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Author:

Miller, Sharmaine Larue

Title:

Effects of Stressors on the Development and Resilience of Adult Fish Behavior

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

fish behavior
temperament
stress
environmental context
predictability
facial recognition

File:

Download Corrected_Final_MILLER_Biology_PhD_Dissertation_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite-Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tracy Langkilde, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Outside Member

Author:

Fiorentino, Michael

Title:

Perceived uses of Quantitative Genetic Analysis as a Management Tool for Small Ruminant Producers

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Small Ruminant

File:

Download AEE_Thesis_Fiorentino_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Wylie Curry, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Committee Member
Chad Daniel Dechow, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Jacob

Title:

Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters

File:

Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Olson, Bradley Louis

Title:

Higher Education and Community Development: A Multi-Stakeholder View on the Correlates of Project Participation and Design Preferences

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

higher education
community development
participation
engagement
project design
social interaction

File:

Download Brad_Olson_Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark A Brennan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark A Brennan Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member
Theodore Roberts Alter, Committee Member

Author:

Tucker, Scott Michael

Title:

Finite Element Analysis for Surgical Decision Support of Intramedullary Nail Fixation for Proximal Femur Fractures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Intramedullary Nail
Femur Fracture

File:

Download Thesis_Apr9.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Stephen Lewis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Member
John Elfar, Outside Member
John Spence Reid, Special Member
Lisa M Shantz, Outside Member
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Pinamont, William

Title:

DETERMINING THE ROLE OF G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR KINASE 2 ON PARATHYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Osteoarthritis
Parathyroid Hormone
G protein receptor kinase
Parathyroid Hormone Receptor

File:

Download _WJP_-_Final_Thesis_resubmit.pdf

Committee Members:

Fadia A Kamal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David L Waning, Committee Member
Reyad Elbarbary, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Wise, Shane

Title:

Implementation of the diffusion model on dot-probe task performance in children with behavioral inhibition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Threat bias
Behavioral inhibition
diffusion model

File:

Download Wise_Masters_Thesis_Fa2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shewark, Elizabeth

Title:

PARENT-CHILD AND TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS: THE ROLE OF THE CHILD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Emotionality
Child Emotion Development
Parenting
Parent-Child Relationships
Teacher-Child Relationships
Child Problem Behaviors
Child Social Competence
Behavioral Genetics
Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation
Adoption Design
Temperament

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Gregory M Fosco, Outside Member

Author:

Celik, Zeynel Berkay

Title:

Automated IoT Security and Privacy Analysis

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

IoT security and privacy
program analysis
security
privacy

File:

Download Automated_IoT_Security_and_Privacy_Analysis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick McDaniel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas F. La Porta, Committee Member
Gang Tan, Committee Member
David Reitter, Outside Member
A. Selcuk Uluagac, Special Member

Author:

Lobo, Frances

Title:

Understanding the Associations Between Parent-Child Coregulation Patterns and Child Self-Regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parent-child relationship
coregulation
contingency
synchrony
flexibility
self-regulation

File:

Download Lobo_Master_s_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yue

Title:

ON IMPROVING THE UTILITY FOR DATA ANALYSES UNDER DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Differential privacy
statistical data analyses

File:

Download YueWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Kifer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Kifer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clyde Lee Giles, Committee Member
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavkovic, Outside Member

Author:

Diaz Beltran, Ana Carolina

Title:

"Am I North American or South American?" Theorizing and Studying Living Curricula of the Global

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

curriculum
citizenship
global citizenship
Latinas/os
immigrant
youth
Hazleton
living curriculum
place
global
stories
storying
narrative

File:

Download DiazBeltran._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Thomas Kissling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Thomas Kissling, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gail Louise Boldt, Committee Member
Kimberly Anne Powell, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Outside Member

Author:

Lu, Feiyue

Title:

MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF THE DROSOPHILA RNA POLYMERASE II CARBOXY-TERMINAL DOMAIN

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

RNA Pol II CTD
consensus heptads
divergent motifs
transcription compartment
Drosophila genetics

File:

Download Lu_thesis_final_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Gilmour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Scott Gilmour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Outside Member
Joseph C. Reese, Committee Member
Claire Madison Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Mahon, Amanda

Title:

EXPLORING COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN AN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Competency-Based Learning
Personalized Learning
Application Development
Programming
eAsel
Competency
Pedagogy

File:

Download Mahon-GraduateThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven R. Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Franklin, Alison Mary

Title:

The Influence of Wastewater Reuse on the Occurrence of Antibiotics, Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, and Toxicological Impacts in the Environment

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Antibiotics
antibiotic resistance
wastewater reuse
water reuse
soil
groundwater

File:

Download Franklin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Earl Watson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Committee Member
Clinton Williams, Outside Member

Author:

Lavely, Emily Kay

Title:

ROOT BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF APPLE TREES AS AFFECTED BY FRUIT REMOVAL

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Malus x domestica
chemical thinning
carbohydrate reserves
starch
fine roots
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
non-mycorrhizal fungi (NMF)
nutrient foraging
root diameter

File:

Download Lavely_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard P Marini, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Michael Crassweller, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Outside Member

Author:

Tau, Seth

Title:

Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

uncertainty
path-planning

File:

Download Seth_Tau_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Chu

Title:

FORMULATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE GEAR SHIFT ALGORITHMS FOR CONNECTED/AUTOMATED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

DP
neural network
rain flow counting
gear shift optimization
rain flow counting

File:

Download Master_Thesis_CHUXU_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Guang

Title:

MESHFREE VISCOELASTIC MODELING: TOWARD NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PRINTING CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Reproducing Kernel Particle Method
viscoelastic modeling
Meshfree methods
3D printing

File:

Download PSUThesis_GuangChen.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Charles Hillman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ding, Yifu

Title:

X-ray micro-tomography and its applications in whole-organism imaging and 3D histology

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

zebrafish
micro-CT
3D histology
phenomics

File:

Download YifuDing-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Keith C Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keith C Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Feng Yue, Committee Member
Diane M Thiboutot, Committee Member
Charles H Lang, Outside Member
Qing X Yang, Committee Member
Patrick La Riviere, Special Member

Author:

Morgan, Jacob

Title:

Data Fusion for Additive Manufacturing Process Inspection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

data fusion
additive manufacturing
computer vision

File:

Download Morgan_Jacob_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard L. Tutwiler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member

Author:

Tarrant, Ian Michael

Title:

Anticipated Incentives in CEO Compensation Contracts: Estimation and Application

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

CEO Compensation
Earnings Management
Simulation
Equity Incentives

File:

Download IMT_Dissertation_20190222.pdf

Committee Members:

Guojin Gong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guojin Gong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl A Muller III, Committee Member
John Edward Ketz, Committee Member
Fenghua Song, Outside Member

Author:

Heiserman, Janelle

Title:

HISTORICAL FICTION AND BOOK CLUBS AS CRITICAL PUBLIC PEDAGOGY: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF ADULTS RE- LEARNING HISTORY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

historical fiction
critical public pedagogy
non-formal learning
adult education
book clubs
historical education
adult historical education
re-teaching history
critical historical fiction
critical history
teaching history critically

File:

Download JNH_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Felicia Brown-Haywood, Committee Member
Dr. David Witwer, Committee Member
Dr. Karin Sprow-Forte, Outside Member

Author:

Leary, Robert D

Title:

Map-based Vehicle State Estimation Using A Spatiotemporal Preview Filter

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

autonomous
vehicle
localization
perception
camera
pose estimation
mapping
lidar
state estimation

File:

Download Leary-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member

Author:

Chandler, Joseph

Title:

IMPACT OF CONCENTRATED FLOW PATHWAYS ON THE MOVEMENT OF PESTICIDES THROUGH AGRICULTURAL FIELDS

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

Pesticides
Concentrated Flow Pathways
Metolachlor
Soil Residues
Quechers
Atrazine
Imdacloprid
Riparian Buffers
Erosion Rills

File:

Download Final_Thesis_7-23-2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather Gall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member

Author:

Kale, Poojitha

Title:

STUDY OF TRANSFER ENTROPY ON EPILEPTIC EEG SIGNALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electroencephalogram
Transfer entropy
Non-linear
Epilepsy

File:

Download Thesis-Poojitha.pdf

Committee Members:

Aylin Yener, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Xiaohan

Title:

ELUCIDATING THE FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR β/δ IN HUMAN COLON CANCER CELLS

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PPAR
colon cancer

File:

Download XW_Thesis_v11_final_updated_committee2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M. Peters, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary H. Perdew, Committee Member
Troy L. Ott, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Jeffrey Jason

Title:

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH DAMPING CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOTUBE INTERLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

carbon epoxy composite
carbon nanotubes
stick-slip
damping
fabrication

File:

Download JeffKim_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Delong, Drew

Title:

PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CONTROLLED MECHANICAL STRAIN ENVIRONMENTS IN HINDLIMB UNLOADED MALE C57BL/6J MICE

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine

Keywords:

Hind-limb suspension
in-vivo axial loading
tibial compression loading model
disuse
spaceflight
bone
countermeasure
microCT
mouse

File:

Download PROTECTIVE_EFFECTS_OF_CONTROLLED_MECHANICAL_STRAIN_ENVIRONMENTS_IN_HINDLIMB_UNLOADED_MALE_C57BL6J_MICE.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Stephen Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald Paul Wilson, Committee Member
Henry Donahue, Committee Member

Author:

White, Melissa

Title:

SEX DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO CHRONIC ANGIOTENSIN-(1-7) TREATMENT IN OBESITY

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine

Keywords:

obesity
angiotensin
sex
gender
insulin
glucose homeostasis
chronic drug delivery
mouse models

File:

Download FINAL_Thesis-Sex_Differences_in_Response_to_Chronic_Ang-_1-7__Treatment_in_Obesity.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Christine Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirsteen Nairn Browning, Committee Member
Tiffany Lynn Whitcomb, Committee Member

Author:

Mac Intire, Jessica Mae

Title:

The Role of the Field Practicum in Social Workers' Preparedness to Enter the Workforce

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

social work
field practicum
internship
communities of practice
critical feminist theory
experiential learning

File:

Download JMacIntire_dissertation_final_edits_6.6.pdf

Committee Members:

Karin Sprow Forte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charity Dawn Fox, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Jennifer Lindmar Schally, Outside Member

Author:

Daugherty, Daniel

Title:

The Effects of Schweinfurthins and Other Potential Chemotherapies on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Cells

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

DIPG
Pediatric Glioma
schweinfurthins

File:

Download Master_Thesis_FINAL.Daniel_Daugherty.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey D Neighbors, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Raymond J Hohl, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Matthew

Title:

Causes and Impacts of Sea Ice Variability in the Sea of Okhotsk Using CESM-LE

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

CESM
Okhotsk
sea ice
interannual variability
atmospheric dynamics
CESM-LE
thermodynamics

File:

Download MatthewWilliams_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Member
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member

Author:

Kindle, Cody

Title:

MATERIAL DEPOSITION VIA LASER INDUCED THERMAL VOXELS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Direct laser write
laser lithography
solvothermal synthesis

File:

Download Cody_Kindle_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Wolfe, David K

Title:

Kinetic Modeling of the Ensemble of Pathways Present in Conformational Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chemical Physics
Markov State Models
Chain-of-States
First Passage Time
Kramers Theory

File:

Download Wolfe_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Qian

Title:

Deep Superpixel Stereo

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Stereo Matching
Superpixel
Deep Neural Network

File:

Download Thesis_Qian.pdf

Committee Members:

Zihan Zhou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Committee Member
Amulya Yadav, Committee Member

Author:

Gilfillan, Elizabeth

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS OF FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

school counselors
college and career readiness
first generation college students
social capital
career decision-making
academic buoyancy

File:

Download Gilfillan_dissertation_final_040819.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Hazler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Hazler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diandra Janelle Prescod, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Bernard Joel Badiali, Outside Member

Author:

Doosthosseini, Mahsa

Title:

On the Accuracy of Drug-Resistant Cell Population Estimation from Total Cancer Size Measurements

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cancer
Drug-Resistant
Fisher Information Matrix
CRLB
Parameter Estimation Accuracy

File:

Download Mahsa_Master_Thesis_2019_Final__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam K. Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Andrew

Title:

Narrating for-the-Other: French and Francophone Cinema as Testimony of the Extreme

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies

Keywords:

Cinema
Holocaust
Gulag
Colonialism
French and Francophone Studies
Film Studies
film-philosophy
Emmanuel Levinas

File:

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Committee Members:

Monique Yaari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Monique Yaari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Member
Willa Zahava Silverman, Committee Member
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Outside Member
Steven Ungar, Outside Member

Author:

Akhtanova, Gulnur

Title:

NANOINDENTATION HARDNESS MEASUREMENTS OF ION IRRADIATED 21CR32NI AND 800H ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoindentation
Model Allooy
Commercial Alloy
Irradiation

File:

Download Thesis_Akhtanova.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Davis, Steven

Title:

Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

reinforcement learning
machine learning
maritime
unmanned underwater vehicle
autonomous underwater vehicle
q learning
navigation
autonomous

File:

Download Davis_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Phillip Sustersic, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Yen Chieh

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE TAILINGS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

mine tailings
coal slurry
mineral properties
coefficient of consolidation

File:

Download YenChiehWang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Member

Author:

Vanderhoof, Carmen

Title:

A Three-Part Analysis of Elementary Students' Encounters with Texts, Artifacts, and Engineering Design Processes

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Engineering Education
STEM integration
Engineering Storybooks
Uncertainty
Engineering Drawings
Epistemic Practices
Multimodal Literacies
Discourse Analysis
Figured Worlds
Positioning
Affective Stance
Agency

File:

Download Vanderhoof_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Greg Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Greg Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bill Carlsen, Committee Member
Richard Alan Duschl, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member
Christine Cunningham, Special Member

Author:

Povilianskas, Adomas

Title:

INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIROMENT FOR DESIGN AND MANIPULATION OF TOOLPATHS FOR USE WITH 3 DEGREE OF FREEDOM AND 5DOF BIOPRINTING PLATFORMS.

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Bioprinting
robotics

File:

Download Adomas_Povilianskas_MS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sikora, Elzbieta, Committee Member
Drapaca, Corina Stefania, Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Amit

Title:

A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH FOR CALCULATING REACHABILITY SET OF HYPERSONIC REENTRY

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Reachability sets
Hypersonic reentry
Conjugate Unscented Transform (CUT)

File:

Download AmitJain_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Behmer, Philomena

Title:

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AS EMBODIED LEARNING IN A YOGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Yoga teacher training
Embodied learning
Anatomy and Physiology

File:

Download P_Behmer_Dissertation_Adult_Ed.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Dr. Jo A. Tyler, Committee Member
Dr. Glen A. Mazis, Outside Member

Author:

Yu, Zhaozheng

Title:

Study of laser-induced graphene based flexible humidity sensor

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

LIG
Humidity sensor

File:

Download STUDY_OF_LASER-INDUCED_GRAPHENE_BASED_FLEXIBLE_HUMIDITY_SENSORS.pdf

Committee Members:

Huanyu Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member
Jian Hsu, Committee Member

Author:

Wahba, Mohamed

Title:

Factors affecting the repeatability of the fuel consumption of a heavy-duty truck on urban and highway roads

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

V2I
Truck platoon

File:

Download MohamedWahba-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hakimi, Zeinab

Title:

Collaborative Inference for Distributed Camera System

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Multi View Convolutional Neural Network
Distributed System
Context Awareness
DNN
Object Recognition

File:

Download Thesis_Hakimi.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hermans, Olaf

Title:

Exploring the role of grounded relationship quality and loyal customer contribution in the satisfaction-loyalty chain in ongoing service relationships

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

service relationships
loyalty
relationship quality
satisfaction
co-ownership
dyads

File:

Download 20190331_Olaf_Hermans_Doctoral_Dissertation_Hospitality_Management.pdf

Committee Members:

Hubert Van Hoof, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna S Mattila, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donna L Quadri-Felitti, Committee Member
Michael J Tews, Jr., Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Outside Member

Author:

Lani, Chad

Title:

Development of a high frame rate, bright flash neutron imaging method for rapid, transient processes

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

thermal neutron radiography
bright flash neutron imaging
high frame rate
rapid transient processes
TRIGA pulses

File:

Download Lani_Thesis_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Marek Flaska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Black, Caitlin

Title:

From Seed to Cigar: A Cultural Landscape of South-Central Pennsylvania Tobacco

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
Tobacco
Cultural Landscape

File:

Download CBlack_DissertationFinal_March2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Simon Bronner, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Outside Member

Author:

Eppinger, Benjamin David

Title:

LEARNING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: WHEN DO STUDENTS NEED HELP?

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

software development
learning resources
documentation
problem solving

File:

Download EppingerBenjamin_Thesis_LearningSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven R. Haynes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Committee Member
Fred Fonseca, Committee Member

Author:

Grace, Rob Robert

Title:

Incorporating social media in community emergency response

Graduate Program:

Informatics

Keywords:

crisis response
sensemaking
crisis informatics
emergency management
social media
risk communication

File:

Download Dissertation_Rob_Grace_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Fonseca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Fonseca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea Tapia, Committee Member
Jack Carroll, Committee Member
Clio Maria Andris, Outside Member

Author:

Angle, Brandon

Title:

Density Distribution Effects on the Settling Dynamics of Nonspherical Inertial Particles at Intermediate Reynolds Numbers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nonspherical
settling
intermediate Reynolds number
cylinder

File:

Download Thesis_BrandonAngle_Summer19_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew J Rau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Philip

Title:

CONTEXT-AWARE COLLABORATIVE OBJECT RECOGNITION FOR MULTI CAMERA TIME SERIES DATA

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Context-Aware
Object Detection
Deep Learning
Convolutional Neural Network
MVCNN-Wavg
Multi Camera
Distributed System

File:

Download Shin_Philip_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Chuyu

Title:

Local Government and Ethnic Violence in Authoritarian Regime

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Ethnic Conflict
Authoritarian Regime
China
Xinjiang

File:

Download Chuyu_Liu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Xun Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xun Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bumba Mukherjee, Committee Member
Glenn Palmer, Committee Member
David Atwill, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Yushuang

Title:

When Adults Learn Novel Word With Meanings: The Role Of Consolidation In Word Learning And Memory Retention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

word learning
ERP
semantic integration

File:

Download MS_Thesis_submitted_for_format_review_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Li, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member

Author:

Davis, Stefanie Elizabeth

Title:

FROM FOURTH ESTATE TO “FAKE NEWS”: ENGENDERED SOCIAL NORMS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY NEWSROOM

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

social media
broadcast journalism
gender
qualitative research
news industry

File:

Download Davis_Dissertation_Final_4.6.19.pdf

Committee Members:

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bu Zhong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francis Erin Dardis, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Lorraine Dowler, Outside Member

Author:

Logoglu, Faruk

Title:

COATED MICRO-PARTICLES FOR IMPROVED NEUTRON DETECTION WITH 6LiF:ZnS(Ag)

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Coated micro-particles
6LiF:ZnS(Ag)
GEANT4
Optimization

File:

Download Faruk_Logoglu_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Marek Flaska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Skyler

Title:

Adaptive Neural Network Architectures for Power Aware Inference

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Neural Networks
Power aware inference
convolutional neural networks
semantic segmentation

File:

Download Thesis_Skyler_Anderson.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gueho, Damien

Title:

Learning Capabilities of Neural Network and Keplerian Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence
Neural Network
capabilities
Learn
two-body problem
residual neural network
feed-forward neural network
dynamic system
dynamical system
approximation
prediction
recurrent model
data set

File:

Download Gueho_Damien-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kim, Dong

Title:

Sensor Aware Machine Learning For Edge Devices

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

convolutional neural network
machine learning
synthetic dataset

File:

Download Chris_Dong_Hyun_Kim_Master_s_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyusun Choi, Committee Member
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Lange, Eric

Title:

A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF FREESTREAM TURBULENCE PARAMETERS ON THE TIME-MEAN AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF JUNCTION FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction Flow
Fluid Dynamics
Time-resolved
Vortex
SPIV
Freestream Turbulence
Turbulence Length Scale

File:

Download EricLange_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Pizarro-Vallejos, Alvaro

Title:

USE OF THE FISSION MATRIX FOR STEADY STATE AND QUASI-STATIC KINETIC MODELING OF THE TREAT REACTOR WITH TEMPERATURE FEEDBACK

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Transient Test Reactor
Fission Matrix Method
Steady State Modeling
Quasi-Static Kinetic Modeling
Temperature Feedback

File:

Download PIZARRO-VALLEJOS_ALVARO_MSThesis_WW_AP_AL_Official.pdf

Committee Members:

William J Walters, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member

Author:

Buzzell, Drew

Title:

GRAPHENE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS FOR PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC PRIMITIVES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Graphene
Cryptography
Physically Unconable Functions

File:

Download BuzzellDrew_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Closky, Daniel Dennis

Title:

QUERYING PLANT CELL WALL MATRIX ORGANIZATION WITH CLICK CEHMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Arabidopsis
metabolic labeling
plant cell wall
cellulose
pectin
click labeling
bioorthogonal chemistry

File:

Download McClosky_Daniel-dissertation-final-submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles T Anderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles T Anderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Member
Gabriele Brigitte Monshausen, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member

Author:

Smith, Jesse

Title:

Intergenerational Transmission of Religious Conservatism

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

Religion
Religious conservatism
Intergenerational transmission
Millennial
Cohort
Moral absolutism
Transcendent authority

File:

Download Smith_Jesse_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Valarie Elizabeth King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Finke, Committee Member
Gary J Adler Jr., Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Qin, Chenrong

Title:

MORAL DECISION MAKING UNDER MONETARY CONSIDERATIONS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

classification
rationality

File:

Download First_thesis_paper.pdf

Committee Members:

David T Reitter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Auman, Kerstyn

Title:

Non-Catalytic Microwave Ignition of Green Hydrazine Replacements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

AF-M315E
hydrazine
green
microwave
ignition
catalyst
EPU
plasma
power
torch

File:

Download Thesis_KA_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Michael Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Amy Pritchett, Committee Member
Dr. Sven Bilen, Committee Member

Author:

Ranka, Amrat Arvind

Title:

Conceptual development of casing Patterns to reduce the aerodynamic losses in an axial turbine stage

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbines
axial gas turbine
casing grooves
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
Tip-Leakage losses
Tip-mitigation studies
Turbomachinery
AFTRF
leakage Vortex
Horseshoe Vortex

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Honardoost, Mitra

Title:

IS REUNIFICATION A REALITY OR A FORSAKEN DREAM? : A CLOSER LOOK AT PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS DUE TO PARENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Graduate Program:

Criminal Justice

Keywords:

Permanency Outcomes
Juvenile Dependency Court
Out of Home Placements
Reason for Placement
Substance Abuse

File:

Download Thesis_Formal_Outline_-_04.01.19_FINAL_w._Correction.pdf

Committee Members:

Eileen M. Ahlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald C. Hummer II, Committee Member
Daniel A. Howard, Committee Member

Author:

Gempesaw, David Conrad

Title:

Information Choice, Uncertainty, and Expected Returns

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

investor learning
information acquisition
expected returns
risk
learning index
information choice

File:

Download Gempesaw_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Quanwei Cao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Quanwei Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Lenkey, Committee Member
Jeremiah Green, Committee Member
Kai Du, Outside Member
Timothy T Simin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy T Simin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Shah, Shail Paragbhai

Title:

CHARACTERIZING AND OPTIMIZING ON-CHIP SHARED MEMORY RESOURCES USING MARKET-DRIVEN MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Resource Allocation
last level caches
characterization
memory bandwidth
auction mechanism
game theory

File:

Download Shail_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Morgan Sampson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ciliberto, David

Title:

Extended Kalman Filtering in Burdet Coordinates for Orbit Determination

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Kalman Filtering
Estimation
Orbit Determination
Space Situational Awareness
Regularization

File:

Download DavidCiliberto-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Rong

Title:

PREDICTION OF GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF COAL SLURRIES USING CONE PENETRATION TEST

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Coal slurry
liquefaction
correlated shear modulus
preconsolidation
soil classification

File:

Download Rong_Zhao_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Xiao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Webb, Aubree Megan

Title:

LEARNING AND ASSESSING HEREDITY IN AP BIOLOGY: THE ROLES OF GENETIC MECHANISM AND REASONING ACROSS SCALE

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

science education
genetics education
assessment

File:

Download Webb__Aubree._Dissertation_-_Final_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie L. Knight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Duschl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Greg Kelly, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
David Lynn Passmore, Outside Member

Author:

Leventhal, Talia

Title:

Antibiotics in Runoff and Soil from Dairy-Manure Treated Fields Subject to Varied Rainfall

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

antibiotics
rainfall
runoff
soil
water quality
nutrient management
manure
disk injection
surface broadcast
rainfall simulations

File:

Download Leventhal_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather Elise Gall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tamie Veith, Committee Member
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member

Author:

Thoman, Jennifer

Title:

ACADEMIC ADVISING AT PENN STATE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND POTENTIAL

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

advising
developmental theory
higher education
academic coaching
career counseling

File:

Download thomanj_thesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dana Mitra, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryellen Schaub, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member

Author:

Gunn, Sean R

Title:

Neural Network Architectures in the Setting of Dynamical Systems Setting

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Dynamical Systems in Neural Networks

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Sean_Gunn.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Foley, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jiehui

Title:

FAMILY BACKGROUND, PARENTAL EXPECTATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS UNDER MAINLAND CHINA’S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Academic achievement
Family background
Parental expectation
China

File:

Download Jiehui_Zhao_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katerina Bodovski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member
Kevin Kinser, Committee Member

Author:

Zadzora, Kathleen Marie

Title:

Teacher-student Relationship Quality and Student Relatedness and Engagement in Elementary School

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

teacher student relationship
student engagement
elementary school
peer perceptions

File:

Download Zadzora_2019_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin John Sliwinski, Committee Member
Janet Agnes Welsh, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Outside Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ji, Bianjie

Title:

Residential Choice, Demographics, and Sustainability: Lessons from State College, PA

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Residential choice
Demographics
Housing/neighborhood satisfaction
Sustainability

File:

Download Ji2019MS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallika Bose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Committee Member

Author:

Contri, Jeffrey

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Non-ionized Dipole Gases for Electromagnetic Propulsion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
simulation
water
electric propulsion
electromagnetic propulsion
Abraham effect
island hopping

File:

Download MS_Thesis_moldyn_-_Draft_5.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Michael Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Amy Pritchett, Committee Member
Dr. Sven Bilen, Committee Member

Author:

Goodale, Tabatha

Title:

Pennsylvania Teacher Shortage Areas: Supply, Demand and Retainment

Graduate Program:

Educational Theory and Policy

Keywords:

Teacher Shortage
Attrition
Retention
Induction

File:

Download Tabatha_Goodale_Thesis_Spring2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Maryellen Schaub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yu, Xiufan

Title:

Nonparametric Estimation of Sufficient Forecasting with a Diverging Number of Factors

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

factor model
forecasting
principal components
high-dimensional predictors
nonparametric estimation
predictive inference

File:

Download MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lingzhou Xue, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member

Author:

Barlow, Kathryn Marie

Title:

RESTORING PLANT COMMUNITIES FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AFTER NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

ecological restoration
unconventional gas
invasive plants
native seed mixes
environmental regulations

File:

Download KMBarlow_Doctoral_Dissertation_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A. Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick J. Drohan, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Richard M. Doyle, Outside Member

Author:

Srinath, Mukund

Title:

Convolutional Neural Network and Question Generation Based Approaches to Select Best Answers for Non-Factoid Questions

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

answer selection
question generation
NLP

File:

Download Answer_Selection_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dongwon Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rocker, Sarah

Title:

VALUE CHAIN COORDINATION: A NEW STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

value chain coordination
local and regional food systems
agrifood
social infrastructure
value chains
entrepreneurial development
value chain coordinator
agriculture of the middle
soft infrastructure
social networks

File:

Download Rocker_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

C. Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Clare Hinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Outside Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member

Author:

Glatzer, Laura

Title:

LOCALIZATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF ION CHANNELS PRESENT IN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AXON INTIAL SEGMENT

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

voltage-gated potassium channels
axon initial segment
drosophila melanogaster
two-electrode voltage clamp
voltage-gated calcium channels
giant-ankyrin

File:

Download Glatzer_Laura_MastersThesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J Jegla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Committee Member
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member

Author:

Jarvinen, Thomas Dunn

Title:

Early Season Crop Load Estimation and Yield Prediction in Apple Orchards

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Precision Agriculture
Computer Vision
Yield Prediction
Yield Mapping
Deep Learning
Multiple Object Tracking

File:

Download ThomasJarvinenThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daeun Choi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Tara Auxt Baugher, Committee Member
James Rawlinson Schupp, Committee Member

Author:

Bicknell, Gregory

Title:

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING PROCESS DESIGN FOR POST-PROCESSING STAINLESS STEEL 316L ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PARTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Wire Electrical Discharge Machining
Additive Manufacturing
Stainless Steel 316L
Support Structures
Trapped Powder
Post-Processing
Wire EDM Proces Optimization

File:

Download Gregory_Bicknell_Thesis_Final_Submission_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Demeter, Committee Member

Author:

Buckley, Christen

Title:

PHOTOGRAPHY USE IN NONPROFIT COMMUNICATION: CONSIDERING EMOTIONAL CHARGE IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDER-NONPROFIT RELATIONSHIPS

Graduate Program:

Media Studies

Keywords:

relationship management theory
photography
emotion
nonprofit
exploitation
visual communication theory
online communication

File:

Download Thesis_Buckley_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Sevick Bortree, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Lee Plaisance, Committee Member
Stephanie Madden, Committee Member

Author:

Tithi, Kamrun Naher

Title:

INTERLOCKING CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM OF 3D PRINTED CLAY COMPONENTS

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

3D printed clay component
Interlocking construction system
Mortar-less construction
Re-usable interlocking blocks
Mass-customization

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Kamrun_Naher_Tithi_3D_Printed_Interlocking_Component.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose M Pinto Duarte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shadi Nazarian, Committee Member
Benay Gursoy Toykoc, Committee Member
Tom Lauerman, Committee Member

Author:

Hani, Umme

Title:

Enhancing the Coastal Resilience of the Sundarbans using Ecotourism as a Design tool

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

coastal resilience
ecotourism
coastal resilience planning
mangrove ecotourism
Sundarbans
interdisciplinary planning approach
coastal vulnerabilities
coastal architecture
climate-adaptive architecture
resilient architecture

File:

Download Hani_2019_Masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Domenica Iulo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dk Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Carter A Hunt, Committee Member
Mehrdad Hadighi, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patel, Khushboo

Title:

OPTIMAL LANDING TRAJECTORIES ON THE MOON USING LAMBERT TARGETING AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Multiple precision landings
Optimal trajectories

File:

Download Patel_Khushboo_MS_thesis_August_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Ball, Emily Paige

Title:

Effects of Management on Selected Soil Properties and Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in Dairy Cropping Systems

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Nitrous Oxide
N2O
Redox Potential
Redox
Eh
Agricultural Management
Soil Properties
No-Till
Manure
Cover Crops

File:

Download Emily_Ball_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ann Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Curtis Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Starkey, Jesse

Title:

REGULATION OF BUMBLE BEE (Bombus impatiens) WORKER REPRODUCTION BY BROOD

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Bumblebee
Eusocial
Social Behavior
Reproductive division of labor
Brood
Worker reproduction
Bombus impatiens
Brood signal
Volatile pheromones
Pheromones
Choice bioassay

File:

Download Jesse_Starkey_Masters_Thesis_Summer_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Etya Amsalem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Member
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Davidson, Joshua

Title:

Investigation of Surface Treatment Methods for 3D Printed Optical Components

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Electroplating
Optics
Mirrors
Freeform
Gradient Index
GRIN
Stereolithography
Laser Sintering
Powder Bed

File:

Download Davidson_MS_EE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Forry, Carter Michael

Title:

MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A HYBRID IMPULSIVE-PNEUMATIC DE-ICING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

De-icing
icing
impulsive
pneumatic

File:

Download CarterForry-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor