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20952. Studies of Allergic Diseases: Exploring Predictors of Asthma Treatment Superiority and Food Allergy Associations with Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Syndrome

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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

20953. Understanding Researchers’ Positionality in Integrating and Designing the Transdisciplinary Research Process and Outcomes: A Case Study of Thriving Agriculture Project

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Open Access
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

20954. The Development of Gallium Nitride Super-Heterojunction Transistors for 10-kV Blocking and 3-kV Switching

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Open Access
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:
Download Dissertation_Kemmerling_GaN_SHJ_Transistors_10kV_11052024.pdf
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

20955. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on kidney diseases: insights from real-world data

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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

20956. Vibromechanical Performance of Carbon/Epoxy Stiffened Panels with Acoustic Black Hole Features

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Open Access
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

20957. Risk, Livelihood Decisions, and Resilience in the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape

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Open Access
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

20958. Cardiometabolic Effects of Pecans as a Snack: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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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

20959. Microfluidic Ion Exchange Applications and Predictive Modeling for Lanthanide Separations

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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

20960. Internet of Multimodality: Problems in Security, Healthcare and AR/VR

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Open Access
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

20961. EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF COCOA SWEATINGS AND TIME OF FERMENTATION IN FLAVOR COMPOUNDS AND SENSORY PERCEPTION OF COCOA

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Open Access
Author:
Meneses Marentes, Nixon
Title:
EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF COCOA SWEATINGS AND TIME OF FERMENTATION IN FLAVOR COMPOUNDS AND SENSORY PERCEPTION OF COCOA
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
cocoa
flavor
volatiles
non-volatiles
sensory analysis
File:
Download Appendix_Sensory_test_screener.pdfDownload Thesis_Nixon_Meneses_Marentes.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Helene Hopfer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Greg Ziegler, Committee Member
Misha T Kwasniewski, Committee Member

20962. Energy and Economic Impacts of Engineering Controls for Airborne Infection Risk Mitigations

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Open Access
Author:
Phan, Roumany
Title:
Energy and Economic Impacts of Engineering Controls for Airborne Infection Risk Mitigations
Graduate Program:
Architectural Engineering
Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2
Energy
Indoor Air Quality
EnergyPlus
CONTAM
Risk Assessment
Wells-Riley
Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Probability of Infection Risk
Dedicated Outdoor Air System
Variable Air Volume System
File:
Download ENERGY_AND_ECONOMIC_IMPACTS_OF_ENGINEERING_CONTROLS_FOR_AIRBORNE_INFECTION_RISK_MITIGATIONS_by_Roumany_C._Phan.pdf
Committee Members:
Julian Wang, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
William P Bahnfleth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Greg Pavlak, Committee Member

20963. Effects of interferon tau and pregnancy specific protein B on gene expression during early pregnancy.

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Open Access
Author:
Montgomery, Ty
Title:
Effects of interferon tau and pregnancy specific protein B on gene expression during early pregnancy.
Graduate Program:
Animal Science
Keywords:
maternal recognition of pregnancy
HSPE1
D2Dx Immunity Test
pregnancy associated glycoproteins
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Ty_Montgomery.pdf
Committee Members:
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Troy Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Lee Pate, Committee Member
Chad Daniel Dechow, Committee Member

20964. Illuminating taxonomic and ecoregional variation in bias among community science data to inform conservation-based species distribution modeling

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Open Access
Author:
Lacey, Lindsay
Title:
Illuminating taxonomic and ecoregional variation in bias among community science data to inform conservation-based species distribution modeling
Graduate Program:
Spatial Data Science
Keywords:
species distribution model
MaxEnt
conservation
volunteered geographic information
citizen science
community science
bias
SDM
ecological niche model
ENM
File:
Download Lacey_MSThesis_09Nov2022.pdf
Committee Members:
Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair
Marcela Suárez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Miller, Committee Member

20965. Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Lefever, Andrew
Title:
Production and Conservation Tradeoffs of Vertical Tillage in No-till Systems
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
Keywords:
Vertical tillage
No-till
File:
Download Andrew_Lefever_MS_Thesis_11-22-22.pdf
Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John M Wallace, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member
Charlie White, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member

20968. Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors

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Open Access
Author:
Felins, Michael
Title:
Biasing Distance and Heterogeneous Solution Effects in Liquid Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Liquid gating
Graphene
Biosensor
FET
File:
Download Felins-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member

20970. Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

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Open Access
Author:
Elmquist, Jon
Title:
Risk Assessment of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) Neonicotinoid Control Tactics on Non-Target Insect Floral Visitors of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) and Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
neonicotinoid
insecticide
spotted lanternfly
imidacloprid
dinotefuran
pollinator
red maple
tree-of-heaven
Acer rubrum
Ailanthus altissima
Lycorma delicatula
non-target
risk assessment
File:
Download JE_PSU_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20971. Semantic Image Retrieval via Graph Representation and Metric Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, William
Title:
Semantic Image Retrieval via Graph Representation and Metric Learning
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Semantic image retrieval
Image-to-image retrieval
Scene graph
Graph convolutional network
Metric learning
Deep learning
File:
Download WilliamWang-thesis-20220727.pdf
Committee Members:
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Wang-Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member

20972. Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture

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Open Access
Author:
Robotham, Daniel
Title:
Understanding Factors that Impact Student Commitment to Agriculture
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
student commitment
emotional support
academic support
family influence
agricultural career
relevant skill acquisition
university experience
undergraduate students
File:
Download Daniel_Thesis_Final_Version_UpdatedFormatReview.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanna R. Windon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Brennan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

20973. Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns

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Open Access
Author:
Dyer, William
Title:
Quasi-Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Dry and Epoxy-Impregnated Carbon Nanotube Yarns
Graduate Program:
Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:
Carbon nanotube yarn
Epoxy-impregnated carbon nanotube yarn
CNT yarn
Mechanical testing
Dynamic mechanical analysis
File:
Download Dyer_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member

20974. Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Blunk, Andrew
Title:
Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Grafted and Non-Grafted Fresh Market Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnels in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science
Keywords:
Fresh Market Tomato
Nitrogen
Soil Monitoring
handheld Ion Selective Electrodes (ISE)
High Tunnel
Mid-Atlantic Region
soil fertility management
File:
Download Blunk_Thesis_Final_version.pdf
Committee Members:
Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Di Gioia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Claudia Schmidt, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
John Thomas Spargo, Committee Member

20975. Development of Transparent Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Osman, Mohamed
Title:
Development of Transparent Ultrasonic Transducers for Biomedical Applications
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
Translucent matching layer
glass beads
Ultrasonic Transducer
Transparent Ultrasound Transducer
Photoacoustic Imaging
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Mohamed_Osman_Submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julianna Simon, Committee Member
Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Committee Member

20976. ASHE: An Agent-Based Model that Simulates Human Error Probability Using Design Structure Matrices

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Open Access
Author:
Azhar, Fariha
Title:
ASHE: An Agent-Based Model that Simulates Human Error Probability Using Design Structure Matrices
Graduate Program:
Engineering Design
Keywords:
Human Error
Agent-Based Model
Design Structure Matrix
Human Reliability Analysis
File:
Download FarihaAzhar_EDSGN_Thesis_22.pdf
Committee Members:
Nicholas Meisel, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chris Mc Comb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20977. Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections

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Open Access
Author:
Aquino, Carl Fredrick
Title:
Greenland Ice Sheet drives sea-level rise differences between model and expert projections
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
sea-level rise
sea level
probabilistic inversion
Bayesian inversion
Greenland Ice Sheet
Antarctic Ice Sheet
climate risk
climate risk management
coastal hazards
File:
Download AQUINO_CARLFREDRICK_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vivek Srikrishnan, Committee Member

20979. DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

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Open Access
Author:
Tang, Xiaomeng
Title:
DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery
File:
Download XT_Thesis_Draft_v10.8.pdf
Committee Members:
James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member