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Author:

Dawson, Amanda M

Title:

Haptic Pursuit Tracking

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

haptics
tracking
coordination
movement
bimanual
touch

File:

Download amd_diss_def.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Shabbott, Britne Anne

Title:

The Contributions of Visual Information to Reaching Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

motor control
visuomotor adaptation
movement
handedness
online control

File:

Download BritneShabbottDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
Jonathan T Mordkoff, Committee Member

Author:

Cohen, Rajal G.

Title:

READY FOR ACTION: FIXATIONAL LIMB MOVEMENTS REVEAL FORTHCOMING VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

reflex tuning
fixational movements
cuing
microsaccades
kinematics
human
movement
motor
reciprocal
discrete
tremor
ideomotor
readiness
preparation
countermove
vision
drift

File:

Download Rajal_Cohen_Dissertation_post-defense_5.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member
Cathleen M Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Tricia Ann

Title:

Movement ecology of Golden Eagles (aquila chrysaetos) in eastern North America

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

golden eagle
movement
ecology
resource selection
home range
seasonal
migration
modeling

File:

Download Miller_Disseration_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Committee Member
Michael R Gannon, Committee Member
George Young, Committee Member
Todd Katzner, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Lori A

Title:

Seasonal Movement Patterns and Habitat Use of Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis and Brown Trout Salmo trutta in North Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

brook trout
brown trout
movement
habitat use
genetics
spawning
winter

File:

Download 1-Smith_Lori_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Crouse, Valdez J

Title:

the functional movement screen and its relationship to measures of athletic-related performance, anthropometric measures, and injury rates

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

functional
movement
screen
anthropometrics
athletic
performance
injury
risk
body
composition
fms

File:

Download Valdez_Crouse_thesis_2nd_attempt.pdf

Committee Members:

Sayers John Miller Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lutz, Clayton Lee

Title:

Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer

File:

Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gigliotti, Laura Christine

Title:

Ecology, habitat use, and winter thermal dynamics of snowshoe hares in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

snowshoe hare
Pennsylvania
body condition
survival
home range
habitat use
adaptation
movement

File:

Download Gigliotti_thesis_final_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sola Gracia, Emilia

Title:

SOCIAL INSECTS AS SOLITARY VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensus lato
Beauveria bassiana
Camponotus castaneus
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
social dynamics
cadaver managment
disease dynamics
fungal morphology
group defense
movement
trophallaxis
semi-natural arenas

File:

Download Social_insects_as_solitary_vehicles-final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Peter Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
Victoria Anne Braithwaite-Read, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member

Author:

Ganoe, Laken

Title:

Using a multi-faceted approach to assess ecological components affecting muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) populations

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

muskrat
wildlife disease
population health
Tyzzer's disease
surveillance
home range
survival
movement
disease transmission

File:

Download Ganoe_M.S._Thesis-2019-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin D Brown, Committee Member
Duane Diefenbach, Committee Member
Matthew Lovallo, Special Signatory
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair