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1152. Molecular active plasmonics: Harnessing molecular machines for nanophotonic applications

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Open Access
Author:
Zheng, Yuebing
Title:
Molecular active plasmonics: Harnessing molecular machines for nanophotonic applications
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
nanophotonics
plasmonics
active plasmonics
molecular plasmonics
surface plasmon
metal nanoparticles
artificial molecular machines
rotaxane
azobenzene
nanophotonics
File:
Download Yuebing_Zheng_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

1153. Identifying and Understanding Patterns of Nonviolent Delinquency and Violence from Adolescence to Young Adulthood using Latent Class Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Zheng, Yao
Title:
Identifying and Understanding Patterns of Nonviolent Delinquency and Violence from Adolescence to Young Adulthood using Latent Class Analysis
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
violence
nonviolent delinquency
latent class analysis
adolescence
File:
Download Final_Master_Thesis_of_Yao.pdf
Committee Members:
Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1154. Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter

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Open Access
Author:
Larson, Zachary Marcus
Title:
Long-term Treated Wastewater Irrigation Effects on Hydraulic Conductivity and Soil Quality at Penn State's Living Filter
Graduate Program:
Soil Science
Keywords:
Living Filter
Treated wastewater irrigation
Effluent irrigation
File:
Download Zachary_Larson_-_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Earl Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1155. COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW

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Open Access
Author:
Gokce, Zeki Ozgur
Title:
COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
horseshoe vortex formation around a vertical cylin
upstream endwall fences
File:
Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1156. MATERIALS DESIGN OF SUBSTRATES FOR GAS ADSORPTION AND STORAGE

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Open Access
Author:
Huang, ZhaoHui
Title:
MATERIALS DESIGN OF SUBSTRATES FOR GAS ADSORPTION AND STORAGE
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
hydrogen release kinetics
chemical hydrogen storage
metal aggregation
File:
Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

1159. EFFECTS OF OVARIAN HORMONES ON BINGE-TYPE EATING IN RATS

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Open Access
Author:
Yu, Zhiping
Title:
EFFECTS OF OVARIAN HORMONES ON BINGE-TYPE EATING IN RATS
Graduate Program:
Nutrition
Keywords:
binge eating
estradiol
progesterone
rat
File:
Download completed_dissertation-ZY-4-9.pdf
Committee Members:
Rebecca L Corwin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebecca L Corwin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member
Erica Unger, Committee Member
Nori Geary, Committee Member

1160. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NON EXPRESSOR OF PR1 (NPR1) AND ITS PARALOG NPR3 IN THEOBROMA CACAO AND ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

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Open Access
Author:
Shi, Zi
Title:
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NON EXPRESSOR OF PR1 (NPR1) AND ITS PARALOG NPR3 IN THEOBROMA CACAO AND ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Cacao
Arabidopsis
plant defense
NPR3
File:
Download Thesis_Zi_Shi.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Guiltinan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siela Maximova, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member

1161. WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING (WEDM) AS A SUBTRACTIVE RAPID MANUFACTURING TOOL

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Zhi
Title:
WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING (WEDM) AS A SUBTRACTIVE RAPID MANUFACTURING TOOL
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Visibility Analysis
Wire EDM
Computer-aided Manufacturing
Rapid Manufacturing
Process Planning
Geometric algorithm
File:
Download Dissertation_Zhi_Yang.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard Allen Wysk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

1162. DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Zheqian
Title:
DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multifunctional transducers
PZT
piezoelectric
MEMS
File:
Download DESIGN_FABRICATION_AND_CHARACTERIZATION_OF_MICROMACHINED_PIEZOELECTRIC_T-BEAM_TRANSDUCERS.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

1164. DATAMINING OF GENOME-WIDE NUCLEOSOME DATA GENERATED BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Zhenhai
Title:
DATAMINING OF GENOME-WIDE NUCLEOSOME DATA GENERATED BY NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING
Graduate Program:
Integrative Biosciences
Keywords:
Next-generation sequencing
data mining
ChIP-Seq
File:
Download Zhang_Dissertation_5.0.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member
Yu Zhang, Committee Member

1166. LEGUME INFLAMMATION FEEDING EXPERIMENT (LIFE): EFFECTS ON LIPIDS AND LIPOPROTEINS, LEPTIN AND GHRELIN

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Zhiying
Title:
LEGUME INFLAMMATION FEEDING EXPERIMENT (LIFE): EFFECTS ON LIPIDS AND LIPOPROTEINS, LEPTIN AND GHRELIN
Graduate Program:
Nutrition
Keywords:
ghrelin
leptin
lipids
LIFE study
File:
Download Zhiying_Zhang_Dissertation_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terryl Johnson Hartman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mosuk Chow, Committee Member
A Catharine Ross, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris Etherton, Committee Member
Jan Ulbrecht, Committee Member

1167. Topics on Supervised and Unsupervised Dimension Reduction

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Open Access
Author:
Artemiou, Andreas A
Title:
Topics on Supervised and Unsupervised Dimension Reduction
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
Unitary invariance
Regression
Kernel principal components
Sufficient Dimension Reduction
Support Vector Machines
File:
Download Dissertation_doc.pdf
Committee Members:
Bing Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Michael Akritas, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Adam Smith, Committee Member

1168. Development and validation of advanced CFD models for detailed predictions of void distribution in a BWR bundle

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Open Access
Author:
Neykov, Boyan S
Title:
Development and validation of advanced CFD models for detailed predictions of void distribution in a BWR bundle
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
two phase flow
heat transfer
boiling
File:
Download Ph_D_thesis_Boyan_Neykov.pdf
Committee Members:
Maria Avramova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Cimbala, Committee Member
John Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Committee Member
Emilian Popov, Committee Member

1169. The 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device: A Flow Visualization Study of Bridge-to-Recovery and Weaning

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Open Access
Author:
Roszelle, Breigh Nonte
Title:
The 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device: A Flow Visualization Study of Bridge-to-Recovery and Weaning
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
particle image velocimetry
ventricular assist device
biofluid mechanics
weaning
File:
Download Breigh_Roszelle_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Keefe Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven Deutsch, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member
Lacy Alexander Holowatz, Committee Member

1171. Crossing Scales with Computational Tools: Applications to Divalent Silicate Dissolution

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Open Access
Author:
Morrow, Christin Palombo
Title:
Crossing Scales with Computational Tools: Applications to Divalent Silicate Dissolution
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
mineral dissolution
silicate
computational
kinetics
geochemistry
File:
Download Christin_P._Morrow_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Karl T. Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James D. Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Committee Member
William Noid, Committee Member
Vincent Crespi, Committee Member

1173. A SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO GREEN BUILDING DELIVERY, LEAN PRINCIPLES AND BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN THE DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

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Open Access
Author:
Enache-Pommer, Elena
Title:
A SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO GREEN BUILDING DELIVERY, LEAN PRINCIPLES AND BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN THE DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
healthcare facilities
green attributes
Building Information Modeling
lean principles
design
File:
Download Elena_EnachePommer.pdf
Committee Members:
David Riley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jelena Srebric, Committee Member
Dennis Shea, Committee Member

1174. Bayesian nonparametric approaches for financial option pricing

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Open Access
Author:
Teng, Huei-Wen
Title:
Bayesian nonparametric approaches for financial option pricing
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
the Greeks
asset pricing
risk management
financial options
nonparametric methods
Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation
modeling
Bayesian analysis
the state price density
File:
Download Wen-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Liechty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingzhi (Jay) Huang, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

1175. Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Transformations and Defects: from Cobalt to Doped Cobaltate Perovskites

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Open Access
Author:
Saal, James Edward
Title:
Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Transformations and Defects: from Cobalt to Doped Cobaltate Perovskites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
ceramics
thermodynamic modeling
defect chemistry
perovskites
CALPHAD
density functional theory
File:
Download Saal-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive Randall, Committee Member
Jorge Sofo, Committee Member
Michael Carolan, Committee Member

1177. A Tale of Two Paradigms: Disambiguating Extracted Entities with Applications to a Digital Library and the Web

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Open Access
Author:
Huang, Jian
Title:
A Tale of Two Paradigms: Disambiguating Extracted Entities with Applications to a Digital Library and the Web
Graduate Program:
Information Sciences and Technology
Keywords:
entity resolution
cross document coreference
author name disambiguation
clustering
social network analysis
File:
Download JianHuang-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
C. Lee Giles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dongwon Lee, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Member
Jia Li, Committee Member
Qi He, Committee Member

1178. Implementation of Local Wellness Policies in Pennsylvania School Districts: Student Involvement and Process Factors Associated with Positive Changes in the School Wellness Environment

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Open Access
Author:
Jomaa, Lamis Hassan
Title:
Implementation of Local Wellness Policies in Pennsylvania School Districts: Student Involvement and Process Factors Associated with Positive Changes in the School Wellness Environment
Graduate Program:
Nutrition
Keywords:
student involvement
schools
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 200
local wellness policies
childhood obesity
nutrition education
physical activity
competitive foods and beverages
File:
Download Dissertation_7_14_LJomaa.pdf
Committee Members:
Claudia Probart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terryl Hartman, Committee Member
Katarzyna Kordas, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

1179. Error Corrections for Quantitative Thermal Neutron Computed Tomography

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Open Access
Author:
Shi, Liang
Title:
Error Corrections for Quantitative Thermal Neutron Computed Tomography
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
High Spatial Resolution
Quantitative Neutron Computed Tomography
Background Neutron Scattering Correction
Geometric Unsharpness
Cupping Artifacts
Water/Ice Mass Evaluation
Fuel Cell
File:
Download Shi_-Dissertation_-_101105.pdf
Committee Members:
Professor Jack Brenizer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Professor Matthew Mench, Committee Member
Professor William Higgins, Committee Member

1180. BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE REGIME SWITCHING COVARIANCE MODEL

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Lu
Title:
BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE REGIME SWITCHING COVARIANCE MODEL
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
dynamic covariance
state space model
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)
bayesian analysis
stochastic volatility
time series analysis
File:
Download Lu-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Liechty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Runze Li, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Timothy Simin, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

1181. Dual Time Scale Dynamic User Equilibria with Demand Growth: Formulation and a Convergent Algorithm

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Open Access
Author:
Rigdon, Matthew Alden
Title:
Dual Time Scale Dynamic User Equilibria with Demand Growth: Formulation and a Convergent Algorithm
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
dynamic user equilibrium
dynamic games
traffic equilibria
algorithm
File:
Download MatthewRigdon.pdf
Committee Members:
Terry Friesz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom Cavalier, Committee Member
Venky Shankar, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member

1186. Social Capital In the Marketplace: The Implications of Using Social Relationships for Consumption Purposes

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Open Access
Author:
Johnson, Bryan R.
Title:
Social Capital In the Marketplace: The Implications of Using Social Relationships for Consumption Purposes
Graduate Program:
Business Administration
Keywords:
Social Capital
Marketing Relationships
File:
Download Doctoral_Dissertation_Submission_-_Bryan_Johnson.pdf
Committee Members:
Bill Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William T Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Member
Barbara Louise Gray, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Committee Member