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Author:

Bradshaw, Casey Renee

Title:

Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Consumption of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Darter Species of a Highly Diverse Stream

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

niche partitioning
diet overlap
darters
French Creek

File:

Download Bradshaw_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Rutter, Committee Member
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Committee Member
Gregory Allen Hoover, Special Member

Author:

Mcdaniel, Kaitlin Lee

Title:

The effects of vitamin A deficiency on host defense during Citrobacter rodentium infection

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

vitamin A deficiency
infection
gut
mucosal immunity

File:

Download Kaitlin_Lee_McDaniel_FINAL_DISSERATION_11.23.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member

Author:

Rose, Chelsea Michele

Title:

Predictors of maternal feeding practices, infant growth, and obesity risk

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

childhood obesity
infant feeding practices
individual differences

File:

Download C.Rose_Dissertation_final_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Savage Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leann L Birch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison Diane Gernand, Committee Member
Shannon Leanne Kelleher, Committee Member
Ian M Paul, Committee Member

Author:

Fitzgerald, Dinora Rose

Title:

We think we can? The dynamic relationship between collective efficacy and performance in teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

collective efficacy
spirals
teams
groups
team performance
attributions
teamwork behaviors
locus of causality

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Larry Ross Martinez, Committee Member
Sam Hunter, Committee Member
Daniel John Mount, Committee Member

Author:

Petersen, Erik A

Title:

Absorption and dispersion predictions of noise from en-route subsonic and supersonic aircraft

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Acoustics
noise
subsonic
supersonic
aircraft
prediction
Sutherland
Bass
sonic
boom
shock
absorption
dispersion

File:

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Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Zhan

Title:

Nonlocal Models with Convection Effects

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

nonlocal
volume constrain
convection diffusion
conservation law
entropy solution
shock formation
numerical
convergence

File:

Download ZhanHuang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Chun Liu, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member

Author:

Bashline, Logan Thomas

Title:

The Characterization of Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis in Plants and Its Influence on Cellulose Biosynthesis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

clathrin-mediated endocytosis
trafficking
cellulose
cell wall
Arabidopsis
plants

File:

Download 2015_Logan_Bashline.pdf

Committee Members:

Ying Gu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ying Gu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Xiao

Title:

Palladium-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 hydrogenation
Methanol
Pd-Cu bimetallic catalysts
Pd-Cu alloy.

File:

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Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Corra, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Aspirations, Expectations, and Influences on the Post-secondary Plans of Rural Youth

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

aspirations
emerging adulthood
rural
youth
habitus
social networks
social capital

File:

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Committee Members:

Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member

Author:

Farnsworth, Grant Verdell

Title:

Essays on the structure, performance, and behavior of hedge funds

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

hedge funds
share restrictions

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy T Simin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jared Williams, Committee Member
Matthew Todd Lange Gustafson, Committee Member
Quanwei Cao, Committee Member
Jeremiah Ross Green, Special Member

Author:

Huang, Chu

Title:

Towards Effective Techniques For Cyber Maneuver Defenses

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

moving target defense
software diversity

File:

Download final_chu.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member

Author:

Unal, Mehmet

Title:

Restoration decision-making of disrupted infrastructure networks: A design by shopping and data visualization approach

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Disaster resilience
Infrastructure networks
Restoration
Design by shopping
Many-objective optimization
Data visualization

File:

Download Mehmet_Unal_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gordon Patrick Warn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gordon Patrick Warn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vikash Varun Gayah, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Gogno, Jacob Brophy

Title:

Land Application Of Biosolids In A Deep Row Hybrid Poplar Trench System

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Land Application
Biosolids
Hybrid Poplars

File:

Download Gogno_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Darby Fung, Megan Jean

Title:

Rescripting Coyness from Shakespeare to Cavendish

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

coyness
gender
genre
women's writing
Renaissance

File:

Download Fung_-_Rescripting_Coyness_from_Shakespeare_to_Cavendish-corrected_Fung.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcy Lynne North, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick G Cheney, Committee Member
Garrett Sullivan Jr., Committee Member
Laura Lunger Knoppers, Special Member
Sherry Lynnette Roush, Special Member

Author:

Castellanos, Paige Caroline

Title:

Stipends and schooling: A mixed-methods approach to evaluating Costa Rica's conditional cash transfer education program, Avancemos

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Conditional Cash Transfer
Poverty
Social Assistance Programs
Education Policy

File:

Download Paige_Castellanos_Final_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member
Anouk Patel, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Xiangyun

Title:

Novel Self-assemble nanoparticles to inhibit cancer growth -effects on ER stress, autophagy, and multidrug resistance by a small molecule

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Nanomedicine
Multi-drug resistance
cancer

File:

Download XAC-Thesis-20151209-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Yanming Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhi Chun Lai, Committee Member
Lu Bai, Committee Member
Gavin Peter Robertson, Special Member

Author:

Shaffer, Daniel James

Title:

The Reversal of the Endowment Effect Within Peer-to-peer Rentals

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

endowment effect
peer-to-peer
sharing economy

File:

Download Daniel_Shaffer_MS_Business_Administration_Thesis_December_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Grace Meloy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

O'connor, Joseph William

Title:

Biophysical Regulation of TGFbeta1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

epithelial mesenchymal transition
cytoskeleton
cell adhesion
TGFbeta signaling
epigenetics
microcontact printing

File:

Download OConnor_finaldissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Winter Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member

Author:

Saha, Debasish

Title:

Nitrous oxide emissions in a landscape transitioning to the energy crops Miscanthus and Switchgrass

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Nitrous oxide
Energy crops
Landscape positions
Sampling frequency
Cumulative flux
Inequality

File:

Download Saha_Debasish_Dissertation_10272015.pdf

Committee Members:

Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member

Author:

Harth, Jacquelyn Elizabeth

Title:

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus: Post-infection impacts on the Cucurbita pathosystem

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
transgene
cucurbita
powdery mildew
viral infection

File:

Download Dissertation_JHarth_Final_Version_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Alan Winsor, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Shabram, Megan Iris

Title:

Implications for Planet Formation from Population Inference of Kepler-planet-candidates and Eclipsing Binaries

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

exoplanets
planet formation

File:

Download mshabram_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Ford, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Ronald Lynn Gilliland, Committee Member
Kevin Luhman, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Arumugasamy, Prakash

Title:

Rotation Powered Pulsars in the X-rays

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

Pulsars
Neutron Star
X-rays
High-energy Astrophysics

File:

Download 1-PrakashA_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Pavlov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Lee S Finn, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Jehan, Mehnaz

Title:

High School Principals' Ethical Decisions: A Comparative Analysis of Socio-cultural & Structural Context in Pakistan and United States

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ethics
Ethical Decisions
High School Principals
Socio-Cultural Context
Structural Context
Pakistan/United States

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
De Roger C Shouse, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Semali, Committee Member
Dr Nolan, Special Member

Author:

Hamad, Fawzi Ghassan

Title:

Flow-induced Crystallization in Isotactic Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

flow-induced crystallization
quiescent crystallization
polypropylene
rheology
microscopy
differential scanning calorimetry

File:

Download FawziHamad-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Thomas Milner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member

Author:

Terrien, Ryan Carl

Title:

New spectroscopic tools and techniques for characterizing M dwarfs and discovering their planets in the near-infrared

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

astronomy
m dwarfs
near-infrared spectroscopy
stellar abundances
radial velocity
exoplanets

File:

Download Terrien-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suvrath Mahadevan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Lawrence William Ramsey, Committee Member
Abraham David Falcone, Committee Member
Jason Thomas Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Belknap, Elise Emerson

Title:

Exploration into the relationship between work and play for employed adults

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

play
work
work engagement
counselor education
counseling
career counseling
well-being
playfulness
congruence

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Hazler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deirdre Elizabeth Mary O'sullivan, Committee Member
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Huffman, Katelyn Allison

Title:

Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member

Author:

Ohlson, Erik William

Title:

Genetic characterization and mapping of late blight resistance genes in the wild tomato accessions PI 163245 and PI 224710

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

late blight resistance
QTL mapping
tomato breeding
plant pathology
parent-offspring correlation
heritability

File:

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Committee Members:

Majid R Foolad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Mingda

Title:

Microdevices for Implantation and Neuroscience

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

MEMS
Implantation
gas chromatography electroantennography
Electroporation

File:

Download Dissertation_Microdevices_for_implantation_and_neuroscience_v16_Final_To_Grad_School_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Siyang Zheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Siyang Zheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Committee Member
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Nattress, Jason Thomas

Title:

Capture-gated Neutron Spectroscopy with a Novel Lithium-glass-polymer Composite Scintillation Detector

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Neutron Spectroscopy
neutron detectors
composite
capture-gated

File:

Download JTNattressMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Young, Megan Marie

Title:

The Role Of Sphingosine Kinase In The Crosstalk Between Apoptosis, Autophagy And Endocytosis

Graduate Program:

Pharmacology

Keywords:

autophagy
apoptosis
endocytosis
iDISC
sphingosine kinase
sphingosine
sphingolipid
SK1i
SKI-I
late endosome

File:

Download Thesis_Young_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Hong Gang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hong Gang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Kester, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jin Ming Yang, Committee Member
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member
Richard Robert Young, Committee Member

Author:

Oh, Hyukkeun

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Ionomers as Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Polymer Electrolytes
Ionomers

File:

Download Thesis_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Farhat, Farshid

Title:

Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Stragglers in Mapreduce Framework

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MapReduce
Stochastic Modeling
Optimal Scheduling
Performance Evaluation
Queuing Theory.

File:

Download ms_thesis_mrmo_v21.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zad Tootaghaj, Diman

Title:

evaluating cloud workload characteristics

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cloud
Workload Characteristic
Performance Evaluation
Distributed systems

File:

Download DimanZadTootaghaj-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Abdullah, Ayesha Mahasin

Title:

Time and Critique in Early Heidegger and Deleuze

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Time
Critique
Heidegger
Deleuze
Foucault
finitude

File:

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Committee Members:

Leonard Richard Lawlor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Claire Mary Colebrook, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Feng

Title:

Acoustic tweezers: manipulating micro-objects with the power of sound

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

acoustic tweezers
microfluidics
cell-cell interaction
cell printing
crystallography
disposable device.

File:

Download 20151201-thesis_final-update.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Special Member

Author:

Chidambaram Nachiappan, Nachiappan

Title:

Pushing the power and performance envelope of Next-generation Handheld platforms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SoC platforms
mobile
handheld
performance
energy
power
architecture
system design
virtualization
IP chaining

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Mahmut Kandemir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Cinbiz, Mahmut Nedim

Title:

THE EFFECT OF STRESS STATE ON ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDE REORIENTATION

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Zirconium
hydride
reorientation
dry cask storage
radial hydrides
stress
stress state
in situ
X-ray diffraction
biaxiality

File:

Download MNCinbiz_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Michael Billone, Special Member

Author:

Zhao, Shuo

Title:

Nonlinear Optical Processes In Liquid Crystals And Applications In Optical Switching

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear Optics
Liquid Crystals
Optical Switching

File:

Download Dissertation_Shuo_Zhao.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Improving Process Efficiency of Algae Based Biofuel and Bioproduct Production using Metabolism based pH Control

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

algae
biofuel
pH
process control
nitrogen

File:

Download 1-Jun_Wang_dissertation_-_eTD_correction_20151204.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

Tate, Robin Havens

Title:

Learning To Be A Cancer Caregiver: the Role Of Self-efficacy In Caregiver Strain

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

cancer caregiving
caregiver self-efficacy
caregiver guilt
caregiver coping skills
caregiving strain

File:

Download Tate_Dissertation_11-19-2015_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Hoi Kin Suen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Special Member

Author:

Xiao, Henry

Title:

Predicting Dropout from Psychotherapy in Campus Clinics

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychotherapy
dropout
premature termination
unilateral
counseling
therapy
campus clinic
university

File:

Download Masters_Defense_Henry_Xiao_final_11.4.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Sixing

Title:

Application of acoustofluidic technologies in cell biology

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

microfluidics
acoustofluidic
surface acoustic wave
cell biology
virology
single-cell analysis

File:

Download Sixing_Li_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Di

Title:

validation of controlling batch muller by energy dose

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

green sand
mulling energy
sand properties
sand related scrap

File:

Download Di_Wang-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ghosh, Soumyadeep

Title:

A Novel Equation-of-state To Model Microemulsion Phase Behavior For Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Microemulsion
Phase Behavior
Enhanced oil recovery

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Soumyadeep_Ghosh_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member

Author:

Fu, Yaoyao

Title:

Roles Of CCR10 in establishment and maintenance of skin T cell homeostasis

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

CCR10
CD8+
Treg
skin homeostasis

File:

Download Yaoyao_FU_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Na Xiong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Na Xiong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liwang Cui, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Russell William

Title:

Therapeutic potential of ligand-activated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta/delta in pancreatic cancer

Graduate Program:

Molecular Toxicology

Keywords:

Pancreatic cancer
Inflammation
Metastasis
PPARbeta
BCL6
GW501516
GW0742

File:

Download RWS_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis John Omiecinski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
Karam E El Bayoumy, Special Member

Author:

Espah Borujeni, Amin

Title:

The Development of Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Models of Translation and Riboswitch Regulation: Towards the Automated Design of Cellular Sensors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biophysical Modelling
Translation Initiation
Riboswitch function
RNA folding thermodynamics
RNA folding Kinetics

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_--_Amin_Espah_Borujeni.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Lothian, Jeremy Michael

Title:

Game Features and Trust Belief Formation: A Study in an MMORPG

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Games
MMORPG
Trust
MMO
Cognitive Trust
Swift Trust
Video Games
World of Warcraft
Behavioral Economics

File:

Download JLothian_Dissertation-2015-11-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea H Tapia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald Santoro, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Erika S Poole, Committee Member
Barton Keller Pursel, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Protecting Server Programs and Systems: Privilege Separation, Attack Surface Reduction, And Risk Assessment

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Security and Protection
Privilege Separation
Attack Surface Reduction
Risk Assessment

File:

Download JunWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member
George Kesidis, Committee Member

Author:

Osmane, Sarah

Title:

Community Leadership Development: Youth Leadership Development in Pennsylvanian High Schools with Agriculture Programs

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

youth leadership
community development
social support
civic engagement
social interaction

File:

Download Sarah_Osmane_FinalDissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Devine Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Ewing, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Linda L Caldwell, Committee Member

Author:

Ray, Swayamjit

Title:

Frass Happens: Caterpillar Frass Induced Defense Responses In Plants

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Frass
herbivore defense
pathogen defense
caterpillar
plants.

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn S Luthe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Committee Member
Benjamin A Mcgraw, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Xinran

Title:

Investigation of the nucleotide selection mechanism of poliovirus Rna-dependent Rna polymerase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Poliovirus
nucleotide
selection
fidelity
polymerase

File:

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Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

LeDonne, Emily N

Title:

Mothers’ efforts to extrinsically regulate toddlers during a frustrating wait: Immediate and longitudinal associations with toddlers' self-regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

self-regulation
early childhood
multilevel modeling
observational data
maternal structuring
wait task

File:

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Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alysia Blandon, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Special Member

Author:

Doshi, Ushma Atul

Title:

Molecular Mechanisms of Nanoliposomal C6-ceramide-induced Cell Death in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

chronic lymphocytic leukemia
ceramide
Warburg effect
STAT3
cell death

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Mark Kester, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles H Lang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Thomas Loughran, Committee Member
Hong Gang Wang, Committee Member
David F Claxton, Special Member
Jin Yang, Committee Member
Richard Robert Young, Committee Member

Author:

O'meara, Bridget C

Title:

An experimental study of the effect of a pilot flame on technically pre-mixed, self-excited combustion instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
combustion dynamics
pilot flame
technically pre-mixed
self-excited instabilities

File:

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Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Jadidi, Amin

Title:

Kernel-Based Energy Optimization In GPUs

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

GPU Memory

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garban, Josephine A

Title:

Regulation of Reverse Cholesterol Transport by Micrornas and impact of Diet and Xenobiotics.

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

Coronary Heart Disease
Atherosclerosis
Reverse Cholesterol Transport
Cholesterol Efflux
MicroRNAs
DHA
Xenobiotics
PFOA
PFOS

File:

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Committee Members:

John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Special Member

Author:

Eaton, Craig Ernest

Title:

Engineering the Electronic Properties of Strongly Correlated Metal Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MBE
SrVO3
CaVO3
epitaxy
Hybrid

File:

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Committee Members:

Roman Engel Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Hongyuan

Title:

Heavy Traffic Limits for Fork-Join Networks with Synchronization Constraints

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

fork-join networks
non-exchangeable synchronization
generalized Kiefer process
multiparameter sequential empirical process

File:

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Committee Members:

Guodong Pang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Member
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member

Author:

Murphy, Alison Ryan

Title:

The Identification and Management of Patient Information Problems by Collaborative Patient-care Teams

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

information technology
health
healthcare
hospitals
collaboration
electronic health records

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhu Reddy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Madhu Reddy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erika S Poole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Cahoon, Sean Michael

Title:

The biophysical and carbon-climate feedbacks of shrub expansion in the Arctic

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Arctic
Betula nana
climate change
CO2 exchange
Poa pratensis
shrub expansion

File:

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Committee Members:

Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Matthew David Hurteau, Committee Member

Author:

Schulte, Justin A

Title:

New Methods In Wavelet Analysis And Their Application To The Understanding Of Hydroclimate Variability In The Mid-atlantic Region Of The United States

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Climate
Wavelet Analysis
Hydrology
Statistics
Time Series Analysis
Estuary
Drought
Pluvial

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
M Ing Li, Special Member

Author:

Howard, Matthew Caleb

Title:

Science fiction meets scientific inquiry: A task-technology fit/computer-based training framework and a meta-analysis of virtual reality applications for intervention, training, and therapy purposes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Training
Therapy
Intervention
Computer-Based Training
Task-Technology Fit
Virtual Reality
Head Mounted Displays

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Michael J Rovine, Special Member

Author:

Manafpour, Amir

Title:

Field Investigation And Statistical Modeling Of In-service Performance Of Concrete Bridge Decks In Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concrete cracking
Field inspections
Concrete Bridge Decks
Semi-Markov Model
Probabilistic Deterioration Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oke, Ronke Abidemi

Title:

Completing the Uncompleted Argument: An Existentialist Response to Appiah's Reading of Du Bois

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

individuality
Race
Identity
Critical Philosophy of Race
Du Bois
Existentialism
Kwame Anthony Appiah
cosmopolitanism
individuality

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Member
Kathryn Teresa Gines, Committee Member
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Member

Author:

Engstrom, Tyler Adam

Title:

Topics in solid-state astrophysics: magnetized neutron star crusts and multicomponent crusts/white dwarfs

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

neutron stars
white dwarfs
dense matter
magnetic fields
numerical methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Benjamin Owen, Committee Member
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
George Pavlov, Special Member

Author:

Karera, Axelle

Title:

Re-theorizing Fanon Through Derrida, Deleuze, and Mbembe

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Fanon
Derrida
Mbembe
Deleuze
Postcolonial
Philosophy

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leonard Richard Lawlor, Committee Member
Kathryn Teresa Gines, Committee Member
Gabeba Baderoon, Special Member

Author:

Sharzehi, Kaveh

Title:

Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis and Early Cholecystectomy During Index Hospitalization

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Gallstone
pancreatitis
cholecystectomy

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Allen Lloyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Friedenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shegog, Rachel Marie

Title:

Characterization of perseoranjin, a natural orange pigment from avocado (Persea americana) seed, and its uses as a natural food colorant

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

avocado
food
colorant
natural product
natural colorant

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan John Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Emmanual Hatzakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Owusu, Sarah A

Title:

Vitamin A Supplementation: Its Effects on Ontogeny, Lung Development, and Neonatal Lung Injury

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

Vitamin A
Retinoic Acid
Neonate
Lung
Ontogeny
VARA
Supplementation
Liver
Kidney

File:

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Committee Members:

A Catharine Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member

Author:

Maler, Adrian

Title:

Effective Theory of Levy and Feller Processes

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

logic
computability
computable analysis
Levy processes
computable measure theory
stochastic processes

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen George Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jan Severin Reimann, Committee Member
Manfred Heinz Denker, Committee Member
Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Committee Member

Author:

Onderko, Elizabeth Lois

Title:

Selenocysteine-ligated Cytochrome P450 Intermediates

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

cytochrome P450
selenocysteine
compound I
compound II
peroxynitrite

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Thomas Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Bicheng

Title:

A computational study of the effects of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of Mg alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
thermodynamics
diffusion
thermodynamic modeling
CALPHAD
first-principles calculations
DFT
kinetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Haidar, Ahmad M

Title:

Comprehensive Model and Experimental Validation of Passive Vibration Suppression for Supercritical Rotary Machines

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

structural dynamics
rotorcraft
passive balancing
passive vibration suppression
supercritical shaft

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Asino, Tutaleni I

Title:

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE DIFFUSION PROCESS OF MOBILE DEVICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN BOTSWANA AND NAMIBIA

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

DOI
Diffusion of Innovation
Namibia
Botswana
Mobile Learning
mLearning

File:

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Committee Members:

Simon Richard Hooper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Richard Hooper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Zhuying

Title:

Locally Stationary Quantile Regression For Inflation and Interest Rates

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Locally stationary model; Nonparametric estimation; Quantile reg

File:

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Committee Members:

Zhibiao Zhao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Member
Bing Li, Committee Member
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Ilci, Firdevs

Title:

Detailed Characterization and Hazard Level Analysis of the Ambient Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Mixture at a Construction Site

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

particulate matter
ultrafine particles
fine particles
exposure to particulate mixture
characterization of particles

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choi, Sungwoo

Title:

Consumers' propensity of post fake online reviews

Graduate Program:

Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management

Keywords:

online review
fake online review
unethical behavior
power
incentive

File:

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Committee Members:

Anna S Mattila, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brahma, Suddhasattwa

Title:

Effective methods for quantum theories

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Effective theory
Canonical quantum gravity
Loop quantum gravity
Non-associative algebras
semi-classical methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Martin Bojowald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Committee Member
Murat Gunaydin, Committee Member
Nigel David Higson, Committee Member

Author:

Antensteiner, Martin

Title:

Fabrication and Characterization of Biodegradable Microspheres for Applications in Electrically Conductive Biomedical Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Bioelectronics
Electrically Conducting Polymer
PLGA
microsphere
electrospraying
Impedance
Fabrication

File:

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Committee Members:

Mohammad Reza Abidian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fleming, Allison

Title:

Autism and Sexuality: Self Advocates Focus Groups

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

sexuality
advocacy
sexuality curriculum and sex education

File:

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Committee Members:

Pamela S Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Borza, Gregory Michael

Title:

Local Search Algorithm for Lattice Enrichment Optimization with Heuristics

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Lattice
Optimization
Local Search
Enrichment
Holtec
SMR

File:

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Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khorrami, Milad

Title:

Fabrication and Characterization of Conducting Polymer Microcups Produced via Electrospinning and Electrochemical Polymerization for Neural Microelectrodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Conducting polymer
microcups
electrochemical polymerization
electrospinning

File:

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Committee Members:

Mohammad Reza Abidian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bascom, Andrew John

Title:

Analysis of the Nuclear Heat Source for the Thermoacoustic Power Sensor Prototype at the Pennn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR)

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Thermoacoustic

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ruckert, Kelsey Leigh

Title:

Improving the statistical method can raise the upper tail of sea-level projections

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sea-level rise
Autocorrelated projections
Calibration methods
Overconfidence

File:

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Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Webb, Christina Eileen

Title:

Examining Age Differences in the Influence of Schematic Information on Retrieval Success

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

schema; recollection; fmri; aging

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Porter, Nathan Wayne

Title:

Sensitivity and Uncertainty Study of CTF Using the Uncertainty Analysis in Modeling Benchmark

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear code
thermal hydraulics
subchannel analysis
CTF
Dakota
uncertainty quantification
sensitivity analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vanarsdale, Eric Scott

Title:

Fabrication and Characterization of Hydrogel-filled Nanoliposomes for Applications in Nanomedicine

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

liposomes
nanomedicine
nanoparticles

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Sheereen Majd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Forman, Nicholas Sean

Title:

River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

River otter
non-invasive genetic sampling
spatial capture-recapture
population size
population density
Pennsylvania

File:

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Committee Members:

William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cassandra Michaela Miller Butterworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yu, Zhengyao

Title:

Modeling Bus Transit Operations: Passenger Occupancy and Travel Time

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

public transportation
real-time information
travel time
passenger occupancy

File:

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Committee Members:

Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Martinez, Patricia Nicole

Title:

How Much Time Do We Have Left? : The Effects of Time Urgency Diversity on Temporal Conflict and Leadership in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

team composition
team diversity
time urgency
temporal leadership
temporal conflict

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zawadzki, Tomasz Stanislaw

Title:

Male Sexual Entitlement and men’s responses to two campus sexual assault prevention approaches.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

social
psychology
rape
sexual assault
campus
prevention
male sexual entitlement
feminism
empathy
consequences
applied

File:

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Committee Members:

Melvin Michael Mark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sandra T Azar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Yezhou

Title:

an extension to the parsimonious topic modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Bayesian Information Criterion(BIC)
Model selection
Parsimonious topic models
Generalized EM algorithm

File:

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Committee Members:

David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Christensen, Caroline Marie

Title:

Synthesis and Cross-linking of Anthracene-based Polymers and Optimization of Single-phase Suzuki Polycondensation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chemistry
polymers
conjugated polymers
Suzuki coupling
Suzuki Polycondensation
anthracene
organic synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dill, Joshua

Title:

Early Economic Feasibility of Hybrid Microgrid in California Market

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

CHP
hybrid
microgrid
distributed generation

File:

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R Riley Ii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Chenxi

Title:

A DYNAMIC SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY MODEL CONSIDERING SUPPLIER SELECTION, JOINT REPLENISHMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COST

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Serial Supply Chain Multi-product Joint Replenishment Integrated

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Antonio Ventura, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mankosa, Michael Garan

Title:

Modeling Of Hydrogen And Hydride Formation In Zirconium Alloy Cladding Using High-fidelity Multi-physics Coupled Codes

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen
Hydride
Multi-Physics
CTF
BISON
Tiamat

File:

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Committee Members:

Maria Nikolova Avramova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Homman, Kyle A

Title:

Seismicity in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismic
seismicity
induced seismicity
earthquakes
Pennsylvania
mining
cross correlation

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fry, Sarah V

Title:

Residential Poverty, School Poverty, and Adolescent Problem Behaviors: An Activity Space Perspective

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

neighborhoods
activity spaces
ecological
delinquency
schools
school neighborhoods
poverty
problem behavior

File:

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Committee Members:

Corina Graif, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor