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25. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Alloys Formed by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)

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Author:
Browning, Paul Nathan
Title:
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Alloys Formed by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Refractory Metals
Field Assisted Sintering
Spark Plasma Sintering
Mechanical Properties
File:
Download Compiled_Thesis__Browning_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Outside Member

26. Convex Approximation of Chance Constrained Optimization Problems: Application in System and Control

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Open Access
Author:
Mohammadzadeh Jasour, Ashkan
Title:
Convex Approximation of Chance Constrained Optimization Problems: Application in System and Control
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Chance Constrained
Convex Optimization
Semidefinite Programming
Measure and Moments
Polynomials
Sum of Squares Optimization
Duality
File:
Download Ashkan-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member

27. Quantifying the Uniaxial High Cycle Fatigue Life of Laminated Composites with a Resonant Beam Test

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Open Access
Author:
Kupchella, Chester Alan
Title:
Quantifying the Uniaxial High Cycle Fatigue Life of Laminated Composites with a Resonant Beam Test
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
FRP
Fatigue
High Frequency
Composites
Temperature Controlled
Viscoelasticity
Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Fiberglass
Vibration
File:
Download ChesterKupchella-MSThesis-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Lee Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member

28. Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behaviors of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membrane

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Open Access
Author:
Dai, Jingyao
Title:
Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behaviors of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membrane
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Ceramics
Fracture
Nanoporous
Anodic Aluminum Oxide
Nanoindentation
File:
Download JingyaoDai-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

29. EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY

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Author:
Labrado, Amanda Leane
Title:
EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Metagenomics
Elemental sulfur
Biofilms
File:
Download LabradoMSThesis3.26.17.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher House, Committee Member

30. Three Papers on Health, Aging, and Employment in the United States

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Open Access
Author:
Oi, Katsuya
Title:
Three Papers on Health, Aging, and Employment in the United States
Graduate Program:
Sociology
Keywords:
work
ageing population inequality US
File:
Download Katsuya_oi_Dissertation_Master.pdf
Committee Members:
Melissa Hardy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Hardy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Andrew Haas, Committee Member
Jason Ramone Thomas, Committee Member
Patricia Y Miranda, Outside Member

31. Single-Cell Imaging of Exogenous Compounds Using Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

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Open Access
Author:
Bloom, Anna Nichole
Title:
Single-Cell Imaging of Exogenous Compounds Using Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Single Cell Imaging
Chemical Imaging
Nanoparticles
Pharmaceutical Compounds
File:
Download Bloom_DissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Outside Member

32. Seizure-Associated Spreading Depolarization, Autonomic Dysfunction, and Epileptogenesis in a Murine Model of Post-Cerebral Malaria Epilepsy

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Author:
Bahari, Fatemeh
Title:
Seizure-Associated Spreading Depolarization, Autonomic Dysfunction, and Epileptogenesis in a Murine Model of Post-Cerebral Malaria Epilepsy
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
SUDEP
Epilepsy
Spreading Depolarization
Cardiac Abnormalities
Seizure
Cerebral Malaria
File:
Download MasterDraft_FatemehBahari.pdf
Committee Members:
Bruce J. Gluckman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick J. Drew, Committee Member
Steven J. Schiff, Committee Member

34. Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan

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Open Access
Author:
Xu, Yang
Title:
Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp
File:
Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

35. Identify the Response of Forest Songbirds to Local Scale Forest Features and Complexity

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Author:
Barenblitt, Abigail Cohen
Title:
Identify the Response of Forest Songbirds to Local Scale Forest Features and Complexity
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Forest bird communities
Forest bird species richness
Occupancy Models
Local Forest Features
Forest Complexity
File:
Download AbigailBarenblitt_MastersThesis1.12.16_.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham-Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Miller, Committee Member
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member

36. EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA

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Author:
Nandi, Tarak Nath
Title:
EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fluid Mechanics
CFD
turbulence
transition
atmospheric boundary layer
actuator line method
RANS
LES
Wind Energy
File:
Download Penn_State_University_Dissertation_forSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Outside Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Special Member

37. Design Strategies and Experimental Validation of High-Performance Logging-While-Drilling Piezocomposite Transducers

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Open Access
Author:
Jiang, Runkun
Title:
Design Strategies and Experimental Validation of High-Performance Logging-While-Drilling Piezocomposite Transducers
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
LWD acoustic transducer
COMSOL design and optimization
extreme-environment fabrication
transducer testing protocol
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Runkun_Jiang_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sumeet Kumar Gupta, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Bernhard R. Tittmann, Outside Member

38. The Influence of Neighborhood Risk, Parental Control, and Fearful Temperament on the Development of Internalizing Problems in Young Children

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Open Access
Author:
Mc Doniel, Meghan E
Title:
The Influence of Neighborhood Risk, Parental Control, and Fearful Temperament on the Development of Internalizing Problems in Young Children
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Fearful temperament
parental control
neighborhood risk
internalizing
File:
Download McDonielThesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member

39. SHORT-TERM VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON PRESERVED FOREST LANDS

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Author:
Manning, Douglas Richard
Title:
SHORT-TERM VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON PRESERVED FOREST LANDS
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
Disturbance
Forest Dynamics
Invasives
Invasive species
Invasive plants
Preserved lands
Windthrow
Understory vegetation
Natural disturbance
File:
Download DouglasRManning_Final_Thesis_edited.pdf
Committee Members:
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Durland Laurence Shumway, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

40. Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films

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Open Access
Author:
Rajashekhar, Adarsh
Title:
Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectric Thin Films
Piezoelectric Thin Films
Laser Annealing
Pulsed-Laser Heating
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Laser Crystallization
Integration with polymeric substrates
Low Substrate Temperature Processing
In situ Laser Annealing
PZT Thin Films
File:
Download Adarsh_Rajashekhar_PhD_Dissertation_Penn_State.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member