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Author:

Lakhmani, Sagar

Title:

VELOCITY BASED POTENTIAL FIELD METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Potential fields
Drones
UAV
Velocity bases approach
Collision avoidance
Aerial Vehicles
Robotics
Path planning

File:

Download Sagar_Lakhmani_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kerr, Evan M

Title:

ADVANCED HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION UNIT FOR CUBESATS (PUC): DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TITANIUM TANK

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CubeSat
Propulsion unit
hybrid rocket
additive manufacturing
powder bed fusion
direct metal laser sintering
DMLS
PBF

File:

Download Kerr_Thesis_Master_s_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Sokolowsky, George Alexander

Title:

A new bulk adaptive habit microphysical model including deposition coefficient prediction and its application in different model frameworks

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

cloud physics
atmospheric ice modeling
deposition coefficient
box model
parcel model
bulk particle size distribution
bulk model
faceted ice crystals
cirrus
ice microphysics
adaptive habit
deposition coefficient prediction
vapor deposition ice growth

File:

Download Sokolowsky_PSU_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member

Author:

Vazquez, Elena Maria

Title:

MASONRY SCREEN WALLS IN PARAGUAY: CREATING A DIGITAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPTIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH SHAPE CONFIGURATION

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Masonry screen walls performance-based design
shape grammars
smart low-tech
Masonry screen walls
Performance-based design
Environmental performance
Smart low-tech
Shape grammars

File:

Download 2018_04_01_THESIS_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Duarte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Mahajan, Shephali

Title:

Gender Inclusive Talent Management practices in Multinational Companies operating in India

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Gender Inclusion
Multinational companies
India
Female
Stereotypes
Sex-based discrimination

File:

Download Shephali_Mahajan__finalthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McGrady, Carlene Miller

Title:

Pollination Services, Colony Abundances and Population Genetics of Bombus impatiens

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Pollination
Cucurbita Agroecosystems
Bombus impatiens
Apis mellifera
Peponapis pruinosa
visitation rates
microsatellite analysis
colony abundance
population genetics

File:

Download MCGRADY_FINAL_THESIS_7.10.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Committee Member
James Strange, Committee Member
Maryann Frazier, Committee Member

Author:

Dorley, Jancoba K

Title:

Understanding the relationship between climate change and concentration-discharge discharge: Agricutural Nitrate in the clear creek watershed.

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Concentration-discharge Dynamic
Nitrate export
Time series analysis
Climate projections

File:

Download Dorley_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xi

Title:

APPGRADER: AN APP QUALITY GRADING SYSTEM BASED ON CODE-LEVEL FEATURES

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mobile App Ranking
App Quality Evaluation
App View
Graph Convolutional Network
Deep Learning

File:

Download Xi-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gominho, Brandon Simon

Title:

Thermal Tolerance of Flight Muscles in the Endothermic Hawkmoth, Manduca sexta

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Heat shock proteins
Manduca sexta
Thermoregulation
Thermal Tolerance
Physiology
Flight Muscles

File:

Download Gominho_Thesis_final_04_11_18.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jared Gregory Ali, Committee Member
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Enhao

Title:

Electronic Circuit for Ultrasound Modulation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Pulsed ultrasound
Brain stimulation
Headstage
Commercial chip
PCB
Modulation

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mehdi Kiani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Weihua Guan, Committee Member
Sumeet Gupta, Committee Member

Author:

Kohler, Ryan J

Title:

Polymorphic Homework and Laboratory System: An Instructional Tool for Combating Cheating

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cybersecurity
Education
Cheating
Situation Awareness
Challenge-Based Learning
Polymorphism

File:

Download kohler.r-MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicklaus A Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jungwoo Ryoo, Committee Member
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member

Author:

Kennedy, Matthew

Title:

Data Fusion of Security Logs to Measure Critical Security Controls to Increase Situation Awareness

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

metrics
security metrics
data fusion
situation awareness
jdl
security logs
cybersecurity

File:

Download Final_Kennedy_MS_Degree_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicklaus A Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member
Donald Richard Shemanski, Committee Member

Author:

Leary, Robert D

Title:

Real-time Vehicle Pose Estimation Utilizing Monocular Vision and Lane Marker Maps

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle localization
pose estimation
lane detection
autonomous vehicle
state estimation

File:

Download Leary-Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Daou, Carla

Title:

Race Differences In Associations Between Micronutrient Intake And Habitual Sleep Variability In Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Sleep variability
sleep duration
insomnia complaint
micronutrient
race

File:

Download approved.pdf

Committee Members:

Duanping Liao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen H Kjerulff, Committee Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Ganesh

Title:

Micromechanical Analysis of Transverse Young's Modulus of Glass/Carbon Hybrid Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

micromechanics
hybrid composites
finite element analysis
transverse Young's modulus

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ganesh_Venkatesan_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Shan

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF ENHANCEMENT OF DOWNWARD FACING BOILING HEAT TRANSFER USING MICRO-POROUS COATINGS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

CHF coating vessel

File:

Download Development_of_a_New_Downward__revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Breen, Scott Patrick

Title:

ORAL SOMATOSENSORY FUNCTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF CHOCOLATE PARTICLE SIZE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Chocolate
Oral Somatosensation
Psychophysics
Particle Size

File:

Download Breen_MastersThesis_FoodScience_Published.pdf

Committee Members:

John E Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Michele Etter, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Merck, Andrew Thomas

Title:

The Development of a Fast Method for the Calculation of Noise from Supersonic Jets

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Jet Noise
Aeroacoustics
Acoustics
Empirical Method
Wavepacket
Supersonic
Turbulence
Mixing Noise

File:

Download Andrew_Merck_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Corak, Gokhan

Title:

STATE FEEDBACK REACTOR CONTROL USING A VANADIUM AND RHODIUM SELF-POWERED NEUTRON DETECTOR

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

State feedback control
Reactor Control
Self-power neutron detectors
SPND
Vanadium self-power neutron detector
Rhodium self-power neutron detector

File:

Download Gokhan_Corak_Master_thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

James A Turso, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor