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Author:

Wight, Andrea Lynne

Title:

ENHANCING FLAVOR: UTILIZING HERBS AND SPICES TO PROMOTE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION AMONG CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management

Keywords:

herbs and spices
child fruit and vegetable consumption
dips

File:

Download Thesis-Draft_12-8_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Lawrence Bordi Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Lawrence Bordi Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Luzik, Alaina Marie

Title:

QUANTIFYING FOREST FIRE ENHANCEMENT OF THE FREE TROPOSPHERIC OZONE COLUMN DURING THE IONS-04, IONS-06, AND ARC-IONS CAMPAIGNS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

tropospheric ozone
forest fires
forest fire smoke
laminar identification

File:

Download AlainaLuzik_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Mee Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Mee Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scanlan, Andrew Michael

Title:

Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Diatom Assemblages
Alterante Stable State Hypothesis
Productivity Threshold

File:

Download Scanlan_Thesis_12-9-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Todd, Aaron M

Title:

Performance degradation of P3HT:PCBM Polymer/fullerene photovoltaic cells under gamma irradiation

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

solar cells
gamma irradiation
CELIV
radiation damage

File:

Download Masters-AT.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O Awadelkarim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olatunji, Adewale

Title:

OPTIMIZATION OF NATURAL GAS FIELD DEVELOPMENT USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Natural Gas Field Development
Artificial Neural Networks

File:

Download Olatunji_Adewale.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Borner, Arnaud

Title:

DROPLET VAPORIZATION OF N-HEPTANE IN SUBCRITICAL CONDITIONS USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

n-heptane
vaporization
Droplets
molecular dynamics

File:

Download MasterThesis_v3_Arnaud_Borner.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shaffer, Andrew Paul

Title:

PFFTC: An Improved Fast Fourier Transform for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cell Broadband Engine
High Performance Computing
Fast Fourier Transform

File:

Download PFFTC_An_Improved_Fast_Fourier_Transform_for_the_IBM_Cell_Broadband_Engine.pdf

Committee Members:

Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Welch, Amy P

Title:

Distributed Cellulosic Ethanol: A County Level Investigation of Sustainable Production Potential

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

renewable energy
calculator
sustainability
biofuel
biomass

File:

Download Welch_MSThesis_12.08.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Glasmeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Adams, Andrew Ryan

Title:

Quantitative Radiographic Investigation of Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

radiography
beam theory
strain
dowel type fastener
wood connection
digital image processing
x-ray
edge extraction
differentiation of discrete data

File:

Download Andrew_Adams_CE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bohumil Kasal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fecteau, Anthony Roman

Title:

BDI Plan Update In Dynamic Environments

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

plan abort
plan fail
plan update
multi agent systems
intelligent agents
artificial intelligence
r-cast
BDI
plan task execution
plan step execution
update dispatcher

File:

Download anthonyfecteau.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Mullen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wang Chien Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lashaway, Aubrey Rain

Title:

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

rejuvenation
Lake Erie
hypoxia
diatom

File:

Download Aubrey_Lashaway_Thesis_4-24-09.pdf

Committee Members:

Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rathi, Aditi

Title:

A GPU based implementation of Center Surround Distribution Distance Algorithm for Feature Recognition

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

HPC
Acceleration
CUDA
CSDD
GPU

File:

Download Aditi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Solmeyer, Anna Ruth

Title:

Risk and Protective Effects of Sibling Relationships Among African American Adolescents: The Role of Familism Values and Birth Order

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

familism values
African Amiercans
risk and protective effects
sibling relations

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Marie Mc Hale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Feinberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shapiro, Alice Rose

Title:

Tasking the soft sensor: using cues to direct visual attention

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

surveillance
vision
attention
spatial cue

File:

Download Alice_final_draft_for_submission6.pdf

Committee Members:

David J Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David J Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Mc Neese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Avery-Grubel, Amy S

Title:

Homeschool Geographies: A Case Study of Educational Infrastructure in Virginia

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

space-time mapping
homeschool infrastructure
educational restructur-ing
school choice
homeschooling
educational geography
Social Network Analysis

File:

Download Avery_HS_Geogs_July24.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Purrington, Andrew

Title:

The Influence of Loss Aversion on Mountain Bikers' Behavioral Intentions

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

public involvement
recreation
loss aversion
ownership

File:

Download Purrington_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry Zinn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry C Zinn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sidhu, Amiteshwar Singh

Title:

SEARCH-BASED MAXIMALLY PERMISSIVE DEADLOCK AVOIDANCE IN FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELLS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Problem Reduction
Look Ahead Search
Search Algorithms
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Deadlock Avoidance
Circuit Detection

File:

Download thesis20090806.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Allen Wysk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Naito, Adam Takashi

Title:

Twentieth Century Vegetation Changes and Wildlife Habitat Suitability in the Eagle Lake Ranger District, Lassen National Forest, California, USA

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Pine Siskin
Northern Goshawk
northeastern California
Lassen National Forest
California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system
wildlife habitat suitability
vegetation change
Olive-sided Flycatcher
California Spotted Owl
American marten
Fisher

File:

Download NaitoAT_MSThesis_May09.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aliyaru Kunju, Ashkar Ali

Title:

TRANSPORT IN SILICON QUANTUM DOTS EMBEDDED IN A RARE EARTH OXIDE

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Quantum dots
Device Physics
Transport
Capacitance-voltage

File:

Download Thesis_Ashkar.pdf

Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O Awadelkarim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bommareddi, Anveshan

Title:

AN ENGINE OIL LIFE ALGORITHM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil change interval
algorithm
operating conditions
driving conditions
simulations

File:

Download Anveshan_Bommareddi_MS_Thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor