Understanding_Stability_from_Video.pdf

Committee Members:

Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Collins, Committee Member
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Aref Laleh, Amir Reza

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Supercapacitor
Carbon
Li-ion capacitors
Porosity
Hierarchical porous carbon
High rate anode

File:

Download Amir_Reza_Aref__dissertation__final_version_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rocca Bejar, Daniela

Title:

Heating Response Study of Aluminum Nanoparticles with Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reaxff
Energetic materials
Molecular dynamics
Nanoparticle combustion

File:

Download DRB_MS_thesis_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Riggs, Sam O

Title:

BUCKING THE TREND: AN EXAMINATION OF THE LANDSCAPE, ANTECEDENTS, AND OUTCOMES OF TUITION FREEZES AND DECREASES AT PRIVATE, FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

college pricing
listed tuition
institutional aid
tuition freezes
tuition decreases
tuition resets
synthetic control method

File:

Download Dissertation_Riggs.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alicia C Dowd, Committee Member
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Outside Member
Timothy Pollock, Special Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Manglani, Monica

Title:

Cytotoxic T cell and Cerebrovascular Endothelial Interactions Drive Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Cerebral Malaria

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Cerebral malaria
cerebrovasculature
t cells
brain endothelium

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert G Levenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G Levenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose A Stoute, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Outside Member
Ziaur Rahman, Committee Member
Dorian B. McGavern, Special Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Emard, Kelsey

Title:

Global lifestyle migration, racialized dispossession, and social-environmental change on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

lifestyle migration
amenity migration
equitable development
human-environment geography
feminist political ecology
postcolonial intersectionality
Black geographies
Latin America

File:

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Committee Members:

Lise Nelson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lise Nelson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian H. King, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Courtney Morris, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Karp, Allison

Title:

The role of fire ecology in vegetation change during the Neogene: New applications of molecular and isotopic proxies for vegetation burning in the paleorecord

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleofire
paleoecology
stable isotope geochemistry
organic geochemistry
C4 grassland expnasion
Neogene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
leaf waxes
biogeochemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tyndall, Erin Ross

Title:

Translating Membrane Structure into Protein Localization and Function

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

autophagy
atg3
liposomes
structural biology
SpoVM
curvature sensing
membrane geometry
membrane structure
amphipathic helix
membrane structure sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Fang Tian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fang Tian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Flanagan Jr., Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Outside Member
Hong-Gang Wang, Outside Member
George Lucian Moldovan, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tawfik, Miral Shereen

Title:

Multi-Scale Investigation of Wettability Alteration via Chemically-Tuned Waterflooding in Carbonate Rocks: Understanding the Effect of Oil Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical enhanced oil recovery
Wettability
Carbonates
Low salinity waterflooding
Micro-CT imaging
Image processing
Multiphase flow in porous media
Oil Chemistry
Total acid number

File:

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Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Outside Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Santellanes, Sean

Title:

Environmental Conditions Associated with Horizontal Convective Rolls and Cellular Convection

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

meteorology
atmospheric science
atmospheric boundary layer

File:

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Committee Members:

David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Pan, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohamed, Mohand

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Fluid flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in Dimpled Jackets

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Heat transfer
Fluid flow
Dimpled Jacket
CFD
Nusselt Number
Friction Factor

File:

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Committee Members:

Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Issam Abu-Mahfouz, Program Head/Chair
Richard Christopher Ciocci, Committee Member

Author:

Graupensperger, Scott A

Title:

Conformity to Perceived Drinking Norms within College Club Sport Teams

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Alcohol
Peer Influence
Athletes
Social Network Analysis
Group Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

M. Blair Evans, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
M. Blair Evans, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Member
Robert J Turrisi, Outside Member
Damon Jones, Outside Member
Nancy Williams, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

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Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Uppuluri, Ritesh

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Layered Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Nanosheets

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered oxides
Perovskite
Nanosheets

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Altemose, Alicia

Title:

Microscale collective behavior: Catalytic micropumps and reversible colloidal assembly

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Active matter
Collective behavior
Catalytic micropumps
Colloidal motors
Oscillatory dynamics
Schooling

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member
Scott A Showalter, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Culp, Tyler

Title:

Advanced characterization of polyamide thin-films for reverse osmosis membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

desalination
reverse osmosis
polyamide
transmission electron microscopy
membrane

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marinez, Ashley

Title:

Interrater Reliability of Curriculum-Based Measures in Reading (R-CBMs) for English Learners

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

EL
R-CBM
interrater reliability

File:

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Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Andrea Woika, Committee Member
Katie Eileen Hoffman, Committee Member
Janet van Hell, Outside Member
James Clyde Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shabnam, Sharmin

Title:

ReaxFF reactive force field investigations in combustion and nascent soot formation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Combustion
Soot Formation
Pyrolysis and Oxidation
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Inert Dilution
Nickel
Fuel Mixtures

File:

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Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Salameh, Tarik

Title:

Chromatin loop detection via machine learning on genome-wide contact data

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

machine learning
chromatin looping
3dgenomics
supervised learning
genome-wide contact map
Hi-C
loop extrusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Feng Yue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert G Levenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Outside Member
Robert G Levenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Gary A Thomas, Special Member
George H Perry, Program Head/Chair
Feng Yue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Rieber, Lila

Title:

Multidimensional scaling for three-dimensional modeling of chromosome conformation

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

chromosome conformation
gene regulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Feng Yue, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member
George H Perry, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin F. Pugh, Committee Member

Author:

Gorman, Scott

Title:

Insight into mechanisms of allosteric regulation and cooperativity from yeast chorismate mutase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzyme
Allostery
Dynamics
NMR
ITC
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Protein
Biophysics
Chorismate Mutase
ScCM

File:

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Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amie Kathleen Boal, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Kim

Title:

The Role of Genetics and Epigenetics in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

ALS

File:

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Committee Members:

James Riley Broach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Lauren Keil, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zachary Simmons, Committee Member
Zhonghua Gao, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Outside Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Summers, Haleigh

Title:

Evaluating Integrated Weed Management Tactics to Reduce Herbicides and Control Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

weed
integrated weed management
pigweed
horseweed
marestail
herbicide
glyphosate
dairy
cropping systems
cover crops

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Erin L Connolly, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yeoh, Beng San

Title:

Dysregulated Gut Microbial Fermentation of Dietary Soluble Fiber Induces Cholestatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Gut microbiota
Innate immunity
Dietary fiber
Short chain fatty acids
Cholemia
Bile acids
Hyperbilirubinemia
Liver inflammation
Hepatocellular carcinoma

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew David Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Outside Member
Matam Vijay Kumar, Special Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Marcinkevage, Carrie

Title:

Critical Success Factors of Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) Strategy in a Higher Education Institution

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education
organizational boundaries
action research
appreciative inquiry
boundary permeability
boundary theory
critical success factors
CRM
constituent relationship management
customer relationship management
higher education

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Glen Kreiner, Committee Member
Brian Harold Cameron, Outside Member
Susan Mary Land, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kopp, Dale

Title:

A Motif in the ExbD Disordered Domain Mediates TonB System Signal Transduction

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

TonB
Signal transduction
ExbD
ExbB
Intrinsic disordered regions
Conserved motifs
protein-protein interactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen Postle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Postle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Outside Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rezwan, Aashique Alam

Title:

Multi-scale simulation of advanced reactor fuel and cladding concepts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multi-scale simulation
MOOSE
BISON
phase-field
fracture
composite cladding
light water reactor
nuclear fuel performance
anisotropic thermal expansion
alpha-uranium
mesoscale modeling
irradiation growth

File:

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Committee Members:

Reuben H Kraft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Jing Du, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Outside Member
Michael R Tonks, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Singh, Suprita

Title:

Characterizing the functional role of the transcriptional regulator PfAP2-G2 in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Plasmodium falciparum
AP2-G2

File:

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Committee Members:

Manuel Llinas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manuel Llinas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Eugene Lindner, Committee Member
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Andrew Fraser Read, Outside Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Jiehao

Title:

Propagation, Proppant Transport, and the Evolution of Transport Properties of Fluid-Driven Fractures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic fracturing
Proppant transport
Fracture conductivity
Natural fracture
Gas fracturing
Dynamic gas fracturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farell, Megan

Title:

Evaluation of Graphene for its Applications in Biosensors and Cancer Therapy

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
biosensors
cancer therapy
antioxidant enzymes

File:

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Committee Members:

Esther Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Feiyan

Title:

Improvements to Turbulence Models for Better Simulations of Film Cooling Flow Field and Heat Transfer

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Film Cooling
Heat Transfer
Turbulent Flow
Detached Eddy Simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bushek, Alanna

Title:

Assessment of Functional Characteristics of Pea Proteins Important in Frozen Dessert Applications

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

frozen dessert
pea protein
non-dairy
plant-based protein

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert F Roberts, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Neil Coupland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Hayes, Committee Member
Federico Miguel Harte, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jerome, Trevor

Title:

Determining Contact Stiffness, Contact Pressure, and Modal Frequencies of Fastened Metallic Joints

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Bolted joints
fastened joints
profilometry
tribomechadynamics
modal analysis
ultrasonic
interfacial pressure
acoustic excitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Micah R Shepherd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Micah R Shepherd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Outside Member
John Brian Fahnline, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wu, Kai

Title:

Joint Estimation of Fossil Fuel and Biogenic CO2 Fluxes in an Urban Environment

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

urban CO2 emissions
atmospheric inversion
eddy covariance measurements
flux partitioning
fossil fuel CO2 emissions
biogenic CO2 fluxes

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth James Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lauvaux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Henry Brune, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Outside Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Thomas Lauvaux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yamada, Naomi

Title:

Computational methods to characterize protein-DNA interactions in ChIP-exo data

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

protein-DNA interactions
regulatory complexes
ChIP-exo
ChIP-seq
transcription factors
protein-DNA binding event detection

File:

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Committee Members:

Shaun Mahony, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shaun Mahony, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Outside Member
George H Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhi, Wei

Title:

Understanding hydrological and biogeochemical control on solute export pattern at watershed scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

watershed
watershed model
watershed biogeochemical reactive transport model
solute export
land use
soil carbon and nitrogen
climate change
water quality

File:

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Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Venkatachalam Srinivasan, Sreenidhi

Title:

Improved diagnosis and control of Bovine Tuberculosis

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Bovine Tuberculosis
endemic
diagnosis
vaccine

File:

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Committee Members:

Vivek Kapur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Kapur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
P Hudson, Committee Member
Suresh Varma Kuchipudi, Committee Member
Erika Korzune Ganda, Outside Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cherukuri, Venkateswara Rao

Title:

Domain Enriched Learning for Brain Image Analysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Brain Imaging
MRI
CT
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Priors

File:

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Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Jesse Louis Barlow, Outside Member
Steven Schiff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Schiff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nishikawa, Shintaro

Title:

Direct splitting method for the Baum-Connes conjecture and groups acting on CAT(0)-cubical spaces

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

the Baum-Connes conjecture
KK-theory
K-theory
C*-algebras
CAT(0)-cubical space

File:

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Committee Members:

Nigel David Higson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nigel David Higson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathanial Patrick Brown, Committee Member
Paul Frank Baum, Committee Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Outside Member
Mark Levi, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Timilsena, Prakash Raj

Title:

Phylogenomics and comparative transcriptomic analyses of the monocots

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Phylogenomics
Plant Biology
Taxonomy
Systematics
Monocots
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Botany
Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Evolutionary Genomics
Transcriptomics
RNASeq
Gene Annotation

File:

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Committee Members:

Claude Walker Depamphilis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Outside Member
Tracy Langkilde, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Buser, Victoria

Title:

Expanding the Use of Curriculum-Based Measurement for Written Expression: A College Freshmen Norming Study

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

curriculum-based measurement
written expression
norms
college students

File:

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Committee Members:

Cristin Marie Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristin Marie Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shirley Andrea Woika, Committee Member
Katie Eileen Hoffman, Committee Member
Anne Whitney, Outside Member
James Clyde Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Al Hujaili, Khaled

Title:

Non-convex optimization techniques for radar waveform design under practical constraints

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MIMO radar
wideband beampattern
waveform design
constant modulus
complex circle manifold
manifolds
cognitive radar
PDR
Ambiguity function
QGD
Spectral Constraint

File:

Download Khaled_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John F Doherty, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kahn, Ethan Lewis

Title:

SUBSTRATE ENGINEERING FOR IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF TWO DIMENSIONAL CHALCOGENIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MoS2
WS2
Bi2Te3
2D
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Surfactant

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tan, Minda

Title:

Family, School, and Migration Effects on Academic Achievement in China

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Academic achievement
Middle school student
Migrant student
Left-behind student
China

File:

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Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katerina Bodovski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David P Baker, Committee Member
Paul Morgan, Committee Member
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khazbak, Youssef

Title:

Preserving Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

crowdsourcing
target search
privacy preserving
location privacy
crowdsourcing
mobile systems
target search
collaborative learning

File:

Download Khazbak_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guohong Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Danfeng Zhang, Committee Member
Zhenhui (jessie) Li, Outside Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Diercks, Catherine

Title:

Effects of maternal cumulative risk and perceived control over caregiving failure on the likelihood of autonomy support and direct instruction use with children

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

autonomy support
social cognition
parenting
perceived control
cumulative risk

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Sandra T Azar, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Capparelli, Clara

Title:

Strategies for the manipulation of the transport properties of ion exchange membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ion exchange membranes
responsive properties
permselectivity
ionic resistance

File:

Download Capparelli_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Hickey, III, Outside Member
Christian W. Pester, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Huiting

Title:

phylogenetic and functional studies on parasitism genes in Orobanchaceae and Convolulaceae

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Parasitic plants
cell wall
phylogenomics
transcriptome
molecular biology
host-induced-gene-silencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Claude Walker Depamphilis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Outside Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bailey, Indira L

Title:

A Black Feminist Narrative Inquiry of the Outsider-Within Positionality of Black Women K-12 Art Educators

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Black women art educators
Black women artists
Outsider-within
K-12 Art Education
Curriculum development
Black Feminist theory
Whiteness

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Treat Keifer-Boyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Treat Keifer-Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wanda Knight, Committee Member
Booker Stephen Carpenter, II, Committee Member
Crystal Renee Sanders, Outside Member
Grace Hampton, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wade, Francesca

Title:

Improved Methods for Measuring Achilles Tendon Moment Arm Prospectively Applied to Total Ankle Arthroplasty Patients

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Achilles tendon
ultrasound
motion capture
total ankle arthroplasty
moment arm

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Outside Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

Finite Element Analysis and A Two-Stage Design Optimization Procedure of Multifield Origami-Inspired Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

finite element analysis
design optimization
multifield origami
smart materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R von Lockette, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Dixiong

Title:

low temperature processing of electro-ceramic materials and devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric energy storage
Cold sintering process
Bismuth niobate
Lead zirconate titanate
Ceramic processing
Energy harvesting

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Teuber, Meg

Title:

The Use of Mobile Applications to Increase Environmental Awareness and Citizen Science Participation Among Users

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Citizen Science
Informal Education
Education
Science Education
Taxonomy
iNatualist
Mobile Applications
Educational Technology

File:

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Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lucy R. Mc Clain, Committee Member
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bose, Frances

Title:

Language Making in Classrooms with Emergent Bi/Multilingual Children: Recognizing Additional Ways of Engaging

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

emergent bilingual
technology
intra-action
translingualism
ethnography
literacy
video
English language learners
science
elementary education

File:

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Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly A. Powell, Committee Member
Athelstan Canagarajah, Outside Member
Christopher M. Schulte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walter, Alexa Elizabeth

Title:

Susceptibility versus Resiliency to Concussive Injury and Head Acceleration Events in Athletics

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
subconcussion
head acceleration events
athlete
college-aged
football
imaging
biomarker
cognitive

File:

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Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller, III, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Outside Member
Peter H. Seidenberg, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Xin

Title:

neuronal conversion of human glioblastoma cells by single neuronal transcription factor

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

neuronal conversion
Neurog2
NeuroD1
Ascl1
glioblastoma

File:

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Committee Members:

Yingwei Mao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yingwei Mao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lance Lian, Committee Member
Adam Bleier Glick, Outside Member
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lesciotto, Kate

Title:

Investigating brain and skull development using embryonic and early postnatal mice

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Encephalization
Human evolution
Contrast-enhanced microCT
Mouse models

File:

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Committee Members:

Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Outside Member
Mary Katherine Shenk, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vegesna, Rahulsimham

Title:

Evolution of Y chromosome ampliconic genes in great apes

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

Y chromosome
Great apes
Ampliconic genes
Palindromes
Copy number
Evolution

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Medvedev, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Medvedev, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael DeGiorgio, Outside Member
Wansheng Liu, Outside Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George H Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sayre, Gordon M

Title:

Tipping the scale: Do daily financial rewards compensate for energy invested in work?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Conservation of resources
Financial rewards
Service industry
Occupational Health Psychology
Tips
Vigor
Effort-Reward Imbalance

File:

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rustin D. Meyer, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaffa, Jana Marie

Title:

The Internationalization of Higher Education: A Case Study of the Emergence of Global Programs at The Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
internationalization
student mobility
international programs
organizational culture

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Kinser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
David Post, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig A. Campbell, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lu, Yanfu

Title:

Discovery of low-dimensional functional materials from first-principles calculations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

perovskite oxides
transition metal dichalcogenides
density functional theory
epitaxy
piezielectricity
ferroelectricity
strain engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan B Sinnott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair