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Author:

English, Mary Samantha

Title:

Beyond sensitivity: Maternal positive emotion and its relation to child regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Emotion
Child Self-Regulation
Maternal Positive Emotion

File:

Download MaryEnglish_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member

Author:

Wolkowicz, Kelilah Louise

Title:

Preparing the Automated Future for Wheelchair Users Through Motion Prediction and User Input-Based Intent Inference

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous vehicles
Band-pass filters
Bar codes
Biopotentials
Brain-computer interfaces
Computerized instrumentation
Data acquisition
Design automation
Detection algorithms
Discrete transforms
Electroencephalography
Electromyography
Electrooculography
Estimation theory
Gaze tracking
Human computer interaction
Embedded systems
Indoor localization
Input variables
Intelligent vehicles
Kalman filters
Linear discriminant analysis
Linear feedback control systems
Linear systems
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical systems
Microprogramming
Motion control
Odometry
Path planning
Pose estimation
Prediction algorithms
Probability
Probability distribution
Programming
Rehabilitation robotics
Research and development
Robot control
Robot kinematics
Robot motion
Robot programming
Robotic equipment testing
Simulation
Simultaneous localization and mapping
State estimation
State feedback
System implementation
System integration
System validation
User interfaces
Virtual reality
Wearable sensors
Biopotential signals
Human-computer interfaces
Decision-making
Intent inference
Slip detection
Motion prediction
Robotic wheelchair

File:

Download Wolkowicz-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Member

Author:

Liao, Chang

Title:

REGULATION OF STRESS ERYTHROPOIESIS AND THE NICHE: A NOVAL ROLE OF SELENOPROTEINS

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

Selenoproteins
Stress erythropoiesis
Erythropoietic nice

File:

Download Thesis_CL2018_revision.pdf

Committee Members:

K. Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
K. Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Qunhua Lia, Outside Member

Author:

Schwartz, Brandon

Title:

THE ROLE OF PORE STRUCTURE IN PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OBSERVED IN LABORATORY STUDIES OF MARCELLUS AND WOLFCAMP SHALE

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

permeability evolution
shale
pore structure
pore geometry
material stiffness
permeability enhancement

File:

Download Brandon_Schwartz_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Yunzhi

Title:

Magnetic and Metallic Metalattices: A Transferrable Nanocasting by Confined Supercritical Fluid Chemical Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

3D artificial lattices
inverse opal
supercritical fluid chemical deposition
chemical fluid deposition
spin-engineered meta-materials
plasmonic meta-materials
metalattices
nanocasting

File:

Download Y.Liu_PhD_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Kamp, Eric Jeffrey

Title:

Magnetometry with the Nitrogen Vacancy Center: Techniques and Applications

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Condensed Matter Physics
Optics
Nitrogen Vacancy Center
Magnetometry

File:

Download EricJKamp-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Oakar, Margaret Mary

Title:

Transitional Experiences of Military Service Members/Veterans Who Become Online Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

military
veteran
online
transition
adult students
student service members/veterans
military students
veteran students
online students
post-9/11

File:

Download Oakar_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dana Mitra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Adnan A Qayyum, Committee Member
Laurence Bradley Boggess, Outside Member

Author:

Obeysekare, Eric Ryan

Title:

The Role of Boundary Institutions in Rwandan Innovation Hub Operations

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Innovation
Innovation Hubs
Boundary Organizations
Rwanda
Boundary Institutions

File:

Download Obeysekare_HubsDissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Carleen Maitland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Member
Janelle Beth Larson, Outside Member
Khanjan Mehta, Special Member

Author:

Xiao, Xia

Title:

INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIET, HOST INNATE IMMUNITY AND IRON HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Iron
Innate immune
Siderophore
Lipocalin 2
Myeoperoxidase

File:

Download Dissertation-Xia_Xiao.pdf

Committee Members:

Matam Vijay-Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory C Shearer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matam Vijay-Kumar, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Outside Member

Author:

Jennings, Connor Patrick

Title:

Forecasting Technical and Functional Obsolescence for Improved Business Processes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

obsolescence
life cycle
obsolete
DMSMS
machine learning
obsolescence risk
ROC
Receiver operating characteristic
cell phone
camera
screens

File:

Download Connor_Jennings_-_Penn_State_Dissertation_2018__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Janis P Terpenny, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Outside Member

Author:

Smethers, Alissa

Title:

The effect of varying portion size or energy density over 5 days on preschool children's intake

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Preschool children
portion size
energy density
eating behavior
regulation

File:

Download THE_EFFECT_OF_VARYING_PORTION_SIZE_OR_ENERGY_DENSITY.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Jean Rolls, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Member
Jennifer Savage Williams, Committee Member
Timothy Raymond Brick, Outside Member
Tanja Kral, Special Member

Author:

Jiang, Zhiyuan

Title:

Towards an improved understanding of ice processes in clouds and precipitation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

ice microphysics
ice aggregates
radar meteorology
image processing

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Zhiyuan_Jiang.pdf

Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Outside Member
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lyu, Yafei

Title:

STATISTICAL INTEGRATION OF GENOMIC DATA ACROSS LABS, PLATFORMS AND EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

High throughput sequencing
Data integration
Co-expression network
Copula
Graphical model
mixture model

File:

Download Yafei_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qunhua Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qunhua Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yu Zhang, Committee Member
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Lingzhou Xue, Outside Member
Rongling Wu, Committee Member

Author:

Ferrara, Amanda Marie

Title:

The Effect of Prior Traumatic Events on Reading Comprehension and Metacognitive Monitoring in College Students

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

prior trauma
reading comprehension
metacognition
college students

File:

Download Ferrara_Thesis_181114.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Hester, James Malcolm

Title:

THE IMPACT OF ZINC DEFICIENCY DURING OOGENESIS, FOLLICLE ASSEMBLY, AND GROWTH

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

zinc
fertility
ovary
folliculogenesis
oocyte
C. elegans
granulosa cells
preantral follicle
nest breakdown
primordial follicle assembly

File:

Download Hester_dissertation_w_appendix.pdf

Committee Members:

Francisco Javier Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francisco Javier Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Committee Member
Alan Leslie Johnson, Committee Member
Claire Madison Thomas, Outside Member

Author:

Jimenez Sanchez, Jorge Giovanni

Title:

The Orinoco low-level jet

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Low-level jet
Orinoco River
Llanos Savannas
Dynamical downscaling
WRF
Colombia
Venezuela
Momentum balance
sea breeze
Unare depression
Katabatic flow
Bora
gravity current
density current
downslope flow
expansion fan
point wakes
supercritical channel flow
turbulent diffusivity
Planetary Boundary Layer
PBL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
ABL
LLJ
OLLJ
Blackadar mechanism
Holton mechanism
inertial oscillation
topographic thermal forcing
Orinoco low-level jet
Llanos low-level jet
Llanos
Tropics
Tropical meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology
bore
Guiana Highlands
Eastern Cordillera
Andes
Coastal Cordillera
Merida Cordillera
Guanipa Mesa
Macarena mountain range
Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana
low-level wind shear
aviation
boundary layer
Austral summer

File:

Download OLLJ_Dissertation_Jorge_Jimenez.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member

Author:

Karun, Ronald James

Title:

DESIGN AND TESTING OF A SINGLE-CRYSTAL, LOW-FREQUENCY, DUAL-RESONANT SHEAR-MODE TRANSDUCER FOR SONAR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

tonpilz transducer
PIN-PMN-PT
d36 shear mode transducer
zxt±45̊ crystal cut
ternary relaxor single crystal

File:

Download Karun_Final_Dissertation_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert M. Keolian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas B. Gabrielson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen C. Thompson, Committee Member
Robert M. Keolian, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Outside Member

Author:

Xu, Pengtao

Title:

Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell for Water Splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells
water splitting
intensity modulated photovoltage spectroscopy
artificial photosynthesis

File:

Download Pengtao_Xu_thesis_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E. Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond E. Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin J. Lear, Committee Member
Noel C. Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Man, Christian Richard

Title:

SEED AID, SMALLHOLDERS, AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE: A MIXED METHODS ANALYSIS OF EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMS IN ETHIOPIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Ethiopia
seed security
foreign aid
political economy
international development
seed aid

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Christian_Man_-_Final_Draft_-_November_12.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Glenna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Glenna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Thiede, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member
Karl Zimmerer, Outside Member

Author:

Shipley, Mackenzie Marie

Title:

Examining the Link Between Viral Genotype and Disease Phenotype Using Clinical Cases of HSV-1 and a Human Neuronal Model

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

herpes simplex virus
genomics
infection
genital
neonatal
neurobiology

File:

Download ShipleyMM_PSU_Dissertation2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moriah Louise Szpara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moriah Louise Szpara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Richard J. Frisque, Committee Member
John Warren Wills, Outside Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member

Author:

Mcwhorter, Heather Fennessey

Title:

Minimizing the Effect of Dermal Absorption and Transport of Optimal Chemical Vapors for Simulated Measurement of Workplace Protection Factors (WPF) of Respiratory Protective Equipment

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

respirator
dermal permeability
WPF
ethyl bromide
workplace protection factor

File:

Download Thesis_-_McWhorter_-_11.12.18_.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, Renxuan

Title:

CONNECTING FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS TO MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE IN STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Conjugated Polymers
rheology
Polymer Physics

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_for_Renxuan_Xie.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Outside Member

Author:

Gadaleto, Michael Joseph

Title:

The Island Nation and Its Discontents: Transnationalism in English Renaissance Literature from Shakespeare to Milton

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

English Renaissance Literature
Transnationalism
Island Studies
Nationalism
Shakespeare
Milton
European History

File:

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Committee Members:

David Loewenstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Loewenstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Cheney, Committee Member
Garrett Sullivan, Committee Member
Daniel Beaver, Outside Member

Author:

Dey, Adwitia

Title:

A BRAVE NEURO WORLD: UNCOVERING THE ROLE OF RON RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE IN NEUROINFLAMMATION

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

inflammation
neurobiology
microglia
neurophysiology
aging-brain
neurodegeneration
multiple sclerosis
diet-induced obesity

File:

Download Adwitia_Dey_Dissertation_with_Vita_ETD_Upload_9_24_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr.Pamela Hankey Giblin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr.Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr.Robert Paulson, Committee Member
Dr.Na Xiong, Committee Member
Dr.A Catharine Ross, Outside Member
Dr.Margherita Cantorna, Committee Member

Author:

Stoop, Tawni Blaze

Title:

Children Rely on Speaker Familiarity, but not Acoustic Properties, to Determine Emotional Intensity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

speaker familiarity
children
affective prosody

File:

Download Stoop_Masters_FOR_REVIEW_9.12.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela M. Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick O. Gilmore, Committee Member
Ginger Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Neblett, Carter L

Title:

Nondestructive Evaluation of Bolt Torque Levels Using Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Nondestructive Evaluation
Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy
Bolted Joints
Damage Indicator

File:

Download CarterNeblett-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dean Capone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Committee Member
Manton John Guers, Committee Member

Author:

Cassar, Joshua Robert

Title:

UTILIZATION OF PULSED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AS A MICROBIAL REDUCTION INTERVENTION ON RAW CHICKEN

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

chicken
pulsed ultraviolet light
Salmonella
E. coli
Campylobacter

File:

Download CASSAR_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Denlinger, Michelle

Title:

Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy

File:

Download MDenlinger_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Shushu

Title:

SENSING MECHANISM AND REAL TIME (SMART) COMPUTING FOR GRANULAR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Railroad
Geotechnical Engineering
Ballast
SmartRock

File:

Download Shushu_PhD_Dissertation_1031.pdf

Committee Members:

Hai Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hai Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Labarbera, Nicholas Andrew

Title:

Anisotropic Conductivity and Uncertainty Quantification in Irreversible Electroporation Simulations

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Simulation
High Performance Computing
Electroporation
Mathematical Modelling

File:

Download NicholasLabarberaPhdFinal2.pdf

Committee Members:

Huanyu Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Huanyu Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Michael Kinzel, Outside Member
Sean McInytre, Special Member

Author:

Hoffman, Michael L

Title:

Condition-based Maintenance Policy Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms and Gaussian Markov Improvement Algorithm

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

condition-based maintenance
maintenance optimization
genetic algorithm
gaussian markov improvement algorithm

File:

Download Hoffman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eunhye Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Brundage, Committee Member

Author:

Beltre, Maria L

Title:

Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hurricane-induced soil erosion
coastal soil erosion
quantification of soil erosion
remediation againsts coastal soil erosion
beach nourishment

File:

Download Beltre_MS_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ludwig-Dehm, Sarah Marie

Title:

Ethnic Diversity and Its Effects on Social Capital in Germany and the United States

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Ethnic Diversity
Social Capital
Generalized Trust
Segregation
Germany
United States

File:

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Committee Members:

John David Iceland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Iceland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member
Barrett Alan Lee, Committee Member
Christopher Stiles Fowler, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Wenjie

Title:

ENSEMBLE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF ICE FLOW SIMULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETRIC MODEL UNCERTAINTIES

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ensemble sensitivity
ice flow
basal shear stress

File:

Download Thesis_final_Wendall_0919.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron Richard Parizek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member

Author:

Malone, Kelly Anne

Title:

A Survey of the Highest-Energy Astrophysical Sources with the HAWC Observatory

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

gamma rays
gamma ray
cosmic-ray sources
particle astrophysics
HAWC

File:

Download Malone-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Miguel Mostafa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miguel Mostafa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Outside Member

Author:

Ji, Yanzhou

Title:

Phase-Field Modeling of Precipitation in Metallic Alloys: Morphology, Kinetics and Hardening Effects

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-Field Modeling
Precipitation
Precipitation hardening
Metallic alloys

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_YanzhouJi_v1.7.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Rengasamy, Vasudevan

Title:

Engineering high performance workflows for end-to-end acceleration of genomic applications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Variant detection
Metagenome assembly
Word2Vec
High performance computing

File:

Download vasudevan-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kamesh Madduri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Paul Medvedev, Committee Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Outside Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Mazin, Maria Teresa

Title:

MUSHROOM FLIES AND FARMWORKERS: FLY ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND VECTOR COMPETENCY AND IPM IMPLEMENTATION AMONG HISPANIC MUSHROOM FARMWORKERS.

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Agaricus bisporus
Vector
Mutualism
Population dynamics
Perceived risk
Perceived control
Integrates Pest Management

File:

Download Maria_Mazin__Dissertation_FINAL_vIR.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edwin George Rajotte, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas C Baker, Committee Member
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
John Andrew Pecchia, Outside Member
Melanie Joy Miller Foster, Committee Member

Author:

Whitney, Jason

Title:

STUDENTS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES IN COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAMS AT THREE LARGE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Alcohol use
addiction
addiction recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous
alcohol recovery
co-curriculum
college students
collegiate recovery communities
collegiate recovery programs
cool
crystal meth
curriculum and instruction
discourse theory
drug use
fraternities
Greek life
interpretivism
millenial
narrative
Narcotics Anonymous
New Linguistics
phenomenology
positioning theory
prevention
professional-managerial class
recovery
recovery-oriented systems of care
recovery support services
self-authorship
sociocultural theory
student affairs
substance use disorder
wellness

File:

Download Whitney_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick W. Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick W. Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rachel Marie Wolkenhauer, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland III, Outside Member

Author:

Gall, Helen Deborah

Title:

A Geochemical Approach to Mantle and Crustal Dynamics in Central Anatolia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Petrology
Geochemistry
Geoscience
Anatolia

File:

Download Helen_D_Gall_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Scott P McDonald, Outside Member

Author:

Pasek, Michael H

Title:

Identity Threat, Belonging, and the Buffering Effects of Values Affirmation: An Intensive Longitudinal Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Identity Threat
Belonging
Intervention
Affirmation
Stereotyping and Prejudice
Social Identity

File:

Download MPASEK_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Emdin Cook, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Linda Marie Collins, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Hui

Title:

Electrospinning of reinforced starch fibers

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Wet-electrospinning
Starch fiber mats
Tensile strength
Polysaccharide nanofiber

File:

Download Hui_Wang_s_dissertation-revision.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Ray Ziegler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Neil Coupland, Committee Member
Federico Miguel Harte, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Outside Member

Author:

Brittingham, Jacob Charles

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF PDX1 AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH SPOP

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

PDX1
SPOP

File:

Download Emerging_role_of_intrinsically_disordered_protein_regions.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Lorraine C Santy, Committee Member

Author:

Baxter, Alexis Juliette

Title:

DETECTION OF METAL IONS AT BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES USING NOVEL BIOSENSOR STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

microfluidics
fluorescence assay
lipid bilayers
metallomembranes
Phosphatidylserine
sphingosine-1-phosphate
Phosphatidylethanolamine

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Regula, Michael John

Title:

Engineering the solid-electrolyte interface with sulfur-rich and chlorine-rich materials to protect lithium metal anodes for Li-S batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Storage
Battery Materials
Solid-electrolyte interface
Lithium metal anodes
Lithium-sulfur batteries

File:

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Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Bowen, Kate Joan

Title:

EFFECTS OF DIETS ENRICHED IN CONVENTIONAL AND HIGH-OLEIC ACID CANOLA OILS COMPARED TO A WESTERN DIET ON LIPIDS AND LIPOPROTEINS, GENE EXPRESSION, AND THE GUT ENVIRONMENT IN ADULTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

dietary intervention
cardiometabolic disease
fatty acids
metabolic syndrome
dietary MUFA
canola oil

File:

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Committee Members:

Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Penny Margaret Kris-Etherton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory C Shearer, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member
Lavanya Reddivari, Outside Member
Peter Jones, Special Member

Author:

Xu, Ying

Title:

Data-Driven Asset Mapping in Participatory Community Building with Urban Refugees

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

community building
ICTs for development
ICTD
data-driven community building
displaced population
field experiments
participatory design
social computing

File:

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Committee Members:

Carleen Frances Maitland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Member
Clio Maria Andris, Outside Member

Author:

Ramirez, Haley M

Title:

The Seismic Hazards Posed by New Mapped Offshore Segments of the Ranong and Khlong Marui Faults

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Intraplate
Thailand
Strike - Slip

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Coleman, Alan

Title:

Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Flux Above 100 PeV at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Cosmic rays
Pierre Auger
Energy spectrum
Flux

File:

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Committee Members:

Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miguel Alejandro Mostafa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member
Abraham David Falcone, Outside Member

Author:

Dilks, Christopher John

Title:

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry of forward neutral pions from 510 GeV polarized proton-proton collisions at STAR

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

RHIC
STAR
longitudinal double-spin asymmetry
pions
pi0
gluon helicity
proton spin
forward meson spectrometer
quantum chromodynamics
QCD

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven Heppelmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Heppelmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Strikman, Committee Member
Anna Stasto, Committee Member
Donghui Jeong, Outside Member
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member