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Author:

Newman, Josiah Scott

Title:

DELINEATING CRITICAL RECHARGE AREAS IN KARST TERRAIN: SPRING CREEK WATERSHED CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Spring Creek
ArcMap
ArcGIS
Groundwater Recharge
Karst
Critical Recharge
Recharge
Infiltration

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Michael Hamlett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bolden, Mark Patrick

Title:

PROBABILISTIC REAL-TIME DOMAIN AWARENESS LEVERAGING COMPUTER VISION AND COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

domain awareness
space domain
space debris
real-time
debris tracking
computer vision
computational intelligence
tactical object tracking
clustering
break-up event tracking
debris cloud tracking

File:

Download MarkBolden_-_Masters_Thesis_20180710.pdf

Committee Members:

David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Da, Lina

Title:

SCREENING AND DESIGN CRITERIA FOR DIFFERENT SLANTED WELLS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial Neural Network

File:

Download Lina_Da_Master_Thesis.FinalVersion.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
123, Committee Member
123, Committee Member

Author:

Voltaire, Sabrina Trucha

Title:

Early Nighttime Parental Interventions and Infant Sleep Regulation Across the First Year

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Infant Sleep Regulation
Nighttime Parenting Competence
Early Parenting Practices

File:

Download OpenAccess_Voltaire.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Member

Author:

Becker, Abigail Harris

Title:

EPIGENETIC AND GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES MEDIATED BY HISTONE H3 METHYLATION IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

AML
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Gene Expression
H3K9me2
Histone Methytransferase
G9a
G9a/EHMT2
Chromatin
ChIP-sequencing
Epegentics
LOCKs

File:

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Committee Members:

Sergei Grigoryev, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Eckert, Committee Member
Greg Yochum, Committee Member

Author:

Parija, Tulika

Title:

SAVING COMPUTATIONS BY EARLY INFERENCE TERMINATION

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Deep Neural Network
Convolutional Neural Network

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Tulika_Parija_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Decker, Nicholas P

Title:

Public Art and the Topographic City: A Geospatial Analysis of Art Spaces in Pittsburgh

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Public Art
Urban Development
Urban Redevelopment
Ekitics
Creative Class
Arts-Based Research
ArcGIS
Critical GIS
Cultural Development
Culture-Based Redevelopment
Sculpture
Data Visualization

File:

Download NDecker_Thesis_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Murtha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Timothy Baird, Committee Member
Mallika Bose, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Sen

Title:

Stabilized Finite Element Methods And Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

stabilized finite element method
variational multi-scale method

File:

Download SenLin_Master_Stab_FEM.pdf

Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huffstickler, Megan Kay

Title:

Understanding Student Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Organic Chemistry
Chemical Education
Educational Psychology
Think-Aloud Protocol

File:

Download FinalDraft_GradSchoolSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy Van Meter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Unsal, Hayreddin Said

Title:

Measuring Resting State Functional Connectivity in Awake Mouse’s Brain Using fMRI

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

functional connectivity
resting state fMRI
brain
mouse
awake animal

File:

Download HayreddinSaidUnsal_MastersThesis_FinalSubmission_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Culler, Mitchell Dewitt

Title:

The Effect of Emulsifying Salts on Casein Micelle Structure in Response to Varied Environmental Conditions

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Casein
Casein Micelles
Temperature
pH
Dairy
Food Science
Milk
Cheese
Emulsifying Salts

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Updated_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Federico Miguel Harte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member
John Neil Coupland, Committee Member

Author:

Metkowski, Leonard P

Title:

Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Hubs
Empennage
Experimental
Interactional Aerodynamics
Helicopter Hub Drag
Experimental Design
Helicopter Hub Experiments
Horizontal Stabilizer
Helicopter Stabilizer
Experiments on Helicopter Stabilizers
Wake Impingement

File:

Download Metkowski_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Alsuwaidi, Erhamah Salem

Title:

CUTTING TRANSPORT ANALYSIS IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

horizontal well
hole cleaning
cuttings
transport

File:

Download ALSUWAIDI_ERHAMAH_THESIS_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Hao

Title:

SYSTEM CALL TRACE BASED PROBABILISTIC PROGRAM MODELING FOR EXPLOITATION DETECTION

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Intusion Detection
Program Modeling
HMM
System Call

File:

Download thesis_main_HaoLi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gang Tan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zikmund, Emily Ann

Title:

Anode and Electrolyte Selection to Improve Hydrogen Recovery in Microbial Electrolysis Cells

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Microbial Electrolysis Cell
Hydrogen
Ohmic Resistance
Electrode Spacing
Felt anodes

File:

Download MS_Thesis-Emily_Zikmund.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce E. Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Regan, Committee Member
Christopher Gorski, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Tao

Title:

A DATA TRIAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR CYBER SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Recurrent Neural Network
Machine Learning
Retrieval
Security

File:

Download TaoLin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Songshan

Title:

TIME-VARYING EFFECT MODEL FOR STUDYING GROUP DIFFERENCE IN HEALTH BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Time varying-coefficient effect model

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Matthew Logan Reimherr, Committee Member

Author:

Qiu, Junpeng

Title:

PersonFinder: Locating People Through On-Demand Crowdsourcing

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

on-demand crowdsourcing
image processing
offloading
privacy
wireless network

File:

Download JunpengQiu-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Guohong Cao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Padghan, Pranjali S

Title:

COMPLEX AERIAL FLIGHT UTILIZING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Model Predictive Control
Quadcopter Dynamics and control

File:

Download ComplexAerialFlightUtilizingModelPredictiveControl_Thesis_Pranjali_Dec2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aydogan, Beytullah

Title:

An estimation of geometric changes in the proximal femurs of US adults from 1988-2014

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

statistical shape modeling
poximal femur
population-based design

File:

Download PSU_MS_Thesis_Beytullah_04042018.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Van Sant, Ian

Title:

Design and Fabrication of a Nuclear Dry Cask Inspection Robot: Integrating Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Active Transducer Measurement Methods

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

dry cask inspection
nuclear dry cask
Electromagnetic Active Transducer
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
robotic inspection system
remote inspection robot
stress corrosion cracking

File:

Download VanSant-thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mcvey, Thomas Matthew

Title:

CONTINOUS SEPARATION OF COMMODITY CHEMICALS FROM PARTIALLY DEOXYGENATED PYROLYSIS OILS VIA FLASH DISTILLATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

pyrolysis
bio-oil
distillation
BTX
benzene
toluene
xylene
biomass
pyrolysis oil
separation
continuous distillation

File:

Download McVey_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Landge, Ameya S

Title:

LIQUID WATER AND FLOW TURBULANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PENN STATE ICING WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Icing wind tunnel calibration
Turbulence intensity
Flow Angularity
Cloud uniformity
Median Volume Diameter (MVD)
SAE ARP 5905

File:

Download M.S_Thesis_AmeyaLandge.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Bowen

Title:

TRANSVERSE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS FOR HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES UNDER THE EFFECT OF PERMIT VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

live load distribution factor
curved bridge
warping and bending
permit vehicle
steel I-girder bridge

File:

Download Master_of_Science__Bowen_Yang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member

Author:

Naegele, Steven M

Title:

The 26-27 January Nor'easter (Juno): Radar Analysis and Simulated Sensitivity to Riming Parameterizations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

winter cyclone
nor'easter
snow band
snow
riming parameterization
microphysics
dual-polarization radar
Juno
radar
graupel

File:

Download Naegele_Steven_Penn_State_University_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member

Author:

Rajendren, Krishnaswami

Title:

Integration of Random-Pore Model & Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics To Study High Temperature Coal Gasification

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Solid-Gas Reactions
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Coal Gasification
Carbon Gasification
Random Pore Model
Langmuir Adsorption
Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics
Stefan-Maxwell Relations
Multi-component Diffusion
Reaction Diffusion PDE
Partial Differential Equations
Reaction Kinetics
Chemical Engineering
Energy Engineering
Clean Coal Technologies
Transport Phenomena
Mass Transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Diffusion
Crystallization
Crystal Growth Kinetics
Kinetics of Phase Change
MATLAB
Orthogonal Collocation
Legendre Polynomials
Gauss-Jacobi Iteration Scheme
Non-linear PDEs
Arrhenius Equation
Gasifier
Gasification Technologies
Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Environmental Sustainability
Entrained Flow Reactor
High-Pressure Entrained Flow Reactor
HPEFR

File:

Download KrisRajendrenfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Sarma Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Tao

Title:

Towards Flexible and Realistic Insider Mission Simulation

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Insider threat
Insider mission
Mission dimension
Business process
Insider mission simulation

File:

Download MS-Thesis-Tao-final-version-_2018_July_10.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member

Author:

Ahn, Eunnam

Title:

MULTI-WELL ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR CONING UNDER SIMULTANEOUS STEADY-STATE FLOW OF THREE PHASES

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

analytical solution
coning
vertical equilibrium
steady-state
multi-well
three-phase flow

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ahn_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barclift, Michael W

Title:

Cost Modeling and Design Tools for Additive Manufacturing with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing
Metal
Laser
Powder Bed Fusion
CAD
Design Tools
DFAM
Cost Modeling
Powder Reuse
API
Depreciation
Powder Recycling
Cost Estimation
Support Structures
Optimization
Powder Feedstock
LPBF
AM

File:

Download Barclift_MS_Thesis_FA18_SUBMITTED_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wildermuth, Grace Amanda

Title:

Marcellus Shale Landowner Coalitions: Form, Function, and Impact

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Marcellus Shale
Community-based Natural Resource Managment
Cooperatives
Social Movements
Lease Negotiations
Shale Gas

File:

Download Wildermuth_Thesis_-_FINAL_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member

Author:

Mohan, Tharun

Title:

Improve Food Supply Chain Traceability using Blockchain

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

food supply chain
food tracebility systems
blockchain

File:

Download Improve_Food_Supply_Chain_Traceability_using_Blockchain.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Harrison, Committee Member
Janis Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Stephens, Cameron M

Title:

Biology of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa populations and their resistance to fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Dollar spot
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa
fungicide resistance
chemical management
vegetative compatibility groups
VCG
SDHI
population dynamics
S. homoeocarpa
fungicide insensitivity

File:

Download Stephens_MSFinalThesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

John Edward Kaminski III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member
Lisa Beirn, Committee Member

Author:

Jinandra, Amisha Madhu

Title:

FUNCTIONALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE WITH 2-AMINOETHANETHIOL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
chemical functionalization
thiol
chemistry
ws2
tmd
transition metal dichalcogenide
2-aminoethanethiol
Raman Spectroscopy
AFM
SEM
ToF-SIMS
XPS
Physisorption
layered material

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Van Sice, Katherine Joi

Title:

RADIUM FATE FOLLOWING OIL AND GAS WASTEWATER DISPOSAL TO SURFACE WATERS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional
conventional
radioactive
fracking
sediments

File:

Download Katherine_VanSice_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nathaniel Richard Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Member

Author:

Bujold, Kenneth Earl

Title:

CONTINUOUS LOW-DOSE HEPARIN INFUSION FOR CATHETER RELATED THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Pediatric
Thrombosis
Prophylaxis
Central venous catheter
venous thromboembolism
heparin

File:

Download THESIS_Bujold_073118.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Allen Lloyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valerie Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Elahi, Syed Samiul

Title:

Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction flow
Reynolds number
Turbulence
Unsteady heat flux
Junction flow
Horseshoe vortex
Reynolds number
Freestream turbulence
Heat transfer

File:

Download M.S._Thesis-Syed_Elahi-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Hitchcock, Owen Martin

Title:

Methods to reduce dimensionality and identify candidate solutions in multi-objective signal timing problems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

multi-objective optimization
traffic signal timing
optimal solution

File:

Download Thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Vikash Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Donnell, Committee Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Committee Member

Author:

Valqui Ordonez, Brayam D

Title:

ENDOGENOUS ADOPTION DECISIONS OF COAL-BIOMASS CO-FIRING: AN EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Electricity Market
Biomass co-firing
Nash Equilibrium
Coal Plants
Endogenous decisions
MISO
Renewable Portfolio Standards

File:

Download Thesis_Brayam_Valqui_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Stanford, Ashley M

Title:

A Stepped Approach to Examine the Dyadic Influence of Pain Communication on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients and their Spouses

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Osteoarthritis
Pain Communication
Interpersonal Process Model of Intimacy
Psychosocial Adjustment

File:

Download AMStanford_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Margaret Martire, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Sarah J

Title:

atATAD Heat Recycle in Countercurrent Flow, Continuous Phase Sludge Treatment Process to Class A Fertilizer Utilizing Surface Aeration Technologies

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

ATAD
atatad
wastewater treatment
countercurrent
process control
wwtp
aerobic digestion
autothermal
heat
enthalpy
mass
energy balance
equilibrium
surface aerator

File:

Download Thesis_Sarah_Jean_Final_13April.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brulo, Gregory Scott

Title:

THE DESIGN OF A HIGH-CONCENTRATION MICROTRACKING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kinematics
optimization
planer
planar mechanism
mechanism
design
PID
SMA
CPV
Shape Memory Alloy
Solar
Panels

File:

Download GregBruloThesisFinal_rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. H.J. Sommer, Committee Member
Dr. Karen Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Clarke, Megan Michelle

Title:

Efficacy of Hydration Beverages in Prolonging Positive Fluid Balance in Young and Older Adults

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

oral rehydration solution
net fluid balance
beverage hydration index
hydration

File:

Download Megan_Clarke_Thesis_Final_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

W. Larry Kenney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
Anna E. Stanhewicz, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Seung Wook

Title:

HYDROGEL STABILIZED RESPONSIVE COMPLEX EMULSIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

encapsulation
emulsions
complex emulsions
calcium alginate

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Hydrogel_Stabilized_Responsive_Complex_Emulsions_Seung_wook_Cho_Jan18.pdf

Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Marhefka, Jacqueline Tellier

Title:

We Are Not in Sync, But We Think We Are: Actual versus Perceived Temporal Team Mental Models

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

team cognition
temporal team mental models
perceived team mental models

File:

Download MarhefkaThesisforSubmission.1.16.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Ortiz, Kameron Jordan

Title:

P and S Body Wave Tomography of Southern Africa

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismology
Tomography
Crust
Mantle
Southern Africa

File:

Download Kameron_Ortiz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Allen, Elizabeth Katherine

Title:

Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Externalizing Behavior: The Potential Mediating Role of Peers

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

child maltreatment
peer relationships
externalizing behavior
LONGSCAN

File:

Download Allen_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chad Shenk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Jennie Noll, Committee Member

Author:

Berman, Danielle Hope

Title:

Public Opinion Regarding Autonomous Vehicle Privacy and Security

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

autonomous vehicles
public opinion
survey
privacy
cybersecurity

File:

Download Berman_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin T Pietrucha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Che'nira Chadon

Title:

UNDERSTANDING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM FOR URBAN MINORITY YOUTH THROUGH THE VOICE OF 4H YOUTH & EDUCATORS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Curriculum
Cultural Responsiveness
Urban 4H
Minority Youth

File:

Download Understanding_Culturally_Responsive_Curriculum_for_Urban_Minority_Youth_through_the_Voice_of_4H_Youth_and_Educators.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Nicole Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ashley Patterson, Committee Member
Dr. Patreese Ingram, Committee Member

Author:

George, Kristov

Title:

A SIMULATION STUDY OF THE IONIC WIND IN HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic Wind
Ionic Wind Cooling
Heat Transfer
Corona
Corona Discharge
Corona Discharge Plasma

File:

Download THESIS2.pdf

Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Cory Armand

Title:

Development and Characterization of Biomimetic Membranes for use in Environmental and Biomedical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biomimetics
Membranes
Opsins
Graphene

File:

Download Cory_A_Jones_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Linlin

Title:

DISSOLVED COPPER REMOVAL BY ELECTROWINNING PROCESS FROM WASTE BRINE SOLUTION

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Copper Removal
Electrowinning
Waste Brine

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Paper.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuefeng F Xie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Lawrence

Title:

Blockchain Smart Contracts in Megacity Logistics

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

blockchain
ethereum
hyperledger
bitcoin
cryptocurrency
megacity
supply chain
traceability
smart contracts
tracking
transparency
negotiation
procurement
hyperledger sawtooth
permissioned
permissionless
immutability
security

File:

Download Blockchain_Smart_Contracts_in_Megacity_Logistics_4_.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Nicklaus A Giacobe, Committee Member

Author:

Pei, Gen

Title:

CFD ANALYSIS OF DISPERSION OF CO2 IN OCCUPIED SPACE: EFFECT OF SENSOR POSITION

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
IAQ
Sensor position
CO2-based DCV

File:

Download Final_Gen_Pei_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Member
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Ajay

Title:

External Load Stabilization Across the Flight Envelope Using an Active Cargo Hook

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Slung
External Load
Active Cargo Hook
LQR
Full-State Feedback
Reduced Order Model
Relative Cable Angle
Cable Angle Feedback
CONEX
Dryden
Bifurcation
Sling

File:

Download AjaySinghThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hepfer, Michelle Lynn

Title:

CLICKER STUDIES: REVIEW OF THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES, PROCEDURES, AND ITEMS

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Clickers
Personal Response Systems

File:

Download Hepfer_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member

Author:

Gingery, Tess Michelle

Title:

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN WHITE-TAILED DEER FAWN SURVIVAL AND CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

fawn
meta-analysis
North America
Odocoileus virginianus
survival
white-tailed deer
maternal behaviors
activity sensors

File:

Download Gingery_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member
David Walter, Committee Member
Christopher Rosenberry, Committee Member

Author:

He, Zhanwei

Title:

Sizing and Techno-economic Analysis of Hybrid-Combined Heat and Power -PV- Battery Storage Systems of Commercial and Industrial Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Combined Heat and Power
Micro-grid
solar power
hybrid system
HOMER

File:

Download thesis_paper.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghyun Rim, Committee Member
Gregory Scott Pavlak, Committee Member

Author:

Negron, Adrian Ernesto

Title:

GENDER AND SCRATCH: EXPLORING SUPPORT FOR ONLINE GENDERED SETTINGS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

IT gender differences
Computational thinking

File:

Download Gender_and_Scratch_-_Exploring_Support_for_Online_Gendered_Settings.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Greeley, Sarah A

Title:

MENTORING EXPATRIATES: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT ON PROJECT SUCCESS

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

mentoring
affective commitment
project success
expatriate

File:

Download thesis_2018_final_greeley.pdf

Committee Members:

Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hee Man Park, Committee Member
Jean Marie Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Dalvi, Sourabh Prabhakar

Title:

THE VALUE OF FLEXIBILITY IN ELECTRICITY MARKETS FROM GAS TURBINE UPGRADES: A STOCHASTIC MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Stochastic Optimization
Power System
Electricity Markets
Unit Commitment
Flexibility

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Sourabh.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Brennan, Jennifer Bracken

Title:

THE C+C DSM METHOD: MANAGING CHANGE PROPAGATION WHILE PROTOTYPING A ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR DRY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE CASKS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
change propagation
nuclear storage cask
robotic inspection system
prototyping

File:

Download finalpdf_2018_03_29_Bracken_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Van Doren, Natalia

Title:

PAYING THE PRICE FOR ANGER: DO WOMEN BEAR GREATER COSTS?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
emotion
anger expression
depression
relational interdependent self-construal

File:

Download VanDorenN_Thesis_4.6.18_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Thakuria, Niharika

Title:

2D ELECTROSTRICTIVE FET BASED CIRCUITS: COMPACT MODELING AND DEVICE-CIRCUIT CO-DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

2D FET
bandgap modulation
memory
piezoelectric
SRAM
steep switching

File:

Download Niharika_Thakuria_MS_Thesis_August2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Sumeet Kr. Gupta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

Author:

Metaxas, Luke Richard

Title:

Impacts of User Sentiment on Information Recall, Intrinsic Motivation, and Engagement in the Context of Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

sentiment
motivation
engagement
flow
emotion and learning
computer-based instruction
intelligent tutoring systems
affect

File:

Download Metaxas_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Edward Ritter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Armistead, Matthew James

Title:

CORE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND BODY SEGMENT KINEMATICS FOLLOWING KNEE JOINT LOADING AMONG FEMALE COLLEGIATE ATHLETES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

ACL
Core
Trunk
Women's Ice Hockey
Women's Lacrosse
Field Hockey
Single-Leg Landing
Core Fatigue
Core Strength
Core Endurance
Lateral Trunk Lean
Knee Valgus
Body Segment Kinematics

File:

Download Armistead-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Giampietro Luciano Vairo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sayers John Miller III, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member

Author:

Sodawala, Shivani H

Title:

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION OF NON-IONIZED WATER MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Electromagnetic Propulsion
Non-ionized Propellant
Water Propellant
Molecular dynamics simulations
Electric Propulsion

File:

Download ShivaniSodawala_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael M Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Clause, Patrick O

Title:

KEYSTONES TO OPPORTUNITY: A STUDY OF LITERACY SKILL IMPLEMENTATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON SCIENCE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Literacy
Science Learning
Keystones to Opportunity
Literacy Skills
Literacy Teaching
Teacher Autonomy
State Intervention Design
Aggregate Data Concerns
Educational Reporting

File:

Download Patrick_Clause_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

William S. Carlsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William S. Carlsen, Committee Member
Gregory J. Kelly, Committee Member

Author:

Masangu, Joyce Ndala

Title:

STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

resource curse
Democratic Republic of Congo
mining
mineral resources
resource-rich
artisanal mining
guidance
strategic considerations
mining sector
ministry of mines
ASM
political will
good governance
economic discipline
development
sustainability
economic growth
poverty reduction
poverty alleviation
Africa Mining Vision
Dutch Disease

File:

Download FinalThesisJM.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr.Kohler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jimenez, Martin Matthew

Title:

CONTROLS ON SANDSTONE DITRIBUTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY IN THE SHALLOW-MARINE FOX HILLS SANDSTONE AND LANCE FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS, GREAT DIVIDE BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Sequence Stratigraphy
Mixed-Process Variability
Shallow-marine
Sandbody Continuity

File:

Download Jimenez_Martin_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A. Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Sciaudone, Kyra Tatiana

Title:

IMPACTS OF VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND WINTER CROPS ON WATER QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Energy Crops
Profitability
Crop Budgets
Water Quality
Switchgrass
Willow
Agroecosystem Model
Mahantango Creek
Pennsylvania
Flood Frequency

File:

Download Final_Thesis_KTS_Spring_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Member

Author:

Krempa, Jennifer Katherine

Title:

Re-imaging and Re-imagining Curriculum Through the Theater Rehearsal Process

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Curriculum
Theater
Rehearsal

File:

Download Krempa_Thesis_Reimaging_Curriculum_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Marmé Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Marmé Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Committee Member

Author:

Lai, Hui Wen

Title:

An observation and modeling study of Arctic multilayered mixed-phase boundary layer clouds

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Arctic
Boundary layer meteorology
Large eddy simulation
Mixed-phase clouds
Roll clouds

File:

Download MSthesis_final_Lai.pdf

Committee Members:

Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kaul, Chaitanya

Title:

An agent based and ant colony metaheuristic approach to the last mile logistics problem

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Antcolony
agentbasedmodelling
metaheuristics
optimization
simulation
lastmilelogistics

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Chaitanya.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Antion Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Kuan

Title:

IMPACTS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WASTEWATER ON DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT FORMATION DURING WATER CHLORINATION

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Shale gas production wastewater
disinfection byproducts
bromide
metal complexation

File:

Download Kuan_Huang_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuefeng F Xie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Wood, Julie Katharine

Title:

Integrating Multiple Timescales and Process Models: An Illustrative Application to Affect Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Process modeling
Multiple Timescales
Intensive longitudinal data
Affect Dynamics

File:

Download Wood_MastersSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member

Author:

Conti, Angelina Maria

Title:

Incorporating Handling Qualities Assessment into the Design of Compound Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Flight Controls
Helicopters
Rotorcraft
ADS-33
Flight Handling Qualities

File:

Download Angelina_Conti_Updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Joseph F. Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dong, Yi

Title:

Generalized method of moments approach for hyperparameter estimation for Gaussian Markov random fields

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Generalized method of moments
Gaussian Markov Random Field
Discrete Optimization via Simulation
Maximum Likelihood Estimation

File:

Download Yi_Dong_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eunhye Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jain, Karan Rishabhkumar

Title:

EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE ROAD SALTS ON SOIL LEACHATE QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Deicing salts
Road Salts
Alternative road salts
road salt and soil
deicing salt and soil
deicing salt and groundwater

File:

Download Karan_Jain_Thesis_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stoner, Brant Edward

Title:

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTION TOOL FOR LARGE ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC COMPONENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nondestructive inspection
Additive manufacturing
directed energy deposition
multi-meter components
qualification
digital radiography

File:

Download Brant_Stoner_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanjay B Joshi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

Author:

Trivedi, Shreya Shailesh

Title:

IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNETIC CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION BY SURFACE TREATMENT WITH DIAZONIUM SALT FOR AEROSPACE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
Materials
Composites
Carbon nanotubes
Polymer nanocomposites
Magnetic Assembly
Covalent functionalization
Diazonium salt

File:

Download ShreyaTrivedi_MSThesis_Spring2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saravanan, Pratima

Title:

THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY, HEMODYNAMICS, AND TISSUE FACTOR ON CLOT FORMATION IN ANEURYSM MODELS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

aneurysm
hemodynamics
tissue factor
thrombus
wall shear stress
poly (1
8 - octane diol citrate)

File:

Download Pratima_Saravanan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Yang, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Golhar, Abhijeet Dagdu

Title:

PRODUCIBILITY OF COMPOSITE POSITION TOLERANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR PATTERNS OF HOLES AND EVALUATION OF MACHINE ACCURACY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Composite position tolerance
Producibility of composite position tolerance variants
Machine Accuracy

File:

Download Abhijeet_Golhar_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

El-Amine Lehtihet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Demeter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Jin

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGN FEATURES FOR SUPPORTING REAL-TIME COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING IN AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Synchronous Collaborative Programming
Collaborative Learning
Computer Mediated Communication
Real-time Collaborative Editing

File:

Download Jin_THESIS_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Rosson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Hanrahan, Committee Member
Rosalie Ocker, Committee Member

Author:

Armwald, Bruin Craig

Title:

The Influence of Sleep and Heart Rate Variability on the Occurrence of Injuries, Illnesses, and Missed Participation Days in NCAA Collegiate Swimmers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Sleep
Heart Rate Variability
Athlete
Swimming
Injuries
Illnesses
Missed Time

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Formatted_Manuscript_Final_Draft_For_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Sayers John Miller III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giampietro Luciano Vairo, Committee Member
William M. Adams, Committee Member
David Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Xu

Title:

IMPROVING THE LOCATION OF TEMPORARY PARKING SPOTS FOR TOURIST BUSES IN DOWNTOWN BEIJING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

PARKING SPOTS
TOURIST BUSES
LOCATION
IMPROVEMENT
SIMULATION
VISSIM
ATTRACTIONS

File:

Download Master_Thesis__Xu_Lin_.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ma, Yuetan

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF FLUID’S PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON PIPING EROSION PROGRESSION OF A SILTY SAND

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Piping erosion
Viscosity
pH
Ionic strength
Hole erosion test
Erosion rate index
Physicochemical effect

File:

Download Yuetan_Ma_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Eden, Jake T

Title:

Location Extraction from Text Features in Practical Environments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Text
text extraction
localization
classification
text features

File:

Download Eden_Jake_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harner, Michael Jason

Title:

Development of a Dynamic Calibration Target for Through-Wall and Through-Rubble Motion Sensing Doppler Radar

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

RCS
calibration
through-wall
through-rubble
human
respiration

File:

Download Finalized_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Turrigiano, Antonino Vincent

Title:

A QUANTIFIED METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING PATTERNS IN SESSILE DROPLETS OF WHOLE HUMAN BLOOD

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Sessile drop
Blood
Desiccation
Quantitative analysis
Medical
Diagnostic

File:

Download Final_Thesis.AVT.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member

Author:

Cadely, Farlah Antonia

Title:

EXAMINING OROFACIAL SOMATOSENSATION DIFFERENCES IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT ADHD

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
orofacial somatosensation
sensory processing
sensory under-responsivity
sensory over-responsivity

File:

Download Cadely_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicole Michele Etter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Pawlikowski, Natalie Carmen

Title:

Post-Fire Forest Succession, Group-Gap Dynamics, and Implications for Fire Resilience in an Old-Growth Pinus ponderosa Forest

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Forest structure
Group-Gap
Forest Development
Wildfire Resilience
Pinus ponderosa
Quercus kelloggii

File:

Download PawlikowskiNatalie_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member

Author:

Hutton, John

Title:

Extended Safe Contigs in the Face of Incomplete Coverage

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

contig assembly
bioinformatics
non-ideal
linear genome

File:

Download hutton_thesis_20180325.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Medvedev, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Straub, Benjamin Marshall

Title:

A STUDY OF APPROXIMATIONS AND DATA REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR KERNEL REGULARIZED LEAST SQUARES

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Kernel Methods
Machine-Learning
Ridge
Regularization
Random Projections
Clustering
Least-Squares

File:

Download final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bharath Kumar Sriperumbudur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Richards, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Styles Michael

Title:

Complementarity in the Coral Holobiont: A Genomic Analysis of Bacterial Isolates of Orbicella faveolata and Symbiodinium spp.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

coral holobiont
nutrient cycling
DMSP
cobalamin
denitrification

File:

Download Smith_S_Complementarity_in_the_Coral_Holobiont.pdf

Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Kevin Loren Hockett, Committee Member

Author:

Shaw, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Design of Interplanetary Trajectories with Multiple Synergetic Gravitational Assist Maneuvers via Particle Swarm Optimization

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

orbital mechanics
interplanetary trajectory design
interplanetary travel
astrodynamics
space mission design
Particle Swarm Optimization
gravitational assist
multiple gravitational assist
gravity assist
multiple gravity assist
synergetic flyby
powered flyby
synergetic gravitational assist
synergetic gravity assist
powered gravitational assist
powered gravity assist
trajectory design

File:

Download ShawMatthew-MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Caliskan Aydogan, Oznur

Title:

CHANGES IN THERMAL PROPERTIES DURING THE GROWING SEASON TO PREDICT THE APPLE HARVEST TIME AND MONITOR THE QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

thermal conductivity
DNHP
Malus x domestica (Borkh.)
fruit maturity
harvest time

File:

Download Thesis_final_submission_file_Oznur_Caliskan_Aydogan_03.29.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra M. Puri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daeun Dana Choi, Committee Member
James Schupp, Committee Member
Paul Heinemann, Committee Member
Hojae Yi, Committee Member

Author:

Carney, Dever Marie

Title:

The effect of counseling center characteristics and policies on psychotherapy outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multilevel modeling
center effects
psychotherapy outcomes
college counseling
Center for Collegiate Mental Health

File:

Download Dever_Carney_Masters_thesis_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis G. Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Hallquist, Committee Member
Jeffrey A. Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Ranade, Sukanya Satish

Title:

URBAN FREEWAY REMOVAL: Design Intervention Based on Analysis of Urban Design and Socio-Cultural Effects of I-5 in Seattle

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Urban freeways
Neighborhoods
Urban Design Perspective
Socio-cultural Perspective

File:

Download Downtown_Seattle.pdfDownload CID.pdfDownload Ranade_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Frans J G Padt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil Philip Korostoff, Committee Member
Kelleann Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Huhman, Ashley Briane

Title:

Binary-Level Type Inference using Datalog

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Datalog
Control Flow Graph construction
Type Inference analysis

File:

Download corrected_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Gang Tan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Danfeng Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Ruan, Tianchen

Title:

Indoor Air Pollution in Office Buildings in Mega-cities

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

indoor air pollution
PM2.5
ozone
filter efficiency
office building
indoor air pollution
PM2.5
ozone
filter efficiency
office building

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_-_Tianchen_Ruan.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor