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Author:

Goken, Erin Gabrielle

Title:

The role of small organic molecules in atmospheric chemistry and particle formation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

water
clusters
atmospheric chemistry
formic acid

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Cazorla, Maria

Title:

Measurement of Ozone Production Sensor

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ozone pollution
air quality
atmospheric chemistry

File:

Download Cazorla_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Mee Thompson, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Scott James Richardson, Committee Member

Author:

Samuelson, Tiffany Brooke

Title:

Quantifying Net Hydroxyl Radical Consumption from the Oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds and Subsequent Oxidation Products Using a Potential Aerosol Mass Chamber

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

hydroxyl radical
volatile organic compounds
atmospheric chemistry
Potential Aerosol Mass chamber
oxidation

File:

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Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Simpas, James

Title:

Studies of OH and HO2 in the Region of the Arctic Winter Tropopause

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

HOx
upper troposphere
lower stratosphere
halogens
arctic ozone
cirrus
tropopause
atmospheric chemistry
meteorology

File:

Download Simpas_Dissertation_Aug2012.pdf

Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Committee Member
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Baier, Bianca Chae

Title:

Developing the Pennsylvania State University Measurement of Ozone Production Sensor: MOPSv2.0

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ozone
chemistry
instrument development
instrumentation
atmospheric chemistry
meteorology
air quality

File:

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Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ucci, Alexander

Title:

The Effect Of Crystal Structure on The Morphology Of Marine Aerosol And Design Of TPD Spectrometer for UHV Chamber

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
AFM
TPDS
TEM
morphology
sea salt
ice nucleation
mass spectrometry
UHV
atmospheric chemistry
Feulner cap

File:

Download 1-Alexander_Ucci_Chemistry_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Parker, Robert Graveson

Title:

Hysteresis and History Effects of Organic Aerosol Particles Containing phenylglyoxylic acid and 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

liquid-liquid phase separation
Aqueous 2-phase system
organic aerosol
atmospheric chemistry
climate

File:

Download Robert_G_Parker_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Baier, Bianca Chae

Title:

Measuring ozone production directly: Instrument development, new data, and model comparisons

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

atmospheric chemistry
ozone
instrument development
chemical modeling

File:

Download Baier_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. William Brune, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. William Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Kenneth Davis, Committee Member
Dr. Anne Thompson, Committee Member
Dr. Miriam Freedman, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Shuang

Title:

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS BASED ON FIELD DATA

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

atmospheric chemistry
chemical mechanism
air quality model
ozone
photochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

William H. Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne M. Thompson, Committee Member
George S. Young, Committee Member
Thorsten Wagener, Committee Member

Author:

Alstadt, Valerie Jo

Title:

ICE NUCLEATION EFFECTS OF SOOT AND MINERAL DUST AEROSOL PARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

atmospheric chemistry
ice nucleation
heterogeneous chemistry
DRIFTS

File:

Download Alstadt_Valerie_Dissertation_FINAL_3-27-17.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Keating, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Johannes Verlinde, Outside Member

Author:

Harman, Chester Ervin

Title:

Oxygen as a Biosignature on Terrestrial Planets

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oxygen
sulfur
mass independent fractionation
false positive
Archean
atmospheric chemistry
planetary science

File:

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Committee Members:

James F. Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Outside Member

Author:

Christian, Kenneth Edward

Title:

Global Sensitivity Analysis of the GEOS-Chem Chemical Transport Model for Six NASA Field Campaigns

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

global sensitivity analysis
atmospheric chemistry
chemical transport model
ozone
oxidant
sensitivity analysis

File:

Download Christian_Dissertation_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Anne Thompson, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Outside Member
Jingqiu Mao, Special Member

Author:

Losey, Delanie Jean

Title:

The Effects of Aerosol Acidity on the Morphology and Ice Nucleation of Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol particles
ice nucleation
atmospheric chemistry
liquid-liquid phase separation

File:

Download Losey_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Outside Member

Author:

Chong, Esther

Title:

Ice Nucleation of Metal Oxides as Model Systems of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
ice nucleation
immersion freezing
atmospheric chemistry
mineral dust

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Esther_Chong.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kucinski, Theresa M

Title:

Insights on Phase Transitions in Submicron Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

liquid-liquid phase separation
atmospheric chemistry
aerosol particles
LLPS
submicron particles

File:

Download tmk-thesis-5-29-2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
William Henry Brune, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair