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Author:

Whitehead, Shelley Alexandra

Title:

Nature Nurtures: How environmental variation influences Anopheles stephensi vectorial capacity

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

mosquito
malaria
climate change
Anopheles
vector ecology
environmental variation
life history
Plasmodium

File:

Download Whitehead_Dissertation_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Brian Thomas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Outside Member
Diana Cox-Foster, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Pei Wei

Title:

USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCESS AND SUPPORT INFORMAL LEARNING IN MUSEUMS OF TAIWAN AND THE U.S.

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Informal Learning
Social Media

File:

Download PS_LEE.pdf

Committee Members:

Ladislaus M. Semali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ladislaus M. Semali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adnan Qayyum, Committee Member
Wei-Fan Chen, Committee Member
Roger Shouse, Outside Member

Author:

Patia, Kaitlyn Grace

Title:

The (F)utiliy of Knowledge: The Democratic Faith of W.E.B. Du Bois and Jane Addams

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences

Keywords:

Democratic Faith
Rhetoric
Memory
Addams
Du Bois
Poetics
Storytelling
Agitation
Hull-House

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Committee Members:

Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirtley Hasketh Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rosa A Eberly, Committee Member
Jeremy Engels, Committee Member
Debra Hawhee, Outside Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rangavittal, Samarth

Title:

ASSEMBLY AND ANALYSIS OF GREAT APE Y CHROMOSOMES

Graduate Program:

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Keywords:

genome assembly
great ape
Y chromosome
k-mers

File:

Download SR_dissertation_Spring_2019_SUBMISSION_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raquel Assis, Committee Member
Wansheng Liu, Committee Member
Paul Medvedev, Outside Member

Author:

Graboski, Lake Edward

Title:

A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OAK SEEDLING SUCCESS IN REGENERATING OAK FOREST STANDS

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

oak
seedling
regeneration
pennsylvania

File:

Download Thesis_Lake_Graboski__Corrected_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Kim C. Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Marc McDill, Committee Member
Dr. Laura Leites, Committee Member
Dr. James Finley (Retired), Committee Member

Author:

Wiepz, Rebecca Josephine

Title:

THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL SPUR EXTINCTION AND LEAF REMOVAL ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ‘GALA’

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

Spur removal
Spur leaf
Crop load management

File:

Download Wiepz_Masters_Thesis_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

James Rawlinson Schupp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Committee Member

Author:

Beck, Faith Rose

Title:

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Oscillatory Two-Phase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oscillatory reflood
liquid carryover
stability analysis
heat and mass transfer
thermal-hydraulics
liquid entrainment

File:

Download Faith_Dissertation2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Diane Marie Henderson, Outside Member
Horacio Perez-Blanco, Special Member
Gita Talmage, Special Member
Steven M. Bajorek, Outside Member

Author:

Zhao, Peng

Title:

Multiscale Modeling and Mechanics of 2D Layered Crystals

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Multiscale Modeling
2D Material
Finite Crystal Elasticity

File:

Download opt_Dissertstion_Peng.pdf

Committee Members:

The Pennsylvania State University, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Outside Member

Author:

Quinlan, Kevin Randall

Title:

Advances in Design of Computer Experiments

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Covering Arrays
Bayesian Design
Plackett and Burman Designs
Experimental Run Order
Optimization

File:

Download Thesis_2262019.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Keith Pearl, Committee Member
David Hunter, Committee Member
Enrique Del Castillo, Outside Member

Author:

Flonc, Brianna Evelyn

Title:

Do fungi make caterpillars picky eaters? Effects of endophytic Metarhizium robertsii on corn, Zea mays, growth and fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Metarhizium
Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
Zea mays
Biological Control
Endophyte
Agriculture
Pest Control
Metarhizium robertsii
Entomopathogenic Fungus

File:

Download MastersThesisEntomology_BriannaFlonc.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member