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Author:

Elmquist, Jon

Title:

Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

neonicotinoid
insecticide
spotted lanternfly
imidacloprid
dinotefuran
pollinator
red maple
tree-of-heaven
Acer rubrum
Ailanthus altissima
Lycorma delicatula
non-target
risk assessment

File:

Download JE_PSU_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, William

Title:

Semantic Image Retrieval via Graph Representation and Metric Learning

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Semantic image retrieval
Image-to-image retrieval
Scene graph
Graph convolutional network
Metric learning
Deep learning

File:

Download WilliamWang-thesis-20220727.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Robotham, Daniel

Title:

Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

student commitment
emotional support
academic support
family influence
agricultural career
relevant skill acquisition
university experience
undergraduate students

File:

Download Daniel_Thesis_Final_Version_UpdatedFormatReview.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanna R. Windon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

Author:

Dyer, William

Title:

Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube yarn
Epoxy-impregnated carbon nanotube yarn
CNT yarn
Mechanical testing
Dynamic mechanical analysis

File:

Download Dyer_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Blunk, Andrew

Title:

Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science

Keywords:

Fresh Market Tomato
Nitrogen
Soil Monitoring
handheld Ion Selective Electrodes (ISE)
High Tunnel
Mid-Atlantic Region
soil fertility management

File:

Download Blunk_Thesis_Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
John Thomas Spargo, Committee Member

Author:

Osman, Mohamed

Title:

Development of Transparent Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Translucent matching layer
glass beads
Ultrasonic Transducer
Transparent Ultrasound Transducer
Photoacoustic Imaging

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Mohamed_Osman_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julianna Simon, Committee Member
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Committee Member

Author:

Azhar, Fariha

Title:

ASHE: An Agent-Based Model that Simulates Human Error Probability Using Design Structure Matrices

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design

Keywords:

Human Error
Agent-Based Model
Design Structure Matrix
Human Reliability Analysis

File:

Download FarihaAzhar_EDSGN_Thesis_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chris Mc Comb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aquino, Carl Fredrick

Title:

Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sea-level rise
sea level
probabilistic inversion
Bayesian inversion
Greenland Ice Sheet
Antarctic Ice Sheet
climate risk
climate risk management
coastal hazards

File:

Download AQUINO_CARLFREDRICK_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Srikrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Tianyang

Title:

Dialogue State Tracking with Universal Adversarial Triggers

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Dialogue State Tracking

File:

Download DST_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Rui Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Blanca, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Xiaomeng

Title:

DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery

File:

Download XT_Thesis_Draft_v10.8.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Coco, Michael G

Title:

HIGH PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF CRYSTALLINE DOPED ZNSE OPTICAL FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

FeZnSe
mid-infrared
optical fiber laser
CrZnSe
high pressure
chemical vapor deposition
ZnSSe

File:

Download coco_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

John V. Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V. Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Member
Miriam A. Freedman, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yue

Title:

MECHANISTIC STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NEUROD1-MEDIATED IN VIVO CELL CONVERSION

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Alzheimer's disease
NeuroD1
Cell conversion
Beneficial effect
GAD67
Haploinsufficiency
Small molecule cocktail
Therapy
In vivo

File:

Download 2018_Spring_PhD_thesis-Yue_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cavener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard Luscher, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Yingwei Mao, Outside Member

Author:

Hernandez, Margarita

Title:

Noventa Millas: Migration history, genomic ancestry, and health outcomes among Cuban refugees/immigrants and Cuban-Americans in the United States

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

anthropology
genomics
biocultural anthropology
Latiné
mixed-methods
community based research

File:

Download DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Tim Ryan, Program Head/Chair
Lindsay Fernandez-Rhodes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Shenk, Dissertation Co-Advisor
George Perry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Shriver, Major Field Member