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Author:

Ludwig, Michael Dale

Title:

Opioid Growth Factor As A Candidate Biomarker For Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis
EAE
Biomarker
OGF
LDN
Cytokines

File:

Download Ludwig_Dissertation_9282017_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colin James Barnstable, Committee Member
Yongsoo Kim, Committee Member
Mark David Meadowcroft, Outside Member
Ian Stuart Zagon, Committee Member
Gary A Thomas, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Jian

Title:

Development of Automated Neuro-Simulation Protocols for Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis Applications

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Neuro-Simulation
Machine Learning
Neural Network
Numerical Reservoir Simulation
Pressure Transient Analysis
Rate Transient Analysis

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Outside Member

Author:

Schneider, Hannah Marie

Title:

Functional Implications of Root Cortical Senescence For Soil Resource Capture

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Roots
Root Cortical Senescence
Anatomy
Barley

File:

Download HMSCHNEIDER_PHD_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

Author:

Frankel, Erica Ann

Title:

Towards Investigation of RNA Catalysis and Compartmentalization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
Catalysis
Compartmentalization
Cooperativity
Origins of Life

File:

Download Frankel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
James Kasting, Outside Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Normile, Caroline Palmer

Title:

Assessment of Uncertainties in Atmospheric Transport and Surface Flux of Carbon from the North American Terrestrial Biosphere

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

carbon dioxide
forest carbon
atmospheric boundary layer
WRF
North America
terrestrial bisosphere
fossil fuels
eddy covariance

File:

Download Normile_Caroline_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth James Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
David R Stauffer, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Thomas Claude Yves Lauvaux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhou, Yuhang

Title:

FUNCTIONAL LIMIT THEOREMS FOR SHOT NOISE PROCESSES WITH DEPENDENCE

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Shot noise process;
functional weak law of large numbers;
functional central limit theorems;
dependent shot noise

File:

Download YZhou-MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Guodong Pang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member

Author:

Elewonibi, Bilikisu Morenike

Title:

A Socioecological View Of Attitudes And Perceptions Towards Uptake Of Breast Cancer Screening In Multicultural Populations

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Breast cancer
Mammograms
Nigeria
Breast cancer screening in Appalachia
Health care system distrust
Cancer screening and chronic diseases
Distrust and cancer screening

File:

Download Elewonibi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rhonda BeLue, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhonda BeLue, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Hillermeier, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Eugene Lengerich, Outside Member

Author:

Kaufman, Ezekiel John

Title:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONTACT, POLITICAL ALIENATION & POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: THE EFFECTS OF PUNITIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONTACT ON VOTING

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

political alienation
political powerlessness
political meaninglessness
political cynicism
symbolic interactionism
societal reaction theory
Edwin Lemert
Melvin Seeman
Ada Finifter
Voting
Punitive Criminal Justice Contact

File:

Download 2017_Kaufman_Ezekiel_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell J Steffensmeier, Committee Member
Wayne Osgood, Committee Member

Author:

Bobbio, Lourdes Del

Title:

Toward the study of additively manufactured functionally graded materials: Experimental analysis of microstructure, phase composition, and mechanical properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

functionally graded materials
additive manufacturing
thermodynamic calculations
CALPHD
titanium
stainless steel
invar

File:

Download Lourdes_Bobbio_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Michelle Beese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Patallo, Brandon Joshua

Title:

What Does the Dyad Add? An Examination of Maternal Responsiveness and Dyadic Dyssynchrony in High-Risk Families

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Maltreatment
Dyadic Dyssynchrony
Maternal Responsiveness
Dyad

File:

Download MastersThesisFixed.pdf

Committee Members:

Sandra T Azar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hainey, Mel Forrest

Title:

CONTROLLED GROWTH AND ORIENTATION IN ALUMINUM-MEDIATED CRYSTALLIZATION OF SILICON NANOWIRES AND THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon
Aluminum
Nanowire
Thin Film
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Aluminum-induced Crystallization

File:

Download Al_Si_thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Joan Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Joan Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Dr. Suzanne Mohney, Committee Member
Dr. Jeffery Brownson, Outside Member

Author:

Hochgraf, Anna Katherine

Title:

Bidirectional Links between Self-Esteem and Weight Concerns in Adolescence and the Moderating Roles of Parent Responsiveness and Youth Gender

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
self-esteem
weight concerns
parent responsiveness
family systems

File:

Download Hochgraf_Thesis_submitted1.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan M. McHale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory M Fosco, Committee Member

Author:

Litcofsky, Kaitlyn Ann

Title:

Effect of Discourse Context on Sentence Comprehension and Production Using Cross-Modality Structural Priming: Evidence from Monologue and Dialogue with Native- and Foreign-Accented Speakers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Dialogue
Comprehension and Production
Foreign-Accented Speech
Cross-Modal Structural Priming
Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology

File:

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Committee Members:

Janet G Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet G Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith F Kroll, Committee Member
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Carrie N Jackson, Outside Member

Author:

Notarangelo, Claudio

Title:

The Prediction of Vibratory Stresses in Wall-Bounded Jets due to Unsteady Aeroacoustic Loading

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

acoustics
turbulence
jet
noise
deck
vibratory
stresses
aeroacosutic
claudio
notarangelo
acoustic

File:

Download Notarangelo_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Balfour, Bruce Joseph

Title:

Incubating Community: Arts-Based Development, Network Structure, and the Embedding Process

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

structural embeddedness
relational embeddedness
social network analysis
overembeddedness
arts-based development
arts business incubator
community embeddedness
community development

File:

Download Balfour_Dissertation_Final_110817.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Outside Member
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member

Author:

Ye, Jingyi

Title:

New Statistical Procedures for Analysis of HIV Data and High Dimensional Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

HIV
prevalence and incidence
incidence assay data
refitted cross-validation
high dimension data
varying coefficient model
varying error variance

File:

Download Jingyi_Ye-_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Le Bao, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Lan Kong, Outside Member

Author:

O'Rourke, Kathleen Faye

Title:

CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS AND LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS IN TRYPTOPHAN BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

tryptophan synthase
indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase
enzyme
conformational dynamics
long-range interactions

File:

Download KFO_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David D Boehr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Outside Member

Author:

Rimsaite, Renata

Title:

Three Essays on U.S. Water Rights Markets: Price Efficiency, Welfare Gains, and Institutions

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

water markets
water supply management
water rights institutions
asset-pricing model
market efficiency
welfare gains

File:

Download Rimsaite._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Outside Member
Joel Reid Landry, Committee Member
Sheila M. Olmstead, Special Member

Author:

Freeman, Eugene

Title:

MAGNETOELECTRIC AND OPTO-MECHANICAL MAGNETIC SENSING

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Magnetoelectric
Whispering Galley Mode
Passively Powered
Wireless
Quartz
Micromachined
Magnetometer
Chip-scale
Optomechanical
Glassblowing

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_E_Freeman_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Steven Schiff, Outside Member

Author:

Hao, Sijie

Title:

CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS, THE SIZE-BASED VIABLE ENRICHMENT AND THE EX VIVO EXPANSION

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Cancer metastasis
Bone-on-a-chip
Microfluidics
Circulating tumor cells
CTC Ex Vivo culture
CTC enrichment

File:

Download Sijie_Hao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lian, Committee Member
ANDREA MARIE MASTRO, Outside Member

Author:

Harrington, Nicole Elizabeth

Title:

Community Punishment and the Effects on Child Behavior Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Parental Incarceration; Community Punishment; Child Behavior Outcomes

File:

Download Community_Punishment_and_Youth_Behaviors_-_Harrington.pdf

Committee Members:

David M Ramey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Jae Hyun

Title:

The Biomechanical, Physiological, and Cognitive Effects of Active Workstations and Utilizing Anthropometric Data to Improve the Usability

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Biomechanics
Physiology
Active Workstations
Sedentary Behavior
Office-Related Task Performance

File:

Download JayCho-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
David Nembhard, Committee Member
Melissa Jean Bopp, Outside Member
Liza S Rovniak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Vlacich, Robert K

Title:

Contributors of Success on the Automotive Service Excellence ( ASE) Student Certification Exam

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

ASE
Automotive Service Excellence
Automotive
Predictors of success
certification
exam

File:

Download VlacichDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D Threeton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D Threeton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith A. Kolb, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member

Author:

He, Xiao

Title:

Modeling and Analysis of Cross-Docking using Queuing Theory

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Cross-dock; Warehouse
Synchronization; Fork/join Queuing Model; MVA

File:

Download Thesis_Xiao_He_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vittaldas V Prabhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pang Guodong, Committee Member
Janis P. Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Boettger, Jason Daniel

Title:

CO2 Hydration and Hydroxylation: The Origin of Carbonate Kinetic Isotope Effects

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

isotopes
computational chemistry
isotope fractionation
carbonate
coral

File:

Download Boettger_Full_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Fedri, Melanie Elizabeth

Title:

A Case Study of Curriculum Entrepreneurship: Integrating Social Entrepreneurship Education into Engineering

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
curriculum
curriculum change
curriculum innovation
curriculum entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship
bricolage
engineering education
social entrepreneurship
social entrepreneurship education
entrepreneurship education
entrepreneurial process

File:

Download 171117_Dissertation_-_Melanie_Elizabeth_Fedri_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karly Sarita Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Timothy Grant Pollock, Outside Member
Lisa R Lattuca, Special Member

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method

File:

Download Kirsch_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Mizuhara, Matthew S

Title:

Analytical and numerical studies on minimal models of crawling cell motion

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

applied mathematics
mathematical biology
cell motility
partial differential equations
keratocyte motion

File:

Download mizuhara_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Leonid Berlyand, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonid Berlyand, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Anna Mazzucato, Committee Member
Lorraine Santy, Outside Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Jennifer Tu

Title:

Integrating root and leaf phenotypes to enhance nitrogen use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.)

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Root anatomy
Maize
Zea mays L.
Nitrogen uptake
Node
Phenotyping
Root plasticity
Root diameter
Root number
IBM
Recombinant Inbred Lines
Leaf anatomy
Leaf thickness
Nitrogen use efficiency
Root anatomy
Maize
Zea mays L.
Nitrogen
Recombinant inbred lines
IBM
Phenotyping
Leaf anatomy
Root architecture
Leaf thickness
Root diameter
Nitrogen use efficiency
Nitrogen uptake efficiency

File:

Download Formatted_Dissertation_JTY_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Brown, Committee Member
Gabriele Monshausen, Committee Member
Timothy Ryan, Outside Member

Author:

Smith, Maurice Devoe

Title:

Exploring African American High School Age Males’ Perceptions of Agricultural-related Youth Programs in Urban Settings

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Agricultural-related
4-H Youth Development
perceptions
ethnic identity
community involvement

File:

Download PhDDissertation_mds_11_14_17_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Sheree Webster, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark A Brennan Jr., Committee Member
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Member
Jonte Charez Taylor, Outside Member

Author:

Hanlon, Meredith

Title:

New perspectives on conventional ideas about root system architecture and morphology

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

auxin
phosphorus
lateral roots
roots
rice
root hairs

File:

Download MHanlon_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Marie Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Outside Member

Author:

Bowers, Daniel Thorn

Title:

NANOFIBER REGULATION OF CELLULAR MIGRATORY MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

tissue engineering
scaffold
nanofibers
diameter
migration
focal adhesion

File:

Download BowersDT_-_Dissertation_SUBMITTED.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin L. Brown, Ph.D., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin L. Brown, Ph.D., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J. Butler, Ph.D., Committee Member
William O. Hancock, Ph.D., Committee Member
Christopher U. Niyibizi, Ph.D., Outside Member

Author:

Sukhdeo, Simone Mallory

Title:

SHAPE AND STRUCTURAL VARIATION IN THE DISTAL FEMUR OF CATARRHINE PRIMATES

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Functional morphology
Human evolution
Primate evolution
Primate adaptations
Trabecular bone
Bone functional adaptation
Geometric morphometrics
Knee joint

File:

Download SSukhdeo_Dissertation_December2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Michael Ryan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member
Philip Reno, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Ruobing

Title:

CAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA ATTENUATE PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE? A STUDY OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY USER COMMENTING AND AUDIENCE METRICS IN PROMOTING PERSUASION

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Psychological Reactance
agency
persuasion
bandwagon cue

File:

Download Dissertation_to_be_submitted_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member
James Dillard, Outside Member

Author:

Shrager, Adam Cole

Title:

Effect of Effusion Cooling Pattern Near the Dilution Hole for a Double-Walled Combustor Liner

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor
Combustor Liner
Gas Turbine Engine
Effusion Cooling
Dilution Hole
Heat Transfer
Flowfield Visualization
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Shrager_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Bingaman, Jamie Lee

Title:

Identification of novel catalytic strategies of small ribozymes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ribozyme
glmS
RNA
catalysis

File:

Download Bingaman_dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Song Tan, Outside Member

Author:

Matsui, Yurika

Title:

THE FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF A TRANSCRIPTIONAL CO-ACTIVATOR YAP IN GROWTH CONTROL AND TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Hippo pathway
Yes-associated protein (YAP)
cell proliferation
apoptosis
isoform
pancreatic beta-cell
large tumor suppressor kinase 1 (LATS1)

File:

Download PhDdissertation_YurikaMatsui.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhi-Chun Lai, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Outside Member

Author:

Kishida, Moe

Title:

Utilizing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Shed Light on the Relational Influences of Yoga On and Off the Matt

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

yoga
mind-body approaches
mindfulness
(self-)compassion
social connectedness
relational wellbeing

File:

Download Kishida_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Steriani Elavsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steriani Elavsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scherezade K. Mama, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Mogle, Outside Member
Jennifer L. Huberty, Special Member

Author:

Wilpiszeski, Regina Leila

Title:

Extremophiles in Built Environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Extremophiles
Built environment
Subsurface
Astrobiology
Microbial ecology
Thermus scotoductus

File:

Download Wilpiszeski_dissertation_final_11.20.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Chun

Title:

THE IMPACT OF DISGUST ON THREAT APPEALS: ENHANCEMENT OR ATTENUATION OF PERSUASION?

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Threat appeal
Disgust
Fear
Persuasion

File:

Download Yang__Chun_dissertation_for_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Oliver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
James Dillard, Outside Member

Author:

Feger, Danielle Marie

Title:

Antimalarials in Incomplete Lupus Erythematosus - Simulation Study of an Ongoing Clinical Trial

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

power calculation
sample size
clinical trial
lupus
systemic lupus erythematosus
incomplete lupus
loss to follow-up

File:

Download Feger_thesis__FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Vernon Chinchilli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duanping Liao, Committee Member
Nancy Olsen, Committee Member

Author:

Teye, Emmanuel Kwame

Title:

THE NOVEL MECHANISTIC ROLE OF PIGN IN LEUKEMIA PROGRESSION

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

myelodysplastic syndrome
acute myeloid leukemia
PIGN
chromosomal instability
risk-stratification
biomarker
spindle assembly checkpoint
leukemia
mitotic exit
GPI anchor biosynthesis
cancer
cell cycle
mitosis

File:

Download PS-Emmanuel_Kwame_Teye_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey J Pu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hong-Gang Wang, Committee Member
Douglas B Stairs, Committee Member
Gregory Steven Yochum, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Xiaoxu

Title:

Investigating the roles of primary cilium in Gli protein activation and Hedgehog signaling pathway using Sufu/Gli ciliary recruitment system

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Hh signaling
Sufu
Gli2
primary cilia

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Xiaoxu_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Aimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiong Na, Committee Member
Adam Bleier Glick, Committee Member

Author:

Qiao, Mu

Title:

Visual Analytics Through Gaussian Mixture Models with Subspace Constrained Component Means

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

visualization
high dimensionality
dimension reduction
subspace
Gaussian mixture model

File:

Download Mu_Qiao_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jia Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jia Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Camacci, Lauren Rose

Title:

The Blueprint and the Mirror: Richard Nixon's Presidential Rhetoric and American Masculinity

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

rhetoric
Richard Nixon
masculinity
masculinities
Cold War
Vietnam
Kent State
Apollo 13
Watergate

File:

Download Camacci_PSU_CAS_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen H. Browne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen H. Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele J. Kennerly, Committee Member
Kirt H. Wilson, Committee Member
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Outside Member

Author:

Sessoms, Amber Michelle

Title:

The Merging of the Personal and the Collective: Reimagining Black Natural Hair Care Digital Spaces as Sites of Critical Public Pedagogy

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

natural hair
black hair
black women
african american women
digital spaces
blogs
critical public pedagogy
identity development
adult learning
adult identity development
blogging
online learning communities
critical consciousness
identity formation
popular culture
adult education
african american hair
black womanhood

File:

Download Sessoms_2017_FINAL_Dissertation_w_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Outside Member

Author:

Stehle, Sam Kenneth

Title:

MAPPING SEMANTIC AND SPATIAL MEDIASCAPES IN THE CATALONIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT: GEOPOLITICS, SPORTS, AND BLACK BOXES

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

geopolitics
text modeling
Catalonia
geocomputation
evaluation
news media

File:

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Committee Members:

Donna Peuquet, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donna Peuquet, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deryck Holdsworth, Committee Member
Clio Andris, Committee Member
Burt Monroe, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

Mesomorphic Phase Transitions in Semicrystalline Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Crystallization
polyethylene
polypropylene
strobl
rotator phase
nucleation
mesomorphic phase
molecular dynamics

File:

Download QinChen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Thomas Milner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Outside Member

Author:

Hinds, Jermaine L

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF COVER CROPS AS INSECTARY PLANTS ON INSECT NATURAL ENEMIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

conservation biological control
insectary
natural enemy

File:

Download Hinds_Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Sharma, Kapil

Title:

TECHNIQUES FOR NUMERICALLY EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS IN COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MoM
FDTD
DM
RWG
DoF
TDIE
EFIE
MFIE
CFIE
Matrix
RHS
Finite Difference
Lagrange Quadratic Interpolation
Modified RWG

File:

Download Kapil_Sharma_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Outside Member

Author:

Xiong, Jie

Title:

LAYERED MATERIALS FOR SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF SOME TRANSITION METAL CATIONS FROM WATER

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

layered materials
ion-exchange
metal separation

File:

Download Jie_Xiong.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Komarneni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Committee Member

Author:

Aceves, Lorena

Title:

Parents' Educational Aspirations: Fostering Youth's Competence, Intrinsic Motivation, and Educational Aspirations

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Mexican-origin youth
academic competence
intrinsic motivaiton
Latino adolescents
parental and youth educational aspirations

File:

Download Submitted_MS.laceves.pdf

Committee Members:

Mayra Y Bamaca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Committee Member

Author:

Krych, Daniel Erle

Title:

An Exposure of Android Social Media Applications and the Data ISPs Can Collect

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Android security
Android privacy
Dynamic analysis
Social media
Privacy policies
Dshell

File:

Download Krych_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Patrick McDaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. David Reitter, Committee Member
Dr. Mahmut Kandemir, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Tongxin

Title:

A TALE OF FOUR CITIES – A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF AIR POLLUTION

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

air pollution
agenda setting theory
air quality indicators
LIWC
computerized content analysis

File:

Download thesis_TongxinSun_College_of_Communications_2017Fall.pdf

Committee Members:

Bu Zhong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marriott, Robert Windsor

Title:

SWEET TALK: A SURVEY OF PERSUASIVE MESSAGING FROM TEN SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAXATION REFERENDA

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Communication
Referendum
Persuasion
Campaign
Sugar Tax

File:

Download Robert_Marriott_thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

James Dillard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member
John W Gastil, Committee Member

Author:

Thukral, Payal

Title:

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING SOLVERS FOR HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear finite element analysis
Newton's method
Nonlinear programming
Sequential quadratic programming
Crisfield's arc length method
Conjugate gradient method
Path continuation

File:

Download THESIS_PAYAL_THUKRAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Kostas Papakonstantinou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Gordon Warn, Committee Member
Dr. Ali Memari, Committee Member

Author:

Shay, Ashley E

Title:

MACROPHAGE POLARIZATION: A DUAL ROLE BETWEEN INTERLEUKIN-4 SIGNALING AND SELENOPROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

macrophage
polarization
selenium
selenoprotein
helminth
inflammation
prostaglandin
resolution
cyclooxygenase
arachidonic acid
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
interleukin-4
M2 macrophage
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma

File:

Download Shay_AE__2017_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Outside Member
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member

Author:

Losey, Delanie Jean

Title:

The Effects of Aerosol Acidity on the Morphology and Ice Nucleation of Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol particles
ice nucleation
atmospheric chemistry
liquid-liquid phase separation

File:

Download Losey_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Outside Member

Author:

Autid, Waeodao

Title:

MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A STEM EDUCATION WORKSHOP IN THAILAND

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

STEM implementation
STEM education workshop
inquiry-based-learning
project-based-learning
game-based-activity
independent learning

File:

Download Wa_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gwendolyn Monica Lloyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fran Arbaugh, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Outside Member

Author:

Pena Francesch, Abdon

Title:

TANDEM REPEAT PROTEINS INSPIRED BY SQUID RING TEETH

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

structural proteins
squid ring teeth
protein materials
stretchable conductors
biomimetics

File:

Download APF_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Melik C Demirel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melik C Demirel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member

Author:

Alsadah, Zakiya Omran

Title:

Exploring the Relationship between the Quality of Nurses' Work Life and Nurses' Work Engagement in Hospitals in the Eastern Provence of Saudi Arabia

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Work engagement
Nurses
Saudi Arabia
Quality of work life
Hospitals
Healthcare

File:

Download Dissertation_for_review_21_11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Judith Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Judith Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. William Rothwell, Committee Member
Dr. Wesley donahue, Committee Member
Dr.Edgar Yoder, Outside Member

Author:

Titanski-Hooper, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

‘The Belly of Zagreb’: Identity, Development, and Europeanization in Croatia's Open-Air Markets

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

development
nationalism
European Union
Croatia
geopolitics

File:

Download TheBellyofZagreb_TitanskiHooper_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Brian Hastings King, Committee Member
Tobias Heinrich Albert Brinkmann, Outside Member

Author:

Treanore, Erin D

Title:

SUPPORTING BOMBUS AND OTHER BEES IN CUCURBITA AGROECOSYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cucurbita pepo
Bombus
Pollinators
Nutritional Ecology
Pollen
Neonicotinoids
Cover Cropping
Habitat Enhancements
Pollen Nutrition

File:

Download Treanore_Thesis._Final_5..pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Fleischer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member

Author:

Salomaa, Anna Christina

Title:

The Role of Emotion and Emotion Beliefs in Achievement Models

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotion
achievement
emotion beliefs
implicit beliefs
goal orientation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member

Author:

Burridge, James David

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE UTILITY OF GRAIN LEGUME ROOT ARCHITECTURE

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

common bean
drought
phosphorus
co-optimization
cowpea
root architecture

File:

Download J.Burridge_thesis_Nov17.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Quan, Wenying

Title:

Selective Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Biogas on Nitrogen-Modified Adsorbents

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

H2S Removal
Biogas Purification
Selective Adsorption
Nitrogen-Modified
Porous Materials

File:

Download Dissertation_Wenying_Quan.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Etter, Clara V

Title:

The Role of Psychosocial Stress in the Etiology of Exercise-Associated Menstrual Disturbances

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

energy deficiency
psychosocial stress
anovulation

File:

Download Clara_Etter_MS.Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Williams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Jane De Souza, Committee Member
Lorah D Dorn, Committee Member

Author:

Bucci, Rebecca Ann

Title:

THE IMPACT OF SPATIAL SEGREGATION AND ISOLATION ON VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Residential Segregation
Victimization

File:

Download Bucci_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Baumer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Graif, Committee Member
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member

Author:

Lo Braico, Emily Joy

Title:

Examining Component-Specific Dosage Effects on Substance Use Outcomes in the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth Ages 10-14

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Family-Based Intervention
Substance Use Prevention
Propensity Scores
Component Analysis

File:

Download LoBraico_ETD_Thesis_Doc.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Max Crowley, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas, Andrew M

Title:

Sensitivity of Simulated Tropospheric Ozone in the Mid-Atlantic Region in June 2016 Using the WRF-Chem Model

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ozone
air quality
numerical modeling
air quality model
emission

File:

Download ThomasAndrew_PSU_Final_Thesis_20171113.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Kathleen Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Gaurav

Title:

Computational Rational Design of High-performance Multi-component Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
bifunctionality
metal-oxide
metal support interaction
self-assembled monolayers
volcano limitation

File:

Download Dissertation_Gaurav_Kumar_Dec17.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member
J. Will Medlin, Special Member

Author:

Fattahi, Pouria

Title:

MECHANOTARGETING OF NANOPARTICLES TO CELLS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Mechanotargeting

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Pouria_Fattahi_December_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin Lee Brown, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Outside Member
Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin Lee Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Small, Jeffrey

Title:

Halo Orbit Design In The Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem Using Differential Evolution

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Halo Orbits
CR3BP
Differential Evolution

File:

Download JeffreySmall_MsThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chan, Chung Yu

Title:

MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO STUDY THE SPATIOTEMPORAL ASPECTS OF DE NOVO PURINE BIOSYNTHESIS (PURINOSOME)

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

De novo purine biosynthesis
Purinosome
Metabolism
Super resolution imaging
Microfluidics
Surface acoustic wave

File:

Download Chung_Yu_Chan_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tony Jun Huang, Special Member
Bruce J. Gluckman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Corina S. Drapaca, Committee Member
Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Outside Member
Stephen J. Benkovic, Special Member
Bruce J. Gluckman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donahue, Philip P

Title:

Alternating Current Electric Field Driven Reconfigurable Random Lasing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Random Laser
Lasing
Assembly
Dielectrophoresis
Nanoparticle
Microparticle
Photonics

File:

Download Thesis_Donahue.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Reynolds, Claire Elizabeth

Title:

Identification of Genetic Factors That Affect Neuronal Patterning, Function, and Disease in Drosophila Melanogaster

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Autophagy
Neurodegenerative Disease
Drosophila melanogaster
Proteoglycan
Heparan Sulfate
Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency
Drosophila behavior
Behavioral screening
Alzheimer's disease
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Neuromuscular Junction

File:

Download CR-thesis-Final-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Brian Selleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Marylyn Deriggi Ritchie, Committee Member

Author:

Al-Fahid, Mai Fahid

Title:

DISRUPTIVE PRACTICE IN SAUDI EFL STUDENT TEACHERS' LEARNING TO TEACH THROUGH FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND REHEARSAL: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

distruptive practice
learning to teach
EFL preservice teachers
teacher educators
rehearsal
flipped classroom
practice pedagogy
teacher education
saudi arabia
student teachers

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Angiline Whitney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Angiline Whitney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Jamie M. Myers, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Outside Member

Author:

Ghafurian, Moojan

Title:

Impatience in Dynamic Decision-Making: Its Moderation, and Implications for User Interface Design

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Decision-making
Time perception
Impatience
Timing games
User interface design
Human-computer interaction
Countdown timer

File:

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Committee Members:

David Reitter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Reitter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Ritter, Committee Member
Vasant Honavar, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Outside Member

Author:

Langlois, Lillie Amanda

Title:

EFFECTS OF MARCELLUS SHALE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE ON FOREST FRAGMENTATION AND BIRD COMMUNITIES IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Core forest Forest fragmentation Linear infrastructure Marcellus shale Shale gas development
Songbirds

File:

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Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
Robert P Brooks, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Hongxuan

Title:

ALGEBRAIC MULTIGRID METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Algebraic Multigrid
Numerical Linear Algebra
Numerical Analysis

File:

Download HongxuanZhang-Disseration.pdf

Committee Members:

Jinchao Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jinchao Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Kurtz, Lindsey Marie

Title:

"I don't know why. I just make comparisons.": Concept-based instruction to promote development of a second legal languaculture in international LL.M. students

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

sociocultural theory
concept-based instruction
analogical reasoning
LL.M. students
legal case reading

File:

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Committee Members:

James P. Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James P. Lantolf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deryn Phillips Verity, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member
Dorothy Evensen, Outside Member

Author:

Champagne, Rebecca Joan

Title:

ALTERNATIVES FOR REDUCING TILLAGE IN AN ORGANIC GRAIN/SILAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR WEED MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Organic
reduced-tillage
weed management
organic soybean
organic corn
weed seedbank
cover crop-based organic rotational no-till

File:

Download MSthesis-RChampagne_.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
John Wallace, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member

Author:

Gray, Allison Lynn

Title:

Windowed Embedding Dimension Selection of Nonstationary Dynamical Systems

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

time series analysisexploratory methods
embedding dimension
time delay embedding
dynamical systems modeling
time series analysis
exploratory methods

File:

Download Gray_WEDS.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Raymond Brick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member

Author:

Williamson, Lacey Taylor

Title:

Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

density estimation
detection probability
Pennsylvania
Phasianus colchicus
restoration
ring-necked pheasant
habitat modeling
pheasant
habitat

File:

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Committee Members:

W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Krempa, Aaron Noah

Title:

Plato's Prayer: Toward a Spiritual Reading of the Republic

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Spirituality
Mysticism
Plato
Aesthetics
Education
Virtue

File:

Download Krempa_Dissertation_FINAL_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark A Sentesy, Committee Member
Christopher Robert Moore, Committee Member
John Joseph Jasso, Outside Member

Author:

Grieco, Christopher

Title:

RELATING NANOSCALE STRUCTURE TO ELECTRONIC FUNCTION IN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS USING TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organic semiconductors
time-resolved spectroscopy
optical spectroscopy
photophysics
singlet fission
block-copolymers
inorganic phosphors
triplet dynamics
polaron recombination
organic solar cells
organic solar cell materials
x-ray diffraction
triplet-triplet annihilation
ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy
time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy
correlated triplet pair
pentacene derivatives
transient absorption spectroscopy
crystalline films

File:

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Roh, Byeong Min

Title:

Ontology-based Metamodeling and Data Mining for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
ontology
thermal model
visualization
network

File:

Download Master_thesis_Byeong-Min_Roh_Dec._2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy W. Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cao, Fei

Title:

Generalized Bootstrap Algebraic Multigrid

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

algebraic multigrid
compatible relaxation
bootstrap algebraic multigrid
optimal interpolation

File:

Download FeiCao-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Joseph Brannick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jinchao Xu, Committee Member
Yuxi Zheng, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Jing

Title:

SIMULATION ABOUT RESILIENCE OF THE TEAM IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

team resilience
efficiency of teams
emergency department
perturbation

File:

Download Jing_Wang_thesis_21.pdf

Committee Members:

Ling Rothrock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Latorella, Marc Duane

Title:

Evolving Intelligent Control Rules For A Collaborative Multi-Agent Manufacturing Cell

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-Agent Systems
Collaborative
Evolutionary Learning
Intelligent Control

File:

Download 120417-Latorella-EvolvingICMAS.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guodon Pang, Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Outside Member

Author:

Kerrian, Peter Adam

Title:

Developments in Acoustic Metamaterials for Acoustic Ground Cloaks

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustic Cloaking
Acoustic Metamaterials
Underwater Ground Cloak
Anisotropic Metamaterial
Solid Inclusion

File:

Download Kerrian-Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Amanda D Hanford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda D Hanford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dean Capone, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member
Benjamin S Beck, Special Member

Author:

Russell, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

VERTICAL EVAPORATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DOUBLE REPLICATION OF UNARY AND BINARY SILICA COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal crystal
silica
nanoparticle
template replication
self-assembly
polymer

File:

Download JenniferRussellDissertationF.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Barker, Joseph Andrew

Title:

First as Enclosure, then as Escape: Heidegger and Deleuze on Nietzsche's Relation to Western Philosophy

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Nietzsche Deleuze Heidegger materiality concepts thought

File:

Download Barker_Dissertation_-_2017_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Leonard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leonard Lawlor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Bernasconi, Committee Member
Amy Allen, Committee Member
Claire Colebrook, Outside Member

Author:

Schade, Don Belton

Title:

THE USAGE OF VOCAL AND CHORAL PEDAGOGIES IN THE CHORAL REHEARSAL: PERSPECTIVES OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGIATE CHORAL CONDUCTORS

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Vocal pedagogy
choral pedagogy
choral directors
perspectives

File:

Download Schade_Dissertation-FINAL_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Joanne Rutkowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Joanne Rutkowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Christopher Kiver, Committee Member
Anthony Leach, Committee Member
Dr. Peggy N. Van Meter, Outside Member

Author:

Achleitner-Goulding, Tricia Christine

Title:

Diversification of intertidal onchidiid slugs in the Indo-West Pacific: Systematics, Evolutionary History, and Biogeography

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Indo-West Pacific
Gastropod
systematics
integrative taxonomy

File:

Download Achleiter-Goulding_dissertation_revisedTC.pdf

Committee Members:

Benoît Dayrat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd C. LaJeunesse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather Hines, Committee Member
Benoît Dayrat, Committee Member
Andy Deans, Outside Member

Author:

Harris, Kayla I

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN TREATMENT-SEEKING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DOUBLE MINORITY STATUS

Graduate Program:

Counseling Psychology

Keywords:

Keywords: double minority
questioning identity
emerging adulthood
minority stress theory
double minority

File:

Download Harris_Dissertation_Final_Nov_2017_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen Bieschke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin D Locke, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Outside Member
Mary McClanahan, Special Member

Author:

Ensley, John Robert

Title:

Bayesian Semiparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Processes by Overwhelming Force

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Gaussian process
bayesian
covariance function
mcmc
parallel computing
penalized splines
spectral density
monte carlo integration
semiparametric

File:

Download Ensley-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Adam Shaby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Qian

Title:

The Development of an Artificial-Neural-Network-Based Toolbox for Screening and Optimization of Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial neural network
Enhanced oil recovery
Proxy models
Particle swarm optimization
Graphical user interface
Artificial neural network
Enhanced oil recovery
Proxy models
Particle swarm optimization
Graphical user interface

File:

Download SunQian_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F. Ayala H., Committee Member
Eugene Morgan, Committee Member
C. Lee Giles, Outside Member

Author:

Purswani, Prakash

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHT INTO CHEMICALLY TUNED WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

potential determining ions
zeta potential
trace element analysis
wettability alteration
chemically tuned waterflooding

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Final_Draft_Prakash_Purswani_10-24-17.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Russell T. Johns, Committee Member
Dr. Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member
Dr. Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Dr. Serguei Lvov, Committee Member

Author:

Seyed Mousavi, Hojjat

Title:

ENHANCED SIGNAL RECOVERY VIA SPARSITY INDUCING IMAGE PRIORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

image proccessing
signal processing
super resolution
deep learning
sparse coding
sparssity
optimization
convex

File:

Download DissertationPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Collins, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
William Evan Higgins, Outside Member