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Author:

Zamil, Mohammad S

Title:

Multiscale investigation from subcellular to tissue scale of onion epidermal plant cell wall mechanical properties

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Plant cell walls
Mechanical characterization
Tensile loading
MEMS
Biomaterials
Bridging subcellular and tissue scales

File:

Download Dissertation-_M._Shafayet_Zamil__Dec_18_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Ho Jae Yi, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhenzihao

Title:

Production Data Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs: A Density-Based Approach

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Gas
Oil
Naturally Fractured Reservoir
Dual-Porosity
Decline Curve Analysis
Density-Based Approach
Pseudo-Functions

File:

Download Thesis_ZhenzihaoZhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reed, Brendan Christopher

Title:

Water Quality of Three Forest Streams in Pennsylvania Impacted by Acidic Atmospheric Deposition

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

acid deposition
water quality
forest stream
deposition
acid
clean air act
recovery
atmospheric deposition

File:

Download BCR_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hatatah, Mohammed Abdullah

Title:

Ann-based Pss Design for Reactive Power Regulation Using Synchronous Condenser

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Synchronous Condenser
Power System Stabilizer
Artificial Neural Network

File:

Download Thesis_hatatah_Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Idowu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Durrant, Chad Bredthauer

Title:

Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

neutron activation analysis
comparative NAA

File:

Download Durrant_Thesis_Final_Draft2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Melia Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jiang, Chunzhi

Title:

Comparison of variable penalry ADMM with Split Bregman Method on hyperspectral imaging problems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

ADMM
Split Bregman Method
Hyperspectral Imaging
L1 Regularization

File:

Download Jiang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Necdet S Aybat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wager, Justin Charles

Title:

Assessment of elastic energy in the plantar aponeurosis and its contributions to human running

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

biomechanics
multisegment foot model
locomotion
plantar fascia
elastic energy
strain
longitudinal arch
foot strike

File:

Download JWager_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

The Use of Cooperative Learning in China's Elementary Classrooms: Perceptions by Teachers

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Cooperative Learning
Teacher
Chinese Elementary School
Educational Reform
Motivation
Professional Development

File:

Download Chang_Liu_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert James Stevens, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Loder, Bonnie

Title:

Framing the Nation: The Family as a Model for Nation Building in the Nineteenth-century Spanish American Novel

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Nation building
Family
Nineteenth-Century
Spanish America

File:

Download Bonnie_Loder_Framing_the_Nation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Cuervo Hewitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Barnard, Committee Member
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Guadalupe Martí Peña, Committee Member
Fernando Operé, Special Member

Author:

Tsai, Chen-hao

Title:

Essays on Electricity Market Restructuring and nuclear Industry in the United States

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear energy
nuclear safety
electricity market
deregulation

File:

Download Chen-Hao_Tsai_Dissertation_20150327.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhen Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Edward Harris Klevans, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Special Member

Author:

Pickett, Shelly Collette

Title:

Determining the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition of Freshwater Streams from Fish Gut Analysis

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

benthic macroinvertebrate communities
gut contents of fishes
White Suckers
Bluespotted Sunfish
Redbreast Sunfish

File:

Download Shelly_Pickett_Final_M.S._Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amador, Nathan S

Title:

Mapping Greenland Supraglacial Melt Lakes and the Role of Local- and Synoptic- scale Climates in Their Variations

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Greenland
supraglacial melt lake
climate
atmospheric circulation

File:

Download AMADOR_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Mark Carleton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Byron Richard Parizek, Special Member

Author:

Bulathsinghala, Marie S

Title:

Regulation of Drug Resistance by Ikaros

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Leukemia
drug-resistance
Ikaros

File:

Download Marie_Sioussat_Shaner_Bulathsinghala_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sinisa Dovat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sinisa Dovat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Warren Wills, Committee Member
Barbara Miller, Committee Member
Gregory Yochum, Committee Member

Author:

Aly, Reham

Title:

Ceremonial and Economical Life in the Royal Palace of New Kingdom,egypt

Graduate Program:

Art History

Keywords:

Royal Palace
New Kingdom
Ceremonial Life
Economical Life

File:

Download Ceremonial_and_Economical_Life_in_the_Royal_Palace_of_New_Kingdom_Egypt__YASSER-PCs_conflicted_copy_2014-12-15_.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Walters, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhuri Shrikant Desai, Committee Member
Donald B Redford, Special Member

Author:

Masters, Samuel Edward

Title:

Soft Tissue Oscillation Increases Gait Stability in Passive-dynamic Walkers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

passive walker
soft tissue
stability
floquet multipliers
local divergence exponents
basin of attraction
variability

File:

Download Thesis_final_revision.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wei, Minchen

Title:

Effects of LED Spectral Modifications on Visual Responses

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Lighting
LED
Spectrum
Visual Responses
Psychophysics

File:

Download Dissertation20150909.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin William Houser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin William Houser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard George Mistrick, Committee Member
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Committee Member
Dale Tiller, Special Member

Author:

Mendez, Laura Ximena

Title:

Gastrocnemius Muscle Pennation Variation

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Gastrocnemius muscle
pennation angle

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_Laura_Mendez.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Doman, Christine Elizabeth

Title:

STABLE ISOTOPE AND LIPID SIGNATURES OF PLANTS ACROSS A CLIMATE GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOMARKER-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Isotpe fractionation
n-alkanes
C4
Kohala
Kikuyu grass

File:

Download Doman_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kindel, Curtis

Title:

Moment-angle Relationship of Hip Musculature

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Biomechanics
hip
patellofemoral-syndrome
moment-angle relationship
joint moment fluctuations

File:

Download Penn_State_Dissertation__Kindel___May_2015_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller Iii, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Special Member

Author:

Lapp, Daniel Wesley

Title:

Molecular Mechaisms of Astrocyte Protection Following Oxidative Stress

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Stat3
Uncoupling Protein 2
oxidative stress
astrocyte

File:

Download Lapp_Thesis_Corrections_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Colin James Barnstable, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Colin James Barnstable, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Shaomin Zhang, Committee Member
Ian Alexander Simpson, Committee Member
Alistair J Barber, Committee Member