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Author:

Gorton, Jacob Preston

Title:

Thermal Hydraulics of Accident Tolerant Fuel Concepts and a Preliminary Demonstration of CASL’s Coupled Tools for BWRs

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Accident Tolerant Fuel
Critical Heat Flux
Channel Box
Silicon Carbide
FeCrAl
CTF
MPACT/CTF

File:

Download Gorton_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Collins, Committee Member
Arthur Motta, Committee Member

Author:

Meredith, Scott

Title:

Impact of Atomization and Processing Gas on the Heat Treatment Response of Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

stainless steel
precipitation hardening (PH)
additive manufacturing (AM)
nitrogen
gas atomization
aging

File:

Download ScottMeredith_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Member
Jayme Scot Keist, Committee Member

Author:

Shoppell, Samantha J

Title:

The Art of Learning Tea: Embodied Teaching and Learning Practices in the Intercultural Context of the Tea Institute at Penn State

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

Japanese tea ceremony
okeiko pedagogy
culture in education
embodiment
living art practice

File:

Download _thesis__s.shoppell_finalFINAL2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kimberly Anne Powell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wanda Knight, Committee Member

Author:

Soto, David Romualdo

Title:

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE UPPER MANTLE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Geophysics
Seismology
Antarctica
Tomography
Rift
Tectonics

File:

Download Thesis_DS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Amsili, Joseph Pierre

Title:

ROOT TRAITS OF COVER CROPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STABILIZATION

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crops
root traits
root biomass
root distribution
carbon inputs
organic agriculture
rhizodeposition
SOC stabilization

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Charles Macaulay White, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Donald L

Title:

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Devices in Indoor Environments via Vector Sensing and Machine Learning

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Emitter Localization
Emitter Identification
Machine Learning
Vector Sensing
Radio Frequency Fingerprinting
Indoor Environment

File:

Download Donald_Hall-MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Marion Jenkins Jr., Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Kathrine Annette

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF POOR PERFORMANCE IN A STEREOTYPICALLY MASCULINE DOMAIN ON MASCULINITY, HEART RATE VARIABILITY, AND SEXISM

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

masculinity
threat
sexism
heart rate variability
anger

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Lewis_GradFormat_.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Diaz, Krystal

Title:

Thermodynamic Characterization of the Interaction of the Transcription Factor Pdx1 and its Regulatory Partner SPOP

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

pdx1
spop
protein-protein interaction
biophysics
fluorescence
isothermal titration calorimetry
intrinsically disordered proteins

File:

Download kdiaz_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Riegler, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

Validity of the ImPACT Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) Affective Symptom Clusters as a Screener for Depression in Collegiate Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
neuropsychology
depression
assessment
gender

File:

Download PS-Thesis-template_Riegler_2018_10-24-2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

English, Mary Samantha

Title:

Beyond sensitivity: Maternal positive emotion and its relation to child regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Emotion
Child Self-Regulation
Maternal Positive Emotion

File:

Download MaryEnglish_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member

Author:

Ferrara, Amanda Marie

Title:

The Effect of Prior Traumatic Events on Reading Comprehension and Metacognitive Monitoring in College Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

prior trauma
reading comprehension
metacognition
college students

File:

Download Ferrara_Thesis_181114.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Mcwhorter, Heather Fennessey

Title:

Minimizing the Effect of Dermal Absorption and Transport of Optimal Chemical Vapors for Simulated Measurement of Workplace Protection Factors (WPF) of Respiratory Protective Equipment

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

respirator
dermal permeability
WPF
ethyl bromide
workplace protection factor

File:

Download Thesis_-_McWhorter_-_11.12.18_.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member

Author:

Stoop, Tawni Blaze

Title:

Children Rely on Speaker Familiarity, but not Acoustic Properties, to Determine Emotional Intensity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

speaker familiarity
children
affective prosody

File:

Download Stoop_Masters_FOR_REVIEW_9.12.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela M. Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick O. Gilmore, Committee Member
Ginger Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Neblett, Carter L

Title:

Nondestructive Evaluation of Bolt Torque Levels Using Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Nondestructive Evaluation
Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy
Bolted Joints
Damage Indicator

File:

Download CarterNeblett-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dean Capone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Committee Member
Manton John Guers, Committee Member

Author:

Cassar, Joshua Robert

Title:

UTILIZATION OF PULSED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AS A MICROBIAL REDUCTION INTERVENTION ON RAW CHICKEN

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

chicken
pulsed ultraviolet light
Salmonella
E. coli
Campylobacter

File:

Download CASSAR_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Hoffman, Michael L

Title:

Condition-based Maintenance Policy Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms and Gaussian Markov Improvement Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

condition-based maintenance
maintenance optimization
genetic algorithm
gaussian markov improvement algorithm

File:

Download Hoffman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eunhye Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Brundage, Committee Member

Author:

Beltre, Maria L

Title:

Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hurricane-induced soil erosion
coastal soil erosion
quantification of soil erosion
remediation againsts coastal soil erosion
beach nourishment

File:

Download Beltre_MS_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Wenjie

Title:

ENSEMBLE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF ICE FLOW SIMULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETRIC MODEL UNCERTAINTIES

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ensemble sensitivity
ice flow
basal shear stress

File:

Download Thesis_final_Wendall_0919.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron Richard Parizek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member

Author:

Brittingham, Jacob Charles

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF PDX1 AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH SPOP

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

PDX1
SPOP

File:

Download Emerging_role_of_intrinsically_disordered_protein_regions.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Haley M

Title:

The Seismic Hazards Posed by New Mapped Offshore Segments of the Ranong and Khlong Marui Faults

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Intraplate
Thailand
Strike - Slip

File:

Download Ramirez_Thesis_SThailand.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member