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Author:

Buda, Anthony Robert

Title:

TRACING STREAM NITRATE IN A CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MIXED LAND-USE BASIN USING STABLE ISOTOPES, BACTERIA, AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

bacteria source tracking
storm events
mixing
tracers
nitrogen
discriminant analysis
ridge and valley
karst

File:

Download 01_BUDA_eTD_2007.pdfDownload 02_BUDA_Appendices_9_and_10.zip

Committee Members:

David Russell Dewalle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
William Edward Sharpe, Committee Member
Chitrita Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Verbree, David

Title:

Sediment and Nutrient Losses in Reduced Tillage Systems on Dairy Farms

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

nitrogen
tillage
no-till
runoff
nutrient
sediment
rain simulation
phosphorus

File:

Download msthesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lyons, Eric Michael

Title:

Root Distribution of Creeping Bentgrass and Annual Bluegrass on Golf Course Putting Greens

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

creeping bentgrass
annual bluegrass
turfgrass
Root distribution
nitrogen
phosphorus

File:

Download Lyons-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Paul Knievel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Postma, Johannes Auke

Title:

PLANT RESOURCE CAPTURE AND UTILIZATION: SIMULATION OF SUBTLE CHANGES WITH GREAT EFFECTS

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

bean
maize
SimRoot
plant nutrrition
root cortical aerenchyma
phosphorus
nitrogen
potassium
squash
intercropping

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

J P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Weitzman, Julie Nicole

Title:

Biogeochemical Cycling of Nitrogen Through a Landscape Rich in Legacy Sediments

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

biogeochemistry
nitrogen
legacy sediments

File:

Download Julie_Weitzman_M.S._Thesis_May_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dai , Jing

Title:

INTEGRATION OF IRON AND TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL INTO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION REGIMENTS FOR MANAGING FERTILIZER AND WATER REQUIREMENTS OF PENN A-SERIES CREEPING BENTGRASS (<i>Agrostis stolonifera</i> L.) PUTTING GREENS

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

trinexapac-ethyl
nitrogen
iron
creeping bentgrass

File:

Download JingDai_Dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Alfred J Turgeon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alfred J Turgeon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Maxim J Schlossberg, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
John Matthew Schmidt, Committee Member

Author:

Mueller, Kevin E

Title:

The influence of trees on soil biogeochemistry

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

nitrogen
carbon
acidity
leaf
root
litter
species

File:

Download KEM_dissertation_-_final_version_1-2-11.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Jon Chorover, Committee Member

Author:

Byrne, Loren Benton

Title:

EFFECTS OF URBAN HABITAT TYPES AND LANDSCAPE PATTERNS ON ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES AT THE ABOVEGROUND-BELOWGROUND INTERFACE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

urban ecology
habitat structure
lawn
mulch
soil ecology
carbon
nitrogen
arthropods

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Tamminga, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member

Author:

McDaniel, Marshall Douglas

Title:

ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE IN A WARMER AND WETTER NORTHEASTERN US: HOW WILL SOIL C AND N LOSSES AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO A FOREST HARVEST IN THE FUTURE?

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

soil microbial communities
gas flux
nitrogen
carbon
forest
soil
clear cutting
climate change
forest harvest

File:

Download McDaniel_M.D._Dissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

Author:

May, Melissa

Title:

Assessing stream biofilm nutrient status across natural and experimental nutrient gradients

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

biofilm
periphyton
nitrogen
phosphorus

File:

Download MKM_Final_Thesis_2-18-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tzilkowski, Sarah Suzanne

Title:

Watershed scale controls on urea transport in a coastal plain river network

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

urea
hydrology
nitrogen
stormflow
water quality
nutrient loading
dissolved organic nitrogen
Chesapeake Bay

File:

Download SarahTzilkowski_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Buda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Richard Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Raley, Robert Brandon

Title:

Influence of Phosphorus and Nitrogen on Annual Bluegrass Encroachment in a Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

nitrogen
phosphorus
creeping bentgrass
annual bluegrass
putting green

File:

Download RALEY_M_S__Thesis_Apr_16_2012_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Landschoot, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scherholz, Megerle L

Title:

Achieving ph control through Stoichiometrically balanced media in Algal photobioreactors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

pH control
algae
nitrogen
photobioreactor
bicarbonate buffering
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Chlorella vulgaris

File:

Download Scherholz_Thesis_15Nov2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Winter Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Goebel, Marc

Title:

Decomposition of fine root organic matter among temperate trees species

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

decomposition
fine roots
root pigmentation
root order
litter bags
nitrogen
root persistence
soil depth
root neighbors

File:

Download Dissertation_mug130_Marc_Goebel_summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Eric Zenner, Committee Member
Dr Sarah Hobbie, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Quantitative Study of Stoichiometric Proton Imbalance in Phototrophic Algal Growth

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

algae
biofuel
pH
process control
nitrogen

File:

Download Jun_Wang_MS_thesis__final_20130805.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hoffman, Margaret C

Title:

Nutrient Removal in Natural Swimming Pools: a Mass Balance Analysis

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

natural swimming pools
phosphorus
nitrogen
substrate
vegetation and nutrient removal
mass balance

File:

Download Margret_Dissertation7-25final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Berghage Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dan Thomas Stearns, Committee Member
Ricky M Bates, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Saengwilai, Patompong

Title:

Root traits for efficient nitrogen acquisition and genome-wide association study of root anatomical traits in maize (zea mays L.)

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

roots
anatomy
nitrogen
agriculture
aerenchyma
root hairs
crown roots
GWAS
QTL
SNP
genetics

File:

Download Saengwilai_Ph.D.thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Special Member

Author:

Mascitti, Evan Christopher

Title:

Effects of pre-harvest cultural practices on the divot resistance of thick-cut Kentucky bluegrass sod

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Kentucky bluegrass
sod
divot
nitrogen
turfgrass
topdressing
cutting height
football

File:

Download Mascitti_thesis_2015-04-01.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scott Mc Nitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Finney, Denise Mckinney

Title:

Diversity, disturbance, and nitrogen: using ecologically-based nutrient management to design multifunctional agroecosystems

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

cover crops
agroecology
ecosystem services
nutrient management
sustainable argiculture
nitrogen
multifunctionality

File:

Download Finney_dissertation_2015_1_April.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

Author:

Wallack, Maxwell James

Title:

Reducing nitrogen crossover in microbial reverse-electrodialysis fuel cells by using ion exchange resin

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

MFC
MREC
MRC
electrodialysis
resin
membrane
nitrogen
ammonia
crossover

File:

Download 1-M_Wallack_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Improving Process Efficiency of Algae Based Biofuel and Bioproduct Production using Metabolism based pH Control

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

algae
biofuel
pH
process control
nitrogen

File:

Download 1-Jun_Wang_dissertation_-_eTD_correction_20151204.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member

Author:

White, Charles Macaulay

Title:

Using Cover Crop Mixtures to Reduce Nitrate Leaching and Supply Nitrogen to Corn: Models to Inform Adaptive Management

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
carbon
models
nitrate leaching
nitrogen mineralization
nitrogen immobilization
decomposition

File:

Download CMW_PhD_Dissertation_Final_for_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Douglas Brian Beegle, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Mazzone, Jennie Diehl

Title:

Responding to growers' needs: Evaluation of management strategies for onion center rot, caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

onion
Pantoea ananatis
Pantoea agglomerans
center rot
cultivar
nitrogen
transplant
bactericide
management
integrated pest management
Allium cepa
bacteria
disease
Honduras
horticultural production guide
Rhizoctonia solani
tomato
tomato foliar blight
Pennsylvania

File:

Download Thesis-_MAZZONE_J.D..pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Beth K. Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco, Committee Member
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Committee Member
Dr. William Lamont, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Anders, Mark Andrew

Title:

A New Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Approach: Spin Dependent Charg Pumping Applied to the 4H-Silicon Carbide/Silicon Dioxide Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon carbide
electron paramagnetic resonance
defects
interface
electrically detected mangetic resonance
nitrogen

File:

Download Anders_dissertation_final_wvita.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Galindo-Castaneda, Tania

Title:

Microbial tradeoffs of root cortical aerenchyma in maize

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

RhizosphereArbuscular mycorrhiza
Fusarium verticillioides
root anatomy
root rot
Zea mays
Arbuscular mycorrhiza Fusarium verticillioides
arbuscular mycorrhiza
rhizobacteria
phosphorus
nitrogen
microbiome
root phenotype

File:

Download AMC-LCA_movies_TGC_for_publication_corrected.mp4Download File_S1_dissertation.xlsxDownload TGC_Dissertation_Draft_GradSchool_July_2018_signatures.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P. Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P. Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen M. Brown, Committee Member
Gretchen A. Kuldau, Committee Member
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Outside Member
Gregory W. Roth, Committee Member

Author:

Redder, Brian W

Title:

GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS AFFECTING NITROGEN LOADINGS IN AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Water quality
agriculture
nitrogen
hydology
seeps

File:

Download Redder_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meredith, Scott

Title:

Impact of Atomization and Processing Gas on the Heat Treatment Response of Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

stainless steel
precipitation hardening (PH)
additive manufacturing (AM)
nitrogen
gas atomization
aging

File:

Download ScottMeredith_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Member
Jayme Scot Keist, Committee Member

Author:

Hoagland, Nell E

Title:

Surface water-sediment interactions: Examples from pristine and contaminated catchments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

arsenic
nitrogen
critical zone
floodplains
gold mining
groundwater-surface water interactions
hyporheic zone
aqueous geochemistry
hydrology
water contamination

File:

Download Dissertation_Hoagland_181121b.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Outside Member
Tess Alethea Russo, Special Member

Author:

Kerstetter, Emily

Title:

Assessing how Hydrologic Connectivity of Headwater Streams Impacts Nitrate Export in a Forested Catchment

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

hydrologic connectivity
stream expansion and contraction
nitrogen
water quality
catchment

File:

Download EmilyKerstetter_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan M Duncan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Clune, John

Title:

Toward the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Streams of Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

water quality
streams
Pennsylvania
nitrogen
phosphorus
biota response

File:

Download John_Clune_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jay Richard Stauffer, Jr., Committee Member
Allyson Muth, Committee Member
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Outside Member
J. Kent Crawford, Special Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brown, Alexander

Title:

Impacts of Sodium Chloride on Nutrient, Heavy Metals, and Total Suspended Solids Removal by Bioretention Mesocosms with Varied Vegetation and Saturation

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

bioretention
deicing salt
stormwater
green infrastructure
bioinfiltration
heavy metals
nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
copper
zinc
stormwater control measure
best management practice
sediment
internal water storage
vegetation
removal efficiency
water quality
loading
urban
runoff
nonpoint pollution

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Mc Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Margaret Crowley Hoffman, Committee Member

Author:

Biertempfel, Julia

Title:

Assessing Conservation Practice Effectiveness with Lorenz Inequality Results

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

water quality
Lorenz inequality
Gini coefficient
TMDL
Chesapeake Bay
nutrient loading
conservation practices
best management practices
BMPs
nutrients
phosphorus
nitrogen
agriculture
concentration-discharge
legacy nutrients

File:

Download EDITED_Thesis_Document_Biertempfel.pdf

Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Tamie Veith, Committee Member

Author:

Colin, Anthony

Title:

Advancing A Tool For Cover Crop And Soil Organic Matter Adjusted Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations In Agronomic And Horticultural Production Systems

Graduate Program:

Agronomy (MS)

Keywords:

cover crop
nitrogen
adaptive N management
corn
maize
cabbage
winter cover crop
fertilizer
mineralization
immobilization
manure

File:

Download ASC_Final_Thesis_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Charlie White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis Dell, Committee Member
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor