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451. Sound Categories and Nasalance Score Types Affected in Speakers with Dysarthria Secondary to ALS

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Open Access
Author:
Hobbs, Sierra
Title:
Sound Categories and Nasalance Score Types Affected in Speakers with Dysarthria Secondary to ALS
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
dysarthria
sound category
nasalance score type
sibilant
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ji Min Lee, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Carol Anne Miller, Thesis Honors Advisor

454. PERFORMANCE GAINS OF A STANDARD-CLASS SAILPLANE USING A SLOTTED, NATURAL-LAMINAR-FLOW AIRFOIL

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Open Access
Author:
Axten, Rachel Marie
Title:
PERFORMANCE GAINS OF A STANDARD-CLASS SAILPLANE USING A SLOTTED, NATURAL-LAMINAR-FLOW AIRFOIL
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aircraft design
sailplane
soaring competition
airfoil analysis
slotted
natural laminar flow
File:
Download Axten_Rachel_SNLFsailplane.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Supervisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Honors Advisor

458. CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CYAN FLUORESCENT-EXPRESSING POLIOVIRUS

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Open Access
Author:
Yang, Ziwei
Title:
CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CYAN FLUORESCENT-EXPRESSING POLIOVIRUS
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Virology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Poliovirus
File:
Download Ziwei_Yang_s_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Joyce Jose, Faculty Reader

460. Developing Techniques to Provenance Jaspers from Central Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Nagle, Natasha Noel
Title:
Developing Techniques to Provenance Jaspers from Central Pennsylvania
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Classics Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Geoscienes
Keywords:
chert
jasper
Central Pennsylvania
Mediterranean
provenance
archaeology
museum collections
File:
Download Nagle_Honors_Thesis__Jasper_Provenance_in_Central_PA_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Peter J Heaney, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Maureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mary Lou Zimmerman Munn, Thesis Honors Advisor

461. Direct and Post-Synthetic Modifications of Organic and Inorganic Halide Perovskites

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Open Access
Author:
Geiger, Melanie Lian
Title:
Direct and Post-Synthetic Modifications of Organic and Inorganic Halide Perovskites
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
nanosynthesis
perovskites
halide perovskites
nanoparticle
cation exchange
anion exchange
nanocube
File:
Download M_Geiger_Direct_and_Post-Synthetic_Modifications_of_Organic_and_Inorganic_Halide_Perovskites.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Supervisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors Advisor

463. THE EFFECT OF 3D BALANCE TRAINING ON POSTURAL TASK PERFORMANCE ASSESSED BY CENTER OF PRESSURE METRICS

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Open Access
Author:
Milas, Natalie Ann
Title:
THE EFFECT OF 3D BALANCE TRAINING ON POSTURAL TASK PERFORMANCE ASSESSED BY CENTER OF PRESSURE METRICS
Area of Honors:
Kinesiology
Keywords:
Balance training
Center of pressure
Force platform
Visual feedback
Sway tests
Displacement
File:
Download MilasNatalieThesis_FinalVersion.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Mary Jane De Souza, Thesis Honors Advisor

465. Resonance Radar Imaging

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Open Access
Author:
Bienert, Nicole L
Title:
Resonance Radar Imaging
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Mie Theory
Ground Penetrating Radar
Resonance Radar Imaging
Radar
Rayleigh
Physical Optics
Resonance
Genetic Optimization Algorithm
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Vector Network Analyzer
Frequency
Frequency Response
Transfer Function
SNR
Electromagnetics
Clutter
Imaging
Nicole Bienert
S11
File:
Download Bienert_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

466. Discrimination and Isolation Experienced by Female High School Band Directors

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Open Access
Author:
Sellers, Katherine Anne
Title:
Discrimination and Isolation Experienced by Female High School Band Directors
Area of Honors:
Music Education
Keywords:
music
music education
band
band directing
high school
high school band
women
sexism
feminism
discrimination
female
female high school band directors
File:
Download Sellers_Kate_Discrimination_and_Isolation_Experienced_by_Female_High_School_Band_Directors.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Supervisor
Darrin Howard Thornton, Faculty Reader
Dr. Linda Carol Porter Thornton, Thesis Honors Advisor

469. STUDY OF NUCLEOSOME DEPLETING FACTORS ON THE STOCHASTIC EXPRESSION OF THE YEAST HO PROMOTER

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Open Access
Author:
O'Callaghan, Jessica
Title:
STUDY OF NUCLEOSOME DEPLETING FACTORS ON THE STOCHASTIC EXPRESSION OF THE YEAST HO PROMOTER
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Chromatin structure
NDRs
NDFs
Transcription regulation
Gene expression
Single-cell fluorescence microscopy
File:
Download Schreyer_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Lu Bai, Thesis Supervisor
David Scott Gilmour, Thesis Honors Advisor

471. THE EFFECTS OF A STABLE DYSREGULATED FEAR PROFILE ON SOCIAL ANXIETY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

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Open Access
Author:
Rothermel, Emily
Title:
THE EFFECTS OF A STABLE DYSREGULATED FEAR PROFILE ON SOCIAL ANXIETY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
child psychology
temperament
fear
dysregulated fear
social anxiety disorder
social withdrawal
social inhibition
asocial with peers
behavior
File:
Download Rothermel_Emily_DysregulatedFearProfile.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Kristin Ann Buss, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor

472. ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A MODEL GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Jackson B
Title:
ACOUSTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF A MODEL GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Comsol
Acoustic Instabillities
Acoustic Modes
Gas-Turbine Combustor
Eigenmode
Eigenfrequency
Combustion Instability
Fourier Transform
File:
Download JBL5204_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Lucas Jay Passmore, Thesis Honors Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Faculty Reader
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

473. EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF A VOLTAGE BASED SHIFTING ALGORITHM ON A HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE LIMITED BY BACK EMF

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Open Access
Author:
Brown, Kyle
Title:
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF A VOLTAGE BASED SHIFTING ALGORITHM ON A HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE LIMITED BY BACK EMF
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
hybrid-electric vehicles
simulation
MATLAB
Simulink
Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team
Electrical Engineering
File:
Download Brown_Kyle_Exploring_the_Effects_of_a_voltage_based.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gary L Neal Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor

475. Investigation of cell wall uptake, trafficking, and organization in Arabidopsis thaliana using a metabolically incorporated click reporter

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Open Access
Author:
Price, Emma Caroline
Title:
Investigation of cell wall uptake, trafficking, and organization in Arabidopsis thaliana using a metabolically incorporated click reporter
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
arabidopsis thaliana
pectin
click chemistry
CuAAC
SPAAC
fluorescence
microscopy
plant cell wall
fucose alkyne
File:
Download Price_ThesisFinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Charles T Anderson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Thesis Honors Advisor

476. An Investigation into Gas-Cooled Fast Spectrum Nuclear Reactor Modelling Software

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Open Access
Author:
Cristini, Dalton James
Title:
An Investigation into Gas-Cooled Fast Spectrum Nuclear Reactor Modelling Software
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Nuclear
Reactor
Modelling
Serpent
Fast Spectrum
Gas-Cooled
GFR
NEAMS Workbench
File:
Download SHC_Thesis_-_dalton_cristini.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nicholas Robert Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Marek Flaska, Thesis Honors Advisor

477. A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

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Open Access
Author:
Galang, Sarah N
Title:
A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Area of Honors:
Health Policy and Administration
Keywords:
adverse childhood experiences
coronary artery disease
biopsychosocial
risk factors
File:
Download Galang_FINAL_2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Patricia Y Miranda-Hartsuff, Thesis Supervisor
Selena E Ortiz, Thesis Honors Advisor

478. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTICAL BEHAVIORAL MONITORING DEVICE AND CLOSED LOOP REWARD DISPENSER FOR USE DURING IN VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS ALLOWS FOR EXPLORATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ALM IN GENERATING MOTOR MOVEMENTS

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Open Access
Author:
Vilella, Olivia Marie
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTICAL BEHAVIORAL MONITORING DEVICE AND CLOSED LOOP REWARD DISPENSER FOR USE DURING IN VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS ALLOWS FOR EXPLORATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ALM IN GENERATING MOTOR MOVEMENTS
Area of Honors:
Physics
Keywords:
LFP
MUA
Volitional Behavior
Nonvolitional Behavior
ALM
DREADD
File:
Download Vilella_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Patrick James Drew, Thesis Supervisor
Prof. Richard Wallace Robinett, Thesis Honors Advisor

479. Determing Brain Regions Underlying an Antidepressant-like Phenotype in Mice

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Open Access
Author:
Morris, Christian James
Title:
Determing Brain Regions Underlying an Antidepressant-like Phenotype in Mice
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
major depressive disorder
immunohistochemistry
somatostatin
Fos
stress
fluorescence microscopy
File:
Download Morris_Christian_Determining_Brain_Regions_Underlying_An_Antidepressantlike_Phenotype_In_Mice__.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Bernhard Lüscher, Thesis Supervisor
Ming Tien, Thesis Honors Advisor

481. War and Conflict in Regime Transitioning States

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Open Access
Author:
Velenchuk, Timofey
Title:
War and Conflict in Regime Transitioning States
Area of Honors:
Political Science
Keywords:
War
Regime change
regime transition
democratization
autocratization
democratization and war
autocratization and war
eastern europe
soviet union
former soviet union
cold war
post-cold war
post cold war
conflict
MIDs
mids
mid
militarized interstate disputes
militarized interstate dispute
Romanian revolution
Tajikistani civil war
bi-polar powers
major powers
File:
Download Timofey_Velenchuk_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Douglas William Lemke, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Matthew Richard Golder, Thesis Honors Advisor

482. Effect of Sucrose Particle Size, Sucrose Content, and Water Content on Melt Resistant Chocolate Made via a Sugar Network

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Open Access
Author:
Rosenberger, Claire Margaret
Title:
Effect of Sucrose Particle Size, Sucrose Content, and Water Content on Melt Resistant Chocolate Made via a Sugar Network
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Melt Resistant Chocolate
Heat Resistant Chocolate
Sugar Network
Sucrose
Chocolate
Water in Chocolate
Sugar Skeleton
File:
Download THESIS_FINAL_edits.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Neil Coupland, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

483. ARE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS AN APPROPRIATE TOOL TO REDUCE THE RATE OF CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN MEXICO?

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Open Access
Author:
Beltz, Mackenzie Erin
Title:
ARE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS AN APPROPRIATE TOOL TO REDUCE THE RATE OF CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN MEXICO?
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Conditional Cash Transfers
Mexico
Prospera
Obesity
File:
Download Mackenzie_Beltz_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

484. An Analysis of Climate Change Policies on Economic, Political, and Legal Grounds

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Open Access
Author:
Blakney, Aaron Mark
Title:
An Analysis of Climate Change Policies on Economic, Political, and Legal Grounds
Area of Honors:
Environmental Resource Management
Keywords:
environmental
environmental science
policy
environmental policy
economic environmental policy
political
File:
Download Blakney_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew B Royer, Thesis Supervisor
Robert David Shannon, Thesis Honors Advisor

485. THE PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD AND ITS ROLE IN REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF FRAUD

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Open Access
Author:
Bunney, Alexander
Title:
THE PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD AND ITS ROLE IN REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF FRAUD
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
PCAOB
Fraud
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SOX
Auditing
File:
Download Bunney__Alex_Honors_Thesis_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall IV, Thesis Supervisor

487. HOW THE SYMBIOSIS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOURNALISM WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF NEWS MEDIA

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Open Access
Author:
Berti, Ryan P
Title:
HOW THE SYMBIOSIS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND JOURNALISM WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF NEWS MEDIA
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Keywords:
artificial intelligence
journalism
machine learning
augmentation
automation
robot journalism
fack-checking
personalization
automated content
File:
Download Thesis_AI_Journalism_Ryan_Berti_1.mp4Download USEBerti_thesis_2.pdfDownload USEThesis_AI_Journalism_Ryan_Berti.mp4
Thesis Supervisors:
Curtis William Chandler, Thesis Supervisor
Russell Frank, Thesis Honors Advisor

488. A COMMUNITY MODEL FOR DEVELOPING REPRESENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL INTENT

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Open Access
Author:
Mignogna, Matthew James
Title:
A COMMUNITY MODEL FOR DEVELOPING REPRESENTATIVE EDUCATIONAL INTENT
Area of Honors:
Learning, Design, and Technology
Keywords:
education
community development
educational intent
american history
model of educational intent
local education development
File:
Download Mignogna_Matthew_Educational-Intent-Development.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kyle Leonard Peck, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Richard Alan Carlson, Thesis Honors Advisor

489. An Analysis of Linear Portfolio Optimization Theoretic on Empirical Data

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Open Access
Author:
Rowles, Benjamin Austin
Title:
An Analysis of Linear Portfolio Optimization Theoretic on Empirical Data
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Portfolio Management
Optimization
Portfolio Optimization
Sharpe Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Conditional Value at Risk
Value at Risk
Risk
Semivariance
File:
Download Updated_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

492. There Are Two Sides to Every Story: Exposing Blue Lives Matter Bills in the Moment of Black Lives Matter

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Open Access
Author:
Blackwell, Briana Sara
Title:
There Are Two Sides to Every Story: Exposing Blue Lives Matter Bills in the Moment of Black Lives Matter
Area of Honors:
African and African American Studies
Keywords:
Black Lives Matter
Police
Race
Blue Lives Matter
File:
Download Blackwell_FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
AnneMarie Mingo, Thesis Supervisor
AnneMarie Mingo, Thesis Honors Advisor
Robert Lambert Bernasconi, Faculty Reader

493. "LOOK PRETTY AND DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE": AN ANALYSIS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE AIDS CRISIS

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Open Access
Author:
Kavanagh, Christine
Title:
"LOOK PRETTY AND DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE": AN ANALYSIS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE AIDS CRISIS
Area of Honors:
Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:
AIDS
Reagan
Communication
Media
Activism
1980s
File:
Download kavanagh_christine_reaganaids.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen Howard Browne, Thesis Supervisor
Lori Ann Bedell, Thesis Honors Advisor

494. A House Divided: How Today's Media and Partisan Gerrymandering Broke America

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Open Access
Author:
Litwin, Katherine
Title:
A House Divided: How Today's Media and Partisan Gerrymandering Broke America
Area of Honors:
Journalism
Keywords:
partisan gerrymandering
fake news
online media
supreme court
politics
social media
polarization
partisan media
File:
Download A_House_Divided-How_Today_s_Media_and_Partisan_Gerrymandering_Broke_America__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Curtis William Chandler, Thesis Supervisor
Anthony Barbieri, Thesis Honors Advisor

495. AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF WEAK AND SEMI-STRONG MARKET EFFICIENCY IN LIGHT OF THE GREAT RECESSION

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Open Access
Author:
Mckellar, Jonathan Unruh
Title:
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF WEAK AND SEMI-STRONG MARKET EFFICIENCY IN LIGHT OF THE GREAT RECESSION
Area of Honors:
Economics
Keywords:
Market Efficiency
Unit Root Test
Serial Correlation
Runs Test
Variance Ratio Test
Martingale Hypothesis
Event Study
File:
Download McKellar_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

496. Formation of Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in advecting air masses

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Open Access
Author:
Simpfendoerfer, Lucien Felix
Title:
Formation of Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in advecting air masses
Area of Honors:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Arctic
Arctic climate
Arctic stratocumulus
Atmospheric mixed layers
Stratocumulus
Radiative Transfer
RRTM
Single column model
SCM
File:
Download SHC_Thesis_Simpfendoerfer_FINAL_LO.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Supervisor
Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Honors Advisor
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Faculty Reader

497. Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach

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Open Access
Author:
Zhong, Xuwei
Title:
Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
Pressure Transient Analysis
Artificial Neural Network
Shale Gas Reservoir
PTA
ANN
File:
Download Zhong_Thesis_Schreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Supervisor
John Yilin Wang, Thesis Honors Advisor

498. Economic Value Of Inertia Management In Power Grid Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Gupta, Rahul Ajay
Title:
Economic Value Of Inertia Management In Power Grid Systems
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Economics and Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Power System
Inertia
Economic Value
Synchronous Generators
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Julio V. Urbina, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Mark John Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

500. INVESTIGATING RATES OF HETEROPLASMY IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REIGON OF AFRICAN, ASIAN, AND LATINO POPULATION GROUPS USING MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING

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Open Access
Author:
Demchak, Emily Louise
Title:
INVESTIGATING RATES OF HETEROPLASMY IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CONTROL REIGON OF AFRICAN, ASIAN, AND LATINO POPULATION GROUPS USING MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING
Area of Honors:
Forensic Science
Keywords:
DNA
mtDNA
Heteroplasmy
NGS
MPS
File:
Download Demchak_Emily_Thesis_mtDNA_heteroplasmic_rates.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Mitchell Mark Holland, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Mitchell Mark Holland, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jennifer McElhoe, Faculty Reader