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Author:

Zou, Qingtian

Title:

Applying Deep Learning to the Detection of Advanced Persistent Threats

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Advanced persistent threat
Deep learning
Adversarial example

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair
Peng Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Wang, Major Field Member
Sencun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Yen, Major Field Member

Author:

Ko, Taehee

Title:

stochastic algorithms for some problems in chemistry and machine learning

Graduate Program:

Mathematics (PHD)

Keywords:

Stochastic stability
Stochastic self-consistent calculations
Stochastic gradient descent
Non-convex optimization
Computational iteration complexity
Diffusion map
Identification of collective variables
Committor analysis
Hydrogen combustion reaction channels
Stochastic general mixing scheme

File:

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Committee Members:

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, Program Head/Chair
Ludmil Zikatanov, Major Field Member
John Harlim, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiantao Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kincheloe, Gregory

Title:

Amino Acid-Induced mTORC1 Signaling in the Maintenance of Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (PHD)

Keywords:

mTORC1
Muscle Atrophy
Protein Balance
Muscle Metabolism
4E-BP1/2
Rag GTPases

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Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Scot Kimball, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Outside Unit Member
Charles Lang, Major Field Member
Christopher Yengo, Major Field Member
Michael Dennis, Outside Field Member

Author:

Whitley, Hannah Terese

Title:

Stakeholder Engagement Within Water Governance Processes in the Klamath Basin: A Power Theory-based Analysis

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

Bureau of Reclamation
California
case study
collaborative governance
Department of the Interior
ethnography
irrigated agriculture
Klamath Basin
Oregon
political polarization
power theory
qualitative research
stakeholder engagement
State of Jefferson
transboundary watershed
water and agriculture
water governance

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Kathryn Brasier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Baka, Outside Unit & Field Member
Justine Lindemann, Major Field Member
Lara Fowler, Special Member
Clare Hinrichs, Major Field Member

Author:

Gerthoffer, Margaret

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Monomers toward Sequence-Controlled Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Ar/ArF Co-Crystals
ROMP
phenylene(arylene)vinylenes
cyclophanes
polymers

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Hickey, Outside Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Madany-Saa, Magdalena

Title:

Southernizing frameworks of knowledge in the Ecuadorian Global Souths

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction (PHD)

Keywords:

sumak kawsay
Global South
ELT
English language policy
locus of enunciation
ecology of knowledges
decolonial cracks
epistemic agency

File:

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Committee Members:

Suresh Canagarajah, Outside Field Member
Mari Haneda, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sinfree Makoni, Outside Field Member
Allison Henward, Major Field Member
Rebecca Tarlau, Outside Unit Member
Carla Zembal-Saul, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Berntsen, Lisa

Title:

Tissue Engineering Strategies for Regeneration of the Tendon-Bone Interface

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Tissue Engineering
Tendon
Bone
Enthesis
miRNA
Osteogenesis
Cell Sheets

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Committee Members:

Justin Brown, Major Field Member
Xiaojun Lian, Major Field Member
Jian Yang, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Julianna Simon, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

García Suárez, Jacqueline

Title:

El cuerpo (des)enritmado: Rompiendo con la habituación a la violencia en Cuba y Puerto Rico

Graduate Program:

Spanish (PHD)

Keywords:

Caribbean Studies
Cuban Studies
Puerto Rican Studies
Rhythm
Political violence
Trauma
Body politics
Sensorial aesthetics
Artivism
Caribbean performance and film
Caribbean diaspora
Latina literature

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Committee Members:

Krista Brune, Major Field Member
Marco Martinez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Ochoa, Major Field Member
Judith Sierra-Rivera, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eduardo Mendieta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paola Migliaccio-Dussias, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pici, Caden

Title:

Operator-Theoretic and Data-Driven Approaches to Radar Modeling and Signal Processing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

radar
signal processing
Koopman
sea clutter

File:

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Committee Members:

Constantino Lagoa, Major Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Sastry Kompella, Special Member
Asok Ray, Outside Unit & Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ryan, Michael

Title:

Small Particles, Massive Results: Exotic Compact Objects From Atomic Dark Matter

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

cosmology
astrochemistry
dark matter
compact objects
dark white dwarf
black hole
dark chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Shandera, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Radice, Major Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Major Field Member
Donghui Jeong, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Smith, Christopher

Title:

Dynamics and Control of Flexible Quadrotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quadrotor
Flexible Structure
Optimal Sliding Gaussian
Flight Control
Flight Simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Cimbala, Major Field Member
Simon Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alfred Lewis, Major Field Member

Author:

Vijay, Anitha

Title:

Elucidating the role of AHR activation in the enteric nervous system and intestinal motility in mice

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology (PHD)

Keywords:

TCDD
AHR
ENS
nNOS
intestinal transit
ceramides

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Perdew, Major Field Member
Joshua Lambert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shanthi Srinivasan, Special Member
Kumble Prabhu, Major Field Member
Anthony Schmitt, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kim, Taehwan

Title:

Novel approaches for improving the performance and reliability of OLED lighting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

OLED lighting
OLED
organic semiconductor
thermal deposition modeling
high aspect ratio OLED
Teflon-diluted organic semiconductors
electrical injection
electrical transport
electroabsorption
mobility
energetic disorder
kirigami
3D OLED lighting
performance and reliability of OLED lighting
flexible OLED
percolation transport

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Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Major Field Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
John Asbury, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhuomin

Title:

Cross-Domain Image Analysis Approaches towards Segmentation of Placenta Photos and Pictorial Realism Study of Paintings

Graduate Program:

Information Sciences and Technology (PHD)

Keywords:

Machine learning
Cross-domain image analysis
Placenta
Domain adaptation
Constable
Pictorial realism evaluation

File:

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Committee Members:

James Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sharon Huang, Major Field Member
Suhang Wang, Major Field Member
Jia Li, Co-Chair, Dissertation Advisor and Minor Member
Elizabeth Mansfield, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jeffrey Bardzell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoffelmeyer, Michaela

Title:

Scalar Irresponsibility: Workplace Safety, Managerial Control, and Worker Coping in Small and Medium-Scale Meat Processing

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (PHD)

Keywords:

labor
meat processing
scale
small
local

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Ransom, Major Field Member
Kathleen Sexsmith, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sam Tenorio, Outside Unit & Field Member
Heather Randell, Major Field Member
Clare Hinrichs, Major Field Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Johnson, Jacob

Title:

Integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) systems in Zambia: A case study of aquacultural system management and farm diversity in two districts of Northern Province

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (PHD)

Keywords:

agroecology
aquaculture
integrated agriculture
smallholder
farm system diversity

File:

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Committee Members:

Heather Karsten, Major Field Member
Leif Jensen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jay Stauffer, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ham, Lesley

Title:

SECULAR AND SACRED: CROATIAN AMERICAN FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS IN STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

American Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Croatian American
Steelton PA
folklore
tradition
folk dance
tamburitza
kolo
ethnicity
immigrants
folk music
South Slavic
ritual year

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Buccitelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Simon Bronner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sara Imanpour, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Haddad, Major Field Member
Anthony Buccitelli, Major Field Member

Author:

Doucette, Carly

Title:

The Maltreatment Experience: A Cluster Analysis Approach

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Child Maltreatment
Cluster Analysis
Social Ecological Theory
Poverty
Academic Achievement

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Committee Members:

James Diperna, Major Field Member
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cristin Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Carlomagno Panlilio, Co-Chair of Committee
James Diperna, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mc Nealey, Rachel

Title:

Grounding the Digital in the Physical: Investigating the links between residential neighborhood digital technology and cybercrime offending

Graduate Program:

Criminology (PHD)

Keywords:

Cybercrime
Environmental Criminology
Digital Inequality

File:

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Committee Members:

Holly Nguyen, Major Field Member
Pamela Wilcox, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Loughran, Major Field Member
Guangqing Chi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michelle Frisco, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Carney, Hannah

Title:

Characterization of Carbohydrate Utilization in Human Gut Isolates

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

human gut microbiome
bioinformatics
resistant starch
prebiotics
microbial cross-feeding
amylosome
glucose transport mechanisms
microbial carbohydrate utilization
Ruminococcus bromii
metagenomics

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Darrell William Cockburn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jasna Kovac, Committee Member
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Cintron Rodriguez, Nicohl

Title:

Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties and Surface Chemistry of Cesium Lead Bromide using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Cesium Lead Bromide
Lead Halide Perovskites
TRIR
Surface Chemistry
Polarons

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member

Author:

Chowdhury, Lamiya Farah

Title:

Multi-objective Optimization of Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation Schedule considering Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Maintenance
Repair
and Rehabilitation (MRR)
Greenhouse Gas Emission
work zone delay
Bi-level optimization
Multi-objective optimization
Population based incremental learning
Link transmission model

File:

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Committee Members:

S. Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Xianbiao (XB) Hu, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Lan

Title:

Who Benefits from Autonomy-supportive Parenting? Considering Individual Difference in Adolescent Emotional Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

autonomy-supportive parenting
Adolescence
mental health
emotional reactivity

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Committee Members:

Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Chai, Peilin

Title:

A Novel Deep-Learning-Based Pipeline for Recurring Pattern Discovery

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Recurring Pattern Discovery
Contrastive Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Collins, Committee Member

Author:

Chakraborty, Alisa

Title:

Mitigating oxidative degradation of proton exchange membranes with free radical scavengers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Fuel cell
Membrane durability
Free radical scavenger
Reactive oxygen speices

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Arges, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Hee Jeung Oh, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member

Author:

Chai, Nicholas

Title:

High-Pressure Combustion of HAN-Based Monopropellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
HAN
High-Pressure Combustion
High Pressure
HAN-MeOH
13M HAN
Critical Combustion
Real Gas Model
Closed Bomb Testing

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member

Author:

Burtis, Zelie Marie

Title:

Access to Ortho-Xylylenes and Their Novel Interception By Nucleophiles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

ortho-xylylenes
chemistry
organic chemistry
cyclizations
alkene
nucleophilic addition
diels-alder

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Kuo, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member

Author:

Capobianco, Frank

Title:

A Tamper Analysis and Endorsement Approach for Linux Security Modules

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Linux Security Modules
Reference Monitor
Tamper Analysis
Operating System Security

File:

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Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Danfeng Zhang, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Corondi, Avery

Title:

Reproductive success, calf survival, and spatial relationships of elk in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science (MS)

Keywords:

Cervus canadensis
elk
free-ranging
survival
immobilization
maternal attentiveness

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Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin D Brown, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Jeremiah E Banfield, Special Signatory

Author:

De Ciampa, Corrine

Title:

Comparing Simulated, Synthetic Tropical Cyclones in Unstructured Climate Models Downscaled from 25 to 3 Kilometer Grid Spacing

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

tropical cyclones
unstructured global climate models
CAM
MPAS
precipitation extrema

File:

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Committee Members:

Colin M. Zarzycki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris E Forest, Committee Member
Xingchao Chen, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Di Domenico, Nicolle

Title:

Quantifying the Spatiotemporal Inundation Patterns of Tundra Polygonal Ground and Its Relationship with Arctic Climate

Graduate Program:

Geography (MS)

Keywords:

geomorphology
Arctic
polygonal ground
geography
remote sensing
machine learning
climate change

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Committee Members:

Shujie Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manzhu Yu, Committee Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Herndon, Special Signatory

Author:

Cope, Erin

Title:

Semi-Analytic Approach to Rapid Orbit Determination for the Perturbed Two-Body Problem

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

orbit determination
general perturbation theory
NORAD Elements
Astrodynamics
Conjugate unscented transform
statistical linearization
nonlinear least squares

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Puneet Singla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roshan Thomas Eapen, Committee Member
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member

Author:

Das, Abhisek

Title:

Ice Particle Habit Effects On The Resilience Of Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratus Clouds In One-Dimensional Model Simulations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Arctic Mixed Phase Cloud
Cloud Lifetime
One-Dimensional Model
Glaciation
Subsidence

File:

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Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member

Author:

Cwiek, Andrew

Title:

Feeding the machine: Challenges to Reproducible Predictive Modeling in Resting-State Connectomics

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Neuroimaging
Machine Learning
Psychology
rsfMRI
Review
Reproducibility

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Amy Marshall, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member

Author:

Cruz Crespo, Yanitza

Title:

Examining the role of innovation attributes in online messages from pro-innovation and anti-innovation opinion leaders

Graduate Program:

Communication Arts and Sciences (MA)

Keywords:

diffusion of innovations
vaccination
anti-vaccination
opinion leaders
activists
health innovation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kirt Wilson, Program Head/Chair
Shannon Cruz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Dillard, Committee Member
Rachel A. Smith, Committee Member
Brian Manata, Committee Member

Author:

Cunningham, Casey

Title:

Exploring the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in State-Level Legislation

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

sexual and gender minority
policy
LGBTQ
discrimination

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Committee Members:

Daniel Max Crowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Hunt, Heather

Title:

Investigating the Survival of Microorganisms in Fermented and Dried Meat Products Cured with Various Sources of Nitrite

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (MS)

Keywords:

salami
nitrite
natural nitrite alternatives
cured meat
processed meat
food safety
Salmonella
E. coli
E. coli O157:H7
Listeria monocytogenes

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Committee Members:

Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Member
Edward William Mills, Committee Member

Author:

Henriques, Cassian

Title:

Numerical Modeling of Fibers as Lost Circulation Material for Drilling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Lost Circulation Material
Fibers
Fracture sealing
CFD-DEM

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Committee Member

Author:

Howarth, Marina

Title:

A Systematic Review of Nature-Based Solutions for Riverine Flood Mitigation

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)
flood mitigation
co-benefits
environmental justice
trandisciplinary research
co-design
green infrastructure
natural flood management
ecohydrology
engineering nature
water resources

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Mc Phillips, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Thomas

Title:

Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost, Low-Speed, Self-Deploying sUAS Motor Glider

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sUAS
UAS
self-deployment
self-deploying
unmanned aerial system
motor glider
low-cost
low-speed
unmanned aircraft
L/D ratio
lift-to-drag ratio

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Committee Members:

Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon W Miller, Committee Member
Jacob Langelaan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Julia Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ho, Cristy

Title:

Magma-tectonic interactions within Tanzania's Natron Basin constrained from satellite geodesy and seismicity

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Natron Basin
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Gelai
volcano
Naibor Soito volcanic field
InSAR
InSAR time series
MSBAS
geodesy
seismicity
Coulomb stress change
volcanic deformation
crater
fissure
earthquake swarm
sill complex
rift

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Christelle Wauthier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Kandias, Constantinos

Title:

Experimental Scaling of Hovering Rotorcraft Aerodynamics in Hyperbaric Conditions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Experimental
Aerospace
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Aerodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark A Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

Author:

Jurado Guzman, Amanda Cristina

Title:

Data-Driven Detection and Characterization of Shocks in the Global Trade Network

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supply chain
Resilience
Global trade
Trade shocks

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Soundar Kumara, Committee Member
Christine Kirchhoff, Committee Member

Author:

Jefferson, Tykeesha

Title:

Modeling the Hop Pelleting Production Process for Small Scale Pennsylvania Growers

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (MS)

Keywords:

hops
pelleting
technoeconomic analysis

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Committee Members:

Juliana Vasco-Correa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member

Author:

Kelley, Seth

Title:

Calendering Machine Control for Intermittently Coated Li-Ion Battery Electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
Discrete control
Calendering process
Calendering electrodes
Battery manufacturing

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chris Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Najem, Committee Member

Author:

Schmidt, Julia

Title:

Evaluation of Alkylresorcinol-rich Extract as an Antioxidant in a Low-moisture Food

Graduate Program:

Food Science (MS)

Keywords:

Lipid Oxidation
Antioxidant
Alkylresorcinol
low-moisture food
crackers
shelf-life
stability
metabolomics
GC-MS
HPLC
Chromatography
sensory discrimination
oxidation
RapidOxy

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Committee Members:

Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Ryan John Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
John Neil Coupland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Hillary

Title:

Exploring the Grayness at the Origin of Life and a Perspective on the Potential Use of Wastewater in Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Origin of life
Astrobiology
Prebiotic evolution
Meteoritic organics
pre-RNAs
Metalloenzymes
Thioesters
Lipids
Evolutionary transitions
Space exploration
Astronaut nutrition
Single cell protein
Microbial co-culture
Wastewater recycling
Agnostic biosignatures

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Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Shah, Kabita

Title:

Efficacy of demethylation inhibitors fungicide, biocontrol strategies, and cultural practices on managing Clarireedia spp., in turfgrass

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

Dollar spot
Clarireedia jacksonii
Chemical control
Demethylation-inhibiting fungicides
Plant growth regulators (PGR)
invitrosensitivity assay
biological control
cultural control
management practices
turfgrass
Disease severity

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
John Edward Kaminski, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Fereshteh Shahoveisi, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Mary

Title:

Characterizing the s-type bacteriocin repertoires in Pseudomonas syringae

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology (MS)

Keywords:

S-type Bacteriocin
Bacteriocin
Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial Competition
phyllosphere

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Loren Hockett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Program Head/Chair
Liana T Burghardt, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Schneider, Karl

Title:

A Comprehensive Investigation of Convective Snow in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

snow squall

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly Lombardo, Committee Member
Kevin Andrew Bowley, Committee Member

Author:

Spackman, Everett

Title:

Performance Evaluation of ICP Variants for Lidar Data Registration: A Comparative Study on KITTI Visual Benchmark Suite

Graduate Program:

Spatial Data Science (MS)

Keywords:

ICP Registration
Iterative Closest Point
lidar
LIDAR
Point to point ICP
Point to plane ICP
Generalized ICP
KISS ICP
Fast GICP
GICP
Iterative Closest Point Registration
Autonomous Vehicles
AV
Lidar Mapping

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair
S. Ilgin Guler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Schuckman, Committee Member

Author:

Spiva, Sunshine

Title:

Yes, Parents Can!: Parents Acquire Protective Behavior Skills from a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA)
parent training program
parental characteristics
behavior skills
prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA)
parent training program
parental characteristics
behavior skills

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Committee Members:

Jennie G Noll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sheeran, Brett

Title:

Robot Guided Emergency Evacuation from a Simulated Space Station

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Evacuation robot
virtual reality
international space station
human robot interaction
active shooter
evacuation
fire
presence
cybershoes
emergy

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

Author:

Singla, Aastha

Title:

KALMAN FILTER TO COMPENSATE FOR TEMPERATURE EFFECTS AND OTHER IMPAIRMENTS ON HIGH-SPEED PAM4- SIGNALING CHANNELS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Kalman Filter
PAM4
NRZ

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Committee Members:

Aldo W Morales, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Wolpert, Committee Member
Rafic Bachnak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sedig Salem Agili, Committee Member

Author:

Deecher, Elizabeth

Title:

Monitoring and Cold Tolerance of the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma Delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
Cold Tolerance
Insect Pest Management
Monitoring

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Julie Marie Urban, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Sara Hermann, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member

Author:

Zarader, Chloe

Title:

Preparation of Polyetheretherketone-Nickel Composite Particles Using Ball Milling for Cold Sprayed Coatings on Fiber Reinforced Plastics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

composite particles
ball milling
cold spray
erosion coating
plasma treatment

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agrawal, Akash

Title:

Towards computationally efficient reinforcement learning frameworks for the design of cyber-physical systems

Graduate Program:

Engineering Design (MS)

Keywords:

computational efficiency
engineering design
reinforcement learning
design automation
cyber-physical systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Scarlett Miller, Program Head/Chair
Chris Mc Comb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member

Author:

Ahrar, Sana

Title:

Delhi’s Leisure Spaces: Patterns of spatial use in a mixed-income informal settlement

Graduate Program:

Architecture (MS)

Keywords:

urban informality
recreation
unauthorized colonies
social interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Rebecca Henn, Program Head/Chair
Alexandra Staub, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mallika Bose, Committee Member
DK Osseo-Asare, Committee Member

Author:

Agrawal, Suyash

Title:

Functional Modelling and Simulations of Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System
Flapping Wing Flight
Flapping Wing Simulation
Hummingbird Hovering

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhu, Stephanie

Title:

Examining U.S. Agriculture Policy: An Agroecology Lens on the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology (MS)

Keywords:

Agroecology
United States Agriculture Policy
Ecological Agriculture
Social Justice
Farm Bill
Agriculture Policy

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Justine F Lindemann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Brian Clemens Thiede, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Anna Yinqi

Title:

Understanding Pre-service Teachers Perspectives on STEM and Robotics Classroom Integration: A Critical Feminist Perspective

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

educational robot
critical feminism
feminism
teacher education
early childhood education

File:

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Committee Members:

Brian R Belland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Member
Matthew McCrudden, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yousef, Joe

Title:

Impacts of a Dynamic Visualization Tool on Learning Lateral Loading Fundamentals and Applications

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Computer-Aided Learning
Active Learning
Visualization
Lateral Loading
User Input Methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Rebecca Napolitano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nathan Brown, Committee Member
James Freihaut, Program Head/Chair
Ryan Levi Solnosky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ahmed, Bilal

Title:

Quantum + Classical Cooperative Remote Sensing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

quantum radar
remote sensing
free space
composite design
optical regime
quantum correlations
entangled photons

File:

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Committee Member
Matthew J Brandsema, Committee Member

Author:

Arcot, Amrita

Title:

Examining Iron Status, Development, and Behavior in Young Children in the Pennsylvania Foster Care System, an Exploratory Retrospective Medicaid Claims Review

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Keywords:

nutrition
foster care
child welfare
iron
iron deficiency
anemia
cognition
behavior
medicaid

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura E Murray-Kolb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Anne Font, Committee Member
A Ross, Program Head/Chair
Xiang Gao, Committee Member

Author:

Dogan, Nazli

Title:

The supply chain structure of cities: Implications for urban resilience and sustainability

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Supply chain complexity
Urban resilience
Sustainability
Supply shocks
Complex networks
Economic complexity
FEW nexus

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Alfonso Ignacio Mejia, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caitlin A Grady, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member

Author:

Bangalore Narasimha Prasad, Sumukha

Title:

Ultrasound Computed Tomography using Deep Learning

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrasound Computer Tomograpghy
Deep Learning
CRF
Encoder-Decoder
Reconstruction

File:

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Committee Members:

Mohamed Khaled Almekkawy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Evan Higgins, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Billups, Matthew

Title:

Antibody retention and flux decline during filtration through virus retentive membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

virus filtration
ultrafiltration
antibody
retention
fouling

File:

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Committee Members:

Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Stephanie Butler Velegol, Committee Member
Hee Jeung Oh, Committee Member

Author:

Asthana, Yashasvi

Title:

Self-Supervised Recurring Pattern Discovery From A Single View

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

recurring pattern detection
semi-supervised learning on an image
GRASP recurring pattern discovery
unsupervised foreground segmentation

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Collins, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Haonan

Title:

Apply Human Computer Interaction Principles to an Augmented Reality App for Human Motion Sequence Observation

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Augmented Reality
Human Computer Interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wang-Chien Lee, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chesley, Lucas

Title:

Palladium-Catalyzed Nonclassical Dicarbofunctionalization of Skipped Dienes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Organic chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Palladium
Catalysis
Dicarbofunctionalization
Alkene
Nonconjugated
Dienes
Skipped Dienes

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ramesh Giri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Emily E Weinert, Committee Member

Author:

Dasari, Chandu

Title:

Action classification for videos in sports

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Computer Vision
Sports Analytics
Human Pose Estimation
Open Pose
YoloV5
Machine Learning
Deep Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
Mahanth Gowda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Narendra Urgaonkar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Deshpande, Madhav Venkatesh

Title:

Analyzing the Impact of Compute Server Selection for Function Placement with Distributed Storage

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Function Placement
Serverless

File:

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Committee Members:

Dong Xie, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Meyers, Madalyn

Title:

Interval Timing Speed and Sleep-Promoting Cytokines are Modified During Zugunruhe in the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Avian Migration
Migratory Behavior
Interval Timing
Cytokines
Migratory Syndrome
Sleep Regulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Allen Bartell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Ramesh Ramachandran, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peeke, Lachlan M

Title:

Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of Thermoset and Thermoplastic Composites

Graduate Program:

Additive Manufacturing and Design (MS)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Silicone
Thermoplastics
Composite

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Simpson, Program Head/Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Laughlin, Rachel

Title:

Insect pollinators of black cherry (Prunus serotina) in the northeastern United States

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

pollinators
black cherry
Prunus serotina

File:

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Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura P Leites, Committee Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ogozaly, Susanna

Title:

Determining the Effect of Silver Concentration on the Formation of Shape Controlled Silver Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
nanomaterials
silver
catalysis
nanoparticle synthesis
silver nanocubes
silver octahedron
nanocubes
octahedron
inorganic chemistry
materials chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Menon, Arjun

Title:

Large Scale Author Name Disambiguation in Scholarly Databases

Graduate Program:

Computer Science

Keywords:

Author Name Disambiguation
Machine Learning
Scholarly Database
Clustering
Distributed System

File:

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Committee Members:

C Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Owusu, Eva

Title:

Focusing on Wakanda: Sampling African and African American Responses to Cinematic Afrofuturism in Black Panther

Graduate Program:

Media Studies (MA)

Keywords:

Black Panther
film
Afrofuturism
history
African Diaspora
audience
Black Panther
film
Afrofuturism
history
African Diaspora
audience
Black Panther
film
Afrofuturism
History
African Diaspora
audience

File:

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Committee Members:

Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair
Anthony Olorunnisola, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin J Hagopian, Committee Member
J. Marlena Edwards, Committee Member

Author:

Montelongo, Denise

Title:

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASEXUAL GENERATION OF PHILONIX NIGRA (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE)

Graduate Program:

Entomology (MS)

Keywords:

gall wasps
Synergus
Philonix nigra
oak galls
natural enemies

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Andrew R Deans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Tooker, Committee Member
Heather M Hines, Committee Member

Author:

Nivargi, Rajal

Title:

An Assessment of Reproducibility of Social and Behavioral Science Papers Using Supervised Learning Models

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Reproducibility
Replication
Social and Behavioral Sciences

File:

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Committee Members:

Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair
C Lee Giles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Michele Rajtmajer, Committee Member
Jian Wu, Special Signatory
Rui Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Muluka, Arun Teja

Title:

Continuous Sign Language Recognition

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SIGNUM
Sign Language
Openpose
NLP
Dee

File:

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Committee Members:

Mahanth Gowda, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Committee Member
Chitaranjan Das, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Haley, Adam Dunnington

Title:

The Speculative Present: The Conceptual Work of Pasts and Futures in Postmodernity

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

contemporary American fiction
speculative fiction
science fiction
history
historical fiction
apocalypse

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Francis Berube, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Francis Berube, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Nealon, Committee Member
Brian Lennon, Committee Member
Eric Robert Hayot, Committee Member

Author:

Sutjianto, James

Title:

Development of Multifunctional and Recyclable Organic Thin-Film Transistors for Wearable and Sustainable Organic Electronics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Wearables
Multifunctional
Adhesive
Stretchable
Semiconductive
Conjugated Polymers
Polymers
Elastomers
Recyclable
Sustainable

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chapman, Juliana Marie

Title:

Boethian Music in Thomas of Britain, Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, and their Contemporaries, c. 1200-1600

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

aesthetics
medieval
Chaucer
Dante
Spenser
music
Boethius

File:

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Committee Members:

Caroline Davis Eckhardt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Caroline Davis Eckhardt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert R Edwards, Committee Member
Norris Joiner Lacy, Committee Member
Scott Thompson Smith, Committee Member
Marica Susan Tacconi, Committee Member

Author:

Alvarez, Jose Jyoti

Title:

The Gothic Tradition in Spanish America

Graduate Program:

Spanish

Keywords:

Spanish American Literature
Gothic Literature
Comparative Literature
Nineteenth Century
Twentieth Century

File:

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Committee Members:

Sophia A Mcclennen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Andres Ochoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sophia A Mcclennen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicolas L Fernandez Medina, Committee Member
Sanford Ray Schwartz, Special Member
Djelal Kadir, Special Member

Author:

Lorenz, Beyza

Title:

Travel and Translatio:itinerant Writing Across Ottoman Worlds

Graduate Program:

Comparative Literature

Keywords:

Comparative literature
World Literature
Turkish literature
Ottoman literature
travel writing
translation
translatio
imperialism.

File:

Download Lorenz_BeyzaDissertation_.pdf

Committee Members:

Djelal Kadir, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nergis Erturk Lennon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Djelal Kadir, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shuang Shen, Committee Member
Hoda El Shakry, Committee Member
Martina Kolb, Committee Member
M Safa Saraçoğlu, Special Member

Author:

Mc Auliffe, Kristi Ann

Title:

Exploring "Otherness" Through Holocaust Literature in the Undergraduate German Curriculum

Graduate Program:

German

Keywords:

Holocaust Literature
German Curriculum
Holocaust Education
Foreign Language Instruction

File:

Download McAuliffeDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Richard Page Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Richard Page Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Travis Putnam, Committee Member
Sabine Doran, Special Member
Heather Mccoy, Committee Member

Author:

Cleland, Katharine

Title:

Fictions of Clandestine Marriage in Early Modern England: Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare

Graduate Program:

English

Keywords:

Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
English Reformation
clandestine marriage
William Shakespeare
early modern courtship

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick G Cheney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick G Cheney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert R Edwards, Committee Member
Garrett Sullivan Jr., Committee Member
Laura Lunger Knoppers, Committee Member
Joan Landes, Committee Member

Author:

Konefal, Kaitlyn Ann

Title:

Do All Roads Lead To Rome? Sentencing Previously Mandatory-Eligible Drug Cases In Pennsylvania Post-Alleyne

Graduate Program:

Criminology

Keywords:

Mandatory minimums
Sentencing Policy
Sentencing

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Todd Ulmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Antohi Graif, Committee Member
Eric P Baumer, Committee Member
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Johnson, Bryan R.

Title:

Social Capital In the Marketplace: The Implications of Using Social Relationships for Consumption Purposes

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Social Capital
Marketing Relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Bill Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William T Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Grace Meloy, Committee Member
Barbara Louise Gray, Committee Member
Wenpin Tsai, Committee Member

Author:

Brzezinski, Karen

Title:

Space-use and Movement of Canada Geese in Response to Hunting Pressure and Anthropogenic Land Use

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

landscape ecology
movement ecology
waterfowl
game species
animal behavior
habitat selection

File:

Download ThesisFinal_KB.pdf

Committee Members:

Frances E Buderman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason C Keagy, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Nathaniel R. Huck, Special Signatory

Author:

Cao, Lily

Title:

The impact of cover crop inclusion on the belowground microbiome and root physiology of a perennial woody crop under different nutrient conditions

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

microbiome
root interactions
metabolomics
cover crop
rhizosphere
agroecology
vineyard
nutrient
competition
metatranscriptomics
amplicon sequencing

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Terrence Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua J Kellogg, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Carr, William

Title:

A Site Characterization Study for CO2 Injection Into the Oriskany Formation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Oriskany Sandstone
CO2 Sequestration
Reservoir Modeling
Appalachian

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member

Author:

Das, Sayan

Title:

Icosahedral reconstruction of immature Zika Virus particles using single particle Cryo-electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (MS)

Keywords:

Flavivirus
CryoEM
structural biology
Zika

File:

Download MS_Thesis_SD_Corrected_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Hafenstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Program Head/Chair
Joyce Jose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Duke, Rachel

Title:

An Examination of Social Inclusion Understanding and Application Among Museum Professionals

Graduate Program:

Education, Development, and Community Engagement (MS)

Keywords:

social inclusion
museums
belonging
informal education
accessibility
education
COVID-19

File:

Download Rachel_Duke_Thesis_Manuscript_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lucy R. Mc Clain, Committee Member
Mark A Brennan, Program Head/Chair
Patreese Donette Ingram, Committee Member

Author:

Chaudhry, Imran

Title:

Using Delta-Machine Learning to Accurately Predict Molecular Polarizabilites

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Raman Spectroscopy
Electronic Structure Theory
Machine Learning
Chemistry

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Chaudhuri, Angana

Title:

Calcium Carbonate Scaling in Water-in-Oil Emulsions under shear

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Emulsion
calcium carbonate
scaling
shear
coalescence

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Committee Members:

Amir Sheikhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Phillip Savage, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Content, Virginia

Title:

High Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Load Improves Non-Nitric Oxide-Mediated Cutaneous Microvascular Function in Reproductive-Aged Healthy Women

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Cutaneous Circulation
Microvascular Function
Nitric Oxide
NO-Independent Vasodilation
Non-NO-Dependent Vasodilation
Antioxidant
Anti-Inflammatory
Cardiovascular Disease

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Committee Members:

Lacy Marie Alexander, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Lawrence Kenney, Jr., Committee Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alison D Gernand, Committee Member

Author:

Comer, Christina

Title:

Evolution of Monthly Mean Convective Boundary Layer Depths over the United States Detected from WSR-88D Radar Observations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

boundary layer
radar meteorology
convective boundary layer

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Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mroczko, Olivia

Title:

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of PFAS Occurrence at a Wastewater Beneficial Reuse Site in Central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

PFAS
contaminants of emerging concern
Living Filter
international policy
PFOS
PFOA

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Committee Members:

Heather Elise Preisendanz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel A. Elliott, Committee Member
Tamie Veith, Committee Member
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair