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Author:: Clemente-Harding, Laura
Title:: Extension of the Analog Ensemble Technique to the Spatial Domain
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Analog Ensemble
uncertainty quantification
Search Space Extension
Schaake Shuffle
ensemble prediction
spatio-temporal consistency
computationally efficient
spatial optimization
optimal predictor weighting
File:: Download 2019_PSU_Dissertation_LCH_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Guido Cervone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guido Cervone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Outside Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Rotella, Christopher
Title:: Harnessing the Properties of Carbon Nanotubes to Increase Applicability
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Doping
Increasing applicability
Biomedical applications
Li-ion Batteries
File:: Download Rotella_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Rogers, Bradley Allen
Title:: Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Ion-Specific Effects
Interfacial Water Structure
Protein-Protein Interactions
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Hydrophobicity
Thermoresponsive Polymers
Temperature Gradient Microfluidics
File:: Download Dissertation_Rogers_v11.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Akkopru Akgun, Betul
Title:: The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation
File:: Download BetulAkkopruAkgun_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Alotaibi, Thamer
Title:: Lithospheric Geodynamics of the Arabian Margin
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Lithospheric geodyanmics
Arabian Margin deformation
Red Sea rifting evolution
File:: Download PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kevin Patrick Furlong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Rocco Malservisi, Special Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Kafle, Madhav Prasad
Title:: Negotiating Academic Literacy in Mobility: Undergraduate Refugee Students’ Challenges in US Higher Education
Graduate Program:: Applied Linguistics
Keywords:: academic literacy
Bhutanese refugees
higher education
informal networks
literacy challenges
literacy pedagogy
mobility
negotiation
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Committee Members:: Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Outside Member
Robert William Schrauf, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Brubaker, Timothy Ryan
Title:: Multiphase plasmas in medicine: Plasma jet--liquid interaction and the direct generation of plasma in conductive liquids
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: plasma medicine
atmospheric pressure plasma jet
plasma-liquid interaction
reactive oxygen species
blood
inactivation of bacteria
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Committee Members:: Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Outside Member
Sean David Knecht, Committee Member

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Author:: Fortenbaugh, Robert
Title:: MOLECULAR-SCALE CONTROL OVER REACTION RATE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTOTHERMALLY CURED SILICONE
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Photothermal
photothermal effect
nanoparticles
silicone
photothermal heat
PDMS
polymer
3D printing
paints and coatings
thermoset polymer
File:: No files available due to restrictions.
Committee Members:: Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

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Author:: Glass-Heffner, Andrea
Title:: Gentrification, Interrupted: Place-Based Identity, Vanishing Landscapes, and the War on Gentrification in Urban America
Graduate Program:: American Studies
Keywords:: American Studies
Urban Studies
Gentrification
digital culture
gender and sexuality
spatial justice
memory
space and place
popular culture
visual culture
folklore
vanishing landscapes
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Committee Members:: Charles David Kupfer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Member
Simon J. Bronner, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Outside Member

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Author:: Diddi, Pratiti
Title:: INTERPLAY OF NARRATIVES AND SELF-DISCLOSURE IN ORGANIZATIONAL CRISIS COMMUNICATION
Graduate Program:: Mass Communications
Keywords:: Narratives
Stealing Thunder
Organizational crisis
Crisis Communication
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Committee Members:: Fuyuan Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Denise Sevick Bortree, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ahern, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Fuyuan Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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