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Author:

Wo, Luyi

Title:

Evolution and Expression of Overlapping Genes in Drosophila

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

overlapping genes
Drosophila
evolution
gene distribution
nested genes
expression

File:

Download Thesis_Wo_2024_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member
Melissa Rolls, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Howells, Callie Lynn

Title:

Studies of Allergic Diseases: Exploring Predictors of Asthma Treatment Superiority and Food Allergy Associations with Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Syndrome

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
asthma
food allergy
diet quality
dietary patterns
corn allergy
allergic asthma

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Committee Members:

Cheryl Thompson, Program Head/Chair
Vernon Chinchilli, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dave Mauger, Outside Field Member
Djibril M Ba, Special Member
Timothy Craig, Outside Unit Member
Cheryl Thompson, Major Field Member

Author:

Singh, Parmveer

Title:

Understanding Researchers’ Positionality in Integrating and Designing the Transdisciplinary Research Process and Outcomes: A Case Study of Thriving Agriculture Project

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Stakeholder participation
co-production of knowledge
conceptual clarity
transdisciplinary research wicked problems
Delphi study
consensus
program evaluation

File:

Download ParmveerSingh_Final_08.11.2024_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Emily Pakhtigian, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Ewing, Major Field Member
Mark Brennan, Major Field Member
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kemmerling, Jesse

Title:

The Development of Gallium Nitride Super-Heterojunction Transistors for 10-kV Blocking and 3-kV Switching

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

GaN
wide-bandgap
high voltage switch
MOSFET
HEMT
semiconductor switch
breakdown voltage
current collapse
on-resistance
transistor
super-heterojunction
superjunction
dynamic performance
electric field distribution
charge balance
charge balance technique
Schottky barrier diodes
dynamic on-resistance
gallium nitride
III-V semiconductor
semiconductor fabrication
TCAD
simulation
2DEG
AlGaN/GaN
high electron mobility transistors
metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors
SHJ
capacitance
field-plate
p-n junction
fast-switching
10-kV
3-kV switching
3-kV
analytical model
derivation
Ron-BV relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Rongming Chu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Yue

Title:

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on kidney diseases: insights from real-world data

Graduate Program:

Epidemiology (PhD)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Kidney Diseases
Long COVID
Real-World Evidence

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Committee Members:

Kathryn Risher, Major Field Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Leslie Parent, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nasrollah Ghahramani, Special Member
Djibril M Ba, Special Member
Duanping Liao, Major Field Member
Kathryn Risher, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Brown, Avery

Title:

Vibromechanical Performance of Carbon/Epoxy Stiffened Panels with Acoustic Black Hole Features

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Carbon/Epoxy
Vibration Reduction
Stiffened Panel

File:

Download AveryBrown_PhDDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Bakis, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Christopher Kube, Major Field Member
Ben Beck, Outside Unit Member
Matthew D Waller, Special Member
Edward Smith, Dissertation Co-Advisor
George Lesieutre, Outside Field Member
Laura Cabrera, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bernhard, Katie

Title:

Risk, Livelihood Decisions, and Resilience in the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

conservation social science
park-adjacent communities
tropics
East Africa
household resilience
conservation social science
risk preferences
decision making
survey methods
East Africa
mixed methods
livelihoods
tropics

File:

Download Bernhard-2024-PhD_Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derrick Taff, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Edwin Sabuhoro, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Outside Field Member
Katherine Zipp, Outside Unit Member
Carter Hunt, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hart, Tricia

Title:

Cardiometabolic Effects of Pecans as a Snack: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

cardiometabolic diseases
metabolic syndrome
tree nuts
pecans
lipids
lipoproteins
flow mediated dilation
HEI-2020

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Committee Members:

Meg Bruening, Program Head/Chair
Gregory Shearer, Major Field Member
Michael Russell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alison Gernand, Major Field Member
Kristina Petersen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Angermeier, Susanna

Title:

Microfluidic Ion Exchange Applications and Predictive Modeling for Lanthanide Separations

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

microfluidics
adjacent lanthanide separations
ion exchange
scale-up
predictive ion exchange modeling

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
Amanda Johnsen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ashleigh Kimberlin, Special Member
Jon Schwantes, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Shijia

Title:

Internet of Multimodality: Problems in Security, Healthcare and AR/VR

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

IoT Security
Wearable Sensing
Mobile Computing
AR/VR
Healthcare

File:

Download shijiazhang_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mahmut Kandemir, Major Field Member
Rui Zhang, Major Field Member
Saeed Abdullah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mahanth Gowda, Chair & Dissertation Advisor