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Author:

Van Sant, Ian

Title:

Design and Fabrication of a Nuclear Dry Cask Inspection Robot: Integrating Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Active Transducer Measurement Methods

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

dry cask inspection
nuclear dry cask
Electromagnetic Active Transducer
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
robotic inspection system
remote inspection robot
stress corrosion cracking

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mc Vey, Thomas Matthew

Title:

CONTINOUS SEPARATION OF COMMODITY CHEMICALS FROM PARTIALLY DEOXYGENATED PYROLYSIS OILS VIA FLASH DISTILLATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

pyrolysis
bio-oil
distillation
BTX
benzene
toluene
xylene
biomass
pyrolysis oil
separation
continuous distillation

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Landge, Ameya S

Title:

LIQUID WATER AND FLOW TURBULANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PENN STATE ICING WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Icing wind tunnel calibration
Turbulence intensity
Flow Angularity
Cloud uniformity
Median Volume Diameter (MVD)
SAE ARP 5905

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Bowen

Title:

TRANSVERSE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS FOR HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES UNDER THE EFFECT OF PERMIT VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

live load distribution factor
curved bridge
warping and bending
permit vehicle
steel I-girder bridge

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member

Author:

Naegele, Steven M

Title:

The 26-27 January Nor'easter (Juno): Radar Analysis and Simulated Sensitivity to Riming Parameterizations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

winter cyclone
nor'easter
snow band
snow
riming parameterization
microphysics
dual-polarization radar
Juno
radar
graupel

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member

Author:

Rajendren, Krishnaswami

Title:

Integration of Random-Pore Model & Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics To Study High Temperature Coal Gasification

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Solid-Gas Reactions
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Coal Gasification
Carbon Gasification
Random Pore Model
Langmuir Adsorption
Langmuir-Hinshelwood Kinetics
Stefan-Maxwell Relations
Multi-component Diffusion
Reaction Diffusion PDE
Partial Differential Equations
Reaction Kinetics
Chemical Engineering
Energy Engineering
Clean Coal Technologies
Transport Phenomena
Mass Transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Diffusion
Crystallization
Crystal Growth Kinetics
Kinetics of Phase Change
MATLAB
Orthogonal Collocation
Legendre Polynomials
Gauss-Jacobi Iteration Scheme
Non-linear PDEs
Arrhenius Equation
Gasifier
Gasification Technologies
Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Environmental Sustainability
Entrained Flow Reactor
High-Pressure Entrained Flow Reactor
HPEFR

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Sarma Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Tao

Title:

Towards Flexible and Realistic Insider Mission Simulation

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Insider threat
Insider mission
Mission dimension
Business process
Insider mission simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Committee Member

Author:

Ahn, Eunnam

Title:

MULTI-WELL ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR CONING UNDER SIMULTANEOUS STEADY-STATE FLOW OF THREE PHASES

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

analytical solution
coning
vertical equilibrium
steady-state
multi-well
three-phase flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barclift, Michael W

Title:

Cost Modeling and Design Tools for Additive Manufacturing with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing
Metal
Laser
Powder Bed Fusion
CAD
Design Tools
DFAM
Cost Modeling
Powder Reuse
API
Depreciation
Powder Recycling
Cost Estimation
Support Structures
Optimization
Powder Feedstock
LPBF
AM

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wildermuth, Grace Amanda

Title:

Marcellus Shale Landowner Coalitions: Form, Function, and Impact

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Marcellus Shale
Community-based Natural Resource Managment
Cooperatives
Social Movements
Lease Negotiations
Shale Gas

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member

Author:

Mohan, Tharun

Title:

Improve Food Supply Chain Traceability using Blockchain

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

food supply chain
food tracebility systems
blockchain

File:

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Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Harrison, Committee Member
Janis Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Stephens, Cameron M

Title:

Biology of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa populations and their resistance to fungicides

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Dollar spot
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa
fungicide resistance
chemical management
vegetative compatibility groups
VCG
SDHI
population dynamics
S. homoeocarpa
fungicide insensitivity

File:

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Committee Members:

John Edward Kaminski III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Wakar Uddin, Committee Member
Lisa Beirn, Committee Member

Author:

Jinandra, Amisha Madhu

Title:

FUNCTIONALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE WITH 2-AMINOETHANETHIOL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
chemical functionalization
thiol
chemistry
ws2
tmd
transition metal dichalcogenide
2-aminoethanethiol
Raman Spectroscopy
AFM
SEM
ToF-SIMS
XPS
Physisorption
layered material

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Van Sice, Katherine Joi

Title:

RADIUM FATE FOLLOWING OIL AND GAS WASTEWATER DISPOSAL TO SURFACE WATERS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional
conventional
radioactive
fracking
sediments

File:

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Committee Members:

Nathaniel Richard Warner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Fred Scott Cannon, Committee Member

Author:

Bujold, Kenneth Earl

Title:

CONTINUOUS LOW-DOSE HEPARIN INFUSION FOR CATHETER RELATED THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Pediatric
Thrombosis
Prophylaxis
Central venous catheter
venous thromboembolism
heparin

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Allen Lloyd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Valerie Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Elahi, Syed Samiul

Title:

Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction flow
Reynolds number
Turbulence
Unsteady heat flux
Junction flow
Horseshoe vortex
Reynolds number
Freestream turbulence
Heat transfer

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Hitchcock, Owen Martin

Title:

Methods to reduce dimensionality and identify candidate solutions in multi-objective signal timing problems

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

multi-objective optimization
traffic signal timing
optimal solution

File:

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Committee Members:

Vikash Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Donnell, Committee Member
S. Ilgin Guler, Committee Member

Author:

Valqui Ordonez, Brayam D

Title:

ENDOGENOUS ADOPTION DECISIONS OF COAL-BIOMASS CO-FIRING: AN EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Electricity Market
Biomass co-firing
Nash Equilibrium
Coal Plants
Endogenous decisions
MISO
Renewable Portfolio Standards

File:

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Tate, Ashley M

Title:

A Stepped Approach to Examine the Dyadic Influence of Pain Communication on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients and their Spouses

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

Osteoarthritis
Pain Communication
Interpersonal Process Model of Intimacy
Psychosocial Adjustment

File:

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Committee Members:

Lynn Margaret Martire, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Sarah J

Title:

atATAD Heat Recycle in Countercurrent Flow, Continuous Phase Sludge Treatment Process to Class A Fertilizer Utilizing Surface Aeration Technologies

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

ATAD
atatad
wastewater treatment
countercurrent
process control
wwtp
aerobic digestion
autothermal
heat
enthalpy
mass
energy balance
equilibrium
surface aerator

File:

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Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor