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Author:

Triplett, Derek Adam

Title:

Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Non-Spherical Particles: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal
Monte Carlo
assembly
nematic
non-spherical particles
smectic

File:

Download Derek_Triplett_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Meckes, David

Title:

THE DYNAMIC HERPESVIRUS TEGUMENT: RECEPTOR BINDING INDUCED RELEASE OF UL16 FROM THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS CAPSID

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

glycoprotein
NEM
HSV
capsid
tegument
assembly
herpes
entry
virus
cyteines
signaling

File:

Download Thesis_Final_for_Committee_corrections_from_Defense_with_front_pages_and_vita2.pdf

Committee Members:

John Warren Wills, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard James Courtney, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
Leslie Joan Parent, Committee Member
John Michael Flanagan Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Sauder, Eric Michael Parrish

Title:

REDUCING THE COST OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION IN HOUSING CONSTRUCTION THROUGH PREFABRICATION

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

residential construction
prefabrication
assembly
modular
sustainability

File:

Download Sauder_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Spidel, Jared

Title:

UTILIZATION OF CELLULAR PROTEINS BY ROUS SARCOMA VIRUS DURING REPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

Rous sarcoma virus
retrovirus
Gag
budding
assembly
ubiquitin
SUMO-1
multivesicular bodies

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John Warren Wills, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard James Courtney, Committee Member
Leslie Joan Parent, Committee Member
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Vincent Chau, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Mingwei

Title:

Hybrid Integration of Nanowire Resonator Arrays

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
assembly
fabrication
resonator

File:

Download Mingwei_Li_Thesis_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Graig A Grimes, Committee Member

Author:

Gudleski, Nicole

Title:

SUBCELLULAR TRAFFICKING AND EARLY ASSEMBLY OF THE RETROVIRAL GAG POLYPROTEIN

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

subcellular trafficking
assembly
Retrovirus
Gag polyprotein

File:

Download Final_thesis_3.10.10.pdf

Committee Members:

Leslie Joan Parent, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Joan Parent, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Flanagan Jr., Committee Member
Richard James Courtney, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Member
Ralph Lauren Keil, Committee Member

Author:

Lochmann, Timothy Lewis

Title:

A Journey to the Center of the Cell: Insights Into Subnuclear Trafficking of the Rous Sarcoma Virus Gag Polyprotein

Graduate Program:

Genetics

Keywords:

packaging
retrovirus
assembly
trafficking
nucleoli
RSV

File:

Download Lochmann-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Leslie Joan Parent, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Joan Parent, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member
Sergei A Grigoryev, Committee Member
Christopher Herzog, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Tao

Title:

iron sulfur cluster assembly in photosystem I of cyanobacteria: the role of SufR (SUF) and Fdx (ISC)

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

Iron-sulfur cluster
assembly
biogenesis
PS I
SufR
Fdx
cyanobacteria

File:

Download Tao_Wang_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Teh Hui Kao, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Tosta Otamendi, Pablo Esteban

Title:

Assessment and Improvement of Final Assembly Processes for Complex Highly Engineered Mechanical Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Labor utilization
assembly
throughput
lean manufacturing
six sigma
interaction map
continuous improvement
workforce
oil.

File:

Download Thesis_-_Pablo_Tosta.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Carl Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

England, Matthew Raymond

Title:

Retrovirus Capsid Maturation: Contributions of the CA C-Terminal Domain

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

Retrovirus
capsid
maturation
assembly

File:

Download England_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rebecca C Craven, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah Bronson, Committee Member
David Joseph Spector, Committee Member
Fang Tian, Committee Member
Jianming Hu, Committee Member

Author:

Ray, Greeshma Vivekananda

Title:

GENOME PACKAGING AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS IN PARAMYXOVIRUS ASSEMBLY AND BUDDING

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

paramyxovirus
assembly
budding
virology

File:

Download Thesis-Greeshma_Ray.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Paul Schmitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rahman, Amatur

Title:

Compression Algorithms for de Bruijn Graphs and Uncovering Hidden Assembly Artifacts

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

de Bruijn graph
compression
k-mer set
colored de Bruijn graph
assembly
unitig
unitig algorithm
assembly artifact
bidirected de Bruijn graph
palindromic unitig

File:

Download psu_phd_amatur.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
David Koslicki, Major Field Member
Paul Medvedev, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Francesca Chiaromonte, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mingfu Shao, Major Field Member

Author:

Majowicz, Sydney

Title:

Studies of flavivirus premembrane and envelope proteins and their molecular determinants mediating virus assembly, maturation, and entry

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

flavivirus
Zika virus
Powassan virus
envelope
virology
structural proteins
premembrane
assembly
maturation
entry
virus

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Committee Members:

Erika Machtinger, Outside Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Outside Unit Member
Susan Hafenstein, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Ayaan

Title:

Advanced algorithms for the design and analysis of synthetic genetic parts

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics (PhD)

Keywords:

automated
design
synthetic
genetic
parts
combinatorial
optimization
machine
learning
algorithm
promoter
mRNA
transcription
translation
decay
repression
CRISPR
repeats
interference
graph
theory
path
finding
nonrepetitive
repetitive
gene
synthesis
assembly
oligopool
discovery
barcodes
primers
counting
NGS
reads
classifier
classification
regressor
regression
random
forest
LASSO
ridge
homologous
recombination
instability
tuning
efficiency
plasmids
genome
engineering
degenerate
IUPAC
vertex
cover
independent
set
initiation

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Costas Maranas, Major Field Member
Reka Albert, Outside Field Member
George Perry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Locatelli, Nicolas

Title:

Genomic Insights into Coral Evolution and Adaptation: A Comparative Study of Caribbean Reef-Builders

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

coral
evolution
genome
assembly
synteny
GWAS
polygenic
speciation
Acropora
Orbicella
Siderastrea
Dendrogyra
Colpophyllia
gene duplication
coalescent
heat stress

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Mcgraw, Program Head/Chair
Zachary Szpiech, Major Field Member
Iliana B Baums, Special Member
Todd Lajeunesse, Chair of Committee
Emily Davenport, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Keagy, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Murali, Mayank

Title:

Analyzing the performance of de novo metagenome assemblers for long-read HiFi data

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Metagenome
assembly
long-reads

File:

Download MayankMurali_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mingfu Shao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Koslicki, Committee Member