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302. Examining Component-Specific Dosage Effects on Substance Use Outcomes in the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth Ages 10-14

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Open Access
Author:
Lo Braico, Emily Joy
Title:
Examining Component-Specific Dosage Effects on Substance Use Outcomes in the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth Ages 10-14
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
Family-Based Intervention
Substance Use Prevention
Propensity Scores
Component Analysis
File:
Download LoBraico_ETD_Thesis_Doc.pdf
Committee Members:
Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Max Crowley, Committee Member

303. Sensitivity of Simulated Tropospheric Ozone in the Mid-Atlantic Region in June 2016 Using the WRF-Chem Model

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Open Access
Author:
Thomas, Andrew M
Title:
Sensitivity of Simulated Tropospheric Ozone in the Mid-Atlantic Region in June 2016 Using the WRF-Chem Model
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
ozone
air quality
numerical modeling
air quality model
emission
File:
Download ThomasAndrew_PSU_Final_Thesis_20171113.pdf
Committee Members:
Amy Kathleen Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Member

306. ALTERNATIVES FOR REDUCING TILLAGE IN AN ORGANIC GRAIN/SILAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR WEED MANAGEMENT

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Open Access
Author:
Champagne, Rebecca Joan
Title:
ALTERNATIVES FOR REDUCING TILLAGE IN AN ORGANIC GRAIN/SILAGE PRODUCTION SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR WEED MANAGEMENT
Graduate Program:
Agronomy
Keywords:
Organic
reduced-tillage
weed management
organic soybean
organic corn
weed seedbank
cover crop-based organic rotational no-till
File:
Download MSthesis-RChampagne_.pdf
Committee Members:
William Curran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
John Wallace, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member

307. Windowed Embedding Dimension Selection of Nonstationary Dynamical Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Gray, Allison Lynn
Title:
Windowed Embedding Dimension Selection of Nonstationary Dynamical Systems
Graduate Program:
Human Development and Family Studies
Keywords:
time series analysisexploratory methods
embedding dimension
time delay embedding
dynamical systems modeling
time series analysis
exploratory methods
File:
Download Gray_WEDS.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy Raymond Brick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member

308. Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Williamson, Lacey Taylor
Title:
Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
density estimation
detection probability
Pennsylvania
Phasianus colchicus
restoration
ring-necked pheasant
habitat modeling
pheasant
habitat
File:
Download Williamson_thesis_Final_11_22.pdf
Committee Members:
W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member

311. Bayesian Semiparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Processes by Overwhelming Force

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Open Access
Author:
Ensley, John Robert
Title:
Bayesian Semiparametric Covariance Function Estimation for Stationary Gaussian Processes by Overwhelming Force
Graduate Program:
Statistics
Keywords:
Gaussian process
bayesian
covariance function
mcmc
parallel computing
penalized splines
spectral density
monte carlo integration
semiparametric
File:
Download Ensley-thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin Adam Shaby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member

312. EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHT INTO CHEMICALLY TUNED WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS

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Open Access
Author:
Purswani, Prakash
Title:
EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHT INTO CHEMICALLY TUNED WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
potential determining ions
zeta potential
trace element analysis
wettability alteration
chemically tuned waterflooding
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Final_Draft_Prakash_Purswani_10-24-17.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Russell T. Johns, Committee Member
Dr. Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member
Dr. Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Dr. Serguei Lvov, Committee Member

315. EFFECT OF CORN PARTICLE SIZE MILLING ON BROILER, PULLET, AND LAYER GROWTH, PERFORMANCE, AND DIGESTIBILITY

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Open Access
Author:
Kitto, Lisa Dorene
Title:
EFFECT OF CORN PARTICLE SIZE MILLING ON BROILER, PULLET, AND LAYER GROWTH, PERFORMANCE, AND DIGESTIBILITY
Graduate Program:
Animal Science
Keywords:
poultry
corn particle
particle size
broiler
layer
pullet
digestibility
milling
File:
Download Kitto_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul H Patterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
R. Michael Hulet, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan L. Johnson, Committee Member
Gregory W. Roth, Committee Member

316. CHINESE AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT: THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARENTING

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Open Access
Author:
Wei, Wei
Title:
CHINESE AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT: THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARENTING
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
Neighborhood
Chinese American
Parenting
Parental involvement in education
Achievement
Depressive Symptoms
File:
Download Wei_Master_thesis_2017_fianlsubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

320. MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS OF THERMAL TRANSPORT IN W-UO2 CERMET FUEL FOR NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION

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Open Access
Author:
Ferreira F Sessim, Marina
Title:
MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS OF THERMAL TRANSPORT IN W-UO2 CERMET FUEL FOR NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
CERMET
Thermal Conductivity
Heat Conduction
Tungsten
Uranium Dioxide
W-UO2
Nuclear Fuel
File:
Download MarinaSessim-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Tonks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

321. THE IMPACT OF IRON CONCENTRATION ON THE PROPERTIES OF AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED NICKEL BASE ALLOY

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Open Access
Author:
Khayat, Zakariya Radwan
Title:
THE IMPACT OF IRON CONCENTRATION ON THE PROPERTIES OF AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SOLID SOLUTION STRENGTHENED NICKEL BASE ALLOY
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Inconel 625
directed energy deposition
powder feedstock
Nickel base alloys
HIP
materials science
alloying elements
File:
Download KhayatZakariya_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Jingjing Li, Committee Member

322. ENLARGED CORTICAL CELLS AND REDUCED CORTICAL CELL FILE NUMBER IMPROVE MAIZE GROWTH UNDER SUBOPTIMAL NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM AVAILABILITY

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Xiyu
Title:
ENLARGED CORTICAL CELLS AND REDUCED CORTICAL CELL FILE NUMBER IMPROVE MAIZE GROWTH UNDER SUBOPTIMAL NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM AVAILABILITY
Graduate Program:
Horticulture
Keywords:
Zea mays
Root cortical cell size
Root cortical cell file number
Root cortical aerenchyma
Nutrient acquisition efficiency
SimRoot
Functional-structural
plant model
File:
Download Master_s_Thesis_-_Xiyu_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katheleen Brown, Committee Member
Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Tom Richard, Committee Member

323. DEVELOPMENT OF A PHASE FIELD MODEL OF HYDRIDE MORPHOLOGY IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOY NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING

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Open Access
Author:
Simon, Pierre Clement
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A PHASE FIELD MODEL OF HYDRIDE MORPHOLOGY IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOY NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Zirconium
Zirconium Hydrides
Phase Field Model
Grand Potential Model
Modeling
Nuclear Material
Nuclear Engineering
MOOSE
Verification
Validation
Nuclear Fuel Cladding
File:
Download Simon-MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael R. Tonks, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

326. PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY MANURE MASS, NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS, AND NUTRIENTS PER BIRD IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED

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Open Access
Author:
Rogers, Erica Morgan
Title:
PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY MANURE MASS, NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS, AND NUTRIENTS PER BIRD IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
Graduate Program:
Animal Science
Keywords:
Chesapeake Bay TMDL
Poultry Manure
Poultry Litter
Manure Nutrients
Litter Nutrients
Laying Pullets
Laying Hens
Broilers
Turkeys
Layer and Broiler Breeders
File:
Download Erica_Rogers_Final_Thesis_1.1.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Paul Patterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. R. Michael Hulet, Committee Member
Dr. Douglas Beegle, Committee Member

327. The Minimum Number of Ground Measurements Required for Narrow Sonic Boom Metric 90% Confidence Intervals

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Open Access
Author:
Doebler, William J
Title:
The Minimum Number of Ground Measurements Required for Narrow Sonic Boom Metric 90% Confidence Intervals
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
sonic boom
SCAMP
NASA
FAA
ICAO
confidence interval
metric
certification
noise
sound
supersonic
90% confidence interval
File:
Download Doebler_MS_thesis_rev10__.pdf
Committee Members:
Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member
Stephen Thompson, Committee Member

328. PROJECT REDEMPTION: "THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A REDEMPTION CENTER"

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Open Access
Author:
Browning, Amelia Kathleen
Title:
PROJECT REDEMPTION: "THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A REDEMPTION CENTER"
Graduate Program:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
vulnerable populations
informal workers
health status
health care access
informal economy
project redemption
wastepicker
canners
waste pickers
trash collectors
bottle bill
File:
Download browning_ameliaHPAMS.pdf
Committee Members:
Caprice Knapp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

329. Tracking the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic: A shelf-to-basin analysis with a terrain-following ocean model

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Open Access
Author:
Hantsoo, Kalev Griffin
Title:
Tracking the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic: A shelf-to-basin analysis with a terrain-following ocean model
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
biogeochemistry
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
ROMS
Regional Ocean Modeling System
Paleogene
Salisbury Embayment
ocean acidification
calcite saturation
paleoceanography
paleoclimatology
File:
Download hantsoo_pennstate_thesis_dec2017.pdf
Committee Members:
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Bernd Haupt, Committee Member

330. BRANDING LEED® TO MILLENNIALS : A CONSUMER-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE MARKETING OF GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Roostaeian, Yasaman
Title:
BRANDING LEED® TO MILLENNIALS : A CONSUMER-ORIENTED APPROACH TO THE MARKETING OF GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Architecture
Keywords:
Consumer-based brand equity
Marketing
LEED
USGBC
Millennials
File:
Download Branding_LEED_to_Millennials-_A_Thesis_by_Y._Roostaeian.pdf
Committee Members:
Ute Poerschke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Angelo Oliva, Committee Member
Loukas N Kalisperis, Committee Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Committee Member

331. The Acoustics of Emotion: Creation and Characterization of an Emotional Speech Database

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Open Access
Author:
Moriarty, Peter Mcphillps
Title:
The Acoustics of Emotion: Creation and Characterization of an Emotional Speech Database
Graduate Program:
Acoustics
Keywords:
affective prosody
emotion
speech
acoustics
voice
vocal tract
emotion recognition
voice production
communication
affect
prosody
File:
Download PMoriarty_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

332. PART DESIGN AND TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR RAPID SAND AND INVESTMENT CASTING

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Jiayi
Title:
PART DESIGN AND TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR RAPID SAND AND INVESTMENT CASTING
Graduate Program:
Engineering Design
Keywords:
additive manufacturing
3D Sand Printing
material extrusion
topology optimization
rapid casting
sand casting
investment casting
cast part design
File:
Download JW_Masters_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member

336. Co-translationally folding proteins generate tensile forces that are determined by the stability and topology of the domain

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Open Access
Author:
Leininger, Sarah Elizabeth
Title:
Co-translationally folding proteins generate tensile forces that are determined by the stability and topology of the domain
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
tensile force
cotranslational folding
File:
Download SLeininger_Thesis_v4.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Patrick O'Brien Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

337. MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE

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Open Access
Author:
Prakash, Keerti
Title:
MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

338. OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION

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Open Access
Author:
Fortiz, Victoria
Title:
OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
OAE2; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoclimate; Paleoceanography
File:
Download VF_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy J. Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Michael A. Arthur, Committee Member

339. Understanding Family and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Risk for Internalizing and Externalizing in Adolescents: A Person-Centered Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Mcdonald, Ashley
Title:
Understanding Family and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Risk for Internalizing and Externalizing in Adolescents: A Person-Centered Approach
Graduate Program:
Psychology
Keywords:
socioeconomic disadvantage
adolescents
internalizing
externalizing
File:
Download McDonald_Thesis_FINAL_Dec.pdf
Committee Members:
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Committee Member

340. Coarse Woody Debris in Riparian Corridors of Central Pennsylvania: How Abundance, Characteristics, and Dynamics Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance

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Open Access
Author:
Gould, Timothy Walker
Title:
Coarse Woody Debris in Riparian Corridors of Central Pennsylvania: How Abundance, Characteristics, and Dynamics Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
ecology
coarse woody debris
riparian
disturbance
habitat quality
File:
Download TWG_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Michael Quinn Nassry, Committee Member

344. Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade

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Open Access
Author:
Chittlangia, Vedant Rajiv
Title:
Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
turbulence
high FST
OpenFOAM
C3X
turbine blade
heat transfer
low reynolds number model
Launder Sharma model
diffusion
File:
Download Chittlangia_Vedant_MasterThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor