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Author:

Oli, Neha

Title:

Effects of the estrous cycle and early pregnancy on proportions and functions of peripheral immune cells in dairy cows and heifers

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

early pregnancy
immunomodulatory proteins
nulliparous heifers
multiparous lactating cows
conceptus

File:

Download Thesis_Document_Neha_Oli.pdf

Committee Members:

Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cintron, Vincent

Title:

HIGH HEAT FLUX DAMAGE SIMULATIONS WITH AN ELECTROTHERMAL DISCHARGE DEVICE UNDERGOING INCREASING CURRENT AND PULSE LENGTH TIMES

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

electrothermal discharge device
High heat flux damage
PFCs
tokamak first wall
ETFLOW

File:

Download Cintron_Vincent_NUCE_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Leigh Winfrey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elia Merzari, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Suryadevara, Raja

Title:

Intelligent Operation and Control of Microgrids Using Multiple Reinforcement Learning Agents

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Reinforcement Learning
DDPG
DQN
Microgrids
Frequency Control
Excitation Control

File:

Download Raja_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Idowu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rafic A Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Wolfram Bettermann, Committee Member

Author:

Suvarna, Shubham

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Thermally Modulated Li-ion Batteries for Electric Aircrafts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Thermal Modulation
Electric Aircrafts
Li-ion Batteries
Modelling
Simulation
Electrochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_SuvarnaShubham.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chao-Yang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Zachos, Damaris

Title:

Noise Prediction of Rotorcraft Acoustics for a Conceptual eVTOL Design and Conventional Helicopters

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Helicopter
Acoustics
eVTOL
Noise Abatement

File:

Download Zachos-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Bozek, Evan

Title:

Contact and Noncontact Nonlinear/Linear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy (N/RUS) of Additively Manufactured and Wrought 316L Stainless Steel Samples

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
NRUS
Additive Manufacturing
Resonance
Non-contact

File:

Download EBozekMastersThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Parisa Shokouhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Jacques Riviere, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Justin

Title:

Universal Micro-credential Certifications Powered By the Blockchain: An Extension For eAsel

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

blockchain
micro-credentials
eAsel
competency-based education
smart contracts
ethereum
blockchain certificates
ERC-721
Non-Fungible Tokens
digital badges
blockchain credentials

File:

Download JustinWu-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Steven R. Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
Edward J Glantz, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Lauren

Title:

Exploring The Existence of Melody in Infant Pain Cries

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (MS)

Keywords:

infant cry
melody
early language
acoustics
speech science
cry melody

File:

Download Lee_FINALThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Etter (She/Her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Michael Robb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ji Min Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Cloward, Michael

Title:

Dynamic Overset CFD Analysis of Biomedical Microrobot Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Microrobotics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Overset Mesh
Biomedicine
Magnetic Actuation

File:

Download MBC_Thesis_Final_Rev1.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Catherine G P Berdanier, Committee Member

Author:

Leung, Tiffanie

Title:

Re-crafting the Earthbag Wall: Addressing Safety, Labor, Construction, and Aesthetics Through Novel Machine-Sewn Bags

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

earthbag construction
flexible-form rammed earth
sewing craft
machine-facilitated craft
earthbag construction process
modifying earthbag geometry
earthbag craft
cinched earthbag
accessible craft

File:

Download Tiffanie_Leung_MSArch_Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Marcus Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dk Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Felecia Ann Davis, Committee Member
Esther Adhiambo Obonyo, Committee Member

Author:

Weir, Elisabeth

Title:

Measuring Olfactory And Chemosensory Function In Healthy Controls And COVID-19 Positive Individuals

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Olfaction
Smell
Taste
Detection Threshold
Chemesthesis
Anosmia
Chemosensory Function

File:

Download ElisabethWeir_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
John Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Cara L Exten, Committee Member

Author:

Kazandjian, Vahan

Title:

Template-Based Feature Map Creation Using GPS and 2D LIDAR Scan Intensity and Height Extrema

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Feature Templates
LIDAR
Autonomous Vehicles
Mapping
GPS
Lane Detection
Vehicle
Road Detection
Data Clustering
Sensor Fusion

File:

Download Vahan_Kazandjian_MS_Thesis_Template-Based_Feature_Map_Creation_Using_GPS_and_2D_LIDAR_Scan_Intensity_and_Height_Extrema.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Mallett, Cam

Title:

Congregation Loss: The Black Colleges, Clubs, and Sportswriters Who Desegregated Atlanta Track and Field

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Sporting Congregations
Integration
Desegregation
Track and Field
Atlanta
HBCUs
Sportswriters

File:

Download Congregation_Loss_-_Formatted_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mark Dyreson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Sikes, Committee Member
Jaime Schultz, Committee Member
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias, Committee Member

Author:

Decerio, Dalton

Title:

Benefits of Parallel Hybrid Electric Propulsion for Aircraft and Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

hybrid
electric
aircraft
rotorcraft
conceptual design
optimization
propulsion

File:

Download Decerio_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Pagnucco, Max

Title:

Modeling Acoustical Horns as a Cascade of Conical Transmission Line Segments Terminated with a Spherical Radiator

Graduate Program:

Acoustics (MS)

Keywords:

Acoustics
Transmission Line
Horns
Lumped Elements
Musical Instruments
Benade
Simscape
Propagation
Radiation
Equivalent Circuits

File:

Download Pagnucco_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair
Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Dan Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Guanzhou

Title:

Sand Screen Performance Prediction Using Numerical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sand screen
CFD-DEM
sand screen performance prediction
numerical simulation
permeability change prediction
gravel pack

File:

Download Thesis_Guanzhou_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Geer, Connor

Title:

Anomaly Detection of Test-Time Evasion Attacks in the Audio Domain

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Adversarial Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Audio
Anomaly Detection

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Member
Syed Rafiul Hussain, Committee Member

Author:

Messinger, Steve

Title:

Modeling, Adaptive Control, and Flight Testing of a Lighter-than-Air Vehicle Validated Using System Identification

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Model Reference Adaptive Control
System Identification
Adaptive Control
Lighter-than-Air Vehicle
Vehicle Design
Sparse System Identification
Flight Testing
Modeling
Simulation
Control
Aerospace

File:

Download Messinger_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Springer, Renaldo

Title:

Development of an all aqueous thermally regenerative ammonia battery using Cu(I,II) redox reactions

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Thermally Regenerative ammonia battery
TRAB
energy storage
all aqueous TRAB

File:

Download SpringerR_MSc_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Derek M Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member
Christopher A Gorski, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Elwain, Brody

Title:

exploring the utility of monocentric imagers for astronomy

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Optics
Aberration correction
Astronomical survey

File:

Download McElwain-Brody-MS-Thesis_2022-04-04_.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Suvrath Mahadevan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Hsu, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Topper, Evan

Title:

Calibration and Validation of a Rotorcraft Design and Analysis Tool for Electric Powered Multirotor Configurations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Multirotor
NDARC
Simulation
Validation
eVTOL
Rotorcraft

File:

Download FINAL_AERSP_MS_Thesis_Evan_Topper.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Hebert, Hannah

Title:

Predictors of Sentence Repetition: Phonological Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Long-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders (MS)

Keywords:

working memory
cognition
language
sentence recall
nonword repetition
pSTM
Phonological short-term memory
WM

File:

Download Hebert_MSThesis_SP22.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Williams, Program Head/Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Robb, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Cong

Title:

Quantifying and Mitigating Cache Side Channel Leakage with Differential Set

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

cache side-channel
cybersecurity
language-based security
program analysis

File:

Download Cong_Ma_Thesis-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gang Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Bozek, Andrew

Title:

Shape Memory Alloy Films for Increasing Amplitude of Photoacoustic Signals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Thin Films
Shape Memory Alloy

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Final-_Andrew_Bozek.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Reginald F Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Tucker

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND SIMULATION OF MICROWAVE STRIPLINE DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

microwave
5G
transmission lines
microstrip

File:

Download brown_ms_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Edward Perini, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Cheng Yi

Title:

Applications of Analytics in Disease Prediction Types

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Landmark Gens
Cancer Types
Disease Type Prediction
Machine Learning
Analytics Model

File:

Download APPLICATIONS_OF_ANALYTICS_IN_DISEASE_PREDICTION_TYPES.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raghu Sangwan, Committee Member
Youakim Badr, Committee Member
Colin Neill, Committee Member
Partha Mukherjee, Committee Member

Author:

Flood, Kendra

Title:

Principals' Perceptions and the Decision-Making Process on Implementing Extended Contracts for School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education (MS)

Keywords:

principals' decision-making
agricultural education
extended contracts

File:

Download FinalThesis2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kevin Wylie Curry, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Committee Member
Ericka S Weathers, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Qingyuan

Title:

Application of lot-for-lot and order frequency policies for supplier selection and order quantity allocation in two‑stage supply chains

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supplier selection
Lot-for-lot policy
Order frequency policy
Finite production rates

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Qingyuan_Lu.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Voigt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jose A. Ventura, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yue Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Olamoyegun, Olusegun

Title:

3D filament production unit using plastic waste and pellets

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
3D Filament
Plastic waste
Pellets
PLA
ABS
Waste recycling
3D Printing
Filament Production

File:

Download 3D_filament_production_unit_using_plastic_waste_and_pellets.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Beese, Program Head/Chair
John Gershenson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Joshi, Committee Member
Jesse Kane Mc Ternan, Committee Member

Author:

Anthony, Mitchel

Title:

The Effectiveness of Pumice as a Supplementary Cementitious Material within High Performance Self-Consolidating Concrete

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Pumice
High Strength Concrete
Self-Consolidating Concrete
Metakaolin

File:

Download Mitchel_Anthony_Thesis_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Seroj Mackertich-Sengerdy, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Shashidhara S Marikunte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rajarajan Subramanian, Committee Member

Author:

Taglieri, David

Title:

Urban Traffic Network Operations: Roundabouts vs. Signalized Intersections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

traffic
traffic control
roundabout
roundabouts
macroscopic fundamental diagram
network exit function
transportation
engineering
MFD
NEF

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Vikash V. Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric T. Donnell, Committee Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Committee Member

Author:

Yadav, Rupesh Ramchandra

Title:

Evaluation of the performance of CLT tornado shelters

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

CLT
tornado
tornado shelter
sap2000

File:

Download Thesis_Rupesh_Yadav.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Fox, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mike Hillman, Committee Member
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Committee Member
Aly Marei Said, Committee Member

Author:

Tirrell, Bruce

Title:

Challenging Veteran Stereotypes: An Investigation Around Veteran Status and Its Influence on Aggression, Ostracism, Stress, and Counterproductive Work Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations (MS)

Keywords:

Veterans
Military
Veteran Stereotypes
Aggression
Stress
Counterproductive Work Behaviors
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Ostracism
Emotional Stability
Military Identity
Military Culture

File:

Download Bruce_K_Tirrell_HRER_MS_Thesis_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Clark, Program Head/Chair
Kameron Carter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothea Roumpi, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Nowparvar, Mahgol

Title:

IMMERSIVE SIMULATION-BASED LEARNING (ISBL): EFFICACY AND EFFECT OF NAVIGATION IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Simulation
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Human-computer interface
Data science applications in education

File:

Download Data_Analytics_Thesis_-_Mahgol_Nowparvar.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin Neill, Program Head/Chair
Ashkan Negahban, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Parhum Delgoshaei, Committee Member
Robin Guanghua Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

O'Connell, Abby

Title:

Can I Get a Word In? The Impact of Turn-Taking and Gender Engineering Design Students' Psychological Safety

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

psychological safety
design teams
design theory
creativity and concept generation decision theory

File:

Download AbbyOConnellGraduateThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Joshi, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member

Author:

Varaksa Jr, Alexander

Title:

Assessing Grapevine Leafroll Disease Impact in Commercial Vineyards throughout Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

grapevine leafroll disease
GLD
grapevines
Cabernet Franc
vineyards
virus
impact
yield
juice chemistry
growth
weather

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Alexander_Varaksa.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member
Flor E Acevedo, Committee Member

Author:

Stark, Cassie

Title:

Habitat and flora associated with two ramp/leek species (Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii) in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

ramps
Allium tricoccum
Allium burdickii
Forest farming
Soil moisture
Population discovery

File:

Download Thesis_CS_Ramp_Habitat.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Sarah E Nilson, Committee Member

Author:

Garcia, Miguel

Title:

Insights on the use of Machine Learning to Predict Retention of Career Soldiers in the United States Army

Graduate Program:

Data Analytics (MS)

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
AI
Deep Learning
Decision Tree
Logistic Regression
Random Forest
XGBoost
Artificial Neural Network
Deep Neural Network
U.S. Army
Military
Attrition
Retention
Person-Event Data Environment
PDE
Department of Defense
DoD
Army Analytics Group
AAG
Naive Bayes
Active Duty
Enlistment
Commissioned Officers
Soldiers
Area Under the Curve
AUC
Data Analytics
Retirement
MEDPROS
PHA
MEPCOM
DTMS
ATMS
ROC Curve
Variable Importance
Preprocessing
Data Quality

File:

Download Insights_on_the_use_of_AI_to_Predict_Retention_of_Career_Soldiers_in_the_US_Army.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Roessler, Arya

Title:

Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

carbon fiber reinforced plastics
OOA
out-of-autoclave
B-staging
epoxy
short beam shear
ILSS
DSC
carbon fiber
composites

File:

Download Roessler_MS_Thesis_May_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Committee Member

Author:

Weitsman, Daniel

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of the effects of cyclic pitch variations on rotor noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

eVTOL Noise
eVTOL
Helicopter Noise
Acoustics
Cyclic Pitch
Rotorcraft

File:

Download Weitsman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Coleman, Kiana

Title:

Anti-inflammatory effects of cocoa supplementation in a mice model of inflammatory bowel disease

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Ulcerative colitis
Inflammation
Dose-response
Cocoa
In vivo

File:

Download KianaColeman_FinalVersion_Thesis_Spring22.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Greg Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Traub, Julia

Title:

How Schoolyard Renewal Can Impact Wellness in Elementary Schools: an analysis of post-2000s literature

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

Well-being
Youth
Green-space
Cognitive development

File:

Download TraubJulia_THESIS_FINAL_corr.pdf

Committee Members:

Stuart Echols, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Paul Mainzer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leann Andrews, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Roxi Thoren, Committee Member

Author:

Mejia, Austin

Title:

Wolbachia densities in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
Wolbachia
density
Aedes aegypti
mosquito
symbiont
artificial selection
inbreeding
biocontrol

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Austin.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Mcgraw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member

Author:

Leng, Rui

Title:

DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD ACTUATED MULTILAYERED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Smart materials
Magneto-active elastomers
Magneto-active polymer-based materials
Shape memory polymers
Polymer actuation
Polymer Characterization
Additive manufacturing
Printability
Unimorph
Biomedical field

File:

Download Thesis_RuiLeng.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Agnihotri, Devanshi

Title:

Assessing mHealth Motivational Pathways Among Hispanic Individuals Through Technological Affordances

Graduate Program:

Informatics (MS)

Keywords:

Technological affordances
self determination theory
motivational technology model

File:

Download FINALAgnihotri_MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Saeed M Abdullah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunfeng Shi, Committee Member
Xinning Gui, Committee Member

Author:

Mcfeaters, Tyler

Title:

Field-Scale Spatial Distribution and Genotypic Diversity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Soybeans

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
white mold
soybean
field-scale
spatial distribution
genotypic diversity

File:

Download TylerMcFeaters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair
Paul David Esker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Tallon, Aubrey

Title:

Parks in Praxis: Perspectives on the Frontlines of the Racial Justice Movement in America

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (MS)

Keywords:

race
justice
racial justice
parks
recreation
protests

File:

Download Parks_in_Praxis_Final_Draft_-_APRIL_7_Appendix_Edit.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Newman, Program Head/Chair
Alan R Graefe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew J. Mowan, Committee Member
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member

Author:

Werkheiser, Nathan

Title:

Backpropagation Analysis of Swirling Isothermal Dump Combustor Data

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Neural Networks
Backpropagation
fluid flow
CFD
Swirling Flow
Activation Functions

File:

Download Thesis_Werkheiser_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Koehle, Allison

Title:

Smart Tillage and the Regulation of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Organic Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

nitrous oxide
cover crop
manure
organic agriculture
denitrification
tillage

File:

Download AlliKoehle_AEPSMastersThesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Armen R. Kemanian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member

Author:

Millward, Andrew

Title:

L2-UniFrac

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UniFrac
Bioinformatics
Comparative Metagenomics
Representative Microbiome
Distance Metric
Differential Abundance

File:

Download L2_Unifrac-Andrew_Millward.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
David Koslicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Medvedev, Committee Member