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Author:

Martin, Ines Aileen

Title:

Bridging The Gap Bewteen L2 Pronunciation Research and Teaching: Using iCPRs to Improve Novice German Learners' Pronunciation in Distance and Face-to-Face Classrooms

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Applied Linguistics
Pronunciation
Distance Learning
Online Learning
Classroom based learning
Classroom instruction
Perception
Production

File:

Download Ines_Martin_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Outside Member
Mary Grantham O'Brien, Special Member

Author:

Zhou, Yuhang

Title:

FUNCTIONAL LIMIT THEOREMS FOR NON-STATIONARY STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Functional limit theorems
Maximal inequalities
Infinite-server queue
Non-stationarity

File:

Download YZ-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guodong Pang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guodong Pang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Xingyuan Fang, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Outside Member

Author:

Hoffman, Alexis Lee

Title:

Detecting the effect of dust and other climate variables on crop yields using diagnostic statistical crop models

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

climate
dust
crop yields
statistical crop modeling
food security
agrometeorology
random forest

File:

Download Hoffman-Dissertation_FINAL_VERSION_SUBMISSION2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member
Gregory S Jenkins, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Outside Member
Natalie Mahowald, Special Member

Author:

Ocampo Giraldo, Luis Alfonso

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF A METHOD FOR POSITION RESOLUTION IN CdZnTe DETECTORS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

CdZnTe
semiconductor detectors
pixelated detectors
virtual frisch-grid
VFG detectors
CZT
cadmium zinc telluride

File:

Download Ocampo_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer, Committee Member
Marek Flaska, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Outside Member
Aleksey Bolotnikov, Outside Member

Author:

Begley-Miller, Danielle Rae

Title:

Shaping Pennsylvania's Forests: Effects of White-tailed Deer, Soil Chemistry, and Competing Vegetation on Oak-Hickory Forest Understory Plant Community Composition

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

plant community ecology
white-tailed deer
soil chemistry
competing vegetation
understory plants
tree regeneration

File:

Download Danielle_BegleyMiller_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane Diefenbach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Burkhart, Committee Member
Patrick Drohan, Committee Member
Alan Taylor, Outside Member
Marc McDill, Committee Member

Author:

Aiello, Christina Marie

Title:

A multi-level study of disease dynamics in desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with implications for translocation risk assessments

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

wildlife epidemiology
wildlife translocation
behavioral ecology
contact networks
applied ecology
wildlife management

File:

Download Aiello.dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter John Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
David Andrew Miller, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member

Author:

Ebrahim, Shikha A

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE CONDITIONS ON POOL-BOILING HEAT TRANSFER FOR VARIOUS MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Film boiling heat transfer
minimum film boiling temperature
surface characterizations
surface conditions

File:

Download ShikhaEbrahim-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Segall, Committee Member
Stephen Lynch, Committee Member
Stephen M. Bajorek, Outside Member

Author:

Mutha, Akshay Kiran

Title:

ESSAYS IN PRODUCT ACQUISITION IN CLOSED-LOOP SUPPLY CHAINS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Remanufacturing
Closed-loop supply chains
servicizing
operations management

File:

Download DISSERTATION_15_Feb_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

V. Daniel R. Guide Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
V. Daniel R. Guide Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Jason Andrew Acimovic, Committee Member
M. Jeya Chandra, Outside Member

Author:

Brisini, Kellie Mccoown

Title:

Relational Turbulence and Marital Communication when Children with Autism Start School: A Longitudinal Dyadic Diary Study

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Relational Turbulence
Relational Uncertainty
Interference from a Partner
Facilitation from a Partner
Marriage
Autism
Transition Processing
Transition to School

File:

Download Brisini_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erina Lynne Macgeorge, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member

Author:

Long, Joshua Eric

Title:

Sustained Adult Community Band Participation: Influences and Emotions of Music Making

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

community bands
adult music education
participation
emotions
music making
community of practice

File:

Download Long-ADTED-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Prins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle L. Peck, Committee Member
B. Stephen Carpenter, Committee Member
Linda Thornton, Outside Member