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Author:

Oliveras, Yanira

Title:

The empirical relationship between administrator ratings of teacher effectiveness and student achievement on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

administrator ratings
teacher effectiveness
student achievement

File:

Download Oliveras_Dissertation_The_Empirical_Relationship_between_admin_ratings_of_teacher_effectiveness__stu_achievement_on_Texas_STAAR.pdf

Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Modeling of Large-format Li-ion Cell Performance and Safety

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion cell
battery
modeling
safety

File:

Download PHD_thesis__Wei_Zhao_.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Native American Land Use Legacies in the Present Day Landscape of the Eastern United States

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Native American
land use legacy
cultural ecology
indicator species

File:

Download SJohnson_Dissertation_PSU_Ecology_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc David Abrams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Dean R. Snow, Committee Member

Author:

Ravi, Venkataramanan

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics

File:

Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Kashyap, Shubha

Title:

A Case Study to Examine Institutional Factors Facilitating and Inhibiting Faculty Preparation for Teaching in an Online MBA Program

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Faculty Preparation
Online Education
Online MBA program
Institutional Factors
Facilitating Change
Higher Education

File:

Download Kashyap_Dissertation_Final_May_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Basu, Ritwika

Title:

Mechanistic investigations of nucleotidyl-transfer reaction and de novo initiation in Rna polymerases by X-ray crystallography

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

soak-trigger freeze X-ray crystallography
nucleotidyl-transfer reaction
RNA polymerase
N4 bacteriophage
Thermus thermophilus

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katsuhiko Murakami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member

Author:

Baier, Bianca Chae

Title:

Developing the Pennsylvania State University Measurement of Ozone Production Sensor: MOPSv2.0

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ozone
chemistry
instrument development
instrumentation
atmospheric chemistry
meteorology
air quality

File:

Download Baier_thesisv2_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Walter, Kimberly Nicole

Title:

The Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on HPA-Axis and SAM-Axis Function in Men with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Acute psychosocial stress
Stress physiology

File:

Download KNWalter_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura Klein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Klein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member

Author:

Appiah-padi, Radecka

Title:

Opting Out of the Presidency: Perspectives of Community College Chief Academic Officers

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

chief academic officer
community colleges
higher education leadership

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL_Appiah-Padi_raa5206.pdf

Committee Members:

Edgar I Farmer Sr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Yaroslavtsev, Grigory

Title:

"efficient Combinatorial Methods in Sparsification, Summarization and Testing of Large Datasets"

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

algorithms
big data
sublinear algorithms
graph theory
sparsification
summarization

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Sofya Raskhodnikova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sofya Raskhodnikova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adam Smith, Committee Member
Piotr Berman, Committee Member
Jason Ryder Morton, Special Member

Author:

Yu, Xuan

Title:

Modeling, Parameter Optimization, And Ecohydrologic Assessment Of Watershed Systems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Shale Hills
CZO
Susquehanna River Basin
PIHM
parameter
calibration
physics-based model
wetland
Biome-BGC

File:

Download Xuan_Yu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Porter, Nathaniel Douglas

Title:

Family, Peers, and Religious Communities in the Formation of Adolescent Religious Identity

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religion
Identity
Social Networks
Adolescence
Social Psychology
Adolescent Development

File:

Download NDP_MA_Soc_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Kent Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Sunghoon

Title:

A New Class Of Bayesian Segmentation Methods For Deriving Heterogeneous Key Drivers Of Service Quality Evaluations

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Bayesian Regression
Market Segmentation
Variable Selection
Managerial Constraints
Finite Mixture Models
Heterogeneity

File:

Download DissertationFinal_Sunghoon.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Desarbo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duncan Fong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Special Member
Johann Baumgartner, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Alexander Kirkland

Title:

Sexual selection and vocalization in humans and nonhuman anthropoid primates

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Sexual selection
Vocalization
Anthropoids
Evolutionary psychology; Fluctuating asymmetry

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Alexander_Kirkland_Hill__Final_Copy_.pdf

Committee Members:

David Andrew Puts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Puts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Shriver, Committee Member
Nina G Jablonski, Committee Member
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member
Drew Rendall, Special Member

Author:

Ren, Lijiao

Title:

Examination of Bioelectrochemical Systems with Different Configurations for Wastewater Treatment

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
microbial electrolysis cells (MECs)
wastewater treatment
energy recovery

File:

Download LijiaoRen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Kwok, Chun Kit

Title:

Structural and Functional Roles of RNA Structure in Regulatory Processes in Plants

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
RNA structure
RNA folding
Plants
Arabidopsis thaliana
G-quadruplex
regulation
DMS
SHAPE
LMPCR
Structure-Seq

File:

Download Thesis_CKK_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Ucci, Alexander

Title:

The Effect Of Crystal Structure on The Morphology Of Marine Aerosol And Design Of TPD Spectrometer for UHV Chamber

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
AFM
TPDS
TEM
morphology
sea salt
ice nucleation
mass spectrometry
UHV
atmospheric chemistry
Feulner cap

File:

Download 1-Alexander_Ucci_Chemistry_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leon Orellana, Guillermo I

Title:

Development of a Methodology for Auditing, Monitoring and Targeting Energy Use in Convenience Stores

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Building Energy Modeling
Convenience Stores
Energy Audit
Building Fleet Energy Monitoring

File:

Download Leon_Orellana_Guillermo_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen James Treado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Flock, Michael Ryan

Title:

Immunometabolism of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in humans

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

nutrition
omega-3 fatty acids
red blood cells
inflammation
cardiovascular disease
immunometabolism
immunology

File:

Download Michael_Flock__-_Thesis_3-6.pdf

Committee Members:

Penny Margaret Kris Etherton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Michael Henry Green, Committee Member
Trent L Gaugler, Special Member

Author:

Wallace, Lacey Nicole

Title:

Sibling Influence: The Moderating Effects of Sibling Social Status

Graduate Program:

Crime, Law and Justice

Keywords:

social status
delinquency
siblings
families

File:

Download dissertation_Wallace_2_21_14.pdf

Committee Members:

D Wayne Osgood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Alan Booth, Committee Member
Julie Horney, Committee Member
Mark E Feinberg, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Bo-Ram

Title:

The relations between maternal characteristics, mothers’ emotional availability during infant bedtimes, infant temperament, and infant social-emotional outcomes

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

maternal emotional availability
infant temperament
infant attachment security
infant emotion regulation

File:

Download Dissertation_Bo-Ram_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Michael Teti, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Michael Teti, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Rovine, Committee Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Committee Member
Cynthia Stifter, Committee Member
Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Special Member

Author:

Ntshalintshali, General M

Title:

Instructional Effects of Refutation Text on Different Types of Knowledge

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

refutation text
declarative knowledge
conceptual knowledge
procedural knowledge
misconception
conceptual change

File:

Download General_Ntshalintshali_Dissertation_May_11_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Roy Clariana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roy Clariana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Irene Johnston Petrick, Committee Member
Simon Richard Hooper, Committee Member

Author:

In, Hyoyeon

Title:

Associations of acculturation, hope, and post-graduation residency plans with career decision self-efficacy among Korean international undergraduate students

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

Acculturation
hope
career decision self-efficacy
hope
international students
post-graduation residency plans
South Korea

File:

Download Dissertation_Hyoyeon_In_0407.pdf

Committee Members:

Spencer Niles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spencer Niles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry G Trusty, Committee Member
Jeff Garis, Committee Member
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chun-miin

Title:

Essays on inventory management with limited data and service level agreement

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

limited data
inventory allocation
service level agreement

File:

Download JC_Dissertation_After_Defense_Rev4.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas J Thomas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas J Thomas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Eugene Tyworth, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Member

Author:

Feng, Yiqing

Title:

Part I. Total synthesis of celogentin C via a stereoselective C-H functionalization Part II. Divergent total syntheses of the unusual monoterpenoid indole alkaloids alstilobanines A, E and angustilodine

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

total synthesis
natural products
C-H functionalization
nitrosoalkene

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Feng.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Special Member

Author:

Pantazes, Robert Jeffrey

Title:

The development of computational methods for designing antibodies and other proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein
antibody
complementarity determining regions
IPRO
MAPs
de novo protein design

File:

Download RPantazesThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Arthur Mallay Lesk, Special Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member

Author:

Baumgardner, Catherine Zavatsky

Title:

Critical Demographic and Workplace Factors that Influence Work Engagement in Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

nursing
work engagement
nursing practice
job satisfaction
UWES

File:

Download Baumgardner_Final_Dissertation_02-25-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Deirdre Mccaughey, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Middlewood, Brianna Lia

Title:

Movement In Free Will Belief Mediates The Effects Of Manipulating Free Will On Ontological But Not Utilitarian Moral Decisions

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Free Will
Determinism
Morality
Decisions

File:

Download Middlewood_MA_Thesis_pdf_2014-02-28.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Walsh, Erin

Title:

Repetitive Dna Sequence Elements and Dna Polymerases Modeulate Instability in the Human Genome

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Specialized DNA Polymerase
Repetitive DNA Sequence
Replication Stalling
Microsatellite DNA
Common Fragile Sites

File:

Download Erin_Walsh_Final_Dissertation_4-1-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Ann Eckert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Joseph Gunther, Committee Member
Gregory Steven Yochum, Committee Member
Lisa M Shantz, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Taesung

Title:

Impacts of Long-term Learning Interventions on Organizational Human Capital and Performance in the Korean Business Context

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

learning intervention
employee development
career development
human capital
organizational performance

File:

Download Dissertation_Taesung_Kim_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Murphy, Kelly Ann

Title:

Characterizing the Alteration Layers on Nuclear Waste Glasses by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Alteration layers
Surface structure
Nuclear waste glasses
Corrosion

File:

Download KA_Murphy_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Danny Glynn Sykes, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member

Author:

Hadidi, Mahsa

Title:

protein transport and fouling behavior of zwitteronic ultrafiltration membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Zwitterion
Ultrafiltration
Fouling
Protein
Surface modification
Charge ladder

File:

Download Thesis_Mahsa_Hadidi.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Woocheol

Title:

An Examination of Work Engagement in Selected Major Organizations in Korea: Its Role as a Mediator Between Antecedents and Consequences

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

work engagement
employee engagement
job resources
personal resources
job performance
and turnover intention

File:

Download Dissertation_Woocheol_Kim_Final_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Cruz, Linda Marie

Title:

Diversity in Papillomavirus Host Interactions During Attachment and Entry

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Human papillomavirus
HPV
Viral Entry
Virus Attachment
Cell Binding
Glycosaminoglycans
Furin

File:

Download L_Cruz_THESIS_comb.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Matthew Meyers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig Matthew Meyers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil David Christensen, Committee Member
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Clare E Sample, Committee Member
Janette Marie Mcallister, Committee Member

Author:

Peer Lachegurabi, Maryam

Title:

The Design of a Shape Selective Platinum-carbon Catalyst with High Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoporous carbon
heterogeneous catalysis
Emulsion polymerization
Platinum nanoparticles
liquid phase hydrogenation

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Professpr Henry C Foley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Professpr Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Scarborough, Lloyd Harmon

Title:

Dynamics of Fluidic Devices with Applications to Rotor Pitch Links

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vibration isolation
pitch link loads
fluidic pitch link
rotorcraft vibration
helicopter vibration
rotorcraft performance

File:

Download Scarborough_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

Author:

Schueth, Jonathan Douglas

Title:

Investigating the response of calcareous nannoplankton to significant environmental disturbance: Links between extinction and environmental change and the role of incumbency in recovery

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
extinction
recovery
incumbency
datum

File:

Download Schueth_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Strulson, Christopher A

Title:

toward understanding RNA structure, folding, and function in cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
ribozyme
molecular crowding
macromolecular crowding
catalysis
compartmentalization
folding cooperativity

File:

Download Christoper_Strulson_Thesis_Toward_Understanding_RNA__Structure_Folding_and_Function_in_Cells.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Yihan

Title:

Methods in Multiple Testing and Meta-analysis with Applications to the Analysis of Genomic Data

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Multiple testing; Meta-analysis; Genomic data analysis; Microarr

File:

Download Yihan_LI_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Debashis Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Le Bao, Committee Member
Qunhua Li, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Ramses Mario

Title:

Terrestrial planets under extreme radiative forcings: applications to habitable zones, early Mars, and a high-co2 Earth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

habitable zones
habitability
Mars
collision-induced absorption
hydrogen
runaway greenhouse
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Ramirez_thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Post, Ernie

Title:

Exploring Nascent Entrepreneurial Learning: A Mixed Method Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

entrepreneurial learning
attrition
self-directed learning
nascent entrepreneurial learning discontinuance
learning models

File:

Download JZDissertationFinal3-14-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Edward Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Robert D Russell, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Lori A

Title:

Seasonal Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis and Brown Trout Salmo trutta in North Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
brown trout
movement
habitat use
genetics
spawning
winter

File:

Download 1-Smith_Lori_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ramesar, Jason

Title:

Media Framing of The Double-murder Suicide of World Wrestling Entertainment Star Chris Benoit

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

WWE
Media
Journalists
Benoit
Framing
Domestic Violence
Concussions
steroids
PEDs
Professional Wrestling

File:

Download JRamesarThesis-FINAL-4-7-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Marie Hardin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dai, Wenqing

Title:

Electron Tunneling and Point Contact Andreev Reflection Studies of Superconductors

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Superconductor
Tunneling
Point contact
Topological superconductor
multiband superconductor
proximity effect

File:

Download Thesis_140404_Dai_rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Qi Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qi Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Yan, Liusheng

Title:

Energy Consumption Analyses of Frequently-used HVAC System Types in High Performance Office Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

High performance office buildings
LEED
Energy consumption characteristics
Energy saving characteristics
Proposed HVAC system

File:

Download Thesis_-_Liusheng_Yan.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenela Srebric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Heidarinejad, Mohammad

Title:

Relative Significance of Heat Transfer Processes to Quantify Tradeoffs Between Complexity and Accuracy of Energy Simulations With a Building Energy Use Patterns Classification

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Building energy simulation
building energy use patterns classification
campus buildings
LEED certified buildings
OpenStudio

File:

Download Mohammad_Heidarinejad-PhD-Dissertation_V11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Jelena Srebric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jelena Srebric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Gurrentz, Benjamin Thomas

Title:

The Effect of Religious Salience on Attempting Online Dating

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religious Identity
Online Dating
Mate Selection
Sociology of Religion

File:

Download formatting_BTG_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Kent Finke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McLaughlin, Stephen Elliot

Title:

Specification-based Attacks and Defenses in Sequential Control Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Security
Cyber-Physical
Control

File:

Download dis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Trent Ray Jaeger, Committee Member
Thomas F Laporta, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Special Member

Author:

Conway Hughston, Veronica Carine

Title:

consequences of Team Charter Quality: teamwork Mental Model Similarity and Team Viability in Engineering Design Student Teams

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Engineering
Student Teams
Teams
Team Viability
Team mental model
Teamwork mental model
Team Effectiveness
Team Charter

File:

Download Veronica_Conway_Hughston_Precis_post_defense_FINALv2.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Special Member

Author:

Chesnut, Ryan Patrick

Title:

Antecedent and Consequential Correlates of Convergence Communication in the Father-daughter Relationship During Emerging Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Father-Daughter Relationship
Convergence Communication
Parenting
Self-Perceptions

File:

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Committee Members:

Jon F Nussbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Valarie Elizabeth King, Committee Member

Author:

Alwine, Lauren R

Title:

Comparing Female Athletes and Models in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues from 1997-2013

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

female athletes
models
sexual objectification
sports illustrated
swimsuit issue

File:

Download Lauren_Alwines_MA_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michel M Haigh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mishra, Tejaswini

Title:

Integrative genome-wide studies to elucidate regulation of lineage choice in hematopoiesis

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

hematopoiesis
genomics
gene regulation;RNA-seq;erythroblast;megakaryocyte

File:

Download Dissertation_TejaswiniMishra.pdf

Committee Members:

Ross Cameron Hardison, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Axtell, Committee Member
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

Author:

Parker, Daniel M

Title:

Border demography and border malaria among Karen populations along the Thailand-Myanmar border

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Thailand
Myanmar
demography
epidemiology
spatio-temporal
malaria
migration

File:

Download Dissertation_Parker_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

James William Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
Liwang Cui, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member

Author:

Dahlhausen, Matthew Galen

Title:

Staging Building Energy Retrofits

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

building energy retrofit
energy efficiency measure
staging
measure package
simple payback
energy simulation

File:

Download Dahlhausen_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jelena Srebric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Arends, Jessica Hope

Title:

Faculty conceptualizations of global service-learning: Envisioning change, doing damage, and the role of identity

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

global service-learning
faculty
motivations
critical reflection
community impacts
identity

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie Cayot Serriere, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Seong Jo

Title:

Parallel I/o Profiling and Optimization in Hpc Systems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MPI-IO
PnetCDF
HDF5
PVFS
I/O Software Stack
Code Instrumentation
Code Generation

File:

Download phd14.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Dinghao Wu, Committee Member
Rajeev Thakur, Special Member

Author:

Nauman, Gretchen Allegra

Title:

Paths To New Conceptualizations Of Literacy in Chinese EFL Teachers

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Teacher professional development
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
literacy
Chinese teachers

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Member
Athelstan Canagarajah, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member

Author:

Vijayakumar, Hayawardh

Title:

Protecting Programs During Resource Access

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Operating Systems
Security
Resource Access

File:

Download submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Special Member

Author:

Russomanno, Daniel

Title:

Changes in Internal Controls and Auditor Effort around the initiation of a Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) Position

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Chief Accounting Officer
CAO
top management team
internal control
auditor fees
controller

File:

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Committee Members:

Orie Edwin Barron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Dirsmith, Committee Member
Henock Louis, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Committee Member
Steven J Huddart, Special Member

Author:

Varvil-weld, Lindsey Leigh

Title:

Cultural Influences on Heavy Episodic Drinking Among Hispanic/latino College Students

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

college drinking
parent influences
Hispanic college students

File:

Download Varvil-Weld_Dissertation_3.20.14_for_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert James Turrisi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert James Turrisi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kimberly Anne Mallett, Committee Member
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Lori Anne Francis, Committee Member
Shedra Amy Snipes, Committee Member

Author:

Min, Hwall

Title:

study of interfacial phenomena for bio/chemical sensing application

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

quartz
resonator
quartz crystal microbalance
biosensor
chemical sensor
protein adsorption
RSA
ionic liquid
pattern recognition

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Hwall_Min_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Special Member

Author:

Elsworth, Cooper W

Title:

Verification of an Overset-grid Enabled Fluid-structure Interaction Solver

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Fluid-Structure Interaction
Verification
Method of Manufactured Solutions
Overset
Finite Volume
Finite Element

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Skocik, Mariya

Title:

Effects of Spatial Heterogeneity on Calcite Dissolution Rates

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbonate Heterogeneity
Dissolution Rate
CrunhFlow

File:

Download Skocik_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Arthur Groves, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Stephen Klima, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lewis, Bryan John

Title:

Improving Unsteady Hydroturbine Performance During Off-design Operation by Injecting Water from the Trailing Edge of the Wicket Gates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydroturbines
momentumless wakes
circulation control
rotor-stator interactions
unsteady fluid interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brent A Craven, Committee Member
Eric G Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Ju-chun

Title:

Finding The Museum: The Spatial Discontinuities of The Mattress Factory Art Museum

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Space
Spatial Practices
Installation Art
Heterotopias
Archi-Textures
Museum Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Richard Garoian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Marcus Steven Shaffer, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Deborah Dongmi

Title:

Detecting Potential Cultural and Translation Biases in Kuder® Assessments

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

translation bias
validity
linguistic and cultural equivalence
cross-cultural comparison

File:

Download Deborah_Goins_Masters_Thesis_3-7-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Hoi Kin Suen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Umamaheswar, Janani

Title:

"Age is Just a Number in Here": A Qualitative Study of Adulthood in a Women's Prison

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Women prisoners
incarceration
prison
adulthood

File:

Download Umamaheswar_merged_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Kramer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member
Paul Amato, Committee Member
Julie Horney, Committee Member
Candace Kruttschnitt, Special Member

Author:

Stuckatz, Katja

Title:

"a Contribution to Modern World Poetry" Ernst Jandl and the International Avant-garde

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Jandl
Austrian poetry
German-language poetry
experimental poetry
post-World War II
avant-garde

File:

Download Stuckatz_-_April_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Martina Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Martina Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Oliver Beebee, Committee Member
Daniel Leonhard Purdy, Committee Member
Adrian Johannes Wanner, Committee Member
Prof Stefan Matuschek, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Yi-chun

Title:

Experimentally Calibrated Simulation Of Zno Thin Film Transistors Including Traps

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Thin film transistor simulation
oxide TFT simulation
oxide thin film transistor
oxide TFTs
oxide semiconductor traps.

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Mccormick, Nicholas Howard

Title:

The Role of ZnT4 in Mammary Gland Development and Lactation

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

mammary gland
zinc
lactation
zinc transporter
milk
ZnT4
lethal milk

File:

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Committee Members:

Shannon Leanne Kelleher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Troy Ott, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member
David I Soybel, Special Member

Author:

Islam, Mohammad Mazharul

Title:

Metabolic modeling of microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

dynamic
microbial communities
modeling
d-OptCom
Uranium reduction
Auxotrophic mutants. metabolic modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hufnagel, Elizabeth Jean

Title:

How Pre-service Elementary Teachers Express Emotions About Climate Change And Related Disciplinary Ideas

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

science education; environmental science education; emotions; di

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Special Member

Author:

Bohnenblust, Eric

Title:

Biotechnology and insect management in field crop agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Transgenic
Dicamba
Herbicide
European corn borer
corn earworm

File:

Download Dissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Member

Author:

Toh, Christine

Title:

Design Learning and Creativity in Engineering Education: The Impact of Product Interactions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Engineering design
creativity
product interactions
product dissection
virtual dissection
learning
self-efficacy
novelty

File:

Download ME_Thesis_Toh_FINAL_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Beikmann, Brendan Stephen

Title:

Serotonin Transporter Function in Peripheral Blood Cells as a Biomarker for Depression Treatment Responsiveness

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Serotonin Transporter
Blood
Lymphocytes
Platelets
Depression

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Anne Andrews/Dr David Vandenbergh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Vandenbergh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Jareemit, Daranee

Title:

A Semi-empirical Investigation of Transient Ventilation Rates in Retail Stores

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Calibration
Multi-zone model
Ventilation
Retail
Automatic entrance door
Tracer gas

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Jelena Srebric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen James Treado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Committee Member

Author:

Alsaleh, Amal

Title:

The relationship between the perception of distributed leadership and the degree of participation in Ministry decisions on teachers' organizational commitment in the State of Kuwait.

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Distributed Leadership
Organizational commitment
Kuwait Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger C Shouse, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nona Ann Prestine, Committee Member
Edward J Fuller, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Morgan, Nicole R

Title:

Evaluating the role of parental involvement in public preschool in predicting the development of emergent literacy skills

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

parent involvement
propensity score matching
preschool program

File:

Download Morgan_Dissertation_FINAL140418.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Douglas Coatsworth, Committee Member
Mark T Greenberg, Committee Member
Paul Morgan, Committee Member

Author:

Yu, Huiwen

Title:

Combinatorial And Algebraic Algorithms In Set Covering And Partitioning Problems

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

k-set cover
k-set packing
streaming set cover
space saving
diversifying

File:

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Committee Members:

Martin Furer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Piotr Berman, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
Stephen George Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Wesche, Rose Bryant

Title:

Latent Classes of Sexual Behaviors: Comparisons by Gender and Partner Type

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

sexual behaviors
sexual development
adolescence
emerging adulthood
nonromantic sexual relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tucker, Catherine Denise

Title:

The Future of Latino Catholicism in the United States: A Population Projection from 2010 to 2060

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Catholics
Latinos
Hispanics
Catholicism
Population projections
demography
forecasting

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Member
Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Carlson, Bradley Evan

Title:

The evolutionary ecology of intraspecific trait variation in larval amphibians

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

tadpoles; personality; local adaptation; antipredator behavior;

File:

Download Dissertation_carlson_2014_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tracy Lee Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Durland Laurence Shumway, Special Member

Author:

Khadraoui, Sophia Gaelle

Title:

Mémoires Sculptées: Commémorer l'Abolition de l'Esclavage en France Métropolitaine à travers le Monument, 1998-2012.

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Memory
Monuments
Slavery

File:

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Eran Abel, Committee Member
Vincent Bruyere, Committee Member
Benedicte Marie Christine Monicat, Committee Member
Willa Zahava Silverman, Committee Member

Author:

Salcedo Du Bois, Rodrigo

Title:

Groundwater Games: Users' behavior in Common-pool Resource economic laboratory and field experiments

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

Environmental Economics
Framed Economic Experiments
Groundwater

File:

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Committee Members:

James Samuel Shortle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Member
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member

Author:

Butterbaugh, Kaitlyn R

Title:

Factors Shaping Youth Civic Engagement Of Rural Ireland and Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Civic Engagement
Community
Social Supports
obstacles
Social Networks

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Pat Dolan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hlavacik, Mark Joseph

Title:

A Rhetorical History and Criticism of U.S. Education Policy, 1980-1994

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Rhetoric of Public Policy
Education Policy
Jonathan Kozol
Milton Friedman
A Nation at Risk
Richard J. Herrnstein

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Walter Benson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Committee Member
Keith Gilyard, Special Member

Author:

Liddell, Kristi Lynn

Title:

Surface functionalization of oxides for biosensing applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dielectric
surface functionalization
FET
surface regeneration

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Special Member

Author:

Sherbine, Kortney Beth

Title:

Mapping Emergent Childhoods and Justin Bieber Fan Culture

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

childhood
fan culture
Gilles Deleuze
Félix Guattari
assemblage
nomad
becoming
desire

File:

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Committee Members:

Gail Louise Boldt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Thompson, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Charles Richard Garoian, Committee Member

Author:

Rujkietgumjorn, Sitapa

Title:

Quadratic Binary Optimization for Pedestrian Detection in Crowded Scenes

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Pedestrian Detection
Optimized Detection
Quadratic Binary Optimization
Occlusion
Crowds

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert T Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert T Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member
Paul GriFfin, Committee Member

Author:

Toh, Christine

Title:

Creativity in Engineering Design: Understanding the Factors The Influence Creative Idea Development

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

creativity
product interactions
example modality
visual representation
concept selection
risk aversion
ambiguity aversion

File:

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Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hegde, Shailaja N

Title:

The Role of Hedgehog,p53 and Yap1 in chronic myelogenous leukemia and Friend vrus erythroleukemia stem cell self renewal

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

CML
Hedgehog
p53
Yap1
BCR-ABL

File:

Download shailaja_thesis4-7-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paulson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna Rose, Committee Member

Author:

Dietrich, Amelia Jane

Title:

The Role of Probabilistic Cues in L2 Processing: Verb bias in Spanish and English

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

sentence processing
bilingualism
corpus linguistics
verb bias
psycholinguistics
Spanish

File:

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Committee Members:

Paola Eulalia Dussias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member
Karen Lynn Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Yang

Title:

A Machine Learning Based Approach To App Rating Manipulation Detection

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
app rating manipulation
app store

File:

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Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stanhewicz, Anna E.

Title:

The Aging Cutaneous Microvasculature: Altered Mechanisms and Novel Intervention Strategies

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

aging
skin blood flow
vascular health
tetrahydrobiopterin

File:

Download Stanhewicz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lacy Marie Alexander, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy R Mc Connell, Committee Member
Kelly J Karpa, Committee Member

Author:

Lydon, David M

Title:

The perceived causal structure of cigarette addiction among a sample of late adolescent smokers and non-smokers: a network comparison study

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

smoking; addiction; adolescence; health beliefs

File:

Download LydonD_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roccamo, Ashley Lynne

Title:

Comparing the Success of Pronunciation Instruction in Beginner and Intermediate German Language Classrooms

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

German
Linguistics
Education
L2 Pronunciation
Second Language Acquisition
Phonology
Accent

File:

Download Roccamo_Dissertation_FINAL_Apr_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Dr Mary O'brien, Special Member

Author:

Fang, Lin

Title:

The Impact Of Polysaccharides And Hydration On The Structure Of Cellulose

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

cellulose; water; structure; exopolysaccharides

File:

Download Lin_Fang_-_Thesis_-_JMC-07-28-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Ludwig, Bellamarie

Title:

Surface adsorption studies of chlorotrimethylsilane on aluminum oxide, boehmite and metallic aluminum powders

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Aluminum
Aluminum Oxide
Boehmite
Chlorotrimethyl silane
DRIFTs
in situ IR
Powder

File:

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Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Richter, Kristine K

Title:

DNA preservation under extreme conditions

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

ancient DNA
environmental DNA
geologically ancient DNA
deep subsurface microbial communities
transfer DNA
DNA preservation

File:

Download Richter-dissertation-v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Beth Shapiro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Kuangyuan

Title:

Essays on Mining Economics and System Modeling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Mining Economics
Real Option Evaluation
Mean-reverting of Commodity Price
Material Criticality
Yttrium
China’s Rare Earth P

File:

Download Kuangyuan_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Young, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member