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Author:

Salimifard, Parichehr

Title:

Indoor aerosol sensing and resuspension dynamics

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Indoor air quality
Particulate matter
Particle resuspension
Indoor allergens
Bioaerosol
Dust mite
Cat fur
Dog fur
Pollen
Bacillus thuringiensis
Anthrax
Monodisperse particles
Low-cost sensor
Optical particle counter
Aerodynamic equivalent diameter
Sensor calibration.

File:

Download Parichehr_Salimifard_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghyun Rim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James D. Freihaut, Committee Member
William P. Bahnfleth, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Outside Member

Author:

Prakash, Keerti

Title:

MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Fortiz, Victoria

Title:

OCEANIC ANOXIA EVENT 2 (93.9 MA) IN THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: HIGH RESOLUTION CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL RECORD OF THE TROPIC SHALE FORMATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

OAE2; Calcareous nannofossils; Paleoclimate; Paleoceanography

File:

Download VF_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy J. Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Michael A. Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Landge, Ameya S

Title:

LIQUID WATER AND FLOW TURBULANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PENN STATE ICING WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Icing wind tunnel calibration
Turbulence intensity
Flow Angularity
Cloud uniformity
Median Volume Diameter (MVD)
SAE ARP 5905

File:

Download M.S_Thesis_AmeyaLandge.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marple, Daniel Robert

Title:

Understanding Lithium Plating in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Exploring Mitigation Strategies by Self-Heating

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion battery
lithium plating
self-heating
low temperature
cycle life
pulse heating
large-format battery

File:

Download Marple_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Gavazzi, Lia Michelle

Title:

Variation in Pisiform Growth-Plate Morphology

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

pisiform
growth plate
evolution and development
xenarthran
lorisine
forelimb
autopod

File:

Download Gavazzi_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Michael Ryan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip Reno, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Chenchen

Title:

EXPLORING NOVEL GLASS MICROFABRICATION TECHNIQUES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

glass etching
on-chip glass microspherical shell
WGM resonator
glass microbubble ensulation

File:

Download Ph.D_thesis_Chenchen_Zhang_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Weihua Guan, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

Bubash, Connie Kathleen

Title:

Contagious Texts Embodied: Melancholy Hermeneutics in Late Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

melancholy
contagion
self-help book
embodiment
the passions
medieval literature
early modern literature
Sidney
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Gower
therapeutic reading
vernacular medical treatise

File:

Download Bubash_Complete_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert R. Edwards, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Cheney, Committee Member
Mary Floyd-Wilson, Committee Member
Bradford Bouley, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Bowen

Title:

TRANSVERSE DISTRIBUTION FACTORS FOR HORIZONTALLY CURVED BRIDGES UNDER THE EFFECT OF PERMIT VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

live load distribution factor
curved bridge
warping and bending
permit vehicle
steel I-girder bridge

File:

Download Master_of_Science__Bowen_Yang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey A Laman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Committee Member

Author:

Nuckols, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

On Beauty and Ambivalence: The Complexity of Aesthetic Experience

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Semiotics
Aesthetics
Beauty
Ambivalence
Ethics
Justice
Peirce
Pragmatism
Psychoanalytic Theory

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Committee Members:

Vincent Colapietro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Colapietro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Committee Member
Anne Carver Rose, Outside Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Christman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor