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Author:

Clifford, Ivor David

Title:

A hybrid coarse and fine mesh solution method for prismatic high temperature gas-cooled reactor thermal-fluid analysis

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

prismatic HTGR
thermal-fluids
heat transfer
homogenization
multiscale
coarse mesh CFD
reduced order model

File:

Download Phd_Thesis_-_IClifford.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Hrvoje Jasak, Special Member
Richard Martineau, Special Member
Onno Ubbink, Special Member

Author:

Tursiella, Melissa Lynne

Title:

Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen 3A Promotes G1/S Cell Cycle Progression

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

Epstein-Barr virus
EBNA-3A
Burkitt lymphoma
cell cycle
p21
LCLs
Rb
p53

File:

Download TURSIELLA_ML_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clare E Sample, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clare E Sample, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffery Thomas Sample, Committee Member
Richard James Courtney, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
John Michael Flanagan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Mitchell, Renae Lea

Title:

Monuments of Culture and the Cult of the Monument

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

monumentalism
latin america
american
american literature
monuments
phenomenology
visual art
visual culture
epic
poetry

File:

Download DissDRAFT_COMPLETE_RMitchell_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Djelal Kadir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Committee Member
Sean X Goudie, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Jingyuan

Title:

Statistical Methods for Different Ultrahigh Dimensional Models

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

ultrahigh dimension
varying coefficient model
partially linear model
feature screening

File:

Download dissertation_w_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rongling Wu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Liwang Cui, Special Member

Author:

Johnson, David Won

Title:

Language, Truth, and Reason: Gadamer with Nishida

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Gadamer
Nishida
language
truth
rationality
linguistic disclosure
comparative philosophy

File:

Download 1-Language_Truth_and_Reason_Johnson.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Schmidt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Member
Veronique Marion Foti, Committee Member
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member

Author:

Abbey, James Duane

Title:

Essays in Closed-loop Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Closed-Loop Supply Chains
CLSC
Remanufacturing

File:

Download Essays_in_Closed_Loop_Supply_Chains.pdf

Committee Members:

V Daniel R Guide Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
V Daniel R Guide Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Member
Johann Baumgartner, Committee Member
John Eugene Tyworth, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Bongsoo

Title:

Cyber-infrastructure Supporting Fungal and Oomycete Phylogenetics and Genomics

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Fungi
Oomycete
Phylogenetics
Genomics
Database

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_BSPark-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Joo, Kyoung Phil

Title:

Resistance among alienated adult students in Korea National Open University: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory analysis of contradictions in distance higher education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

distance higher education
Open University (OU)
resistance
alienation
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)

File:

Download KPJoo_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member

Author:

Schmid, Kyle M

Title:

Methods to Accelerate the Rate of Head-to-tail Depolymerization of Poly(carbamates) in Low Polarity Environments

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

depolymerization
amplification
poly(carbamate)
azquinone methide
controlled release

File:

Download KMS_THESIS_CORRECTED_FINAL_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Young, Ryan Michael

Title:

Shear stress and particle removal measurements of a round turbulent air jet impinging normally upon a planar wall

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil-film interferometry
particle removal
particle resuspension
shear stress

File:

Download Thesis_rmy_20130318_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor