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Author:

Phelps, Andreas Floros

Title:

LEAN INFORMATION FLOW IN COMPLEX HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND THE ROLE OF THE “INTEGRATOR” ROLE AS INFORMATION FLOW MANAGER

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

healthcare facilities
Construction
integration
lean
information flow
social factors
ethnography
sustainability

File:

Download AFPhelps_Dissertation_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Horman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Horman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Riley Ii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Madhu Reddy, Committee Member

Author:

Welch, Amy P

Title:

Distributed Cellulosic Ethanol: A County Level Investigation of Sustainable Production Potential

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

renewable energy
calculator
sustainability
biofuel
biomass

File:

Download Welch_MSThesis_12.08.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Glasmeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lowenstein, Daniel A.

Title:

Forest Aesthetic's Role in Sustainability: Assessing Private Forest Landowners' Perceptions in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Aesthetics
sustainability
silviculture
timber harvesting
private forest landowner

File:

Download DAL_THESIS_v4.15.11.pdf

Committee Members:

James Craig Finley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Craig Finley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vargas, David Mark

Title:

RAINWATER HARVESTING: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stormwater management
rainwater harvesting
sustainability
SWMM

File:

Download Vargas_David_MS_Thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Ann Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Schuhmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Carl Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Michael Hamlett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jaiswal, Deepak

Title:

SOIL PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS IN A SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR LAND APPLICATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER EFFLUENT

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

wastewater irrigation
water reuse
sustainability
phosphorus
land application system

File:

Download Deepak-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert R Jarrett, Committee Member
James Michael Hamlett, Committee Member
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member

Author:

Olson, Elizabeth Christine

Title:

INTEGRATION BETWEEN PRODUCT DESIGN AND SUPPLY CHAIN WITH CONSIDERATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

supply chain
design
sustainability
carbon footprint

File:

Download ElizabethOlson_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Anderson, J. Heath

Title:

Prehispanic Settlement Patterns and Agricultural Production in Tepeaca, Puebla, Mexico, AD 200 - 1519

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Puebla
Mexico
settlement
sustainability
EPIC
simulation
Tepeaca

File:

Download Anderson_Diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Gale Hirth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lee Webster, Committee Member
James William Wood, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Murtha Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Wilt, Jessica Leigh

Title:

Effective Csr Strategies: Lessons Learned from Selected Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners

Graduate Program:

Community and Economic Development

Keywords:

CSR
Ecological Modernization
Quality Management
BPEP
MBNQA
sustainability
sustainable development

File:

Download Wilt_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Koster, Jeremy Michael

Title:

Hunting and Subsistence Among the Mayangna and Miskito of Nicaragua's Bosawas Biosphere Reserve

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

sketch mapping
sustainability
hunting dogs
Optimal foraging theory

File:

Download Final_draft_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Joel Beckerman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Gale Hirth, Committee Member
Jeffrey Arnold Kurland, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Vacca, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

An Evaluation of Sustainable Education Assessment Tools Within Engineering Education

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

engineering assessment tools
sustainable education
sustainability

File:

Download Kaitlin_Vacca_Masters_Thesis_12.08.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Klotz, Leidy E.

Title:

Process Transparency for Sustainable Building Delivery

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

sustainability
building
project delivery
counterfactual
process mapping
transparency

File:

Download Leidy_Klotz_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael J Horman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R Riley Ii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Henry H Bi, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Laura Little

Title:

Measuring the efficacy of an energy and environmental awareness campaign to effectively reduce water consumption

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

sustainability
global warming
training

File:

Download Miller_Dissertation_Final_Defense_102010.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Pricilla Karen Murphy, Committee Member

Author:

Ridgeman, Michael

Title:

Translating Overseas Student Teaching to First Year Teaching: An Exploration

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

sustainability
worldview
Overseas student teaching
place
first year teachers

File:

Download finaltamale.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Scott Mc Donald, Committee Member
George Richard Vahoviak, Committee Member
James Hamilton Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Sanford DeRousie, Rebecca M

Title:

MAKING CHANGES THAT LAST: EXAMINING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

preschool curriculum
Head Start teachers
sustainability

File:

Download RSD_FINAL_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark T Greenberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott David Gest, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member

Author:

Sprau, Tabitha Leigh

Title:

Process Metrics for Predicting Sustainable Building End Performance

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

green building
builidng performance
sustainability

File:

Download developing_the_basis_for_process_metrics_for_sustainable_building_performance_april_23.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Horman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Michael Horman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gehman, Joel A

Title:

Sustainability by Dissociation: Categorization, Divestitures and Organizational Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

sustainability
categorization
divestitures
organizational boundaries
actor network theory
shareholder proposals
ratings

File:

Download Dissertation_20120703_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Raghu B Garud, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raghu B Garud, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Linda K Trevino, Committee Member
Forrest Scott Briscoe, Committee Member
Rebecca Lynn Henn, Special Member

Author:

Nyheim, Peter D

Title:

Factors That Lead to Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Restaurant Industry: a Qualitative Analysis of Two Green Restaurant Innovators

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

food service
restaurant
sustainability

File:

Download Nyheim_Diss_6-27.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member

Author:

Lankenau, Gregory Robert

Title:

Awaken 101: Student Experiences in Transformative Environmental Education

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

transformative learning
environmental education
sustainability
ecological identity
landscape of transformation

File:

Download Lankenau_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lorraine Dowler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Brian King, Committee Member
Petra Tschakert, Committee Member
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member

Author:

Clouse, Carol Louise

Title:

A Lighter Shade of Green: The concept of Bounded Space as an influence on sustainability in architecture

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

dwelling
sustainability
nature
bounded space
essential elements
carrying capacity
diversity
community
Native American

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_3rd_try-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jawaid Haider, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stites, Jenna Pauline

Title:

When to speak up and when to shut up: The intended (and unintended) reputational consequences of social and environmental signaling

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

reputation
corporate social responsibility
sustainability
orgnanizational theory
signaling
stakeholder

File:

Download JennaP.Stites-Dissertation.FINAL.07-17-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Louise Gray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Grant Pollock, Committee Member
Vilmos Fosnocht Misangyi, Committee Member
Denise Sevick Bortree, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Charles A

Title:

Doing Good, Doing Bad, and Doing Well: Investigating the Dynamic Effectiveness of Sustainability Strategy

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

sustainability
CSR
marketing
CSO
portfolio management
structural panel VAR

File:

Download 2-Kang_Charles_Doctoral_Dissertation_July_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Rajdeep Grewal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rajdeep Grewal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duncan Fong, Committee Member
Shrihari Sridhar, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member

Author:

Buckland, Peter Dawson

Title:

The Unsuspected Teachers: Environmental Identity and Sustainability Education in the Anthropocene

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

anthropocene
climate change
ecological literacy
sustainability
higher education
memoir
arts-based research

File:

Download UNSUSPECTED_TEACHERS_4.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhu Suri Prakash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Christopher Uhl, Special Member

Author:

Brosius, James Angelo

Title:

Shaping Sustainability - Descriptions and Emic Perspectives on Sustainability and Landscape Practices in Two Ecovillage Communities

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

landscape architecture
intentional communities
sustainability
emic
perspectives
ecovillage

File:

Download Brosius-MLA-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Tamminga, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Murtha Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas George Yahner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Demko, Iryna

Title:

ESSAYS ON U.S. ORGANIC FOOD TRADE AND CREDENCE GOODS CONSUMPTION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics

Keywords:

organic food
organic equivalency arrangement
synthetic control method
gravity model
credence goods
vitamins
sustainability

File:

Download iryna_demko_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C. Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C. Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Spiro E. Stefanou, Committee Member
Douglas H. Wrenn, Committee Member
Peter W. Newberry, Outside Member

Author:

Masangu, Joyce Ndala

Title:

STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

resource curse
Democratic Republic of Congo
mining
mineral resources
resource-rich
artisanal mining
guidance
strategic considerations
mining sector
ministry of mines
ASM
political will
good governance
economic discipline
development
sustainability
economic growth
poverty reduction
poverty alleviation
Africa Mining Vision
Dutch Disease

File:

Download FinalThesisJM.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr.Kohler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Katunich, John

Title:

CONVIVIAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AMID THE CRISIS OF SUSTAINABILITY: RECLAIMING A “LANGUAGE-AS-COMMONS” ORIENTATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

commons
convivial
English language teaching
narrative inquiry
sustainability

File:

Download DISSERTATION.final.finaleditstosubmit0715d.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Clees, William

Title:

Suitability of Penn State’s Biosolids for Land-Based Recycling: A Greenhouse Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Biosolids
Land application
sustainability
Copper
Phosphorus
Wastewater

File:

Download Clees_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Herschel Adams Elliott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barzegari, Saman

Title:

Application of Bio-Binders as Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Asphalt Binders

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

bio-binder
asphalt binder
rheology
sustainability
alternate binders
asphalt pavements

File:

Download Saman_Barzegari_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mansour Solaimanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Aleksandra Z Radlinska, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Outside Member
Patrick Joseph Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swift, Caroline Ann

Title:

Firm Performance Under Government Regulation

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

sustainability
supply chain management
conflict minerals
corporate average fuel economy
event study
regulations

File:

Download Swift_FinalDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

V Daniel R Guide, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
V Daniel R Guide, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suresh Muthulingam, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Committee Member
Margaret Grace Meloy, Outside Member
Brent William Ambrose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bell, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Education for sustainability: A hopeful soiling

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

education
education for sustainability
sustainability
soil methodology
bad news
ecojustice education
root metaphor
environmental education
equity
justice
non-representational ethnography
ethnographic methods
school ethnography

File:

Download bell_jonathan_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Major Field Member
Christopher Uhl, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kimberly Powell, Major Field Member
Mark Kissling, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Broyles, Jonathan

Title:

Advancing the sustainable and acoustic design of concrete structures

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

concrete floors
embodied carbon
acoustic insulation
impact sound insulation
sustainability

File:

Download Broyles_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Nathan Brown, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ryan Solnosky, Major Field Member
Rebecca Napolitano, Major Field Member
Michelle Vigeant-Haas, Major Field Member
Andrew Barnard, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chop, Hannah

Title:

Investigation of Coal Combustion Residuals for Ceramic Applications and Production

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
fly ash
bottom ash
ceramics
coal waste
waste management
coal reject
sustainability

File:

Download Chop_MSThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara J Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mohammad Rezaee, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Holly

Title:

Energy Efficient Retrofits: An Exterior Approach to Improving the Performance of the Suburban Wall

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

energy efficiency
sustainability
embodied carbon
buildability
durability
retrofit
exterior retrofit
cost analysis
thermal performance
heat flow modeling

File:

Download Zimmerman_Thesis_Energy_Efficient_Retrofits_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Domenica Iulo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rahman Azari, Committee Member
Ute Poerschke, Program Head/Chair
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

Author:

Westhoff, Elise

Title:

Time-resolved and multi-scale characterization of slag- and metakaolin-based historical repair mortars

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

cement
sustainability
EDS
XRD
Cryo-SEM
salt-activated cements
slag
metakaolin
historical
mortar
restoration

File:

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Committee Members:

Juan Pablo Gevaudan Burgos, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Boothby, Committee Member
Julian Wang, Program Head/Chair
Rebecca Napolitano, Committee Member
Federico Miguel Harte, Committee Member

Author:

Vanlandingham, Aaron

Title:

Environmental and Economic Impact of Transport Aircraft Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel or Liquid-Hydrogen as Alternative Fuels

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aircraft design
alternative fuels
sustainability
hydrogen
sustainable aviation fuel
optimization
geometric programming
design for sustainabilitiy
transport aircraft
environmental impact of aviation

File:

Download VanLandingham-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David K Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Ashwin Renganathan, Committee Member

Author:

Guerriero, Joseph

Title:

Testing the differential effects of death anxiety and death reflection on pro-environmental outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Environmental psychology
Terror Management Theory
climate change
death reflection
sustainability
generativity

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Committee Members:

Janet Kay Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Mary Katherine Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Sharmba, Tsunami

Title:

Exploratory Study on Liberation of Glass from Photovoltaic Cells of Solar Panels

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

solar
solar recycling
solar panels
sustainability
glass liberation
material recovery

File:

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Committee Members:

Mohammad Rezaee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara J Arnold, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Program Head/Chair
Nelson Yaw Dzade, Committee Member

Author:

Song, Wangyang

Title:

The Role of Light Source Spectra in Quantifying Spatial Brightness

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

spatial brightness
photopic luminous efficiency function
color gamut
melanopsin
sustainability

File:

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Committee Members:

Dorukalp Durmus, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Mistrick, Major Field Member
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair