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Author:

King, Seth Lawrence

Title:

Teaching Assistant Pedagogical Development: Evolution, Biological Change over Time, and Concept Based Instruction

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Sociocultural Theory
Vygotsky
Science education
Teacher education
Concept Based Instruction
Applied Linguistics
Teaching Assistants

File:

Download Final_draft_King_Dissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lantolf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Richard Alan Duschl, Outside Member

Author:

Bartolai, Joseph

Title:

PREDICTING AND IMPROVING MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTS PRODUCED BY MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Thermoplastic Polymer
Material Extrusion

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Bartolai_-_revFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Outside Member

Author:

Harbor, Lucy Caroline

Title:

CULTURE, CAPITAL, AND COMMUNITY CHANGE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM IN SANTIAGO ATITLÁN, GUATEMALA

Graduate Program:

Recreation and Parks

Keywords:

tourism
ethnography
Guatemala
Lake Atitlan
community capital
globalization
development

File:

Download HarborThesisPSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Carter A Hunt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Committee Member
Peter Renton Allison, Committee Member

Author:

Duan, Lisha

Title:

Coordinated Supplier Selection, Inventory Replenishment, and Pricing Decisions in Supply Chain Management

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Supply chain management
Supplier selection
Integrated inventory planning
Length of time period
Price-sensitive demand
Logit demand function
Decentralized supply chain
Game theory

File:

Download Disseration_Lisha_Duan.pdf

Committee Members:

José A. Ventura, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
José A. Ventura, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eunhye Song, Committee Member
Huanan Zhang, Committee Member
Saurabh Bansal, Outside Member

Author:

Sheth, Sureel Shreyas

Title:

Identifying and Mitigating Maverick Spend at Penn State Purchasing Services

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Maverick Spend
Purchasing Services
P-card
SRFC
Mitigation Strategies

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Harrison, Committee Member

Author:

Mohammed, Adam

Title:

Detecting Non-constant Time Code in Cryptography Libraries using a Static Information Flow Analysis

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Information flow
Timing Channel
Public-key Cryptography
Static analysis

File:

Download mohammed_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Danfeng Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pitcavage, James Matthew

Title:

Evaluating a Behavioral Health Integration Pilot in Primary Care Clinics Using Mixed Methods

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Behavioral health
care integration

File:

Download Pitcavage_dissertation_fim.pdf

Committee Members:

Caprice Knapp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caprice Knapp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Raymond Moran Jr., Committee Member
Christopher Samuel Hollenbeak, Committee Member
Douglas L Leslie, Outside Member
Joel E Segel, Committee Member
Sharon L Larson, Special Member

Author:

Staley, Brian

Title:

The Influence of Culture on Body-Worn Cameras: An Exploratory Study of Pennsylvania Police

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice

Keywords:

body-worn cameras
police culture

File:

Download ThesisFinalStaley2018_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Catherine Gibbs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Charles Hummer II, Committee Member
Siyu Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Yue

Title:

DESIGN STABLE SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FOR ANODES IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Rechargeable batteries
Electrochemical interface
Solid-electrolyte interphase

File:

Download Dissertation_Yue_Gao.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Clark, Brandon

Title:

Numerical Simulations of Productivity and Anoxia in the Western Interior Seaway During Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (93.9 Ma)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
OAE2
Western Interior Sea
ROMS
Anoxia

File:

Download BLC_MS_FINAL_NOV_12_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernd Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Feier

Title:

Customers' Perceptions of Online Review Ordering: A Fairness Perspective

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Online review
Review order
Sequence
Display
Perceived fairness
Inferred motive
hotel review

File:

Download PS_Thesis_FINAL_11-16-18.pdf

Committee Members:

Anna S. Mattila, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Richardson, Laura

Title:

Perspectives and Experiences of Parents of Children with Communication Needs in Early Intervention

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

augmentative and alternative communication
early intervention
family-centered practice

File:

Download RichardsonDissertation_Submitted2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn D R Drager, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Diane L Williams, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Motaman, Seyedhamidreza

Title:

LOW POWER, SECURE AND ROBUST DESIGNS OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

STTRAM
Sense Margin
MTJ
Slope Sensing
Process Variation
Voltage Boosting
Voltage Feedback
Self-Reference
Destructive Sensing
Domain wall memory
shift power
cache segregation
dynamic shift current modulation
dynamic write current modulation
cross-layer design
synergistic systems
Dynamic shift current modulation
Dynamic write current modulation
Variation tolerant design
Resistive RAM
computing in memory
Crossbar Array.
Data security
magnetic attack
cache bypass
checkpointing.

File:

Download Dissertation_v13_f1.pdf

Committee Members:

Swaroop Ghosh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

Cameron, Chelsea

Title:

Multiple Document Question Instruction: Promoting Multiple Document Thinking through Inquiry

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Multiple Document Learning
Reading Comprehension
Strategy
Self-Questioning
Strategy Instruction
Inquiry
History Instruction

File:

Download Cameron__Dissertation_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy Noel Van Meter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Crystal Marie Ramsay, Committee Member
Michael James Milligan, Outside Member

Author:

Shi, Jingjing

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF THE NUCLEOTIDE SELECTION MECHANISM OF RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

poliovirus
RdRp
fidelity
NMR
HSQC
norovirus

File:

Download Master_Thesis_JS_Nov.28th.pdf

Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Simmons, Corey L

Title:

#BLACK LIVES MATTER - INVESTIGATING LITERACY ENGAGEMENTS OF BLACK ADOLESCENT MALES IN AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL: CASE STUDIES OF FOUR YOUTH IN TWO SPACES

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

LITERACY

File:

Download Corey_L_Simmons__Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanine M Staples, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanine M Staples, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Ashley Nichol Patterson, Committee Member
Darryl Thomas, Outside Member

Author:

Mensah, Shaeeda

Title:

Hidden in Plain Sight: A Philosophical Examination of the Invisibility of Black Women in Analyses of State Violence

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

State violence
philosophy of punishment
feminism
racism
mass incarceration
police brutality
black women

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Clark Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn Sophia Belle, Committee Member
Amy Rebekah Allen, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Outside Member

Author:

Tasker, Travis Lindsay

Title:

Tracing the environmental and human health impacts of oil and gas development

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

hydraulic fracturing
Marcellus Shale
Utica Shale
TENORM
Oil and gas
isotopes

File:

Download Tasker_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

William D Burgos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nathaniel Richard Warner, Committee Member
Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Committee Member
Matthew S Fantle, Outside Member

Author:

Rudenko, Oleg

Title:

Rigidity for abelian actions with rank 1 factors

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

dynamical systems
rank 1 factors
abelian actions
rigidity

File:

Download Rudenko-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Boris V Kalinin, Committee Member
Zhiren Wang, Committee Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Outside Member

Author:

Root, David Timothy

Title:

E.T.C. Phone Home: Perspectives of Evidence-Based Practices in an After School Program

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice

Keywords:

Juvenile Delinquency
Evidence-Based Practices
After-School Program
Behavior Modification
Qualitative Research

File:

Download Root_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Richard Kavanaugh Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Lee, Committee Member
Eileen Michelle Ahlin, Committee Member