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Author:

Agarwal, Amal

Title:

Model-Based Clustering of Nonparametric Weighted Networks

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Exponential-family random graphical model
Local likelihood
Variational inference

File:

Download Amal-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lingzhou Xue, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Diaz, Manuel

Title:

SEMICLASSICAL CONSISTENT CONSTRAINTS WITH MOMENTS IN SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC QUANTUM GRAVITY

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Canonical Quantum Gravity
Semiclassical Constraint Algebra
Canonical Effective Method
Dirac Algebra
Hypersurface Deformation Algebra
First-Class Algebra
First-Class Constraints
Constrained Hamiltonian System
Effective Theory

File:

Download ManuelDiaz-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Bojowald, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan, Visweshwar

Title:

AN ULTRA-LOW-COST PORTABLE PHOTOACOUSTIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

medical
electronics
devices
ultrasound
photoacoustics
portable
cheap
ultra
ultraportable
cost effective

File:

Download Vish_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Evan Higgins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clemente-Harding, Laura

Title:

Extension of the Analog Ensemble Technique to the Spatial Domain

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Analog Ensemble
uncertainty quantification
Search Space Extension
Schaake Shuffle
ensemble prediction
spatio-temporal consistency
computationally efficient
spatial optimization
optimal predictor weighting

File:

Download 2019_PSU_Dissertation_LCH_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Guido Cervone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guido Cervone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rotella, Christopher

Title:

Harnessing the Properties of Carbon Nanotubes to Increase Applicability

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Doping
Increasing applicability
Biomedical applications
Li-ion Batteries

File:

Download Rotella_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Crowe, Elizabeth

Title:

Understanding Factors that Influence STEM Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Buy-In to Pedagogical Training

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

graduate teaching assistant
pedagogical training
buy-in
STEM pedagogical training
GTA professional development

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Crowe_for_Submission_11-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Julia Diane Plummer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Program Head/Chair
Hollie Kulago, Committee Member

Author:

Rogers, Bradley Allen

Title:

Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ion-Specific Effects
Interfacial Water Structure
Protein-Protein Interactions
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Hydrophobicity
Thermoresponsive Polymers
Temperature Gradient Microfluidics

File:

Download Dissertation_Rogers_v11.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Banfill, James Steven

Title:

APPLICATION OF SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST TO ANTHRACITE MINE SOILS: BIOMASS PRODUCTION, SOIL FERTILITY, AND SPATIAL INVENTORY OF SUITABLE MINE SITES

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

coal mine reclamation
spent mushroom compost
warm-season grass
biomass
switchgrass
landscape fragmentation

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Snyder, Cody

Title:

Development of a Cast 50 ksi (345 MPa) Yield Strength Low Alloy Steel with a Low Carbon Equivalent

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cast steel
HSLA cast steel
HSLA steel

File:

Download Snyder_Master_s_Thesis__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Jingjing Li, Committee Member
Amy Carol Robinson, Special Signatory

Author:

Li, Zhi

Title:

Perceived structural holes and power in organizations

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power
Structural holes
Cognitive networks
Perceived structural holes
“Actual” structural holes
Reputational Power

File:

Download Perceived_structural_holes_and_power_in_organizations_Zhi_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Helen Felmlee, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Program Head/Chair