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Author:: Fegyveresi, John Michael
Title:: Physical Properites of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Deep Core: Development, Evolution, and Interpretation
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Glaciology
WAIS Divide
Antarctica
Ice Core
Paleoclimatology
Ice Deformation
Ice Sheet
Total Air
Bubble Number-Density
File:: Download Fegyveresi_PhD_1_5_15_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Todd Anthony Sowers, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Joan J Fitzpatrick, Special Member

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Author:: Rajan, Girish Kumar
Title:: Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell
File:: Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf
Committee Members:: Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

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Author:: Haynes, Catherine
Title:: The roles of indigenous tour guides in providing authentic experience on guided tours in the Caribbean
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: indigenous tour-guides
Caribbean
Grenada
St. Lucia
pathfinder
entertainer
authentic experience
File:: Download Catherine_Haynes_Dissertation_For_Etd3.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
John W. O'neill, Special Member

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Author:: Camargo, Gustavo
Title:: Water and Light Competition among Multiple Species
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: water uptake
light interception
plant competition
water stress
crop model
agroecosystems
File:: Download Camargo2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marvin H Hall, Committee Member
Sarah C Goslee, Committee Member

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Author:: Rudzinski, Joseph F
Title:: Hierarchical Coarse-graining via a Generalized yvon-born-green Framework: Many-body Correlations, mappings, and Structural Accuracy
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: molecular simulations
multiscale modeling
coarse-grained modeling
generalized Yvon-Born-Green
many-body correlations
File:: Download Joseph_Rudzinksi_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Special Member

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Author:: Okita, Noriaki
Title:: Development of a novel foot slip sensor algorithm
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: slip sensor
gait cycle detection
walking robot
stick-slip
stochastic state estimation
anomaly detection
File:: Download Nori_Okita_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member

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Author:: Malys, Tyler
Title:: Microbiome and Epigenetics: Two Keys to the development of Personalized Medicine
Graduate Program:: Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:: Microbiome
Epigenetics
Personalized Medicine
Agriculture
Pathogen Identification
Erythropoiesis
Pakistan
Gene Expression
File:: Download Tyler_draft9April24.pdf
Committee Members:: Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Michael Mugo Mwangi, Committee Member
Matam Vijay Kumar, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Special Member

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Author:: Black, Nyesha Cheyenne
Title:: The Enduring Legacy of Slavery: a Historical Examination of Black-white Mortality Disparities
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: Mortality Disparities
Slavery
Health
Stratification
Place
File:: Download 1-NCBlack_Dissertation_PennState_0406.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Molly Martin, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Committee Member

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Author:: Sterner, Glenn Earl
Title:: An Examination of Community Organizing Processes to Assess the Potential for Increasing Innovation in Practice
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: community development
rural sociology
community engagement
community organizing
innovation
social networks
File:: Download Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Special Member
Thomas S Lyons, Special Member

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Author:: Hayden, Jennifer Ann
Title:: The Social Life of Soil
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: Soil Health
Agriculture
U.S.
Chesapeake Bay
Qualitative
Focus Groups
Case Study
Policy
Actor Network Theory
Geography
File:: Download HAYDEN_The_Social_Life_Of_Soil.pdf
Committee Members:: Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member

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