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Author:

Geronimo-Lopez, Kamil

Title:

Designing as Emancipation: A Participatory Design-Based Case Study in Popular Education Game Design

Graduate Program:

Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Keywords:

Popular Education
Participatory Game Design
Board Games
Systemic Literacy
Conscientization
Adult Education

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Land, Program Head/Chair
Pamela VanHaitsma, Outside Unit Member
Craig Campbell, Major Field Member
John Holst, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Mcdonald, Outside Field Member
Gabriela Richard, Special Member

Author:

Umer, Muhammad

Title:

Investigation of Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Dilute Particle Clouds for Thermochemical Energy Storage Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle heat exchangers
Thermochemical energy storage
Particle cloud heating
Heat transfer in particles under sub-atmospheric pressure
Heat transfer coefficient
Wall convection
Free-falling particle system
Convection and radiation in dilute particle flow.
Sub-atmospheric pressure
Dilute particle flow

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Committee Members:

Linxiao Zhu, Major Field Member
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Brian Fronk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saya Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Anbarasu, Saranya

Title:

MULTI-DOMAIN MODELING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Decarbonization
Decentralization
Smart Communities
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced order modelingOptimization
Reinforcement Learning
Sustainability.
Decarbonization
Decentralization
Integrated Energy Systems
Modelica
Reduced-order models
Optimization
Reinforcement learning
Sustainability
Real-world case study
Smart communities
Neural networks
Interdependencies

File:

Download Saranya_PSU_Dissertation_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Satadru Dey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wangda Zuo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Greg Pavlak, Major Field Member
James Freihaut, Major Field Member
Jiazhen Ling, Special Member
Sen Huang, Special Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fansler, Joshua

Title:

Mental Health and Readiness in the United States Military

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

military
mental health
military readiness
suicidal ideation
residential treatment
depression
PTSD
homophily

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Committee Members:

John Dattilo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joel Segel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Moran, Major Field Member
Charleen Hsuan, Major Field Member
David Vanness, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Lee, Kyungsene

Title:

Cell surface engineering for conformal encapsulation

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Engineering

Keywords:

Cell surface engineering
Cell encapsulation
Conformal coating
Type 1 diabetes

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Yuguo Lei, Major Field Member
Yong Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sala, Christopher

Title:

Land and Ocean Contributions to United States Summertime Precipitation Variability

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Midwest United States
Southeast United States
Precipitation
North Atlantic Subtropical High
Wave Trains
Great Plains Low-Level Jet
Asia–North America Teleconnection
Summer

File:

Download Sala_Dissertation_Final_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Sukyoung Lee, Major Field Member
Pengfei Zhang, Major Field Member
Shujie Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Laifang Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swann, Mitchell

Title:

Time Domain Source Separation Methods for Impulsive Aeroacoustic Sources

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

source separation
aeroacoustics
vortex/edge noise
statistical inversion
PCA
RPCA
maximum likelihood estimation
Bayesian estimation
array processing

File:

Download Swann_Dissertation_2025.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Brown, Major Field Member
Michael Krane, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Samuel Grauer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adam S Nickels, Special Member
Jeff Harris, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Tyler Dare, Major Field Member
Julianna Simon, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Delcid, Giselle

Title:

A Homeplace to bELong: Critical Ethnographic Analysis of Sense of Belonging for English Learners in Equity Focused Courses

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

belonging
English Learners
ethnic studies
culturally responsive
language affirmation
segregation
Proposition 203
Arizona
LatCrit
Critical Race Theory
sense of belonging
critical ethnography
testimonios

File:

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Committee Members:

Gilberto Conchas, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tiffany Nyachae, Major Field Member
Ricardo Martinez, Major Field Member
Francesca Lopez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kimberly Powell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kelly, Jon

Title:

Structural and Functional Integrity of the Visual System Following Exposure to Repetitive Head Impacts

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Repetitive Head Impacts
Concussion
Brain Injury
Vision
Visual System
Macular Pigment Carotenoids
Rugby
Collision Sports

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Committee Members:

John Challis, Major Field Member
Lacy Alexander, Major Field Member
Semyon Slobounov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Arnett, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Norrid, Austin

Title:

I Continue to Teach: The Life and Careers of Paula Grossman (1919–2003), a Trans Music Educator

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Music Education
Trans
Transsexual
Biography
Transgender
Queer Studies
Trans Studies
LGBTQ
LGBT
Trans Rights
Trans Activism
Music
Music Teacher

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Watts, Chair of Committee
Christopher Kiver, Outside Field Member
Charles Youmans, Outside Field Member
Linda Thornton, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
C. Libby, Outside Unit Member
Robert Gardner, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies