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Author:

Sung, Kiseok

Title:

EFFECTS OF GRIP SPAN IN ONE-HANDED THUMB INTERACTION WITH A SMARTPHONE

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Product Design
Ergonomics

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kiseok_Sung_EFFECTS_OF_GRIP_SPAN_IN_ONE-HANDED_THUMB_INTERACTION_WITH_A_SMARTPHONE.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cho, Jae Hyun

Title:

USING AN UNDER DESK BIKE IN THE OFFICE WORKPLACE: A PILOT STUDY

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Active Workstation

File:

Download JaeHyunCho-MasterThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andris Freivalds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jiang, Xiaoli

Title:

Evaluating the effect of intelligent tutoring of structure strategy on students' reading ability using a cognitive diagnostic modeling approach

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

reading comprehension
structure strategy
ITSS
cognitive diagnostic modeling
subskill
G-DINA model

File:

Download Xiaoli_Jiang_Master_Thesis_Final_Version_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui Wa Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Palmer, Joshua David

Title:

Quantifying Sonic Boom Metric Variability

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Sonic Boom
Acoustics
Sonic boom metrics

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhou, Xinyu

Title:

Evaluating Drivers’ Stop-line Violation Behavior at Signalized Intersections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

stop line violation
driver behaviors

File:

Download Xinyu_Zhou_Evaluating_Drivers__Stop-line_Violation_Behaviors_at_Signalized_Intersections.pdf

Committee Members:

Xinyu Zhou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lu, Yang

Title:

Error Characterization of EOS M280 Additive Manufacturing Machine

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
GD&T
Metrology
Powder Bed Fusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Yang Lu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Shengshi

Title:

liquid crystal waveguide-based non-mechanical beam steering

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Beam steering
liquid crystal waveguide

File:

Download fffinal_dissertation-Shengshi_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O. Awadelkarim, Committee Member

Author:

Cameron, Zachary A

Title:

Examination of Critically Loaded Bearings in the Pericyclic Transmission

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Nutational Gearing
Pericyclic Transmission
Rotorcraft
Bearings
Dynamic Moment

File:

Download Pericyclic_Thesis_Cameron.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rosado, Alexander O

Title:

Ultra-low power ZnO TFT based Ozone Sensors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Sensor
Low-power
TMD Etching
Thin-film Transistor

File:

Download Rosado__Alexander__FINAL_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Feinberg, Mandi Alysson

Title:

SINGLE PARTICLE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION: 2D TO 3D IN CRYO-EM

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Cryo-electron microscopy
Acetyl-CoA decarbonylase/ synthase
Canine Parvovirus
Virus-like Particle
Cryo-EM
CDH
CPV

File:

Download Feinberg_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Hafenstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Karnawat, Darshan Nitin

Title:

Power Optimization in Bluetooth Low Energy implemented through a System on Chip NRF51 and Apple Notification Center Services

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

BLE
Wireless Communication
Power Optimization

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sedig Salem Agili, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tsuji, Kosuke

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES ENABLING COLOSSAL PERMITTIVITY CERAMIC CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramic capacitors
Grain boundaries
Schottky barriers
Tunneling

File:

Download Tsuji_Thesis-final_reviced.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Frederick, Tyler James

Title:

A High-Performance System for Anonymity in Peer-to-Peer File Transfer Networks

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

BitTorrent
Tor
P2P
Peer-to-Peer
Entanglement
DC Net
Dining Cryptographers
Bandwidth
File Sharing
File Transfer

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Yande

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROLLER AND INDOOR FLIGHT TEST EXPERIMENT FOR RESEARCH ON QUADROTOR GUST RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

quadrotor
control

File:

Download Thesis_Yande_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Zhicheng

Title:

Summer graduation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Pulse-decay experiment
Analytical solution
Numerical simulation
History-matching method
Pressure-dependent gas properties

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Kupchella, Chester Alan

Title:

Quantifying the Uniaxial High Cycle Fatigue Life of Laminated Composites with a Resonant Beam Test

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

FRP
Fatigue
High Frequency
Composites
Temperature Controlled
Viscoelasticity
Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Fiberglass
Vibration

File:

Download ChesterKupchella-MSThesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member

Author:

Dai, Jingyao

Title:

Mechanical Properties and Deformation Behaviors of Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membrane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramics
Fracture
Nanoporous
Anodic Aluminum Oxide
Nanoindentation

File:

Download JingyaoDai-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Labrado, Amanda Leane

Title:

EVIDENCE FOR DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION TO AMMONIA BY AQUEOUS BIOFILMS IN THE SULFIDIC CAVES OF FRASASSI, ITALY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Metagenomics
Elemental sulfur
Biofilms

File:

Download LabradoMSThesis3.26.17.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Katherine Freeman, Committee Member
Dr. Christopher House, Committee Member

Author:

Bahari, Fatemeh

Title:

Seizure-Associated Spreading Depolarization, Autonomic Dysfunction, and Epileptogenesis in a Murine Model of Post-Cerebral Malaria Epilepsy

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

SUDEP
Epilepsy
Spreading Depolarization
Cardiac Abnormalities
Seizure
Cerebral Malaria

File:

Download MasterDraft_FatemehBahari.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce J. Gluckman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick J. Drew, Committee Member
Steven J. Schiff, Committee Member

Author:

Sakpal, Aniket Sunil

Title:

IMAGE-GUIDED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Defects
Simulation
Multifractals
UMPCA

File:

Download FinalThesis_AniketSakpal.pdf

Committee Members:

Hui Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Janis P Terpenny, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Sedimentary record of the evolution of the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore southwest Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Kumano
basin
forearc
sequencestratigraphy
basinanalysis
nankai
sedimentology
iodp

File:

Download YangXu_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Barenblitt, Abigail Cohen

Title:

Identify the Response of Forest Songbirds to Local Scale Forest Features and Complexity

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Forest bird communities
Forest bird species richness
Occupancy Models
Local Forest Features
Forest Complexity

File:

Download AbigailBarenblitt_MastersThesis1.12.16_.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Mc Doniel, Meghan E

Title:

The Influence of Neighborhood Risk, Parental Control, and Fearful Temperament on the Development of Internalizing Problems in Young Children

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Fearful temperament
parental control
neighborhood risk
internalizing

File:

Download McDonielThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Manning, Douglas Richard

Title:

SHORT-TERM VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON PRESERVED FOREST LANDS

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Disturbance
Forest Dynamics
Invasives
Invasive species
Invasive plants
Preserved lands
Windthrow
Understory vegetation
Natural disturbance

File:

Download DouglasRManning_Final_Thesis_edited.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Durland Laurence Shumway, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Anthony, Kate Lordan

Title:

EXCESS FEED CONSUMPTION DURING GROWTH CAUSES CHANGES IN EXPRESSION OF STEROIDOGENIC ENZYMES AND NEUROACTIVE RECEPTORS IN OVARIES OF PREPUBESCENT BROILER BREEDER HENS

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

ovary
follicle
chicken
broiler breeder hen
microarray
DAVID
steroidogenesis
neural
prepubescent
feed
gene expression
VIP
vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

File:

Download Final_Version_with_no_blank_page.pdf

Committee Members:

Francisco Javier Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Leslie Johnson, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member

Author:

Schroeder, Kingsley Manning

Title:

Developmental Trends, Processes, and Associations between Children's Gender Understanding and Felt Pressure to Conform to Gender Roles

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender development
felt pressure
parent socialization
gender understanding
gendered peer relations

File:

Download SchroederMastersThesis_KMS_16Apr2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

Author:

Billard, Myles William

Title:

DESIGN OF A MULTI-SITE, MULTI-REGION MICRODRIVE NEURAL RECORDING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Neurophysiology
Microdrive
Sleep
Wake
Circuits
Systems
Electrophysiology
Neural Recordings
Brainstem

File:

Download BillardMyles_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Shang, Bin

Title:

Design of Brine Disposal Wells in Depleted Gas Reservoirs via Artificial Intelligence Protocols

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

ANN
Brine Disposal
Depleted Gas Reservoirs

File:

Download Bin_Shang_Masters_Thesis_July_26_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member

Author:

Hill, Lillian Z

Title:

Lithological Controls on Soil Properties of Temperate Forest Ecosystems in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Lithology
Nutrient Cycles
Critical Zone
Soil Gas
Soil Properties
Temperate Forest

File:

Download Lillian_Hill_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member

Author:

Dunn, Alexandra Marie

Title:

Non-dominant arm training improves functional performance and modifies spontaneous arm selection.

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

handedness
handedness training
hand function
arm selection

File:

Download Dunn_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Wilhelm, Kyle Jacob

Title:

Development and Operation of a Li6F:ZnS(Ag) Scintillating Plastic Capture-Gated Detector

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Neutron scintillation
Composite detector
Capture-gated spectroscopy
Fast neutron detection
Pulse shape discrimination
Li6F:ZnS(Ag) scintillator

File:

Download wilhelm-ms-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marek Flaska, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member

Author:

Pooler, Rick Kevin

Title:

AN ANALYSIS OF SPECTRUM SHARING FOR RADAR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Spectrum Sensing
Cognitive Radar
Spectrum Sharing
Optimal Sub-band

File:

Download Rick_Pooler_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Kane, Committee Member
Anthony Martone, Committee Member

Author:

Mazzone, Jennie Diehl

Title:

Responding to growers' needs: Evaluation of management strategies for onion center rot, caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

onion
Pantoea ananatis
Pantoea agglomerans
center rot
cultivar
nitrogen
transplant
bactericide
management
integrated pest management
Allium cepa
bacteria
disease
Honduras
horticultural production guide
Rhizoctonia solani
tomato
tomato foliar blight
Pennsylvania

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Beth K. Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco, Committee Member
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Committee Member
Dr. William Lamont, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Poore, Ryan James

Title:

EXTENDING A BIOLOGICAL CELL TRACKING SYSTEM TO TRACK RANGE DATA OF PEDESTRIANS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

LIDAR range data
topological constraints
geometric active contour
Interacting Multiple Model

File:

Download ThesisMastersRyanPoore.pdf

Committee Members:

William Higgins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Tutwiler, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Akkullu, Monica Roy

Title:

Distribution of La and O Vacancies in Bulk and Surface Models of Ceria

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Lanthanum doped Ceria
Ceria
DFT plus U
Dopant and O vacancy distribution

File:

Download Monica_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Janik, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Fichthorn, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Gebhardt, Evan Thomas

Title:

Mimo Radar Through the Wall Imaging Techniques

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
Through-Wall-Radar
Wall Mitigation
Target Detection
SAR
MIMO
Virtual Array

File:

Download Gebhardt_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram M Naraynan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James K Breakall, Committee Member
Ram M Naraynan, Committee Member

Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Ayub, Ali

Title:

An Adaptive Markov Process for Deceptive Robotics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Deception
Robotics
Probability Theory
HRI
Markov Process
Entropy

File:

Download PS-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aldo Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Wolpert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Banerjee, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Madhu

Title:

Density-based rescaled exponential model for gas-condensate reservoirs during boundary-dominated flow

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

density-based
rescaled exponential
gas-condensate
boundary dominated flow
variable bottomhole pressure
multiphase flow
analytical model

File:

Download MadhuSingh_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Laurent, Jean Emile

Title:

Cross-Functional Project Teams in Construction: A Case Study

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Integrated Project Delivery
IPD
Lean
Cross-functional teams
cross-functional project teams
cluster
case study
interviews

File:

Download Master_Thesis__-_Jean_Laurent_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert M. Leicht, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Riley, Committee Member
John R. Bechtel, Committee Member

Author:

Fetter, Molly Elizabeth

Title:

EFFECTS OF AN EXTRUDED FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENT ON TRANSITION COW IMMUNE FUNCTION AND EFFECTS OF A METHANE INHIBITOR ON TRANSITION COW OVARIAN ACTIVITY

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

Dairy cattle
Transition period
Periparturient diseases
Flaxseed
Methane inhibitor
Negative energy balance (NEB)

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr. Troy L. Ott, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kottmeyer, Alexa Marie

Title:

The Role of Symbolic System in Relational Reasoning

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

Relational Reasoning
Analogy
Anomaly
Antinomy
Antithesis
Symbolic system
Factor analysis
multitrait-multimethod matrix

File:

Download AlexaThesis_CC.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy Van Meter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonna Kulikowich, Committee Member

Author:

Backer, Penina Miriam

Title:

Implications of Mother-Infant Dyadic Regulation for Emotion Self-Regulatory Development across Infancy

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

dyadic regulation
emotion regulation
infant-caregiver interaction
infant development

File:

Download Penina_s_Master_s_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia Stifter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Fosco, Committee Member
Timothy Brick, Committee Member

Author:

Pardede, Fabiola Marella

Title:

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AS A HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY EXTRACTION IN INDONESIA BASED ON SIMULATION STUDIES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

geothermal
carbon dioxide
supercritical
Indonesia
IGCC
utilization
sequestration
simulation

File:

Download Pardede_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hammett, Erin Elizabeth

Title:

TXT2STAYQUIT: A PILOT RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF BRIEF AUTOMATED SMOKING CESSATION TEXTING INTERVENTION FOR INPATIENT SMOKERS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

smoking cessation

File:

Download Final_Master_s_Thesis_Erin_Hammett.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Foulds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Sciamanna, Committee Member
Vernon Chinchilli, Committee Member

Author:

Mckinney, Samantha Rene

Title:

Investigation of food safety parameters for fermented semi-dry and dry sausage products

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

E. coli O157:H7
Salmonella
L. monocytogenes
fermented sausages

File:

Download McKinney_Thesis_4_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Cutter, Committee Member
Nancy Ostiguy, Committee Member

Author:

Hoorn, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

“IF YOU USE YOUR AAC FROM THE BEGINNING OF A RELATIONSHIP, IT WILL BE NORMAL FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, EVEN DURING SEX”: PEOPLE WHO USE AAC AND SEXUALITY

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

sexuality
sex
AAC
augmentative and alternative communication
complex communication needs
speech-language pathology
disability
relationships

File:

Download megan_hoorn_thesis_final_4.3.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Light, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gosnell Caron, Committee Member

Author:

Chaklader, Rushtin

Title:

RELATING PREFERENCE TO BODY SIZE AND SHAPE THROUGH THE DATA MINING OF CONSUMER REVIEWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Data Mining
Design for Human Variability
Consumer Reviews

File:

Download Chaklader_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen A. Thole, Committee Member
Conrad Tucker, Committee Member

Author:

Rangarajan, Rajesh

Title:

THERMAL HISTORY PREDICTION USING FAR-FIELD TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

N/A

File:

Download Rangarajan_Rajesh_Thesis_2017Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Drapaca, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Nusiner Bassi, Maria Alessandra

Title:

A Copula-Based Method to Synthesize Anthropometric Data of Target User Populations

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Virtual Fitting Trials
Synthesis
Summary Statistics
Design
Multivariate Analysis

File:

Download MariaAlessandraNusiner_PennState.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Meisel, Committee Member

Author:

Vernon, Julia Anne

Title:

FIN WHALE DISTRIBUTION IN THE INDIAN AND EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEANS IN SUPPORT OF PASSIVE ACOUSTIC DENSITY ESTIMATION

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

density estimation
fin whales

File:

Download Thesis-Vernon-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Miksis-Olds, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley, Committee Member
Karl Reichard, Committee Member
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Member

Author:

Connelly, Lindsay Mae

Title:

Life, Death, and Design: Revisiting Aldo Rossi's Cemetery at San Cataldo

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

San Cataldo
Aldo Rossi
Rossi
Modena
Cemetery
San Cataldo Cemetery
Italy
Modena Cemetery
Funerary Architecture
Architecture

File:

Download Connelly_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darla Lindberg, Committee Member
James Cooper, Committee Member
Craig Zabel, Committee Member

Author:

Kulaylat, Audrey Stokes

Title:

Shared Decision Making in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Cost Utility Analysis of Smoking Cessation Programs

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Smoking cessation
Decision Analysis

File:

Download Thesis_SmokingCessation_Reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Leslie, Committee Member

Author:

Douton, Joaquin E

Title:

NEUROCHEMICAL PROFILE IN THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS DURING DEVALUATION OF NATURAL REWARDS IN DRUG ADDICTION

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Reward devaluation
Cocaine
Heroin
Taste Reactivity Test
Microdialysis

File:

Download Douton_Thesis_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Patricia Sue Grigson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Robert Levenson, Committee Member
Dr. Andras Hajnal, Committee Member
Dr. Scott Bunce, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xingsheng

Title:

THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL SEGMENTATION ON SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION MODELING

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

safety performance functions
roadway segmentation
machine learning
Negative Binominal models
coordinate-descent approach
Weighted Absolute Percentage Error
clustering
generalizability of models

File:

Download XingshengWang_Master_Thesis_PSH_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Blum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thang N. Bui, Committee Member
Linda Null, Committee Member
Sukmoon Chang, Committee Member
Omar El Ariss, Committee Member
Hyuntae Na, Committee Member

Author:

Giossi, Joseph Thomas

Title:

Regulation of Seasonal Changes in Gene Expression via Adiponectin Signaling in a Migratory Bird Species

Graduate Program:

Physiology

Keywords:

clock
adiponectin
biological clock
sparrow
migration

File:

Download Regulation_of_seasonal_changes_in_gene_expression_mediated_by_adiponectin_signaling_in_a_migratory_bird_species.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Bartell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Harvatine, Committee Member
Joshua Lambert, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member

Author:

Ponce De Leon Jara, Maria Alejandra

Title:

MEASURED AND DAYCENT- SIMULATED NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS FROM SOIL PLANTED TO CORN IN DAIRY CROPPING SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Nitrous oxide
DAYCENT
Dairy sistems
Crop residue
Manure injection
Random Forests

File:

Download Thesis_Ponce_de_Leon.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Curtis Dell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Rotz, Committee Member

Author:

Le Berre, Samuel

Title:

REMOTE DETECTION OF CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT INTEGRATED IN A MULTI-SENSOR ROBOT FOR DRY STORAGE SAFETY ASSESSMENT

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear spent-fuel
stress corrosion cracking
laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
fiber delivery
double-pulse
chlorine detection
sodium surrogate
dry storage canister

File:

Download MasterThesis_SamuelLeBerre.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Motta, Committee Member
Michael Tonks, Committee Member
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Member

Author:

Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora

Title:

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment

File:

Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Perchinski, Joshua Cody

Title:

COLLECTIVE EFFICACY AND FEAR OF CRIME IN THE CONTEXT OF NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

Collective Efficacy
Boomtown
Natural resource development
fear of crime
social disruption

File:

Download Perchinski_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shannon Monnat, Committee Member
Leland Glenna, Committee Member

Author:

Jaiprakash, Amrita

Title:

Absence of an Immunodominant MHC Class Ia-Restricted Epitope Elicits a Compensatory MHC Class Ib-Restricted CD8+ T Cell Response to Mouse Polyomavirus CNS Infection

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Polyomavirus
MHC
MHC class Ib
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Non-classical MHC
Mouse Polyomavirus

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aron Lukacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia McLaughlin, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
James Connor, Committee Member

Author:

Gobert, Christian J

Title:

ONLINE DISCONTINUITY DETECTION IN METALLIC POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES USING VISUAL INSPECTION SENSORS AND SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Powder Bed Fusion
Flaw Detection
Image Processing

File:

Download Gobert_Thesis-2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Edward Reutzel, Committee Member
Guha Manogharan, Committee Member
Jan Petrich, Committee Member

Author:

Mueser, Ashlyn S

Title:

RELATIONSHIP OF PLATELET ADHESION WITH SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE PENN STATE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

PVAD
Platelet Adhesion
Surface Topography
Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

File:

Download Grad_Thesis_Ashlyn_Mueser.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Snyder, Ashley H

Title:

THE IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND COSTS AMONG PRIVATELY INSURED WOMEN

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Affordable Care Act (ACA)
out-of-pocket cost
cost-sharing
intrauterine device (IUD)
contraception
long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC)

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ashley_Snyder_FINAL__revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia H. Chuang, MD, MSc, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mirkin, Katelin A

Title:

Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches Offer Earlier Time to Adjuvant Chemotherapy but Not Improved Survival in Resected Pancreatic Cancer

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

MIS
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

File:

Download PS-Mirkin-Thesis_3_23_17.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Douglas Leslie, Committee Member

Author:

Roemer, Michael Richard

Title:

Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Statistical Classifiers for the Detection and Classification of Control Valve Blockages

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

neural network
fuzzy logic
statistical classifier
condition-based maintenance
cbm
support vector machines
discriminant analysis
k-nearest-neighbor
vibration
diagnostics
rotary valve
process control valve
control valve
blockage
valve blockage

File:

Download Roemer_ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grijalva, Ashley Nichole

Title:

P AND S BODY WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN LAKE MALAWI RIFT BASIN AND RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
crust
mantle
east african rift zone
velocity
tomography
rift

File:

Download Grijalva_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Ammon, Committee Member
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

PREDICTION OF BOUNDARY-DOMINATED FLOW FOR LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS USING EARLY-TRANSIENT DATA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

unconventional gas
shale gas
tight gas
linear flow;
well performance

File:

Download Thesis_YUZHE.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F. Ayala H., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Benjamin Norman

Title:

Understanding Dimensions and Types of Borderline Personality Disorder Through Factor Mixture Modeling

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

latent variable modeling
factor analysis
latent class analysis
assessment
diagnosis

File:

Download BNJOHNSON_THESIS_FINAL_4_3_17.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N. Hallquist, Committee Member
James M. LeBreton, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Tzu Ting

Title:

DEFINED AND XENO-FREE CULTURE FOR HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Stem cell culture medium
LaSR
Xeno-free medium
Stem cell culture
Human induced pluripotent stem cells
Human embryonic stem cells

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaojun Lian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin Brown, Committee Member
William Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Brinberg, Miriam Ida

Title:

Affective Reactivity to Food Consumption: Within- and Between-person Associations in Daily Life

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

affect
meal consumption
snack consumption
longitudinal analysis

File:

Download Brinberg_formatted_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lori A. Francis, Committee Member

Author:

Patki, Mayuresh Premanand

Title:

A Low Power and Area Efficient CMOS Implementation of Multilayer Feedforward Artificial Neural Network

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Neural Networks
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation Service
Integrated Circuit
CMOS
Very Large Scale Integration
McCulloch and Pitts neuron
Perceptron
Backpropagation Algorithm
Synapses
Gilbert Multiplier Cell
Activation Function Circuit
Floating Gate
Single Transistor Learning Synapse
Post-Synaptic Current
Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity
Long Term Potentiation
Long Term Depression
Static Random Access Memory
Memristor
Mean Square Error
Cadence OrCAD Capture
Cadence PSpice A/D
Electric VLSI Design System
Network Consistency Check
Layout Vs Schematic Check
XOR Classification Problem
MATLAB
Time Domain
Instantaneous Power Dissipation
Loading
Learning Rate
Mixed Signal
System on Chip
Field Programmable Gate Arrays

File:

Download Mayuresh_Patki_Thesis_Final_Report.pdf

Committee Members:

Seth Wolpert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Von Tonningen, Committee Member
Wolfram Bettermann, Committee Member

Author:

Fritch, Ben R

Title:

UNSTRUCTURED NASCENT-CHAIN SEGMENTS GENERATE PICONEWTONS OF FORCE THAT ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE PEPTIDE BACKBONE TO THE RIBOSOME P-SITE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Co-translational
unstructured proteins
force

File:

Download BenRFritch_-_MastersThesis_-_Final_-_5-23-17.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Edward O'Brien, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Scott Showalter, Committee Member
Dr. Gerald Knizia, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Erik J

Title:

The History and Design of a Rapidly Deployable Advanced Hubless Low Head Hydropower Turbine

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hydropower
Turbine
Hubless
Rapidly deployable
Design
History
Variable speed
Integrated
Low head

File:

Download Brown_Erik_J_Thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

John M. Cimbala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Love, Russell

Title:

GUIDED WAVE STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING FOR LARGE DIAMETER STORAGE TANK FLOORS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Ultrasound
Guided wave
Storage tank
structural health monitoring
SHM
NDT

File:

Download Russell_Love_Thesis_Final_Rev_F.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Lissenden, Committee Member
Bernhard Tittmann, Committee Member

Author:

Hunt, Cory Douglas

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF STRAIN MEASUREMENT VIA EMBEDDED FIBER BRAGG GRATING STRAIN GAUGES FOR CONDITION MONITORING IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HYDROTURBINES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
fiber bragg grating
condition monitoring
structural health monitoring
hydroturbine
embedded sensor
strain gauge

File:

Download HUNT_Thesis__04172017.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Timothy Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Karl Reichard, Committee Member
Dr. Nicholas Meisel, Committee Member

Author:

Aguasvivas Manzano, Sarah

Title:

Performance and Parsimony in Training Deep Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

neural networks
model parsimony
MLP
Simulated Annealing

File:

Download Sarah_Aguasvivas_Manzano__3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle N. Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Macmartin, Jessica Marie

Title:

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID OIL ENHANCEMENT OF A PROTEIN-BASED RECOVERY BEVERAGE: SENSORY ANALYSIS WITH ATHLETES

Graduate Program:

Hospitality Management

Keywords:

omega-3 fatty acid
sensory analysis
athletes
beverage enhancement

File:

Download JMM98_Thesis_Jessica_MacMartin.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Peter Lawrence Bordi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. W. E. Buckley, Committee Member
Dr. David Cranage, Committee Member
Tim Bream, MS, Committee Member

Author:

Liaghat, Sophia

Title:

Peer Mentoring for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and their Caregivers: A Qualitative Study

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

quality of life
renal failure
patient engagement
depression

File:

Download Sophia_L_CKD_Final_Draft2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasr Ghahramani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rocco, Edward Thomas

Title:

Super-cooled Large Droplet Experimental Reproduction, Ice Shape Modeling, and Scaling Law Assessment

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

SLD Accretion
Super-cooled Large Droplets
Aircraft Icing
Ice Scaling Methods
Ice Accretion Testing

File:

Download ERocco_MSThesis_2017_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip J. Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Bai, Xuanye

Title:

CO-DIGESTION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND PIG MANURE UNDER MESOPHILIC CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Anaerobic co-digestion
pig manure
sewage sludge
kinetic model

File:

Download Thesis-Co-digestion_of_pig_manure_and_sewage_sludge-Xuanye_Bai.pdf

Committee Members:

Yen-Chih Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tran, Michelle

Title:

EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE JET PROCESSING ON THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND FOAMING PROPERTIES OF WHOLE MILK AND ITS IMPACT ON COCOA STABILITY IN CHOCOLATE MILK

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

High pressure processing
Dairy processing
Clean label
Dispersibility
Whole milk
Chocolate milk

File:

Download Tran_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Federico M. Harte, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F. Roberts, Committee Member
John N. Coupland, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Qi

Title:

Ensemble Visualization of Hurricane Models

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Ensemble Forecasting
Hurricane Models
Ensemble Forecasting
Hurricane Prediction
Information Visualization
Coordinated Views
Interactive Visualization

File:

Download Qi_Jin_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaolong Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mushrif, Shreyas

Title:

INTUITIONISTIC FUZZY ROUGH SET BASED ALGORITHMS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set
Rough Sets
Intensity Inhomogeneity
Restricted Equivalence Functions
Histon

File:

Download Shreyas_Mushrif_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Aldo Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Eskin, Committee Member
Christopher Sica, Committee Member

Author:

Koh, Veronica Wei

Title:

DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS OF AN UNDERWATER LOW FREQUENCY PROJECTOR BASED ON CLARINET ACOUSTICS

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Underwater
Acoustics
Clarinet
Low Frequency Projector

File:

Download Koh-Dissertation_15Jun2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen C. Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel A. Russell, Committee Member
Thomas B. Gabrielson, Committee Member

Author:

Morris, Andrew Hayden

Title:

MITIGATING NITROGEN POLLUTION BY INTERSEEDING COVER CROPS INTO SPELT

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Agroecosystems
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrate Leaching
Cover Crops
Reduced Tillage

File:

Download AndrewMorris-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen Kemanian, Committee Member
Elizabeth Boyer, Committee Member

Author:

Xiao, Xuan

Title:

SENSITIVE QUANTIFICATION OF CHLORINE ON STEEL SURFACES VIA FIBER-OPTIC LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
chlorine
stress corrosion cracking
sodium

File:

Download Final_thesis-Xuan_Xiao.pdf

Committee Members:

Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur T. Motta, Committee Member
William Walters, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Inder Pratap

Title:

NETWORK MODELS OF HIGH-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROFILES FOR CHARACTERIZATION AND DETECTION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

image analysis
process control
defect detection
quality control
additive manufacturing
wavelet analysis
network model

File:

Download Inder_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Hui Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Saurabh Basu, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Lauren C

Title:

Effective Text Communication During a Campus Crisis

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

crisis
text
crisis communication
emergency
campus
social media

File:

Download LaurenCAnderson_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward J. Glantz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter K. Forster, Committee Member
Andrea H. Tapia, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Lizbeth Mingie

Title:

THE IMPACT OF CONFRONTING ONLINE SEXISM ON THIRD-PARTY BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

online sexism
confronting
social media
harassment
gender
anger

File:

Download Lizbeth_Kim_Masters_Defense.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A. Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose A. Soto, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Hanqing

Title:

SUPPORTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF ASSOCIATION RULE WITH VISUALIZATION

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

data mining
visualization
association rule mining

File:

Download Thesis_HanqingZhao_MS_IST_2017SP.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaolong (Luke) Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Young Eun

Title:

THE EFFECT OF JOB TITLE AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON APPLICANT REACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Human Resources and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Job title
PJ fit
CSE
Status Aspiration
Job Attraction
Job Prestige

File:

Download THE_EFFECT_OF_JOB_TITLE_AND_INDIVIDUAL_DIFFERENCES_ON_APPLICANT_REACTIONS_-_Young_Eun_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Stan Gully, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean Phillips, Committee Member
Sarah Damaske, Committee Member

Author:

Liuzza, Emily Anne

Title:

Places as Products: The Town Center as Retail Development

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

Town Center
Reston Town Center
Easton Town Center
Columbia Town Center
Retail Development
Suburban Retail

File:

Download Places_as_Products.pdf

Committee Members:

Denise Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darla Lindberg, Committee Member
Johanna Slot, Committee Member

Author:

Chung, Hojae

Title:

VORTICITY DYNAMICS IN THE LEADING EDGE VORTEX ON REVOLVING WINGS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamics
Insect flight
Insect
LEV
leading edge vortex
Revolving wing
Revolving motion
Rossby number
Rossby
Planetary vorticity
Vorticity equation
Vorticity

File:

Download HojaeChung-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Walter, Alexa Elizabeth

Title:

Neurobiological Effect of Selective Brain Cooling After Concussive Injury

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
selective brain cooling
MRI
EEG
Virtual Reality

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ankem, Nikita Sudarshan

Title:

Models for Performance Analysis of a Cross-dock

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

AGV
Cross-dock
Computational Model
Max-Flow
Throughput
Mean Value Analysis

File:

Download Thesis-Nikita_Ankem__1__2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Vittal Prabhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lafleur, Rebecca A

Title:

SEX DIFFERENCES IN CANNABINOID SENSITIVITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOLERANCE IN A MOUSE MODEL OF INFLAMMATORY PAIN

Graduate Program:

Laboratory Animal Medicine

Keywords:

Cannabinoid
Pain
Analgesia
∆9-THC
CP55940
Formalin model

File:

Download R_LaFleur_Thesis_Summer_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Swidwa, Kenneth Sean

Title:

EFFECTIVENESS OF MID-BODY ARTICULATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LARGE MANNED QUADRUPED GAIT STABILITY AND TURNING PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Quadruped
Static Stability
Quadruped Gait
Torso Articulation
Quadruped Articulation
Mid-body Articulation

File:

Download Swidwa_Quadruped_Gait_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

H. J. Sommer III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Annie

Title:

Effects of nonenzymatic glycosylation of type I collagen on osteoblastic differentiation

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

nonenzymatic glycosylation
type I collagen
osteoblastic differentiation

File:

Download Effects_of_nonenzymatic_type_I_collagen_on_osteoblastic_differentiation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Christopher Niyibizi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia McLaughlin, Committee Member
Dr. Gregory Lewis, Committee Member

Author:

Lalwani, Dipesh Suresh

Title:

Mechanistic Model for Lead Rubber Bearings

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

elastomeric
lead rubber bearing
seismic isolation
seismic isolation bearing model

File:

Download Thesis_Dipesh_Lalwani.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Gordon P. Warn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Jeffrey A. Laman, Committee Member
Dr. KONSTANTINOS PAPAKONSTANTINOU, Committee Member