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Author:

Roggenbaum, Morgan

Title:

Engineering transcriptional logic within bacteria using complex, modular CRISPRi circuit arrays

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

synthetic biology
genetic circuits
CRISPRi
transcriptional read-through

File:

Download RoggenbaumMorgan_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Catchmark, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Howard M Salis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member
Esther Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Kahiu, Maureen

Title:

Variation in Clarireedia spp. inhibition and turfgrass phytotoxicity among demethylation inhibitor fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Demethylation inhibitor fungicides
phytotoxicity
DMIs
dollar spot

File:

Download Maureen_Kahiu_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member

Author:

Fornini, Robert

Title:

The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Concussion
Depression
EEG
Virtual Reality
Asymmetry

File:

Download Thesis_Final_4.8.22.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member

Author:

Abrams, Samuel

Title:

Extending Video Action Recognition in the Compressed Domain

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Action Recognition
Neural Networks
Video Compression

File:

Download SamuelAbramsThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walker, Jasmine

Title:

Backwater Hydrodynamic Influence on Avulsion Style and Floodplain Character: Case Study From Mungaroo Formation, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Seismic
Geomorphology
Channel
Interpretation
Floodplain
Paleo
Delta
Paleo-Deltaic
3D Seismic Data

File:

Download 2022_Formatted_Thesis_Backwater_Hydrodynamic_Influence.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Di Biase, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Lizhen

Title:

Contrastive Visual Learning from Spatiotemporal Information

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

Contrastive learning
computer vision
perception

File:

Download Lizhen_MS_Thesis_2022__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Member
Mary Beth Rosson, Program Head/Chair
Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soares, Nicholas

Title:

Incorporating Novel Sprue Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques to Improve Nickel Aluminum Bronze Castings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

metal casting
sand casting
3D sand printing
additive manufacturing
nickel aluminum bronze

File:

Download Nicholas_Soares_Thesis_Final_with_Corrections.pdf

Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barie, Katherine

Title:

Environmental and social factors affecting gyne and brood physiology in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Bombus
Carbon dioxide
Social environment
Physiology
Bumble bee

File:

Download Barie.thesis.2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Etya Amsalem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member

Author:

Perez Holguin, Rolfy

Title:

Outcomes after Sublobar Resection versus Lobectomy in Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma In Situ

Graduate Program:

Clinical Research

Keywords:

Non-small cell lung cancer
Carcinoma In Situ
Sublobar resection
lobectomy

File:

Download Perez_thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Leslie, Program Head/Chair
Chan Shen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vonn Andrew Walter, Committee Member
Tonya Sharp King, Committee Member

Author:

Di Monte, Kristin

Title:

Morphology Dependent Optical Properties of Mixed Organic/Inorganic Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Aerosol
Optical Growth Factor
fRH
Hygroscopicity
Hygroscopicity Parameter
Water Soluble Organic Compounds
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
CRDS
Multicomponent
Inorganic Salt

File:

Download Kristin_DiMonte_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member

Author:

Chai, Jiaming

Title:

Graph-based Methods For Zero-shot Learning In Image Classifications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Zero-shot Learning
Image Classification

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Wang-Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sgarrella, Joseph

Title:

Biomimetic Computational Techniques for the Simulation of Fungi Networks

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Fungal Infection
Growth Mechanics
Meshing
Phase-Field
Geometric Constraints

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Sgarrella_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Christian Peco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Michael Hillman, Committee Member

Author:

Pankratz, Katharina

Title:

Impacts of Marcellus Produced Water Disposal on Freshwater Mussels

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Produced Water
Bioaccumulation
Radium
Salinity
Tracer
Biomonitor

File:

Download THESIS_r2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nathaniel Richard Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Regan, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Selinsky, Peter

Title:

A Flow Study of the Effects of Outlet Valve Angle in the Right Side of the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Total Artificial Heart

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

particle image velocimetry (PIV)
pediatric ventricular assist device (PVAD)
pediatric total artificial heart (pTAH)
fluid dynamics
mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSDs)
total artificial heart (TAH)
ventricular assist device (VAD)
Penn State
outlet valve
flow study
2D PIV
rotational flow
thrombosis
shear rate
blood analog
flow loop
3D flow
right side of pediatric total artificial heart (RpTAH)

File:

Download Selinsky_Thesis_Final_Update.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Daniel J Hayes, Program Head/Chair
William Joseph Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Delgado, Luis

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, EXPOSURE, AND FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK DISRUPTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

social vulnerability
food
energy
and water security
food security
disruption exposure
freight transportation network
vulnerable communities
emergency response planning
inequality
network vulnerability analysis

File:

Download Luis_Delgado_Final_MS_Thesis_Summer_2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Vikash V. Gayah, Committee Member

Author:

Vavra, Joseph

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DESATURATION OF AN ALIPHATIC SUBSTRATE BY CLAVAMINATE SYNTHASE

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Iron
2-oxoglutarate
clavaminic acid
ferryl
hydroxylation
desaturation
oxacyclization
hydrogen atom transfer

File:

Download CAS_JWV_Committee_7_format_review_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ken Keiler, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Carsten Krebs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hinojos, Selena

Title:

Social and Environmental Vulnerability to Flooding: Investigating Cross-Scale Hypotheses

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

MAUP
Scale
Flood Vulnerability
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem
Social Vulnerability

File:

Download MastersThesis_SH_FinalVersion_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Peter Stempel, Committee Member

Author:

Carey, Sarah

Title:

IMPLICATING CXCL10 AND CXCL13 SIGNALING IN T CELL TRAFFICKING TO THE CNS DURING POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Polyomavirus
CNS
CD8 T Cells
Recruitment
Chemokines
CXCL10
CXCL13
Trafficking
Signaling

File:

Download SarahCarey_Master_sThesis2022_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aron Eliot Lukacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Ralph Keil, Program Head/Chair
Edward Harhaj, Committee Member
Hyun Jin Kwun, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Balaji, Laxmaan

Title:

A Differentiable Synthetic Prediction Market

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Prediction Market
Synthetic Prediction Market
Supervised Learning
Classification

File:

Download Laxmaan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Michele Rajtmajer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher H Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Luque, Miranda

Title:

THE EFFECT OF pH ON THE INTERACTIONS OF KINESIN-1 AND KINESIN-2 WITH THEIR MICROTUBULE TRACK

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

pH
microtubule
kinesin-1
kineisn-2

File:

Download 7.19.22_Thesis_Final_Draft_ML_.pdf

Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Program Head/Chair
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gustavo Alberto Nader, Committee Member