Search

Start Over Degree MS Year 2014

1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY PROFILES OF TEMPERAMENT: CHARACTERIZATION, CONTINUITY, AND ETIOLOGY

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Beekman III, Charles Richard
Title:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY PROFILES OF TEMPERAMENT: CHARACTERIZATION, CONTINUITY, AND ETIOLOGY
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Temperament
Socioemotional Development
Latent Profile Analysis
Genetic
Environmental
File:
Download cbthesis_etdfinaljulFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Loken, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Effective Csr Strategies: Lessons Learned from Selected Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Wilt, Jessica Leigh
Title:
Effective Csr Strategies: Lessons Learned from Selected Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners
Graduate Program:
Community and Economic Development
Keywords:
CSR
Ecological Modernization
Quality Management
BPEP
MBNQA
sustainability
sustainable development
File:
Download Wilt_Thesis_Final_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Development of a Trailing-Edge Noise Prediction Method using the Non-Linear Disturbance Equations

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Christiansen, Monica Danielle
Title:
Development of a Trailing-Edge Noise Prediction Method using the Non-Linear Disturbance Equations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
trailing edge noise
computational aeroacoustics
non-linear disturbance equations
wind turbine noise
File:
Download PSUThesisChristiansenFINAL072914.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE PARALLEL I/O

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Kim, Seong Jo
Title:
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE PARALLEL I/O
Graduate Program:
Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:
MPI-IO
PVFS
collective I/O
I/O stack
code instrumentation
Parallel I/O visualization
File:
Download msthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Hollow Cylinders with Axial Periodicity

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Malinowski, Owen Michael
Title:
Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Hollow Cylinders with Axial Periodicity
Graduate Program:
Engineering Mechanics
Keywords:
Ultrasonic
Guided Waves
Elastic Waves
Periodic Media
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Rev10_FinalFinalSubmission_OwenMalinowski.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ivica Smid, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Community Acceptance of Natural Remediation Methods in Baltimore, Md

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Stauffer, Kyle D
Title:
Community Acceptance of Natural Remediation Methods in Baltimore, Md
Graduate Program:
Landscape Architecture
Keywords:
Brownfields
phytoremediation
natural remediation
landscape architecture
community acceptance
Baltimore
Risk Perception
File:
Download STAUFFER_THESIS_2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Mallika Bose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Orland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Kew, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. A Feasibility Study in Redox Flow Battery Adoption to Augment Sustainable Electricity Grid Expansion in Developing Countries

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Narasimharaju, Anukalp
Title:
A Feasibility Study in Redox Flow Battery Adoption to Augment Sustainable Electricity Grid Expansion in Developing Countries
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Feasibility study
flow battery
sustainable electricity
energy
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Draft_Anukalp_submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Modeling Heat Transfer In Cantaloupes During Hot Water Immersion And Thermal Destruction Of Listeria monocytogenes

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Ramachandran, Radhika
Title:
Modeling Heat Transfer In Cantaloupes During Hot Water Immersion And Thermal Destruction Of Listeria monocytogenes
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
Cantaloupe
Listeria monocytogenes
modeling
hot water immersion
File:
Download Radhika_Ramachandran_MS_Thesis_Food_Science.pdf
Committee Members:
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Effect of Multi-phase Flow on Recovery of Fracture Fluid and Gas in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Abah, Alphonsus Igoche
Title:
Effect of Multi-phase Flow on Recovery of Fracture Fluid and Gas in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic
fracture
fracturing
marcellus
proppant
multi-phase flow
shut-in
capillary pressure
File:
Download EFFECT_OF_MULTI-PHASE_FLOW_ON_LONG_TERM_GAS_RECOVERY_BY_ALPHONSUS_ABAH.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. A Modified Duobinary Communication System For Rapid Prototyping Using Fpgas And Asics

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Umar, Ashraf Ibrahim
Title:
A Modified Duobinary Communication System For Rapid Prototyping Using Fpgas And Asics
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Duobinary
NRZ
FPGA
ASIC
Bandwidth
High-Speed
Rapid Prototyping
Transceiver
Stratix IV GT
Eye diagram
File:
Download MSEE_Thesis_Ashraf_Umar.pdf
Committee Members:
Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Joseph Blum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Barton, Ethan Patrick
Title:
Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Marcellus
shale gas
forest
songbirds
biotic homogenization
habitat fragmentation
File:
Download BartonThesis2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. Cavitation Modeling on the Automotive Torque Converter using Computational Fluid Dynamics with a Mixing Plane Approach

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Shanks, Matthew Ferrell
Title:
Cavitation Modeling on the Automotive Torque Converter using Computational Fluid Dynamics with a Mixing Plane Approach
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Cavitation
Torque Converter
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Mixing Plane
File:
Download MattShanks-Thesis-Jul22-NoRedGreen.pdf
Committee Members:
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Outage Probability And Transmitter Power allocation For Nc-based Cooperative Networks over Nakagami-m Fading Channel

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Sung, Yi-lin
Title:
Outage Probability And Transmitter Power allocation For Nc-based Cooperative Networks over Nakagami-m Fading Channel
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Bit error rate
network coding
complementary code-code division multiple access (CC-CDMA)
cooperative
relay
diversity
outag
File:
Download YILIN_SUNG_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. Effect Of Storage Conditions On The Dry Matter, Composition, And Respiration Concentrations Of Willow Chips

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Lewis, Ricky Ryan
Title:
Effect Of Storage Conditions On The Dry Matter, Composition, And Respiration Concentrations Of Willow Chips
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:
Biofuels
Respiration
Storage systems.
File:
Download Lewis.Final_Thesis.4.10.14.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Evaluating Stimulation Effectiveness In Marcellus Shale Through Analysis of Field Data

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Choudhary, Aditya
Title:
Evaluating Stimulation Effectiveness In Marcellus Shale Through Analysis of Field Data
Graduate Program:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic Fracturing
File:
Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_-_Revised_Thesis_-_Dec_2014_-Corrections_from_the_Committee_Included.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. Planning For A Wind Farm’s End-of-life: A Detailed Cost Analysis Of Decommissioning Practices And Suggested Project Planning Strategies

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Boehm, Allison M
Title:
Planning For A Wind Farm’s End-of-life: A Detailed Cost Analysis Of Decommissioning Practices And Suggested Project Planning Strategies
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
wind
energy
decommissioning
permitting
File:
Download Thesis_Final_ABoehm.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

31. the utility of lateral branching of the primary root for tolerance to phosphorus stress and drought in the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.)

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Camilo, Samuel Alves
Title:
the utility of lateral branching of the primary root for tolerance to phosphorus stress and drought in the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
common bean
root architecture
taproot lateral branching
drought
phosphorus common bean
root architecture
taproot lateral
File:
Download Samuel_Camilo_MS_thesis_014.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Marie Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ricky M Bates, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. Maternal distress and infant sleep arrangements in the first year: The roles of cultural consonance and maternal preferences for sleep arrangement choices

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Shimizu, Mina
Title:
Maternal distress and infant sleep arrangements in the first year: The roles of cultural consonance and maternal preferences for sleep arrangement choices
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
infant sleep arrangements
maternal distress
cultural consonance
File:
Download Shimizu_Mina_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Douglas Michael Teti, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. Automatic Contrail Detection and Segmentation in Polar-orbiter Satellite Images

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Padmanabhan, Viveknarayanan
Title:
Automatic Contrail Detection and Segmentation in Polar-orbiter Satellite Images
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Contrail
AVHRR
Line detection
segmentation
Hough Transform
File:
Download Thesis-Viveknarayanan.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Mark Carleton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Evan Higgins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOX by NH3 for Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Sokolowski, Christopher Henry
Title:
Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOX by NH3 for Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
selective catalytic reduction
SCR
NH3-SCR
diesel
NOX
nitrogen oxides
catalyst deactivation
zeolite
iron zeolite
File:
Download Sokolowski_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Yongsheng Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

37. Adaptations of Electrical Field Flow Fractionation For Use With Nanoparticles

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Konarske, Alison Marie
Title:
Adaptations of Electrical Field Flow Fractionation For Use With Nanoparticles
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
ElFFF
Field Flow Fractionation
Nanoparticles
separation
File:
Download A_Konarske_Vermilya_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

38. A Study on the Effect of Media Volume Manipulations on Global HUVEC Colony Proliferation Within a Microfluidic Channel

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Poudyal, Ashutosh
Title:
A Study on the Effect of Media Volume Manipulations on Global HUVEC Colony Proliferation Within a Microfluidic Channel
Graduate Program:
Bioengineering
Keywords:
HUVEC
microfluidic
cell culture
File:
Download Poudyal_Ashutosh_MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Siyang Zheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sheereen Majdzarringhalamaraghy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

39. An Empirical Analysis of The New York Independent System Operator's Transmission Congestion Contract Market: Speculator and Hedger Transaction Characteristics, Competition, and Profit

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Toole, Cameron John
Title:
An Empirical Analysis of The New York Independent System Operator's Transmission Congestion Contract Market: Speculator and Hedger Transaction Characteristics, Competition, and Profit
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Transmission congestion contract
New York Independent System Operator
speculation
hedging
locational based marginal pricing
File:
Download Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

41. Essays on Retail Analytics and Material Information Modeling

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Tang, Donghuan
Title:
Essays on Retail Analytics and Material Information Modeling
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Retail Analytics
Clustering
Association Rules
Material Information Modeling
Sustainability Metrics Computational Platform
File:
Download Master_Thesis_IE_Donghuan_Tang-2014-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Soundar Kumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Saldana, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Akhil Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

42. Acoustic Reflection Coefficient; A Forward and Inverse Scattering Model for Ice and Bed Topography

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Kudekar, Aneesh Rajendra
Title:
Acoustic Reflection Coefficient; A Forward and Inverse Scattering Model for Ice and Bed Topography
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
acoustic scattering
reflection coefficient
File:
Download Aneesh_Kudekar_thesis_post_correction.pdf
Committee Members:
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Allen Russell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. Electrochemical Methods to Investigate Competition Between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Keyes, Nicholas Adam
Title:
Electrochemical Methods to Investigate Competition Between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
Graduate Program:
Environmental Engineering
Keywords:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
cyclic voltammetry
chronoamperometry
PA14
MRSA
E-MRSA
File:
Download Nicholas_A_Keyes_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Michael Regan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rachel Alice Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

47. Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Policelli, Michael J
Title:
Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Direct
Collocation
Nonlinear Programming
Vertical
Takeoff
Landing
VTVL
moon
lunar
trajectory
optimization
spacecraft
File:
Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

48. Daily behavior and trap cropping of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys Stål) in Pennsylvania agricultural systems

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Soergel, Deonna Catherine
Title:
Daily behavior and trap cropping of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys Stål) in Pennsylvania agricultural systems
Graduate Program:
Entomology
Keywords:
Halyomorpha halys
stink bug
insect periodicity
circadian rhythm
feeding preference
invasive species
File:
Download Soergel_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Grzegorz Krawczyk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

50. An Investigation of Kinases Responsible for Site-specific Phosphorylation of p70s6k1 in Skeletal Muscle Following Chronic Functional Overloading

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Martin, Tony Dewayne
Title:
An Investigation of Kinases Responsible for Site-specific Phosphorylation of p70s6k1 in Skeletal Muscle Following Chronic Functional Overloading
Graduate Program:
Physiology
Keywords:
MAPK signaling
muscle hypertrophy
tenotomy
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_COMBINED.pdf
Committee Members:
Leonard Shelton Jefferson Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scot R Kimball, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Lauren Keil, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor