1. Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties Open Access Author: Cummings, Christine Title: Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering (MS) Keywords: bioplasticgaussian processregressionoptimizationseaweedmechanical propertywater absorptionelastic modulus File: Download Bioplastics_Thesis_-_Christine_Cummings.pdf Committee Members: Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorXiang Yang, Committee MemberDaniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
2. Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Hossain, Ayaan Title: Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts Graduate Program: Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD) Keywords: automateddesignsyntheticgeneticpartscombinatorialoptimizationmachinelearningalgorithmpromotermRNAtranscriptiontranslationdecayrepressionCRISPRrepeatsinterferencegraphtheorypathfindingnonrepetitiverepetitivegenesynthesisassemblyoligopooldiscoverybarcodesprimerscountingNGSreadsclassifierclassificationregressorregressionrandomforestLASSOridgehomologousrecombinationinstabilitytuningefficiencyplasmidsgenomeengineeringdegenerateIUPACvertexcoverindependentsetinitiation File: Login to Download Committee Members: Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit MemberHoward Salis, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorCostas Maranas, Major Field MemberReka Albert, Outside Field MemberGeorge Perry, Program Head/Chair