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Author:: Hasek, Bradley
Title:: THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS OF THE CR-HF-Y TERNARY SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: CALPHAD
SQS
Cr
Hf
Y
File:: Download Brad_Hasek_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Neff, Brian
Title:: Frightening Masculinity: Gothic Affect and Antebellum Manhood
Graduate Program:: English
Keywords:: manhood
masculinity
american gothic
fear
gender
File:: Download Brian_Neff.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Dean Castiglia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Dean Castiglia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Sean X Goudie, Committee Member
Amy S Greenberg, Committee Member

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Author:: Lorson, Benjamin D.
Title:: DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:: Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:: fishes
fish distribution
zoogeography
Allegheny River
benthic trawl
File:: Download Benjamin_D_Lorson_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Swartz, Brian D
Title:: Time-Dependent Analysis of Pretensioned Concrete Bridge Girders
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: prestressed concrete
time-dependent analysis
Loss of prestress
creep
shrinkage
File:: Download Thesis_Swartz.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Scanlon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Schokker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

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Author:: Wallace, Brian David
Title:: Development and Validation of a Wind Generator Field Testing Methodology
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: field testing
wind generator
wind turbine
File:: Download B_Wallace_Thesis_V10.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cox, Bradley E.
Title:: Life Happens: How Non-College Life-Events Influence Racial Inequality in Four-Year Graduation Rates at Selective Colleges and Universities
Graduate Program:: Higher Education
Keywords:: Net Equity
College Graduation
Student Outcomes
Non-College Life-Events
Racial Equality
Pre-College Characteristics
File:: Download Cox_-_Dissertation_-_Final_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert D Reason, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert D Reason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Member
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Member
Marylee Carmel Taylor, Committee Member

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Author:: Varner, Barbara Eileen
Title:: An Exploration of how Women Probation and Parole Officers Learn to Negotiate Power and Interest in the Criminal Justice System
Graduate Program:: Adult Education
Keywords:: Narrative
Negotiating Power and Interest
Criminal Justice Education
Women Probation and Parole Officers
Probation and Parole
Adult Education
File:: Download Varner_psu_final_3.15.10_1_.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Irene C Baird, Committee Member
Holly L Angelique, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member

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Author:: Basom, Blair J.
Title:: Inviscid Wind-Turbine Analysis Using Distributed Vorticity Elements
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: wind turbine
horizontal axis
vortex lattice
wake modeling
relaxed wake
inviscid analysis
prescribed wake
Goldstein rotor
File:: Download basom_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cooley, Benjamin Joseph
Title:: Growth, Structure, and Optical Characterization of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanowires
Graduate Program:: Physics
Keywords:: diluted magnetic semiconductor
nanowire
semiconductor nanowire
nanowire growth
File:: Download BCooley-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Kenneth O Hara, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

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Author:: Day, Benjamin J
Title:: TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS IN SUPERSONIC JETS WITH OPTICAL DEFLECTOMETRY
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Jet Noise
Turbulence
supersonic
optical deflectometry
BBSAN
broadband shock associated noise
measurements
turbulence measurements
File:: Download BJD-Thesis-Aug3.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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