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Author:

Kislal, Sezen

Title:

CONDITIONING DISCRETE VISUAL CUES TO AVERSIVE INTEROCEPTIVE STIMULI IN THE MOUSE

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Selective associative learning
Conditioned context aversion
Conditioned taste aversion
Laboratory mice

File:

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Committee Members:

David A Blizard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron C Jones, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Frederick Martin Brown, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Committee Member

Author:

Peng, Guangzhong

Title:

Quantization of affine coadjoint orbits

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

K-homology
quantization
loop group

File:

Download GuangzhongPeng-Dissertation5-1207.pdf

Committee Members:

Nigel David Higson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nigel David Higson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Frank Baum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ping Xu, Committee Member
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Special Member

Author:

Bannangkoon, Pichkitti

Title:

C*-algebras in Kirillov Theory

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Kirillov theory
C*-algebras
unitary representations of nilpotent groups
regular representation
nilpotent Lie groups

File:

Download Bannangkoon_-_2015_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nigel David Higson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Roe, Committee Member
Nathanial Patrick Brown, Committee Member
Martin Bojowald, Committee Member

Author:

Magyar, Andrew Lewis

Title:

Statistics of Single Unit Responses in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe: a Sparse and Overdispersed Code

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

theoretical neuroscience
memory
neural representation
sparse coding

File:

Download Magyar-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member

Author:

Skibinski, Christine G

Title:

preclinical investigations into the role of omega-3 fatty acids for breast cancer prevention

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Docosahexaenoic Acid
Liposome
Breast Cancer Prevention

File:

Download christine_skibinskis_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karam E El Bayoumy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arunangshu Das, Committee Member
Thomas E Spratt, Committee Member
Andrea Manni, Committee Member
Mark Kester, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yang

Title:

Approaches to reduce and integrate data in structured and high-dimensional regression problems in Genomics

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Data integration
Genomics
Ordinary least squares
Structured data
Sufficient dimension reduction
Variable selection

File:

Download YangLiu-Dissertation_081615.pdf

Committee Members:

Francesca Chiaromonte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bing Li, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member
Yu Zhang, Committee Member
Mary Poss, Committee Member

Author:

Arroyo, Gabriella B

Title:

Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal structure
receiver functions
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Appalachian
Scranton
Scranton High
Grenville Front
Allegheny Front
Mid-Continent rift
Vp/Vs
Hk stacking
PASEIS
UsArray
US Transportable
mid-atlantic

File:

Download Arroyo_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Camin, Henry John

Title:

Coherent broadband sonar signal processing with the Environmentally Corrected Matched Filter

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Environmentally Corrected
Matched Filter
Coherent
broadband
sonar
signal processing
wideband
ambiguity function

File:

Download Camin_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Charles Burkhardt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Keith Young, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Jennifer L Miksis Olds, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Jon Charles Reeves, Special Member

Author:

Stidworthy, Alison Gail

Title:

Radon Emissions From Natural Gas Power Plants at The Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

radon
natural gas
atmospheric dispersion

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth James Davis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bowman, Emily Rebecca

Title:

Epstein-Barr virus latency-associated proteins regulate multiple pathways to promote B cell proliferation and survival

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

Epstein-Barr virus
EBNA3A
Burkitt lymphoma
microRNA-155
p21
p53
cell cycle

File:

Download Emily_Bowman_EBV_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clare E Sample, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffery Thomas Sample, Committee Member
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Craig Matthew Meyers, Committee Member
Faoud T Ishmael, Committee Member

Author:

Hart, Jeffery Leroy

Title:

Determining the Duration of Effects on Behavior and Academic Outcomes From Single and Multiple Bouts of Moderate Physical Activity for Students with ADHD

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

MVPA
ADHD
physical activity
exercise

File:

Download JLH_final_University_Formatted_Dissy.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Adhiraj Kishore

Title:

Numerical Simulation of AxiSymmetric Laminar Diffusion Flames with Soot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot
laminar flames
OpenFOAM
diffusion flames
CFD modeling

File:

Download akd144_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Special Member

Author:

Campos Sanchez, Rebeca

Title:

Evolution of genome architecture: from transposable elements distribution to Y chromosome gene structure

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

genome architecture
transposable elements
genomic features
testis transcriptome
Y chromosome genes

File:

Download Dissertation_Campos-Sanchez.pdf

Committee Members:

Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Mark Shriver, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member

Author:

Tarolli, Jay Gage

Title:

Improving the Image Quality of Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass spectrometry Images

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Image Fusion
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Data Analysis
Data Fusion

File:

Download Tarolli-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
James Z Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Hall, Molly Ann

Title:

Beyond genome-wide association studies (GWAS): Emerging methods for investigating complex associations for common traits

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

gene-gene interactions
epistasis
PheWAS
phenome
EWAS
exposome
gene-environment interactions
complex traits

File:

Download Dissertation_MollyHall.pdf

Committee Members:

Marylyn Deriggi Ritchie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marylyn Deriggi Ritchie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Santhosh Girirajan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Brian Selleck, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
Catherine Mc Carty, Special Member

Author:

Tanim, Tanvir Reza

Title:

Lithium Ion Battery Modeling, Estimation, and Aging for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Battery Modeling
Battery Management System
Battery State Estimation
Hybrid Electric Vehicles

File:

Download Tanim_Tanvir_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Karunakaran, Monica Jeanette

Title:

A Tension Between Dialogic and Direct Instruction: One Community's Mathematics Teaching Culture

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

mathematics
teaching
practice
culture

File:

Download Monica_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea Vujan Mccloskey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edith Frances Arbaugh, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Yurong

Title:

Spatial and temporal dynamics of cerebral blood vessels during voluntary locomotion in health and disease

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Brain blood vessel
two-photon microscopy
hemodynamics
voluntary locomotion
dural vessel
migraine

File:

Download Dissertation_YurongGao.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick James Drew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Member
Yu Zhang, Special Member

Author:

Lemmon, Megan Elaine

Title:

How Young Children's Disabilities Affect Parents' Labor Force Participation and Earnings

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

disability
labor force participation
children
family

File:

Download Lemmon_thesis_draft_final_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Molly Ann Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sengupta, Ritobroto

Title:

Part I: Michael Additions To Nitrosoalkenes: (a) Stereochemical Investigations Of Conjugate Additions Of Carbon- And Heteronucleophiles To Ring-substituted Nitrosocyclohexenes; (b) A One-pot Umpolung Method For Preparation Of Α-aryl Nitriles From Α-chloroaldoximes Via Organocuprate Addition To Transient Nitrosoalkenes. part Ii: An Approach To A Total Synthesis Of Tronocarpine.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nitrosoalkene
conjugate addition
tronocarpine
arylation
aryl nitrile
total synthesis

File:

Download Thesis-Sengupta.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pshemak Maslak, Committee Member
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Special Member

Author:

Ketineni, Sarath Pavan

Title:

Structuring An Integrative Approach For Field Development Planning Using Artificial Intelligence And Its Application To Tombua Landana Asset In Angola

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reservoir Characterization
Artificial Neural Networks
Field Development Planning
Petroleum Engineering
Seismic data analysis

File:

Download Sarath_ketineni_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Yunhui

Title:

Study of microseismic events: their source mechanism, spatial and temporal distribution, and the evolution of transmitting medium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microseismic
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Thesis_Tan_V4_with_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Special Member

Author:

Li, Xiaofan

Title:

Evolution origins and Pip2 modulation of voltage-gated K+ channels

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

potassium channel
ion channel
evolution
phosphoinositide
PIP2
excitability
ctenophore
nematostella

File:

Download Xiaofan_Li_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J Jegla, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy J Jegla, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member

Author:

Austin, Peter Miller

Title:

Developing a Stability Assessment Method for Power Electronics-based Microgrids

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

microgrids
power electronics stability
negative incremental impedance

File:

Download Austin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas George Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas George Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
James A Turso, Special Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Moses, Kelema Lee

Title:

Kingdom, Territory, State: An Architectural Narrative of Honolulu, Hawaii (1882-1994)

Graduate Program:

Art History

Keywords:

Hawaii
architecture
urbanism
colonialism
nationalism
regionalism
internationalism
politics
identity

File:

Download MosesDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Robert Zabel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Elizabeth Locke, Committee Member
Madhuri Shrikant Desai, Committee Member
Deryck William Holdsworth, Committee Member
Dr Stacy Kamehiro, Special Member

Author:

Khanmohammadi, Ehssan

Title:

Quantization of Coadjoint Orbits via Positivity of Kirillov's Character Formula

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Kirillov's Character Formula
Positivity
The orbit method
Quantization

File:

Download EK-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nigel David Higson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nigel David Higson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathanial Patrick Brown, Committee Member
Ping Xu, Committee Member
Murat Gunaydin, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Tao

Title:

Equifinality and its violations in multi-joint positional tasks

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Multi-joint movement
Equifinality
Referent configuration hypothesis
Back-coupling
Synergy
Uncontrolled manifold hypothesis

File:

Download Tao-dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member

Author:

Hsu, Hsiu-chuan

Title:

Theoretical study on transport properties of topological states of matter

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

quantum anomalous Hall effect
magnetoconductance
topological insulator nanotube

File:

Download HsiuchuanHsu.pdf

Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Fangxiao

Title:

Integrated Change and Knowledge Management for Energy Efficient Retrofit Projects

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Change and Dependency Management
Knowledge Management
Building Information Modeling
Integrated System
Energy Efficient
Retrofit

File:

Download Fangxiao_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Messner, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

Author:

Chaby, Lauren Evelyn

Title:

Long-term behavioral and cognitive changes following stress in adolescence

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Adolescence
cognitive bias
coping
decision making
chronic unpredictable stress
Rattus norvegicus
developmental stress

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_10.14.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Special Member

Author:

Diehl, Tara Elizabeth

Title:

Flipping the developmental mathematics classroom: An action research study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

flipped classroom
developmental mathematics
inverted classroom
action research

File:

Download Dissertation_T_Diehl.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Jane Wilburne, Committee Member
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Bo

Title:

A Protocol-Based, Inverse-Model-Driven Methodology for Building Auditing and Forward Energy Model Formulation

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Inverse model
energy model
calibration
measurement & verification
sub-metering
variable selection
benchmark
audit

File:

Download Bo_Lin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Soohyun

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF SIMPLE AND VERSATILE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE TO PATTERN CONDUCTING POLYMER FILMS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Conducting Polymer
Microfabrication
Hydrogel

File:

Download SooHyun_Park_MS_Thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Sheereen Majd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohammad Reza Abidian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bondoux, Alexandre Franck

Title:

Modeling, design and testing of a multi-cell periodic fluidic flexible matrix composite device

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

F2MC
vibrations
helicopters
acoustic
periodic

File:

Download Alexandre_Bondoux_-_MSc_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McCandless, Tyler

Title:

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Short-range Solar Irradiance Prediction

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Solar irradiance
artificial intelligence
artificial neural network
solar power
regime-dependent

File:

Download tylermccandless.pdf

Committee Members:

Sue Ellen Haupt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Young, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Special Member

Author:

Place, David Ezekzel

Title:

Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Bordetella pertussis and Francisella tularensis

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Francisella tularensis
Bordetella pertussis
interleukin-1
inflammasome
CD8 T cells
memory cells
vaccination

File:

Download Thesis_vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member
Jason Laurence Rasgon, Special Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member

Author:

Balandaram, Gayathri

Title:

The role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/δ in viral protein-induced liver pathogenesis.

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

PPARβ/δ
liver
liver cancer

File:

Download Gayathri_Balandaram_Thesis_111515_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Maurice Peters, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary H Perdew, Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Xiao

Title:

using occupant feedback in model predictive control for indoor thermal comfort and energy optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

building climate control
model predictive control
thermal comfort
energy consumption
occupant feedback

File:

Download Xiao_Chen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member
Jelena Srebric, Special Member

Author:

Kerby, Jeffrey T

Title:

Phenology in a chancing Arctic: Linking trophic interactions across scales

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Phenology
mismatch
Arctic
Greenland
Rangifer
Reindeer
Climate Change
Phenocam

File:

Download Jeff_Kerby_PhD_Dissertation_20_Nov_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member

Author:

Rennoll, Sherri Ann

Title:

Transcriptional regulation of the c-MYC (MYC) proto-oncogene by oncogenic Wnt/β-catenin signaling in colorectal carcinomas

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

MYC
beta-catenin
AXIN2
colorectal cancer

File:

Download Rennoll_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Yochum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Yochum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura Carrel, Committee Member
Sergei A Grigoryev, Committee Member
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Michael Joseph

Title:

Friends With Different Faces: The Impact Of Community Racial Diversity On Network Diversity And Size

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Community context
social networks
racial diversity

File:

Download Michael_Martin_Masters_Thesis_Sub_Version_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Barrett Alan Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shen, Weijie

Title:

Dimensional Analysis in Statistics: Theories, Methodologies and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Dimensional analysis
Empirical model
Physical system
Quantitative analysis
Scale invariant
Similarity
Statistics

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Special Member

Author:

Davanloo Tajbakhsh, Sam

Title:

On Convex Optimization Methods for Fitting Spatial Statistical Models to Large Data Sets

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Convex Optimization
Gaussian Random Field
Spatial Statistics
Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
ADMM.

File:

Download SamDavanloo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Manda

Title:

output feedback control of distributed parameter system via adaptive proper orthogonal decomposition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

distributed parameter system
adaptive proper orthogonal decomposition

File:

Download Manda_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Reimer, Robert Douglas

Title:

Follower perspectives of “just right”: Toward a theory of leader versatility

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
personality
versatility
outcomes

File:

Download Leader_Versatility__Reimer__ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mccrea, Andrew Ernst

Title:

The response of central office leaders to the Teacher Effectiveness model.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

education leadership
sensemaking
organizational learning

File:

Download McCrea_Responce_of_Leaders_Dissertation_Dec2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Ronald Robert Musoleno, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Lanz, Nicholas David

Title:

The Role of the Auxiliary Iron-sulfur Cluster of Lipoyl Synthase in the Biosynthesis of the Lipoyl Cofactor

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Lipoyl Synthase
Lipoic Acid
Radical SAM
S-Adenosylmethionine
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Iron-sulfur cluster

File:

Download Thesis_v3_112015.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Bendor, Liron

Title:

Novel Mechanisms of Bordetella Survival in the Mammalian Host and in the Environment

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

Bordetella
bordetella bronchiseptica
amoeba
dictyostelium
amoeba
Type Six Secretion System
intracellular survival

File:

Download THESIS_LIRON_BENDOR.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Thomas Harvill, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member

Author:

Ollendyke, Bryan Todd

Title:

Information Altruism

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Drupal
Activism
Tempered Radicalism
Hacktivism
Free Open Source Software
Information Altruism
DevOps
Actor Network Theory

File:

Download thesis-bryan-ollendyke-information-altruism.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea H Tapia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Sha

Title:

OLIGOPEPTIDE DERIVATIZED [Ru(bpy)3]2+ COMPLEXES AS SCAFFOLDS FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

[Ru(bpy)3]2+
Artificial Photosynthesis

File:

Download Thesis_Sha_Sun.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Beattie, Brett Aaron

Title:

An event history analysis of premarital cohabitation transitions and divergent relationship pathways

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

cohabitation
relationships
marriage
family
event history
latent class

File:

Download Beattie_Dissertation_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Richard Amato, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Johnson, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member
David Eggebeen, Committee Member

Author:

Mohanta, Lokanath

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of inverted annular film boiling and regime transition during reflood transients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Two-phase heat transfer
Subcooled flow film boiling
Regime Transition
Rod bundle
Spacer Grid
Stability of Co-axial jets

File:

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Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Stephen M Bajorek, Special Member

Author:

Togai, Kuninori

Title:

Kinetic Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma-assisted combustion
low-temperature combustion
chemical kinetics
plasma chemistry
nonequilibrium plasma

File:

Download Dissertation_Togai.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Bartels, Joshua Michael

Title:

Inorganic Backbone Ionomers: Design and Dielectric Response of Single-ion Conducting Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionomers
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polysiloxane
Polyphosphazene
Conducting Polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Special Member

Author:

Seely, Brian J

Title:

Using Narrative-based design scaffolds within a mobile learning environment to support learning outdoors with young children

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Narrative
Mobile Learning
Outdoor Learning
Pedagogical Agent
Learner-Centered
Guided-Facilitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Susan M Land, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Susan M Land, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Priya Sharma, Committee Member
Julia Diane Plummer, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Justin Edward

Title:

Describing the Electronic Structure of Molecules on Metal Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Electronic Structure
DFT
SERS
LC Functionals
Orbital Renormalization
QMR

File:

Download JustinMoore-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Gerald Knizia, Committee Member

Author:

Salem, Joseph Charles

Title:

The role of a R-ras and cytohesin-2 signaling pathway in epithelial cell migration

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

cytohesin-2
R-Ras
EHD1
cell migration
ARNO

File:

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Committee Members:

Lorraine C Santy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Graham Hugh Thomas, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Special Member

Author:

Park, Mary Jane

Title:

The Relationship of Change Readiness and Work Engagement in Manufacturing Organizations in South Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

employee work engagement
organizational readiness for change
change management
personal resources
UWES-9
manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member

Author:

Xue, Fei

Title:

Landau Theory and Phase-field Simulations on the Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite and Hexagonal Manganites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Landau Theory
Phase-field Simulation
Phase Transitions
Domain Structures
Bismuth Ferrite
Hexagonal Manganites

File:

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Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Hou, Huilong

Title:

Nanoscale Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys Thin Films Fabricated by Using Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Nanoscale thin films
Shape memory alloys
Biased target deposition
Phase transformation
Structure and properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Reginald Felix Hamilton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Finkenbinder, Karen Jonita

Title:

A Pilot Study: The Adoption of New Professionalism in Small Police Agencies in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

Police
New Professionalism
Policing Models

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Plant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Plant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Shaun L Gabbidon, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Haining

Title:

Anticyclotomic Iwasawa theory for Hilbert modular forms

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Iwasawa theory
Hilbert modular forms

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Winnie Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Winnie Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yuriy G Zarkhin, Committee Member
Dale Brownawell, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Committee Member
Ming Lun Hsieh, Special Member

Author:

Gaydos, Nelson Joseph

Title:

Survival of Spoilage and Pathogenic Microorganisms Associated with the Production of Pickled Sausages Using a Cold Fill Process

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

pickled sausage
cold fill
spoilage
pathogens

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

El Younssi, Anouar

Title:

“al-tajrib” (experimentalism) in the Moroccan New Novel and the Debate over Legitimacy

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

Moroccan Novel
Experimentalism
Arab Experimentalism
Moroccan Avant-Garde
Postcolonial Moroccan Novel

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Eburne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoda El Shakry, Committee Member
Shuang Shen, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Committee Member

Author:

Dixit, Kashyap

Title:

Robust Models For Property Testing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Property Testing
Sublinear Algorithms
Randomized Algorithms
Approximation Algorithms
Theoretical Computer Science

File:

Download KashyapDixit-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Furer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sofya Raskhodnikova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Piotr Berman, Committee Member
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Member

Author:

Scrimgeour, Meghan Brewer

Title:

The Role of Marital, Coparenting, and Sibling Relationships on the Development of Children's Prosocial Behaviors in Early Childhood

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

prosocial behavior
marital relationship
coparenting relationship
sibling relationship
early childhood

File:

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Committee Members:

Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Committee Member

Author:

Marano, Carla Josepina

Title:

The Effcts Of Percieved Support And Opportunites On Organizational Identification: A Study Of College Interns

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

organizational identification
intern
internships
post-exit

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiangmin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Connell, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

Applications of Two-method Measurement to Explore Associations between Self-control and Physical Activity

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Self-Control
Physical Activity
Accelerometer
Self-Report Bias
Measurement Validity

File:

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Committee Members:

John Walter Graham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Walter Graham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura Klein, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member
Cynthia Stifter, Committee Member

Author:

Griffith, Christopher Vance

Title:

Characterization and Development of an Event-Driven Hybrid CMOS X-ray Detector

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Hybrid CMOS
event-driven
HCD
CCD
X-ray detector

File:

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Committee Members:

Abraham David Falcone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Nelson Burrows, Committee Member
John Andrew Nousek, Committee Member
Mike Eracleous, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member

Author:

Rodriguez, Denise N

Title:

Deviant Approaches: The Experience of Relegation in the French Penal Colonies (1885-1953)

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Penal Colonies
Relegation
France
Empire
Colonization

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benedicte Marie Christine Monicat, Committee Member
Willa Zahava Silverman, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Committee Member

Author:

Bacon, Rachel Jeannine

Title:

Contextual Socio-demographic Change and Denominational Growth, 1980-2010

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Mainline Protestant
Evangelical Protestant
Spatial
Ecological
Free Market
Religious Change

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Worosz, Theodore Stanley

Title:

Interfacial Area Transport Equation for Bubbly to Cap-bubbly Transition Flows

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

two-phase flow
interfacial area concentration
two-group interfacial area transport
multi-sensor conductivity probe
cap-bubbl

File:

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Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seungjin Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Kevin Hogan, Special Member

Author:

Taylor, Joshua Ollen

Title:

Toward a Computational Model for Macroscopic Predictions of Device-induced Thrombosis

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

thrombosis
computational fluid dynamics
medical device
platelet adhesion
magnetic resonance imaging
LDV

File:

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Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Scott Meyer, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member
Dr Brent Craven, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member

Author:

Alexander, Richard Brown

Title:

Advances in Quantifying Streamflow Variability Using Hierarchical Bayesian Methods with SPARROW

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

hydrology
watershed modeling
Bayesian statistics
streamflow
SPARROW modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Dewalle, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member

Author:

Pakoz, Ugur

Title:

Effect of Changing Injection Water Salinity on Oil Recovery from Oil-wet Carbonate Rocks

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Carbonate rocks
salinity
oil recovery
wettability
aging
core flooding
water flooding

File:

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Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gallagher, Kyle A

Title:

HARMONIC RADAR: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TONONLINEAR TARGET DETECTION, TRACKING, IMAGINGAND CLASSIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Harmonic Radar
Nonlinear Radar
Harmonic Detection
Harmonic SAR
Nonlinear SAR
Harmonic MTI
Nonlinear MTI

File:

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Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Anthony F. Martone, Special Member
Dr Gregory J Mazzaro, Special Member

Author:

Krannitz, Morgan Ashley

Title:

Fueling the fire: Applying self-expansion theory to work passion

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Work passion
work engagement
self-expansion
newcomers
self-concept

File:

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Committee Members:

Alicia Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Songqi Liu, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member

Author:

Steffens, Sadie Lynne

Title:

Mechanism of Drug Action of the Specific Ck2 Inhibitor Cx-4945 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Ikaros
CK2
AML
drug resistance
BCL2A1
MTHFR
CDA
DLX1
DLX2
cytarabine
methotrexate
doxorubicin

File:

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Committee Members:

Sinisa Dovat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sinisa Dovat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Miller, Committee Member
Sergei A Grigoryev, Committee Member
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Jicheng

Title:

Essays in Online Retail Markets and Auction Markets

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Online
Retail
Auction

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark John Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter William Newberry, Committee Member
Coenraad Arnout P Pinkse, Committee Member
Shrihari Sridhar, Committee Member

Author:

Oxman, Matthew Jacob

Title:

A time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction study of the in situ, hydrothermal synthesis of goethite from 2-line ferrihydrite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geology
Cyrstallography
Mineralogy
X-ray Diffraction

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Denlinger, Michelle

Title:

Optimal Periodic Control with Applications to Drug Delivery and High Altitude Wind Energy Generators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

optimal periodic control
optimal control
extremum seeking
drug delivery
wind energy
airborne wind energy

File:

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Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Prabhala, Bhaskar

Title:

PbMFS - Periodicity based Mobility Forecasting System

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mobility
MANETs
Next-Place Predictions
Forecasting
Opportunistic Networks
Periodicity

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas F Laporta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raj Acharya, Committee Member
Wang Chien Lee, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Derek M

Title:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CuCl HCl Electrolyzer
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
Efficiency

File:

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Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Bratton, Ryan Nathaniel

Title:

Uncertainty Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel Isotopics and Rod Internal Pressure

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

SCALE
FRAPCON
rod internal pressure
fuel isotopics
spent nuclear fuel

File:

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Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Monique Yvonne Yaari, Committee Member
Maria Nikolova Avramova, Committee Member
Matthew A Jessee, Special Member
William A Wieselquist, Special Member

Author:

Andrews, Jason Scott

Title:

Unum et Pluribus: Walt Whitman's Philosophy of Democracy

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Whitman
democracy
ideology
ontology
synecdoche
trope
One and many

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Lyle Johnstone, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Member

Author:

Grettenberger, Christen Lynn

Title:

Microbial Communities In Acid Mine Drainage Ecosystems

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

microbial ecology
ecology
acid mine drainage
AMD
metagenomics
next-generation sequencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Morgan, Phyllis Ko

Title:

Hybrid Interferometric/dispersive Atomic Spectroscopy for Nuclear Materials Analysis

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Uranium
Isotopes
Fabry-Perot

File:

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Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member
Craig F Bohren, Committee Member

Author:

Linares, Jocelin

Title:

Identifying the Barriers and Challenges to the Effectiveness of Global Talent Management

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Performance management
talent management
effectiveness
expatriation
global talent management

File:

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Committee Members:

Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stanley Morris Gully, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah A Damaske, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gnanadass, Edith N

Title:

Perpetual Outsiders?: Learning Race in the South Asian American Experience

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

CHAT
Critical Race Theory
Desicrit
South Asian Americans
Postcolonial Theory
Adult Learning
Race
Racism
Indian Americans

File:

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Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Taylor, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Member
Mrinalini Sinha, Special Member
Ian E Baptiste, Special Member

Author:

Shorter, Jameliah Inga

Title:

Kantian Cosmopolitanism and the Racial Hierarchy

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

race
Kant
Cosmopolitanism
Anlagen
slavery

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Committee Members:

Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Teresa Gines, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Special Member

Author:

Brezicha, Kristina Franciska

Title:

My Country, 'tis of Thee: Examining the Relationship Between Immigrant Students' Political Socialization and Their Feelings of Belonging in the United States and Canada

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Political socialization
Belonging
Immigrant Students
Citizenship
Education Policy

File:

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Committee Members:

Dana Lynn Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald K Letendre, Committee Member
Erica Frankenberg, Committee Member
Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Committee Member

Author:

You, Fan

Title:

Unit Commitment Problems: A Comparison of Algorithms and Heuristics

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Unit Commitment
Dynamic Programming
PCA
Neural Networks

File:

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Antonio Ventura, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zheng, Albert

Title:

Investigation of Bandwidth and Disturbance Rejection Properties of a Dynamic Inversion Control Law for Ship-Based Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Flight Controls
Simulation
Handling Qualities
Shipboard
Bandwidth
Disturbance Rejection
Pilot

File:

Download 1-Albert_Zheng_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gao, Xueyu

Title:

Modeling Uncertainty in Large_scale Urban Traffic Networks

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram
Adaptive Signal Control
Urban Traffic Control
Markov Chain Model

File:

Download Dissertation_XueyuGao_finalsubmit.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Vanepps, John James

Title:

Self-compassion in Psychotherapy: Predicting Change in College Counseling Centers

Graduate Program:

Counseling Psychology

Keywords:

self-compassion
psychotherapy
CCMH
collegiate mental health

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin D Locke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Special Member

Author:

Ledford, Kenneth R

Title:

Practical Sprayed-on Transducer Composites for High Temperature Applications

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Transducers
Ultrasound
Structural Health Monitoring
Non Destructive Evaluation
Ferroelectric Composites
Thick Films.

File:

Download KRL_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Silvera, Geoffrey A

Title:

Interpersonal Care Experiences in U.s. Hospitals: Specifications and Antecedents

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Patient Experience
Healthcare Management
Strategic Management
Patient Safety
CEO Gender

File:

Download GSilvera_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Naleef Fareed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Naleef Fareed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Rogers Clark, Committee Member
Jessica N Mittler, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Committee Member

Author:

Suarez Mullins, Astrid

Title:

Observations and Modeling of the Effects of Waves and Rotors on Submeso and Turbulence Variability within the Stable Boundary Layer over Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

high-resolution modeling
wavelets
model verification
waves
rotors
submeso
turbulence variability
stable boundary layer

File:

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Committee Members:

David R Stauffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Bodnar, Todd James

Title:

Data Science with Social Media for Epidemiology and Public Health

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

data mining
data science
data
twitter
google
facebook
apple
amazon
amazon web services
hive
apache
hadoop
java
big data

File:

Download ToddBodnar-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcel Salathé, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member
John Yen, Special Member

Author:

Lutz, Clayton Lee

Title:

Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer

File:

Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor