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Author:: Warcholak, Nicholas D
Title:: Analysis of Engineering Faculty Members' Reflections on Planning for Instruction
Graduate Program:: Educational Psychology
Keywords:: course planning
PCK
engineering education
higher education
decision making
instructional planning
File:: Download WarcholakDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Rayne Audrey Sperling, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert James Stevens, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Special Member

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Author:: Harris, Jaime Dean
Title:: The Determinants of Religious Conflict: A Cross-national Examination of Conflict Manifestation
Graduate Program:: Sociology
Keywords:: religion
religious conflict
religious freedom
File:: Download Harris_Final_Dissertation_3-13-14_Submit_to_Grad_school.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger Kent Finke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Kent Finke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John David Mccarthy, Committee Member
Errol Anthony Henderson, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member

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Author:: Gardner, Michael D
Title:: Ultrasonic Guided Wave Nondestructive Evaluation Using Generalized Anisotropic Interface Waves
Graduate Program:: Acoustics
Keywords:: Ultrasonic
Guided Wave
Nondestructive Evaluation
Anisotropic
Interface
Acoustics
File:: Download Michael_Gardner_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Special Member

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Author:: Oliveras, Yanira
Title:: The empirical relationship between administrator ratings of teacher effectiveness and student achievement on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
Graduate Program:: Curriculum and Instruction
Keywords:: administrator ratings
teacher effectiveness
student achievement
File:: Download Oliveras_Dissertation_The_Empirical_Relationship_between_admin_ratings_of_teacher_effectiveness__stu_achievement_on_Texas_STAAR.pdf
Committee Members:: James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Iris M Striedieck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhao, Wei
Title:: Modeling of Large-format Li-ion Cell Performance and Safety
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Li-ion cell
battery
modeling
safety
File:: Download PHD_thesis__Wei_Zhao_.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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Author:: Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth
Title:: Native American Land Use Legacies in the Present Day Landscape of the Eastern United States
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Native American
land use legacy
cultural ecology
indicator species
File:: Download SJohnson_Dissertation_PSU_Ecology_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Marc David Abrams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Dean R. Snow, Committee Member

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Author:: Ravi, Venkataramanan
Title:: Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics
File:: Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

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Author:: Kashyap, Shubha
Title:: A Case Study to Examine Institutional Factors Facilitating and Inhibiting Faculty Preparation for Teaching in an Online MBA Program
Graduate Program:: Workforce Education and Development
Keywords:: Faculty Preparation
Online Education
Online MBA program
Institutional Factors
Facilitating Change
Higher Education
File:: Download Kashyap_Dissertation_Final_May_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Susan E Cromwell, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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Author:: Basu, Ritwika
Title:: Mechanistic investigations of nucleotidyl-transfer reaction and de novo initiation in Rna polymerases by X-ray crystallography
Graduate Program:: Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
Keywords:: soak-trigger freeze X-ray crystallography
nucleotidyl-transfer reaction
RNA polymerase
N4 bacteriophage
Thermus thermophilus
File:: Download Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Katsuhiko Murakami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member

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Author:: Walter, Kimberly Nicole
Title:: The Effects of Acute Psychosocial Stress on HPA-Axis and SAM-Axis Function in Men with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Acute psychosocial stress
Stress physiology
File:: Download KNWalter_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Laura Klein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Klein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member

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