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31. Examining Factors Affecting Youth Value of Mindful Living and a Mindfulness Program Evaluation Among Participants at Pennsylvania and Ohio 4-H Camps

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Open Access
Author:
Stollar, Mariah
Title:
Examining Factors Affecting Youth Value of Mindful Living and a Mindfulness Program Evaluation Among Participants at Pennsylvania and Ohio 4-H Camps
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
mindfulness
non-formal education
youth development
leadership development
stress management
program evaluation
mindful living
Extension education
4-H
File:
Download thesis_draft_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanna R. Windon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan, Jr., Program Head/Chair
Robert William Roeser, Committee Member
Joshua E. Rice, Special Signatory

32. Production of Bacterial Cellulose with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Using Pullulan Additive and Co-Culturing Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Hu, Hetian
Title:
Production of Bacterial Cellulose with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Using Pullulan Additive and Co-Culturing Methods
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Bacterial Cellulose
Co-culture Fermentation
Bionanocomposite
Exopolysaccharides
Aureobasidium pullulans
Gluconacetobacter hansenii
Pullulan
Ribbon Assembly
Crystallinity
Crystal Size
Young's Modulus
Tensile Strength
File:
Download Hetian_Graduate_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

33. To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Daiwei
Title:
To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
File:
Download Daiwei_Li_Thesis_Final_0322.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

34. A Low-Cost Pulse Oximeter-Based Device for Monitoring Brain Dynamics

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Open Access
Author:
Melnick, Chloe
Title:
A Low-Cost Pulse Oximeter-Based Device for Monitoring Brain Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Pulse oximetry
microcontroller
optical brain sensor
epilepsy
animal work
clinical work
Pulse oximetry
microcontroller
clinical work
Pulse oximetry
microcontroller
optical brain sensor
epilepsy
animal work
clinical work
animal work
cerebral oximetry
brain
brain monitoring
brain dynamics
Pulse oximetry
microcontroller
optical brain sensor
epilepsy
animal work
clinical work
epilepsy
optical brain sensor
oxygenation
oxygen sensing
File:
Download Thesis_Melnick_SP2020_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

35. Conductive self-healable biocomposites based on protein mediated self-assembly of PEDOT: PSS

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Open Access
Author:
Kikuchi, Yusuke
Title:
Conductive self-healable biocomposites based on protein mediated self-assembly of PEDOT: PSS
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
protein
polymer
File:
Download Master_thesis_in_Penn_state_2020__Final8_.pdf
Committee Members:
Melik C Demirel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

36. Isolating the Impacts of Marijuana Use on Neurocognitive Functioning in Adolescents who are Substance Use Naïve at Baseline

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Open Access
Author:
Ren, Wen
Title:
Isolating the Impacts of Marijuana Use on Neurocognitive Functioning in Adolescents who are Substance Use Naïve at Baseline
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Marijuana
Adolescence
Executive Function
Emotion Recognition
File:
Download Marijuana_Thesis_03-30-20.pdf
Committee Members:
Diana Fishbein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member
Douglas Michael Teti, Program Head/Chair

37. Development of a mushroom harvesting assistance system using computer vision

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Cheng Hao
Title:
Development of a mushroom harvesting assistance system using computer vision
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Mushroom Maturity
Point Cloud Image
Faster R-CNN
Selective Harvesting
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Daeun Choi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
John Andrew Pecchia, Committee Member
Long He, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

40. Directed Energy Deposition and Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg for Fabrication of Novel Transducer Components

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Open Access
Author:
Eadie, Christopher
Title:
Directed Energy Deposition and Powder Bed Fusion of AlSi10Mg for Fabrication of Novel Transducer Components
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
AlSi10Mg
aluminum
directed energy deposition
powder bed fusion
tonpilz
transducer
topology optimization
parameter development
File:
Download Eadie-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jayme Scot Keist, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Kenneth C Meinert, Jr., Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair