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Author:

Purzak, Jake

Title:

Structural Design of a Rigid Coaxial Rotor System for Wind Tunnel Testing

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

rotorcraft
coaxial
structural design
structural analysis
dragonfly
rotor design
rigid rotor
coaxial test system
wind tunnel test system

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Polek-Davis, Noah

Title:

Comparative Analysis of Martian Global Dust Storm Genesis and Progression

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Mars
Dust Storms
Atmospheric Science
EMARS
Data Assimilation

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, Committee Member
Tim Kane, Committee Member

Author:

Robbins, Jackson

Title:

Data Trends in Solution-Gated Monolayer Graphene Field-Effect Transistors

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Graphene
FET
Salinity
Sensor
Electrolyte Gating

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

Author:

Reyes, Alexia

Title:

Dynamic Modeling of a Power Profile for SmallSat Cognitive Agents

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Small Satellite
Cognitive Agents
Power Profile

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilén, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Velasco Palacios, Hazel

Title:

Assesing the Effectiveness of Participatory Gender-Responsive Development Projects in Rural Honduras

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

gender and development
participatory extension approaches
gender responsive design
rural development

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Committee Members:

Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Brasier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paige Castellanos, Committee Member

Author:

Villa, Amber

Title:

Computational Modeling of Monitoring within Human-Autonomy Teams with Novel Delegations of Authority and Responsibility

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

human-autonomy teams
computational modelling
Work Models that Compute
Advanced Air Mobility
Authority/Responsibility

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member

Author:

Vavra, Joseph

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DESATURATION OF AN ALIPHATIC SUBSTRATE BY CLAVAMINATE SYNTHASE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (MS)

Keywords:

Iron
2-oxoglutarate
clavaminic acid
ferryl
hydroxylation
desaturation
oxacyclization
hydrogen atom transfer

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Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ken Keiler, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Carsten Krebs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Varley, Ashley

Title:

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OF THE BRAIN-GUT AXIS IN THE VALPROIC ACID INDUCED MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN THE RAT (RATTUS NORVEGICUS)

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine (MS)

Keywords:

Autism
Gatrointestinal Dysfunction
Vaproic Acid
ASD
Austism Specturm Disorder

File:

Download Thesis_Varley_July_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Ronald Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tiffany Whitcomb, Committee Member
Andras Hajnal, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Kaitlin

Title:

EARLY TRIASSIC WEATHERING INTENSITY AND CLIMATE RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
weathering
permian triassic extinction
lithium
isotopes
modeling
diagenesis
climate
climate stability

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Stow, Justin

Title:

Analyzing the Structural Variability of Eyewall Replacement Cycles in WRF Ensemble Simulations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

tropical cyclone
secondary eyewall formation
ensemble modeling
numerical weather prediction
rainbands

File:

Download Stow_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member

Author:

Tariq, Tasneem

Title:

Impact of Vegetated infrastructure to mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effects in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Urban Heat Island effect
Mitigation
Vegetated infrastructure
ENVI-met simulation
Thermal comfort

File:

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Committee Members:

Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rahman Azari, Committee Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Slotkin, Becca

Title:

Impact of a School-Based Social Skills Intervention on Parent-Child and Parent-School Relationships

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Peer rejection
Parent-Child Relationships
Parent-School Relationships
Social Skills Training
Intervention

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Janet Agnes Welsh, Committee Member

Author:

Tsang, Bryan

Title:

Classification and Discrimination of Drones and Birds Using micro-Doppler Images

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

micro-Doppler
UAV
Drone
Bird
Classification
SVM
Radar

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tim Kane, Committee Member
Ramesh Bharadwaj, Special Signatory

Author:

Yuan, Alex

Title:

Antenna Radiation Pattern Mapping with an Unmanned Aerial System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
UAV
SDR
drone
quadcopter
antenna
radiation pattern
RF
HackRF
Pixhawk
Ardupilot
Mission Planner
GRC
GNU Radio
Python
MATLAB

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik H. Lenzing, Special Signatory

Author:

Zhao, Tianyang

Title:

Dialogue State Tracking with Universal Adversarial Triggers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Dialogue State Tracking

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Rui Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhiyu

Title:

Underwater wall detection using robotic flapping wing and Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Robotic Wing
Underwater Perception

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Mukka, Shravya

Title:

Aligned Electrospun Starch-Pullulan-Protein Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

starch
WPI
GMP
electrospinning
biodegradable
biocompatible
bioactive
cultivated meat
edible
OSA starch
pullulan
nanofibers
aligned nanofibers
scaffold
GRAS

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Greg Ziegler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Josephine Wee, Committee Member

Author:

Moser, Eric

Title:

Development of a Computational Model of a High Temperature Lithium-Carbon Dioxide Reactor for Space Power Generation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CFD Modeling
Lithium-CO2 Combustion
Power Generation
Multiphase Flow

File:

Download Eric_Moser_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph John Cor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J. Leonard, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Michael Manahan, Committee Member

Author:

Majumder, Sanjay

Title:

Audio Source Separation using Bi-directional Gated Recurrent Unit

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Audio Source Separation
Bi-GRU

File:

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Committee Members:

Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Tyler Patrick Dare, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Weilin

Title:

Examining the Relationship Between Home Food Environment and Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

EAH
Childhood Obesity
Eating Behavior
Home Food Environment

File:

Download Weilin_Li_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage Williams, Committee Member

Author:

Lukac, Meghan

Title:

Longitudinal Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Gait Parameters for ALS Patients Using Remotely Collected Foot-Worn IMU Data

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ALS
Gait
Longitudinal Analysis
Walking Speed
Remote Monitoring
IMU

File:

Download Lukac_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Michael Geronimo, Committee Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Lellan, James

Title:

Engineering a Neural Network-Like Genetic Circuit In Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CRISPRi
Genetic Circuits
Synthetic Biology

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Committee Members:

Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Luque, Miranda

Title:

THE EFFECT OF pH ON THE INTERACTIONS OF KINESIN-1 AND KINESIN-2 WITH THEIR MICROTUBULE TRACK

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology (MS)

Keywords:

pH
microtubule
kinesin-1
kineisn-2

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Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zhiran

Title:

Minimizing the Cost for Charging Plug-in Electric Vehicles Using BFGS Quasi-Newton Method

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Minimizing the cost of charging
Optimization methods
Quasi- Newton method
Newton’s method
Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS)
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs).
Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)

File:

Download Zhiran_Li_Master_Thesis_5.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Yan Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald E Ebeigbe, Committee Member

Author:

Murali, Mayank

Title:

Analyzing the performance of de novo metagenome assemblers for long-read HiFi data

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Metagenome
assembly
long-reads

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mingfu Shao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Koslicki, Committee Member

Author:

Rodrigues Do Amaral, Bruna

Title:

Using big data to answer big questions: how are birds dealing with the challenges of living in the Anthropocene?

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

hemlock woolly adelgid
bird population decline
invasive species
regional decline
bird demography
population biology
climate change
human impact
migration speed
spring migration
bird
bird population
phenology
vegetation green-up

File:

Download Amaral2022_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frances E. Buderman, Committee Member
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Andy Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Sao, Zacharia

Title:

Strategies for Improving the Early Age Strength of High Volume Fly Ash Cementitious Mixtures for Precast Concrete Applications and In-situ Stiffening and Upgrading of Ballasted Rail Track Beds via Cement Grout Injection

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supplementary cementitious materials
High volume fly ash
Precast industry
Hybrid concrete track beds
Preplaced aggregate concrete

File:

Download Zacharia_Sao_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Farshad Rajabipour, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Shihui Shen, Committee Member

Author:

Selinsky, Peter

Title:

A Flow Study of the Effects of Outlet Valve Angle in the Right Side of the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Total Artificial Heart

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

particle image velocimetry (PIV)
pediatric ventricular assist device (PVAD)
pediatric total artificial heart (pTAH)
fluid dynamics
mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSDs)
total artificial heart (TAH)
ventricular assist device (VAD)
Penn State
outlet valve
flow study
2D PIV
rotational flow
thrombosis
shear rate
blood analog
flow loop
3D flow
right side of pediatric total artificial heart (RpTAH)

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Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Shepherd, Garrett

Title:

Tropical Temperatures during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Proxy Fidelity in Pennsylvanian to Permian Carbonates of the US Midcontinent Sea, Eastern Kansas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Oxygen Isotope Paleothermometry
Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry
US Midcontinent
Midcontinent Sea
Eastern Kansas

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miquela Ingalls, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Saritepe, Emre

Title:

A Thesis in the Reliability of Anatomical Measurements Used in Structural Covariance Networks Within the Context of Executive Dysfunctions Induced by Moderate-Severe TBI

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (MS)

Keywords:

structural covariance network
traumatic brain injury
tbi
scn
executive functions
graph theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Bartell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Gilmore, Committee Member
Chaleece Sandberg (She/Her), Committee Member
Paul Allen Bartell, Committee Member

Author:

Shakeel, Yusuf

Title:

Diffusion-based Modeling of Binary Gas Transport in Organic-rich Ultratight Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Adsorption
Binary gas
Gas transport
Ultratight rock
Surface diffusion
Knudsen diffusion
Molecular diffusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member

Author:

Savla, Aditya

Title:

Dimensional Interchangeability in Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Additive Manufacturing
Dimensional Interchangeability
Assemblability
Fused Deposition Modeling

File:

Download Thesis_Document_AdityaSavla_Final_Gradschool_changes_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Ventura, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
El-Amine Lehtihet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenau, Joshua

Title:

Using Neural Networks for Crosstalk Compensation in High Speed, MIMO, Single Ended DDR5 Channels

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Far end crosstalk
DDR5
Neural Networks
High Speed
Single Ended
Multi-input Multi-output
MIMO
Transmission Lines

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Committee Members:

Rafic Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Truong Xuan Tran, Committee Member
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schillinger, David

Title:

I Can't Work Like This: The Effects of Action-State Orientation Diversity on Relationship Conflict in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

action-state orientation
relationship conflict
interpersonal processes
process conflict
transition processes

File:

Download DJS_thesis_submission_4.1.2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Lacey, Lindsay

Title:

Illuminating taxonomic and ecoregional variation in bias among community science data to inform conservation-based species distribution modeling

Graduate Program:

Spatial Data Science (MS)

Keywords:

species distribution model
MaxEnt
conservation
volunteered geographic information
citizen science
community science
bias
SDM
ecological niche model
ENM

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Committee Members:

Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair
Marcela Suárez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Laveaga, Erica

Title:

Developmental and mortality rate of spotted lanternfly (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) on grapevines and tree of heaven

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Development
Mortality
Reproduction

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Flor E Acevedo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Julie Marie Urban, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member

Author:

Ivanova, Miglena

Title:

Codeveloping Trajectories of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems From Toddlerhood to Early School Age: Role of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Caregiver Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

externalizing problems
internalizing problems
codeveloping trajectories
prenatal substance exposure
caregiver sensitivity
parallel-process latent growth curve modeling
externalizing problems
internalizing problems
codeveloping trajectories
prenatal substance exposure
caregiver sensitivity
parallel-process latent growth curve modeling

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Committee Members:

Rina Das Eiden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Peter C. M. Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Jangam, Avesh Avinash

Title:

Treatment Planning for Thermal Therapies to Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

GBM
LITT
magnetic nanoparticles hyperthermia
simulation model
treatment planning
thermal therapies
medical tool
simulation tool

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Anirudh Sharma, Committee Member

Author:

Jackson, Luke

Title:

Analyzing the Impact of Distribution Center Location on E-Commerce Network Design

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Supply Chain
Data Analysis
Clustering Model
Geospatial Analysis
E-commerce

File:

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Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Guanghua Qiu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raghu Sangwan, Committee Member
Youakim Badr, Committee Member

Author:

Johnston, Alexis

Title:

The Effect of Vitamin D Deficiency on Vitamin D Receptor Expression in a VDR/Cre Reporter Mouse and the Effect of Vitamin D on Survival and Natural Killer Cells in Influenza A Infection

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology (MS)

Keywords:

vitamin d
natural killer cell
nk cell
influenza
vdr
cyp27b1

File:

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Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Singh, Committee Member
Kumble Prabhu, Program Head/Chair
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Troy Clavell Sutton, Committee Member

Author:

Kou, Tianqi

Title:

Reconceptualizing Machine Learning Reproducibility

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Reproducibility
Philosophy of Machine Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Fred Fonseca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Kumar, Committee Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Susser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kelm, Madison

Title:

Predictors of Parenting at Toddler Age: Maternal Childhood Maltreatment, Prenatal Substance Use, and Pre-to-Postnatal Maternal Mood Unpredictability

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Maternal sensitivity
harshness
mood unpredictability
prenatal substance use
childhood maltreatment

File:

Download Kelm_MastersThesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Rina Das Eiden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Stephanie Godleski, Special Signatory

Author:

King, Rachel

Title:

Evaluating Realistic Deployments of Trusted Execution Environments in the Tor Network

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

trusted execution environments
security
tor network

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Heon, Alban Philippe

Title:

Systematic Evaluation of Geo-Location Privacy Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

privacy
obfuscation mechanism
location privacy

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Zhaoran

Title:

Optimization of Hot Water Pretreatment of Switchgrass for Acidogenic and Anaerobic Digestion

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Switchgrass
Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment
Acidogenic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion

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Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Liebross, Brendan

Title:

THE IMPACT OF PHYTASE ACTIVITY AND AMINO ACID CONCENTRATION ON BROILERS’ GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND COMPARING ANTIBIOTIC-FREE AND ORGANIC DIETS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF 3- TO 6-WEEK-OLD TURKEY HENS

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

Poultry
Phytase
Amino Acid Concentration
Organic
Antibiotic-free
Betaine
Broilers
Turkey Hens

File:

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Committee Members:

John Boney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Paul Allen Bartell, Committee Member

Author:

Lefever, Andrew

Title:

Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Vertical tillage
No-till

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Charlie White, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member

Author:

Lytle, Marisa

Title:

The Influence of Neighborhood on Infant Parasympathetic Nervous System Development

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Infancy
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Neighborhood
Maternal Depression
Development

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Heidemarie Laurent, Committee Member

Author:

Melnik, Samantha

Title:

Modeling Manufacturing Process CO2 Emissions to Reduce the Iron and Steel Industry Carbon Footprint

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

steelmaking
steel
iron
co2 emissions
emissions modeling
green steel
net-zero steel
carbon reduction
carbon emissions
steel industry

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Committee Members:

Paul Carl Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Michael, Ryan

Title:

Exploring Brightness Temperatures and Atmospheric State Relationships in the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS)

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Mars
Brightness temperature
Data assimilation
EMARS
Radiative transfer

File:

Download MS_Thesis_McMichael.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, Committee Member