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Author:

Ramsey, Pam Kelly

Title:

Association between serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Human Papillomavirus infection among National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey men, 2013-2014

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Human Papillomavirus
Vitamin D

File:

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Committee Members:

Alicia McDonald, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Du, Committee Member
Duanping Liao, Committee Member

Author:

Stewart, Lauriel Sylvana

Title:

IN VITRO ANTI-COLON CANCER ACTIVITY OF COLD STORED AND RECONDITIONED VACUUM VS. CONVENTIONALLY FRIED COLOR-FLESHED POTATO CHIPS

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Colon Cancer
Stem Cells
Vacuum Frying
Anthocyanins
Polyphenols
Reconditioning
Cold Storage
Folin-Ciocalteu Assay
pH Differential Assay
Resazurin Cell Viability
Caspase Glo 3/7
Conventional Frying
Atmospheric Frying
Color-Fleshed Potatoes
Purple Majesty Potatoes

File:

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Committee Members:

Jairam K. P. Vanamala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C. Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Joshua D. Lambert, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Investigation of Pore Structure and Sorption Behavior for Unconventional Gas Reservoir Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

pore structure
adsorption
small-angle neutron scattering
coalbed methane
shale gas
unconventional natural gas

File:

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Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Outside Member
Lilin He, Special Member

Author:

Cave, Scott Ryan

Title:

Communication and the Social History of Contact in the Spanish Atlantic, 1341-1602

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

Communication
Contact
Conquest
Spanish Empire
Native Americans

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Bennett Restall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Bennett Restall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Member
David Giguette Atwill, Committee Member
Amara Leah Solari, Outside 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:

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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:

Webb, Christina Eileen

Title:

Are false memories universal? Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories in older adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

aging
cognition
memory
false memory

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Theresa Diaz, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Ahmadipur, Amir

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPACT FORCE FROM A DRY GRANULAR SLIDING MASS ON A RIGID OBSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Basal friction
Compression wave
Dynamic force
Flume test
Granular flow
Impact
Deposit morphology
Flow dynamics
Granular avalanches
Inclined surface
Static force
Flow velocity

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hosie, Michael Patrick

Title:

Emotional immunity? Emotion recognition, empathic concern, and leadership

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership
Emotion recognition
Empathy
Empathic Concern
Wellbeing

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Outside Member

Author:

Bai, Yifan

Title:

THE CONSEQUENCES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSORTATIVE MARRIAGE FOR CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Educational Assortative Marriage
Academic Proficiency
United States
China

File:

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Committee Members:

Soo-yong Byun, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soo-Yong Byun, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Post, Committee Member
Kevin Paul Kinser, Committee Member
John David Iceland, Outside Member

Author:

Pritchard, Catharine Elizbeth

Title:

A LANDSCAPE OF FEAR: MEASURING NUTRITIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

stress
glucocorticoids
thyroid hormones
Vicugna vicugna
predator-prey interactions
a landscape of fear

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Tracy Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Paola Ferreri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Victoria Braithwaite, Committee Member
Dr. Matt Marshall, Committee Member
Dr. Matt Marshall, Outside Member

Author:

Hyun, Jinshil

Title:

The effects of metal work demands on cognitive aging and dementia

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

cognitive aging
dementia
mental work demands
cognitive reserve

File:

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Committee Members:

Martin J. Sliwinski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin J. Sliwinski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David M. Almeida, Committee Member
Lesley A. Ross, Committee Member
Joshua M. Smyth, Outside Member

Author:

Chothe, Shubhada Krishna

Title:

ROLE OF NOD-LIKE RECEPTOR FAMILY CARD DOMAIN CONTAINING 5 (NLRC5) IN INFLUENZA A VIRUS INFECTION

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

NLRC5
Influenza A virus
NOD like receptor
avian influenza

File:

Download Chothe_dissertation__skc172_psu.edu_.pdf

Committee Members:

Bhushan M Jayarao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suresh Varma Kuchipudi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member
Isabella Cattadori, Outside Member
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Suresh Varma Kuchipudi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Sheth, Nisha Sanjay

Title:

A surface science perspective of the usable strength of glass

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
surface science
surface characterization
mechanical properties of materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G. Pantano, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member

Author:

Nihranz, Chad T

Title:

STRESSFUL MEMORIES: CONSEQUENCES OF HERBIVORY AND INBREEDING IN SOLANUM CAROLINENSE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Solanum carolinense
Manduca sexta
herbivory
induced defenses
inbreeding
transgenerational induction

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Homer Tumlinson III, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Outside Member
Mark C. Mescher, Special Member

Author:

Hellmann, Daniel Evan

Title:

THE GENERATIVE EFFECT OF EXPERTISE AND ARTICULATION WORK IN ORGANIC ICT BASED COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

ICT
Information and Communication Technologies
Collaboration
Institutions
Proto-institutions
Community Emergence
Digital Humanitarians
Generative Phenomena
Period of Genesis
Cyber Infrastructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Carleen Frances Maitland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carleen Frances Maitland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea H Tapia, Committee Member
Frederico T Fonseca, Committee Member
Gary J Adler Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Thanomsing, Chulapol

Title:

A CASE STUDY OF FACULTY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

Social Media
Teaching and Learning
Instructional Design
Instructional Technology
Case study

File:

Download Thanomsing-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Priya Sharma, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Priya Sharma, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Douglas L Leslie, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Outside Member

Author:

Stout, Trevor

Title:

Simulation of N-wave and shaped supersonic signature turbulent variations

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Sonic boom
Acoustic propagation
Turbulence
KZK
Shaped signature
Low boom
N-wave
Supersonic

File:

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Committee Members:

Victor Sparrow, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Sparrow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Reichard, Committee Member
Julianna Simon, Committee Member
Kenneth Brentner, Outside Member

Author:

Brennan, Ann Elizabeth

Title:

Becoming

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Education
Curriculum
Rooted Teaching
Place
Teacher Education

File:

Download Brennan_-_Becominig_-_12.4.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Stuchul, Committee Member
Christopher Uhl, Outside Member

Author:

Choi, Minkyu

Title:

Polarization Orientation Dependence of Piezoelectric Loss and Proposed Crystallographic Characterization Methodology

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
piezoelectric loss
piezoelectric characterization
anisotropy
negative loss

File:

Download Choi_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Outside Member

Author:

Marshall, Andrew James

Title:

The Death Knell of Damien Hirst's Brand

Graduate Program:

Art History

Keywords:

brand
branding
art world
pricing strategy
brand strategy
auction
auctions
auction analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Sarah K. Rich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bauerle, Matthew Richard

Title:

Mechanistic Analysis of the Radical SAM Methylases RlmN and Cfr

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Radical SAM enzyme
Mechanistic Enzymology
X-ray Crystallography
RlmN and Cfr
Mass Spectrometry
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy
Enzyme Kinetics
Rapid Chemical Quench
pH-rate profile
Deuterium Exchange
Directed Evolution
Methylation
Thiyl Radical
Cysteine
Iron-Sulfur Cluster
S-adenosylmethionine
5'-deoxyadenosine
S-adenosylhomocysteine
Radical SAM methylase

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Squire J. Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Squire J. Booker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Amie K. Boal, Committee Member
Dr. J. Martin Bollinger, Committee Member
Dr. William Hancock, Outside Member
Dr. Carsten Krebs, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Shixin

Title:

MESOSCALE STRUCTRUAL ANALYSIS OF CELLUOLOSE MICROFIBRILS IN PLANT CELL WALLS USING VIBRATIONAL SUM FREUQNENCY GENERATION (SFG) SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Cellulose
sum frequency generation
plant cell walls

File:

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Committee Members:

Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Outside Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Maria Suk

Title:

Evaluating the effects of vineyard management strategies on cold stress in wine grapes

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Viticulture
Cold stress
Freeze injury
Canopy management
Cultivar selection
Hydraulic transport
Anatomy
Crop load
Cluster thinning
Early leaf removal

File:

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Committee Members:

Michela Centinari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Marini, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Kelley, Committee Member
Ryan Elias, Committee Member
Ryan Elias, Outside Member

Author:

Tang, Hengtao

Title:

EXPLORING SELF-REGULATED LEARNER PROFILES IN MOOCS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Self-regulated learning
Learning analytics
MOOCs
Culture
Comparative study

File:

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Committee Members:

Kyle Peck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Peck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus Semali, Committee Member
Susan Mary Land, Committee Member
Wei-Fan Chen, Outside Member

Author:

Dong, Pool Ip

Title:

YOUNG CHILDREN’S DIGITAL PLAY IN THE DAYCARE CENTER: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY OF YOUNG KOREAN CHILDREN’S MEANING-MAKING

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Digital play
Young children
Play
Digital technology
Ethnographic case study

File:

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Committee Members:

Allison S. Henward, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James E. Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline J. Reid-Walsh, Committee Member
Christopher M. Schulte, Committee Member
Christine Marmé Thompson, Outside Member

Author:

Cornell, Carl Benjamin

Title:

Oikos: Sustainability, Dwelling, and Culture in Urban France

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Sustainability
Dwelling
Culture
Urban France
France
Contemporary France
Deindustrialization
Memory
Ecology
City

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Committee Members:

Monique Yaari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Monique Yaari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Member
Kathryn Grossman, Committee Member
Sophie de Schaepdrijver, Outside Member
Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, Special Member

Author:

Li, Yaqi

Title:

THE IMPACT OF MICRONUTRIENT STATUS ON VITAMIN A METABOLISM AND KINETICS IN RATS

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Vitamin A
neonates
iron deficiency
WinSAAM
compartmental model

File:

Download Dissertation_Yaqi_Li-after_defense-final.pdf

Committee Members:

A. Catharine Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A. Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael H. Green, Committee Member
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Committee Member
Kevin Harvatine, Outside Member
Gregory Shearer, Committee Member

Author:

Mckay, John David

Title:

Tailored Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Image Formation and Analysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Synthetic Aperture Sonar
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Deep Learning
Transfer Learning
automatic target recognition

File:

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Committee Members:

Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Outside Member

Author:

Ji, Xinye

Title:

Elucidating hydrologic controls of floodplain lake dynamics using a multi-scale process-based model

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrological modeling
Multi-scale approach
floodplain lake dynamics
Generic data structure
Integrated process-based model

File:

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Committee Members:

Chaopeng Shen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Chris Eliot Forest, Outside Member

Author:

Andrzejewski, Elizabeth Mae

Title:

FAST, LOW-SKILLED, AND FLEXIBLE BUILDING ASSEMBLY (NOW!): Revisiting the Joint-Based Universal Building System

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Universal Joint
Konrad Wachsmann
Prefabricated Building
Open Building System
General Panel Corporation
Wedge Connector
Prefabrication
Architecture
Disaster Relief
Packaged House System
Walter Gropius

File:

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Committee Members:

Marcus Steven Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Theodore Kalsbeek, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Steven Richard White Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Senanayake, Narmadha

Title:

CULTIVATING HEALTH IN LANDSCAPES OF UNCERTAINTY: MYSTERY KIDNEY DISEASE, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND AGRARIAN TRANSFORMATION IN SRI LANKA’S DRY ZONE

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

political ecologies of health
feminist geography
agrarian change
mystery kidney disease
dry zone Sri Lanka
environmental risk
uncertainty

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Hastings King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Zimmerer, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Outside Member

Author:

Kensinger, Lyndsay A

Title:

ENGAGING GLADIATORS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOTIVATIONS OF SCANDAL’S TWITTER AUDIENCE

Graduate Program:

Communications

Keywords:

Twitter
Live Tweeting
Scandal
Motivations

File:

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Committee Members:

Nakho Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Jones Kareithi, Committee Member
Catherine Anne Rios, Committee Member

Author:

Orth, Nikki Shayna

Title:

Rhetorics of Remembrance: Civil Rights Memoirs and Civil Rights Memory

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Rhetoric
Memory
Civil Rights Movement
Memoirs

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Anne T Demo, Committee Member

Author:

Monteiro, Vanessa Caroline

Title:

THE CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Convective boundary layer
Amazon rainforest
Mesoscale convective system

File:

Download PSU_Thesis_VF_VCM.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Dolores Fuentes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Gregory S Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Veazey, Dustin Montgomery

Title:

Microstructural Control of Polyaryletherketones and their Fiber Reinforced Composites

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
composites
crosslink

File:

Download DustinVeazey_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Schrom, Robert Stephen

Title:

Radar measurements and simulations of ice crystal growth in Arctic mixed-phase clouds

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Radar
Ice crystals
Scattering
Microphysics

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Jia, Yufei

Title:

Laser and PT-Symmetric Photonics with Organic and Hybrid semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

perovskite
laser
continuous wave
organic materials
parity-time symmetry

File:

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Committee Members:

Noel Christopher Giebink, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Xingjie Ni, Committee Member
Mikael Caleb Rechtsman, Outside Member

Author:

Ordorica, Salvador Adrian

Title:

RESHAPING NET LOAD OF HIGH RENEWABLE DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

MPC
Model Predictive Controlls
High Renewable Energy Pentration
Reshape Net Load

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_-_Ordorica.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Scott Pavlak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hagedorn, Annelise Dejong

Title:

“IF WE WERE VALUED MORE”: A STUDY OF CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Childcare
Rural
Gendered Employment
Work

File:

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Committee Members:

Leif Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Tickamyer, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member
Sarah Damaske, Outside Member

Author:

Carnes, Robert Ronald

Title:

RIDING THE MERGER WAVE: THE GATEKEEPING ROLE OF AUDITORS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Merger Waves
Audit
Industry Environment

File:

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Committee Members:

Karl A Muller III, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl A Muller III, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Orie Edwin Barron, Committee Member
Hal Derric White, Committee Member
David Haushalter, Outside Member
Dane M. Christensen, Committee Member

Author:

Cramer, Maria Elaine

Title:

Integrated Pest Management for Two Red Raspberry Pests Utilizing UV-Blocking High Tunnel Plastic Films

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

High tunnel
Primocane-fruiting
UV-light
Plastic film
Protected culture
Integrated pest management
Red raspberry
Rubus idaeus subsp. Ideaus
Japanese beetle
Popillia japonica
Spotted wing drosophila
Drosophila suzukii
Harvest interval
Attracticidal spheres
Spectral sensitivity

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard P Marini, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Demchak, Committee Member
Tracy Leskey, Committee Member

Author:

Alrawi, Zaid Ismaeel

Title:

RECONSTRUCTING THE RURAL ECONOMY OF SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA DURING THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C.

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Mesopotama
Archaeology
Third Millennium B.C.
Rural Economy
GIS

File:

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Committee Members:

José M. Capriles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
José M. Capriles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Webster, Committee Member
Kirk Dow French, Committee Member
Mark Munn, Outside Member
George Chaplin, Special Member

Author:

Lister, Andrew Joseph

Title:

PLOT DESIGN OPTIMIZATION USING FORESTS SIMULATED WITH POINT PROCESS AND LANDSCAPE MODELS

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

forest inventory plot design
point process modelling
hierarchical modelling
landscape simulation
optimal plot design
factorial experiment

File:

Download Lister_Dec2018_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura P Leites, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Zenner, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member

Author:

Romberger, Darla Joanne

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION STUDENT SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE PARTICIPATION ON CAREER DECISION SELF-EFFICACY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Supervised Agricultural Experience
Self-Efficacy
Career Decision Self-Efficacy
Agricultural Education
School-Based Agricultural Education
Work-Based Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Douglas Foster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member

Author:

Bull, Margeaux

Title:

EXAMINING THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR OF COLLOIDALLY-SYNTHESIZED VANADIUM DIOXIDE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

vanadium dioxide
VO2
colloidal synthesis

File:

Download Margeaux_Bull_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Bliton, Chloe Frances

Title:

THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF THE INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE TACTICS CIRCUMPLEX (IIT-C)

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Influence
Interpersonal Theory
Interpersonal Circumplex
Influence Tactics

File:

Download Bliton_Thesis_-_Masters_Grad.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member

Author:

Kaymak, Zeynep

Title:

A SIMULATION OF MAGNETIC SUSPENSION AND BALANCE SYSTEM FOR WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Magnetic Suspension and Balance Systems
MSBS
Electromagnetic Levitation
COMSOL Multiphysics
AC/DC module
Electromagnetic Force

File:

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Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member

Author:

Schreiber, Alison

Title:

Disruptions to Physiological Coregulation Exacerbates Conflict in Couples with Personality Pathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

physiological coregulation
personality disorders
social relationships
physiological coregulation
personality disorders
social relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Nelson Hallquist, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Hans Weiteng

Title:

Toward improved regional estimates of carbon dioxide sources and sinks through coupled carbon–atmospheric data assimilation

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

carbon cycle
data assimilation
atmospheric inversion
climate
climate change
ensemble kalman filter
Bayesian inference
act-america
co2
carbon dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lauvaux, Committee Member
Steven B. Feldstein, Committee Member
Richard B. Alley, Outside Member
David W. Titley, Outside Member

Author:

Kuatbek, Maksat

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACKING SOIL, SEDIMENT, AND WASTEWATER SAMPLES USING COMPARATIVE NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS METHOD

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

NAA
Hydraulic Fracturing
RSEC
PSBR

File:

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Committee Members:

Amanda M Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member