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Author:

Wu, Fei

Title:

Mining Heterogeneous Data for Semantic Understanding of Mobility Data

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

semantic annotation
mobility data
data mining

File:

Download FeiWu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhenhui Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhenhui Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Xiang Zhang, Committee Member
Wang-Chien Lee, Outside Member

Author:

Dewoolfson, Emily J

Title:

Harmony Adrift: The Influence Of The “Water Topic” On Compositional Choices In Ravel's Jeux d'eau

Graduate Program:

Music Theory

Keywords:

Ravel
Jeux d'eau
Sonata form
Semiotics
Schenker

File:

Download Jeux_d_eau_thesis_revised_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric John Mckee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maull, Amanda

Title:

PATH DEPENDENCE, ANTI-FRACKING MOBILIZATION, AND SHALE POLICY DIVERGENCE IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

path dependence
social movements
policy

File:

Download maull-diss-final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan M Sica, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mccarthy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mccarthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarah A Damaske, Outside Member
Jeffrey T. Ulmer, Committee Member

Author:

Muniz Castro, Raquel

Title:

Promoting Socio-Emotional Learning Opportunities in Upward Bound

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

socio-emotional learning
socio-emotional skills
Upward Bound
summer programs
high school
compensatory education programs
TRIO
soft skills
non-cognitive skills
social and emotional

File:

Download Muniz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mindy L Kornhaber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria M Lewis, Committee Member
Dana Lynn Mitra, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Enhao

Title:

Electronic Circuit for Ultrasound Modulation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Pulsed ultrasound
Brain stimulation
Headstage
Commercial chip
PCB
Modulation

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mehdi Kiani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Weihua Guan, Committee Member
Sumeet Gupta, Committee Member

Author:

Mckeever, Daniel James

Title:

BOARD NETWORKS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Boards of Directors
Social Networks
Corporate Governance

File:

Download McKeever_Dissertation_edits_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Iliev, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Iliev, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matt Gustafson, Committee Member
David Haushalter, Committee Member
Siyuan Liu, Outside Member
Tim Simin, Committee Member

Author:

Ceres, Robert L

Title:

Understanding and quantifying storm surge risk and developing robust risk mitigation strategies

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

storm surge risk mitigation
hurricane
tropical cyclone
island city on a wedge
New York City
NYC
Manhattan
bias
Generalized Extreme Value distribution
GEV

File:

Download Ceres_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Klaus Keller, Committee Member
David W Titley, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member

Author:

Kohler, Ryan J

Title:

Polymorphic Homework and Laboratory System: An Instructional Tool for Combating Cheating

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Cybersecurity
Education
Cheating
Situation Awareness
Challenge-Based Learning
Polymorphism

File:

Download kohler.r-MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicklaus A Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jungwoo Ryoo, Committee Member
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member

Author:

Kennedy, Matthew

Title:

Data Fusion of Security Logs to Measure Critical Security Controls to Increase Situation Awareness

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

metrics
security metrics
data fusion
situation awareness
jdl
security logs
cybersecurity

File:

Download Final_Kennedy_MS_Degree_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicklaus A Giacobe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Kent Forster, Committee Member
Donald Richard Shemanski, Committee Member

Author:

Leary, Robert D

Title:

Real-time Vehicle Pose Estimation Utilizing Monocular Vision and Lane Marker Maps

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle localization
pose estimation
lane detection
autonomous vehicle
state estimation

File:

Download Leary-Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mishra, Partha Pratim

Title:

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-BALANCING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-Balancing Systems
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Extremum-Seeking
Lyapunov Methods
Controls
Model-based Estimation
Renewable Energy Systems
Lithium-ion Batteries
State Estimation
Input Estimation
Model Reduction
Stability
Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation

File:

Download Partha_Mishra_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Member

Author:

Logan, Ellis Scott

Title:

Complexity in the Desert: Heterogeneity in Food Shopping and Purchasing Patterns within Disadvantaged Urban Communities

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

food desert
demography
neighborhood health
urban
grocery store
dietary health

File:

Download DISSERTATION_ESL_FINAL_4_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A. Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A. Matthews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Frisco, Committee Member
Barrett Lee, Committee Member
Patricia Miranda-Hartsuff, Outside Member

Author:

Daou, Carla

Title:

Race Differences In Associations Between Micronutrient Intake And Habitual Sleep Variability In Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Sleep variability
sleep duration
insomnia complaint
micronutrient
race

File:

Download approved.pdf

Committee Members:

Duanping Liao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen H Kjerulff, Committee Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Ganesh

Title:

Micromechanical Analysis of Transverse Young's Modulus of Glass/Carbon Hybrid Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

micromechanics
hybrid composites
finite element analysis
transverse Young's modulus

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ganesh_Venkatesan_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Shan

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF ENHANCEMENT OF DOWNWARD FACING BOILING HEAT TRANSFER USING MICRO-POROUS COATINGS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

CHF coating vessel

File:

Download Development_of_a_New_Downward__revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Agole, David

Title:

PARTICIPATION IN CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WELLBEING OF YOUNG FARMERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES IN UGANDA

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Disability
Young Farmers
Participation
Capacity Building
Well-being
Community

File:

Download AGOLE_Final_DISSERTATION__April_2__2018__-_Participation_in_Capacity-building_Programs_and_Implications_for_Well-being.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Connie D. Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Connie D. Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Mark A. Brennan, Committee Member
Dr. Edgar P. Yoder, Committee Member
Sinfree B. Makoni, Outside Member

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Breen, Scott Patrick

Title:

ORAL SOMATOSENSORY FUNCTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF CHOCOLATE PARTICLE SIZE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Chocolate
Oral Somatosensation
Psychophysics
Particle Size

File:

Download Breen_MastersThesis_FoodScience_Published.pdf

Committee Members:

John E Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Michele Etter, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Merck, Andrew Thomas

Title:

The Development of a Fast Method for the Calculation of Noise from Supersonic Jets

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Jet Noise
Aeroacoustics
Acoustics
Empirical Method
Wavepacket
Supersonic
Turbulence
Mixing Noise

File:

Download Andrew_Merck_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Lei, Xiong

Title:

Characterization of Gas-Charged Porous Media from Joint Inversion of P/S- Wave Attenuation Based on OBS and/or Sonic Log Data

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Q estimation
Attenuation inversion
Quality factor
Bayesian inversion
Gas saturation
Porosity
Permeability
OBS
Sonic log

File:

Download Dissertation_XiongLei_revision_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Eugene Morgan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

Author:

Corak, Gokhan

Title:

STATE FEEDBACK REACTOR CONTROL USING A VANADIUM AND RHODIUM SELF-POWERED NEUTRON DETECTOR

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

State feedback control
Reactor Control
Self-power neutron detectors
SPND
Vanadium self-power neutron detector
Rhodium self-power neutron detector

File:

Download Gokhan_Corak_Master_thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

James A Turso, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Morrison, Travis William

Title:

Local-global principles and diophantine sets in rings of number-theoretic interest

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

class field theory
hasse principle
diophantine
decidability

File:

Download Morrison-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Kirsten Eisentraeger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Kirsten Eisentraeger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Committee Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Outside Member

Author:

Bug, Leah

Title:

K-8 Teacher Blended Learning Professional Development and NGSS,and Communities of Practice: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

NGSS
Communities of Practice
Teacher Professional Development
K-8 Science Education
Blended Learning
Mixed Methods Study
K-8 Science Teacher Professional Development

File:

Download Bug_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Mitchell Hill, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member
James Nolan, Committee Member

Author:

Dow, Nicholas William

Title:

A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

virtual reality
perception of risk
autonomous vehicles
driving simulator

File:

Download 071218_Dow_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Almoaiqel, Sarah

Title:

Situating Privacy in the Technology Supported Collaborative Practices of the Saudi Arabian Workplace: Lessons on Socio-spatial and Socio-technical and Socio-Spatial Design

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Value Sensitive Design
Socio-Technical
Socio-Spatial
Privacy
Computer Supported Cooperative Work

File:

Download Sarah_Almoaiqel_s_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Elaine Farndale, Outside Member

Author:

Masters, Sarah Renee

Title:

EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle-laden flow
particle concentration
solids loading
Nusselt number
heat transfer

File:

Download Thesis_PSU_MSME_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Romo, Amelia Blenderman

Title:

Dog Owners' Perceptions and Behaviors Related to the Disposal of Pet Waste in City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

open space
dogs
pet waste
leash
behaviors
Leave No Trace
Theory of Planned Behavior

File:

Download Romo_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

B Derrick Taff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter B Newman, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Danielle Natasha

Title:

Individual Differences and Performance in a College Biology Course

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

goal orientation
individual differences
metacognition
self-efficacy
self efficacy
Metacognitive awareness

File:

Download Danielle_Hall_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Van Meter, Committee Member
Timothy Jegla, Committee Member

Author:

Sheen, Joo Hyun

Title:

Religious Hybridization and the Legacy of Jesuit Accommodationism in the Early Modern East Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Apologetics by Early Catholics in China and Korea

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

Religious hybridization
The Society of Jesus
Catholicism in China
Catholicism in Korea
Xu Guangqi
Han Lin
Zhang Geng
Zhu Zongyuan
Zhang Xingyao
Chŏng Yak-jong
Hwang Sa-yŏng
Chŏng Ha-sang
Matteo Ricci
Tianzhu shiyi
Jugyo yoji
Pi wang
Paeksŏ
buru yifo
accommodationism
Jesuits
apologetics
Catholicism and Confucianism

File:

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Committee Members:

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
On-Cho Ng, Committee Member
Kate Merkel-Hess, Committee Member
Kathlene T Baldanza, Committee Member
Charlotte Diane Eubanks, Outside Member
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Yu, Anya

Title:

Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

reading
text comprehension
executive function
functional connectivity
resting-state fMRI

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_AYU.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Committee Member
Xiao Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Bottai, Auriane

Title:

Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Actuator Disk Coupling
Coupled CFD Flight Dynamics
UAV
Autonomous Helicopter
SFS2
Ship based operations

File:

Download MSThesisPSU2018_Bottai_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

J.F.Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kumar, Kuldeep

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF NICKEL ALLOYS IN SULFATE-CONTAINING MOLTEN SALTS AT 700 °C

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nickel alloys
Hot corrosion
Molten salts
Electrochemical corrosion measurements
Passivity
High temperature corrosion
Nickel-aluminum
Chromium addition in nickel alloys
Sulfate reduction
Potentiodynamic polarizations
LiCl-KCl-Na2SO4

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Kuldeep_Kumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hojong Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Outside Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member

Author:

Jamshidi, Shahrzad

Title:

Distributed Computational Systems

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Algebraic Geometry
Phylogenetic Models
Groebner Basis
Cognitive Probabilities
Universal Approximation

File:

Download Jamshidi_S-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Ryder Morton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Timothy Charles Reluga, Committee Member
John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Rangaswamy, Cara Parry

Title:

Seeing the Sidewalk: Giving New Terms to an Everyday Urban Space

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

sidewalk
urban fabric
photomontage
representation
observation
design

File:

Download CaraRangaswamy_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darla Lindberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Aeschbacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Mcnamara, Kevin R

Title:

Modeling the Microstructural Evolution of Parts During Metal Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Microstructural Modeling
Microstructure
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Johnson-Mehl-Avrami
Nonisothermal Phase Transformations
Kinetics
Inconel 718
Ti-6Al-4V
3D Printing

File:

Download Modeling_Microstructure_Metal_AM.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member

Author:

Holderman, Brennan Reese

Title:

ADVANCING LOW-COST MOBILE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

lidar

File:

Download Holderman_Masters_Thesis_Forest_Resources_v2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc Eric Mcdill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheatsley, Ryan Matthew

Title:

Adversarial Examples in Constrained Domains

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
adversarial machine learning
network intrusion detection

File:

Download sheatsley-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Furer, Melinda Leigh

Title:

A Test of Choice Bundling when Reward Receipt is Contingent upon the Completion of an Aversive Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Choice bundling; economics; addiction; impulsivity

File:

Download Ashe_Master_s_Thesis_4.3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Loyal Philip

Title:

Understanding the sensory basis for Anoplophora glabripennis odor-mediated behavior

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Anoplophora glabripennis
Asian longhorned beetle
cerambycidae
chemical ecology
neurology
antennal lobe
glomeruli
electrophysiology
electropalpogram
electroantennogram
single sensillum recording
fly eagles fly
pheromone
olfaction

File:

Download Loyal_Hall_PhD_Dissertation_in_Entomology-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Outside Member
Melody Keena, Special Member

Author:

Hesse, Arielle Leah

Title:

Responsibility for Exposure: Health Governance of Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Hydraulic Fracturing Industry

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Health Geography
Silica
Occupational Health
Responsibility
Hydraulic Fracturing

File:

Download HesseDissertation_FinalApril2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Outside Member

Author:

Jonsrud, Jarrod Lee

Title:

Sports and Moral Excellence: The Intersections of Sports and Authenticity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Sports Ethics
Virtue
Morality
Authenticity
Existentialism

File:

Download Jonsrud_Dissertation_-_Final_Formatted1.pdf

Committee Members:

R. Scott Kretchmar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
R. Scott Kretchmar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias, Committee Member
Peter Renton Allison, Outside Member

Author:

Alat, Ece

Title:

CERAMIC COATINGS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING TO ENHANCE ACCIDENT TOLERANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Accident tolerant fuel
corrosion resistance
oxidation resistance
ceramic coatings
nuclear fuel cladding
titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN)
titanium nitride (TiN)
cathodic arc physical vapor deposition
substrate bias
cathode composition
titanium bond coating
substrate surface preparation method
substrate surface roughness
nitrogen partial pressure
coating deposition time
scratch testing
neutronic analysis
multilayer ceramic coatings
air oxidation
supercritical water testing (SCW)
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Raman spectroscopy
energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
autoclave testing

File:

Download Ece_Alat_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Weitzner, Stephen E

Title:

Quantum–Continuum Modeling of Electrodeposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Density functional theory
DFT
Solvation
Quantum-Continuum
Interface
Electrodeposition
Underpotential deposition
Thermodynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Monte Carlo
Implicit solvent
Multiscale
Alloy
Electrode
Catalysis
Electrocatalysis
UPD
Cluster expansion

File:

Download Stephen_Weitzner_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph Colby, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Michael Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Xia, Wentao

Title:

VEHICULAR FSO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM APPLYING REAL-TIME RECOGNITION AND TRACKING

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

self-driving
feature extraction
ORB feature
contour extraction
object tracking

File:

Download thesis_wentao.pdf

Committee Members:

Tim Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Jennifer Smith

Title:

Visual Perspectives and Decision-Making in Geospatial Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Uncertainty
Decision-Making
Visual Summaries
Storm Surge
Visualization

File:

Download JMason_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Klippel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Klippel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
David W Titley, Outside Member
Jason Dykes, Special Member

Author:

Thirumala, Sandeep Krishna

Title:

Non-volatile Ferroelectric Transistor based Memory Design: Device-Circuit Analysis Considering Gate Leakage

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Transistors
Gate Leakage
FEFET Memories
Polarization
Retention

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Sandeep_Thirumala_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Sumeet Kumar Gupta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Ziqi

Title:

English and Chinese Language Assessment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Problems in Bilingual Speakers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality Disorder
Personality assessment
International Student
Chinese English Bilingual
Validity across language

File:

Download WU_Thesis_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Janet van Hell, Committee Member

Author:

Kimura, Daisuke

Title:

ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA, MULTILINGUALISM, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN STUDY ABROAD: NARRATIVE CASE STUDIES OF JAPANESE STUDENTS IN THAILAND

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

English as a lingua franca
globalization
study abroad
narrative case study

File:

Download Kimura_dissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Member
Celeste Kinginger, Committee Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Member

Author:

Williams, Kezi Malcolm

Title:

FATE OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ON INTACT AND WOUNDED APPLES DURING STORAGE AND IN A SIMULATED DUMP TANK

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Food Science
Food Microbiology
Food Safety

File:

Download Kezi_Thesis_2018_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Luke LaBorde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Catherine Cutter, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Price, Jared Scott

Title:

HIGH EFFICIENCY PLANAR SOLAR CONCENTRATORS AND NOVEL STRUCTURES FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

OLED
LED
CPV
Photovoltaics

File:

Download JaredPrice-Dissertation_V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Noel Christopher Giebink, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Outside Member