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54. A Mathematical Model for Brain Tissue

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Open Access
Author:
Lapsansky, Bradford Joseph
Title:
A Mathematical Model for Brain Tissue
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Brain
Triphasic
Model
Continuum
Mixture
Mathematical
Linearized
Linear
File:
Download Lapsansky_Bradford_A_Mathematical_Model_for_Brain_Tissue_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Thesis Supervisor
Francesco Costanzo, Faculty Reader
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Thesis Honors Advisor

57. Development of a Relational Heat Transfer Model for Additive Manufacturing

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Open Access
Author:
Park, Joshua Zane
Title:
Development of a Relational Heat Transfer Model for Additive Manufacturing
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing
Directed Energy Deposition
Calorimetry
Thermal Response
Energy Balance
Energy Absorption
File:
Download JZP-Thesis_revised_APA_references_ESM_submitted.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Thesis Honors Advisor
Albert Eliot Segall, Faculty Reader

58. Feasibility of Tellurium-oxygen Ion Exchange in Tungsten Oxide Thin Films for Synthesis of Tungsten Telluride Crystals

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Open Access
Author:
Bersch, Brian M
Title:
Feasibility of Tellurium-oxygen Ion Exchange in Tungsten Oxide Thin Films for Synthesis of Tungsten Telluride Crystals
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
tungten telluride
WTe2
tungsten oxide
WO3
tellurization
transition metal dichalcogenides
two dimensional materials
File:
Download WTe2_Undergraduate_Thesis__final_draft_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

59. Development of a low field electrically detected magnetic resonance system to observe performance limiting defects in CdTe/CdS solar cells

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Open Access
Author:
Shaw, Erik Thomas
Title:
Development of a low field electrically detected magnetic resonance system to observe performance limiting defects in CdTe/CdS solar cells
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
EDMR
EPR
CdTe
CdS
solar cell
PV
resonance
low field
File:
Download 1-Erik_Shaw_-_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Supervisor
Barbara A. Shaw, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

60. The effect of weight percent on the properties of ultrasonic transducers fabricated though a sol-gel deposition process

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Open Access
Author:
Sinding, Kyle Matthew
Title:
The effect of weight percent on the properties of ultrasonic transducers fabricated though a sol-gel deposition process
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Composite Transducers
PZT-Bismuth Titanate
Composite Ferroelectric Modeling
Sol-gel Spray-on Deposition
Ceramic
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Faculty Reader
Dr. Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor
Clive A Randall, Thesis Supervisor

61. A Study of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Architecture Optimization and Fabrication Using Highly Order Nano-dome Arrays

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Open Access
Author:
Waggoner, Shawn Allen
Title:
A Study of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Architecture Optimization and Fabrication Using Highly Order Nano-dome Arrays
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
solar cell architecture
solar
LCCM
CdTe
cadmium
telluride
numerical modeling
engineering
engineering science
File:
Download saw5357_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Wook Jun Nam, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

64. Defect Detection In Carbon Fiber Composites by Partially Embedded Magnetostrictive Transducers

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Open Access
Author:
Dickerson, Clayton Joseph
Title:
Defect Detection In Carbon Fiber Composites by Partially Embedded Magnetostrictive Transducers
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Carbon Fiber
Composites
Magnetostrictive
Transducers
File:
Download Dickerson_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

65. Localized Temperature Field Measurements in Brain via Thin-Film Vertically Integrated Vanadium Oxide Thermistor Arrays

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Open Access
Author:
Billard, Myles William
Title:
Localized Temperature Field Measurements in Brain via Thin-Film Vertically Integrated Vanadium Oxide Thermistor Arrays
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Vanadium Oxide
Thermistor
Thin-film
Sensor
TCR
Seizure
PSU-EEG 8
Epilepsy
Temperature
Brain
File:
Download BillardMyles-UndergraduateThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Supervisor
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mark William Horn, Faculty Reader

66. Secondary Mineralization of Ferrihydrite Under Reducing Redox Conditions: An Electrochemical Study

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Open Access
Author:
Griffin, Aron M
Title:
Secondary Mineralization of Ferrihydrite Under Reducing Redox Conditions: An Electrochemical Study
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
iron oxides
iron
groundwater
remediation
electrochemistry
redox
aquatic chemistry
environmental engineering
File:
Download griffinaronschreyerthesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

67. Design and Thermal Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Pack for Automotive Application

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Open Access
Author:
Landis, Benjamin S
Title:
Design and Thermal Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Pack for Automotive Application
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
lithium-ion battery
battery pack design
thermal finite element analysis
File:
Download landis_benjamin_designandthermalanalysisoflithiumionbatterypackforautomotiveapplication.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joel Robert Anstrom, Thesis Supervisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Honors Advisor

69. SPRAY-ON COMB TRANSDUCERS FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURES

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Open Access
Author:
Malarich, Nathan Albert
Title:
SPRAY-ON COMB TRANSDUCERS FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURES
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
structural health monitoring
SHM
comb transducer
spray-on
guided waves
nonlinear
File:
Download 2-Malarich_SchreyerThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Faculty Reader

70. Incorporating Online User-feedback into Design of the iPhone: From Sentiment Analysis to Feature Definition

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Open Access
Author:
Cornell, Brennan Frederick
Title:
Incorporating Online User-feedback into Design of the iPhone: From Sentiment Analysis to Feature Definition
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Multiple-Generation Products
Web-Based Review
Emotion
Sentiment Analysis
Text Mining
Forum Mining
File:
Download SHC_Thesis_Final_Draft_ForDemirel.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gul Kremer, Thesis Supervisor
Melik C Demirel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

72. Steam Turbine Performance Modeling Via MATLAB Simulation Programming with Emphasis on Low Exhaust Pressure Conditions

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Open Access
Author:
Meyer, Zechariah Daniel
Title:
Steam Turbine Performance Modeling Via MATLAB Simulation Programming with Emphasis on Low Exhaust Pressure Conditions
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Rankine
Turbine
MATLAB
Modeling
File:
Download MEYER_ZECHARIAH_STEAMTURBINEPERFORMANCEMODELINGVIAMATLABSIMULATIONPROGRAMMINGWITHEMPHASISONLOWEXHAUSTPRESSURECONDITIONS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Robert White, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

73. Investigation of Magnetostrictive Comb Transducers for Guided Wave Pipe Inspection

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Open Access
Author:
Waller, Matthew David
Title:
Investigation of Magnetostrictive Comb Transducers for Guided Wave Pipe Inspection
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
magnetostrictive
guided wave
nondestructive evaluation
File:
Download MattWaller_Thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Thesis Honors Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Faculty Reader
Bernhard R Tittmann, Faculty Reader

76. Understanding the effects and capabilities of multi-agent crowd modelling when designing for human variability

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Open Access
Author:
Krupski, Adi Atar
Title:
Understanding the effects and capabilities of multi-agent crowd modelling when designing for human variability
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Netlogo
Human variability
Waist Size
Crowd modelling
Agent-based modelling
MATLAB
CapSim
Aircraft egress simulation
File:
Download Krupski_Adi_CrowdModelling.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Supervisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

78. Precipitation Heat Treatment of Laser Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufactured Ti-Rich NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

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Open Access
Author:
Spoll, Jessica Macauley
Title:
Precipitation Heat Treatment of Laser Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufactured Ti-Rich NiTi Shape Memory Alloys
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Shape memory alloys
NiTi
Precipitation heat treatment
File:
Download Jessica_Spoll_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Reginald Felix Hamilton, Thesis Supervisor
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Honors Advisor

79. Material Characterization of Additive Manufactured Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic

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Open Access
Author:
Haluza, Rudy
Title:
Material Characterization of Additive Manufactured Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Carbon
Fiber
3D
Printing
Additive
Whisker
Material
Tensile
Elastic
Modulus
Finite
Element
FEA
SEM
TGA
Cox
Halpin
Microscopy
File:
Download Haluza_Rudy_materialcharacterization.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Faculty Reader

81. SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT IN ULTRA-THIN NICKEL TITANIUM ALLOY FILMS DEPOSITED BY BIASED TARGET ION BEAM DEPOSITION

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Open Access
Author:
Tang, Yuan
Title:
SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT IN ULTRA-THIN NICKEL TITANIUM ALLOY FILMS DEPOSITED BY BIASED TARGET ION BEAM DEPOSITION
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
niti
nickeltitanium
btibd
biased target ion beam deposition
thin film
fast actuation
mems
shape memory alloys
File:
Download thesis_yuan.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mark William Horn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

82. Evaluation of Different Zinc Rich Primer Coatings for Enhancing the Corrosion Resistance of Pipeline Steel to Internal Corrosion

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Open Access
Author:
He, Jingyang
Title:
Evaluation of Different Zinc Rich Primer Coatings for Enhancing the Corrosion Resistance of Pipeline Steel to Internal Corrosion
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
corrosion
electrochemical
pipeline
coating
File:
Download He_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Barbara A. Shaw, Thesis Supervisor
Patrick James Drew, Thesis Honors Advisor

83. DESIGN OF HIGH CYCLE BIAXIAL FATIGUE SAMPLE NEAR RESONANCE USING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING

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Open Access
Author:
Sorna, Matthew Anthony
Title:
DESIGN OF HIGH CYCLE BIAXIAL FATIGUE SAMPLE NEAR RESONANCE USING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
fatigue
finite element
COMSOL
natural frequency
vibration
biaxial
high cycle
high cycle fatigue
MATLAB
resonance
File:
Download matthew_sorna_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Manton Guers, Thesis Supervisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Honors Advisor

84. BIO-MECHANICAL EVALUATION OF COLLAGEN TYPE-I SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE TISSUE REGENERATION

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Open Access
Author:
McFadden, Ryan B
Title:
BIO-MECHANICAL EVALUATION OF COLLAGEN TYPE-I SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE TISSUE REGENERATION
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
bio-mechanics
stress-strain
compressive evaluation
collagen-nHA scaffold
bone tissue regeneration
File:
Download McFadden_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Lucas Jay Passmore, Faculty Reader

85. Investigation of amorphous thin films using electrically detected magnetic resonance

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Open Access
Author:
Mclemore, Charles Armand
Title:
Investigation of amorphous thin films using electrically detected magnetic resonance
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
thin film
magnetic resonance
zero-field
magnetoresistance
amorphous
variable range hopping
spin dependent
trap assisted tunneling
electrically detected magnetic resonance
File:
Download McLemore_Charles_AmorphousFilmEDMR.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Faculty Reader

86. Electrospun Protein-based Photonic Waveguides

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Open Access
Author:
Shreiner, Robert Todd
Title:
Electrospun Protein-based Photonic Waveguides
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Materials
Materials science
Photonics
Bio-photonics
Bio-mimetics
Proteins
Squid
SRT
Integrated photonics
Flexible
Tunable
Fiber
Waveguide
Optical
File:
Download PSU_Undergrad_Thesis_Shreiner.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melik C Demirel, Thesis Supervisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden III, Thesis Honors Advisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

89. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ON USER DESIGN PERFORMANCE USING QUADCOPTERS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURAL BATTERIES

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Open Access
Author:
Nolff, Andrew James
Title:
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ON USER DESIGN PERFORMANCE USING QUADCOPTERS IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURAL BATTERIES
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
structural batteries
quadcopters
optimization
graphical user interfaces
energy storage
dynamics
aerodynamics
File:
Download Nolff_Andrew_QuadDesignTool.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Honors Advisor

92. PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING OF PHONON CONFINEMENT IN TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE QUANTUM DOTS

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Open Access
Author:
Fang, Lu
Title:
PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING OF PHONON CONFINEMENT IN TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE QUANTUM DOTS
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING
PHONON CONFINEMENT
TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE
QUANTUM DOTS
layered materials
TMD
TMDs
phonon dispersion
Raman
layer effect
phonon effect
File:
Download Lu_Fang.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kofi W Adu, Thesis Supervisor
S Ashok, Thesis Honors Advisor

94. Multi-Sensor Investigations of Optical Emissions and their relations to Directed Energy Deposition processes and quality

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Open Access
Author:
Stutzman, Christopher B
Title:
Multi-Sensor Investigations of Optical Emissions and their relations to Directed Energy Deposition processes and quality
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Directed Energy Deposition
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Flaw Detection
Optical Emission Spectroscopy
File:
Download STUTZMAN_CB_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Abdalla Ramadan Nassar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Thesis Honors Advisor
Edward William Reutzel, Thesis Supervisor
Judith A Todd Copley, Faculty Reader

95. Reducing Peak Battery Currents in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using an Ultracapacitor as a Secondary Energy Storage System

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Open Access
Author:
Jadwin, Michael Seving
Title:
Reducing Peak Battery Currents in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using an Ultracapacitor as a Secondary Energy Storage System
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
battery
hybrid
electric vehicle
ultracapacitor
battery degradation
simulink
stateflow
simulation
File:
Download thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Supervisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Thesis Honors Advisor

98. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 5 DEGREE OF FREEDOM BIOPRINTING MOTION STAGE, CONTROL SOFTWARE AND TOOLPATH GENERATION ALGORITHMS.

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Open Access
Author:
Povilianskas, Adomas
Title:
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 5 DEGREE OF FREEDOM BIOPRINTING MOTION STAGE, CONTROL SOFTWARE AND TOOLPATH GENERATION ALGORITHMS.
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
bioprinting
5dof
motion stage
3D printing
File:
Download FormatedThesisOzbolatSubmissionFinal.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Gary L Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor