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Author:

Smith, Britton Devon

Title:

The Transition from Population III to Population II Star Formation in the Early Universe

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

numerical simulation
cosmology
star formation

File:

Download Britton_Smith_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Niel Brandt, Committee Member
Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Member
Deirdre Shoemaker, Committee Member
Richard Alan Wade, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Carissa Dawn Turner

Title:

Placing Religion: The Spiritual Geography of Twentieth-Century American Women Writers

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

religion
feminism
spiritual geography
literature
place

File:

Download diss_complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah L Clarke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Lee Gorby, Committee Member
Iyunolu Folayan Osagie, Committee Member
Robin G Schulze, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, David Grant

Title:

"On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870"

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

border
petition
fugitive slaves
abolitionism
anti-slavery
antislavery
Pennsylvania
Thaddeus Stevens
contrabands
African Americans
Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee

File:

Download Final_1120DGSmithPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Alan Blair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Carver Rose, Committee Member
Lori D Ginzberg, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Richard J M Blackett, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Damon Michael

Title:

READERS THEATRE: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING READING FLUENCY, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD READING AMONG SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

Oral Reading Fluency
Reading Attitude
Reading Motivation
Readers Theatre

File:

Download readers_theatre_final_5-4-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jeremy Douglas

Title:

EFFECTS OF PROSTHESIS INERTIA ON THE MECHANICS AND ENERGETICS OF AMPUTEE LOCOMOTION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

transtibial
biomechanics
loading

File:

Download Jeremy_Smith_Final_Draft_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jason Michael

Title:

The Effects of Neighborhood and School Context on Extracurricular Participation and Educational Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

education
attainment
extracurricular
neighborhood effects
school effects
racial composition
class composition

File:

Download Jason_Smith_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Suet Ling Pong, Committee Member
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kandler A.

Title:

Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kenneth Lee

Title:

Dynamic Singularity Excision in Numerical Relativity

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

black holes
classical general relativity
numerical relativity
singularity excision

File:

Download ksmith_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Pablo Laguna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernd BrÜGmann, Committee Member
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Michelle C

Title:

AT THE INTERSECTION OF UTOPIA AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE: THE SPATIAL-RHETORICAL NEGOTIATIONS OF 19TH-CENTURY WOMEN

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

intentional communities
gender
space
rhetoric
public

File:

Download Dissertation_7-20.pdf

Committee Members:

Cheryl Jean Glenn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John L Selzer, Committee Member
Hester Maureen Blum, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Megan Meredith

Title:

AWARENESS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICITS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: SELF VERSUS INFORMANT RATINGS OF IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS VERSUS CONTROLS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive functioning
anosognosia
multiple sclerosis
dysexecutive questionnaire

File:

Download MSmith_dissertation_06_07r.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Nicholas J

Title:

Novel Approaches to the Surface Modification of Glass by Thermo-electric Poling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermal poling
surface
glass

File:

Download THESIS-NSmith-vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Patrice Johnelle

Title:

INEQUALITY AND INFANT HEALTH: A MULTILEVEL APPROACH TO DISENTANGLING CORRELATES OF METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DISPARITIES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

birth weight
rural
multilevel modeling

File:

Download dissertation_0605.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Shannon Stokes, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Rachel Katherine

Title:

PRECISE NANO-SCALE ASSEMBLIES: GOLD CLUSTERS AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
nanotechnology
nanoparticles
monolayers (SAMs)
self-assembly
infrared spectroscopy (IR)

File:

Download rksthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Robert William

Title:

DYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMPOSITE METAL-RUBBER LAMINATE ACOUSTIC POWER COUPLING BELLOWS WITH APPLICATION TO THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATION

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Bellows
Thermoacoustic
Buckling
Parametric Stability
Rubber Composites.

File:

Download R_W_Smith_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Lee Warley, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Terri Freeman

Title:

EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE IN FOUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN WORKPLACE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE (WLP): A CRITICAL INCIDENT ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

EXEMPLARY
PERFORMANCE
WORKPLACE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE
WLP
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
CRITICAL INCIDENT ANALYSIS
typical
average
superstar
best-in-class
ASTD
Competency Modeling

File:

Download Smith_F._Terri_Exemplary_Performance_April_11_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Terry Michael

Title:

THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE STEROL RESPONSE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEINS IN LIPOGENESIS IN THE SEB-1 SEBACEOUS MODEL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

sterol response element binding protein
SREBP
lipogenesis
acne
sebaceous gland
IGF-1
insulin-like growth factor

File:

Download Thesis-Terry_Smith.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Alan Clawson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane M Thiboutot, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Lee Billingsley, Committee Member
Craig Matthew Meyers, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Benjamin David

Title:

The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle

File:

Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jared Brent

Title:

Functional Organization of Neural Circuits in Rodent Motor Cortex

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

motor cortex
claustrum
sensorimotor
whisker
neuroanatomical tracing
neurophysiology

File:

Download Jared_B_Smith_Doctoral_Dissertation_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Douglas Alloway, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph Norgren, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Uhnoh Kim, Special Member
Bruce Gluckman, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Tammy Buckley

Title:

Development of Business Standards for Improving Service Quality for Consumers with Disabilities within the U.S. Service Industry: A Modified Delphi Study

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

Disability
Disabilities
Customer Service
Consumers
Standards
Best Practices
Quality
Americans with Disabilities Act

File:

Download TammySmithFinalDissertationSubmittedOctober252013.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Andrew Justin Mowen, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Maria C

Title:

Testing the Factor Structure of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) Parent Form Using a Mixed Clinical Sample of Youth

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

executive function
measurement
confirmatory factor analysis
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function

File:

Download FINAL_DRAFT_12_4_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Beverly Vandiver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hoi Kin Suen, Committee Member
Lynn Susan Liben, Committee Member