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Author:

Binger, Cathy

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF AIDED AAC MODELING ON THE EXPRESSION OF MULTI-SYMBOL MESSAGES BY CHILDREN WHO USE AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

AAC
augmentative communication
child language disorders
modeling
augmented input
aided language stimulation

File:

Download binger.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Judith Fran Kroll, Committee Member

Author:

Vacco, David Alfred

Title:

Modeling glacier-rock-climate interactions: Moraine deposition, stagnation events, and supraglacial debris

Graduate Program:

Earth Sciences

Keywords:

glacier
glacial
moraines
modeling
supraglacial
subglacial
debris
dynamics

File:

Download Dvacco_Dissertation_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Eunice Eun-Young

Title:

PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MEMBRANES FOR ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymers
modeling
finite element
electrostrictive
large nonlinear viscoelastic deformations

File:

Download EuniceYangDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Snyder, Committee Member
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Tobias, Eric Luke

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF MODELING AND SIMULATION TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS OF DUCTED FAN AIRCRAFT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

fan
control
shrouded
ducted
modeling
simulation
rotor
aircraft

File:

Download Eric_Tobias-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Samorodnitsky, Eric

Title:

Genome-Wide Modeling of Transcription Preinitiation Complex Disassembly Mechanisms Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Data

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

workflow
modeling
chemical kinetics
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
preinitation complex assembly and disassembly
binding sites

File:

Download ES_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin Franklin Pugh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Istvan Albert, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Claude Walker Depamphilis, Committee Member

Author:

Camargo, Gustavo

Title:

MODELING ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR FARM SCALE PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

greenhouse gas
energy
agricultural systems
dairy farm
modeling

File:

Download Thesis_Gustavo_02_December_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sethi, Guneet

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE-DIELECTRIC PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, TANTALUM PENTOXIDE, AND OXIDE-POLYMER LAMINATE FILMS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

monte carlo
energy density
dielectric breakdown
zirconium oxide
laminate composites
tantalum pentoxide
thin films
modeling
PVDF
polypropylene
capacitors
pulsed power

File:

Download Guneet_Sethi_PhD_Thesis_04_04_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Eugene Furman, Committee Member

Author:

van Werkhoven, Herman

Title:

Comparison of Circular and Lever Pedaling: a Modeling Approach

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

joint mechanics
modeling
pedaling
lever
circular
cycling
optimization

File:

Download Herman_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fegyveresi, John Michael

Title:

Reconstructing Paleoclimates on West Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Ice Core Bubble Number-Density

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

climate
paleoclimate
ice core
bubble number-density
reconstruction
West Antarctica
modeling

File:

Download Fegyveresi-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hill, Jeffrey Ray

Title:

High Precision Surface Control of Flexible Space Reflectors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gossamer
control
En Masse Elimination
modeling

File:

Download Hill_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Cetinkaya, Murat

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED POLY(P-XYLYLENE) FILMS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

PPX
polymer
paracyclophane
nanotechnology
materials
modeling
scaling

File:

Download CETINKAYA_PHD_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Melik C Demirel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Mallay Lesk, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Kerr, Patrick Corbitt

Title:

THE SIGINIFICANCE OF MODEL STRUCTURE IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL STREAM SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSIENT STORAGE ZONES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

transient storage
modeling
hyporheic
stream

File:

Download KerrData.tgzDownload 20111027_Kerr_2011_MSCE.pdf

Committee Members:

Mike Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael N Gooseff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Naredi, Prabhat

Title:

COAL COMBUSTION IN O2/CO2 MEDIUM FOR POWER GENERATION: NUMERICAL MODELING OF CHAR BURNOUT, NOX AND CO EMISSIONS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Char reactivity
thermogravimetric analysis
drop tube reactor
modeling
CFD
oxy-coal combustion
NOx
CO emission
burnout

File:

Download Prabhat_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan W Scaroni, Committee Member
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Suryanarayan, Poonam

Title:

A Computational Approach For Understanding The Aesthetics Of Gray Scale Images

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

aesthetics
modeling
gray scale

File:

Download thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Z Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Jia Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Carneim, Robert David

Title:

Characterization of Uniaxial Compaction in Spray Dried Ceramic Powders

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

binder
polyvinyl alcohol
granules
compaction
strength
compaction curves
modeling
friction

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Ramanarayanan, Rajaraman

Title:

SOFT ERRORS IN LOGIC CIRCUITS: ANALYSIS AND MODELING

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
reliability
logic circuits
soft errors
analysis

File:

Download Thesis_RRSE.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member
Charles Lee Croskey, Committee Member
Yuan X Ie, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member

Author:

Sollenberger, Stanton Gardner

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF A FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

flexible
rotorcraft
rotary wing
ballistic
modeling
heating
driveshaft
FMC
composite

File:

Download Sollenberger_MS_Thesis_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Porter, Scott Phillips

Title:

A DESIGN APPROACH FOR A CONFIGURABLE HIGH-POWER MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DRIVE MADE FROM IRON-GALLIUM ALLOY (GALFENOL)

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

modeling
transduction
transducer
iron
gallium
galfenol
piezomagnetism
magnetostriction
FEA
SONAR
tonpilz
simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Shuang

Title:

A COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS BASED ON TexAQS-2006 FIELD DATA

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

OH
HO2
radical
chemical mechanism
comparison
modeling
atmosphere

File:

Download thesis_shuang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jaruhar, Shrimant

Title:

Development of Educational Simulations for Construction Engineering Education

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

simulations
engineering education
sequencing
scheduling
modeling
4D
construction

File:

Download Jaruhar_2008_Development_of_Interactive_Simulations_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

John Messner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pasaogullari, Ugur

Title:

TWO-PHASE TRANSPORT AND PREDICTION OF FLOODING IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PEFC
flooding
two-phase
GDL
MPL
modeling

File:

Download pasaogullari_2005d.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Weifeng

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL MODELING THE PERFORMANCE AND DEGRADATION OF HEV LI-ION BATTERY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion battery
HEV
degradation
modeling

File:

Download WeifengFangDissertation0616.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Wenfang

Title:

IMPLEMENTING THE SHALE HILLS WATERSHED MODEL IN APPLICATION OF PIHM

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
Shale Hills
PIHM

File:

Download thesis_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher J Duffy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ling, Yan

Title:

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF THE HF-RE BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION TO THE HF-NI-RE TERNARY SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamics
Ni-Hf-Re
hafnium
rhenium
Hf-Re
CALPHAD
first-principles
Ni-based superalloys
modeling

File:

Download Ling_MS_final5.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miller, Tricia Ann

Title:

Movement ecology of Golden Eagles (aquila chrysaetos) in eastern North America

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

golden eagle
movement
ecology
resource selection
home range
seasonal
migration
modeling

File:

Download Miller_Disseration_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Committee Member
Michael R Gannon, Committee Member
George Young, Committee Member
Todd Katzner, Special Member

Author:

Gou, Jun

Title:

modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
lead-acid batteries
carbon electrodes
hybrid electrodes
gassing
current partitioning

File:

Download Jun_Gou_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Ramachandran, Radhika

Title:

Modeling Heat Transfer In Cantaloupes During Hot Water Immersion And Thermal Destruction Of Listeria monocytogenes

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Cantaloupe
Listeria monocytogenes
modeling
hot water immersion

File:

Download Radhika_Ramachandran_MS_Thesis_Food_Science.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicarlo, Michael John

Title:

Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Advance regeneration
modeling
Pennsylvania
hardwood forest

File:

Download MichaelDiCarloMastersThesisAugust2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc Mc Dill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Prasad, Githin K

Title:

Control Oriented Modeling and State of Health Estimation for Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion batteries
modeling
state of health
estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_GithinPrasad.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Ying

Title:

modeling, real-time degradation identification, and remediation of lead-acid battries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
battery system management
degradation diagnosis
desulfation

File:

Download YingShi_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Ji, Yan

Title:

Low-temperature Operation of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium
battery
electrochemistry
modeling
low temperature
electric vehicles

File:

Download YanJi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

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

Author:

Islam, Mohammad Mazharul

Title:

Metabolic modeling of microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

dynamic
microbial communities
modeling
d-OptCom
Uranium reduction
Auxotrophic mutants. metabolic modeling

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Mohammad_Mazharul_Islam.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aglione, Daniel Lewis

Title:

Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Battery Pack Suspensions for Off-road Electric Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Suspension
modeling
vibration
shock
battery pack
vehicle

File:

Download Aglione_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Albeaik, Saleh

Title:

State Space Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Switched RLCM Networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

state space
modeling
analysis
simulation
switched RLCM
ideal switches
software design

File:

Download Albeaik_Thesis_GRD_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meyers, Beth Sarah

Title:

analyzing the state of lithospheric stress in greater thailand through finite element modeling

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

thailand
active faults
earthquakes
modeling
finite element
tectonics
geodynamics
shear stress
stress

File:

Download Meyers_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin Patrick Furlong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Celik, Huseyin

Title:

Predictive gait simulations for investigation of musculoskeletal structure and locomotor function

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Predictive gait simulations
modeling
musculoskeletal structure
locomotor function
sprinting
plantarflexor moment arm

File:

Download dissertation_HC_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Cederberg, James Andrew

Title:

A Quantitative Assesment of the Effects of Base Level Fall and basin Depth on River-dominated Deltas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

deltas
rivers
base level fall
sea level fall
sequence stratigraphy
sedimentology
modeling
Delft3D
morphodynamics

File:

Download FINAL_CEDERBERG_THESIS_Nov_17_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnston, Thomas James

Title:

The role of poroelasticity during disequilibrium compaction and hydrocarbon generation on horizontal stress in the Devonian section of the Appalachian Basin

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus
poroelasticity
modeling
gas shale

File:

Download JohnstonMSThesis2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Yan

Title:

Building Control Knowledge Information Modeling & Control Self-Configuration

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Building
energy
self-configuration
modeling
HVAC
Building control knowledge
data schema
database
information modeling

File:

Download Chen_Dissertation_7-2015_Final_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen James Treado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen James Treado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jelena Srebric, Committee Member
John Messner, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member

Author:

Farasat, Iman

Title:

Sequence-to-function models for efficient optimization of metabolic pathways and genetic circuits

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metabolic pathway
genetic circuit
CRISPR
Cas9
modeling
combinatorial optimization
protein expression
optimization

File:

Download Farasat_PhD_dissertation.pdfDownload 1-Farasat_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Methane and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption Capacity Estimation and Modeling on Coals

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

methane
carbon dioxide
adsorption
modeling
coal

File:

Download Master_thesis_-_Aug_6_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Kaige

Title:

Double-Gate, Tri-Layer, and Vertical ZnO TFTs and Circuits

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

double-gate TFT
tri-layer TFT
vertical TFT
zinc oxide
circuits
modeling
PEALD
digital and analog circuits
rectifier

File:

Download Dissertation_Kaige_Sun.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Kyusun Choi, 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:

Download jensen_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

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:

Villafana, Willca

Title:

Rotorcraft Noise Abatement Procedures Development

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
helicopter
rotor noise
simulation
modeling

File:

Download WillcaVillafana-Msc.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth S. Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Member
George A. Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Teng, Huei-Wen

Title:

Bayesian nonparametric approaches for financial option pricing

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

the Greeks
asset pricing
risk management
financial options
nonparametric methods
Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation
modeling
Bayesian analysis
the state price density

File:

Download Wen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Liechty, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingzhi (Jay) Huang, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Shuang

Title:

SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDFIRE AND FUEL TREATMENT ON SIERRA NEVADA FORESTS

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Sierra Nevada
Forest
Carbon
climate change
wildfire
modeling
LANDIS-II

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Ecology_Shuang_Liang_2017Spring_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew D. Hurteau, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew D. Hurteau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot W. Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan H. Taylor, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Outside Member

Author:

Oruc, Ilker

Title:

Towards Real-Time Pilot-in-the-Loop Simulation of Rotorcraft with Fully-Coupled CFD Solutions of Rotor / Terrain Interactions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
simulation
pilot-in-the-loop
rotorcraft
terrain
ship airwake
dynamic interface
DI
helicopter/ship
coupled
fully-coupled
fully coupled
ground effect
CFD
aerodynamics
flight control
flight dynamics
ship landing
ship approach
computational
fluid
dynamics
real-time
manned
sloped
partial ground
acceleration
helicopter simulation
high-performance-computing
flight simulator
MPI
helicopter dynamics
SFS2
MPMD
actuator disk
ADM
ALM
simple frigate ship
non-linear
NLDI
UH-60
flight performance
one-way coupled
two-way coupled
recirculation
coupled simulation
coupling interface
IGE
OGE
hover
GENHEL
GENHEL-PSU
Navier-Stokes
Gaussian

File:

Download IlkerOruc-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member

Author:

Awadelkarim, Amel Osama

Title:

FINITE-ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND VERIFICATION OF COMPLEX FLUID MODELS BASED ON EVOLVING NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS, MOTIVATED BY STUDIES OF BLOOD

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

blood
fluid mechanics
COMSOL Multiphysics
continuum mechanics
arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian
Method of Manufactured Solutions
clotting
lysis
modeling
viscoelastic fluids
finite element
complex fluids
verification
thermodynamics
natural configuration
Oldroyd-B fluid

File:

Download Awadelkarim_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wager, Justin Charles

Title:

Influence of the foot on ankle joint function during running

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

running
biomechanics
foot
ankle
modeling

File:

Download disser_jwager.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonas Rubenson, Committee Member
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Jimeng

Title:

DEMETALLATION OF BIOCRUDE FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF MICROALGAE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Demetallation
hydrothermal liquefaction
microalgae
kinetic
modeling
iron
hemin
porphyrin

File:

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Committee Members:

Phillip. E. Savage, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip. E. Savage, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Rioux, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Outside Member

Author:

Erol, Anil

Title:

Studies of Dipole-Driven Active Materials: Multifield Processing Simulations, Microstructure-Based Constitutive Modeling, and Macroscopic Active Composite Optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-active polymers
magneto-active elastomers
nonlinear elasticity
smart materials
optimization
modeling
mechanics of materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Fei

Title:

Two reactionary approaches to reduce impaired agricultural sediment and nutrient runoff

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

riparian buffer
ecosystem services
agricultural water quality
land use optimization
modeling
SWAT
REMM
best management practices
crop yield
nutrient and sediment loss
land suitability

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Drohan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cibin Raj, Outside Member
Charles White, Committee Member
Scott A Roths, Outside Member
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rittenhouse, Joshua

Title:

Sustaining mixed-oak forests: A multifaceted approach to modeling advance oak regeneration and recruitment in young forests

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

advance oak regeneration
recruitment
modeling
partition
overstory removal
multifaceted

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Bohn, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Patrick Brose, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khichar, Mayank

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration

File:

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Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mcconnell, Curt

Title:

Phosphorus Dynamics in a Changing Agroecosystem Landscape

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

phosphorus
biogeochemistry
agroecosystems
modeling
isotope chemistry

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Committee Members:

Kate Freeman, Outside Unit Member
Charlie White, Outside Field Member
Jason Kaye, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Armen Kemanian, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Toth, Hana

Title:

Modeling and Evaluating Switchgrass Harvesting Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

switchgrass
harvesting
energy grass harvesting
switchgrass harvesting
round baling
square baling
system balancing
machine productivity
cost model
agriculture
field testing
modeling
baling

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Jude Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Charles David Ray, Sr., Committee Member
Jingxin Wang, Special Signatory

Author:

Taylor, Kaitlin

Title:

EARLY TRIASSIC WEATHERING INTENSITY AND CLIMATE RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
weathering
permian triassic extinction
lithium
isotopes
modeling
diagenesis
climate
climate stability

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Hojjatinia, Sarah

Title:

System Identification Algorithms for Noisy Data with Application to Behavior Modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

System identification
data analysis
modeling
physical activity
behavior
machine learning
algorithm
noisy data
social network
switched systems
markov
design
SARMAX
SARX
Markov jump
hybrid
health
Real Data

File:

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Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jahn, Kalle He

Title:

Physical and chemical controls on subsurface contaminant fate and transport

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

groundwater
contaminant
transport
PFAS
nitrate
vadoze zone
modeling
Living Filter
Oxisol
perfluoroalkyl

File:

Download KJahn_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kate Freeman (she/her), Co-Chair of Committee
Roman DiBiase, Major Field Member
Demian Saffer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Paudel Timilsena, Bipana

Title:

Reducing crop loss to herbivore pests: From modeling risk of herbivore invasion and establishment to harnessing plant defenses via priming

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

plant defense priming
herbivore specificity
modeling
CLIMEX
plant-insect interactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Gary Felton, Major Field Member
Mark Guiltinan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Tumlinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair