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Author:

Griswold, Kaytlynn Rose

Title:

Understanding Racial Identity and PO Fit in Applicant Attraction

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
racial identity
recruiting
recruitment websites
person-organization fit
diversity climate

File:

Download Griswold_Thesis_For_Graduate_School_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Kisha Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James LeBreton, Committee Member
Jonathan Cook, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Sarah Catherine

Title:

THE FEBRUARY 1993 KILAUEA EAST RIFT ZONE DIKE INTRUSION REVEALED THROUGH INSAR

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Boundary Element Method
Inversion
Static Stress Change
Nonlinear Inversion

File:

Download SarahMoore_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter LaFemina, Committee Member
Charles Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Acquaviva, Jeffrey R

Title:

Optimal Cyber-Defense Strategies For Advanced Persistent Threats: A Game Theoretical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Network Security
Game Theory
Advanced Persistent Threats
Zero-Sum Games
Cyber attack modeling

File:

Download Acquaviva_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom LaPorta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Mahon, Committee Member
Bruce Einfalt, Committee Member

Author:

Walker, Amanda Mae

Title:

A FISCALLY-BASED SCALE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE STORM SURGE

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

storm surge
meteorology
tropical meteorology
hurricane
tropical cyclone
scale
kuykendall scale
inundation

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Amanda_Mae_Walker.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. David Titley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Mann, Committee Member
Dr. Raymond Najjar, Committee Member

Author:

Lapinskas, Siga Laura

Title:

WHOLE OAT INCLUSION TO OPTIMIZE DIETARY PARTICLE SIZE, STARCH, AND GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH IN HORSES

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

whole oats
particle size
ESGD
permeability

File:

Download Lapinskas_Thesis_041017.pdf

Committee Members:

William B. Staniar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Harvatine, Committee Member
Joshua Lambert, Committee Member

Author:

Luo, Yuhan

Title:

Understanding Information Workers' Sedentary Behavior Through a Desktop-Based Break Prompting System

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Sedentary Behavior
Human-computer Interaction
Persuasive Technology
Health Informatics
Qualitative Study
Experience Sampling

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Yuhan_Luo.pdf

Committee Members:

Eun Kyoung Choe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
David E. Conroy, Committee Member

Author:

Jo, Gunwoo

Title:

PROTON HOPPING IN A SINGLE LAYER WATER BETWEEN MXENE LAYERS USING REAXFF MD SIMULATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

MXenes
ReaxFF
Proton hopping
Diffusion constant
MD simulation

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Gunwoo_Jo.pdf

Committee Members:

Adri van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Baker, Joshua Henry

Title:

INSOMNIA SYMPTOMS AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION IN ADOLESCENTS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Insomnia
Adolescence
Inflammation
C-reactive protein
Penn State Child Cohort

File:

Download Mendoza_PermissionLetter.pdfDownload Aodlescent_Insomnia_JHB.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Bixler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, Committee Member
Patricia McLaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Montasser, Omar Tayeb

Title:

Predicting Demographics of High-Resolution Geographies

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

geotagged social media
geography-based demographics prediction
large-scale supervised learning

File:

Download masters_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Kifer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C. Lee Giles, Committee Member

Author:

Fecek, David Patrick

Title:

Online Detection of Water and Coolant in Engine Oil

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil analysis
oil
water contamination
coolant contamination
oil contamination
water
coolant
glycol
engine oil
condition based maintenance
online detection
condition monitoring
engine health
engine monitoring

File:

Download eTD_Fecek_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Anil Kumar, Kannan

Title:

Reweighting Anthropometric Data using a Nearest Neighbor Approach

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Design for Human Variability
Data reweighting
Binning
ANSUR
CAESAR
NHANES
Data weighting

File:

Download Kannan_Reweighting_data_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Doyle, Emily Ann

Title:

Correcting δ13CH4 Analyses for Krypton Interference: The Potential Impact on Methane Budget Studies

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Methane Budget
Krypton Interference
continuous-flow mass spectrometry
carbon isotope
gas chromatography

File:

Download Doyle_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Yoojin

Title:

A PHOTO IS WORTH A THOUSAND CLICKS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF PHOTOGRAPH TYPE AND PROVIDER ON CONSUMERS’ WILLINGNESS TO BOOK

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Hotels
Photographs
Photograph type
Photograph provider
Willingness to book

File:

Download Yoojin_Shin_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Breffni M. Noone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna S. Mattila, Committee Member
Donna Quadri-Felitti, Committee Member

Author:

Finley, Melissa Lauren

Title:

TN5 MUTAGENESIS REVEALS POTENTIAL MECHANISMS OF METABOLIC PARASITISM OF APPLE FRUIT BY ERWINIA AMYLOVORA

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

plant pathology
phytopathology
phytobacteriology
bacterial metabolism
erwinia
erwinia amylovora
pathogenicity
parasitism
tn5 mutagenesis
auxotroph
auxotrophy
amino acids
amino acid auxotrophy
bacterial parasitism
nutrient acquisition

File:

Download Final_MS_Thesis_updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Tim McNellis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristina Rosa, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Edward Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Zou, Xin

Title:

DESIGN OF AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BASED ON FLEXIBLE MICRO SPRING ARRAYS FOR VIABLE CANCER CELL ENRICHMENT

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Circulating tumor cell
Automatic detection
Cancer detection
Flexible Micro Spring Array

File:

Download THESIS_0405.pdf

Committee Members:

Siyang Zheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nanyin Zhang, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member

Author:

Stouter, Meghan Quinn

Title:

GENDER-ATYPICAL WORK: MEN IN CHILD CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

differential treatment
gender-atypical work
job satisfaction

File:

Download Graduate_School_Thesis_Stouter_Meghan_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Damaske, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean Phillips, Committee Member
Stacy Silver, Committee Member

Author:

Pahadia, Mayank

Title:

Conservative Error Correction of Sequencing Data

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Error Correction
Genome Assemblers
Conservative
Validation Pipeline

File:

Download Mayank_Pahadia_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Medvedev, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Bora

Title:

MATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENT IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

Materiality
Sustainability Investment
Franchising
Stakeholder Theory
Restaurant Industry

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Bora_Kim_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Seoki Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna S. Mattila, Committee Member
Amit Sharma, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Yuzhi

Title:

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM DATA ANALYSIS ON E-LEARNING PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

E-learning Improvement
Instructional Forms
Electroencephalogram
Personality
Perceived Workload
Learning Performance.

File:

Download Thesis-Yuzhi_Sun-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nembhard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mckellar, Brian U

Title:

VISUALIZATION AND QUANTITATION OF STEM CELL MEDIATED MINERALIZATION OF A DEMINERALIZED COLLAGEN SAFFOLD IN A TISSUE ENGINEERING MODEL

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Tissue Engineering
Stem cell
Biomineralization
Bone
Osteogenic differentiation

File:

Download McKellar_EpiBone_Thesis_Final_up.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarindr "Ik" Bhumiratana, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member
XIAOJUN "Lance" LIAN, Committee Member

Author:

Hagenah, Kristen E

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF AGED THROMBI THROUGH MRI AND HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ERYTHROCYTE GHOST CLOTS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Ghost Cells
Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping
Left Ventricular Thrombus

File:

Download Hagenah_Kristen_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. William Hancock, Committee Member
Dr. Graham Thomas, Committee Member

Author:

Ochonski, Patricia

Title:

Influence of feed particle size and dietary starch on inflammation in horses

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

Inflammation
Particle size
Oats
Horse

File:

Download Patricia_Ochonski_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

W. Burton Staniar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joy Pate, Committee Member
Robert Van Saun, Committee Member

Author:

jordan, sarah Christina

Title:

NEWCOMER SOCIALIZATION AND ONBOARDING AT AN AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY: EXAMINATION OF FEEDBACK SEEKING BEHAVIORS OF NEW HIRES

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Feedback seeking
Learning Goal Orientation
Performance Goal Orientation
Avoid Failure Orientation
Perceived Fit
Work Engagement
Self-Efficacy
Newcomer Socialization

File:

Download Sarah_Jordan_Thesis_Final__4_3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jean Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stan Gully, Committee Member
Ashley Rippey, Committee Member

Author:

Rau, Adam J

Title:

Development and Benchmarking of Image Analysis Methods for Use in Horizontal Plug Flow

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Two-Phase Flow
Image Processing
Nuclear Engineering
Thermal-Hydraulics
Conductivity Probe
Horizontal Flow

File:

Download Development_and_Benchmarking_of_Image_Analysis_Methods_for_Use_in_Horizontal_Plug_Flow.docx.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Fu

Title:

GROWTH AND TEM INVESTIGATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

two dimensional materials
transmission electron microscopy
synthesis
transfer
transition metal dichalcogenides

File:

Download MS-Thesis_Fu_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schirtzinger, Skylar Carl

Title:

Effects of Carbon Materials as Additives on the Combustion Behavior of Double-Base Propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
functionalized graphene sheets
combustion
double base propellant
thermal decomposition
burning rate
controlled enhancment
scanning electron microscope
propellant additive
thermal stability
graphite

File:

Download Schirtzinger_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Richard Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Campbell, Jacqueline Marie

Title:

Exploring Students' Perceptions of their Note-Taking Practices

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Note-taking
Chemistry
STEM Education
Self-Regulation

File:

Download Maguire_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy N. van Meter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bonnie J. F. Meyer, Committee Member

Author:

Vidvans, Amey Narayan

Title:

A modified structure from motion framework based on smartphone imaging for 3D reconstruction of arbitrary shapes

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Reconstruction
Smartphone
Digital Image Correlation
Reverse Engineering

File:

Download merged__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Saurabh Basu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Carroll, Travis John

Title:

ON THE IMPACT OF ELECTRODE GEOMETRY ON THE PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PZT 5A FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
fiber
piezoelectric
interdigitated
parallel
electrodes
electromechanical
AFC

File:

Download Carroll_Travis_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Timothy Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Toenies, Matthew John

Title:

Long-term avian community response to hemlock decline

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Tsuga canadensis
Empidonax virescens
Setophaga virens
birds
community
forest die-off
Adelges tsugae
decline
occupancy
response

File:

Download thesis_Matt_Toenies_final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Member

Author:

Gomatam, Priyanka

Title:

Object Recognition Using Structured Feature Extraction With A Reconfigurable, Neurosynaptic Processor

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Truenorth
neuromorphic hardware
object detection
histogram of oriented gradients
neural network hardware

File:

Download PSUThesisP-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Sampson, Committee Member

Author:

Caswell, Katherine E

Title:

Incorporating Cover Crops and Diversified Weed Management to Improve Cropping System Productivity

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Integrated Weed Management
Cover crops
agronomy

File:

Download new_edits_2.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Karsten, Committee Member
David Mortensen, Committee Member
Jeffery Hyde, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Juan

Title:

A Study of Benford's Law, With Applications to the Analysis of Corporate Financial Statements

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Benford's Law
Pearson's chi-square test
discrete Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
goodness-of-fit test
finances

File:

Download JuanChangThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald St. P. Richards, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David R. Hunter, Committee Member
James L. Rosenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Velumani, Manoj

Title:

ADOPTION OF AGILE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE IN LARGE ORGANIZATION: A CASE STUDY

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Agile Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Architect
complex adaptive systems

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Manoj.pdf

Committee Members:

Rosalie Ocker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tischendorf, Zachary Edgar

Title:

Miscanthus Yield and Nitrogen Fertility of an Amended, Reclaimed Mine Soil

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Miscanthus
Reclaimed Mine Land
Nitrogen Fertility

File:

Download Tischendorf_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marvin Hall, Committee Member
Douglas Beegle, Committee Member

Author:

Stewart, Sydney M

Title:

Explaining reaction rates between iron oxide associated ferrous iron and nitrobenzene

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Iron oxides
LFER
Reaction rates
Reduction potential

File:

Download SMS_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher A. Gorski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M. Regan, Committee Member
William D. Burgos, Committee Member

Author:

Leonard, Krista Sue

Title:

Predictors of maternal 6-week postpartum weight retention: Influences of exercise determinants and psychological well-being

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Stress
Pre-pregnancy Weight
Postpartum Weight Retention
Psychobehavioral Determinants

File:

Download LeonardThesisFinal_07.13.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Danielle Symons Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Blair Evans, Committee Member
Kristen H. Kjerulff, Committee Member

Author:

Carney, ELIZABETH MARGARET

Title:

Children's Response to Flavor Variety In Herb and Spice Seasoned Vegetables Served Within a Meal

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Vegetables
Eating Behaviors
Herbs and Spices
Preschool
PROP
Variety
Sensory Specific Satiety

File:

Download MASTERS_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathleen L. Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John E. Hayes, Committee Member
Joshua D. Lambert, Committee Member

Author:

Lakoba, Vasiliy T

Title:

Planning For Sustainable Forest Restoration: The Case Study Of Hartley Wood In The Arboretum at Penn State

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

Landscape Architecture
Planning
Invasive plants
Invasive species
Forest Restoration
Ecological Restoration

File:

Download 2017.04.02_LakobaV_Thesis_MSLA.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallika Bose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derrick Taff, Committee Member
Ken Tamminga, Committee Member

Author:

Nalubwama Kaweesa, Dorcas Vivian

Title:

Quantifying the Impact of Functionally Graded Materials on the Fatigue Life of Material Jetted Specimens

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Functionally Graded Materials
Fatigue Life
Continuous Gradients
Discrete Gradients
Additive Manufacturing
Multi-materials
PolyJet Process

File:

Download DVKaweesa_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas A. Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Varanasi, Rama Adithya

Title:

TWEETSIGHT: ENHANCING FINANCIAL ANALYSTS' SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Social media
Financial analysts
design research
design
human computer interaction
sensemaking
work study

File:

Download ThesisRamaAdithyaVaranasi.pdf

Committee Members:

John M. Carroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ben Hanrahan, Committee Member
Eun Kyoung Choe, Committee Member

Author:

Dennis, Eli James

Title:

Exploring the Sensitivity of Convection Initiation to Grid Spacing in Convection-Allowing NAM Simulations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Convection initiation
NWP

File:

Download Dennis_Thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette P. Richardson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul M. Markowski, Committee Member
David J. Stensrud, Committee Member

Author:

Kani, Amirali

Title:

A Factorial Hidden Markov Model for Modeling Dynamics in Intrinsic Preferences

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Dynamic Models
Hidden Markov Models
Brand Choice
Market Segmentation

File:

Download AmiraliKani-MasterThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gallagher, Maureen Brenna

Title:

A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on Weaning in the 12 cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

PVAD
PIV
artificial heart
pediatric
hematocrit
weaning
ventricular assist device
cardiovascular fluid dynamics

File:

Download Gallagher_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Agrawal, Sidharth

Title:

Quantifying the Economic Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing Proppant Selection in Light of Occupational Particulate Exposure Risk and Functional Requirements

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant selection
Hydraulic fracturing
Risk analysis
Silica exposure
Health-related cost
Occupational particulate exposure risk

File:

Download Thesis_Sidharth_Agrawal.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy M. Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sinha, Swapnil

Title:

IMPROVING QUALITY OF MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES CREATED VIA MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design

Keywords:

Design for 'X'
Embedding
Multi-functionality
CubeSat
Manufacturing
Resistive Heating
Material Extrusion
Internet of Things
Polymer
Anisotropy
Print Process Interruption
Design for Additive Manufacturing

File:

Download Sinha_Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas A. Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G. Bilen, Committee Member

Author:

Helm, Kevin C

Title:

Investigation of the Impacts of Cognitive Style and Teamwork on Ideation Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Engineering Design
Ideation
Cognitive Style
Brainstorming
Teamwork
Concept Generation
Creativity
Idea Assessment

File:

Download KevinHelmThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Kathryn Jablokow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Matthew Parkinson, Committee Member
Dr. Karen Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Glumm, Stacey Ann

Title:

Functional Performance Criteria to Assess Pointe Readiness in Youth Ballet Dancers

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

pointe-readiness
ballet
pointe
functional testing
en pointe
youth

File:

Download Glumm_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Sayers John Miller III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Giampietro Vairo, Committee Member
John Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yan

Title:

OBFUSCATION WITH TURING MACHINE

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Software Security
Control Flow Obfuscation
Turing Machine

File:

Download YanWang-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dinghao Wu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harkins, Joseph

Title:

Automatic Controller Synthesis for a Reconfigurable UAV

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Modular Aircraft
UAV
Controls
Aerodynamics

File:

Download JosephHarkins-Thesis-Draft-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McDowell, Elliott Hunter

Title:

Qualitative Differences Among Bitter Stimuli Found in Foods and Pharmaceuticals

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

bitter taste
psychophysics
taste
sensory science
chemosensory
perception
taste quality
free sorting
Polarized Sensory Positioning
chemical senses
DISTATIS Analysis
human behavior
tas2r
pharmaceuticals
gLMS

File:

Download McDowell_MS_THESIS_3rd_Rev._.pdf

Committee Members:

John E. Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Kathleen Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Holmes, William Kirby

Title:

VISION-BASED RELATIVE DECK STATE ESTIMATION USED WITH TAU BASED LANDINGS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

kalman filter
quadcopter
ship deck landing
monocular vision

File:

Download holmes_fin.pdf

Committee Members:

jack langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Witmer, Evan Brooke

Title:

RNA-SEQ REVEALS NOVEL REGULATORS IN HUMAN STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

stem cell
stem cells
pluripotent
differentiation
mesoderm
mesodermal
RNA-seq
RNA-sequencing
FOXB1
ARL4A
PMAIP1

File:

Download EvanWitmerThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaojun Lance Lian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, John P

Title:

TRPM2 Inhibition Increases Oxidative Stress and Reduces Tumor Growth in Neuroblastoma through Modulation of GSH

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

TRPM2
Nrf2
Glutathione
GSH
Oxidative stress
Neuroblastoma

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Submission_Final_Edit__JPL_.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia McLaughlin, Committee Member
Loren Evey, Committee Member

Author:

Soltanzadeh, Nahid

Title:

Narrative Critical Literacy: A Case Study in Teaching Literature

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

critical literacy
multicultural education
multicultural literature
Teacher inquiry

File:

Download NahidSoltanzadehMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cuesta, Antonio Rafael

Title:

UTILIZING IMMOBILIZED BIOCATALYSTS ON ACTIVATED CARBON BLACK ADSORBENTS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE FROM SIMULATED AMBIENT AIR UNDER A pH SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 Capture
Ambient Air Capture
CO2 Adsorbent
Swing Adsorption
pH Swing Adsorption
Activated Carbon Adsorbent
Immobilized Carbonic Anhydrase
Nitrogen Enriched Carbon Adsorbent
Potassium Enriched Carbon Adsorbent
Biocatalyst CO2 Gas Hydration
CCUS
Carbon Capture

File:

Download Antonio_Rafael_Cuesta_Master_Thesis_August_2017_FINAL_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Chunshan Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Serno, Kimberly Marie

Title:

The effects of road on forest bird communities in Pennsylvania's core forested landscape

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Birds
Multispecies occupancy models
roads
core forest
forests
fragmentation
habitat degradation

File:

Download Serno_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Alvarez Tiburcio, Miguel

Title:

Experimental Evaluation of the Impact Behavior of Partially Melted Ice Particles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Engine icing
icing
glaciated conditions
mixed phase icing
ice particles impact

File:

Download MiguelAlvarez_MS_Thesis_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Riegel, Meghan Carole

Title:

AN ANALYSIS OF THE MIRAI BOTNET AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

mirai
botnet
internet of things
malware
iot

File:

Download MeghanRiegel-MastersThesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick McDaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

SHEN, XINYI

Title:

Evaluation of two procedures for treatment of knee prosthetic joint infection (PJI)

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Prosthetic Joint Infection
One-stage revision procedure
Two-Stage revision procedure
Post-discharge antibiotic treatment

File:

Download PJI_Thesis_Xinyi_Shen_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Du, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Leslie, Committee Member
Ming Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kilmer, Eric David

Title:

Extending Vulnerability Discovery with Fuzzing and Symbolic Execution to Realistic Applications

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic Execution
Vulnerability Discovery
Program Analysis
Fuzzing

File:

Download eric_kilmer_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick McDaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Arneson, Henry

Title:

FORCE CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO GRINDING IN ZIRCONIA

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

zirconia
grinding force
force characterization
micro grinding

File:

Download hdadoc1.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric R. Marsh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

LYU, Youngsun SUN

Title:

EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWINGS IN BIOLOGY COMPREHENSION

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

learner-generated drawing
drawing strategy
strategy instruction

File:

Download Youngsun_Thesis_May_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy VanMeter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rayne Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Rodriguez Ramirez, Angelica Rocio

Title:

DESIGN FEATURES IN COMMUNAL SPACES: IMPACT ON QUALITY AND SATISFACTION IN SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECTS

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Social Housing
Affordable Housing
Patterns
Evaluation
Communal Spaces
Colombia
Free housing
Jan Gehl
Christopher Alexander

File:

Download COMMUNAL_SPACES_QUALITY_AND_SATISFACTION_IN_SOCIAL_HOUSING_BY_ANGELICA_RODRIGUEZ.pdf

Committee Members:

José Pinto Duarte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexandra Staub, Committee Member
Mallika Bose, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Justin Adam

Title:

COMPLIANT MEDICAL TOOL DESIGN FOR SOFT TISSUE CUTTING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Compliant Mechanism
Soft Tissue Cutting
Needle Design
Finite Element Method

File:

Download Jones_Justin_Masters_Thesis_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Z. Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Munden, Regina Lynn

Title:

A Murine Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Characterization of Alterations to the Enteric Nervous System

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine

Keywords:

type 2 diabetes
NONcNZO
vertical sleeve gastrectomy

File:

Download 09AUG2017.THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Tiffany Whitcomb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kirsteen Browning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andras Hajnal, Committee Member

Author:

Kumru, Hanife Tugba

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF PARAMETRIC EFFECTS ON THE TRANSITION BOILING REGIME FOR FLOW BOILING IN A ROD BUNDLE UNDER LOSS OF COOLANT CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

minimum film boiling temperature
transition boiling regime
RBHT
spacer grid
heat transfer

File:

Download Hanife_Tugba_Kumru_MSc_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kessler, Joshua C

Title:

Fluid Dynamic Study of the FDA Benchmark Model under Pulsatile Flow

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
LDV
FDA Benchmark Nozzle Model
FDA Critical Path Initiative
Hemolysis
Sudden Expansion
Conical Diffuser
Turbulence

File:

Download Thesisv9.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Motalebi, Nasim

Title:

FLOOR LIVING: ACTIVATING AN EVOCATIVE ARCHITECTURE BY COMPUTATION AND BODILY INTERACTION

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Virtopia
DreamSpace
Ephemeral Architecture
Interactive Architecture
Computation
Bodily Interaction.

File:

Download The_Ephemeral_DreamSpace.movDownload The_Ephemeral_DreamSpace.pdf

Committee Members:

Marcus Shaffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Pinto Duarte, Committee Member
Andrew Hieronymi, Committee Member

Author:

Wilczynski, Zachary Ryan

Title:

Synthesis and Optimized Laundering of Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles for Imaging and Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Nanoparticle
Nanomedicine
Breast Cancer
Chemotherapeutics
Chemotherapy
Calcium Phosphate
Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticle

File:

Download 07262017_ZRW5022_MS_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James H. Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yazujian, Tyler J

Title:

A COMPARATIVE SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF THE 2008 MUMBAI, 2015 PARIS, and 2016 BRUSSELS TERRORIST NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

counterterrorism
social network analysis
social networks
comparative analysis

File:

Download Yazujian_MastersThesis_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Forster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jess Kropczynski, Committee Member
Don Shemanski, Committee Member

Author:

Ellison, Jason J

Title:

IN SITU STRIPLINE LAMINATE PROPERTY EXTRACTION ACCOUNTING FOR EFFECTIVE SURFACE ROUGHNESS LOSSES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Surface Roughness
Calibration
Propagation Constant
TRL
AFR
2x Thru
permittivity
tangent delta
dielectric
stripline

File:

Download Composite_Draft_20171208.pdf

Committee Members:

Sedig Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olsen, Maxwell Henry

Title:

Understanding the role of built and natural features within person-place bonding at a local nature center

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

setting attachment
person-place bonding
human-place bonding
place attachment
place
outdoor recreation
nature center
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center

File:

Download Maxwell_Olsen.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Graefe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Mowen, Committee Member
Pete Allison, Committee Member

Author:

Kennedy, Curtis Ross

Title:

Near-Surface Geophysical Investigation of Karstic Controls on Localized Hillslope Hydrology

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Hydrogeophysics
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Geology
Karst
Resistivity
Agronomy
Agriculture
Lysimetry
Carbonate

File:

Download Kennedy_Thesis_-_May_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Tess Russo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anthony Buda, Committee Member
Andrew Nyblade, Committee Member
Casey Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Aurite, William Robert

Title:

GENETIC TESTING SERVICE ADOPTION BY USERS AND THEIR DATA SHARING PREFERENCES

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Genetic Data
Genetic Privacy
Interdependent Privacy
Data Sharing With Third Parties
Personal Privacy

File:

Download Aurite_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Andrea Tapia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Jessica Kropczynski, Committee Member
Dr. Jens Grossklags, Committee Member

Author:

Jethva, Janak Prakashchandra

Title:

Nano-scale Simulation of Gold Nanoparticle Tracking of Kinesin-1

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

kinesin
motor protein
computational modelling
simulation
MATLAB

File:

Download Graduate_School_Thesis__Final__-_Janak_Jethva.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. William O. Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Quinhentos, Maria

Title:

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND FARMERS’ WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT NEW AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF A NEW PHOSPHORUS-EFFICIENT BEAN VARIETY IN RURAL MOZAMBIQUE

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

social capital
willingness
phosphorus efficient
bean
Mozambique

File:

Download MScThesis_Maria_Quinhentos.pdf

Committee Members:

Leland Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jill Findeis, Committee Member
Carolyn Sachs, Committee Member

Author:

Jackson, Morgan A

Title:

Impact of age-associated estrogen deficiency on innate immune responses to myocardial ischemic injury in the female rat heart

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

heart
aging
estrogen
inflammation
macrophage
ischemia reperfusion injury

File:

Download Final_Revision_Jackson_Masters_Thesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Donna Korzick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Catharine Ross, Committee Member

Author:

Okafor, Ikenna J

Title:

Hardware Acceleration of Visual Object Search

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Sliding Window
ROI
Hardware Acceleration
FPGA

File:

Download Hardware_Acceleration_of_Visual_Object_Search_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shapiro, Zvi Raphael

Title:

TIMING IN CHILDREN WITH ADHD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Timing
Interval Timing
Diffusion Modeling
DDM

File:

Download Zvi_Shapiro_Thesis_format_review_05082017.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Shahidi, Narges

Title:

Flash Translation Layer Design in Solid State Drives

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SSD
NAND Flash Memory
Solid State Drives
Flash Translation Layer
Storage System

File:

Download thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mahmut T. Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shan, Wenyu

Title:

THERMAL AND VENTILATION PERFORMANCE OF COMBINED PASSIVE CHILLED BEAM – DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

air conditioning
mixing ventilation
displacement ventilation
computational fluid dynamics
ventilation effectiveness
thermal comfort

File:

Download Master_Thesis_-_Wenyu_Shan.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William P Bahnfleth, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Committee Member

Author:

Yuan, Shaojie

Title:

Cooling Energy Saving Performance of Exterior Greenery System on Department of Energy Reference Buildings

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Keywords: exterior greenery system
cooling energy saving
DOE reference buildings
EnergyPlus
latent heat
Exterior greenery system
Cooling energy saving
Energyplus
Latent heat

File:

Download Shaojie_Yuan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Freihaut, Committee Member
David R Riley II, Committee Member

Author:

Sebring, Ryan L

Title:

Establishment of Kentucky bluegrass inoculated with the novel nitrogen fixing bacterial endophyte, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Bacterial nitrogen fixation
bnf
poa pratensis
gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus
G. diaz
nitrogen fixation

File:

Download RLS246_Thesis_7_18_17_Edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Maxim J Schlossberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ray Bryant, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Walker, Roger Craig

Title:

Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Diselenide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
tungsten diselenide
radiation
X-ray
proton
ion
plasma
radiation materials science
nanomaterials
semiconductors
silicon carbide
layered materials
space electronics
radiation tolerance

File:

Download MS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

Author:

Pinter, Anthony Thomas

Title:

"The image is a girl, so the poster must be too": Understanding how visual media affects gender perception online

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

identity
self-presentation
online spaces
experimental

File:

Download apintermsthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynette Marie Yarger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen M Trauth, Committee Member
Steven Michael Gaddis Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Randhawa, Puneet Kaur

Title:

EFFECT OF COVER CROPS AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII IN AN ORGANIC CROPPING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

cover crops
soil characteristics
Metarhizium robertsii
organic feed grain system

File:

Download Puneet-Thesis-May-21-2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Nina Ellen Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

ZHOU, HAONAN

Title:

RAPID SILICON CARBIDE CRYSTAL GROWTH WITH HIGH POWER LASER HEATING METHOD

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

High power laser
silicon carbide

File:

Download Haonan_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Weihua Guan, Committee Member

Author:

Hashem, Nehal Gamal

Title:

Assessing and comparing antibiotic therapy trends for children with acute otitis media from 2005 to 2014 in U.S

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Acute otitis media
children
antibiotics

File:

Download MS_Thesis._FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas L Leslie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Du, Ping, Committee Member
Kristen H Kjerulff, Committee Member

Author:

Grey, Jacqueline Ashley

Title:

Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM recovery
paleoecology
global warming

File:

Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member

Author:

Penrod, Katheryn Anne

Title:

Exploring RNA Flexibility Using Molecular Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
Molecular Dynamics
MD
miRNA
microRNA

File:

Download 06-11-17_KAP_MS_Thesis_CV.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Scott A. Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. William G. Noid, Committee Member
Dr. Edward P. O'Brien, Committee Member
Dr. Paul S. Cremer, Committee Member
Dr. Costas D. Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Pradeep Kumar, Arjun

Title:

EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONAL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

frequency sweep
interpolation
Padé’s interpolation technique
nonlinear systems
structural acoustics
structural dynamics
finite element method

File:

Download Thesis_ARJUN_PradeepKumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Baumann, Megan Dwyer

Title:

Farmer Landscape Knowledge in North-Central Nicaragua

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

smallholder
seed
local knowledge
nicaragua
tricot approach

File:

Download Megan_Thesis_InTemplate_July15_FormatRevisions2.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl S Zimmerer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Jia-Ching Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Richard, Zachary David

Title:

Anomalously Low δ18O Values of High-Latitude Permo-Triassic Paleosol Siderite: Implications for the Hydrologic Cycle during Warm Climate Intervals

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Siderite
Isotopes
Hydrology
Paleoclimate
Permian
Triassic
Paleosol

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Stapler White, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Pollard, Committee Member

Author:

Sayre, Gordon M

Title:

Fake a smile, drink a while? Examining two theoretical mechanisms linking emotional labor to alcohol use

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotional labor
alcohol
occupational health
self-control
tension-reduction

File:

Download Sayre_Thesis_7.4_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Patterson, Kevin A

Title:

Acoustic Fault Detection in Tactical Flow Meters

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

acoustics
flow meter
condition based maintenance

File:

Download Patterson_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member

Author:

Tang, Rong

Title:

RANDOM LASER IN DISORDERED SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Random Laser
Disordered Solutions
Scattering
Incoherent Random Laser
Coherent Random Laser

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Rong_Tang.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fuller, Robert William

Title:

PROBABILISTIC INVERSION OF EXPERT ASSESSMENTS TO INFORM PROJECTIONS ABOUT ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET RESPONSES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice sheet
sea ice
antarctica
paleooceanography
ice shelf
ocean temperature
melting
cliffs
sea-level rise
calibration methods
overconfidence
uncertainty
deep uncertainty
bayesian
probabilistic inversion
markov chain
monte carlo

File:

Download Fuller_Robert_William-MS_thesis-Probabilistic_Inversion.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Member
Sridhar Anadakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Peiyuan

Title:

A NOVEL GO/NO-GO GRIP FORCE TASK IN THE EXAMINATION OF INHIBITORY CONTROL IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT ADHD

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Inhibitory control
ADHD
Go/No-Go task
motor control

File:

Download Wang_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristina A. Neely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Committee Member
John H. Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Sliwinski, Anna

Title:

ELUCIDATING DIFFERENCES IN PHENOLIC PROFILE BETWEEN TEF (ERAGROSTIS TEF) VARIETIES USING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

tef
eragrostis tef
phenolic
polyphenol
multivariate analysis
principal component analysis

File:

Download Masters_Draft_15_Sliwinski_July_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Ray Ziegler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Jairam Kp Vanamala, Committee Member