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Author:

Varaksa Jr, Alexander

Title:

Assessing Grapevine Leafroll Disease Impact in Commercial Vineyards throughout Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

grapevine leafroll disease
GLD
grapevines
Cabernet Franc
vineyards
virus
impact
yield
juice chemistry
growth
weather

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Alexander_Varaksa.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair
Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member
Flor E Acevedo, Committee Member

Author:

Tran, Linh

Title:

THREE ESSAYS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF HEALTH POLICIES AND INSURANCE COVERAGE ON CANCER OUTCOMES

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration (PHD)

Keywords:

cancer
mammography
breast cancer
renal cell carcinoma
Medicare
insurance
dense breast notification

File:

Download Dissertation-formatted-revised-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Vanness, Major Field Member
Chris Hollenbeak, Major Field Member
Joel Segel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chris Hollenbeak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Saghaian Nejad Esfahani, Sayed

Title:

Service Management: Resource Allocation and Security

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Resource Allocation
Security
Mission-oriented Security Model
Service Placement
Clustering Algorithm
Wireless Networks

File:

Download SayedSaghaian_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Thomas La Porta, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Mcdaniel, Major Field Member
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Kifer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Stark, Cassie

Title:

Habitat and flora associated with two ramp/leek species (Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii) in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

ramps
Allium tricoccum
Allium burdickii
Forest farming
Soil moisture
Population discovery

File:

Download Thesis_CS_Ramp_Habitat.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan M Duncan, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Sarah E Nilson, Committee Member

Author:

Chavez Caliz, Ana

Title:

TOPICS IN PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY OF POLYGONS: CONFIGURATION THEOREMS AND SELF-DUALITY

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Projective geometry
Configuration theorems
Polygons
Poncelet
Self-duality

File:

Download AnaChavezCaliz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Huizenga, Major Field Member
Mark Levi, Major Field Member
Donald Richards, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sergei Tabachnikov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexei Novikov, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cheon, Seong Ik

Title:

EMERGING BEHAVIORS FROM PARTICLES AT LIQUID INTERFACES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Pickering emulsions
Active emulsions
Oil-oil Emulsions
Particle adsorption at interface

File:

Download Supplemental_videos.zipDownload Seong_Ik_Cheon-Final_Thesis_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hayworth, Benjamin

Title:

Atmosphere and Climate Evolution on Earth and Earth-like Planets

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

planetary habitability
habitability
early mars
mars
martian climate
limit cycling
carbon cycle
abiogenesis
origin of life
hadean
exoplanets
weathering
space weather

File:

Download Dissertation_wVita.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradford Foley, Major Field Member
William Brune, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christopher House, Major Field Member
Guillaume Gronoff, Special Member
James Kasting, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rajabpour, Siavash

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TUNABLE 2-DIMENSIONAL GROUP-III ALLOYS AND CARBON FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D Materials
Intercalation
Carbon Fibers
ReaxFF

File:

Download Siavash__Dissertation_Feb18.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit Member
Joshua Robinson, Co-Chair, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Soule, Brian

Title:

Golf and the Experience Economy: Understanding Dedicated Golfers' Motivations and Future Intentions at Golf Alternative Experiences

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (PHD)

Keywords:

Experience Economy
golf
golf alternatives
motivation
achievement motivation
social motivation
future intentions
leisure constraints
participant sport
golf motivation
Topgolf
Drive Shack

File:

Download B._Soule_Final_Dissertation_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Newman, Co-Chair of Committee
Andrew Wiesner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Pete Allison, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jen Agans, Major Field Member
Brendan Taff, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Farhadi, Vaji

Title:

Resource allocation for edge cloud and smart grid

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

DC-QSS
cascading failure
blackouts
preventive control
SCADA
PLCC
Mobile edge computing
workload scheduling
service placement
complexity analysis
algorithm design
Resource Allocation

File:

Download Thesis-VF.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas La Porta, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort Webster, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ting He, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Major Field Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair