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Author:

Amburgey, Staci

Title:

COARSE AND FINE-SCALE DETERMINANTS OF SPECIES RANGE BOUNDARIES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

species distribution modeling
range dynamics
bioclimatic envelope model
species occupancy model
amphibian
reptile
mammal
climate change
interspecific competition
multispecies
habitat fragmentation

File:

Download AmburgeyDissertation2019Jan.pdf

Committee Members:

David Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member
Tracy Langkilde, Outside Member
Evan Grant, Special Member

Author:

Derk, Gregory

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE BURNING-RATES OF JA2 AND NITROMETHANE PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nitromethane
JA2
supercritical combustion
high-pressure combustion
monopropellant

File:

Download GregDerk_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Tashakor, Elahe

Title:

L-STATISTICS OF ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES FOR QUANTIFYING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES

Graduate Program:

Biostatistics

Keywords:

Agreement
Concordance correlation coefficient
L-statistics
Robust estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_Elahe_Tashakor.pdf

Committee Members:

Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vernon Michael Chinchilli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tonya Sharp King, Committee Member
Ming Wang, Committee Member
David Spencer Phelps, Outside Member

Author:

Cornelius, Jason

Title:

Efficient CFD Approaches for Coaxial Rotor Simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Multicopter
Multicopters
Coaxial Rotor
Coaxial Rotors
CFD Simulation
Rotorcraft
Helicopter
STAR-CCM+
RotCFD
Mixing-Plane
Blade-Element
Time-Accurate
Blade-Resolved
Blade-Modeled
Quadcopter

File:

Download Jason_Cornelius_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Banghoff, John

Title:

Using Dual-Polarization Radar Information to Investigate Clear-Air Atmospheric Phenomena

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Radar
Meteorology
Boundary Layer
Remote Sensing
Dual-Polarization Radar
Horizontal Convective Rolls
Cellular Convection
Clear-Air

File:

Download Banghoff_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Member

Author:

Pepley, David

Title:

Simulation of Needle Insertion Procedures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Healthcare
Surgical Simulation
Central Venous Catheterization
Surgical Training
Needle Insertion
Percutaneous Procedures
Haptics

File:

Download Pepley_Dissertation_Rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Heininger, Katie Julia

Title:

Individual Differences and Creativity in the Engineering Design Process

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Creativity
Engineering Design
Industrial Engineering
Idea Generation
Concept Screening
KAI
PCS
Problem Solving

File:

Download Heininger_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jablokow, Committee Member

Author:

Hafer, Joseph

Title:

THE THEORY OF PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE: A CLASSIC GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S BUREAU OF FORESTRY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public administration
pragmatism
public policy
management
forestry
Pennsylvania
state government
grounded theory

File:

Download Hafer_Dissertation_Final_Draft_20190130.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Janet Duck, Outside Member

Author:

Calicioglu Sengul, Ayse Ozgul

Title:

TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEASIBILITY OF WASTEWATER-DERIVED DUCKWEED BIOREFINERIES

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

ethanol fermentation
anaerobic digestion
volatile fatty acids
acidogenic digestion
life cycle assessment
techno-economic analysis
mixed anaerobic cultures
value cascade
carboxylate platform

File:

Download Calicioglu_Dissertation_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Deborah L. Sills, Outside Member
Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Talamantes, Gerardo

Title:

Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Fuels
Polyoxymethylene
Diffusion Flame
Opposed Flow Burner
Hybrid Rockets
High-Density Fuel
POM
combustion

File:

Download Talamantes_Thesis_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member