1. Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Open Access Author: Cook, Justin Michael Title: Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: pooled regressionbinomial regressionEd Altman's Z-Scorefinancial distressprediction of bankruptcytime seriesSIC code File: Download Justin_Cook_-_Finance_Thesis_for_the_Schreyer_Honors_College_-_Spring_2013.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
2. Literacy Demands of Home-school Communications Regarding Advanced Programs: Implications for Immigrant Families Open Access Author: Cook, Connie Cimberly Title: Literacy Demands of Home-school Communications Regarding Advanced Programs: Implications for Immigrant Families Area of Honors: English Keywords: Home-School CommunicationsFamily-School PartnershipsAdvanced PlacementGifted and TalentedImmigrant ParentsLiteracy File: Download Cook_Connie_Literacy_Demands_of_Home-School_Communications.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Martha Jean Strickland, Thesis SupervisorDr. Ronald Walker, Thesis Honors AdvisorLaura Ann Roy, Faculty Reader
3. Effects of Graphene on Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Reinforced with Flax Fibers Effected by Environmental Conditioning Open Access Author: Cook, Tyler Jonathan Title: Effects of Graphene on Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Reinforced with Flax Fibers Effected by Environmental Conditioning Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: graphenelong-term mechanical propertiesflax reinforced compositesenvironmental conditioning File: Download Cook_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard Christopher Ciocci, Thesis SupervisorDr. Ronald Walker, Thesis Honors AdvisorAmit Banerjee, Faculty Reader
4. Design, construction, and testing of a pneumatic vibrotactile stimulus system for use with awake, behaving mice Open Access Author: Cook, Alexander Philip Title: Design, construction, and testing of a pneumatic vibrotactile stimulus system for use with awake, behaving mice Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: Neurovascular couplingElectrophysiologyPassive touchPneumatic systemVibrotactile stimulus File: Download Cook_Alexander_PneumaticSystem.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Patrick James Drew, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Nanyin Zhang, Faculty Reader
5. Chemical Game Theory and Cooperation in Experimental Prisoner’s Dilemma Games Open Access Author: Cook, Laura Ellen Title: Chemical Game Theory and Cooperation in Experimental Prisoner’s Dilemma Games Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: game theoryprisoner's dilemmacooperationchemical game theorychemical engineeringgibbsian gamesentropic choiceschemical physics File: Download Cook_Laura_CooperationCGT_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Darrell Velegol, Thesis SupervisorAli Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinesin Open Access Author: Cook, Zeke Title: Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Kinesin Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: KinesinProteinMotorMechanobiologyMechanochemistryProcessiveFluorescenceGold NanoparticleTrackingTotal Internal ReflectionMicroscopyInterferometric ScatteringBrownianDynamicsBrownian DynamicsMolecular ModelingMolecular Dynamics File: Download Cook_Annan_BrownianDynamicsSimulationofKinesinMotorProteinDynamics.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. William O Hancock, Thesis SupervisorDr. William O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader
7. Informing Process-Structure Linkages of Binder Jet 316L Stainless Steel Using Ultrasound Open Access Author: Cook, Olivia Title: Informing Process-Structure Linkages of Binder Jet 316L Stainless Steel Using Ultrasound Area of Honors: Engineering Science Keywords: ultrasonic nondestructive evaluationultrasonic testingbinder jet printingadditive manufacturing File: Download Cook_Thesis_final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis SupervisorGary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Cook, Rachel Title: Resilience of the Symbiosis Between Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes Area of Honors: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Keywords: SymbiosisTransgenerational effectDietReproductionEuprymna scolopesVibrio fischeri File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Wendy Hanna-Rose, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy Iwao Miyashiro, Thesis Supervisor