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Author:

Beekman III, Charles Richard

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY PROFILES OF TEMPERAMENT: CHARACTERIZATION, CONTINUITY, AND ETIOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Temperament
Socioemotional Development
Latent Profile Analysis
Genetic
Environmental

File:

Download cbthesis_etdfinaljulFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Loken, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weiss, Daniel Ross

Title:

An Automated Detection Scheme For wireless Protocol Classification

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Protocol Analysis
Wireless Protocols
Wireless Protocol Classification
Automated Protocol Detection

File:

Download Weiss_Daniel_Masters_Thesis_Fall_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark P Mahon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wilt, Jessica Leigh

Title:

Effective Csr Strategies: Lessons Learned from Selected Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners

Graduate Program:

Community and Economic Development

Keywords:

CSR
Ecological Modernization
Quality Management
BPEP
MBNQA
sustainability
sustainable development

File:

Download Wilt_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Christiansen, Monica Danielle

Title:

Development of a Trailing-Edge Noise Prediction Method using the Non-Linear Disturbance Equations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

trailing edge noise
computational aeroacoustics
non-linear disturbance equations
wind turbine noise

File:

Download PSUThesisChristiansenFINAL072914.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Seal, Ryan

Title:

Software Defined Radar for VHF Meteor Research at the Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

SDR
Open Source
VHF
Radar
Meteor
Remote Sensing
Atmosphere

File:

Download meteor_summary.pdfDownload thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kozlowski, Scott M

Title:

The effect of substrate bias on the growth of vanadium oxide thin films

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sputtering
magnetron
reactive
vanadium oxide
vanadium
VOx
pulsed DC
bias
microbolometer
thermal imaging

File:

Download Kozlowski_Scott_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark William Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kreidel, Shaun

Title:

Practical Modeling of Composite Slab Floor Systems With Dominant Slab Mode For Vibration Control

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Modeling
Floor Vibration Control
SAP2000
ASCE Design Guide 11

File:

Download SMK_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Morley Hanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Seong Jo

Title:

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE PARALLEL I/O

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MPI-IO
PVFS
collective I/O
I/O stack
code instrumentation
Parallel I/O visualization

File:

Download msthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bhatnagar, Unmukt Rajeev

Title:

Seismic Performance of Skewed Bridges under Orthogonal Ground Motion Components

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Orthogonal effects
Fragility Curves
Directionality Effects
Seismic Analysis
Skewed Bridge

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Unmukt_Bhatnagar.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Swagata Banerjee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kaushal, Vivek

Title:

Simulating Sensors For Light Armored Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Requirement Prioritization
Requirement Selection
Sensors
Army

File:

Download Final_thesis_format_changes_20140728.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Raymond Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Malinowski, Owen Michael

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Hollow Cylinders with Axial Periodicity

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

Ultrasonic
Guided Waves
Elastic Waves
Periodic Media

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Rev10_FinalFinalSubmission_OwenMalinowski.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ivica Smid, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stauffer, Kyle D

Title:

Community Acceptance of Natural Remediation Methods in Baltimore, Md

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Brownfields
phytoremediation
natural remediation
landscape architecture
community acceptance
Baltimore
Risk Perception

File:

Download STAUFFER_THESIS_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallika Bose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Orland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Kew, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Seifert, Corinne Meredith

Title:

Simplified Numerical Bridge Model Subject to Blast Loads

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Bridge
Column
Blast
Numerical
Model

File:

Download Seifert_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Narasimharaju, Anukalp

Title:

A Feasibility Study in Redox Flow Battery Adoption to Augment Sustainable Electricity Grid Expansion in Developing Countries

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Feasibility study
flow battery
sustainable electricity
energy

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Draft_Anukalp_submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Howlett, Giles Ford

Title:

A Systematic Study Of Stabilization Methods For Mechanically Milled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anode Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon Anode
Silicon
Silicon Carbon Nanocomposite
Lithium Ion Battery
Anode

File:

Download Howlett-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ramachandran, Radhika

Title:

Modeling Heat Transfer In Cantaloupes During Hot Water Immersion And Thermal Destruction Of Listeria monocytogenes

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Cantaloupe
Listeria monocytogenes
modeling
hot water immersion

File:

Download Radhika_Ramachandran_MS_Thesis_Food_Science.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Samuel Craig

Title:

Design and Testing of a Small, Semi-span, Prop-rotor Model for Whirl Flutter Stability

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tiltrotor
wind tunnel
testing
whirl
flutter
stability

File:

Download SamuelJohnson-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Abah, Alphonsus Igoche

Title:

Effect of Multi-phase Flow on Recovery of Fracture Fluid and Gas in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic
fracture
fracturing
marcellus
proppant
multi-phase flow
shut-in
capillary pressure

File:

Download EFFECT_OF_MULTI-PHASE_FLOW_ON_LONG_TERM_GAS_RECOVERY_BY_ALPHONSUS_ABAH.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Umar, Ashraf Ibrahim

Title:

A Modified Duobinary Communication System For Rapid Prototyping Using Fpgas And Asics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Duobinary
NRZ
FPGA
ASIC
Bandwidth
High-Speed
Rapid Prototyping
Transceiver
Stratix IV GT
Eye diagram

File:

Download MSEE_Thesis_Ashraf_Umar.pdf

Committee Members:

Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barton, Ethan Patrick

Title:

Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Marcellus
shale gas
forest
songbirds
biotic homogenization
habitat fragmentation

File:

Download BartonThesis2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor