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Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

The Boundary Conditions of Backlash for Black Women: When Black Women Escape Backlash for Agentic and Dominant Behavior in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

stereotypes
gender
race
workplace
intersectionality
backlash
agency
dominance
leadership

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Day, Todd Douglas

Title:

High Pressure Chemical Deposition of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon in Extreme Geometries

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogenated amorphous silicon
high pressure
chemical vapor deposition
optoelectronics
optical fiber

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

Author:

Rohrbacher, Duane Paul

Title:

Examining the role of the student conduct advisor at public institutions within an alternative dispute resolution framework

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

student conduct
alternative dispute resolution
student discipline

File:

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Committee Members:

Dorothy H Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neal H Hutchens, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy A Welsh, Committee Member
R, Special Member

Author:

Levin, Scott M

Title:

Heterogeneous Integration of III-V and II-IV Semiconductor Sheets onto Silicon Substrate through Electric-Field Assisted Assembly for Device Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III-V semiconductors
electric-field assisted assembly
heterogeneous integration
FinFET
GeSe

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Youn, Jhu Hyoung

Title:

EVIDENTIALITY IN INTERACTION: THE ROLE OF KOREAN INFERENTIAL EVIDENTIALS

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Evidentiality
Korean inferential evidentiality
Discourse study
Evidentiality in interaction

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Committee Members:

Susan G Strauss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Das, Debanjan

Title:

Electrochemical Degradation, Kinetics & Performance Studies Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Impedance Spectroscopy
Electrohcemical Degradation
Electrochemical Frequency Modulation
Kinetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Ryndock, Eric Joseph

Title:

A Study of Native Human Papillomavirus Structure and Capsid Stabilty

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

HPV
Virus
Capsid
Stability

File:

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Committee Members:

Craig Matthew Meyers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wouden, Alex Michael

Title:

A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
hydroturbine
CFD
chorochronic
phase-lag
incompressible
openfoam

File:

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Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hile, Michael Lee

Title:

Hydrogen sulfide production in manure storages on Pennsylvania dairy farms using gypsum bedding

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Dairy
manure
bedding
gypsum
hydrogen sulfide
emissions

File:

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Committee Members:

Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eileen Eilzabeth Fabian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Clarence Alan Rotz, Committee Member
Ray B. Bryant, Special Member

Author:

Diaz Almeyda, Erika

Title:

UNDERSTANDING TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATION IN SYMBIODINIUM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Symbiodinium
temperature acclimation
transcriptomics
symbiosis
coral bleaching
global warming
climate change

File:

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Committee Members:

Monica Medina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chuayprakong, Sunanta

Title:

Synthesis, Morphology And Dynamics of Polyureas And Their Lithium Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyureas
Ionomers
Synthesis
Morphology
Dynamics
Nanotechnology

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Reese, Lynsey

Title:

Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
LS-DYNA
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
Numerical Modeling
Expanded Polystyrene Concrete
Full-Scale Testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhu, Siying

Title:

PERK REGULATES CALCIUM DYNAMICS IN COGNITION AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Graduate Program:

Cell and Developmental Biology

Keywords:

PERK
calcium dynamics
working memory
Alzheimer's disease

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Cavener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foster, Norman F

Title:

Advanced Overset Methods for Vortex Dominated Flows

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Overset Grids
Vortical Flow

File:

Download Norm_Foster_Dissertation_20160302.pdf

Committee Members:

Dean Capone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Bastian, Nathaniel Drew

Title:

Multiple Criteria Decision Engineering to Support Management in Military Healthcare and Logistics Operations

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

multi-criteria decision engineering
resource allocation under uncertainty
performance measurement
healthcare
logistics

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul M Griffin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul M Griffin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Terry Paul Harrison, Committee Member
Lawrence V Fulton, Special Member

Author:

Fungtammasan, Arkarachai

Title:

genome and transcriptome architecture shaped by short tandem repeats: comparison of RNA-DNA differences, reverse transcription errors, and sequencing errors in short tandem repeats

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

microsatellites
common fragile sites
error correction model
sequencing error
reverse transcription error
RNA-DNA difference

File:

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Committee Members:

Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Nikhil N

Title:

Computational Methods and Applications in Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear optics
spectroscopy
ultrafast optics
two dimensional phase retrieval
coherent Raman spectroscopy
compressive sensing
ultrashort pulse characterization

File:

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Woodward, Emily Elizabeth

Title:

Optimization of estrogen analyses and quantification of environmental samples from Pennsylvania water systems

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Estrogen Hormones
Soils
Effluent
Sorption

File:

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Committee Members:

John Earl Watson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member
Herschel Adams Elliott, Committee Member
Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Committee Member
Dr Clinton Williams, Special Member

Author:

Jiang, Li

Title:

A Constructability Review Ontology To Support Automated Rule Checking Leveraging Building Information Models

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

constructability
constructability review
ontology
design
construction
integrated
BIM
automated checking
constraints

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Michael Leicht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Michael Leicht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Messner, Committee Member
Chinemelu Jidenka Anumba, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Lan

Title:

Top-down and Bottom-up Integration of Engineered Nanostructures for Metamaterials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Metamaterials
top-down
bottom-up

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Birdwell, Robert Z

Title:

The Radical Novel: Utopian and Scientific. A Study of Genre and Recognition

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

utopian socialism
Marxism
redistribution and recognition
genre theory
hermeneutics

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Walter Anesko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Edmond Marsh, Committee Member
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Special Member

Author:

McIntyre, Sean Michael

Title:

A multi-scale model for geared transmission aero-thermodynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
conjugate heat transfer
gearbox
multi-scale model

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Dutt-mazumder, Aviroop

Title:

COLLECTIVE VARIABLES IN DYNAMIC POSTURAL STABILITY

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

multi-joint coordination
posture
collective variables
kinematics

File:

Download Avi_diss_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Sheldon, Jason Paul

Title:

A Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Method For Modeling Fluid–structure Interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Navier-Stokes
Elastodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan S Pitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Paris R Vonlockette, Special Member

Author:

Sullenberger, Matthew Thomas

Title:

Identification and mapping of new late blight resistance genes in the tomato wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

tomato
Solanum pimpinellifolium
quantitative trait locus
marker assisted selection
late blight
Phytophthora infestans

File:

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Committee Members:

Majid R Foolad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Member
David Robert Huff, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Atalla, Mahmoud

Title:

FABRICATION AND MODELING OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Optoelectronic devices
GaN-based devices
solar cells
photodetectors
MESFETs
surface waves

File:

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Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stager, Sarah J

Title:

Exploring the Relationship Between Culture and Participation In An Introduction To Art MOOC

Graduate Program:

Learning, Design, and Technology

Keywords:

Probability
Hofstede
National Culture

File:

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Committee Members:

Kyle Leonard Peck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member

Author:

Shingler, Kristin Leigh

Title:

Structural analysis of capsid maturation and uncoating in Picornaviridae

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

picornavirus
cryo-EM
structure
virology
cryo-electron microscopy
A-particle

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Hafenstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aron Eliot Lukacher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Member
Neil David Christensen, Committee Member
Clare E Sample, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Harouaka, Khadouja

Title:

Experimental and theoretical effects of microorganisms, organic molecules, and atom exchange rates on the Ca isotopic composition of gypsum: Implications for the use of Ca isotopes as a geochemical proxy

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Calcium isotopes
gypsum
surface selective inhibition
exchange rates
morphology

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew Scott Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Special Member

Author:

Madan, Himanshu

Title:

Design And Characterization Of Novel Rf Circuits Based On Emerging Material Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Scanning Microwave Microscopy
Vanadium di-oxide
Insulator-to-Metal Transition (IMT)
RF switch
Graphene
Ambipolar Mixer

File:

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Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Special Member

Author:

Hamilton, Holly Laurielle

Title:

Relationships between rainfall characteristics and environmental predictors in the West African Region

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Precipitation
West African Monsoon
topography
African Easterly Waves
African Easterly Jet
rainfall
mesoscale convective systems
regional modeling
Weather and Research Forecasting model
WRF

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenni Evans, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Feng, Ruishu

Title:

Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Corrosion
H2S corrosion
High Pressure High Temperature
Arctic Corrosion
EIS
Tafel slope
Surface Analysis.

File:

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Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Margaret Ziomek Moroz, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Qingyu

Title:

Evaluation of whole exome sequencing technology in cohort dataset and quantification of phenotypic alterations in a model organism

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Whole Exome Sequencing
low coverage
unevenness
Drosophila melanogaster
eye phenotype
image processing
quantitative assessment

File:

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Committee Members:

Naomi S Altman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Santhosh Girirajan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ross Cameron Hardison, Committee Member
Shaun A Mahony, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Committee Member

Author:

Robinson, Michael David

Title:

An Investigation of Fatality-Reducing Pedestrian Avoidance Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling
Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Du, Renzhong

Title:

Electrical Transport Studies Of Topological Insulator Bi2te3 Nanotubes

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Insulator
Quantum Transport
Nanotubes

File:

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Committee Members:

Qi Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qi Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Kaiming

Title:

Broadband lossy impedance matching of antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Broadband antennas
impedance matching
multi-objective optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Yiqiang

Title:

Aerodynamics and Thermal Physics of Helicopter Ice Accretion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aircraft Icing
Ice Accretion Modelling
Helicopter
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Surface Roughness
Performance Degradation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member

Author:

Tekin, Izel

Title:

Genetic Contributors to Non-Motor Symptoms of Sporadic Parkinson's disease

Graduate Program:

Pharmacology

Keywords:

Parkinson's disease
SNP
Catecholamine
Genetics
Next Generation Sequencing

File:

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Committee Members:

Kent Eugene Vrana, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kent Eugene Vrana, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Bernard Mailman, Committee Member
Xuemei Huang, Committee Member
Willard M Freeman, Committee Member
Carla Jean Gallagher, Committee Member

Author:

Glisan, Shannon Lee

Title:

Polyphenol-rich foods as interventions for obesity and fatty liver disease

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Cranberry
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Inflammation
Polyphenols
Digestive enzymes
Gut microbiota

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua D Lambert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Jairam Kp Vanamala, Committee Member

Author:

Alzahmi, Rashed

Title:

Managers' perceptions of strategic workforce planning and organizational alignment: A single case analysis

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

strategic workforce planning
organizational alignment
strategic planning
talent
ADNOC and its Group of Companies

File:

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Committee Members:

William J Rothwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William J Rothwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member
Mark D Threeton, Committee Member

Author:

Wale, Nina

Title:

Resource competition and the evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites.

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

within-host dynamics
competition
drug resistance
malaria
evolution & ecology of infectious disease

File:

Download Wale_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Fraser Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Manuel Llinas, Committee Member
Troy Day, Special Member

Author:

Nassrallah, Zeinab

Title:

Visual Dysfunction and Impaired Defense against Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Retinopathy

Graduate Program:

Anatomy

Keywords:

Nrf2
Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
zeaxanthin
optokinetic testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Alistair J Barber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Robert Connor, Committee Member
Gregory Michael Holmes, Committee Member
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Jennifer W Baccon, Committee Member
Alistair J Barber, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peters, Brian Keith

Title:

Experiencing the Transition from Classroom Teacher Leader to the Designated Leadership Role of Instructional Coach

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

teacher leadership
instructional coaching

File:

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Committee Members:

James F Nolan Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernard Joel Badiali, Committee Member
Stephanie L Knight, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member

Author:

Scheinberg, Joshua Adam

Title:

A Comprehensive Food Safety Assessment of Farmers' Markets in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Farmers' markets
needs assessment
E. coli
retail food safety
concealed observations
food safety training

File:

Download Scheinberg_Dissertation_2.8.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rama B Radhakrishna, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member
Luke F Laborde, Committee Member
Stephanie Doores, Committee Member
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Shihui

Title:

Programmable hydrogels for cell catch and release

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Hydrogel
aptamer
restriction endonuclease
cell adhesion
molecular reconfiguration
nondestructive cell release

File:

Download Dissertation-Shihui_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member

Author:

Gafni, Ayla R.

Title:

Asymptotic formulae in analytic number theory

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Partitions into powers
circle method
exponential sums
Diophantine approximation
Khinchin theory
Selberg functions

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Charles Vaughan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Charles Vaughan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wen Ching W Li, Committee Member
Woodrow Dale Brownawell, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Committee Member

Author:

Jensen, Anders Alstrup

Title:

Modeling ice particle aspect ratio evolution during riming

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice
microphysics
modeling
rime
riming
snowflake

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member

Author:

Sturgis, Nicholas Phillip

Title:

Developing Microfluidic Systems for In Situ Characterization of High Temperature Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

microfluidic
nanoparticle synthesis
in-situ
cation exchange

File:

Download NickSturgisDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Special Member

Author:

Ba, Zhaoyong

Title:

A Study on the Effect of Delivery Vehicles on the Efficacy of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in Humans

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

BB-12
gut microbiota
delivery vehicles
yogurt smoothies
probiotics
Bifidobacterium

File:

Download Bas_Dissertation_010716.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert F Roberts, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Roberts, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
Rodolphe Barrangou, Committee Member
Penny Margaret Kris Etherton, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member