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Author:

Leary, Robert D

Title:

Real-time Vehicle Pose Estimation Utilizing Monocular Vision and Lane Marker Maps

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle localization
pose estimation
lane detection
autonomous vehicle
state estimation

File:

Download Leary-Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mishra, Partha Pratim

Title:

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-BALANCING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-Balancing Systems
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Extremum-Seeking
Lyapunov Methods
Controls
Model-based Estimation
Renewable Energy Systems
Lithium-ion Batteries
State Estimation
Input Estimation
Model Reduction
Stability
Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation

File:

Download Partha_Mishra_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Member

Author:

Logan, Ellis Scott

Title:

Complexity in the Desert: Heterogeneity in Food Shopping and Purchasing Patterns within Disadvantaged Urban Communities

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

food desert
demography
neighborhood health
urban
grocery store
dietary health

File:

Download DISSERTATION_ESL_FINAL_4_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A. Matthews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A. Matthews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Frisco, Committee Member
Barrett Lee, Committee Member
Patricia Miranda-Hartsuff, Outside Member

Author:

Daou, Carla

Title:

Race Differences In Associations Between Micronutrient Intake And Habitual Sleep Variability In Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Public Health Sciences

Keywords:

Sleep variability
sleep duration
insomnia complaint
micronutrient
race

File:

Download approved.pdf

Committee Members:

Duanping Liao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen H Kjerulff, Committee Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Ganesh

Title:

Micromechanical Analysis of Transverse Young's Modulus of Glass/Carbon Hybrid Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

micromechanics
hybrid composites
finite element analysis
transverse Young's modulus

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ganesh_Venkatesan_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Huang, Shan

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF ENHANCEMENT OF DOWNWARD FACING BOILING HEAT TRANSFER USING MICRO-POROUS COATINGS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

CHF coating vessel

File:

Download Development_of_a_New_Downward__revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Agole, David

Title:

PARTICIPATION IN CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WELLBEING OF YOUNG FARMERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES IN UGANDA

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

Disability
Young Farmers
Participation
Capacity Building
Well-being
Community

File:

Download AGOLE_Final_DISSERTATION__April_2__2018__-_Participation_in_Capacity-building_Programs_and_Implications_for_Well-being.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Connie D. Baggett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Connie D. Baggett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Mark A. Brennan, Committee Member
Dr. Edgar P. Yoder, Committee Member
Sinfree B. Makoni, Outside Member

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Breen, Scott Patrick

Title:

ORAL SOMATOSENSORY FUNCTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF CHOCOLATE PARTICLE SIZE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Chocolate
Oral Somatosensation
Psychophysics
Particle Size

File:

Download Breen_MastersThesis_FoodScience_Published.pdf

Committee Members:

John E Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Michele Etter, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Merck, Andrew Thomas

Title:

The Development of a Fast Method for the Calculation of Noise from Supersonic Jets

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Jet Noise
Aeroacoustics
Acoustics
Empirical Method
Wavepacket
Supersonic
Turbulence
Mixing Noise

File:

Download Andrew_Merck_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Lei, Xiong

Title:

Characterization of Gas-Charged Porous Media from Joint Inversion of P/S- Wave Attenuation Based on OBS and/or Sonic Log Data

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Q estimation
Attenuation inversion
Quality factor
Bayesian inversion
Gas saturation
Porosity
Permeability
OBS
Sonic log

File:

Download Dissertation_XiongLei_revision_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Eugene Morgan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

Author:

Blecher, Jared Jacob

Title:

Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding of Ni-base Alloy 690

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser welding
hybrid welding
nickel alloy
keyhole porosity
root defect
inline coherent imaging
heat transfer and fluid flow modeling

File:

Download Blecher_Dissertation_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Outside Member

Author:

Corak, Gokhan

Title:

STATE FEEDBACK REACTOR CONTROL USING A VANADIUM AND RHODIUM SELF-POWERED NEUTRON DETECTOR

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

State feedback control
Reactor Control
Self-power neutron detectors
SPND
Vanadium self-power neutron detector
Rhodium self-power neutron detector

File:

Download Gokhan_Corak_Master_thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

James A Turso, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Morrison, Travis William

Title:

Local-global principles and diophantine sets in rings of number-theoretic interest

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

class field theory
hasse principle
diophantine
decidability

File:

Download Morrison-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Kirsten Eisentraeger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Kirsten Eisentraeger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wen-Ching Winnie Li, Committee Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Outside Member

Author:

Bug, Leah

Title:

K-8 Teacher Blended Learning Professional Development and NGSS,and Communities of Practice: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

NGSS
Communities of Practice
Teacher Professional Development
K-8 Science Education
Blended Learning
Mixed Methods Study
K-8 Science Teacher Professional Development

File:

Download Bug_Dissertation_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory John Kelly, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory John Kelly, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Mitchell Hill, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member
James Nolan, Committee Member

Author:

Dow, Nicholas William

Title:

A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

virtual reality
perception of risk
autonomous vehicles
driving simulator

File:

Download 071218_Dow_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Almoaiqel, Sarah

Title:

Situating Privacy in the Technology Supported Collaborative Practices of the Saudi Arabian Workplace: Lessons on Socio-spatial and Socio-technical and Socio-Spatial Design

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Human Computer Interaction
Value Sensitive Design
Socio-Technical
Socio-Spatial
Privacy
Computer Supported Cooperative Work

File:

Download Sarah_Almoaiqel_s_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Millar Carroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Millar Carroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Committee Member
Lynette Marie Yarger, Committee Member
Elaine Farndale, Outside Member

Author:

Masters, Sarah Renee

Title:

EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle-laden flow
particle concentration
solids loading
Nusselt number
heat transfer

File:

Download Thesis_PSU_MSME_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Romo, Amelia Blenderman

Title:

Dog Owners' Perceptions and Behaviors Related to the Disposal of Pet Waste in City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

open space
dogs
pet waste
leash
behaviors
Leave No Trace
Theory of Planned Behavior

File:

Download Romo_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

B Derrick Taff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter B Newman, Committee Member
Alan R Graefe, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Danielle Natasha

Title:

Individual Differences and Performance in a College Biology Course

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

goal orientation
individual differences
metacognition
self-efficacy
self efficacy
Metacognitive awareness

File:

Download Danielle_Hall_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Cyr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peggy Van Meter, Committee Member
Timothy Jegla, Committee Member

Author:

Sheen, Joo Hyun

Title:

Religious Hybridization and the Legacy of Jesuit Accommodationism in the Early Modern East Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Apologetics by Early Catholics in China and Korea

Graduate Program:

History

Keywords:

Religious hybridization
The Society of Jesus
Catholicism in China
Catholicism in Korea
Xu Guangqi
Han Lin
Zhang Geng
Zhu Zongyuan
Zhang Xingyao
Chŏng Yak-jong
Hwang Sa-yŏng
Chŏng Ha-sang
Matteo Ricci
Tianzhu shiyi
Jugyo yoji
Pi wang
Paeksŏ
buru yifo
accommodationism
Jesuits
apologetics
Catholicism and Confucianism

File:

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Committee Members:

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
On-Cho Ng, Committee Member
Kate Merkel-Hess, Committee Member
Kathlene T Baldanza, Committee Member
Charlotte Diane Eubanks, Outside Member
Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Axten, Christopher Joseph

Title:

Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics
sailplane
boundary layer transition
aircraft performance
aircraft design

File:

Download Axten_C_Master_Thesis_Draft_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Anya

Title:

Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension: A Resting-State Functional Connectivity Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

reading
text comprehension
executive function
functional connectivity
resting-state fMRI

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_AYU.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Committee Member
Xiao Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Bottai, Auriane

Title:

Computational Fluid Dynamics / Flight Dynamics Simulations of an Autonomous Helicopter using Actuator Disk Couplings for Main and Tail Rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Actuator Disk Coupling
Coupled CFD Flight Dynamics
UAV
Autonomous Helicopter
SFS2
Ship based operations

File:

Download MSThesisPSU2018_Bottai_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

J.F.Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Devadoss, Daphny Oviya

Title:

HOIST MOTION CONTROL: HYDRAULIC SOLENOID VALVE CURRENT REGULATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM CURRENT FOR MOTION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

hoist control
PI controller
current regulation in solenoid valve
minimum current for hydraulic motion
averaging state-space model

File:

Download Daphny_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kumar, Kuldeep

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF NICKEL ALLOYS IN SULFATE-CONTAINING MOLTEN SALTS AT 700 °C

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nickel alloys
Hot corrosion
Molten salts
Electrochemical corrosion measurements
Passivity
High temperature corrosion
Nickel-aluminum
Chromium addition in nickel alloys
Sulfate reduction
Potentiodynamic polarizations
LiCl-KCl-Na2SO4

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Kuldeep_Kumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hojong Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Committee Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Outside Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member

Author:

Jamshidi, Shahrzad

Title:

Distributed Computational Systems

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Algebraic Geometry
Phylogenetic Models
Groebner Basis
Cognitive Probabilities
Universal Approximation

File:

Download Jamshidi_S-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Ryder Morton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Ryder Morton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Timothy Charles Reluga, Committee Member
John Phillip Sustersic Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Rangaswamy, Cara Parry

Title:

Seeing the Sidewalk: Giving New Terms to an Everyday Urban Space

Graduate Program:

Architecture

Keywords:

sidewalk
urban fabric
photomontage
representation
observation
design

File:

Download CaraRangaswamy_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darla Lindberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Aeschbacher, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Mcnamara, Kevin R

Title:

Modeling the Microstructural Evolution of Parts During Metal Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Microstructural Modeling
Microstructure
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Johnson-Mehl-Avrami
Nonisothermal Phase Transformations
Kinetics
Inconel 718
Ti-6Al-4V
3D Printing

File:

Download Modeling_Microstructure_Metal_AM.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member

Author:

Holderman, Brennan Reese

Title:

ADVANCING LOW-COST MOBILE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

lidar

File:

Download Holderman_Masters_Thesis_Forest_Resources_v2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc Eric Mcdill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheatsley, Ryan Matthew

Title:

Adversarial Examples in Constrained Domains

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

machine learning
adversarial machine learning
network intrusion detection

File:

Download sheatsley-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Drew Mcdaniel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Furer, Melinda Leigh

Title:

A Test of Choice Bundling when Reward Receipt is Contingent upon the Completion of an Aversive Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Choice bundling; economics; addiction; impulsivity

File:

Download Ashe_Master_s_Thesis_4.3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Morrison Smyth, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Loyal Philip

Title:

Understanding the sensory basis for Anoplophora glabripennis odor-mediated behavior

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Anoplophora glabripennis
Asian longhorned beetle
cerambycidae
chemical ecology
neurology
antennal lobe
glomeruli
electrophysiology
electropalpogram
electroantennogram
single sensillum recording
fly eagles fly
pheromone
olfaction

File:

Download Loyal_Hall_PhD_Dissertation_in_Entomology-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Charles Baker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Outside Member
Melody Keena, Special Member

Author:

Hesse, Arielle Leah

Title:

Responsibility for Exposure: Health Governance of Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Hydraulic Fracturing Industry

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Health Geography
Silica
Occupational Health
Responsibility
Hydraulic Fracturing

File:

Download HesseDissertation_FinalApril2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lorraine Dowler, Committee Member
Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Outside Member

Author:

Jonsrud, Jarrod Lee

Title:

Sports and Moral Excellence: The Intersections of Sports and Authenticity

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Sports Ethics
Virtue
Morality
Authenticity
Existentialism

File:

Download Jonsrud_Dissertation_-_Final_Formatted1.pdf

Committee Members:

R. Scott Kretchmar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
R. Scott Kretchmar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
Francisco Javier Lopez Frias, Committee Member
Peter Renton Allison, Outside Member

Author:

Alat, Ece

Title:

CERAMIC COATINGS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING TO ENHANCE ACCIDENT TOLERANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Accident tolerant fuel
corrosion resistance
oxidation resistance
ceramic coatings
nuclear fuel cladding
titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN)
titanium nitride (TiN)
cathodic arc physical vapor deposition
substrate bias
cathode composition
titanium bond coating
substrate surface preparation method
substrate surface roughness
nitrogen partial pressure
coating deposition time
scratch testing
neutronic analysis
multilayer ceramic coatings
air oxidation
supercritical water testing (SCW)
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Raman spectroscopy
energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
autoclave testing

File:

Download Ece_Alat_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Weitzner, Stephen E

Title:

Quantum–Continuum Modeling of Electrodeposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Density functional theory
DFT
Solvation
Quantum-Continuum
Interface
Electrodeposition
Underpotential deposition
Thermodynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Monte Carlo
Implicit solvent
Multiscale
Alloy
Electrode
Catalysis
Electrocatalysis
UPD
Cluster expansion

File:

Download Stephen_Weitzner_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph Colby, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Michael Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Xia, Wentao

Title:

VEHICULAR FSO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM APPLYING REAL-TIME RECOGNITION AND TRACKING

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

self-driving
feature extraction
ORB feature
contour extraction
object tracking

File:

Download thesis_wentao.pdf

Committee Members:

Tim Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Mason, Jennifer Smith

Title:

Visual Perspectives and Decision-Making in Geospatial Uncertainty

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Uncertainty
Decision-Making
Visual Summaries
Storm Surge
Visualization

File:

Download JMason_DissertationFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Klippel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Klippel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
David W Titley, Outside Member
Jason Dykes, Special Member

Author:

Thirumala, Sandeep Krishna

Title:

Non-volatile Ferroelectric Transistor based Memory Design: Device-Circuit Analysis Considering Gate Leakage

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Transistors
Gate Leakage
FEFET Memories
Polarization
Retention

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Sandeep_Thirumala_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Sumeet Kumar Gupta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Ziqi

Title:

English and Chinese Language Assessment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Problems in Bilingual Speakers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality Disorder
Personality assessment
International Student
Chinese English Bilingual
Validity across language

File:

Download WU_Thesis_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Janet van Hell, Committee Member

Author:

Kimura, Daisuke

Title:

ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA, MULTILINGUALISM, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN STUDY ABROAD: NARRATIVE CASE STUDIES OF JAPANESE STUDENTS IN THAILAND

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

English as a lingua franca
globalization
study abroad
narrative case study

File:

Download Kimura_dissertation_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Member
Celeste Kinginger, Committee Member
Mari Haneda, Outside Member

Author:

Williams, Kezi Malcolm

Title:

FATE OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES ON INTACT AND WOUNDED APPLES DURING STORAGE AND IN A SIMULATED DUMP TANK

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Food Science
Food Microbiology
Food Safety

File:

Download Kezi_Thesis_2018_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Luke LaBorde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Catherine Cutter, Committee Member
Dr. Edward Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Price, Jared Scott

Title:

HIGH EFFICIENCY PLANAR SOLAR CONCENTRATORS AND NOVEL STRUCTURES FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

OLED
LED
CPV
Photovoltaics

File:

Download JaredPrice-Dissertation_V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Noel Christopher Giebink, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Outside Member

Author:

Makwana, Anandkumar

Title:

Effects of fuel molecular structure on emissions in a jet flame and a model gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Soot
Alternative fuels
Fuel molecular structure
Non-premixed flames
Aromatic species
Premixed flames
Aromatic fuels

File:

Download Thesis_Anandkumar_Makwana.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O’Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline O’Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas A. Litzinger, Committee Member
Daniel C. Haworth, Committee Member
Randy L. Vander Wal, Outside Member

Author:

Khosrojerdi, Mahsa

Title:

SERVICE LIMIT STATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERED FILLS FOR BRIDGE SUPPORT

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Finite difference simulation
Geosynthetics
GRS abutment
Lateral deformation
Prediction equation
Regression analysis
Sensitivity analysis
Settlement
RSF

File:

Download Dissertation-Mahsa_Khosrojerdi__2018_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Ming Xiao, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Ming Xiao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Dr. Patrick J. Fox, Committee Member
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Outside Member

Author:

Derreth, Robert Tyler

Title:

CREATING COURSE COMMUNITY: COMMUNITY BASED PEDAGOGY AND SOCIAL LEARNING IN A THEATER COURSE

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

community-based learning
higher education
teaching and learning
sociocultural theory

File:

Download Derreth_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dorothy Evensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dorothy Evensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David S Guthrie, Committee Member
Karly Sarita Ford, Committee Member
Jacqueline Edmondson, Outside Member

Author:

Bywaters Sylvester, Stephanie Marie

Title:

ANTI-CAPSID MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES: TOOLS TO ASSESS HPV NEUTRALIZATION AND CAPSID STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Microbiology and Immunology

Keywords:

HPV
monoclonal antibody
capsid
structure
L2
competition

File:

Download Stephanie_Bywaters_Final_Thesis_June_5.pdf

Committee Members:

Neil David Christensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil David Christensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Matthew Meyers, Committee Member
Susan Hafenstein, Committee Member
Laura Carrel, Outside Member
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Hiu Yan

Title:

HIGH PRESSURE CONFINED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF ELECTRONIC METALATTICES AND SEMICONDUCTORS IN EXTREME GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

High Pressure
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Nanomaterials
Silicon
Germanium
Metalattices

File:

Download Thesis_HiuYanCheng_Final_HPcCVD_Metalattices_C.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Vernarelli, Laurel Aileen

Title:

Novel Vinification Techniques to Improve Pennsylvania Wine Quality

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Vinification
Wine Quality

File:

Download LVernarelli_MS_Thesis_7-1-18__1___1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Ryan Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Snyder, Lindsay M

Title:

EFFECTS OF VITAMIN A AND RETINOID SIGNALING ON HOST ENTERIC IMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

vitamin A
retinoic acid
intestine
T cell
innate immunity
adaptive immunity
Intestinal epithelial cell
infection
inflammation
Citrobacter rodentium
intestinal permeability
neutrophil
macrophage

File:

Download L.Snyder_Thesis_7.23.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member
A Catharine Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Macko, Patricia E

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE ROLES OF WORKPLACE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE PRACTITIONERS

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

technology
learning technologies

File:

Download PatMacko_WFED_FinalCopyforThesisOffice_Word_3_26_18.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
William J Rothwell, Committee Member
John Ewing, Outside Member

Author:

Reuning, Kevin James

Title:

Party Coalitions, Party Ideology, and Party Action: Extended Party Networks in the United States

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Political Parties
American Politics
Social Networks
State Parties

File:

Download Reuning_Diss_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lee Ann Banaszak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Ann Banaszak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J Nelson, Committee Member
Bruce A Desmarais Jr., Committee Member
John David Mccarthy, Outside Member
Michael Barth Berkman, Committee Member

Author:

Mukhopadhyay, Ahana

Title:

ADSORPTION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES ON METAL OXIDE SUPPORTS: PROBING THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

solid-liquid interface
electrostatic adsorption
single atom catalysts
isothermal titration calorimetry
noble metals
reducible oxides
methane combustion

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Ahana_Mukhopadhyay.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Walker, Melissa Anne

Title:

Relationships Among Perceived Organizational Support, Job Training Satisfaction, and Job Satisfaction Within Staff Personnel at Penn State University, University Park

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

job training satisfaction
perceived organizational support
job satisfaction
occupational status

File:

Download Walker_Dissertation2018.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lynn Passmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lynn Passmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Niki Tanya Dickerson Vonlockette, Outside Member

Author:

Motamedi, Mojdeh

Title:

Lean on me: Why and when prevention support systems strengthen implementation among South African teachers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Implementation
school risk
teacher education
support systems
evidence-based programs
teacher consultation

File:

Download MotamediDissertation_SupportingEBPimplementation.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda L. Caldwell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen L. Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Wadsworth, Committee Member
Linda L. Caldwell, Committee Member
Edward A. Smith, Outside Member

Author:

Jadidi, Amin

Title:

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE RELIABLE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMORY HIERARCHY IN CHIP MULTI-PROCESSORS

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Memory Hierarchy
Non-volatile Memory Technologies
Hybrid Memory Hierarchy
Reliability
High Performance
Chip Multi-Processors

File:

Download Final_Thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Committee Member
John Morgan Sampson, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Outside Member

Author:

Zhu, Wenbin

Title:

ADVANCED KTN-BASED OPTICAL BEAM DEFLECTORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

KTN
Beam Deflector
High-speed beam deflector
Multi-denominational beam deflector
Large-aperture beam deflector

File:

Download final_verstion2.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Jian Hsu, Outside Member

Author:

Dhamodharan, Aswin

Title:

Product Life Cycle Optimization Models for Closed Loop Supply Chains

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

closed loop supply chains
network design
optimization models
pricing strategy
product life cycle
bass model
capacity planning

File:

Download Dissertation_AswinDhamodharan.pdf

Committee Members:

A Ravi Ravindran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Ravi Ravindran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Jose Antonio Ventura, Committee Member
Dennis Kon-Jin Lin, Outside Member

Author:

Cai, Zhang

Title:

UNDERSTANDING REACTIVE TRANSPORT OF MARCELLUS SHALE WATERS IN AQUIFERS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reactive transport modeling
Marcellus Shale flowback / produced waters
Mineralogy
Mineral spatial heterogeneity
Natural attenuation
Rock-water interaction
Geochemistry

File:

Download Ph.D_Thesis_Zhang_Cai_0702-2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy M. Gernand, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Nathaniel R Warner, Outside Member

Author:

Roby, Alison C

Title:

The functional connectivity changes in the rat brain following acute and chronic nicotine administration

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

functional connectivity
nicotine addiction
individual difference
acute administration

File:

Download grad_template_final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Nanyin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Harvey S

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF CELL MORPHOLOGY ON NANOPARTICLE UPTAKE AND UPTAKE AT THE LEADING EDGE IN MC3T3 CELLS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

cell
cell morphology
nanoparticles
endocytosis
immunostaining
live-cell imaging
MC3T3 cells
microcontact printing
y-27632

File:

Download MASTERS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Xiaojun Lian, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Chii-yun

Title:

Assessing the uncertainties of future changes in ice sheets and polar climate related to internal climate variability and climate model structural uncertainties

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice sheet
climate modeling
ice sheet modeling
uncertainty
internal climate variability
atmospheric science
statistical model
model structural uncertainty
climate
future climate change
polar climate

File:

Download Tsai_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Pollard, Committee Member
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member

Author:

Steltz, Austin E

Title:

THE EFFECT OF MICROFIBER MORPHOLOHY AND CELL DENSITY ON THE LOCALIZATION OF YAP PROTEIN IN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

mesenchymal stem cell
msc
mouse
YAP
Yes Associated Protein
Transduce
Mechanotransduction
biology
biomedical engineering
microfibers
fibers
flat
electrospinning
confluence
cell density

File:

Download Austin_Steltz_Thesis_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Yong Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Duppstadt, Leanna Marie

Title:

Impact of Grazing Management, Monensin Supplementation and Weed Density on Beef Cow-Calf Performance and Pasture Production

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

monensin
managed grazing
pasture productivity
weed management
beef production

File:

Download 2018_LMD_Thesis_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Williamson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tara Felix, Committee Member
Marvin Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chattopadhyay, Pritthi

Title:

Data-Driven Modeling and Pattern Recognition of Dynamical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

data-driven modeling
time series analysis

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_PritthiChattopadhyay.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member

Author:

Sigler, Christopher Matthew

Title:

EXPLORING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDENTS AT PENN STATE

Graduate Program:

Educational Leadership

Keywords:

Educational Leadership
program assessment
student engagement
retention

File:

Download Chris_Sigler_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Edward Fuller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Edward Fuller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Deborah Schussler, Committee Member
Dr. Laurence Boggess, Committee Member
Dr. Renata Engel, Outside Member

Author:

Newton, Rhonda Ruth

Title:

Quiltmaking Teachers: Piecing a Career at the Intersection of Learning and Leisure

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
actor-network theory
recreation specialization
communities of practice
leisure studies
quilting
quiltmaking
nonformal education
credentialing

File:

Download Newton_-_Final_-_Fall_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Louise Swartz, Committee Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Member
Careen Yarnal, Outside Member

Author:

Beck, Christy

Title:

BYSTANDER INTERVENTION THROUGH THE SURVIVOR’S LENS: CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE ROLE OF BYSTANDERS

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

sexual assault
bystander intervention
empathy
college campuses

File:

Download BeckC_Dissertation-Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

David S Guthrie, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David S Guthrie, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Liliana Garces, Committee Member
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Outside Member

Author:

Egorov, Konstantin

Title:

ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

International Economics

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James R. Tybout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James R. Tybout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Committee Member
Shouyong Shi, Committee Member
David Gerard Abler, Outside Member

Author:

Shahvali, Mojtaba

Title:

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VACATIONS, COUPLE FUNCTIONING, AND SATISFACTION WITH RELATIONSHIP

Graduate Program:

Recreation, Park and Tourism Management

Keywords:

Couple Vacations
Family Leisure
Satisfaction with Relationship
Couple Functioning
Core and Balance Model
Tourism
Dyadic Study
Turk Prime

File:

Download Moji_Shahvali_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Kerstetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Kerstetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Philip Dattilo, Committee Member
Carter A Hunt, Committee Member
Michael J Tews Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Welker, Martin H

Title:

ADAPTATION, TRANSLOCATION, AND BREED SPECIALIZATION: EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN BREED DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN DOMESTIC DOGS (CANIS FAMILIARIS).

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Domestic Dog
Archaeology
Anthropology
Zooarchaeology
Morphometrics

File:

Download Welker_DissertationFull_652018.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah B. McClure, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Barbara Mcclure, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas James Kennett, Committee Member
Douglas Warren Bird, Committee Member
Ellen Frances Stroud, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Zhifeng

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Silver nanoparticles
shape control
kinetic control
thermodynamic control

File:

Download Zhifeng_Dissertation_Final_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member

Author:

Bonafini, Fernanda Cesar

Title:

CHARACTERISTICS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHER INTERACTIONS IN A MOOC DESIGNED FOR THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

MOOCs
Online Professional Development for Teachers
Teachers' Professional Development
Professional Development in Statistics Teaching
MOOC for K-12 Teachers
MOOC for Teachers
MOOC Forums
Qualitative Research
Social Network Analysis
Effective Professional Development

File:

Download Bonafini_Fernanda_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rose Mary Zbiek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rose Mary Zbiek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
M. Kathleen Heid, Committee Member
Kyle L. Peck, Committee Member
William L. Harkness, Outside Member

Author:

Fidalgo, Amanda Isabel

Title:

INCOMPLETE DEMOCRACY: SUBNATIONAL AUTHORITARIANISM AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Democracy
State Politics
Subnational Authoritarianism
Democratic Legitimacy

File:

Download Fidalgo_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vineeta Yadav, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vineeta Yadav, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Committee Member
Eric Plutzer, Committee Member
Mark Sebastian Anner, Outside Member

Author:

Myer, Heidi Kaye

Title:

EFFECT OF DELAYED COVER CROP TERMINATION ON NO-TILL CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

planting green
cover crops
termination timing
mid-Atlantic
rye
crimson clover
kill date
delayed termination

File:

Download H_Myer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Heather D Karsten, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William S Curran, Committee Member
Sjoerd W Duiker, Committee Member
John F Tooker, Outside Member

Author:

Grzeslo, Jenna Michelle

Title:

The role of M-Pesa in community economic development: A study of young entrepreneurs in Kenya

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

mobile payments
ICT4D
youth
entrepreneurship

File:

Download GrzesloDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Krishna Prasad Jayakar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Hoag, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Committee Member
Matthew Paul Mcallister, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Li, Ningxiao

Title:

FUNGAL VOLATILE COMPOUNDS: SMALL MOLECULES WITH BIG ROLES IN PLANT-FUNGAL AND FUNGAL-FUNGAL INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

Fungal volatile compounds
Chemical ecology
auxin
salt tolerance
plant defense
Biocontrol

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Ningxiao_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Seogchan Kang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seogchan Kang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen M. Brown, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
James H. Tumlinson, Outside Member

Author:

Linder, Fridolin J

Title:

Methods for the Study of Public Opinion using Social Media Data with Applications to the German Refugee Crisis

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

Social Media
Public Opinion
Information Retrieval
Refugees

File:

Download complete-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce A Desmarais Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce A Desmarais Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Richard Golder, Committee Member
Burt Monroe III, Committee Member
Alan Maceachren, Outside Member
Pablo Barberá, Special Member

Author:

Geiger, Austin Nathaniel

Title:

HOW POLICY PERCEPTIONS ARE DERIVED FROM SPEAKER CHARACTERISTICS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

environmental communication
policy support
source credibility
shared motives

File:

Download Geiger_Dissertation_FINAL_for_college_REVISED.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet Kay Swim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Kay Swim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Lee Ahern, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Yaosheng

Title:

NUMERICAL MODELING OF ARCTIC MIXED-PHASE LAYERED CLOUDS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

boundary-layer clouds
mesoscale dynamics
MMCR
North Slope Alaska
model evaluation

File:

Download CYS.pdf

Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Outside Member
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member

Author:

Sanders, Amber Nicole

Title:

EVALUATING THE NATURE OF CHANGES IN SCHOOL VIOLENCE DURING “THE GREAT AMERICAN CRIME DECLINE”

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

crime trends
crime decline
school violence

File:

Download Sanders_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric P Baumer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric P Baumer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
David M Ramey, Committee Member
Paul Morgan, Outside Member

Author:

Qi, Xin

Title:

Probing monocrystalline and multiply-twinned nanocrystal growth from thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ag
nanocrystal growth
MD simulation
Theory
thermodynamics
kinetics

File:

Download XinQi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Behari, Anita Leishma

Title:

EXPLORING FUSARIUM HEAD BLGHT DISEASE DEVELOPMENT AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Deoxynivalenol
Mycotoxin
Fusarium
Biological Control
Fusarium Head Blight

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_06142018.pdf

Committee Members:

Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Outside Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Blaszczyk, Anthony J

Title:

IN VITRO STUDIES OF CLASS B METHYLASES, AN ELUSIVE CLASS OF COBALAMIN-DEPENDENT RADICAL SAM ENZYMES

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

enzyme
cobalamin
s-adenosylmethionine
radical sam
protein purification
biochemistry
mechanistic enzymology
methylation
Class B methylase
TsrM
Fom3
PhpK

File:

Download Thesis_Blaszczyk_Final_II.docx.pdf

Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Allen, Joselyn Natasha

Title:

THE NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS SPECTRUM AND ASSOCIATED METABOLIC RISK FACTORS: THE EFFECTS OF IMPAIRED RON RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN DIET-INDUCED APOLIPOPROTEIN E-DEFICIENT MURINE MODELS

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Ron receptor tyrosine kinase
Macrophage stimulating protein
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Hepatic fibrosis
Inflammation

File:

Download Joselyn_Allen__Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Hankey Giblin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Outside Member
Robert Paulson, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Jun

Title:

BATTLING CYBER ATTACKS WITH SOFTWARE CRASH DIAGNOSIS

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Software security
Software crash diagnosis
Software vulnerability

File:

Download jun_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sencun Zhu, Committee Member
Xinyu Xing, Committee Member
Trent Ray Jaeger, Outside Member

Author:

Vetere, Timothy Matthew

Title:

(RE)WRITING THE SCRIPT OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING/LEARNING: EXPLORING TEACHER CANDIDATES’ CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF DRAMA-BASED INSTRUCTION

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Second Language Learning
English Language Learners
ELL
TESOL
ACTFL
Drama-Based Instruction
Drama
Education
Teacher Preparation
Teacher Education
Vygotsky
Socio-Cultural Theory
World Languages Education

File:

Download TV_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mari Haneda, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Deryn Phillips Verity, Outside Member

Author:

Rice, Breanna Lynn

Title:

INTERACTION OF ONCORETROVIRAL GAG PROTEIN WITH HOST NUCLEAR FACTORS

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

Retrovirus
Rous Sarcoma Virus
Virology
HIV
Nucleus

File:

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Committee Members:

Leslie Joan Parent, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Bronson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rebecca C Craven, Committee Member
Sergei A Grigoryev, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Eckert, Outside Member

Author:

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Refugees Post-Resettlement: Comparing US Mobility Patterns to Immigrants

Graduate Program:

Sociology

Keywords:

refugees
refugee resettlement
residential mobility
United States

File:

Download Miller_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Glick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Augustus Matthews, Committee Member
Jennifer Lynne Van Hook, Committee Member

Author:

Deutsch, Anne Sylvie

Title:

Cosmic Variance in Cosmology: From Inflation to Today's Largest Scales

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

inflation
cosmology
non-gaussianities
primordial black holes
Sunyaev-Zel'dovitch effect
cosmic variance

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugenio Bianchi, Committee Member
Kohta Murase, Committee Member
Donghui Jeong, Outside Member

Author:

Koestler, Christine E

Title:

Effect of Vacuum Frying on Toxin Formation, Retention of Quality Attributes, and Consumer Acceptability as a means to Eliminate Reconditioning after Long Term Cold Storage in White-, Red-, and Purple- Fleshed Potato Chips

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Potatoes
Color-fleshed
vacuum frying
acrylamide
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
advanced glycation end-products
chips

File:

Download Koestler_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jairam K.P. Vanamala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John N. Coupland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member

Author:

Mandak, Kelsey Christine

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF AN ONLINE TRAINING ON PRE-SERVICE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS’ USE OF FAMILY-CENTERED SKILLS.

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

Family-centered services
AAC
Pre-service training
Active listening
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
relational skills

File:

Download KMandak_Dissertation_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Krista M Wilkinson, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Zhu, Danny Zhiren

Title:

Inverse Design of Three-Dimensional Frequency Selective Structures and Metamaterials using Multi-Objective Lazy Ant Colony Optimization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ant Colony Optimization
Multi-Objective
Frequency Selective Surface
Frequency Selective Structure
Metamaterial
Three-dimensional
3D
Inverse Design
Additive Manufacturing
Material Characterization
3D Printing
Polymer Metallization

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Dong, Changguang

Title:

DENSITY PROPERTIES OF CERTAIN GROUP ACTIONS AND JOINING RIGIDITY OF SOME SMOOTH SINGULAR FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

group action
rigidity
Ratner property
density

File:

Download Dissertation-dong.pdf

Committee Members:

Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Federico Juan Rodriguez Hertz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yakov B Pesin, Committee Member
Zhiren Wang, Committee Member
William Nielsen Brandt, Outside Member

Author:

Shakya, Shasta

Title:

Essays on Stability and Regulation of the Banking System

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Financial stability
connectedness
liquidity requirements
liquidity creation
contagion
banking regulation

File:

Download Dissertation-ShastaShakya.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingzhi Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jess Cornaggia, Committee Member
Joel Matthew Vanden, Committee Member
Brent William Ambrose, Outside Member
Fenghua Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Li, Yuguang C

Title:

THE DESIGN OF EFFICIENT CO2 REDUCTION ELECTROCATALYSTS AND ELECTROLYSIS CELL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

CO2 reduction reaction
electrochemistry
heterogeneous catalysis
electrolyzer
bipolar membrane
products crossover

File:

Download Dissertation_Chris_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Baals, Douglas Andrew

Title:

DISADVANTAGE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS: SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF STRATIFICATION IN SOCIAL RELATIONS DURING ADOLESCENCE

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Disadvantage
Social Relations
Adolescence
Delinquency
Educational Attainment

File:

Download Baals_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

D. Wayne Osgood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D. Wayne Osgood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy Staff, Committee Member
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
Scott David Gest, Outside Member

Author:

Xu, Yang

Title:

Towards an Information-based Theory of Language Use in Natural Dialogue

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology

Keywords:

Information theory
dialogue
language
entropy
alignment
surprisal

File:

Download Xu_Yang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Reitter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Reitter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John M. Carroll, Committee Member
Prasenjit Mitra, Committee Member
Rebecca Passonneau, Outside Member

Author:

Markelz, Andrew Michael

Title:

EFFECTS OF ELECTRONIC TACTILE AWARENESS PROMPTING WITH SELF-MONITORING ON TEACHERS’ USE OF BEHAVIOR SPECIFIC PRAISE

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

educational technology
teacher preparation
classroom management
tactile prompting
self-monitoring
behavior specific praise

File:

Download Markelz_Dissertation_FINAL_5.8.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul J Riccomini, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonte Charez Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Catherine Scheeler, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Committee Member
David S Guthrie, Outside Member