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Author:

Gosalia, Jigar

Title:

Neurocognitive Decline in Metabolic Syndrome: Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and the Therapeutic Potential of Beetroot Juice

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Neurocognitive
Metabolic syndrome
nitrate supplementation

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Gardner, Outside Unit Member
Jim Pawelczyk, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Outside Field Member
David Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Godzieba, Daniel

Title:

Numerical Studies in Lattice QCD

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

physics
particle physics
computational physics
qcd
lattice qcd
thermodynamics
quantum field theory
phase transitions

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Anna Stasto, Major Field Member
Hyungsuk Tak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoltan Fodor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Brustoloni, Caroline

Title:

Design and Development of Electrochemical Sensors Based on Direct Gold Functionalization of Laser Induced Graphene for Ultrasensitive Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

SARS-COV-2
biosensor
laser induced graphene
antigen
electrochemical

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Committee Members:

Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
John Doherty, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Allen, Kiley

Title:

On the Use of the Thin-Boundary-Layer Equations in Numerical Simulations of Supercell Storms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Large eddy simulation
Near-surface turbulence parameterization
TBLE
Turbulent coherent structures
Tornadoes
Supercell thunderstorms
Numerical modeling/simulation

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Ying Pan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bao, Shashan

Title:

The Lonely Leader: How Organizational Power Distance and Need to Belong Shape Leader Loneliness

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Leader loneliness
Power distance
Social closeness
Need to belong

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Committee Members:

Donna Quadri-Felitti, Program Head/Chair
Heyao Yu, Major Field Member
Phillip Jolly, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Tews, Major Field Member
Alicia Grandey, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Lakomy, Margaret

Title:

Construction of Carbo- and Heterocycles Through Alkene Difunctionalization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Catalysis
cyclization
heterocycles

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Ramesh Giri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Major Field Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Tehri, Samarth

Title:

Context-N-Grab: Sentence Based Fine-Grained Affordance Grounding

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

computer vision
affordance grounding
large language model
cv
llm
visual impairment
robotics
computer science engineering
computer science
computer engineering
application
system
context
Context-N-Grab

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Hemsey, Destiny

Title:

Politically Motivated in Ways we Don't Know: Does Ideology Have an Implicit Component?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

political ideology
personality
implicit
explicit
conditional reasoning
incremental validity

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Committee Members:

Rustin David Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Le Breton, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Sean Laurent, Committee Member

Author:

Kraus, Adam

Title:

Multiscale Methods Development for Nuclear Fuel Rod Bundle Analysis: Integrating High-fidelity Simulations with Domain Knowledge

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Multiscale
Rod Bundles
Direct Numerical Simulation
Subchannel

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Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Fan-Bill Cheung, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elia Merzari, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saya Lee, Major Field Member
Xing Wang, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Song

Title:

POLARIMETRIC RADAR-BASED INVESTIGATION OF MICROPHYSICS IN DENDRITIC AND NEEDLE AGGREGATION ZONES DURING NASA IMPACTS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Winter Storm
Cloud Microphysics
Polarimetric Radar
Hydrometeor Type Classification
Temperature Structure
Aggregation Process
NASA IMPACTS

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Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Frank, Mark Allen

Title:

Cellulose Biosynthesis from a Product and Machinery Perspective

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Cellulose
Cellulose Synthase
Cellulose Microfibril
Electron Tomography
Mutagenesis
Physcomitrium patens

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Committee Members:

William Hancock, Outside Field Member
Matthew Swulius, Outside Unit Member
Manish Kumar, Special Member
B Nixon, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joyce Jose, Major Field Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Program Head/Chair
Jean-Paul Armache, Major Field Member

Author:

Merseal, Hannah

Title:

Examining Executive and Associative Contributions to Bilingual Creativity: A Neurocognitive Networks Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

creativity
bilingualism
network science
semantic memory
executive control
fMRI

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Roger Beaty, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Janet van Hell, Major Field Member
Chaleece Sandberg (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Nieves-Miranda, Sharon

Title:

ADVANCES IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION OF NEW O ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTERS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AND CAS9 CRISPR CLONING OF O ANTIGEN GENE CLUSTERS

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

O antigen
O antigen Gene Cluster
Escherichia coli
Antibiotic Resistance
Virulence
Nomencla-ture
Nomenclature
Multiplex PCR
wzx/wzy
wzm/wzt
CIRSPR Cas9
Cloning

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Jasna Kovac, Major Field Member
Girish Kirimanjeswara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nkuchia Mikanatha, Special Member
Edward Dudley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Josephine Wee, Major Field Member

Author:

Berglund, Kallan Llan

Title:

Quantum-Corrected Black Holes: Constructing and Investigating Modified Black Hole Models with Quantum Corrections and Exploring Avenues for Testable Predictions

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Quantum gravity
black hole
canonical gravity
quantum correction
modified gravitiy
superposition
gravity
gravitational physics
gravitational waves
quasinormal modes
quantum switch
Physics education research
PEI
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion
Advocacy
mental health
resources
advice
mentorship
outreach
science communication
EDI

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Committee Members:

Ping Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Major Field Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Major Field Member
Martin Bojowald, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Castro, Angie

Title:

Engineering Thermostable Gelatin Methacryloyl Granular Bioinks For In Situ Bioprinting

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bioprinting
GelMA
hydrogels

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Committee Members:

Amir Sheikhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bryan D Vogt, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Olanrewaju, Sherif

Title:

Understanding Transition Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses Working with Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs)
Older Adults
Long-Term Care (LTC)
Transitioning

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Committee Members:

Susan Loeb, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan Loeb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Marie Boltz, Major Field Member
Ying-Ling Jao, Major Field Member
Manuel Rosaldo, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Palacio Betancur, Alejandro

Title:

Design and control of smart structural systems under multiple hazards

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Smart Structures
Real-time Hybrid Simulation
Cyberattacks
Semi-active control
Diagrid structures
Reconfigurable system

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Committee Members:

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jared Butler, Outside Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Vishal Monga, Outside Unit Member
Gaston Fermandois, Special Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Zargar, Seyed Hossein

Title:

Incorporating Robotic Constructability in Computational Design Optimization

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous construction
Robotic constructability assessment
Multi-objective optimization
Design space exploration
Data-driven design
Surrogate modelling

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Committee Members:

Rob Leicht, Major Field Member
Nathan Brown, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Pinto Duarte, Outside Field Member
Alan Wagner, Outside Unit Member
Caitlin Mueller, Special Member
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Arnous, Ferris

Title:

Exploration of Multi-Domain Data Fusion and Deep Learning Algorithms for Radar Imagery Classification

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Deep Learning
Biologically Inspired
Sensor Data Fusion
Radar Imagery
Image Classification
Machine Learning

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Parisa Shokouhi, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Peco, Major Field Member
Tim Kane, Outside Field Member

Author:

Ahmadi, Azadeh

Title:

Cultivating growth in transgender and gender-diverse client work: The mediating roles of self-compassion and minority stress in the relationship between counselor factors and posttraumatic growth

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

counselor factors
cultural humility
transgender and gender-diverse clients
posttraumatic growth
minority stress
self-compassion.

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amber O'Shea, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Prosek, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Belland, Minor & Outside Field Member
Kamaria Porter, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Zhang, Pengxiang

Title:

Assessing and Enhancing Road Safety: Comparative Methods for Traffic Intervention Efficacy

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Safety Performance Functions
Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
Crash Modification Factor
Empirical Bayes
Propensity Scores Potential Outcomes
Negative Binomial Regression
Propensity Score Potential Outcomes
Adaptive Traffic Signal Contral
High Friction Surface Treatment
High Tention Cable Median Barriers
Binary Logit Model
Safety Analysis
Traffic Safety

File:

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Committee Members:

Andisheh Ranjbari, Major Field Member
Eric Donnell, Major Field Member
hyebin song, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xie, Xin

Title:

Exploring Chinese American Immigrant Children's Musical Cultures and Musical Identities: A Multiple Case Study

Graduate Program:

Music Education

Keywords:

Music Identity
Chinese American Immigrant Children
Children Music Culture
Music Engagement

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Committee Members:

Charles Youmans, Outside Field Member
Linda Thornton, Chair of Committee
Allison Henward, Outside Unit Member
Sarah Watts, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ann Marie Stanley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

O'Shaughnessy, Meaghan

Title:

Bereaved Adults’ Experiences Through the American Counseling Process Following the Death of a Loved One: A Phenomenological Study

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

grief counseling
American death avoidance
death competence
training counselors
grief illiteracy
grief and loss

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Committee Members:

P Murphy, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Prosek, Major Field Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Herbert, Major Field Member
Deirdre O'Sullivan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lin, Tzu Hsing

Title:

Understanding Error Patterns in Integer Operations for Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities: A Descriptive Analysis

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

integers
integer addition
integer subtraction
error pattern
specific learning disabilities

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Committee Members:

David Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paul Riccomini, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Lee, Major Field Member
Xiangquan Yao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Major Field Member

Author:

Gerthe, Jessica

Title:

Suicide Gatekeeper Trainings: A Content Analysis

Graduate Program:

Counselor Education

Keywords:

suicide
gatekeeper training
suicide prevention
suicide intervention
content analysis
suicide gatekeeper

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Prosek, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kenneth Levy, Outside Unit Member
Brian Belland, Outside Field Member
Elizabeth Prosek, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristen Nadermann, Major Field Member

Author:

Level, Rachel

Title:

Maternal anger in the perinatal period

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Pregnancy
Anger
Perinatal
Women's Health
Smoking

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Committee Members:

Jenae Neiderhiser, Major Field Member
Rina Eiden, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Danielle Downs, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ginger Moore, Co-Chair of Committee
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wise, Shane

Title:

Look Out! Examining Children's Immediate Neural Responses to Threat Stimuli

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Electroencephalogram
diffusion model
anxiety
ADHD

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Committee Members:

Koraly Perez-Edgar, Major Field Member
Carol Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Peter Arnett, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Delgado, Jocelyn

Title:

A nutraceutical timing hypothesis: Does supplementation with nitrate-rich beetroot juice provide vascular protection across postmenopausal stages?

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

Menopause
Endothelium
Dietary Nitrate
Vascular
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Nitric Oxide

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Committee Members:

Gregory Shearer, Program Head/Chair
Joshua Kellogg, Outside Unit Member
Mary Jane De Souza, Major Field Member
David Proctor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristina Petersen, Outside Field Member

Author:

Tybush, Brooke

Title:

Femmes Galantes, Femmes Savantes: Literary Expressions of Women's Sexuality and Mentorship in the Long Eighteenth Century

Graduate Program:

French and Francophone Studies (PhD)

Keywords:

French
Francophone
Gender
Sexuality
Race
Eighteenth Century
Literature

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Committee Members:

Jennifer Boittin, Major Field Member
Benedicte Monicat, Major Field Member
Jennifer Wagner Lawlor, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tracy Rutler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary McAlpin, Special Member
Adlai Murdoch, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ho, Leslie

Title:

The Changing Developmental Significance of Relational Aggression: Prescshool Vs. Preadolescence

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

relational aggression
preschool relational aggression
developmental trajectory of relational aggression
social dominance theory
resource control theory

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Committee Members:

Karen Bierman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Major Field Member
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Janet Welsh, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alalawi, Hanan

Title:

Embodied Knowledges: Visceral and Parietal Poetics in Contemporary Arabic and Persian Literature of the Gulf

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

Arabic Literature
Persian Literature
Gulf Studies
Dispossession
Body Politics
Embodied Knowledge

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Committee Members:

Rosemary Jolly, Major Field Member
Lior Sternfeld, Outside Unit & Field Member
Maha Marouan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anna Ziajka Stanton, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charlotte Eubanks, Program Head/Chair
Nasrin Rahimieh, Special Member

Author:

Balukas, Colleen Patricia

Title:

The impact of code-switching and cognate status on phonetic realizations in the New Mexican Spanish-English bilingual community

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Bilingualism
code-switching
phonetics
phonology
language contact
Spanish
English

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Committee Members:

Rena Torres Cacoullos, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rena Torres Cacoullos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Lipski, Committee Member
Marianna Nadeu, Committee Member
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Member
Eleonora Rossi, Committee Member

Author:

Stoop, Tawni Blaze

Title:

What You See Might Be What You Get: Vicarious Reinforcement of Children's Engagement in Aggression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

early childhood
aggression
vicarious reinforcement

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Committee Members:

Amy Marshall, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Major Field Member
Pamela Cole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Feinberg, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mayo, Chelsea

Title:

Situational Coping in the Context of Poverty-Related Stress: Examining the Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Situational Coping Fit Indices in Low-Income Youth

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

situational coping
coping flexibility
poverty-related stress
pre-adolescents
psychopathology

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Committee Members:

Karen Bierman, Major Field Member
Steffany Fredman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rina Eiden, Major Field Member
Martha Wadsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Du Preez, Lisa

Title:

Stakeholder Engagement in All-Terrain Vehicle Recreation Planning and Implementation in Northcentral Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Forest management
Outdoor recreation
ATV recreation
Stakeholder
Environmental decision-making
sustainable recreation
All-terrain vehicle
ATV
Pennsylvania forests
economic impact
ATV monitoring
ecosystem management
DCNR
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
stakeholder engagement
ATV Pilot

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Gregory Jacobson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Scott, Committee Member
Margot Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Tim Kelsey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor