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1. Guided wave mode conversion behavior and delamination detection in composite plates: an FEM-driven approach

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Author:
Yener, Devren Adem
Title:
Guided wave mode conversion behavior and delamination detection in composite plates: an FEM-driven approach
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
ultrasound
ultrasonic
guided waves
composites
delamination
finite element
non-destructive testing
non-destructive evaluation
structural health monitoring
ndt
nde
shm
lamb waves
laminate
carbon fiber
fem
fea
composite
File:
Download DevrenYener-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Facilitating Small-Group Discussions: Effects of Teacher Discourse Moves Across Four Group Composition Formats in Fourth and Fifth Grade

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Author:
Croninger, Rachel Miriam Vriend
Title:
Facilitating Small-Group Discussions: Effects of Teacher Discourse Moves Across Four Group Composition Formats in Fourth and Fifth Grade
Graduate Program:
Educational Psychology
Keywords:
Classroom Discussions
High-level Comprehension
Teacher Moves
Group Composition
File:
Download PS_M_Thesis_Croninger_R._M._V..pdf
Committee Members:
P. Karen Murphy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. PARALLELIZATION STRATEGY FOR MULTIPLE POINT STATISTICS BASED SIMULATION ON GPU

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Author:
Malife, Chukwudiuto Udechukwu
Title:
PARALLELIZATION STRATEGY FOR MULTIPLE POINT STATISTICS BASED SIMULATION ON GPU
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Reservoir Characterization
Reservoir Modeling
MPS
Geostatistics
Geo-statistics
Multiple Point Simulation
Multiple Point Statistics
Multi Point Simulation
Multi Point Statistics
Spatial Estimation
GPU
Parallelization
Graphics Processing Unit
File:
Download MALIFE_U_CHUKWUDIUTO_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Development of Artificial Neural Networks Applicable to Single Phase Unconventional Gas Reservoirs with Slanted Wells

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Author:
Affane Nguema, Chris Raymond
Title:
Development of Artificial Neural Networks Applicable to Single Phase Unconventional Gas Reservoirs with Slanted Wells
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Artificial Neural Networks
Slanted Wells
Rate Transient Analysis
Pressure Transient Analysis
Reservoir Simulation
Unconventional Gas
Dual Porosity
File:
Download Master_Thesis5_Chris_Raymond_Affane_Nguema.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr .Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F. Ayala H., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member

8. Rates and prevalences of predispersal seed predation on plant communities across a latitudinal gradient

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Author:
Boyer, Brady William
Title:
Rates and prevalences of predispersal seed predation on plant communities across a latitudinal gradient
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
density dependence
Janzen-Connell hypothesis
seed predation
host specificity
latitude
File:
Download Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member

9. ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION

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Author:
Varadarajan Srinivasan, Krishna Prasad
Title:
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
RADAR-based sensing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Headway estimation
Available free space in ego-lane
free space estimation for fuel economy
sensor fusion
File:
Download Krishna_Prasad_Varadarajan_Srinivasan_Masters_Thesis_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. PREDICTING AND MODELLING THE STATISTICAL LIKELIHOOD OF CARDIAC INCIDENTS USING THE COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL

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Author:
Charania, Rahim Karim
Title:
PREDICTING AND MODELLING THE STATISTICAL LIKELIHOOD OF CARDIAC INCIDENTS USING THE COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Survival Analysis
Cox Regression Models
Kaplan-Meier Curves
Cardiac Events
Heart Disease
Prediction
Statistical Modelling
Reliability Engineering
Survival Analysis
Cox Regression Models
Kaplan-Meier Curves
Cardiac Events
Heart Disease
Prediction
Statistical Modelling
Reliability Engineering
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Rahim.pdf
Committee Members:
Hui Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane

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Author:
Axten, Christopher Joseph
Title:
Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
computational fluid dynamics
sailplane
boundary layer transition
aircraft performance
aircraft design
File:
Download Axten_C_Master_Thesis_Draft_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

13. HOIST MOTION CONTROL: HYDRAULIC SOLENOID VALVE CURRENT REGULATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM CURRENT FOR MOTION

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Author:
Devadoss, Daphny Oviya
Title:
HOIST MOTION CONTROL: HYDRAULIC SOLENOID VALVE CURRENT REGULATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM CURRENT FOR MOTION
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
hoist control
PI controller
current regulation in solenoid valve
minimum current for hydraulic motion
averaging state-space model
File:
Download Daphny_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. FIELD DEPLOYABLE GUIDED WAVE TRANSDUCERS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS

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Author:
Trivedi, Yamankumar Premalbhai
Title:
FIELD DEPLOYABLE GUIDED WAVE TRANSDUCERS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Bismuth Titanate
Spray-on Transducers
Film Transducers
SHM
NDE
High-Temperature
Lithium Niobate
Lamb Wave generation
Guided Waves
Excitation Frequency
Dispersion Curves
File:
Download Trivedi_Thesis_20190418.pdf
Committee Members:
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Paola Arguelles, Committee Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Committee Member

16. A design strategy for a 6:1 supersonic mixed-flow compressor stage and its viscous flow-based performance analysis

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Author:
Sadagopan, Aravinth
Title:
A design strategy for a 6:1 supersonic mixed-flow compressor stage and its viscous flow-based performance analysis
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
mixed-flow compressor
mean-line design
turbomachinery
computational fluid dynamics
shock stability
aerospace propulsion
Bezier curves
NASA Rotor 37
Supersonic Diffuser
6:1
pressure-ratio
blade optimization
File:
Download MS_thesis_Aravinth_Sadagopan_May_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. The Invasion of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and its effect on the Habitat Partitioning of Benthic Fishes in French Creek.

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Author:
Wisor, Joshua Michael
Title:
The Invasion of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and its effect on the Habitat Partitioning of Benthic Fishes in French Creek.
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Fish
microhabitat
invasive species
Round Goby
File:
Download Wisor_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Julian D Avery, Committee Member

18. A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OAK SEEDLING SUCCESS IN REGENERATING OAK FOREST STANDS

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Author:
Graboski, Lake Edward
Title:
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OAK SEEDLING SUCCESS IN REGENERATING OAK FOREST STANDS
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
oak
seedling
regeneration
pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis_Lake_Graboski__Corrected_.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Kim C. Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Marc McDill, Committee Member
Dr. Laura Leites, Committee Member
Dr. James Finley (Retired), Committee Member

19. THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL SPUR EXTINCTION AND LEAF REMOVAL ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ‘GALA’

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Author:
Wiepz, Rebecca Josephine
Title:
THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL SPUR EXTINCTION AND LEAF REMOVAL ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ‘GALA’
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
Spur removal
Spur leaf
Crop load management
File:
Download Wiepz_Masters_Thesis_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
James Rawlinson Schupp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member

20. Do fungi make caterpillars picky eaters? Effects of endophytic Metarhizium robertsii on corn, Zea mays, growth and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

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Author:
Flonc, Brianna Evelyn
Title:
Do fungi make caterpillars picky eaters? Effects of endophytic Metarhizium robertsii on corn, Zea mays, growth and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
Metarhizium
Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
Zea mays
Biological Control
Endophyte
Agriculture
Pest Control
Metarhizium robertsii
Entomopathogenic Fungus
File:
Download MastersThesisEntomology_BriannaFlonc.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member