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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

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

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

Author:

Doddabasappa, Sushamshushekar

Title:

LQR CONTROL DESIGN FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER USING SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

LQR Control
Sensitivity Functions
Sensitivity Analysis

File:

Download Sushamshushekar_Doddabasappa_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Javad Khazaei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Idowu, Committee Member
Scott Van Tonningen, Committee Member

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

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

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

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

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

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