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Author:

Wisse, Ashley L

Title:

PROCESS-BASED POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION ON PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY RENEWAL PROJECTS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Sustainability
Design
Construction
Renewal Projects
Renovation
LEED
Policy Development
OPP

File:

Download Ashley_Wisse_Final_Thesis_07.2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ackley, Carly R.

Title:

Leadership in Green Schools: School Principals as Agents of Social Responsibility

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Ecological Literacy
Environmental Education
Educational Leadership
Sustainability
Green Schools

File:

Download Ackley_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Paul T Begley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paul T Begley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger C Shouse, Committee Member
Jacqueline A Stefkovich, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Shelton, Jordan D.

Title:

An Investigation of Sustainability Metrics in Industry to Aid Product Design, Production, and Distribution Processes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Distribution
Supply Chain
Manufacturing
Sustainability
Metrics

File:

Download Final_Graduate_School_Thesis_-_Jordan_Shelton.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Gul Kremer Okudan (Thesis), Dr Paul Griffin (Regular Advisor), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Ray Sr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pulaski, Michael

Title:

The Alignment of Sustainability and Constructability: A Continuous Value Enhancement Process

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Constructability
Construction
Sustainable Development
Sustainability
Construction Management

File:

Download Pulaski_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Horman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Riley Ii, Committee Member
John Messner, Committee Member
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Andrew Scott Lau, Committee Member

Author:

Mallette, Michele

Title:

Sustainable Development through the Use of Bio-fuels and Quantitative Metrics

Graduate Program:

Environmental Pollution Control

Keywords:

Bio-fuel
Bio-ethanol
Sustainability
Energy

File:

Download Mallette_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Said Elnashie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Protpakorn, Ruthairat

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES ON CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTALISM

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Corporate Environmentalism
Institutional Theory
RBV
Sustainability
Forest Products Industry

File:

Download Ruth_Protpakorn_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Judd Harrison Michael, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judd Harrison Michael, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Michael Smith, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Timothy Grant Pollock, Committee Member

Author:

Flohr, Travis Lee

Title:

COMMUNICATING FUTURE SCENARIOS: DEVELOPING AN INTERACTIVE, PARTICIPATORY INTERNET-BASED TOOL FOR ECOLOGICAL PLANNING

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Ecological Planning
Web 2.0
Landscape Architecture
Communication Techniques
Sprawl
Sustainability

File:

Download Travis_Flohr-Communicating_Future_Scenarios-Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Timothy Murtha Jr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Murtha, Ph D, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Orland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Tamminga, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Alan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Akcetin, Fatma Idil

Title:

Quantifying Green Construction Safety through Company Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Green Building
Sustainability
Design Build
Construction Safety
Sustainable Construction Safety and Health

File:

Download MSThesis_Akcetin_Fatma_Idil.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Michael Leicht, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ayer, Steve Kenneth

Title:

Sustainability education of engineering students using augmented reality and simulation games

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

ecoCampus
Situated Learning Theory
Augmented Reality
Simulation Games
Engineering Education
Sustainability

File:

Download Ayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Messner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin William Houser, Committee Member
Brian A Orland, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Ke

Title:

An Analytical Approach to Sustainable Transportation Network Design

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Transportation Engineering
Dynamic User Equilibrium
Transportation Network Design
Sustainability

File:

Download Ke_Han-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alberto Bressan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Lee Friesz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Tao Yao, Committee Member

Author:

Sane, Chinmay Girish

Title:

Product Resynthesis: An Optimal End-of-life Strategy for Closed-loop Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Sustainability
closed-loop supply chains
Remanufacturing
recycling
end-of-life decision making

File:

Download Thesis__Final__TuckerFeedback.pdf

Committee Members:

Conrad S Tucker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bloom, J. Dara

Title:

Strategies for a Sustainable Food System: Issues of Governance in a Corporate-led Model of Food System Localization

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Hybrid Governance
Corporate Governance
Local Food Systems
Sustainability
Produce Supply Chains
Wal-Mart

File:

Download jdb_439_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

C Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Anouk Patel, Committee Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Dr James Mc Carthy, Special Member

Author:

Torres, Aineth

Title:

Multi-objective Decision Support System for Sustainable Supplier Management

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Supply Chain
Green Supply Chain
Procurement
Supplier
Sustainability
Eco-efficiency
Portfolio Management
Supply Risk

File:

Download PhDThesis_ATorres_Spring2015_eTDversion.pdf

Committee Members:

Arunachalam Ravindran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arunachalam Ravindran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gul Kremer, Committee Member
Charles David Ray Sr., Committee Member
Paul M Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Nguyen, Thaison

Title:

Structural, Building Science, Sustainability, and Constructability Study of a Transparent Residential Wall System

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Structural
Constructibility
Sustainability
Transparent
Wall
Residential

File:

Download Thesis_Report.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hatim, Qais Yahya

Title:

Integrating Sustainability in Manufacturing Process Planning

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Sustainability
Process Planning
Simulation
Optimization
Methodology

File:

Download Qais_Hatim_Dissertation_July2015_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Saldana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
David R Riley Ii, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Sudarsan Rachuri, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Junfeng

Title:

A Sustainable Modular Product Design Approach with Key Components and Uncertain End-of-life Options Consideration

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Modular Product Design
Sustainability
End-of-Life
Optimization
Key Components

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Update.pdf

Committee Members:

Gul Kremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
M Jeya Chandra, Committee Member
Charles David Ray Sr., Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Committee Member

Author:

Fernandez Pulido, Carlos Rolando

Title:

DUCKWEED AS A SUSTAINABLE SOIL AMENDMENT TO SUPPORTCROP GROWTH, ENHANCE SOIL QUALITY, AND REDUCE AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Runoff
Duckweed
Crop Yield
Sustainable soil amendment
Soil nutrient residue
Agricultural runoff
Sustainability
Fertilization

File:

Download Carlos_Rolando_Fernandez_Pulido_Thesis..pdf

Committee Members:

Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Traore, Abou

Title:

Evaluating Agronomic and Social Dimensions of Rice Production: Increasing the Productivity of Smallholders in the NERICA /Rice Value Chain in Guinea

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Yield Gap
Seed
Innovation Platform
Technology
Market Access
Gender
Sustainability

File:

Download TRAORE_DISSERTATION.pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Luther Glenna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member
Guangqing Chi, Outside Member

Author:

Cornell, Carl Benjamin

Title:

Oikos: Sustainability, Dwelling, and Culture in Urban France

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Sustainability
Dwelling
Culture
Urban France
France
Contemporary France
Deindustrialization
Memory
Ecology
City

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Committee Members:

Monique Yaari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Monique Yaari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Member
Kathryn Grossman, Committee Member
Sophie de Schaepdrijver, Outside Member
Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, Special Member

Author:

Ji, Bianjie

Title:

Residential Choice, Demographics, and Sustainability: Lessons from State College, PA

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Residential choice
Demographics
Housing/neighborhood satisfaction
Sustainability

File:

Download Ji2019MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallika Bose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Committee Member

Author:

Mahjabin, Tasnuva

Title:

Integrating Embedded Resources and Network Analysis to Understand Food-Energy-Water Nexus in the US

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Food-Energy-Water nexus
Virtual water
Water footprint
Nitrogen footprint
Embedded resources
Network analysis
Scaling
Urban indicator
Sustainability

File:

Download Tasnuva_Mahjabin_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Caitlin A Grady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caitlin A Grady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mitchell, Gregory

Title:

Greening the Steel City:Testing for Environmental Gentrification in Allegheny County

Graduate Program:

Energy, Environmental, and Food Economics

Keywords:

Environmental Justice
Sustainability
Gentrification
TRI
Environmental Racism

File:

Download Greening_the_Steel_City__MS_.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Yoder Zipp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member
Justine F Lindemann, Committee Member
Edward C Jaenicke, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vazhnik, Veronika

Title:

Farm landscape design decision support to increase economic, environmental and social benefits using stakeholder engagement, sustainability assessment and spatial analysis

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Decision support
Sustainability
Geographic Information Systems
Stakeholder engagement
Perennial bioenergy crops

File:

Download Dissertation_Spatial_decision_support_2020_Vazhnik.pdfDownload CertificateOfCompletion_Vazhnik.pdfDownload ProQuest_pg4-5_Vazhnik.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Costello, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Clare Hinrichs, Outside Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Jason Hansen, Special Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wasserman, Ian

Title:

Study of Petroleum Coke Ash as an Alternative Low-Cost Oxygen Carrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical-Looping Combustion
Petroleum coke
Sustainability
Waste resource recovery
Advanced combustion

File:

Download ThesisFinal_IanWasserman_iww5045.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bonshock, Brianna

Title:

Farming A Sustainable Fish: Exploring Consumer Support of Aquaponics and Preference for Aquaponic Tilapia

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Aquaculture
Aquaponics
Tilapia
Sustainability
Perceptions
Knowledge
Consumer Acceptance

File:

Download BriannaC.Bonshock_Final_Thesis_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Judd Harrison Michael, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Kreye, Committee Member
Bradley Cardinale, Special Signatory

Author:

Hinkelman, Kathryn

Title:

Modelica Modeling and Ecosystem Biomimicry of District Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Biomimicry
Building Systems
Design
District Energy
District Heating
District Cooling
Dynamical Systems
Ecological Network Analysis
Ecosystem Biomimicry
Exergy
Modelica
Modeling and Simulation
Numerical Performance
Optimization
Steam
Sustainability
Systems

File:

Download KathrynHinkelman_PSU_Dissertation_August2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Kaye, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wangda Zuo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Michael Wetter, Special Member
Kyri Baker, Special Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mannon, Bethany Ober

Title:

Identity and Activism in Twentieth-century and Contemporary American Women’s Memoirs

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Memoir
Women's Writing
Feminism
Digital Rhetoric
Life Writing
Comics
Religion
Sustainability
Neuroscience
Activism

File:

Download Bethany_Mannon_Dissertation_for_Review.pdf

Committee Members:

James L W West Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James L W West Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheryl Jean Glenn, Committee Member
Sandra Spanier, Committee Member
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Qian

Title:

Using Openhydroqual to Model a Rain Garden and Assess the Impact of Internal Water Storage on Hydrologic Function

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rain Garden
IWS
Sustainability

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Committee Members:

Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Jay Regan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Rui

Title:

Public Perceptions, Ecosystem Benefits, and Sustainability: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Development in Chinese Sponge Cities

Graduate Program:

Architecture (PHD)

Keywords:

Green stormwater infrastructure
Stormwater management
Ecosystem benefit
Sponge city
China
Public perception
Willingness to pay
Neighborhood regeneration
Sustainability

File:

Download Dissertation_Rui_Wang_2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Brent, Outside Unit Member
Stuart Echols, Major Field Member
Robert Chiles, Outside Field Member
Matthew B Royer, Special Member
Hong Wu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dogan, Nazli

Title:

The supply chain structure of cities: Implications for urban resilience and sustainability

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supply chain complexity
Urban resilience
Sustainability
Supply shocks
Complex networks
Economic complexity
FEW nexus

File:

Download Thesis_NBD.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caitlin A Grady, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member

Author:

Jung, InHaeng

Title:

Novel Food Technology Acceptance Model: Application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management (PHD)

Keywords:

UTAUT
Novel Food Technology Acceptance (NFTA)
Sustainability
Trust in the regulatory system
Convenience

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Committee Members:

Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Donna Quadri-Felitti, Major Field Member
Mary Oliver, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anna Mattila, Major Field Member
Amit Sharma, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Leonard, Samantha

Title:

Parametrically-Informed Early-Design Guidance for Mass Timber Floors for Embodied Carbon and Structural Design

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mass Timber
Embodied Carbon
Parametric Analysis
Design Space Exploration
Floors
Structural Design
Timber
Wood Design
Sustainability
Design Guidance
Early Design
Performance Objectives

File:

Download Leonard_Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nathan Brown, Major Field Member
Ali Memari, Major Field Member
M Parfitt, Special Member
Ryan Solnosky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Corey Gracie-Griffin, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair