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19401. a study on collaborative networks in a home visiting program: based on the Nurse–Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania

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Author:
Yoo, Eun Sil
Title:
a study on collaborative networks in a home visiting program: based on the Nurse–Family Partnership program in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Public Administration (PHD)
Keywords:
collaborative network
egocentric network
home visiting program
performance
organizational type
network analysis
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Committee Members:
Triparna Vasavada, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Younhee Kim, Major Field Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lauren Azevedo, Major Field Member
Sheela Pandey, Outside Unit & Field Member

19402. Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

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Author:
Xu, Yifan
Title:
Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials
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Committee Members:
Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

19403. Analytical Estimation of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Complicated Networks and Implications for Network Traffic Control

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Open Access
Author:
Xu, Guanhao
Title:
Analytical Estimation of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Complicated Networks and Implications for Network Traffic Control
Graduate Program:
Civil Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Network Exit Function
Cellular Automata Model
vehicle turning
bus dwelling
hierarchical street network
hysteresis loop
File:
Download dissertation_Guanhao_Xu.pdf
Committee Members:
S. Ilgin Guler, Major Field Member
Terry Friesz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Eric Donnell, Major Field Member

19404. Fast Local Graph Node Proximity Ranking

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Author:
Yan, Yaowei
Title:
Fast Local Graph Node Proximity Ranking
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)
Keywords:
Random Walk
Graph Clustering
Community Detection
Link Prediction
Multi-network Analysis
Social Network
Social Recommendation
Adversarial Attack
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Committee Members:
Xiang Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Xiao Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Dongwon Lee, Major Field Member

19405. Reconfiguring literacies: Young immigrant and emergent bilingual children's literacy practices in a Korean preschool

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Open Access
Author:
Yoon, Yeojoo
Title:
Reconfiguring literacies: Young immigrant and emergent bilingual children's literacy practices in a Korean preschool
Graduate Program:
Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)
Keywords:
Koryo-saram
Emergent Bilingual
Early Literacy
Translanguaging
Embodied Literacies
Literacies as Material
Korean Preschool
Multiculturalism
New Materialism
Posthumanism
Immigrant Children
Koreanness
Ethnography
File:
Download Yeojoo_Yoon_Dissertation_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Esther Prins, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Allison Henward, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Minsoo Kim-Bossard, Special Member
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Major Field Member
Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19406. The Impact of Resource Scarcity Type on Consumer Responses to CSR-related Activities

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Author:
Ye, Tian
Title:
The Impact of Resource Scarcity Type on Consumer Responses to CSR-related Activities
Graduate Program:
Hospitality Management (PHD)
Keywords:
Resource scarcity
Culture priming
Emotion appeal
Cause scope
Donation intention
Corporate social responsibility
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Committee Members:
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Seoki Lee, Major Field Member
Anna Mattila, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lisa Bolton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna S Mattila, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19407. Extracellular Vesicle -Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition as a Disease Mechanism in Retinal Pigment Epithelia

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Mi
Title:
Extracellular Vesicle -Mediated Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition as a Disease Mechanism in Retinal Pigment Epithelia
Graduate Program:
Biomedical Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:
RPE
EMT
Unfolded Protein Response
Fibulin-3
TGF-beta
Extracellular Vesicles
File:
Download ZhouMi-Dissertation_2022-07-18_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Xuemei Huang, Outside Unit Member
Jeffrey Sundstrom, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nicholas Buchkovich, Major Field Member
John Wills, Major Field Member
James Connor, Major Field Member
Patricia Grigson Kennedy, Outside Field Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair

19408. Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

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Author:
Zorn, Jacob
Title:
Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

19409. Theory of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substitutional Doping, Magnetism and Photoemission

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Author:
Zheng, Boyang
Title:
Theory of Two-Dimensional Materials: Substitutional Doping, Magnetism and Photoemission
Graduate Program:
Physics (PHD)
Keywords:
2D materials
density functional theory
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Committee Members:
Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

19410. Drawing Fungal Care: A Latina/x Approach Toward Remediating Gaia's Symbiopoietic Homeokinesis in Response to the Metabolic Rift

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Author:
Zuniga, Xalli
Title:
Drawing Fungal Care: A Latina/x Approach Toward Remediating Gaia's Symbiopoietic Homeokinesis in Response to the Metabolic Rift
Graduate Program:
Art Education (PHD)
Keywords:
Agonism
Aisthesis
Queer Autoarte
Lugones
Burnout
Mycorrhizae
Decolonization
Latina/x Feminisms
Sympoiesis
Symbiogenesis
Loving-Perception
Coalition-building
Care
File:
Download Complete_Dissertation_Xalli_Zuniga_EDTA_Corrections_compressed.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Outside Field Member
Wanda Knight, Major Field Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mariana Ortega, Outside Unit Member
Karen Keifer-Boyd, Program Head/Chair

19411. On the Processing and Outcomes of Conflicting Advice

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Author:
Zhou, Yanmengqian
Title:
On the Processing and Outcomes of Conflicting Advice
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:
conflicting advice
decision-making
interpersonal communication
social influence
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Committee Members:
Andrew High, Major Field Member
Denise Solomon, Major Field Member
Karen Gasper, Outside Unit & Field Member
Erina Macgeorge, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19412. Examining Cognitive Reserve as a Moderator of Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Multiple Sclerosis

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Open Access
Author:
Cadden, Margaret Helen
Title:
Examining Cognitive Reserve as a Moderator of Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Multiple Sclerosis
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Multiple Sclerosis
Depression
Cognitive Reserve
File:
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Committee Members:
Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

19413. Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models

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Author:
Zhao, Ye Alex
Title:
Tests of Hypotheses on Regression Coefficients in High-Dimensional Regression Models
Graduate Program:
Statistics (PHD)
Keywords:
high-dimensional inference
regression coefficient testing
hypothesis testing
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Committee Members:
Ephraim Hanks, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Le Bao, Major Field Member
Runze Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ethan Fang, Major Field Member

19414. Profiles Of Coping Behaviors Among Youth In Foster Care: Correlates Of Coping Profiles And Associations With Psychopathology

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Author:
Joos, Celina Maria
Title:
Profiles Of Coping Behaviors Among Youth In Foster Care: Correlates Of Coping Profiles And Associations With Psychopathology
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
coping
foster care
latent profile analysis
File:
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Committee Members:
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

19415. GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON TACTILE REACTIVITY FROM INFANCY TO TODDLERHOOD

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Author:
Mammen, Micah Ashley
Title:
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON TACTILE REACTIVITY FROM INFANCY TO TODDLERHOOD
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
touch
infancy
genetic
File:
Download MammenMA.pdf
Committee Members:
Ginger A Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Cynthia Stifter, Outside Member

19416. THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS ON RURAL SEXUAL MINORITY ADOLESCENTS’ WELLBEING

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Author:
Ramirez, Nayan Guillermo
Title:
THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS ON RURAL SEXUAL MINORITY ADOLESCENTS’ WELLBEING
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
social networks
sexual minorities
delinquency
mental health
substance use
externalizing behaviors
internalizing behaviors
peers
adolescence
File:
Download NRamirez_Dissertation_Final_5Jul18.pdf
Committee Members:
D. Wayne Osgood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D. Wayne Osgood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Anthony R. D'Augelli, Outside Member
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member

19417. JUST NOW: A HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY

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Author:
Maguire, Michael P
Title:
JUST NOW: A HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
contemporary literature
fiction
university
File:
Download Dissertation_Final_Format_Review.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin Jared Schreier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Jared Schreier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
Kathryn Hume, Committee Member
Eric Robert Hayot, Outside Member

19418. REINVENTING CONFUCIUS AND HIS SHRINE: THE TEMPLE OF CULTURE (WENMIAO) IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA

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Author:
Tang, Kwok Leong
Title:
REINVENTING CONFUCIUS AND HIS SHRINE: THE TEMPLE OF CULTURE (WENMIAO) IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA
Graduate Program:
History
Keywords:
Confucianism
Confucius
Kongzi
Temple of Culture
Ming dynasty
Qing dynasty
Cult of Kongzi
File:
Download KLTDissertation_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:
On-Cho Ng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
On-Cho Ng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathlene T Baldanza, Committee Member
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Member
Madhuri Shrikant Desai, Outside Member
Carol Reardon, Committee Member

19419. Just Masculine Enough to Cry? Male Athletes and the Expression of Emotion in Competitive Sports

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Open Access
Author:
Macarthur, Heather Jean
Title:
Just Masculine Enough to Cry? Male Athletes and the Expression of Emotion in Competitive Sports
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
gender
masculinity
sports
crying
emotion
File:
Download MacArthur_Dissertation_Copy_for_Graduate_School.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephanie A. Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A. Shields, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginald B. Adams, Committee Member
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor, Outside Member

19420. INVESTIGATING NEURAL EFFECTS OF MEMORY TRAINING TO REDUCE FALSE MEMORIES IN OLDER ADULTS

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Author:
Turney, Indira Carlene
Title:
INVESTIGATING NEURAL EFFECTS OF MEMORY TRAINING TO REDUCE FALSE MEMORIES IN OLDER ADULTS
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Strategy-based cognitive training
false memory
neuroimaging
aging
retrieval-based false memory
cognitive training
File:
Download turney_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brad Wyble, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member

19421. Learning to Listen: Listening Pedagogies and Practices in Music and Rhetoric

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Author:
Adams, Sarah Elizabeth
Title:
Learning to Listen: Listening Pedagogies and Practices in Music and Rhetoric
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
rhetoric
listening
music
embodied listening
rational listening
Leopold Stokowski
Eurhythmics
phonography
multimodal composition
elocution
applause
writing
composition
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
File:
Download Adams_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Debra Hawhee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debra Hawhee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
Bradford James Vivian, Outside Member
R J David Frego, Outside Member

19422. Crisis Methods: Writer-Critics, Professionalism, and the Post-World War II American University

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Open Access
Author:
Schneider, John
Title:
Crisis Methods: Writer-Critics, Professionalism, and the Post-World War II American University
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
English
criticism
University Studies
American literature
File:
Download JS_Diss_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian Lennon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Lennon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tina Chen Goudie, Committee Member
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
Nergis Erturk Lennon, Outside Member
Benjamin Jared Schreier, Committee Member

19423. Parties and Coalitions: Executive-Legislative Relations in African Democracies

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Open Access
Author:
Ariotti, Margaret Hogan
Title:
Parties and Coalitions: Executive-Legislative Relations in African Democracies
Graduate Program:
Political Science
Keywords:
Government formation
Governments
African politics
Coalitions
File:
Download Dissertation_6_finalupload.pdf
Committee Members:
Sona N. Golder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sona N. Golder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matt Golder, Committee Member
Douglas Lemke, Committee Member
Jennifer Boittin, Outside Member

19424. Religious Schools and the Education Reform in Early Twentieth-Century China: A Comparative Study of Three Religious Academies

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Bin
Title:
Religious Schools and the Education Reform in Early Twentieth-Century China: A Comparative Study of Three Religious Academies
Graduate Program:
History
Keywords:
Religious schools
Education reform
Republican China
Comparative study
File:
Download Bin_Chen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Giguette Atwill, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Giguette Atwill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Member
Kate Merkel-Hess, Committee Member
Charlotte Diane Eubanks, Outside Member

19425. Moving through Modern Spain (1888-1923): Revelatory Darkness as Critical Medium

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Open Access
Author:
Mitchell, Stacey
Title:
Moving through Modern Spain (1888-1923): Revelatory Darkness as Critical Medium
Graduate Program:
Spanish
Keywords:
Spanish modernism
Spanish literature
Revelatory Darkness
Space
Movement
Black Spain
File:
Download Mitchell__Stacey_E._Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Rosa Truglio, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Barnard, Committee Member
Nancy Elizabeth Locke, Outside Member
William R. Blue, Special Member
Leslie Harkema, Special Member

19426. CAN ANGRY BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN GET AHEAD IN THE ERA OF #METOO?: SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN EMOTION APPROPRIATENESS

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Author:
McCormick-Huhn, Kaitlin
Title:
CAN ANGRY BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN GET AHEAD IN THE ERA OF #METOO?: SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN EMOTION APPROPRIATENESS
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Historical context
stereotypes
emotional appropriateness
gender
women in the workplace
invalidation
File:
Download For_Graduate_School_Kaitlin_McCormick-Huhn_Dissertation_.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephanie A. Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A. Shields, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jes L. Matsick, Committee Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Aparna Anand Joshi, Outside Member

19427. Mapping maternal emotion regulation in the context of challenging child behaviors

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Xutong
Title:
Mapping maternal emotion regulation in the context of challenging child behaviors
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:
parental emotion regulation
parenting
psychophysiology
RSA
dynamic systems approach
File:
Download Final_etd_submission_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:
Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Outside Unit Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Field Member
Nilam Ram, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

19428. Intersecting Social Disadvantages and Chronic Inflammation: Exploring Heterogeneity and Proximate Risk Factors

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Open Access
Author:
Richman, Aliza Dresner
Title:
Intersecting Social Disadvantages and Chronic Inflammation: Exploring Heterogeneity and Proximate Risk Factors
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
Social Disadvantage
Chronic Inflammation
C-reactive protein
Health
File:
Download dissertation_richman.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
Jason Ramone Thomas, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Special Member

19429. Rhetorical Verse: Persuasion in Early Twentieth-century American Poetry

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Open Access
Author:
Belk, John Michael
Title:
Rhetorical Verse: Persuasion in Early Twentieth-century American Poetry
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
Rhetoric
Poetry
Early Twentieth-Century America
Political Left
Judicial Rhetoric
File:
Download Belk_John_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Debra Hawhee, Committee Member
John Edmond Marsh, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Special Member

19430. Deviant Inheritances: Anxieties about Maternal Transmission in Nineteenth-century Fiction

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Open Access
Author:
Messuri, Kristin Marie
Title:
Deviant Inheritances: Anxieties about Maternal Transmission in Nineteenth-century Fiction
Graduate Program:
English
Keywords:
Victorian
nineteenth century
novel
fiction
medical humanities
maternity
inheritance
transmission
File:
Download Messuri_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Lougy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas A Joukovsky, Committee Member
Emily Harrington, Committee Member
Susan Merrill Squier, Committee Member

19431. Optimizing the Use of Supplementary Cementitious Materials by Incorporating Small Dosages of Colloidal Nano-Silica

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Open Access
Author:
Ayad, Achraf
Title:
Optimizing the Use of Supplementary Cementitious Materials by Incorporating Small Dosages of Colloidal Nano-Silica
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
Colloidal nano-silica
concrete
mortar
MIP
TGA
Hydration
Concrete
Cement
EDS
SEM
NMR
Isothermal Calorimetry
alkali–silica reaction; aggregate; accelerated mortar bar; concrete; nano-silica; fly ash; thermogravimetric analysis
File:
Download Ayad_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Aly Marei Said, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aly Marei Said, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Somayeh Asadi, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Outside Member
James Rosenberger, Outside Member

19432. It’s just good leadership, or is it? The role of behavioral relevance

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Open Access
Author:
Reimer, Robert Douglas
Title:
It’s just good leadership, or is it? The role of behavioral relevance
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Leadership
adaptive leadership
leader versatility
flexible leadership
File:
Download Reimer_Dissertation_07132016_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Christian Brady, Outside Member

19434. Regulatory Issues for Distributed Generation

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Open Access
Author:
Aldebot, Emanuel
Title:
Regulatory Issues for Distributed Generation
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Distributed Generation
Net Metering
Decarbonization Programs
Cost-Shifting
File:
Download Emanuel_Aldebot_M.S._Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Hannah Wiseman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19435. Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems

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Author:
Balaguer Barbosa, Raymond
Title:
Upcycling By-products of the Agri-food Industry as Carbon Sources for the Application of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production Systems
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)
Keywords:
Anaerobic soil disinfestation
Vegetable Production
Soil health
Lettuce
Tomatoes
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Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Erin Rosskopf, Committee Member

19437. INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS

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Author:
Ahmad, Aiman
Title:
INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Induction Heating of Metal Implants
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Committee Members:
Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew R. Garner, Committee Member
Ma'Moun A. Abu Ayyad, Committee Member
Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Committee Member

19438. Exploring the Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Sustained Attention on Reading Outcomes

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Open Access
Author:
Alvarado, Charles
Title:
Exploring the Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Sustained Attention on Reading Outcomes
Graduate Program:
Educational Psychology (MS)
Keywords:
Sustained Attention
Reading Comprehension
Achievement
Childhood Adversity
File:
Download Alvarado_-_Master_s_Thesis_-_Final_Draft__corrected_.pdf
Committee Members:
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19439. The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model

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Author:
Baik, Seung Yeon
Title:
The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model
Graduate Program:
Psychology (MS)
Keywords:
generalized anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
contrast avoidance
worry
rumination
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Committee Members:
Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member

19440. "We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict

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Author:
Barger, David
Title:
"We Need to Talk": Toward a Process Model of Texting Before Conflict
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)
Keywords:
modality switching
imagined interactions
serial arguments
computer-mediated-communication
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Committee Members:
Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Denise Haunani Solomon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Manata, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member
Timothy Worley, Special Signatory

19442. FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?

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Author:
Amin, Farheen
Title:
FitTok: A Modern Guide or Existential Threat?
Graduate Program:
Communications (MA)
Keywords:
Social Media
TikTok
Fitness
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Committee Members:
Nakho Kim, Ph.D., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gina M. Brelsford, Ph.D., Committee Member
Craig Welsh, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Candace M. Hogue, Ph.D., Committee Member

19443. Ungulate space-use and movement in response to changes in reproductive status and hunting pressure

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Author:
Gundermann, Kathleen
Title:
Ungulate space-use and movement in response to changes in reproductive status and hunting pressure
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science (MS)
Keywords:
space-use
movement
ungulates
File:
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Committee Members:
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Frances E Buderman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member

19444. Domain Wall Motion In Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films

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Open Access
Author:
Hennessey, Gavin
Title:
Domain Wall Motion In Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering (MS)
Keywords:
Polarization
PFM
Grain Boundary
EBSD
Ferroelectrics
Domain Wall Motion
Nonlinearity
Rayleigh
File:
Download GavinTHennessey_Master_sThesisFile_GTH5076.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan E Trolier-Mc Kinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Darren C Pagan, Committee Member

19445. Growing Resistance: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Seed Sovereignty in Xoy, Yucatan

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Open Access
Author:
Griffin, Megan
Title:
Growing Resistance: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Seed Sovereignty in Xoy, Yucatan
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology (MS)
Keywords:
agrobiodiversity
seed sovereignty
ecofeminism
science and technology studies
Yucatan
maize
File:
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Committee Members:
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mariana J Ortega, Committee Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

19446. Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system

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Open Access
Author:
Isaacson, Ashley
Title:
Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)
Keywords:
open-top chambers
climate change
perennial forage
forage production
weed seedbank
seedbank longevity
increased temperatures
weed seed mortality
alfalfa productivity
temperature fluctuations
winter injury
File:
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Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Carolyn Lowry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Richard Smith, Committee Member

19447. A U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS date (230.964 Ma ± 0.077 Ma) for the Maple Creek Gabbro, Wrangellia Large Igneous Province, Kluane Range, the Yukon

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Author:
Grosswiler, Kate
Title:
A U-Pb CA-ID-TIMS date (230.964 Ma ± 0.077 Ma) for the Maple Creek Gabbro, Wrangellia Large Igneous Province, Kluane Range, the Yukon
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (MS)
Keywords:
Wrangellia
zircon
CA-IDTIMS
large igneous province
carnian
triassic
extinction
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Committee Members:
Brian Kelley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Jesse R Reimink, Committee Member

19448. How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective

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Author:
Gonzalez, Cristina
Title:
How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective
Graduate Program:
Psychology (MS)
Keywords:
COVID-19
Turnover Intention
Service Work
Safety Climate
Autonomy
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Committee Members:
Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Hanyi Min, Committee Member

19449. Understanding the Role of Selenium and Selenoproteins during Gut Inflammation

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Author:
Nettleford, Shaneice Kimarie
Title:
Understanding the Role of Selenium and Selenoproteins during Gut Inflammation
Graduate Program:
Pathobiology (PHD)
Keywords:
Selenium
Selenoproteins
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Enteric Infections
Selenoprotein W
Yap1
Egfr
15-PGDH
15d-PGJ2
Gut Inflammation
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Committee Members:
Connie Rogers, Outside Unit & Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Major Field Member
Margherita Cantorna, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kumble Prabhu, Program Head/Chair

19450. CFD Modeling of ignition and soot formation for advanced compression-ignition engines

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Open Access
Author:
Han, Jun
Title:
CFD Modeling of ignition and soot formation for advanced compression-ignition engines
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Compression-ignition engine
Transported probability density function (tPDF) method
Engine modeling
Soot modeling
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
File:
Download JunHan_FinalDisertation_10252022.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Turns, Major Field Member
Philip Morris, Outside Unit & Field Member

19451. Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity

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Author:
Mahlobo, Christa
Title:
Examining Adolescent Precursors to Early Adult Flourishing in Black Americans: On the Role of Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Identity
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)
Keywords:
flourishing
Black youth
development
ethnic-racial socialization
ethnic-racial identity
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Committee Members:
Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Abenaa Jones, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Karen Bierman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan McHale, Major Field Member
Robert Roeser, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Crowley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

19452. Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector

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Author:
Alkhatib, Mohamed Redha
Title:
Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Gregorian Sub-Reflector
Gain
Method of Moments
Optimization
Numerical Methods
Linefeed
FEKO
Electric Field
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Committee Members:
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Breakall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

19453. investigation of cyclopentenone prostaglandins and associated receptor GPR44 in acute myeloid leukemia

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Author:
Qian, Fenghua
Title:
investigation of cyclopentenone prostaglandins and associated receptor GPR44 in acute myeloid leukemia
Graduate Program:
Pathobiology (PHD)
Keywords:
leukemia
selenium
cyclopentenone prostaglandin
crth2
DP2
PPARγ
interleukin-4
androgen receptor
EPHA7
RTK
tumor microenvironment
leukemic stem cell
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Committee Members:
Robert Paulson, Major Field Member
Kumble Prabhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Vanden Heuvel, Major Field Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Vishal Singh, Outside Unit & Field Member

19454. Endomorphism rings and algebras of Jacobians of certain superelliptic curves

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Open Access
Author:
Eritsyan, Tigran
Title:
Endomorphism rings and algebras of Jacobians of certain superelliptic curves
Graduate Program:
Mathematics (PHD)
Keywords:
Abelian variety
Ree groups
Superelliptic jacobians
Trigonal curves
Modular Representations
Galois Groups
File:
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Committee Members:
Mihran Papikian, Major Field Member
Mark Strikman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuriy Zarkhin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Lesieutre, Major Field Member
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19455. Landscape Visualization to Improve Sustainability Competencies in Participatory Natural Resource Management

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Open Access
Author:
Nasr Azadani, Elham
Title:
Landscape Visualization to Improve Sustainability Competencies in Participatory Natural Resource Management
Graduate Program:
Geography (PHD)
Keywords:
Landscape Visualization
Sustainability Competencies
Systems Thinking
Indigenous Knowledge
Menominee Nation
Participatory Planning
File:
Download Dissertation__Elham_Nasr_Azadani.pdf
Committee Members:
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Denice Wardrop, Co-Chair of Committee
Erica Smithwick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Trevor Birkenholtz, Major Field Member
Alexander Klippel, Major Field Member

19456. Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers

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Author:
Romo, Nina
Title:
Vocal Satisfaction in Transfeminine Speakers
Graduate Program:
Communication Sciences and Disorders (PHD)
Keywords:
Transgender
Voice
Satisfaction
Acoustics
Context
Identity
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Committee Members:
Nicole Etter (she/her), Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Samantha Tornello, Outside Unit & Field Member
Navin Viswanathan, Major Field Member
Michael Robb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Aarthi Madhavan (she/her), Major Field Member

19457. Searching For Transiting Planets Around One Million Stars

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Open Access
Author:
Melton, Elizabeth
Title:
Searching For Transiting Planets Around One Million Stars
Graduate Program:
Astronomy and Astrophysics (PHD)
Keywords:
exoplanets
machine learning
File:
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Committee Members:
Ian Czekala, Major Field Member
Rebekah Dawson, Major Field Member
Jason Wright, Major Field Member
Joel Hartman, Special Member
Hyungsuk Tak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Feigelson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rebekah Dawson, Program Head/Chair

19458. Systems Optimizations for Learning and Processing on Large Scale Graphs

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Open Access
Author:
Ramezani, Morteza
Title:
Systems Optimizations for Learning and Processing on Large Scale Graphs
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Graphs
Graph Processing
Graph Neural Networks
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_Updated.pdf
Committee Members:
Mahmut Kandemir, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehrdad Mahdavi, Major Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

19459. INVESTIGATING RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN RODENTS VIA A MULTIMODAL STRATEGY

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Author:
Tu, Wenyu
Title:
INVESTIGATING RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS IN RODENTS VIA A MULTIMODAL STRATEGY
Graduate Program:
Neuroscience (PHD)
Keywords:
Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging
DREADDs
default-mode network
respiration
anterior cingulate cortex
resting state network
hub
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Committee Members:
Xiao Liu, Outside Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Patrick Drew, Major Field Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit Member

19460. Social-Emotional Learning for At-Risk Children: Utilizing the Strong Start Curriculum

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Open Access
Author:
Sturtz, Emily Marie
Title:
Social-Emotional Learning for At-Risk Children: Utilizing the Strong Start Curriculum
Graduate Program:
School Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:
social-emotional learning
social skills
academic competence
problem behaviors
early elementary
at-risk students
File:
Download Sturtz_Dissertation_Final_Version_10.25.22.pdf
Committee Members:
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Deb Schussler, Outside Unit Member
Jolynn Carney, Outside Field Member
Shirley Woika, Major Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

19462. Optimizing the Utilization of Gluten-Free Grains for the Production of Gluten-Free Beer

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Author:
Ledley, Andrew
Title:
Optimizing the Utilization of Gluten-Free Grains for the Production of Gluten-Free Beer
Graduate Program:
Food Science (PHD)
Keywords:
beer
gluten-free beer
brewing
amylases
mashing
fermentable sugars
malt enzymes
starch hydrolysis
starch gelatinization
starch granules
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Committee Members:
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Elias, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Catchmark, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Major Field Member
Philip Jensen, Special Member
Darrell Cockburn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

19463. The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans

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Author:
Barnes, Benjamin
Title:
The Biogeochemical Cycling of Rare Earth Elements in the Modern and Ancient Oceans
Graduate Program:
Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:
biogeochemistry
rare earth elements
paleoceanography
paleoclimate
carbonate chemistry
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Committee Members:
Miquela Ingalls, Major Field Member
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lee Kump, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

19464. Numerical Simulations of High-Z Material Ablation in Transient Conditions

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Open Access
Author:
Hagopian, Victoria
Title:
Numerical Simulations of High-Z Material Ablation in Transient Conditions
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Godiva IV
Electrothermal Plasma
Dusty Plasma
ETFLOW
ANSYS
HELIOS
Tungsten Alloys
Uranium Alloys
TZM
Fast Burst Reactor
Mass Loss Mitigation
File:
Download Hagopian_PhD_Dissertation_V4.9.pdf
Committee Members:
Marek Flaska, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member
Kenan Unlu, Major Field Member

19465. Automatic Recognition of Birdsong Syllables Using Ultra-Sparse Spike Sequence Representations

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Open Access
Author:
Tavares, Leonardo Estevao
Title:
Automatic Recognition of Birdsong Syllables Using Ultra-Sparse Spike Sequence Representations
Graduate Program:
Physics (PHD)
Keywords:
birdsong
songbird
speech
speech recognition
syllable recognition
spike code
sparse representation
neuronal reconstruction
soma
File:
Download LeonardoESTavares-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Collins, Major Field Member
Chad Hanna, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Dezhe Jin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

19466. Foresight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial: Technology, Memory, and the American Imagination

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Author:
Firgens, Benjamin Aaron
Title:
Foresight at the Wright Brothers National Memorial: Technology, Memory, and the American Imagination
Graduate Program:
Communication Arts and Sciences (PHD)
Keywords:
Public Memory
Technology
Rhetoric
Social Imagination
Wright Brothers
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Committee Members:
Rosa Eberly, Major Field Member
Michele Kennerly, Major Field Member
Mary Stuckey, Major Field Member
Patrick Parsons, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Browne, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrew High, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19467. EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

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Author:
Fair, Ryan
Title:
EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics
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Committee Members:
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

19468. Understanding China’s International Aid to Education Through the Lens of Mutual Benefit in South-South Cooperation: A Study of China’s Educational Aid Programs

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Author:
Jiang, Xiaoying
Title:
Understanding China’s International Aid to Education Through the Lens of Mutual Benefit in South-South Cooperation: A Study of China’s Educational Aid Programs
Graduate Program:
Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (PHD)
Keywords:
international aid to education
South-South cooperation
mutual benefit
China
gift theory
adult education
working the planning table
international students
program planners
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Committee Members:
David Post, Outside Field Member
Kevin Kinser, Outside Unit Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Cossa, Major Field Member
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19469. Data-Driven Modeling For Analysis And Control Of Dynamical Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Gueho, Damien
Title:
Data-Driven Modeling For Analysis And Control Of Dynamical Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Koopman Operator
System Identification
Dynamical System
Subspace Method
Uncertainty Quantification
Bilinear System
Controlled Koopman Operator
Time-varying Dynamics
Reduced-order Model
File:
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Committee Members:
Robert Melton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Puneet Singla, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daning Huang, Major Field Member
Manoranjan Majji, Special Member
Vishal Monga, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

19470. Effects of behavior and arousal state on cortical hemodynamics, neurovascular coupling, and functional connectivity

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Open Access
Author:
Turner, Kevin
Title:
Effects of behavior and arousal state on cortical hemodynamics, neurovascular coupling, and functional connectivity
Graduate Program:
Biomedical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Neurovascular coupling
Sleep
Pupil
Electrophysiology
Mice
Functional Connectivity
Coherence
Blood flow
File:
Download Dissertation_KLTurner_v05.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick Drew, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kevin Alloway, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiao Liu, Major Field Member
Nanyin Zhang, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

19471. Supporting claim-making in democratic deliberation through an information recommendation system

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Author:
Tian, Ye
Title:
Supporting claim-making in democratic deliberation through an information recommendation system
Graduate Program:
Informatics (PHD)
Keywords:
Information overload
recommendation systems
claim-making
democratic deliberation
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Committee Members:
Andrea Tapia, Major Field Member
Jack Carroll, Major Field Member
Guoray Cai, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Gastil, Outside Unit & Field Member

19472. Technology adoption by cacao farmers in San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander: the role of Cadmium regulations

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Open Access
Author:
Gil Aguirre, Alejandro
Title:
Technology adoption by cacao farmers in San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander: the role of Cadmium regulations
Graduate Program:
Education, Development, and Community Engagement (PHD)
Keywords:
Rural Development
Adoption Research
Cadmium
Colombia
File:
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Committee Members:
Claudia Schmidt, Co-Chair of Committee
Siela Maximova, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nicole Webster, Major Field Member
Suzanna Windon, Major Field Member
Mark Brennan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19473. Teacher Quality in Rural Schools Under ESSA: Inequities, Root Causes, and Proposed Solutions

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Author:
Peppetti, Melissa
Title:
Teacher Quality in Rural Schools Under ESSA: Inequities, Root Causes, and Proposed Solutions
Graduate Program:
Educational Leadership (PHD)
Keywords:
rural
Teacher Quality
equity
ESSA
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Committee Members:
Maria Lewis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Eppley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kai Schafft, Major Field Member
Edward Fuller, Major Field Member
Gerald Letendre, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19474. Updates to the Godiva-IV Model with Experimental Improvements to K-eff Values

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Open Access
Author:
Hagopian, Victoria
Title:
Updates to the Godiva-IV Model with Experimental Improvements to K-eff Values
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Godiva IV
k-eff
ICSBEP Benchmark
MCNP
ENDF/B-VII.1
ENDF/B-VIII.0
HEU-MET-FAST-086
File:
Download Hagopian_Masters_Thesis_-_FINAL_UPDATED.pdf
Committee Members:
Leigh Winfrey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean Paul Allain, Program Head/Chair
Xing Wang, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Special Signatory

19475. Concrete Additive Manufacturing System Design for Earth and Mars

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Open Access
Author:
Watson, Nate
Title:
Concrete Additive Manufacturing System Design for Earth and Mars
Graduate Program:
Additive Manufacturing and Design
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing
concrete
additive construction
robot
mars
File:
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Committee Members:
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W. Simpson, Program Head/Chair

19476. The Evolution of the Corporate University: Reasons for Continued Utilization, Operations During A Pandemic, and Connection to Talent Management

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Author:
Johnson-Vegas, Lori
Title:
The Evolution of the Corporate University: Reasons for Continued Utilization, Operations During A Pandemic, and Connection to Talent Management
Graduate Program:
Workforce Education and Development (PHD)
Keywords:
Corporate University
Talent Management
Talent Development
Pandemic
COVID-19
Learning and Development
Human Captial
Qualitative Research
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Committee Members:
Wesley Donahue, Co-Chair of Committee
Mark Threeton, Major Field Member
Ashley Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hyung Joon Yoon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

19477. Statistical learning of dynamic transportation models

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Open Access
Author:
Song, Wenjing
Title:
Statistical learning of dynamic transportation models
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Statistical learning
Kriging
Dynamic traffic assignment
Dynamic network loading
Dynamic user equilibrium
Big data
File:
Download Dissertation_final-Wenjing_Song.pdf.pdf
Committee Members:
Terry Lee Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Lee Friesz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Vikash V. Gayah, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair
Vinayak Uday Shanbhag, Committee Member

19478. High Power Characterization Oflead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics

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Author:
Gurdal, Erkan Ahmet
Title:
High Power Characterization Oflead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics
High Power Characterization
Piezoelectric Transformer
Hardening
Doping
File:
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Committee Members:
Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

19479. The Relation between Food Security, Iron Status, and Depressive Symptoms in Women of Reproductive Age: a Cross-Section Analysis from NHANES 2005 – 2010

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Open Access
Author:
Ciulei, Mihaela A.
Title:
The Relation between Food Security, Iron Status, and Depressive Symptoms in Women of Reproductive Age: a Cross-Section Analysis from NHANES 2005 – 2010
Graduate Program:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
food security
depressive symptoms
iron status
women of reproductive age
non-pregnant
nationally representative
NHANES
United States
File:
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Committee Members:
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Outside Member
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Program Head/Chair
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Member
Namanjeet Ahluwalia, Special Member

19480. Intrinsic Mechanisms of Neuronal Remodeling: Degeneration and Repair in Drosophila Sensory Neurons

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Open Access
Author:
Nye, Derek Michael
Title:
Intrinsic Mechanisms of Neuronal Remodeling: Degeneration and Repair in Drosophila Sensory Neurons
Graduate Program:
Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Drosophila
Dendrite Regeneration
Axon Degeneration
Neurons
Cell Biology
Genetics
Neurobiology
Model organism
Neuroscience
File:
Download thesis_V13_reformatted_combined.pdf
Committee Members:
Melissa Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Santosh Girirajan, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Shaun Mahony, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

19481. Modern Algorithm-based approaches for Modeling Animal Movement

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Open Access
Author:
Wijeyakulasuriya, Dhanushi
Title:
Modern Algorithm-based approaches for Modeling Animal Movement
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
Animal Movement
Machine Learning
Extreme Value Theory
Spatial Extremes
First Arrival
Spatial Statistics
File:
Download Final_Submission_Aug2020.pdf
Committee Members:
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Le Bao, Committee Member
Benjamin Shaby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Benjamin Shaby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

19482. Crafting Identities between Cultures: A Holistic Study of Jade Snow Wong

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Open Access
Author:
Marshall, Anna
Title:
Crafting Identities between Cultures: A Holistic Study of Jade Snow Wong
Graduate Program:
American Studies
Keywords:
Jade Snow Wong
Asian American Studies
Fifth Chinese Daughter
No Chinese Stranger
Transnational American Studies
Ethnic Studies
Holistic Study
ethnographic portrayals of Chinatown
postwar ambassador
legacy in Asian American Studies
race and ethnicity
folklore and folklife
gender and family
transculturation and globalization
and festivals and folklife
festivals and folklife
Co-existence between nations
Chinese American literature
Jade Snow Wong as a Ceramist
Jade Snow Wong as a writer and an artist
Legacy of Jade Snow Wong
Jade Snow Wong as a pioneer in Asian American Studies
File:
Download 2020_Anna_Wei_Marshall_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Rogers Haddad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Siyu Liu, Outside Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Program Head/Chair

19483. Empirical Investigation of Typographic Overprinting Displays and Their Legibility in the Context of Information and Geographic Visualization of Text

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Open Access
Author:
Savelyev, Alexander
Title:
Empirical Investigation of Typographic Overprinting Displays and Their Legibility in the Context of Information and Geographic Visualization of Text
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
cartography
typography
legibility
geovisualization
information visualization
overprinting
File:
Download diss.12.08.14.26.toKern.pdf
Committee Members:
Alan Maceachren, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Maceachren, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna Jean Peuquet, Committee Member
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Special Member

19484. A Model to Support Information Exchange Between Organizations with Different Rhythms

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Open Access
Author:
Mello Lage, Carla Patricia
Title:
A Model to Support Information Exchange Between Organizations with Different Rhythms
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
Emergency Response
Polyrhythm
Information Exchange
Organizational Rhythm
File:
Download Carla_Mello_Lage_Dissertation_CV.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member
Xiaolong Zhang, Committee Member
Ann Callistro Clements, Outside Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair

19485. Electro-thermal Investigation of Next Generation Wide Bandgap Electronics

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Open Access
Author:
Chatterjee, Bikramjit
Title:
Electro-thermal Investigation of Next Generation Wide Bandgap Electronics
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Thermography
Thermal Management
Raman
Thermoreflectance
Infrared
GaN
Gallium Oxide
HEMT
MODFET
Optical Metrology
Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Field Effect Transistors
AlGaN
Schottky Barrier Diode
Power Electronics
Thermal Transport
Irradiation
File:
Download Bikramjit_Chatterjee_Dissertation_08122020.pdf
Committee Members:
Sukwon Choi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukwon Choi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

19486. On Active Learning Methods for Manifold Data

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Hang
Title:
On Active Learning Methods for Manifold Data
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Active Learning
Manifold Learning
Design of Experiment
High-Dimensional Data Analysis
File:
Download Dissertation_Final__1_.pdf
Committee Members:
Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Del Castillo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Qiushi Chen, Committee Member
Runze Li, Outside Member
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair

19487. Enhanced Evaluation of Martian Habitability in the Past and Present: The Search for Viable Electron Donors

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Open Access
Author:
Wong, Gregory
Title:
Enhanced Evaluation of Martian Habitability in the Past and Present: The Search for Viable Electron Donors
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Mars
Astrobiology
Habitability
Geochemistry
Microbiology
Planetary Science
File:
Download Wong_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kasting, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Suvrath Mahadevan, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

19488. flowback rate transient analysis of multi-fractured horizontal wells in tight and ultratight reservoirs

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Fengyuan
Title:
flowback rate transient analysis of multi-fractured horizontal wells in tight and ultratight reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
flowback analysis
rate transient analysis
multiphase flow
tight and ultratight reservoir
fracture characterization
File:
Download Dissertation_8.0.pdf
Committee Members:
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

19489. Plasma-Assisted Catalytic Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide to Elemental Sulfur

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Open Access
Author:
Alqahtani, Mohammad
Title:
Plasma-Assisted Catalytic Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide to Elemental Sulfur
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Plasma Catalysis
heterogeneous catalysis
SO2 reduction
desulfurization
dielectric barrier discharge
Low temperature plasma
File:
Download PhD_Disser._The_Final_4.pdf
Committee Members:
Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

19490. Static and Dynamic Wetting on Bio-inspired Compact Nano-Textured Surfaces

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Lin
Title:
Static and Dynamic Wetting on Bio-inspired Compact Nano-Textured Surfaces
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
hydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
water-repellent insects
high solid fraction
contact time
bouncing droplets
reentrant pillars
hoodoo pillars
pressure stability
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation-Lin_Wang-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

19491. Towards Sample Efficiency in Deep Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Jenkins, Porter
Title:
Towards Sample Efficiency in Deep Learning
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Bayesian
Representation Learning
File:
Download Final_Defense__Towards_Statistical_Efficiency_in_Deep_Learning.pdf
Committee Members:
Jessie Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessie Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suhang Wang, Committee Member
Zihan Zhou, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Program Head/Chair

19492. Development of Brain Functional Networks in Rodents

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Open Access
Author:
Ma, Zilu
Title:
Development of Brain Functional Networks in Rodents
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Brain development
BOLD fMRI
Resting-state functional connectivity
Calcium fiber photometry
File:
Download Dissertation_ZiluMa.pdf
Committee Members:
Nanyin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Yong Wang, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Outside Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair

19493. Computational Study of Novel Thermal Effects on Neuronal Activity

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Tae Ken
Title:
Computational Study of Novel Thermal Effects on Neuronal Activity
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Neuroscience
Patch-clamp
Micromagnetic
Temperature
Sprague-Dawley rat
Transient suppression
File:
Download TaeKen_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Steven Schiff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Carina Pamela Curto, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Steven Schiff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

19494. Co-Architecting Brain-inspired Algorithms and Hardware for Performance and Energy Efficiency

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Open Access
Author:
Singh, Sonali
Title:
Co-Architecting Brain-inspired Algorithms and Hardware for Performance and Energy Efficiency
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Spiking Neural Networks
Neuromorphic Computing
Gradient descent
Low-power architectures
bio-inspired sensors
File:
Download NeuroCompDissertationDraftFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

19495. Exploring Karkara Women’s and Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions Toward Leadership Positions as A Vector of Empowerment: A Case Study in The Sahel Niger

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Open Access
Author:
Gbaguidi Adolphe, Halima Therese
Title:
Exploring Karkara Women’s and Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions Toward Leadership Positions as A Vector of Empowerment: A Case Study in The Sahel Niger
Graduate Program:
Education, Development, and Community Engagement (PHD)
Keywords:
Women
Adolescent girls
Empowerment
Autonomy
Leadership
Sahel
Niger
Tahoua
Tabalak
Birni N'Konni
Keita
File:
Download Halima_T_Gbaguidi_A_Dissertation_.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicole Webster, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanna Windon, Major Field Member
Alidou D Ousseina, Special Member
Mark Brennan, Major Field Member
Maha Marouan, Outside Unit & Field Member

19496. Opportunities for Competency-Based Learning in Software Development Courses

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Open Access
Author:
Delane, Ryan
Title:
Opportunities for Competency-Based Learning in Software Development Courses
Graduate Program:
Informatics (PHD)
Keywords:
Computing Education
Competency-based Education
CBE
Software Development Education
Social Constructivism
File:
Download Dissertation_Final_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin Hanrahan, Major Field Member
Steven Haynes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heather Zimmerman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Major Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

19497. Cutting through the noise while maintaining a privacy-first focus; Enabling marketers to understand the customer journey and improve online trust

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Open Access
Author:
Beck, Benjamin
Title:
Cutting through the noise while maintaining a privacy-first focus; Enabling marketers to understand the customer journey and improve online trust
Graduate Program:
Business Administration (PHD)
Keywords:
customer journey
consumer privacy
online trust
governance mechanisms
Bayesian VAR with variable selection
File:
Download Dissertation_of_Ben_B_Beck.pdf
Committee Members:
J. Andrew Petersen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stefan Wuyts, Major Field Member
John Moran, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Liechty, Major Field Member
Brent Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

19498. Photoluminescent Materials Development and Applications

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Restricted
Author:
Wang, Dingbowen
Title:
Photoluminescent Materials Development and Applications
Graduate Program:
Biomedical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:
Photoluminescent materials
Fluorescence
Halide sensing
Encryption
Anti-counterfeiting
Excitation-wavelength-dependent emission
File:

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Committee Members:
Pak Kin Wong, Major Field Member
Jian Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Medina, Major Field Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

19499. Does Expressing Humility in Teams Help or Harm Leader Emergence?: The Role of Competitive and Safety Climates

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Author:
Swigart, Kristen
Title:
Does Expressing Humility in Teams Help or Harm Leader Emergence?: The Role of Competitive and Safety Climates
Graduate Program:
Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:
humility
leadership emergence
File:
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Committee Members:
Jean Phillips, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rustin Meyer, Major Field Member
Rick Jacobs, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

19500. TOGETHER OR APART?: EFFECTS OF GEOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATIONS AND TEMPORAL DIVERSITY ON TEAM INNOVATION

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Nguyen, Tin
Title:
TOGETHER OR APART?: EFFECTS OF GEOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATIONS AND TEMPORAL DIVERSITY ON TEAM INNOVATION
Graduate Program:
Psychology (PHD)
Keywords:
geographic dispersion
virtual teamwork
teams
File:
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Committee Members:
Stephen Humphrey, Outside Unit & Field Member
James LeBreton, Major Field Member
Samuel T. Hunter, Special Member
Alicia Grandey, Major Field Member
Susan Simkins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair