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41. Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Volume of Fluid/Level Set Method to Study Two Phase Flows

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Open Access
Author:
Fick, Anthony Daniel
Title:
Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Volume of Fluid/Level Set Method to Study Two Phase Flows
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
volume of fluid
level set
buoyancy driven
pressure driven
File:
Download Tony-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

42. Late Ordovician ocean-climate system and paleobiogeography

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Open Access
Author:
Herrmann, Achim Dirk
Title:
Late Ordovician ocean-climate system and paleobiogeography
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
Ordovician
ocean model
climate model
mass extinction
paleobiogeography
File:
Download eTDHerrmann.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member

43. Loop Quantum Cosmology: A Window Into the Path Integral Representation of Quantum Gravity

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Open Access
Author:
Henderson, Adam Dade
Title:
Loop Quantum Cosmology: A Window Into the Path Integral Representation of Quantum Gravity
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Quantum Gravity
Path Integral
File:
Download Henderson-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abhay Vasant Ashtekar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Sommers, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Committee Member
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member

45. Modeling External Forcing on Microparasite Dynamics: a tool for understanding observed ecological patterns and forecasting dynamics

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Open Access
Author:
Luis, Angela D.
Title:
Modeling External Forcing on Microparasite Dynamics: a tool for understanding observed ecological patterns and forecasting dynamics
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
Sin Nombre virus
hantavirus
Peromyscus
deer mice
hibernation
ecological cascade hypothesis
File:
Download AngelaLuis-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter John Hudson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bryan Grenfell, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member
Richard Douglass, Committee Member

46. WOMEN IN ENGINEERING: THE GENDERED EFFECTS OF PROGRAM CHANGES, FACULTY ACTIVITIES, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES ON LEARNING

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Open Access
Author:
Lambert, Amber D.
Title:
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING: THE GENDERED EFFECTS OF PROGRAM CHANGES, FACULTY ACTIVITIES, AND STUDENT EXPERIENCES ON LEARNING
Graduate Program:
Higher Education
Keywords:
engineering education
gender differences
design skills
group skills
women in engineering
File:
Download Amber_Lambert_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick T Terenzini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa R Lattuca, Committee Member
Duane Francis Alwin, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

47. Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides

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Open Access
Author:
Mayernick, Adam David
Title:
Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Density Functional Theory
Palladium
Catalysis
Ceria
Hydrocarbon Oxidation
File:
Download MAYERNICK_PHDTHESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

48. Gamma-Ray Bursts and Afterglows from Relativistic Fireballs

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Open Access
Author:
Panaitescu, Alin-Daniel
Title:
Gamma-Ray Bursts and Afterglows from Relativistic Fireballs
Graduate Program:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keywords:
relativistic hydrodynamics
non-thermal emission
synchrotron
inverse Compton
File:
Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:
Steinn Sigurdsson, Committee Member
Pablo Laguna, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Pavlov, Committee Member
Samuel Finn, Committee Member

49. USING NEUTRAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF FIRE SEVERITY: A CASE STUDY OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

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Open Access
Author:
Pierce, Andrew D
Title:
USING NEUTRAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF FIRE SEVERITY: A CASE STUDY OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
random forest
fire behavior modeling
vegetation dynamics
neutral model
landscape ecology
File:
Download ADPierce_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

50. SIMULATIONS OF AEROSOL, MICROPHYSICAL AND COASTAL INFLUENCES ON ARCTIC MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS

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Author:
Avramov, Alexander Elkov
Title:
SIMULATIONS OF AEROSOL, MICROPHYSICAL AND COASTAL INFLUENCES ON ARCTIC MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
aerosols
mixed-phase clouds
arctic clouds
ice crystal habit
File:
Download FinalDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jerry Y Harrington, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y H Arrington, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member